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Patent GB-190803049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Connections.
Inventor: HOW HORACE DAVID BODEN
Filed: 1908-04-04
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 3049. How, H. D. B., and Partington, W. W. April 4. Couplings.-Electric cables are joined by a conducting-sleeve a, split as at c along its entire length and providel with externally tapered and screwthread ends a<1>, a<2> for receiving internally screwthreaded nuts d, which clamp the sleeve on to the cable ends. [Reference has been directed under Section 7. of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 2930, A.D. 1903, (Abridgment Class Electricity, Conducting &c.l.]
Patent GB-190803962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: KEMPSHALL ELEAZER
Filed: 1908-02-21
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 3962. Kempshall, E. Feb. 21. Tyres, pneumatic.- A protective strip a of compressible material, such as canvas and rubber, is attached at or near its edges to the edges of the cover, so that a U- shaped space is left between it and the cover when the air - tube is not inflated, the edges of the strip being preferably tapered and vulcanized to the tyre. According to the Provisional Specification, the strip may be provided with holes to allow the air to escape from the U-shaped space when the tyre is inflated.
Patent GB-190808733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stretchers
Inventor: GODDARD FRED LELAND
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 8733. Goddard, F. L. April 21. Cots.-A stretcher, which can be used for restraining delirious or insane persons, is provided with means for securely binding the occupant so that the stretcher may be turned at various angles ; it may also be used as a cot when supported. A fabric bottom 2, provided with eyelet holes round its edge, is secured to a frame 1 of metal tubing &c. by a lacing-cord 4. A triangular hole is made in the bottom for sanitary purposes and is covered by a removable flap 7. Secured to the bottom 2 are canvas &c. leg-binding and splint-securing devices 15, 16, supporting-straps 13, preferably padded at 14 for passing round the thighs, a body strap 12, and two flaps 5 adapted to be laced over the occupant. A pillow 8 having a pocket 9 for bandages &c. is provided at one end, and spare splints 18 are carried in strips secured inside one of the flaps 5. The frame 1 may be provided with handles 19 adjustably secured to its ends.
Patent GB-190823678-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic-tyred Motor-driven Vehicles.
Inventor: BERTRAND JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 23,678. Bertrand, J. Nov. 5. Motor road vehicles.-An air-pump for inflating the tyres of motor road vehicles is operated by gearing from the motor. The shaft g, driven from the motor, carries a slidable toothed wheelf which is secured in position by the pin f<2> so as to be in or out of gear with another wheel on a countershaft d carried in bearings fixed to the chassis. The pump has an oscillating cylinder pivoted at k<1> to the chassis and is driven by a crank on the countershaft. The outlet pipe k<3> carries a pressure gauge and may be connected by flexible tubing to either of the wheel tyres.
Patent GB-190825861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Filters.
Inventor: MULLER ROBERT
Filed: 1908-11-30
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 25,861. Muller, R., [Berkefeld Filter Ges.]. Nov. 30. Filters.-The plates b, c that close the ends of a filtering-body a of kieselguhr or other material are drawn together by a yielding connexion. In the example shown, this takes the form of a rod f with a spring portion h. The rod has a hook g engaging with an eyelet don the plate b, and at the lower end a tightening- screw k works in a socket i.
Patent GB-190826474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: RICHARDSON WILLIAM KING
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 26,474. Richardson, W. K. Dec. 7. Centrifugal pumps.-A centrifugal impeller rotates in and discharges into an air chamber, and is arranged so that it remains full of water while running. The impeller comprises a disk 13 provided with the usual vanes and secured to another disk 14. Surrounding the periphery of the impeller and secured to it is a ring 18, between which and the vanes is an annular chamber 21. The water is discharged from this chamber into the chamber 7 through an inwardly-inclined port 22. A quantity of air in this chamber forms a pneumatic cushion, the water being discharged through a pipe 17. Valves 25, 26 are provided for regulating the quantity of air. A long grooved sleeve 16 attached to the impeller surrounds the polished suction column 5 to prevent leakage. The hub of the impeller is conical to prevent accumulation of air. A driving-pulley 11 is fitted on the shaft, and bearings 10, 10<a> and a thrust bearing 15 carried by three standards 8 are provided as shown. The suction pipe is filled with water to prime it.
Patent GB-190900293-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Grinding Machine.
Inventor: HUGHES GEORGE
IPC: B24B3/02
Filed: 1909-01-06
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 293. Hughes, G., [Swift, W. C.]. Jan. 6. Cutting - e d g s, shaping and treating. - Relates to griuding - machines of the type in which the grinding- wheel is revolubly mounted upon a transversely and laterally adjustable support on a turntable, which can be reciprocated in a fixed circular arc and in which the article to be ground is mounted upon a revoluble shaft in an adjustable carriage, so as to be utilized for grinding curved surfaces. The turntable 17, Figs. 1 and 6, is mounted upon a stationary circular table 8 at the top of a pillar 9, which enters a split socket or post 10 in a recess 14 in which is arranged a nut 13 which screws upon a contracted portion 16 of the pillar. The periphery of the nut is provided with a series of holes 15 by means of which the nut may be turned so as to raise or lower the turntable, which is clamped in any position by a bolt 41 which draws the ears 40 of the split socket together. The turntable which is moved by a handle 25 is guided in its movement by a flange 18 and a ring 19 secured thereto, which embrace the edge of the circular table 8 ; and the arc through which it moves is limited by stops 21 which engage with a dog 23 on the turntable. The stops having a cut-away portion to receive a depending ring 20 on the table 8 are secured thereto by bolts 22. The grinding-wheel 37 is journaled in a post 30 which is adjustable along a slide 26 by a rack and pinion 34, arranged within a slot in the slide and operated by a hand-lever 33, the slide 26 being adjustable along a radius of the table by a cross slide and screw 28. The article to be ground, which is interchangeable in position with the grinding-wheel, is shown supported on a spindle 4 which can be revolved in the split journal box 3 or clamped therein by a bolt 43, which draws the ears 42 together. The box 3 is on a standard 2 carried by an ordinary compound slide rest.
Patent GB-190902346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Compressing Boot and Shoe Heels.
IPC: A43D83/00
Filed: 1909-02-01
Granted: 1910-02-01
Abstract: 2346. Barclay, W. R., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Feb. 1. Heels, machinesfor.-Heels adapted to receive a tip are compressed in a sectional mould prior to the attachment of the tip. The side walls A, A<1>, breast-plate A<3>, and heel-seat forming- die B are similar in construction and operation to those described in Specification 22,839/02. The pressing- member for acting on the tread face of the heel comprises parts D, D<1>, D<2> forming at one time a flat surface, Fig. 2, for putting on and removing the heel J, and at another time a recessed surface, Fig. 1, corresponding to the tread face of the heel without the tip. The part D conforming to the shape of the filler to be used is supported on, and actuated by, a rod C, and has pins E' working in slots E<2> in the side parts D', D<2>, which are deeper than the part D and are separated therefrom by springs G, G<1> placed in recesses. When the rod C is lowered, the pieces D', D' strike against an abutment F and are stopped, while the piece D continues its motion a little further until it is also stopped against the abutment, the side-pieces, breast-piece, and die B also moving at the same time to compress the heel in all directions.
Patent GB-190903175-A (GB)
Title: Display Apparatus
Inventor: OWEN IRA JUNE
IPC: G09F11/26
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 3175. Owen, I. J. Feb. 10, 1908, [Convention date]. Reel and endless-web apparatus. - Display cards 12 bearing advertisements &c. are mounted in frames 14 connected at diagonally opposite corners to endless chains 2, 3 moving in unison in parallel planes, and arranged in staggered relation one to the other. The points of attachment of the frames bear the same relation to each other that the axes of the sprockets of the chains bear to one another, so that the cards are moved forwards in one plane, backwards in a parallel plane, and bodily from one plane to the other, and are constantly maintained in parallel planes. The chains are driven continuously or intermittently, and supporting-sprockets 7 are arranged at intervals. To attach the frames, sockets 15, Fig. 6, at the corners are mounted on sleeves 16", Fig. 7. loose on studs 16' on the chains, and secured, if necessary, by set screws 15<1>, Fig. 6. Or ears on the frames may be secured to studs carried by plates on the chains. Or, in the case of adjustable frames, upper and lower flanges are slotted and bolted to swivel studs on the chains. The cards may be of the mechanical type, for example, as shown in Fig. 13, where the pivoted arm 27 of a man striking an anvil carries a trigger, which is tripped by stops 30 on the main framing. Or the cards may be transparent and illuminated during their travel, in which case a contact 35, Fig. 15, on the rear of the frames bridges contacts 34 in connexion with the lamps, and, if desired, a suitable resistance.
Patent GB-190904221-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Picking Up and Setting Down Line Clear Tokens or Tickets from Trains in Motion.
Inventor: PORTEOUS PERCY GWYNEDD
IPC: B61K5/06
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 4221. Porteous, P. G., and Thompson, R. D. Feb. 20. Transferring articles to or from trains in motion.-A system for the exchange of tablets or tokens &c. between a moving train and the track is arranged so that the exchange may be effected while the train is moving in either direction. Fig. 1 shows a portion of the apparatus carried by the train, and Fig. 2 shows the track apparatus. The train device comprises a bracket 1 sliding in vertical guides and capable of vertical adjustment. A chain is secured to the bracket 1 and passes over a chain-wheel, and a weight is attached to the other end of the chain. The chain-wheel may be rotated by a handle to raise or lower the bracket, which has arms 7, 8 carrying spring forks 9, 10 with flared outer ends. These forks 9, 10 hold the article to be delivered and detach and hold the article to be received. The track apparatus comprises a pivoted arm 13 with similar spring forks 14; the arm 13 may be turned over so as to lie on the arm 16. The forks 14 are arranged to pass between the forks 9, 10. The engine apparatus may be a fixture and the two devices may be transposed. The forks may be curved inwards and have inwardly-projecting retaining- lugs to hold the articles firmly. Also means may be provided for altering the width between the forks, which forks may be arranged horizontally instead of vertically.
Patent GB-190907040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: BAGLEY SAMUEL
IPC: F24D1/00
Filed: 1909-03-24
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 7040. Barley, S. March 24. Heating buildings. -Upon the return pipe b or each return pipe of a steam heating-system an air-separating chamber a is fitted above the water level of the boiler and is provided with an air valve f or a plurality of valves whereby air can be periodically released. The air collects in the annular space between the extension tube e and the casing.
Patent GB-190910926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: ORTEN-BOVING JENS
IPC: F04D29/04
Filed: 1909-05-08
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 10,926. Boving, J. Orten-. May 8. Pumping-machines.-A balanced centrifugal pump and its driving-motor are arranged on a vertical shaft, and a yielding coupling of known type, as shown in Fig. 2, is used to transmit the weight of the motor, which is above the pump, to the balancing-device. Flanges r, u, are secured to the pump and motor shafts q, v respectively, and are coupled by bolts s fitted with a number of washers t of leather or like material. Bearing-disks w, one of which is preferably convex, are provided. In a modification, a ball-ring is substituted for the disks.
Patent GB-190911137-A (GB)
Title: Improved Waterproof Hat Protector or Cover.
Inventor: KENDALL ELLA ANNE
IPC: A42B1/18
Filed: 1909-05-11
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 11,137. Kendall, E. A. May 11, 1908, [Convention date]. Covers and protectors for hats are constructed of waterproof fabric, and are adjustable to fit hats of various sizes, means being provided for detachably securing the cover to the hat. The cover may be made in any number of pieces, but preferably there are two, rectangular in shape, united along one edge, and permanently gathered at the middle by a piece of fabric a, Fig, 1, sewn or cemented on. To adjust the cover to various sizes of hats, it is gathered as shown at b<1> by means of drawing strings. Hooks c are provided for fixing the cover to the hat, the hooks being preferably constructed and attached to a tape as shown in Fig. 5, the tape being then fixed to the cover.
Patent GB-190912327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Closing or Stoppering of Bottles, Jars, and other like Receptacles.
Inventor: WEBSTER RALPH WALDO
IPC: B65D41/12
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 12,327. Webster, R. W. May 25. Drawings to Specification. Capsules and the like, applying; stoppering. -The lower end of a stoppering or capsuling plunger is formed in relief or intaglio with a design which is impressed upon the top of the capsule or stopper during the capsuling or stoppering operation.
Patent GB-190912622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Measuring and Registering Delivered Quantities of Liquids.
Inventor: HORNBY LOUIS FRANCIS
IPC: G01F11/22
Filed: 1909-05-28
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 12,622. Hornby, L. F., and Meyer, R. T. May 28. Moving-chamber apparatus; controlling passage of air.-A rotary hollow plug 1 forming the measuring-chamber has an inlet 2 and an outlet 3. In one position, the inlet 2 coincides with the supply pipe 4 so that the liquid enters the plug, a float closing the air outlet 9 when the measure is full. When the plug is rotated, the outlet 3 coincides with the outlet passage 10 and the plug is emptied. Registering and recording apparatus.-As the plug is moved from one position to the other, a pin 11 pushes one spring 12 against another spring 13, thus closing an electric circuit to operate registering or recording mechanism. According to the Provisional Specification, a paper or ribbon, upon which numerals or figures are marked, is advanced, each time the tap is turned, by means of a magnet which attracts an arm of a lever provided with pawl-andratchet driving means.
Patent GB-190912972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Adding Machines.
Inventor: CHEAPE JOHN ALBERT
Filed: 1909-06-02
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 12,972. Cheape, J. A. June 2. Adding and subtracting apparatus; displaying items. - Relates to machines for adding or subtracting, of the kind in which the setting-means is an endless band, manually operated according to a scale and constituting the totalizer and in which the item wheels are reset after each actuation. The setting-member for such denomination consists of a number of disconnected buttons 3 guided in races in the partitions 6 of the casing and cut on the inside so as to gear with guiding starwheels 4. The numbers are carried on the lefthand side of the buttons and exhibit the total in an aperture offset from the bottom of the setting- slot, against which a scale is placed on the casing. Reversed scales may be provided to facilitate subtraction. To exhibit the amount set, drums 38 on a countershaft have reversed sets of digits, and are moved by gearing 31 from pinions on the hubs of the star-wheels 4. Transfer mechanism.-The star-wheels carry onetoothed disks 9 and pinions 8 for effecting and receiving the transfer respectively. Transfer is accomplished through a countershaft 12 which carries the necessary wheels in sets of three, pinions 13, 15 and an intermediate justifying starwheel engaging a ball 16, Fig. 14, pressed by an adjustable spring 17. The partitions are assembled by a transverse bar 18 grooved to take them, they being cut out to admit the bar, which is then raised to engage the narrowed portion of the slots. The bar carries the spring-pressed balls, and is adjusted in position by screws 20, 21 engaging the bar and a cross-bar 22 respectively. Zeroizing-mechanism.-The drums 38 are frictionally engaged by springs 36 secured to the bubs of their actuating-pinions, and are zeroized by studs thereon being engaged by hubs 43 on the spindle 34. The spindle is rotated by racks 53 attached to an external cross-bar engaging ratchet-wheels 47, one of which has a cam recess to engage a pin, so as to move the spindle endways against the action of a spring and thus bring the arm 43 into the path of the studs on the drums 38. To zeroize the totalizing series of buttons, a slide S is provided with tongues 63 to pass through grooves 60 in the buttons until they meet the edges of the zero buttons 61, which are thus brought back to position. The zero buttons are grooved on an incline as shown in Fig. 5 to permit the return of the slide 63 out of the way of the buttons.
Patent GB-190914622-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Non-interchangeable Safety Fuses for Electrical Circuits.
IPC: H01H85/24
Filed: 1908-06-23
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 14,622. Siemens-Schuckertwerke. June 23, 1908, [Convention date]. Fusible cut-outs.-Relates to a system comprising Edison fuse plugs, which are made non-interchangeable with regard to different voltages or current-strengths, or both, in known ways, aud in which several groups of fuse cartridges of different diameters &c. are employed in conjunction with screw caps and sockets of corresponding diameters &c. The invention consists in fitting liners or distance-pieces, or both, into caps of one group, whereby cartridges of a different group may be used for the corresponding voltage or current-strength in caps of the group to be fitted. Figs. 28 . . . . 30 show caps and cartridges adapted for each group ; Fig. 31 shows how cartridges intended for group I can be used in caps for group II by increasing the diameter and height of one cartridge by a lining or sleeve a and metal distance-piece b. Fig. 32 shows how a cartridge for group II can he used in a cap for group III ; in this case no distance-piece b is required since the cartridges for groups II and III are usually of the same height. Fig. 32 shows the use of a group I cartridge in a group III cap. In this way the number of cartridges required for the group is diminished. Instead of employing the distancepieces b, the height of the gauge-piece in the space below the screw socket can be varied.
Patent GB-190916645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Distribution Systems.
IPC: H02J7/14
Filed: 1909-07-16
Granted: 1910-07-18
Abstract: 16,645. Dalziel's Constant Voltage Patents, and Dalziel, J. July 16. Lighting systems; boosting.-In a variable-speed dynamo distribution system of the type described in Specification 8717/06, a booster placed between the dynamo and the battery is driven by the prime mover or by the motor of the regulating-machines. A braking arrangement is also provided which does not allow the dynamo to take up the load unless the power of the prime mover is sufficient. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the booster d is mounted upon the shaft of the motor b driving the exciter e and controlling-machine c. The booster is provided with a shunt winding f and, in some cases, with a series winding g, in which case the charging-voltage of the battery B is varied. The winding g may carry the whole of the current or only that portion passing to the battery. When the voltage of the dynamo a reaches a predetermined value, the coil of the switch h causes the movable contact of the switch to bridge the contacts 1, 2, thereby connecting the dynamo a to the lamp circuit L and battery B through the contacts 3, 4 of the switch k. As the dynamo voltage tends to rise, the increasing pressure across the controlling-machine c causes the coil of the switch k to lift the movable contact of the switch to bridge the contacts 6, 7. In this position of the switch k, the booster d is placed between the dynamo a and battery B. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the booster d is driven by the prime mover. When the arrangement is employed with a motor generator, the motor element of which is supplied from a trolly line, the booster is preferably mounted upon the motor shaft. When it is more desirable to obtain a limited charging-voltage than a constant voltage, the motor field or the exciter field may be provided with another coil m, as indicated in dotted lines, or with a rheostat u.
Patent GB-190917698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Typewriters.
Inventor: TOEPPER RICHARD
IPC: B41J7/24
Filed: 1909-07-30
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 17,698. Toepper, R. July 30. Type-lever actions; case-shift mechanism.-Relates to typewriters of the kind comprising angular type-levers disposed in two banks on opposite sides of the printing-point with the types in an horizontal plane, and nested so that the arc of swing is approximately 90 degrees. The type-levers 15, Figs. 1 and 3, are arranged on vertical pivots 17 mounted in alinement on a sliding shift frame 16, and are connected to links 14, which fit loosely over pins 13 on spring-retracted levers 10 connected by links 12 to the key-levers. The levers 10 are pivoted on arms 7 detachably mounted in two banks in notched stepped plates 6, and provided with abutments 8 for the levers 10 ; the arms 7 are preferably notched for engagement with the plates 6. The type-levers project at right-angles to the plates 6. The innermost type-levers, having the least arc of swing, carry the most frequently used characters.
Patent GB-190918067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Platen Printing Presses.
Inventor: THOMPSON SYDNEY
IPC: B41F1/54
Filed: 1909-08-05
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 18,067. Thompson, S. Aug. 5. Platen machines of the kind comprising a platen provided with links F pivoted to links D pivoted to the frame, and with links C pivoted to the frame, are constructed so as to accentuate the dwells at the open and closed positions of the platen, and so as to afford a rigid support to bear the weight of the platen when open. For this purpose, the links F are pivoted to a connecting- rod R actuated by a crank Q on a sector O gearing with a sector M oscillated from the main shaft of the machine by a crank L and connecting-rod L<1>. The dwells of the platen in the closed and open positions of Figs. 1 and 3, respectively, are obtained by the alinement of the parts R, Q and L, L' in these positions, and in the latter position the parts F, R, Q are in alinement and form a rigid support for the platen.
Patent GB-190924298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Beta-methyladipic Acid.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: C07C55/02
Filed: 1909-10-22
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 24,298. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Oct. 22. #-Methyladipic acid is produced by treating p-methylcyclohexanol or p-methylcyclohexanon with oxidizing agents such as nitric acid, potassium permanganate, potassium dichromate, &c.