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Patent GB-190708024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Grinding and Polishing Cork.
Inventor: LOWMAN JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 8024. Lowman, J. April 5. Surfacing and polishing corks. The split cork strips, squares, disks, &c. to be operated upon are fed from a rotating plate through an inclined feed-tube to a rotating grinding-disk, which treats one side of the piece of cork; the cork is then passed through a second feed-tube, which causes it to reverse its position, to another grinding-disk which treats the other side. The corks are placed on rotating plates l, l<1>, Fig. 1, driven by belts from vertical shafts w<2>, w<3>. These plates are surrounded by rings c, c', and are provided with passages f, f<1>, Fig. 3, which lead to the feed-tubes u<1>, u<2> which deliver the corks to the grinding-disk i, where it is operated upon by the grinding-disk i and brushes b, b<1> ; abutment plates x, x<1> prevent the corks from being carried round by the disk and from being prematurely discharged. The corks are then passed down feed-tubes u<3>, u' on to a similarly-arranged grinding-disk i<1> where the other sides of the corks are treated. The corks are then discharged through tubes o, o'. The grinding-disks i, i<1> are driven directly from the shafts w<3>, w<3> by belts v, v<1>. The brushes are driven at a slower speed through worms n, n<1>, worm-wheels r, r', and chain and sprocket gearing. The bearings of the shafts carrying the brushes are vertically adjustable to compensate for the wear of the bristles.
Patent GB-190711307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning and Twisting Machines.
Inventor: DAWES ROBERT
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 11,307. Dawes, R. Oct. 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Driving-arrangement ; spindle apparatus. - To facilitate the driving of ring frames and permit of piecing broken ends without stopping the frame, the rings 20, Figs. 1 and 2, are supported on pulleys 17, 18 adjustably secured to a builder plate 7 and are driven by a rope or belt 9 from a pulley 6 carried by the plate and splined on a shaft 5, the belt passing successively partly around the pulleys 17 and rings 20, and round a weighted tension pulley 10 at the end of the frame, and returning in light contact with the pulleys 18 but clear of the rings. By this arrangement the pressure of the ring on the pulleys 17 is balanced by the pull of the belt on the pulleys, thus reducing the friction on their spindles to a mioimum. The pulleys 18 may be dispensed with if means are provided to support the rings in case of breakage of the belt. The bottom spindles 3 are mounted centrally within the rings, and may be driven at a suitably lower speed than the rings, so as to reduce the drag on the yarn, by an endless band 24 passing round a pulley 23 on the shaft 5 and a tension pulley 27, and caused to pass in contact with pulleys 26 on the spindles by guide-pulleys 25, or they may be driven independently by separate bands from a drum as usual, or the spindles may be fixed. Each ring may have a fixed eye, or may be provided with a projection 35, Fig. 8, to engage and carry round the usual traveller 20<a> when this is raised by the normal yarn tension, the traveller falling clear of it when the yarn breaks, thus permitting piecing, or to avoid the sudden jerk which may be caused by the projections 35 the traveller may be provided with a friction shoe 36, Fig. 12, to engage the ring. The pulley 26 on each spindle is provided with a cap 32, Fig. 9, within which a friction disk 33 positively engaging the bobbin 4 rests. The disk or the cup may be faced with leather to increase the friction between the cup and the bobbin as the latter is dragged round by the yarn at a greater speed than the spindles. In one modified driving-arrangement for the rings, the rings are supported on three pulleys and the driving-belt passes round two-thirds of each ring and of one of its supporting pulleys, and in another the rings are supported by four pulleys, the belt passing round one half of the ring and of two of its supporting-pulleys.
Patent GB-190715438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Ships.
Inventor: BUCKWALTER CYRUS LEVI
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 15,438. Buckwalter, C. L. July 4. Aerial machines without aerostats; wings and rudders; propelling; steering; cars.-The aerial machine is raised by planes or wings 13, Fig. 3, mounted in pairs on shafts 16 and moved in opposite directions by a double crank 5 on the driving-shaft 4. The shaft 4 is mounted in a tube 2 secured in bearings on the sides of the boat-shaped car 1, and provided with pulleys 6 which are driven by a motor 34, Fig. 1, or by pedals, through a central shaft 31 and pulleys 32. The ends of the shafts 16, Fig. 3, pass through slots in the sleeves 9, 11 carrying the planes 13 and are secured to sockets 8 on the ends of brackets 7 pivotally mounted on the tube 2. The sleeves 9, 11 are connected by pitmen 10, 12 to the crank 5, and are guided by the sockets 8. The planes are provided with vanes 14 which open downwardly during the upward movement of the plane. The planes may be tilted forwardly or rearwardly, for steering, by means of a rod 28 connecting the pivoted brackets 7, Fig. 1, to a block 23 slidably mounted on a double rack 3 and secured to a hand-lever 20. A pawl 21 on the hand-lever serves to lock the block 23 in any position and a rod connects the block 23 with a similar block on the forward segment 3. The rear steering-vane consists of two parts 39, 40 carried on a shaft 41 pivotally mounted on trunnions 47, Fig. 7, on a post 42. The vane 39 is secured to the shaft 41, and the vane 40 to collars 44 loose on the shaft. The vanes are moved apart by handles 48, 49, Fig. 6, which are secured to the shaft 41 and the collar 44 respectively, and are locked in any position by a detent 52 which engages a rack 51 secured to the handle 49. The vanes are locked against movement on the trunnions 47 by a detent 56, which engages with a rack 54 on the post 42.
Patent GB-190715794-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Leather Substitute or Artificial Leather
Inventor: POLLAK ALFRED
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 15,794. Pollak, A. July 9. Artificial leather is manufactured by mixing leather waste with a waterproof binding-material, consisting of two parts of a mixture of equal parts of oleic acid and colophony, and five parts of a solution of casein or lactarin in water, namely, one part lactarin in four to five parts of water.
Patent GB-190716654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air or Gas Compressors.
Inventor: HILL EBENEZER
Filed: 1907-07-20
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 16,654. Hill, E. July 20. Safety - valves.- Relief valves for use in connexion with regulating- devices for air-compressors comprise a member 42, with the functions of a combined lift and piston valve, normally pressed on to its seat by a spring, plunger 43.
Patent GB-190718035-A (GB)
Title: Driving Pulley for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: TANNER LEONZ
Filed: 1907-08-08
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 18,035. Tanner, L. Aug. 8. Pulleys.-A V-grooved pulley is provided with a flange a fixed to the driving-shaft c, and flange b capable of sliding axially on the hub of the flange a, to which it is connected by a helical spring d which prevents relative rotation of the flanges.
Patent GB-190721720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stoves or Furnaces.
Inventor: SELLEY EDWIN JAMES
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 21,720. Selley, E. J. Oct. 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Grates; flues; smoke, consuming; air supply, regulating.-A stack ext e n d s vertically through the fire and receives the smoke and gases distilled from the coal, together with a regulated quantity of air. The stove shown in Fig. 1 consists of a cagelike body built up of bars 10, a water-coil 15, a movable grate 16, a base 12, and an open cap 14, the whole being supported on a stand 13. The stack 20 is contracted at 20<a>, as shown, or by inserting contracting-plates at a corresponding point in a stack of uniform diameter. The air-inlet regulator consists of a needle valve 24 working in a body 22, the lower part of the valve 24 having perforations 27 to allow air to enter. Shutters 19, Fig. 3, may be fitted to enclose the sides of the stove.
Patent GB-190722721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Game Counters.
Inventor: HILLYER EDGAR CURTIS
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 22,721. Hillyer, E. C. Oct. 15. Scoring and marking.-A bridge marker consists of two sets of three concentric disks which may be rotated in a frame separately or some of them together so as to show the number of tricks, the total number of tricks and honours won by each side, and the difference between the two totals. In addition, the number of games played is also shown. On each side of a partition D, Fig. 2, a rotating disk F is provided, having holes marked with even numbers from 2 to 98, Fig. 1. The numbers appear at a slot 3 in the casing and the holes appear through a long slot 2 which is marked with corresponding numbers. Thus, if ten tricks are won, a pencil is inserted in a hole corresponding to ten on the casing and the disk is worked round till 10 shows at the slot 3. The disk has a lug 4 placed so that as 30 is shown at the slot 3 a lever L is actuated to show one game. Only one game need be shown since two decide a rubber. Underneath the disk F is a second disk H provided with one set of holes 9 coinciding with the holes in the disk F, and a second set 10 which are similarly numbered to those on the disk F and coincide with a long slot marked 'Honors' in the casing. The numbers on this second disk denote the total score and are shown at a slot similar to the slot 3. The disks are moved together when tricks are registered, but only the lower one when honours are marked. When the total score exceeds ninety - eight, a numbered wheel K is moved by a lug 13 on the total score disk to show 1 at a hundreds slot. The 'trick' disk can always be moved back independently to zero to record fresh tricks. A third disk I has one set of holes similar to those in F and a second set similar to the set 10 of the 'honour' disk, and thus would record the same as that disk were it not that it is connected by a stud 18, Fig. 2, with a similar third disk on the other side of the partition D. The disk I is moved forwards by one set of players and backwards by the other. A stud 20, Fig. 1, operates wheels M half open and half solid, so that a blank is shown in a slot on the losing side and the difference score on the winning side. The disks F are returned to zero by pinions 32, Fig. 2, a stop consisting of a pin and a spring which can pass it only in one direction being used. The disks H and wheels are similarly returned to zero by pinions 33 &c. The disks I are returned by making the difference 0.
Patent GB-190801943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thrashing Machines.
Inventor: MARSHALL HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 1943. Marshall, H. J. Jan. 28. Thrashing-machines.-Prongs c are riveted to the last bar b of the concave a of thrashing-machines, being spaced to allow any corn to pass through and preferably formed of round iron. The bar carrying the prongs may be hinged to the concave to allow of adjustment. The prongs are held in position by a bar beneath them passing through loops formed at the end of the prongs and through slots in the sides of the machine and clamped by nuts ; or a bolt at each end passing beneath some of the prongs c may be used.
Patent GB-190804808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flange Joints
Inventor: BAUD EDOUARD
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 4808. Baud, E. May 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Flange joints.- A packing for pipe and like joints consists of asbestos, flax, &c. between parallel metal plates 10, 11 joined together round the central opening by a joint central and parallel to the plates. The parts 13, 16 are inclined to the parallel portions of the plates 10, 11 at an acute angle.
Patent GB-190805137-A (GB)
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 5137. Harrison, K. H., and British Insulated & Helsby Cables, Ltd. March 6. Telegraphs; telephone systems. - Simultaneous telegraphy and telephony is effected along the same line by connecting the telegraph instruments, shunted by condensers, in the line itself, and connecting the telephone induction coils in series with condensers between the line and the metallic or earth return. Separate induction coils and condensers d, h, f, k may be used for the transmitter and receiver, or the circuit h, k may be omitted, the secondary d serving for both transmitter and receiver. The condensers may be made adjustable to suit varying conditions of the line.
Patent GB-190809355-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Clipping or Shearing Apparatus.
Inventor: SZAX MATHIAS
Filed: 1908-04-30
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 9355. Szax, M., and Krisztman, A. April 30. Horse-clippers and the like.-The reciprocating blade 2, Fig. 2, is operated by means of rotating cross-arms 32, 33, Fig. 3, through the forked end 34, 35 of a rocking lever 8. The arms 32, 33 and respective parts 34, 35 are in two different planes, as shown in Fig. 4. The starting and stopping mechanism comprises an arm 31 which slides vertically on the pin 28 and engages the vane 26. An arm 29 rigid with the arm 31 carries a pin 30, which is spring-pressed into a hole in the wheel 22 when the apparatus is at rest and is disengaged therefrom to start the apparatus. A tooth 37, Fig. 1, on an external pinion on the driving-shaft, indicates how far the spring has run down, by the rotating the wheel 38.
Patent GB-190810954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motors Pumps and the like Having Oscillating Cylinders.
Inventor: MOSCICKI KAJETAN
Filed: 1908-05-20
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 10,954. Moscicki, K. May 20. Gas engines; compressed-air engines.-Relates to engines of the type in which an oscillating cylinder, open at both ends, is provided at the end remote from the crack with a spherical or cylindrical flange which slides on a corresponding face on the engine frame, thereby controlling the inlet and outlet of the working fluid. In the present invention, the pivots about which the cylinder oscillates are provided at the centre of curvature of the sliding flange and are pressed by springs to ensure a tight joint between the working surfaces of the cylinder and the frame, such pivots being otherwise free. The cylinder is provided with slots to guide the crank-pin, which is directly connected to the piston. The cylinder is also provided with a cooling-jacket, the inlet and outlet ports of which communicate with corresponding ports in the frame in all positions of the cylinder. As shown in Fig. 1, the cylinder H, open at both ends, is provided at one end with a cylindrical flange-like extension sliding upon a corresponding face on the frame A, in which face are the inlet F and outlet C for the working fluid. Slots are cut in the other end of the cylinder to guide the crank-pin I and its brasses M. The piston B is shaped to reduce clearance to a minimum. The trunnions C of the cylinder rotate in bearings which are not fixed in position but are pressed by springs D abutting against the frame A. The cooling-jacket is shown in Fig. 4. The jacket L is provided with inlet and outlet ports N (only one of which is shown) communicating with corresponding inlet and outlet ports P, which are elongated so that they communicate with the ports F in all positions of the cylinder. The ports P may be connected by a pipe. In order to balance the engine, the masses of the movable parts are so arranged that their centre of gravity remains at rest in the line joining the centres of the crank-shaft and pivots in all positions of the moving parts. A mathematical investigation is given in the Speci. fication, and also an empirical formula for the balancing of the forces due to acceleration. Two or more cylinders may be mounted to work upon the same shaft to assist in balancing.
Patent GB-190811119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lighting Dynamos for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BACHTEN LOUIS
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 11,119. Bachten, L., and Gallay, J. May 22. Switches.-A switch for cutting out of circuit the lighting-dynamo on motor - cars and other vehicles when the speed falls below a given amount is controlled by a centrifugal governor on the dynamo shaft. The governor R imparts axial motion to the sleeve r carrying a cam o, which operates one or other of the levers p, p<1> fixed to a sleeve q which also carries the blade of the switch I.
Patent GB-190815816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: HELD JULES
Filed: 1908-07-25
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 15,816. Held, J. July 25. Heating by e l e ctricity.-A radiator consists of an open wire-gauze resistance n, the wires of which are insulated by asbestos, carried in a frame of which the sides a, b are of conducting - material to convey the current to the gauze from supply wires f, h. Coloured incandescent lamps m are fitted at the back of the resistance, and doors may be provided to protect the gauze when the apparatus is not being used.
Patent GB-190823139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Binders or Covers for Books and Papers.
Inventor: HUNT WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 23,139. Hunt, W. Oct. 30. Bookbinding.-One or both of the covers of a ledger or other book or a loose-leaf binder is provided, in addition to the usual joint connecting it to the back, with a joint parallel to and at a short distance from the back so that the book may be easily opened by bending the forward joint and the leaves lie flat. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 12,084, A.D. 1886, and No. 27,005, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Writing-instruments &c.].]
Patent GB-190824651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: COHEN SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 24,651. Cohen, S. Nov. 17. Windows, cleaning.-The external and internal surfaces of a window pane are cleaned simultaneously by means of two cleaning-bars c connected together by pins which work in slots in the sash-bars. The bars c are guided by vertical rods f disposed within the frames g, and screwed knobs d are provided to facilitate manipulation. According to the Provisional Specification, a cleaning-bar may be operated by means of a bifurcated rod, by screwed spindles, or by cords, and a brush may be arranged to clean. the bar when necessary.
Patent GB-190900768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Egg-whisks or Beaters.
Inventor: PALEY WILLIAM VALENTINE
IPC: A47J43/10
Filed: 1909-01-12
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 768. Paley, W. V. Jan. 12. Egg - beaters.- The blades of a " Dover " or like egg-beater are formed with teeth as shown.
Patent GB-190906182-A (GB)
Title: A New Flavouring Tablet or Powder.
Inventor: FARROW JOSEPH
IPC: A23L27/10
Filed: 1909-03-15
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 6182. Farrow, J., [trading as Farrow & Co., J.]. March 15. Sugar preparations.-A tablet or powder for sweetening peas &c. consists of caster sugar and essence of spearmint.
Patent GB-190908164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Dipping Tanks.
IPC: B05C3/04
Filed: 1909-04-05
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 8164. Wilkinson, Heywood, & Clark, and Gordon, C. April 5. Coating-machines.-In a tank for containing paint &c. for coating articles by dipping, the agitators extending along the bottom of the tank are rotated by a vertical shaft which rises within the tank. The agitators a are mounted on a shaft carried in bearings b on a removable frame c which rests on ledges e. The shaft is rotated through bevel-gearing f, g, a clutch member h engaging with a clutch member q on a vertical shaft n rotated through bevel-gearing o, p. The shaft n is supported in a bearing r attached to vertical channel-irons. A louver arrangement u is employed to prevent sediment from settling on the bottom of the tank when out of use. A plate c' may be attached to the frame c to protect the gearing f, g.
Patent GB-190910490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: BRIHAYE MEDERIC
IPC: A43B23/02
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 10,490. Brihaye, M. May 11, 1908, [Convention date]. Processes a n d materials for treating hides and skins. - Leather for making boots and shoes is treated locally so that certain parts of the sheet are stiffened and others left pliable. Figs. 5 and 7 show a combined boot upper and vamp before and after blocking, in which the portions a, bare hardened to form the stiffener and toe-cap respectively, and the remainder of the sheet is kept pliable by impregnation with oil, dubbing, &c. The ordinary heel-stiffener is thereby rendered unnecessary, the hardened portion of the upper a, Fig. 9, being directly riveted between the inner and outer soles. The hardening is effected by impregnating the leather with gelatine, and treating it with bichromate of potash and hydrochloric acid prior to exposure to light or reduction of the bichromate by means of a solution of hyposulphite of soda and hydrochloric acid. The leather is then washed in a borax bath, and finally in clear water.
Patent GB-190910548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulds for use in the Manufacture of Concrete Blocks, and the like.
Inventor: SUTCLIFFE EDGAR ROUSE
IPC: B28B7/24
Filed: 1909-05-04
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 10,548. Sutcliffe, E. R. May 4. Moulds.-A series or battery of monlds for concrete blocks is built up of a number of end pieces F, clamped between side plates B, C by revoluble locking-bars P, which rest in slots in extensions c of the side plates and are formed with cranked ends adapted to engage with cam-pieces O. The moulds shown are each adapted to form two L-shaped blocks, a partition H being inserted into slits in the ends F. Projections L form grooves in the ends of the blocks for the reception of bonding material. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which the blocks are formed face downwards; the side plates B are L-shaped, and the mould is completed by a board T held against the upstanding portions of the sides by means of clamps U, so that when the blocks are set it may be slid along for use with the adjacent moulds. Moulds for making hollow blocks are also described in which cores are detachably supported in recesses in the base-plate J. The blocks may be faced with finer material by using partition plates.
Patent GB-190912227-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Protecting Water Gauge Tubes of Steam Boilers.
Inventor: DEGEORGIS GASTON ERNEST EDOUAR
IPC: G01F23/02
Filed: 1909-05-24
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 12,227. Degeorgis, G. E. E. May 27, 1908, [Convention date]. Gauge glasses. - In a gauge-glass protector consisting of two hinged parts a, b carrying windows g and secured together by a pin d, the windows are held in grooves formed on one side in fixed parts of the protector and on the other side in detachable parts h', which are secured to the body of the protector by screws i. One of the end collars, Fig. 3, securing the protector upon the water-gauge, is formed with indentations o, which allow the steam to escape in a determined direction should the glass break.
Patent GB-190913288-A (GB)
Title: Dish or Plate.
Inventor: LUST ALFRED
IPC: A47G19/02
Filed: 1909-06-07
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 13,288. Lust, A. June 7. Plates, dishes, &c.-A plate or dish of foliated shape is divided into a number of compartments for holding various kinds of food, by straight, curved, or irregular ribs 4 joining two opposite cusps 5. The bottom of the middle compartment 2 containing the meat or fish may be raised relatively to the bottoms of the compartments 3, containing sauces and vegetables, so as to render its contents more accessible.