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Patent GB-190710107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Tack or Staple Feeding and Driving Appliances.
Inventor: GEEKIE ALEXANDER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 10,107. Geekie, A. W. May 1. Nailing and stapling, hand tools for.-Relates to an appliance by which tacks or staples are cut off from a strip and driven in at one operation to fasten labels to boxes or to fasten down carpets, waxcloth, &c. The appliance has a handle 2 and a plunger 10 adapted to coact with the staple-strip guide 6 to cut off and drive a staple. At each operation of the plunger, a cam 13 moves a slide 3 and spring pawl 7, and on the plunger being returned by the spring 11, the slide and pawl 7 are moved by the spring 4 to advance the staple strip. Backward movement of the strip is prevented by a second spring pawl 9. The movement of the plunger may be limited by a stop 14 and guide-washer 15.
Patent GB-190714673-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a Drinking Vessel made of Ice and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: HUIZER HENDRIK DOUWE PIETER
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 14,673. Huizer, H. D. P. June 25. Drinking-vessels 1 are made of ice and are preferably enclosed in a casing 2 of paper or celluloid. The walls of the vessel increase in thickness from the top downwards and the bottom is arched. This shape is obtained by freezing water between a mould 3, Fig. 2, which is inserted in a freezing- agent, and a core 4. The bottom of the mould is arched and may be provided with a protecting piece in order that the bottom of the vessel may be the last part to freeze. The bottom of the core is formed with a cylindrical chamber 7 to allow for the escape of air and for the expansion of the water on freezing, whereby the inner surface is arched. When the freezing operation is complete, the mould is taken from the freezing - agent and slightly warmed, either by exposure to the atmosphere, in a liquid bath, or by electricity. The core with the ice vessel attached is then removed, and the vessel is detached from the core. Special means for detaching the vessel may be provided, such as a piston working the chamber 7, or means for supplying compressed air to the interior of the chamber 7. To increase the impermeability of the ice, the water may contain such materials as agar-agar, gelatine, or starch in quantities of about one gramme per litre.
Patent GB-190716891-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Utilising the Movement of Sea-waves
Inventor: RAVELLI AGOSTINO
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 16,891. Ravelli, A. July 23. Actuating pumps.-Pumps are worked by a special wave mill. The waves play upon a board 1 hinged at 3 to a base 4 and connected to bars 2 which are jointed at 14 to other bars 13 pivoted to standards 18. Vertical rods 15 from the bars 13 work pumps 26. Slots 8 controlled by sluices worked by an eccentric at 3 allow the spent water to flow through the board. Springs 9 or spring-actuated pistons or weights return the board to its top position. The board may have inclined ribs 5 to concentrate the force of the waves. The lower edge of the board may have a curved metal plate for guiding the waves upwards. In a modification, the hinged board carries a rack driving a pinion. In another modification, it operates a pump through belt gearing and a crank and connecting-rod. Fig. 7 shows a support for keeping the wave mill at the level of the waves. The support consists of a platform supported on hollow plungers 40 sliding in tubes 39. Compressed air from the supply pipe 41 may be allowed to enter and force up the plungers, or the air may be allowed to escape through tubes 45. Fig. 8 shows a support for fixing on the shore. The wave mill is supported on the brackets 49.
Patent GB-190717458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrolytic Current Rectifiers.
Inventor: HICKLEY ARTHUR SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 17,458. Hickley, A. S. July 30. Resistances, electrolytic. In a rectifier, undue heating of the electrolyte is avoided by providing the main vessel 1, which forms one of the electrodes, with radiating rib s 3, and connecting it with additional heat-radiating chambers 13 through connexions which permit circulation of the electrolyte through all the vessels. The vessels 1, 13 are of a metal that is not electrically active, such as iron, with supplemental electrodes consisting of carbon rods or linings, while the active electrodes are of aluminium, the electrolyte being preferably phosphate of ammonium. Two or more active electrodes 5 connected through separate circuits may be placed in one receptacle. The chambers 13 may be open-topped as at 26, and may contain active electrodes.
Patent GB-190725369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valves for Steam Engines
Inventor: TABOURIN GEORGES
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 25,369. Tabourin, G. Nov. 23, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Valves, distributing.-Relates to constructions of bell-shaped cylindrical valves. The flange of the tubular guide 1, Fig. 2, is secured to the cylinder 2 by a ground joint. The box 5 is secured by a flange to the cylinder jacket 6. The valve guide is provided with packing 8, and the valve with one or more rows of ports 4. The exhaust-valve guide 9, Fig. 3, is provided with packing in the outer part only. The closure of the ports is effected by the edge of the valve 10, which engages a ground seat 12 on the valve-guide flange 11, Figs. 3 and 4. This method of closure may be applied to inlet valves or to exhaust valves with double outlets. The exhaust valve is opened against the resistance of a spring 15 by a lever 16, which is operated by an eccentric and rolls on a block 17.
Patent GB-190728108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: SMITH DANIEL FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 28,108. Smith, D. F., and Purcell, W. F. Dec. 20. Fixed-abutment type. - Pistons 19, Fig. 1, are pivoted at 21 and work in cylinders 18, which are socketed in a loose ring 17 surrounding an eccentric 25. The eccentric is cut away to form two opposite chambers inside the ring 17, which are connected by passages in the hollow shaft 4 with the admission and exhaust respectively. The ring is perforated at 16 to connect these chambers with the cylinders 18. The pistons are hollowed at 22 to admit the steam to the surface of the pins 21. The eccentric 25 is rotated by the steam pressure on one side. As it rotates, the cylinders 18 are connected alternately with the admission and exhaust passages, and the steam expands as the cylinders 18 move relatively to the pistons 19. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which the cylinders 14 are made integral with the ring, and the pistons are provided with sliding bases 30 instead of pivots. The dimensions of the parts are so proportioned that the ring 17 ' floats,' and the whole of the energy imparted to the eccentric or piston 25 is by reason of the steam pressure upon its surface.
Patent GB-190801534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Amusement Devices
Inventor: BEECH ALEXANDER CRUTCHLEY
Filed: 1908-01-22
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 1534. Beech, A. C., and Collins, P. Jan. 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Amusements for fairs &c.-A gangway mounted on rotating cranks and having inclined approaches is provided with a travelling pathway and handrail, so that should any person be upset upon it, he is carried forward over the apparatus. A gangway 2 is mounted on uprights 3, 4 attached to crank-pins 5<1>, 6<1> on disks driven by bevel and spur gearing from a shaft 11. Hinged respectively to the gangway 2 and hand-rail 1 are approaches 13 and hand-rails 12, the ends of the approaches being supported on trollies 15. A travelling pathway 17 passes round guide-pulleys 18 and is driven by a chain &c. 21, which passes round a chain-wheel on the crank-pins 5<1>, geared to a pinion on a shaft 7. Pulleys 20 are adjustable in brackets 19 to produce the necessary tension in the chain. A travelling hand-rail 22 is driven and guided in a similar manner to the pathway 17.
Patent GB-190805403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulds for Casting Curved Stereotype Plates.
Inventor: PILZ OTTO
Filed: 1908-03-10
Granted: 1909-03-10
Abstract: 5403. Pilz, O. March 10. Stereotype.-R elates to machines for casting semi-cylindrical or quartocylindrical stereotype plates. In a machine for casting semi-cylindrical plates, the mould comprises a waterjacketed concave b, a water - jacketed core a mounted on a pivot 1 and provided w i t h a counterweighted arm c, and a block d screwed to the core a which with the plate e forms the mouthpiece of the mould. The plate e is pivoted on the shaft 8, and is operated by a handle S which engages the horn t. The core a is locked in the concave by means of studs h and locking-plates i on a shaft 4 operated by a handle A. The mould is closed at t h e bottom by f o o t - sticks k, k<1> secured respectively to the core a and the concave b, and at the side by rings 12 capable of being secured to the core by a catch if the plate should not readily separate from the matrix, this catch being released as the core is turned out of the concave. In order to facilitate the separation of the plate from the matrix, the upper edge of the concave b is formed as a block Z capable of sliding radially under the influence of eccentrics 9 on the shaft 8. A jaw m, mounted on a pivot n in the block Z, clamps the matrix along its full length, and prevents the metal from getting behind. A bar r, clamped between the block d and the core a projects into the plate, and after removal of the plate e, enables the head to be broken off by a plate n cast into it. The cast plate is caused to adhere to the core by pins x, or by suitably-shaped notches formed on the surface of the core. As the core is turned out of the concave b, the plate is removed from the core by fixed pins 14, which engage the lower edge of the plate. A modified stripping- device, applicable to a mould for casting quartocylindrical plates and shown in Fig. 12, comprises a number of studs connected by a bar 32 which, when the mould is opened, strike against a stop 14. Should a plate not readily separate from the matrix, the side rings 12 are clamped to the core, the jaw m is unclamped, and the core, plate, matrix, and side rings are removed together from the mould. Fig. 5 shows a machine in which the mould consists of a concave b and a core a, having bowls D, E, which run on rails G, H on the frame 2 and are operated by a lever L. The mouth of the mould, the block Z, the clamp m, and the locking-plate i are similar to those already described. The bottom of the mould is closed by two footsticks, as described, or by a single footstick secured to the core a. The side rings 12 are provided with handles N, which engage hooks P secured to the concave b. The plate is stripped from the core by a lever 20 monnted on a stud 21, which, during the opening of the mould, engages a stud 22 on the frame 2.
Patent GB-190809583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water Circulating Boilers.
Inventor: ROBINSON ARTHUR SAMUEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 9583. Robinson, A. S. F. May 2. Boilers.-A hotwater boiler is adapted to be clamped against the outer face of the wall of a closed stove, such, for example as a "Tortoise" stove a, in a readily removable manner. The boiler comprises two plates between which a narrow water space n extends, suitable flow and return fittings s, t being provided. The whole is held by bands o and a nut and bolt q passing through lugs p.
Patent GB-190813797-A (GB)
Title: Rolling Mill for Rolling Hollow Bodies
Inventor: FASSL ALOYS
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 13,797. Fassl, A. June 28, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Rolling.-In a continuous tube-rolling.mill, two groups of rolls are used ; in the .first group the passes are equally oblate, and the increasing speed of the successive pairs of rolls is greater than the forward movement of the work, so that the work is constantly in tension ; in the second group the passes are increasingly oblate, and the speed of the rolls is only sufficiently large to move the work forward on the mandrel. The rolls a, b, c form the first group, and the speed of successive rolls is about twice that of the previous ones ; while the rolls d, e, f form the second group, the increase in speed being only ten to twenty per cent.
Patent GB-190815949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Make and Break Devices.
Inventor: RORKE THOMAS JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-07-27
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 15,949. Rorke, T. J., and Rorke, E. July 27. Switches.-A device for opening and closing an elect r i c circuit comprises main contacts C<1>, C<2> and shunt contacts B', B3, one of the latter B<1> being subjected to an outward pressure by reason of a collar B<2> constraining it partly immersed in mercury B. The circuit is first closed at the shunt contacts B', B3, and the alteration in the level of the mercury, due to the depression of the contact B<3>, causes the circuit to be completed at the main contacts C<2>, C' by way of the mercury B and the metallic tube A<2>. In opening the circuit, the mercury first leaves the contact C<2> as the contact B<3> moves upwards, and the final break occurs at the contacts B', B<3>, which may be of metal, but are preferably of carbon. In a modified form, the contacts B<1>, C<2> are arranged concentrically, with an interposed perforated insulating-cylinder.
Patent GB-190816596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stops or Retarding Devices for the Permanent Way of Railways.
Inventor: SAUNDERS DAVID RODMAN
Filed: 1908-08-06
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 16,596. Saunders, D. R. April 21, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Stops.-A car stop or retarding-device for railways is formed by an undulating track over which the car wheels roll upon their flanges. Fig. 1 shows a side view of the stop at the end of an ordinary track 1. The undulations gradually increase in magnitude towards the end, which is extended upwards as shown, and guards 3 engage the wheel flanges to prevent derailment. The undulating track is laid upon a grade of about ten per cent to facilitate the withdrawal of the cars.
Patent GB-190820485-A (GB)
Title: A Multiple Stop for use on Grinding Machines, Lathes and other Machine Tools.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1908-09-29
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 20,485. Herbert, A., and Stubbs, E. Sept. 29. Lathes; feed- - motions.-In lathes and other machinetools in which the tool is fed towards the work by means of a screw, a multiple stop is provided on the feed device so that the tool may be stopped at any number of predetermined places, and the complete series of operations may be exactly repeated as often as may be required. The hand-wheel b operating the feed carries a sleeve a mounted on an internal sleeve e c which carries an internally - toothed or serrated ring e, the teeth f of which are adapted to be engaged by similar teeth on a block h ; the block slides in a groove g and is carried by an eccentric shaft j which may be rotated to couple or uncouple the parts a and c by means of a knob k which is normally held stationary by the spring n causing it to engage the pin l. The sleeve a carries a number of disks o, o<1>, o<2>, o<3> each having a tooth or a notch q ; these disks may be clamped to the sleeve a by means of spring-pressed plungers p carried by the sleeve, each of which may be operated to clamp a disk when it has been adjusted by screwing in a screw r which permanently holds the plunger. A pawl s carried by some fixed part of the machine may be brought to engage any one of the disks, and as the tool is fed forwards the pawl s engages a notch q and stops the feed. The device may beadjusted to compensate for the wear of the tool without the disks being readjusted by turning the shaft j in the appropriate direction, whereby the resultant motion of the block h with respect to the sleeve a causes angular motion between the sleeve a and the sleeve c.
Patent GB-190825820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Process for Making Book-covers with Coloured Edges and Imitation Quilting Seam.
Inventor: TAPROGGE MELCHIOR
Filed: 1908-11-30
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 25,820. Taprogge, M. Nov. 30. Drawings to Specification. Bookbinding.-Book covers with coloured borders having an imitation quilting seam therein are manufactured by gumming and drying the coverboards and then sticking them on the fabric by means of the momentary pressure of hot plates extending only up to the margin. The adhesive therefore does not affect the margin, which consequently appears sharply defined ; the contact is further increased by the fact that, when the edges of the fabric have been turned over and stuck to the inside of the coverboards, a layer of air remains between the fabric and the cardboard.
Patent GB-190901426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway and like Signalling Systems.
Inventor: COLEMAN CLARENCE WILLIAM
IPC: B61L23/16
Filed: 1909-01-20
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 1426. Coleman, C. W. Feb. 12, 1908, [Convention date]. Electrical systems, automatic.-In an automatic electrical signalling-system in which the track rails are electrically continuous and serve as return conductors for the propulsion current and are supplied with alternating signalling-current from a source s in each block, the track circuit is completed by a bond b of the kind described in Specification 12,795/08, which in the present case is joined to two points of the track rails so far displaced relatively to one another that a truck must always be protected. The relays m, n, receive their energy from coils i, j on the track which are inductively energized from the track rails. The bond b is so arranged that a pair of wheels on the track deenergize one coil j, before the coil i of the section the truck is leaving is energized. As an alternative, the relay may be supplied with current from a transformer having its primary 34 in parallel to a length of track rail 35, 36.
Patent GB-190903821-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Separating Kernels from Broken Nut Shells and the like, also applicable for other purposes.
Inventor: COHN JACOB
IPC: A23N5/08
Filed: 1909-02-16
Granted: 1910-03-16
Abstract: 3821. Cohn, J. Feb. 16. Pneumatic separating; separating on inclined endless bands; sieves with compound or variable motion.-Apparatus for separating kernels from broken nut-shells &c , consists of an inclined vibrating sieve b, Figs. 1 and 6, of graduated mesh, to effect a preliminary separation, and an inclined endless travelling band d which receives a shaking, rocking, or like movement in one or more directions, the kernels being discharged at the lower end e and the shells at the upper end f of the band. The sieve b is supported at the upper end by a rod y carried by supports k on the framework g, and is provided at the lower end with slides w resting on rollers x carried by supports v on the inclined table i over which the band d passes. The table is carried by supports h on a movable frame l supported by the framework g, and the band passes round rollers m, m' and an adjustable tension roller m<3>. The frame l is advanced by cams x<1> on the driving-shaft u<2> bearing against bosses on the frame, and is' drawn back by a spring. The axle t of the roller m carries bevel-wheels r<1> engaged by pawls p<1>, p<2> on arms z<1>, z<2>, which are loose on the axle t and actuated by arms a<1>, a<2> from cranks a<3> on the shaft u<2>. The arms a<2> also operate arms b<1> pivoted to racks e<1>, which are held in position by brackets s on the framework g and engage rollers f<1> on the frame l, causing the table i to move up and down. Rods g<1> pivoted to the ends of the racks e<1> actuate cranks h' on an axle k which is supported by the frame l and carries a toothed segment p engaging a roller n<1> fixed to the table. The sieve b has the largest mesh at the lower end, and is actuated by rods q pivoted to double-armed levers o which are rocked on the rod y by rods n operated by the arms a<1>. The Provisional Specification also states that an air blast may be used to facilitate separation, and that the inclined surface may be formed either of adhesive or of slippery material.
Patent GB-190911759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Operation of Rotary Pumps.
IPC: F04D27/02
Filed: 1909-05-18
Abstract: 11,759. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie. May 18, 1908, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Regulating centrifugal fans and pumps.-To prevent jerky delivery, back-pressure, and vibration, when the delivery of a centrifugal fan or pump is throttled, a device is arranged whereby the suction pipe is simultaneously throttled. Fig. 1 shows a slide e adapted to throttle the suction pipe b of a fan a when the delivery pipe c is throttled at d. The slide e is actuated by a piston h subjected on opposite sides to the pressures of fluid led by pipes k, i from opposite sides of the throttling-point d. Normally, an adjustable spring l keeps the slide e out of action. Figs. 2 and 3 show modified forms m, n of throttling-devices for the suction pipe, in which the weight of the parts tends to close the device on decrease of the volume sucked in. The throttling-devices may be arranged between the stages in multi-stage pumps.
Patent GB-190913044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oars.
Inventor: SCHIRMER ARTHUR
IPC: B63H16/10
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 13,044. Schirmer, A. June 3. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Oars.-A bow-facing oar consists of a blade p angularly disposed relatively to a shaft e which works in a pivoted bearing a fixed on the side of the boat m. The inboard end is carried by a bearing c, which has a dovetailed foot working in a curved guide d. The shafts e terminate in crank handles f which may be connected by a link o.
Patent GB-190915658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Treating Silk.
Inventor: STINE MARCUS
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 15,658. Stine, M. July 5. Yarns and threads, treating with liquids.- Raw silk is treated with a nearly boiling aqueous solution of a sulphonated vegetable or animal oil, such as sulphonated castor oil containing one part by volume of oil to two hundred parts or more by volume of water, and rendered slightly alkaline in reaction by ammonia, sodium carbonate, disodium hydrogen phosphate, disodium ammonium phosphate, borax, or other alkaline salt of an oxyacid, &c., until the sericin is almost entirely removed, leaving the fibroin with a coating of less than one per cent thereof.
Patent GB-190917568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bag Holders.
Inventor: DOCKREE LIZZIE CONSTANCE
IPC: B65B67/12
Filed: 1909-07-28
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 17,568. Dockree, L. C. July 28. Sack-holders. - The bag - holder described in Specification 13,866/07, is adapted for holding a number of bags by mounting the arms on brackets which are fixed or adjustable on a long rod. The bracket a carries two arms e on opposite sides of the rod passing through the bosses b. The bags are held bv a double grip, Fig. 4, at the end of the arm, having U-shaped pieces k<1> co-acting with pivoted catches i<1> on which are formed stops j<1>, and by single grips on the bracket comprising lugs h and catches i with stops j. The lug g also acts with the arm to form a grip. Each bag is held at four points between two arms, by one side of the double grip k<1> and by the lug g on one bracket and by the opposite side of the double grip on the other arm and by the clip i of the corresponding bracket. The arm at the end of the series may have a single grip k<1> and only the lug g or the clip i on the bracket. The arms are telescopic, being locked in the extended and retracted position by a pin entering a recess at either end of a slot. The arms are passed through the bracket into a vertical position when not in use.