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Patent GB-190810302-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coin-freed Game Apparatus.
Inventor: JOFEH JOHN
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 10,302. Jofeh, J. May 12. Race games.-Two figures c, Fig. 2, attached to rods a<2> and resembling lamplighters, are drawn up ladders a, the tubular sides of which contain the rods, and they apparently climb; their arms e being linked to the pivoted or sliding legs c<1> and operating as they trip on each rung a'. A lamp at the top of the ladder is illuminated when the figure has reached the top. Cords a<3>, Fig. 3, for pulling the rods a<2> are wound up by a pair of drums k in a hanging cradle g, a neighbouring hanging cradle f being provided with driving-gear h which is worked by crank handles d. The cradles f, g are normally held slightly to the right with the wheels l and pinion h out of gear by means of springs, and a hook p on the first cradle engages the bottom of a coin-shoot m, while a rod r projecting rigidly from the second cradle obstructs the bottom of a second coin-shoot n. After prepayment of two coins and the operation of a push-rod the mechanism is in gear, and at the end of the race the winning figure liberates the second coin so that it falls into an open bowl z.
Patent GB-190812125-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Training and Shaping the Moustache.
Inventor: TURNER JOSEPH GRINDAL
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 12,125. Turner, J. G. June 4. Hair curling and the like, toilet appliances for.- Relates to a training-device for the moustache comprising a comb 1 and a plate 2, and consists in bending over the edges of the plate as shown at 3 and 4 to form a means for connecting the two by sliding the plate longitudinally over the comb, and in providing a swivelling piece 7 pivoted to the plate on the side remote from the comb in such a manner that the end of the moustache passed through a slot 6 is caught by a projection 9 and held curled upwards against a flange 5 on the plate.
Patent GB-190812323-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Reducing Iron Ore.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 12,323. Boult, A. J., [Jones, J. T.]. June 6. Rotary metallurgical furnaces or kilns.-An inclined rotary gas kiln 4 is used in the reduction of cylindrical blocks of iron ore. The block is introduced into the upper end of the kiln and is slowly conveyed by spiral ribs 5 to a movable extension 13 of the outlet flue 9 of a gas-producer 8. This extension fits between the flue 9 and the lower end of the kiln and is mounted on a truck 14 to facilitate removal, the flue and kiln then being closed by valves 16, 17 ; water-cooled rollers 19 are provided to move the ingot into or out of the extension.
Patent GB-190812786-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Manufacturing Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Mittens, and Gloves and the like from the Skins of Animals.
Inventor: BROWNE COLIN MATHESON
Filed: 1908-06-15
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 12,786. Browne, C. M., and James, W. J. June 15. Gaiters; mittens; gloves materials, special.- Boots, shoes, gaiters, mittens, and fingerless gloves are made from the skins of small animals, such as rabbits or opossums, or from the skins of the limbs of cattle, sheep, &c., by peeling off the skin so that the portion removed is practically tubular, stretching and securing it over a last or former, immersing it in a bath of alum, permanganate of potash, or like shrinking and tanning solution, drying it, cutting the skin so that the former can be removed, and finally trimming, braiding, or otherwise finishing the article as desired. Any suitable dye may be added to the tanning solution. In the case of a boot, the skin 2, preferably with its flesh side outwards, is stretched over a last 1, and tied securely at 4 and 5. After tanning and drying, a piece of the skin is cut away from the ligature 4 to the tongue 6, Fig. 2, the ligature 5 is trimmed off, and the last is removed. The trimmed portion may be covered with a small patch, which may bear a trade mark &c.
Patent GB-190814765-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Seat Attachment for Reserving Booked Seats also applicable as a Hat Supporting Device or the like.
Inventor: DENT BERT
Filed: 1908-07-11
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 14,765. Dent, B. July 11. Indicators, "engaged" and like.-A device for locking reserved seats, and particularly ordinary tip-up seats, in the raised position, comprises two flexible straps, bands, &c. a, b, marked 'reserved,' suitably connected or hinged at c to the underside of the seat, and carrying at their upper united ends a suitable lock part d, which can engage either a complementary lock part e secured to the seat back, or, when the straps are used, for supporting a hat &c., a complementary lock part f. A single flexible member may be used when the device is not required to support a hat &c.
Patent GB-190821771-A (GB)
Title: Hair Cloth Fabric.
Inventor: BOYD ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-10-15
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 21,771. Boyd, A. Oct. 15. Hair fabrics.-Black hair wefts are woven in a plain manner with bright-coloured cotton or linen warps, to produce a reversible fabric with similar faces having a coloured, mottled, or shot-silk effect.
Patent GB-190827804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: JONES FRANK SILVA
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1910-03-21
Abstract: 27,804. Jones, F. S. Dec. 21. Gas or explosivevapour engines.- The inlet and exh a u s t ports of a two - stroke - cycle double - acting engine are controlled by suitably actuated valves and are located so that an inlet port at one end of the cylinder has a corresponding exhaust port at the opposite end. Explosive mixture is supplied by a pair of single-acting pumps, or by one double-acting pump, driven from the crankshaft; and the exhaust valves by closing at the end of each working stroke ensure the whole of the return stroke being utilized for compression. In the engine shown in Fig. 2, a doubleacting cylinder and a charging-pump are arranged side by side, their pistons being connected to the crank-shaft through pin-and-slot mechanism. Air, which is carburetted before entering the pump (not shown) through valves q, q<1>, is compressed and delivered to the engine cylinder a through valves s, s<1>, which open into admission ports r, r' located near the cylinder covers. The exhaust ports t, t' are controlled by mechanically-actuated valves (not shown), and each serves the end of the cylinder remote from that in which it is situated. The incoming mixture expels the exhaust gases, and the injection of the charges continues until after the commencement of the compression strokes. In adapting the engine for reversing, means are provided which ensure the relative positions of the crank-pins being identical irrespective of the direction of rotation. The Provisional Specification states that the pumps may be driven by pairs of eccentrics through links ; and also that in multi-cylinder engines the pump may discharge into a reservoir.
Patent GB-190908794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Warp Beams and Rollers.
Inventor: WILD JAMES
IPC: D02H13/28
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 8794. Wild, J., and Barton, A. April 14. Rollers; winding. - Wooden or like warp beams and batching, dye, jig, or other rollers are strengthened by inserting metal tubes or cores a, Fig. 1, through their axes, these tubes being screw-threaded externally to receive metal end disks or caps d, provided with flanges d<1> bedding on the turned-down ends of the rollers. The end supporting-pins e for the rollers are screwed into the internally-threaded caps, or into the internally-threaded ends of the tubes &c. Flanges f may be secured on the rollers, these flanges being each provided with two wedge-shaped and undercut projections f<1>, one at each end of the central hole in the flange, the projections engaging recesses h in two parts or halves which together constitute a clamping- disk g with an attached collar g<1>. These halves are bolted together to clamp the flange and the disk to the roller. As an additional safeguard, the parts f<1>, g may be secured together by clamping-screws, or, according to the Provisional Specification, by nuts and set-screws &c. secured to the parts f<1>.
Patent GB-190911785-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Preventing Shocks or Vibrations in Liquids, Pipes and the like.
Inventor: GUNN GILBERT
IPC: F16L55/052
Filed: 1909-05-19
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 11,785. Gunn, G. May 19. Air-vessels.-A device for preventing shocks or vibrations in liquids in pipes consists of an air or gas vessel formed in two parts a, bone above the other, and connected by a central pipe c, which extends down into the chamber b. The liquid-supply pipe e enters the top of the chamber a, and the discharge pipe f passes from the bottom of the chamber b to the filters g. The chambers a, bare connected by an air or gas pipe d, and the air or gas supply is maintained by a compressor j so that the liquid level in the pipe c is half-way between the chambers, whereby the surface of liquid exposed to gas is small, and absorption is minimized. The apparatus is particularly suitable for dealing with the supply to filter beds. The Provisional Specification also states that a shock absorbent, such as india-rubber, is placed between the two air-vessels.
Patent GB-190913195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubber Soles or Underalls or the like.
Inventor: DOUGLAS ARTHUR SHERWOOD
IPC: A43B3/16
Filed: 1909-06-05
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 13,195. Douglas, A. S. June 5. Athletic overshoes.-In rubber or like soles or underalls of the type held on the boot or shoe by a spring action of the counter, without the use of other fastening means, the counter D is made with an extension E of the sole on each side, and the whole is vulcanized with the two sides almost meeting, as shown in Fig. 2, so that, when in use, the extensions E act as springs to grip the counter of the ordinary boot or shoe.
Patent GB-190923173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Head Coverings.
Inventor: WELCH WILLIAM ARTHUR
IPC: A42B1/06
Filed: 1909-11-02
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 23,173. Welch, W. A. Nov. 2. Caps, readily foldable for travelling &c., are made of paper, calico, linen, &c. rendered sanitary by disinfectant and grease and water proof. The usual sectors a are united by gum or otherwise at a<1>, and are joined to a strengthening-piece b, which is preferably ventilated. A stiff peak c is provided, and the edges are preferably folded as shown at a<2>.
Patent GB-190926035-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam or like Fluid Pressure Turbines.
Inventor: LEGRAND GEORGES JUSTIN JOSEPH
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 26,035. Legrand, G. J. J., and Gersant, J. Nov. 10. Circular flow type; casings; reversing.- Relates to turbines of the kind in which the motive fluid flows in a serpentine course from side to side of an axialflow rotor b, and consists in forming the stator chambers shallow at the part k where the fluid enters them, and deeper at the part l where the fluid is again directed upon the wheel by directing-blades. The stator may be formed by attaching a ported plate to a plain plate by a screw q. A number of elements may be compounded, and reversing sections may be provided.
Patent GB-190926460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: HERBERT ALBERT CORAN
IPC: E01B11/08
Filed: 1909-11-15
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 26,460. Herbert, A. C. Nov. 15. Rail joints.-One fish-plate 12 has studs 14 entering hollow lugs 13 on the other fish-plate 11, and a locking- pin 15 is passed through the studs 14 and the lugs 13.
Patent GB-190926555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Finishing and Cooling Curved Stereotypes.
IPC: B41D1/00
Filed: 1909-11-16
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 26,555. Printing Machinery Co., Pearce, H., and Wood, H. A. Nov. 16. [Addition to 21,896/09.] Stereotype; printing-surfaces.-Relates to means for trimming and cooling curved stereotype plates. The invention comprises (1) mounting the runway rollers so that they can adapt themselves to variations in the edges of the plates, (2) preventing the rebound of the plate as it comes into position in the shaving-arch, and (3) providing means whereby the cooling operation may be omitted. (1) In order to accommodate plates with either radial or bevelled edges, the runway rollers 1, Fig. 1, are mounted on conical or barrel-shaped axles 3, and the inner end of the boss is of spherical form to allow the rolls to rock readily. The roller is secured on its axle by a head 6, attached to the axle by a screw 7 and pin 8. The rollers are mounted so that the shroudings 9 are sufficiently close to prevent undue lateral play, but sufficiently wide apart to allow the widest plate to pass. (2) In order to reduce the rebound of the plate 13 as it comes into position in the arch 10, Fig. 2, to a minimum, the entrance end of the arch is provided with a bracket 15, to which is pivoted a bell-crank 12 carrying on its arm 11 two rollers 17, 18 of wood or leather. As the plate enters, it raises the arm 11, and, as soon as it has reached its correct position, is prevented from rebounding by the end of the arm 11, which has been returned to its original position by the spring 16. (3) Should it be necessary to omit the cooling operation, the transversely-sliding gate 19, Fig. 4, which holds the plate in the cooler and is normally operated by a cam 22, is moved across by means of handles 20, 21 until the slots 24 aline with the edges of the plate and allow the plate to continue its motion down the runway to the delivery table.
Patent GB-191004787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inking Pads.
Inventor: TURNER SAMUEL WILLIAM
IPC: B41K1/54
Filed: 1910-02-25
Granted: 1911-02-27
Abstract: 4787. Turner, S. W. Feb. 25. Pad inking-arrangements.-In order that inking- pads for typewriters, numbering-machines, rubber stamps, &c. may have a level surface and a uniform thickness, the inking-material A, which may be of irregular thickness, is provided with a resilient backing B of gelatinous composition similar to that used for inking-rollers. The backing is applied in plastic form and allowed to set.
Patent GB-191010113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dredging Cutters.
IPC: E02F3/92
Filed: 1909-06-04
Granted: 1910-07-04
Abstract: 10,113. Simons & Co., W., Brown, W., and Brown, W. June 4, 1909. Suction a p p a - r a t u s. - I n a dredging cutter of t h e spiral type having some or all of the blades serrated, the teeth forming the serrations are riveted or removably secured to the blades proper, individually or collectively. As shown, teeth are formed on strips d riveted to the spiral blades d<1>. Specification 13,123/09 is referred to.
Patent GB-191014658-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electro Magnetic Device.
Inventor: SOLDATENCOW BASILE
IPC: H01H51/34
Filed: 1911-01-11
Granted: 1912-02-12
Abstract: 14,658. Soldatencow, B. Jan. 11, 1911. To obtain different effects from a single electro-magnet or solenoid A, Fig. 1, and a single electric circuit B, the circuit B is divided and includes in one branch a switch D, which permits current to pass for such duration of time as to produce a given magnetization or attraction of the core G, and in another branch a switch F which allows current to pass for a longer time so as to cause a stronger magnetization or attraction of the core than the first. The stronger magnetization may . cause the attraction of another armature l. In one arrangement, Fig. 2, the solenoid a has a movable core c and a stationary core b, and a key or switch f is arranged in the main circuit. One of the branch circuits is constituted bv a conducting bracket g, on which is pivoted a conducting lever i having a spring contact j adapted to engage with a conducting lever m, which is electrically connected with the solenoid and has a non-conducting extension m<1> pivoted to the core c. The lever i carries an insulating- piece p moving between an adjustable abutment q on the lever m and a stop r; a counterweight and returning springs t, u are also provided. The second branch circuit includes a switch z. Upon closing the switch f and opening the switch z, the core c is attracted, raising the block p and breaking the solenoid circuit; the circuit is again made by the springs t, u, and the core c thus undergoes a rapid reciprocatory movement. On closing the switch z, the core c is more strongly attracted and is stopped or held. The stationary core b may attract an armature l, which may open the switch z after the current has passed for a certain time, or may actuate any other device, such as the device for closing the switch f. Specification 14,659/10, [Class 35, Dynamoelectric generators &c.]; is referred to.
Patent GB-191014927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gear for the Prevention of Overwinding and for Controlling the Speed of Winding and Hauling Engines and the like.
Inventor: SHAW JOHN
IPC: B66B5/08
Filed: 1910-06-21
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 14,927. Shaw, J. June 21. Overwinding, preventing. - Comprises mechanism for preventing overwinding and excessive speed towards the end of the wind, of the kind in which a travelling nut engages hooks or the like under the control of a governor, thereby actuating trip gear for shutting - off steam and applying a brake. A sleeve L driven from the engine is provided with longitudinal slots at front and rear, and encloses a fixed screw D. Nuts O, P travelling on the screw are provided with lugs projecting through the slots, and are arranged so that one or the other arrives at the centre of the screw as a cage reaches the end of the wind. A pair of stepped tappets R', S' are mounted to slide on substantially vertical levers, which are pivoted at their lower ends, and are adjusted to and from the screw by a governor and lever linkage. If the speed is not suitably reduced towards the end of the wind, the stepped teeth on one of the tappets R', S' are engaged and lifted by the projecting lug on one of the nuts, thereby rocking a pawl E<2> and releasing a weighted bar which controls the brake and throttle. Overwinding and starting in the wrong direction are prevented by the nut engaging lugs on a lever A' which, when tilted, releases a second weighted bar controlling the brake and throttle. The governor-actuated apparatus may be used for opening to exhaust the steam-brake cylinder, thereby allowing a weighted lever to apply the brake gradually, while the action of the overwinding-apparatus may admit steam to the opposite end of the brake cylinder and apply the brake fully.
Patent GB-191018787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Driving Mechanism for Printing Presses.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B41F3/80
Filed: 1910-08-09
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 18,787. Lake, W. E., [Goss Printing Press Co.]. Aug. 9. Driving printing-machines. - Variable-speed driving-mechanisms for printing-machines of the type described in Specification 18,623/09, which may be shifted from low speed to high speed while the press is in motion, are provided with a controller which causes the speed of the motor to be varied and shifted gradually from low speed to high speed as the change between low speed and high speed in the driving-mechanism is being made. The change-speed mechanism is operated from the handle 53, as described in the Specification above referred to, and the controller 200 is operated from the same handle. A link 203 is pivoted at one end to the controller arm 201 and at the other end it is pivoted to the piston 204 of a dash-pot. A rocking lever 209, 210 engages the middle of the rod 203, and is connected by pistons 213, 215, spring 216, cylinder 214, and rods 212, 217 to the lower end of the handle 53. The lever 209, 210 is provided with a collar 207 having a notch 211 which is adapted to be engaged by a pawl 231. The collar and pawl are cross connected by a lever 228, rod 227, levers 222, 221, rod 223, and spring 226. The end of the lever 221 is adapted to be engaged by a stop 218 on the rod 217. In operation, when the lever 53 is moved from the ' off ' to the ' slow ' position, the controller handle is similarly moved. The pawl 231 then engages the notch 211, and prevents further operation of the controller. As the handle 53 is thrown over still further the mechanism is changed from the ' slow ' to the ' fast ' position. The stop 218 is then brought into contact with the lever 221, and releases the pawl 231 from the notch 211. The spring 226, which has previously been put under compression, then throws over the controller from the ' slow ' to the ' full ' position, the motion being damped by the dashpot 204, 205.
Patent GB-191021183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Potato Digging and the like Machines.
Inventor: LACEY ARTHUR
IPC: A01D19/04
Filed: 1910-09-12
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 21,183. Lacey, A. Sept. 12. Potato diggers.-Relates to potato diggers of the type in which the fork shafts are mounted in the arms of a rotary disk and are controlled by links attached to the arms of a second disk mounted eccentrically to the first disk in such a way that the forks remain approximately vertical as they are revolved. The invention consists in providing a cam k having an adjustable part x, which operates spring-controlled arms h attached to the sleeves on which the forks are secured so as to give a sudden jerk to the forks as they leave the ground, with the result that the potatoes are thrown outwards and fall upon the surface of the ground so that they can be more easily gathered.
Patent GB-191026172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Duplex Pumps.
Inventor: SCHOLZ WILLIAM HUGO EMIL
Filed: 1910-11-10
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 26,172. Scholz, W. H. E. Nov. 10. Steam-pumps.-In a duplex pump the steam and pump cylinders are placed nearer together than usual owing to the construction of the valve-gear, and the connecting-piece s may be closed to protect the piston-rod from dirt.
Patent GB-191026719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Valves.
Inventor: SINCLAIR JOHN
IPC: F16K3/10
Filed: 1910-11-17
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 26,719. Sinclair, J. Nov. 17. Rotary disk valves. - Relates to valves of the kind described in Specification 13,006/08. The means for forcing the valve tightly upon its seating comprises an annular crown F, Fig. 1, attached to arms F<2> mounted upon distance-pieces G on the valve casing A, the bore of the crown carrying a screwed sleeve M, as shown. The crown and valve have an interfitting tongue and groove F'. The arms may be formed so that their inner parts F<3> make a working fit with the periphery R of the valve. The distance-pieces G may be horse-shoe shaped so as to be readily positioned and removed. In a modification shown in Fig. 5, the crown is mounted upon, and fits within, an open cover K, as shown, so that the valve is entirely enclosed, and the screwed sleeve exerts pressure through an interposed ring N; packing may be placed between this ring and an inwardly-projecting flange F<3> of the crown F.