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Patent GB-190716577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frames for Supporting Electric Conductors in the Open.
Inventor: BUCHHOLZ THEODOR
Filed: 1907-07-19
Granted: 1908-07-20
Abstract: 16,577. Buchholz, T. July 19, Conductors, supports for; posts.- Frames, cross arms, or posts for supporting conductors, such as telegraph and telephone wires, are made of a slotted bar 1 which may be of rectangular, c i r - cular, or polygonal cross-section, and fittings are attached thereto by hammerbeaded pieces 4 which are placed in the slot and turned round under the edges of the slot. The attachment heads strengthen the slotted bars by holding the two sides of the slot together. The slotted bars are preferably provided with projections 11 or recesses to prevent longitudinal displacement of the fittings, or with a studded longitudinal rib inside the slot which, in addition to preventing displacement of the fitting, provides a space or channel for the reception of electric conductors. The hammer heads may form part of the bolt, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 10, or as shown in Fig. 13 may constitute the nut and may be provided with a projection 12 or with a notch 13 according as the device is to engage a slot or a boss. The bolt shank 15 may be formed as shown in Fig. 7 so as to prevent the device from being turned through more than 90 degrees, or this may be effected by shaping the head of the bolt as shown at 14, Fig. 9. As shown in Fig. 15, the attachment heads 23 may be made in one with the fitting and the bars may be secured to posts by stirrup pieces 35, a bar 34, and the hammer headdevice 36, or they may be secured as indicated in Figs. 20 and 21. The slotted bars may be extended, as shown in Fig. 14, by means of extension bars 19, and may be interconnected by attachment members held by hammer-headed bolts ; they may be arranged with the slot either above, below, or at one side, and as shown in Fig. 29 the slotted bar may be strengthened with ribs 95. Marks may be provided on the bars to show where the fittings are to be inserted. The hammer heads and projections in the bars may be formed of such a shape as to meet with a resistance to rotation in either direction when the device has been fixed, and the bars may be clamped to wooden poles acting as bases, as shown in Fig. 24, or may be cross-connected to form roof structures of the form shown in Fig. 23.
Patent GB-190716937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Generators.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 16,937. Boult, A. J., [Akt.-Ges. Gorlitzer Maschinenbau Anstall u. Eisengiesserei]. July 24. Producers. - A watervaporizer, or air-heater, is situated centrally within the hottest zone of a producer and arranged round the end of the gas-exit pipe. The vaporizer consists of a hood e, Fig. 2, which is supplied with water by means of pipes k, l, and provided with openings f for the escape of steam. Air is supplied at the top c, after being heated between the walls a, b of the casing, and the gas is withdrawn through the pipe g. In a modification, the vaporizer forms a jacket around the gas-exit pipe which extends through the cover of the producer. When very wet fuel is used, air may be supplied to the hood instead of water, baffleplates being used to bring the air into contact with the heated walls, and the heated air being conducted to the upper part of the fuel column.
Patent GB-190718968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Ball Bearings
Inventor: CROSS THOMAS DAMBY
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 18,968. Cross, T. D. Aug. 23. Clutches. - In a ball bearing for free - wheel clutches of cycles &c, the balls m are spaced by loose rigid pieces h, which are either solid or tubular, and have preferably flat ends. One side d of the bearing is detachable to enable the parts to be assembled.
Patent GB-190719485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in U-shaped Frames for Motor-cycles and the like.
Inventor: HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER JACOB CHRIST
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 19,485. Ellehammer, J. C. Hansen-. Aug. 30. Motor road vehicles.-The front and rear parts a, b, Fig. 1, of a U-shaped frame for motor-cycles and the like are connected by a frame member having vertical sides f and end walls c, d integral therewith. The end walls are adapted to receive the front and rear tubular frame members, as shown in the sectional plan view, Fig. 2, and the side and end walls are flanged inwardly so that the frame forms a receptacle in which a fuel tank and electric cells may be placed.
Patent GB-190722958-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressing Machinery for use in the Manufacture of Inlaid Linoleum.
Inventor: BATTEN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-10-17
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 22,958. Batten, E. Oct. 17. Polishing, french and like.- In a machine for consolidating and polishing inlaid linoleum, the linoleum, after passing round the pressing-roll b, is pressed against the smooth polishing- roll c by means of rollers h, i, j, mounted in adjustable bearings in order to vary the pressure, and provided with springs or india-rubber cushions l. The roll c is waxed by the rollers o, p, working in hoppers, and may be heated internally. Several such rolls may be used.
Patent GB-190727067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for use in Tabulating Systems.
Inventor: HOLLERITH HERMAN
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-12-07
Abstract: 27,067. Hollerith, H. Dec. 7. Calculating-apparatus; counting-apparatus; statistics, compiling or tabulating mechanically.-Relates to the system of indicating, sorting, registering, and checking statistical data described in Specifications No. 10,502, A.D. 1901, and No. 27,072, A.D. 1904, and consists principally in moving the record card relatively to a stationary contact-device, the duration of the energization of circuit thus effected being dependent upon the location of the index point in its column and determining the period during which a counting or like apparatus shall be driven by a motor. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the record card 1 is fed between a conducting cylinder 4 and contact-fingers 15, 16, 17, one for each row of index points, the main switch 21 being kept closed by the arm 24 so long as the card is passing. Whenever one of the fingers comes into contact with the cylinder through a punched index point, the relay 25, 48 is energized and maintains circuit through the actuating electro-magnet 35 until the card passes out and the main switch is opened. During this time the corresponding counter-wheel 55 is clutched to a rotating shaft 61, and thereby actuated. Fig. 2 shows a modification in which the armature 72 of the relay electro-magnet is employed to perform the work, which in this case consists in arresting the spring-effected movement of a definite number of sorting guides 77, in order that the record-card 1 may fall into the proper division. In another modification, the action between the record-card and the finger may be mechanical only, the movement of the finger being utilized for momentarily closing a switch, and a relay arrangement, as before, for maintaining the circuit.
Patent GB-190801832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamo-electric Machines.
Filed: 1908-01-27
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 1832. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Schenkel, M. Jan. 27. Armatures; field magnets. - Keys for closing the core slots of dynamo - electric machines are made up of two parts B, K either solid or laminated, one part being of non-magnetic material to ensure mechanical stiffness and the other part, usually the top part, being of - magnetic material to provide a more even flux distribution, as described in Specifications No. 19,494, A.D. 1900, No. 26,695, A.D. 1901, and No. 20,600, A.D. 1907. The invention is described with reference to both open and semi-closed slots. The two parts may be riveted or screwed together, and when the two materials have different coefficients of expansion by heat, one part of the key, usually the top part, may be made up of a number of separate pieces each riveted at one point to the other part; or both top and bottom parts may be short and of approximately equal length and riveted together with one rivet, and a number of such keys may be inserted in a slot one after another in order to fill it.
Patent GB-190802584-A (GB)
Title: Process and Device for the Production of Living Pictures in Relief by Means of the Cinematograph.
Inventor: WEINBERG BORIS
Filed: 1908-02-05
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 2584. Weinberg, B. Feb. 5. Kinematographs. - Kinematographic pictures which appear in relief are projected from a single positive film, Fig. 6, printed by superposition, from right and left hand negatives, Fig. 5, in which a picture alternates with a blank' space. These negatives are taken by synchronously actuated kinematographs or by suitable obscuration of the shutters of ordinary apparatus. The idea of relief can be obtained by polarising the projecting beams and viewing the projected pictures through analysers.
Patent GB-190804184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Sash Fasteners.
Inventor: TOWLER THOMAS
Filed: 1908-08-25
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 4184. Towler, T. Aug. 25. Sash fastenings.-A nut h, sliding in guides g on a slotted or bored plate e attached to one sash, is adapted to engage with a screw bolt supported on a bracket i on the other sash. When the bolt is completely withdrawn, the nut h falls, and is retained by a fence d in the position for securing the window when closed.
Patent GB-190814965-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or relating to Cigarette Machines.
Inventor: KOERNER ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 14,965. K÷rner, A. July 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Cigarette-making machines.-To a string of tobacco destined to be made into cigarettes, tobacco is added at intervals, so that the ends of the resulting cigarettes are more compact than the intermediate portion, and the falling out of tobacco from the cigarette is minimized. Tobacco is fed by a feed-device into a hopper a, whence a part enters a duct b and is thrust downwards at regular intervals by a vane-wheel c and added to the string s of tobacco, which is being continuously delivered by the cigarette machine. The vanewheel c is driven by a wheel n with a single tooth m and ratchet wheel l through star pinions. A rotary cutter, of known type, cuts the string of tobacco so as to bisect the added quantities which form the ends of the cigarettes. More than one vane-wheel and duct may be employed, and change gearing may be used for obtaining the required adjustments.
Patent GB-190815335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hose Couplings.
Inventor: BORCK JOHANNES
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 15,335. Borck, J. July 20. Couplings, disconnectible.-A hose coupling, of the type comprising a pair of symmetrical elements having engaging surfaces adapted to draw the elements together, is provided with a single packing-ring 9 comprising a short cylinder of elastic hose, which fits into shallow recesses 7, 8 of large diameter relatively to the hose.
Patent GB-190816491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Electrical Propulsion of Ships.
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 16,491. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Kloss, M. Aug. 5. Distributing.-In electrical ship propulsion, the propellers d<1>, d<2> are respectively driven by a plurality of motors a' b<1> c', a<2> b<2> c<2> of different overall dimensions and capacities, the motors being so designed and combined that they can be situated in awkwardly shaped parts of the ship, as, for example, close to the tapering stern, while the normal capacity of each motor is such that one or more in combination may be directly coupled to a propeller to work at high efficiency at certain predetermined speeds. The centre propeller may be driven by motors of a fixed diameter and designed for lower speeds, while, to provide for their increased diameter, they are arranged at a greater height than the side propeller. The propellers are placed as far apart as possible and in different planes, to minimize vibration. Specification No. 16,293, A.D. 1891, [Abridgment Class Ships &c. Div. II.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190822595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Drying and Coating Broken Stone, or Ore with Tar for Road Making or other purposes.
Inventor: BAXTER WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-10-24
Granted: 1909-10-25
Abstract: 22,595. Baxter, W. H. Oct. 24. Tanks and heaters, asphalt and like. -Relates to an arrangement of apparatus for drying, screening, and tarring broken stone &c. for road-making. The. drying - apparatus comprises a cylinder m rotated within brickwork g forming the flue j of a furnace h. The furnace gases follow the direction of the arrows 2, 3 around and through the cylinder, from which they pass to a chimney l with a suction fan w. The stone from a crusher a passes down a shoot f through a circular hopper r of the kind described in Specification No. 8503, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Sifting &c.], into the cylinder m, which is divided into compartments by internal rings s constructed as described in Specification No. 28,156, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Sifting &c.], for passing the stone from one compartment to the next. The compartments at each end are perforated for the removal of dust, and are surrounded by additional screens p, q constructed as described in Specification No. 3802, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Sifting &c.], and communicating with hoppers u, u<1>, v. The hopper v has drop doors v<1>, Fig. 2, which prevent any inrush of air into the cylinder m. The hopper u communicates with the chimney l, which may be vertical or inclined as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2 ; in the latter case a pendant pipe x may carry a bag y to catch the dust. The dried stones pass through hoppers k, 1 to be mixed with heated tar in an inclined rotary cylinder 4, which is fitted with a conveying - blade 7 arranged as described in Specification No. 17,825, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Metals and alloys].
Patent GB-190824668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for Roller-levers of Cycle Brake Mechanism.
Inventor: ASHBY FRANK
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 24,668. Ashby, F. Nov. 17. Brakes. - Clips for mounting the roller levers of cycle brakes are made from a metal blank of the shape shown in Fig. 7, one end forming the band a for encircling the handle - bar, while the other end forms a U- shaped bearing for the roller lever. The end of the band a is continued into a box-part a' the sides of which enclose a tongue b<1> carried by the part b. A headed clamping-screw c is passed through holes in the two overlapping parts and engages an internally-screwed hole in a nut d which is mounted between the sides of a box-part a<2> formed by turning up ears from the opposite side of the clip. A projection a<4> on the box-part a<1> bears against a shoulder a<3> on the lower portion of the box-part a<2>, a clearance being left between the upper portions of the two boxparts, so that the tightening-up of the band a has no binding effect on the roller lever. The nut d is preferably free to rotate or swivel within its bearing eyes. When the band a is tightened up, points a<6> on the box-part a' dig slightly into the handle-bar, thereby preventing any tendency for the clip to work loose.
Patent GB-190825525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Electric Burglar Alarms.
Inventor: COLLIER HENRY BURGESS
Filed: 1908-11-26
Granted: 1909-11-26
Abstract: 25,525. Collier, H. B. Nov. 26. Alarms, burglar and like.- An electro-magnetic switch in a normally-closed burglar-alarm circuit 116, Fig. 1, has an armature 29 on a sliding stem 30 which normally presses back a spring contact 65 against a contact 56. As long as the protective circuit is unbroken, a signal circuit 124 is maintained open and a short-circuit is maintained across a signal lamp 123. The switch is shown in section in Fig. 5. The sliding stem 30 slides in a glass or other insulating-bearing 34 which is formed with V-grooves as shown in Fig. 8 for insertion in a bevelled recess of a plate 23 which supports the magnet-cores 27. The bearing 34 is fixed by small retaining-screws, the heads of which engage notches 37, Fig. 8. Similar bearings in a plate 46 support the contacts 40 carried by the armature 29. The contacts 40 are provided with platinum points which engage adjustable contacts 44 in the signal circuit. The contacts 56, 65 are also adjustable by screws, and are normally pressed together by an insulating ferrule 31 on the stem 30. The contact 56 acts as a stop to prevent the armature 29 from contacting with the cores 27.
Patent GB-190825996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chucks.
Inventor: PATERSON JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-12-02
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 25,996. Paterson, J. A., and Service, J. A., [trading as Paterson & Service]. Dec. 2. Chucks.-A chuck for holding wheel-tyres, circular flanges, &c. in a vertical boring-mill or other machine consists of a series of serrated jaws D, radially adjustable by a cone F in guides on the body A, which is provided with slots B to secure it to the machine-table C. The cone is secured to, or formed integral with, a screwed spindle G which engages a boss I fitted in an opening in the centre of the table, so as to maintain the chuck concentric with the table. Each of the guides has cover with a set-screw e for fixing the jaw when the chuck is running idle. For large work, the jaws may be extended and guided in brackets secured to the table.
Patent GB-190900315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cycle and like Lamps.
Inventor: LUCAS HARRY
IPC: F21S13/00
Filed: 1909-01-06
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 315. Lucas, H., and Vickery, G. Jan. 6. Vehicular lanterns; lantern doors.-Relates to cycle and like lamps of the kind in which provision is made at the side of the lantern for projecting rearwardly a beam of light parallel to the main beam, and consists in the adaptation of the reflector or associated part of the rear light as a door or cover. The reflecting portion d of the rear light fitting b is connected to the body a by a hinge e, and is held in the closed position by a snap catch f. Alternatively, .the reflector is made to slide in grooves in the part b. The reflecting surface is preferably concave, but a plain surface may be used.
Patent GB-190900431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hydroplanes.
Inventor: BERNASCONI LUIGI
IPC: B63B1/32
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 431. Bernasconi, L. Jan. 7. Propeller shafts, arrangement of.-Relates to a hydroplane constructed to travel above the surface of the water. Two or more pairs of propellers B, C are symmetrically disposed with respect to the centre of gravity of the vessel, the propeller shafts being all inclined at the same angle, so that the vertical component of the thrust along the shafts serves to support the vessel. Each pair of propellers is driven by a single motor.
Patent GB-190904605-A (GB)
Title: Puzzle of Box and Cube.
Inventor: DIAS ARNOLD ABRAHAM VAS
IPC: A63F9/08
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 4605. Vas Dias, A. A., [Vas Dias, J.]. Feb. 24. Puzzles. - An inner b o x A, having open sides, is fixed at the bottom within an outer box F having open ends. A cube 3, placed within the structure, can only be extracted by bending the inner box A as shown while the cube is in such a position that it will pass through a square hole C in the top of the inner box. In other positions, the cube prevents the top of the box A from descending as the ends bend down. The box may be used for advertising, for example by printing suitable matter upon it.
Patent GB-190913660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Covers for Condiment Receptacles.
Inventor: GUENTHER MAX
IPC: A47G19/18
Filed: 1909-06-10
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 13,660. G³nther, M. June 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Condiment receptacles. - A cover, particularly for mustard and like pots, consists of a rotatable cap e in which an opening g is provided and which is held by the flange l upon a screwed collar b. A tongue d on the collar normally closes the opening. In use, the cap is rotated to uncover the opening, a pin i and slot k limiting the rotation.
Patent GB-190915649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Artificial Stone.
Inventor: BACKUS WILLIAM VERNON
IPC: B28B1/00
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1910-07-05
Abstract: 15,649. Backus, W. V. July 5. Stone, colouring; stove, artificial; compositions containing calcium sulphate and calcium carbonate.-A process of manufacturing artificial marble consists in depositing blotches of water colours in a moist state upon a supporting slab or surface, laying thereon a semi-liquid mixture of marble dust, gypsum, and water colours forming a stratum not exceeding in height one-third of the total height of the complete block, violently agitating and jarring the same, partly drying the first stratum, laying on its upper face a thin waterproof diaphragm of fibrous material, forming on top of this diaphragm a second stratum, laying upon the upper surface a diaphragm of permeable fibrous material, and upon this a third stratum of the same material constituting the others. Further strata may be built up to form a block of any desired thickness. Instead of marble dust, calcite, arragonite, or powdered limestone may be used, and anhydrite of calcium may take the place of the gypsum. In one example the mixture consists of 10 per cent of powdered marble and 90 per cent of double-burnt gypsum.
Patent GB-190918257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Struts for Floor-joists.
Inventor: INCE MARY ANN
IPC: E04C3/02
Filed: 1909-08-07
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 18,257. Ince, M. A. Aug. 7. Cramps.-Floor joists are spaced by permanently attached thrust members which prevent subsequent warping and reduce any initial curve in the joists. A pair of abutment members B secured to adjacent joists F are threaded by screws D carrying nuts E, which, when rotated in opposite directions, impart the necessary thrust.
Patent GB-190927197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear.
Inventor: POIT WILHELM
Filed: 1909-11-23
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 27,197. Voit, W. Nov. 25, 1908, [Convention date]. Cam gears; valve spindles and valvespindle guides.-A onearmed cam lever b is pivoted to a support on the valve-box, bears freely against a head c<2> on the rod of the lift or slide valve, and is oscillated by a roller on a reciprocating rod or oscillating lever. The lever b is prevented from leaving the roller f by a spring or prolongation h, or by a pin m fixed to the lever resting on studs n, Fig. 2, which are fixed to the valve-rod. The contact places of the cam and valve-rod may be hardened, or have hardened pieces fixed thereto, which may have hardened balls or rollers interposed between them. The axle a of the lever b may be replaced by knife-edges. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 9 for separate inlet and exhaust valves q', q<2>, the actuating-rod e is milled out in the direction of its length to receive the rollers f, and the recess can be utilized as an oil reservoir. The supports k for the valve-rods c and rod e are fixed on the valve-box r and separate the valve-gear from the steam-chest, and are provided with lubricating-boxes w. The box s may, however, be filled to the top with oil. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the valve-rod passes through the bar e, and the cam b is forked and actuated by two rollers. In the arrangements shown in Figs. 7 and 15, a single oscillated shaft x, which may extend over one or more cylinders, operates one or more pairs of valves. The latter arrangement is suitable for compound engines. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 11, the eccentric-rod e is forked at its end and carries three rollers, two of which run on a guide D, and the centre one of which actuates the cam lever b. In a modification of this arrangement, two rollers arranged on the axis of the rod e are used, the lower of which runs between guides. The rod e may be guided by a guide-rod rocking on a pin.