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Patent GB-190703895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Breaking Machines, more especially intended for Disintergrating Wood, Old Paper, and other Materials for use in Making Paper Pulp.
Inventor: NUTTALL JAMES
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 3895. Nuttall, J. Feb. 16. Impact pulverizers for disintegrating wood, old paper, &c., for use in making paper pulp, but also applicable for other purposes, comprises a cylindrical or conical casing 1, Figs. 1 and 2, carrying teeth in its interior, in which rotates a shaft 8, carrying means for supporting teeth, there being a space between the shaft and the teeth carried by it, in which space screw or propeller blades 14, fixed to the shaft 8, rotate and act on the material to feed it towards the outlet 13. The shaft is carried in bearings 7 on supports 6 connected to the end pieces 5 of the casing. The shaft carries end plates 9 which support bars 10, in which the teeth 11 are secured by set and lock nuts, and the teeth may have conical portions 4 by which they are firmly wedged in place. The stationary teeth 2 are secured to the casing in a similar manner, and are arranged so that the rotating teeth 11 pass between them. The inlet 12 is at the top of the casing, and in order to ensure that the material passes between the teeth at the outlet end, the space between the shaft 8 and the teeth 11 may be partly closed, as at 15.
Patent GB-190709526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Letter Boxes and the like
Inventor: FENTON JAMES
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 9526. Fenton, J. April 24. Knife-edge bearings; cone bearings.-A pivoted flap employed in a letter-box of special construction has V or knife edge pivots d' working in bearings F, of the shape shown, made of glass, porcelain, agate, or hardened metal or alloy. Or the agate &c. may be clamped on the flap, and engage with conical pivots on set-screws f.
Patent GB-190715712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Raising and Forcing Water and other Liquids and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: COULSON FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 15,712. Coulson, F. July 8. Raising liquids by aerating ascending column.-A constant stream of compressed air is admitted to the rising main of a pump to reduce the load on the valves. The pump 1, Fig. 1, delivers water from the suction 2 to the rising main 3, around the lower part of which is a casing 6 to which compressed air is admitted by the pipe 5 from the compressor 4, which is driven either independently or off the pump 1. By this arrangement, the air is admitted to the rising main as an annular jet, forcing the water up the pipe 3. In a modification, the end of the pipe 5 may be carried into the rising main and its end turned upwards to give a central jet, or the air inlet pipe may pass down through the rising main, its end being closed and lateral openings provided ; in some cases there is a deflecting-shield to guide the air upwards. The pump 1 may be either a threethrow pump or a series of centrifugal pumps. In the case of a water pump with air-vessel, the air may be delivered into the latter as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, or between it and the pump barrel. When the water is to be delivered to a reservoir, the rising main 3 is extended above the horizontal delivery pipe 14, as shown in Fig. 6, and the extension 13 is left open in order that the water in it may freely rise and fall, maintaining constant delivery and preventing shock.
Patent GB-190808300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telegraphy.
Inventor: CREED FREDERICK GEORGE
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 8300. Creed, F. G., and Coulson, W. A. April 14. Telegraphs. - In a t y p eprinting telegraph receiver, the messages are recorded in inverted or reversed characters upon a tape, which is then mounted in lengths upon a form, a clear copy in ordinary characters being afterwards obtained by press-copying. The type-wheel or type-bars may be provided with inverted or reversed types arranged to print upon the tape directly or through an inking-ribbon ; or ordinary types may be used, the tape in this case being disposed between the type and the inking-ribbon. Instead of an ordinary recover, a translating-machine operated by perforated strip, such as is described in Specification No. 8999, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], may be used, the instrument being modified to record on tape. Figs. 1 and 2 show the general arraugement. The tape a passes over a gumming-roller c and is then mounted upon a pad of forms e carried in the frame f, which can be moved intermittently by pawl-and-ratchet gear i, j. A mirror g assists the operator to mount the tape-lengths on the forms e.
Patent GB-190809947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fire Escapes
Inventor: BLYTH CAROLINE EMMA
Filed: 1908-05-07
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 9947. Blyth, C. E. May 7. Cleats or holders.-In a fire-escape shoot a, the platform g is suspended by four ropes i or any other suitable device attached to two ropes or cables k, each of which is led through an eyelet l, Fig. 1, or a number of eyelets l, Fig. 5, adapted frictionally to retard the speed of descent. By pressing hand-grips n, Fig. 6, on the ropes k inwards or outwards, the friction of the eyelets l can be increased or decreased.
Patent GB-190813031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Knife-blade Grinding-machines.
Inventor: PETIT PIERRE
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1909-06-18
Abstract: 13,031. Petit, P., and Richard, C., [trading as Petit & Richard, Firm of]. June 18, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Sharpening; surfacing. -In a cutlery -grinding machine the knife blades to be ground are mounted in holders which are reciprocated, across the face of an annular grinding-disk, along slides radiating from the central shaft, the motion of the holders being controlled by adjustable guides secured to the slides. The grinding-ring 2, Fig. 1, is mounted on a plate 3 secured to the upper eud of a shaft 4, and is adjusted vertically to compensate for wear by a threaded sleeve 7, which is loose on the shaft 4 and which is rotated in a threaded portion 8 of the frame 1 by worm gearing 9, 10, a shoulder on the upper end of the sleeve supporting the ball bearing 6 in which the shaft 4 rotates. The shank of the blade to be ground is clamped against the holder 44, Fig. 13, by a piece 47, which is operated by an eccentric lever 48, the remainder of the blade being supported by nuts 50, Fig. 11, adjustable on screws 51. The holder 44 is mounted on trunnions 45 in a slide 30, Fig. 6, which is reciprocated on a radial slide-rest 31 having a stem which is clamped in the jaws 32 which form part of the frame 1. The holder is maintained in position at one end by a spring 55 and at the other end by a cranked end 37 of a shaft 35, which is supported in bearings 34 on the slide 30, and kept in contact with the holder by a weighted arm 36 situated at the other end of the shaft 35. A guide 54 is adjustably secured to the side of the slide rest 31. This guide is engaged by a weighted extension 53 on the.holder 44, and as the part 53 moves over it the holder is rocked to cause the blade to be ground to the requisite curve. The slides 30 are reciprocated by connecting-rods 38 and cranks 43, the length of the arm of which can be adjusted. A worm 17, Figs. 1 and 5, is mounted on a shaft 16 co-axial with and driven by the shaft 4, and is rotatably supported from the frame 15 by a ring 18. The worm is clutched to the shaft by a clutch piece 19 operated by a hand - lever and drives helicoidal wheels 25 on shafts 23, 24 which also carry bevel-wheels 26 through which the shafts 28, carrying the cranks 43, are driven.
Patent GB-190823168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Pressing Cheese or Curd.
Inventor: DICKIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 23,168. Dickin, W. Oct. 30. Cheese.-The curd is placed in a cloth and put into a cylindrical perforated metal or other vat having lugs at the top, to which a cross-bar G is attached by means of bolts M passing through a slot g and kept in position by notches n. A nut H pressed down by a spring L supports a screw spindle I passing through a hole in the cross-bar G and carrying a plunger at its lower. end. The travel of the nut is limited by the plate P and it is guided by the spring casing O. When the spindle is turned to force the plunger against the curd, the nut H is lifted against the spring which maintains the pressure on the curd as the whey escapes. Specification No. 11,049, A.D. 1888, is referred to.
Patent GB-190902037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair-cutting Instruments.
Inventor: RICHARDS LEON VICTOR EDGARD
IPC: B26B19/00
Filed: 1909-01-28
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 2037. Richards, L. V. E. Jan, 28. Horse clippers and the like.-Relates to haircutting instruments of the type in which two blades B, C, operating like scissors, are combined with a comb A<1>, and consists in working the movable blade C directly from the handle D by means of cogged sectors C<2>, D<1>. A small truckle or guide-piece A<3> is provided to ensure the engagement of the blades. In a modification, the blade B is dispensed with, and the roots of the teeth A' are sharpened. The Provisional Specification also describes means for regulating the closeness of the cut.
Patent GB-190904306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Pulp or like Beating or Refining Engines.
Inventor: MILNE SAMUEL
IPC: B02C7/06
Filed: 1909-02-22
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 4306. Milne, S. Feb. 22. Rag-engines and other pulping - engines. - In pulp beating or refining engines in which stationary and r o t a r y cutter-disks are used, the cylinder carrying the stationary cutterbars i, Fig. 1, is made in sections a, and the shaft carrying the rotary cutters i<1> is axialty adjustable by means of a screw j, cross-head k, and thrust member 1. The cylinder has end-plates b, a<5>, provided with an inlet and an outlet respectively. The last disk h may have cutters on both sides, the additional cutters being engaged by cutters on a disk c, which is slidable in the end of the cylinder and adjustable preferably by worm and worm-wheel mechanism operated by chain and chain-wheel gear on the shafts p. The disk a<1> at the inlet end may be adjustable to allow of a variation of'treatment, and the cutters nearest the inlet may be of coarser or stronger material than the succeeding cutters. Instead of the shaft c being adjustable, the cylinder may be adjustably mounted in slides, or it may consist of a fixed outer-sleeve q, Fig. 2, into which the sections a carrying the flanges are screwed, the adjacent sections being in sliding contact with each other. The sections may be set separately by worms t engaging worm-teeth on the section, after which the worm-shafts may be coupled up, and the flanges adjusted together. By using the cylinder made in sections, pulping-apparatus of various lengths may he built up.
Patent GB-190907030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cloth Guides.
Inventor: DAVIDSON ALEXANDER
IPC: D06C3/00
Filed: 1909-03-24
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 7030. Davidson, A. March 24. Feeding webs.-A web of cloth is guided to stentering or other machines used in bleaching, printing, dyeing, &c. by passing the web over two inclined rollers, and the invention consists in effecting the guiding by improved means for varying the relative speed of rotation of the rollers which includes the use of feelers to cause a stop to check the roller on the side of deviation of the web. As shown, the web passes over inclined rollers a mounted on a common fixed axle b, and over rollers 7. The rollers a are rotated by the web, and, when the web is straight, the rollers a oscillate spring-controlled shafts c, which are mounted on slides o on brackets h parallel to the axle b, through cams e and arms d, Fig. 7. Each shaft c is connected by a pin s and slot t to a feeler-arm u, Fig. 3, provided with prongs v, which are adapted to enter slots in adjustable grids 2 carried by the slides n. When the prongs enter a grid, a pin i on the arm d is brought into contact with a detent j, which normally is in the path of a stop m on the roller a, and the pin i moves the detent so as to permit the roller to rotate. The detent is formed with a raised part l so as to cause the stop m to re-set the detent. If the web deviates to one side and prevents the prongs v from entering the grid, the shaft c is prevented from moving far enough to cause the arm d to actuate the detent j, and the roller a on the side of the deviation is stopped ; the other roller, being free, causes the web to move from the side of deviation, and then the checked roller is again permitted to rotate. The device may be adjusted to suit different widths of web.
Patent GB-190910899-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stencil Cutting Machine.
Inventor: REMNSNIDER GEORGE
IPC: B21D28/12
Filed: 1909-05-08
Granted: 1910-05-09
Abstract: 10,899. Remnsnider, G. May 8. Index type - wheel machines for stencil - cutting; hammer - impression arrangements. - Relates to stencil-cutting typewriters of the kind described in Specification 10,275/06. The stencils are cut by mating dies 9 and punches 21 mounted on a carrier, which is journaled on a fixed post 4 and may be set by a hand-wheel 27 having a dial 28, which is read by a fixed pointer 30. The carrier consists of a plate 5 secured to a plate 12, the dies 9 being secured to the plate 5 and the punches 21 being mounted in flanges 17, 18 on the plate 12. The selected die and punch are brought simultaneously to the printing-point by the hand-wheel 27, and the punch is then depressed by means of a hand-lever 39 having a cam-slot 40 engaging a stud 41 on a plunger 32, which is provided with a lug 34 adapted to engage a notch 20<1> in the punch. The travel of the plunger may be adjusted by means of studs 42, which enter the slot 40. The punches are guided by means of tapered teeth 16, which engage lugs 25 on the punches, and the dieplate 5 is supported at the printing-point by studs 44. The carrier is enclosed by a housing 26 slotted at the front to receive a plate 31, which carries the pivot 37 of the hand-lever and is recessed to serve as a guide for the plunger 32. Dies, alining and securing on carriers. - To provide means for adjusting laterally the dies 9, and to cheapen manufacture, the plate 5 is cast with apertures 7, over each of which is secured a die 9 by means of a binding-plate 10 and screws 11, which pass through end pockets 8 of sufficient size to permit lateral adjustment of the screws. Sheetfeeding arrangements; letter-spacing mechanism.-The sheet is fed over a bed 2 for letterspacing by milled wheels 45, 51, 57, 58, the wheel 45 being provided with a ratchet-wheel 48, which is engaged by a clawking-pawl 46 pivoted on an arm 47 on the plunger 32 and arranged to feed the wheel 48 through two teeth each time the plunger 32 is returned by the spring 35. The wheel 45 is also provided with a notched wheel 50, which is engaged by a spring detent 49. The wheels 45, 51 are journaled on the housing ; and the wheels 57, 58 are journaled in a frame 54, which may be depressed to release the wheels by cam-means of the kind described in the above-mentioned Specification, and in Specification 19,356/99. The frame 54 consists of two bars, which are spaced apart and rest on springs 53 carried by bolts 52. The releasing-means consist of two bars 59, arranged outside the frame 54 and provided with cross-pins 60 which engage V-notches 55 in the frame 54. A shaft 61, journaled in the frame 54, is provided with cams which engage the ends of the bars 59, so that, when the shaft 61 is rocked by a handle 62, the bars 59 are moved endways, and the pins 60 ride in he notches 55 and depress the frame 54, and thereby release the wheels 57, 58 from the wheels 45, 51. The sheet is prevented from sticking to the punch by an apertured plate 26<b>.
Patent GB-190912984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indexes or Files.
Inventor: FISHER IRVING
IPC: B42F17/00
Filed: 1909-06-02
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 12,984. Fisher, I. June 2. Index cards; post and like files.-A card index consists of a strip A, preferably of metal, on which the cards E are supported, substantially in the same plane as the strip A, by means of tongues F cut out of the cards. The bottom of each card abuts on the horizontal portion H of the cut-out tongue in the card beneath, so that the upper margin of each card, which bears memoranda &c., is exposed to view. The strip A is provided with tongues C to act as a s t o p for the bottom card, and with a hook B for suspension.
Patent GB-190915298-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Shunt Arrangement for Watt Measurement.
Inventor: O'KEENAN CHARLES EDOUARD JULES
IPC: G01R21/02
Filed: 1909-06-30
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 15,298. O'Keenan, C. E. J. July 17,1908, [Convention date]. Quantity meters indicating energy ; power meters. -By means of an arrangement of resistances, a difference of potential is obtained proportional to the power expended in a circuit, and this difference of potential is applied to quantity meters of electrolytic or other types to convert them into energy meters, or to current meters of the moving-coil, thermal, or other types to convert them into power meters. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a fine-wire resistance f<1>, f<2> is connected in parallel with a resistance A, B in one supply main of an approximately-constant potential system, and the portion f<2> thereof is heated by a resistance b connected between the mains. A current or quantity meter M is connected between points C, D such that the voltage between them is proportional to the power. The point D may coincide with the point B. A portion of the heating-resistance b may be included in the circuit of the meter M to compensate for friction in motor-meters, or for back electro-motive-force in electrolytic meters. As applied to a system of supply at approximately constant current, the resistance A, B, Fig. 8, is connected between the ends of the circuit, and the heating-resistance b carries the whole or part of the main current. Resistances.-The resistance f<2>, of copper, nickel, iron, or other material of high temperature-coefficient, is surrounded by the heating-resistance b which may be of german-silver wire, and the whole may be enclosed with cotton-wool, glass-wool, or other heat-insulating substance g, Fig. 3. The covering g may be dispensed with, and the resistances f<2>, b may be enclosed in an exhausted glass tube. The resistance f may be enclosed in the same, or in a second, glass tube. Specification 8832/98 is referred to.
Patent GB-190915311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Counterbalanced Bearings for Rotary Journals.
Inventor: HERRICK GERARDUS POST
IPC: F16C39/04
Filed: 1909-06-30
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 15,311. Herrick, G. P. June 30. Balancing moving parts.-The variable radial pressure transmitted by a rotary member to a fixed member is automatically counterbalanced by the admission of fluid, under pressure,. between regulated areas of said members. In a rotary engine having a rotary abutment 3 provided with a recess 10 which allows the passage of a piston-vane 9, the piston drum 4 is subjected by the working-fluid to a radial pressure, which varies both in magnitude and direction as the vane rotates. This pressure is balanced by admitting the working fluid through channels 28 in the drum to pockets 30 formed in fixed bosses 26, the number of pockets supplied with active fluid increasing automatically with the area of the drum between the vane and the abutment. The radial pressure of the working-fluid on the abutment at the inlet 2 and the part 23 is balanced by admitting the fluid through channels in the casing to pockets 19, 22 formed in fixed bosses 20. A pocket 24 in the abutment is similarly connected by a passage 25 to the recess 10. Channels 41, 42 may be provided for conducting leakage fluid to the atmosphere. By arranging the pockets 30 at an angle with the plane of the drum axis, Fig. 5, a slight lead may be given to the counterbalancing pressure. In a modification, Fig. 3, the drum carries a spring-pressed bar 51 which regulates the area 36 of the boss 35 that is subjected to the pressure of the working- fluid admitted through a passage 39.
Patent GB-190925205-A (GB)
Title: Electric Motor and Controlling Systems.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
IPC: H02K23/66
Filed: 1909-11-02
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 25,205. Barker, G., [Welch, H. C., and Parkman, H. K.]. Nov. 2. Motors, controlling.-Multipolar series electric motors for use in the operation of elevators, machine tools, vehicles, &c. have their field windings composed of a number of groups of coils F<1> ... F<4>, Fig. 1, each group being composed of a different number of turns, and are controlled by successively cutting-out the coils of each group by means of a manually-operated switch mechanism, which is automatically locked by an electro-magnet when the current exceeds a predetermined. value. Each pole of the motor is provided with four windings, the coils F<1> being of relatively fine wire and many turns, the coils F<2> of coarser wire and fewer turns, the coils F<3> of still coarser wire and fewer turns, and the coils F<4> proportioned for the maximum speed under full-load conditions. The motor is excited from a battery through stationary contacts 4 ... 8 and movable contacts 9, 10, 11 on a drum mounted on a shaft 40, Fig. 3, actuated by means of a rack and pinion 50, 49. A contact 16 connected with the shaft 40 by a spring 17 rotates with the contacts 9, 10, 11 and engages with fixed contacts 20-32, the groups of coils F<1> ... F<4> being successively cut out. The individual coils of each group are also cut out successively. The drum 46 carrying the contact 16 gears with a pinion 54 loosely mounted on a short shaft 55. The pinion 54 is provided with clutch teeth 59 adapted to engage with a sliding sleeve 60 splined on the shaft 55. Should the current at any moment exceed a predetermined value, an armature 57 will be attracted. by the electro-magnet 33 and so prevent the rotation of the drum 46. This automatic device may be thrown out of action when desired by closing the circuit of an electromagnet 63 to release the clutch 59. Reversal is secured by means of the contacts 12 ... 15.
Patent GB-190926159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: MINER STEWART ARTHUR
IPC: B65D49/04
Filed: 1909-11-11
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 26,159. Miner, S. A. Nov. 11. Bottles, non-refillable.-One or more partitions such as 4, 8 are fixed in the bottle neck, and each partition has a central opening 4<a>, 8<a> and lateral openings 4<b>, 8<b> arranged diagonally to open into the central opening. The stems of the valves working in the central openings have necks 6<d>, 7<b> to allow the liquid to pass when the bottle is inverted. The stem 6 is hollow to contain a weight 6a kept in the stem by a cork 6<b>.
Patent GB-190929930-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Removing Tar from Coke Oven Gas, Retort Gas and the like.
Inventor: FABRY RENE
IPC: C10K1/02
Filed: 1909-12-22
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 29,930. Fabry, R. Dec. 22. Separators for gaseous substances.-A centrifugal tar - separator comprises a number of vertical empty tubes c of comparatively small diameter, each of which is covered by a hood D formed with a number of tangential inlets. The tar is deposited on the walls of the tubes and collects at the base of the casing, the gas passing through smaller concentric tubes F to a collecting - chamber G. A hood may be replaced by a plain lid to put any tube out of action.