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Patent GB-190720578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Rifles and the like.
Inventor: SCHOBBERT HENRY ALBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1907-09-16
Granted: 1908-09-16
Abstract: 20,578. Schobbert, H. A. C. Sept. 16. Pneumatic; magazines.-Relates to air guns and like small-arms of the type in which the spring- actuated plunger is placed in the firing position by pulling towards the stock a lever normally lying flat against the underside of the rifle, and in which a vertically-sliding breech-block is used. According to the present invention, such guns are fitted with a magazine, the rearward movement of the slide actuates a safety-device for the trigger, and a means of regulating the tension of the main spring is provided. The vertically-sliding breech-block 5 is actuated by means of a curved rod 10 attached to the slide 11, and a projection 34<a> on the slide engages the plunger 31 so that, as the lever 25 is drawn downwards and the link 45 draws the slide 11 rearwards, the breech-block is moved into line with the magazine 13 and the main spring 30 is compressed, the hook 32 engaging the sear 33 to retain the parts in the cocked position. The slide 11, when in its rearmost position, engages a safetydevice 35 and pushes it beneath the trigger-part 41. The safety-device is disengaged before firing by means of the piece 42. The pull of the trigger required to release the plunger 31 is adjustable by means of a screw 44 which connects the parts 33, 41. Unintentional rearward motion of the slide is prevented by the engagement of a spring stop 49 thereon with a pin 50 in the frame. A hollow rod 31<a> forms a guide for the main spring, and a screwed rod 37 receives a non-rotary nut 38, so that the tension of the main spring may be adjusted by rotating the head 39. The magazine consists of a detachable tube 13 slotted to receive a rod 14 provided with a ratchet-toothed projection 15. A rod 21 slides in fixed bearing-blocks 17, 20 and carries a block 19, to which a spring detent 18 engaging the ratchet teeth is attached. A spring 23 bearing against a collar 22 on the rod is compressed by means of the end 24 of the rod 10 engaging the block 19 when the breech-block 5 is in its raised position; as the slide 11 moves rearwards, the spring 23 expands and the detent 18, acting upon the teeth of the rod 14, moves a projectile into the chamber 6 of the breech-block. A fixed detent 16 prevents the return movement of the rod 14. To permit of removing the magazine, the detents 16, 18 are disengaged from the ratchet teeth by means of a sliding plate 26 actuated by means of a handle 28. The faces of the breechblock and magazine may be cut away, as shown, to prevent jamming of the breech-block due to a projectile not being pushed fully home therein. A handle, or hand-grip slide, may replace the lever 25 and link 45. The breech-block 5 may be cylindrical, and the barrel may be detachable.
Patent GB-190721040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Combined Beds and Chairs
Inventor: GALE FRANCIS GILBERT
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 21,040. Gale, F. G. Sept. 23. Bedsteads, chairs, &c.-A convertible bed-chair is arranged so that the foot-section 3 of the bed can be turned up to form the back of the chair, being then supported by a rod engaging in notches in the back and in arms 36, which are pivoted to the back and to links 35. The end frame 23 of the bed is secured by links 25 and a cross-bar 24, which enters notches in the section 3 ; when the section 3 is turned up, the end frame 23 fits directly upon it. A wire fabric forming the bed or chair bottom is divided into two parts, in line with the pivots 8, and aa this junction is connected to the lower end of an arm 20 of the back section 3, and by springs to the lower arms 17 of a V-shaped frame pivoted at 8. The fabric is connected by springs to the upper arms of the V-shaped frame, and to the end of the section 3. The V-shaped frame can be raised by means of a cord 42 passing over a wheel, for use as a head-rest. A foot-section 30 is pivoted at 31, and supported by braces 51 resting in notches 33 in the legs ; it can be turned into an upright position to form the head end frame of the bed, and secured by pins.
Patent GB-190805507-A (GB)
Title: Folding Saw
Inventor: LUZZATTI ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-03-11
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 5507. Luzzatti, A. March 11. Saws.-A foldable-frame saw is provided with grooves in the side supports and the brace bar into which the saw blade is adapted to enter when the saw is folded, and the tensioning-device is adapted to hold the saw in its folded position. The saw comprises a toothed blade 1 to each end of which the holding pieces mounted in supports 2 are pivoted, a brace bar 3 engaging slots 10 in the supports 2, and a tension device consisting of two rods 14 screw-threaded at one end and engaged by a turn-buckle 15 and pivoted at the other end to loops 17. The brace bar 3 and the supports 2 are provided with grooves 9, 8 respectively to form a casing for the blade 1, as shown in Fig. 1. Anglepieces 18 are provided on the bar 3 to serve as catches for the loops 17 of the tension device when the saw is folded up. The inner shoulders of the head of the saw-holding pieces are toothed or roughened to prevent rotation of the blade.
Patent GB-190807562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolls for Sugar-cane Mills.
Inventor: MCNEIL JOHN
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 7562. McNeil, J., and McNeil, C. April 6. Sugar-cane mills.-A figured roll for a sugarcane mill adapted to intermesh with a similar roll or to work with one or more plain rolls, is formed with a series of rectangular or parallelogrammic figures A of tabular form with their sides B and ends C inclined to the surface of the roll, the sides being circumferential and the ends either parallel or inclined to the axis of the roll. The figures preferably alternate in adjacent rows, and the two alternating series may be as a whole inclined to the axis, parallel therewith, or arranged in short series inclined in opposite directions. The clearances D between the figures A are at least equal in area to the figures.
Patent GB-190807885-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Cloth Transfer Sheet.
Inventor: KAYE KATHRYN MARGARET
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 7885. Kaye, K. M. April 9. Marking.-For marking off designs or ornamentations on fabrics, for subsequent cutting or sewing, a transfer sheet 2 of flexible material impregnated with marking-composition is placed between two folds 3, 4 of the fabrics, and a marker 6 is run round the edge of the pattern 5 placed on top ; left- and right-handed markings are thus produced simultaneously. The transfer sheet is preferably formed of a suitably fine linen or cotton cloth, into which has been pressed a mixture of powder, such as soapstone, chalk, whiting, clay, lime, or white lead, colouring-matter, water, and an oil. In some cases, one or more of the following ingredients are added, viz., beeswax, wax, and turpentine ; this tends to make the lines more permanent.
Patent GB-190811112-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Adjustable Hand Tool for Grooving the Soles of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: CHANDLER WILLIAM BERTRAM
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 11,112. Chandler, W. B. May 22. Channelling.-A combined channelling and lipturning hand tool consists of a blade C adjustably secured in an inclined slot D in a metal piece A fixed to a handle B. A projection F at the back of the blade C turns the lip after the channel is cut. The distance of the cut from the edge of the sole is determined by an adjustable gauge plate H, which is rounded at L to prevent it from binding. Specification No. 18,524, A.D. 1903, is referred to.
Patent GB-190811318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chain Pulleys.
Inventor: WRIGHTSON THOMAS GARMONDSWAY
Filed: 1908-05-25
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 11,318. Wrightson, T. G., and Ring- quist, J. M. May 25. Chain-wheels.-To adjust automatically the chain tension wheel two chains are used on the same pulley, the pulley being made in two parts a, capable of turning on the boss b<1>, and held in place by rings c. Teeth d are provided on the inside of each half, and gear with one or more pinions e freely rotatable on stud axles f carried by the boss b<1>.
Patent GB-190813940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for the Manufacture of Paper Vessels applicable for use in the Delivery of Milk or Cream to Customers and for other like purposes.
Inventor: TAYLOR ELMER ZEBLEY
Filed: 1908-07-01
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 13,940. Taylor, B. Z. July 1. Feeding sheets.- In a machine for making paper vessels for containing milk, cream, &c., a blank is drawn from a magazine by a pair of pivoted suckers 3, which deposit the blank upon a horizontal table 5. Paste is applied by rollers 7 forming the bottom of a swing- ing paste-tank 6, which, during the last part of its swing, carries the table 5 with it and thus feeds the blank to the conical mandrel 27, round which the blank is rolled.
Patent GB-190819679-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Device for Portable Electric Hand Lamps.
Inventor: LIGHTFOOT JOHN
Filed: 1908-09-19
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 19,679. Lightfoot, J. Sept. 19. Incandescent lamps.-A lamp holder is completely enclosed in an insulating-handle A, B, formed in two parts, the part B, which is extended to cover the end of the lamp, screwing on to the part A. Specification No. 21,328, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Electric lamps &c.], is referred to. A guard or reflector may be fixed on the handle.
Patent GB-190903946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Reeling Paper as it Proceeds from Paper-making Machines.
Inventor: WILDRIDGE GILBERT JOHNSON
IPC: B65H18/02
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 3946. Wildridge, G. J., and Kelly, W. Feb. 17. Winding webs. - Relates to means for reeling paper, and consists of a support for several reel spindles whereby each, as it is filled, can be readily replaced by an empty spindle. The apparatus comprises two standards 9, 10 in which are mounted a sleeve 7 and a shaft 11, and a shaft 8, respectively. To the inner ends of the shaft 8 and of the sleeve 7 are secured disks 6 adapted to support four spindles 5. The sleeve 7 is rotated, to place a new spindle into position, by a band-wheel 17, worm -gear 19, and spur gear 21, 22, the motion being communicated to the shaft 8 by gearing 16 and a shaft 15. The shaft 11 is driven continuously by a pulley 23 held frictionally on the shaft, and carries at its end a spur-wheel 24 in gear with pinions 25 on the reel spindles. The bearings of the shaft 8 may be adjusted by a hand-wheel 27 to regulate the tension of the paper. In a modification the spindles 5 are rotated from a gear on the loose sleeve, while the corresponding disk 6 is carried by the shaft 11.
Patent GB-190912464-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Moulding or Pressing Peat and the like into Blocks.
Inventor: LENNOX ALLISON BELL
IPC: C10F7/04
Filed: 1909-05-26
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 12,464. Lennox, A. B. May 26. Endless-chain machines.-Peat is forced from a hopper 12 into troughs formed by an endless chain of links 6, and is compacted by means of weighted flaps 17 acted upon by strikers 14. As the links pass round the drum 5, the streams of peat are broken into blocks which are delivered on to a conveyer 20 by means of scrapers 19. The links 6 are supported by means of rollers 8 passing over rails 9. In the Provisional Specification, a modification is described, comprising a chain formed of open moulds.
Patent GB-190915583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Agitating and Mixing Apparatus.
Inventor: YOUNG JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B01F5/02
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 15,583. Young, J. W. July 5. Agitating by jets.-In mixing, oxidizing, &c. apparatus of the type in which a hollow mixer is caused to rotate by the re-action of steam or other fluid passing through it, the mixer is divided into two compartments each occupied alternately by the driving fluid and by the liquid to be treated. The mixer consists of a hollow body B divided by a vertical partition c into two compartments each of which is furnished with an outlet d and an inlet valve g. The upper end of the mixer revolves in an inlet pipe C for steam fitted with a stop C<1> of sufficient size to close half the upper end of the mixer. Accordingly each half of the mixer is alternately filled with steam &c., and thus caused to rotate and cut off therefrom so that the liquid enters through the valve g.
Patent GB-190917523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Target Practice Attachments for Fire Arms.
Filed: 1909-07-28
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 17,523. Marks, E. C. R., [Clark, J. M.]. July 28. Teaching rifle and gunnery practice.-Relates to practice apparatus of the type in which a pointed rod, sliding in one or more tubes fitted within the barrel, is projected beyond the muzzle by a blow from the firing-pin, and perforates a small target fixed a short distance in front of the weapon, the rod being then returned by one or more springs, and consists, (a) in arrangements of the spring or springs, (b) when the tube is made in sections, in separately connecting the tubes at their adjacent ends, and (c) in the provision of air passages in the bushings which support the rod. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the spring 33 is made fast at one end to the rod D, and at the other end to the tube 19 or to a bush 25. By this means the rod is caused to rotate as it slides backwards and forwards. In a modified arrangement, shown in Fig. 8, there are two springs 54, 55 telescopically arranged. When the tube is made in two parts, 19, 20, Fig. 5, they are separately connected by suitable means, such as by a pin 23 and curved slot 22. The bushes 25, Fig. 3, have longitudinal air passages 30. The needle 26, at the end of the rod, is protected by a plug 38, Fig. 3, of soft rubber. The tube extends the whole length of the barrel and thus protects its interior from injury.
Patent GB-190919822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Feeding Ballonnets on Airships.
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1909-08-30
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 19,822. Soc. Anon. " Astra." Sept. 15, 1908, [Convention date]. Aerostats; steering.-In a device for supplying air to one or other of two ballonets of an aerostat, in order to modify t h e longitudinal equilibrium, the air supply pipe 5 is provided with a flexible partition 6, which at its upper end separates the branches 3, 4 leading to the ballonets. The lower end of the partition is connected to a bar 8 slidable in a rectangular frame 9 secured to the pipe 5. By moving the partition by the rod 10 to one side of the pipe 5, air is prevented from passing into the ballonet on that side. The ends of the branch pipes 3, 4 are normally closed by elastic cords.
Patent GB-190924233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Perambulators, Push Cars and the like.
Inventor: BAKER HENRY VINCENT
IPC: B62B7/10
Filed: 1909-10-22
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 24,233. Baker, H. V. Oct. 22. [Addition to 18,555/08.] Folding vehicles.-In folding perambulators, push-cars, &c., of the kind described in the parent Specification, the U-shaped brace cooperates with slots c<2> formed by fixing bent bars c, c<1> to the wheel supports, to enable the wheel supports to be automatically operated as the car is folded or unfolded. The slots c<2> are tapered at their front ends to grip the sides of the U-shaped brace when the car is unfolded, and the bars c, c' are bent upwards and inwards at their rear ends to engage the cross-stay a<1> of the U-shaped member as the vehicle is folded. The slot on one side is made wider than that on the other, and is provided with a distance-plate d<1> to ensure that the wheel support on that side may fold over the other.
Patent GB-191000129-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Manufacturing Bricks and Blocks for Building and other purposes.
IPC: B28B19/00
Filed: 1910-07-28
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 129. British Stone and Marble Co., and Gray, C. W. July 28. Processes.-Bricks or blocks consisting of hollow or solid cores or bodies of concrete, pressed sawdust, or other inexpensive material faced with artificial or reconstructed stone or marble, such as described in Specifications 27,327/98, 13,467/00, 12,861/02, 8804/05, 9221/05, and 20,070/05, [all in Class 22, Cements &c.]. and 15,964/07, [Class 100, Printing, Letterpress &c.], are made by placing the body in a mould, filling the mould with water to the level of the top of the body, applying a layer of stone composition, and subjecting the whole to great pressure by means of a pressing-ram or plunger. The operation is repeated for as many sides as it is desired to face. By this process the liability of the blocks to fracture under pressure is much reduced. The bodies may be reinforced with metal skeletons and are preferably formed with keying grooves to ensure a good bond with the facing-layer. The blocks may be subjected to carbonation as described in some of the above - mentioned Specifications.
Patent GB-191000176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spare or Auxiliary Rims for Wheels.
Inventor: DAVIES THOMAS MORRIS
IPC: B60B11/02
Filed: 1910-01-04
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 176. Davies, T. M. Jan. 4. Auxiliary-rim attachments to wheels. - The auxiliary rim b, secured to the vehicle wheel h by transverse clamping-hooks d, carries rocking distance-pieces g, which allow of adaptability to wheel rims of slightly varying diameters. The distance-pieces g may be in segments, and may be hinged or spring-supported on the auxiliary rim. The clamps may be jointed at d', a projection g<1> on the distance-piece g acting as a stop.
Patent GB-191003009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Reversing Mechanism.
Inventor: BLACKSTONE EDWARD CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F16H3/60
Filed: 1910-02-07
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 3009. Blackstone, E. C., Carter, F., and Carter, E. Feb. 7. Reversing-gearing.-In epicyclic reversing-gearing, two sets of Weston friction plates are employed, one within the other, for clutching the parts together in forward driving, and for holding the planet-carrier against rotation in reversed driving, respectively. Driving and driven shafts a, b carry gears a<1>, b<1> meshing respectively with sets of planetary pinions e, e<1>, which mutually engage in pairs. The carrier d of the pinions e, el is adapted to be clutched to a boss g secured to the shaft b by a Weston clutch f, and alternatively to be clamped to a stationary casing c by a like brake h. The clutch f and brake h are operated from a hand-lever q by a sleeve p slidable on the shaft b. Pressing-plates j, k are actuated alternatively by levers l, m connected by links n, o to the sleeve p. T h e device is applicable for propelling boats.
Patent GB-191007726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Oils, Fats and the like.
Inventor: TESTRUP NILS
IPC: C11C3/12
Filed: 1910-03-30
Granted: 1911-06-30
Abstract: 7726. Testrup, N. March 30. Catalytic processes and apparatus. - Fats, fatty oils, fatty acids, &c. are mixed with a finely-divided catalyst, such as nickel or palladium, and the mixture is exposed in a state of minute division, for example, spray, in a suitable chamber to an atmosphere of hydrogen or a gas containing free hydrogen. The material may be repeatedly treated in the same or in a series of chambers. The catalyst is separated from oil, for example, by filtration, and any soap that. may be formed is removed by washing with acid. In the preferred form of apparatus, the mixture of oil and catalyst is pumped into a mixing and heating vessel g, into which hydrogen also is supplied by a pipe k under high pressure. The oil mixture passes by a pipe l to a vessel o, and is sprayed through a nozzle p. The hydrogen passes to the vessel o through a pipe m fitted with a reducing-valve n. The operation is repeated in a series of vessels s. Specifications 1515/03 and 23,977/09 are referred to.
Patent GB-191008454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps or Blowers.
Inventor: BOMBORN BERNHARD
IPC: F04D29/28
Filed: 1910-04-07
Granted: 1911-04-06
Abstract: 8454. Bomborn, B. April 7, 1909, [Convention date]. Corrugating; curving. - Rotors of the kind described in Specification 18,610/08, [Class 102, Pumps &c.], are built up of rings with curved corrugations stamped or rolled from straight metal strips, with or without side projections. The strip a is subjected to pressure and corrugated so that the corrugations are of the same depth throughout, but the outer edge b is stretched more than the inner edge c so that the ring becomes circular. A guide e on the lower die may be used to ensure a true shape. The corrugations may be of any desired shape, and may be stamped in two operations, alternate corrugations being omitted in the first operation and stamped afterwards in the second operation.
Patent GB-191012483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1910-05-23
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 12,483. Siemens Schuckertwerke. May 24, 1909, [Convention date]. Arc lamps.-A ventilating-device for a globe comprises an annular passage in the upper part of the lamp, and means whereby external air currents are caused to exert a suctional action at openings around this passage: In one form of the device, a cupped casing d supporting an economizer is bent over the top edge of an outer casing f ; and holes a<1>, c<1>, a<2> are arranged at intervals alternately at the top of the casing f and in the surrounding rim of the casing d. In another form, holes in the casing f are covered by symmetrically-arranged screens. A third form comprises one or more rotary caps or cowls b<1>, Fig. 6, with vanes b<3> so that their closed sides are always presented to the wind.
Patent GB-191016910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Wheels of Perambulators and the like.
Inventor: MARKS EDWARD CHARLES ROBERT
IPC: B60C25/00
Filed: 1910-07-15
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 16,910. Marks, E. C. R., [Brinch & Spehr]. July 15. N o n - metallic elastic bodies and cores; tyre attachments to rims.- A tyre for perambulators, dolls' perambulators, &c. consists of a ring 1 of cane or the like, having reduced ends 9 connected by a spring 3 and covered by a metal strip 6, which is provided with a leather or other tread 2 glued or nailed thereto and to the metal strip 6. The strip 6 is fixed to one end of the ring, and slides on the other end; the end of the tread 2 overlapping the sliding end 5 is not fixed to the ring and does not quite meet the other end of the tread.
Patent GB-191019073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Mantles.
Inventor: SKRIWAN EMIL
Filed: 1910-08-13
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 19,073. Skriwan, E. Aug. 13, 1909, [Convention date]. Mantles.- The incandescent mantle is supported along the inner cylindrical face or along the outwardly - inclined inner face of the supporting - ring c without the use of threads and grooves by applying to the inner face of the ring substances such as magnesia or the like, which easily frit in the heat when the impregnated fabric is incinerated.
Patent GB-191021222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Controlling Apparatus for Heating and other Appliances.
Inventor: YATES HARRY JAMES
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 1910-09-12
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 21,222. Yates, H. J. Sept. 12. Gas, supplying by meter.-In prepayment attachments for gas heating appliances &c. of the type described in Specification 3377/10, means are provided for closing the auxiliary tap prior to the insertion of a coin. The auxiliary tap b is held in the open position against the action of a spring d by the engagement of a pin e on a spring lever f with a plate a on the tap. Before a coin can be inserted, the coin-carrier h must be turned back in order to uncover the coin-slot, as described in the before-mentioned Specification, and this 'movement is utilized to trip the detent f through the intermediary of a lever k.