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Patent GB-190713905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flying Machines
Inventor: ZIZKA EMIL
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 13,905. Zizka, E. June 15. Gyroscopic apparatus.-An aerial machine is supported by one or] more rotating disks 1 slightly inclined in a forward direction and mounted in bearings 2 which are free to move in any direction, so that the disks act as gyroscopes and tend to prevent any alteration in the inclination of the machine. The bearings 2 are supported on arms 3 which are hinged at 5 to the body 4, and connected by springs 7 and dash-pots 8 ; or the arms 3 may be fixed to the body and the bearings pivoted at the ends of the arms. The disks are driven by a motor 6. When a number of disks are used, some of them are arranged to pivot about a transverse axis so as to give stability in a longitudinal direction.
Patent GB-190714636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valve Mechanism specially suitable for Engines for Compressing Air and Gases.
Inventor: DAW ALBERT WILLIAMS
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 14,636. Daw. A. W., and Daw, Z. W. June 25. Check valves; shocks, preventing.- Relates to the valve gear for air-compressors described in Specifications No. 11,762, A.D. 1900, and No. 683, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.], and No. 26,499, A.D. 1906. A valve 6, opening towards the cavity of the dash-pot, is placed in a passageconnecting the two sides of the dash-pot piston 4 for the discharge valve 2, so that the closing of the valve 2 is not retarded by the difference of pressure on the two sides of the piston 4. The valve 6 can be prevented from closing entirely, or from opening to more than any desired extent, by means of screws 10, 11, so that the amount of retardation on closing, or cushioning on opening, of the valve 2 can be adjusted.
Patent GB-190715345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Detachable Tyre Carrying Rims for Automobile and other Vehicles.
Filed: 1907-07-03
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 15,345. Michelin et Cie. Aug. 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Felloes or rims.-A detachable rim is secured between a flange b on an angle-ring a fixed to the felloe and clamps c adjustably secured by transverse bolts f, The clamps have fingers e housed between the fixed and detachable rims. These fingers may be replaced by projections on the underside of the detachable rim ; or, as shown in Fig. 6, the base support may consist of radial screw bolts k. Instead of an angle-ring such as a, clamps such as c may be detachably secured on both sides of the wheel.
Patent GB-190720450-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Means for Bottling and Carbonating Mineral Waters, Beer, Wine, and other Liquids.
Inventor: HENDERSON JAMES FORBES
Filed: 1907-09-13
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 20,450. Henderson, J. F. Sept. 13. Bottling. -Relates to apparatus for bottling and carbonating mineral waters, beer, wine, &c., of the type in which first the bottles are filled with the liquid, and then the carbonic-acid gas is introduced while the bottles are kept in a state of agitation. According to the present invention, the apparatus is constructed so that the agitation is effected by a vertical reciprocation of the bottles. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the bottle is supported on the rest 4, which is reciprocated vertically by the crank 13 and connecting-rod 12. The filling- head 10 is carried by a lever 8 pivoted on the upright 5 of the bottle-holder, and, when pressed down on the mouth of the bottle, is secured in that position by the engagement of a spring 25, Fig. 3, on the lever 8 with one of a number of notches in the slotted upright 6. The liquid is first admitted to the bottle through a cock 19, which has also a port to permit the escape of the displaced air. The cock 19 is then closed, and a cock 18 is opened to admit the gas, the bottle being meanwhile agitated by the crank 13.
Patent GB-190724832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Tram-cars and other like Vehicles
Inventor: SIDWELL JOHN
Filed: 1907-11-09
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 24,832. Sidwell, J. Nov. 9. Brakes.-Brake blocks for tramcars are arranged to be applied to the rails and vehicles, and the rail portion of the block is provided with wedge-like shoes which engage with the rail groove. The blocks a are actuated by an eccentric d in each block, mounted on a spindle e and rotated by the draw-bar f through toggle-levers g. The blocks at each end are connected together by levers hand bars i so that they can be applied from either end. springs j restore the brakes to the normal position, and the spindles e are carried by hangers k and rods l. A portion of each block a fits in the rail groove and is tapered at each end. Carried by the blocks are wedge shoes m, sliding on bars rand drawn together by cords n acting through links o, p, q. By reason of the tapered portion of the blocks a, the wedges m set up a pressure against opposite sides of the rail groove when the cord is pulled.
Patent GB-190725109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Ventilating Fans.
Inventor: MORTIER PAUL
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 25,109. Mortier, P. Nov. 12, 1906, [date applied jor under Patents Act, 1901]. Fans.-A device is arranged on the inlet side of a centrifugal fan to give to the fluid a whirling or cyclonic motion as it enters the fan. It may be applied to fans of the single or double inlet, or multi-stage types. The device shown in Fig. 7 comprises rings of fixed blades i of special form placed in each inlet to the fan a. As shown in Fig. 10, it comprises rings of fixed blades p, and rings of blades i1 rotating with the fan. The parts h and hubs g, m are curved to guide the whirling mass from the vanes i or i1 to the fan a. The deviating vanes i are of such form that, in passing along a vane from the outer side, or side remote from the fan, to the inner side, the tangent to the inner edge progressively approaches towards a radial line. This produces the whirling motion. The vanes may be obtained in two ways : (1) by curving the vane cylindrically about an axis parallel with the shaft, and making a progressive change in the length of the vane in a radial direction as it approaches the wheel ; and (2) by giving the outer portion a cylindrical shape, and curving the portion nearer the shaft to the surface of a truncated cone. The outer edges of the vanes i are radial, or at an angle, depending upon whether the suction is from the atmosphere or from a suction volute k. The curve of the vane depends upon the direction of introduction. In the modification shown in Fig. 10, the speed of the fluid in the cell is increased by making the deviator rotate. The diameter is less than that of the fan, and, in starting, a short-circuit may be established between the suction and the cells. The outer fixed deviator p may be dispensed with. Shoulders f are provided to centre the fluid stream. In a multi-stage arrangement, a series of fans on two parallel shafts are connected so that the fluid from the discharge volute of one fan passes directly into the suction volute of the next fan on the other shaft. The fluid in this manner passes through the fans on the two shafts alternately.
Patent GB-190725428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Icing Syringes.
Inventor: WOODFIELD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-16
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 25,428. Woodfield, W. Nov. 16. Syringes.-An icing-syringe for confectionery &c. comprises a floating piston B and a rubber ball D provided with a perforation C and a collar by which it is attached to the tube A. When the hole C is closed with the finger and the bulb is pressed, the loose plunger B descends and forces the icing through the nozzle E.
Patent GB-190727028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar Supports for Ladies.
Inventor: GASPARD ROBERT
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1909-03-08
Abstract: 27,028. Gaspard, R. Dec. 6. Stiffeners for collars are made to yield longitudinally as well as to bend forwards and backwards. The stiffener shown in Fig. 6 is made in the shape of an 8 with wider loops, and can take the shape shown in Fig. 8 so that the support loses in height and gains in width. The support can also bend as shown in Fig. 9. Other forms of stiffeners are shown in Figs. 12, 13, and 14. The stiffeners may be of artificial bone made from the quills of birds. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 22,738*, A.D. 1903, Nos. 10,559 and 26,056, A.D. 1905, and Nos. 16,172, 17,448, and 17,873, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190727891-A (GB)
Title: ? in or connected with Electrically Signalling or Communicating Messages or Signals to Vehicles Running on Rails.
Inventor: BARNETT WALTER
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 27,891. Barnett, W. Dec. 18. Electric railways; collectors; conductors.-Improved contact apparatus for both train and track for signalling on engines by direct current transmission is described, the train apparatus consisting of a box 1, Figs. 3 and 4, supported from the engine frame by the arm 3 and having at its sides insulating-pieces 4 which carry oppositely disposed brushes 5, 6. Portions of these brushes are made of bristles, but other parts, such as those indicated by heavier lines at 7, consist of metal wire and are placed in electrical communication with plates 8, 9, from which connexions lead to an engine indicator of the type described in Specification No. 25,616, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Railway signals &c.]. The ends of the box are closed by flaps of flexible material 11 the edges of which nearly meet along the centre, behind which are brushes 10 mounted on the side walls. The box is slotted along the bottom to allow the blade 12 of the track contact apparatus to enter it. The blade 12 is mounted on a bracket 13 and is preferably tapered so that the thin end will enter the box first. It is enclosed in an open-ended structure 16 having a slot 17 in one side to allow of the passage of the supporting-arm 3 of the engine contact, which is small enongh to pass into the box 16, the blade 12 then pushing between the rows of brushes. The entrance brushes 10 serve to protect the others and to clean the track contract as it enters so that good electrical contact may be made between the metallic brushes 7 and plates mounted on the sides of the blades and placed in circuit with a cabin switch, a battery, and a repeating indicator in the cabin. The circuit of this battery will be completed through the engine indicator when the brushes make contact, and a signal will be given.' The box on the engine may have two or more rows of brushes, an upper and a lower one, to co-operate either with track contacts having two or more rows of contact-plates, or with separate track contacts having plates of different heights. The number of signals which may be given to a train may be increased by using earth returns for the circuits, and at desired stations the track contacts may be made sufficiently long for a train to come to rest while still in electric connexion therewith. The track contacts instead of being fixed, may be mounted so that their positions can be controlled from the signal cabin.
Patent GB-190728483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Field Magnets for Obtaining Rapid Excitation for the Dynamos of Petrol-electric Automobiles and for other purposes.
Inventor: STEVENS WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 28,483. Stevens, W. A. June 27, 1908. Field magnets of dynamos, more particularly those for petrol - electric automobiles, are con - structed with some of the poles of ordinary soft steel, and some of hard steel of great retentivity. In the example shown in Fig. 1, the poles C, C' are made of hard magnetic steel, and the poles D, D<1> of soft permeable steel. Each pole is excited in the ordinary manner by a coil, which may be connected so that when the main circuit is broken, the motor circuits absorb the inductive kick from the dynamo shunt windings.
Patent GB-190728667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoisting Slings.
Inventor: WILL CHARLES
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 28,667. Will, C. Dec. 31. Slings; lifting- d o g s. - Hoisting- slings having grips for engaging barrels or bales are constructed o f t w o lengths of chain &c., each threaded through one hook and permanently fastened to the other, as shown. If one chain breaks, the load remains supported by the other. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the chain 1 is threaded through the loop 6 of the left-hand grip and connected to the bar 7. The loops 6 may be provided with friction rollers.
Patent GB-190808905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Self-propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: MURPHY JOHN
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1909-04-23
Abstract: 8905. Murphy, J. April 23. Locomotive railway and tramway vehicles.-Relates to electrically-driven car-trucks or bogies of the type in which the wheel axles are connected by coupling-rods, and comprises a truck in which the wheels are arranged inside the side frames, the coupling-cranks are detachable, and special means are provided for lubricating the crank-pins. Fig. 1 shows a plan of a truck, and Figs. 3 and 4 show details of a coupling-rod and crank. The axle 5 is driven by spur gearing from the motor, which is carried by the axle and the truck in the usual manner. The wheel axles are continued through their journals and are provided with split cranks 12, which are secured on the axles by keys 22<a> and bolts 24 fitting in recesses in the axles. Any side strain on the wheels is taken up by collars 22 on the axles. The coupling-rods 14 are carried on the crank-pins by bushes 15, surrounding which are eccentric oil chambers 16 communicating with the crank-pins by holes 19, masked by strips of felt 20. The coupling-rods are secured on the crank-pins by nuts 26 locked by set-screws.
Patent GB-190809206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bow Rudders for Shallow Draught and other Vessels.
Inventor: YARROW ALFRED FERNANDEZ
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 9206. Yarrow, A. F. April 28. Rudders.-A bow rudder a<0> is mounted so that it can be raised or lowered by suitable tackle d on a vertical guide b, which forms also the pivot on which the rudder turns when in use. The rudder post a has lugs a<1> and a rudderhead a<2> to which the tiller e is detachably secured. When the rudder is in its inoperative position against the bow plates, it is secured by a latch g.
Patent GB-190814755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Distributing Tar and like Viscous Liquids on Road and other Surfaces.
Inventor: COLEMAN THOMAS
Filed: 1908-07-11
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 14,755. Coleman, T., Coleman, T., and Coleman, F. July 11. Liquids, distributing; watering-carts.-An apparatus mounted on a frame on road wheels for distributing tar and like viscous liquids on roads and other surfaces comprises a number of longitudinal bars or beaters on a horizontal axis in combination with a perforated pipe arranged to feed the liquid to the beaters. The pipe D, which is provided with suitable valves, leads from a tank A to one or both ends of a perforated pipe d<1> passing through the distributing -apparatus E. This apparatus, which is driven by suitable gearing from the road wheels or by the motor of powerdriven vehicles, comprises a number of bars e<1> mounted on end disks e<2> and intermediate disks e<3> The perforations in the pipe d' are arranged to deliver the liquid into the last quadrant of rotation of the beaters so that the latter, which are set at a slight angle to the radial position, may force the liquid in a broken state on to the road surface. In a modification, the pipe d' is arranged outside the distributing-beaters.
Patent GB-190900449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Humidifying and Air Conditioning Apparatus.
Inventor: CRAMER STUART WARREN
IPC: F24F6/06
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 449. Cramer, S. W. Jan. 7. Moistening.-In an apparatus for moistening and purifying air in which a fan forces air down two co-axial passages the inner of which contains a water spray and terminates in a collecting-basin, a plenum space is provided between the fan and the passages, and a chamber is provided in which the currents of air from the two passages mix. The invention is a modification of that described in Specification 17,247/06. The casing 2 surrounding the plenum space 3 and the casings 1, 4 forming the co-axial passages are made removable for cleaning. The casing 4 dips into a gutter 17, in which water accumulates and catches lint &c., being then blown out into the basin 6, whence it escapes by the pipe 20, after passing through the strainer 8. A deflector 7 is placed in the basin 6. The air from the two passages mixes in the space beyond the gutter 17, between the edge of the basin 6 and a flange 16 on which the casing 1 rests.
Patent GB-190901138-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Collar and like Supports for use with Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: EMANUEL SAMUEL MICHAEL
IPC: A41B3/06
Filed: 1909-01-16
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 1138. Emanuel, S. M., and Proud, C. Jan. 16. Stiffeners. - To facilitate attachment, pairs of bent metal prongs b, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, are mounted on the end of a celluloid &c. stiffener, and a cap d is snapped over theprongs after they have been pushed through the collar or like article to be stiffened. The prongs are preferably produced by turning-up a pair of opposite ends of a metal blank shaped like a cross, the other ends c being bent in the opposite direction to enter apertures in the support, and clinched over to secure the prongs in position.
Patent GB-190902272-A (GB)
Title: System of and Means for Transmitting Signals and Producing other Actions at a Distance.
Inventor: HOVLAND ABRAHAM NILSEN
IPC: H04L15/34
Filed: 1909-01-30
Granted: 1910-01-31
Abstract: 2272. Hovland, A. N. Jan. 30. Steering and manoeuvring submarine vessels; steering, controlling from a distance.-To select one of a number of circuits in apparatus for steering a torpedo &c. a series of contactpieces representing the Morse code for a letter characterizing the circuit is set up at the receiving-station, and is then rotated relatively to a series of incomplete circuits until it reaches the circuit corresponding to its own letter, which it closes. The apparatus may be used with a line-wire or with the usual apparatus of wireless telegraphy. In Fig. 1 are shown metal strips 1 forming gaps in the circuits 2, 3, which correspond to the Morse signals of the letters shown. The receiving electro-magnet 15 moves along the screw 16 and by means of the piece 18, raises the metal pieces 6 to form a combination corresponding to the signal sent, in this case the letter R. When the metal pieces 6 are moved along the pieces 1 in the direction from the letter J to the letter E, they do not fill up all the gap in any one row until they reach their own letter R, whereupon the circuit is completed through the electromagnet 9 to close the key 8 of a circuit for steering a vessel &c. The row of pieces 6 is then raised from the pieces 1 before it can close the circuit of any later row of the contacts. For secret working, the code connexion may be altered, as shown at the left of Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190904953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Records for Talking or Sound Reproducing Machines and the Method of Producing the same.
Inventor: TRENCKMANN ERICH
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 4953. Trenckmann, E., and Trenckmann, B. Feb. 28, 1908, [Convention date]. Plastic compositions containing fibres.-Filling-material for gramophones consists of colophony, shellac, asphalt, pitch, pitch residue, or the like, with earth, chalk, or paper pulp. 9586. Faesen, J. A., Dentz, T. C., and Lehmann, R. A. L. Sept. 25, 1908, [Convention date]. [Addition to 6383/06, Class 144, Wheels &c.] Junction rubber and like combinations.-Relates to the tyre described in the parent Specification, which comprises an outer band of hard india-rubber resting on the inner hand of soft india-rubber, which is supported between tapering flanges and adapted to be forced into a groove in the felloe. According to the present invention, the hard part b is formed in one with the soft part a, which is rigidly secured by vulcanizing to the tapering flanges e. Each flange is formed of hard india-rubber, and is vulcanized to an angle-iron ring d.
Patent GB-190907722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adding and Printing Machines.
Inventor: TOURTEL JOHN MESNY
Filed: 1909-03-31
Granted: 1910-05-02
Abstract: 7722. Tourtel, J. M. March 31. [Addition to 16,374/08.] Type-wheel machines ; platen-impression arrangements ; pad inking-arrangements.-In an adding and printing machine of the type described in the parent Specification, arrangements are made for inking the type before the descent of the platen and for interlocking the printing and operating handles. The printing-lever 43 has a limited movement before it raises the carriage 45, and this initial movement turns a pivoted plate k, which is connected by a pin and slot to the lever 43, and moves the arm k<1> out of engagement with a pin l on a plate fixed to the spindle m of the arm h<1> which carries the inking-pad h. The inking-pad is thereby caused by its spring to ink the type, immediately after which the nose o contacts with the pin l<1> and raises the pad out of the path of the platen 47. The printing-lever 43 is normally held in its back position by a spring, and is interlocked with the operating-lever by means of a compound bell-crank lever, the arms of which are adapted to engage the cam projections on the lever shafts to lock the printing and operating levers alternately, the movement of the printing-lever unlocking the operating-lever and the movement of the operating- lever resetting the bell-cranks to their original positions.
Patent GB-190908175-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Treating Waste Liquors from Soda Pulp Mills.
Inventor: RINMAN ERIK LUDVIG
IPC: D21C11/04
Filed: 1909-04-05
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 8175. Rinman, E. L. April 5. Waste products, treatment and utilization of. -Relates to a process such as is described in Specifications 1725/71 and 2/72, for treating the waste liquors of soda pulp mills by means of carbonic acid. In order to precipitate the ulmous substances, i.e., substances less acid than carbonic acid, in a grainy and filterable form, the liquor is first concentrated, as regards the salts or hydrates present, either by evaporation or by adding thereto soluble salts such as the salts of potassium, sodium, or ammonium, and is treated with carbonic acid at 75‹ C. or at the ordinary temperature, and afterwards heated to 75‹ C. The liquor, after the separation of the ulmous substances, is causticized, and, after the addition of a small quantity of fresh lye, may be used again.
Patent GB-190914786-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Machines for Dividing and Moulding Dough and other Plastic Substances.
Inventor: MELVIN ALEXANDER MORRIS
IPC: A21C5/06
Filed: 1909-06-24
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 14,786. Melvin, A. M. June 24. Rotary-mould-table machines.-In dough-dividing and moulding machines of the disk type, the hopper D is extended round the face of the disk A in the form of a conchoidal feeding-chamber D<1>, which co-acts with the rotating disk to feed the material into the moulds B. The moulds are fitted with plungers B', which are held against rotation by a screw B<4> and groove B<5> and are operated by a cam B<3> acting upon rollers B<2>. The capacity of the moulds is regulated by adjusting the position of the cam B<3> by means of a worm B' and worm-wheel B<6>. Modifications are described in which (1) the feeding-chamber is constituted by an inclined rotary disk, or (2) by a rotary or stationary disk mounted parallel to the mould disk with a helical partition between them, and (3) in which the invention is applied to horizontal machines.