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Patent GB-190621873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Alternating-current Dynamo-electric Machines.
Filed: 1906-10-03
Granted: 1907-12-03
Abstract: 21,873. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 3. Motors, controlling.-An alternating-current motor is run at different speeds by supplying to the secondary member a lowfrequency current derived from the primary member. Fig. 2 shows the preferred arrangement, in which the primary winding P revolves and the secondary winding S is stationary. The primary winding P is supplied with currents from the mains L through slip rings R, and is connected to a commutator C, on which bear stationary brushes B which carry off the low-frequency currents to the secondary winding S, speed-controlling devices A, such as auto-transformers or variable resistances, or both, being interposed in the circuits. The currents taken off from the brushes B have the same frequency as the slip currents induced in the secondary winding. At synchronism, the secondary winding is short-circuited by means of a changeover switch D, and the brushes B may be taken off the commutator. In a modification, the primary member is stationary and is connected to a commutator, around which rotate brushes carried by the secondary member.
Patent GB-190623563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo Electric Machines, more especially applicable to the Regulation of said Machines.
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 23,563. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 23. Lighting systems.-The voltage of a dynamo driven at a variable speed, e.g., from an axle of a railway train, is regulated by arranging a field winding to oppose the main field winding, and connecting it in shunt with a resistance of positive temperature-coefficient, which is connected across the armature or is in series with the main field winding, so that the current in the opposing winding varies at a greater rate than the voltage of the generator. The generator 1 has the main shunt field 2 in series with the resistance 4 of high, positive temperature-coefficient, e.g., iron wire, and the opposing field winding 3 is connected in shunt with the resistance 4. The resistance 4 may be connected across the brushes directly instead of in circuit with the main field. The lamps 5, 6, 7, 8, which constitute the load, have in circuit with them iron wire resistances 9, 10, 11, 12, respectively. An electrolytic cell 14 may be inserted in circuit to prevent the storage battery 13 from discharging backwards through the generator when the voltage of the generator is below normal.
Patent GB-190624232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Incandescing Bodies for Electric Lamps.
Filed: 1906-10-30
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 24,232. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.]. Oct. 30. Incandescent lamps.-Filaments and the like are composed of or contain tungsten dioxide, which has conductivity comparable to that of a metal. In the preferred method of manufacture, filaments of metallic tungsten are heated to about 500‹ C. in a limited quantity of oxygen at low pressure until absorption of the oxygen has ceased, as indicated by a manometer. They are then heated more strongly in a vacuum or inert gas. The two heatings may be effected in the lamps themselves or in separate vessels. Specification No. 19,785, A.D. 1898, is referred to.
Patent GB-190624387-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holder for Reels of Cotton, Thread, Silk & the like.
Inventor: JEREMY DAVID
Filed: 1906-11-01
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 24,387. Jeremy, D. Nov. 1. Work companions have spindles B for carrying reels A, a cutter D, and a drawer G for needles, tapes, &c. The back H may be ornamented, and a hole K is provided for suspension.
Patent GB-190629306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Casting Apparatus.
Inventor: MCKEE GEORGE FREDRICK
Filed: 1906-12-22
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 29,306. McKee, G. F., and Schilling, W. F. Dec. 22. Moulding.-Twopart flasks are arranged in combination with modified runners and vents so that sand moulds may be used again without remoulding. The runner 4, Fig. 1, is made with a contracted neck 16 for breaking off, and is formed half in each of two sand portions 5, 6, which together form a frustrum of a cone and are retained in place in the mould by bolts 11 from cross-bars 14 resting on the flask part 1. The riser is made conical as shown at 17. After casting, the nuts 15 and cross-bars 14 are removed, and the upper mould part is lifted off leaving the two-part runner mould on the casting, from which it may readily be separated. In a modification, the runner may be of the same form as the riser.
Patent GB-190703553-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in or applicable to Children's Carriages ordinarily termed Mail Carts or Trolly Carts.
Inventor: STOTT SAMUEL EDWARD
Filed: 1907-02-13
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 3553. Stott, S. E. Feb. 14. Seats and seat backs, arrangement of. -- A children's folding carriage, of the type usually termed mail-cuts or trolly carts, is fitted with a supplementary folding seat, arranged behind and facing in the same direction as the main seat. The supplementary seat E is carried by bars C pivoted to the side pieces A of the carriage and supported by straps F. A footboard B, which is also pivoted to the side pieces A, is supported by stays D pivoted to the bars C. In order to facilitate access to the seat E, it may be arranged to be turned aside about a bolt G at one side, a catch being provided at the opposite side of the seat for securing it in the closed position. A flexible back-rest I, constructed of leather and bent into a semi-circular form, may be connected to the frame, as shown in Fig. 4, and may be detachable at one side. When required for use as a single-seated carriage, the rear seat may be folded as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-190710548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Construction of Piles, Beams and the like of Ferro-concrete.
Inventor: PIERCY ROBERT ALWYN ARNOLD STE
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 10,548. Piercy, R. A. A. S. May 6. Piles.-Reinforced-concrete piles, beams, and the like are so constructed that the reinforcement after being built up may be easily handled. This is effected by employing transverse frames a, notched at b to receive the longitudinals c, i, which are held in position by a sling d, Figs. 12 and 13. This sling is applied loosely and is tightened by a lever j inserted between the sling d and frame a, and turned about the latter as a pivot. Fig. 15 shows the application to sheet piling.
Patent GB-190712175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to an Automatic Nailing Device for Nailing Machines.
Inventor: SATTLER CARL
Filed: 1907-05-27
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 12,175. Sattler, C. May 27. Nailing.-Relates to an automatic railway device for use in machines for nailing the leather uppers of shoes to wooden soles and in machines for nailing boxes &c. A slide 3 slotted at its upper end is reciprocated vertically so as to feed the nails to a slide-way 6, at the lower extremity of which they are pushed off one by one into a tube 12 by means of a pair of pins attached to a slide 10 which is reciprocated at right-angles to the raceway. In a casing 2 is a sliding body 19 connected, through an intermediate spring 29 and pin 27, with a flat piece 25 which is adapted to slide in a groove in the casing 2. The piece 25 and consequently the slide 19 derives a forward and backward movement with an intermediate period of rest, from a cam-disk 20 attached to a gear-driven shaft 14. A second camdisk 30, connected to the slide 19 by pins 35, is adapted to advance, during the period of rest of the slide 19, a cylinder 33, to which the driver is attached. The nail that has been fed into the nail passage 36 is thus driven into the work. In order to prevent the body 19 from moving backwards when a nail is driven, a detent 40, Fig. 2, is employed. When pressure is applied to the nail guide 34, the detent is moved outwards and presses a ring 43 against the sides of the casing 2. The whole device is journaled on pivots 37, and may be adjusted by a cam-disk 38.
Patent GB-190713204-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Appliance for Cleaning the Interior of Steam Boiler Gauge Glass Cocks.
Inventor: MARTIN ALBERT
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 13,204. Martin, A. March 6, 1908. Cleaning valves and cocks.-An appliance for cleaning the interior of a gauge-glass cock consists of a tube c screwed at one end c<1> in one or more sizes for attachment to the front of the cockpassage and carrying a pointed cleaning - rod a, which is provided with a hand-wheel b. The rod may screw into the tube, as shown in Fig. 1, or it may be plain, a collar a<3>, Fig. 4, being provided to prevent it from being blown out of the tube. Specifications No. 29,091, A.D. 1896, No. 16,008, A.D. 1897, No. 19,191, A.D. 1900 and No. 4389, A.D. 1901, [Abridgment Class Steam generators], are referred to.
Patent GB-190715101-A (GB)
Title: A Parlour Table Game
Inventor: WILLIAMS PERCY WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 15,101. Williams, P. W. July 1. Games imitating football. - Relates to a board for playing a table game representing football, in which two or more players are furnished with counters representing men ; these are moved according to the number scored by dice, a teetotum, or like means. Certain numbers are marked 'foul' and 'off side,' and penalties are attached to these numbers. Other numbers are marked 'goal,' ' penalty,' and similar incidents of play, and points are awarded to counters resting on these numbers. The game lasts until each side has reached the number 41 and the side then having most points is declared winner. An additional counter may be used when a 'free kick' is awarded.
Patent GB-190719555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Burners and in the Manufacture of Parts of same.
Inventor: COLE HARRY
Filed: 1907-08-31
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 19,555. Cole, H. Aug. 31. Incandescent gas burners.-In a modification of the burner described in Specifications No. 19,776, A.D. 1900, and No. 11,788, A.D. 1904, the deflector in the burner head consists of a pressed cup-shaped piece M having a serrated horizontal flange m<1>, and is supported on a shoulder on a rod R secured by a nut r<3> to a wheel-shaped frame r<2>, the gauge cone G being arranged on the rod R.
Patent GB-190725372-A (GB)
Title: Improved Securing Means for Corset Ribs.
Inventor: SCHULTE-UECHTING ELISABETH
Filed: 1907-11-15
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 25,372. Uechting, E. Schulte-. Nov. 15. Corsets.-Corset ribs are secured by triangular wire frames, having corner extensions 1, which are forced through the material and turned over, as shown in Fig. 1. A protecting plate 2 may be employed for the wire, which may otherwise be soldered at its ends. Specification No. 17,068, A.D. 1895, is referred to.
Patent GB-190726553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Attaching of Metallic Mounts and the like to Bedstead Pillars and like Pillars.
Inventor: PHILLIPS ALBERT
Filed: 1907-12-02
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 26,553. Phillips, A. Dec. 2. Bedsteads; furniture mounts.-Relates to means for securing mounts to bedstead and like pillars. Fig. 1 shows a mount for covering a corner block comprising top and bottom portions b, b<2> and a central part or "half -mount" c. The top and bottom mounts have inturned flanges b<1> adapted to engage with corresponding out-turned flanges c<1> on the half-mount c. In securing the fitting, the half-mount is first engaged with the part b<2> by inclining the former so that its flange may pass behind the flange on the mount b. The top flange of the half-mount c and the flange of the mount b are provided with notches d, c<2> having suitably-bent edges, so that when the parts band c are brought together with the notches adjacent, and the part b is rotated, engagement is effected between the flanges. The flanges may also be in sections instead of continuous. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the mounts b, b<2> are secured in place by means of pins e projecting from the pillar a ; these enter notches in the flanges b<1> and are then engaged therewith by a partial rotation of the mounts. In another form, the half-mount has projecting bent spring tongues which engage the inwardly projecting flanges b<1>. In the case of mounts of the kind known as husks, two pins are secured in the pillar at a distance apart equal to the length of the mount, and over these the mount is passed, notches in the flanges permitting this operation. A partial rotation secures the mount in place, By providing a pin a' with a slot with which the edge of the flange may engage, as shown in Fig. 11, the use of two pins may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190803123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Manufacture of, Curtain and Cornice-pole Rings.
Inventor: HARRISON SIDNEY CHARLES
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 3123. Harrison, S. C. Nov. 24. Making rings.-In a brass or like cased curtain or cornice-pole ring, having a core of hard metal, the core is made by bending a wire into a ring a, Fig. 6, so that the ends do not closely abut. The core is placed in a U-sectioned casing b which is then closed over it. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 19,837, A.D. 1890.
Patent GB-190804146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for the Steering Axle of Self Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: ATKINS CARL
Filed: 1908-02-24
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 4146. Atkins, C. Feb. 24. Motor road vehicles.-A ball-and-socket joint is employed in a front-axle drive for self-propelled vehicles. The shaft 2 rotates with a hollow non- rotatable axle A, and terminates in a head 3, the centre of which is in line with the pivots 4 on the yoke 5, which is made integral with the axle A. These pivots rest in a bearing-ring 6, between which and the wheel hub 7 antifriction bearings 8 are arranged. A removable cap-plate 9 is provided. The wheel-hub socket has diametricallyopposed segmental grooves 10, which are concentric with the ball, are at right-angles to the plane of the wheel, and accommodate blocks 12 pivotally carried by the ball 3. Steering is effected through a rod 13 and arm 14 which is connected to the ring 6. A dust-cap 15 is provided, and the ball socket is made in sections to facilitate assembling.
Patent GB-190804549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inverted Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 4549. Ehrich & Graetz. May 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Incandescent gas burners.-The downwardly-projecting open end of the air-supply tube a of an inverted burner is divided into several channels by cross-pieces b, and is provided with a revolvable butterfly valve d.
Patent GB-190810849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam or like Fluid Pressure Engines for Propelling Motor Vehicles, Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: NAPIER WILLIAM ELWIN
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 10,849. Napier, W. E. May 19. Fee d-pumps; actuating - mechanism.-In a steam - engine for motor vehicles, cycles, or the like, the generator feedpump r is actuated by a cam k<3> on the crank-shaft, the cam also controlling the exhaust valve v<3> from the lowpressure cylinder b.
Patent GB-190817708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Nail Distributing Apparatus.
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 17,708. Bingham, A., Pratt, W., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Aug. 24. Nailing. - In nail-distributing apparatus such as is described in Specification No. 23,356, A.D. 1904, the nail receiver B is combined with a relatively-moving nail-ejector H so mounted and shaped as to be in the path of a nail that by reason of deformity projects towards it. Means for throwing the nail clear of the adjacent mechanism may be added to the ejector; also, a device for returning nails into position to be ejected. The nail-receiver shown rotates in a plane at right-angles to the end of a raceway A, and transfers nails to a carrier E. The openings of the nail-pockets in the receiver are closed through the first half of the receiver's revolution, by an encircling cover-plate D. At about 180 degrees from the point at which nails are delivered from the raceway is an opening in the cover-plate through which the nails drop in an inverted position into the carrier E. To prevent a bent or deformed nail, which may jam in one of the nailreceiver pockets and be carried round past the delivery opening in the cover-plate D, from fouling the raceway, the cover-plate is cut away, and an ejector H of wedge shape, or secured in an inclined manner in the path of the deformed nail, is fixed to the cover-plate in advance of the raceway. This ejector projects inwards into close proximity with the rotating receiver, and forcibly pushes out the nail by engaging its shank. At the side of the opening in the cover-plate D opposite to the nailejector H, a spring-plate P, Fig. 4, may be secured, which, by pressing on the head portion of the jammed nail, causes it to spring clear of the mechanism when ejected. A door J, secured by a catch M, is pivoted to the cover-plate D, to give access to the lowermost recess in the nail-receiver B. To return a nail, that is only slightly bent, and may therefore not jam tightly in the nailreceiver though failing to pass into the carrier E, into ejecting position in the receiver, a cam-plate R, Fig. 4, is arranged to engage the head of the nail and thrusts it back into its recess as the receiver continues to rotate.
Patent GB-190820481-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tin Opener.
Inventor: EDWARDS WALTER
Filed: 1908-09-29
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 20,481. Edwards, W. Sept. 29. Cans, opening.-A tinopener comprises a bar a with a handle b, a piercer which serves also as a pivot, an adjustable cutter c'for round tins, and a fixed cutter e for square tins. The runner c<2> of the cutter c' is formed with a longitudinal opening, so that it may pass the cutter e, which may be detachable and be secured by a wedge &c. A recess or hollow g accommodates the rim of the tin when using the cutter e.
Patent GB-190821172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Fasteners.
Inventor: WICKERS DAVID JAMES
Filed: 1908-10-07
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 21,172. Wickers, D. J. Oct. 7. Stud-and-eye fastenings.-In a garment fastener of the type in which a spring wire eye-member engages with a thin metal stud, the stud lies flush with the eye-member when fastened. The stud a, Fig. 13, is bowl-shaped and has a circular flange d and flaring side walls c. It is attached by sewing through holes b. The eye f, Fig. 3, is made from wire with inwardly turned thread loops h. Fig. 7 shows the device being unfastened. The stud may be stamped out with cross ribs for attaching it to the garment.
Patent GB-190822380-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Grinding Machine.
Inventor: HOY HENRY ALBERT
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 22,380. Hoy, H. A. Oct. 22. Surfacing and polishing.-A grinding-machine for grinding conical or parallel holes or pins for locomotives &c. is constructed with a revoluble shell b having an internal slidable carriage g, a barrel g<1>, and a pivoted sleeve m angularly adjustable within the barrel, and carrying an inner sleeve n which may be moved to and fro axially and torms a bearing for a spindle f carrying a grinding-tool f<1>. The shell b is carried in bearings in the frame a and is rotated by a worm c<2> engaging a worm-wheel c<1>, secured around the shell. The carriage g is slidably mounted in guides b<1> in the shell and may be traversed across the interior of the shell by the rotation of screw spindles j engaging nuts k on the carriage ; the spindles j carry worms i<4> gearing with worm-wheels i<3> on a spindle i<2> which also carries a worm i<1> gearing with a worm-wheel i mounted on a spindle carrying a pinion h ; the pinion h gears with an internallytoothed wheel b<3>, carried by a loose ring b<2> mounted on the shell b, so that when the ring b<2> is moved relatively to the shell b, the carriage g slides in its guides across the shell. The sleeve m is pivoted at m<2> within the shell g and by means of clamping- quadrant m<1> may be set at any desired angle with the vertical ; the sleeve m forms a bearing for the sleeve n, which may be moved axially by means of a telescopic counterbalanced arm o which is vibrated by a link p connected to a disk q driven by elliptical gear-wheels q<1>, q<2>. Within the sleeve n is the spindle f carrying the emery or other wheel f<1>. In lapping a conical hole as shown, the sleeve m is adjusted within the barrel to the proper angle of the hole and the carriage g is operated until the shell b will carry the grinding-spindle around its centre in contact with the work, the spindle f being meanwhile reciprocated by the arm o. The machine may be arranged with the axis of the barrel horizontal instead of vertical.
Patent GB-190823400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Barrel Tilters.
Inventor: DYSON HARRLET ANN
IPC: B65G65/24
Filed: 1908-11-03
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 23,400. Dyson, H. A. Nov. 3. Tilters.-A barrel tilter comprises a spiral spring 2 in tension, of which the lower end is connected by a right and left handed screw coupling-device 7 to a clamp 12 adapted to engage the rear end of the barrel, and the upper end is connected either directly or through a similar coupling- device 5 to the cellar beam or other fixture. Wedges are used to prevent lateral movement of the barrel.
Patent GB-190825560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Exercising Apparatus.
Inventor: SMYTH WILLIAM JOHNSON
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 25,560. Smyth, W. J. Nov. 27. Gymnastic apparatus.-Consists of apparatus for the circumduction of the arm. The patient is strapped to the adjustable back h of a rotable chair g and grasps a handle e mounted on a wheel a which is adapted to be rotated electrically or by a treadle d or other means.
Patent GB-190826166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat Ventilators
Inventor: ROLFE ERNEST CARL
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 26,166. Rolfe, E. E. Dec. 3. Ventilating. - A pair of bowed arms 4, 5 is pivoted to a securing - plate 2, the portion 3 of which is slipped behind the sweatband ; the ends of the arms are furnished with spacing-blocks which, when the arms are swung down, abut against the head and space apart the sweatband from the wearer's forehead, permitting ventilation. The spacing-blocks 7 may be of material such as cork or rubber and the lower edge of the overlapping portion 3 of the attaching-member is formed with an abutting portion 8 against which the angularly-bent portions 6 of the arms 4, 5 abut.
Patent GB-190827583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Producing Animated Pictuers by the Movement of a Vehicle.
Inventor: CZERNIEWSKI WACLAW
Filed: 1908-12-18
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 27,583. Czerniewski, W., Szczepanowski, W. P., and Czerniewski, J. Dec. 18.. Railways &c. for recreation.-In animated-picture. apparatus comprising a vehicle moving relatively to another part of the apparatus a series of progressive miniature pictures D, such as lantern slides, is employed in combination with projecting- apparatus C<1>, E and a source of light C, so that, as the vehicle passes each picture, magnified images are momentarily and successively projected on to a ground-glass screen G in view of the observer, with or without the aid of one or more reflectors F, F<1>, The pictures may be projected on to a screen carried by the vehicle itself. Instead of the vehicle carrying the source of light, it can be arranged that it operates a series of electric switches which light up lamps in front of the pictures as the vehicle passes. Instead of a momentary illumination for each picture, a light may be constantly maintained before each but intercepted by a shield or shutter operated by the vehicle as it passes. Daylight may be used as the source of light.