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Patent GB-190814780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Manufacturing Curved Printing Plates.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1908-07-11
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 14,780. Lake, H. W., [Vogtlandische Maschinen-Fabrik vorm. J. C. & H. Dietrich Akt.-Ges.]. July 11. Milling; boring.-In a machine for casting and trimming curved stereotype plates, the plates are cast alternately on cylindrical cores 24 on a carrier 48 mounted on a slide 64, which is reciprocated along guide-ways in the frame by a screw 30 mounted resiliently in the direction of its axis. The screw 30 may be driven in either direction by means of bevel-gearing 69, 70, 73 and a movable clutch member 72 from a shaft 74 driven by worm-gearing from the pulley shaft 76. On the movement of the slide 64 away from the mould, the carrier 48 is rotated through a semicircle, and the core with the cast plate attached is turned into the outer or trimming position where the git or head is removed by a milling-cutter 49. The core 24 turns on the shaft 39 and carries a wormwheel 40 in gear with a worm 41 on a shaft 42 driven by worm-gearing from the vertical cutter shaft 45. As the cores come to rest, one in the casting and one in the trimming position, the cam 29 is actuated by the screw 30, and, by means of a rod 62, disengages the clutch 72, and at the same time by rotating the shaft 60 operates the link 58, lever 57, and slide 55, an inclined face on which controls the clutch 53. At the completion of a revolution of the core 24, an arm thereon engages a projection 59<a> and disengages the clutch 53, and at the same time engages the clutch 72 with the wheel 70, causing the screw 30 to rotate and convey the plate to a boring-mechanism 80. The plate is held in the boring-bed 80 by a ring which engages the top of the plate and two flat plates 99, 100, which are forced inwards by eccentrics 102 rotated by weights 101 when the eccentrics are released by the catches 101<a> being engaged by the projecting ends of the bar 25 on the core 24. The plates 99, 100 are tilted inwards by projections 105 formed thereon to force the plate well back into the bed. The bed 80 is then lowered to bring the plate into engagement with a boring- knife on the continuously-rotating shaft 83. After the plate has been trimmed, the bed ascends, stops on the framing engaging notches 109 in the eccentrics 102 and releasing the trimmed plate, which is left standing on the table 81. The means for reciprocating the boring-bed comprises an eccentric 84 on the shaft 83, which oscillates a sector 86 engaging a pinion 88 on the shaft 87. The shaft 87 carries a loose pinion in gear with a rack 90 in the boring-bed, this pinion being coupled to the shaft alternately by two ratchet-clutches controlled by a bar 91. The bar 91 is actuated to lower the bed 80 with an untrimmed plate by a stop 92<b>, to disengage the clutch in the lower position by a stop 92 on the bed, and to disengage the clutch after the bed has reached its upper position, ready to receive a new plate, by a stop 111 at the lower end of the rack 90.
Patent GB-190820871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buoys or Floats for use in connection with Fishing Nets.
Inventor: WILSON ROBERT
IPC: A01K75/04
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 20,871. Wilson, R. Oct. 3. Net floats and buoys.- The body part c is made of calico or other textile material rendered a i r - tight by means of a suitable composition. A separate piece b, of cup formation and of similar material, is solutioned in the mouth of the body c, and receives the wooden or other head e, through which passes an air-hole b<1> provided with a flap-valve b<2> for the admission of air. The hole b<1> is closed as usual by a stopper g. The part c is preferably protected by an outet cover d of jute, cotton, or other strong material, and is caused to adhere thereto by means of paint. The cover d may be painted or waterproofed both internally and externally. The head e is bound to the mouth of the body part by cord &c, f as usual.
Patent GB-190821837-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Treatment of Minerals for the Extraction of the Metal which they Contain.
Inventor: JUNQUERA BUENAVENTURA
Filed: 1908-10-15
Granted: 1909-12-15
Abstract: 21,837. Junquera, B. Feb. 8, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Rotary furnaces; pulverulentfuel fittings charging and discharging.-In an apparatus for extracting metals, a pulverized mixture of mineral, reducing- agent, and flux is fed from a receiver a by a shoot c and distributor d into the upper end of an inclined rotary cylindrical furnace b. The lower end of the furnace opens into a cbamber j, at the bottom of which is a collecting - crucible k. The furnace is heated by a burner f, in which powdered carbon is burnt in an insufficient air supply, so that the atmosphere of the furnace is devoid of free oxygen. The metal is reduced in the upper part of the furnace and fused in the lower part, the fused metal and slag running into the crucible k, where they separate by gravity. The powdered carbon is fed from a receiver i by a distributor h to the discharge pipe of a fan g. The powdered ore, flux, &c. may be brought into contact after admission to the furnace, and may be nodulized by moistening before being heated.
Patent GB-190824105-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller-guides, or Fairleads, for Wire and other Ropes, Chains, Cords and the like.
Inventor: BULLIVANT FREDERICK ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 24,105. Bullivant, F. A.. and Selby, G. M. Nov. 10. Ropes and the like guiding ; pulley-blocks.-A roller-guide or fair-lead for ropes, chains, &c., of the type in which the rope runs over a series of small rollers, comprises a number of rollers mounted in a curved path in a common frame and arranged to fit one into the other so as to occupy little space and thereby project only a small distance over the edge of the ship or other structure. Fig. 2 shows a series of small rollers 1, 2, arranged on a common frame so as to guide a rope or chain on to a pulley 4. The alternate rollers 2 are made smaller in both diameter and length, and are mounted so that they project into the peripheral groove in the rollers 1.
Patent GB-190900882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chain Wheels and the like
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: F16H55/30
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 882. Johnson, J. Y., [Link-Belt Co.]. Jan. 13. Chain - wheels.- Relates to compensating-devices for chain - wheels arranged to receive two o independent d riving-chains. Two sprocketwheels B, B<1> are rotatably mounted on the same hub D, or on a rim D' rigidly connected to the hub, and are kept in position by plates d<3> and centrallysituated bearings d'. Equalizing-levers E are mounted on radial pins d<2> in each bearing ; their rounded ends bear between set-screws f, f carried by brackets f secured to the webs b<2> of the wheels B, B'. The ends of the levers E may be provided with shoes e<1>, preferably connected together by a rod e<2> passing through an enlarged hole in each end. The wheels B, B' may be mounted directly on the shaft, the arms, preferably curved, for the bearings being keyed thereto.
Patent GB-190906062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Operating Tramway Points from the Vehicles.
Inventor: THOMAS CALEB
IPC: B61L11/02
Filed: 1909-03-13
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 6062. Thomas, C., Thomas, T., and Harries, T. I. March 13. Mechanically operated from vehicle.-Tramcar wheels are provided with an auxiliary wheel rim p which can be reciprocated on the axle by the lever v pivoted at w. The rim, as shown in side elevation in Fig. 5 and in plan in Fig. 7, is in its operative position, it is rendered inoperative by sliding it into the recess o. The driver adjusts the rim by moving, through a rack-and-pinion arrangement, the rod z, which carries a block x formed with an inclined slot y to engage the square upper end of the lever v. Adjacent to the point tongue k, and forming one side of the rail groove, is a bar a pivoted at c and resting on one end of another pivoted lever d the opposite end of which engages a projection h on the triple-threaded screw g. When the bar a is depressed by the auxiliary wheel rim, the screw g is given a quarter-turn and moves the point tongues over, a spring returning the points when the vehicles have passed. In a modified arrangement, the fixed screwed block i is dispensed with and the point tongue itself is bored and threaded to receive the screw g. A fixed auxiliary rim may be used if desired for the vehicles which have to take the branch line, the main-line vehicles having ordinary wheels.
Patent GB-190907153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Anti-vibrators for Incandescent and other Gas Lights.
Inventor: MCMILLAN ALFRED
IPC: F21V15/00
Filed: 1909-03-25
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 7153. McMillan, A. March 25. Anti-vibration devices. - The upper and lower parts of an incandescent or other gas fitting are connected by a suspension spring adjustably secured to the lower or both parts so that the inclination of the pendent part may be adjusted ; and the two parts have stuffing-box couplings for, or, alternatively may be soldered to, the flexible connecting-tube. The suspension spring d is connected to a projection b<1> on the upper part b, and to one of a series of holes in a projection e<1> on the lower part. In a modification, the spring is secured by a pinching- screw to a slot in the projection e'. The flexible tube c screws into the coupling k, which comprises a sleeve 1, a screwed nut 2, and an asbestos &c. washer 3.
Patent GB-190920004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Driving Arrangements of Looms.
IPC: F16D13/10
Filed: 1909-09-01
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 20,004. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. Sept. 1. Driving-arrangements. - Slipping friction couplings for driving looms have rubbing surfaces the area of which is only equal to a portion of the total possible area. The driven wheel c, loose on the shaft d, is coupled to it by means of the tension band f and the disk e. The tension band may carry spaced blocks k, or may be of a waved or crinkled shape; or it may act on a series of projections on the disk e.
Patent GB-190921358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and in the Fitting of, Branch Service Connections to Main Pipes.
IPC: F16L41/14
Filed: 1909-09-18
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 21,358. Stewarts & Lloyds, and Ballantyne, R. Sept. 18. Branches and mains, connecting.-A flared nipple 2 is passed through an opening in the main, and a flanged lead or like washer 3 is driven home by a nut 4 and distance-piece 5, the portion 3<a> of the washer being thereby expanded and nipped between the flared end of the nipple and the inside of the main 1, as shown. Notches 8 may be provided to serve as check against displacement of the nipple, which is held by jam nuts 6, 7 when the nut 4 is being turned.
Patent GB-190923354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Attaching Ropes, or Cables, to their Connections, or Attachments, or Anchorages.
Inventor: BULLIVANT FREDERICK ARTHUR
IPC: F16G11/04
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 23,354. Bullivant, F. A., and Selby, G. M. Oct. 12. Capping.-A device for connecting ropes or cables to their attachments or anchorages, adapted to absorb shock due to abnormal load, comprises an outer sleeve A, Figs. 1 and 2, tapered internally, having an extension and lug a for securing the device to its anchorage, an inner sleeve B, tapered externally, to which an end of the rope is fixed, a compressible non-elastic metal packing, preferably in the form of strips or bars C, arranged between the sleeves. The strips are held in position by means of an intermediate slotted sleeve D. The metal is sufficiently hard to bear the maximum working load, but is deformable in order to absorb shock due to an application of a greater load. The sleeve D may be divided longitudinally to facilitate removal in order to renew the strips.
Patent GB-190924214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Benchings and Pipes for use in the Construction of Sewerage Inspection and like Chambers.
Inventor: BARRON JOHN
IPC: E03C1/122
Filed: 1909-10-21
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 24,214. Barron, J. Oct. 21. Spigot - and - socket joints held by cement &c.-To connect branch drains with the sections of a special inspection chamber, the joint shown in Fig. 10 may be used. The end of the pipe d<1> is placed in a smaller socket d<2>, and the jointing-material in a space d<3>. This form of joint secures proper alinement of the inner surfaces of the pipes.
Patent GB-190926960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
IPC: D06F61/02
Filed: 1909-11-20
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 26,960. Whittaker Bros., and Whittaker, W. Nov. 20. Folding mangles of the kind described in Specification 27,122<A>/05, in which the mangle is secured to one side of a tabletop A pivotally mounted on the framing G, are provided with gearing for the purpose of rotating the table and mangle from one position to the other. In the construction shown, a worm-wheel E is fixed to the spindle D secured to the lug c on the table-top, and is rotated by a worm F on a shaft provided with an operating - handle. Bevel, spiral, or spur gearing may be employed instead of worm gearing.
Patent GB-190927559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Piano Players.
Inventor: GITTINS CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1909-11-26
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 27,559. Gittins, C. E. Nov. 26. [Addition to 4532/09.] Actions; expression, controlling.-Relates to a modification of the pneumatic action described in the parent Specification, in which each valve is operated by two members of different areas controlled by a tune sheet having apertures of varying size. According to the present invention, one side of each of the members is normally subjected to a greater pressure than the other sides, and the valve is operated when the pressures are equalized. Alternatively, the trackerbar T' may be placed in a chamber C containing air under pressure, and the tune sheet S admits varying quantities of air to the space between the diaphragms a, a<1>, the outer surfaces of which are exposed to atmospheric pressure. The valve V is thereby operated to admit compressed air from the chamber P to the note-operating pneumatic M. A bleed-hole W is provided in the tracker-pipe T, through which the air escapes when the tune-sheet closes the tracker-duct.
Patent GB-191005574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Couplings of Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: PORTEOUS PERCY GWYNEDD
IPC: B61G1/26
Filed: 1910-03-05
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 5574. Porteous, P. G., and Thompson, R. D. March 5. Couplings, non-automatic.-Relates to means for facilitating the coupling of vehicles by the usual type of screw coupling, and consists in providing apparatus for sustaining the couplings in a partly-raised position. The links are suspended from a shackle 3 which is supported by a spring-pressed bell-crank 2. The spring 6 is held between a collar 5 and a round - faced washer 7 bearing against the bracket 1.
Patent GB-191010112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensers.
Inventor: SNOW CHARLES JOHN
IPC: F01B25/00
Filed: 1910-04-26
Granted: 1911-04-26
Abstract: 10,112. Snow, C. J. April 26. Straight tubes between headers.-The flow of steam through a surface condenser is divided by a longitudinal partition 4 having on both sides corrugated baffles 5, 6, 7, 8 with apertures 9, 10, 11, 12. The baffles are sloped toward the centre and provided with gutters at their ends. Baffles 6, 7 have also gutters 13, 14. Baffles 16, 17 have apertures 18, 19 on the outer edge and 29 near the centre. The latter are adjustable by moving the plates 31, the rate of condensation in the various compartments being equalized by admitting steam more or less directly into the lower compartments. In the centre of the bottom compartment are watercooling chambers 26, 27, which can be used for steam condensing when required by opening the valve 49 controlling the discharge into the airsuction pipe 3. When used as a water-cooler the valve 49 is closed, the water passing through the tube 52 over the top of a sleeve 54 adjustable as to height into the compartment 24 cf the condenser, whence it flows to the main airsuction pipe 3. A gradual drainage can take place, if desired, through a by-pass round the valve 49. The tubes in the condenser are spaced out near the apertures in the baffles, so as to avoid throttling the steam.
Patent GB-191012527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Finishing of Fabrics.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
IPC: D06C15/00
Filed: 1910-05-23
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 12,527. Ransford, R. B., [Soc. de la Manufacture d'Indiennes E. Zundel]. May 23. Rotary m ac h i n e s ; printing p r o c e s s e s.- Fabrics are printed in such a way as to produce imitations of woven fabrics, or with shot effects, by means of a finely engraved roller, such as is used for forming a silk finish, supplied with ordinary fluid colour and coacting with a rubber impression roller provided with projections at the ends. As shown, the machine used for printing the fabric comprises an engraved metal roller 1, and a rubber impression roller 2 formed with projecting surfaces 3 by means of which the roller 2 is driven. The surfaces 3 limit the pressure which can be put upon the fabric, and are adapted to prevent smearing.
Patent GB-191015057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fluid Pressure Engines.
Filed: 1910-06-22
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 15,057. Etablissements de Dion-Bouton, (Soc. Anon.). June 22, 1909. [Convention date]. Fixed - abutment type; disk - engine and inclined-shaft type.-A vane is hinged in a working chamber, and by its oscillations imparts a conical motion to a crank-rod driving a crankshaft. Additional working chambers may be obtained by employing additional vanes hinged along a line at right-angles to the hinge of the first vane. The principle of the engine is illustrated by Fig. 2, which shows a disk B swinging about an axis x-x formed by the intersection of the two fixed faces A<3>, A<4> of the working chambers A<3>*, A<4>*. Motive fluid is alternately admitted to and exhausted from these chambers, and the resultant oscillations of the disk B are translated into a rotary motion of a shaft D, Figs. 1 and 3, by means of a rod D<3>, which is hinged to the disk or its equivalent B along a line at right-angles to the axis x-x, i.e., the trunnions B<1>, and drives a crank D<1>. The working parts are duplicated in the chambers A<1>, A<2>, and inlet and exhaust valves E<3>, E<4> are provided. In a modification, Fig. 5, two additional working-chambers H*, H<1>* are provided by hinging two vanes H, H<1>, formed in one piece, along a line at right-angles to the trunnions F<1> about which the vane F<4> swings. The vanes H, H<1> are rigidly connected to a rod J driving the crank-shaft K.
Patent GB-191019843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pipe Joints.
IPC: F16L21/04
Filed: 1910-08-25
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 19,843. British Welding Co., and Constantine, E. G. Aug. 25. Boxes.-Pipe-joints of the kind described, for instance, in Specification 9762/04, [Class 99, Pipes &c.], are made with an enlarged part c extending parallel to the pipe a so as to form a stuffing-box for packing d. This packing can be compressed by drawing together the gland i and collar support h, as shown. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 14,694/05, [Class 99; Pipes &c.].
Patent GB-191019954-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Drying and Stretching Fabrics.
IPC: D06C3/00
Filed: 1910-08-26
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 19,954. Heberlein & Co. Aug. 28, 1909, [Convention date]. Feeding and registering webs.-Fabrics, after sizing or not, are stretched on Mycock or other tentering-rollers b, pass into a partitioned drying-chamber over idle rollers h and driven rollers i, between which groups of stretching-rollers k acting on both sides are arranged. Air is passed through the chamber against the motion of the fabric, warm air being used or the partitions heated. The " Organdis " effect, by which the strongly-sized warp and weft threads are prevented from adhering together, is produced by moving the partitions and the rollers h, i, k mounted on them, about a vertical axis, the partitions being mounted on trunnions.
Patent GB-191103516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed Mechanism for use in Machines Employed in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
IPC: A43D119/00
Filed: 1911-02-11
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 3516. Gouldbourn, J., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Feb. 11. Toggles.-Fig. 1 shows a variable-speed gear for use in connexion with boot and shoe machines, particularly those described in Specification 14,453/97, [Class 17, Boots &c.]. The gear is actuated through a lever H, which receives a two-step forward movement through a toggle connexion L, M, actuated by a treadle lever N. The link L is provided with two pivot pins L<1>, L<2>, arranged at different ends from the end of the link connected to the lever H, and adapted to engage, respectively, with recesses M<1>, M<2> in a heartshaped slot M* in the end of the link M. When the treadle is partly depressed, the toggle is moved from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 5, and the link H is moved a short distance to the right to throw the slowspeed pulley C<2> into gear. When the treadle is fully depressed, the toggle assumes the position shown in Fig. 6, causing a further forward movement of the lever H, so as to force the high speed pulley into gear. Alternatively, the toggle may have a number of different centred fulcrums at either of its ends.
Patent GB-191105463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ratchet Braces.
Inventor: PRATT John
IPC: B23B45/12
Filed: 1911-03-04
Granted: 1912-03-04
Abstract: 5463. Pratt, J., and Irwin, H. March 4. Ratchet braces. - A double-acting ratchet brace consists of a pinion 18 mounted on the drill spindle in engagement with two bevelwheels 13, 14 which are alternately driven by successive strokes of a lever 22, rocked in the plane of the spindle. Ratchet teeth are formed integrally with the bevel-wheels and are engaged by pawls 32, 33 carried on a cross-pin in the bifurcation of the lever, the pawls being held in gear by a single spring 36 on the pin. Specifications 14,558/07, 9551/92 and 2190/83 are referred to.
Patent GB-191110868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Spring Supports or Mountings of Cycle and analogous Saddles.
Inventor: BROOKS JOHN BOULTBEE
IPC: B62J1/02
Filed: 1911-05-05
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 10,868. Brooks, J. B., and Holt, J. May 5. Connexions, attachments, and adjustments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs. - Consists in supporting the seats of cycle and analogous saddles by obliquelydisposed close-coiled extension springs f directed upwards and forwards, their lower ends being connected to the extremities of a pair of laterally-separated hanger rods e carried by the seat frame and their upper ends attached to the rear portion a<2> of the base bracket of the saddle, the arrangement being such that under the effect of load the springs assume a more vertical position so that their resistance increases progressively with the load. To regulate the strength of the springs, their angularity may be made adjustable as by fixing their lower ends at one of a number of holes in an inward extension of the thrust rods, or by providing a quadrant slot, or by making the thrust rods adjustable in length. Stops, such as fingers or extensions g, prevent the springs from turning upwards when the machine is being pushed from the saddle. Instead of being directly hinged to the forward end of the base bracket, the front of the saddle may be supported by lever members with springs such as are described, for instance, in Specification 24,517/10, [Class 136(iii), Velocipedes &c., Kinds &c. of].