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Patent GB-190811116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Fittings and Apparatus for Bars and the like Places.
Inventor: CAMPBELL ALVA VINCENT
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 11,116. Campbell, A. V., and Cuthbert, E. May 22. Spittoons.-A fitting for use in public houses, bars, &c. comprises a series of spittoons connected to a washing sink and cylinder and arranged in proximity to revolving seats adapted to ring a gong when they are used or vacated. The washing sink o, Fig. 3, is provided with a grating p, through which the water runs to a cylinder q, whence it can be forced by a plunger r through a valve u and an enamelled pipe t connecting the spittoons s. Along the counter a, Fig. 2, near the spittoons are arranged a number of seats b, each having a socket m provided on the footboard l for umbrellas which drain into the spittoons.
Patent GB-190812275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Heating Apparatus especially applicable to Flat Irons and the like.
Inventor: EASTMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-05
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 12,275. Eastman, W., and Warne, A. June 5. Drawings to Specification. Tables.-A table is heated by electricity.
Patent GB-190813459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Binding Devices for Sheets Leaves or the like.
Inventor: SHULTES ISAAC
Filed: 1908-06-24
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 13,459. Shultes, I. July 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Albums.-Stubs 1 are provided with projections 3 to which the sheets &c. to be bound are secured by adhesive &c. The projections 3 are arranged alternately upon adjacent sheets to reduce the thickness near the back of the book.
Patent GB-190814366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reeds for Bag-pipes, Oboes, and like Wind Musical Instruments.
Inventor: MACDONALD JOHN
Filed: 1909-01-23
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 14,366. Macdonald, J., and Macdonald, A. C. Jan. 23, 1909. Bagpipes ; oboes ; wood and like wind instruments.- Reeds for bagpipes, oboes, and similar wind musical instruments are made of celluloid, vulcanite, xylonite, or like material, which is moisture - proof and does not readily split. In making the reeds, a piece of material of triangular form in cross-section is cut into trapezoidal pieces a', one of which is placed on either side of a wedge-shaped copper "staple" c, and the whole is then bound round with string d. Tuning-hemp e is wound round the end of the " staple " c. A bagpipe drone reed is made from a tabe of vulcanite &c. f by inserting a plug g into one end thereof, winding hemp h round the other end, and cutting a longitudinal tongue i, as shown in Fig. 6. A tuning-bridle j may be provided. The use of celluloid, xylonite, and parkesine for making organ pipes and reeds is referred to.
Patent GB-190816764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Air Compressors or Pumps.
Inventor: TEW WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-08-10
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 16,764. Tew, W. H. Aug. 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Movable-abutment type of rotary aircompressor. A drum 2 is mounted upon a shaft 3 secured to, but out of alinement witb, the driving-shaft 4. Crank-disks 5, preferably three in number, rotate in recesses in the casing and are connected to the drum. A non-revolving gyratory motion is thus imparted to the drum 2. The working chamber is divided into three parts by abutments 10, hinged to the outer casing and sliding in rockers 12 in the drum. Each of the disks 5 is furnished with a port 7, Fig. 4, which periodically registers with a suction port 8 formed in the adjacent part of the casing. Discharge takes place through valves 13 arranged on the periphery of the casing. Packiug-strips 14 are fitted to the interior of the casing and form an air-tight joint with the drum as it sweeps past.
Patent GB-190817348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Relay Apparatus for the Safe Working of Railways.
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 17,348. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Aug. 18. Switches.-Relates to a device or relay, for use in securing the safe working of railways, which is insensitive both to an alternating current and to such continuous currents as it is liable to be subjected to by accidental contact with adjacent circuits, and responds only to a considerable number of unidirectional impulses. The device consists of two electro-magnets M', M', the pivoted armatures N of which are either permanent magnets or electromagnets energized by a separate circuit, and are adapted to operate on driving-wheels or sliding racks Z<1>, Z<2>, between which the wheel P is made to travel in a straight line. The windings of the electro-magnets are in series, and are so arranged that a current of given direction causes one armature to be repelled and the other to be attracted. When the electro-magnets are energized by an intermittent current passing in the direction indicated, the rack Z' moves the part P<1> towards a position in which it effects a mechanical or electric control, the rack Z<2> meanwhile remaining idle. A continuous current would merely shift one of the racks through one tooth, while an alternating current would operate both racks so as to counteract each other's effect on the wheel P.
Patent GB-190820797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Diving Bell Apparatus for Submarine Work.
Inventor: FLOOD JOHN GARNAR
Filed: 1908-10-02
Granted: 1910-01-03
Abstract: 20,797. Flood, J. G., and Fitzgerald, W. G. Oct. 2. Diving.-Diving-apparatus consists of two parts, a bell suspended at the required depth, and an upper chamber capable of being lowered on to the bell, means being provided for locking the two together when in contact. The lower bell a'is suspended by cables e and is fitted with permanent ballast b and a water-ballast tank c, which may be flooded by opening valves c<1>, c<2>, and emptied by admitting compressed air by means of a valve c<3>. At the top of the bell is fitted a door f, and a ring g with a conical surface for making a water-tight joint with the upper chamber h. The chamber h, provided with permanent ballast m<1> and a waterballast tank m<2>, is divided into a central chamber l, which can be supplied with pressure air by a pipe h<1>, controlled by valves h<7>, or h<8>, and an annular chamber m under atmospheric pressure, for the operators. A door n with a pressure-equalizing valve n<1> allows communication between the chambers. The chamber h is guided by the cables e on'to'$he bell a, a ring g<2> bearing against the ring g on the lower chamber. A rotatable ring k<2> is also provided carrying projections k<1>, which pass between clutches k on the bell as the chamber is lowered. When in position, the ring k<2> is rotated by means of a toothed segment k<3> and gear k<4> rotated by a hand-wheel k<6>, to bring the projections k<1> into engagement with the clutches k, and so lock the two chambers together. In operation, the diver enters the pressure chamber l, and the operators the atmospheric chamber m, and the whole is lowered on to the bell a and locked to it. The diver opens a door l<1>, a valve t being provided to facilitate this, and enters the bell a by the door f If desired, the space between the doors may be drained by the valve t<1>. The diver attaches his air-pipe to one of the valves d' and enters the water. Windows p in the upper chamber enable the operators to see what is going on in the water. The Specification also describes an inuring-chamber similar to the chamber a whereby the diver can be put under or relieved from pressure before entering or after leaving the chamber l. By this means work may proceed continuously, one diver being put under compression while the other is at work.
Patent GB-190826295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum-traps or Apparatus for Discharging Liquid from Vacuous Chambers or Pipes.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 26.295. Harrison, G., [Clark Manufacturing Co.]. Dec. 4. Steam-traps.-A trap for discharging liquid from an exhaust pipe or the like consists of a casing 1, into which the liquid drains past a valve 7, and which is alternately put into communication with the atmosphere at 21 and with an exhaust pipe 20 leading to a condenser, by the movement of a float 37; the variations of pressure thus brought about in the casing permit the entrance or exit of water past check valves 7, 9. The float 37 is pivoted to a removable end 3 of the casing, and is linked to a rocker 33, provided with tappets to turn a heavy hammer 38. The hammer is loose on the same pivot as the rocker 33, and has arms which pass on either side of a horizontally-sliding rod 22 connected to a valve, such as a piston valve 17, controlling the communication of the casing with the exhaust pipe 20 and the open pipe 21. The rod 22 carries adjustable abutments 27, 28 against which the hammer 38 strikes.
Patent GB-190900861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Ships or Lighters to Facilitate Discharge of Cargo in Bulk.
Inventor: HOLLAND GERALD EDWARD
IPC: B63B27/22
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 861. Holland, G. E. Jan. 13. Vessels modified for unloading ; vessels, trough systems for emptying. -Relates to vessels of the kind in which a bulk cargo, such as coal, grain, ore, &c. is discharged by being caused to fall from the holds into longitudinal passages from which it is removed by elevators or conveyer bands. A central longitudinal passage b extends nearly the whole length of the vessel, the bottom of the passage being formed as a box keel c. Both sides of the passage are provided with openings, at suitable distances apart, having doors d, which can be operated from the deck or elsewhere by handles e, to allow the cargo f to fall into the passage b. An elevator g, preferably of the kind described in Specification 16,894/02, is supported on a trolly h running on rails i, which are supported on stanchions s on each side of the passage b. The elevator g can thus be moved from end to end of the passage by means of endless chains and windlasses, the doors d being opened successively as the elevator is gradually moved along. The elevator delivers to a shoot o.
Patent GB-190903176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Electric Switches for use with Auto-transformers.
Inventor: DANNATT FRANK CEDRIC
IPC: H01H75/04
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1910-02-09
Abstract: 3176. Dannatt, F. C. Feb. 9. [Cognate Application, 18,268/09.] Rate, changing.-In connexion with the operating or controlling coils of measuring-instruments, electro magnets, consisting of two or more coils of different resistances, actuate contacts which at a predetermined load cut-out or short-circuit the coils of higher resistance and leave in circuit the coils of lower resistance. In the form illustrated, a solenoid consisting of a high-resistance coil o and a lowresistance coil p attracts a tapering core q attached to a pivoted lever l, which removes a brake from the mechanism k of a meter and on further movement due to increased current short-circuits the coil o.
Patent GB-190903310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Winding Mechanism of Automatic Musical Instruments.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1909-02-10
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 3310. Mackenzie, J. W., [Autopiano Co.]. Feb. 10. Feeding, winding, and registering webs.-In an automatic musical instrument, a device for automatically guiding the tune-sheet, such as that described in Specification 14,702/00, [Class 88, Music &c.], is used in conjunction with a tracker-bar having two series of ducts for tune-sheets of different compasses. Means are provided for manually adjusting the winding- roller, and also for ensuring the operation of the automatic device if the paper expands or contracts in width. The double tracker-bar T, T' is provided with ducts a, b, which are connected to chambers beneath the diaphragms 19, 20 for operating valves 17, 18. The apertures are normally covered by the tune-sheet, but, if air is admitted to the duct b by movement of the tunesheet to the left, the valve 18 is raised, shutting off the motor M' from the atmosphere and connecting it to the exhaust chamber 16. The motor M' thereupon collapses, and through a system of linkage rotates a shaft 29, carrying a cam 31 which bears against one end of the spindle 14, thereby permitting the roller R to be moved to the right by the action of the spring 12 to return the tune-sheet to its normal position. If the tunesheet moves to the right, it is returned to the normal position by the motor M in a similar manner. A handle 32 is provided on the shaft 29 for manually adjusting the roller R. In a modification, two sets of controlling-ducts at different distances apart are provided in the tracker, only one set being in operation at a given time. The inner ducts are connected to chambers above the primary valves, and the outer ducts are crossconnected to chambers below them. With this arrangement, the outer ducts can be used with a ture-sheet of normal width, the inner ducts being then operative with a contracted sheet, or the inner ducts may be operative with a tune-sheet of normal width, and the outer ducts with an expanded sheet.
Patent GB-190906172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Single Chain Grabs.
IPC: B66C3/08
Filed: 1909-03-15
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 6172. Stothert & Pitt, and Ford, H. H. March 15. Grab-buckets.-Singlechain grabs of the type operated by a ball on the chain, such as those described in Specification 842/83, are provided with means for discharging them on the ground as well as in the air. When closed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the grab is suspended from a shaft b. To discharge on the ground, the grab is lowered, and the hoisting-chain paid out until a ball e' thereon passes pawls h in the cross-head. On hoisting again, the ball catches in the pawls, and the grab is raised by the cross-head so that it opens. When the open .grab is lowered on to the material to be excavated, and the chain is slackened, the pawls are turned out of the path of the ball by sliding weights k through cords j<1> and a bellcrank lever and link, the weights being released by cams a<1> when the grab opens. On the hoisting of the chain, the ball passes the pawls, and the grab is raised by the shaft b so that it closes. To discharge in the air, the grab is raised until pivoted hooks n engage a suspended ring g, so that on lowering again the grab is suspended from the cross-head and therefore opens. In this case although the grab is open, the weights k are prevented from acting on the pawls by bell-crank levers q, Fig. 8, which are operated by the movement of the hooks n in slots. When the chain is paid out until the ball passes the pawls and is then hoisted again, the ball catches in the pawls and depresses a spring pin p through a lever o, thus allowing the weighted ends of the hooks n to disengage the latter from the ring.
Patent GB-190910786-A (GB)
Title: Massage Apparatus.
Inventor: JOHANSEN JOHANNES CHRISTIAN
IPC: A61H23/02
Filed: 1909-05-06
Granted: 1910-05-06
Abstract: 10,786. Johansen, J. C. May 7, 1908, [Convention date]. Massage.-In a massage apparatus, of the type in which the main driving-shaft is connected with a shaft running obliquely thereto, the applicator is loosely pivoted on the oblique shaft so as to avoid frictional action. Fig. 2 shows one form in which the applicator 3 is mounted on a ball-bearing hub 25 carried by the shaft 2. The shaft 2 is positively connected to the head 6 of the main driving-shaft by means of a pivot pin 10, and its inclination may be adjusted by means of a slide 14, which engages the oblique extension 12 of the shaft 2 and is adjustable in a forked portion of the main driving-shaft by means of trunnions 22 engaging in helical grooves 23 in a sleeve 24 mounted to rotate on the casing 9 but secured against longitudinal displacement. In a modification, shown in Fig. 6, the extension 28 of the oblique shaft engages in a spiral groove cut in the disk 30, which is loosely pivoted on the shaft 1 and is fixed in position by means of a spring-pressed clutch sleeve 31. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also means for locking the hub 25 against rotation; this subject-matter does appear in the Specification as acccepted.
Patent GB-190910795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coating and Drying Apparatus for Coating and Drying Paper, Cloth, or other Material.
Inventor: MAY GEORGE HENRY
IPC: D21F5/00
Filed: 1909-05-06
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 10,795. May, G. H., and Grosvenor, W. M. May 6. Coating webs.-Relates to apparatus for coating and drying paper, cloth, &c., of the type in which the material passes from a supply roller to a coating-device, thence to a drying-chamber, and to a take-up roller, the air from the drying- chamber being freed from vapour and re-used, and consists in means for regulating the passage of the material through the apparatus and for preventing explosions and minimizing the effect of any that may occur. At each end of the apparatus is a roller 36 acting alternately as feed and take-up roller. The material to be coated passes from the feed-roller 36 over a driving-roller 37, and between springs 29 to the coating-device, which is contained in a chamber attached to the drying-chamber and consists of a knife 25 sliding in guides below which is a removable drip-tank 31. The rollers 36, 37 at the take-up end of the machine are driven by belt gearing so arranged that the roller 36 would be driven faster than the roller 37, so that the material is kept taut as.it is wound on the roller 36, the slip of the belts on the pulleys allowing of this. The motion of the roller 36 at the feed end of the machine is checked bv a brake so as to keep the material taut as it passes through the machine. There are similar arrangements of gearing at the two ends of the machine, so that by means of clutches the material can be passed through the machine in either direction. The material is not attached direct to the rollers 36, but is attached to pieces of fabric secured to them so that the ends of the material pass into the machine.
Patent GB-190913531-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Golf Clubs.
Inventor: MILLS WILLIAM
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 1909-06-09
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 13,531. Mills, W. June 9. Golf clubs.-Striking-faces and sole-plates of hard metal are attached to aluminium heads of golf clubs by providing the striking-face &c. with cone-shaped holes, or bevelled or dovetailed edges, or combinations of these, on to which the aluminium head is cast in the manner described in Specification 2991/07. In Fig. 8 is shown a combined striking-face and sole-plate a with cone-shaped holes b, and in Fig. 6 is shown a striking-face secured by means of bevelled or dovetailed edges e. The aluminium may project slightly through the cone-shaped holes so that it may be hammered to render the rivet formation of the soft-metal projections more secure.
Patent GB-190916048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gears for use on Motor Cycles.
IPC: B62M11/14
Filed: 1909-07-09
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 16,048. Triumph Cycle Co., and Franklin, A. G. July 9. Variable-speed gearing.-A change-speed gear for motor-cycles comprises the combination of a gear train which may be held by a brake band, and a multiple-plate friction clutch which locks the driving-sleeve directly to the hub. The belt pulley A is mounted upon a sleeve B, which carries a gear-wheel Q in gear with a pinion D upon a shaft parallel to the main sleeve and carried by a casing F. The pinion D is fixed to a pinion E, which engages a wheel K fixed to the hub shell G. Between the sleeve B and the hub shell is arranged a multiple-plate clutch, such as is described in Specification 28,490/07. When the clutch is in action, the hub is driven directly, and, when it is released and the casing F held by a band brake J, the hub is driven through the gear-wheels Q, D, E, K.
Patent GB-190919456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vessels for Containing Volatile or other Liquids.
Filed: 1909-08-24
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 19,456. Schulz Jun. Akt.-Ges., F., and Philipp, F. G. M. Aug. 24. Bottles, discharging contents of.-Relates to sheetmetal vessels for delivering perfumes, volatile liquids, polishes, &c. in drops. The vessel is provided with an ordinary body a to which is fixed a top b having a neck c of such a diameter that the liquid will only escape when the vessel is shaken, but it is large enough to allow filling. The neck c is formed in one with the top by repeated drawing from a circular blank. The neck is closed by the usual screw cap.
Patent GB-190921008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Lamps.
Inventor: CIBIE LEON LOUIS DESIRE
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1909-09-14
Granted: 1910-09-14
Abstract: 21,008. Cibie, L. L. D. Sept. 14. Arc lamps; arc-lamp electrodes.-A lamp having electrodes substantially parallel while in use is constructed as shown. One electrode A, preferably the negative, is held by an insulated stop c and a guide B which are rigidly connected and mounted on a ball joint b. The guide, which may be of a copper alloy such as bronze, is a sleeve cut so that at its lower end it engages the electrode at two points, and at its upper end at one point. The support of the stop passes through a slidecovered hole in the baseplate ; motion of the stop and guide is limited by screws i. The electrode A is inserted loosely in a socket p of smaller diameter, so that it can enter the guide B before the electrode stump finally falls out. The holder p is connected through insulation to a cross-bar which is guided by rods G and carries two arms I supporting rollers r on the second holder J, the clamp of which is also shown in Fig. 6. A rod K passing through an eye on the holder J is pivoted at u to the lamp-frame, and is connected by means of a tooth v, arm M, and link N to a solenoid-core O. Adjustably clamped on the rod K is a finger 8, which is engaged by one of the arms I to stop the striking- mechanism when the electrodes are consumed ; the arm may be notched.
Patent GB-190925244-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to the Treatment of Ores in Blast Furnaces.
Inventor: KJELLIN FREDRIK ADOLF
IPC: C21B7/00
Filed: 1909-11-02
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 25,244. Kjellin, F. A. Nov. 2. Ore processes.- The smelting of iron ore in an ordinary blast furnace is expedited by supplying additional heat in that section of the furnace where the reduction of oxide to metallic iron begins. For this purpose, two annular electrodes c are arranged above the tuyeres b.
Patent GB-190925332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ladders.
Inventor: JAUCH THOMAS
IPC: E06C7/48
Filed: 1909-11-03
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 25,332. Jauch, J., and Rosenfelder, B Nov. 3. Clips, pivoted-jaw.-A ladder is clamped to telegraph poles, masts, &c. by means of hooked arms e pivoted on a screw f, which is pointed to penetrate the pole and slides in a slotted plate d on the ladder. The lower ends of the arms move in guides g secured to the ladder sides. The lower end of the ladder is maintained in position by a bent metal strut h, Fig. 6, and a rope or tie l. Fig. 4 shows a modification with a pair of supplementary clamping- arms m, which are pivoted to the arms e at n, and clamped in position to grip smaller poles by screws p.
Patent GB-190928638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Burglar-alarms.
Inventor: TRAUTMANN BERTHA
IPC: H01H35/14
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 28,638. Trautmann, B. Dec. 7. Burglar alarms.-Curtains are provided with suspended contact-devices for closing a normally - open circuit and opening a normallyclosed circuit when disturbed. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement of suspended ball contacts on a curtain 1. A number of contacts of the form shown at 51, 38 are connected in parallel across a normally-open circuit and a number of contacts of the form shown at 53, 40 are connected in series in a normally-closed circuit. A curtain may be fixed over a door &c. by stud- and-socket fastenings at its edges, the fastenings being included in the normally-closed circuit.