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Patent GB-190809248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: KITCHEN JOHN GEORGE AULSEBROOK
Filed: 1908-04-29
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 9248. Kitchen, J. G. A. April 29. Dampers.-In steam motor-vehicles of the kind described in Specification No. 2i,616, A.D. 1907, in which the draught is created partly by the motion of the vehicle and partly by a fan, and in which the products of combustion are led off through down-flues discharging beneath the generator, valves are provided in the smoke-box and are controlled by a governor on the engine, so that more or less of the products of combustion are allowed to escape direct to the air according to the speed of the vehicle. In the arrangement shown, valves 8, 9,10 are operated through levers 11,12,13 by a centrifugal governor on the shaft 17 of the fan. The arrangement is such that when the governor is at rest the valves are open, while when the engine is running at normal speed the valves are closed. A radial or sliding shutter may be used instead of the hinged valves shown.
Patent GB-190810998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: MILLER SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 10,998. Miller, S., and Waterhouse, L. M. Nov. 23. Gas and like engines.-In a two-stroke-cycle engine the mixture is compressed in a chamber formed by an extension of the working piston which moves in or over a fixed piston. Fig. 1 shows an engine in which the extension 13 of the piston 12 moves over a fixed trunk piston 9 secured in position by a centring ring and a claw piece 10 bolted to the crank chamber. The working cylinder 6 and the 'circular extension 7 are secured in position on the top of the crank chamber by a centring ring aud suitable bolts. Radial ports 26 communicating with an annular port 28 admit the mixture from the carburettor through a port 20 to the interior of the fixed piston, while ports 21, 22 admit the compressed mixture to the working cylinder. A baffle 23 on the piston prevents the mixture from passing directly to the exhaust port 19. A narrow circular ring 27 is fitted in the wider annular port 28 and has a frictional engagement with the well of the chamber 7 so that it will remain stationary for a short period when the motion of the piston is reversed. By this means, the port 20 is put into communication with the interior of the fixed piston just before the main piston reaches the end of its in-stroke, but the port is covered by the ring,27 at the extreme end of the stroke, and remains covered during the first portion of the succeeding compression stroke, thereby preventing back pressure in the carburettor. A similar segment of a ring 24, engaged 'by three radial lugs 25, works over the exhaust port 19 and prevents the escape of the explosive mixture during the first portion of the compression stroke. A pair of connecting-rods 14 connected rigidly to a pin 15 fitted in white-metal bearings and extending through the movable piston, the opposite ends of the connecting-rods surrounding a split ring 16 which has a white-metal bearing between it and the crank-pin. The inlet ports may be dispensed with, and the mixture admitted to the piston 9 through a suitable valved pipe such as 20<1>. The movable portion 13 of the piston may work inside the fixed trunk piston, or the latter may consist merely of a fixed piston instead of being a trunk piston. One of the bearings of the crank-shaft is formed in a movable cover which gives access to the crank casing. The water-jacket 17 is secured in position at the top by a nut surrounding the sparking-plug inlet 18, and at the bottom by bolts passing through the horizontal flange. The heads of the bolts are placed inside the jacket and are prevented from rotating relatively thereto. The crank-shaft is provided with ball bearings adjacent to the fly-wheel to take any end thrust.
Patent GB-190812884-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Sifting Ashes and Cinders, Sand, Cement and the like.
Inventor: GAUSCHEMANN CARL
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 12,884. Gauschemann, C. June 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Sifting ashes, cements, &c.-Relates to a handoperated rotary sifter for ashes, cement, sand and the like. A cylinder 4 of perforated sheet metal or other material is mounted on trunnions 5 in a casing 2 with removable dust-tight cover 1. The cylinder is operated by a crank handle 6 and is fitted with a sliding section or lid 3 and with a bar fixed internally so as to agitate or lift the material to facilitate the sifting. The casing 2 may be fitted with handles 7. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 23,324, A.D. 1895, Nos. 3299 and 13,393, A.D. 1897, No. 12,182, A.D. 1901, No. 112, A.D. 1905, Nos. 2315 and 3427, A.D. 1900, and Nos. 5265 and 6688, A.D. 1907.]
Patent GB-190814307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inverted Incandescent Gas Lamps for use in Railway Carriages and the like.
Filed: 1908-07-06
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 14,307. Ehrich & Graetz. Sept. 7, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Incandescent gas lamps.-In a railway-carriage or like inverted lamp, the mixing-tube 2, Fig. 2, and the boss 17 for receiving the nipple are cast in one with a substantially rectangular foundation plate 1, having lugs 46 for securing it to the casing of the lamp, and the reflector 3 is secured to the plate 1 at one end by a hinge and at the other by a pivoted catch 9, rattling of the reflector being prevented by means of a spring bolt 11 pressing against the reflector. The nipple-carrying piece 5 is secured in the boss 17 by a screw or the like, and packing 6 is inserted between the enlarged part of the piece 5 and the boss. The mantle-protector 38 is held against the underside of the plate 1 by pivoted semicircular pieces 30, Fig. 3, held in the raised position by spring-pressed plugs 34 acting on their elliptical bosses, and a feather 32 on the plate 1 and a corresponding groove in the protector 38, Fig. 2, enable the protector to be inserted in the correct position. The mantle-ring lugs are held on a ledge in the protector by a ring 40 fitting tightly in the protector. The mixing-tube is provided with an enlarged chamber and a sieve.
Patent GB-190816199-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ball.
Inventor: CLIFF GEORGE HOWARD
Filed: 1908-07-30
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 16,199. Cliff, G. H. July 30. Balls.-A ball a is made of such a shape that when thrown from a point 1 so as to follow a path x it will return, after rebound, along the path y to the original point 1. The ball is formed of two conoidal portions b, c the bases of which are coincident, and is made of any suitable elastic material.
Patent GB-190822183-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Hat, Coat and Umbrella Stands.
Inventor: WADDELL DAVID HENDERSON
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 22,183. Waddell, D. H. Oct. 20. Hat, coat, and umbrella stands.-Portable upright stands of wood or wire having detachable fitments for holding various articles of clothing and umbrellas, are adapted to be secured by hooks or screws to chairs, tables, or walls. Fig. V shows a stand A of wood having an umbrella pan B and loop or holder C, and a coat and hat holder D, E, the stand being secured to a chair back by a hook G engaging over a rail in the chair back, or by a plate and thumb-screw. The stand may be secured to the corner post of a chair by spring clips carried by the stand. The upper part E of the stand may be made detachable. Fig. VIII shows a wire stand attached to a chair upright. Fig. X shows a stand secured by a hook to a table.
Patent GB-190823396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Generation of Electrical Power, and Means of Speed Regulation in Electrical Propulsion of Ships, Railway, Tramway, or other Road or similar Vehicles, Locomotives, Trains, and the like.
Inventor: DURTNALL WILLIAM PETER
Filed: 1908-11-02
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 23,396. Durtnall, W. P. Nov. 2. Motor road vehicles; locomotives.-Consists in arrangements for generating polyphase currents of varying frequency by a prime mover running at constant speed, whereby variable speed may be given to motors for propelling road or rail vehicles or locomotives &c. The armature B, Fig. 2, of the alternator C is keyed to the constant-speed driving-shaft A, which also carries the rotor H of a frequency transformer and generator I, the stator of which supplies the working induction motor K. The stator and rotor windings C, H may be connected so that the field of the transformer rotates either in the same or in the opposite direction to that of the rotor H so that the current taken from the stator I will have a frequency either greater or less than that of the generator C by an amount depending on the number of poles in the transformer. The rotation of the field is reversed by changing over two of the phases between the generator and transformer, as by means of a throw-over switch 2, Fig. 4. This Figure, which shows the application to a vehicle having a motor on each axle V, also shows a switch 1 whereby the motors K may be directly coupled to the generator. The generator is preferably excited by a series machine E, the field E<1> of which is short-circuited in order to reduce the generator voltage to zero when the connexions are being changed. In addition to the frequency corresponding to the direct connexion and the two in which the transformer is used, a fourth may be obtained by taking direct current from the generator, as by means of a commutator, and leading it to two of the transformer slip-rings. Intermediate frequencies may be obtained by rotatably mounting the armature C, as shown in Fig. 4, and providing a band-brake T, whereby its speed relatively to the rotating magnet may be controlled and the speed of the motors K thus continuously varied. The armature C may also be separately driven in the opposite direction to that of the poles B, for raising its frequency and voltage. By employing motors with stators wound for two speeds, the number of available set speeds may be doubled. Several transformergenerators may be used, each with its own prime mover, as shown in Fig. 6, in which the alternator B, C and two transformer-generators I', H' and I<2>, H<2> are connected in cascade, the stator I<2> being connected either directly to the mains W by a switch X or through a step-down transformer Z, through which energy may be tiken to cause the machines to start their prime movers.
Patent GB-190825210-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Speed Reducing or Multiplying Gear.
Inventor: SALOMO HENRY AUGUST HUGO
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 25,210. Salomo, H. A. H. Nov. 23. Drawing.-A speed reducing or multiplying gear applicable to draw - benches comprises an oscillatable toothed wheel D mounted in ball- and -socket bearings D<2>, B<2>. The oscillating motion is effected through a spindle F projecting perpendicularly from the wheel D and engaging a crank G upon a driving-shaft H. A ring of teeth D<1> on the wheel D rolls round on a ring A<1> on a fixed casing A. By reason of a difference in the numbers of teeth in the rings D<1>, A<1>, a slow rotational movement is imparted to the wheel D. In the construction shown, the periphery of the wheel D is provided with notches D<6> to engage a chain J, and the toothed gearing is arranged in duplicate. A bearing-projection E carried on an adjustable screw pin E<1> is arranged centrally to support the load advantageously.
Patent GB-190826229-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Point Levers for use on Railways and the like.
Inventor: HAINES CHARLES
Filed: 1908-12-04
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 26,229. Haines, C., Barber, W., and VellÞre, A. Dec. 4. Points and switches, railway. Ground levers comprise a weighted hand-lever 10 adapted to reciprocate a sliding member 4 connected through a bell-crank lever to the point tongues. The major portion of the movement of the slide is caused by the edges of the hand-lever engaging the lateral projections 9, 9<a>, the final part of the movement being effected by the roller 13, on the lever, bearing against the . vertical projections 8, 8<a>. When the movement of the slide and points is completed, the roller 13 rests at the bottom of the projection and holds the points in their set position.
Patent GB-190828111-A (GB)
Title: Emergency Exit Door Locks.
Inventor: HANNUM HENRY ANSEL
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 28,111. Hannum, H. A., and Hannum, R. C. Dec. 24. Emergency - exit fastenings.-An emergency-exit door 1 is fastened by bolts 6, 7, released by pressure on a box panel 19, which is guided in a recess in the door, and connected to the bolts by parallelmotion levers 24 and pairs of toothed segments 26, 27. A hand-operated pinion 34 serves to s h o o t the bolts. A second exit door may be locked to the first by an additional bolt hav. ing a doublebevelled nose.
Patent GB-190902899-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Safety Catch, for Extension Ladders.
Inventor: SPEIGHT JOHN
IPC: E06C1/12
Filed: 1909-02-06
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 2899. Speight, J. Feb. 6. Ladders.- Springless ladderlock apparatus of the automatic type, consists of two independent triangular - shaped catches 3 pivoted on the upper section 1<a>, and two weighted pivoted levers 5, which engage and turn the catches away from the rung of the lower section on lowering the upper section, guides and stops being provided for the catches by collars 4<a>, Fig. 5, eccentrically formed on sleeves 4 secured to the upper section and receiving the ends of one of the rungs. Runners 9, travelling in grooves 10 in the lower section, are mounted in bearings 8 to allow an amount of play.
Patent GB-190903843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Easy Chairs, Sofas, Settees and the like, Convertible into Bedsteads.
Inventor: WILLIS JOHN
IPC: A47C17/13
Filed: 1909-02-16
Granted: 1910-03-16
Abstract: 3843. Willis, J., and Waller, W. J. Feb. 16. Bedsteads convertible into seats, couches, &c.-In convertible chairs, sofas, or settees and bedsteads, in which the back, seat, and arms are rigid, the bedstead is formed partly by the seat and partly by a folding framework E, G which is supported upon flanged bars A beneath the seat, when not in use. Bolts C at the inner end of the part E slide on the upper edges of the bars A, the lower edges of the bars E resting on the flanges. Slots B are provided at the front of the bars A to serve as stops for the bolts C. Folding legs I are provided.
Patent GB-190907962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Topographical Surveying Instruments.
Inventor: ARANDA GREGORIO SABATER Y
IPC: G01C3/30
Filed: 1909-04-02
Granted: 1910-07-04
Abstract: 7962. Sabater y Arander, G., Fanjul y Goni, J., and Blanco y Perez de Vera, F. de. April 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Eyepieces. - A tacheometer h a s its eyepiece at right-angles to the telescope axis and has cross-wires in said eyepiece consisting of fixed vertical webs and movable subtense webs, Fig. 4, mounted in grooves in a box 11 on the eyepiece, the movable webs being so arranged that the readings on the distant staff are automatically reduced to readings at the horizon, and the point of crossing of the webs always occupies the same position with reference to the telescope axis.
Patent GB-190909186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hinges.
Inventor: WRIGHT JOSEPH
IPC: E05D11/10
Filed: 1909-04-19
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 9186. Wright, J. April 19. P i v o t adjustments. - Doors or the like are held in any required adjusted position by means of a clutch comprising fixed sliding parts pressed together by an adjustable spring arranged concentrically to the hinge pin and within the barrels, in which the clutch is mounted. The sliding part is moved axially by the turning of the door &c., or by a wire &c. connected to the door handles. Either member of the clutch may be mounted on the revoluble part of the hinge. As shown in Fig. 3, the door is secured to the leaf d, and pivot pins f pass through barrels b, c on the leaf d and a barrel e on the leaf a. A clutch member g, provided with rat-trap, is screwed to the barrel e, and further held by set-screws, and a coacting clutch member i, slidably mounted in the barrel c, is normally pressed into contact with the member g by a spring j adjustable by a screw k. The member g, i is depressed when the door is opened, but is prevented from rotating by extensions i<1> thereon engaging slots c<1> in the barrel c. The clutch members hold the door firmly in any adjusted position, and they may be arranged simply as a door check in connexion with ordinary hinges. In modifications, the member g, Figs. 5 and 9, is secured solely by set-screws h, and screwed bosses k ; two barrel parts e may be formed on the member d and antifriction washers arranged between the barrels e, b and e, c ; the sliding member i, Fig. 9, is arranged above the member g and is secured to the revoluble barrel e ; a screwed sleeve k adjusts the spring j.
Patent GB-190910279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Projectiles.
Inventor: WESTMACOTT ALFRED
IPC: F42B12/66
Filed: 1909-04-30
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 10,279. Westmacott, A. April 30. Projectiles.-Consists in a projectile which is a form of chain shot, and is intended for use against air-ships. The casing a, except for the plug a*, is made in one piece, instead of in segments as heretofore, and is charged with one or more coils of wire c' the ends of which are attached to the casing a or to balls c'. The coils are wound in cylinders c disposed in compartments in the shell, preferably divided off from the bursting-charge a<1>.
Patent GB-190914417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turret Machine Tools.
Inventor: BONSER THOMAS NEWBOLD
IPC: B23B29/20
Filed: 1909-06-19
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 14,417. Bonser, T. N., and Bartlett, W. H. June 19. Turning.-Lathe and like turrets of the hexagon type are provided on one face with a carrier for two or more tools, mounted so that each tool can be brought into operation without rotation of the turret. One of the register-pin holes A', Fig. 1, is set to one side to index the corresponding face seventeen and a half degrees to one side of the line of the lathe centres. A carrier B is rotatably mounted on this face and is locked in various positions by a spring pin E<4>. Tool holes C<1>, C<2>, C<3> are inclined to the axis of the carrier also at seventeen and a half degrees so that only the tool D in the position shown in Fig. 1 is in correct operative position.
Patent GB-190923255-A (GB)
Title: Improved Game of Rings.
Inventor: WATTON HARRY
IPC: A63B59/02
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 23,255. Watton, H. Oct. 12. Projecting and catching appliances for rings.- A game apparatus comprises a set of rings and a stick formed of a pin B with one end inserted in a handle A, the handle being provided with a flat circular surface F to serve as a hilt. A square piece of cardboard D or other suitable material is adapted to fit over the pin. The game is played by one player catching the rings thrown by another player, upon the pin. In a modified game, one of the rings is secured by cord or elastic to the handle, and the player catches the ring on the pin. In another game, the square piece D is placed over the pin and the arrangement placed on a table so that the rings may be thrown on to the pin.
Patent GB-190923344-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Water and Lever Power Engine.
Inventor: YOUNG FRANCIS ALISON
IPC: F03B7/00
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-10-12
Abstract: 23,344. Young, F. A. Oct. 12. Self-driving machines.-Relates to the kind wherein a horizontal shaft is to be turned by weights on radial sliding arms. According to the present invention, the weights at the ends of the arms d are replaced by buckets e, which are filled at the top of their path by a tilting vessel w in communication with a tank k, and discharge into a reservoir s at the bottom, whence the tank is supplied by an endless elevator t or pump.
Patent GB-190924706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: LEDWON JOHN WALENTY
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1909-10-27
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 24,706. Ledwon, J. W. Oct. 27, 1908, [Convention date]. Combined mechanical and electrical systems, automatic; single-track systems; track apparatus actuating signals on trains and other than on trains.-- Apparatus of the kind described in Specification 21,530/92, is arranged so that the source of current is provided on the track, and the constructional details are modified. The arrangement is for a singleÀtrack system in which signals, are given electrically on the engines, contact rails insulated into blocks about one thousand feet long being provided one on each side of the track with means mechanically operated by the moving trains for electrically connecting adjacent sections of contact rail temporarily. Two supply conductors 14, Fig. 4, adjacent to the track rails 11 extend continuously along the track and two contact rails 13 are provided on which run collector wheels 17, Fig. 7, on the engine conveying current to a bell 21 or other signal. Conductors 25, Fig. 4, extend between the ends of the contact rails 13 at the end of a section but a gap separates the conductors 25 to insulate adjacent sections, and this gap is only bridged by a wedge-shaped circuit-closer 28 when it is lowered by a rocking lever 15, Figs. 3 and 4, at the preceding block junction being depressed by the wheels 17. The wedge 28 is also connected to the conductor 14, and thus connects the rails 13 on the right hand side of the track with the source of current. The wheels 17 on the right hand side of the engine run on the rails 13, and also on the levers 15, but those on the left hand side run on the rails 13 only as shown in Fig. 7. The rocking- lever 15 is fast on its shaft 32, and operates by means of an arm 43 a forwardly-extending rod 42 extending along the track to the next block junction, where it is attached to the corresponding rod 41, and an arm 40 loose on the shaft 32. A lever 29 loose on the shaft 32 is operated by the arm 40 to depress the wedge 28. Similar operations by an oppositely-moving train will electrically connect the opposite contact rails 13 to the respective conductor 14, and signals will be given on both engines when they arrive in adjacent blocks. To provide for the continued closing of the circuit when the wheels 17 have left one lever 15, and until they arrive at the next lever 15, intermediate rocking- levers 50 are provided at intervals such that, before a set of wheels 17 (many wheels 17 on a framework 18 being carried on each side of the engine) leaves a lever 15, the forward wheels engage a lever 50. An arm 53 on the shaft 52 of the lever 50 then operates the rod 42, which is made in sections connected by a screw buckle 55, Fig. 9, in which the rear end of the rod 42 can move freely. The operation of any lever 50 thus operates the forwardly-extending portion of the rod 42 only, excessive wear being thus avoided. A current of electricity may be led into the shafts 32, 52, the levers 15, 50, and the rods 12 to prevent freezing and clogging of the joints.