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Patent GB-190627224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sand Moulding Machines
Inventor: SMITH ARTHUR PHILLIPS
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 27,224. Smith, A. P. Nov. 30. Moulding.-In machines of the packing-and-drawing type, the ramming- heads are operated by racks and pinions in conjunction with reduction gear, and stationary platens are fitted w i t h auxiliary platens which have adjustable lifting- rods. A ramming-head a, Figs. 1 and 2, is carried by a cross-head adjustable on bars b pivoted to the base, so that the head may be swung back out of the way during the insertion and removal, of a mould. The head is retained in the ramming position by a pivoted stop b<1>. The head is operated by a rack and pinion d on a shaft carrying planet-wheels h engaging a fixed internal wheel g and a sun-wheel f connected to a hand-wheel e. Other forms of gearing may be employed, and gear change may be provided for. The mould table k is carried on fixed columns o and has openings to pass adjustably fixed rods q with screw caps q<1> carried by a platen p operated by rack r and pinion s, as controlled by a hand-lever t and ratchet-wheel and detent s<1>. The hand-lever t has a ratchet connexion to its shaft, and the detent s<1> may be raised by a treadle v. The ramming-frame is' balanced by links n, l and a spring m, and all the gearing, which may be power actuated, is entirely enclosed.
Patent GB-190628081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Stoves for Cooking and for Heating Air, and in Burners therefor.
Inventor: QUACK EDUARD
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 28,081. Quack, E. Dec. 10. Atmospheric gas burners.-Fig. 1 shows a multiple - flame atmospheric burner which is used in combination with an internallyheated gas oven, and with air-heating apparatus. The burner consists of a central chamber 10, Fig. 1, surrounded by an annular chamber 11, both formed by two plates 20, 21, screwed together and attached to the bottom plate 26 of the oven &c. The chambers 10, 11, which are fitted with wire gauze baffles 10<a>, 11<a>, are fed by separate mixing-tubes 12, only one of which is shown, the gas supplies being controlled by cocks 14 operated from the front of the stove by pushes 16 and rods 18. Projecting from the top plate 20 are the burner tubes 24, which enter conical holes 27 in the plate 26. Conical stoppers 33, Fig. 5, enable the heating - effect of the burners to be diminished.
Patent GB-190701161-A (GB)
Title: A New Card Game.
Inventor: SHEARON ANTHONY
Filed: 1907-01-16
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 1161. Shearon, A. Jan. 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Card games.-A pack of square cards comprises four suits of different colours, for example red, white, blue, and yellow. Each suit comprises one card to represent 'Britannia,' the other cards of the suit representing ' Emperors,' ' Dukes,'&c. The cards have different scoring values, and points are scored for pairing. The different colours have different taking powers. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 16,147, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190701358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Switches.
Inventor: AMBLER ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Filed: 1907-01-18
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 1358. Ambler, A. L. Jan. 18. Couplings; switches.-A switch, specially suitable for motor-cycles &c., comprises a cylinder 1 forming one pole of the switch, and a plunger 2 adapted to engage a contact 7, which passes through an insulated end 6 and is connected to a terminal 3 forming the other pole of the switch. The plunger is actuated by a handle or knob 8, which is secured thereto and passes through a cam-slot 9 in the cylinder, the slot being slightly undercut at 11 so as to hold the plunger back in the "off" position. Pressure on the contacts is given by a spring 10. The cylinder has a clip attached thereto, or preferably formed therewith, by which the switch may be attached to, or mounted upon the handle-bar of a motor-cycle &c. The clip is formed in two parts 4, 5 fastened together by screws 6 ; or the part 5 may be hinged to the part 4.
Patent GB-190702721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Car Couplings for Railways.
Inventor: DARVAS EMERICH
Filed: 1907-02-04
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 2721. Darvas, E., and Varga, B. Feb. 4. Couplings, automatic.-The hook of a link-andhook coupling is turned aside for uncoupling purposes by the rotation of a transverse shaft, which is in connexion with the hook by a rod mounted loosely on the shaft. The link portion of the coupling comprises a loop 5 pivoted at 4 to a fork 2, which is pivoted at 3 to the draw-bar 1, the loop 5 being prevented from rotating about its pivot 4 by a pin 6. An horizontal hook 10, pivoted at 11, is formed with a tail 13 having an orifice 14, through which passes a rod 20 mounted loosely on a cross-shaft 15 carried by a bearing 26 fixed to a bell-mouth 8 surrounding the hook. The rod 20 passes between two pins 16, 18 carried by a pair of disks 19 fixed to the shaft 15, a third pin 17 being provided between the disks 19 for additional security. The hook 10 is retained in the operative or inoperative position by a weighted handle 24 ; the link is kept slightly inclined from the central position by a spring 7 bearing on its rear end. The shaft 15, instead of being carried in the bracket 26, may be mounted in bearings 31, Fig. 5, which are arranged to slide upon studs 32 projecting outwards from the vehicle end. By removing the pin 6 and turning the loop 5 aside, a screw-coupling may be connected to the hook 10.
Patent GB-190703313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drop-down Sides of Children's Cots and the like.
Inventor: DOUGHTY JOHN MORGAN
Filed: 1907-02-11
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 3313. Doughty, J. M., and Cross, W. A. Feb. 11. Cots.-The sliding side a, Fig. 2, of a drop-side cot is held between its extreme raised and lowered positions by the use of a rack f attached to the side rail d of the cot, and a spring catch or pawl e carried by the drop side. The catch e, of spring wire or steel strip, passes throngh an eye e<4> at the bottom of the drop side and is provided with a handled e<5>. For strengthening purposes, the racks f on opposite sides of the cot are connected by a bar c<3>. More than one rack may be applied to each side rail with a corresponding number of catches therefor, the catches being coupled so as to be operated by one handle.
Patent GB-190713262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Receivers for Electro-magnetic Waves.
Inventor: ARTOM ALESSANDRO
Filed: 1907-06-07
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 13,262. Artom, A. Jan. 10, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs. - A magnetic wave-detector for the reception of wireless signals comprises two iron wires 1, 2 attached to but insulated from a diaphragm 11 and adjustably tensioned by screw heads 7. Bobbins 27, 28, supplied with alternating or interrupted current, magnetize the wires. The electric oscillations pass through insulated copper helices 21, 22 surounding the iron wires. The weak continuous sound due to the current in the windings 27, 28 is modified so as to produce acoustic signals when oscillations traverse the helices 21, 22, the signals being heard through ear tubes 13. The detector is particularly applicable for the reception of circularly or elliptically polarized electro-magnetic waves, produced in the manner described in Specification Nos. 9408, 23,478, and 23,488, A.D. 1903, and No, 3594, A.D. 1905. The vibrating wires 1, 2 have preferably a natural period of vibration equal to that of the current employed for supplying the transmitting station.
Patent GB-190718127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-propelled Sewage and Sewage Effluent Distributing Apparatus of the Type which is Adapted to Travel over the Surface of a Filter or Bacteria Bed.
Inventor: JONES WALTER
Filed: 1907-08-10
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 18,127. Jones, W. Aug. 10. [Cognate Application, No.28,178, A.D.1907, dated Dec. 21.] Turbines.-In sewage-distributing apparatus, adapted to travel over the surface of a filter or bacteria bed, means are provided for discharging the sewage &c. so as to cause it to drive bucket wheels, preferably of the type described in Specification No. 7074A, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Sewage &c.]. A single weir pipe A, Figs. 1 and 2, fitted with lateral discharge shoots a<2>, is carried by an arm B mounted on the axis of the bucket wheel and fitted with pivoted arms stayed to the pipe A. These arms have at their outer ends rollers a' adapted to run on rails D. On finishing the traverse of the bed, one of the rollers runs up an incline d and alters the inclination of the weir pipe so as to reverse the motion of the bucket wheel. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the weir pipe A is itself pivoted, and the arm c, which strikes stops, permits reversal. In the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the weir pipe G and water-wheel F are mounted on the carriage E and the sewage flows from the weir pipe on to a tilting blade M hollowed out at the bottom and fitted with discharge lips m. The plate is pivoted about the pipe G and carries a fork m' in which is mounted a roller m<3> against which bears the end n<2> of the spring N, the other end being attached to the rail D. The apparatus is brought to rest at the end of each traverse by the wheel R, Fig. 9, bearing against a lug p<1> on the weighted and pivoted arm P. The buckets of the water-wheel are formed trough-shaped with their sides radial to the centre of the wheel, and they fit together like the voussoirs of an arch.
Patent GB-190718335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Feeding Mechanism for Printing, Folding and like Machines.
Inventor: HODGKINSON FRANK EDWARD
Filed: 1907-08-13
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 18,335. Hodgkinson, F. E. Aug. 13. Feeding sheets.-A friction feeding-device for feeding off the top sheet from a pile comprises one or more spring arms f of spiral form secured to a boss b fixed by a square-headed set-screw d to a shaft c and carrying at the free end a rubber or other pad h which engages the top sheet of the pile as the shaft c rotates. The spring f is preferably screwed to an adjustable pivoted block i, and is prevented from vibrating by a plate n. The pressure of the pad upon the pile is adjusted by means of a slotted plate k secured to the outside of the rim m by a screw l. According to the Provisional Specification, a roller consisting of a number of sections spaced on a shaft is arranged in front of the pile, and between the sections is arranged a series of nozzles for directing jets of air on to the edge of the pile. The Provisional Specification also states that straight springs f may be employed.
Patent GB-190721253-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Inspection Inlet to Pipes, Junctions, Sewers, Drains, Traps or other like Channels.
Inventor: CLARK RICE OWEN
Filed: 1907-09-25
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 21,253. Clark, R. O. Sept. 25. Man-hole and hand-hole doors for drains. - The cap F is confined within up-standing walls C and forms a tongue and groove joint at the sides with the pipe, trap, or the like. The joint is made tight with pipe-clay R. The cap may be kept in place by one of the following means : rods or wires passed through holes in the walls, as shown ; pivot pins on the cap and slots and bearings in the walls, or vice versÔ; cement above a layer of clay ; a loose cross-bar taking into crescent-shaped slots in the walls; a spring bar taking into holes sunk in the walls; or a pin hinge on one wall and a catch on the opposite one.
Patent GB-190723739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Watches.
Inventor: PENDLEBURY JAMES THOMAS
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 23,739. Pendlebury, J. T. Oct. 28. Watchcases. - The inside of the band of a watch is provided with two or more lugs 4 projecting inwards against the side of the movement B so as to leave an annular space 10 between the movement and the band. The movement is inserted from the front and secured in position by screws 7, the heads of which are preferably cut away on one side; these enter the movement and bear with their heads on the lugs. The annular space serves for the attachment of a dust cap, the rim of which is slotted to pass the winding-stem and the lugs 4.
Patent GB-190723849-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Dressing Shop Windows, Show Rooms and the like by Means of Collapsible Dummy Representations of Piles or Groups of Articles or Commodities.
Inventor: SNELLING ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 23,849. Snelling, A. H. Oct. 29. Advertising; displaying.-Shop windows, showrooms, &c. are dressed with collapsible dummies representing a pile or group of articles or commodities. The dummy is formed of cardboard, sheet metal, &c., and in one construction repre sents in three dimensions a pile of articles in tiers of either equal or decreasing length, the latter form being shown in Fig. 1 as a pile of tea packets. In another construction, two-dimensional representations, say of bottles, or collapsible three-dimensional representations, say of tobacco packets, are hinged to a collapsible support. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the dummy may be made from a single sheet of cardboard &c., but to avoid waste is formed of a front sbeet A, Fig. 3, and a rear sheet B, Fig.4. The side walls of the dummy are formed by hinged flaps a carrying other hinged flaps b, which are secured to the rear sheet and enable the dummy to fold flat. The dummy is held in an expanded position by flaps c, d, e, which fold down and carry supplementary hinged flaps s adapted to engage frictionally the interior faces of the dummy. The flaps c, d form the upper faces of the tiers and may be prevented from entering too far into the dummy by hinged flaps f. In the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 9, a collapsible stand C, Fig. 9, carries a number of two-dimensional representations of bottles arranged in stepped tiers. The stand comprises a back g to which are hinged side walls h carrying hinged flaps i. The representations are secured to the flaps i so that the stand may be collapsed or held in an expanded position by flaps c, e carrying supplementary flaps s, as described with reference to Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190804743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Storage Chambers.
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 4743. Marks, E. C. R., [Roy, L. A.]. March 2. Refrigerator cars; cooling.-Perishable goods, e.g. oranges, are treated in a closed space, such as a storage chamber, car, the hold of a ship, &c., by intermittently supplying air to the space while air is continuously withdrawn so as to produce periodic variations in the density of the air within the space. The air may be attemperated. In one form of apparatus, the inlet and outlet at opposite ends of a car are connected to a conduit 4 arranged at the side of the track. A fan 6 in the conduit 4 circulates air in the direction shown through the ice boxes 3 and the fruit &c. 10. Valves 8, 9 are so arranged in the conduit 4 that, when the valve 8 is closed, and the valve 9 is open, air is exhausted from the car and expelled into the atmosphere. On closing the valve 9 and opening the valve 8 a closed circulation is effected. Water from the ice tanks may pass by a pipe 7 to a coiled pipe in the conduit 4 so as to cool the air. To withdraw the foul gases from the car, the car is exhausted to the atmosphere as described above.
Patent GB-190811251-A (GB)
Inventor: APEL HERMANN
Filed: 1908-05-23
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 11,251. Apel, H. May 23. Bricks etc.; moulding bricks &c.-Slabs for partition walls composed of plaster of paris, cement, &c. are formed with smooth surfaces on both sides by casting the two outer portions of the slab separately in open moulds having the usual smooth inner bottoms, and, when the material has hardened but is still sufficiently soft to be adhesive, inverting one mould over filling-material of vegetable fibre or the like placed on the open top of the other mould. The outer portions of the slab may have strengthening-insertions of wire, fabric, fibre, or the like. In a modification, instead of inverting one mould over the other, the two moulds are clamped together in the upright position at a distance apart corresponding to the required thickness of the slab to be constructed, and the filling-material is then rammed or otherwise inserted into the space between the moulds.
Patent GB-190812503-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Displaying Scenes and the like before Audiences.
Inventor: SIEGENBERG LEWIS
Filed: 1908-06-10
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 12,503. Siegenberg, L. June 10. Displaying; advertising.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 11,327 and 18,590, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Buildings &c.], in the form of a large book for displaying to an audience photographs, kinematograph or painted pictures, advertisements, choruses of songs, and scenes with or without actors. A door C, representing a cover of a book, and a flyleaf F are hinged to an open back frame A containing the scenes &c., and are provided with fastenings D E, M N actuated from a distance by cords &c. J, O. The door is operated from a distance by a cord or chain attached to a bell-crank lever K or to a crank arm on the lower pivot or hinge.
Patent GB-190813096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tube or Ball Mills.
Inventor: JAMES ALFRED
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 13,096. James, A., [Neal, W.]. June 19. Ball mills.-The quartz or other pulverizing medium is introduced into a tube or ball mill through a deflector or guard 1 of annular, quadrangular, polygonal, arc, or screw shape secured on the inside of the discharge opening of the mill. The inner surface 2 of the ring 1 inclines outwardly into the throat of the mill, while the outer slope 3 inclines backwards and outwards and joins the end liners 5 of the mill. An archimedean screw 7 consisting of a conical tube 8 with a screw 9 may be applied to the exterior of the throat of the mill, and may be used instead of or in combination with the ring 1. The inner sloping surface of the ring may be provided with a screw 9<a>. Either the screw or the ring, or both, may be applied to the feed-opening of the mill.
Patent GB-190813781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Magnetic Brakes for Railway and Tramway Vehicles.
Inventor: BALDWIN OSCAR HOWARD
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 13,781. Baldwin, O. M. June 29. Brakes.-Electro -magnetic track brakes have one pole 1 adapted to engage the tread of the rail, while the other pole 4 fills, partly or wholly, the rail groove, and has a lip or lips which bear upon the head of the rail at either or each side of the groove. The distance between the poles is thus increased, so as to diminish magnetic leakage, without reducing the width of the poles.
Patent GB-190818974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Syphonic Flushing and Discharge Apparatus.
Inventor: ADAMS SAMUEL HENRY
Filed: 1908-09-10
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 18,974. Adams, S. H., and Adams, C. H. Sept. 10. Flushing; storm-water, separating.-Relates to hinged siphons for flushing drains, discharging sewage &c. The tank A, Fig. 1, is fed by a cock B, or, in the case of a contact bed, by a siphon L. To the ends of the siphon D, E are hinged trapping-vessels F, C. Normally the siphon is kept horizontal by a counterweight' H. When the liquid reaches and flows into the vessel C the siphon tilts and discharges the chamber A, flushing the sewer G. Finally, the vessel C is emptied by the siphon and the vessel F by a hole T, and the siphon swings into the horizontal position. With slight modification, this siphon can be used to hold up sewage during the flowing tide and discharge it during the ebb. The ends of the siphon are trapped by turning them up and attaching a bucket to the outlet limb. At high tide the sea enters the bucket and tilts the siphon causing it to discharge during the ebb. In another form a float fixed to the short limb causes the siphon to discharge at a given rate regardless of the height of the liquid. The float is adjustable vertically and maintains the inlet at a constant distance below the surface. In Fig. 9 the counterweight is shown replaced by a float 14. If the inflow at U<2> is greater than the siphon is intended to take, the sewage overflows into the chamber 13, raising the float and attached siphon, and thus causing the whole volume to pass off by the storm overflow 15.
Patent GB-190819868-A (GB)
Title: An Instrument for Inclining Picture Frames and the like at any Required Angle.
Inventor: MARSH ALBERT HENRY
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 19,868. Marsh, A. H. Sept. 22. Pictures &c., hanging on walls.-A device shown in plan for adjusting the inclination of pictures &c. comprises a base-piece a attached to the back of the picture &c. by an angle-piece b, and two arms c, d pivoted at one end to the base a, the other end being in contact with the wall. The arms are connected together at any desired point by means of a screw f or the like passing through one of a number of holes e in each arm, and are preferably arranged so as to fold one above and one below the base a when not in use. The device may be made of wood, metal, or other material, and when made of metal the piece b may be in one with the base a. The device may be arranged in the middle of the picture, or one or more may be used at each side.
Patent GB-190823804-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Lithographic Printing Press.
Inventor: READ JOHN WOGDON
Filed: 1908-11-06
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 23,804. Read, J. W. Nov. Lithographic and like printing. -A self-inking proof press, of the type in which the paper is fed to, and delivered at, the top of a cylinder mounted in a carriage carrying inking-rollers and movable over the type &c. on the vertically-adjustable bed, is adapted for lithographic work by providing damping-apparatus on the carriage, mounting. this damping-apparatus and also the inking-rollers in frames capable of being raised away from the lithographic surface, and mounting the cylinder resiliently. Inking and damping apparatus may be provided at both sides of the cylinder and operated to obtain a print at each travel. The carriage c is reciprocated by a crank-arm i rotating pinions h engaging racks on each side of the bed. The cylinder shaft f is mounted between springs k, l, and pressure is applied by a plate w carried by pin w<1> on a suspension link w<2>, which pin also engages a slot v<1> in a link v connecting an arm v<3> on a shaft controlled by a hand-lever v<5> with a lever u pivoted at u<1> to the carriage. At the end of the impression travel, inclines on the bearers b act on wheels u<2> to turn the lever u and draw forward the links v, w<2>, which are then carried to the position shown in dotted lines by the reaction of the springs, thereby releasing the pressure and allowing the cylinder to rise clear of the stone &c. for the return movement. The mechanism is reset by the handlever v<5>. A tappet v<6> on the link v actuates the cylinder grippers in a known manner. The inking-rollersp and damping-rollers n are mounted respectively in frames r, o, pivoted to the carriage c, and can be raised and held clear of the stone &c., when the cylinder is used for transferring, by cams s fitted with rollers s<1> and controlled by hand-levers t adapted to engage recesses t<2> in the raised and lowered positions of the frames. The bed y' of the press is vertically adjustable by means of a wedge plate z controlled by a screw z<2> and bevelgearing from a hand-wheel y<4>, and may also be adjusted to an inclined position to receive stones &c. that are thicker at one end or side than the other The cylinder may also be adjustable vertically to take stones of greater thickness.