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Patent GB-190627608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Talking Machines.
Inventor: ENGLISH JOHN CLIFFORD
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 27,608. English, J. C. Dec. 4. Gramophones.-A gramophone sound-box is mounted so that the stylus is always in a vertical plane tangential to the record groove, the sound being gathered from both sides of the diaphragm and dispersed from two trumpets. Fig. 1 is a plan, and Figs. 2 and 3 are sections of Fig. 1 along lines 2-2 and 3-3, respectively. Elbows 13, 13<1> held in a bifurcated support 12 carry two swivelling trumpets 17, 17<1> at one end, and short sleeves 20, 20<1> at the other end. In the sleeves 20, 20<1> are connecting- tubes 24, 24<1> on horizontal pivots 26, 26', which are connected by vertical pivots 31 to other connecting- tubes 27, 27<1>. Between the ends of the latter, and supported on vertical pivots 35, 35<1>, are two short sections 33, 33<1> supporting the flanges 39, 39<1> of the double sound-box on one side by a bayonet-joint 40, 41, and on the other side by a set-screw 43. The parallelogram shape of the connecting-tubes keeps the stylus tangential with the record groove.
Patent GB-190700555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electric Switches.
Inventor: CLARK THOMAS
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1908-02-08
Abstract: 555. Clark, T., and Vlasto, I. Jan. 9. Electrically-actuated pumps. - Relates to the operation of electric switches used to control motors for driving hydraulic pumps &c. in which the mechanism is of the type having a ram or piston e pressed upwards by the fluid pressure in an accumulator &c, when the pressure is at the maximum and pressed downwards when the pressure, having reached the minimum, is overpowered by a spring i. The ram e has an internally-screwed nut f engaging an externally-screwed spindle g which is rotated when the ram is moved vertically. The ram itself is prevented from rotating by a non-rotatable plate o which is secured to the ram and slides on vertical guides. The rotation of the spindle g is communicated to the switch spindle h by means of a clutch sleeve l, which slides vertically and non-rotatably on the switch spindle and can be moved by a lever m to connect both spindles. When the clutch releases the switch spindle, the switch can be operated by hand. The Provisional Specification describes another apparatus for moving the switch slowly to the on ' and quickly to the ` off' position. It consists of three cylinders, of which the central is the largest and is supplied with pressure fluid from the tank &c. through a lift valve. The pistons of the three cylinders are mechanically connected and are moved rapidly by pressure in the largest to turn the switch 'off.' Movement towards the ' on' position is effected by admitting pressure fluid to the smaller of the other two cylinders, upon which the lift valve in the largest cylinder closes and its exhaust fluid escapes slowly through a perforation in the valve.
Patent GB-190703933-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Wave Meters.
Inventor: EISENSTEIN SIMON
Filed: 1907-02-16
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 3933. Eisenstein, S. Feb. 16. Testing.-In an electric wave meter of the type in which an earthed contact-pin 4 is adjustable on an open resonator coil 1, the position of best resonance is found by a secondary coil 5, or a sliding pair of contacts, also adjustable on the coil 1, and connected directly or indirectly with a galvanometer or other current-measuring instrument. In the arrangement shown, an incandescent lamp 6 acts on a selenium cell 7. In other arrangements, the coil 5 is connected to a thermo junction acting on a galvanometer, or to a heating-wire in an air thermometer, or to a bolometer. The sliding pin and secondary coil may be united so as to move together, and there may be a paper band which moves with them and has a curve marked on it by the galvanometer needle. The free end of the resonator coil may be connected to a condenser consisting of metal rings mounted on the handle 2, with connecting-plugs for varying the capacity.
Patent GB-190706609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transparent Sign-boards
Inventor: HORVATH RICHARD VON
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 6609. Horvßth, R. von. March 19. Signboards.-A transparent signboard consists of a coloured or dim glass plate and glass letters, figures, or like transparent signs, which are secured to parts of the plate from which the colour has been removed, or which have been rendered transparent, for example by polishing.
Patent GB-190706931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cream Separators.
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 6931. Richmond, E. W., and Lister & Co., R. A. March 22. Cream-separators.-Relates to the top plates of cream-separators and means for securing them in place. The bowl is furnished with a false top T formed with a neck N passing through the cover C of the bowl. Grooves, pressed out of the false top, form passages with the cover of the bowl, whereby the skim-milk can reach openings c<3> in the cover. Projections are formed on the neck N engaging with inclined planes on the cover C, so as to hold the false top T tightly against the cover, by turning the former so that the projections ride up the inclined planes.
Patent GB-190708740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Ventilation of Railway Tunnels.
Inventor: HENRY BLACKMAN
Filed: 1907-04-15
Abstract: 8740. Blackman, H. April 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void.. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Ventilating tunnels.-Tunnels are ventilated by forcing in fresh air at the stations C, Fig. 5, by means of suitable blowers r and withdrawing the foul air through ducts D situated between the stations. Means ar employed to intercept dirt &c. and to prevent the ingress of water. The foul air may be exhausted through a column Y, Fig. 3, by means of a fan a, this column being provided with a rain-guard Z and serving also as a lamp standard; or a column b supporting a letter-box &c. may carry off the foul air; or it may be exhausted through a man-hole c by means of a fan h, rain &c. being excluded by means of a guard d which directs it into a channel whence it flows to the sewer g through a pipe f. Fig. 4 shows an air inlet or outlet, air passing from a.conduit l situated beneath the side walk to the tunnel through a screen m and a pipe m fitted with a valve p; rain-water is carried off by a sewer g. Means are also described for purifying the air of tunnels by supplying oxygen from reservoirs carried by the cars, the reservoirs being fitted with pipes and pressure-reducing valves; also fans are employed to distribute the oxygen; the air of the tunnel is purified by charcoal carried in baskets suitably disposed, and may also be heated or cooled by pipes carrying hot water or brine.
Patent GB-190711923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Signs or the like.
Inventor: KROTOSCHIN SIMON
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 11,923. Krotoschin, S. May 22. Signs.-The letters, figures, &c. of an advertising sign are independent and connected together by independent connecting-links, particularly flexible links, so that the sign can be suspended in a straight line, or in the form of a curve as shown in Fig. 2. The sign can be secured to the window frame, or to side supports, chains, or the like. In a special form, the connecting-pieces are made of translucent material, such as celluloid, toughened casein, gelatine, or the like. The connecting-pieces may be secured to the links by hooks, eyes, lugs, pins, studs, &c.
Patent GB-190712319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flanged Pipe.
Inventor: HYDE ARTHUR SALISBURY
Filed: 1907-05-28
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 12,319. Hyde, A. S. May 28. Metal pipes &c. -Flanges are formed upon heated pipes by spinning a bead c, Fig. 1, and shutting it up so that one edge is at rightangles and the other is oblique, as shown in Fig. 3. The edge is then rolled square and the front of the flange is faced as indicated by the line 3-3. Flanged pipes thus made are coupled by means of bolted clamping collars k, Fig. 5. In a modification, Fig. 6, the bead is made a little farther from the end of the pipe and the edge l is turned inwards into contact with the interior of the pipe, to which it may be welded.
Patent GB-190718659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Opening and Regulating Fanlights Windows, and the like.
Inventor: PHILLIPS THOMAS COURT
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 18,659. Phillips, T. C., and Rabone, W. T. Aug. 19. Door and window opening and closing apparatus.-A weighted catch 5, pivoted to a bracket 4 on the window, trap - door, &c., is operated by a cord 7 to pass over the teeth of a ratchet toothed quadrant 1 secured to the frame. The cord 7 has its ends secured to the catch 5 and bracket 4 respectively, and passes over a pulley 8 on the frame.
Patent GB-190723710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooling or Ventilating Dynamo Electric Machines
Inventor: REIST HENRY GERBER
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 23,710. Reist, H. G. Oct. 26, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Cooling and ventilating. - A dynamo-electric machine is provided with a fan which forces air through the air-gap between the stator and rotor ; some of the air passes at right-angles through transverse ducts in the stator and out into the atmosphere at the stator periphery, and some passes along the entire length of the gap into a chamber from which it passes, in the opposite direction, through longitudinal channels out into the atmosphere at the other end. Within the casing 1 is arranged an annular laminated stator 2, in which transverse passages are formed by spacing- grids 22, Fig. 2, consisting of ribbed rings having circular walled openings 24 which register with openings stamped in the stator laminae, so that longitudinal openings 16, independent of the transverse openings 14,-are formed in the stator. At one end of the rotor, a fan is secured upon the shaft, between inner and outer plates 10, 11 ; the outer end of the plate 11 is curved inwards as at 12 so that the current of air produced by the fan is directed through the air-gap 13, some of the air passing through the transverse channels to leave the machine at the outer periphery of the stator, and some passing along the entire length of the gap into the closed chamber 15 from which it escapes through the longitudinal channels 16 into a chamber 17 formed in the end-plate 18 and so out into the atmosphere. In the case of a rotor provided with projecting poles, a fan 28, Fig. 4, is provided at the closed end of the machine and adapted to draw air from the open end along longitudinal channels in the stator core, and along a channel 30 between the outside of the laminated core and the casing 29, and so out into the atmosphere at the other end.
Patent GB-190800874-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Baby Comforter or Soother
Inventor: BROWN SUMMERS
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 874. Brown, S. Jan. 14. Teething-pads and the like. - A baby - soother consists of a perforated teat 1, containing food &c. 2 and provided with a plunger 6, which is pressed forward by a rubber spring 3. A bone or like shield 10 is provided with slots 11 to facilitate the assembling of the parts. When the teat does not contain food &c., the plunger fills it and thus provides a solid teat.
Patent GB-190801553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Artificial Fuel.
Inventor: COALES HERBERT GEORGE
Filed: 1908-01-22
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 1553. Coales, H. G. Jan, 22. Composition fuel.-Dust bin and like refuse from houses and works is briquetted by moulding it with the addition of tar or pitch in the proportion of 18 gallons to the ton, after treatment in pulverizing apparatus of the kind described in Specification Nc. 17,038, A.D. 1905, which rejects unsuitable material. The tar &c. may be added to the pulverized refuse in a mixer or in the pulverizer. A deodorant may be added, and the refuse may be screened from fine ash before use.
Patent GB-190805582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture and Production of Indigo Compounds
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-03-12
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 5582. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. March 12. [Patent of Addition to No. 4423, A.D. 1908.] Dyes, artificial.-In a modification of the pro. cess of Specification No. 4423, A.D. 1908, indigo or brom- or chlor-indigos are brominated by treatment with hydrobromic acid or its salts in presence of concentrated sulphuric acid ; di-, tri-, and tetra-bromindigos and chlorbromindigos are thus obtained. Specification No. 13,430, A.D. 1902, is referred to.
Patent GB-190810865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Postal and like Wrappers.
Inventor: MOLE FREDERIC MADELEY
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1909-05-19
Abstract: 10,865. Mole, F. M. May 19. Wrappers, postal. A postal wrapper a is provided at each of its opposite edges with one or more tongues c, d adapted to enter slits e, f in the enclosure b. The address is written at the head of the enclosure between the slits e, f, and the postage stamp h is affixed partly to the wrapper and partly to the enclosure. In a modification, a gummed and preferably perforated edge on the wrapper takes the place of the tongue c and slit e.
Patent GB-190814574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Clocks.
Inventor: PARKER THOMAS HUGH
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 14,574. Parker, T. H. July 9: Weight - driving apparatus. - Huyghens' endless-chain arrangement is modified by using guide-pulleys e, f, Fig. 2, left and right of the driving and winding arbors with their pulleys g, d. Ball bearings are employed. Electric winding- mechanism. -The winding - arbor d, Fig. 3, for an endless chain is geared to an electro-motor which is put into circuit when the great weight is down in one of two ways. (1) A pin on a guide pulley e draws over a lever n against a spring q, and a hook o on this lever engages a pin on a lever p, which is pulled to a stop by a spring r between the levers. When the pin on the guide-wheel escapes, the lever n pulls the lever p to the terminal l, and the motor winds till a pin on the pulley d on the winding-arbor trips the hook o, whereupon the lever p is pulled to the stop again by the intermediate spring. (2) A bellcrank lever 5, 19, Fig. 9, is turned by the sinking weight till gaps in a ring 21 which turn with the lever allow a switch-lever 16, 17 to be pulled across by a spring between them. Pendulums.-A screw adjustment, Fig. 7, for the suspension spring is provided for regulating.
Patent GB-190814873-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Window Sashes
Inventor: SMART HARRY WILLIAM
IPC: E05D13/00
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 14,873. Smart, H. W., Gann, C. T., and Wark, J. July 14. Window opening and closing apparatus.-Upper sliding sashes are overbalanced by the sash-weights and operated by cords passing downwards from the sashes through guide-blocks in the sill, means being provided to hold the sashes in any position. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the ends of the sash and operating cords are knotted and secured at D to a recessed metal plate fixed on the sash. The operating-cord passes through a slot in the pulley stile into the frame pockets and down through the guide-blocks C. The pulley stile may be provided with a flanged slotted metal plate A, at the upper end of which is mounted the pulley over which passes the sash cord. In one form of guide-block shown in Fig. 4, the operating-cord passes under a pulley and through a tubular front portion in which it is secured by a cam grip E. In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the operating-cord is secured to the lower end of the sash stile and passes down the outer frame groove through the guide-block B, the ends of the cords being provided with small weights sufficient to balance the excess of the sash weights. In the case of the light sashes, the guide-block pulley is omitted.
Patent GB-190817014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Propulsion of Vehicles, Cycles, and Ships.
Inventor: GAUNT JOHN
IPC: B64C3/42
Filed: 1908-08-13
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 17,014. Gaunt, J. Aug. 13. [Cognate Application No. 18,397, A.D. 1908, dated Sept. 2.] Sails.-One or more aeroplanes A of ?-shape, provided with end sections comprising an horizontal plane C and a vertical plane B, B', are adjustably mounted on a boat to exert a lifting effect as the machine is propelled, and to serve as a sail in rear winds. The aeroplane A, Fig. 2, shown attached to a cycle, is supported by a universal joint d on a mast D or bracket. The sides of the plane are connected by springs E, E<1>, Fig. 5, to the mast, so as to allow the plane to turn in the direction of the wind. The longitudinal inclination of the plane is adjusted by a cord e, fixed to the top of the mast and passing over guide-pulleys e<1>. In the case of a motor-boat, the central plane may be fixed, and its vertical and horizontal planes B, C may extend along its whole length ; also planes arranged alongside the central plane may be vibrated through gearing from the motor shaft. The number, size, or angle of the planes may be so increased as to lift the boat into the air. The flight may be continued by connecting the motor to feathering propellers K, Fig. 12, arranged at each side of the machine. The inclination of the aeroplane A may be adjusted by a hand-wheel m<1> which turns a screw M passing through a swivelling nut connected to the hinged mast D. The Provisional Specification states that the plane may be of M section.
Patent GB-190818462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient or Spring Wheels for Motor and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BAYLISS THOMAS RICHARD
Filed: 1908-09-02
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 18,462. Bayliss, T. R. Sept. 2. [Cognate Application No. 25,356, A.D. 1908, dated Nov. 25.] Spring wheels.-Inner and outer rims are maintained concentric under the normal load by a thick india-rubber band making contact with the two rims only at points which alternate or are staggered. In the form shown in Fig. 1, sinuous metal bands c, f are attached to the rims b, d, and are arranged so that the crests of one are in radial alinement with the troughs of the other. A plain solid or inflatable india-rubber band g is interposed, and overlapping side-plates provide lateral stability. Hard non-metallic projections may be substituted for the metal bands. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the rims are plain and the cushion is a sinuous band ; or the band may be sinuous on one side to engage a plain rim, and plain on the other. to engage projections as in the first form.
Patent GB-190820892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dirigible Balloons.
Inventor: HUBBARD ARTHUR ROBERT
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 20,892. Hubbard, A. R., and Henry, A. Oct. 3. Aerial machines without aerostats; aerostats; propelling; steering.-A dirigible balloon is traversed by an open-ended air conduit having the propeller disposed at the forward end thereof, and the rudder at the rear end, and with the operator's cab and appurtenances arranged in the central portion. The aerostat is constructed of aluminium or steel sheeting disposed upon a framework of hoops 4 and longitudinal rods 5. A tube 2 extends between the terminals 3 of the frame rods 5 and encloses an inner tube 6 secured in position by distance-pieces and tie-rods 9 connected to circular members 8 upon which the material of the tubes is arranged. A motor 10 is carried by a platform 11 disposed within the tube 6 and drives, by the shaft 12, a propeller 14, a universal joint 17 being interposed to enable the line of action of the propeller to be adjusted for steering by the operating-cords 18. A rudder 20, pivoted at 22, is arranged in the path of the air issuing from the tube 6. The operator is accommodated in a cab 21 communicating with the tube 6, and an observation car 23 is suspended from the tube 6 and within a cylindrical cavity 25 formed in the aerostat.
Patent GB-190824015-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Repairing Bursts or Cuts in the Fabric of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: FOGARTY FRANK MAURICE
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 24,015. Fogarty, F. M., and Lambourne, A. Nov. 9. Tyres, pneumatic.-Bursts or cuts in the fabric of pneumatic tyres are closed by one or more pieces of wire, the ends of which are bent in the form of hooks and engage the fabric on opposite sides of the bursts or cuts. A canvas backing may be employed in combination with the hooks.
Patent GB-190827230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting and like Machines.
Inventor: MCLAUGHLIN JOHN CARLISLE
Filed: 1908-12-15
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 27,230. McLaughlin, J. C., and Beber, W. Dec. 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Typewriters.-Relates to changeable key-caps for typewriters &c. The Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show a tabulating key-cap which may present either the character 10T signifying ten thousand, or the character 1T signifying one thousand, the change being effected by turning the cap 13. The characters 10T and 1T are carried by disks 11, 9, helical in form and slit radially at 12. The disks, shown separately at the left of Fig. 5, are nested together, and by turning the disk 11 relatively to the disk 9 may be made to present the phases shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the disk 11 being wound underneath the disk 9 and thereby changing the character from 10T to 1T. The disk 9 is secured by pins 8, 10 to a base 7 on a stem 1 connected to a denomination-stop. The disk 11 is pivoted on the pin 8 and is secured to the cap 13 by means of an ear 18 passing through the cap and through a ring 14 secured to the cap. The ring 14 rests on the base 7, and supports a transparent cover 15 which is secured by a flange 16. The cap may be turned through almost a revolution, its motion in one direction being limited by the engagement of the pin 10 with a shoulder 21 on the disk 11, and in the other direction by a stop-ear 22 on the disk 9 engaging the disk 11. The cap is held in either of its positions by means of a spring 23 secured underneath the base 7 and arranged to rub on the inside of the cap. The disks 9, 11 are of celluloid or of metal covered by printed paper disks. In some cases the disks may be made flat from material sufficiently yielding to permit the worming action. In a set of tabulating-keys there may be a series of unchangeable key-caps and a series of changeable key-caps constructed as described above and provided on some of the changeable disks with a punctuation mark so that different systems of tabulating may be carried out.