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Patent GB-190724981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Potatoes (Pommes Soufflees).
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 24,981. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Schlecht, R. Faller]. Nov. 11. Food preparations; preserving potatoes.-Potatoes are subjected to the first part of the cooking process by which " pommes soufflÚes" are produced, whereby they are provided with a soft skin, so that the finished article can be easily prepared by the consumer by subjecting them to the final cooking process. The prepared sections may be pasteurized, or preserved in oil, fat, &c. in airtight vessels.
Patent GB-190726886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles and like Vessels.
Inventor: LOCKETT ALFRED
Filed: 1908-05-29
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 2 6, 8 8 6. Lockett, A., Krako, L., Handley, J., and Krako, J. May 29, 1908. Bottles, non-refillable.- A conical cork valve N carries an aluminium rod 0 on which slides a weight Q. The valve is seated on a plug H jacketed with a cork washer J which fits the lowe end of the conical bottle neck. The plug is secured in place by a cover W coned at Y. The valve is provided with a cover S, which slides within the plug cover and has a recess V to accommodate the valve.
Patent GB-190813848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerial Fight Chutes.
Inventor: FEILER AUGUST
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 13,848. Feiler, A. June 30. Railways for recreation. - In an aerial-flight chute, the ropes c, d, carrying seats g, pass from the upper floor of one trestle to the lower floor of the other, as shown in Fig. 1, and the invention consists in supporting the ends of the ropes on rollers e, Fig. 3, fixed to toothed racks h, which are engaged by motor driven toothed wheels i, so that the inclination of the ropes can be reversed for the return journey. The seat may take the form of a boat and be arranged to pass through water.
Patent GB-190814182-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Facilitating the Counting of Threads in Fabrics.
Inventor: SCHOPPER LOUIS
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 14,182. Schopper, L. July 3. Microscopes.-A lens or microscope having horizontal and vertical adjustment and mounted on a travelling frame is used for counting the threads in fabrics. A screwed nipple 3 holds the lens or lenses 2 within a collar 1, which is adjustable in a screwed ring 4 having slots engaging bars 7 of the frame 8, which is mounted on rollers or wheels 9. The ring 4 carries a vertically adjustable pointer 5. The device is moved over the fabric, and with the aid of a graduated scale 10 the threads in any desired length may be counted.
Patent GB-190816125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Multi-spindle Metal Working Machines.
Inventor: GRIDLEY GEORGE OTIS
Filed: 1907-10-08
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 16,125. Gridley, G. O. Oct. 8, 1907. Lathes ; feed-motions. - The cam shaft of a multi-spindle metal-working machine is adapted to be driven at different speeds in the same direction by either of two independently - driven powertransmitting mechanisms. The cam shaft 70 has a slow drive imparted from the main shaft 63 by worm-gearing 80, spur-gearing 76, 77, and wormgearing 72. The wheel 76 is loose on the shaft 73, and drives it through a splined sleeve 81 having ratchet teeth engaged by a pawl on the wheel. The sleeve may be moved axially by hand to stop the cam shaft without stopping the spindles. A quick drive is imparted by a pulley 84 clutched to the shaft 73 as controlled by a bell-crank lever operated by cams on the worm-wheel 71. The lever carries a projection engaged by a spring to hold it in either of the positions to which it may be moved. The invention is applied to a machine described in Specification No. 22,191, A.D. 1907.
Patent GB-190816659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Indigo Dyeing.
Inventor: CHAUMAT HENRI
Filed: 1908-08-07
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 16,659. Chaumat, H. Aug. 29,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act 1907]. Dyeing.-Wool free from grease, or any other raw or spun textile material, is dyed with indigo, particularly with the leuco-indigo baths electrolytically produced according to Specification No. 19,027, A.D. 1907, in a vacuous apparatus of the type in which the liquid is raised by a screw &c. from the bottom centrally through the woolcontainers, and is distributed upon the latter at the top, flowing down through the contents to the bottom again. The wool is contained in baskets L, L', L<11>, which have perforated annular bottoms and sides constituted by two perforated cylinders having a common axis. The superposed baskets are hooked together for easy removal, rest upon bosses b cast with the bottom E of the treating vat or cylinder, and are surrounded by a steam coil H placed against the inside of the double wall D of the cylinder. The cylinder is closed by a cover A, balanced by a weight B, the supporting-chain of which is guided by a grooved rib A' shaped so that the cover shall be balanced in nearly all positions. A bronze pipe I secured to the cover contains a thermometer J. The upper part C of the cylinder is provided with a tube Z, which has a three-way cock (not shown) for evacuating, and re-admitting air to, the cylinder. A water-gauge is also provided. The cast-iron bottom E has a pipe E', provided with a three-way cock (not shown), for the admission and discharge of the indigo solution, a pipe E<2> for any special liquids that may be required and a pipe E<3> to admit steam. In operation a vacuum is produced in the cylinder, and a solution of leuco-indigo, produced as described in the above-mentioned Specification, and diluted either with hot water only or with hot water de-oxygenated with alkali or alkaline-earth sulphites, bisulphites, or sulphides, is introduced. The solution is raised by a vertical screw conveyer G through a tube T, occupying the central space surrounded by the baskets, and is discharged over the surface of a perforated cone K covering the top basket L so as to secure uniform distribution. After sufficient treatment, air is admitted, the baskets are withdrawn, and the dyed material is finished as usual. It is stated that, no reducing-agent having been used, any suspended blue insoluble indigo produced by air oxidation can be collected and again electrolytically reduced.
Patent GB-190819489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Covering Wire and the like
Inventor: VOGEL OTTO
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 19,489. Vogel, 0. Sept. 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Wire and other cores, covering by winding.-A machine for winding insulating-covering on wire for electric conductors, and for covering cords, cables, and the like, has the drawing-appliance and the winding-on appliance geared together by a single direct connecting-mechanism, to secure uniformity in the covering. One form of machine for carrying out the above object is shown iu Fig. 1. The wire &c. 14 is drawn off a bobbin 15 and passes through a hollow rotating shaft 1 carrying a thread bobbin 5, a guide roller 7, and guide rods 8, 9 for winding the thread on the wire. The covered wire passes around a guide pulley 18, around a multi-grooved conical draw-off pulley not shown, on a shaft 11, then around a guide-pulley 19 and on to the bobbin 13. The shaft 1 which drives the winding-on device drives the shaft 11 through the worm and worm-wheel 10, 12 and as the draw-off pulley is keyed on the shaft 11 its speed has a constant ratio to the speed of the winding-on device so that a uniform covering is produced. A number of machines as above described can be mounted side by side and driven from a main shaft 22, Fig. 4, by belts 4 engaging pulleys 3 ou the hollow shaft 1. Each belt has a tightening-device in the shape of a lever 24 pivoted at 25 and having a roller 26 a iapted to engage the belt. The roller is engaged with the belt by means of a ratchet device 27.
Patent GB-190820180-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brake-device for Vehicles.
Inventor: TUECHLER EDUARD
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 20,180. T³chler, E., H÷flich, G., Kurtz, J., and Kurtz, H. Sept. 25. Motor road vehicles. - Relates to brakes for the steering-wheels of vehicles of the kind which are so mounted on the axles as to participate in the angular movement of the wheels. Fig. 1 shows one form in which the brake shoes e are applied to the wheel tyre. A bearing-arm c is arranged to t u r n with the axle arm a or with the vertical pin b, and has pivoted to it the brake-shoe lever d. The upper end of the lever d is connected by links n, m to a lever h, the levers h at opposite sides of the vehicle being carried by the cranked ends of a transverse rod q, which ends rest in bearings g<1> in vertical pins g on an extension f supported as usual by the axle-arm a or by the arm c as shown. Steering is effected by a transverse rod o connected to the levers f or bushes f<1>. The brakes are applied by a pull on a rod p connected to the transverse rod q whereby the levers h are swung out. In the hub form of brake, Figs. 5, 6, and 7, a brake drum u, connected to the wheel, is acted upon by brake shoes carried by a disk s fixed on the axle arm a. The shoes are applied by a lever t through the link n. The lever t is connected to a pressure-applying ring 6, mounted in a flange of the disk s and acting on brake-blocks 4 through cam-surfaces 7. The blocks are pivoted at 9 to the disk s, and have renewable shoes; they are taken off by springs 11 in sockets 10 on the levers which act upon balls 12 bearing on the ring 6.
Patent GB-190823963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Alternating Current Commutator Electric Machines.
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 23,963. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens - Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Nov. 9. Field magnets; motors, controlling; sparking, preventing.-The winding described in Specification No. 22,653, A.D. 1904, in which the compensation and main field windings of an alternating- current commutator machine are partly or wholly combined into one winding, has impressed upon it a commutating electromotive force by connecting the whole winding or a part to the secondary winding of a main transformer, as described in Specification No. 22,605, A.D. 1906. Two excitation windings e\ e<2>, shown diagrammatically in the Figure, are necessary, one for each direction of rotation of the motor, and the compensation winding c is used for both directions of rotation. The special transformer t, shown as an auto-transformer, is connected across the mains or any portion of the windings that includes the armature, and a suitable point of its winding is connected to the junction between the winding c and the armature a. By means of a two-way switch s, either of the windings e<1>, e<2> may be connected in circuit. By this arrangement of windings, the power factor of the machine may be made to approach unity, and, by suitably proportioning them and the applied voltage, the motor may be made to take a leading current from the mains. The special electromotive force may be applied to the windings e<1> or e<2> alone, or to these windings and a portion only of the winding c. A resistance d, preferably inductive, is connected in the transformer circuit.
Patent GB-190824443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Working Bells.
Inventor: HARRIS HENRY KINGSFORD
Filed: 1908-11-13
Granted: 1909-11-15
Abstract: 24,443. Harris, H. K. Nov. 13. Power-driven single-stroke bells; church bells.-Apparatus for operating a bell or a series of bells comprises a friction disk g for each bell having a portion of its periphery of reduced radius, and so arranged as to be driven intermittently by a continuously-driven friction-wheel d. The bell-rope 20 is attached to a point on the disk which passes the dead centre before the friction wheel reaches the reduced portion, and ceases to drive the disk, which is then held in the striking position by a pin r engaging a stop 2, which is controlled by a pneumatic cylinder 8 or by a solenoid. The pneumatic cylinder is controlled by a three-way cock 13 which is operated either by hand or by pneumatic jacquard mechanism. The driving friction is regulated by mounting the disks g on pivoted arms f which are controlled by springs p and adjusted by spacing- screws q. Where it is desired to strike the bells at regular intervals, as for clocks, each disk may carry a pin so that when such disk is released to strike the bell, the pin releases the stop holding the next disk.
Patent GB-190901250-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tyre Lever.
Inventor: BOBBETT WILLIAM
IPC: B60C25/02
Filed: 1909-01-18
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 1250. Bobbett, W., Bobbett, W. E., and Bobbett, F. T. Jan. 18. Tyres, elastic, and tyre covers, tools for removing and replacing.-A lever for replacing tyres is formed with a hooked end b to engage the edge of the rim, and has pivoted or otherwise secured to it a wing c, which bears on the rim when the lever is in the position shown in Fig. 4 to prevent the hooked end from slipping down into the rim. The lever may have more than one hook, and the wing may be adapted to be used with rims of different sizes; the wing may be adjustable on the lever. The other end of the lever is chisel-pointed or shaped to serve as a spanner. Fig. 5 shows how the chisel-pointed end of the lever is employed for removing the bead of the tyre from the rim, the bead being prevented from slipping along the lever by a removable pin g.
Patent GB-190903456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Suspenders for Stockings and Socks.
Inventor: MALTBY AUGUSTUS FRANK
Filed: 1909-02-12
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 3456. Maltby, A. F. Feb. 12. Stocking-suspender g r i p s.-A button - and - loop stocking - suspender of the type described in Specification 21,249/94, [Class 141, Wearing - apparel], i s so arranged that the direct pull of the fabric is exerted on the stud. For t h i s purpose the loop is made with the larger part a below, and a slight constriction is made at c to help to retain the button in the narrow part when the tension is slackened. The button f, which may be made oval so as to have a larger bearing-surface, is supported by the taut strap i and the loop by the slack strap e.
Patent GB-190904684-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Separating and Sorting Materials.
Inventor: SECK CARL
IPC: B07B13/00
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 4684. Seck, C. Feb. 25. Separating by falling upon rebounding surfaces; separating by throwing-apparatus.-I n an apparatus for separating or sorting grain, gravel, drugs, &c., the grain &c. passes from a hopper a over one or more pairs of rolls b, c and drops through a guiding - channel, which is formed by two rotating endless webs f, g, on to a rotating roll d. The particles rebound and sort themselves into receptacles placed below. In a modification, the grain &c. is forced by an air blast on to an horizontallyrotating disk, which may also have a vertical movement. The deflecting-surface may be made of metal, glass, ebonite, &c., or of an elastic membrane stretched over a drum.
Patent GB-190908546-A (GB)
Title: Ash-tray for Key-board Instruments.
Inventor: HERBST MAX CARL
IPC: A24F19/00
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 8546. Herbst, M. C. April 8. Ash - trays adapted to be attached to a kevboard instrument, such as a piano, are provided with folding flaps f which are passed between the keys of the instrument. The flaps may be divided into two or more lengths.
Patent GB-190917246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Regenerative Furnaces.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: F23L15/02
Filed: 1909-07-24
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 17,246. Boult, A. J., [Blair Engineering Co.]. July 24. Regenerative fittings.-The course of the gases is reversed by means of #-shaped ducts, which are rotatably mounted upon special bearings situated upon the flues leading to and from the furnace. The flues 14, 15, Fig. 2, are used alternately as fuel-gas and waste-gas flues, and the flues 16, 17 are used alternately as air and waste-gas flues. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the duct 45, which is rotatably mounted at 14<a>, provides a communication between the gas-supply pipes 19, 20 and the flue 14, while the duct 46, pivoted at 15<a>, and the duct 33, pivoted at 17<a>, provide communications between the waste-gas flues 15, 17 and the flue 12 leading to the stack. The terminal 16<a> is open to the atmosphere. Valves are provided at 27 to control the gas supply. To facilitate the rotation of the ducts, one end of each duct is supported in bearings 43, Fig. 4, upon a ring 40 having rollers 39 which run upon the outer wall 38, Fig. 5, of a water-seal trough 34. The " free " ends of the ducts also dip into water seals. Preparatory to swinging the ducts from one position to the other, the " free " ends are first raised clear of the water troughs by means of cables 54, 55, 56, Fig. 1, connected to the piston of a power cylinder 53. Flexible cable connexions, such as 50, pass about the rings 40 supporting the ducts in such a manner that the ducts may all be swung simultaneously, the ring of the duct 33 being provided with an additional groove around which passes a cable connected to the pistons of cylinders 52. The air supply to the furnace through the terminals 16<a>, 17<a> is regulated by cap valves 61, Figs. 1 and 8, hinged upon pins 64 which carry arms 63 terminating in loops 65. A divided rod 66 pivotally connected at its inner ends to the duct 33 extends through the loops 65 of the arms 63, stops 69 being provided on the rods to encounter one of the arms 63, according to the direction in which the duct is being swung, and thus raise one of the valves 61 to make way for the free end of the duct, the other valve being allowed to lower by gravity. The valves may be set at any desired position by means of cables 70 connected to an adjusting-device 71.
Patent GB-190917944-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holder for Erasers.
Inventor: WANKLYN HERBERT ALEXANDER
IPC: B43L19/00
Filed: 1909-08-03
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 17,944. Wanklyn, H. A. Aug. 3. Erasers.-A holder of the type that is longitudinally slit to grip the article held, and is further provided with widened slots to enable the article to be grasped and moved in the holder, is made of square or rectangular crosssection to hold a typewriter eraser, and its ends are bevelled or left square to conform to the shape of the eraser ends. A slot A is cut out in the middle of the blank, and grooves B are formed in the outer edges thereof to form a second slot C when the edges are bent over nearly to meet.
Patent GB-190920687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Pulsators for Pneumatic Milking.
Inventor: SABROE THOMAS THOMASSEN
IPC: A01J5/10
Filed: 1909-09-10
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 20,687. Sabroe, T. T. Sept. 10. Spring gears operating in both directions; slide valves; oscillating valves. - The valve of a pulsator is operated by a piston or diaphragm moved by alternations of a vacuum or compressed air and atmospheric pressure, or variable vacuum acting on one or both sides, the admission being controlled by a slide valve, which is caused to move suddenly by means of springs. The valve 14 Fig. 1 is arranged internally, the rod 12 being concentric with the piston-rod and carrying a frame 13. Wedge-shaped blocks 39, carried by the valve, contact with rollers 41 mounted on the springs 38. The valve casing is in one with the cylinder 2, and the slide valve consists of a cylinder having a passage 28 of which one end is permanently open to the interior and the other moves over the air-inlet and vacuum supply ports 26, 23. The slide-valve may be replaced by a disk 14, Fig. 3, which is moved between stops 49 by spring arms 38, which are carried by the rod 12 screwed to the piston-rod, and operate upon a stud 42 on the disk. The disk is prevented from moving by a rotary stud 44 on the disk which meets the side of the rod 12 but passes through a slot 45, 46 at each end of the stroke. Air is admitted by the passage 26, and vacuum by the passage 23, which are alternately connected to the passage 22 by a port 25 in the valve. The cover 27 is attached by a bayonet joint or by a large screw union surrounding the chamber. If the valve chamber is in one with the cylinder, the plate 33 may form the wall of the chamber and have one aperture to admit air, and a second leading to the suction nozzle, the valve having a single aperture which connects them alternately with the interior. Screws fitted in the casing, and having a spring beneath the milled head, may be used to close the passages 23, 26 partly. The stud 42 may be arranged in a slot carried by the rod 12, being moved by the ends of the slot, and the sudden movement being ensured by a circumferential projection on the disk acting with a spring roller. For the doubleacting piston &c., two valves may be employed, or a single valve with duplicated passages and ports. In the latter case, a single vacuum port may be used connected directly to the pipe or chamber below the pulsator valve.
Patent GB-190921811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes.
Inventor: OLSEN OLE MIKAEL JOHAN
IPC: A46B3/12
Filed: 1909-09-24
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 21,811. Olsen, O. M. J. Sept. 24. Bristles, fixing.- In brushes of the kind in which the doubled bristles are held in a groove in the stock by means of a solid body, a curved spring plate disused which presses the bristles against the sides of the groove b. The ends of the plate are expanded, or provided with downwardlyprojecting portions.
Patent GB-190925133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: HOY WILLIAM
Filed: 1909-11-01
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 25,133. Hoy, W., Downes, J., and Grierson, R. W. Nov. 4, 1908, [Convention date]. Baffles; ash-pits. -A compound arched baffle is fitted above the grate to deflect the products of combustion to the sides of the furnace, and an inclined plate is fitted in the ash-pit. The baffle is formed of two plates 11, 12 the latter of which is perforated, and is supported on pillars 15, between which are openings 16 for the furnace gases to pass to the space at the sides and top of the furnace. Both plates of the baffle may be perforated as shown at 17, In a modification the lower plate 12 is adjustable. The inclined plate 20 is fitted diagonally in the ash-pit, as shown.
Patent GB-190925335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoes.
Inventor: SAMUEL CARL
IPC: A43C11/00
Filed: 1909-11-03
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 25,335. Samuel, C., and Charles, E., [trading as Charles & Sohn, E.]. Nov. 3. Designs of boots and shoes.-To facilitate the putting on of shoes, they are provided with elastic gussets at the heel, as shown in Fig. 2. In the case of a dancing-shoe, an elastic ribbon c is inserted in a recess on the inside of the heel. The ribbon is passed through the pulling- on piece d, and sewn at its edges to the shoe. In a modified arrangement, the ribbon is sufficiently large that, after the shoe has been put on, it can be folded over the edge of the shoe so as to serve as a means for holding the shoe on the foot. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 4073/84 and 10,063/88.
Patent GB-190927992-A (GB)
Title: Ornamental Handkerchiefs and the Process of Manufacture.
Inventor: DAWSON STANLEY
IPC: A41B15/00
Filed: 1909-12-01
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 27,992. Dawson, S. Dec. 1. Printed fabrics.-Printed mercerized handkerchiefs are ornamented by the introduction into their texture of coloured yarns, which themselves produce a design independent of the printing..The coloured yarns may form either the warp or weft, or both warp and weft of the fabric, which, after being woven, is bleached, mercerized, and printed. If the ground work of the fabric consists of white yarn, the bleaching-process may be omitted. The body and border parts of the handkerchief are suitably contrasted as to colour and design of the printing.