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Patent GB-190810008-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Stopping Railway Engines by Signalmen in Time of Danger.
Inventor: NEWMAN ALFRED
Filed: 1908-05-08
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 10,008. Newman, A. May 8. Stopping engines and trains.-Trackcontact apparatus for stopping trains consists of a lever U, Fig. 5, which is pivoted on a transverse bolt in a box mounted on the sleepers and is raised into the operative position by connexions X with a special cabin lever. The lever U is supported on either side by springs T having rollers running in grooves in the lever, and is provided with a contact-pad Z. The engine contact apparatus consists of a lever o, Fig. 1, pivoted to a projection at the end of a tube N, through which a connexion L runs to a block K, which is guided by pegs to run in grooves F, J in steel bands C, I mounted on the face B, and on pegs H fixed therein, respectively. When the lever O contacts witb the device U, the block K is moved over to the other side, the movement being assisted if necessary by a spring Q, and during the movement a hook S on the block catches the hand-lever A and moves it over to cut off steam.
Patent GB-190814656-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Earthing or Metallic Continuity of Slip Socket Conduits for Electric Wires
Inventor: EVANS GEORGE
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 14,656. Evans, G. July 10. Couplings.-Metallic continuity is ensured in slipsocket conduit systems by forming a lug on one member of a joint, and providiog means on the other member for gripping the lug. The lug may be formed transversely on the conduit a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, or longitudinally, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 6, and may be held by a transverse screw f, as shown in Fig. 1, or by a screw in a projection h, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or by means of a separate ring-stirrup fitting m provided with a screw f, as shown in Figs. 6 and 8. A hole or depression should be formed in the socket part opposite the point of the screw f, and, instead of using a screw with the stirrup-ring fitting, the said fitting may be tapered so as to secure the lug by a wedge action.
Patent GB-190816900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Magneto Electric Machines.
Inventor: TAYOUX MAURICE BEN
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 16,900. Tayoux, M. B., Chauchy, L., and Fraysse, T. Aug. 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines, igniting in. Magneto electric machines for ignition purposes are constructed with a revolving field and stationary double-wound armature which is rocked to time the spark. The horseshoe magnet is mounted on a spindle k and revolves round the armature c which is wound with low and high tension windings d, o, earthed at e and connected respectively to the insulated terminal p and the screw g, contact with this screw is made twice every revolution by the spring h operated by the cam i. The condenser m is connected to the screw g and to earth and its cover forms a bearing for the spindle k. A number of magnets may be arranged to intersect at their apices, there being the same number of double-wound armatures as there are poles arranged to form a star, and the cam is adapted to make and break the circuit a corresponding number of times.
Patent GB-190817750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cylindrical Positive Electrodes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 17,750. Boult, A. J., [Allgemeine Akkumulatoren-Fabrik]. Aug. 24. Secondary batteries.- A positive electrode, of the kind comprising a number of superposed corrugated rings of a concave or mould-like form connected by longitudinal bars, consists of concave or mould-like horizontal rings b having ribs c and vertical bars a, the whole electrode being cast in one piece. Cylindrical negative electrodes may be arranged in the known way, one inside and one outside the positive electrode.
Patent GB-190819616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatic Feed of Oil to Cylinders of Steam Engines.
Inventor: BRECKNELL HENRY
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 19,616. Brecknell, H. Sept. 18. Lubricating-pumps.- A pump for lubricating the cylinders of steamengines &c. is actuated by steam taken from the engine cylinder. The pump plunger 11 has an enlargement 16 working in a cylinder 9, which is connected by a steampipe 17 to a point between the slide valve and the cylinder of the steamengine, such as a branch of one of the indicator cocks. At each stroke of the engine the piston 16 is depressed against a spring 15. The plunger 11 sucks oil from a reservoir 1 through a valve 4, and forces it past delivery valves 5, 6 to a pipe 8 which conveys the oil to the main steam-pipe. The maximum stroke of the pump is varied by means of nuts 13 on an enlarged part 12 of the plunger 11. With variation of the engine load the quantity of oil delivered varies automatically. The lubricator may be temporarily operated, before the engine is started, by the steam which is admitted to warm the engine cylinder. In a modification, the piston 16 is actuated in both directions by steam, the spring 15 being dispensed with. The two sides of the piston 16 are connected by pipes to the two ends of the engine cylinder, and two sets of locknuts 13 are used. Specifications No. 16,421, A.D. 1886, and No. 13,858, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Bearings &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-190824567-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for use in the Navigation of Ships.
Inventor: MONTGOMERY HERBERT
Filed: 1908-11-16
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 24,567. Montgomery, H. Nov. 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Departure rules.-The apex D of a triangular diagram on a wooden plate A represents the object from which bearings are taken. Radial lines E and arcuate lines Fare drawn on the diagram. Then by taking two bearing readings corresponding to two of the radial lines, reading off from the log the distance run between such readings, and moving the rule G over the diagram till the length intercepted on it by such lines corresponds to the distance run, the distance of the object, the distance to be run before it is abeam, and the departure, can be read off. Other diagrams drawn to different scales may be provided. A detachable scale L and a protractor are provided to be used in place of the scale G, or to facilitate calculation of the amount the course would have to be altered for the ship to pass at a certain distance abeam.
Patent GB-190826935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Detachable Heels for Boots, Shoes, or the like.
Inventor: FORBES OSWALD VERNON
IPC: A43B21/42
Filed: 1908-12-11
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 26,935. Forbes, O. V. Dec. 11. [Patent of Addition to No. 26,704, A.D. 1907.] Heels; presses.- Relates to the manufacture of the detachable heels described in Specification No. 26,704, A.D. 1907. According to the present invention, the lifts composing the heel are made of leather, leather and wood, or creosoted leather-board, &c., and of the same substance, density, and thickness throughout, thus ensuring the same coefficient of expansion and contraction for variations of moisture, temperature, &c. The heel is built up and compressed or nailed, or compressed and nailed, in a mould constructed as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, and while in the mould the edges are subjected to a suitable hardening-process. The mould consists of a base-plate e having an aperture e<1> of the contour of the heel, and a hardsteel templet f fitting within this aperture, the templet being shaped to accommodate the T-shaped or like protuberances of the heel. The lifts are thus compressed equally in the mould, and are thereby prevented from splaying out laterally. When the heel is made of a combination of leather and wood, the fixed part is preferably made of wood, and the removable part of leather ; but the top-piece or wearing-portion only may be made of leather, and the remainder of the removable part of wood.
Patent GB-190828170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wood-working Machines
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 28,170. Soc. Ribayron & Victor. Jan. 6, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Planing; tools and tool-holders.-In wood planing and like machines in which the cutters are secured to the cutter head by means of recessed clamping- plates, special means for facilitating the adjustment of the cutters are provided. The inner face of the clamping-plates 2, Figs. 2 and 3, is recessed to receive the cutter 3 and springs 8, 9, and is curved to allow the plate to bend and press on both the cutter and the cutter head under the pressure of bolts 6. When the pressure of the bolts 6 is released, the curved springs 8 force the clamping- plate from the cutter, and the springs 9 push the cutter outwards. The position of the clamping- plate on the cutter head is fixed by a screw 5, the head of which limits the movement of the plate under the action of the springs 8. Mortises or adjustable. threaded tubes 7 are provided in the clamping-plate. An auxiliary rod 11, Fig. 7, carries adjustable sockets 12, in which gauge fingers 14 are adjustably screwed. To adjust the cutter, the clamping-plate is loosened, and the sockets 12 on the rod 11 are caused to engage the cutter and force it in against the action of the springs 9, the fingers 14 being caused to enter the tubes 7, into which they are pushed until their shoulders abut on the ends of.the tubes. The cutters are then in position and are clamped by the bolts 6.
Patent GB-190828264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Valves of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SEARS JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 28,264. Sears, J. E. Dec. 28. Gas and like engines.-Rotary tubular admission and exhaust valves B, B<1>, and more particularly valves of the kind described in Specification No. 23,662, A D. 1908, are provided with fixed inner tubes H, H', so that the valves work between two fixed cylindrical surfaces. This arrangement renders the valves less liable to leakage and permits efficient cooling.-Preferably the inner tubes H, H<1> are hollow and water-cooled, but the outer casings only, or both the inner tubes and the outer casings, may be water-jacketed. The exhaust valve alone may be cooled, if desired. The inner tubes may be secured at one end by the flange of the inlet or exhaust pipe and at the opposite end by a short spindle, but this spindle may be dispensed with and the end adjacent to the pipe connexions may be formed as a serrated collar engaging notches in the outer fixed cylinder. The valves and the fixed cylinders may each be constructed in two or more short lengths coupled together. The inner tubes may be used with duplex rotary valves, comprising concentric and oppositely-rotating valve members as described in Specification No. 23,662, A.D. 1908. According to the Provisional Specification, the valves may have an oscillating motion.
Patent GB-190828445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combination Locks.
Inventor: BROSHKEWITZ CARL FRIDERICH
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-12-30
Abstract: 28,445. Broshkewitz, C. F. Dec. 30, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Tills.- The drawer of a cash till is opened after the locking- mechanism has been operated by means of a handle E<1> and lever E acting on the end of the drawer.
Patent GB-190903418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carding Engines.
IPC: D01G15/46
Filed: 1909-02-11
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 3418. Ballantyne & Sons, H., and Watson, J. Feb. 11. Carding-engines. - In a carding-engine in which a card-covered roller d is arranged in the angle below the main cylinder and the doffer to straighten the fibres on the doffer, this roller is placed with its card clothing just out of contact with that on the other two parts a, e, and is arranged to rotate at a surface speed approximately twelve times that of the doffer, and in the direction indicated by the arrow.
Patent GB-190905002-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Hemming Handkerchiefs.
Inventor: ADAIR MONTAGUE
IPC: D05B35/02
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 5002. Adair, M. March 25, 1908, [Convention date]. Winding webs.- A roll b<2> on to which fabric is wound as it leaves certain sewing- machines is supported and driven by a pair of rollers e<2>, d<2> which bear upon the wound fabric. The fabric may be taken direct to the roll b<2> or by way of an intermediate friction roll y<12>. When the friction roll is used, the fabric leaves the machines quite loosely, and sufficient tension for the winding operation is occasioned by the friction roll, which is covered with rubber, felt, plush, or the like.
Patent GB-190912298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Vessels, Bottles, and like Receptacles.
Inventor: MCCALLUM COLIN
IPC: B65D47/12
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 12,298. McCallum, C., and Rogers, J. May 25. Piston apparatus for discharging receptacles. -Bottles and like receptacles, with or without necks, for containing liquids or semiliquids, are provided with integral elongated or cup-like recesses C, in the vertical walls of which discharge openings E are formed, the openings being closed by corks or stoppers introduced horizontally and jammed between the discharge orifices and the opposite walls of the recesses. The edges of the recesses, Fig. 10, are serrated to grip the cork. The vessels may be provided with movable bottoms F<1>, Fig. 9, adapted to eject the contents. The bottoms are prevented from being drawn out accidentally by projections I jutting from a ring J which engages a groove H in the lower end of the container. Various forms of discharge opening are described.
Patent GB-190912996-A (GB)
Title: Printer's Hooks or Clamps.
Inventor: LEETHEM FRANK CLARKE
IPC: B41F27/04
Filed: 1909-06-02
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 12,996. Leethem, F. C. June 5, 1908, [Convention date]. Printing-surfaces.-Relates to means for operating the clamps for securing printing-plates to their base-blocks. The base is made up of blocks 2, eight ems square, certain of these blocks 3 having channels 4 to receive the clamps 8 and operating- screws 10, and slugs 12, 13. The screw 10 is formed with a rounded head with slots adapted to be engaged with a pin wrench. In a modification, Fig. 2, a pinion 17 having radial ribs adapted to engage the head of the screw 10, is rotatably mounted in the slug 12. The pinion 17 is rotated by a toothed sector. In a further modification, Fig. 6, the slug 12 carries a wheel 26 having radial ribs 27 for rotating the screw 10. The wheel 26 carries a worm-wheel 28 which engages a vertical worm 29, adapted to be rotated by means of a square key. The slugs 12 and clamps 8 have ears 33 which slide in undercut grooves in the channels 4.
Patent GB-190913170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Lenses.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: C03B23/22
Filed: 1909-06-04
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 13,170. Boult, A. J., [Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.]. June 4. Spectacle lenses.-The convex surface of the minor lens 2 of a bifocal combination is ground to the curvature required and the lens itself warmed before being pressed into the highlyheated soft blank 1 forming the major lens. The exterior surfaces are finished by grinding as usual.
Patent GB-190915051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Undershirts and similar Garments.
Inventor: SALDIN MAX
IPC: A41B9/06
Filed: 1909-06-28
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 15,051. Saldin, M. July 3, 1908, [Convention date]. Undervests &c.-An undergarment A of knitted fabric is formed with a deep narrow central notch 11 at the front and back between the arm-holes 10 formed by the open top of the shirt body, and is provided with shoulderstraps B and tapes a, b, c. The garment is preferably knit in the form of a cylinder, and is finished with lace-work 13.
Patent GB-190918565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trawling Gear.
Inventor: SHERRATT GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: A01K73/02
Filed: 1909-08-12
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 18,565. Sherratt, G. W. Aug. 12. Trawling-gear.-In trawling-gear of the type in which a spreader is attached to each of the four corners of the net, the diving spreaders D are of the shape shown, comprising a diamondshaped piece of metal with the lower corner turned up to form a scoop. Each floating spreaders B is adapted to be attached at one of a number of points G, H, I to the upper corner of the net so as to be canted round an axis perpendicular to its plane. Weights &c. may be suspended from the diving spreaders D to balance them. -
Patent GB-190920101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Circular Knitting Machines.
Inventor: HEMPHILL JOSHUA DARLING
IPC: D04B9/20
Filed: 1909-09-02
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 20,101. Hemphill, J. D. Sept. 2. Circular machines. - Relates to automatic stocking-knitting machines provided with web holders carried by a rotary needle cylinder and having the various movements controlled by a pattern chain and drum. The main knitting- cams are all carried on a block D along with the narrowing-picks; this block can be moved back by hand to allow of the needles being levelled previous to setting on fresh work, and is mounted on a plate H which is moved up and down by a pattern wheel to vary the length of the loops. The narrowing-picks comprise swing- ing needle-engaging arms R, which elevate the first needle of the advancing column against the action of springs r<2> and rest while inactive against the draw-cams x. When the cam-block D is drawn back, the tails r<3> of the narrowing- picks engage stationary stops r<4> which fold the picker arms R out of the way of the needles. The widening-picks T are carried on a block E diametrically opposed to the block D, and are normally held depressed and inactive by a T-shaped slide k<6> under control of the pattern chain. When raised into the operative position under the action of their springs t<5>, one picker presents a cam-surface t<2> over which the advancing column of instep needles runs, while the other picker receives and lowers the two first needles of the column, this action being reversed at each reciprocation. The pattern chain wheel and the pattern drum are both driven by pawls pivoted to the reciprocating quadrant, the pawl driving the pattern wheel being continuously in action, while the lugs on the pattern chain control the action of the pawl which drives the pattern drum. The complete cycle of operations for automatically knitting a stocking on the machine is described in detail.
Patent GB-190923455-A (GB)
Title: Method of Taking Photographs with Rontgen Rays.
Inventor: DESSAUER FRIEDRICH
IPC: H05G1/22
Filed: 1909-10-13
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 23,455. Dessauer, F. Oct. 13. R÷ntgen-ray and like apparatus.-An instantaneous X-ray photograph with an exposure of between 1/50th and 1/500th of a second is obtained by the use of apparatus shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1. This includes a condenser b of suitable dimensions, and a highpotential transformer a immersed in oil. Direct current from a generator k is used, and the sudden shock of discharge is obtained by closing a switch g, thus removing an adjustable catch h and thereby allowing a spring e to break the circuit bv raising the pin f out of the mercury cup d. The primary circuit is thus closed for a short time, the length of which depends on the position of the adjustable catch h, the depth of immersion of the pin f, and the strength of the spring e. In a modification, in place of the circuit-breaker d f, a fuse of determined inertia and load curve is used. The fuse is made long, and embedded in gypsum, or more preferably in a mixture which promotes sudden bursting of the fuse, or which is dispersed as dust assisting in extinguishing the spark. Moist substances, such as clay or glue, may be used for this purpose; also the admixture of emery powder or of fine sand, or an addition of small quantities of gunpowder or other explosive, is of advantage.
Patent GB-190924204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Automatically Unrolling the Warp in Power Looms.
Inventor: JANSSON JOHAN AUGUST
IPC: D03D49/06
Filed: 1909-10-21
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 24,204. Jansson, J. A. Oct. 21. Letting-off warps.-The ratchet-mechanism in the let-off motion described in Specification 11,291/01 is replaced by a brake band controlled by levers, which ensure that the amount of warp let off is independent of the amount of yarn on the beam. The brake band 7 is tightened or loosened upon the beam 2 by radial movement of a lever 11, 12 controlled by a spring 13, which is connected to an arm 14 rigidly mounted upon the pivoted shaft 3 carrying the bar 4 and the spring-controlled lever 15. When the lever 15 is turned through a certain angle owing to the tension of the warp, a pin on it turns the lever 11, 12 and releases the brake, thus allowing the warp beam to rotate. Rods such as 21 may be provided to prevent the levers 11, 15 from turning at the moment of beat - up. The upper end of the spring 13 may be secured to the frame of the loom, or the spring may be replaced by a weight.
Patent GB-190927039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Attaching Means for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: PICKLES ALBERT
IPC: B60B27/00
Filed: 1909-11-22
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 27,039. Pickles, A. Nov. 22. Hubs.-Wheels are secured on their axles bv means of a cap D secured on the plain axle-end by means of a cotter pin, formed with a flange D<2>, which is recessed as shown, to form a tight joint with the end of the axle-box, screwthreaded to take a cap G adapted to contain the lubricant, and provided with passages P, which allow the lubricant access to the bearings. The cap G abuts against the flange D<2> or an interposed washer G', and a metal plate may be placed between the flange and the hub.
Patent GB-191001940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Articles or Fabric Built up from Lengths of Rubbered Cord or other Material.
Inventor: SLOPER THOMAS
IPC: B29D30/00
Filed: 1910-01-26
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 1940. Sloper, T. Jan. 26. Imitations of textile fabrics.-The edges of fabric articles which are formed by winding rubbered cords &c. backwards and forwards on a former, such as the fabric linings of pneumatic tyres, are provided with metal rings or strips formed with claws or projections, around which the cord is wound in the process of manufacture of the article; and in the case of tyres, the rings or strips, with or without the addition of wires, form the means of attachment to the wheel. The rings or strips with the projections are preferably stamped from sheet metal and may be rigid and inextensible, as shown in Figs. 7 and 10, or flexible and extensible, as shown in Figs. 14 and 15. In the form shown in Figs. 7 and 10, the metal strips or rings D are bent over wires C, the projections D<1> passing through holes D<2>. In a modification, the metal strip or ring is formed with projections on each edge, which meet when the ring or strip is bent to enclose a wire. In a further modification, Fig. 23, the projections extend from each side of the ring or strip G, and another ring or strip H is bent to U-section to enclose the edges of the fabric. In the form shown in Fig. 26, the rings J, formed with projections J<1>, are stout enough to replace the usual rim flanges for the attachment of the tyre, and are secured to the felloes directly by bolts J<5>. The rings or strips and the rubbered cords are vulcanized together to form one structure. One edge only of a tyre may be provided with a ring or strip.