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Patent GB-190815556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Impregnation of Wood
Inventor: POLIFKA JOHANN
IPC: B27K3/08
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 15,556. Polifka, J., and Hacker, B. July 22. Wood, treating for preserving &c.-A process for preserving wood consists in immersing the wood in boiling oil under a vacuum, drawing off the oil, subjecting to a vacuum, then forcing in the impregnating -liquid, and finally subjecting to a vacuum to expel the excess of liquid from the wood. The boiling oil and the impregnating- liquid may be forced repeatedly through the impregnating-cylinders in a cycle, the oil being kept at 100-110‹ C., and the impregnating-liquid at 100-130‹ C. by passing through external heating- apparatus. The impregnating-liquid consists of a tar-oil containing antiseptic, such as carbolic acid, and a mineral oil distillate called blue oil." obtained from petroleum after the lightest part has been distilled off. This blue oil is used as the boiling oil in the first step of the process. The oils are transferred from oil-tanks d to a measuring-device e, f, where they are mixed in proper proportions, and are then passed through heating- apparatus i to a tank g below the impregnating- cylinders b. A vacuum is created in the cylinders b and the hot oil rises from the tank g around the wood ; it is then pumped out of the cylinders and through heating-apparatus, and again forced into the cylinders. -After this treatment with the hot oil, a vacuum is applied to draw off moisture and vapours, which are condensed in cylinders k. The impregnating-liquid is then introduced under pressure, and after sufficient has been absorbed, a vacuum is applied to draw off excess.
Patent GB-190818537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Cocks.
Inventor: ROBSON GEORGE
Filed: 1908-09-03
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 18,537. Robson, G. Sept 3. Incandescent g a s lamps.-The Figure shows a gas cock for use with automatic apparatus 'where it is required to keep four lights of a cluster burner full on until midnight, then to extinguish three, and finally to extinguish the last at dawn, the arrangement being such that the cluster burner is divided into two groups which may be simultaneously lit but successively extinguished. The casing is provided with widened or extended gas inlet branches at d<1>, d<2>. The outlet e is connected with one light, and the outlet m with three lights. The pilot tube k corresponds with the burner tube m, and the pilot tube f with the burner tube e. In the position shown, all the lights are extinguished, the groove b allowing gas to pass to the pilot jets. The first movement of the plug is a half revolution in the direction of the arrow whereby all the lights are turned on, the pilot jets being extinguished. The second movement is a further turn of a quarter revolution whereby the burner tube m is closed and the pilot tube k opened. The final quarter revolution brings the plug back into the position shown in the Figure, whereupon all the lights are again extinguished.
Patent GB-190822357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Dress Shields.
Inventor: MORFEY CYRUS
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 22,357. Morfey, C. Oct. 21. Dresses.-Tapes or cords are secured to dressshields so as to take up the strain due to the lifting of the arm and thereby prevent breakage of the seam of the shield. The tapes B reach from the parts where the arm elastic or tape C is attached right down or partly down to the lower portion or band of the shield A. The tapes may be attached either wholly along their length or partly, or at their end only. The tapes may be arranged crossways or at an angle, and other tapes may be arranged between or across these. The tapes are arranged on the side next the bodice ; or they may be inside the fabric.
Patent GB-190823610-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Portable Fire Stove.
Inventor: SPONG JAMES OSBORN
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 23,610. Spong, J. O. Nov. 4. Portable stoves.-A fire-basket is attached to, or loosely carried by, an ash-tray which is provided with a reflector and a handle, the whole forming a portable stove for use in a bedroom grate &c. The fire basket 5 may be supported by arms 8, Fig. 11, upon the sides of the ash-tray 4 which is itself carried by a bent wire framework 2 having a handle 1 and upturned ends 3. The reflector 6, of any desired shape, is hinged or otherwise attached to, or carried by, the ends of the framework 2, and is spaced away from the ash-tray 4. It may be formed as a canopy with an opening or a short chimney for the escape of the combustion products. Fire-lighters or other fuel may be used in the firebasket, or the latter may be filled with asbestos, which is soaked with liquid fuel or is heated by a gas burner 14 provided below it as shown in Fig. 5. The ash-tray 4 may be of cast or stamped metal, and the handle may be provided with a hole through which a supporting-rod 15 passes and is held by a set-screw 16.
Patent GB-190825814-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Safety Stirrup.
Inventor: PORTER ROBERT BERNHARD
Filed: 1908-11-30
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 25,814. Porter, R. B. Nov. 30. Stirrups.-One part of the bow of a safety stirrup is fixed to the foot-plate, while the rest of the bow is adapted to swing in two directions at right-angles to each other. The free part c of the bow is connected to the fixed part b by a short link f, pivoted to the parts b, c by pivots at right-angles to each other. The part c terminates in a recessed enlargement d, which engages with a catch e fixed to the foot - plate a. The parts d, e become separated if the rider is thrown, and so release his foot. In the Provisional Specification, the fixed and free parts of the stirrup bow are stated to be connected together by a cup-and-ball joint.
Patent GB-190826854-A (GB)
Title: Improved Blocks for the Construction of Flues, Ventilating Shafts and the like.
Inventor: HADEN CHARLES INGHAM
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 26,854. Haden, C. I. Dec. 10. Building - blocks for ventilation.- The application of hollow ventilating- shaft blocks having means for keying with each other and with the rest of the wall to the Tobin system of ventilation is shown in Fig. 18. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 13,741, A.D. 1885, and No. 4091, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Moulding &c.].]
Patent GB-190828355-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Bandages.
Inventor: GREEN WILLARD REED
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 28,355. Green, W. R. Dec. 29. Bandages; catamenial appliances. - An absorbent bandage 2 for catamenial and like purposes is provided with a wire framework 6, so that a chamber 5 with side bearing-surfaces 4 is formed about the orifice and the absorbent 12 is kept out of contact with the skin. The framework and cover are held in place by the supporting-cords 10. When the cover is of rough material, a separate side bearing-piece is provided. In a modification, the cord passes between the framework and the cover. The bandage material may be in lengths from which suitable pieces are cut.
Patent GB-190900895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Macintoshes, Motor Coats and other Out-door Garments.
IPC: A41D3/02
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 895. Anderson, G. M., and Anderson, Anderson, & Anderson. Jan. 13. Coats &c. - In order to protect the neck, the collar b has a widened extension b<1> at each end. When turned down, each extension overlies a' lapel c, and when turned up the extensions fasten together at b<2>.
Patent GB-190903188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for the Preparation of Pure Hydrogen.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: C01B3/10
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 3188. Johnson, G. W., [Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron]. Feb. 9. Hydrogen, obtaining; self-exciting processes. -Hydrogen is produced by the action of water on aluminium chips, dust, filings, or waste in the presence of small quantities of two classes of additional substances, either solid or in solution, namely: (1) a compound or compounds of one or more metals electro-negative to aluminium, for example, of mercury, platinum, and gold, mercuric chloride excepted; (2) a substance easily dissociated in water, for example, an alkali, acid, borate, phosphate, or chloride, cyanides excepted, which, in the presence of aluminium, generates sufficient hydrogen to reduce to metal the substance of the first class. The metal so liberated forms a couple with the aluminium which decomposes the water until the aluminium is consumed. Preferably about 1 per cent of caustic soda is well worked up with the comminuted aluminium and a like quantity of mercuric oxide distributed evenly through the mass. The evolution of hydrogen can be regulated by the amount of the mass and speed at which it is added to the water. The mass, if protected from moisture, can be stored for any length of time without deterioration. Reference is made to the production of hydrogen by the reaction of (1) aluminium upon relatively large quantities of caustic soda, (2) water on calcium hydride, and (3) water on aluminium rendered active by amalgamation, for example, with mercuric chloride.
Patent GB-190904355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flooring Cramps.
Inventor: GIBSON JOHN THOMAS
IPC: E04F21/22
Filed: 1909-02-22
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 4355. Gibson, J. T. Feb. 22. Cramps.-Floor cramps of the type described in Specification 12,744/91, are provided with only two gripping-cams h, which are pivoted at or near to the centre of the base-plate a. The toggles c are pivoted to the slides b and to the block d which is vertically adjusted by a screw f. The outer ears of the cams h are pivoted to rods j, which are pivoted at their outer ends to the outer end b<1> of one of the slides b; the other slide b is provided with a pivoted plate l.
Patent GB-190906253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing Thimbles or Guards.
Inventor: CONSTANTINE ALFRED
IPC: D05B91/04
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 6253. Constantine, A. March 16. Thimbles. - A thimble or fingerguard is fitted with a lining comp r i s i n g galvanic and magnetic elements. In the example shown, a composite ring b, c forming the inner lining of the thimble is made up of a perforated ring b of zinc and a studded ring c of copper; the copper studs d projecting through the perforations in the zinc ring. Between this ring and the outer shell a is placed a steel lining e, which is divided by a saw - cut e<1> and magnetized.
Patent GB-190909784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Silent Stops for Moving Parts of Typewriters.
Inventor: RONCHETTI JOSEPH ALBERT
IPC: B41J29/10
Filed: 1909-04-24
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 9784. Ronchetti, J. A. April 24. Letter-spacing mechanism ; keys.-A device for silently arresting any movable part of a typewriter comprises a pair of links connected at or near their outer ends to a fixed support and to the movable part, and having their middle floating joint kept normally flexed by a spring. The device is described as applied to the universal bar, for which guiding means also is provided. Conical bearing-pins support a shaft 6 controlled by a spring 9 and having arms 10 carrying links 13, which support a universal bar 14, provided with a longitudinal stiffening-rib and with a soft pad upon which the key-levers 15 rest. A curved pin 24 at the middle of the bar 14 co-operates with an aperture in a bracket 20, in order to prevent sidelong movement of the bar and to guide it along the path of the point of contact between a key-lever and the bar. Connected with each of the arms 10 is a pair of links 26, jointed at 27 and flexed by a spring 34 attached to a support 35, which is adjustable upon a screw 36 extending through a lug on a collar surrounding the shaft 6. The support 31 is adjustable as shown, and an adjustable abutment 40 preferably provided with a cushion 41 prevents overthrow of the links when they are straightened. The device regulates the throw of the key-levers and returns them after depression.
Patent GB-190912238-A (GB)
Title: Aperture Sight for Small-arm Rifle and Means for Attaching the same to the Cocking Piece of the Breech Bolt.
Inventor: HILLIS JAMES
IPC: F41G1/16
Filed: 1909-05-24
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 12,238. Hillis, J. May 24. Sights.-Relates to a back-sight of the type which has vertical and lateral adjustments, and is secured to the cocking-piece of the rifle. The sight casing 5 is removably clamped to the rear end of the cocking-piece 3 by means of a jaw 7, slidable in a dovetail groove a and operated by a screw 8. The stem 13 is vertically adjustable in a guideway 12 by means of a pinion 20, and the guideway is laterally adjustable on guides 10, 11 by means of a screw 15. The bar 11 has slots through which the fixing-screws pass to provide for lateral zero adjustment. The aperture disk 14 may be fixed to the stem 13, or may be vertically adjustable relatively thereto by means of a screw and nut 23. In the latter case, an apertured shield 25 is provided, which may carry a tinted glass 27. Slackness of fit of the cocking-piece is taken up, without interfering with the firing, by a plate 30 bent up at 31 to form a support for the sight casing 5. The plate 30 may be resilient, and is secured to the stock by means of a wing-headed screw 32 or otherwise.
Patent GB-190912266-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for the Separation of Ores and the like.
Inventor: WYNNE FRANK
IPC: B03B13/00
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1910-06-27
Abstract: 12,266. Wynne, F. May 25. [Cognate Application, 27,364/09.] Surface-tension and like separating-apparatus.- Ores are concentrated by mixing the ore with water and oil and delivering the mixture on to a moving oil-coated surface. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, an endless metallic gauze band d extends round the band a of a vanner so that the lower parts of the two bands are separate, and the upper parts of the bands are agitated in the ordinary way. The mixture of ore, water, and oil, which may contain acid, is supplied at c, whereupon the oil-coated particles are caught and carried with the belt in the direction of the arrow x, and the gangue flows down in the opposite direction. The coated particles may be removed from the band d by brushes e or by jets e<1> of fluid, which may be heated. The oil may be supplied to the band by a roller g<1> and excess removed by wipers or by suction through a pipe m. The coated surface may be formed of perforated metal, lengths of wire, or plain metal, and a single endless band or a rotating cylinder may be used.
Patent GB-190912629-A (GB)
Title: A Method to Fix Photographs in Lockets and the like without the use of Metal Mats.
Inventor: ABLE THOMAS
IPC: A47G1/12
Filed: 1909-05-28
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 12,629. Able, T. May, 28. Lockets.-A photograph or the like is held in a locket &c. by a covering disk a of transparent resilient material such as celluloid, which is slightly larger than the aperture into which it is sprung. The use of a separate metal securing-rim is thus dispensed with. The border d of the disk is ornamented in any suitable manner.
Patent GB-190913308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Turret Lathes.
Inventor: POTTER JAMES CHARLES
IPC: B23B7/12
Filed: 1909-06-07
Granted: 1910-06-07
Abstract: 13,308. Potter, J. C. June 7. Lathes; driving-gear. - The chuck spindle 12 is driven from a power shaft 43 through the variable-speed gearing shown in Fig. 2. The wheel 38 is loose on the boss of the wheel 37, which is loose on the shaft 36. In the position shown, the wheel 39 is driving through a friction ratchet clutch, which overruns when either of the wheels 38, 37 is moved into engagement with its clutch part 46 or 45. The wheels 34 may be replaced by a nest of speed gears such as are shown in Fig. 3. The final drive to the spindle is through a wheel 21 and clutch 22. A second w h e e l for another set of speeds may be provided. The back facing-bar 100 forms the subject-matter of Specification 5042/10 ; and the turret-controlling mechanism 68 forms the subjectmatter of Specification 5039/10. Speed controlling-mechanism.-The clutch lever 47 is controlled by linkage from a cam-wheel 54.
Patent GB-190913579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Device for Screw Nuts.
Inventor: NICHOLSON ALEXANDER
IPC: F16B39/32
Filed: 1909-06-10
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 13,579. Nicholson, A. June 10. Locking nuts.- A spring locking-coil, which is threaded on a bolt above a nut, is enclosed by a cap as shown in Figs. 3 and 3<b>. The end 2 of the coil c, which is bent down to engage a hole or notch 3 in the nut, or is folded against the side of the nut, is enclosed by a tubular part 4 of the cap. The cap may have a flange 7. To release the grip of the coil on the bolt, the free end 1, which passes through a gap 5, is sprung behind a projection 6 on the flange 7 or into a second gap if the cap has no flange. The outer end of the coil may be doubled back upon itself before being bent into the arm 2. Fig. 3<c> shows an equivalent of the cap, comprising a sheet-metal washer having lugs 8 to bear against the outside of the coil, a projection 9 turned down against the nut, and a perforated pillar 4 to hold the end 2 of the coil.
Patent GB-190914393-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for Converting the Waste Products and Refuse from Glass Works into an Article of Commerce.
IPC: C09K3/14
Filed: 1909-06-19
Granted: 1910-06-20
Abstract: 14,393. Britannia Patent Firelighter Co., and Barker, W. June 19. Cleansing and abrading compositions. - The waste products and refuse from glass works, consisting principallv of sand, emery, pumicestone, and glass particles, are pulverized in a rotary drier, refined and used for cleaning metallic articles or as a substitute for bath brick. The powder is used as such, or is mixed with clay or other suitable material and moulded into the form of a brick. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 19,519/95.
Patent GB-190915080-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tool for Cutting Forage or the like.
Inventor: TREDREA THOMAS BOND
IPC: A01D1/04
Filed: 1909-06-28
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 15,080. Tredrea, T. B. June 28. Cutting and slicing vegetables &c.-A curved tool for cutting forage &c. is provided with means for removably fixing it to a stable wall &c. and for preventing it from cutting anything that may come into contact with it accidentally. The blade is secured by one or more hooks fitting into sockets and is furnished with a knot or ball at the projecting end. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a serrated blade a is provided with a ball e and with a flattened tang b fitting into a tapered socket comprising two plates c, d screwed to the wall.
Patent GB-190916539-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Controlling and Facilitating the Vaporization and Combustion of Liquid Fuel.
Inventor: DRUMMOND CHARLES SINCLAIR
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1909-07-15
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 16,539. Drummond, C. S. July 15. Yaporizing-apparatus.-The supply of liquid fuel to the vaporizer of a burner for use for steamgeneration &c. is controlled by regulating the air pressure in the fuel tank i. Compressed air is continuously supplied to the fuel tank from a source g, through a reducing-valve j, and the pressure in the tank is regulated by opening an air-escape valve o to the required extent. The setting of this valve may be made dependent on the pressure in the steam-generator. The vaporizer is heated by an auxiliary burner a supplied with fuel from a separate tank, and the amount of heat conducted from the auxiliary flame down the upwardly-inclined fuel-supply pipe n is sufficient to vaporize the fuel before it reaches the coiled superheating part m of the vaporizer, which is in direct contact with the auxiliary flame. A pilot flame for the main burner is fed from the vaporizer of the auxiliary burner a.
Patent GB-190923846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Indicating and Recording the Percentage of Carbon Dioxide Gas contained in the Combustion Gases of Furnace Flues and the like.
Inventor: WARD EDGAR PAUL
IPC: G01N7/04
Filed: 1909-10-18
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 23,846. Ward, E. P. Oct. 18. Gas analysis. - In apparatus for indicating and recording the percentage of carbon dioxide in furnace gases &c., water is fed into a tank 1 and passes thence into a compartment 3, and thence into a lower compartment 10 by a pipe 9 in a preferably inclined partition 7. As the water with a layer of oil 15 rises, the gas to be tested, which has entered by a pipe 11, is driven out to the atmosphere through a pipe 12, which may, in a modification, open beneath an open conical partition 14, and a vent in a multiple-way valve 13 until the tube 12 is sealed by the rising oil. The enclosed gas is then driven by pipe 19, valve 13, and pipe 20 into a balanced bell 21 having internal vanes 23, which then rises in a tank 22 of caustic-potash solution, and operates the recorder 24, 25. An overflow 38 prevents undue increase in the volume of the potash solution. When the water rises high enough in the compartment 3, it flows out through a siphon pipe 27 as fast as it flows in, no siphoning action, however, taking place because the bend of the siphon communicates with the air by a pipe 28 and a vent in the valve 13. When the water from the pipe 27 has filled a bucket 29; coupled by a weighted lever 30 with the valve 13, the valve is operated so as to close the pipes 28, 19, and open communication between the bell 21 and the air. The water in the compartments 3, 10 is then siphoned out by the siphon 27, fresh gas enters from the pipe 11, and the gas in the bell 21 is expelled. The siphoning is stopped when the liquid level falls to the level 36 by gas entering the siphon by pipes 35, 37. The bucket, which has an overflow 32, is emptied by a siphon 33. In a modification, the oil may be dispensed with, and a liquid, such as oil, glycerine, or brine, which will not absorb carbon dioxide, is circulated through the apparatus by a pump 40, a tank 39, and a pipe 6. The pipes 35, 37 are dispensed with, the siphon 27 entering the compartment 10 at the level 36. According to the Provisional Specification, the siphoning may be stopped by the rising of the bucket, owing to the discharge therefrom being faster than the feed; and the absorption of the carbonic acid may take place in a separate vessel having baffles, the overflow from the vessel 22 being through the valve 13.,
Patent GB-190924921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hoisting Apparatus.
IPC: B66C7/00
Filed: 1909-10-29
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 24,921. Soc. Glaenzer, Perreaud, & Thomine, and Rousselet, L. J. Nov. 9, 1908, [Convention date]. Motor-driven pulley-hoists; driving-gear. - Two cheeks 4, 5 carry two parallel shafts 6, 7, the shaft 7 having bearings in a sleeve 8, which turns freely in the cheeks. An electric motor is geared to the wheel 12 on the shaft 7; and the drive is transmitted through wheels 17,11,10,18 to the sleeve 8 carrying the sprocket 28 for the chain of the hoist. Self-sustaining gear.-The wheel 17 is screwed on the end of the shaft 7, and bears against two disks 21 loosely mounted on the boss of a disk 20, keyed to the shaft 7 and gripping between them a ratchet-wheel engaging pawls 23, which are carried in the box 19 formed on the wheel 18. Spring-pressed shoes 26 bear on the disk 20 and lift the pawls out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel when the disk rotates in the direction of the arrow.
Patent GB-190927616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Side Delivery Rakes, Swath-turners and the like.
Inventor: MARTIN WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: A01D78/00
Filed: 1909-11-27
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 27,616. Martin, W. E. Nov. 27. H a y m a k i n g .- I n order that the hanging tines of side-delivery rakes, swath - turners, &c. may not carry over any of/the crop, a stripping board. or plate is arranged close to them at an angle. The board or plate a may be carried at one end by a flat spring c, and at the other by a spring bolt a<1> and a rigid bare. The usual sheet - iron plates f on the rakes are made vertical or are curved backwards along their upper edges f<1>. Specifications 12,874/03 and 11,418/05 are referred to.