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Patent GB-190805213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Recoil Apparatus for Ordnance.
Inventor: FULLER LAWSON MAYO
Filed: 1908-03-07
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 5213. Fuller, L. M. March 7. Field carriages.-Relates to recoil apparatus of the kind in which the length of recoil is varied automatically as the gun is elevated, and consists in providing a cylindrical rotary valve having several longitudinal rows of perforations, each row corresponding to a particular length of recoil. Fig. 2 is a transverse and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section through the recoil cylinder in one modification. The piston 22, fixed to the mounting, is surrounded by a rotary valve 7, which is provided with longitudinal rows of perforations 25, through which, when the gun recoils, the liquid in the recoil cylinder escapes through a chamber 8 to the other side of the piston. The valve 7 is rotated to bring one of the rows of perforations into line with a by-pass 6 as the gun is elevated, through the medium of a bevel-wheel 13, by gearing, Fig. 7, connected to a toothed arc 20 concentric with the trunnions and fixed to the carriage. The total throttling area in any one row in front of the piston at any instant is so related to the velocity of recoil at that instant, obtained from recoil-velocity curves, that either a constant or a constantly decreasing pressure is obtained during recoil. In a modification, Fig. 9, the recoil. cylinder 5 is fixed, the piston 22 moves when the gun recoils, the rotary valve 7 occupies a separate cylinder, and the longitudinal perforations 25 are made in the form of slots.
Patent GB-190806495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 6495. Jones, E., and Mynoch, Ltd. March 24. Producers.-A vaporizer for a suction gas-producer comprises three separate water - containers each having a float-feed. The water is supplied initially to a shallow dish H forming a cover to the main body of the vaporizer, which consists of an annular vessel formed about the gas-outlet pipe B. The vessel B is supplied by an overflow from the cover, and in turn supplies the ash-pit D. The floats are contained in small external chambers T, Q, M. The air is supplied to the cover and passes over the surfaces of the water in the other two vessels. Two containers only may be used in combination.
Patent GB-190811084-A (GB)
Title: Improved Paper Bag
Inventor: HAIGH ALFRED ASSHETON
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 11,084. Haigh, A. A. May 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Paper and like bags.-The upper parts of the sides of paper bags are divided into flaps B, C, D, E provided with slits G and tabs L respectively. On engagement of these parts, the bag is closed as shown in Fig. 2. The under and overlapping portions of the flaps may be permanently secured.
Patent GB-190814092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sweat-bands for Hats, and other Head-coverings.
Inventor: KOELSCH JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-02
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 14,092. Kolsch, J. W. July 2. Leathers or sweat bands.-A sweat band for hats and other head coverings is formed entirely or partly of rubber sponge. The rubber sponge pads b, d are tapered or wedge-shaped, and may be attached within tapered or wedgeshaped recesses c in the sweat band a. The band may be cut away in front of the pad, or may be perforated. The wedge - shaped pockets or recesses provide ventilating spaces when the band is in position upon the head.
Patent GB-190814679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Vessels for Water Supply Pipes.
Inventor: LOEHR ANNA
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 14,679. L÷hr, A., and Romstaedt, K., [trading as L ÷ h r & Romstaedt]. July 10. Pump air vessels.-An air vessel for water. supply p i p e s consists of two chambers a, b of different sizes, the lower ends of which are loosely closed by ball valves d, e respectively.
Patent GB-190819280-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Preventing the Breakage of Coke Discharged from Coke Ovens.
Inventor: COCHRANE BRODIE
Filed: 1908-09-14
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 19,280. Cochrane, B., and Feel, R. Sept. 14. Discharging. - Apparatus for preventing the breakage of coke discharged from coke ovens comprises a screen or flap a, which may be of V- or U-shape in cross-section, and is hinged or fixed in front of the coke bench b or hinged to the quencher f. The screen may be mounted on a travelling carriage d or may extend throughout the whole or a portion of the length of the battery, and may be provided with auxiliary means for quenching the coke.
Patent GB-190823495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sliding Doors for Vehicles.
Filed: 1908-11-03
Granted: 1909-11-03
Abstract: 23,495. Osborne, D., and Liversidge & Son, J. Nov. 3. Doors, carriage.-Sliding doors for vehicles are provided with wedge surfaces E, F, which, when the doors are closed, prevent rattling.
Patent GB-190828140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks.
Inventor: BOVILL WHEATLEY
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 28,140. Bovill, W., and Bovill, A. J. March 4, 1909. Locks, key.-In a changeable key lock, the slides 15 carrying the stumps 16 for engaging the sliders 18 are clamped in position as placed by the key by means of screws 13 reached through apertures 20 in the lock casing when the bolt is withdrawn. To change the combination, the slides are unclamped, and, together with the sliders 18, are allowed to fall to their lowest position. The new key is then inserted, and turned in the direction for unlocking, the motion of the key when the sliders are in their highest positions being stopped by the shoulder 23 on the bolt, after which the slides 15 are again clamped.
Patent GB-190910056-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Chair-bedstead.
Inventor: JELKS CHARLES
IPC: A47C17/207
Filed: 1909-04-28
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 10,056. Jelks, C., and Huygens, J. J. April 28. Bedsteads convertible into seats.-A convertible easy-chair and bedstead is provided with an openbacked framing, a transversely-folding woven-wire or like spring mattress, a folding seat frame, and a hollow removable back. The upholstered seat frame 6 carries legs 9 and upholstered arms 8, and is hinged at 7 to the open-backed frame 1, so that it can be turned over into the position shown in plan in Fig. 2 to form a continuation of the overlay 10 of the mattress 2. The sections of this folding mattress are pivoted on bolts 3, the movable section being supported in its horizontal position by folding legs and in its vertical position by catches 12. The removable upholstered back is placed over the upright parts of the mattress and the legs 9, when in the position shown in Fig. 1. A curtain is provided at the back to conceal the lower part of the folded mattress.
Patent GB-190912322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
Inventor: FALVEY THOMAS
IPC: F01D9/04
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 12,322. Falvey, T. May 25. Combined - flow type; plant; blades; regulating; reversing.- Relates to reversible outward-flow turbines of the kind described in Specification 7619/05, and consists primarily in the combination of high and low pressure turbines. Several improved regulating - details are described. The high-pressure turbine a, Fig. 1, is fitted with a rotor, the blades of which are divided longitudinally by partitions into four sections. Each blade comprises two sections for forward running and two for reversed running. The stator blades are similarly arranged. A central boss is made with four sets of directing- passages t, two curved in a forward direction and two in a backward direction. A central multiple-ported oscillating valve s serves to open one or two of the forward or reversing ports t, whereby the turbine may be run in either direction at half or full power. Steam enters by way of a pipe 10 and throttle valve 19, to the interior of the valve s. If required, live steam may be admitted direct to the outer series of vanes. For this purpose some of the stator vanes may be thickened and provided with passages 8 communicating with an annular passage 9, to which steam may be admitted by way of a passage 11 controlled by a valve 12. The low-pressure turbine x is similarly fitted with forward and reversing blades 6, 7, but in this case there is no provision for half-power. The steam exhausting from the high - pressure turbine passes along one of two passages z to the centre of the low-pressure turbine, whence it is directed upon one of the sets of blades 6, 7. In a modified form of low-pressure turbine. Fig. 8, the steam may be passed directly to the condenser through pipes 15<a>, 17<a>, according to the direction of rotation; or it may be caused by valves 15<b>, 17<b> to pass through pipes 15 or 17 to guide-passages 16 or 18, whence it is directed upon radial impact blades 14 arranged on the back of the rotor disk. Live steam may be admitted to the outer series of vanes by way of an annular chamber 34. Each blade is cast integrally with its adjacent partition, rotor disk. or casing respectively, and the whole bolted together by longitudinal bolts passing through holes in certain blades, which are thickened for the purpose.
Patent GB-190920285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Suction Discs for Dentures.
Inventor: TURNER FRED LLEWELLYN
IPC: A61C13/24
Filed: 1909-09-04
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 20,285. Turner, F. L., and Smith, J. P. Sept. 4. Teeth, artificial.-A suction disk a is secured to an artificial palate b by a nut c embedded in the palate, and a headed screw d. The screw head is not slotted, and may be made to conform to the contour of the palate. The screw is made sufficiently long to be held and screwed home by pliers, and the projecting end is then nipped off.
Patent GB-190920863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Children's Cots with Falling Sides.
Inventor: WATERHOUSE THOMAS
IPC: A47D7/02
Filed: 1909-09-13
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 20,863. Waterhouse, T., Phillips, H. P., and Phillips, G. A., [trading as Phillips & Son], and Hughes, W. W. Sept. 13. [Addition to 3274/09.] Drop-side cots.- A catch for t h e falling sides of drop-side cots comprises a rod 4 pivoted at 5 to the top of the s i d e frame and carrying a projecting hooked rod 9 adapted to engage a loop 10 on the side bar of the cot. W h e n the cot side is raised, the swinging rod is pushed a s i d e by the engagement of the sloping part 11 of the hook with t h e underside of the loop 10, and then falls back into the locked position.
Patent GB-190921068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cleaners, Polishers, Sharpeners and the like.
Inventor: ROBERTS JAMES OLIVER
IPC: B24D15/06
Filed: 1909-09-15
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 21,068. Roberts, J. O. Sept. 15. Knives, forks, and spoons, cleaning and polishing. - In tools for polishing or cleaning knives &c., in which a strip of polishing-material d is mounted on a curved base a carried by a handle b, the strip is secured to the base by means of a spring clip c, which is hinged at c' and arranged to embrace the base. One end of the strip is provided with an extension which is passed through a slot or opening in the clip; the other end may be provided with a similar extension, or it may be passed over the end of the clip.
Patent GB-190924888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerial Machines.
Inventor: LISTER ERNEST
IPC: B64C27/04
Filed: 1909-10-29
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 24,888. Lister, E. Oct. 29. Screw propellers.-In an aerial machine supported by two screw propellers rotating in opposite directions on concentric shafts, each propeller comprises four triangular blades, the gap between adjoining blades being of about one-fourth of the width of a blade. The frame of each blade is formed of a central radial arm c, T-shaped in cross-section, and curved on the upper side, a flat curved circumferential piece d, and two flat pieces d<1> connecting the ends of the piece d to the middle of the arm c. To prevent the formation of eddies by the downwardly-extending web3 of the T-section arms c, these webs are covered with strips of fabric joined at their edges to the fabric of the blades. The ends of each piece d are connected by cords or wires e to the central hub to form supports for the edges of the fabric of the blades. Stay cords or wires n, s', m, m<2> also connect the ends and centre of each piece d to the propeller shafts above and below the blades. The cords or wires n above the upper propeller are attached to a plate o, formed as a nut, which can be raised or lowered to adjust the tension by turning a screw p, which bears against a block fixed within the propeller shaft.
Patent GB-190927994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Leather or the like Cutting Machines.
Inventor: ENGLAND JAMES
IPC: C14B5/00
Filed: 1910-05-09
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 27,994. England, J., and England, E. May 9, 1910. Vertical-cutter type for cutting sheet material in direction of feed.-Relates to a machine of the type in which a rotary cutting-disk 9 is carried at the end of a hand-driven shaft 4. The shaft 4 is supported in bearings 3, which are provided with detachable caps 5 to facilitate the removal en bloc of the shaft 4, cutter 9, and wheel 7. The adjustable fence 12 works over a graduated scale on the bedplate 1 ; and the periphery of the cutter 9 passes through a slotted plate 15<a> into an oil-well 16 for lubricating purposes. The wheel 7 may be replaced by a belt pulley, if it is desired to drive the apparatus by power.
Patent GB-190929818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Miners Safety Lamps.
Inventor: ALLOTT JAMES RAYNEY LEACH
IPC: F21L23/00
Filed: 1909-12-21
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 29,818. Allott, J. R. L., Hailwood, E. A., and Dean, E. Dec. 21. Cells; electrodes.-An accumulator of annular form for use in a miner's lamp has a porcelain or ebonite cell and an ebonite cover B. Fig. 1, with a charging plug, vent holes, and a contact plate T' connected to one of the circular plates. T h e cover may be screwed into the cell or outer metal case C, or held by screws against packing- rings on the cell or case. The other battery plate is connected to the case C. In a modification, Fig. 4, asbestos packing is inserted between the cell and the outer case, and the cover is sealed on the cell, a separate plate B with contactplate T<2> being connected to the terminal T<1> by spring or other contact-pieces.
Patent GB-191007121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Distributor Mechanism of Type Line Casting Machines.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR HENRY
IPC: B41B3/04
Filed: 1910-03-22
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 7121. Walker, A. H., [Mergenthaler Linotype Co.]. March 22. Distributing matrices in multiple - magazine machines. A carrier for the matrix lines is arranged to deliver the matrices to the distributing - mechanism of any one magazine. Fig. 3 shows two magazines A, A<1> into which the matrices are delivered from distributing-bars E, E<1> by screws F, F'. The matrices are lifted to the screws from two lift boxes G, G<1>, Fig. 1, in the usual manner, and are brought up to the lift boxes from the lower part of the machine by a carrier H, which is pivoted at h to a camactuated lever I, generally known as the second elevator. A spring h<1> holds the arm H<1> of the carrier against a stop h<2> but allows the carrier to be guided horizontally by a plate L and its flanges l. Fixed stops K arrest the carrier opposite the lift box G of the magazine A. Movable spring- controlled stops M may be operated by a wire m<1> from a handle &c. within reach of the operator, so as to arrest the carrier opposite the lift box G<1>. The line of matrices is moved from the carrier into one or other of the lift boxes by means of two arms o, o<1> carried by a slide O. The parts may be adjusted to cause the delivery of a line to either distributor while a preceding line is being distributed by the other distributor; composition from one magazine may thus take place during the distribution of matrices to the other magazines. Specification 14,582/90 is referred to.
Patent GB-191009603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Protective Apparatus for Alternating Current Distribution Systems.
Inventor: HARLOW GEORGE
IPC: H02H3/30
Filed: 1910-04-20
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 9603. Harlow, G., and Hansen, K. M. Faye-. April 20. Cut-out arrangements.-Relates to the protection of alternating-current sectional feeder systems by means of arrangements of the type in which the responsive coils of the circuitbreakers are connected across equi - potential points of an auxiliary circuit fed by series transformers. The invention consists in choosing an intermediate point of the transformer as one of the equi-potential points for each responsive coil, and making use of resistances so that the equi-potential connexions are not of great length. For a single-phase feeder 1, Fig. 1, the auxiliary circuit 8, 9 contains the secondaries S, 7 of series transformers at opposite ends of the section. One of the trip coils 12 is situated in an equipotential connexion between an intermediate point of the secondary 6 and a resistance 10 ; the other trip-coil is connected in like manner between the secondary 7 and a resistance 11. Both trip coils are excited in the event of a fault. For a similarly-arranged three-phase system, the auxiliary circuit contains six series transformers and three pairs of equi-potential connexions, three star-connected tripping-coils being provided at each end. In systems where one conductor out of three is earthed, the two remaining conductors are protected by an auxiliary circuit containing two pairs of crossconnected series transformers and one trip-coil at each end. To reduce the impedance in the trip-coil circuits, the auxiliary circuit is arranged as shown in Fig. 4, with resistances 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, and two pairs of trip-coils 38, 39. In another arrangement for the same purpose, only one pair of trip-coils is employed.
Patent GB-191012231-A (GB)
Title: Improved Change Speed Gear.
Inventor: DAMAIZIN FREDERIC JEAN-BAPTIST
IPC: F16H3/16
Filed: 1910-05-18
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 12,231. Damaizin, F. J.-B., and Pujos, J. May 18. [Addition to 12,230/10.] Variable speed and reversing gearing.-Relates to improvements in the gear described in the parent Specification, which comprises a double gear and clutch element such as E, Fig. 4, sliding on feathers e on a driving-shaft A and a gear and clutch element I loose upon a countershaft C and always in mesh with the element E. One improvement consists in making the pinion K, for reversing, slidable into mesh, when required, with a gear D on the driven shaft B. The companion reversing-idler M is provided with a flange m, and the arrangement is such that, when the element I is thrust to the left, it meshes with the idler M, strikes the flange m, and then carries the pinion K onwards into mesh with the gear D. Reversed driving then takes place. Another improvement consists in making the element E in two parts of different diameters, as shown in Fig. 1, the parts meshing with two gear and clutch elements I, I<1>, which are separately loosely rotatable upon, and slidable longitudinally together upon, the shaft C. This makes it possible to obtain a fourth forward speed. Idlers K, M, for reversing, may be advanced into mesh with the gears D, I<1>, respectively.
Patent GB-191021556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing Rings for Pistons and the like.
Inventor: CHADWICK WATKIN
IPC: F16J9/04
Filed: 1910-09-16
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 21,556. Chadwick, W. Sept. 16. Piston packing. -A helical packing - ring a is formed from metal of rectangular section with tapered ends a', and is secured by a ring b<2>, preferably leaving a slight space between adjacent convolutions.
Patent GB-191022616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Control Devices for Steam Engines.
Inventor: WIGHAM JOHN
IPC: B63H25/32
Filed: 1910-09-29
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 22,616. Wigham, J., and Wigham, J. R., [trading as Wigham & Son, J.]. Sept. 29. Economizer valve gear. - Relates to gear for the economizer or stop valves of steamsteering, winding, and other engines having economizer valves in addition to the ordinary reversing-valves. In the arrangement shown, the economizer valve 12 is normally closed by steam admitted above the piston 22 through the pipe 24. When the operator turns the shaft 16, the bevel-wheels 15, 14 turn the shaft 6, which simultaneously moves longitudinally on account of a screwed part 13 turning in the worm wheel 5 of the ordinary hunting-gear. The shaft carries a yoke 9 having a V-shaped slot 10 in which works a roller 11 on one end of a lever 30 connected at the other end to the rod 18 of the valve 24, which, as the shaft moves longitudinally, is moved downwards to allow the steam to flow under the piston 22 and so to open the valve 12. The V-shaped slot and roller may be replaced by a cam or a link device so arranged that steam is cut off from the engine when the longitudinally-movable control member returns approximately to mid-position, as in the arrangement shown.
Patent GB-191025212-A (GB)
Title: A Gauge for use by Cricket Umpires and the like.
Inventor: KAYE JIM WAINWRIGHT
IPC: G01B3/16
Filed: 1910-10-31
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 25,212. Kaye, J. W., and Walmsley, H. Oct. 31. Linear-dimension gauges for use by cricket umpires &c. to check the width of the wickets and the bat, and the size of the ball, comprise two arms A, A' pivoted on a central pivot P adapted to be secured by a wing-nut N and arranged so that a pin on one arm engages the other arm when an edge of each of the arms is in alinement. To the free ends of the arms A, A' are pivoted two curved arms D, D<1>, which are held in their extended position by pins or stops G<1> thereon engaging grooves in the ends of the arms A, A'. The arms D, D' in this position form, between the surfaces D<2>, a gauge for the bat, and, between the surfaces D<4>, a gauge for the width of the wickets. The position of the middle wicket is indicated bv the pointer O. To gauge the size of a ball, the arms are folded as shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the arms D, D<1> overlap until they engage stops S or until the tips D<3> touch one another. This latter position applies to the case in which a wet or swollen ball is to be measured. The arms may be further folded to enable the device to be readily carried.
Patent GB-191101072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hydraulic Power Transmission Mechanism.
IPC: F16H39/14
Filed: 1910-08-30
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 1072. Soc. Anon. des Automobiles Delaunay - Belleville. Aug. 30, 1910, [Convention date]. Speed-varying mechanism.-In apparatus in which a driving and a driven shaft are arranged to be coupled at will either directly by a clutch or by a change-speed hydraulic power - transmission apparatus, these shafts are arranged parallel to the shafts of the hydraulic apparatus. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the driving-shaft 7 may be coupled directly by the clutch members 3, 4 to the driven shaft 12 or indirectly at a variable speed by the gearing 8, 9, pump A, motor B, gearing 10, 11, and clutch members 1, 2. The wheel 8 is here shown keyed to its shaft, but it may be loose and clutched thereto. The clutch sleeves may be worked in various ways, such as by a pinion and racks or by an oscillating plate carrying pins working clutch levers, or by right and left handed screws working clutch levers.
Patent GB-191101352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Glazed Structures.
Inventor: PAYNE JOHN ARMSTRONG
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1911-01-18
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 1352. Payne, J. A. Jan. 18. Glazing. - Wooden sash bars d are of less width than the upper faces of structural iron longitudinal bearers b and are secured by bolts and nuts, or screws. The under sides of the wooden sash bars may be inclined outwards and upwards, and the parts of the bars in contact with the iron bearers, may be recessed. The glass is secured by nails or wooden capping-bars.