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Patent GB-190629254-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Method of and Machines or Apparatus for use in "Scouring" Ceramic-ware.
Inventor: BAILEY CHARLES FREDERICK
Filed: 1906-12-22
Granted: 1907-12-21
Abstract: 29,254. Bailey, C. F., and Wainford, R. H. Dec. 22. Surfacing.- Apparatus for scouring or removing dust &c. from biscuit-fired earthenware articles consists of a series of skeleton carriers g containing the plates, dishes, &c. to be treated, which are slid into a cylinder l, partly filled with silver sand, ' pitcher,' or like material. The cylinder is then rotated to cause the articles to pass through the sand, and also to be cleaned by it under centrifugal action. A. suction fan for withdrawing the dust may be connected with the interior of the cylinder through a hollow trunnion u.
Patent GB-190629545-A (GB)
Title: A Tool for Examining Electric Conductors.
Inventor: SCHEIBLER ALFRED
Filed: 1906-12-28
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 29,545. Scheibler, A. Dec. 28. Current meters; testing. -A device for ascertaining the existence of a destructive electromotive force between two conductors comprises an insulating - handle, and means for holding a fuse and connecting it to the conductors. Two wires 6, Fig. 2, passing through the porcelain or other handle, are connected at one end to nipples 4 and connectors 3, and at the other end to spring plates 7 ; or the connectors 3 may be fixed directly to the spring plates 7. Cups 14, 15 are provided at the ends to protect the hand. In the fuse heads shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the fuse strip 10 is surrounded by soft metal 12.
Patent GB-190629635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bascule Bridges.
Inventor: STRAUSS JOSEPH BAERMAN
Filed: 1906-12-29
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 29,635. Strauss, J. B. Feb. 19, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Bridges.-The main span of a bascule bridge is carried on trunnions B by supporting-posts C having side braces arranged to act in either direction, and comprises main trusses A', the rear ends of which are composed of straight members I and radial members I<1>, and a counterweight F located beneath the roadway floor and pivoted in the trusses on pins F<3>, so arranged that the pins F<3>, trunnions B, and centre of gravity C<1> of the main span are in alinement. The rasing and lowering movement is effected by a motor connected by suitable reducing gears to a wheel J<1> engaging a rack J on the main span. The counterweight is kept horizontal while the span is being moved by a link F<5>. A bumper I<3> stops the span when it has reached its lowest position and holds it in place, the pressure being resisted by members I' which are anchored in any desired manner.
Patent GB-190701951-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Hull of Ships or Vessels.
Inventor: GRANT DANIEL
Filed: 1907-01-25
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 1951. Grant, D. Jan. 25. Drawings to Specification. Armour; plating.-The hulls of ships are constructed of two skins with an interposed metal plate or plates, the whole being secured together by tie-rods. The spaces between the plates are filled in with a metallic &c. cement so that a solid, non-resilient wall is formed, which acts as a protection against torpedoes.
Patent GB-190705075-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Production of Faultless Wax and Tallow Castings.
Inventor: KLAUSER OTTO
Filed: 1907-03-02
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 5075. Klauser, O., [Colonia Apparatebau Ges.]. March 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Casting wax. - In casting wax &c., the moulds are also heated so that the mass does not lose its fluidity in passing from the boiler to the moulds. The moulds are heated in chambers 5 placed in an oil-bath 4, which is enclosed in an air-tight insulated casing 1 and heated bv means of a burner 3. The wax &c. is heated in a boiler 9 placed in a similar oil-bath 7, enclosed in an air-tight casing 2<a> and heated by a burner 3<a>, the heat radiated from this burner serving also to superheat the outlet cock from the boiler 9. To maintain the oil-baths at a constant temperature, they are fitted with condensers 11.
Patent GB-190707115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Knives and Sharpeners.
Inventor: HEISSENBERGER JOHN
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 7115. Heissenberger, J. March 25. Fastenings for knives. In a combined knife and sharpener, the lower handle B, Fig. 2, carrying the detachable sharpener 6, is pivoted to the side plate 9, and has its free end bevelled to engage the bevelled edge 3 of the tip F. The upper handle, carrying a sharpener 4, is itself detachable, and is mounted on the pivot 2 by means of a spring clasp or socket 1. A notch 5 facilitates removal. A lip 13, Fig. 5, on a spring tongue 12 engages a recess in the handle, and a locking-dog 15, pivoted to the side plate, enters a notch 14 in the lip. Fig. 6 shows a handle pivoted centrally at 16 and bevelled at the ends for engagement with the tips. A projection 17 on one of the tips acts as a stop for the handle, and spring tongues 18 lock the handle in the closed position. Specifications No. 11,414, A.D. 1889, No. 16,216, A.D. 1894, and No. 5785, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Cutlery], are referred to. .
Patent GB-190708458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Radiators for Heating, Cooling and similar purposes
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-04-11
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 8458. Boult, A. J., [Soc. Loziano et Finet]. April 11. Heating water; heatingair.-A radiator for motorcar engines, or for heating, cooling, and similar purposes, consists of corrugated m e t a l plates placed ridge to ridge and connected by means of wires threaded through holes b in the ridges of contiguous sheets. The wires, which space the plates apart, are bent over at their ends i, j, to secure the plates together. The whole is dipped in a bath of molten tin to close the spaces h between the ends of the plates. The ridges of the plates may be flattened. Instead of two plates being placed together, a single plate may be folded upon itself to form the air and liquid channels.
Patent GB-190710940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Hoods particularly for Landaulettes and the like.
Filed: 1907-05-10
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 10,940. Hewer, E., and Hewer's Car Bodies, Ltd. May 10. Hoods.-Folding hoods, particularly for use on motor landaulets, are arranged so that the hood, when collapsed, will be carried further back than usual ; means are also applied to prevent the hood from rising when the vehicle is passing over rough ground. The brackets A, Figs. 1 and 2, may be of channel formation, and in the channel lies the pivoted member B to which the arms C, C<2> are attached and pivoted. Preferably the arm C is fixed to the member B, and the arm C<2> is pivoted in the usual manner. The member B is bent backwards at its lower end B<2>, and, being pivoted at D, when the hood is collapsed as shown in Fig. 1, it lies farther back than usual. A tension spring E is horizontally arranged, and is attached at one end to a fixed point F and at the other end through a link to a stud or pin G on the arm member B. These studs pass through slots H in the brackets A. The arrangement is such that the spring lies below the pivot D when the hood is up aud so tends to keep it up and taut. When the hood is lowered, the pin G rises to the top of the slot and the spring then tends to keep the hood in its collapsed position. Specification No. 22,464, A D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190713888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lens Drilling Machines.
Inventor: STUCKEY ALBERT BROOKS
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 13,888. Stuckey, A. B. June 15, Drilling.-A machine for drilling lenses has the drill spindle 33 formed in two sections connected with a universal joint 36. The workholder 20 is mounted on an eccentric stud on a wheel 16 driven by gearing from a shaft 14, which is driven by belt or by a handle 48, wheels 46, 47 driving the drill spindle in the latter case. A pin 27 on the underside of the plate 20, Fig. 3, engages a guide-slot 29 fixed to the base of the machine, thereby preventing rotation of the work-holder. The work is held by pins 21 and a spring-pressed plate 22. As the wheel 16 rotates, the work-holder has an oscillating motion causing the hole to assume the form shown in Fig. 5. The work is then turned over and finished to the form shown in Fig. 6. The drill is fed down to the work by a handlever 39, and a ring 50 prevents the lower section 35 from flying outwards. In a modification, Fig. 4, the drill 'spindle is given a gyratory motion by mounting it in a head 53, Fig. 4, the drill spindle 58 being driven by gearing 60, 59 from the vertical shaft 32, and the head being itself driven by belt or from the shaft 14. In this case, the work-holder is mounted concentrically on the wheel 16.
Patent GB-190715238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjusting Gear for Ordnance.
Inventor: SJOEQUIST NILS
Filed: 1907-07-02
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 15,238. Sj÷quist, N. July 5, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Mountings; sights and methods of sighting.- Relates to combined training and elevating gears by means of which quick-firing guns may be aimed at two ends of a mark in succession and then reciprocated between these ends in correct elevation throughout. On the ordinary training arc g is arranged a sliding piece l provided with an arc P on which is mounted another sliding piece n also provided with a guide-piece o' ; adapted to be moved on this guide-piece o' is a piece p connected to the gun barrel a by means of a pin s. The various adjustments may be made by means of screws, or by hand when such screws are disengaged. The part p is placed at the middle of the piece o<1>, the gun is sighted to that end of the mark which required the highest elevation, and the other end of the mark is then sighted by moving first the piece p along the guide o<1> next the piece n along the arc l<1>, If the part p is then reciprocated along the guide o', the gun reciprocates in correct aim.
Patent GB-190717465-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Drawing Hollow Glass Articles.
Inventor: MILLIRON IRA ARMENIUS
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 17,465. Milliron, I. A. July 30. Drawing.-In drawing glass cylinders, the air for expanding the cylinder and keeping it at the desired diameter is admitted by a pipe 3. which slides through a gland 4 in the bait 1. Some of the air escapes through the annular space between the pipe 3 and the bait 1 and enters a vertical tube 6, having perforations 6<1> throughout its length. The bait 4 and tube 6 are both attached to a carriage 2, which is drawn upwards as the w or k proceeds. The tube 6 slides in a gland 8 at the lower end of a closed tube 7, so that, as the carriage 2 rises, the perforations 6<1> are successively closed and the escape of air from the cylinder 12 is gradually checked. The tube 7 may be raised or lowered so as to vary the rate at which the tube 6 enters it. In a modification, the tube 6 &c. is replaced by an escape valve which is fixed on the carriage 2 and is gradually closed by the action of a rack fixed to the guides g and meshing with a pinion on the valve spindle.
Patent GB-190721982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley-heads or Collectors of Electricity.
Inventor: DREWET JESSE CARR
Filed: 1907-10-05
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 21,982. Drewet, J. C. Oct. 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Electric traction on the overhead - conductor system. Collectors for electricity are provided with two collecting-wheels the axles of which are mounted in separate brackets each able to rotate about a spindle S pivoted to and carried by a flat spring G secured to the trolly pole. The wheels are normally retained in line with the pole by side springs M, which however permit them to follow the curves in the conductor wire. The pivot E is so placed as to cause the wheels, when they leave the conductor, to overbalance and take up the position shown in Fig. 2. This prevents the collector from fouling the overhead equipment. The same result may be obtained by making the leading wheel and its bracket the heavier of the two. The spring G is free to rotate on its support to about 45 degrees on each side of its normal position. The pole head I is split and tapers downwards, and is fitted with a steel ring J which is driven down so as to cause the head to grip the pole.
Patent GB-190723981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Sludging and Cleaning Mill and other Reservoirs.
Inventor: CRYER JOHN MAKANT
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-10-30
Abstract: 23,981. Cryer, J. M., and Holt, C. A. Oct. 30. Dredging.-In a dredging-apparatus for cleaning mill and other reservoirs, a portable pontoon or pontoons E are employed which are adapted to be readily taken to pieces for storage or removal from one reservoir to another. The deck G has a baseplate I with footstep K for the central post J of the crane A carrying a dredging-bucket B. The sludge pump, also located on the deck G, may be provided with flexible suction piping with a rose or nozzle at its end.
Patent GB-190724332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Mounts.
Inventor: MARRYAT HOWARD
Filed: 1907-11-04
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 24,332. Marryat, H. Nov. 4. Photograph and like mounts. - A photograph or memorandum slip mount c is combined with a clip book-marker g.
Patent GB-190727458-A (GB)
Title: Herniary Truss
Inventor: CHRISTODULE GEORGES
Filed: 1907-12-12
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 27,458. Christodule, G. Jan. 24, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Trusses.-The pad a of a truss is attached to the belt e by means of a helical spring d. The spring is fastened to the shackle b on the pad by means of a grooved washer c<1>, Figs. 1 and 3, which engages the end coil of the spring, and by the engagement of the end of the spring with a perforation in the shackle. Similar means are adopted to fasten the spring to the belt, the shackle being in this case replaced by the disk f.
Patent GB-190801203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Telegraphic Transmission of Photographs and the like.
Inventor: WYNDHAM FRANK
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 1203. Wyndham, F. Jan. 18. Telegraphs.-The tones of a photographic film mounted on a cylinder fed forward by a screw are recorded as light, medium, and dark, on a travelling ribbon through the medium of a selenium cell. The record on the ribbon is telegraphed by means of a cypher to the distant station, where impressions of three grades are made on a film mounted on a cylinder similarly fed forward. Figs. 1 and 2 show a sectional elevation and plan of the apparatus at the transmitting station. The photograph is stretched on a transparent barrel B, which is screwed forward. The light from a lamp E passes through the photograph and a small hole H on to a selenium cell I, which is in circuit with a galvanometer L. The galvanometer operates a shutter, which uncovers one or other of holes Q, R, 8, according to the tone of the photograph, and allows light from a lamp T to make a record on a sensitive travelling ribbon V. The record on the ribbon is telegraphed by means of a cypher to the receiving station, where the operation of one of three keys causes a cylinder, carrying a film covered with an opaque substance such as carbon, to be fed forward helically, while a lever actuated by the key removes a large or small portion of the opaque substance in accordance with the tone of the original photograph. Prints are then obtained from this film.
Patent GB-190802374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Appliances for Curling and Setting the Brims of Felt and Silk Hats.
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1909-02-03
Abstract: 2374. Turner, Atherton, & Co., and Turner, A. Feb. 3. Casting.-Appliances for curling and setting the brims of felt and silk hats, more particularly appliances as described in Specification No. 23,511, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Hats &c.], are made by composite casting. The split frame or matrix of the appliance is formed in two parts a', a<2>, Fig. 2, with overlapping joints at the points where the matrix is divided, and is cast directly upon its base b. The matrix is of elastic or ductile metal, such as white metal, and the overlapping insets or fillets c, are of hard metal. The insets may be of suitable section, but are usually of Z-form. The annular neck part b<1>, Fig. 5, of the base is made less deep than previously to receive the matrix cast on to it. In casting the matrix, an impression is taken of the cast iron base and a pattern of the matrix, the base is removed and the two parts of the moulding-box separated. The hard metal insets are then placed in the mould, Fig. 10, the two parts put together, the base inserted and the white metal matrix cast.
Patent GB-190807717-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Drying Oven for Bottles and the like.
Inventor: BRANDES GEORGES
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 7717. Brandes, G. April 7. Drying - stoves.-A drying-oven a for bottles has two superposed compartments with doors h, the upper serving for the reception of a number of drawers and trays c with bottoms of woven wire, while in the lower compartment a small furnace e is provided, and on to the sides of it are boxes f with wovenwire sides g, also for the reception of bottles to be dried. Projecting strips s i upon the doors h form supports whereon the trays may rest when partially withdrawn, thus permitting gradual cooling.
Patent GB-190809887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Washing, Scrubbing, Whitening or similarly Treating Floors, Doorsteps and the like.
Inventor: GEE JAMES EDWIN
Filed: 1908-05-06
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 9887. Gee, J. E., and Gee, E. May 6. Mops and squeegees; mop wringers; buildings &c., cleaning.-In apparatus for washing, scrubbing, cleaning, whitening, or similarly treating floors, doorsteps, &c., of the kind described in Specification No. 12,936, A.D. 1907, provision is made for wringing out the cloth by a movement of the hand in one direction, the reverse movement causing the cloth to resume its operative position without being passed through the wringing-rollers a second time ; arrangement is also made for attaching a brush, piece of hearthstone, squeegee, &c. The cloth or swab is attached to a ring 41, Fig. 1, and is wrung between rollers 3, 14, which are brought together and rotated by means of the toothed sector 18 operated through a lever 20 and link 24 by means of the handle 23. The roller 24 is automatically locked in position by means of a lever 15, which engages a pin 17 and is operated by frictional contact between the sector 18 and the arm 15<a>. The roller is adjustably mounted on a stirrup 5 in bearings 4 and is pressed forwards by a spring 10<1> the pressure of which may be varied by means of a screw 12 operating a forked bellcrank 9 ; the lower arm of this abuts against a washer 10 against which the spring presses. The brush or other attachment is fixed between pointed jaws 28, 33, the latter of which is slidably arranged on a serrated tongue piece 30, Fig. 6, and is connected to a piece 26 provided with a spring portion 31, which is locked in position by means of a camended forked lever 29. The stail is provided with a flat side, the handle being bored to correspond. In a modification, shown in Fig. 11, the roller 14 is fixed in position. The lever 20 is provided with a spring-controlled catch 45 engaging the ratchet 46, which rotates the roller 14 through pinions 47. The roller 3 is also adjustably mounted, the pressure of the spring being varied by means of a wing-nut 38. In a further modification, the front roller 3 is moved into contact with the rear roller 14 by links connected to cranks which are rotated through suitable gear by the rod 20.
Patent GB-190810760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Luminous Electric Radiators.
Filed: 1908-05-18
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 10,760. British Prometheus Co., Cooper, G., and Sharp, F. C. May 18. Heating by electricity.-A radiator has one or two screens D, E formed of a number of small bodies such as beads suspended on wires, fine chains, or threads, placed in front of an incandescent lamp B, so that currents of air are formed by convection, and the glare of the lamp is prevented. Air heated by the lamp passes up through openings a<1>, a<2> and produces a draught between the screens, which is increased by the heating effect of the latter. Two sloping baffle-plates d<1>, e<1> are arranged at the top of the screens. The screens may be drawn back or looped up so as to regulate the amount of air passed through, and may be heated by convection.
Patent GB-190812778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriages for Travelling Ordnance.
Filed: 1908-06-15
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 12,778. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Oct. 3, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Field carriages are rendered stable, when the gun barrel is laterally adjusted, by means of pivoted struts provided with spades and capable of lateral displacement. In the form ' shown in Fig. 2, the struts 0 are pivoted to the carriage at N and are further provided with sleeves o<2> connected by links P to the carriage, bolts o<3> being provided to fix the sleeves in the two extreme positions. The tail proper of the gun carriage may be composed of two parts pivotally connected so as to fold together or be opened out as required.
Patent GB-190814863-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture of Compositions or Mixtures Serving for the Generation of Carbonic Acid.
Inventor: MENTER FRANZ
Filed: 1908-07-13
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 14,863. Menter, F., and Sedlitzky, W.A. July 13. Carbonic acid for baths &c. is prepared from dry mixtures of carbonates or bicarbonates and salts or double salts that are readily hydrolyzed, such as the alums, aluminium sulphate, sulphate of iron, &c.
Patent GB-190815174-A (GB)
Title: Improved Nut Cracking Machine.
Inventor: COHN JACOB
Filed: 1909-02-16
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 15,174. Cohn, J. Feb. 16, 1909. Cracking nuts.-The nuts are fed one by one from a hopper h, and are cracked between the teeth of a revolving wheel e and the inclined corrugated face of an adjustable anvil f<3>. The nuts in the hopper h are kept in motion by stirrers s keyed on a hollow shaft r, which encloses a spring shaft m and is mounted at its upper end in a bridge i, preferably of cruciform shape. Keyed on the shaft mare worm-shaped shovels p carrying rollers p<1>, which sweep over a plate o<4> and push the nuts into orifices therein registering with corresponding orifices in a plate n fixed in the hopper. The plate o' may be rotated by a handle t, and the cracking-wheel e may be provided with blunt-nosed teeth e<1> as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190817501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Handles of Tennis Rackets, Cricket Bats, and the like.
Inventor: IKIN FLORENCE AMELIA
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 17,501. Ikin, F. A. Aug. 20. Rackets; golf; bats, cricket and like.-To form a guide for the hand, the grips of rackets, clubs, bats, &c. are provided with two curved plates A, B as shown. The plates may be made in one piece by connecting them by a strip of metal.
Patent GB-190819511-A (GB)
Title: Process of Treating the Nut of the Bicuyba for Obtaining Industrial Products.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-09-16
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 19,511. Lake, W. E., [Companhia Luz Stearica]. Sept. 16. Fats and fatty oils; fatty acids.-A grease or oil is expressed from the nut of the fruit of the bicuyba tree and is subjected to any of the ordinary saponification and distillation processes for the production of fatty acids suitable for the manufacture of stearin candles.