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Patent GB-190703532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bottle-capping Machines.
Filed: 1907-02-12
Granted: 1908-02-12
Abstract: 3532. Lake, H. H., [International Specialities Co.]. Feb. 12. Stoppering -Relates to a bottle-capping machine for use with caps made in two parts, the capapplying head having means for engaging the two separate parts of the cap, and for pressing down and holding in position one part while rotating through a portion of a revolution the other part, to fix the cap to the bottle. The machine has a main operating-spindle 20, supported in brackets and reciprocated by power or hand mechanism. The spindle comprises a sleeve 21 within which is a shaft 22, normally pressed out of the sleeve by a spring 23 of adjustable compression. A pin 27 projecting from the shaft engages a cam slot or groove 28 in the sleeve. A capping-head 30 is supported at the lower end of the shaft 22, a frictional connexion being formed between the capping-head and the shaft by a crown-shaped spring 34, and a cupped plate 37 is mounted in an antifriction cone-bearing in the lower end of the shaft. Spring-controlled pivoted pawls 38, Figs. 3, 6, and 7, support the bottle-cap 40 by engaging the knurled edge of the locking-ring 41. In operation, the main spindle is depressed on to the bottle, the initial movement serving to compress the cap on the bottle mouth. In the continued downward movement of the spindle, the pin 27 engages the inclined part of the slot 28 in the sleeve, and the shaft 22 is rotated with the capping-head 30, the plate 37 remaining stationary. By this means, the cap is held firmly while the locking-ring is rotated through the pawls 38. If an unusual resistance to the rotation occurs, the crown spring will slip over the capping-head and so prevent breaking. Modifications of the apparatus for rotating the shaft 22 are described. In one form, a cam-plate 65, Figs. 8 and 9, works through a slot 63 in a spring-controlled rack-bar 61, and engages a roller 64. When the inclined part 67 of the bar engages the roller, the rack is moved and rotates a spur-wheel 60 splined to the shaft 22. In another form, a vertically movable rack 70 is rigidly fixed to the sleeve 21 and engages a spurwheel 71 mounted on a shaft 72 in the frame, which also carries a loose bevel wheel 73 which is in mesh with a second bevel 74 splined to the shaft 22. Lugs 76, 77 project from the spur-wheel 71 and bevel 73 respectively. When the cap has been sufficiently compressed, the lugs 76, 77 engage and lock the spur and bevel gears, thereby rotating the shaft.
Patent GB-190704139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Fastenings for Gloves.
Inventor: URWICK HENRY
Filed: 1907-02-19
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 4139. Urwick, H. Feb. 19. Glove fastenings; buckles.-In a strap fastening for gloves, the end of the strap attached to a prongless buckle b, Fig. 2, provided with a roller b<1>, has a projecting end c' to form a releasing tab. The free end of the strap c, Fig. 1, has projections c<2> to prevent it from being drawn past a pair of hooks d on the strap. A single strap may be used, or the strap may be in two parts, one end of each part being fixed to the glove.
Patent GB-190705460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bye-pass Gas Valves
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 5460. Evered & Co., and Read, E. T. March 7. Plug cocks.-A by-pass gas valve for gas brackets, chandeliers, &c. is shown in Fig. 2. Gas enters at a<2>, and, after traversing the valve, passes to the burner through a tube a<1>. The tubes a<2>, a<1> communicate with an internally screw-threaded valve chamber d in which a hollow plug or valve e is situated. The hollow plug e forms a continuation of the gas-supply passage c, and is provided with an opening e<1> which in one position of the valve registers with the burner tube a'. In this position, the full supply of gas passes to the burner. By rotating the plug, the gas supply may be cut off, a small pilot-jet being, however, maintained by means of an independent gas-way f. A stop e<3> and a semicircular projection a<3> limit the rotation of the plug. In a modification, the gas-supply tube and the burner tube are in the same straight line, aud the valve plug is at right-angles to both. The pilot tube in this case passes from the burner tube to the hollow plug, instead of to the supply pipe as shown in Fig. 2. In another modification, the form shown in Fig. 2 is adopted, but a groove in the plug is substituted for the pilot tube f. This groove passes round the plug in a vertical plane containing the opening e', so that in all positions of the plug the groove is in communication with the tube a<1>. Instead of being screw-threaded, the plug may be plain, in which case it is kept from lateral movement by means of a spring, or by a shoulder on the plug abutting against a flanged collar on the valve body. The plug is provided with a projection which engages with stops on the flanged collar for limiting the rotation of the plug.
Patent GB-190706770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Producing True Helical Surfaces.
Inventor: HOWDEN JAMES
Filed: 1907-03-21
Granted: 1908-03-23
Abstract: 6770. Howden, J. March 21. Planing and shaping.- Macbines for cutting helical surfaces, such as those on the blades of screw propellers, have radial arms carrying spindles provided with cutting-tools and axially displaced proportionately to the amount of the relative lateral motion between the tool and work, the latter motion being an oscillation about an axis representing that of the propeller shaft. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the work is fixed; an arm A, which carries an electric motor D, rotates a nut to displace the screwed tool spindle G splined against rotation, and through change gearing J, K oscillates the arm by a bevel sector and pinion Q. In a modification, the work-table oscillates and the arm is fixed, and an ordinary open and crossed belt drive is employed. In further modifications, a number of tool spindle arms is provided to machine the several blades of a propeller simultaneously, and the drive may be imparted from the centre or from the end of one arm. More than one tool spindle may be provided on each arm. For planing detachable blades, a circular work standard T, Fig. 12, is flanged at U to receive boss plates V corresponding in number, disposition, and arrangement of fixing-studs, to the faces on the propeller shaft boss, and located by sunken setscrews X and by steady-pins W.
Patent GB-190708743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automobile Vehicles.
Inventor: OPPERMANN CARL TUNSTILL JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 8743. Oppermann, C. T. J. April 15. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to a chain-case for motor-vehicles which enables the tension of the chain to be adjusted without removing the case and acts both as a radius rod and as an abutment for the brake gear. Fig. 1 is a sectional plan of the case and Fig. 2 an elevation. The chain case is made in two parts which are shown jointed together in an horizontal plane ; the joint may, however, be in the vertical plane. The case is supported at its rear end by the fixed axle A and the brake drum D, to which is bolted the chainwheel C. The joint between the case and the drum is made dust-proof by an angular strip d of felt. The brake gear, which is of the expanding-segment type, is mounted on the disk N, to which the inner side of the chain-case is bolted as at n. At its fore end the case is supported on the bracket F carrying the countershaft E. The blocks O, O<1> are halved together about the bracket and slide in an opening P in the chain-case. The adjustment of the chain is effected by the screw Q which is screwed through a boss on the case and forces the sliding blocks against the distant piece Q<1>. The guide-flanges r on the slide blocks may be made sufficiently large to cover the opening P in any position of the blocks, but preferably the plate S is used, which is secured to the blocks and is bossed out to cover the adjusting-screw where it crosses the opening. The contact surfaces of the sliding blocks and the bracket F may be flared at the ends or be made spherical in order to allow of the canting of the rear axle, but, as shown, this is preferably allowed for by flaring the ends of the bearings of the plate N on the rear axle. The slide blocks may alternatively be adjusted by screws on each block bearing against the case or vice versa.
Patent GB-190708834-A (GB)
Title: Improved Knee Guard
Inventor: MUELLER BETTY
Filed: 1907-04-16
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 8834. M³ller [nÚe Ulrichs], B. April 16. Protecting parts liable to friction.- A knee cap, shown in side view in Fig. 2, consists of a trapezoidal piece a of leather or other suitable material ; the hemmed edges b of the slanting sides may contain india-rubber insertions i, to minimize pleating when the guard is fitted. Web or rubber straps c with loops f and buttons g are used to secure it to the leg.
Patent GB-190709658-A (GB)
Title: Tyre with Adjustable Elasticity for the Wheels of any Vehicles.
Inventor: LIAIS LUCIEN
Filed: 1907-04-25
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 9658. Liais, L. July 18, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901], Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.- The tyre 3, described in Specification No. 9561, A.D. 1907, the elasticity of which may be varied by means of a laterally adjustable rim flange 5, is fitted with a smooth or studded tread band 1 secured by its edges 2 in grooves 4 in the rim flanges 5, 6.
Patent GB-190710229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Automatically Indicating Leaks in Ships and to Means for Removing the Leakage Water.
Inventor: BERGSTROEM CHARLES
Filed: 1907-05-02
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 10,229. Bergstrom, C. May 2. Signals, automatic-alarm.-Relates to means for detecting and removing leakages automatically on ships. A float 20 is guided by a rod inside a slotted basket 17 which is held by a cardan suspension. The float on rising presses the contact pieces 24, 25 together, thus closing an electric circuit to give an alarm and start pumps. To prevent entrance of dirty water during cleaning, the slots in the casing 1 are closed by rotating the ring 5.
Patent GB-190718900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: PAULING HARRY
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 18,900. Pauling, H. Aug. 22. Gases, treating electrically. - Diverging electrodes a of large crosssection, up which a heavycurrent arc is blown by a current of gas, are spaced apart so that the current of gas is not obstructed, and are provided with means, such as auxiliary electrodes b, which may be adjustable, for starting the arc. The auxiliary electrodes b may be in the form of flat blades, passing through slots in the main electrodes, and shaped as shown, to facilitate the transference of the arc to the main electrodes a. In modification, the auxiliary electrodes consist of rods of small section inclined to one another.
Patent GB-190721755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to the Replenishment of Filling in Automatic Looms.
Filed: 1907-10-02
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 21,755. British Northrop Loom Co., and Hollins, D. M. Oct. 2. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in, automatically.-In order that filling-replenishing may be delayed until a minimum amount of filling remains on the bobbin &c., each bobbin &c. is provided with elongated recesses b<2>, Fig. 2, or a slot. When the feeler is able to enter a recess b<2> normally covered by the filling, replenishment occurs. To place each bobbin in the shuttle with its recesses b<2> in an horizontal plane in the line of action, grooves b<3> are formed in the bobbin heads, into which extend ribs a<2>, Fig. 1, in the pockets a' of the magazine. The relative angular positions of the groove b<3> and recesses b<2> are determined by the amount of angular movement given to the bobbin after it leaves the magazine, before it is engaged by the jaws in the shuttle. A bevelled or tapered rib or projection f on the stand which supports the magazine may be used to prevent any turning movement of the bobbins by engaging their grooves. The transferrer c may be provided with a rib c' engaging in a groove b<4> in the bobbin head or in a groove formed by the opposing ends of the rings h, or in both, to bring the slots or recesses b<2> positively into an horizontal position. The rings h may be downturned and pointed or roughened at their extremities to prevent them from turning, and they may be formed with a U or V shaped depression for the rib c<1>. A metal shell formed with annular ribs or projections may be substituted for the rings h. According to the Provisional Specification, springs may be provided in connexion with the guide on the stand or with the finger on the transferrer, to permit the parts to yield.
Patent GB-190726982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Windows and the like.
Inventor: WIMBLE FLORENCE ANNIE
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-12-07
Abstract: 26,982. Wimble, F. A. Dec. 6. Windows, cleaning.-Relates to the window-cleaning apparatus described in Specification No. 24,201, A.D. 1902, and consists in employing two cleaning- plates a', a<2> pivotally mounted back to back and provided with interposed springs q. The webbing i is attached at one end to a swivel frame k, and at the other to a bar j which removably engages another swivel frame k<1>. The springs are connected at their centres to the side arms of the frames k, k<1>. The plate a<1> is preferably covered with loofah, and both plates may be provided with elastic bands m for retaining the cleaning-cloths in place. On the top and bottom sashes are placed rounded channel bars s to which are attached wedges for holding firmly loose window frames during the cleaning operation. According to the Provisional Specification, the plates may be connected by a hinge and kept apart by one or more springs.
Patent GB-190728759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Records.
Inventor: EDISON THOMAS ALVA
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 28,759. Edison, T. A. Jan. 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Bituminous, resinous, and fatty plastic compositions. -Record-cylinders for phonographs are formed of a mixture of asphalt, lead stearate, and preferably a resin gum made as follows : 180 kilograms of commercial stearic acid, having about 5 per cent oleic acid and free from uncombined fats and glycerine, is added to 90 kilograms of resin gum, such as copal, kauri, or colophony, and melted at temperatures ranging from 121-205‹ C. When melted, 45 kilograms of litharge are added, forming lead stearate and water, the water being driven off as steam. Hard asphalt, such as gilsonite or Egyptian or Syrian asphalt, is then added in varying quantities, and a temperature of 205‹ C. is maintained until all the products of decomposition are driven off and the material is limpid. The composition is next filtered through layers of muslin, and is then ready for use. Specifications No. 20,767, A.D. 1899, No. 19,903, A.D. 1905, and No. 10,989, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-190802154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Locking Nuts, Screws and the like.
Inventor: FAIRHURST ARTHUR JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-30
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 2154. Fairhurst, A. J. Jan. 30. Locking nuts &c. - A device for locking nuts, screws, &c. comprises a contractible split washer c, Fig. 21, formed with upturned parallel or inclined prongs e to receive a perforated slide d, which when pushed home draws the prongs together and also engages a flat side of the nut b. The washer c grips the bolt a, and its hold may be increased by forming teeth h, Fig. 8, on its inner edge. To render the ring more elastic, the width is reduced at f, or a straight edge may be formed at that side. The prongs e may lie in the plane of the washer, and the slide d may have a projection k, Fig. 8, to engage the bolt when forced home. Figs. 10 and 11 show two modifications for use with a ring c, which requires to be sprung open to be placed on the bolt. The first application of the slide d causes the part l or n to spread apart the prongs e, and when pushed home, the slide forces or allows the washer to contract and grip the bolt. The washer c may be encircled by a suitably slotted washer, which may have an upturned lug to engage a side of the nut, and may be thicker than the washer c so as to release the inner washer from the pressure of the nut. Fig. 20 shows a modification, in which a single washer has a thicker part s on which the nut is seated, and a thinner part t which is connected by a flexible piece u and carries a tooth h to grip the bolt. The prongs e, Fig. 21, may be formed with projections v, w to retain the slide d in the open and locked positions. The washer may be used as a cap applied to the bolt above the nut, and may have an hexagonal flange to engage the side faces of the nut.
Patent GB-190804761-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of a somewhat Insoluble Zinc-salt of Formaldehyde-sulphoxylic-acid.
Inventor: RADEMACHER FERDINAND
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 4761. Rademacher, F. March 2. Formaldehyde-sulphoxylates.-Zincformaldehydesulphoxylate is obtained by the action of zinc dust on formaldehyde alkali bisulphate in presence of a zinc salt, such as the acetate, chloride, or sulphite ; but not the sulphurous or formaldehyde-sulphurous salts or the reduction products thereof.
Patent GB-190805768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Generating Burnt Gases Under Pressure.
Inventor: MOLAS EDOUARD ELIE
Filed: 1908-03-14
Granted: 1909-03-15
Abstract: 5768. Molas, E. E., and Delafon, M. March 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Drawings to Specification. Furnace-gas engines.-The supply of water for cooling the cylinders is regulated by a thermostat situated near the outlet from the combustion chamber of the furnace.
Patent GB-190813039-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tobacco Pipe.
Inventor: DINGLE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 13,039. Dingle, W. H., and Urquhart, J. M. June 18. Tobacco-pipes.-In a tobacco pipe having an enlarged bore and a condensing-body, preferably ball-shaped, supported therein, an intermediate chamber is arranged in a part situated between the mouthpiece and the bowl. The intermediate chamber is formed in a part g which fits into a recess f, and has side openings h. The condensing- body j may be carried by the stem i. A nozzle e extending from the mouthpiece into the intermediate chamber, and a tube c projecting into the enlarged bore, may be provided.
Patent GB-190816208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Current Transformers.
Filed: 1908-07-30
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 16,208. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. July 30. Transformers.-Electric current transformers are constructed as narrow as possible, so that the transformers may be inserted in the leads side by side like safety fuses. For this purpose, the terminals f of the primary winding e are arranged in the plane of the iron a, which is of flat form, and parallel to its longitudinal axis. Cast-iron end plates b, cast with lugs c for the purpose, are fixed to the core a and connected together ; or they may be cast in one piece with the bottom of the casing n. Around the upper limb of the core is first wound the secondary winding, the ends d<1> of which are brought through one of the end plates b and have terminals for connexion with a current meter. The primary consists of a single copper loop e, surrounding the secondary and separated therefrom by insulation. The primary terminals f, provided with binding-screws g, are brought close together, separated by insulation h, and fastened by insulated bolts i with the ends of the primary e, each of which is separated by insulation k from the terminal to which it is not connected. The terminals f extend through porcelain insulators m, radial slots s being cut in the end plates b to hinder the formation of alternating fields. The transformer is surrounded by insulating-material p, and enclosed in a non-magnetic metal casing n. The casing n may be made in two parts, a lower one made in one piece with the bottom plate, which joins the end plates b, and an upper one which surrounds the terminals f and is made of non-magnetic metal. Slots may also be cut in the lower part of the casing. For low current strength, the primary consists of several turns connected with the terminals in a similar manner ; the ends may be so made that separate terminals are not required.
Patent GB-190820606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Implements for Manipulating Resilient Tires.
Inventor: OWENS HENRY MORGAN
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 20,606. Owens, H. M., and Cunning- ham, A. G. Sept. 30. Tyres, pneumatic.-A tyre lever comprises a straight bar, Fig. 5, reduced and formed concave at one end 3, and at the other end 4 bent at an angle and provided with a knob 5. Holes 6, 8 are provided by means of which a hooked lever and an arched lever 7 can be pivotally and adjustably attached. The arched lever carries a pivoted post 11 with a concave end 13, and is formed with a lip 10, notch 28, and shoulder 29, the inner end of the lip being on the continuation of the inner periphery of the arched lever. To remove a tyre from a rim comprising a detachable flange 17, Fig. 1, secured by a split locking-ring 18, the lever is placed as shown so as to push the dange inwards and allow the locking-ring to be removed by means of the hooked lever. The end 4 of the straight bar is placed against the rim and the hooked lever 9 engages the flange to remove it ; the tyre is then removed by placing the end 3 of the straight lever against the rim and engaging the further side of the tyre with the shoulder 29 and lip 10 on the arched lever. To replace the tyre, the lever is arranged as shown in Fig. 1, the end of the straight lever being made to bear on the locking-ring which is thus forced into place. Fig. 11 shows how a tyre is removed from an ordinary clincher rim.
Patent GB-190821560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Production of Cycle Chain Wheels and the like.
Inventor: WILLIAMS EDWARD
Filed: 1908-10-12
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 21,560. Williams, E. Oct. 12. Rolling.-The edge of a circular blank is thickened for making cycle chain-wheels &c. by rolling. The blank b, Fig. 4, is rotatably mounted in a sliding carrier i which is fed towards the grooved roll a, driven through reducing-gearing. The carrier i is operated by a cam m wiping on the roller n, the cam being turned by a hand-wheel and then by a ratchet reciprocated through the desired distance by an arm r adjustably secured in a slot in the disk s which is driven through belt or other gearing p or which in a modification, Fig. 5, is mounted on the shaft of an additional grooved roll a arranged over the first roll a. The feed is limited by some of the ratchet teeth being removed or masked, the exact stroke being determined by adjusting the roller n, on which the cam m wipes, by means of a wedge o. The part of the carrier i holding the work is pivoted at i<1> and may be raised by the handle l.
Patent GB-190823043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Purification of Gas Obtained from the Distillation of Carbonaceous Materials and to the Recovery of By-products.
Inventor: WILTON GEORGE
Filed: 1908-10-29
Granted: 1909-12-29
Abstract: 23,043. Wilton, G. Oct. 29. Purifying gas; hydraulic mains.-For the recovery of ammonia in gas manufacture, the virgin liquor from the condenser or other suitable part of the plant is treated with alkali to liberate fixed ammonia, and is then sprayed or otherwise introduced into the hydraulic main or hot gas main, giving up its ammonia to the gas ; this ammonia is subsequently separated from the gas by the usual methods. The ammonia liberated by the alkali is preferably led together with the liquor into contact with the hot gas. After contact with the hot gas, the liquor may be passed through a tar-separator and boiled for the removal of any remaining ammonia, which may be conveyed to the hot gas main.