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Patent GB-190912328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney and Ventilating Shaft Tops.
Inventor: BARKER WILLIAM THOMAS EDWARD
IPC: F23L17/02
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 12,328. Barker, W. T. E., and Rowell, J. B., [trading as Rowell & Co., D.]. May 25. Chimney a n d ventilating - shaft t o p s. - A top having a truncated conical end is fitted with vertical deflectors f or f<1> of curved section secured to the cone along substantially i t s whole length. In the form shown in Fig. 1, there are two or more superposed truncated hollow cones with air spaces between them and apertures b<1> in the enlarged base of the lowermost cone, and the deflectors are secured on the uppermost cone. A cover h is provided, and between it and the top of the uppermost cone are inclined deflectors g. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the deflectors are formed in one with a hollow cone frustum having air passages e in its hollow walls, and the cover and deflectors g are omitted. A third modification is similar to that last described except that the air passages e are dispensed with.
Patent GB-190916440-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Manufacture of Tannin Extracts.
IPC: C14C3/10
Filed: 1909-07-14
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 16,440. Nitritfabrik Akt.-Ges. July 20, 1908, [Convention date]. Materials for treating hides and skins.- Tanning-materials from which aqueous tannic extracts are made are sterilized by being heated to a temperature exceeding 40‹ C. before leaching. The solutions prepared from the sterilized extracts are not liable to decomposition and loss of tannin. Materials suitable for the treatment are myrobalans, gall nuts, divi-divi, algaroba beans, quebracho, catechu, and valonia.
Patent GB-190917215-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mast or Post for Wireless Telegraphy or other Purposes.
Inventor: EISENSTEIN SIMON
IPC: E04H12/10
Filed: 1909-07-23
Granted: 1910-07-25
Abstract: 17,215. Eisenstein, S. July 23. Posts.-Collapsible masts for wireless telegraphy &c. a r e constructed with horizontal members 1, 2, running alternately at right-angles to one another and hinged to shut members 3 as indicated. Tension cables 4 adjusted by tension locks 5 maintain the structure in the upright position.
Patent GB-190921767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladies' Hat Cases.
Inventor: JACOBS JAMES AUGUSTUS
IPC: A45C11/02
Filed: 1909-09-24
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 21,767. Jacobs, J. A. Sept. 24. Fittings, internal. -In a case for ladies'hats,the hats are carried on the sides, bottom, and, if desired, the top of a removable cage or the equivalent, by means of cones f attached to flaps g, which may be hinged to the lower rails d and clip over the upper rails, or which may be detachable and fit in slots in the cage or be attached by means of clips. Frames carrying webbing, with or without cones, may be substituted for the cone-carrying flaps.
Patent GB-190927695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Barrettes or Fastenings for the Hair.
Inventor: BECHTOLD WILLIAM SIMON
IPC: A45D8/24
Filed: 1909-11-27
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 27,695. Bechtold, W. S. Nov. 28, 1908, [Convention date]. Hair fastenings.-Relates to hair-fastenings Secured by a hinged member, and consists in attaching the hinge-piece 12 and hook 13 by means of slotted plates 15 into which the upright piece fits. The two pieces, which are made of sheet material, are in each case cemented together to the back 10.
Patent GB-190929003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Cutting Mechanism of Reaping, Mowing, Harvesting, and the like Machines.
Inventor: HEBDEN JAMES
IPC: A01D34/14
Filed: 1909-12-11
Granted: 1910-12-12
Abstract: 29,003. Hebden, J. Dec. 11. Reaping, mowing, and harvesting machines.- Relates to means for securing knives to the cutter-bar. The knife B is provided with holes b for dowel pins a<1> on the cutter-bar A, and an opening c formed by bevelled lugs d, of which the thickness decreases towards the centre of the opening c. A turn-button d, preferably formed from the piece of metal stamped out of the knife B, is pivoted to a pin fixed to the bar A, and passes through and, when turned, engages the lugs d. The wings of the buttons decrease in thickness outwards, and lies flush with the top of the knife when placed in position.
Patent GB-190929734-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Explosive Fog Signal for use on Railways.
Inventor: JONES FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: B61L5/20
Filed: 1909-12-20
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 29,734. Jones, F. W., and Taite, J. C. Dec. 20. Detonating signals. - Relates to the pencil type of detonator, such as is described in Specification 18,584/05. An igniting-compound is packed in a thimble 2 around a central anvil 3, and the thimble is placed in the end of a tube 1. A charge of gunpowder 6 is then inserted in the tube, being separated from the thimble by a wad of tin-foil. The end of the tube is closed by a wooden plug. Instead of using a thimble, the anvil may be secured in the end of the tubular casing; or, as shown in Fig. 7, a conical recess may be formed in the end of the casing for the reception of the anvil.
Patent GB-190930173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and appertaining to the Drying of Leather.
Inventor: TURNBULL ANDREW
IPC: F26B9/06
Filed: 1909-12-24
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 30,173. Turnbull, A. Dec. 24. Chambers; ; air, supplying, circulating, and exhausting.-A chamber for drying leather is provided with a double ceiling through which air is supplied, a double floor through which it is withdrawn, cooling-devices for freeing the air from moisture, and apparatus for heating it for re-use. The air enters the chamber through openings in the ceiling 5 provided with sliding shutters 6; passing down between the pieces of leather 2, it leaves the chamber by adjustable gratings 7 in the floor and thence by a conduit 11, preferably opening opposite the middle of the floor, to cooling-pipes 8, a fan 13, and heating-pipes 9; it then passes by the trunk 12 to the middle of the space above the ceiling 5.
Patent GB-191001098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gramophones Phonographs and the like.
Inventor: WIGIN ROBERT SMIRTHWAITE
Filed: 1910-01-15
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 1098. Wigin, R. S. Jan. 15. Sound - boxes; stylus mountings. -A sound-box body C of wood has a lining x of wax or metal, and a conical exit I to the tone-arm; also the stylus - holder E has its cross-bar ends c, c pointed, and pivoted in hollowed screws d, provided with lock-nuts f, and carried in brackets e integral with a plate H secured to the sound-box body. A leaf spring F, secured to the stylus-bar by a nut g, has its tension adjusted by screws G passing through the plate H. In one modification, the spring F is turned upwards, and in another modification, there are two springs F, Fig. 7, the tension being adjusted by nuts m, o.
Patent GB-191003106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot and Shoe Polishing Machines.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: A47L23/02
Filed: 1910-02-08
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 3106. Mackenzie, J. W., [Westmoreland Automatic Machine Co.]. Feb. 8. Boots, cleaning and polishing. -Relates to apparatus for cleaning the sides of boots by rotating reciprocating brushes, and to means for applying liquid polish, and is described in connexion with a machine having front or toe-brush mechanism of the kind described in Specification 21,821/07. The brushes 31 are carried by spring- pressed arms pivoted on carriers 23 sliding on rods 19 mounted at each side of the sole-plate 4. Each carrier 23 is reciprocated by a link 24 connected to one arm of a bell-crank lever 25, the other arm of which is connected by a link 27 to a crank mounted on one of the shafts of the gearing for reciprocating the toe-brush. The brushes are rotated from chain gearing 35 driven by a bevel-wheel sliding on a shaft 21 geared to the shaft 7 which rotates the toe brushes. The polish containers 40 are mounted on the carriers 23 and the jets of air for inducing the sprays of polish are derived from a cylinder 47 driven by a crank from the shaft 18 through flexible pipes 42. The valve mechanism and the sprays are controlled and constructed as described in the above-mentioned Specification.
Patent GB-191009790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Rapid Action Steam Hammers more especially intended for use with Tools for Scaling Boiler Tubes.
Inventor: CHEYNE WILLIAM HARDIE
IPC: B21J7/24
Filed: 1910-04-22
Granted: 1911-06-26
Abstract: 9790. Cheyne, W. H., and Mewburn, G. R. April 22. Percussive hand tools.-The cylinder d of a tube-scaling tool, is carried by a casing b, around which is placed a second casing a forming a steam-jacket. The piston is provided with a small front area open to steam pressure supplied through ports d<3> from ports d<2> in a dome d<1> forming the cylinder end. The pistonrod is provided with two enlarged parts e<1>, e<1>** separated by an annular chamber. The part e<1> forms a guide for the piston, and the part e<1>** acts as a valve to control ports b<1> leading to the cylinder-jacket. The cylinder and the casing b are provided with ports d4, d<5>, b<3> in communication with one another. With the piston in the position shown, the steam forces the piston to the right until the ports d<5> are opened, the steam then passes to the inner end of the cylinder and reverses the piston. At or near the end of the forward stroke, the head e<1>** opens the exhaust port b<1>, and the steam passes from the cylinder to the casing, and finally through ports c<1> into the tube to be cleaned where it acts upon the scale.
Patent GB-191016173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Aiding the Hearing.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE WILLIAM
IPC: H04R1/34
Filed: 1910-07-06
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 16,173. Schneider, E. W. Feb. 11, [Convention date]. Couplings.-In order to relieve conductors 14 of strain at binding-posts 13 and prevent ravelling of the outer wrapping where the conductors branch, the cord is clamped or bound by means of a cleat or clip 15.
Patent GB-191023014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expansion Valve Gear for Steam and other Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: MELLING JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1910-10-05
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 23,014. Melling, J. W. Oct. 5 Link-motions and linkage gears.-A singleeccentric admission or expansion valve-gear is provided with a slide block made in two parts c, e, which are relatively adjusted and connected together by a governor-controlled wedge frame d. In the modified form of wedge shown in Fig. 4, the inclined sides q, q<1> fit in bored holes in the parts c, e.
Patent GB-191027175-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Conveying Sheets from Printing Machines and Feeding them to Bronzing Machines.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JOSEPH WILLIAM
IPC: B65H5/02
Filed: 1910-11-22
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 27,175. Robertson, J. W., and Veillard, A. W. A. E. Nov. 22. Feeding sheets. - Printed sheets as received from a printing-machine are fed to a bronzing- machine by means of projections on chains which work in grooved boards or metal plates. As shown, a number of sprocket chains m, fitted with projections 11, move over grooves in boards a, b connected by links d and bolts e and fitted on standards 12. The chains pass over wheels l, and adjustable wheels v, and over wheels on a shaft f driven by a chain-and-ratchet drive from the bronzing-machine A, the ratchet drive permitting an adjustment of the chains so that the front ends of sheets of various sizes may be fed in correct register to the bronzing-machine. The sheets are fed forward only when engaged by the projections 11, but if a sheet is not taken correctly by these projections, it is held back by stops 8. The stops 8 are carried by arms 4 actuated by a cam 2 of adjustable size formed of blocks 17, Fig. 4, with dovetailed projections which are passed through a recess 16 into a groove 15 formed in a block 14 fitted with a detachable cover 13. Screws 18 hold the cam in position. Wheels 10 carried by the arms 4 normally engage a sheet when the arm 4 drops, but if the sheet is not in correct position, these wheels fall into recesses and allow the stops 8 to hold the sheet until the next set of projections 11 is ready to engage it. The sheets finally pass over a table n fitted with a number of curved bars q, which guide the sheets to the grippers of the bronzing-machine.
Patent GB-191027260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: MCLAREN JOHN
IPC: F22G7/10
Filed: 1910-11-23
Granted: 1911-11-16
Abstract: 27,260. McLaren, J., and McLaren, H. Nov. 23. Coiled - tube superheaters.-A superheater consists of one or more pairs of continuous tubular coils, a coil of each pair being a rranged above the other coil, and the coils being so formed that the furnace gases pass in contact with the whole surface of the superheater. The two pairs of coils 1 arranged in the smokebox of a locomotive boiler are connected to branched inlet and outlet pipes 5, 9, and are supported by plates 12, 13 closing the ends of the coils and by tiebars 14. The top of the smoke - box casing carrying the superheater is made removable to facilitate inspection of the superheater. The crosssectional area of the superheater tubes is about half that of the steam-pipe.
Patent GB-191028177-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Magneto-electric Current Generators.
Inventor: JUSTON ARTHUR PAUL
IPC: H02K23/02
Filed: 1910-12-03
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 28,177. Juston, P. A., and B³nzli, R. March 10, [Convention date]. Exciting; magneto-electric machines.-In machines of the type described in Specification 9772/10, shunt and series coils are arranged respectively to oppose and assist the permanent magnetism, being connected to the main or auxiliary brushes. In one arrangement, there are no auxiliary brushes, and the shunt winding is connected across the main brushes, but in the modification shown in Fig. 2, the shunt winding c is connected to a main brush e, and an auxiliary brush i, the position of which is adjustable. Or both the shunt winding c, Fig. 3, and the series winding d may be connected between an auxiliary brush n and either the short-circuited main brushes e, e' or a second auxiliary brush n<1>.
Patent GB-191101268-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hammock.
Inventor: HARTELL WILLIAM
IPC: A45F3/24
Filed: 1911-01-17
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 1268. Hartell, W. Jan. 17. Hammocks.-A detachable hammock net is supported by a folding frame held extended by struts. The sides a of the rectangular base frame, are notched at b to receive the ends of the struts f pivoted to the end frames c, and the transverse members f<1>, c', a<1> may be secured to the frames by fly-nuts. The ends of the hammock net e are attached to round bars g which drop into inclined slots h in the end frames c, as shown in Fig. 5. Over the hammock net, a safety covering-net i, hanging from the support k, is secured by snap hooks j. In the modification shown in Fig. 11, the base frame has double sides a, a, between which the end frames c, c are pivoted, and the bars a' are hinged at a<2> so that the hammock frame may be more completely folded up.
Patent GB-191102387-A (GB)
Title: Device for Handling Plate Glass, Stone and other Substances.
Inventor: FARLEY CYRUS HAMLIN
IPC: B65G49/06
Filed: 1911-01-30
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 2387. Farley, C. H. Jan. 28, 1910, [Convention date]. Load, grasping, releasing, and depositing.- Relates to a device for handling sheets of glass, stone, iron, &c. A series of vacuum heads d, clamped to a bar f, are attached to the glass &c. A, which can then be lifted or handled safely by means of the bar f. The vacuum heads consist of a flexible disk d, Fig. 3, pressed against the glass &c. at its edge by a ring b and drawn up in the centre, so as to produce a vacuum, by a plate c attached to a screw c' working in a frame b<1> fixed to the ring b.
Patent GB-191115640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: WEBSTER JAMES
IPC: B61L21/06
Filed: 1911-07-05
Granted: 1912-06-06
Abstract: 15,640. Webster, J. July 5. Mechanical systems, automatic; track apparatus actuating signals other than on trains.- Semaphore signals H are set and reset by wire or like connexions to levers A, I pivoted in centrally-disposed slots in the rails B, J so as to be depressed by the tread of the train-wheels.
Patent GB-191119249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Grinding Machines and the like.
Inventor: SCOTT ALFRED ANGAS
IPC: B24B5/08
Filed: 1911-08-28
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 19,249. Scott, A. A. Aug 28. Disk and wheel apparatus.-In a grinding &c. machine the spindle carrying the grinding-wheel 7 is rotatably and eccentrically mounted in a rigid sleeve 1 slidably mounted in bearings 2, being normally held therein against rotation but capable of positive angular adjustment. The sleeve 1 carries a sleeve 21, upon which are rotatably mounted two annuli 14, 27; the annulus 14 has an extension 13 embracing a guide-rod 12 and carries a half-nut which may engage a lead-screw 19. The annulus 27 is angularly adjustable with relation to the annulus 14 by means of a screw 31 and may he locked to the sleeve 1 by a screw arm 23 on the sleeve 21. A rapid angular adjustment of the quill is made by rotating the arm 23 and sleeve 21 which is then locked to the annulus 27, a further fine adjustment being made by means of the screw 31. A projection on the arm 13 engages stops 38 to reverse the rotation of the screw 19 and the vertical movement of the sleeve 1 through a reversing-gear 41, 43. The work is mounted on a slowly rotating table 58 with its centre offset from that of the sleeve 1.
Patent GB-191119313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Tell-tale Apparatus for Watchmen and the like.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: G07C1/20
Filed: 1911-08-29
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 19,313. Lake, W. E., [Williams, F.]. Aug. 29. Watchmen, supervision systems for.- An electrical system comprises a central station connected electrically with a number of call stations, the arrangement being such that the watchman cannot operate the recording-mechanism at the central station from the first station until a clock-actuated contact is made, and he must then visit and operate at each station in the prescribed order. A fire - alarm system is combined with the telltale system. The battery B normally maintains a current (a) through the recorder A<1>, contact-arm d, wire E<1>, the call boxes 23, 33, 43, and the return E, and (b) through the fire-bell F<2>, lead F<1>, contact-makers f<2>, f<3> at each station, and a return wire F. In each call-box is a push-rod J, which is normally locked against movement by an armature h<2>. When the arm d at the central station is temporarily forced against an arm d<3> by projections on a clock-driven disk G, the electro-magnet H in the first box is energized and attracts its armature h<2>, which is then held by a spring pawl h<3>. When the watchman pushes the rod J, its collar j<4> engages the pawl h<3> and so releases the armature h<2>. Further, the end of the rod breaks circuit at e<2>, so that the recorder A' is actuated to punch the time dial and the rod e' is forced against the contact arm e<4>. This connexion energizes the magnet H at the next call-box in order to release its push-rod J. The fire-alarm is actuated by pulling out a pin f<6> normally locking an escapement mechanism, which thereupon rotates a toothed wheel f adapted to break contact between the arms f<2>, f<3>. The teeth on the wheel f differ in number and arrangement in the various callboxes, in order that the alarm may indicate the origin of its actuation.
Patent GB-191121440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tyre Carrying Rims for the Wheels of Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: WEBB GEORGE
IPC: B60B25/20
Filed: 1911-09-28
Granted: 1912-04-25
Abstract: 21,440. Webb, G. Sept. 28. Tyre attachments to rims.-The detachable side flange 5 is secured to the fixed rim member 4 by bolts 16 passing through lugs 7 into tapped bushes 9 which are recessed in the felloe 1, Fig. 1, or in the case of a wire-spoked wheel, Fig. 7, are fitted in bosses 17 fixed to the rim part 4. The bush 9 is provided with a flange 10 having a flat 12a, and may be locked laterally by means of a bolt 14 entered from the opposite side of the felloe.
Patent GB-191124121-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Making Tune Sheets for Automatic Musical Instruments Combined with Phonographs.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1911-10-31
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 24,121. Lake, H. W., [Aeolian Co.]. Oct. 31. Combined with phonographs; tune-sheets.- Relates to a method of producing a tune-sheet and a record to be played simultaneously by an automatic musical instrument and a soundreproducing machine respectively. The tunesheet apertures 18 control the valves of a pneumatic motor 17 for driving the phonograph, as described in Specification 14,622/11. To make the record, the motor 10 of a recording-piano or player-piano is started, and the song or instrumental music is recorded upon the record 15. The piano or player-piano is played meanwhile, but is separated from the phonograph by a partition 19, so that the piano music is not recorded. Alternatively, the sounds produced by the piano are damped. The tune thus recorded on the record 15 is then reproduced, the piano or player-piano being simultaneously played upon with its recording- mechanism in operation, so that the tune-sheet 11 is perforated in the desired manner. The tune - sheet and phonograph - record may be formed upon a single sheet.
Patent GB-191125113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stair Rod Eyes.
Inventor: PARKER JOSEPH RICHARD
IPC: A47G27/06
Filed: 1911-11-11
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 25,113. Parker, J. R. Nov. 11. Stair-rod eyes are formed from an elongated blank having on each side two transverse projections 3, the ends of which are turned in while the body is pressed up to form the complete article, as shown in Fig. 1. Piercings 9 in the ears 2 receive the fixing-screws.
Patent GB-191126750-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Drying or Expressing Liquid from Tan Waste and other Plastic Materials.
Inventor: HANSON ROBERT
IPC: B30B9/12
Filed: 1911-11-29
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 26,750. Hanson, R., Edwards, E., and Jones, C. Nov. 29. Pressure filters. - Apparatus for expressing liquid from tan waste, brewers' draff, spent grain, dye-stuffs, and other moist substances to be used for fuel, gas-making, &c., comprises a perforated tapering chamber B through which the material is pressed by a screw-conveyer C, the shaft of which is extended into a second perforated chamber E. Mounted in grooves set at an angle in the extension K are rollers M which further compress the material and feed it forward to a die or nozzle J. The liquid is discharged from the outer chambers H, 0 through the outlet I. The blades of the screw may be perforated and the shaft hollow.
Patent GB-191203598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevated Runways and Carriers for Effecting Conveyance to a Series of Machines or Stations.
Inventor: BEECH HANDEL
IPC: B61B12/02
Filed: 1912-02-13
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 3598. Beech, H. Feb. 13. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Overhead travellers and transporters.-Apparatus for effecting the conveyance of an object to a series of machines or stations comprises a rail h on which runs a carriage formed in two parts d, d<1> provided with rollers and connected by a rod e. Each portion carries a depending hook o, o<1> for carrying the object. Pivoted pawls k, l projecting in opposite directions from the carriage are adapted to engage pairs of stops or pins m, n provided on opposite sides of the rail at each machine or station. When the carriage is moved and the forward pawl k engages its stop m, the other pawl l rides over the stop n and locks the carriage against motion in either direction at any particular machine or station.