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Patent GB-190819905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Separating and Feeding Sheets of Paper or the like from a Pile.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-09-22
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 19,905. Lake, W. E., [Wright, R. H.]. Sept. 22. Feeding sheets.-Relates to apparatus for feeding sheets of paper from a pile of the kind in which the sheet is fed by a feeder projected through a slotted support, and intermittently operated piercers hold back the remaining sheets. The pile is placed in a hopper 1 and is supported on bars 37, between which project pads 2 of sponge, rubber or the like into contact with the bottom sheet. The pads 2 slide in guides in a frame held down by springs 43, 49 on sliding rods 47, and elevated at. intervals to press the pads against the pile by a cam 54 on the main shaft which engages a bowl 53 on the frame. The feeding of more than one sheet is prevented by two or more needles 22 which are alternately forced into the pile by springs 19 at periods determined by cams 66 on the shaft 11. Stops 65 limit the motion of the needles 22. After the frame supporting the pads 2 has been raised by the cam 54, the pads are projected forwards by a crank disk 6 and rod 5, tearing the bottom sheet away from the needle 22 and feeding it between feedrollers 28, 36 recessed to accommodate the front end of the feed-pads 2. The slide is then lowered by the springs 43, 49, allowing the upper roller 28 to descend on to the lower roll 36 and feed off the sheet, and the pads 2 to return out of contact with the pile. The upper roll 28 is mounted in slotted bearings and is depressed by adjustable springs.
Patent GB-190820718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Frictional Blocks such as Brake Blocks, Electrical Collector Slippers and the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM
Filed: 1909-09-15
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 20,718. Taylor, W. Sept. 15, 1909. Brakes.-In order to produce cast-iron brake blocks with a desired depth of chill, a definite mixture of pig-irons is employed, and chills of definite thickness and at definite temperature are placed at such places in the mould that the molten iron comes into contact with them instantly. Mixtures of Garthsherry, Birchalls, and White Spinkle Pig with a small proportion of lead-ore limestone twice melted together may be used, and plain convex irons for chilling the entire face of the block or diamond or other shaped pieces embedded in sand are arranged at the bottom of the mould and are preferably at the temperature of the foundry. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 2531, A.D. 1878, and No. 501, A.D. 1886, [Abridgment Class Metals, Cutting &c.].]
Patent GB-190905604-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of, and Means for, Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion, and the Reverse.
Inventor: DIXON ALFRED CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F16H19/04
Filed: 1909-03-08
Granted: 1910-03-08
Abstract: 5604. Dixon, A. C. March 8. Toothed gearing.-To drive a shaft from the piston of a steam or other engine, or for converting reciprocating into continuous rotary motion, or vice versa, generally, a pair of wheels b, g, having teeth a r o u n d approximately half of their peripheries, m e s h alternately with a reciprocating rack a, and are mounted on shafts c, f intergeared to rotate always in opposite directions. To bring the elements smoothly into gear at each change of stroke, the rack is formed with a pivoted tooth h near each end normally held by a spring m against an abutment l, and also with retractable teeth h<1> formed on arms i which are pivoted at k to the rack frame and are normally held by springs o against abutments n. The retractable teeth h' are provided with arms h<2> adapted to co-operate with inclined lugs b<1>, g<11> on the wheels b, g adjacent to the correlative end cogs z, so that at each change of stroke one of the inclined lugs, as g<11> on the wheel g, raises the retractable tooth, while the opposite end tooth as z<1> on the other wheel b, slips past the spring- pivoted tooth h.
Patent GB-190907993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Electrical Switches.
Inventor: LUNDBERG ANDREAS PETER
IPC: H01H9/54
Filed: 1909-04-03
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 7993. Lundberg, A. P., Lundberg, G. C., and Lundberg, P. A. April 3. [Addition to 6899/07.] Switches, quick-action.- To enable t u m b l e r switches of the three-way three-position type described in the parent Specification, which are adapted for controlling a circuit from two points to be used for the control of a circuit from more than two points, an intermediate tumbler switch is employed in conjunction with two of the switches described in the parent Specification. The intermediate switch has a contact-arm having three sets of six contacts co - operating with six fixed contacts mounted on the switch base and suitably connected up with one another, and with the contacts of the main switch. The six fixed contacts 1 ... 6 are mounted upon the switch base 7, and are engaged by contacts upon the movable arm 8. Upon each side of the arm are mounted, opposite each other, studs 15 ... 20 on one side and 21 ... 26 on the other side, and upon the f a c e six contacts 27 ... 32 with their centres in the same radial planes as the centres of each pair of side contacts. The studs are inter-connected as shown in Fig. 2. The fixed contact 1, which is connected to the terminal 1<a>, and the contact 4 co-operate with the studs 15 .. 20 ; while the contact 6, connected to the terminal 6<a>, and the contact 3 co-operate with contacts 21 ... 26. Contacts 2, 5, connected to terminals 2<a>, 5<a>, co-operate with the middle studs 27 ... 32. Figs. 3, 4, and 5, in which 10 ... 14 are the five contacts of the switch described in the parent Specification, indicate the connexions which, in the three positions of the intermediate switch, may be made in conjunction with two of the aforementioned switches.
Patent GB-190909368-A (GB)
Title: New Colour Screens for Detecting Potassium (in Analytical Chemistry).
Inventor: BARRON JOHN HALL
IPC: G01N21/72
Filed: 1909-04-20
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 9368. Barron, J. H., [Moir, J.]. April 20. Colour screens for detecting potassium are coloured with pairs of dyes so that only the extreme red of the spectrum, that is, the A-B portion, is transmitted, and the light from sodium, lithium, strontium, &c. is cut off. The dyes are taken by a film of gelatine cemented between glass plates. Suitable pairs of dyes are methylene blue and methyl orange, aniline blue and any red dye, malachite green and any red or orange dye, and methyl violet and picric acid or similar yellow dye.
Patent GB-190910815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: CLARK ALLAN
Filed: 1909-05-07
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 10,815. Clark, A. May 7. Fixed - abutment type; balancing moving parts.-Relates to the fixed-abutment type of rotary engine provided with a balanced piston drum. A casing a is divided into two working chambers g, h by a slotted drum d running in grooves provided in the end covers of the casing, and fluid is admitted and discharged through ports f, i, which are connected through passages in the hollow shaft j and rotor b with the opposite perforated faces of the piston vane c carried by the rotor b. The shaft may be solid, and the inlet and outlet passages may be formed wholly in the rotor b and vane c. Spring- pressed packing - strips may be provided. A slide valve may be employed to reverse the functions of the ports f, i. To balance the vane c, the rotor b is made proportionately heavier on the side opposite the vane.
Patent GB-190912889-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in File Cutting Machines.
Inventor: FOMM RUDOLPH
IPC: B23D73/00
Filed: 1909-06-01
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 12,889. Fomm, R. June 1. Files.-In a file-cutting machine, the blank is fed by a gear-wheel having irregularly-spaced teeth, so that the first course is irregular. The shaft a, which carries a pinion engaging a spur-wheel for operating the work slide, carries at its other end a ratchet-wheel d having nine teeth on one half and ten on the other half. It is intermittently rotated by a rod g, a plate f, and a spring pawl e. A handrotated shaft k operates mutilated gear i, h, so as to move a flange m to raise the pawl e out of gear. The wheel d may be replaced by wheels having any desired irregular spacing of the teeth.
Patent GB-190914442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Luggage Carriers for Cycles.
Inventor: ASHBY FRANK
IPC: B62J7/00
Filed: 1909-06-21
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 14,442. Ashby, F. June 21. Luggage-carriers comprise a fixed base-frame or tray, to which are hinged folding or collapsible end or front members for preventing the displacement of a basket or the like, the members having inwardly-projecting parts or turned-in extremities to engage the corners of the basket. As shown in Figs. 1 and 6, end members f have turned-in parts f<1>, by which they are pivoted at g, g<1> to the base-frame a, fly-nuts h being provided on the screw-threaded pivots g<1> so that the ends may be fixed in their upright position, and stops f<3> being furnished to prevent the ends from being turned beyond the vertical. Instead of being in the form of flaps or plates, the ends may comprise open frames with turned-in extremities ; or rightangle sectioned uprights may be hinged to the four corners of the base-frame. Hinged flaps may, moreover, be arranged along the front and back edges of the base, or along the front only, in lieu of at the ends. The carrier may be clipped or brazed to the machine.
Patent GB-190921224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescence Vapour Lamps.
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1908-09-30
Granted: 1909-11-01
Abstract: 21,224. Kitson Empire Lighting Co., and Stephens, R. H. Sept. 30, 1908. Incandescent vapour burners.-In means for cleaning the outlet orifice 3 of an horizontal or inclined vaporizer 1, of the type in which a cleaning-needle 41 carried by a bell-crank lever 42, is adapted to be rotated about pivots 47 until the needle is opposite the vapour outlet, and then be given a motion of translation until the needle passes into the outlet, the pivot 47 is normally held in position by springs 48, and is guided in its downward movement by abutments on either side of the pivot. On pulling down the operating-lever 52, a projection 54 engages the short arm 55 of the bell-crank lever, and causes its rotation. This motion is arrested by an adjustable screw 56, in the position shown in Fig. 2. Further movement of the lever 52 depresses the bell-crank lever bodily, the pivots 47 descending in the slots 59 against the action of the springs, and the guiding- pin 45 entering the hole 46 in the solid end of the vaporizer. The pin 45 and needle 41 are carried by separate parts of the double lever arm 43, their distance apart being regulated by a screw 57
Patent GB-190922131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double-trees.
Inventor: FRINK GEORGE MONROE
IPC: B62C5/04
Filed: 1909-09-28
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 22,131. Frink, G. M. Sept. 28. Whipple-trees. - The single-trees B, Care secured by eyes 8, 9 at the end of levers 2, 3 turning on a pivot pin 4 on the pole, and connected to the ends of a leaf spring or other tension device 10, preferably by pins 11, 12 passing through boxes 13, 14. The spring 10 is secured in a holder G, which is fastened to the pole by a bolt 17, and by the bolt 4 passing through the tongue 5. The movement of the levers 2, 3 is limited by connexions 6, 7 to the vehicle.
Patent GB-190922384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Compounds of Antimony.
Inventor: WETTER JASPER
IPC: C01G30/00
Filed: 1909-10-01
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 22,384. Wetter, J., [Vogel, M. B., (Firm of)]. Oct. 1. Antimony acetates and sulphites; double salts.- Compounds of antimony oxide with sulphurous or acetic acid, which readily give up antimony oxide to fibres, are obtained by reacting upon antimony fluoride with sulphites or acetates, or by treating antimony oxide with sulphurous or acetic acid in the presence of an alkali fluoride. The products are double compounds of antimony sulphite or acetate and alkali fluoride. In the examples, sodium fluoride is stirred with water, fresbly-precipitated antimony oxide is added, and sulphurous acid is then added until solution takes place ; or antimony oxide is dissolved in hydrofluoric acid and a solution of sodium sulphite acidulated with sulphurous acid is added ; or the dry salt 8 SbF3. 2 NH4F. is mixed with sodium sulphite and sodium bisulphite, the resulting powder giving a clear solution with water.
Patent GB-191005970-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Washing Coal.
Inventor: DODDS JOSEPH
IPC: B03B5/10
Filed: 1910-03-10
Granted: 1911-03-20
Abstract: 5970. Dodds, J. March 10. Washing-apparatus with screens.-An apparatus for washing coal particularly for use in conjunction with the apparatus described in Specification 29,639/09, comprises a circular vessel containing a rotating perforated table to the underside of which water is supplied, and means for discharging the coal and dirt. Coal is fed on to a perforated table 2 which rotates in a tank 1 and is provided on its underside with inclined radial blades 3 for agitating the water. Water is supplied under pressure by a pipe 4. An inwardly-projecting sweep 5 is attached to the wall of a vessel 1 and causes the dirt to pass to an opening 6 from which it is removed through a rotary valve 11. The lighter coal is removed to a shoot 10 by a partly perforated sweep 8 and an inclined perforated plate 9. The cover 14 is provided with rows of depending pins 15 arranged in staggered series, serving to retard the rotary motion of the coal and allow time for sufficient washing.
Patent GB-191008140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Cleaning of Grain, Seeds and the like.
Inventor: HELEY ERNEST FREESTONE
IPC: B07B13/16
Filed: 1910-04-04
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 8140. Heley, E. F. April 4. Feeding-devices for granular and like materials.-In apparatus for cleaning grain, seeds, &c., the hopper which delivers the grain &c. on to the screens or cleaning or separating apparatus is arranged so that the grain having been inserted in the hopper and the flow started, the flow continues until the hopper is empty, whereupon the hopper automatically closes. The hopper A, Fig. 1, is rectangular in section with a sloping bottom A', and is secured to a platform or in a floor B by means of lugs B<1>. A pivoted flap D at the bottom of the hopper carries an extension D<2> with an adjustable weight D', and is operated from the delivery end of the screens by means of a cord E<3> which releases a spring - pressed arm E having a roller E<1> engaging a projection D<4> on the arm D<2>. When the hopper is empty, the flap D rises and the spring E<2> draws the arm E in until it engages the projection D<4> and locks the flap in the closed position. The hopper is provided with a coarse screen A<3>, and a shoot below the hopper is fitted with a regulating-slide. A hopper with two or more compartments may be used, so that while one is emptying another can be filled. The compartments A<6>, Fig. 3, are provided with two balanced flaps A<7>, fixed on a rocking bar K, Fig. 4, carrying a notched quadrant K<2> with which a spring detent L operated by means of a cord E<3> engages.
Patent GB-191008562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wind Motors and to the Propulsion of Navigating Vessels by Wind Power.
Inventor: BAUDER FEDERICO
IPC: F03D3/06
Filed: 1910-04-08
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 8562. Bauder, F., and MÚndez, L. M. April 8. Current motors; reversing. -In a reversible wind-motor sails d are employed, the lower edge of each being secured to a yard f and the upper edge to a spar a which lies in a vertical plane at right-angles to the plane containing the yard f. The sail is thus bent along a diagonal c. The spars a are supported by ropes j, k running in pulleys in yards h. The yards f, h are secured by screwing or hinging to collars m, m<1> on the power shaft g, and the operating-ropes j, k pass over pulleys in these collars to winches J<1>, K<1>, which may be worked together or independently. To reverse the direction of rotation, the spar a is swung through two rightangles, whereupon it is supported by the yard h<2>, the other spars being similarly displaced simultaneously. The vertical edge b of each sail is looped to a vertical rope b'. The bend c may be strengthened by a sewn-in rope. The inner end of each spar a is supported by a halyarding-rope i, which passes to a winch I<1>. The four ropes of each set i, j, k are preferably combined into a single rope before reaching their respective winches. The sails may be made of light metal sheets hinged at c. Thrust bearings o, o<1> and a step bearing are provided. The motors may be employed on aeroplanes, dirigible balloons, or ships. In the application to ships, two masts g, each carrying two motors, are geared to the propeller shaft. Suitable supports are arranged for the masts. The motors may drive a dynamo which generates current to be stored for driving when the wind is light, or they may be used as auxiliary motors.
Patent GB-191010040-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sheep Shearing Machine.
Inventor: MASSEY GEORGE
IPC: B26B19/24
Filed: 1910-04-25
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 10,040. Massey, G. April 25. Horse clippers and the like.-Relates to clippers of the kind in which the reciprocating lever C is driven by a crank upon a rotary shaft, and consists in introducing a second lever B between the crank A<2> and the lever C with a view to balancing the moving parts. Speci f ication 16,195/90 is referred to.
Patent GB-191010817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wireless Signalling.
Inventor: FESSENDEN REGINALD AUBREY
IPC: H01Q1/34
Filed: 1910-05-02
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 10,817. Fessenden, R. A. July 19, 1909, [Convention date]. Wireless telegraphy. - To prevent loss of energy of the oscillations when the conductors pass near masses of metal, the conductors are enclosed at this point in a sheath of conducting- material. When the receiving and transmitting apparatus are placed below the deck of a ship, as in the Figure, the tube 20 encloses the conductor 18 at the point where it passes through the iron deck. The sheath is preferably of copper or silicon bronze, and may have slots 29. The switch 26 may connect the sheath to the outer sheathing of the vessel, and the sheath may be connected to the instruments by the switch 24.
Patent GB-191014802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feeding Devices for Liquids.
Inventor: ROSENSTOCK MORRIS BENJAMIN
IPC: A61L9/12
Filed: 1910-06-20
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 14,802. Rosenstock, M. B. June 20. Drop apparatus. - A device for feeding liquids drop by drop, such as disinfectants or germicides, applicable also for feeding lubricating - oil, comprises a glass bottleshaped vessel a, Fig. 5, fitted with a dropping- stopper consisting of a tapered pin d<2>, Fig. 6, occupying a tapered hole c<4> in a plug c inserted in a cork or rubber stopper b. The bottle a is rectangular or polygonal, and contains a wooden float f similarly shaped. A metal sleeve f<1> in the float is crimped at f<3> to engage a twisted strip e secured to the threaded stem d of the stopper, and, when the liquid level and the float descend, the float, being unable to rotate in the bottle, turns the strip e, raising the pin d<2> to increase the size of the outlet, thus providing a uniform flow. The screw d<1> is flattened on the side d<3> to enable the liquid to descend. In a modification, the screw d<1> is placed at the upper end of the strip e and engages a nut in a cap placed over the upper end of the bottle a. Fig. 1 shows the bottle supported in a sheetmetal casing comprising a back i for attachment to a support, a shelf l with a hole l<1> to receive the neck of the bottle, a semi-circular front o, and a hinged lid p secured by a catch p<2> Two spring clips m fixed to the back i support the sides of the bottle. A pan q, supported on a shelf k may contain an aromatic substance to impart an odour to the liquid from the bottle, which drips into an inner chamber q<2> and through an outlet q<3>. A yielding plate p may be provided on the cover p to press on the upper part of the bottle a.
Patent GB-191017605-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Cutting or Perforating Metals, such as Iron or Substances containing the same.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: E21B7/14
Filed: 1910-07-25
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 17,605. Boult, A. J., [C÷ln-M³sener Bergwerks Akt.-Verein]. July 25. Perforating or dividing by fusion. - To facilitate the process, metal is supplied at the point of fusion, the metal having the property of maintaining the molten state by combustion with the oxygen. This is specially applicable to forming holes in cold pig-iron, the metal being provided in the form of an iron pipe through which the oxygen passes, and the pipe being fed inwards as perforating proceeds. The invention is applicable to the formation of the blasting- holes required for the removal of deposits from furnaces &c., the inner end of the hole being preferably enlarged to a cavity by feeding the burning pipe in very slowly.
Patent GB-191021541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keel Blocks particularly for use in Launching Ships.
Inventor: MELVILLE ALEXANDER
IPC: B63C5/04
Filed: 1910-09-16
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 21,541. Melville, A., and Dundas, K. Sept. 16. Keel-blocks are made of reinforced concrete. In one form, rods A, Figs. 3 and 4, and straps B are embedded in the concrete, cavities E being left to secure lightness. In other forms, the cavities may extend only partly through the block, or may be longitudinal, nearly meeting at the centre. Wooden blocks F for the insertion of dog spikes to facilitate handling &c. may be employed.
Patent GB-191021561-A (GB)
Title: Cheese and Butter Cutter.
Inventor: MOSES GEORGE
IPC: A01J19/00
Filed: 1910-09-16
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 21,561. Moses, G. Sept. 16. Butter and cheese cutters.- In butter and like cutters of the type - comprising a cutting-wire secured to a handle at each end, the handles are in the form of flat bars A, each formed with a central feathered aperture and spannerlike apertures D in the ends. Each end of the wire E is passed through a transverse hole in a feathered screwed bolt B fitting into the central aperture, and is clamped against the bar A by a nut C operated by the spanner hole D in the other handle.
Patent GB-191021581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Bearings.
Inventor: SAY JAMES
IPC: F16C25/06
Filed: 1910-09-16
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 21,581. Say, J. Sept. 16. Ball bearings.-In a bearing for lathe spindles, boring or drilling machine heads, vehicle wheels, shafts &c., of the kind in which balls run between an outer hardened cylindrical sleeve C<1> and inclined surfaces on inner rings D<1> sliding on the shaft or axle, a cage b is provided for each set of balls. The bearing is adjusted by nuts d<1>, d<2>, which may also adjust a ball thrust bearing d<4>.