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Patent GB-190815496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Targets.
Inventor: KAMMAN HUGO
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 15,496. Kamman, H., and Kaszab, A. July 21. Targets.-To prevent bullets from splashing, the faces of targets are formed with a series of wedge-shaped grooves, the side walls 2, 3 of adjacent grooves meeting in a common edge 4. The bases 5 of the grooves are preferably flat so that the bullets will not become jammed in the grooves. Two systems of grooves crossing each other may be formed on the target, so that the face is divided into a number of pyramids which penetrate the bullet and prevent splashing.
Patent GB-190816136-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Insulating Casing or Shield for use by Linemen.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1908-07-29
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 16,136. Harrison, G. E., and Burns, G. Aug. 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Conduits; insulation.-A guard for use by linesmen to be fixed over high-tension lines when such lines are being repaired &c. consists of a flexible insulating-shield 6, of vulcanized rubber strengthened with webbing or fibre, which can be secured to the wire by tapes 7. As shown in Fig. 2 the device is of larger diameter in the middle than at the ends, and flaps may be made on the body 6 to engage on either side of the cross-arms 13 and so prevent longitudinal displacement.
Patent GB-190816533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Bearings.
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 16,533. Vereinigte Dampfturbinen- Ges. Oct. 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Cooling bearings; lubricating.-A shaft-bearing for turbines &c. is cooled by circulating lubricant through passages in the body of the bearing. The upper and lower brasses 2 are formed with external ribs 6, the spaces between which constitute a tortuous passage through which the lubricant passes before reaching the bearing-surfaces. As shown in Fig. 1, the lubricant enters at the passage 8, and after circulating through the lower brass passes to the upper one at the passage 12, eventually reaching an opening 13 leading to grooves 14, 15, 16 in the bearing-surface. The passages in the brasses may be helical. The lubricant escapes at the ends of the brasses into chambers 17, 18, 19 and drains away through a conduit 20. It may be filtered and cooled in order to be used again.
Patent GB-190817744-A (GB)
Title: Means for Adjusting the Position of the Music Sheet in Automatic Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 17,744. Marks, E. C. R., [Simplex Piano Player Co.]. Aug. 24. Automatic instruments.-In an automatic musical instrument, the adjustment of a winding-roller in the longitudinal direction for bringing the tunesheet apertures into alinement with the tracker ducts, is controlled by means of a lever pivoted on the key-bed in proximity to the expression-controlling levers. A plate 16 is connected with a sliding rod 17 mounted in bearings 18 on the tracker box 12, and the rod 17 is connected by a lever 19 to a link 20, provided with a hand-lever 22, which is pivoted on the key-bed 21 in proximity to the expression lever 25. The link 20 is adjustably connected to the link 22 by a screw and nut 24 or the like. When the lever 22 is moved to the left, the motion is transmitted through the link 20, lever 19, rod 17, and plate 16, to the shaft 10 of the winding-roller, which is moved to the left against the action of a spring 14. Specification No. 17,359, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190820886-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stud for Motor-Car or other Tyres.
Inventor: PAYNE CALEB
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 20,886. Payne, C., and Marriott, G. E. S. Oct. 3. Washers.-Detachable non-skid studs h of metal fibre, rubber, &c. for wheel tyres are secured in sockets a, which are attached to the tyre or a tread band thereon, by washers g which bear on flanges on the studs and have bent ears f, which are passed through openings e formed in flanges c on the sockets and engage the flanges when the washers are partly rotated. The washers are prevented from turning after the studs have been fixed by bent-down parts g', which engage in the recesses e. The studs may bear on leather or other washers in the sockets and, when of metal, have projecting shanks j. The recess for the studs in the sockets may be circular, D-shaped or of other form. The washers are split at l and formed with recesses, so that they can be forced open by pliers to remove the studs. In a modification, the ears fare formed on the sockets and engage the washers g.
Patent GB-190825643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Drying of Non-pulverulent Materials.
Inventor: TIEMANN FRITZ
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 25,643. Tiemann, F. March 4, [date applied tor under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Drying peat, bagasse, beetroot, sugar-cane residues, &c.-Non-pulverulent substances containing moisture, such as peat, sugar-cane residue, bagasse, and beet slices, are dried during their fall down a tower or shaft by the passage of horizontal independent currents of gases of temperatures diminishing from the top downwards. In the apparatus shown, the material is fed from a hopper f containing a distributing-conveyer g to the drying-shaft, the sides of which are louvered or perforated and the ends of which are split. The shaft widens towards the bottom and is divided by internal walls into vertical compartments. Adjustable rolls h, h<1>, the speed of which may be regulated, discharge the material on to a conveyer i. Drying-gases are forced by fans p through piping into funnel-shaped boxes k, l, m, n connected to one of the side walls of the shaft, and pass out through a chimney o.
Patent GB-190901311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Railway Signalling and the like Apparatus.
Inventor: DAVIES JOHN
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1909-01-19
Granted: 1910-02-21
Abstract: 1311. Davies, J., and Davies, D. Jan. 19. Mechanical systems, automatic and non - automatic ; track apparatus for stopping trains and actuating signals on trains and other than on trains ; miniature signals ; audible signals.- The throttle valve and bells and miniature signals on the locomotive are operated mechanically by the contact of pivoted levers with laterally-sliding track contacts. Electric lamps in the cabin indicate when track ramps are in 'danger' position and when a train is standing over the ramp. A bell is rung mechanically when a train reaches the 'home' signal ramp. The treadles are replaced by the signalman or automatically when the train passes a supplementary treadle. The train carries two pairs of pivoted levers a, a', which engage the track obstacles 1, 2, according to their position on the track. The ramp 1 lifts the levers on the engine to greater extent than the ramp 2. When the ramps are in clear position, the lever a, acting through suitable connexions rocks the shaft B on the engine and by means of a crank engaging the slotted link n and lifting the sector s<3> to position in front of a slight opening. At the 'home' signal the lever a is lifted further so as to expose the sector s<4>. At each ramp, a rack-driven bell t on the engine is sounded by the movement of the shaft B, and at the ramp 1, the lever 9, pivoted to the ramp, is depressed, and a bell on the track struck by a hammer actuated by the plate 10. For a ' danger' signal the lever a<1> is actuated, a valve in the steam pipe is closed, the bell t<1> is rung, and the signals s<1>, s<2> are closed. Projections y, y on each sector release the trigger o to permit the return of the other sector to normal. A block 24 slides in a slot in the ramp 1 and closes one of two switches in the circuit of signal lamps in the cabin ; when the ramp is set at 'danger,' the block 24 is in position 24 ; as a train depresses the lever 9, the bell-crank 28 slides the block to position 46 to energize a red lamp. The arm of the bell-crank is in two parts, hinged together so as to be out of action when the ramp is at ' clear.' The block 24 is reset, as the ramp goes to 'clear,' by a fixed bar 25. At the same time, the slotted link 49 attached to the ramp allows a spring-driven sector 29 to rotate and operate the bell hammer 54. The teeth of the sector 29 are spaced apart or masked by a plate 55 so as to give a distinctive series of strikes on the bell. The ramps are set at 'danger' by the depression of the lever 12 by the lever a<2> on the locomotive, thereby depressing the link 13, and, through the bell-crank 14 and the rod 39, pulling the ramp 1, which moves in guide-slots in the baseplate, and is held at ' danger' by a bolt pin until, as the locomotive passes the next lever 12, a wire 22 releases the bolt, and allows a spring to re-set the ramps.
Patent GB-190909196-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible and Feathering Propellers.
Inventor: NEWHOUSE FRANK LLOYD
IPC: B63H3/02
Filed: 1909-04-19
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 9196. Newhouse, F. L. April 19. Screw propellers. - Reversible propellers are mounted on a hollow tail-shaft A, having a spherical end E forming a footstep bearing for the inner end of the blades. The boss C is spherically bored and secured to the tail-shaft A at the coned part B by means of keys. The boss C carries the outer bearings of the blades. The operating-rod P slides in the shaft A, and is provided with a screwed portion K engaging the bevel-wheel L. When the rod P is moved, the bevel-wheels L, M are operated to feather the blades. The outer surfaces of the bevelwheels fit the inside of the boss. In a modification, the rod P is arranged to rotate in order to operate the blades.
Patent GB-190911730-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Working Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: NAGER EDUARD
IPC: F02B41/00
Filed: 1909-05-18
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 11,730. Nager, E. May 19,1908, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Cycles and systems of working.-In continuouscombustion engines which ignite by the heat of compression, or otherwise, liquid-fuel injection is effected in two stages, the first being during the compression of the air charge, and the second during the power stroke. In a two-stroke-cycle engine, scavenging-air is used to expel the combustion products.
Patent GB-190920965-A (GB)
Title: Picture Films.
Inventor: THOMPSON FREDRICK BENJAMIN
IPC: G03D15/00
Filed: 1909-09-14
Granted: 1910-09-14
Abstract: 20,965. Thompson, F. B. Sept. 14. Kinematograph films.-In covering the picture films with a resistant coating, the coating is deposited without closing the sprocket apertures, for which purpose the apparatus described in Specification 24,556/09, [Class 98 (ii), Photographic processes &c.], is used. A celluloid varnish for the resistant coating consists of a solution of guncotton in amylacetate, with a small quantity of castor oil to soften the webbing. The deposit when dry forms a film 15 enclosing the gelatine film 11 between it and the celluloid web 10. The picture film may alternatively be of the less inflammable acetate of cellulose, and the protecting-coating may be deposited from a solution of acetate of cellulose.
Patent GB-190924873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Bracelets and Bangles.
Inventor: MADDOX INEZ
IPC: A44C5/00
Filed: 1909-10-29
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 24,873. Maddox, I. Oct. 29. Bracelets. - A pen, pencil, rubber, knife, &c. is combined with a bracelet by forming the front portion of the bracelet as a case, in which the articles are stored, like a pocket pen and pencil case. The case is detachable and is ornamented to appear integral with the bracelet. The bracelet A, Fig. 2, has a closed socket C to receive one end of the case B, and an open socket D having a projection D<1> adapted to engage in an orifice D<2> on the other end of the case to keep it in position. The case contains a pen E', knife F, and pencil G, and is connected to the bracelet by a chain E. The pen &c. can be withdrawn by means of knobs sliding in slots on the back of the case, Fig. 1, or the knobs may slide in slots in the sides of the case when there are only two articles.
Patent GB-190926963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Suspension Apparatus applicable for Tram Cars.
IPC: B61C9/48
Filed: 1909-11-20
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 26,963. Heenan & Froude and Scholefield, J. N. Nov. 20. Helical springs ; connexions, attachments, and adjustments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs.-Consists in a spring support for the motor of tramway and other vehicles. Fig. 1 shows one construction, in which the suspension and recoil springs are both on the underside of the usual transverse supporting-bar M. The springs are carried by pivoted pillars D and sleeves H, the upper or supporting spring being fitted between a loose collar K<2> on the sleeve and a fixed collar E on the pillar, while the lower or recoil spring is fitted between the collar E and a fixed collar K on the sleeve. During the upward movement of the pillar relatively to the supporting-bar, the upper spring is compressed, while, during the downward movement or recoil, the lower spring is compressed. The tension in the recoil spring can be adjusted by nuts d. The pillars are pivoted to a transverse member C, suspended by links B from the frame of the vehicle. The springs may both be mounted on the upper side of the supporting-bar.
Patent GB-190927810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Driving of Dynamo Electric Machines for Motor Cycle and like Lamps.
Inventor: THOMSEN AUGUST ANTON CHRISTIAN
IPC: F16D3/06
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 27,810. Thomsen, A. A. C., and Christensen, N. P. Nov. 29. [Addition to 5972/08.] Dynamos, driving.-In dynamos for lighting motor-cycles &c. driven by a rubber cone-pulley from a revolving wheel as described in the parent Specification, the rubber cone is held on a sleeve 2, which slides on the dynamo shaft 8 controlled by the governor mechanism 6. The sleeve 2 is preferably square on the outside, and a corresponding hole in the cone 1 receives this sleeve, which is furnished with a groove a at one end. A disk 5, as shown in Fig. 3, provided with a central hole corresponding in shape with that of the sleeve 2, is then forced along the sleeve, compressing the rubber cone, until the groove a is reached. The disk is then turned so that the projecting angles on the head 4 of the sleeve 2 engage corresponding recesses b in the disk 5. The resilience of the rubber keeps the angles and recesses in engagement, and the cone is thus securely locked on the sleeve.
Patent GB-190928674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels and Rims for Motors and other Road Vehicles.
IPC: B60B23/04
Filed: 1909-12-08
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 28,674. Thompson, C. H., and Warne, Wright, & Rowland. Dec. 8. Tyre attachments to rims.-The gap between the ends of a wheel rim a, Fig. 1, which is expansible and contractible for the purpose of facilitating the attachment and detachment of the tyre, is filled by a piece c of the same shape in section as the main part of the rim, and attached thereto by the plate d and set-screws; or the part d may be pivoted to a lug f, Fig. 3, on one end of the main part of the rim, and detachably secured to a similar lug g on the other end.
Patent GB-191006389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Mats and the like.
Inventor: DUBBER ARTHUR
IPC: A47L23/24
Filed: 1910-03-14
Granted: 1911-03-14
Abstract: 6389. Dubber, A., [McPherson, T. C.]. March 14. Mats.-Matting of the kind comprising interlocked or interwoven flattened helices or coils a is secured in a rigid frame formed of a bent bar. The bar portion constituting one end of the frame b is threaded through the end coil d, the side portions of the frame are next engaged by the side turns f, the ends of the bar are suitably joined, and the opposite end coils are secured by means such as a lashing - wire e to the adjacent end portion of the frame. One end of the bar may have a reduced part c adapted to take into a hole in the other end. The coils may be rectangular in section, or flattened on the top and angular or curved on the underside.
Patent GB-191007804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Tables.
Inventor: HAARMANN HUGO
IPC: A47B3/02
Filed: 1910-03-31
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 7804. Haarmann, H. March 31. Folding tables. - A folding table a, b, having folding legs f which are enclosed with the table top when folded, is provided with removable hinge pins so that the tables a, b may be separated and secured side by side. The means of connecting the tables side by side consist of a screwed pin g with a butterfly nut k hinged to one of the tables adapted to take into notches i in each table, so that when the nut k is screwed up, the tables are clamped together.
Patent GB-191009897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: HAERDEN JOHANNES
IPC: F27D11/08
Filed: 1910-04-23
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 9897. HõrdÚn, J. April 23. Electrode furnaces.-A reverberatory furnace, applicable for treating metals or ores, for instance, oxides of tungsten or vanadium, has a curved roof beneath which are maintained one or more long arcs, conforming to the contour of the roof. In the form shown, the roof B is concave, and the electrodes, consisting of metal tubes, with dome-shaped ends and tubes for circulating cooling-liquid, project upwards through opposite walls of a square chamber A. The inner ends of the electrodes are screened from the charge by recesses D in the walls. A carbon push-rod F may be provided for starting the arc, and an electro-magnet G, having its poles close together and embedded transversely to the arc, may be provided below each domeshaped electrode end to curve the arc upward. The magneto may be in series with the arc circuit, a variable resistance being connected in parallel with the windings to vary the field. To prevent the arc from being extinguished when its resistance alters, a constant current of variable voltage should be used, which may be direct or single-phase, but is preferably twophase. A charging-hopper may be provided having an outer transparent door, and a damper adjacent to the furnace wall, the charge being kept between the damper and the door, and fed into the furnace without letting in air, or a worm conveyer or other feeding-device may be provided either above or below the surface of the charge. In a modification, the electrodes may be directed downwards, the roof being convex.
Patent GB-191012988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Open-backed Seaming Machines as used in the Manufacture of Tins, Cans and the like.
Inventor: WALLER WILLIAM
IPC: B21D51/26
Filed: 1910-05-28
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 12,988. Waller, W. May 28. [Addition to 21,506/07.] Seaming.-Can-seaming machines of the type described in the parent Specification have separate ejectors and can-guides. The ejectors consist of pivoted arms R, Fig. 4, closed by springs S and operated by links R<4> from a cam-operated lever N<3>. The arms are mounted on a slide P, so that the cans are moved backwards after they are gripped. The cam M<1>, Fig. 5, which operates the lever N<3>, is driven by a pawl C mounted on a loose collar M', Fig. 6, which is retracted at the end of one revolution by a stud or bolt K; this stud is set by a treadle normally held in inoperative position by means of a recess K<3> engaged by a bell-crank lever L, which is released to set the bolt to operate by means of a cam M<5> on the collar. The canguides consist of guides O, O<1>, Fig. 7, centrallv adjusted by right and left handed screws B<3>, and an end guide O<4>.
Patent GB-191014870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mops, Mop Handles, and Mop Wringers.
Inventor: LESTER HUGO
IPC: A47L13/58
Filed: 1910-06-21
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 14,870. Lester, H. June 21. [Cognate Applications, 15,332/10, 26,001/10, and 26,969/10.] Mopwringers; mops.-Mops spun by a strap which re-coils itself on the mop-handle owing to the mop's momentum, are provided with a short handle carrying bearings. In smaller buckets, a laterally-open socket-bearing is in addition provided on the bucket. The mop-head is constructed to prevent the yarn from twisting on its core. The short handle 5, Fig. I, carries a D-fitting 1 with bearings, preferably ball bearings, on each side of the strap 6. For small buckets, the conical socket 12 formed integrally with, or separately from, the mop core, is also supported in a countersunk laterally-open bearing 22 in a bar 21 fixed to the bucket. Lateral movement is thus prevented, but ready detachment allowed. Ball bearings may be provided at this U-socket as shown in Fig. VIII, where a loose conical ring 36 and balls 38 are attached to the handle by a tubular rivet 37. A balanced mop-head is formed on the core shown in Fig. III. Yarn is bound within an enlargement or cup 13 by cord or wire passing through holes 14. The' bulk of the yarn is then bound against the disk 15 and around the shank 18, which is cruciform in cross-section to prevent twisting of the yarn on the core. Fig. VI shows a converse of the construction shown in Fig. I, two connected straps 42 being situated on either sido of a bearing 30 carried by a ring-handle 27. Modified forms of the bearing-parts 12, 22 are described in Specification 18,053/10. It is also stated in one of the Provisional Specifications that the bearing on the pail is formed in the pail-handle, which is rigidly affixed.
Patent GB-191016146-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Delivering Measured Volumes of Hot or Cold Beverages.
Inventor: BARON CHARLES
IPC: B67D3/00
Filed: 1910-07-06
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 16,146. Baron, C. July 6. Fixed - chamber apparatus with open chambers; varying quantity measured. - In an apparatus for delivering measured volumes of heated or cooled beverages, the liquid from a reservoir 10 passes to a measuring-device 12 whence it flows through a coil 3 in a heating or cooling device to an outlet 4, which is always open. The measuring-device is a vessel provided with a three-way cock 13 which controls the inlet and outlet from the vessel. The liquid after filling the vessel rises in a pipe 18 which serves as a gauge to the reservoir. The end 15 of the pipe 18 is adjustable so that the volume measured may be varied.
Patent GB-191022618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Reinforced Concrete Piles.
Inventor: MOHUN EDWARD
IPC: E02D5/32
Filed: 1910-09-29
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 22,618. Mohun, E. Sept. 29, 1909, [Convention date]. Piles. - Relates to the type of reinforced concrete pile in which rigid longitudinals a r e associated with spacing-frames and an enclosing meshed frame, and comprises the specific construction shown. Fitted at suitable intervals upon a central pipe 2 are spacing - frames 10 of cast iron which receive longitudinal angle-irons 11 secured by wedges 12. Open-mesh expanded metal 13 is placed outside the frames 10 and secured thereto and to the angle-irons by wires as shown at 15, 14 respectively. The bottom shoe 8 is made in the form of a truncated pyramid, the bottom frame 10 resting upon and being secured to portions 16 split and bent inwardly from the sides. The angle - irons 11 pass beneath the lowest frame 12, and are anchored by cross-rods 18. The concrete is advantageously placed' in the framework when the frame is in an horizontal position. The vertical pipe 2 is connected by a side pipe 3 with an hydraulic pressure service. A bolt 5 with anchoring- tlange 6 is provided, by which a timber superstructure may be attached.
Patent GB-191022863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coolers for Condensing Mixtures of Hydrocarbon and Steam.
Inventor: STILL CARL
IPC: C10K1/04
Filed: 1910-10-03
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 22,863. Still, C. Oct. 3. Surface condensers; mineral oils and tars, distilling.-A condenser for mixtures of hydrocarbons with steam, for use in the distillation of benzene from the oil used for washing coal-gas, comprises a cylinder containing condensing tubes b, a condensing worm f, a cooling-worm d for the liquid resulting from condensation in the tubes b, and a collecting and decanting chamber below having separate outlets k, l for water and benzene. An overflow device e is provided to keep the cooling- worm d full of liquid. Undistilled wash-oil is used for cooling the tubes b.