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Patent GB-190627712-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Window Screen
Inventor: WINCKS ELIZABETH
Filed: 1906-12-05
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 27,712. Wincks, E. Dec. 5. Air, aromatizing and cooling; window appliances.-A window screen c, for cooling, medicating, perfuming, or disinfecting the air passing through it, is attached at one end to the bottom rail of the inner sash b, and at the other end to the spring roller d immersed in a trough e containing plain, medicated, or perfumed water, or disinfectant fluid. When the window is raised the screen is unwound, and when the window is lowered the s c r e e n is automatically rolled up on the roller d.
Patent GB-190629681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Propelled Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: RUTHERFORD EDWARD JAMES YOUNG
Filed: 1906-12-31
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 29,681. Rutherford, E. J. Y. Dec. 31. Flues; draughtinducers; baffles.- In a steampropelled motor-vehicle, the waste gases from the burner of the flash steam-generator are passed through flues at the sides of the car and ejected beneath and at the rear of the car, the ends of the flues being provided with draught-inducing cones for causing a draught by the motion of the vehicle. The flash steam-generator 1 is provided with a burner 16 and also an aperture 60 for the egress of the products of combustion, which aperture communicates through a flue 61 with two horizontal flues 62 supported and concealed below the footboard of the vehicle. The upper part of the generator casing and egress flue is detachably connected to the generator 1 and flue 61 as shown at 63, for facilitating repairs, and a baffle 64 is provided in connexion with the outlet 60, whereby the gases are more effectively brought into contact with the tubes of the generator. The flues 62 open into the atmosphere at their rear ends 65 through perforations 66, and a funnel 67 is provided and suitably connected with each flue 62, whereby the required degree of draught may be obtained by the movement of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190700058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Screens for Half-tone and like Photographic and Photomechanical Processes.
Inventor: KRAYN ROBERT
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 58. Krayn, R. Jan. 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Sensitized -plates ; photo - mechanical printing ; screens.-Screens or veneers for half-tone and like processes are produced by piling up thin layers of transparent and opaque material alternately, to form a block from which slicings are peeled. Continuous lengths of screen are obtained by peeling transversely, and preferably by utilizing circular blocks. The blocks may be produced by cementing together leaves or bands of celluloid, or by pouring or laying liquid layers of collodion or other suitable material one upon another, It is generally preferable to form blocks in this way to about 1 mm. in thickness, and then to unite several of these blocks together by pressure. To produce cross-screens, shavings from the blocks formed as above are superposed, so that the opaque bands alternately superpose on the transparent bands, and transverse cross-slices of this compound block are cut Alternatively, two line shavings of the above block can be cemented crossways together and cemented between two sheets.of glass. The screens may be used as supports for the sensitive film.
Patent GB-190701151-A (GB)
Title: A New Means for Automatically Operating the Protective Caps of the Ocular Glasses of Optical Instruments.
Inventor: DEWALD MARTIN
Filed: 1907-01-16
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 1151. Dewald, M. Jan. 16. Telescopes and opera and field glasses. - The hinged covers of the eyepieces of telescopes, opera glasses, &c. are connected to the suspending-cord of the instrument in such a manner that when the instrument is freely suspended the tension in the cord closes the covers, springs opening them when the instrument is raised for use. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the cord f passes through an eye e attached to the cover c. A spring h in the hinge d keeps the cover raised when the instrument is in nse. A stop g on the cord engages with the eye e and closes the cover when the instrument is suspended. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the cord is attached to the cover c at k, and passes through the eyes i, e', the latter being adjustably attached to the cover c by a screw l.
Patent GB-190708157-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Detonating Wet Gun-cotton.
Inventor: SCHROETTER OTTO FREIHERR VON
Filed: 1907-04-08
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 8157. Schroetter, Otto, Freiherr von. April 11, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Explosives.-The detonation of wet gun-cotton is effected by transferring the detonation of the cap to the wet charge by means of nitro compounds of the aromatic series, such as trinitrophenol, trinitrobenzene, trinitroaniline.
Patent GB-190708941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Latches and Locks for Doors and the like.
Inventor: TOMLINSON JOHN CHEETHAM
Filed: 1907-04-17
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 8941. Tomlinson, J. C. April 17. Locks, key; latches.-In latches of the type in which the casing is let into a recess bored through the thickness of the door, the operating- knobs are placed central wich the faceplates and with the mechanism, and a bolt for locking the knobs against rotation is carried by one of the faceplates. The faceplates A are of any suitable shape and are provided with flanges C and internal collars B over which the casing S containing the latch-operating mechanism is adapted to pass. The kuob E is provided with a ring G rotating in a bearing in the faceplate, and is secured in place by a disk H. The disk H is provided with a notch K with which is adapted to engage the sliding bolt M, carried by the faceplate A and operated by a key and locked by any suitable mechanism. The spindle D passes through a follower U, Fig. 3, for operating the latch bolt T. The nose T' of the bolt is detachable and adapted to screw into the main part T, so as to allow the casing S with the me chanism to be inserted into the recess in the door, after which the nose part T' is put through a bole in the edge of the door communicating with the recess and screwed into position. In a modification, shown in Fig. 6, the nose part T<1> is secured to the main part by screws
Patent GB-190709572-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Electric Lamps, having Incandescing Bodies of Refractory Elements.
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 9572. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 24. Soldering.-An incandescence body for an electric lamp is connected to a leading-in or supporting wire by fusion while the joint is protected by a stream of reducing-gas surrounded by inert gas. In the apparatus shown, the gases are projected through concentric jets 8, arranged to slide from one joint to another, the gas supplies being regulated by a hand-operated spring valve 15. A lamp stem is held by a vertically adjustable spring clip 2, the filament resting upon a block 5, which may be of hard rubber, and having its ends in the hooked ends of the leading-in wires, which may be of platinum. An are to effect the fusion is struck by electrodes 19, 20 of carbon or platinum, the electrode 19 being in contact with the leading-in wire. One electrode may be formed by a platinum wire passing through the inner gas jet; this arrangement is suitable for use with lamps having a plurality of loops, as the combined jets and electrode can be held in one hand and moved from joint to joint. '
Patent GB-190720053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Grinding, Disaggregating and Mixing Household Refuse and Sewage
Inventor: SCHOELLER CHARLES
Filed: 1907-09-07
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 20,053. Schoeller, C. March 11, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Impact pulverizers. - Household refuse and sewage are crushed and mixed in a casing f, Fig. 1, having a hinged cover e, by means of hinged hammers d, Fig. 2, carried by arms c secured to radial arms b arranged helically on a spider carried by the driving-shaft a. The spindle a is provided outside one of the side walls of the cap e with a sleeve g having two helical ribs i, which effect a preliminary disaggregation and serve as a feedscrew. The inner surfaces of the casing and cap are fluted, and the material is introduced by a hopper h and discharged through an opening in the bottom of the casing.
Patent GB-190721028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Attachment of the Rear Bridge Cardan Tube in Automobiles.
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 21,028. Soc. Anon. des Automobiles Delaunay-Belleville. Aug. 22, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Motor road vehicles.-In automobiles in which the torsional reactions of the rear axle structure C are taken up by a forward tubular extension D, through which passes the longitudinal driving-shaft, the forward end of the extension is connected to a transverse member of the frame by a connecting- rod E having ball-and-socket joints b, d. The connecting-rod may be provided with springs to deaden shocks resulting from the vertical reactions produced on starting.
Patent GB-190722367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot Screwing Machines
Inventor: GREENWOOD ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 22,367. Greenwood, A. Oct. 10. Scewing.-A screwing-machine for boots &c. has a stop for the wire-feed lever arranged to engage and hold the lever out ot action at a fixed point of its stroke, and means for disengaging the stop, the arrangement being such that the feed lever may be stopped and started as often as necessary and a proper length of peg inserted at each stroke. The three-armed feedlever b, which operates the driving- spindle a of a screwing-machine fed with continuous wire, is fulcrumed at c to the framing of the machine. One arm e carries a bowl bearing on an operating cam-face j, and another f is connected to a rod g which limits the upward stroke of the lever arm d by means of a fixed stop i and a movable collar h, while the slotted third arm d is connected to the spindle a. A spring k maintains the bowl on the lever arm e in contact with the camface j. The extremity of the arm f also rests on a stop l carried by a lever m, which is pivoted on the framework and forced into engagement by a spring n. A vertical shaft o, mounted in bearings in the framing, has an arm p which carries a bowl q engaging a cam-groove r driven by the operating- shaft. By means of this cam-groove, a pin s in the shaft o is given an oscillating motion, which may be communicated to the lever m by the catch lever t, which is pivoted to the lower extremity of the former at u. The lever t is notched to engage the pin s, a spring y tending to prevent such engagement. The treadle rod v, or the rod from the knee-lever, or both, are connected to the lever t, so that by pressure of the foot or knee the notch may be placed in the path of the pin s. The lever m is then able to free the stop l from the lever b, and the cam-face j operates the driving-spindle. The synchronism between the lever b and the pin s and their relative positions ensure a full stroke being given to the spindle a each time the mechanism is released.
Patent GB-190726313-A (GB)
Title: Lifeguard for Electric Tram Cars, Motor CarS, Motor Omnibuses and other Power Propelled Vehicles
Inventor: BISSET PETER
Filed: 1907-11-28
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 26,313. Bisset, P. Nov. 28. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Wheel guards and obstruction-removers for electric tramcars, motor-cars, motor omnibuses, &c. At each end of a bent steel channel or flat bar A, bolted to the vehicle B, is fixed a steel fork C. Fitting into the forks C and held by pins are two horizontal swan-neck arms D, Fig. 2, with heels E forming stops, so that the arms can only yield upwards. Each arm D has a bracket F with an abutting ridge on the inside, at the extremity. The receiver G is hung on pins at the end of the arms D, and is held in the 'ready' position by means of spring-actuated pins L, fixed to the side tubes of the receiver and shown in Fig. 3, which rest on the ridges on the brackets F. Stops 0 prevent the receiver from being pushed round and describing a complete circle, and stops M engaging with checks N on the arms D prevent the receiver from going beyond the horizontal position. The back tube Q of the receiver is rubber-covered, and on the front tube are three small wheels P with rubber tyres.
Patent GB-190727335-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for the Production of Bye-products from Asphaltum, and the like.
Inventor: EVERETT SMITH
Filed: 1907-12-11
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 27,335. Everett, S. Dec. 11. Distillation, destructive; gas manufacture, materials for.-Asphalt or the like in a thin layer is submitted to destructive distillation at a temperature of about 800‹ F. with the production of oil, gas, and coke. The oil obtained is divisible into various grades, such as best kerosene or lighthouse oils and intermediate lubricating and other oils. The gas evolved is of a high calorific and illuminating power, while the coke residue forms a smokeless fuel.
Patent GB-190728068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tea and like Kettles.
Inventor: LAVINGTON GEORGE LEONARD
Filed: 1907-12-20
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 28,068. Lavington, G. L. Dec. 20. Kettles; saucepans.-A tea or like kettle of the type containing one or more saucepans has a flange a extending into the body of the kettle, to receive the saucepan d. The flange may be replaced by lengths of wire attached to, and extending above and below the wall b. A catch-piece g to fix the saucepan, and a filling-tube h are also provided.
Patent GB-190801270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boomerangs and similar Missiles.
Inventor: BARTLETT ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 1270. Bartlett, A. J. Jan. 18. Toy missiles.- Boomerangs of the kind described in Specification No. 10,163, A.D. 1907, are loaded at the curved end, or in the bend, or at both places, by a button or eyelet a of lead &c.
Patent GB-190801348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Attaching Toy Projectiles.
Inventor: SCHROEDEL GEORG
Filed: 1908-01-20
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 1348. Schr÷del, G. Jan. 20. Toy missiles.-A toy projectile of the kind carrying a rubber sucker that adheres to the surface at which the projectile is fired, consists of a rubber cup a, Fig. 1, attached as shown to a cork body d. Feathers f are attached to the body by a ring g. In a modification, the cup is attached to the cork body d by means of a metal mount h, Fig. 4, which also serves to attach the feathers f.
Patent GB-190823469-A (GB)
Title: Dust and Shavings Separator.
Inventor: WINKELMUELLER CARL
Filed: 1908-11-03
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 23,469. Winkelm³ller, C. Nov. 3. Cyclone separators.- The air issuing from a cyclone separator is again centrifugally treated in the outlet pipe. The air leaves a separator d by a pipe b in which are placed helical blades d<1>, d<2>, d<3>, d<4> with the pitch diminishing upwards. As the air leaves the pipe b, the solid matter it contains is thrown outwards and re-enters the separator through the space between the pipe b and an outer pipe w. In a modification, the solid matter is passed to the outlet of the separator down passages in the outside thereof.
Patent GB-190823569-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for Indicating the Direction of Rotation of Shafts and the like.
Inventor: NEWALL JAMES MAURICE
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 23,569. Newall, J. M. Nov. 4. [Cognate Application No. 24,162, A.D. 1908, dated Nov. 11.] Signals, reply or telltale.-Apparatus for indicating the direction of revolution of engine shafts and for giving a warning of want o f agreement between an order and the direction of revolution of the shaft, consists of a weight or weights 3, provided with a leather or like lining 4, resting on the shaft or shaft coupling. The weight is forced against one of two spring plungers 11 according to the direction of the rotation, thereby illuminating one of the lamps 12, 13. To indicate want of agreement between the order and the direction of rotation of the shaft, the orderreceiving dial is constructed with pairs of contacts 16, 16<a>, 17, 17<a>, adapted to be bridged by a contact 18 carried by the hand 19, and to ring a bell and illuminate a signal " wrong." The switch actuated by the spring plungers consists of an arm 26 pivoted at 27 and connected by pin and slot to a pivoted plate 30 bearing studs 31 which engage with spring contacts 36.
Patent GB-190823832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Felting Machines for use in the Manufacture of Hats
Filed: 1908-11-06
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 23,832. Borsalino, T., and Borsalino and Fratello-Soc. Anon., G. Nov. 6. Felt hats.-Felting-machines are made more economical and uniform in working by connecting the chamber, containing the cone to be covered, both to the valve that is arranged in the air-suction conduit, and to the lever for starting the endless band supplying hairs to the chamber, so that the valve is automatically opened and the band started as soon as the cone is introduced into the chamber. The regulator R, Figs. 1 and 5, for automatically cutting-off the air-suction from the cone chamber Q comprises a chamber containing the continuouslydriven spindle B capable of oscillating about the pivot P so as to bring into and out of engagement a worm carried by the spindle and a toothed sector A which, when rotated clockwise, opens the normally-closed butterfly or other valve I'. The engagement and disengagement of the sector and worm-wheel are controlled by projections upon the rod T. This rod is provided also with a tooth Z which operates the tappet D of the pivoted lever e, d, n, and if the rod T is moved to the right from Z' to Z, the lever e, d, n is moved into the position e', d, n<1>, taking downwards with it the vertical arm e, h which leaves the lever o, set by one of the operators, free to move sideways under the influence of a spring and to set the belt-gear in operation so that the endless feeding-band carrying the hair &c. again moves forward. The valve and the beltmoving mechanism are operated automatically by the act of putting a cone into the chamber Q. In closing the door x, a lever a, c is moved from the position a', c<1> into the position a, c and this in turn moves the arm T to the right. The arm moves the shaft B about its pivot and brings the sector and worm into engagement so that the suctionvalve is opened. By the same movement of the rod, the belt-gear is thrown into operation. When sufficient hairs have collected upon the cone, a shower of water is dropped upon the felting-form and the air-suction is reduced by foot-pressure upon the lever u which hitherto has held the rod T and now moves back to the left under the influence of the spring m closing the valve and stopping the feeding- mechanism. In a modified construction, the workman in introducing the cone into the chamber Q depresses for a moment the lever a, b, Fig. 6, moves the lever t to the right and brings the two elements of a claw clutch into engagement ; the pinion P is then rotated, the rod T moved to the right, and the sector operated as before. The feeding-band in this modification is operated as before.
Patent GB-190900763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Devices for Automatically Delivering Articles.
Inventor: STILES NOEL RAY
IPC: G07F11/44
Filed: 1909-01-12
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 763. Stiles, N. R. Jan. 12. Contents, delivering.-Cigars, cigarettes, matches, sweetmeats, or other articles are delivered by the apparatus shown. The articles are held in a container b, Figs. 4 and 6, with its bottom sloping towards a slot c. Pins h on a cradle d engage slots f in the sides of the receptacle and other slots m in pivoted levers n, which are connected at their ends by a cross-piece carrying a handle p. The cover of the receptacle has a large opening, part of which is closed by a hinged flap x and the remainder by a plate y, carried by levers z pivoted at 3 and provided with cam slots l, which are engaged by the pins h. When the handle p is depressed, the cradle d is raised. During the first part of the motion, the levers z are not moved owing to the shape of the camslots, but during the last part, the levers z are actuated to move the plate y so as to uncover the opening. On the cover is a figure representing a stork &c. mounted on two legs, one 6 being fixed to a base 8, while the other 7 extends through the cover and rests on a table 11 carried by a rod 10, which rests on a plate 13. When the handle p is depressed, the stork droops forward. Just before the plate y has been completely removed from the opening in the cover, the upturned edge of a plate 5 engages with the projecting lower portion of the beak and .opens it against the action of a spring, and the cradle thrusts a cigarette &c. into the open beak. The handle p is then returned to its original position by hand or gravity, or by springs 18, and the bird rises carrying the cigarette &c. with it. Simultaneously, the cradle d falls, and, during the latter part of its movement, the plate y returns to cover the opening in the cover. In a modification, the opening in the cover is T-shaped, and is covered by a sliding plate having a V-groove to operate the beak. In another form, the beak may be operated by a wire or rod from one of the legs ; or either jaw may be provided with a weight, which opens it by gravity. The plate y may be replaced by one or more hinged flaps with arms actuated by a projection on the cradle, and a push-button connected to a lever attached to the cradle may be used instead of the outside operating-lever.
Patent GB-190902273-A (GB)
Title: Pedal Press for use in connection with the Exposure of Photographic Printing Papers or Plates.
Inventor: BROCHERY LOUIS
IPC: G03B27/02
Filed: 1909-01-30
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 2273. Brochery, L. Jan. 30. Printing - apparatus, rapid d bromide and like. -A frame, f o r printing photographic papers or plates, comprises a casing containi n g a series of electric lamps covered by a sheet of glass on which the negatives are supported, and a lid or shutter pivoted on the casing and operated by a pedal. The lid is adapted, when lowered, to close the circuit of a solenoid, the core of which causes a piston to force compressed air into an expansible bag. The inflation of the bag closes the circuit of the exposure lamps, and the length of exposure is determined by the time taken for the compressed air to escape past the piston. Fig. 2 shows a sectional side elevation of the frame and Fig. 4 a plan of the electro-pneumatically operated exposure switch. The frame comprises a table 9, having side leaves and a lamp casing 2, the lid 4 of which is operated by the pedal 7. When the lid is lowered, a circuit is completed through the solenoid 15, the core 16 and the piston 18 being forced along the cylinder 19. The consequent inflation of the bag 21 depresses the spring bar 23, thus completing the lamp circuit. The screw 24 regulates the amount of travel of the core, and therefore the pressure of the air in the bag, the slow escape of which past the piston determines the length of the closure.
Patent GB-190904540-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Refrigerating System.
Inventor: DETTMAR ERNST
IPC: F25B43/00
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 4540. Dettmar, E. Feb. 24. Combined liquid and gas pumps. - In refrigerating - apparatus of the compression type, liquid refrigerant is separated from gas and pumped by a pump 22 through the pipe 26 to the liquid reservoir 5. A connexion 25, between a port 23 at the upper part of the pump cylinder and the pipe 11, leading to the compressor permits the pump 22 to be filled with liquid without evaporation. On the downward stroke, the pump plunger closes the port 23, and afterwards expels the liquid through the pipe 26.