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Patent GB-190910064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Razors.
Inventor: OHLSSON JOHAN ABRAHAM
IPC: B26B21/10
Filed: 1909-04-28
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 10,064. Ohlsson, J. A. Sept. 8, 1908, [Convention date]. Razors.-The blade 4, Figs. 2, 3, and 6, having an oblique edge or two converging edges, is frictionally held on a similarly-shaped holder 1 by a stiffening-ridge 6, which engages a slot 10 in the holder, and it may be moved on the holder to the position shown in dotted lines to allow it to be cleaned, sharpened, or stropped. If the holder is constructed with a safety edge, by moving the blade to the position shown in dotted lines, it may be used as an ordinary razor and the cut may be varied by moving the blade a short distance in the holder. A scale may be provided and a projection a on the blade, Fig. 3, engages recesses in the holder and secures the blade in its different positions. The ridge 6 may be soldered or riveted to, or made integral with, the blade, or it may be detachably connected therewith by tongues which engage with openings in the blade. The blade may have one or more longitudinal U-shaped depressions 14, Fig. 11, which engage with two or more slots in the holder, or it may be secured in the holder by angular tongues which engage with openings in the holder, or headed pins fixed to a raised stiffening-portion of the blade may engage with a slot in the holder. The guard teeth 3 may be perpendicular to the axis of the holder so that they have an oblique position with relation to the blade edges. The guard teeth may be replaced by corrugations or wrinkles on the edges of the guard. The shape of the cross-section of the holder may be straight or curved; and the teeth of the guard may be bent away from and then towards the blade, Fig. 6. The handle 2 may be fixed in line with, or obliquely to, the holder.
Patent GB-190915366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbines.
Inventor: CLARK CHARLES
IPC: F01D1/06
Filed: 1909-07-01
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 15,366. Clarke, C., and Judge, E. E. July 1. Radial-flow (bladed) type; blades; casings; rotors. - Relates to outward-flow fluid-pressure turbines of the class in which the fluid issues from a hollow stator formed as a partition between two rotor disks. The steam - chest is formed as an annular chamber extending laterall on each side of the stator to overlap the blades on the rotor, and is provided with tangential ports for the steam. The blades are fixed on plates which are secured to the rotor and stator, and may be removed for renewal. The steam passes through the hollow stator c into the steam-chest c', which extends on each side below the blades a<1>, c<2> on the rotors a and stator c respectively. The steam is then directed by tangential ports c' on to the blades, which are secured to removable plates f. The turbine is enclosed in a casing e, the interior of which is maintained preferably below atmospheric pressure by communication with a condenser. The turbine may be compounded by providing several sets on one shaft.
Patent GB-190923313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Separators for Dry Coal and other Substances.
Inventor: PAGE SYDNEY ELLIOTT
IPC: B07B4/02
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 23,313. Page, S. E., [Coal and Coke By- Products Co.]. Oct. 12. Separators for granular bodies.- Coal is separated from slate, and similar operations are performed, on a rotating table with an annular opening through which the light materials pass, the heavier portions being thrown across the opening and over the edge of the table. The material is fed from a central shoot H to the central portion G of the table. The outer portion F is attached to the portion G by arms K and is formed with a thin inner edge and a turned-up outer edge. It may be placed at a lower level than the middle portion, and the apparatus is then worked at a lower speed. The separation may be assisted by an air-blast directed downwards and somewhat towards the axis of the machine from an annular nozzle L.
Patent GB-190923535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Firearms.
Inventor: CHEVALLIER ARNOLD LOUIS
IPC: F41A9/52
Filed: 1909-10-14
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 23,535. Chevallier, A. L. Oct. 14. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to automatic guns of the kind operated by an inertia weight connected to a recoil spring by a forked connecting-rod, as described in Specification 26,868/03, and consists, (1) in means for disengaging the connecting-rod from the weight, to convert the gun into a hand-operated magazine weapon ; and (2) in means for facilitating the refilling of the magazine. The two limbs 2, 2a, Fig. 6, of the forked connecting-rod are pressed inwards to disengage their ends 10 from the weight 11 by means of slides 9 which engage inclined shoulders 17 on the fork. The slides are operated by projections 7, Fig. 3, on a transverse spindle 3, which is operated by an external thumb-lever 5. When the magazine is empty, the breech-block and inertia weight are, as usual, retained in the rear position by the cartridge lifter, but in order to load the magazine they must be moved farther back. This is done by means of projections 8 on the transverse spindle 3 which engage notches 15, Fig. 7, near the front of the connecting-rod, and force the rod rearwards when the thumblever 5 is depressed. The charger guide 18 is fixed to the weight 11, and may have one of its horns bevelled off, as shown in Fig. 8, to facilitate ejection of the empty charger.
Patent GB-190926065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: D05B73/00
Filed: 1909-11-11
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 26,065. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. Nov. 11. S e w i n g - machines; doubleloop stitching. - Relates to a machine having a cylindrical worksupport and feed arranged for stitching seams disposed lengthways of tubular articles. The looper 43, Fig 2, is pivotally mounted upon the squared end of an oscillating shaft 36, and is rocked about the pivot f o r the needleavoiding m o v ement by a bar 56, which is reciprocated by connexion with a cam 53 on a continuation 9<x> of the main shaft in line with the bar 56. A split slide-block swivels upon the ball head of a pin in the end of the bar 56, and slides in a segmental groove in the adjacent part of the looper. The needle-driving shaft 13 is rotated by a coupling-link 23 and equal cranks 22, 24, The looper shaft 36 is oscillated from the shaft 13 by a connecting-rod 27, a lever 29, Fig 3, pivoted to the frame, a link 33, and a crank 35. In the lowest position the link 33 and lever 29 are in line, and thereby the shaft and looper are given a dwell when the two needles are out of the work. Feed by dog. - The feed-dog 103, Fig. 2, is carried adjustably on the end of a feed-bar 101, which is supported by a sleeve 106 on a vertically reciprocating eccentric-rod 109 and receives endlong movement from a lever 97 on a vertical shaft 95 oscillated by an eccentric 87. This eccentric is integral with a plate 86, Fig. 16, pivotally attached to a disk 83, and secured by a screw 89 whereby the length of feed can be regulated. Governing under thread.-A take-up ca,m 113, Fig. 13, and a thread-measuring cam 115 are fixed upon a rock-shaft 111, and engage the thread as it passes between eyed fingers 118 ... 121. Intermediate of the two cams, the thread is intermittently clamped between a spring 136 actuated by a cam on the shaft and a fixed upright 134. The shaft 111 is rocked by an eccentric 148, Fig. 2, rod 147, lever 143, and link 141. The thread is led from the machine head to the measurer through a vertical tube and from the take-up to the looper along a covered groove in the outside of the worksupport. Work supports.-A lid 225 hinged at 227 is provided in the work support above the threadcontrolling gear. The end of the work support is closed by a cap 220, which can be removed for the threading of the looper. The looperrocking cam 53 and the feed eccentric 110 run in an oil-bath provided between the lugs 11 and 37. Driving.-A shaft 67, Fig. 3, carries a handcontrol wheel 70, which is disconnected when the machine is stitching. A friction mitrewheel 71 on the shaft engages with a second mitre-wheel 80, Fig. 2, on the main shaft, when the machine is not driven. When the machine is started, weighted bell-crank levers 78 fly out and withdraw the wheel 80 from contact with the wheel 71. Frames.-The overhanging arm 2 is offset from the hollow standard to the rear, so that not being directly over the work support a full view of the work is easily obtained by the operator.
Patent GB-190930031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Distributing Valve Mechanism of Direct Acting Pumps.
Inventor: SHRIMPTON HENRY DAVID
Filed: 1909-12-23
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 30,031. Shrimpton, H. D., and Weir, W. J. Dec. 23. Combined fluid-actuated and mechanical gears.-In a simplex pump, the working-fluid is distributed by a piston valve having a longitudinal motion only and comprising distributing-pistons a, balancing - pistons c, and auxiliary operating-pistons d, all mounted on a common shaft b. In operation, and during the down-stroke of the main piston g, fluid passes along the passage i and, when the piston has passed the corresponding equilibrium port k, passes to the space between the upper pistons c, d. Towards the end of the stroke, tappet mechanism shown in Fig, 11 operates to start the reversal of the valve, which is completed by steam admitted below the piston c through ports o<1>, o, and d through supplementary ports p. The ports o, o<1> are set obliquely to allow adjustment either of the liners q<1>, or of the valve. Pilot ports j in the main cylinder are controlled by cushion valves r. The invention is applicable to vertical or horizontal pumps with either simple or compound cylinders.
Patent GB-191003332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: LLOYD ROBERT PIERPOINT
IPC: G09F11/29
Filed: 1910-02-10
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 3332. Lloyd, R. P., Noel, P., and Heaver, N. Feb. 10. Make-and-break switches, mechanical-In an advertising-apparatus, a make-and-break device is intermittently rotated by friction gearing. A contact 59, Figs. 4 and 8, joined up through the insulating-material of a disk 33 to a conductor 57, momentarily completes a circuit, which brings an arm 38 into the path of the projection 52 on the disk. The disk is driven through friction gearing, and is supported upon a hinged frame 53<a>, provided with a weighted arm 53<b>, which oscillates when the arm 38 engages the disk, and so throws the friction mechanism out of gear. After an interval, the arm 38 resumes its normal position, the friction gear re-engages, and the disk 33 makes a further rotation. When the contact 59 momentarily closes circuit again, the same sequence of operations occur. Another form of rotary switch consists of a rotating disk 61, Figs. 5, with contacts 64, 64<a>, passing through its insulating mass to a conducting face, and adapted to control circuits to lamps, &c. Stops 111, 112 control a main switch 110 to prevent over-running. Switches, quick-action. Stops 74, 75, Fig. 5, are provided to actuate a switch, which comprises a trip 89, Fig. 9, which removes a detent 95 from the lever 80 with the aid of a camsurface. The trip 89 is rocked, a spring 91 tensioned, and so the lever is rocked, breaking one circuit and making the other. Upon the stop 74, Fig. 5, operating the trip 85, the switch is reversed again. Retractive switches.-A switch, Fig. 7, comprises a bridge-piece 46 on an arm 44, pivoted at a point 50. The arm tends to be kept in its central position under the action of a spring 51, and is actuated by a projection on the apparatus.
Patent GB-191005662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversible Windows.
Inventor: GAURSET-LANAGAN FRANCIS ERNEST
IPC: E06B3/40
Filed: 1910-03-07
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 5662. Lanagan, F. E. G. March 7. Reversible windows.-Windows A, centrally pivoted on vertical pivots B, C and fitted with weather strips H, are fastened in the closed position by a latch lock G, the bevelled portion of the catch F being inside, so that the window fastens automatically and cannot be opened from outside. The window may be held in the reversed position by a hook J engaging with the knob K.
Patent GB-191006484-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Strengthened or Reinforced Material.
Inventor: CHENEAU LOUIS JOSEPH JEAN-BAPT
IPC: D21H27/34
Filed: 1910-03-15
Granted: 1911-04-18
Abstract: 6484. ChÛneau, L. J. J.-B., and PrÚ- vost, A. March 15, 1909, [Convention date]. Compound fabrics. - A reinforced material consists of several layers of paper, fabric, rubber, &c. strengthened b y interposed wires &c. The layers a<1>, a<2> of paper &c. enclosing the first layer b<1> of wires &c. are cemented together, and a second layer b<2> of wires is arranged on the sheet a<2> so that they lie between the wires of the first layer. Additional layers a<3>, a<4>, a<5>, a<6> of paper &c. and layers b<3>, b<4>, b<5> of wire &c. are similarly applied until the required thickness is obtained. Articles possessing different degrees of solidity or resiliency at different parts, such as the propeller shown in Fig. 3 and described in Specification 6483/10, [Class 114, Ships &c., Propelling &c.], are made by applying the layers of paper &c. and wires &c. to a mandrel, using wires of various lengths. In making hollow articles, a shell is formed by applying several sheets of material to a mandrel, removing the mandrel, and applying to the sheet the requisite number of layers of paper &c. and wires in the manner described above. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91(3)(a) comprises also the following subject-matter:-The wires may be embedded in the paper &c. during the manufacture of the latter. The material may consist of two layers of paper &c. with an intermediate layer of wires &c. If the thickness of the material is not to be uniform, the sheets, or both sheets and wires, may be gradually diminished in size. The material may be used for the manufacture of the planes and bodies of aeroplanes, the cars and envelopes of balloons and other aerial bodies, and for the shells of boats. A network of wires or laths may be used instead of ordinary wires or laths. The wires or laths may be attached at points to the sheets, and the cementing - material may consist of a flexible varnish. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191014598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Illuminated Translucent Advertisements and the like.
Inventor: JACKSON THOMAS
Filed: 1910-06-16
Granted: 1911-09-18
Abstract: 14,598. Jackson, T., and Ramsay, A. June 16. Lanterns, glazing.-Arms c, Fig. 5, extend outwards from lamps l, and terminate in screwcontrolled clips e, which support advertising plates h at their lower sides, adjacent plates being joined up at their top corners by grooved corner pieces i, which may, if desired, be connected together by pieces k to form a frame. A reflector may be employed opposite any of the plates to increase the illumination. The plates may revolve about the lights.
Patent GB-191019332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treads of Non-skid Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: SKEW WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: B60C11/16
Filed: 1910-08-17
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 19,332. Skew, W. G. Aug. 17. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces.-A raised tread 1 having recesses 3 in its edges, such as described in Specification 28,087/07, is applied to a roundtreaded pneumatic tyre; so as to be concentric therewith in cross-section. The edges and corners of the tread are sharp, and the recesses may be of any suitable shape. Metal or vulcanized fibre studs 9, fixed by washers 10, in the canvas layers of the tyre, may be arranged in the recesses so as to be flush with, or below the tread surface, and to project through or partly through, as shown, the centre of the tread. The fibre studs are secured by countersunk rivets 9<a>, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-191028692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Casting and Composing of Single Types in Semitic Languages.
IPC: B41B7/04
Filed: 1910-12-09
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 28,692. Lanston Monotype Corporation, and Pierpont, F. H. Dec. 9. Single-type composing and casting machines; galley mechanism. - Relates to mechanism for casting and composing single types in Semitic languages. The characters are placed on the matrices in the same position as, but inverted and reversed from an English character. The assembled lines of types are (1) delivered into a. galley pointing in the opposite direction to that in which the characters on the matrices point, mechanism being provided for raising the lines to the galley, which is for convenience placed upon a higher level than the line assembly channel, (2) delivered into an intermediate galley disposed in the opposite direction to that referred to and transposed line by line, or (3) turned end for end and delivered into a galley disposed as in (2). The mould and ejecting-mechanism are similar to those described in Specifications 8633/99 and 8981/01. (1) The assembled line of types is supported on a block C' and a vertically reciprocating plate or bar E, Fig. 3. The plate E is carried on a frame G connected to a rod G', by which it is raised by means of a cam H through a lever H<1>. The upward movement of the frame is controlled by a stop g<11>. Further movement of the rod G<1> against the action of a spring g<10> raises the galley rule J, and the line is moved into the galley by a plate F operated by means of a cam E<2> through a rod E<4> and lever E<5>. (2) The lines are transposed line by line from an intermediate galley D<Î>, Fig. 8, to a galley D by means of a lifting-frame. The lines are forced on to the frame by a follower N, and are lifted by means of a cam H through a lever H<1> and pushed into the galley D by a pusher E operated by means of a cam H<2>. (3) The line is pushed on to a carrier table G<10>, Fig. 13, supported on a spindle G<12>. The carrier is raised by means of a lever G<13> operated by a cam G<20> and rotated by the engagement of a pinion on the spindle with a sliding rack operated by a cam G<21>.
Patent GB-191029642-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Snow Ploughs for Footpaths.
Inventor: LINDOP JESSE
IPC: E01H5/06
Filed: 1910-12-21
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 29,642. Lindop, J. Dec. 21. Snow-ploughs.-Relates to foot-path snowploughs of the kind described in Specification 131/10, and consists in providing the blade with a hinged portion A which is rigidly held by means of a hook C and eye E, but which, when passing a lamp-post or the like, can be made to collapse by lifting the hook C. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 2775/95.
Patent GB-191112580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Signal Systems for Railways and the like.
IPC: B61L23/16
Filed: 1911-05-24
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 12,580. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 24. Electrical systems, automatic.-In a modification of the system described in Specification 18,868/10, distant signals are placed at intermediate points in the blocks and are cont r o l l e d by a relay directly according to the phase of the current supplied to the track circuit. In Fig. 1, the block section extends in one section from one home signal to another, and the distant signal is placed at an intermediate point and is controlled by a relay F<3>, F<4> connected around an insulator a<1> in one track rail. In a modification, the block section is divided up into two insulated track sections, the distant signal being controlled by a relay across the rails of the forward section, and a second relay is used to control the supply circuit for the track current of the rear section by opening and closing the circuit of the supply transformer. The vector diagrams below each relay in Fig. 1 show the relative phases of the track current oi and the current in the coils f<2> of the relays F, F', F<2> (shown as oi<1>) and of the relays F<3>, F<4> (shown as oi<2>). The track relays are arranged to close their local contacts if the current in the track coil f<1> leads that in the other coil f<2>. A train G in the position shown short-circuits the relay F, setting the signal B at danger. The transformer E receives current from the right half of the transformer D, and the track current is of such a phase as to keep the relay F<3> open and the distant signal B<3> at danger, but to energize the relay F<1>, which causes the signal B' to clear and change the transformer E' over to the left half of the transformer D'. The current supplied to the relays F<4>, F<2> closes both relays and sets both signals B<4>, B<2> at clear.
Patent GB-191112608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: D05B57/14
Filed: 1911-05-25
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 12,608. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. May 25. Sewing - machines; l o c kstitching by hooks; upper and lower shafts, connecting.-The main - shaft and looper - shaft are driven in opposite directions by a crossed-belt, the main shaft rotations being towards the operator. The main shaft 5 carrying the hand or band wheel 6, is driven in the direction of the arrow s and, through the crossed-belt 32 on pulleys 29, 30, drives the looper shaft 31 in the opposite direction. The belt 32 has eyelets 33 engaging conical pins 34 on the pulleys. The loop-taker 36, Fig. 2, has a groove 37 for the broken flange of the fixed bobbin-case, which is held in position by a removable gib 40. Governing needle thread.- The shaft 5 has a flange 7 to which is fixed a crank 8 the other end of which receives the end of a needle-bar actuating-link 15. To the head 4 is pivoted a link 20 attached to the take-up lever 22 and arm 23, the lever 22 being pivoted to the bearing 9 of the crank 8.
Patent GB-191117772-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Copying Documents, Drawings and the like.
IPC: B41M5/025
Filed: 1911-08-04
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 17,772. Hurwitz & Co., H. Aug. 5, 1910, [Convention date]. Copying documents; printing processes; printing-surfaces. - Letters, drawings, &c. to be copied are written or drawn with an ammoniacal ink, for instance one containing gallic acid, sulphate or chloride of iron, or both, gum arabic, ammonia, and water. The document is pressed against a glass, porcelain, enamel, or like roller or plate, which is previously coated with a solution containing grape sugar and alum, the preferred solution consisting of grape sugar, alum, hydrochloric acid, magnesium chloride, and water. The composition with the design on it is then treated with a solution of boracic acid in glycerine in order to render the blank parts insensible to the subsequent inking, which takes place before prints are obtained. The grape - sugar composition referred to may be used for cleaning an old design off. Instead of using an ammoniacal ink as described, a dried ink may be applied to a design &c. produced in ordinary ink. The process may be carried out by the apparatus shown in Fig. 3, in which a glass sheet a mounted on a resilient cushion f is supported by a bed r with bevelled edges c. The grape-sugar solution is applied to the sheet a, and when set, a letter &c. is placed on the bed and pressure is applied thereto by a pad g on a cover k pressed by means of springs i on to the letter, the pressure being applied for from a half to eight minutes according to the nature of the document. To store the plate a, it is placed with its coated side downwards, and with its edges resting on the edges c.
Patent GB-191118058-A (GB)
Title: Light-indicator for Doors.
Inventor: KORRODI HEINRICH
IPC: G09F7/00
Filed: 1911-08-09
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 18,058. Korrodi, H. March 17, [Convention date]. ' Engaged ' and like indicators. - A device for indicating outside a room whether the interior is illuminated or not consists of a glass body e, with projecting ends g, fitted in an aperture of a door or wall c, or in the escutcheon plate of a door lock or handle. The body e may be in two parts, or may be coned.