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Patent GB-190728382-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Cutting Shingle Strips.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-12-24
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 28,382. Lake, H. W., [Flintkote Manufacturing Co.]. Dec. 24. Cutting - machines f o r roofing-materials.-Machines for making a longitudinal severing-cut in a web or sheet, are provided with automatic means for making the cutting-mechanism intermittently inoperative to interrupt the cut and form connexions between the parts of the strip. The invention is particularly intended to divide a strip of roofing-material by a zigzag longitudinal cut so as to produce two strips with serrated edges, which are locked together by the uncut portions of the strip in order to avoid displacement of or injury to the edges during storage or transit. Figs. 1 and 2 are end elevations, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. The web of roofing- material is fed in between cutting-knives 33, mounted on two rotary carriers 34, and an idle bed roll 18. The knives 33 on one carrier are all inclined in one direction, and the knives on the other carrier are inclined in the other direction, so that the knives of one carrier form a series of parallel cuts x, Fig. 4, and the others form a series of parallel cuts y to make the zigzag cut 32. To provide for interrupting the cut at definite intervals, means are provided for raising one of the knifecarrying shafts 35 away from the bed-roll. The bearings 36 of this shaft 35 are connected by links 54 to arms 53 on a shaft 52, which is rocked to lift the shaft 35. To an arm 53 on the rock-shaft 55 is connected the bar 56, which is moved laterally by a slowly moving cam 63 acting upon a lever 71 connected to the bar 56, so as to connect, at intervals, the bar 56 by means of the recess 57 and stud 60, with an oscillatory lever 58 actuated by a cam 61. During the connexion, the bar 56 is drawn down to rock the shaft 52 and raise the cutters to interrupt the cut. The idle bed roll 18 is supported by the carrier roll 20, the bearings 19 of which are supported on threaded shafts 22, adjusted by nuts 23 connected by gearing to a hand-wheel 27. The toothed wheels 44, 45 for driving the roll carrier are mounted on the arm 47, which may be adjusted to maintain engagement with the gear of the adjustable roll carrier.
Patent GB-190801324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combination Tools.
Inventor: WALLACE JAMES MONROE
Filed: 1908-01-20
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 1324. Wallace, J. M., and Thomson, R. W. Jan. 20. Opening bottles.-A combination tool comprises a bottle-opener, a corkscrew, and a can-opener. The sbank of the corkscrew is pivoted in a notch 3 in the stock 1 and may be swung within a slot 2. The stock 1 is bifurcated at one end to form a bottle-opener, one of the arms 5 being shorter than the arm 6. The portion of the stock between the slot 2 and the bifurcated end is contracted to form a neck 7 with a groove 8. The curved blade 9 of the can-opener is normally housed within the groove 8, one end of the blade being pivoted within the groove and provided with a projector 10 to limit the swinging movement. The blade 9 is provided with a notch 11 for opening, and the stock is provided with a corresponding depression 12. When the tool is not in use, casings 13 may be slipped over the opposite ends of the stock.
Patent GB-190806552-A (GB)
Title: Mixing and Pulverizing Apparatus for Liquids
Inventor: MARTIN ABRAHAM
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 6552. Martin, A. March 24. Piston pumps; delivery, regulating.-In treating beverages &c., the liquid is forced by a series of plunger pumps, one of which is shown in section at a<1> , into a chamber from which it passes through a non-return valve n into a chamber w. The chamber w contains a spring-loaded plunger p, which controls outlet ports r.
Patent GB-190806577-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Automatic Fire Alarm and Extinguisher Apparatus
Inventor: FOLEY JOHN
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 6577. Foley, J. March 24. Switches, thermal. In fire - extinguishing and alarm apparatus, an electric-bell circuit is closed by means of spring-operated contact-bows s, which are normally retained in the open position by fuses &c. r provided with nitrated tassels or fringes. The contact-bows s may be provided with explosive chambers or pods, to give an audible alarm.
Patent GB-190815365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Manifold Copying Books.
Inventor: WHYTE CHARLES GORMAN CUSACK
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 15,365. Whyte, C. G. C., and Rau, A. July 20. Duplicating or sales books.-A manifolding. book by means of which one, two, three, or four copies of an original may be obtained at one operation comprises two blocks of paper sheets, within one cover A, B. One block D is composed of single or folded sheets of ordinary opaque paper, interleaved or not with transparent paper and provided with a single or folded sheet of double-faced copying- paper F, Fig. 6, or FF, Fig. 7 ; the other block E is composed of single sheets of transparent paper, lightly secured together at the edge E' and detachably fastened to the back cover by tabs entering slits B' and by elastic corner-pieces B<2>. The block D is detachably secured to the cover by hooks and eyelets H', Fig. 11, and H, Fig. 10, stapled to the cover and block respectively or vice versa, so that the block can be turned over on to the block E, as shown in Fig. 9, to expose an index G on the back cover. The back C of the cover is sufficiently wide and flexible to permit closing of the book with the stub D' against the edge E<1> of the block E. To obtain two copies of the original with the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, in which the block D consists of folded sheets and has a single sheet of double-faced copying-paper F, a single sheet of transparent paper is detached from the block E and placed over the paper F, and the outer part of the top sheet of the block D is then folded over and written upon. To obtain four copies with the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, in which the block D consists of single opaque sheets and has a folded sheet FF of double-faced copying-paper, two transparent sheets from the block E are used, one being placed between the top sheet of the block D and the top fold of the paper FF, and the other between the second sheet of the block D and the lower fold of the paper FF. A third transparent sheet may be placed below the lower fold of the paper FF to receive the fourth copy.
Patent GB-190821618-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Mode of and Apparatus for Flying.
Inventor: DONOVAN JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-10-13
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 21,618. Donovan, J. Oct. 13. Aerial machines without aerostats; aeroplanes; framework; propelling ; steering; starting.-The aerial machine is provided with a circular aeroplane M, with pairs of lifting and driving screws G G', T T' and with a front horizontal rudder X and a rear vertical rudder V. The plane M is supported by rods O from a rectangular platform A on which is mounted the motor and steering- handles. Below the frame A are placed skids, and wheels Z are mounted to fall away from the machine when it rises. Buoyant bodies may be fixed to the underside of the platform to support the machine on water. The screws forming each pair are mounted on parallel shafts K connected by gear-wheels L, L<1> to drive in opposite directions. The rear plane V is operated by a cord passing around a bollard V<3>, and the front plane X is tilted by a pedal &c. against the action of a spring Y.
Patent GB-190822326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vacuum Cleaning Apparatus adapted for Dusting, Purifying, Disinfecting, Fumigating and like Purposes.
Inventor: CAREY JOHN
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 22,326. Carey, J. Oct. 21. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-A portable apparatus comprises a casing a divided by partitions into three compartments, viz. : an inlet chamber b, containing a removable filter z, a pump chamber c containing three bellows o located upon the sides of a triangular vacuum-chamber g, and an outlet chamber d containing a wash-bottle filled with water or a liquid disinfectant. The filter comprises a removable vertical frame provided with sheets of fabric between perforated metal plates and is located above a dust receptacle 2. The triangular vacuum chamber g is carried by means of a hollow journal e, forming the entrance to the chamber from the filter, and a spindle f to which hand or other driving-power is applied. The bellows are operated by pin-and-slot mechanism s, r, rollers u carried by the pins being constrained to move in paths determined by cam surfaces w, x. These are provided at each end of the bellows so as to ensure parallel movement, and the shapes are such that the deflation of each bellows occupies one-third of a revolution, that is to say one-half of the time of inflation. The bellows are provided with flap valves consisting of strips of flexible material p furnished with a stiffening-strip k at one or both ends and with closing springs l. The air delivered by the bellows passes through the wash-bottle back to the room. If it is desired to fumigate the air of the rcom, the wash-bottle is provided with a spraying-nozzle, and the neck is closed by a stopper. Doors 3, 4 give access to the compartments b, d.
Patent GB-190822827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sand-papering, Emery Grinding and similar Machines.
Inventor: FELLOWS GEORGE HARLEY
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 22,827. Fellows, G. H., Fellows, C. H., and Darby, D., [trading as Fellows & Darby]. Oct. 27. Sand-papering; surfacing and polishing.-A band sand-papering or like machine, principally intended for rapidly dressing or otherwise operating on curved or straight edges, and for bevelling or producing angles on curved or irregular edges of wood or metal work or the like, is constructed with vertical drums a, b, carrying the sandpapering or other abrading- band d. The larger drum a is driven by means of a belt-pulley ax, and the smaller drum b is mounted on a slide e which may be moved by the wheel el to tighten the band. Work tables f, g, h<2> are mounted so that work may be presented to the band at the surface on the drum or to the intermediate flat surface. These tables are angularly adjustable, and the tables f, g are gapped to encircle the drums partly ; the table h<2> carries a flat guide-plate h against which the band is supported, and is adjustable on a slide h' along the length of the machine bed.
Patent GB-190824676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Mixed Gases.
Inventor: KAMM LEO
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 24,676. Kamm, L. Nov. 17. Oxy-hydrogen and like lamps.-Relates to burners for mixed gases, and particularly to burners for oxy-hydrogen apparatus employing a mixture of oxygen and petroleum or like vapour. The burner nozzle is provided with a plug a, which has a series of fine grooves b in its periphery, and a pin e on the plug forms with the nozzle an annular passage f for the issue of the mixed gases. The grooves b may be straight or curved, or may be arranged spirally around the plug. The end of the plug abutting against the shoulder g in the nozzle is undercut to form a space connecting the grooves b with the annular passage f. The plug is retained in position by a pin i.
Patent GB-190825109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Safety Devices for Ironing and like Machines of the Reciprocating Table Type.
Inventor: FLEMING WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-11-21
Granted: 1909-11-22
Abstract: 25,109. Fleming, W. Nov. 21. Guards.-In automatic safety-devices for ironing and like machines of the reciprocating type, a lever V, pivoted to the belt carriage J, is slotted at one end to engage the upper extremity of the treadlearm Z. The opposite end of the lever passes through a spring-controlled rod J normally held up by an arm Q adjustably carried by a pendulous bar O connected with the finger-guard M. When the guard is displaced, the rod T is released and depresses one end of the lever V, thus disconnecting the other end from the treadle arm and allowing the belt carriage to shift the belts.
Patent GB-190901442-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Manufacturing Tubular Metallic Handles for Umbrellas, and the like, and Product thereof.
IPC: B21C37/15
Filed: 1909-01-20
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 1442. Soc. H. Lapointe et Cie. Jan. 30, 1908, [Convention date]. Handles.- Tubular metallic handles for umbrellas, sunshades, canes, &c., are made from a flat piece of metal a, which is stamped, painted, gilded, silvered, nickeled, engine-turned, &c. before bending, and is then formed into a tube of any shape with an ordinary lock joint, Fig. 3. The handle may be made from two tubes, Fig. 5, one embossed and the other plain; these are jointed by a collar c soldered or brazed thereto and forming a mount.
Patent GB-190904026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Wireless Telephony.
Inventor: SCHIESSLER JOSEF
IPC: H04B5/00
Filed: 1908-03-30
Granted: 1909-03-30
Abstract: 4026. Schiessler, J. March 30, 1908. Wireless telephony.-In a system of wireless telephony, the fluctuations of current in the microphone circuit 2, 12, 13 are conveyed directly, or through the condenser 3, to the inner plates of a condenser 6 in a strongcurrent circuit containing an incandescent resistance 7 and a conical solenoid 8, which serves to impress the current fluctuations upon the main oscillation - circuit. The resistance 7 amplifies the variations of current in its circuit. In a modification, the microphone may be connected in shunt with the resistance 7. The receiving-system comprises a condenser 16 and a double cone-shaped solenoid 17, arranged between two incandescent resistances in the form of conical solenoids 20, 22, connected to the condenser 24 and direct - current terminals 18, 19. The receiving-telephone 25 is connected to the inner plates of the condenser 24 shunted by a resistance 21. Modified arrangements of the parts 17, 20, 22 are described, in one of which the resistances 20, 22 may be ordinary glow - lamps with their filaments wound as solenoids.
Patent GB-190905119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motor-generator Sets.
IPC: H02K47/14
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 5119. British Thomson-Houston Co. [General Electric Co.]. March 2. Motor-generators; motors, controlling.-In a motor-generator set for supplying a constant current to an arc-lamp or other load circuit E from a constant-potential supply circuit A and having the armatures B, C of the motor and generator connected in series across the constantpotential circuit A, the generator having one set of brushes c<2> short-circuiting the armature on a line displaced approximately ninety electrialc degrees from the line of field magnetization, and a second set of brushes c<3> connected to the load circuit E and displaced ninety electrical degrees from the first set, the generator is provided with a main field winding c connected in shunt to the motor armature B and an auxiliary opposing field winding c<1> connected in series with the motor armature ; the motor is provided with a main field winding b in series with the load circuit E and, if desired, with an auxiliary opposing field winding bl which is connected in series with a resistance F and in shunt to its own armature. A starting- rheostat D in series with the motor armature is provided with an additional switch contact d<1>, which, when engaged by the rheostat contact arm d at starting, connects the auxiliary winding b<1> in shunt to the resistance of the rheostat with the direction current flow reversed so that it assists the main winding to produce a strong fie!d.
Patent GB-190910504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Can Openers.
Inventor: KIRCHER WILHELM GOTTFRIED
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 10,504. Kircher, W. G. May 3. Opening by cutting.-A canopener is made to extend across the can and clip the top between two rollers b and a revolving disk cutter i mounted on an adjustable nut g, so that, when the opener is turned, the top of the can is cut off. The cutter i is mounted so that it can tilt slightly. In a modification, a fixed cutter may be used instead of the disk cutter i. A blade l is also provided for opening square &c. tins, one of the rollers serving as a fulcrum.
Patent GB-190918441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Protectors for Tires.
Inventor: SHARPE GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: B60C27/16
Filed: 1909-08-16
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 18,441. Sharpe, G. W. Aug. 16. Jackets and covers; tread bands, projections, and surfaces. - A puncture-preventing shield, for use between the outer cover and the airtube or as an outer tread band, comprises short strips of thin steel, which may be coppered, arranged in separate circumferential rows on the tread of the shield in two layers, which break joint'and are separated by a rubber or like sheet, the strips in some cases being combined with longer strips transverse or inclined to them, which extend from the tread of the shield to its edges near the beads of the tyre. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the metal strips 6 of the outer layer are riveted to a canvas band 3 covered with rubber 5, and the spaces between their ends are covered by transverse strips 9, which are separated from the strips 6, by rubber strips 10; and the metal strips 15 of the inner layer, separated from the outer layer by rubber 14, are secured and arranged in the same way on a rubber-covered strip of canvas 23. The whole is vulcanized together between strips 4, 24 of felt, metallic wool, or like material and placed between the air-tube and the cover. In a modification, the layers of felt &c. are not employed, and the outer layer 4 is replaced by an extra canvas layer. When employed as a tread band, the canvas layers 3, 23 are formed by folding one sheet, so that pockets for side securing-bands are formed.
Patent GB-190918599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Threshing Machines.
Inventor: ELWORTHY ROBERT PEARCE
IPC: A01F12/14
Filed: 1909-08-12
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 18,599. Elworthy, R. P. Aug. 12. Thrashing-machines.- In a thrashing-machine to which the sheaves are fed endways, transversely-oscillating forks or prongs are provided to distribute the corn. The sheaves are fed by a band d having slats e moving over a table f to a series of curved knives g rotating on a shaft to cut the bands. The sheaves are then opened by a series of prongs or two-pronged forks h independently pivoted at j and having a coupling-rod n which is reciprocated by a crank-shaft r and connecting-rod. A second series of forks i, pivoted at l and coupled by a rod o to the crank-shaft, completes the distribution. A single series of forks may be employed and may be arranged below the conveyer, operating on the corn from beneath. Additional forks may be used if required.
Patent GB-190921173-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Manufacture in the Form of Grains of Pure or Mixed Cultures of Bacteria or Microbes Producing Lactic Fermentation.
Inventor: LOELOFF CARL
IPC: A23C9/127
Filed: 1909-09-16
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 21,173. L÷loff, C. Sept. 16. Bacteria, cultivating.-Granular cultures of lactic acid bacteria &c. are prepared by inoculating a suitable liquid with aerobic scum-forming lactic-acid bacteria, or with a mixture of neutral aerobic scum-forming bacteria and anaerobic lactic-acid bacteria, or with mixtures of the above bacteria, removing the scum from time to time, dividing, and drying it. For example, separated milk or whey is sterilized, fermented with kephir ferments, separated therefrom, and poured into flat vessels, when the bacillus causasicus forms a scum enclosing other kephir bacteria. Yoghourt bacteria can be similarly cultivated.
Patent GB-190922584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bunching and Counting Machines.
Inventor: SMITHWICK HAROLD
IPC: B65B57/14
Filed: 1909-10-04
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 22,584. Smithwick, H. Oct. 5, 1908, [Convention date]. Delivery apparatus-Sheets, cards, envelopes bags, &c., delivered from machines, are gathered into counted batches by means comprising a gate or switch which is shifted periodically to pass the sheets &c. either into a delivery box, or on to a bridge passing over said box, and thence to a second delivery box. The gate 11, pivoted on the shaft 12, rests for a time in the position shown, so that sheets 10 pass beneath the bridge 7 into the box 2. It is held in this position by a lever 13 on the shaft 12, having a roll 130 resting on a slowly-moving cam disk 15. The disk 15 carries a pivoted spring-pressed lever 25, the rear end of which is forced outwards by a fixed cam 230 so as to allow the front end 27 to pass under the roller 130. The cam 230 then suddenly releases the lever 25, and thus quickly shifts the plate 11 to its upper position in line with the plate 7, in which position it is held by the roller 130 engaging the larger portion of the cam 15. The sheets 10 then pass over the bridge 7 into the box 3, until a pawl 14 formed on the end of the lever 13 drops off the extension 16 of the raised portion of the cam, and thus suddenly shifts the gate 11 to its former position. The cam 15 is rotated by suitable chain, bevel, and worm gearing from the shaft of the delivery roll 9.
Patent GB-190926235-A (GB)
Title: Improved Roller Adhesive Bandage.
Inventor: TEUFEL WILHELM JULIUS
IPC: A61F13/02
Filed: 1909-11-12
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 26,235. Teufel, W. J. Nov. 12, 1908, [Convention date]. Plasters and adhesive bandages. - A rolled plaster bandage consists of an elastic fabric coated on both sides with an adhesive plaster mass. The bandage may be rendered porous by perforation or may be made up on a naturally porous fabric.
Patent GB-191003632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Non-refillable Bottles or the like and Charging Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: REDRUP CHARLES BENJAMIN
IPC: B65D49/10
Filed: 1910-02-14
Granted: 1911-03-14
Abstract: 3632. Redrup, C. B., and Edwards, A. R. Feb. 14. Stoppering.-A non- refillable bottle for containing aerated liquids is provided with an attachable neck B, Fig. 2, which is fixed in place after the bottle is filled. The neck B, Fig. 3, is held in a cap R and a filled bottle A is placed beneath in a gas - tight chamber N provided with a bayonet-jointed bottom piece O. Gas pressure is supplied through a cock U. The neck B is snapped on by pressure from a screw Q<2>, a spring D, Fig. 2, entering a groove A<3>.
Patent GB-191005002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Boilers.
Inventor: EISELE JOHANN
IPC: F22D1/26
Filed: 1910-02-28
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 5002. Eisele, J. Feb. 28. Feed-water, heating. - Feed-water for steamboilers is heated by passing through chambers arranged on each side of the boiler grate and away from the walls of the furnace so that air can pass up behind them and above the fire. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement as applied to a boiler with two furnaces. Ribs e space the chambers b, c, j, k from the furnace walls. The feed passes through the chambers in series, the connecting-pipes being shown at h, i.