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Patent GB-190808730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Gas Ignition and Control.
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 8730. Jensen, P.. [Bartlett, L. G.]. April 21. Lighting gas ; acetylene lamps. - Relates to acetylene and like lamps of motor-cars, or the lamps of a train, which are provided with a controller of the kind which simultaneously turns on the gas and electrically ignites the same, the controller being arranged on the dash-board of the car, so that the lights can be extinguished in crowded traffic and relighted at once, and danger of explosion on ignition is also prevented. According to the present invention, the controlling- device is provided with means for locking it in position, the gas cock is supported independently of the supply pipes, and a yielding electric contactor is used. As shown in Fig. 2, a controller C is mounted on a dash - board D, the controller comprising an outer casing connected to the board D by means of a nut D<1> and washer D', and a plug C' operated by a handle C<3>. The handle C<3> is normally locked by a spring-controlled catch B which engages a notch in the casing, and when the handle C<3> is moved to connect the inlet passage t<2> with the outlet t, a projection e on the handle contacts with an insulated spring-controlled ball E3 and completes an electric circuit to an induction coil, the secondary coils of which are connected, preferably in series, to sparking-tips L<3>, Fig. 5, arranged near to the two lights of a car. After the gas has been ignited, the plug is turned on fully, and the catch B engages a second notch on the casing. The tips L<3>, Fig. 5, are mounted on flanges L<2>, and are secured by shoulders L<7>, washers L<4>, nuts L<5>, and check nuts L<6>. The tips L<3> are arranged near gas vents L9.
Patent GB-190808740-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fence Standard.
Inventor: WATSON ALBERT PETER FERGUSSON
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 8740. Watson, A. P. F., and Watson, G. D. April 21. Drawings to Specification. Fencing.-Standards for fencing are constructed by twisting strip metal helically throughout the whole length, the base of the standard being pointed to allow it to be bored into the ground.
Patent GB-190811292-A (GB)
Title: Method of Producing a Material for Substituting Leather.
Inventor: BAUM FRITZ
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 11,292. Baum, F. July 24,1907. Leather substitutes.-Leather, or a substitute therefor, is produced by removing from the flesh or muscular parts of animals, the fat and water, then tanning, and afterwards cutting into slices of the required thickness.
Patent GB-190815331-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Producing Stereotype Matrices.
Inventor: LUECK FRITZ
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 15,331. L³ck, F. July 20. Stereotype ; embossing.-Relates to a machine for beating, rolling, backing, and drying stereotype matrices. The forme and flong are carried by a bed 14, running on rails 13 and having a fork adapted to engage catches or knobs on an endless chain beneath the bed. The chain is first moved to convey the forme to a beating-brush 12 of rushes or the like, which is reciprocated vertically by a link connected to an eccentric on the shaft 4, driven by belt and fast and loose pulleys 5. At the conclusion of the heating operation, the chain is re-started, and the forme and flong pass beneath a felt-covered roller 15 to a powder reservoir 16, having at the bottom a rotating recessed roller, which deposits a powder consisting of chestnut flour, wheat starch, dextrin, whiting, and magnesia on the back of the matrix. As the forme passes beneath the blade 16<1>, the powder is evenly distributed over the back of the matrix and fills up the recesses, surplus powder being scraped into a reservoir 17. As the forme continues to move forwards, it rotates a rubber roller 19 and draws backing-sheets from a drum 18. The forme, matrix, and backing-sheets then move into the heating-press 21, the plate of which is raised and lowered by a screw, worm gearing, and open and crossed belts. After heating, the matrix is ready for use in the usual way.
Patent GB-190819364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Unloaders for Fluid Compressors.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-09-15
Granted: 1909-09-15
Abstract: 19,364. Lake, W. E., [Ingersoll-Rand Co.]. Sept. 15. Compressing.-Fluid-compressors are unloaded and re-loaded at predetermined receiver pressures by means adapted to open and close communication between auxiliary receivers and the compressor cylinder and thereby alter the clearance volume ; the unloading and re loading is also adapted to take place step by step. Fig. 1 shows one end of a double-acting single-stage compressor provided with auxiliary receivers 8 which are normally closed to the compressor cylinder by valves 9 independent of the ordniary discharge valves 5. The space at the back of each valve 9 is normally in communication with the main receiver by way of a pipe 16, and a governing-mechanism 20, shown in Figs. 4 and 5. At a predetermined receiver pressure, the pipes 16 are opened to the atmosphere by the operation of the governing- mechanisms, the valves 9 open, and the compressor is unloaded. Each governing-mechanism comprises an adjustably-weighted piston 25, Fig. 4, subjected on its underside to receive pressure and adapted to actuate a slide valve 19, which distributes compressed air to one of the piston heads 13, 12, Fig. 5, of a valve which puts a port 15 leading from the space at the back of the valve 9 into communication with the receiver, by way of the pipe 23, or with the atmosphere, by way of a bridge port 11 and a wall port 14, according to the direction of the motion of the valve. For step-bystep unloading, the pistons of the various governing-mechanisms are loaded to different extents. One governing-mechanism may be adapted to control two or more unloading-valves simultaneously, and numerous illustrations of this feature are shown in connexion with the step-by-step unloading of single and two-cylinder compressors.
Patent GB-190824912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Field Firing or Surprise Targets.
Inventor: GATES RICHARD THOMAS
Filed: 1908-11-19
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 24,912. Gates, R. T. Nov 19. Targets. -A drop-target is mounted on a shaft connected by means of clutches to a rock-shaft which is operated by mechanism such as that described in Specification No. 9052, A.D. 1908, the clutch mechanism being so constructed that the two shafts are disconnected when a bullet strikes the target, to allow the target shaft to rotate independently of the rock-shaft and thereby to lower the target. The target shaft F is detachably mounted in a socket a rotatably fitting in a sleeve b, which is detachably mounted on the rock-shaft, the socket a and the sleeve b being locked together by spring plungers c, d carried by the sleeve engaging respectively a hole f, and a curved notch g in the socket. The plungers are guided by pins j, d' sliding in slots b<5>, b<4> in the sleeve. On raising a target into view by operating the rock-shaft, a fixed cam-plate k engages the pin and withdraws the plunger c, the plunger d alone locking the socket and sleeve together. The spring e of the plunger is adjusted to prevent dropping of the target by the action of wind, but allows disconnexion under the impact of a bullet, whereupon the target drops. The rock shaft is then operated to bring the plungers into engagement with their respective recesses so that on operating the mechanism to revolve the rock-shaft in the reverse direction the target is raised into view. Stops m, n limit the movement of the socket a, and stops o, p, on the socket and sleeve respectively, engage with each other when the plungers are opposite their respective recesses.
Patent GB-190826368-A (GB)
Title: Improved Controlling Apparatus for Organ Pipes.
Inventor: KIRSCH ALFRED
Filed: 1908-12-05
Granted: 1909-12-06
Abstract: 26,368. Kirsch, A. Dec. 5. Organs.-In an organ, each pipe k is controllable from three or more different keys through passages d, which are normally closed by membranes e. By drawing a stop, air under pressure is permitted to escape from a chamber f, so that, on depressing a key, the air in the chamber under the diaphragm g is permitted to escape past the non-return valve m and the membrane e. The pressure in the wind-chest a then causes the diaphragm g to be depressed against the action of the spring h, thereby causing the pipe to speak. The diaphragm g is provided with a bleed-hole l, and as shown, four membranes e, arranged in two tiers, are provided for each pipe. With this arrangement it is possible to p'ay a set of pipes on several manuals in various fundamental tones and without using octavecoup'ers, and the Specification contains a table showing how the equivalent of 37 registers is obtainable with nine sets of pipes. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 19,546, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190900792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Grinding Rollers such as those Employed for Roller Bearings.
IPC: B24B5/22
Filed: 1909-01-12
Granted: 1910-01-12
Abstract: 792. Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., and Weeks, G. Jan. 12. Rollers, treating.-A machine for grinding rollers, such as are used for roller bearings, is constructed so that the rollers have a travelling rolling movement in spiral or other grooves in a stationary member or disk while they are acted upon by a movable disk of abrasive material, the rollers being passed through twisted guides at intervals in the operation in order to change their positions end for end. The rollers are ground between a guidedisk 1 and an abrasive disk 2, which is rotated through suitable gearing by the pulley 3. The spiral groove 4 in the disk 1 is connected at its ends by a guide 6, which is so bent that the rollers running through it change their positions end for end. If desired, the groove in the disk 1 may also be interrupted at an intermediate point by a guide 8, Fig. 4, so that the positions of the rollers may be changed at an intermediate point in the grinding. In an alternative construction, Fig. 6, the groove 9 in the disk 1 forms a chord in respect to the face of the abrading-disk, and is connected at the ends by a twisted transfer guide 11.
Patent GB-190903735-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Opening Letters and the like.
Inventor: MCCRUM ROBERT
IPC: B43M7/00
Filed: 1909-02-15
Granted: 1910-02-15
Abstract: 3735. McCrum, R. Feb. 15. Drawings to Specification. Envelopes are opened by an abrading-surface adapted to be moved over their edges.
Patent GB-190905486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Talking Machines.
Inventor: APPLETON RICHARD JAMES
Filed: 1909-03-06
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 5486. Appleton, R. J. March 6. Feed-motions.- A two-speed epicyclic gear for reproducing records having 100 and 200 threads per inch has its gearwheels mounted on a disk 4 connecting the mandrel shaft 12 and the feed-shaft 3; or, in a modified form, the gear is mounted on the feedshaft 3. Fig. 1 shows the gear in position, Fig. 3, shows the gear-wheels mounted on the disk 4, and Figs. 4 and 5 show sections on lines A-A, B-B of Fig. 3. Two trains of gear - wheels 7, 5, 9 and 8, 5. 6, 10, forming the high and low gears respectively, are alternately used by turning the disk 4 through 180 degrees and securing it by a clamp 14. The high-gear train may be replaced by teeth on the edge of the disk 4. Rods 15 eccentrically mounted on screw pivots 16 permit adjustment of the disk 4. The shaft 29, carrying the integral gear-wheels 5, 6, may be screwed at 30 into the disk 4, as shown in Fig. 4; or it may be provided with a recess into which fits a projection 35 on the disk 4, as shown in Fig. 5. In another modification, shown in Fig. 7, the feed-shaft 3 is divided at a pivot point 26 on a subsidiary shaft 3<a>. A crown-wheel 28 mounted on the shaft 3 gears through pinions 27, 24, on a shaft 25 at rightangles to the shafts 3, 3<a>, with a smaller crownwheel 23 integral with the wheel 13 driven from the mandrel shaft. The wheel 13 and the crown-wheel 23 are adapted to be locked with the shaft 3<a> by a sliding plate 17 and pins 18, 21, whereupon the whole gear turns solid and forms the high gear for records having 100 threads per inch. When the wheel 13 and the crown-wheel 23 are unlocked from the shaft 3<a>, and this shaft is prevented from rotating by a set-screw 22, the low gear is brought into play; this is suitable for records having 200 threads per inch.
Patent GB-190908832-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Closing Watertight Doors or the like
Inventor: LAUBEUF MAXIME
IPC: B63B19/14
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 8832. Laubeuf, M. April 14. Man-hole doors.-Relates to a device for closing circular or elliptical doors, hatches, or covers of ships or submarine boats, of the kind in which the cover or door A is suspended by means of a pivot b from an arm B, which is pivoted at a to a bracket C and has two rearwardly-projecting extensions E, to which are attached two springs R adapted to balance the weight of the cover. To the forward end of the arm B is pivoted a hook F. A second hook G is pivoted at d to a rod H, which extends through a guide I and through a stuffing-box f in the deck, its lower end being screw-threaded to engage a nut, which can be turned by a handwheel V. When the rod H is raised by means of the hand-wheel V, the hook G is drawn against an inclined extension g of the guide I by a spring r, thus allowing the cover to be opened. When the rod H is lowered, the hook G is raised to the vertical position and brought into engagement with the hook F, so that, by a further movement of the rod, the arm B is pulled down, and the cover A is firmly closed against a rubber washer.
Patent GB-190910152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastening Means for Sash Windows, Slidable Shutters or the like.
Inventor: SHORE FRANK
IPC: E05F11/00
Filed: 1909-04-29
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 10,152. Shore, F., Shore, T., and Shore, W. April 29. Fastenings for sliding windows.-A fastener for window sashes, sliding shutters, &c. comprises a bolt d mounted in a pivoted or fixed casing f on the bottom sash &c. and adapted to engage at either end e, i with racks b, m on the upper sash and frame respectively. This engagement may be by plain or tapped holes or by slots, and is such as to permit adjustment of either sash, in one form the bolt having a screw engagement with the casing f.
Patent GB-190915501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Sounding Leads.
Inventor: WARLUZEL CHARLES
IPC: G01C13/00
Filed: 1909-07-02
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 15,501. Warluzel, C. July 2. Sounding - apparattts. - In leads formed of two concentric tubes A, F, the outer one is perforated at D to allow the water to pass in, and the removable and graduated inner one is provided at its upper end with a stopper having radial grooves and a small helical tube J. A spring interposed between the stopper C closing the outer tube and the bottom of the inner tube keeps this tube firmly in place. Several inner tubes are supplied with one lead to be used for shallow, intermediate, and deep soundings.
Patent GB-190916821-A (GB)
Title: Improved Evaporating Drum.
Inventor: NEUBAECKER PAUL
IPC: F26B17/28
Filed: 1909-07-19
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 16,821. Neubõcker, P. July 19. Film evaporators. - In evaporating liquids by means of a rotating internally-heated drum which takes up a film of liquid from a trough beneath it, the trough is arranged to contain only that quantity of liquid which can be taken up in one revolution, in order that heating of the liquid before it reaches the drum may be avoided. The liquid is accordingly fed to the lowest point of the trough 4 by means of a pipe, and the trough is one-sided. The radial distance of the trough from the drum increases in the direction of rotation in order that the vapour may pass away in that direction, and a closely-fitting prolongation 4<1> prevents passage of vapour on the other side, and thus obviates any moistening of the residue removed by the scrapers 7 and collected in the trough 9.
Patent GB-190919525-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Carbonating and Dispensing Beer and other Aerated Liquids.
Inventor: MOWER EUGENE BILLINGS
IPC: B67D1/04
Filed: 1909-08-25
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 19,525. Mower, E. B. Aug. 25. Forcing liquid into gas; feed and discharge, regulating; aerating processes.-An apparatus for aerating beer, &c. comprises a vessel 3 in which the liquid is aerated under high pressure and from which the aerated liquid is passed into a vessel 4, in which a lower pressure is maintained, and from which the aerated liquid is dispensed. Gas is supplied to the vessel 3 from a cylinder 17 and liquid from a vessel 23 by a fluid-operated pump 24 through an atomizer 28. The supply of motive fluid to the pump is regulated, according to the level of the liquid in the vessel 3, by a float 43 and lever 40 operating a valve 37. The flow of aerated liquid from the vessel 3 to the vessel 4 is regulated, according to the level of the liquid in the vessel 4, by a float 53 and a lever .50 operating a valve 47 in the pipe 11. The vessels 3, 4 are provided with safety-valves 7, 10.
Patent GB-190921165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Doors for Core Drying and the like Stoves.
Inventor: HISLOP ROBERT FINDLAY
IPC: B22C9/12
Filed: 1909-09-16
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 21,165. Hislop, R. F. Sept. 16. Doors.-Asbestos-millboard, sheet iron, or other panels 3 are secured to the T-iron framing 1 of a core-drying or like stove door by means of tubes, rods, &c. 4 held by clips 5, which are fastened by bolts and nuts 6,
Patent GB-190921653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Turbines Provided with Pivotally Mounted Guide Blades.
Inventor: HOLM HANS THEOBALD
IPC: F03B3/18
Filed: 1909-09-22
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 21,653. Holm, H. T., and Boving, K. E. Sept. 22. Regulating. - In inward-flow water turbines having pivoted guide - vanes, all the vanes are linked to a ring 6, which is hollowed as at 8 to receive rollers 9. The rollers are mounted on the ring and run on the periphery of the part 3 of the stator. A ridge on the part 3 fits the mouth of the hollow 8 and closes it. The hollow is filled with grease, either from grease cups located on the ring or by grease forced through the pipe 13. The pins on the ring 6 which form the pivots of the links 5 pass through the chamber 8, and are provided with passages by which grease from the chamber passes to the contacting surfaces of the links with the pins.
Patent GB-191006444-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Automatically Pumping Water, also applicable as a Motor.
Inventor: JONES HAROLD
Filed: 1910-03-15
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 6444. Jones, H., and Hammond, E. March 15. Actuating by hydraulic motors.-In a buoyancy motor of the type in which a float rises and falls in a tank which is alternately filled with water and emptied, a toggle mechanism is employed for the purpose of holding the float in its lowermost position until the tank is completely full, thereupon the toggle is broken and the float allowed to act. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus adapted for operating a pump h through a lever g connected at one end to the float D and toggle mechanism j, q. Water enters the tank A from a supply pipe t through a subsidiary tank r. As soon as the tank A is full, a float (not shown), closes a valve in the pipe b<1>, whereupon the tank r also fills and a subsidiary float o therein rises, thus disturbing the equilibrium of the toggle mechanism. The float D is thus set free to rise suddenly, effecting a stroke of the pump. The tank A is emptied by a siphon arrangement. The toggle mechanism may be replaced by an hydraulic or pneumatic device.
Patent GB-191008561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cartridge Feeding Devices for Automatic Guns and the like.
IPC: F41A9/30
Filed: 1910-04-08
Granted: 1911-04-10
Abstract: 8561. Jones, E., and Kynoch, Ltd. April 8. Machine guns; cartridge belts.-Relates to cartridge-feed mechanism in which the cartridgecarrier is advanced by the direct coaction of projections thereon with cams on the breech-block, and consists in moving the belt over a fixed incline so as to remove the cartridges transversely from the belt without previous longitudinal movement. The invention is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 applied to a gun of the kind described in Specification 13,419/09, in which cams 9, 10 on the reciprocating breech-bolt t impart a two-step rotary motion to a cartridge-carrier 11 by operating upon a feed-wheel 14. The cartridges are, during the rotation of the carrier, forced directly out of clips 40 on the cartridge belt 20 by the action of a fixed incline 19 on the gun casing instead of being first drawn longitudinally from the belt as in the above-mentioned Specification. To facilitate the action of the incline 19, the cartridges are supported above the surface of the belt, as shown in Fig. 6, by the heads 42 of the rivets which unite the clips 40 and belt 20.
Patent GB-191010531-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball or Pulverising Mills Employed in the Dry Grinding of Potters' and other Materials.
IPC: B02C17/04
Filed: 1910-04-29
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 10,531. Johnson, E., Evans, C., Gaskell, T. H., and Boulton, Ltd., W. April 29. Ball mills.-In ball or pulverizing mills for use in the dry-grinding of potters' materials &c., the grinding-cylinder a is supported by means of end disks e on rollers d carried by shafts s, and the stationary pipe j through which the finely-ground material is withdrawn is provided with a stuffing-box and gland j<1>. The settling- chamber k is fitted with a sieve k<1> to prevent material from passing to the fan o, and its lower part has converging sides terminating in a small chamber provided with a regulating- shutter m and with a contracted end to which a sack &c. may be secured. The cylinder a is lined with porcelain, silex, or quartz g, and the material may be introduced by a feed-shoot i, or fed to the mill from a stone crusher or granulator by a worm or other conveying-device.
Patent GB-191013854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus Employed for Humifying Air in Spinning Rooms and like Places.
IPC: F24F6/12
Filed: 1910-06-08
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 13,854. Hall & Kay, Hall, D., and Kay, J. H. June 8. Treating with liquids in apparatus having wetted perforated partitions.-In an apparatus for humidifying air, ,water pumped through a pump d is heated in a cylinder e with a steam-pipe el, and sprayed from nozzles f on to a filtering-medium g. The air enters through an inlet j, and passes over steam-tubes k, through the medium g to the fan l. The general arrangement of apparatus is similar to that described in Specification 13,945/97.