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Patent GB-190823980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing Cases, Boxes, Casks, and the like.
Inventor: HEWITT WILLIAM WALTER
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-11-09
Abstract: 23,980. Hewitt, W. W. Nov. 9. Lids and covers.-Consists in means for fixing the heads or ends of packing-cases, boxes, casks, &c. made from parallel wooden slats or staves connected together by flexible bands or sheets of material. The heads or ends a, Fig. 1, which may be of wood or metal and of any shape, are provided with hoops or flanges a<1> fitting inside or outside the packages, the ends of the latter being furnished also with hoops b. Both sets of hoops are perforated to receive the connecting bolts or pins c. In some cases both of the hoops a<1>, b may be formed in one with the lid. When very thin slats are employed, short pieces e, Fig. 6, of hoop iron are used to reinforce some of the slats, and are held in place by hoops f, g connected by bolts, the head being fixed in position as before.
Patent GB-190825201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mattresses and other Reclining and Seating Upholstery.
Inventor: TACKE CARL
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 25,201. Tacke, C. Nov 23. Mattresses &c.-A spring mattress or seat bottom comprises a frame a within which are mounted two sets of spring laths d, d<1>, which rest against crossbars b and are connected together at their ends by rods e, so that pressure applied to the upper series of laths causes a deflection of both series. In the form shown in section in Fig. 2, the laths are arranged transversely. In a modification, Fig. 6, the laths are arranged longitudinally and the transverse cross-bars b are connected to the frame a by springs c, which engage slots in the bars b and are secured to projections on the inner sides of the frame members.
Patent GB-190826237-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Heating the Steam in the Receivers of Compound Engines.
Inventor: CHAPMAN JOHN STEVENSON
Filed: 1908-01-17
Granted: 1909-01-18
Abstract: 26,237. Chapman, J. S. Jan. 17. Superheaters, steam.-Steam in the receivers of compound or multiple-expansion engines, or in the receiver between a reciprocating engine and a turbine, is heated by hot air which has been passed through a box in the flue of the steam-generator furnace. As shown in Fig. 2, hot air is supplied by pipes 1 in the receiver 2,by a pipe 3, and exhausts by a pipe 10.
Patent GB-190828234-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Operating Change Speed Gears of Traction Engines, Heavy Motor Cars, and other Machines.
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 28,234. Allchin, W., and Pagesmith, S. T. Dec. 28. Traction engines; motor road vehicles.-In change-speed gears for traction engines &c., the sliding wheels are moved in and out of gear by means of a single handle through the medium of a combination of a cam-slotted lever or levers and bell-crank levers. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a two-speed gear. The cam-slotted lever n is pivoted to a fixed bracket, the slots engaging the ends of bell-crank levers which operate the pinions. A movement of the lever to the left throws the wheels E, e into gear, no movement of the lever k taking place. Similarly a movement of the lever to the right places the wheels D, d in gear. A pin, placed in one of three holes y in the bracket, locks the lever in the 'in' or ' out' of gear position. Fig. 3 shows the invention applied to a three-speed gear. The slotted lever r is pivoted to a second slotted lever p itself pivoted to the bracket. The ends of the levers have overlapping lugs s, t, and, when these are connected by a pin, they become in effect one lever and operate the wheels d, e as in the former case. If now the pin be placed in the hole v to lock the lever p, the hand-lever moves about its pivot r<1> to clutch the wheels d,f together for the third speed.
Patent GB-190828509-A (GB)
Title: Improved Treatment of Tin Alloys containing Silver to Separate the Metals.
Inventor: STEWART CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1908-12-31
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 28,509. Stewart, C. H. Dec. 31. Lead salts; calcium salts; sodium salts; stannates. -Tin alloys containing silver are treated to separate the metals by smelting with oxidized lead material so as to remove the tin as fusible stannate of lead. Other bases such as lime or soda may be present, and these also form stannates.
Patent GB-190904356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wood Rasps.
Inventor: GIBSON JOHN THOMAS
IPC: B27G17/06
Filed: 1909-02-22
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 4356. Gibson, J. T. Feb. 22. Rasps.-A wood rasp is provided with a series of rows of inclined perforations or slots a, the lowermost edges a<2> of which are sharpened and set to form chisel-shaped teeth or cutters on both faces of the tool. The perforations allow chips &c. to pass through the blade. A tang or pointed extension b is provided at each end, or one extension may be detachably secured to either end of the rasp, to enable both faces of the rasp to be used.
Patent GB-190907624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Engines.
Inventor: MILLS THOMAS
IPC: F01L7/06
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 7624. Mills, T. March 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Toothed gears; rotary valves.-The distributing-valve a consists of a ported disk placed inside the cylinder head, and driven by worm gearing from the main shaft. The valve is provided with two or four ports which register with the inlet and exhaust ports l, m, and is held to its seat by a spring n. The Provisional Specification also states that the disk may be made either plane, concave, or convex, or may be in the form of a wheel, the port or ports being formed in the rim.
Patent GB-190908171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closet Basins and Seats.
Inventor: BAYER HERMANN
IPC: E03D11/02
Filed: 1909-04-05
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 8171. Bayer, H. April 5. Closet basins and pans; closet seats. -To prevent contact of the body in front and behind, closet basins and seats are made highly elliptical.
Patent GB-190908951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Apparatus for Filling Vessels with Water or other Liquid.
Inventor: BARTHOLOMEW WILLIAM
IPC: E03D1/32
Filed: 1909-04-15
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 8951. Bartholomew, W., and Bartholomew, S. L. April 15. Float valves.-Relates to a valvular device for supplying water from one tank to another such as a flushing-cistern b at a slightly lower level. When the cistern b is discharged, a cylinder c on the stem a' of the valve a is emptied by siphons so that the slight pressure underneath the valve and the upward thrust on the float e suffice to open the valve and the cistern is refilled. The extent to which the valve opens is regulated by a nut a<3>. When enough water has overflowed into the vessel c, the valve closes.
Patent GB-190910164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, Processes for the Manufacture of Nitrous and Nitric Acids, Nitrate, Nitrite or Sulpho-nitrate or Sulpho-nitrite of Lime, Soda or Potash.
Inventor: PRICE JOSEPH
IPC: C01B21/50
Filed: 1909-04-29
Granted: 1910-07-29
Abstract: 10,164. Price, J. April 29. Drawings to Specification. Hydrogen; oxygen. - Superheated steam is passed over barium oxide which absorbs the oxygen only, leaving the hydrogen to be collected. The oxygen is obtained by raising the temperature of the resulting peroxide or lowering the pressure.
Patent GB-190915397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Skates.
Inventor: YOXALL HENRY SMALLWOOD
IPC: A63C17/02
Filed: 1909-07-01
Granted: 1910-07-01
Abstract: 15,397. Yoxall, H. S., Thorneycroft, C. W., and Richmond, R. H. July 1. Skates. - In roller skates with the heel and sole plates riveted on the upper edges of adjustable girders, one girder d is duplex, being of U-shaped cross-section, and is adapted to contain, and to be adjustably secured to the girder a. The ends are bent outwards as shown in Fig. 5, to give a wide support to the foot-plate.
Patent GB-190927932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rock Drills.
Inventor: SCOTT LEWIS LAWRENCE
IPC: E21B1/34
Filed: 1909-11-30
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 27,932. Scott, L. L. Nov. 30. Percussive drills.-Relates to percussive rock drills of the type operated by a pair of opposed two-stroke-cycle internal-combustion engines. For starting and for limiting the stroke, a crank-shaft 9 is yieldably connected to the rear piston 10 by a connecting-rod 14 and a pin 13 sliding in grooves in the piston, its motion being limited in one direction by stops 19 and in the other by a spring 17. For the rear stroke, the charge in the rear ignition chamber 2 is ignited. During the stroke, charges in the rear mixing- chamber 4 and the front ignition chamber 21 are compressed, and a new charge is drawn into the front mixing-chamber 25. At the end of the stroke, the chamber 2 exhausts through the port 30 and the charge in the chamber 4 passes through a port in the piston and the port 28 to the chamber 2. The charge in the chamber 21 is then ignited, and the forward stroke is given. The drill rod 33 is rotatably mounted in the front piston 11, a tool-steel block 32 being interposed. A sleeve 40 on the drill rod has lugs engaging spiral grooves in a sleeve 38 on a ratchet-wheel 37 engaged by pawls 36 to rotate the drill intermittently.
Patent GB-190928349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing Sounds by Means of Gas Explosions.
Inventor: DALEN GUSTAF
IPC: G01V1/116
Filed: 1909-12-04
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 28,349. DalÚn, G. Dec. 31, 1908, [Convention date]. Gas-explosion signals.-For producing sounds of definite pitch, an explosive gas-mixture is supplied to chambers 3 in the periphery of a rotating wheel, and a fixed igniting-device 10 is provided for exploding the contents of the chambers as they pass the mouth of a funnel 8. The gas-mixture is supplied to the chambers 3 at their inner ends from a chamber 5, the centrifugal action being assisted by the arrangement of inclined channels 9 in the hood 7 so that the mixture may be supplied at even less than atmospheric pressure. After passing the electric sparking-device 10, the chambers 3 are swept out and cooled by the centrifugal passage of atmospheric air.
Patent GB-190928360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Filtering and Purifying Liquids.
Inventor: ABRESCH EUGEN
IPC: B01D37/00
Filed: 1909-12-04
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 28,360. Abresch, E. Dec. 4. S t e r i l i z i n g water &c. - A liquid, such as industrial water to be purified and sterilized for reuse is passed through a settling- chamber 5 and then up pipes 6 fitted with boxlike baffles to retain impurities and supplied with air or ozone by means of nozzles 18. Boneblack or a chemical may be introduced into the pipes. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the baffles slide in and out of the pipe 6 and are fitted with pipe.s through which oily matter collected under the baffles can be discharged. The pipes 6 can be arranged horizontally or in a sloping position, and may lead to a chamber in which slime is collected.
Patent GB-191000284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Spokes for Wheels for Railway Wagons and the like Vehicles.
Inventor: WOOD JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1910-01-05
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 284. Wood, J. T., and Wood, S. Jan. 5. Planing. - For removing fraze, a cutter m, Fig. 7, is mounted behind the rolls of a rolling- mill on arms n operated by a hand-lever r.
Patent GB-191005937-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Filtering or Purifying the Smoke passing through Cigarettes.
Inventor: COEN LOUIS
IPC: A24D1/04
Filed: 1910-03-09
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 5937. Coen, L. March 9. Cigarettes.-A thin disk A of linen, stiffened in any known manner, is placed a short distance from the end of a cigarette C to act as a filtering-medium, and is held in place either by a mouthpiece B or by adhesive smeared round its periphery.
Patent GB-191006875-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Semi-automatic Telphone Exchanges.
Filed: 1910-03-18
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 6875. Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges. March 18, 1909, [Convention date]. Semi-automatic exchange systems.-In a semiautomatic telephone system in which a calling subscriber is connected by a preliminary selector at the exchange to a disengaged connector of the Strowger type, the connector is attached by a selector of the preliminary-selector type, to the leads of an idle operator. It is arranged that, during the time that an operator is engaged with one of the connectors accessible to his panel, all the connectors of his panel are made busy. Figs. 1 and 2 are to be read continuously from left to right, Fig. 1 showing the connexions for two subscribers 33 and 55 and a connector LW<1>, and Fig. 2 those of an operator Z. The subscriber No. 33, by removing his receiver, actuates his preliminary selector VW<33> in manner described in the Specification 9055/09, until a lead C' is reached of a disengaged connector LW<1> belonging to the panel of a disengaged operator Z, Fig. 2. A circuit for the winding v of the hold-on relay T<33> is then closed from the battery over the m line, the contacts r<1>, y<3>, winding v, line c<1>, contact of relay B, contact f<1>, lead f, contact v<3> and interrupter V<1>. The switch contacts of the relay T<33> cut out the selector magnet D<33>, and connect the leads a<34>, b<33> with the leads a, b<1> of the connector line. The relays A, B at the connector LW<1> are thus brought into circuit with the battery, and the contacts of the relay B complete the circuit for the driving-magnet D<2> of the selector DW<1> over the lead g. When the switch arm of this selector reaches the contacts a<1>, b<1>, d<1>, the circuit of the relay V is closed over the contacts f<2>, a<2>. The contacts of the magnet V cut the driving-magnet D<2> out of circuit and connect the operator's leads a<2>, b<2> to the leads a<1>, b<1>. Enquiry and connexion with subscriber No. 55 take place as described in Specification 9055/09. The lead f, which was used to complete the first holding-circuit of the magnet T<33>, is common to all the connectors accessible to the operator Z. Hence, when the magnet V is energized and the lead f is connected to the battery lead m, these connectors are made busy to other calling preliminary selectors. When the switch shaft W has been operated, and the operator Z has disconnected himself, the connector LW<1> is disconnected from the lead f at the contact f<1>, so that the connexion between subscribers 33 and 55 is maintained over the connector LW<1>, while further calls can be received over the lead f. The lead f may otherwise be made busy by disconnecting it. In this case, the lead shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 is omitted.
Patent GB-191011215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-implement Dogs and Stops.
Inventor: HOOPER EDGAR AUGUSTUS JOSEPH
IPC: F24B15/00
Filed: 1910-05-06
Granted: 1911-05-08
Abstract: 11,215. Hooper, E. A. J. May 6. Fire-dogs. - Tray-like stops c are connected to or combined with firedogs, so that the fireirons can be lifted and removed with the dog and stops. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the tray or stop c is attached to the arms b of the dog a. In that shown in Fig. 8 the tray c and dog a are connected by plate f, and in other modifications, the plate f is replaced by one, two, or more rods, and the tray or stop c is formed with compartments or pockets for the ends of the fire-irons. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 2487/87.
Patent GB-191012080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or Appertaining to Toothed Gearing.
Inventor: SIDDLE CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: F16H1/20
Filed: 1910-05-17
Granted: 1911-05-17
Abstract: 12,080. Siddle, C. W. May 17. Toothed gearing.-In order to obtain an even transmission across the whole breadth of a pair of intermeshing toothed gears (plain spur, double helical, or worm) one of the gear elements is formed in two sections a, b, Fig. 1, loosely mounted upon the shaft c and connected thereto by levers e pivoted in an intermediate disk d, so as to allow slight relative motions of the gear sections to compensate for irregularities of meshing, but otherwise to transmit a solid drive. Endlong movement of the gear sections is prevented by collars f. When the diameter of the gear elements is too small to allow the direct application of the rocking levers, a modified arrangement, as shown in Fig. 4, may be provided. In this form, the drive is transmitted by means of a sleeve h to a disk d, which is loosely mounted on the pinion shaft i and carries the rocking levers e. One gear section is loosely mounted on the shaft i, and is formed with a sleeve extension k, whereby it is connected to the proximate ends of the rocking levers e, while the other gear section b is fixed to the shaft, and is connected to the opposite ends of the levers e by means of a disk j, which is likewise fixed to the shaft. The motion transmitted by the sleeve h is thus equalized between the two sections, as in the first-described arrangement. In a modification of the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the rocking levers may be arranged at right-angles or at any other angle to the axis of the shaft i, the connexions being obtained by means of overhanging flanges on the disks d, j. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 14,842/91, 15,011/92, and 6211/99.
Patent GB-191016586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Stoppering Machines.
Inventor: STANILAND ERIC FLEMING
IPC: B67B1/06
Filed: 1910-07-12
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 16,586. Staniland, E. F. July 12. Stoppering.-A screw stopper is fed into a hopper 17, Fig. 3, on the side of a cylinder 11, and is then held in place by catches 12 and screwed into a bottle neck by a cup-shaped head 10<a>. The head is operated by a handle 16, Fig. 1, attached to a pivoted toothed quadrant 14 in mesh with a pinion 13 attached to a rod 9 carrying the head. Bottles are brought into position by pressing a handle 1 pivoted at 3 so as to raise a rest 2. At the same time, the screwing-head is lowered by an arm 18 and rod 4. As soon as the screwing- head has finished with one stopper and is raised, another stopper falls against the catches 12 from. the hopper 17. In a modification, the catches are pivoted.
Patent GB-191016841-A (GB)
Title: Electric Arc Lamp for Two or more Pairs of Electrodes.
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1910-07-14
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 16,841. Schwarz Bogenlampenfabrik, A. July 28,1909, [Convention date]. Arc lamps.-Separate feeding-drums a, a<1>, Fig. 1, for two or more pairs of electrodes to burn in succession are connected by ratchet-wheels and pawls to toothed wheels c, c<1>, which are geared together directly, and are also geared by a single intermediate wheel i to an escapement wheel g. One drum a can alone rotate until a piece s on the corresponding chain engages a lever q and removes a tooth o from a notch in the next drum, which then feeds its pair of electrodes. The electrodes may be collinear, side-by-side, or convergent. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of the chains for convergent electrodes.
Patent GB-191016873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grease-pots for Tinning Machines.
Inventor: THOMAS RICHARD BEAUMONT
Filed: 1910-07-15
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 16,873. Thomas, R. B., Thomas, H. S., and Law, E. F. July 15. Tinning.-The finishing grease-pot a of a tinning- machine is fitted with a liner b of incorrodible material, such as ferro-silicon, or enamelled sheet-iron, in order to avoid the production of " thick " metal " in the tin bath below. The use of glass and earthenware is also mentioned in the Provisional Specification. The supporting-frames for the rolls c are similarly protected, or are made of an incorrodible material.
Patent GB-191020953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cushion Heels.
Inventor: TEER EDDIE ROBER
IPC: A43B21/42
Filed: 1910-09-08
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 20,953. Teer, E. R. Sept. 8. Heels.-In cushion heels in which a wearing- lift 5 is secured to the rubber cushion 1 by means of screws passing into a plate 3 recessed into the heel, the recess and plate are formed of T-shape.
Patent GB-191021674-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tipping Wagon Arranged to Discharge its Load at Either Side or Both Sides.
Inventor: BRADLEY FREDERIC CHARLES
IPC: B60P1/32
Filed: 1910-09-19
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 21,674. Bradley, F. C. Sept. 19. Tip - wagons. - The body of a tip - wagon is traversed towards either side by gearing and at the same time is gradually tipped by links which come into action automatically as the body is traversed. The links also act as stops to prevent the body from tipping too far, and, in conjunction with nuts, secure the body in the horizontal position when the vehicle is travelling. The underframe carries two longitudinal shafts G having loosely mounted rollers upon which run channel-shaped bars secured to the body. The shafts G also have pinions gearing with the racks K on the body. The body is traversed towards either side by turning a cross-shaft Q, which is geared by spur-wheels 0 to another cross-shaft P provided with worms gearing with worm-wheels on the shafts G. Pairs of links B are secured at each end of the body by pins C working in slots D in the ends of the links, and the other ends of the levers have pins C<1> working in slots D<1> in the underframe. The slots D enable the body to be traversed until partly balanced before tipping commences. The pins C are provided with nuts and washers which can be tightened against the links B to lock the body in its normal position.
Patent GB-191021948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Mines or the like.
IPC: F42B22/00
Filed: 1910-09-21
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 21,948. Vickers, Sons, & Maxim, [Elia, G. E.]. Sept. 21. Mines, marine.-Consists in providing mines with a loose rope adapted to become entangled with the propeller of a passing ship and thereby to fire the mine. The loose rope A<x> is preferably of a specific gravity substantially equal to that of the water, and is maintained at a given depth by a hydroplane D; two such mines are connected together by a cable C, which serves to bring the mines against the sides of the ship, as shown in Fig. 3, and also to pull on the anchor cable B<1> with the force required for firing if the loose ropes fail to become entangled. In one arrangement, Fig. 1, the mine is in the form of a boom A, A<1>, and in another arrangement, Fig. 5, the mine A is normally held within the anchor B by a number of pins which break when the cable B<1> is tensioned; this, however, cannot take place until a soluble safety-device B<3>, Fig. 6, has released a side cable b<3>, i.e. a certain time after launching. In both cases, the mine is fired in a known manner by a spring striker A', Fig. 5, cocked and released by the tension in the cable B<x>. The loose rope may be replaced by a flexible tube containing explosive and forming an extension of the explosive boom so as to damage the propellers when the explosion takes place; the connecting-cable may then be dispensed with.
Patent GB-191024145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tent Poles.
Inventor: TOD PERCY BROMFIELD
IPC: E04H15/60
Filed: 1910-10-18
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 24,145. Tod, P. B. Oct. 18. Tents. - Relates to screw couplings for adjusting the length of divided tent - poles. Fig. 1 shows a screw e, which works through a threaded socket d at the end of the pole section a, and is provided with a retaining-plate or washer i. A collar g of the screw bears on a washer k on a cap d on the lower section b of the pole, and a shank f of the screw fits in a socket in the section. In one modification, a right and left handed screw is used, and in another, a metal sleeve attached to the collar fits over the ends of the sections.