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Patent GB-190625670-A (GB)
Inventor: BOYS CHARLES VERNON
Filed: 1906-11-14
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 25,670. Boys, C. V. Nov. 14. Sextants etc.; horizons, artificial; theodolites.-Relates to altitude and azimuth instruments, comprising a combined sextant and horizon especially applicable for use in balloons. The horizon consists of a freely hanging collimator g, Fig. 3, supported on knife-edges in gimbal rings f inside a tube b which serves as a handle for the instrument The frame a which carries the tube b also carries a low-power telescope c. A scale i, fixed in the collimator and illuminated by a mirror 7 and ground-glass disk 4, is seen in the telescope by reflection from a plain unsilvered glass k carried by the collimator. A fixed mirror l serves to reflect light from the rotatable reflector m into the telescope, the position of the mirror m, as determined by an arm moving over the quadrant p, giving the required angle. The telescope c is hinged to a bar e, along which it can be moved laterally so that an object can be sighted directly by the side of the prism l when the instrument is to be used as an ordinary sextant. A hollow cone u, sliding in the tube b and lined with a soft material, serves to raise the collimator from its gimbals when the instrument is not in use, the cone being pressed upwards by a spring v and downwards by a lever operated by the observer's thumb. The period of oscillation of the collimator is increased by a weight r, an adjusting-weight t being provided. Pins 1 in the frame a guide the collimator when it is raised from the gimbals. A number of dark glasses of different opacities are carried between the mirrors or prisms l. m by a pivoted plate 3. A circular hinged cover 9 for the reflector m is provided, and the holder 8 of the mirror 7, connected by a link 6 with a sleeve 5 sliding on the tube b, may serve as a protective cap for the latter. The Provisional Specification also describes the following features which are disclaimed in the Complete Specification. The instrument may be mounted with an azimuth circle on a levelling-support to serve as a theodolite. In order to read the azimuth while sighting an object, a prismatic compass may be attached to the telescope, the prism and the eyepiece being close together; or a compass card with transparent divisions and a reflector may be mounted in the telescope. A spring on the vernier arm may engage with projections on the quadrant corresponding to each degree to indicate the angle by the number of clicks, and fractions of degrees may be read from the scale i in the collimator. For star observations, a cylindrical lens may be removably mounted in the telescope to form the image of a star as a straight line.
Patent GB-190629370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pianos
Inventor: GRUSS ERNST FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1906-12-24
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 29,370. Gruss, E. F. Dec. 24. Pianofortes.- The soundboard a is arranged separately from the wrest-plank, is provided with a broad rib-like frame e c along its edges, and is secured by screws e passing through the iron frame d into the frame c. The back is dispensed with. According to the Provisional Specification, the soundboard is strengthened and the corners are damped by laths glued across the upper corner. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 143, A.D. 1880, and No. 25,362, A.D. 1898.]
Patent GB-190700913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Tools for Nailing and the like
Inventor: BARTER JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1908-01-14
Abstract: 913. Barter, J. Jan. 14. Nailing, hand-toolsfor.-A hand-tool for driving nails comprises a casing a with a spring-retracted spindle d working therein, the spindle having its lower end d<1> reduced in diameter, a nose b screwed to the lower end of the casing a, and a cap c screwed to the upper end of the casing. The nose and cap permit of adjustment of the normal position of the spindle for accommodating nails or rivets of different lengths. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 6355, A.D. 1891, No. 14,724, A.D. 1892, No. 3134, A.D. 1893, No. 16,916, A.D. 1895, No. 2221, A.D. 1900, and No. 10,915, A D. 1903.]
Patent GB-190705148-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Cement, or the like, Brick or Block Making Machine.
Inventor: HAYWARD SIDNEY PHILIP
Filed: 1907-03-04
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 5148. Hayward, S. P., Kmowles, J., and Haynes, T. H. March 4. Moulding bricks &c.-A mould for forming cement bricks or blocks comprises a frame or bed a carrying hinged sides c, c<1> secured to spindles b supported in lugs a'. The sides c are geared together and are operated simultaneonsly by levers b<1>, while the front side c' is capable of being swung down into the vertical position to facilitate removal of a moulded block. When forming a block, the mould sides are held together by a yoke d resting upon lugs c<4>; the yoke is provided with lugs e<1> adapted to support a hopper e', through which material is supplied to the mould. The bottom of the mould is formed by a pallet n having raised end portions n<1> adapted to form recesses to facilitate handling of the finished blocks. Cores h<2> are carried by a frame h, which is raised and lowered on guide-rods g by means of links m connected to levers l secured to a shaft k, which is rocked by a lever i. The cores are held in their raised position during moulding by means of a gravity catch o engaging with the lever i. In operation, the mould is closed by the yoke d, the hopper e is placed over the mould, and the cores h<2> are raised into position. Material is then fed in through the hopper e and tamped ; the cores are lowered, the yoke d and hopper e removed, and the sides c swung into an horizontal position by means of the levers b<1>, the front side c<1> being then swung down and the moulded block removed. Faced blocks may be produced by inserting embossed plates in the mould. False bottoms and sides may be inserted to produce blocks of varying size, and the sides may be grooved to receive partition plates.
Patent GB-190711262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Measuring Instruments
Inventor: NORTHRUP EDWIN FITCH
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 11,262. Northrup, E. F. May 26, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Acts, 1901]. Pyrometers.-A galvanometer'applicable as an electrical pyrometer has two flat coils 7, 8, Fig. 6, in a frame pivoted to turn between the crescentshaped poles 5, 6 of a permanent magnet 1, so that as one coil moves more into and the other more out from the magnetic field the equilibrium position indicates the ratio of the currents in the two coils. Two resistances, one of which is known, the other being the resistance element of a pyrometer, are connected in series with the two coils, and the scale may indicate temperature directly. The coils are connected to terminals by very fine wires, preferably of silver, exerting practically no mechanical control.
Patent GB-190712968-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Holding Electrical Condensers and the like.
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 12,968. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., and Bangay, R. D. June 4. Condensers.-Means for holding condensers &c, comprise an elastic ring c, preferably made of india-rubber and wound with copper wire, resting on a conducting-plate d in a box a, and a spring cap f in electric connexion with a conducting. plate i. The condenser b of tubular shape has a concave head e in electric connexion with the interior of the condenser, and is placed between the ring c and spring cap f. Several condensers are contained in the box, and ara separated by strips k of felt to prevent breakage. The capacity of the set may be varied by removing or inserting some of the condensers.
Patent GB-190715777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Boxes.
Inventor: WERTZ THOMAS
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 1 5,7 7 7. Wertz, T. July 9, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Folding boxes; straps a n d bands, strengthening; corner clips and pieces.-A collapsible box comprises sides 1, Fig. 1, top 2, bottom 3, and end-pieces 4, 5, all suitably recessed and strengthened by bracing - bars. The outer edges of the sides are rabbeted or recessed at 6 and engage the ends of vertical brace-bars 7 lying flush with the sides, the ends being bent over at 9, to engage recesses in the top and bottom. The rear end of the cover carries a bar 12 having attaching-lugs secured by nails to the top and having plates 14 engaging recesses in the ends, the front end of the bottom being provided with a similar bar 16. The end pieces have vertical bracebars 19 with attaching-lugs and lugs 21 engaging the side pieces. The inner walls of the side pieces are strengthened by bars 25, Figs. 2 and 3, the ends of which engage with bars secured to the inside of the top and bottom. The forward end of the cover carries a bar 29, which is recessed to receive the locking-bolt 30 of a lock 31 on the cover and between which and upwardly-projecting lugs 32 can be inserted a locking-bar 33 having suitable engaging-plates 34, 35. Two of the plates 35 have apertures for screws 36, Fig. 5, engaging leather nuts 37 through the cover. The locking- bar is secured to the end of the cover by screws 38 passing through apertures in the bar 29, and has a central lug 39 having a slot adapted to receive the end of the locking-bolt 30. The box is opened and folded by unlocking the bolt 30 and removing the fastening-screws from the plate,33, the locking-bar being then lifted out of engagement with the lugs 32 ; the cover is then slid backwards and the front end 4 drawn up from engagement with the side and bottom piece, when the remaining parts will collapse.
Patent GB-190718189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Damping and Inking Rollers for Lithographic Printing Machines.
Inventor: RICHARDS JOSEPH ALFRED
Filed: 1907-08-12
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 18,189. Richards, J. A., and Horsell, F. Aug. 12. Lithographic and like printing ; inking - rollers, making.-Lithographic inking and damping rollers consist of an ordinary elastic composition roller covered with a waterproof protective skin or coating of rubber, or woven or other fabric rendered waterproof, or a skin sewn on and made waterproof. The coating may be secured by suitable adhesive to the roller. The overlapping ends of the waterproof coating may be secured in any suitable manner, such as by turning them down over canvas-backed rubber washers stuck on to the roller ends with pitch, and secured to the waterproof skin by rubber solution or the like. Outer washers, clamped against the roller by nuts, may be provided. Further outer coverings of flannel, moleskin, &c. may be applied if desired.
Patent GB-190718415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HUMPHREY ALFRED HENRY
Filed: 1907-08-14
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 18,415. Humphrey, A. H. May 15, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent gas lamps.-In an inverted lamp, the burner ring 5, Fig. 1, and the valved burner tubes 7 are cooled by air which enters through holes 25 in the globe band and passes for the most part through the holes 14<1> and up between the chimney 9 and the casing 13 which acts as a draught-inducer. The globe band also admits air for combustion through holes 26, the two currents being separated by the flange 24. The chimney flanges support the casing 13 and protect the burners, and the mantles are suspended through holes in the plate 32. Gas is led from the supply pipe into the trap chamber 40 (shown also in Figs. 9 and 10 which are cross-sections of the casing 6, Fig. 1), whence any sediment or moisture is removable through the plugged opening 49. When the lamp is not burning, the pilot-jet 55 is fed through the passage 52 leading from the trap chamber to the pilot chamber 50. When the tap is turned, the movement being limited by the pin 45, the hollow plug 43 revolves, and while gas is being admitted in the valve chamber 41 and the burner ring by the registering of the port 46 with the passage 42, the pilot-jet is " flashed " by the passage of the port 47 across the pilot chamber inlet 51. Both passages 51, 52 are preferably adjustable by the screws 54, 53. Fig. 8 shows an alternative arrangement for admitting air between the chimney and casing ; Fig. 11 is a section of one of the burner-tube valves 56.
Patent GB-190807824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cloth Measuring, Winding and Rewinding Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1908-04-08
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 7824. Thompson, W. P., [Knobel, A.]. April 8. Feeding-apparatus for webs.-Relates to a machine for measuring, winding, and re-winding webs of fabric. The frame 1, Figs. 6 and 7, comprises wooden ends or uprights spaced apart by rods or tubes and securely mounted on a base or table 2. The bolt of fabric to be unwound is mounted in adjustable pivots 40, 41 situate at the base of the frame, each pivot comprising spreading arms 43, 44, Fig. 10, urged apart by springs secured to their sector-shaped ends 46, 47. A spring-actuated pawl 49 engaging in a ratchet on one of the sectors resists any tendency of the arms to slip back during the opening movement. To regulate the tension of the web during winding, the stem of the pivot 41 is squared and fits into a tension drum 36 mounted on the frame, the drum beiog embraced by a tension strap 37 provided with a regulating-screw 39. The fabric is re-wound on a board mounted in the upper sockets 93, 78, the turning motion being supplied to the former by means of a crank 90. The bolt pivot or socket 92 is spring-controlled and arranged to permit of the winding of varying widths of web, particularly in winding double-fold goods. The socket 78 is loosely mounted and controlled by a hand-wheel 76. In winding a bolt from the folded state, the material is passed between tension bars 12, 13, Fig. 7, maintained parallel with the surface of the table 2. Gauge blocks 19 at either side of the frame are employed to give the proper alinement to the right-hand selvedge, or folded edge of the web in the case of double-fold goods. To provide for bolts of goods of varying width, the pivots 77, 40 are arranged on a pivot carriage 3, which is laterally adjustable and may be secured in any given position by a clamping-device operated by turning the handle 89. Temples 53 &c. provided with adjusting means are employed to keep the edge of the fabric in line during the winding-operation, and are mounted on a swinging bar 4, a third temple 105 being secured to the frame. In dealing with double-fold goods, the web is folded over the bar 4, a thin plate at its right-hand extremity guiding the inner part of the crease. The frame bars 7, 8, Fig. 7, and a gate 5 consisting of upper and lower bars, are employed to assist further in guiding the web in its passage through the machine. The measuring-apparatus consists of a roller 28 of, say, a quarter of a yard circumference, acting in conjunction with a pressure roller 29 of soft indiarubber, between which rollers the web passes, the revolutions of the roller 28 being communicated to and registered by a counting-apparatus 25 of the usual form.
Patent GB-190809008-A (GB)
Title: An Improved, Illuminated, and Electrically Operated Apparatus, for Displaying Advertisements, Announcements, and the like, Day and Night.
Inventor: RICHARDSON ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-04-25
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 9008. Richardson, A. April 25. Signals, indicator or visible.-Apparatus for forming letters &c. consists of a screen comprising a number of parts adapted to be moved in a direction approximately at right-angles to the plane of the screen. A monogrammic arrangement of sections 7 is shown in Fig. 1. The sections are mounted on the cores 13 of solenoids 10, Fig. 3, and are held in a forward position by springs 14, and are brought into a retracted position by energizing the solenoids. The cores are supported in sleeves 12 integral with the caps 11 of the solenoids. Rotation of the cores is prevented by a bolt screwed in the sleeve and projecting into a slot in the core. This device may be used to limit the movement of the cores. Shells 9, for example, of iron, enclose the solenoids. Selection is controlled from a suitable switchboard, for example, the negative terminals of the solenoids are connected to a common terminal and the positives each to a separate switch, or preferably there is an automatic switch-mechanism in which an intermittently rotating drum carries bars provided with fingers, which make contact with the terminals of the solenoids. The sections may be retracted a short distance, or entirely withdrawn to form perforations. In the former case, lamps 16 in a casing 17 illuminate the screen, the light being directed by reflectors 19 on to its face. When the letters are formed as perforations, lamps are fitted in the casing. The letters are formed by retracting the letter sections, or the remaining sections, and the solenoids may be adapted to move the sections in a forward direction. The letters may be caused to appear and disappear in succession, or as a whole.
Patent GB-190811789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: PIESTRAK CASIMIR STANISLAS
Filed: 1908-05-30
Granted: 1909-06-01
Abstract: 11,789. Piestrak, C. S. June 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Combustion-product engines; compressed-air engines; internal-combustion engines of the continuous-combustion type. In a combustion-product engine air is compressed in a cylinder j, cooled in the cylinder and in a cooler k, and passes into a receiver l; thence it passes into a motor cylinder m where it is expanded and cooled, into a cooler n where it is also liquefied, through the heater k and the jackets of the compressor and motor cylinders j, o, p, into a furnace t heated by the exhaust gases. The air, now a gas again, is mixed with fuel and burnt, and then passed into the cylinders o, p. The furnace t is provided with a number of disks of refractory material and with a thermostat which controls the supplies of fuel and air. Turbines and rotary compressors may be used instead of cylinders, pistons, &c. The cycle of operation is illustrated in Fig. 3. The Specification in its original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises the following modifications (1) combustion may take place in the cylinders o, p ; (2) the invention may be embodied in a combined turbine and piston motor ; (3) coal dust may be used as the fuel ; (4) the air may be compressed in stages ; (5) the cylinder m is insulated ; (6) a portion only of the air may be further cooled in the cooler n which may work on the countercurrent principle and be of the kind shown in Fig. 3º. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted. Specification No. 13,488, A.D. 1900, is referred to.
Patent GB-190811820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Firelighters.
Inventor: CROSS HENRY
Filed: 1908-06-01
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 11,820. Cross, H. June 1. Cardboard boxes; boxes for fire - lighters.-Trays for containing firelighters are stamped out of cardboard, millboard, compressed paper, wood pulp, or other material, preferably less combustible than the material of the fire-lighter proper, with perforations 3 in the sides for admitting air.
Patent GB-190814671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Speed Gearing.
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 14,671. Selbach, O. C., and Etablissements Selbach. July 10. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to change - speed gearing for motor - cars &c. of the type comprising a countershaft and means for transmitting power from it to the driven shaft consisting of an independent clutch sleeve concentric with both h driving and driven shafts. This sleeve p is connected to the engine clutch pedal so as to be disconnected from the driven shaft b when the engine clutch is released. A toothed gear o on the sleeve p is constantly in mesh with a gear n fast on the countershaft p. The sleeve p is supported externally and is provided internally with a ring of clutch dogs x. A sleeve t sliding on a square part of the shaft b carries clutch dogs z4 capable of engaging the dogs x when the countershaft speeds are required, or of engaging dogs s on the end of the driving-shaft a to effect a direct drive. An intermediate position of the dogs u allows the entire gear to be isolated from the road wheels. The sleeve t is operated through a fork v and rod w so as to disconnect the sleeve p as indicated above. The rod w is connected by means such as a lost-motion device to the engine clutch pedal.
Patent GB-190815747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Protecting Confectionery during Transit.
Inventor: HOLZWEISSIG ANNA
Filed: 1908-07-24
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 15,747. Holzweissig, A., [nÚe Heinemann], and Priestersbach, W. July 24. Load, securing.-Relates to a device for protecting confectionery, particularly cakes, during transport, the object being to prevent the article from sliding from its plate and becoming damaged. The plate is carried by angle-pieces e soldered to a sheet-metal strip a bent into the form of a ring, and adjustable to plates of different sizes. On the outside of the ring are hooks f adapted to engage spring-controlled chains g, Fig. 3, on the transporting-device, which may be a basket, bicycle, carriage, or motor-car. Between each pair of plates a sheet-metal cover is hooked into the chains to protect the cakes. The ends of the ring a are provided with a pin and a slot respectively and are clamped in the adjusted position by a thumb-screw.
Patent GB-190823681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spinning Rings.
Inventor: BAZLEY WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1910-02-07
Abstract: 23,681. Bazley, W. H. Nov. 9, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Spindle apparatus.-A traveller ring is provided with means for varying the running fit or degree of looseness between it and its support so that the ro tation of the ring can be controlled. The traveller ring 2 has an annular groove 3 which is a running fit upon a flange 4 on an interior support 5 seated in a split bearing or bushing 7 mounted in the ring rail. The support 5, which is preferably non-metallic - and formed of oil-impregnated wood, has a removable section 15, and a screw 9 with a tapered head 9<1> engages the support interiorly at the meeting line of the removable section and the body of the support, so that upon outward movement of the screw the support is expanded into tighter engagement with the traveller ring. Inward moveof the screw permits the ring to contract. Preferably the head of the screw 9 engages an opening in the split band 11 mounted upon an interior flange 12 of the support, so that wear of the support is prevented.