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Patent GB-190709829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and more particularly to a Safety Lock.
Inventor: BAUMER RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-04-27
Granted: 1908-04-27
Abstract: 9829. Baumer, R. April 27. Locks, key; keys; i sliding bolts.-The key is used to set a series of blocking- disks b which are adapted to prevent the passage of the tail d of the bolt except when in one particular position. The bolt is operated by means of an arm n which is loosely mounted on the spindle m but made to turn therewith by means of the spring p pressing it against a pin q<1> on the spindle which takes into a notch in the arm. With any moderate pressure on the knob p<1>, the arm n is turned with the spindle, but a forcible turn will cause the disengagement of the two parts. A spring g tends to keep the bolt shot. The locking-disks bare mounted between fixed plates a, and are provided with axle rings through which the key is inserted, the bits of the key engaging pins f on the insides of the rings to move the disks. The bits g are movable on the key stem and are provided with shoulders i in different positions to correspond with the different positions of the pins f in their respective rings e. The key is inserted with the operating bits l in contact with a bar k fixed on the stem. When the key is turned, the projections l engage the pins f, and relative motion between the bits and the key stem is prevented by the shoulders i on the bits coming in contact with the bar k, so that, as the turning of the key is continued, the disks b are carried round. The positions of the shoulders i are so arranged that, when the disks are all moving with the key, their notches c are coincident and can be brought into position for the bolt tail d to enter them. In locking, the key is rotated in the reverse direction until the projections l are all brought into line by the rib k.
Patent GB-190712042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Motor Road Vehicles
Inventor: ATKEY ALBERT REUBEN
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 12,042. Atkey, A. R. May 24. Lifting by levers &c.-In a motor road vehicle, the body is connected to the chassis by two or more levers on each side, and connected to winding or screw mechanism in such a manner that the body may be raised and held by the lifting.mechanism in the raised position. As shown in Fig. 1, the base b of the body is connected to the carriage a by pivoted levers 2 on each side of the vehicle. A screw 14, carried by brackets 12, 13 and having a handle 16, serves to actuate the levers 2 through the medium of a nut 15 engaging a slotted double lever 8, which is fixed to and rocks a shaft 5 supported by the carriage and carrying the ends of the levers 2. Fig. 3 shows a modification, in which the lifting-levers 17, 18, which are inclined in opposite directions, are pivoted to the body b, and at their lower ends to collars 19, 20 sliding on a shaft 21 fixed to the frame, the collars being connected by wires or chains 24, 25 to a winding-drum 23. As shown in Fig. 4, the lifting-levers 26, 27 are parallel and pivoted to the body and to the carriage, and are connected to a winding-drum 28. Fig. 5 shows a modification, in which the levers 31, 32 are inclined in opposite directions and are pivoted to the body and to nuts sliding on a right and left handed screw 33 carried by brackets on the carriage. As shown in Fig. 6, the lower ends of the levers 34, 35 carry worm - wheels 36, 37, which are actuated by worms on a shaft 40 carried by the carriage. The levers at each side of the vehicle may be operated separately from the same handle, and, when the body is resting on the undercarriage, it is secured thereto by suitable bolts, clips, &c.
Patent GB-190717527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Box Irons.
Filed: 1907-07-31
Abstract: 17,527. Walcker, E., and Tolle, H., [trading as Walcker & Co., E.]. July 31, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Burners, applications of; vaporizing-apparatus.-In a box iron heated internally by spirit &c. vapour, the vaporizer 3, containing a series of perforated disks 4, is located within the body of iron above the burner tube 9. The handle 10, which is suitably insulated, contains the spirit, which is admitted to the vaporizer through a needle valve 18.
Patent GB-190721089-A (GB)
Title: Combination Instrument for use in Skinning Carcases, Cutting or Sawing Flesh, Bone and other suitable Materials and Usable for Surgical Purposes.
Inventor: WALLDER CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1907-09-23
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 21,089. Wallder, C. E., and Ashton, H. M. Sept. 23. Horse clippers and the like.- A machine for shearing sheep &c. comprises a handle a squared at the top and ending in a plate c carrying a spindle i on which a hook-shaped knife l is adjustably mounted by means of a slot in the knife, a washer m and a nut n. The knife is driven, through bevel-wheels, by a shaft e which passes through the handle a and is joined to a flexible shaft at the end e'. A circular box, consisting of two plates o<1>, o<2> fixed to the handle by screws b<1>, encloses the knife and has a small slot in part of its periphery to allow the knife to pass through, during part of its revolution. The hooked knife may be replaced by a serrated one, as shown in Fig. 6, the cutting-edge being on either side of the teeth.
Patent GB-190723009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Inseam-trimming Machines adapted for use in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Filed: 1907-10-18
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 23,009. Bates, A., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Oct. 18. Sharpening.-An inseam-trimming machine is constructed so that the shear blade which co-operates with the trimming-knife or with the work guide, or with both, may be displaced relatively to the knife, to enable the knife to be ground without detaching it from the machine. The knife C is mounted in a holder C<1> which is reciprocated in an oscillating carrier E pivoted about a stud E<2>. The shear blade D is secured to an arm D<1>, which can be moved into and out of a groove or slot in one side of the carrier E, one end of the arm, however, being retained in the carrier by a pin and open-ended slot D<2>, D<3>. The arm D' is actuated by connexions G<3>, G', G' from a shaft G, which is controlled by an operating-handle G<4>; stops carried by a plate G<5> ensure that the blade, D will be moved into correct operative position with respect to the knife. These connexions permit the arm to move longitudinally against the resistance of a spring D' as the work requires. A work guide or support with which such machines are usually provided beneath the work to operate against the outside of the inseam, is mounted similarly to the shear blade, to which it may be connected so that the two are displaced simultaneously. The machine may be fitted with a grinding-device consisting of an emery or other wheel J rotatably mounted in an arm K, which is arranged so that it can be swung both vertically and horizontally by means of an actuating-handle J<#>. An adjustable projection K<4> limits the movement of the wheel in both directions and guides it in a predetermined path of motion against the knife. Instead of being mounted to swing laterally, the wheel may be arranged to move axially either with or upon its shaft.
Patent GB-190724182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Out Door Blinds.
Inventor: VARNEY WALTER
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 24,182. Varney, W. Nov. 1. Window blinds.- Relates to means for adjusting the position of outside window blinds. The blind lath a is provided at e a c h end with stretching-arms b, each consisting of a loop or two parallel bars engaging a guide-rod c and any one of a number of notches e in a fixed plate d. A cord f may be arranged as shown to counteract the action of the spring in the roller. Part of the blind may be held flat against the window by a rod h placed through eyes i arranged at the sides of the window.
Patent GB-190728623-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Alarm Clock.
Inventor: GALLAGHER MARY JOSEPHINE
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 28,623. Gallagher, M. J. Dec. 30. Alarms; illuminated clocks.-An alarm clock of the ordinary type is provided, with means for illuminating the dial from the interior, and for extinguishing the light at any predetermined time. The movement is arranged at the back of the case so as to form space for the oil lamp g or other source of light adapted to illuminate the opal or semi-transparent glass dial a. The dial is provided with the usual setting-mechanism for the alarm, and a second scale b over which works a pointer 3. Brackets t, u on a pivoted plate q, respectively carry an extinguisher for the lamp &c., and a lever w for supporting the same until it is tripped by a pin f on an arm e. To set the apparatus, the plate q is pressed back so as to remove the lever w from the path of the pin e, the hour and minute hands are moved back to twelve o'clock, and the pointer 3 is set to the hour at which the lamp is to be extinguished or the electric &c. switch opened, the hands being then set forward and the plate q returned against the stop s. With the scale b arranged as shown, the pointer 3 is arranged at an angle of 90 degrees with the arm e, and this arm operates the lever w after moving 240 degrees from twelve o'clock. In an alternative arrangement, the scale b is carried by the hour-hand so as to avoid setting the hand back to twelve, and both setting dials may be arranged at the back.
Patent GB-190808199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple-cylinder Internal-combustion Engines.
Inventor: HENNIG RUDOLF
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 8199. Hennig, R. July 31, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines.-A multiple-cylinder engine, described as being of the four-stroke-cycle type, has its cylinder arranged in transverse rows, each row consisting of more than two cylinders 1 ... 4 with a common combustion chamber ; the valves A, E, and the ignition and starting devices, are so arranged that the several rows of cylinders can be closely assembled. Each row of cylinders is cast as a unit and fitted on opposite sides with detachable plates enclosing the cooling-water spaces. The framework consists of series of longitudinal and transverse beams connected by pillars. The crankshafts Ware intergeared, the power being taken from them separately or from a countershaft, as shown. The cylinders of each row may have their axes parallel or not.
Patent GB-190813327-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electromagnetic Switch.
Inventor: VENNER ROBERT FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-06-23
Granted: 1909-06-23
Abstract: 13,327. Venner, R. F., Griesbach, R. C., and Morris, D. K. June 23. Switches.-The main contact-arm 2 of an electro-magnetic switch is provided with a supplemental spring or gravity arm 17, with which it makes contact while in the open position, thereby allowing the current to pass through the coils of the operating-magnet 20 for just the period necessary to close the switch. The main switch arm 2, carrying the brush 1, is pivoted at 5 to a standard 6 rigidly secured to a slate base-plate 7, and it carries an overlapping spring 8 with an auxiliary chiselshaped carbon contact 9. The switch arm is held in the closed position by a catch 12, which is caught beneath a flat spring 13 on a standard 14 mounted on the base-plate. The switch arm carries a carbon contact 15, which, on the opening of the switch, is thrown against a contact 16 carried by the supplemental arm 17. The arm 17 is fixed to a yoke-piece 18 pivotally mounted on the pin 5 of the switch arm 2, and is provided with a rearward extension adapted to be retained by the horn 19 of the rear bracket or pole of the coil 20, in order to prevent the arm 17 following the switch arm on closing the switch. The arm 2 carries an armature 2<a>, which is attracted by the pole-pieces when the coil 20 is energized. A spring 22 opens the switch when the catch 12 is released by a trip lever 25 pivoted at 26 to the standard 14 and connected to the spring-controlled core 24 of a solenoid 23. The circuits of the operating-coils are closed at D, E by a time switch C, or by push-buttons or other devices.
Patent GB-190814410-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Key with Wedge for Securing Railway Rails in their Supporting Chairs.
Inventor: STUART ARTHUR REGINALD
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 14,410. Stuart, A. R. July 7. Chair keys and wedges. -Railway rails are secured in their chairs by means of a steel spring key formed from a single piece of steel plate which is adapted to be expanded by a steel wedge driven horizontally between the edges or extremities of the key. Fig. 6 shows. an end elevation of the key as fixed in position, and Fig. 1 a side view of it detached. The key is formed with upper and lower bends a, a<1> which engage in the angles between the head and web and the foot and web of the rail, these bends being separated by the outward bend b, against which lie the opposed edges c, c<1> of the plate. These edges are inclined to form a taper groove d, in which the fixing-wedge e is driven. When the outer chair jaw is inclined to the rail, the key is made of a length equal to the width of the jaw, but, when the jaw is parallel, the key is made longer so that the corners of the edges c, c<1> can be turned up to prevent creeping. To prevent the wedge e from working loose, its thin end is bent round as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190821089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Switches for Surface Contact Electric Traction Systems.
Inventor: MORDEY WILLIAM MORRIS
Filed: 1908-10-06
Granted: 1909-10-06
Abstract: 21,089. Mordey, W. M. Oct. 6. Switches.-Relates to 'means for preventing or arresting the formation of arcs between the switch contacts of the road studs of electric traction systems, due to leakage over the road surface. According to one arrangement an electrostatic condenser is connected permanently in shunt across the main supply contacts of each stud switch. In another arrangement a condenser is carried on the vehicles and connected across from the usual collecting-skate to an auxiliary brush or other contactdevice adapted to make contact with each road stud, so that the condensers are placed successively in shunt to the switch contacts of the studs as the vehicles progress. The auxiliary contact device may make contact with the studs before or after the switches have been opened, and may be made of -shaped iron wires loosely suspended from the vehicle, contact being ensured by its weight or by an electro-magnet. The capacities of the condensers depend upon the amount of leakage current that has to be dealt with. In addition to the abovedescribed arrangements, another condenser may be placed in shunt between the road stud and the rails or earth. The condenser on the vehicle in another arrangement is replaced by a resistance of such a value that, while it stops the are, it does not permit an inconvenient amount of current to pass in the event of the auxiliary contact touching a rail. Fig. 5 shows this arrangement, the collector f having a non-magnetic prolongation f<1> connected to it through a resistance k. This prolongation may be acted upon by a weight, spring, or small magnet f<2>, to ensure good contact with the studs.
Patent GB-190822769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Biscuit Cutting Machines.
Inventor: CLARKE WILLIAM RICHARD
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 22,769. Clarke, W. R. Oct. 27. Moulding biscuits.-A sheet of dough d is divided into longitudinal strips between a plain roller e and a roller f formed with corrugations h, preferably consisting of disks i, these strips being further divided into biscuits by reciprocating transverse knives l. Scrapers q detach the strips from the roller f.
Patent GB-190822846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: SCHWARZ HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 22,846. Schwarz, H. Oct. 27. Couplings, automatic. -Couplings of the hook - and - link type are adapted to couple in spite of difference in alinement due to unequal loading or to curvature of the track. Fig. 2 shows the apparatus in the coupled position. The head d is divided unequally by the recess b, which forms a guide for the link i pivoted at h so as to permit of limited lateral play. The hook l works in a slot j in the narrow member c and is pivoted at k. An arm o is made rigid with the hook, and is normally constrained to take up the position shown in full lines by a spring t, but can be moved into the position shown in dotted lines for uncoupling by screw and nut gearing. The force of impact of the link i, after it has passed the hook l, is received by a spring buffer y. Ordinary screw couplings depend from a bolt 4, through recesses 1, 2 in the head, for use in emergency, and can be suspended on hooks on the underside of the head d. The link i shown in Fig. 2 is made deep enough to allow for differences of loading, but in modified constructions it is also allowed a limited amount of vertical swing. In one such arrangement, Fig. 11, the link i is mounted on the bolt 4, its eye 16 being splayed to permit of horizontal play. The link can also turn about the bolt 4 in a vertical plane, its downward movement being limited by a special removable bolt 18 engaging a lug 17 on the link. A flared month 12 below the slot b guides the link up into the slot.
Patent GB-190822869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Dressing of Leather.
Inventor: SILBERRAD OSWALD
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 22,869. Silberrad, O. Oct. 27. Hides and skins, tanned or tawed, treating.- Consists in a process for replacing by rubber the fatty, oily, or waxy substances contained in leather. The leather is softened, buffed up, dried at a temperature between 30-40‹ C., and immersed while warm in dry solvent naphtha, with which it is extracted or percolated until the fat &c. is completely removed. The adhering solvent is removed and the leather is then immersed, with minimum exposure to the air, in a 10 per cent solution of rubber in solvent naphtha, in which it is agitated for not less than twenty-four hours at a temperature between 30-40‹ C. The leather is then removed, scraped free from adherent rubber solution, and dried, the final traces of surface rubber being removed by a cloth moistened with solvent before the leather is quite dry. The rubber solution should be clear and transparent, and may be made in carbon tetrachchloride, chloroform, chlorobenzene, or other solvent. The naphtha used for dissolving the fats &c. may be replaced by other neutral solvents, such as benzene or carbon bisulphide.
Patent GB-190823942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyor Belts.
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 23,942. Greening, N., and Greening & Sons, N. Nov. 9. Conveyers.-In belt conveyers of the type comprising separate sections of woven wire connected end to end by pins or rods forming hinges, the longitudinal thread of the wire panels which constitute the weft threads of the woven material are formed with loops at each end for attachment to the hinges. Fig. 5 shows one form of belt composed of lengths of wire cloth. The cloth is woven with loops at the end of the weft strands, which in this case are twisted to form eyes B' for threading on to the pins D'. The ends of the pins are bent so that they hook over the adjacent pins and thus form articulated edges to the belt to transmit the driving strain. The cut ends of the warp strands are bent around the outer weft strands in the case. Fig. 6 shows a modified form in which sides plates E of the type described in Specification No. 10,728, A.D. 1893, are used to protect the pins from damage. The plates are slotted to receive the cut edges of the warp strands of the material, and are perforated at the ends to receive the rods D. In this case the loops are threaded directly on the pins instead of being twisted as in the previous example. The loops may be opened out by a suitable tool to fit the hinge pins after the weaving operation, or removable rods may be placed longitudinally at each side of the fabric during the weaving operation to form the loops of the size and shape required. In a modified method, the loops are formed by withdrawing warp strands from either side of the completed fabric after it has been interwoven to its full width in the usual manner. The adjacent edges of each or any of the sections may be connected to separate hinge-pins connected by plates instead of being arranged on a common pin.
Patent GB-190825202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Weighing and Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: SIMONSSON WILHELM
Filed: 1908-11-23
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 25,202. Simonsson, W. Nov. 23. Pendulum-weight apparatus; bearings, arrangement and disposition of ; platform machines ; vibration, neutralizing.-Relates to pendulum - weight apparatus of the kind in which the pendulum arm rolls on a fulcrum surface. The load on the pan 15 of the weighing-scale is balanced by weights 52 on the ends of pendulum-arms 45. The arms roll on rotatable fulcrum disks 56, Figs. 1 and 3, and are supported by flexible metal bands 46 which, as shown, pass over curved surfaces 50 on the frame and are situated outside and clear of the fulcrum disks 56. In a modification, the suspending-bands of each pendulum arm are replaced by one band arranged to wind over a curved surface and situated between the fulcrum disks, sufficient clearance being left to avoid the binding of the band between the pendulum arm and the curved surface. Each pendulum arm is provided with a cycloidal extension 59, over which passes a flexible band 58, attached at one end to the arm and at the other end 60 to a draw-bar or pan-supporting bar 14. The upper and lower ends of the draw-bar are guided by flanged pulleys 30, 30<a>, and vibration is minimized by means of a dash-pot 35. In a modification, the pulleys 30 are replaced by flanged sectors, and the dash-pot is arranged at the lower end of the draught-bar, the pulleys 30a being dispensed with. The scale may be adapted for use as a platform machine by a suitable connexion from the lower end of the draw-bar. As shown in Fig. 6, the platform rod 65 is coupled to the draught-bar by a pin 69<a> secured within a collar 68, and disengagement is effected to relieve the mechanism, after weighing, by means of a lever 71 which displaces the collar laterally against the resistance of a spring 70. Re-engagement is effected by a lever 67. In a modified form of apparatus the supporting-band for the pendulum arm is arranged between the fulcrum surface and the pendulum arm, and the band previously attached to the draw-bar is lengthened and connected to a pan or platform. The flexible suspender for the pendulum arm may be dispensed with and the curved fulcrum and the pendulum arm provided with intermeshing teeth.