baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-190811978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sanding Devices.
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 11,978. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Park, W. June 2. Sanding rails.-A sanding-device for self-propelled vehicles is adapted to be operated when any slipping of the wheels on the running surface takes place. A hopper 1 is connected by means of flexible tubing 3 with a distributing-chamber 4 containing a wheel with chambers on its periphery. The shaft carrying this wheel has a sprocket-wheel keyed to it, rouud which a chain passes in tubes 5, 6. The chain also passes round a second sprocketwheel keyed on an inclined spindle 14 on which two wheels 12, 13 are loosely mounted. The wheels 12, 13 are adapted to engage with the vehicle wheel 8 and rail 15 respectively, when the spindle is drawn forward by suitable links against the action of the spring 16, the other end of which is secured to a bracket 17. Bevel-wheels are secured to the sides of the wheels 12, 13 and are engaged by a bevel-wheel carried by a member secured to the spindle 14 so that the whole forms a differential gear. When the wheels 12, 13 are drawn into contact with the wheel 8 and track 15, the spindle 14 is unaffected if the wheel is not slipping. When slipping occurs, the wheels 12, 13 revolve at unequal speeds and the spindle 14 is rotated. Through the sprocket-wheels the sandhox is operated. Provision may be made for bringing only one of the small wheels into contact with the driving-wheel or running surface when a continuous supply of sand is required. It is stated in the Provisional Specification that the small wheels 12, 13 may be advanced into position by electric means.
Patent GB-190817318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automobile Ploughs with Vibrating Shares.
Inventor: HUBERT LINARD ALPHONSE
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-08-18
Abstract: 17,318. Hubert, L. A. Aug. 18. Drawings to Specification. Motor road vehicles.-It is stated that the frame carrying ploughs or other implements may be removed from a motor plough and may be replaced by a car, but this arrangement is not claimed. The frame which carries the motor is supported on two driving-wheels and two steering-wheels.
Patent GB-190820484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Dextrine, Gum, Starch or like Materials.
Inventor: HERVEY CHARLES
Filed: 1908-09-29
Granted: 1909-09-29
Abstract: 20,484. Hervey, C. Sept. 29. Dextrin; gum; starch.-In the production of dextrin, gum, starch, &c. from farinaceous or mealy materials, the material is mixed with a small proportion of a solution of a salt, for instance common salt, to which a mineral or organic acid may be added. The mixture in the form of a damp powder is next passed through a dressing - machine and is then treated with an electric current until converted into the desired product. A suitable dressing-machine consists of a casing B containing a wire-gauze cylinder b', inside which revolves a shaft b<3> carrying brushes b<1>; the material is fed in through the shoot b<6>, is forced by the brushes through the gauze and issues through the shoots b7, b<8>. The electrical treatment is carried out in the cell C which is divided into compartments containing electrodes c<1> made of lead, copper, tin, iron, aluminium, &c. The converted material is finally passed through a second dressing-machine similar to that described above. Materials suitable for treatment by the process are maize starch, tapioca, cassava, mandroca, and sago flours, farina, rice starch, rice flour, wheat starch, wheat flour, and maize flour.
Patent GB-190821179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting and Controlling Internal Combustion Engines
Inventor: HESSELMAN KNUT JONAS ELIAS
Filed: 1908-10-07
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 21,179. Hesselman, K. J. E. Oct. 14, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-To facilitate the starting of e n g i n e s in which the fuel is injected by compressed air, any pressure remaining in the cylinder is released by opening a relief valve 2, the operating gear of the admission device 5 being simultaneously t h r o w n out of action. For this purpose, the valve lever 4 is mounted eccentrically on the pivot of the handlever 3 which opens the relief valve. The device also enables one or more cylinders to be thrown out of action in order to reduce the speed of the engine, or to allow the air-pump to increase the pressure in the air reservoirs.
Patent GB-190825875-A (GB)
Title: An Accessory to or in connection with Acetylene Lamps for Separating the Unused from the Used Calcium Carbide.
Inventor: HUNTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-12-01
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 25,875. Hunton, W. Dec. 1. AcÚtylene lamps.-Relates to apparatus for separating the used from the unused portion of calcium carbide left in the generator of an acetylene lamp. According to the Provisional Specification the apparatus may form part of the lamp. The appliance consists of a box with a lid or cover which is hinged or otherwise secured and fitted with a sieve. The carbide is emptied into the box, the lid closed, and the box inverted and shaken. Or a box made in two parts, the upper part A containing a sieve B fitting into the lower part C, may be used. The upper part is provided with a lid H, and the parts are secured together by means of a screw G and a bail handle D pivoted to the lower part.
Patent GB-190902463-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combined Bedstead and Linen Chest.
Inventor: WILFORD THOMAS HENRY
IPC: A47C17/86
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 2463. Wilford, T. H. Feb. 2. Bedsteads fitted with cupboards and drawers.-A receptacle for linen, combined with a bedstead, comprises drawers, cupboards, &c. sliding in or opening into a detachable frame a, which is supported at the front bottom edge d by a tongue entering a groove in a rail d<2>, and is secured by thumb-screws c. The back is supported on castors, so that the receptacle moves readily with the bedstead.
Patent GB-190902926-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Airship.
Inventor: MAHNKOPF CARL
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1909-02-06
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 2926. Mahnkopf, C. Feb. 6. Propelling; cars.-An aerial machine is raised by means of four paddle-wheels 3, arranged in pairs on transverse shafts at each end of a boat-shaped car 1. The paddle-wheels have six curved blades 4, with their inner ends pointed and their outer ends wider than the rim 3 to which they are connected, and they are driven by an engine inside the car. By varying the speed of the wheels, the machine may be made to rise, to remain stationary in the air, or to fall slowly. A wheel 8, mounted under the car, enables the machine to be wheeled away after landing.
Patent GB-190904087-A (GB)
Title: Cinder Guard for Kitchen Ranges or Stoves.
Inventor: SMITH HUGH JOSEPH
Filed: 1909-02-19
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 4087. Smith, H. J. Feb. 19. Fire and ash guards.-A detachable guard A, for preventing cinders from falling on to the hearth and for directing them to the ash-pan C, is D-shaped in plan, and is preferably smaller at the bottom than at the top. It may be made of sheet iron or wirework, or of a combination of both, and is supported by lugs a<5> so as to allow of the opening of the fire-door. The lugs permit the guard to fit close to the grate front, and when it has a wire framework they may be formed integrally with the framework and may be cranked inwardly as shown. A form of lug to engage vertical bars is also shown in the Specification.
Patent GB-190904268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Connections or Fittings for use in Wooden or Composite and other Bedsteads and the like.
Inventor: TAUNTON ROBERT PERCY
IPC: F16B12/58
Filed: 1909-02-22
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 4268. Taunton, R. P. Feb. 22. Bedstead joints and connexions. - Joints for wooden, composite, or other bedsteads comprise a pair of tapering projections d, d' on the one part adapted to enter recesses e, e<1> formed in brackets l, m on the other part. In the form shown, the projections d, d' are formed on the side bar, and the brackets l, m project from a base-plate a secured to a wooden pillar b. A tapered cotter pin f or a bolt fitted with a nut, or a separate bolt or cotter for each projection, is passed through holes g, h in the members of the joint.
Patent GB-190908873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Assembling Mechanism of Typographical Composing Machines.
Inventor: POLLEN ARTHUR HUNGERFORD
IPC: B41B7/18
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 8873. Pollen, A. H., [Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-Fabrik Ges.]. April 14. Assembling matrices.-In machines employing matrix-bars (or type-bars) having more than one character on each bar, particularly those in which the bars are suspended from guide-wires, the bars are provided with closed and superposed holes, and are received upon an assembling-pin, the guides and pin being relatively movable so that any of the characters may be alined for casting or impressing. Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate the application to a casting-machine. In this example, the guide-wires a are secured to a block b movable in a bar c for two positions corresponding to the two matrix cavities g, g'. A pin h at the assembling-point, which is preferably the casting position, is adapted to enter holes i, i<1> in the matrix-bars f,f<1>, the upper hole i being elongated. The second bar f, shown with its lower cavity in casting position, is assembled on the pin h by first lifting the block b so that the pin may enter the hole i<1>. The hole i enables the first bar f<1> to be lifted with the block b. The matrixbars are suspended by pivoted hooks k. Springs interposed between the suspension hooks and the matrix-bars, or other arrangements, may replace the pivoted hooks k and elongated holes i. The vertical adjustment of the matrix-bars may also be effected by switching-devices, supporting-links adjustable to various heights, or inclined guides inserted in the path of the bars.
Patent GB-190909451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: LEWIS LUTE LADIC
IPC: F01D1/02
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 9451. Lewis, L. L. April 27, 1908, [Convention date]. Jetwheels; oppositelyrunning-rotor type; regulating; reversing. - A reversible Barker's mill 3 is provided with a regulating-device rotating with it, and is combined with an impact-wheel 43 adapted to rotate in the opposite direction. The symmetrically - arranged arms 3 of the mill are secured to a boss 25. Half of them have nozzles 4 adapted to rotate the apparatus in one direction, and the other half nozzles 5 for reverse running. The turbine shaft consists of a solid section 1 and a hollow section 2; and through the hollow section steam is supplied from a chest 20 to the ports in the hub 25, whence it passes to the hollow arms 3. A reversing plug valve 30, rotating with the hub, controls the admission to the desired arms. Reversal is effectect by rotating the valve spindle 29<1> by means of a friction clutch 33, which may be applied while the engine is running. The rotation of the rod 29<1> may be limited by a pin-and-slot arrangement. Governing is effected by means of sleeves 6, sliding on the arms 3. The sleeves are connected by means of rods 7, 10, and levers 8 pivoted on a rotating collar 9, to a rotating sleeve 11 free to slide on the shaft. A fork 13 connected to a spring 15 embraces the sleeve 11, so that the tendency of the weights 6 to move outwards under centrifugal force is opposed by the tension of the spring. As the weights 6 move outwards, they restrict the nozzles 4, 5. A pointer 16 and a scale 17 may be provided for indicating the speed of the turbine. The arms 3 are boxed in by plates 26 and a ring 27. The blades 44 of the oppositely-running impactwheel 43 are of Y-section as shown in Fig. 2. The rotors 3, 43 are geared together by bevel wheels 47, 48, 50. The cylindrical bearing 40 for the shaft 1 is formed with lugs 42, Fig. 5, for attachment to the standard 41. The impactwheel 43 and the gear-wheel 50 run loose upon the sleeve 40. A fly-wheel 51 and reducing-gear 52 may be provided. Exhaust takes place through pipe 35. In a modification, deflecting- blades are secured to the casing walls to deflect the steam towards the exhaust ports. For condensing the steam, a serpentine tube 36, Fig. 9, combined with a flat tube 37, may be employed.
Patent GB-190909962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Boiler Plants for Submarine Boats.
Inventor: EQUEVILLEY-MONTJUSTIN RAYMOND
IPC: B63G8/10
Filed: 1909-04-27
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 9962. Montjustin, R. d'Equevilley-. May 12,1908, [Convention date]. Caustic-soda boilers.-Submarine boats fitted with soda steam boilers are provided with a water-tube boiler A capable of being fired with oil or the like for generating steam for running the boat on the surface, and for concentrating the soda lye. The concentration is effected by admitting part of the steam from the boiler A through pipes G, g<1> to the water compartments c<2> of the soda boiler C. The same pipes are utilized for admitting steam for heating-up the water prior to diving.
Patent GB-190910759-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Manufacturing Bottles, Flasks and other Hollow Glassware.
Inventor: WILZIN ARTHUR
IPC: C03B9/14
Filed: 1909-05-06
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 10,759. Wilzin, A. Feb. 22, [Convention date]. Blowing.-Relates to a machine for blowing bottles, flasks, and other hollow glassware, and consists in using a non-reversible mould as a measuring-mould for forming the parison and as a finishing-mould. The moulds, each of which is in two parts pivoted on a spindle 4, are mounted on a rotary carrier 3. The bottom of each mould consists of a piston 19, which is adjusted vertically and horizontally at predetermined periods in the operation of the machine by means of stationary cam-surfaces 25, 29 respectively. As shown on the left side of Fig. 1, the piston is in the raised position, and the glass is entering the mould. When the mould is full, the glass is cut off by a slide 77 operated from a shaft 81 and the carrier 3 is rotated through approximately half a revolution by means of gearing driven from a shaft 71. The pouring of the glass is facilitated by a plunger 84 operated intermittently from a shaft. 88. During the rotation of the carrier, a pair of springs which, holding a roller 49 against a cam 51, push back a rack in engagement with a pinion 43, and thereby revolve a sleeve 41 mounted on the spindle 42. The sleeve carries a pivoted lever 39, to one end of which is pivoted a punch 38. The other end of the lever 39 comes against a cam 55, and the punch is pressed into the mouthpiece 36. The punch then rises slightly, and the movable bottom of the mould descends. When the carrier 3 has completed a half-revolution, a conduit 59 is presented in front of an air opening 58, and the bottle is blown. After further rotation of the carrier, a cam-surface 18 operates a bell-crank 12 to open the mould, and the bottom 19 is lowered and withdrawn. The ring mould 32, which is in two parts, is then opened by contact of a rack 34 with a fixed stop, and the bottle falls on to a conveyer and is taken to the annealing-furnace. Several machines such as described above may be arranged to work in unison, the shafts 71, 81, and 88 being common to each machine and receiving intermittent motion from a suitable source of power. The machine may be handdriven, and the various operations, such as the opening of the moulds and the movement of the punches 38, may be hand-operated.
Patent GB-190911394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Fire-tubes of Boilers.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: F28G1/16
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 11,394. Lake, H. W., [Haczewski, Domiszkewski & Co., M. K.]. May 13. Cleaning, fluidpressure processes for. -A device for cleaning fire tubes of boilers comprises a suction nozzle a surrounded by a casing d, to which steam is admitted through a pipe p with a valve i. Impurities are thus sucked from the tube by a current of hot air, through a nozzle n and a flexible pipe m, passing to a collecting-box q with a hinged exhaust pipe u, a silencer v, and a door t, the whole being mounted on a suitable carriage r. A water-tank w, supplying water to the casing d through a pipe y with a valve x, may be added to cause the impurities to deposit in the box q as sludge.
Patent GB-190917207-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Weighing Machine.
IPC: G01G13/24
Filed: 1910-01-24
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 17,207. Fraser, L. M., and Fraser & Co., W. J. Jan. 24, 1910. Automatic-feed weighers.- The machine is of the type in which a vessel G provided with a partition g and hinged discharge doors K, K<1> oscillates from side to side to bring the compartments H, H' alternately beneath the feed-orifice at j, and in which the vessel G is locked by a projection O engaging with either end of a fixed block O<1>. The vessel G carries a brake block R which slides along a piece S, fixed to the frame A, and pressed up by springs which may be adjusted by screws. The vessel G rests on a bearing-block E guided by a link P and fixed to a frame consisting of rods F and girders D supported on the weighing-beam B. The doors K, K<1> are held closed by pieces m, m<1>, which may be adjusted by a set-screw to take up wear.
Patent GB-190919423-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safety Device for Hats or other Head Gear.
IPC: A42B1/24
Filed: 1909-08-24
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 19,423. Reform-Schloss Ces., and Bartmann, L. Aug. 24. Locks for hats locks, permutation.-To prevent the unauthorized wearing of hats, a spring-controlled rod p, pivoted on a plate s secured in the crown of the hat, is adapted to be locked, preferably by permutation mechanism, in a position which prevents the use of the hat. In the form shown, permutation disks n are mounted behind the plate s, and are adapted to co-operate with extensions v on an arm t of the rod p, to secure the rod in its active position. The disks are each formed in two parts h, i, Fig. 4, adjustably secured together by a screw k, the part i being loosely mounted on, and the part h being secured to, a rivet d on an operating - plate a. The part h snugly fits an aperture in the fixture plate s. The operating-plate a is of a springy nature, and serves to maintain the parts in the position into which they are moved.
Patent GB-190919676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot Stretchers.
Inventor: GROSSMANN HEINRICH
IPC: A43D3/14
Filed: 1909-08-27
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 19,676. Grossmann, H. Aug. 27. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Trees and stretchers.-A hollow stretcher-block a, of wood, metal, porcelain, or glass, is connected by a pivot b with a screwed rod c. A handle e is pivoted to a nut d on the rod. When the stretcher is not in use, the rod c and handle e are folded in the hollow of the block a.
Patent GB-190920717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Bicycles and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1909-09-10
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 20,717. Bell, W., and Bell, J. T. Sept. 10. Conveying rotary motion. - A driving-gear for bicycles and other road vehicles is characterized by a pair of reciprocating nuts d in engagement with right- and left-hand screw-threads c, c' upon the driven shaft a. A sleeve h secured to the crank axle k is slotted at g to engage rollers f upon a non-rotatable drum e, the nuts d being provided with external ratchet-teeth for engagement with pawls carried by the ends of the drum. To prevent rotation of the drum and yet to allow its axial motion with the nuts, the drum is grooved to engage stays secured to the fixed cover n and to a freely-mounted disk p. Means such as a ring or washer applied to each end of the drum retain the nuts within it. The hollow screw-threaded shaft a is secured to the driving-wheel b to which an increased rate of rotation is imparted. The screwthreads need not be arranged to cross each other but may be separate.
Patent GB-190921058-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Positioning the Shuttle in Looms having Automatic Pirn, Cop or the like Changing Motions.
Inventor: KLEIN CARL
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1909-09-15
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 21,058. Klein, C. Sept. 15. Shuttles, positioning for weft-replenishing.- In looms wherein automatic interchange of pirns, cops, &c. is effected through the shuttle-box side, 'a shuttle-positioning finger h, Figs. 1 and 2, is secured to a vertical shaft c mounted in front of the breast beam, a vertically-slidable block d being slidably connected to the shaft c and resting upon an arm e on the rod f that actuates the pirn or like changing-mechanism. When the rod f is turned, the arm c raises the block d into the path of a roller m on an abutment l on the lay-beam. During the beat-up, the roller m acts upon the block d and upon a guide m<1> employed to prevent the lay from being strained, the shaft c is rocked, and the.finger h acts upon and brings the shuttle into the correct position to receive a pirn &c. from the magazine. The finger h may be made in two parts connected by a spring o, one part being slidable in or on the other, and being forced back by the shuttle-box back or by a shuttle which has only partly entered the box, thus ensuring correct adjustment of the shuttle and preventing breakages, respectively.
Patent GB-190921920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Grinding Rollers such as those used in Roller Bearings.
IPC: B24B5/22
Filed: 1909-09-25
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 21,920. Hoffmann Manufacturing Co., and Schmidt, O. A. Sept. 25. Rollers, treating.-Relates to machines for grinding rollers such as are used in roller bearings, and consists in providing such machines as have a straight grooved holder for presenting the rollers to the flat face of an abrading-disk, and means for imparting to the rollers a rolling travelling motion in such holder as described in Specification 792/09, with means for controlling the motion of the rollers. The grooved holder B is placed so that it crosses the face of the rotating abrading- disk A, the portion adjacent to the disk consisting only of two side members. A second rotating abrading or driving disk C, in contact with the sides of the rollers remote from the disk A, is provided to give the rollers a positive travelling rolling motion in the guide B. Cylindrical disks B' are provided to facilitate the travel of the rollers along the upper portion of the holder B and back again to the abrading-disk.
Patent GB-190923991-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Work Supports for Bar Stock, for use with Turning Lathes.
Inventor: GIRARD FERDINAND
IPC: B23B13/08
Filed: 1909-10-19
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 23,991. Girard, F. Oct. 20, 1908, [Convention date]. Turning.-Bar stock is supported by a tube A preferably in the form of a coiled spring, suspended by yielding means such as springs E from three or more bars F connected by end frames supported on stands.
Patent GB-190928644-A (GB)
Title: Attachment to Money Box for Prepayment Gas Meters.
Inventor: AINLEY LUTHER
IPC: G07F9/06
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 28,644. Ainley, L. Dec. 7. Money-boxes.-The money-box of a coin-freed gas-meter is secured in position by a metal plate A having a staple e on the front, the position of which is indicated in dotted lines at d, and an opening c, through which the 'staple of the meter passes after passing through an opening in the money-box, the two staples being secured together by a padlock. The under surface of the plate is hollowed out at g so as to lie flat on the surface of the money-box