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Patent GB-190808655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coke Loading.
Inventor: BAGLIN CHARLES AUGUSTE
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 8655. Baglin, C. A. April 21. Loading and unloading ; conveyers. - In cokeloading machines of the kind in which a conveyer with the necessary driving-machinery is supported on a mechanically-driven platform travelling along the coke bench, the conveyer is elevated above the coke bench so as to move over the quenched and dragged coke. A trolly F carries machinery for propelling itself and for driving its conveyer A, and moves on rails arranged transversely on the coke bench B. The coke is quenched and shovelled on to the conveyer, which delivers into wagons D.
Patent GB-190811741-A (GB)
Title: Improvement to Sacks & Bags.
Inventor: YOUNG GEORGE ERNEST
Filed: 1908-05-30
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 11,741. Young, G. E. May 30. Sacks and like bags.-A rope or line or thin roll of sacking is secured, by stitching, against the seam of a sack or bag, inside the sack and independently of the sewing of the seam.
Patent GB-190812568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Cleaning Windows and the like.
Inventor: ELLIOTT EDWARD
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 12,568. Elliott, E. June 11. Mops.- An appliance for cleaning windows from the inside consists of a piece P carrying a pad, duster, &c. revolubly attached to a spindle i attached to a bar E. The bar E is provided with a slot S and is adjustably connected by means of a bolt b and screw c to an armpiece L provided with a knob a and bands t for attaching it to the forearm. The bolt b passes through short slots in the piece L so that the position of the knob can be adjusted. According to the Provisional Specification, the lower end of the arm-piece is slightly concave and padded, and the extensible handle may consist of two light telescopic tubes similarly clamped together.
Patent GB-190812876-A (GB)
Title: Device for Starting Internal Combustion Motors
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 12,876. Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges. Aug. 5, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas or explosive - vapour engines, starting. In order that the fuel valve may be fully opened at starting, especially in the case of an engine for a motor road vehicle, or a motor-boat, a pull cord with a ring f is provided near the starting-handle g. During normal working the hand-controller moves the lever c which is loosely mounted on the valve shaft a, and the projection e limits the closing of the valve. The valve lever b is acted on by a spring d.
Patent GB-190815114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for the Measuring and Marking of Fabrics and the like.
Inventor: MCDADE CHARLES
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 15,114. McDade, C. July 16. Numbering-apparatus. - For printing measurement marks on a web of fabric or the like, the measuring-drum 19, around which the fabric 22 may pass if desired, is fitted with units and tens numbering-wheels 3<a>, 3b. The wheel 3<a> is worked by a ratchet-wheel and pawl actuated by a cam 5 on the fixed shaft 2. The tens wheel 3<b> is worked by a pawl 12, Fig. 4, on the units wheel 3<a>, which is normally held by a fixed cam 14 out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel 16, but is allowed by the depression 15 to move the wheels 16, 3<b> one step forward at every complete revolution of the wheel 3<a>. The drum 19 may be adjusted laterally on the shaft 2, and then held in position by a split sleeve 23 clamping a sleeve 24 revolving between collars 25, 26. When the fabric is not passed around the drum carrying the printing-device, but around a second drum, the sleeve 24 is extended to carry a spur-wheel in gear with a similar wheel on the drum around which the fabric is passed. More than two numbering-wheels may be employed.
Patent GB-190817713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calico Printing.
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 17,713. Calico Printers' Association, and Davis, F. Aug. 24. [Cognate Application No. 2437, A.D. 1909, dated Feb. 2.] Dyeing.-Colour resist-effects are produced in calico - printing under indigo or other suitable cover-dyes by printing with a mixture of ordinary sulphur resist-paste and a sulphur dye or suitable vat colour, and then cover-printing with the indigo &c. Where the resist is printed, the fixation of indigo blue is prevented, while where the indigo printing-colour falls on the sulphur resist-colour the colouring-matter in the latter is fixed on the fibre. The resist-colour may be fixed all over the surface of the resist print if a suitable alkali, such as potassium or sodium carbonate, is added to the resist. Other cover-dyes which are sufficiently resisted by sulphur to give good coloured resisteffects, not necessarily complete resists, may be employed, for example, bromindigo or other analogous indigo derivatives, and nearly all the vat dyes, particularly indanthrene, algol, ciba, and thionaphthene colours, separately or mixed ; algol dark green B is unsuitable. Resist - dyes used must be fixable by the simultaneous action of sulphur and alkali, the following being suitable : thioindigo red, indanthrene yellow G and R, indanthrene brown B, algol dark green B, and ciba violet B. A resist-colour described is made up of sulphur resist-paste, katigen brilliant green G 24825, and water. Another consists of sulphur resist-paste, potassium carbonate, immedial brown B R, and water. The cloth may be first prepared with glucose as usual in indigo-printing, is then printed with the sulphur resist-colour and then printed, padded, or otherwise covered with any suitable indigo printing - colour, for example, the usual indigo and caustic alkali mixture after the glucose prepare, or the usual mixture of indigo, caustic alkali, and a suitable hyposulphite when the cloth is not prepared with glucose. The cloth is afterwards aged or steamed or otherwise treated as usual.
Patent GB-190817764-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Mounting Carbon Sheets for Typewriting Machines and the like.
Inventor: BOND ALBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 17,764. Bond, A. J. Aug. 24. Typewriters and like machines.-Relates to means for securing a carbon sheet to a backing-sheet for use in typewriters and the like. To the backing- sheet A of tin-foil or vellum paper is attached a strip B of paper or other suitable material, in the fold of which the edge of the carbon sheet is placed. The backing-sheet is then folded over as shown in Fig. 3. Slits are cut in the backing- sheet A and in the folded-over part A' forming tongues which may be interlocked so as to hold down the part A'. The part A' may be held down by other means such as a gummed label.
Patent GB-190818751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Roller Supports for Movable Drawers and other like uses
Filed: 1908-09-07
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 18,751. Library Bureau, Ltd., [Hunter, D. E.]. Sept. 7. Roller bearings.-Relates to roller supports for sliding drawers &c. The roller R has end pins r running in guide slots B near the top side members A, which are preferably of pressed or stamped steel and have overlapping end-pieces C with downward projections D to engage holes in the supporting structure.
Patent GB-190819149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Presses for Peat or the like.
Inventor: MENTZER GUSTAF ADOLF VON
Filed: 1908-09-11
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 19,149. Mentzer, G. A. von. Sept. 11. Moulding peat.-A press for simultaneously pressing and charring peat and other matters of the kind described in Specification No. 28,501, A.D. 1907, is provided with means whereby the gases evolved may be burnt to furnish the heat necessary for the process. The press comprises two hollow plates 1, 2, one or both of which may be oscillated. As shown in Fig. 2, the plate 1 is fixed while the plate 2 is oscillated on a pivot 3 by any suitable mechanism. The plates are formed with holes 19 on their inner walls for the passage of the gas from the peat ; these holes increase in diameter inwards, while openings 20 in the side walls 6 and openings 18 in the edges of the plates admit air for combustion. The peat is intermittently fed to the press by a plunger 8 and leaves in a continuous strip, which may be cut into short pieces by a rotary or other cutting-device.
Patent GB-190820401-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method for Removing Soot from the Passages along which the Smoke Passes from a Fireplace to the Atmosphere.
Inventor: MCGREGOR JAMES
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 20,401. McGregor, J. Sept. 28. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-Relates to a method of using zinc to remove soot from flues, chimneys, and the like. Zinc in sheet or any convenient form is placed in a clear fire, and the draught is regulated so that air is compelled to pass mainly or only through the fuel.
Patent GB-190822465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chaff Cutters.
Inventor: BAMFORD SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 22,465. Bamford, S. Oct. 22. Chaff - cutters.- Relates to means for pressing-down the rising mouthpiece upon the hay or straw to be cut. The bearings of the upper feed - roller e are provided with lugs g through which are passed bolts h, which also slide through lugs m formed upon the cheeks of the mouthpiece. The lower ends of the bolts h are secured to the ends of a bent lever i, upon which bears the weight lever k pivoted to lugs on the frame a. The lever may be pivoted to a bracket fixed to the underside of the mouthpiece. The requisite pressure may also be obtained by the employment of springs on the rods h, each spring being arranged to bear at one end against the lug m and at the other end against a washer fixed on the bolt h. In this form, the lugs g, g are placed on opposite sides of the centre line of the upper roller bearings.
Patent GB-190823046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bandage Supports.
Inventor: COOKE CHARLES MATTHEW
Filed: 1908-10-29
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 23,046. Cooke, C. M. Oct. 29. Suspenders for articles of dress.-Appliances for supporting spirally wound bandages on the leg comprise flexible members C, D, preferably of sheet metal, enclosed in coverings of fabric, and formed with projections on their outer surfaces which penetrate the covering and grip the bandage, thus preventing it from slipping down. The lower ends of the supports fit into pockets formed by doubling one of the layers of the bandage. Supports for the lower leg are formed with offsets C' engaging the upper part of the calf of the leg, while supports for the thigh are suspended from a waist belt by adjustable elastic bands E, E', one connected to the upper end of the support, and the other to a point some distance down.
Patent GB-190826158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sighting Apparatus for Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 26,158. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Dec. 3. Sights.-Relates to sights of the kind that are moved during elevation over an arc, the chord of which is approximately horizontal, and consists in cross-connecting them. The sights, one of which is shown in Fig. 1, are cross-connected by a shaft b<3>, shown in Fig. 2. The sight-carrier B has a curved rack b<1>, which slides over the arc A and with which a pinion b<2> engages when the handactuated gearing b<9>, b<5>, b<4> is operated. The wheel b<5> is attached to a range dial C, which is rotated when the sight is elevated for range so as to bring a fixed mark thereon into line with an electrically-actuated pointer C<1>, which is set from a distance and has its indications corrected for changes in muzzle-velocity &c. The mechanism for applying this correction consists of a bell-crank c<7>, c<9>, one arm c<9> of which engages with a spiral groove c'‹ on the range dial, the other arm c<7> being connected by a link c<5> to the casing of the pointeractuating motor C', so as to apply to the pointer C<1> a correcting- movement through worm gearing c<2>, c<3>. Deflexion about a pivot b<11> is given to each sight by turning a wheel b<14>, which operates crossconnected gearing. The pinion b<2> may be arranged concentrically with the range dial, and the arc b<1> may have its centre above instead of below the sight.
Patent GB-190826756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sound Recording and Reproducing Apparatus.
Inventor: TURNER WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 26,756. Turner, W. J., and Watts, G. Dec. 10. Gramophones.-The turntable is rotated at a constantly varying speed from a constant-speed motor by means of a driving-cone and friction wheel in order to produce a constant linear velocity under the stylus. The driving-cone 8 is rotated through gears 4, 3 from the motor spindle 1. The turntable spindle 35 is driven by gears 34, 33 from the cone 8 by a friction-wheel 9 which is traversed along a keyed spindle 12. A saddle 14, carrying the stylus holder 16, is traversed on its frame 22 by means of a feed-nut on the screwed shaft 24, which shaft is rotated from the shaft 12 through gears 28, 29, a shaft 30, and gears 31, 32. The saddle 14 is provided with vertical and horizontal adjustments. The cone 8 can be moved radially about a centre 7 against the action of a spring 38 which normally holds it against the friction wheel. An arm 25 on the saddle 14 has a bifurcated end 25<a> loosely engaging a pulley 9<b> attached to the friction-wheel 9, and thus feeds this wheel along the cone 8, as the saddle 14 traverses the stylus across the record. When the stylus is being set by rotating a handle on the screw shaft 24, a nut 27 may be slacked to loosen the gear-wheel 32 and thus avoid its rotation. In a modification, the turntable-operating shaft 12 is hollow and contains a feed-screw which is clutched through a slot by a movable half-nut.
Patent GB-190900764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Trolley-arms for Electric Traction Systems.
IPC: B60L5/36
Filed: 1909-01-12
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 764. Munro, E. M., and Railless Electric Traction Co. Jan. 12. Supporting and controlling arrangements for collectors. - Telescopic trolly - arms are controlled by springs so that the arms when deflected tend to stand across the vehicle. The arms comprise two sets of tubes connected to the positive and negative collectors, each set comprising an i n n e r tube A', Figs. 5 and 6, mounted in roller bearings A<3> in an outer tube A<2> and having guiding- rollers N and spring contacts M so that each tube acts as a conductor. A spring L tends to separate the tubes. If the car is reversed when at some distance from the conductors, the trolly-arm collapses until the arm stands across the car and then extends and trails behind the car. When the vehicle moves from the conductors, the side strain between them and the collectors is counteracted by springs G attached to a double crank E<1> connected to the trolly-arm. Stops may be provided on the crank pivot and on the frame or base to limit the angular movement. Several springs may be used, and they may be arranged to come into operation successively. To allow the trolly-arms to be reversed automatically, two sets of springs are attached to the double crank E', one set being idle while the other is in operation.
Patent GB-190903153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar and like Supports.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: A41B3/06
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 3153. Lake, H. W., [Klaar, W.]. Feb. 9. Stiffeners.-Supports a for lace collars &c. are bent outwards at both ends in such a way that, when the attaching-pins c with straight stems are introduced into the curved channels d of the stiffener ends, the pins are bent to the form of the channels and so retained in position. The stiffener consists of a flat part b<1> and a part b<2> resting on the part b<1> and attached thereto. The part b<2> is formed with a hollow rib d adapted to receive the attaching-pins c. The ends of the stiffeners are formed with entrance openings e for the pins.
Patent GB-190905909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Multiple Switch Starters.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: H02P1/02
Filed: 1909-03-11
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 5909. Lake, H. W., [Cutler Hammer Manufacturing Co.]. March 11. Automatic circuit-breakers; interlocked switches.- In a multiple arrangement of manually-operated switches, used for starting electric motors, mechanical means are provided for causing the release of all the closed switches unless each switch is closed within a predetermined time after the closure of a preceding switch. The device comprises a number of switch arms 1 ... 1<g> fulcrumed on a rod 2, which is supported in bearings 3 in brackets 4. A rod 5 with a rubber covering serves as a buffer for the switch arms. Contacts 10 ... 10<g> and a contact-bar 9 are mounted on the base 8, and carbon contacts 13, 14 engaged by similar contacts on the first switch arm are provided. Rocking dogs 26 are mounted on a rod 25 supported on the base-plate ; each dog has a lip 27, adapted to engage a latch 29 pivoted on a corresponding switch arm, and a lip 28 which is engaged by a lug 32 on the preceding switch arm on closing this. The first switch arm 1 is held closed by a retaining- magnet 21, and moves the first dog into a position permitting the closure and latching of the second switch arm. Below the switch arms is mounted a shaft 35 carrying a cam-wheel 36 and a number of ratchet-wheels 37, one for each switch arm. The extension of each switch arm carries a pawl 38, which on closing the switch engages the corresponding ratchet-wheel and rotates the shaft 35. A switch 39, carried hy a rod 40 connected to the plunger of a dash-pot 42, is placed above the camwheel 36, and is adapted to short-circuit the retaining-magnet 21. As each switch arm is closed, the switch 39 is raised from the contacts 45, 46; and the action of the dash-pot allows an appreciable time to elapse before contact is again made, during which the next switch arm must be closed in order to prevent the short-circuiting of the retaining- magnet and consequent release of the closed switches. On closure of the last switch arm, a spring contact 47 is disengaged from a contact 48, thereby opening the short-circuit, so that, when the switch 39 finally drops, it has no effect on the retaining-magnet. In a modification, a separate switch controlled by a dash-pot is used for each arm of the starting-switch except the last.
Patent GB-190906012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mixing Devices.
IPC: B01F5/06
Filed: 1909-03-12
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 6012. Felten & Guilleaume-Lahmeyerwerke Akt.-Ges. July 13, 1908, [Convention date]. Sterilizing liquids. - In apparatus for sterilizing liquids by means of ozone, the liquid is introduced under pressure at b, draws in ozone through the opening d, and strikes against a series of dished plates f, formed with openings and so arranged that the openings in o n e plate are opposite to the blank portions of the next.
Patent GB-190909341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Knitted Gloves.
Inventor: RIGDEN WILLIAM GARDINER
IPC: D04B1/28
Filed: 1909-04-20
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 9341. Rigden, W. G., and Welsman, F. R. April 20. Gloves.-Knitted gloves have the fastenings c, Fig. 1, attached to plain knitted parts b lying adjacent to the central opening a in the cuff. The rest of the cuff is of ribbed or fancy work. The cuff may be made by knitting a flat strip with a plain part b, Fig. 2, between ribbed parts d, e. After the edges have been sewn together to form the outer seam, the part b, which then lies centrally over the wrist, is cut along the dotted line, and the cut edges bound. In another method, the plain parts are woven on either side of the ribbed part e, Fig. 3, and the selvedge edges of the plain parts are brought round to form the opening in the finished glove.
Patent GB-190917789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torsiometers.
Inventor: DENNY ARCHIBALD
Filed: 1909-07-31
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 17,789. Denny, A., and Edgecombe, F. T. July 31. Dynamometers, rotary transmission, with recording - apparatus.- Relates to the application of indicating and recording apparatus to torsiometers in which the effect of axial movement of the shaft, as a whole, is eliminated, as in the arrangement described in Specification 3045/07, which is provided with a saddle adapted to be moved axially along a countershaft by the torsion in the shaft. In the form of torsiometer shown, which has relatively - moving sleeves, the saddle A<1> is mounted upon the sleeve A surrounding the shaft, and may be operated by the relativelymoving members through a cord connexion. The movement of the saddle along the shaft is communicated to a carriage D<2>, D<3> through a contact-wheel D<4>, and operates a spring or weight controlled pointer D<8>, or a recording-device, through a cord and pulley D<5>, D<6>. The scale D' and its support D are adjustably attached to a base-plate C, which partakes, within the fixed casing B, of any longitudinal movement of the shaft as a whole, a contact-wheel C<4> being held against the face of a collar A<5>, on the sleeve or shaft, by the adjustable spring C<5>. The wheel C<4> may be thrown out of engagement with the collar by means of a screw C<7>. Means for disengaging the wheel D<4> from contact with the saddle may be provided.
Patent GB-190917984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heater-filtering and Deaerating Apparatus for the Feed Water of Steam Boilers and similar purposes.
Inventor: DALES JOHN HANDSLEY
Filed: 1909-08-04
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 17,984. Dales, J. H. Aug. 4. Feed-water, heating.-In a direct-contact steam feedwater-heater, full-pressure steam is employed so that the water is delivered at boiler temperature. The water is sprayed at b into the chamber c, the steam entering through the pipe c'. A de-aerating chamber c<2>, with a blow-off valve d, and a filter e, divided into cells e<1>, with a delivery pipe g, are provided in the lower part of the apparatus. A pipe h and a valve h' are fitted to inject high-pressure water in order to cleanse the filter by washing impurities out of the pipe j.
Patent GB-190920009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Roofing Slates.
Inventor: THORNTON HIRD
IPC: E04D1/34
Filed: 1909-09-01
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 20,009. Thornton, H. Sept. 1. Roofs.-Slates are secured to the next roofing lath or iron below that on which their upper edges rest by means of headed nails driven through holes in the slates into the laths below, or by means of wires D' passed through pairs of holes in the slates and having their ends twisted together beneath the iron.
Patent GB-190927763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baskets for Holding Potatoes and the like during Washing.
Inventor: JEPSON JAMES
IPC: A47J43/24
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 27,763. Jepson, J. Nov. 29. Washing potatoes.-A wire basket for washing potatoes &c. has openings f formed in the sides so that the exposed parts of the upper rim d can be used as handles. Specification 4865/09, [Class 117, Sifting &c.], is referred to. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 636/72, 25,793/97, and 5678/99, [all in Class 133, Trunks &c.].
Patent GB-191002011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spirally Wound Paper or like Receptacles.
Inventor: JENKINS CHARLES FRANCIS
IPC: B65D3/10
Filed: 1909-10-29
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 2011. Jenkins, C. F. Oct. 29, 1909. Lids and covers, seats for. A spirally-wound box made of paper or like material has a lid seat 10, Fig. 1, which is cut from a tube of material, and is sprung into the body of the box after a portion has been cut away to form a pouring-opening' 12. In a modification, the ring 13, Fig. 4, which forms the lid seat, is reduced in diameter by forming in it indentations 16.