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Patent GB-190805523-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Projecting a Line from One Point to Another.
Inventor: PAIN JAMES CHARLES
Filed: 1908-03-11
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 5523. Pain, J. C., Pain, A., and Pain, P. March 11. Line-throwing apparatus -A line-throwing projectile, which may be fired from a cannon, pistol, or other fire-arm, has at one end a projecting charge A and at the other end a rocket charge D, the two charges being separated by a block X. The projectile reverses end-for-end at the beginning of flight, and the rocket charge imparts a second propelling impulse during flight, The line Z to be thrown is attached to a loop or bridle B carried by arms B<1> passing round a recess C x in the projectile, and is coiled in a suitable receptacle near the cannon. When the ignition of the charge A drives the projectile from the cannon &c., the fuse E is ignited, and ignites a time fuse H, which fires the rocket charge D before the projectile has lost its momentum. The time fuse H is surrounded by a non-combustible packing, and the bridle and the end of the line Z are non-combustible. The charge A may be placed separately in the gun instead of forming part of the projectile.
Patent GB-190810486-A (GB)
Title: Knife, Fork and Spoon Cleaning Machine
Inventor: KOTTUSCH EMIL WALDER
Filed: 1908-05-14
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 10,486. Kottusch, E. W. May 14. Belt gearing.- In a combined knife, fork, and spoon cleaner, the for k and spoon cleaners are mounted upon a shaft attached to an arm 34<1> which is movable so that the cleaners may be brought into or out of position. To regulate the tension of the driving-belt, the arm is held by a notched lever 43 engaged by a projection on the arm.
Patent GB-190811731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Scavenging and Charging the Cylinders of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ALTHAM GEORGE JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-18
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 11,731. Altham, G. J. Jan. 18. Gas and like engines.-Consists chiefly in a method of scavenging and of introducing the explosive charge to the working end of the cylinder of a two-stroke cycle engine, with the object of preventing premature ignition. The cylinder 3 is provided with mixture inlet ports 8 and air inlet ports 11, Fig. 4, and is connected through the pipe 9 to the carburettor 10. The piston is provided with ports 12, which register with the ports 11, and with ports 16, which register with ports 13 in the transfer chamber 14, Fig. 3. A deflector 17 serves to direct the air, as it enters, towards the upper part of the piston. When the piston reaches the end of its instroke, mixture enters through the ports 8, and air through the ports 11, 12. The air is directed to the upper part of the piston and remains there during the compression stroke, at the end of which it flows through the ports 16, 13, chamber 14, and port 15, Fig. 3, to the cylinder, followed by the mixture. The pump 21 serves to draw air and mixture into the crank chamber. A water-containing chamber 31 provided with suitable pipes, promotes circulation in the cooling-water.
Patent GB-190812859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Injectors or Atomizers for Hydrocarbons, such as Crude Coal Tar and the like.
Inventor: FIELD SAMUEL SADLER
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 12,859. Field, S. S., and Kirby, A. June 16. Spray burners.-Relates to a form of injector burner or atomizer especially adapted, for use with tar and similar viscous materials.. The tar inlet A communicates with the chamber A' which has an outlet valve D, hollow at d and with perforations d' in the walls. The amount of tar emitted is regulated by the number of holes d<1> uncovered. Should the innermost of the holes get clogged, the flow of tar can be kept up by uncovering further holes. , Steam enters at B and passes into the two annular chambers E, H, which have the air chamber I between,them, to which air is admitted at C.
Patent GB-190814681-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Arresting Sand and Dirt in Water Channels and Discharging the same.
Inventor: HEUSSI ALFRED
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 14,681. Heussi, A., and Inderbitzin, J. M. July 10. Canals and rivers.-Relates to means for arresting sand, gravel, &c. in channels supplying power stations, reservoirs, &c. A cutting a is made in the bed, and beneath this a channel c communicating with an adjacent river or pit. The cutting a is provided with flaps b, d. Gravel &c. accumulates in the cutting when the flaps d are closed and b open, and is discharged when b is closed and flaps d are opened.
Patent GB-190819765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Suction Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: GALLOWAY HOPE LYLE
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 19,765. Galloway, H. L. Sept. 21. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-In order to increase the suction through implements which are fitted with brushes, flexible tubes are provided to form suction orifices which extend approximately to the same depth as the bristles. Figs. 2 and 3 are sections through rectangular and circular implements respectively. Rubber tubes A are located between two rows or within a ring of bristles B and are secured to a perforated plate D, preferably of wood, by means of ferrules F. The plate D and nozzle head E are secured together by screws G, Fig. 2, or the plate fits in a recess in the head and is secured by a screw-threaded coupling 1. A rubber band H forms an air-tight joint. Large implements may be provided with rollers or wheels adapted to maintain the tubes slightly out of contact with the surface to be cleaned.
Patent GB-190901186-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for the Manufacture of Firelighters.
Inventor: RATCLIFFE LEONARD CLARE
IPC: B30B15/00
Filed: 1909-07-19
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 1186. Ratcliffe, L. C. July 19. Moulding firelighters.-A press for resinous chippings &c. comprises one, or preferably two, channels c, side by side, having fixed end pieces z and horizontally sliding plungers e, operated by a compressed-air cylinder i. Compressed air is supplied through a three-way cock, turned by a chain by depressing a treadle o ; when the treadle is released, the chain is pulled back by a spring and the three-way cock connects the cylinder to an exhaust pipe directed to blow stray chippings away from the top of the machine, the plungers e being drawn back at the same time by an adjustable spring b<1>. Ribs on the plungers slide in guides g. Sliding cover plates w are moved in advance of the plungers by a bar v, operated from the treadle o or by hand against a spring. An inclined plate e<1> directs the chippings into the channels c. A slot d, connecting the channels, receives a stick, to which the blocks of chippings are tied, when compressed, by wire &c. passed through slits. For ejecting the finished lighters, two plungers d<2> at the bottom of the channels c are slidable vertically by a hand-lever. The firelighters are described in Specification 22,144/08, [Class 50, Fuel, Manufacture of].
Patent GB-190902308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Formes for Printed Matter.
Inventor: KRAUSZ SOMA
IPC: B41B1/18
Filed: 1909-07-15
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 2308. Krausz, S. July 15. Locking-devices.-Relates to frames for holding type composition, of the kind in which the composition is completely locked in the longitudinal and transverse directions by two successive movements. In a frame a are journaled two rods b against flats on which rest bolts c. Fillets d lock the composition when the rods are rotated. Screws h limit the rotation, and prevent endways movement, of the rods. The rods may have two flats instead of one for effecting the locking in two stages, or they may be cam-shaped, as shown in Fig. 4<a>, whereby the locking-pressure may be gradually increased. Fig. 6 shows a modification in which a similar cam action is employed, but in which the rods bare journaled in bearings k guided by pins g on the frame a. The flats and cams on the rods engage flats l on the frame, and the rods may be turned by means of a key inserted in staggered holes therein. The degree of locking can be read by means of scale divisions on the rods and index lines on the bearings k, and by this means can always be adjusted to a particular point; this is of use in polychrome printing in which the composition is re-locked after each impression. The flats may be upon the fillets d instead of upon the frame a. Two or more locking devices may be provided, along each side of a frame when it is large.
Patent GB-190910683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Periscopes.
IPC: G02B23/08
Filed: 1909-05-05
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 10,683. Aldis, H. L., Aldis, A. C. W., and Improved Periscope, Ltd. May 5. Periscopes. -In periscopes of the annular - mirror type, a reflector and lens system is provided in order to produce a local magnified image concentrically with the pneumatic image. A reflecting prism f is mounted above a vertical aperture a<2> in the lens-mirror a and a negative lens combination d mounted below the lens -mirror a. The negative lens d may be replaced by a telephoto equivalent lens.
Patent GB-190913363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttle Actuating Mechanism for Smallware or Tape Looms.
IPC: D03D35/00
Filed: 1909-01-04
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 13,363. Hattersley & Sons, G., and Monk, W. J. Jan. 4. Picking-motions.-In smallware or tape looms wherein the shuttles are driven comparatively quickly, as in the loom described in Specification 7452/05, the shuttles B are actuated by a flexible tape, belt, or strap c connected to pendent levers d, f. Cams a, b move the levers d, f equal distances to each side of the vertical line through their centres of oscillation so that the action of gravity assists the movements of the levers at the beginning and retards their movements near the end of their strokes. The strap &c. is preferably passed round pulleys p, q on the levers d, f, lateral extensions of bolts r, s engaging loops of the strap, and these bolts being adjusted by nuts t, u to regulate the tension of the strap &c.
Patent GB-190917561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Fly Switches.
Inventor: BAKER CHARLES JOHN
IPC: H01H23/12
Filed: 1909-07-28
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 17,561. Baker, C. J. July 28. Switches, quick-break. - In a tumbler switch which is applicable for forming a unit with an ordinary fuse, the contacts 16, 17 are arranged in the plane of the tumbler and are connected by a brush or bridge 11 jointed at its centre to a toggle link connected to the tumbler. To the fixed bridge 1 is pivoted a metal frame 5, the shorter end of which is depressed by the spring 6. The longer part of the frame carries three grooved insulating- blocks 8, 9, 10 which hold the laminated bridge 11 in place. The pin that carries the central block 9 is provided with a bush carrying pivoted arms 12, which forms a toggle-joint with the tumbler lever 14. To prevent spirking at the brush 11, a separate blade 21, adapted to leave. the contacts after the brush 11, is provided. In large forms of the switch, there is also provided a carbon block 23, resiliently mounted on the strip 22, which makes contact with the carbon plate 23. Switchboards.-A series of such switches may be mounted on a distributing-board with a common straight cross-bar running through one contact of each switch, the other contact being preferably integral with one terminal of the fuse.
Patent GB-190922805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pressure Controllers for Operating Gas Lighting Systems.
Inventor: SPARKS ERNEST
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1909-10-06
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 22,805. Sparks, E. Oct. 6. Actuating valves and cocks. -Relates to gas lighting and extinguishing apparatus actuated by temporary increases of pressure in the mains, of the type in which a straightthrough gas pipe is employed. To the side of a gas pipe m is fixed a casing c containing a weighted bell a open to the gas pressure. On the top of the bell is mounted a bracket f carrying a spring - pressed pawl g engaging a ratchetwheel h on a spindle i extending from above the bell into the pipe m. Fixed to this spindle is a cam-wheel l, having half as many projections as the ratchet-wheel has teeth, and bearing on this cam-wheel is a conical lift valve o. When a temporary increase of pressure occurs, the bell rises and advances the ratchet-wheel one tooth, and opens or closes the valve o as the case may be. The spindle i has a shoulder i<11> held against its casing b by a spiral spring, or a spring washer p. The bell is guided by a central guide e, and bv three rollers d on the side at which the pawl is situated, and one d' in a slot opposite these. A weighted pawl may replace the spring-pressed one.
Patent GB-190926028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Supports for use in Dyeing Yarn or the like.
Inventor: DANIELL FREDERICK HAYWARD
IPC: D06B23/04
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 26,028. Daniell, F. H., and Hebden, J. C. Nov. 10. Tubes or bobbins; cops and like packages, treating.- A support for use in dyeing yarn &c. consists of a hollow base - portion b, Fig. 1, and a tubular portion c. The support is particularly suitable for holding yarn to be delivered to knitting- machines, and it is convenient to give the barrel portion a slight taper to provide greater freedom of delivery when the yarn is unwound. The support is perforated preferably with longitudinal slots d as these prevent slipping of the lower layers of yarn, the yarn being wound into the form A shown in dotted lines. The barrel portion c may be contractible, consisting either of a helix of wire covered with woven &c. fabric, or a helically - wound slotted strip. The supports are used in the manner described in Specification 26,027/09, in which a series of supports are arranged in alinement on a stringer n as shown in Fig. 2. Forms i and are fitted to the ends of the series, and pressure is applied by hand - nuts r to compress the mass. The device is then secured to a chest x, and liquor is forced through the yarn, which may be afterwards dried by air or steam.
Patent GB-190927332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosive Projectiles.
Inventor: GLASS MAX
IPC: F42B12/20
Filed: 1909-11-24
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 27,332. Glass, M. Nov. 24. Projectiles. - Relates to explosive projectiles in which an inner tube is screwed to the nose as well as to the base, and a guiding-ring is inserted between the nose and the outer wall of the projectile. According to the invention, the inner tube d is made of sufficient thickness to provide all the necessary strength and stiffness, and the outer wall a is made of any desired lightness and integral with the base b. The guiding- ring h is mounted on the inner tube d. The hollow spaces in the projectile are filled with fluid explosive, holes i permitting its flow into the annular space k. Or, before screwing the nose f into position, the shell is filled with explosive or non-explosive briquettes. The lower part only of the projectile may be filled with explosive, this explosive being then covered and the remaining space filled with briquettes. When sensitive high explosives are used, the annular space k is filled with an isolating absorbent consisting, for example, of pieces of iron combined by an organic binding-material such as acetic acid or its salts, or by an inorganic binding-material such as water-glass with calcium chloride.
Patent GB-190930207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Gratings or Screens for Road Gullies, Sewer and Drain Traps, Rain Water Inlets and Catchpits.
Inventor: MATHISON JOSEPH
IPC: E03F5/046
Filed: 1909-12-24
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 30,207. Mathison, J., and Wyatt, J. Dec. 24. Gratings for catch pits for road gullies and like inlets. According to the invention the surface water from the gutters b passes through a partly submerged grating D upon which leaves &c. collect and then over weirs p to the gulley a. In a modification, the grating is horizontal and wholly submerged, while the " float pit " in which it is situated is partly surrounded by the gully.
Patent GB-191003627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rod Packing.
Inventor: EDWARDS ARTHUR ERNEST
IPC: F16J15/24
Filed: 1910-02-14
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 3627. Edwards, A. E., [Johnston, T. A., and Finley, T. L.]. Feb. 14. Boxes; packing, metallic; packing, removable casings, containers, or carriers for; packing, adjusting.-A packing-box for a rod subject to lateral vibration comprises an inner casing 19, containing shot or granular packing, and enclosed in an outer casing 10, which is held against a neck 7 on the cylinder-head by bolts. The casing 19 is closed at the ends by rings 25 bearing on flanges 13, 14 on the casing 10, and has two or more tubular radial projections 20 containing springs 22 adjusted by screw plugs 21. The tubular projections 20 extend inside corresponding tubular projections 11 on the casing 10 closed by caps 12. Rods 31 screwed into washers 23 indicate the wear of the packing. A conical packing-ring is pressed into a bush 30 bearing on the flange 14 by a spring 28 confined between washers 26, 27.
Patent GB-191009911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Screens for the Projection Openings of Cinematograph Enclosures and in Means or Apparatus for Operating said Screens.
Inventor: WINTER JOHN HUGH
IPC: G03B21/18
Filed: 1910-04-23
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 9911. Winter, J. H. April 23. Kinematograph apparatus. - Apparatus for closing the shutters or doors of openings in kinematograph and like enclosures comprises shutters 1, 2, a rope 7 attached to the shutters, a hinged arm 6 for holding the rope 7, a catch 8 for holding the hinged arm, and means for releasing the catch and rope either automatically or manually. The hinged arm 6 is pivoted at 3, and in the set position (shown in dotted lines) is held by a catch 8 adapted to be released by moving a switch, which energizes the solenoids 11, 12 to attract the armature 10. The catch may be released manually by pressing-in the stud 27. At 3 is pivoted an arm 33 to which is attached an arm 30 carrying fingers 36 adapted to complete a circuit through the mercury cup 37 to illuminate the auditorium when the shutters are released. The lever 30 is arranged as a counterbalance, so that severance or destruction by fire of the rope 7, and consequent removal of the upward pull on the arm 6, causes the catch 8 to release the arm 6, so that the shutters 1, 2 are closed automatically.
Patent GB-191011289-A (GB)
Title: A Valve for Vacuum Pipes.
Inventor: SCHALLER OTTO
IPC: F16K5/02
Filed: 1910-05-06
Granted: 1911-05-08
Abstract: 11,289. Schaller, O. May 15, 1909, [Convention date]. [Addition to 10,704/10.] Plug cocks; leakage, preventing.-Relates to the valve for vacuum conduits described in the parent Specification, and consists in providing an evacuated chamber inside the plug or its casing to prevent leakage. As shown in Fig. 1, a groove i in the plug communicates with a lowvacuum conduit k, thus preventing leakage of the atmosphere into the high-vacuum conduits l, m. Fig. 2 shows a multiple-way cock in which the groove i communicates through a passage j with either of the vacuum conduits k, l according to the position of the cock. The stopper s is integral with the plug.
Patent GB-191012323-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ornamental Mount for Sending Picture Post Cards and the like through the Post.
Inventor: FEAR HENRY JAMES
IPC: B42D15/04
Filed: 1910-05-19
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 12,323. Fear, H. J. May 19. Post cards.-A mount for sending picture post cards through the post, and which may be afterwards used as a wall decoration, consists of an ornamental sheet a of metal, celluloid, &c., provided at the front with slits c or the like for holding the card d, and at the back with means for carrying a card or the like upon which the address is written. A suspension loop f, or a hinged foot to form a stand, may be provided.
Patent GB-191019808-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Industrial and other Objects from Volcanic or other Fusible Rock.
Inventor: RIBBE FRANCOIS
IPC: C04B32/00
Filed: 1910-08-24
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 19,808. Ribbe, F. Aug. 24. Earthenware and like pipes.-These are made of volcanic or other fusible rock insufflated with air or gas when in a melted condition, so as to form pores in the cast object. Before the temperature has fallen to 500‹ C., the material is reheated and annealed at 800‹ C.; it is then slowly cooled. Air may be introduced through tuyeres into the melting-pot or through quartz or other non-fusible pipes; or substances that produce gas at the temperature employed may be introduced into the molten mass, suitable materials being carbonate of lime, bi-carbonate of soda, gypsum, sawdust carbon, graphite, and some kinds of basalt. Crucibles made of or lined with plumbago, coke, or carbon may be used to give the gas; or the pores may be created by using cores or by blowing like glass.
Patent GB-191022204-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Manufacture of Sheets, Bands, Wire and the like of Electrolytic Iron.
IPC: C25D1/04
Filed: 1910-09-24
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 22,204. Langbein-Pfanhauser-Werke Akt.-Ges. Sept. 28, 1909, [Convention date]. Iron, depositing; removing deposits from surfaces.-In making soft-iron bands, wires, or especially laminae for dynamo armatures, the iron is deposited on a thin electrolytic iron sheet to a thickness greater than the desired product and is then rolled or drawn and thereafter annealed. By suitably reversing or stopping the current periodically during the deposition, laminae are deposited, and may be separated after the rolling operation.