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Patent GB-190724463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: BECK CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 24,463. Beck, C. W. Nov. 5. Acetylene.-Relates to acetylene generators of the type described in Specifications No. 636, A.D. 1899, No. 23,629, A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Acids, alkalies, &c.], and No. 10,185, A.D. 1905, and more particularly to the carbide valve, and the means for preventing water from splashing into the carbideholder. A carbide feedvalve is provided which will reciprocate readily through the carbide ; and the protected compartment in the water reservoir, which receives carbide as it is fed, is formed with a movable or flexible bottom connected to the carbide valve. The carbide-holder and gas-container 4, Fig. 2, has at the top a flexible diaphragm 16 depressed by a spring 27 when the pressure of gas in the holder falls, a piston valve 20, 21 being connected with the diaphragm so that as its descends carbide falls between the valve seat 10 and a narrow part 22 of the valve. The valve seat 10 is detachable for filling the carbide - holder, being secured to the holder by a bayonet-joint 15. A thumb-screw 31 is provided for lifting the valve to start or stop generation. Gas generated passes through a pressure regulator 19 to the service pipe 19‹. The carbide-holder is secured to the water reservoir 1 by a hinged ring 5 carrying studs 37, which project through holes in the holder casing 8 and engage a cam-surface 7 formed on an upward extension 6 of the water reservoir. Fig. 7 shows one form of the water compartment below the carbide valve. A cylinder 40, secured by a bayonet-joint to the cup 9 carrying the valve seat, has at the bottom a flexible diaphragm 46. A space is left between the diaphragm and the lower edge of the cylinder, to allow water to flow to and from the compartment. The middle of the diaphragm is secured to a tube 48 connected to the valve 21 and sliding on a guide 53, a spring 54 being provided to press the tube and diaphragm upwards. When the valve descends and carbide falls into the compartment, the diaphragm also descends and draws in water. As the valve rises, the sludge and water are caused by the rise of the diaphragm to flow into the main water space. As shown in Fig. 8, the sides of the water compartment form an intergral part of the cup 9, and doors 58 are operated by links 60 connected to the valve, so that the compartment is closed as the valve descends and opened as it rises. In the form shown in Fig. 10, a disk 62 rising and falling with the valve forms the bottom of the protected compartment.
Patent GB-190724593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Auxiliary Driving-gear for Cycles.
Inventor: ABRAHAMSON ALBERT ELIAS
Filed: 1907-11-06
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 24,593. Abrahamson, A. E. Nov. 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tandem cycles; sociables; driving-mechanism.- In machines provided with trailer or sociable attachments and in tandem and sociable cycles, wherein the rider in the rear or side chair seat is provided with means for assisting in the propulsion of the machine, a lever b is connected by a link c to a chain d, which is counterbalanced and passes round a free-wheel clutch upon the driving-spindle of the cycle. As shown applied to a tandem tricycle, the chain is connected by a flexible connexion f to a weight g adapted to slide within a sleeve g<1> upon the frame, a spring h being provided to return the lever to its rearmost position and so to propel the cycle. The mechanism may, however, be duplicated, a second chain being passed round a clutch i upon a spindle carrying a wheel in gear with the driving-mechanism of the machine ; in this case, both chains are connected to the lever and the spring h is dispensed with. By raising or lowering the point of connexion c<1>, the gear may be varied as desired. Means may be provided for locking the lever against movement when the auxiliary mechanism is not required.
Patent GB-190800432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mud Guards for Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: DUFOUR ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-01-07
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 432. Dufour, A. Jan. 21, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Mud guards.- Annular mud guards, of the type carried at the sides of vehicle wheels, are loosely mounted on a seating concentric with the wheel, so that they take up an eccentric position and prevent splashing at the lower parts of the wheels. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the mud guard comprises a flexible ring 2 held in a holder 5, which rides freely in a channel 4 formed by an annular plate 1, secured to the wheel, and bv a detachable plate 3. The holder 5 may be provided with ribs to prevent mud from entering the channel 4, and pins and slots may be used to connect the mud guard loosely to the wheel. In a modification, the holder 5 is of larger internal diameter, so that it may be placed in position without detaching the plate 3.
Patent GB-190808098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Duplicating in Books, Bound or Collected Forms, and the like.
Filed: 1908-04-11
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 8098. Lamson Paragon Supply Co., and Robinson, G. H. April 11. Account-books ; memorandum and like books.- In an account-book, loose-leaf book, &c., composed of leaves 4 to receive duplicate entries, is placed a stationary part 1 in which slides a part 5 carrying a clip at the end of distance-pieces 7, this clip being preferably double and held closed by springs 12 to receive an invoice 6, or carbon paper 11, or both. The middle or the lowest plate of the double clip may have extensions 13 to prevent the whole clip from turning when the plate 8 is raised to insert a new invoice. To write on the left-hand pages, the part 5 is slid from the tube 1, reversed, and again inserted. The stationary part 1 has clips, hooks, tapes, or bands to engage the book binding or cover. A number of invoices and carbon papers may be carried on the sliding part for manifolding.
Patent GB-190815053-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Winding Machines more especially applicable for Winding Coils of Wire for Electrical Purposes.
Inventor: WILDERSPIN ERNEST ALFRED
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 15,053. Wilderspin, E. A., and Hough, E. S. July 15. Wire.-A winding-machine specially adapted for winding coils of wire for electrical purposes is provided with means for keeping the wire during the winding operation at right-angles to the reel or bobbin upon which it is being wound. The driving-shaft a<1>, Fig. 3, is connected by sprocket gearing b<2> to the bobbin - driving shaft a, and the bobbin-spindle c, Fig. 1, has a notched disk c<2>, Figs. 5 and 6, at one end adapted to fit a recess in a cup d on the bobbin-driving shaft so that a pin e in the recess engages with one of the notches in the disk. The other end of the bobbin-spindle fits against a pointed spring-pressed stud h, Fig. 4, operated by a handle acting on a cam boss h<2> to facilitate doffing. The bobbin driving shaft a is connected by cbange-wbeel gearing j<3>, Fig. 3, and bevel-gearing l, Fig. 1, to a bevel-wheel l<1>, which is adapted to engage either of two bevel-wheels o<1> mounted on a sliding sleeve and forming a traversereversing clutch driving a screwed traverse bar m in either the forward or reversed direction. The traverse bar m is connected by bevel-gearing q, Fig. 2, to a similar bar m<1>. The traverse bars carry nuts n, n<1> working on guides p<1>, p<21>, and the nuts have guide-pulleys p<4>, over which the wire from the bobbin p<6> passes. The nuts are traversed at the same speed so that a portion p<5> of the wire is guided at right-angles to the bobbin spindle c before it is wound thereon. The traverse-reversing clutch is operated by a trip mechanism actuated by a block s on the rod p<3>, which carries stops r adapted to be struck by the traverse nut n at the ends of the traverse and to push the rod p<3> endways so that the block s strikes and swings over the reversing-lever u, Figs. 8 and 13. The reversing-lever is pivoted to a tumbler lever v, Fig. 10, by a pin u<3>, and the tumbler lever is mounted on a plate t by a pivot t<5>, ball bearings being provided between the faces of the levers and plate, and a spring w being connected to the reversing-lever and to a pin at the top of the plate t to swing the tumbler lever over quickly when the spring passes over the dead centre. As the tumbler lever swings over, its notched end v<3> carries with it a pin p<7> on the bevel-clutch sleeve and so reverses the lutch and the rotation of the screwed traverse bars. A modification adapted to be used independently or in combination with the primary form of the invention has a swinging frame x, Fig. 16, pivoted at its upper end to the frame g, and having its lower end adjustable relatively to the bobbin-spindle c by a pin-and-slot device y. The frame carries the second screwed traverse bar m<1> driven by sprocketgear y from the first traverse bar m.
Patent GB-190815637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Gas Cocks.
Inventor: BROCKMAN HARRY ELMER
Filed: 1908-07-23
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 15,637. Brockman, H. E. March 13, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas cocks and valves, automatically closing on extinguishing.-An apparatus for automatically closing the plug cock of a gas burner should the flame be blown out, comprises a bent rod 19, Fig. 4, the portion 20 of which engages with the end of a bent rod 10 secured to the spindle of the cock. If the flame is blown out or the gas supply diminished, the rod 19 contracts and releases the rod 11, thereby allowing the plug to be rotated to the closed position by the spring 12, Fig. 1. The rod 19 is fastened to the gas bracket 1 by either of the methods shown in Figs. 1 and 4.
Patent GB-190817724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candlesticks.
Inventor: PANTING THOMAS
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 17,724. Panting, T. Aug. 24. Candle lamps or spring candlesticks. The cap or nozzle C, against which the candle is pressed by a spring B, is attached to the candle tube A by a bayonet fastening, of which the slot G H is T-shaped, to allow of the cap being turned in either direction when attaching it to the candle tube.
Patent GB-190820081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Art of Communicating Frangible Articles.
Inventor: DILG CHARLES HERMANN JULIUS
Filed: 1908-09-24
Granted: 1909-10-25
Abstract: 20,081. Dilg, C. H. J., and Fowler, J. O. Sept. 24. Mills and apparatus.-Cakes or units of material formed with interlocking faces are disintegrated or comminuted in a casing 1, Fig. 2, by rotating them against a stationary cutter 13 by means of a weight 8 carried by a shaft 7 driven by bevel-gearing 5, 6 from a hand shaft 3. Or the weight 8 and cakes 10 may be held stationary by a vertical rib 14, Fig. 6, the cutter 13 rotating with the spindle 7 which passes through a hole in the weight and cakes.
Patent GB-190821326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Emergency Devices for Corliss Valve Gear
Inventor: ROGERS HARRY
Filed: 1908-10-09
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 21,326. Rogers, H., and Edwards, G. E. Oct. 9. Stop gear.-Relates to an electrically-operated emergency device for stopping the engine from one or more distant points. The short arm G of a cranked lever which is pivoted at F normally rests just clear of the hinged tripping-plate A of a Corliss valve-gear. The long weighted arm H is normally held by a catch J on the armature K of one or more electro-magnets L, L<1>. When the magnets are energized, the catch is withdrawn and the plate A raised to throw the valve out of action. A separate stop-piece under the control of an electro-magnet may be used to prevent accidental withdrawal of the catch J through vibration &c. The switch circuit includes a bell and indicator in the engine room, and a relay closing the local circuit which operates the electro-magnets L, L<1>. The weight I is cut away, if necessary, to clear the plate A.
Patent GB-190821882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Shedding Devices of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: BEAUMONT ROBERTS
Filed: 1908-10-16
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 21,882. Beaumont, R., and Hollis, T. Oct. 16. Loom shedding-motions ; shedding-levers; healds.- In looms provided with rigid connexions between the various parts for shedding the warp threads, the jack or other levers j, l, k, Figs. 1 and 4, are provided with fixed or adjustable balancing- weights 2 and the connecting-pieces r are made of metal tubing, or of on e or more strips of sheet metal bent, pressed, stamped, corrugated, or channelled to the required shape and provided with universal joints. These connecting-pieces may be tubes r, Fig. 9, into each end of which the stem t of a part carrying a ball s is screwed. These balls s fit in caps or sleeves u screwed to the ends of double-ended studs w, the outer screw-ends x of which are screwed into or mesh with plates or bosses y secured to the heald shafts and to the levers k, l, Figs. 1 and 4. To vary the amount of motion given to the healds, the levers j may have holes j' to receive links m connected to three-armed levers k which are connected to the healds b, or the levers j may have arms z on which blocks 1 may be adjusted by screws 3 and lock-nuts ; or the blocks may be moved on the arms z by hand, and then fixed in position by keys or set-screws. The connecting-parts 8 are similar to the parts r. The balance weights may form third arms to the levers k, l. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the levers k are linked to twoarmed levers which are connected to the healds. In a modification, rigid connexions to the bottom shafts of the healds are used. The balance weights may be recessed to allow for movement of the connecting - parts. Rigid heald frames or heald shafts rigidly connected by bars c are employed, and they may be guided by guides d provided with brackets e, e' arranged in pairs to support rods or bolts f, f<1>, on which are mounted disks g, g<1> to guide the bars c. The end d<1> of each guide is adjustably mounted in a carrier fixed adjustably or otherwise to a bracket i screwed to the framework.
Patent GB-190822353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Compound Explosion or Combustion Engines.
Inventor: JUNKERS HUGO
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 22,353. Junkers, H. Oct. 21. Gas and like engines.-Compound engines with two or more concentric cylinders have communication ports in the cylinder walls controlled by the piston of the higber stage travelling in advance of the next lower stage piston. The high-pressure cylinder 1, Fig. 1, of a two-stroke cycle engine is charged through the valve 8 with compressed gas while the ports 4, leading to the low-pressure cylinder 5, are open. The spent gases from the cylinder 1 expand in the cylinder 5 and escape at the exhaust 13. On the return of the piston 3, the waste gases may be compressed or led away through the positively-controlled valve 6. The driving-gear comprises connecting-rods 9, 11, and a three-throw crank - shaft 27. In the modified arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the low-pressure piston-rods 16 are connected to a single crank-shaft 25. The highpressure piston-rod 20 is connected by a rod 21 to an oscillating arm 24 which is pivoted at 37 to the framing and connected by a rod 22 to the crank-pin 23.
Patent GB-190822853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Methods of Purifying Tar.
Inventor: REILLY PETER CELESTINE
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 22,853. Reilly, P. C. Oct. 27. Drawings to Specification. Wood, treating for preserving &c.-The filtrate obtained by filtering tar at a temperature of 150‹- 250‹ F. is suitable for use in the preservation of wood by impregnation, as described in Specification No. 22,854, A.D. 1908.
Patent GB-190827969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam-turbines.
Filed: 1908-12-23
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 27,969. Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon. March 2, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-A turbine plant, which utilizes exhaust steam from some other steamusing plant and can be driven by high-pressure steam when the supply of exhaust steam fails, is arranged in three sections, two low-pressure and one high-pressure. When exhaust steam is being used, it is passed through the low-pressure sections in parallel. When high-pressure steam is being used, it is passed through the high-pressure section and one of the low-pressure sections in series. The combined high and low pressure sections are correctly proportioned one to the other, and together form a motor of the same power as that comprising the low-pressure portions in parallel. Fig. 1 shows a simple constructional form ; N, N<2> are the lowpressure sections, and the high-pressure section H is combined with the low-pressure section N'. Exhaust steam is supplied to the low-pressure sections by the pipe a, and when that supply fails, highpressure steam is supplied by the pipe C. The sections may be arranged within one casing. In one form the low-pressure sections are arranged as inner and outer concentric rings of blades N', N<2>, Fig. 2, and in another form as separate segments N<1>, N<2>, Fig. 5, of one ring of blades. The highpressure section H is arranged in series with the inner ring in the former case, and with the lower segment in the latter. In a modification of the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the low-pressure turbine is divided into four segments, and the highpressure turbine is in series with opposite segments.
Patent GB-190904043-A (GB)
Title: Window Shade Roller Attachment.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: E06B9/44
Filed: 1909-02-18
Granted: 1910-02-18
Abstract: 4043. Mackenzie, J. W., [Washburne, J. V.]. Feb. 18. Roller blinds.-The sliding catches or pawls 6 adapted to engage notches f<1> in the fixed end f of a spring roller spindle b are guided between turned-up flanges 5 of a square or rectangular sheet-metal plate 1, secured to the roller by means of corner projections 9 bent in the opposite direction to the flanges 5. The other edges 5<b> of the plate 1 are also bent up to form stops to limit the outward movement of the catches. A central opening 3 is provided in the plate 1 for the end f of the spindle, and a cap 11 is placed over the end of the roller to protect the catches 6 and to strengthen the roller. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, the flanges 5 are bent over, as at 5<a>, so as to retain the sliding catches on the plate 1.
Patent GB-190904111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Actuating the Contact-arms or Levers of Electric Switches.
IPC: H01H5/16
Filed: 1909-02-19
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 4111. Curtis, A. H., Mackley, A. H., and A d a m s M a n u f a c t u r i n g Co. Feb. 19. Suitches, quick-action.-A switch arm is given a quick motion between contacts while it is allowed to rest on the contact surfaces, by means of worm or screw gearing in which the worm or screw spindle carries a cam with a helical surface of the same pitch as the worm thread, and a sharply inclined surface which gives the rapid motion of the arm. The contact arm a, Fig. 1, is provided with a toothed sector c which engages a worm d. The worm spindle e is supported in bearings k, w, the former being mounted on a pivot t and the latter on a hand-lever u. The worm spindle carries a collar f with cam surfaces g, h, kept in engagement with a roller j on the bearing k by the spring of the switch arm a, or by a spring m between the bearing and a collar n on the spindle. When the worm is rotated, the cam surface g causes it to move axially at the same rate as the thread advances, so that the sector c remains stationary, but when the inclined plane surface h engages the roller j, the worm is pushed forward and so operates the arm a. In a modification, Fig. 2, the collar f is replaced by a drum o, with a cam groove g', h<1> engaging a pin p fixed to the switch base. The cam surfaces may be formed on the hub of the crank handle s. In a further modification, the sector c is replaced by a nut pivoted to the switch arm, and this engages a screw on the spindle e ; or the nut may be on the spindle and the screw may be pivoted to the switch arm a.
Patent GB-190904494-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Removing Superphosphates from Decomposition Chambers.
Inventor: BESKOW KNUT JAKOB
IPC: C05B1/10
Filed: 1909-02-23
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 4494. Beshow, K. J., and Ekedahl, M. March 2, 1908, [Convention date]. Calcium superphosphate.-Decomposition chambers for superphosphates are emptied by giving the excavating-tools, which work against the side of the mass, such a movement that they shovel the superphosphate away from the side, and simultaneously transport it along the bottom of the chamber to a place inside or outside the same. This is effected by mounting the cutting-device on a vertical shaft in such a manner that it may be swung laterally through the whole of the chamber. For example, the cutting-device 7, Figs. 1 and 2, is mounted on an arm 6 secured to a vertical shaft 2, and arranged to pass over the whole bottom of the chamber. When filling the chamber, removable doors 13 are fitted, and the cutting-device is swung outside as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. After filling, the doors 13 are removed, and the cutting- device 7 is brought against the side of the mass by a pulley 3, shovelling the superphosphate away, and transporting it to a central passage 14. In this form, the cutting-device consists of a rotating- drum 7 fitted with vertically or obliquely arranged blades 8, but, in a modification shown in Fig. 3, the blades 8 are secured to endless chains or bands 29 mounted on rollers 9 carried by the arm 6. The band is driven by a pulley 12 through gearing 11, while a second pulley 5 rotates the arm 6 through gearing 4. The chamber may be divided by removable walls into compartments, and provided with one cutting-device common to all the compartments so that one compartment is filling while another is emptying. Specifications 27,837/06 and 8480/07 are referred to.
Patent GB-190904672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
IPC: H05B3/00
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 4672. Berry. A. F. Feb. 25. Resistances.-The windings of an electric hotplate are unequally spaced and are held in position by distance-pieces of insulating-material so that the spacing can be adjusted to compensate for heatdisturbing factors. In the form shown, the hotplate a has parts c, d of greater thickness, and the windings adjacent to these parts are placed closer together than elsewhere. The winding, which may be of bare nickel wire with a coating of oxide, is of rectangular, square, or triangular section, and is clamped between mica sheets by a lower plate f secured in an air-light manner to the hot-plate a by screws. Specification 13,107/08, [Class 64, Heating], is referred to.
Patent GB-190906482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Corner Joints for Fixing to Wooden Bedsteads.
Inventor: BROOKES JOSIAH
IPC: F16B12/60
Filed: 1909-03-18
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 6482. Brookes, J., Brookes, H. J., and Harper, T. F. March 18. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Bedstead joints and connexions.-In corner joints for wooden bedsteads, the dovetailed block c is of cast-iron, aud is secured to a wrought-iron or steel back-plate a. The figures show various methods of securing the parts together. The back-plate may be cranked in the centre, the cranked portion e, Fig. 2, being placed into the chill mould and enclosed by the molten iron. Or the back-plate may be flat and the block be secured by pins j cast with the block and headed as shown in Fig. 4 or tapered and flush with the back of the plate a. Or the backplate may be in two parts, each part being cranked and secured by the molten iron. In another form, separate pins n headed or tapered may be employed, as shown in Fig. 7. Projecting pegs f may or may not be provided.