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Patent GB-190620312-A (GB)
Title: Improved Devices for Coupling Selected Railway Signals with a Common Actuating Mechanism.
Filed: 1906-09-12
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 20,312. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Sept. 12. Wire and rod couplings.-A selecting signal rod or wire coupling is controlled electrically to select the signal to be operated, but is held in operative engagement mechanically. Fig. 1 shows one form of construction in which an electromagnet d has an armature e which, when lowered, prevents a pawl c from disengaging the fixed bar h under the influence of a spring g<1>. Fig. 7 shows a modification, in which the pawl c forms the armature of the magnet d and is held by it against the action of the spring, and is normally held against the magnet by the shoulder a<5> of a pull rod a<1> engaging a shoulder c<4>. In both cases, if the signal rod a' is pulled when the magnet d is de-energized, a nose c<3> on the pawl c engages a fixed plate h, and the signal rod b cannot be moved. If the magnet d is energized, the pawl c does not engage the fixed stop, and the nose a<1> enters the notch c<1>, pulls the bar b, and so lowers the signal, the part c being maintained in engagement with the nose a by the part h until the signal lever is replaced. The device may be adapted to motion in a circular arc.
Patent GB-190628231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: HAYS JOSEPH WELLER
Filed: 1906-12-11
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 28,231. Hays, J. W. Dec. 11. Typewriters. -Relates to attachments for ruling vertical and horizontal lines in typewriters, the object being to provide devices which do not require to be held in position by the operator. Fig. 1 shows the two attachments fitted to an ordinary front-strike machine. The attachments are of the revolving-disk type and are 'movable into and out of operative position, the vertical lines being ruled by rotating the platen C and the horizontal lines by traversing the carriage B. One or more vertical ruling-devices, each comprising one or more ruling-disks G, Figs. 1 and 6, and a revolving inking-pad g in an open casing h on an arm F, are carried by a bar E pivoted on a shaft b and adjustable by means of notched arms c engaging over the edge of the usual shield a. The arms F are adjustable along the bar E, and are secured by means of a split end and screw J ; they are also adjustable around the bar E into operative and inoperative positions determined by a spring bolt K and longitudinal grooves k, m. The horizontal ruling-device 9, Figs. 1 and 5, is carried on a stem 3 sliding in a tube 2 pivoted on and adjustable along a rod 4. The stem 3 is projected by a spring 10, and can be held retracted by means of a pin 13 and an offset slot 12.
Patent GB-190700028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Caps for Electric Lamps of Variable Luminosity
Inventor: HARRISON FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-01-01
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 28. Harrison, F. Jan. 1. Incandescent lamps; vacuum tubes.-A cap for a multiple-filament lamp is constructed as shown, so as to permit the luminosity of the lamp to be changed by rotating the cap within an ordinary bayonet-joint holder. The usual pins a, Figs. 1 and 2, are attached to a ring b, which fits within the casing of the cap and can turn to an extent determined by slots through which the pins project. These slots are closed by the ring. The ring and pins may alternatively be made in two pieces, which are soldered together when in position. The contact-plates e, e<1> are embedded in " vitrite " glass or like material ; for a two-filament lamp, the plate e may be of such a size as always to engage one of the plungers in the holder. The filaments may be of carbon or metal, or both, of equal or unequal luminosity. A carbon filament and a metal filament may be arranged so that the former can be substituted for, or placed in series with the latter. A spring pawl f, Fig. 13, may be attached to one of the pins, so that it engages the holder and prevents accidental movement of the pins in the holder. One of the pins may be provided with an eye for the attachment of a cord &c. According to the Provisional Specification, the eye may be attached to the lamp cap, and the ring may be outside the casing of the cap ; also the invention may be applied to Nernst and vapour lamps.
Patent GB-190711276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Match Making Machinery.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 11,276. Lake, H. W., [Dininny, F. C.]. May 14. Cutting-up.- Match splints are cut from veneer cards by oscillating shearing - cutters, preferably permanently interlocked and arranged in two sets, certain of the cutters of each set being moved further than the other cutters whereby the splints may be separated into four rows, so that when forced into the carrier they may be sufficiently spaced apart for dipping &c. The cutter heads 3, 4, Figure 5, are oscillated in the manner of shears, on studs 5 on the framing, by turn-buckles 10 operated by bellcrank levers 9 from a cam on the shaft 8, which is driven from one of the shafts 20 through an intermediate shaft 11 by spur and bevel gearing. The blades 23, 24 of each cutter head are alternately arranged, and an oscillation of the heads severs and also separates the splints into two rows, Fig. 5. In order to further separate the splints into four rows; the blades 23 are mounted in supplemental cutter heads 21, 22 which are moved forward in the main head by cams 25 on shafts, which are oscillated by gear sectors 27, 28 from levers 30 connected by links 31 and arms 32 to shafts 33, Figs. 3 and 4, operated by toothed gear 34, 35 and arm 37 engaged by the cam 38. A feed-trough 71 is arranged at each side of the machine. The blanks are pressed up against sliding plates 80 by means of follower blades carried by sleeves 75 slid-on rods 74 by weighted cords 76. Each plate 80 has a spring pawl 81 to engage the blanks, and feeds the blanks 79 one at a time to a carrier 89, the plate being reciprocated by a rod 88, lever 86, link 85, an arm 84 on the rock-shaft 83, and a second arm operated by the cam 81. The carriers 89, which are open at the bottom, top, and one end, are moved along guides 90 by cam-operated levers 92, and when opposite to the cutters the blanks are driven out by a blade 95 slid in guides by a bell-crank lever 100, link 99, Fig. 3, and camoperated lever 98. The cutter heads have strips 103, 104, Fig. 5, to position the blanks. The cut splints are driven out into the chain carrier 50 by plungers 39 attached to rack-bars 42 moved in guides by a sector 43, which is oscillated by an arm 45 and link 46, connected to a bell-crank lever operated by a cam on one of the shafts 20. In order to relieve the side pressure on the splints, the side walls of the blades are recessed at the part engaging the splints when in a position to be ejected. The chain carrier is driven intermittently by sprocket-wheels 51, and by worm gear from a shaft provided with a spur-wheel connected to it by a pawl carrying a disk 62 and ratchet-wheel 64 and operated by a toothed sector 60 connected by a link 59 to a cam-operated bell-crank lever. This shaft is held stationary between the driving movements by mounting at its other end a toothed disk engaged by a pivoted dog, which is withdrawn by a cam on the shaft 20 through a link and arm against the action of a spring.
Patent GB-190717434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Biscuits for Dogs, Poultry, and other Animals.
Inventor: WINGROVE STEPHEN
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 17,434. Wingrove, S. July 30. Food for animals.-Biscuits for dogs, poultry, and other animals are made by mixing finelydivided and ground currants, raisins, sultanas, or the like with flour or other farinaceous material and water to form dough, adding a small quantity of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, meat fat, lard or the like, and sugar, and baking the mixture. Specification No. 2750, A.D. 1899, is referred to.
Patent GB-190718466-A (GB)
Title: Pencil Sharpening and like Machines.
Inventor: MYERS LOUIS
Filed: 1907-08-15
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 18,466. Myers, L. Aug. 15. Carving and shaping by cutting.-A machine for sharpening pencils &c. comprises a rotary cutter and a rotary work-holder, geared together and driven by a spring motor. Fig. 1 is a sectional plan of the machine, and Fig. 3 a vertical section. The main shaft 5, which carries the cutter 60, is driven by a spring 10 wound up by pulling a cord 15, and is geared to the work-holder H through pinions 20, 21, and bevel-gears 23, 24. The workholder consists of an outer member 35, Fig. 10, provided with a tapered flange 35<a> to engage the conical face 43 of an inner spring-actuated member 40. A yoke 50, actuated by the spring 10 through the pull of the cord 15 on the lever 54, normally pulls back the inner member 40 against the action of a spring 45, and keeps the holder unclamped. A nut 81 carrying a detent arm 85 moves along the shaft as sharpening proceeds, and, by tilting a lever 70 and yoke 64, feeds the cutter forwards. A fine, medium, or coarse point is obtained by setting a gauge 91, having a stepped end 90 to limit the distance a pencil &c. can be inserted into the holder. The operation of the machine is as follows : When the cord 15 is pulled to. wind up the spring, the yoke 50 is released, the pencil &c. clamped in the holder, and the shaft 5 rotated backwards, carrying the nut 81 to its outer position. When the cord is released, the cutter and holder rotate until the nut 81 reaches its inner limit, when the engagement of the arm 85 and lever 70 ceases and a spring 75 returns the cutter to its initial position. At the same time a ring 17 on the cord 15 engages the lever 54 and releases the work-holder.
Patent GB-190719205-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Parcelling or Wrapping Goods.
Inventor: BODDEN REGINALD
Filed: 1907-08-27
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 19,205. Bodden, R., and Wood, W. J. Aug. 27. Parcelling soap, fire-lighters, &c.-In a machine for parcelling soap, fire-lighters, or other rectangular goods, the wrapper, which is a little longer than the width and has the four corners cut off diagonally, is placed on the top of the tube b with the article above it. The tube is of metal, wood, or a skeleton of wires, and is provided with cam-slots b<1> which fold the ends of the wrapper in its descent to the plate f supported on a lever g. The package causes the plate to descend to the level of the horizontal tube d and at the same time to disengage the lever k from the disk e, permitting the ram c to advance and to push the package into the tube d. The plate c<1> on the ram folds down one side of the top of the wrapper, the other side being folded by the top of the tubed. The folding is completed by cam-slots on the top of tube, brush pasters h on a rocking lever h applying paste to the flap. The rotation of the disk e, which actuates the ram c, is governed by the device shown in Fig. 3. When the end of the lever k, Fig. 1, is raised by the depression of the plate f, the pawl k<3> is pulled over by a spring, and one of the pins k<2> engages with the projection k<5>; the point k<7> pressing on the point k<8>, the disk is caused to revolve, and operates the ram by a pin-and-slot mechanism.
Patent GB-190720948-A (GB)
Title: Method for Reducing Disturbances in Telephone and Telegraph Lines.
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 20,948. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Sept. 21. Drawings to Specification. Testing.-In a special distributing system in which an auxiliary conductor is carried along in proximity to the supply wires and is connected to the middle or neutral points of the generators or transformers for collecting leakage currents, the auxiliary can be attached directly to the iron poles or supports of the insulated supply wires and can then be used for locating insulation breakdowns.
Patent GB-190722617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: POWER WILLIAM MEREWETHER
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 22,617. Power, W. M. Oct. 22, 1906, [date applied for unden Patents Act, 1901]. Drawings to Specification. Measuring - pumps; actuating and controlling pumps.-A two-stroke cycle oil engine is provided with a cavity in the head of the cylinder containing one or several igniters symmetrically arranged about a liquid-fuel admission valve, the fuel being injected during every instroke, even at low loads, by means of a pump worked by a governor-controlled cam which begins to move the plunger at varying points but always finishes at the same point of the piston stroke.
Patent GB-190722806-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Coin Freed Mechanism or Apparatus for Delivering Change and the like.
Inventor: BROWN JOHN CROXTON
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 22,806. Brown, J. C. Oct. 16. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Money-delivering apparatus. - Relates to coinfreed change-giving apparatus which is stated to be specially applicable to prepayment gas meters. A coin falling into the slot of a drum J is brought, on rotating the drum, into engagement with a projection h<1> on a spring-pressed rod H, which operates on a pivoted catch F. The latter is then removed from a slot e<2> in a ratchet-wheel E, and a slide D can be pulled forward. A spring-pressed cam D<4> acts on strips on the ratchet-wheel and rotates the latter the space of one tooth for each withdrawal of the slide D. The coins for change fall from the tube A into a circular aperture, d<2> in the slide and are ejected. A spring e<4> may be arranged to press on a pin R to rotate the wheel when the catch is removed from the slot e<2>.
Patent GB-190726020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: DOOLITTLE PERRY ERNEST
Filed: 1907-11-23
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 26,020. Doolittle, P. E. Nov. 23. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-A pneumatic tyre is provided with an internal cushion, which is adapted to take the weight of the vehicle on deflation of the tyre and is circumferentially movable in relation to the rim. The cushion is made in two sections, the inner of which is fixed and secures the edges of the tyre, while the outer section is movable. As applied to a double-tube tyre, Fig. 1, the cushion comprises an elastic band c rendered inextensible by wires or wire-ropes h, faced with metal sections k and carrying a movable H-section metal ring i, on which is built up a cushion i* of rubber, leather, or other suitable material. The two air tubes are connected by inclined tubes e passing through the band c to a common valve stem f. Membranes g, nn deflation, draw the tubes into the recesses between the band c and the tyre. An expansible metal clamping-band with laterally extending arms is shown in Fig. 2. The overlapping ends of the band may be formed with ratchet teeth, so that it is contracted by inflation of the tube and held by the teeth in the clamping position ; or the ends may be turned down and teeth formed on the opposed faces to engage a pinion introduced radially through the felloe. The device may be applied to a transversely-divided detachable rim, in which the inner member takes the form of a divided trough-shaped ring c, Figs. 7 and 8. The ends of the ring are provided with lugs q, q<1> passing through the bottom of the rim b and connected by a screw coupling r. In order to secure simultaneous and equal expansion or contraction of the rim band ring c, the coupling r is connected to the coupling joining the ends of the rim b, and comprising a worm-wheel w, screwed stem s, and pivoted sleeve u. by a square rod x and spring y. Annular strips A of soft leather, rubber, or the like may be secured to the movable ring i to prevent abrasion of the air tube.
Patent GB-190727453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Instruments.
Inventor: ORT KAREL
Filed: 1907-12-12
Granted: 1908-12-14
Abstract: 27,453. Ort, K., Rieger, J., and Ort, J. K. Dec. 12. Telephones; telephone systems.-In acondenser-type telephone, applicable as a transmitter or receiver, the insulating paper or mica sheets of the diaphragm are supported in tension. The diaphragm is constructed of alternate sheets of foil and insulation. The foil sheets project alternately on opposite sides, and the projecting parts are lapped over to form conductive edges 15, 16, Fig. 3, by which the diaphragm is supported. The tension is adjusted by nuts 19. When the condenser instrument C, Fig. 6, is used as a receiver, a continuous-current dynamo D may be connected in circuit with it to amplify the sound, a transformer T or other means being employed to suppress the sounds due to the commutator.
Patent GB-190802411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Current Generators.
Inventor: STILL WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1909-02-03
Abstract: 2411. Still, W. J. Feb. 3. Homopolar machines.- A homopolar generator is constructed with a revolving field magnet adapted to produce one or more annular or cylindrical uniform magnetic fields in which is placed one or more armatures, the circuit of which is completed through the field magnet. Tne field magnet, Figs. 1 and 2, comprises a cylindrical core a, which has a central projecting ring b and is mounted, by means of a shaft or trunnions, in bearings, such as the ball bearing shown, supported by a spring and steadied at the top and sides by felt &c. f. The exciting-coils k, of which there are two supplied from slip-rings r, are each mounted in a carrier m and clamped by a polar ring n, the whole being then placed on the core a and secured by screws &c. p. The armatures, two in number, are carried by two non- magnetic rings t insulated from each other, and consist of segments s of sheet metal bent upon itself, pressed against the rings t by plates v, and adapted to be moved radially by bell-crank levers y connected by links y<2> to a handle y<3> so as to bring the segments into or out of contact with the field magnet at the groove formed by the shoulder and the ring i. In order to keep the rubbing-surfaces clean, lubricant may be supplied and a hood z may be provided to catch any oil thrown off and conduct it to the reservoir g<1>. As shown in Fig. 6, the field magnet may have embedded in it insulated conductors 1, 2, 3 connected to slip-rings 1<a>, 2<a>, 3<a>, P<b>, 2<b>, 3<b> by means of which the segments s, placed in successive tiers, may be arranged in series so as to increase the voltage. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which there is a revolving field magnet excited by the coil k and a cylindrical stationary armature s, the inner end of which bears against the field-magnet core through which the circuit is completed, the outer end of the armature being insulated to form one of the terminals. In each case, the field magnet may be of considerable weight to act as a fly-wheel.
Patent GB-190803290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Filters.
Inventor: TIEMANN FRITZ
Filed: 1908-02-13
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 3290. Tiemann, F. March 23, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c, Act, 1907]. Filters, cleansing.-Relates to a filter so constructed as to facilitate the cleaning of the medium of any character that may be employed. The medium is placed in a cylinder a with perforated ends b, c, mounted in a casing d so that it can be reciprocated by a rod h actuated by any suitable means. The cylinder a works through a packing g, which divides the casing d into two portions connected respectively with an inlet valve e and a discharge valve f for the washing-water. The cylinder a is prevented from rotating as it reciprocates by guidewheels i running on fillets on the cylinder. During the filtering operation, the cylinder a is stationary and the liquid to be filtered enters at k and the filtered liquid is discharged at l. During the cleaning of the filter, the water is supplied through the valve e at such pressure that no back-flow occurs through the medium in the cylinder a, as cylinder is reciprocated.
Patent GB-190805070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Doffing Mechanism" for Flyer Spinning, Doubling, Twisting and like Machines used in the Production of Yarns or Threads of Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: WRIGHT JAMES
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1909-03-08
Abstract: 5070. Wright, J., and Wright, H. March 6. [Patent of Addition to No. 28,174, A.D. 1907.] Doffing-arrangements.-The devices for holding the empty bobbins and for holding the threads in the doffing-mechanism described in Specification No. 28,174, A.D. 1907, are arranged so that they may be stored in the bobbin receptacle 33 during spinning, and the receptacle is lowered to the floor by a series of toggle-levers 34 so arranged as to turn it through a right-angle and bring its open top against the frame of the machine, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The hooked bobbin holders 42 are mounted on a rod 42<b> carried by levers 42<c> which are turned about pivots 43 so as to bring the holders within the receptacle. The thread holders 50 are carried on a sprocket chain, which is operated by a shaft 50<h> and enables them to be retracted to the position shown when not in use. The receptacle is connected to lazy-tongs 34 operated by a right and left handed screw-bar 33<k> and projections on a rod 33<P> engage an eye-bolt on the levers and s turn the receptacle through a right-angle during lifting and lowering.
Patent GB-190810701-A (GB)
Title: Smokeless Furnace.
Inventor: KRIPPEL AUGUST
Filed: 1908-05-16
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 10,701. Krippel, A., and Kargl, F. May 16. Smoke-consuming; baffles.-Air for secondary combustion is projected under pressure in a thin sheet from an opening in the fire-bridge or the rear wall on to a downwardly-extending baffling-surface arranged near the front of the furnace. In the arrangement shown, the air, which may be heated in pipes in the chimney and flues, is delivered through a nozzle b on to the furnace arch i and the baffling-surface i<1>. A second supply of air to be used alternately with the first may be delivered through a nozzle s arranged beneath the rear end of the grate.
Patent GB-190812683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Means for Air Brakes.
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 12,683. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. June 12. Brakes.-In a braking system in which the brakes are both pneumatically and electrically controlled from a single operating handle, a lostmotion connexion comprising mutilated gear-wheels D, C is arranged between the spindle E carrying the switch contacts F and the spindle B of the valve A so that the operating-handle may be moved to operate the switch contacts without moving the valve. The gear-wheels D, C are provided with bearing-surfaces by which the valve is locked in position, except when the teeth of the wheels are in mesh.
Patent GB-190821787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Imparting a Positive Intermittent Travelling Motion to Cinematograph Films.
Inventor: WILLIAMSON JAMES
Filed: 1908-10-15
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 21,787. Williamson, J., and Williamson, C. M. Oct. 15. Kinematographs.-An intermittent feed for a kinematograph film is obtained by combining the rotation of a crank C with the sliding movement obtained by the movement of a pin E in a stationary slot F. The slot F is curved to make the teeth B follow the dotted path G, so that they enter the film perpendicularly and leave it slightly obliquely.