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Patent GB-190626966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coin-freed Prepayment Mechanism.
Filed: 1906-11-27
Granted: 1907-11-27
Abstract: 26,966. Hamilton, W., and Ferranti, Ltd. Nov. 27. Electricity, supplying; actuating-mechanism.-To reduce the power required to release the control gear of a prepayment attachment for an electricity &c. meter, or to retain it in operative position, a train of gear is interposed between the release and current control gears. After prepayment the spindle a is turned through a revolution, the projection 3 rotating the star-wheel 2 through the space of a tooth. The star-wheel being solid with the crown-wheel t of an epicyclic train, the sleeve r carrying the planet wheel is set forward and the stop x removed from a spring-controlled detent 16 which then engages a cam 13 on the shaft 7. A cam 25 on the shaft a simultaneously raises a swing- ing lever 11, which is loose on a shaft 7, against the action of a spring 22 by bearing on a pin 24 on a pivoted arm 23 the motion of which is limited by a stop 36. During this movement, a cam 10, by virtue of a ratchet connexion with the last wheel 29 of a train 14 which is carried by the swinging lever and gears with the pinion 12 on the shaft 7, is rotated by engaging a projection 9 on the spring- controlled switch lever 6 also pivoted to the shaft 7. The spring 22 returns the swinging lever and switch arm closing the consumer's circuit through the contact-block 5, the cam 32 on the swinging lever simultaneously raising the pin 24 out of the path of the cam 25 by means of the lever 26. The working of the meter gradually returns the planet sleeve through gearing z, u, the stop x at the conclusion of the supply turning the detent 16 and freeing the wheel train 14, when the coiled spring acting on the switch arm 6 opens the switch. Coin action.-The coin projecting from a slit h in a carrier e rests on a spring-raised detent j which, during the rotation of the carrier, is forced down to clear a stop k<1> on the framework by the engagement of the coin with a cam-piece n. The coin is discharged through the slot o but the carrier may be turned through a revolution. Normally, the motion of the carrier is limited by the stops k, k<1>. Fraud, preventing.-Small coins fall out of the carrier before engaging the cam-piece n. Coin-slit closing-devices.-When the maximum number of coins has been inserted, the stop x raises the lever 27 by means of a pin 37 bringing the pin 28 into the path of the cam 25.
Patent GB-190702088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Violin Bows.
Inventor: DOSTER JAKOB
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1907-03-28
Abstract: 2088. Doster, J. Jan. 28. Violins, bows for. Means for fixing the hair comprises a clamping-plate 3 with comb teeth to receive the knotted ends of the hairs ; a screw 6 working in a nut 7 and bearing against a grooved projection 5 ; and a strap 4 hinged to the plate 3 and adapted to be placed over the head of the screw to prevent shifting. Similar devices on a smaller scale are provided for the head of the bow.
Patent GB-190705607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collar or Bolster Boards for the Spindles of Mules for Spinning.
Inventor: SCHAELLIBAUM ROBERT
Filed: 1907-03-08
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 5607. Schaellibaum, R. March 8. Removal of parts, facilitating.-The collar or bolster boards of mules are made in two parts a, b united by a bolt s, Fig. 1, so that the bearings n may be easily removed therefrom. The bearings n are made in halves, are provided with an oil chamber q, and are held between upper and lower lips on the metal linings of the boards. A space is left between the opposing lips of the linings to allow of adjustment of the bearings.
Patent GB-190711926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controller Mechanism for Electrically Operated Cranes, Lifts and the like.
Filed: 1907-05-22
Granted: 1908-06-22
Abstract: 11,926. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Akt.-Ges.]. May 22. Cranes; lifts.-The motor circuit of an overhead crane &c. is automatically broken by an auxiliary switch near the end of the travel of the crane, and can only be remade, and maintained for running in the same direction, with all the resistance in circuit. In the first position of the controller, the relay e, Fig. 1, connects the motor across the line a, b, by current supplied through parallel auxiliary switches c, d from controller contacts f, g. Further movement of the controller cuts out, at the segment h, or h<1>, one of the auxiliary switches, according as the controller is being moved to the ' on ' or 'off ' positions, and the other switch is automatically tripped towards the end of the travel of the crane. To restart the motor, the controller is moved to the full resistance' position, thereby energizing the relay through the untripped switch; as the switch e is closed only in the first position of the controller, no resistance can be cut out of circuit. The moderate starting-torque available prevents a bad collision with the buffer stops. In a modification, the switch to be tripped is supplied from a contact on one side of a reversing switch up to the tripping limit. In a further modification, the switch to be tripped is supplied, as before, from one side of the reversing switch, which, after the tripping, moves into a second position on the same side, and supplies the untripped switch. This movement of the reversing switch is caused, by an interlock, to be possible only when the controller has been returned to the starting position. For heavy cranes, four auxiliary switches c. a', b<1>, d, Fig. 4, are used, two for forward and two for reverse running. After the first switch a<1> supplied from the segment a<11> has been tripped, and the switch e supplied from a segment c<1> in the full 'resistance' position of the controller, a second device trips the switch c, and the motor circuit can only be closed by reversing the position of the controller.
Patent GB-190712115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Backing Off Milling and other like Cutting Tools
Inventor: WILLIAMS EDWARD
Filed: 1907-05-25
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 12,115. Williams, E. May 25. Lathes.-In a machine for backing-off milling and like cutters, the tool slide is reciprocated in the direction of the rotary cutter by a quick-return motion, comprising a lever or its equivalent operated by a ratchet, crank-disk tappet, or like and a retracting spring or weight. The short arm of the lever comes against an adjustable abutment or feed-screw on the other end of the slide, which may be used to vary the position of the tools with respect to the work. The cutter h, Fig. 4, is mounted on a mandrel between centres on an adjustable poppet and a stationary spindle b, on which is mounted a worm-wheel a with projections to engage the carrier driven by a worm c rotated from pulleys d through change-speed gears e provided with a sliding key operated by a handle g. The lever n is shown as being operated by a ratchet' disk s adjustably secured to the worm wheel, the short arm n<1> abutting against the screw m on the tool slide k, on which is mounted a tool box l having a lateral adjustment. The amount of feed given to the slide, which is indicated by an index and scale, is adjusted by the screw m, which passes through a nut q. To vary the length of stroke of the tool slide, the nut q is raised in the block k<1> by a screw p. The former adjustment may be automatic, a ratchet x being operated by means such as a lever actuated by a projection from the disk or worm-wheel. The return motion of the slide is limited by a screw stop t. The machine may also be used for producing the profile from the cutter blank. The lever can be held out of action by a catch I.
Patent GB-190713844-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means and Appliances for the Prevention of Dust Raising by Motor Vehicles
Inventor: OWEN DAVID
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1908-06-15
Abstract: 13,844. Owen, D. June 15. Motor road vehicles.-A special form of guard is mounted behind the wheels of motor-vehicles to prevent the raising of dust by directing the air currents at the rear of the wheels in an upward slanting direction behind the car. The guard A is of semicircular cross-section, and may have a closed upper end a acting as a baffle-plate, and also a flexible hinged flap a<1> at the lower end. It is supported by radius rods D with its lower end close to the periphery of the wheel where it leaves the ground, and its upper end beneath the horizontal rearward extension of the ordinary mud guard C. A modified form of guard is shown in connexion with a mud guard which extends to the ground behind the wheels. In this case, the dust guard is shorter and has an open upper end. The air currents are diffused behind the car after escaping from the top of the guard. Specification No. 19,320, A.D. 1906, is referred to.
Patent GB-190714207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Costers' Carts, Barrows, Hand Trucks, and the like.
Inventor: ATTWATER THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-20
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 14,207. Attwater, T. W. June 20. Folding-vehicles; hand - trucks and wheeled parcel-carriers.-In a folding light cart, coster's barrow, hand-truck, &c., the framework consists of longitudinal pieces B pivoted to transverse pieces A. Fig. IV shows the frame folded. An inverted plan of the body of the vehicle is shown in Fig. II. The pieces D, C on the removable body lie against the corresponding parts of the frame B, A, respectively, and keep the frame extended. The middle transverse piece A of the frame carries the transverse springs and the axle, the wheels W in the folded position being transverse to the frame ; or the wheels may be removable. The sides of the body may be fixed to the frame and fold therewith.
Patent GB-190717973-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Electric Incandescent Lamp Filaments consisting of Difficultly Fusible Metals
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 17,973. Bloxam, A. G., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Aug. 7. Wire.-In making electric - lamp filaments of refractory metals such as tungsten, molybdenum, and thorium by mixing the powdered metal with an agglutinant, pressing into threads, and removing the agglutinant by heating, gelatine in glacial acetic acid, glue, and collodion are used as agglutinants, giving uniform filaments which may be extremely slender and of great length. Very small proportions of gelatine or glue are sufficient to produce durable and elastic threads which quickly conduct on being heated. Collodion may be used alone or added to another agglutinant; threads obtained with it are preferably introduced into water or other liquid, and may be kept therein for a long time.
Patent GB-190722560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or pertaining to Reinforced Concrete Construction.
Inventor: WILLIAMS HARRY MANSFIELD
Filed: 1907-10-12
Granted: 1908-10-12
Abstract: 22,560. Williams, H. M. Oct. 12. Wharfs; dams; piles; retaining-walls.-Relates to improvements in the auxiliary or shear members of the reinforcement for concrete, and to means for attaching them to the main bars. The shear members are formed as zigzag or diagonal bracing, either bent around the bar as shown in Fig. 1, and prevented from shifting by enlargements B integral with the bar, or passed through holes in the bars. Fig. 6 shows the application to a column or pile, the section being taken through the enlargements on the main bars, which are connected by stirrups extending across three or four sides. The invention is applicable to foundations, piers, wharfs, dams, &c.
Patent GB-190727935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf or Caddie Bags.
Inventor: CROXFORD GRACE MARIE
Filed: 1907-12-18
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 27,935. Croxford, G. M. Dec. 18. Golf-bags.-Tbe body of a golf bag is made from polished stiff material, such as Indian grass, cane, rush, strips of celluloid, &c., interwoven transversely with threads of other material. The bottom of the bag is made of leather or canvas, and the top is beaded with leather or canvas. A carrying-strap of india-rubber, webbing, or leatber is provided.
Patent GB-190801182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Advertising Devices.
Inventor: HIGGINS FREDERICK HERBERT WILL
Filed: 1908-01-17
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 1182. Higgins, F. H. W. Jan. 17. Advertising.-In apparatus of the type in which a series of advertisements, mounted on endless chains &c., are automatically and d intermittently brought to the displaying position by means of a continuously running motor, an air-brake or other means is arranged to reduce vibration, and means may be provided for extinguishing the lights when changing advertisements. A casing a, Fig. 1, is provided with a semi - transparent mirror - face, and advertisements b, such as photographs, pictures, &c. are mounted on linen &c. placed between two endless pitch-chains c, c<1>, &c. which are arranged vertically at each side of the casing and are in gear with sprocket-wheels d, d<1> attached to shafts e, e<1> carrying rollers k, k<1>. A motor is geared to the shaft g by toothed gearing h, and drives the roller k indirectly through a wormdrive i, j. A flat spiral spring l, interposed between the wheel m, which gears with the pinion n, and the top roller k, is wound up, the roller k being prevented from rotating by a spring-pressed lever 0. The tooth p automatically trips the lever o at regular intervals, and so allows the spring l to uncoil and cause the roller k to revolve. To prevent shock to the mechanism, an air-brake cylinder r, with regulating-taps v, v<1> and a piston s, attached to an eccentric t. Lamps q are arranged to be extinguished each time the stop-lever o is tripped.
Patent GB-190810870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing-presses.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 10,870. Justice, P. M., [Thomson Press Co., J.]. May 19. Platen presses ; throw-out arrangements; inking- apparatus.-Relates to platen printing-presses of the kind in which the platen has a rocking and sliding motion on horizontal guides and consists in (1) forming the curved rockers separate from the body of the platen, (2) forming the main frame in sections, (3) providing a curved instead of a flat ink-distributing plate and in pivoting the ink-duct, (4) the provision of a platen-tripping device which may be easily assembled, and used either with the right or left hand. (1) Each rocker 50 is formed integral with a slot-cam 60, and is provided with square shoulders 55 having a key-way to receive a key 59, and a flange which is secured to the body of the platen by screws 57. The studs 53 over which the cams 60 work are formed on eccentric shanks 63, which may be adjusted and secured by set-screws 64. Inside projections 62 on the cam-slots engage beneath bearing-plates 65 secured by screws 66, which may be packed with strips of paper to take up wear. (2) The frame of the press is formed in two parts u, w naving thickened engaging-parts y which are secured together by keys x. A space is left between the two faces. (3) The ink-distributing plate 18 is preferably cylindrical, and forms a continuation of the type-bed, so that on passing from one to the other the roller carriage M suffers no sudden change of direction. The ink plate is preferably formed of sheet steel secured to a spider, which is reciprocated on two transverse rods 21 by a crank-pin f engaging a slide adapted to move-in a vertical groove g in the spider. The crank is rotated by bevel-gear b, c from a shaft c<1> driven by spur-gearing from the main spur-wheel h. At the top of the stroke of the carriage, the top roller runs over a recessed portion of the carriage ways 54, so that it is free to turn in contact with the roller n of a duct 43 mounted on pivots k. The duct roller is rotated by a rod p from a crank on the shaft c<1>. (4) The bar 67 for tripping the platen and adjusting the impression is formed with slotted ends to receive flat extensions 68 on the reduced eccentric portions 69 of the shaft 70, to which it is secured by set-screws 75. The latch 72 is operated by a lever 73, which may be pivoted to either of the brackets 74 for use with the right or left hand.
Patent GB-190813471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Regulation of Steam Generation.
Filed: 1908-06-24
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 13,471. Belliss & Morcom, and Keene, L. P. June 24. Motor road vehicles.-The water and fuel supplies to a coiled-tube generator, in which water is led in at the top coil and steam withdrawn from the lowest coil, are regulated by throttling the exhaust of an auxiliary engine which drives the pumps, the throttle-valve being moved in accordance with the boiler pressure. Means are provided for keeping the condenser cooling-fan going after the feed pumps have stopped. The pump-rods of the water and fuel pumps b, c are driven from a lever d pivoted at d<1>, which makes the force stroke under the influence of the rod a' driven by the auxiliary engine. The spring e lifts the lever for the suction stroke. Any increase in the boiler pressure is transmitted by the pipe g' to the piston g, which causes the lever f to move against the action of the spring h. When the pressure reaches its upper limit, the detent f<2> engages with the pallet d' on the lever d and stops both pumps. A limited supply of fuel is allowed to gravitate to the burners when both pumps have stopped. At the same time the lever m is moved by the rotation of the spindle f<1>, to which the leverf is attached, and the valve j in the exhaust passage of the auxiliary engine seats under the influence of the spring k. A small hole is left in the valve j to keep the auxiliary engine running and to enable it to drive the cooling-fan for the condenser. Specification No. 12,289, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190813563-A (GB)
Title: Centrifugal Apparatus for the Purification of Blast Furnace Generator and other Gases.
Inventor: DUDGEON ALEXANDER JOHN
Filed: 1908-06-25
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 13,563. Dudgeon, A. J., [Soc. Anon. J. Cockerill]. June 25. Fans.-In centrifugal purifiers for blast-furnace, gas producer, and other gases, of the kind comprising a fan or blower divided by a partition which forces the gas towards the casing of the fan so that the impurities are deposited thereon, the diameter of the portion of the fan-wheel on the intake side of the partition is greater than that of the portion on the delivery side so as to drive the gas through the apparatus. The casing E, which is considerably larger in diameter than the fan, terminates below in a water-sealed dust-box G. Water may be caused to flow over the interior surface of the casing. Packing H is preferably provided between the fan and the casing.
Patent GB-190813608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipe Couplings.
Inventor: SCHMIDT CHARLES RICHARD
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 13,608. Griffiths, R. W., and Griffiths, T. L. June 27. Carriage lamps.-In lamps of the type in which the top flange of the oil vessel has projections adapted to be passed through slots in an internal flange of -the lamp body, the oil vessel being secured by subsequent rotation, locking-means are provided . consisting of a spring-pressed lever pivoted in a pocket of the vessel, the top of which lever rides over an incline on the body and catches behind its end. The vessel a, with projections k engaging through slots in the flange j, is provided with a lever d pivoted at e in the pocket f. The ends d<1>, d' of the lever project through holes in the side of the vessel, so that when the.vessel is turned, the end d<1> rides over the incline l and is snapped behind it by the spring g. For unlocking, the lever is disengaged by pressing on the end d<2>.
Patent GB-190814190-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutting Boots for the Fetlock Joints of Horses.
Inventor: KENYON JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 14,190. Kenyon, J. W. July 3. Horse-boots.- Fetlock shields or boots for preventing cutting are e provided with apertures arranged to be immediately over the sore ; and around the aperture b<2> is secured a leather or other ring b<3> rounded off at the inside b<4> to avoid a sharp edge. An india-rubber tube or band b<5> is fitted to the inside of the upper part of the boot, to surround the leg of the animal.
Patent GB-190814222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Foot Pedal Mechanism for Tramway and Railway Sand-gear and like Apparatus.
Filed: 1908-07-04
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 14,222. Mountain & Gibson, and Head, A. F. H. July 4. Sanding rails.-Pedals such as are used for operating sanding or other mechanism on tramway &c. vehicles are adapted to be disposed with the upper part flush with the floor when not in use, and are also rendered incapable of removal except by special manipulation. The pedal a is cut away at a<3> so as to leave a reduced part a<2>, which, when the pedal is in the operative position, rests on a shoulder f<1> formed in one arm of the usual bell-crank f. To place the pedal in the inoperative position, it is turned so that the part a<2> is clear of the bell-crank, when it may be dropped with its top part a' resting on the upper portion of the socket b and flush with the floor in which the socket is inset. The pedal is provided with a lug a<4> adapted to pass through a slot bl formed in the socket b when the bell-crank f has been moved from under the slot after disconnecting the rod g. The lug is then turned under the wall of the socket b, and as the slot b<1> is directly over the bell-crank f it is impossible to remove the pedal unless the bell-crank is turned out of the way by disconnecting it from the rod g.
Patent GB-190814408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Bornyloxalate.
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN AUGUST
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 14,408. Zimmermann, A., [Chemische Fabrik auf Aktien vorm. E. Schering]. July 7. Bornyl oxalate is produced by heating pinene with oxalic acid, preferably with addition of a diluting agent, and in presence of an inorganic chloride, for example aluminium chloride, antimony pentachloride, phosphorus pentachloride, stannic chloride, &c. Oxalic acid can be recovered from the liquid after saponification.