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Patent GB-190706551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Spring Wheels for Motor Cars and the like
Inventor: FOULSTON GEORGE FREDRICK
Filed: 1907-03-19
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 6551. Foulston, G. F., and Fouiston, F. March 19. Spring wheels.-Inner and outer rigid rims are connected by a combination of transverse cee or cylindrical leaf springs and tangential helical springs. The centre of each leaf spring D, Fig. 4, is connected to the bonding-band B of the felloe B' by a bolt or clamp, and the outer ends, overlapped and slotted, to an iron rim A by bolts E, the heads of which may project to prevent slipping. Tangential helical driving-springs F<2> are connected in pairs to lugs alternately on the inner and outer rims ; or a spring of double length may be centrally connected to the lug on the inner rim. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which transverse helical springs are substituted. The tangential springs may be arranged at one side of the main springs, as shown in Fig. 4, or between two series of them.
Patent GB-190708042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Stair Rods.
Inventor: BOOTH CUTHBERT RAYNER
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 8042. Booth, C. R. April 6. Stair rods.-Relates to stair rods having ornamental ends in one piece with the rods, and particularly to rods of a triangular section. From a length of triangular tubing is cut a piece having a length equal to that of the body of the rod together with the ornamental ends. The two narrow faces a<1> of the tubing are then cut away for a length equal to the length of the ornaments to be made, leaving the third face projecting at each end, as shown at a<2>, Fig. 3. Each of the pieces a<2> is then stamped or pressed into an ornamental shape, as shown in Fig. 6. In order to support the ornamental ends, a stay b, Fig. 5, is soldered to the back of each end, a shoulder b<1> on the stay allowing it to be inserted to a limited extent within the rod. Rods of sections other than triangular may be employed, and the tuba may be solid-drawn, or formed with a lap joint, or the edges may be brazed together.
Patent GB-190710088-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for and Method of Singeing Threads.
Inventor: COURTECUISSE VICTOR
Filed: 1907-05-01
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 10,088. Courtecuisse, V. May 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Resistances for singeing threads. The thread is passed through a slit tube b of a few millimetres in diameter heated by current. The tube b consists of platinum, or of an alloy of platinum and rhodium and is embedded in a hollow fireproof block a filled with a suitable fire - proof paste.
Patent GB-190715447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Guiding and Applying Tension to Spindle Driving Bands for Spinning, Twisting, Winding and like Machines.
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1908-10-05
Abstract: 15,447. Boyd, J., Phillips, D., and Scott & Sons, J. July 4. Belt and rope gearing ; t e n s i o n arrangements. - The spindle - driving bands of spinning, twisting, winding, and l i k e frames are guided and tensioned, by a device of the kind described in Specification No. 4519, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Spinning], consisting of a cylinder 23, which is provided with one or two projecting ribs 23<A>, Fig. 7, for guiding the band. The cylinder is carried by two independent levers, pivoted at 27, and acted on, at their free ends, by adjustable weights 34. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a dry-spinning frame, in which the spindles are arranged on one side of the frame only, and each spindle is driven by a separate band. The bands are preferably double-loop hooked bands, and pass from the wharl on the spindle around the tin roller and around the tensioning-pulley, on the side of a rib opposite to the oncoming section of the band, and thence to the wharl again. Fig. 4 shows the invention applied to a wet-spinning frame, in which each opposite pair of spindles are driven by one band. The bands pass from the wharl of one spindle to that of the other and around the tin roller and ribbed tensioning cylinder, so that a loop of the band is tensioned. A similar arrangement is adopted when the centre of the tin roller is in line with the wharls. The tensioning cylinder is carried in bearings in levers 24<L>, which are pivoted in brackets and are weighted by adjustable weights, or, as shown in Fig. 1, by cords, preferably plaited, and weights. When two or more contiguous sets of apparatus are used, the pin 27 extends on both sides of the frame and carries adjacent levers, and different sets may be arranged on opposite sides of the tin roller so as to reduce the strain on the latter. The ribs of the auxiliary cylinders 23 may be single, or in pairs so that the band runs in a groove ; they may be formed on, or secured to, the cylinder and may be solid or made of thin metal. Two spindles, in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, or four, in the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, may be driven by a single band.
Patent GB-190716325-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Vulcanizing Rubber.
Inventor: GAMMETER JOHN RUDOLPH
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 16,325. Gammeter, J. R. July 16. India - rubber, vulcanizing. - Rubber in great lengths, such as hose, is vulcanized under pressure while passing continuously through the vulcanizing-chamber in substantially a straight line. Pressure is applied to the hose &c. 1 by means of two wire bands 3, 4, the former passing over drums 32, 5, and the latter over similar drums. The bands are brought together, so as to form a tube of circular or other section, by means of a tube 17 having splayed ends, as shown in Fig. 4. The drums 32 are driven by toothed gear, Figs. 1 and 2, and the drums 5, 6 are adjustable in guides 27. Internal pressure is applied by air &c. under pressure. The vulcanizing- chamber consists of two steam-heated portions 18, 20, Fig. 5, bolted together so that tubes 17 of different sizes and shapes may be introduced, and so that additional wires 35 may be inserted through the slot 40, Fig. 7. This chamber may, however, be heated by any other means. In the place of wire bands, metal belts may be employed or the conveyer thus formed may carry separate moulds.
Patent GB-190716742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Submarine Boats.
Inventor: SPEAR LAWRENCE YORK
Filed: 1907-07-22
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 16,742. Spear, L. Y. Aug. 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Submarine vessels.-In submarine vessels fitted with twin screws supported in bearings located in a spectacle frame in the stern, the midship portion of the vessel is of circular cross-section and is gradually deformed so as to run into the frame at the stern. A bulkhead is fitted where the hull begins to be deformed, forming a space at the stern which may be filled with any liquid or the outside water to relieve the stern portion of external pressure.
Patent GB-190720684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels.
Inventor: HALLE CLIFFORD ROBERT STEPHEN
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 20,684. HallÚ, C. R. S. J. Sept. 17. Spring wheels.-A device for obtaining resilience between two members moving parallely, such as hub and rim plates in a spring wheel, is formed of axially-disposed rods with hemispherical heads arranged between spring-pressed rings so that inclination of the rods on relative displacement is resisted. The device may be applied to the wheel described in Specification No. 17,797, A.D. 1903, and shown in Fig. 1, each rod 5 now being formed at one end with a large hemispherical head 1 enclosed between the spoke-ring flange 6 and a ring pressed towards the flange by its connexion with a second ring 3 through bolts and helical springs 4. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the device is applied to an ordinary wheel, the spokes being shortened and surrounded by a band 12 formed with a rib 15. Sliding rings 13, 14, one formed with a flange 22 to confine lubricant, are pressed together by springs or spring clips and embrace the large heads of rods the other ends of which are fitted with ball-andsocket joints into brackets 20 alternately disposed on the rim 18. Fig. 7 shows the application to a divided axle attached respectively to vehicle and wheel. Both ends of the rods are held by rings. Finally the form shown in Fig. 1 may be modified by dispensing with the main spring and connecting the rods to the hub plates as in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190720882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements.
Inventor: MITCHELL ERNEST
Filed: 1907-09-20
Granted: 1908-09-21
Abstract: 20,882. Mitchell, E. Sept. 20. Advertising. - An apparatus for displaying a series of advertisements comprises a roll of canvas or the like, which bears the advertisements, is attached at its ends to rollers 4, 4<1>, and is guided by three rollers 5. A pair of motors 6, 6<1> is provided. The motor 6 drives a cord 7 and a pulley mounted on a shaft 8 to which is secured a pinion 9, which gears with a spur-wheel 10 secured upon the axle of the roller 4. The motor 6<1> is connected up to the roller 4<1> in a similar manner. Other suitable gearing may be employed. The motors are supplied wich current by way of a commutator, such as the commutator 15 provided with contact pieces 16 which are adjustable both as to size and position. The motors are wired to separate contacts 23, 24, which are controlled by an automatic switch 17 for supplying current to either motor. A worm 18 on the axle of either roller drives the worm-wheel 19, which is secured to the shaft 15<a> of the commutator. A stud 20 on the commutator strikes a projection 21 on a pivoted lever 22, throws it against the switch 17, and removes it from contact with the wire 23 and passes it over to the wire 24, causing the motor 6<1> to replace the motor 6 as driver. This causes the commutator to reverse, and the stud 20<a> moves the lever 22 back again ; the stud 25 then causes the other lever 22 to fall over and move the switch 17 back again to the wire 23. Upon each roller is a free chain-wheel which engages with a chain 27 supported on guide-wheels 28. A projection 29 upon the chain 27 acts upon a lever or catch 30 hinged near one end of an horizontal rod 31 guided by a slide-way at an angle to the path of the chain 27. More than one projection may be employed on the chain 27. When the rod 31 is raised, it strikes a peg 34<a> and throws it over. This completes the circuit and sets one of the motors going after the dwell has been given to the advertisement. As soon as the projection 29 on the chain has left the catch 30 on the rod 31, the rod falls and, striking the peg 34<b>, throws the switch over again after a second dwell. The advertisements are stationary when the brush 50 is on an insulating-part of the commutator and contact at the switch 34 is broken. To illuminate the advertisements while they are stationary, there are arranged on the other side of the commutator contact pieces through which, by means of brushes, the circuit of the electric lamps can be completed.
Patent GB-190721699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Magnetos and Connections therefor in Explosion Engines
Inventor: DENIEPORT EDOUARD
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 21,699. Denieport, E. Oct. 1. Switches.-In a magneto-electric machine for internal-combustion engines, a distributor 9 rotating with the armature consists of a block of insulating- material with two grooves into which contact-pieces 46, 47, joined in pairs to the end of the secondarywinding, are sunk. Spring-pressed carbon brushes 11 are mounted in an insulating support 10, one pair on each side of the grooved block, and the supports 10 carry the connexion between the brushes and the sparking-plug terminal and are secured, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, by slotted flat springs 54, themselves held by studs 56 and a third spring 58. The terminals 53 carrying the wires from the sparking-plugs are held by a spring 60, as shown in Fig. 3. A socket 4 on the magneto casing, Fig. 2, contains the primary contact-breaker and the condenser 15 separated by a partition 16 from the magnet cage 3. The primary winding on the laminated H armature 19 is shortcircuited and broken twice at each revolution. The contact-breaker 28, 29, Fig. 2, shown in detail in Figs. 4 and 5, consists of a platinum point 26, a tongue 27, and a spring 28, the tongue being moved by two cams 29 to break connexion at the correct time. To vary the timing, the ring 34 carrying the cams is made with recesses 40, and a catch 41 on the frame can be made to engage in any desired position with the recesses 40.
Patent GB-190722607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilators.
Inventor: BAGGALEY ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 22,607. Baggaley, A. Feb. 23, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Car ventilators.-Relates to a sheet-metal ventilator placed above the lamp in a railway car or stationary structure. A cylinder C having a perforated top E<2> fits over a tube B, which is fixed in the roof of the car and is provided with a flanged ring F into which the top G of the lamp fits. A flanged cover E<1>, arranged above the perforated top E<2>, is connected to the cylinder by two semicircular, curved deflecting-plates E<4> having apertures E<6> between, their ends through which the gases from above the lamp pass out into the atmosphere. Circular outer and. inner deflectors D<2>, D' are secured to the cylinder C opposite perforations C' in the cylinder and tube. The deflectors D<2>, D' are connected by two semicircular, curved deflecting-plates, D<3> having apertures D<5> between their ends through which the air from the interior of the car passes. The ventilator is arranged with the apertures D<5>, E<6> at right-angles to the length of the car so that the curved deflectors D<3>, E<4> direct an air current past the apertures, thus increasing. the upward draught and preventing the entrance of cinders and dust. When fitted to stationary structures, the positionof the ventilator is adjusted to suit the direction of the prevailing winds. The ring F may be dispensed with where the lighting system produces no smoke. In modified forms, one or several ducts D, E may be arranged on the cylinder, and the deflecting-plates D<3>, E<4> may each consist of two straight parts meeting at an angle. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also a form in which the outer deflector D<2> is cut to the shape of the deflecting-plates D<3>; this subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190723494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyre-inflating and like Pumps.
Inventor: BLUEMEL CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-10-24
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 23,494. Bluemel, C. W., Bluemel, F. H., and Bluemel, E. A. Oct. 24. Inflating. - In a tyre-inflating or like pump having a barrel of celluloid or like material, the threaded metal end piece, to which is attached the adapter or flexible connexion, is secured to the barrel so that relative rotation of the parts is prevented, whereby leakage due to loosening of the parts under rotational stresses is avoided. The metal end piece a is provided with lugs b which fit in slots in the barrel, and is covered by a cap e cemented or otherwise secured to the barrel. A washer f of fibre &c, may be provided for preventing the passage of the heat of compression. In a modification, the lugs fit in slots in a washer which is cemented to the barrel. In a second modification, the lugs &c. are dispensed with, and pins are passed through the barrel into the metal.
Patent GB-190724921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheeled Ladders for Fire Escape and other purposes
Inventor: HEATHMAN JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 24,921. Heathman, J. H. Nov. 11. Ladders.-A ladder is raised on its truck by depressing pivoted arms C, which are secured to the ladder sides and are revolved by winding chains D upon a drum operated by gearing from a crank handle F. The ladder is guided by pivoted rollers A, running in channelled metal guides secured to the ladder sides. The drum is held in any position by a pawl, engaging a ratchet-wheel G on the drum axle.
Patent GB-190725214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Records for use in connection with Gramophones or Talking Machines.
Inventor: GAVEN WILLIAM JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-11-13
Granted: 1908-12-14
Abstract: 25,214. Gaven, W. J. Nov. 13. Moulding phonograph records. -Records for gramophones or other talking-machines comprise a support a of cardboard &c. having a varnish applied thereto to receive a paper disk b, which is also coated with adhesive to hold a layer c of facing- composition. In moulding the records, the disks a, b with the layer c are placed upon the matrix d with or without a support e, a centring-pin f being provided. Other disks b<1>, c<1> may be used if two records are required to be made simultaneously upon one disk. The whole is subjected to heat and pressure. Specifications No. 18,763, A.D. 1904, and No. 6611, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-190800088-A (GB)
Title: Gas Engine.
Inventor: HOOPER WILLIAM HORACE
Filed: 1908-01-01
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 88. Hooper, W. H., and Hutchins, F. S. Jan. 1. Switches. - The ignition circuits of a multicylinder internal-combustion engine are closed in turn by a spring contact which rotates with the engine shaft and engages a series of fixed contacts 30 carried on insulated supports on the engine framing.
Patent GB-190802489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Attachments for Small Arms.
Inventor: HOLLIFIELD HORATIO BUDD
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 2489. Hollifield, H. B. Feb. 6, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Rifle and gunnery practice, teaching.-Relates to an attachment for small-arms to enable the marksman to practise at home. A needle or other targetmarking device is projected beyond the muzzle of the weapon by means of the firing-pin, the target to be marked being a miniature one fixed a little in front of, but not attached to the weapon. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the barrel A is fitted with an unloaded shell D provided with an axially perforated plug D<1>, within which slides a rod E provided with a disk E<1> sliding freely in the shell D and with a block E<2> sliding freely in the barrel. A spring F surrounds the rod E. A cap G fits over the muzzle of the gun and the foresight A', and is provided with a bracket H through which passes the pointed end E<5> of a rod E<3>, which is provided with a block E' and slides freely in the barrel. A spring F<1> surrounds the rod E<3>, In use, the gun is aimed on a distant target, and a miniature target placed near the gun muzzle receives the record, being perforated by the pin E<5>. The gun is provided with a block having a hook to engage any suitable support in order that the gun may be held at the proper distance from the subtarget. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 show modifications. The bent part of the rod E<3> is dispensed with in the form shown in Fig. 5 ; the shell D is omitted, and the rods E<8>, E<9> are detachably connected together in the form shown in Fig. 6 ; and a detached block K to be shot forward by the impact of the block E<8> and returned by hand is used in the form shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190805935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Vehicle Brakes.
Inventor: MARSHALL RALPH JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 5935. Marshall, R. J., and Penman, W. H. March 17. Brakes; sanding rails.-Chock blocks are arranged to act upon the track and upon the wheels of a four-wheeled vehicle, or upon the wheels of each of a pair of bogies, and are constructed with passages whereby sand &c. can be directed on to the track and wheels automatically upon application of the brakes or independently thereof. The chocks may be placed between or beyond the axles or at both sides of the wheels, and an indicator may be fitted to show the position of the brake lever. In Fig. 1, the chocks c engage opposite sides of each wheel. Each chock is carried by a holder b having a suspension spring e attached to the vehicle frame, so that the brake rigging is supported in a floating manner. The chocks at corresponding sides of the wheels, considering the direction of motion, are connected together and to arms m, q upon a transverse shaft n by adjustable pivotal links p, o, the respective arms being so disposed that the brakes are applied when the shaft n is oscillated through a lever r. The lever r is rotated, from either end of the vehicle, through a handwheel t, bevel-wheels u, and a shaft v with a screwed portion wand nut x. The chocks at one side of the vehicle may be connected by stays to the chocks at the other side. An indicator may be employed to show the position of the lever r, comprising a nut 1 with a pointer 2 working on a screwed portion of the hand-wheel spindle s and traversing a scale 3. Sand boxes 7 with sliding plates 9 coupled together by rods 10 may be connected with the shaft n through a lever 11, so that when the brakes are applied the plates 9 slide and allow sand to fall into a hopper 4 in the chockholder b, whence it can pass down a channel 5 on to the track and through a channel 6 to the wheel. In place of the slides 9, disks 14, Fig. 3, may be used, capable of being partly rotated to open and close discharge openings, either automatically or independently of the operation of the brake. The pivots 15 of the disk may extend within the sand boxes 7 and be fitted with stirrers 7<a> in the form of oppositely-inclined radial plates.
Patent GB-190808321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Turbines
Inventor: COMPAGNON ARMAND LE
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 8321. Le Compagnon, A. April 14. Gas turbines.-Air and petrol under pressure of say 16 kilograms per square centimetre are passed from reservoirs 10 and 9 into a common pipe 19 and intimately mixed in passing through a carburettor 3 before passing into the combustion chamber 5. The carburettor consists of a series of superimposed disks of metal, asbestos, and wire gauze. The metal and asbestos disks are provided with central openings to form a vertical conduit across which the unpierced gauze disks extend to act as baffles to ensure the mixture of the gases. The gases are ignited in the chamber 5 at starting by a sparking-plug. Afterwards the combustion is continuous. The chamber 5 is cooled by allowing compressed air from the reservoir 9 to expand air in the jacket 24. The expanded air afterwards passes through the pipe 25 and serves to cool the exploded gases. Water may be used instead to cool the chamber and the steam then intermixes with the exploded gases. In the impact wheel shown, the gases are redirected on to the rotor by passages 7 and ultimately exhaust at 8.
Patent GB-190810874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Composite Reinforced Concrete Constructions.
Inventor: FREEMAN ALBERT CHAMBERS
Filed: 1908-05-19
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 10,874. Freeman, A. C., and Dunz, W. May 19. Reinforced concrete; columns; walls; floors; windows; doors; portable buildings.-A portable reinforced concrete building is constructed of pillars B, Figs. 1 and 2, which extend the entire height of the structure and are connected by a channel-iron wall-plate C. Wall-plates of adjacent walls are bolted together, and reinforced-concrete screens or slabs E are applied to the inner and outer faces of the columns, which are staggered so as to form a continuous hollow wall. The columns are made of concrete reinforced with angle-irons A splayed at the base, and are rabbeted to receive the door and window frames, as shown in Fig. 5 ; brackets A', Fig. 1, are also provided to support the main floor beams 1, which are notched to receive the floor-reinforcing joists 7.