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Patent GB-190627169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Skidding and Puncture Preventing Devices for the Pneumatic Tyres of Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: STOCKDALE GEORGE
Filed: 1906-11-29
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 27,169. Stockdale, G. Nov. 29. Tyres, pneumatic.-Pneumatic tyres are prevented from slipping and from being punctured by transverse metal pieces secured to side rings A made elastic by forming loops A<1> therein, the rings being continuous or formed of parts joined together by links E. In the form shown, the transverse pieces comprise bars or chains C, bearing on plates F and hooked to the side rings by hooks formed thereon or by links attached thereto. The plates F may be used without the pieces C, and may be of such size or so arranged as to overlap. The pieces C may also be used alone. According to the Provisional Specification, a protective band is made from one or more lengths of wire bat so as to form a series of loops extending from side to side of the tread of the tyre, on which it is secured by its own elasticity.
Patent GB-190702665-A (GB)
Title: Escapement for Clocks, especially for those having an Eight-day Movement.
Inventor: JUNGHANS OSKAR
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 2665. Junghans, O. Feb. 2. Escapement.-To modify the irregular action of the mainspring in cheap clocks, the escape-wheel e, mounted loose, is connected to its arbor by a helical or other spring h, and to prevent this spring from being overwound, stop-pins i, i<1> are provided.
Patent GB-190704403-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Card Game, and the Cards therefor.
Inventor: THOMAS GEORGE MONTAGU
Filed: 1907-02-22
Granted: 1907-05-09
Abstract: 4403. Thomas, G. M. Feb. 22. Card games.-A game known as 'Old Cheat' is played with sixty cards, fifteen of which'are marked to represent gold, silver, and counterfeit money respectively, eleven to represent copper money, and four to represent policemen. Two of the counterfeit - money cards bear representations of the 'Old Cheat' and his 'accomplice' respectively, and all the cards, other than these, are given numerical playing values. The method of playing the game is indicated in the Specification.
Patent GB-190707698-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Separating Copper from Acid or Neutral Solutions containing it.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-04-02
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 7698. Boult, A. J., [Du Faur, J. B.]. April 2. Copper, obtaining ; self exciting processes.-Copper is extracted from acid or neutral solutions of its sulphate or chloride or both of these salts, by immersing in the solution, which must contain ferric sulphate or chloride, or both, plates of copper alternating and in contact with masses of metallic iron, for instance scrap iron ; copper is deposited on the copper plates. Plates of carbon or graphite may be substituted for the copper plates. Any gold or silver present is also precipitated.
Patent GB-190710362-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Preparing Cow's Milk for Food, especially for Infants.
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 10,362. Litsche, G., and Nutricia Centorale f³r Backhausmilch Ges. May 3. Food preparations; preserving milk.-To milk which has been treated with papayotin or similar ferment to render a portion of its casein soluble there is added a small amount of citric or other acid, or a weakly alkaline salt such as sodium citrate or bicarbonate, in order to prevent separation of casein during subsequent sterilization. The acid or salt may be added to the cream which is separated before the fermentation, or to the fermented skim milk, or to the mixture of cream and fermented skim milk.
Patent GB-190711157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Indicating or Recording the Direction of Aim of a Gun or other Weapon
Inventor: MOFFITT FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1908-05-13
Abstract: 11,157. Moffitt, F. W. May 13. Rifle practice, teaching. - In target - practice apparatus in which the aim is recorded on a sub-target by an indicating-n e e d l e which is controlled by a cord stretched t a u t between the gun and the distant target, the cord is attached to the centre of the target, thus converging with the line of sight, and the sub-target is mounted so as to be always visible to the shooter. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the string h is attached to an adjustable arm i at the side of the stock a, and nearer the muzzle end carries a stirrup b from which two cords pass to a second stirrup f, thus forming a frame or loop surrounding the pointer g and small target n. The pointer is mounted by a universal joint on an arm 1 at the side of the gun, and is also freely jointed to the stirrup b. In order to record the aim, the small target n is mounted to slide parallel to the bore of the gun and is connected by a cord r to the cocking piece q, so that when the trigger is pulled the small target n is jerked backwards on to the pointer g. In a modification, the sub-target is controlled by the cord, and the pointer slides parallel to the bore when the firing action takes place. Two modifications are described, in which two parallel cords are employed, the sub-target in one case being mounted to slide on the cords.
Patent GB-190712086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Doors for Baking Ovens.
Inventor: NOWAN WENZL
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1908-07-24
Abstract: 12,086. Nowak, W. May 24. Bakers' ovens; doors; illuminating interior.- The door of a baker's oven is formed in two parts which open inwards, and the lower part 1 is arranged so that it can be held either firmly in its open or closed position, so that it yields to slight pressure from the baker's shovel and closes again automatically when the shovel is withdrawn. It is mounted on a shaft 2, at one end of which are fixed levers 12, 5 having grooves adapted to take a cord 8 carrying a counterweight. When the cord is placed on the lever 12, the door is closed firmly against the frame, but when it is on the lever 5 the door yields to slight pressure from the shovel. When the cord is placed in a third groove 10 on the shaft 2, the door opens by its own weight. Openings 15, closed by hinged plates 14, are provided so that the lower door can be lifted from its bearings and removed. The upper door, which is mounted in bearings 18 allowing of upward expansion, can be held open by a notched arm 21. The oven is illuminated by a lamp 26 arranged in front of an opening 25 in the upper door. A rail 4 in front of the lower door acts as a fulcrum for the baker's shovel.
Patent GB-190712151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Tools for Milling Metal.
Filed: 1907-05-25
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 12,151. Wesselmann, B., and Pfeil & Klein-Ellguth, Friederich Wilhelm, Count of. May 25. Milling.-A rotary tool, of the type in which the cutting-edges are situated in the surface of a portion of a body of revolution and limited by flat or curved lateral surfaces arranged at an angle to the axis of rotation, is made of such dimensions as to be applicable for milling metal. In one form of tool with flat lateral surfaces, Fig. 2, the cutting- teeth are parallel, but they may be at an angle to the axis of rotation. In a form of tool with lateral cutting edges, Fig. 10, the cutting-edges are formed by bevelling one half p, q to the left and the other half r, s to the right, Fig. 8, the surfaces being ground hollow, entirely or partly, as at t, u for sharpening purposes. In a modification of the form shown in Fig. 10, a continuous cutting-edge is obtained by dividing the two halves and moving the half r, s to the right, as shown in Fig. 12, an extent equal to the thickness of the tool. In this case, the tool may be cast in one piece or may consist of annular pieces attached to a casting as shown. In order to keep the cutting angle always the same, the front or end surfaces of the tool adjoining the cutting-edges are helical. The tool is produced by forming half a right-hand screwthread l, Fig. 5, on one half, and half a left-hand screw-thread g on the other half, and placing both halves together. The cutting angle is always equal to the angle degrees. The tool may be made from a portion of a cone or other body of revolution.
Patent GB-190713724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Electrical Transmission of Power.
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-09-14
Abstract: 13,724. Mavor, H. A., and Mavor & Coulson. June 13. Distributing.-An electric device for transmitting power, with a variable speed control, particularly suitable for propelling ships and road and other vehicles, is arranged by coupling the shaft g to be driven to an element e common to a polyphase generator a and a polyphase induction motor i, so that the shaft can be subjected to the reaction torque of the generator, augmented, diminished, or unaffected by the torque of the motor. The generator current, controlled by a variable resistance or by varying the field excitation of the generator, feeds the motor, and reversal is effected by reversing the current energizing the motor stator. The position of the motor elements may be interchanged. Specification No. 9950, A.D. 1907, is referred to.
Patent GB-190714368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Telephone Switches.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-06-21
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 14,368. Lake, H. W., [Thompson & Co., C. M.]. June 21. Telephone systems.-In switches for use in automatic telephone exchanges, each motor magnet is provided with two coils of the same dimensions which are connected with the relay magnet, so that current is first passed through one coil to energize the motor magnet, and then through the other coil in the opposite direction to de-energize the magnet, thereby reducing sparking when the circuit is broken. The vertical magnet 7 and rotary magnet 8 are each provided with two coils of the same magnetizing power, which, as shown, are wound in opposite directions. The coil 17 of the vertical magnet 7 is connected through the wire 19 to a contact 18, and through a wire 20 to the battery &c. and a middle contact-strip 21, so that by making contact between the strips 18, 21 a circuit is closed through the coil 17, thus energizing the magnet 7. The other coil 22 of the magnet 7 is connected by a lead 23 with a contact-strip 24, by a lead 25 to the battery which energizes the coil 17, and through a conductor 26 to the contact 27. The contact-strips 18, 21, 24, 27 have their ends close together, and are actuated by an insulating-roller 28 on the arm 15 to close first the circuit of the energizing-coil 17 through contacts 18, 21, and then of the neutralizing-coil 22 through contacts 24, 27. When the armature returns to its original position, all the contacts are released practically simultaneously, so that the circuit is almost non-inductive and no spark occurs. The arrangement for the rotary magnet 8, which is actuated by a relay 12, is substantially the same.
Patent GB-190718079-A (GB)
Title: A Stud Drawer or Extractor.
Inventor: ANDERSON PETER
Filed: 1907-08-09
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 18,079. Anderson, P. Aug. 9. Screwing into place or unscrewing.-A stud extractor consists of a steel sleeve A internally screwed at B to engage the threads on the stud, and externally having a cone C at one end, screw threads D in the middle, and the other end squared at E. The sleeve has four longitudinal saw-cuts F, and is made to gtip the stud tightly by turning a square nut G fitting over the sleeve and provided internally with a cone and screw threads corresponding with those on the outside of the sleeve.
Patent GB-190719780-A (GB)
Title: Rectifying Column
Inventor: ARTMANN THEODOR
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 19,780. Artmann, T. Sept. 4. Washers.-Rectifying - columns are constructed with sieve bottoms alternating with bell bottoms. Fig. 1 shows a sectional elevation of part of a column. and Fig. 2 a plan. The sieve bottoms b are placed close beneath the bell bottoms c. Central overflow pipes i alternate with sets of smaller overflow pipes h arranged circularly, so that the liquid on the bell bottoms flows radially. The sieve bottoms may be provided with overflow pipes m placed beneath the pipes f leading to the bells g.
Patent GB-190720776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Radial Drilling, Milling or Riveting Machines.
Inventor: SONNENTHAL GEORGE
Filed: 1907-09-18
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 20,776. Sonnenthal, G., and Smith, M. H. Sept. 18. Drilling; milling; riveting.-In a vertical radial., drilling-machine provided with an angularly adjustable table as well as 'a work-bed, the radial arm a, Fig. 1, is of hollow cylindrical section. The arm contains the traversing screw or rack for the saddle c, a lug attached to the latter passing through a slot in the arm and holding the nut on the traversing screw d. A traversing handle with a dividing attachment of the ordinary kind is shown at d'. Fig. 4 shows the spindle-feed mechanism, in which a hand - lever h carries by means of trunnions a sleeve g between collars f, f surrounding the spindle, the lower collar being loose and pressing through a ball bearing on a collar b<2> fixed to the spindle. A swinging table l of the ordinary kind has a vertical adjusting-screw m, and can be swung out of the way to allow heavy work to be placed on the bed. The machine is belt-driven from a countershaft o<1>, either by pulleys o<2> as shown, or by using a single guide-pulley instead. By the attachment of suitable cutters or tools, the machine may be used for milling or spinning rivet-heads.
Patent GB-190725169-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Folding Tables and Stools and the like
Inventor: BROAD JAMES
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 25,169. Broad, J. May 12, 1908. Tripod and like stands.-Relates to folding and portable stools, tables, and the like such as are described in Specification No. 21,174, A.D. 1904, [Abridgment Class Furniture &c.]. Specifications Nos. 5511 and 9813, A.D. 1893, and No. 13,378, A.D. 1895, [Abridgment Class Furniture &c.], are also referred to. The upper extended parts of such stools &c. are supported by means of a tube P and a floating ring G, which rest on the extended legs K. Radial arms D are hinged to eyes projecting from a metal disk B screwed on the steel tube A, and to ribs F hinged to the ring G. The three legs K are formed of U-section steel having stamped or flattened feet, and are pivoted to eyes on the sliding ring H. The stays L are hinged to the legs K and to the sliding ring M, which is retained on the tube A by a nut N, and are adapted to fold within the recesses in the legs. The springs R pass over the stays L, and keep them in an horizontal position. The tube P is secured beneath the disk 0, which is fixed to the tube A and prevents the ribs F from buckling inwards when the stool &c. is closed. The stool &c. is opened by pulling outwards the rings Q.
Patent GB-190803388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: HOWELL JOHN WHITE
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 3388. Howell, J. W. Aug. 7, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Working by unclassified operations. - A joint between a metallic electriclamp filament and a leading-in wire consists wholly or in part of unfused but sintered metallic powder. In one method of making the joint, the filament 4 is placed in the hooked end of the wire 5, and a paste, consisting of tungsten or copper powder and gum arabic, is applied. The end of the wire is then fused down by an arc to a globule in such a way as to leave the paste above the wire unfused. In another method, a similar hook is used and the wire is heated at the bend so as to sinter the paste without any fusion. The heating may be done in hydrogen.
Patent GB-190803829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Tackle Blocks.
Inventor: MACDONALD PETER JOHN
Filed: 1908-02-20
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 3829. Macdonald, P. J. Feb. 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Pulley-blocks.-In a pulley-block of the type having a yielding connexion between the block and the means for suspending it, straps 1 formed in one piece enclose a sheave 3 mounted on a pin 2, and are provided just above the sheave with slots 5, in which is slidably mounted a plate 6 shaped as shown in Fig. 3. The suspending-hook 11 having a shoulder 12 screws into a nut 9 passing through the plate 6. A spring 13 is placed between the plate 6 and the top of the straps. Keepers 4 are formed in one with the straps.
Patent GB-190806433-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to the Charging of Blast Furnaces
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 6433. Bloxam, A. G., [Markische Maschinenbauanstalt L. Stuckenholz Akt.-Ges.]. March 23. Cranes.-The skips c containing the materials for charging blast furnaces are lifted from trucks a on to the book of the hoist g by a travelling crane e mounted on a gantry d.
Patent GB-190807987-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Typewriter.
Inventor: RUSSELL WILLIAM ERNEST
Filed: 1908-04-10
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 7987. Russell, W. E. April 10. Typewriters.-A pocket typewriter comprises a thin rectangular casing 1 provided with a type-wheel 6 carrying types 14, which are struck out radially from the wheel by a hammer 32 actuated on the depression of a segmental main lever 37, by a pin which is inserted through the eye 50 of one of the indicators 46, 47, 48 and through one of the indexed holes 44 in the top plate of the machine. The main lever 37 is pivoted to the supporting- pillars 3 of the casing, and is provided with a pair of depending arms which abut against a pair of levers fixed to a spindle 34, which 'carries the hammer. Secured to the hammer is a hook 60 which reciprocates a plate 57 carrying a fixed pawl 56 and a spring pawl 55 ; these pawls coact with a double toothed escapement rack 52 driven by a spring drum 54. For word-spacing, the plate 57 is reciprocated by a lever 61. Carriage - release is effected by operating first the lever 61, next a lever 63 which springs the pawl 55 clear of the rack, and finally releasing the lever 61. The platen consists of a flat board 18 provided with rollers 19, 20 at its top and bottom edges, which are pressed by springs 25 against a second pair of rollers 21, 22 ; the platen is retracted by means of a lever 27 for the insertion of paper. The type-wheel is provided with inner and outer rims 9, 10 having guide-holes for spring-retracted types 14 ; in a modification, the inner ring a of the outer rim is integral with the rim. A revolving ink-pad or the usual inking- ribbon is provided. The parts of the machine are mainly composed of aluminium. According to the Provisional Specification, the main lever acts through pivoted intermediate levers to actuate the levers on the shaft carrying the hammer.
Patent GB-190808493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Closets for use on Ships.
Inventor: DOULTON HENRY LEWIS
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 8493. Doulton, H. L., and Pleace, R. J. April 16. Ships' closets.-Plungers F, G fitted with cupleathers move in the outlet pipe on either side of a chamber D. The contents of the basin may be discharged without sea-water gaining access to it.
Patent GB-190812939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam-generator and other Furnaces.
Inventor: MILLS THOMAS
Filed: 1908-06-17
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 12,939. Mills, T., and Boyle, W. June 17. Smoke-consuming.-Air for secondary combustion is supplied to the front end of the furnace through one or more channels arranged at the side of the fire-door at about the same level as the grate. In the arrangement shown, the channels 8 are formed in the fire clay lining 7 of metal boxes 6 fitted at both sides of the door 3. The air enters the passages through trumpet mouths 10 and is delivered inwardly over the dead-plate 4. Dampers 11 are provided.
Patent GB-190813520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Control of Electric Motors.
Inventor: HARTENHEIM MAX
Filed: 1908-06-25
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 13,520. Hartenheim, M. June 25. Motor control systems.-The field windings of the generator and the motor are connected in series across the outer leads of a three-wire system, and an auxiliary generator is connected in the middle wire so as to assist in the excitation of the motor. A generator 1 is driven by an induction motor 2 provided with a fly-wheel 4, and supplies a motor 7. Another motor drives a three-wire exciter 11, to the brushes 10 of which are connected the generator field 8 and motor field 9, and another exciter 14 is connected between the third terminal of the exciter 11 and a point between the field coils 8, 9. The exciting-winding 18 of the machine 14 is connected across a resistance 20 in the main circuit. When the current in the motor 7 increases, the current in the field coil 18 increases, thus enabling the machine 14 to increase the current in the field coil 9 of the motor and to diminish that in the generator field coil 8. The motor is reversed by the switch 16, which may be caused to operate the switch 19 so that the current from the machine 14 always acts to assist the current in the field coil 9. In a modification, the exciter may be provided with two armature windings and two commutators; in another modification, the machines 14, 11 are interchanged as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190813597-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Punching and Countersinking Holes Simultaneously in Metallic Plates.
Inventor: SCOTT HENRY DAMIEN
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 13,597. Scott, H. D., and Cartmell, H. June 27. Punching; shearing.-A punching - machine is provided with cutters for countersinking the holes simultaneously with the punching. The enlarged portion b of the punch has clamped to it a yoke c on which cutters d are mounted. The forked flange e<1> of a bracket e engages the cutters and presses them towards the punch, their semicircular ends cutting out the countersink and finally enclosing the punch. Projections d<1> on the cutters prevent them from moving outwards too far, and a forked bracket g moves the cutters outwards as the punch rises.
Patent GB-190813701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Couplings for Shafts of Motor Cars & the like.
Inventor: TUCKFIELD CHARLES
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 13,701. Tuckfield, C., Garland, W. G. de F., and Stanton, S. June 29. Shaft couplings.-For connecting the shafts of motor-cars and the like, flexible couplings are employed, consisting of two or more springs c, d of equal length, placed one within the other, and coiled in opposite directions. The ends of the springs are secured to flanges e, f on the shafts by means of bolts g. The inner spring is preferably slightly weaker than that surrounding it.
Patent GB-190814200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Security-bolts for Vehicle Tyres.
Inventor: BAXTER FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-07-04
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 14,200. Baxter, F., and Baxter, H. July 4. Locking nuts.-A. locking-device for the nuts of bolts used to secure the tyres to the wheels of motor vehicles &c. comprises a metal washer c, Fig. 1, and a washer d of compressible or elastic material. The opposing surfaces of the nut band the washer c are formed with radial serrations or notches which yieldingly engage together when the nut is screwed down. As shown in Fig. 8, the serrations are replaced by one or more ridges b<2> and grooves c<2> of V or round section, the projections being either on the nut or the washer. In a modification, the ridges and grooves are replaced by studs and depressions. The bolt a is formed with flat sides a<1>, a<2>, which prevent the washer c from rotating.