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Patent GB-190619646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in & relating to Back Rests for the Riders of Motor and other Bicycles & Tricycles & the like
Inventor: HARE ROBERT DALE
Filed: 1906-09-04
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 19,646. Hare, R. D. Sept. 4. Body supports; saddles and seats.-A back-rest for the riders of motor and other bicycles, tricycles, &c., hinged at its lower extremity to an attachment d upon the cycle frame at a point vertically below the rear end of the seat or saddle or thereabouts, is connected to the seat or cycle frame by a tension member, attached to the rest above the hinge in such a manner that the rest can be tilted back for mounting or dismounting, and drawn up and secured in position after the rider is seated. As shown in Fig. 1, the side bars f of the back-rest, preferably separately hinged at e, are connected by preferably two springs or rubber bands k to levers i pivoted at h, so that by releasing a lever o, p from a clasp or catch s, the rest is allowed to turn backwards to an horizontal or nearly horizontal position, where it is supported by the mud guard, carrier, or stand, or by the engagement of the arm o with a stop t. For a lady's machine, the lever o, p may be mounted on the handle-bar or the head, a flexible connexion with the lever i passing round the frame of the cycle. In a modification, the connexions k are provided at each end with a hook to engage eyes &c. on the bars f and the sides of the saddle, the attachment with the saddle being made after the rider has mounted. With this arrangement applied to a lady's machine, the backrest is supported when tilted backwards by engaging the front hook of the elastic connexion with a second pin or hook at the rear of the saddle frame. In a further modification, more particularly for motor-cycles, the back-rest, padded with a round or oval inflated air-tube covered with leather &c., is connected to the saddle by a preferably non- elastic hook-and-eye or like attachment, the rest being conveniently raised by a wire or similar connexion from a lever upon the handle-bar or front fork. The leather covering, secured at its lower edge, is fastened by buttons &c. at the top, so that the tube is readily accessible.
Patent GB-190624349-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Carburetting Air or for the Production of Gases from Hydrocarbon.
Inventor: DULONG WILLY VON
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 24,349. Dulong, W. von. Oct. 31. Carburetting.-Air is carburetted by causing it to pass through comparatively thick plates to which hydrocarbon liquid is supplied, such plates being provided with straight perforations or the like and arranged so that the normal to the plates forms nearly a right-angle with the direction of the air current. The chamber t contains a series of inclined plates s a short distance apart provided with straight perforations k, the perforations of the successive plates being staggered. The liquid is supplied to a chamber rand passes through holes x on to the plates s. Air enters at e and the carburetted air passes out at a. In a modification, the plates have a zigzag shape, and the liquid is introduced from a lateral chamber.
Patent GB-190700391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carding Machines.
Inventor: COUTURE ROMAIN
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 391. Couture, R. Jan. 7. Carding-enganes.-Relates to means for stripping and cleaning the cylinders of wool carding-machines. A pivoted segmental brush 16 is connected by a link 14 to a crack 13, driven from a loose pulley on the shaft of the cylinder, and also to a bell. crank lever 23 which carries a pawl 25 engaging with a ratchet-wheel on the cylinder shaft, so that as the brush is reciprocated for cleaning the card teeth, the cylinder is intermittently rotated. The brush 16 is pivoted on a cranked portion of the shaft 18, which is provided with a handle 29 and with a ratchet arrangement by which the parts may be locked with the brush, either in engagement with,or disengaged from the cylinders; and a bracket 28 is provided which, when the brush is in the disengaged position/engages with a heel or projection 27 on the pawl 25 and holds it clear of its ratchet-wheel. In a modification, the cleaning- brush is mounted on a pivoted slide which also carries the pawl fur driving the cylinder, and one end of which can be raised and lowered by means of a handle similar to 29.
Patent GB-190701248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Wings or Mud-guards of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: WINDHAM WALTER GEORGE
Filed: 1907-01-17
Granted: 1908-01-17
Abstract: 1248. Windham, W. G. Jan. 17. Guards, mud.-The wings or mud guards A of motor-vehicles are attached to fixed supports B on the vehicle, so as to be readily detachable from, and laterally adjustable with respect to the vehicle. The supports are formed with forked ends, studs E on the wing which enter the forks being retained either by fly - nuts with spring washers, or by notches B<2> on the supports which enter recesses in the wing and are locked by fly-nuts F and spring- pressed washers H. Alternative forms of clamping-devices, such as a cam arrangement, may be used ; also the fly-nuts &c. may be placed on top of the wing, The supports may carry sockets to receive pins on the wing ; or the forks may be formed on the wings. Projecting pieces fixed on the wing may form the connexions between the wing and supports. The studs are attached to metal pieces D fixed on the wing, a layer G of wood &c. being interposed between the metal pieces and the wing. The wings may be of any crosssection.
Patent GB-190702321-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney Pot
Inventor: BENNETT GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-04-18
Abstract: 2321. Bennett, G. H. Jan. 30. Chimney tops.- A vertical outlet pipe C opens into an inclined pipe C<1>, which is shielded at its lower end by a casing D. Downdraught entering the upper end of the inclined pipe is directed past the outlet pipe, as shown by the arrows.
Patent GB-190704033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships for use on Water or in Air.
Inventor: TASKER EDWARD ERNEST
Filed: 1907-02-18
Granted: 1908-02-18
Abstract: 4033. Tasker, E. E. Feb. 18. Aeroplanes; steering.- The surfaces of air-ships which serve to raise or lower them are formed in steps as shown at N, Fig. 8, and act on the hydroplane principle. The portions a, b are inclined relatively to one another and are interconnected by short curved or inclined pieces merging gradually into the main portion. The inclination of the plane may be adjusted by the operator, or by a pendulum or gyroscope &c. The rear portions are preferably larger than those nearer the front. Fig. 9 shows a form of aeroplane shaped like a bird ; the wings are composed of portions such as a, b, Fig. 8. The fan for propelling the air-ship is carried on a shaft which may be moved on a cup-and-ball joint or otherwise to affect the steering. The system of inter-related planes may be applied to kite-like surfaces whether of the ordinary or 'box' form. These planes may be used in an inverted position for depressing an air-ship.
Patent GB-190712660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inkstands.
Inventor: GIERSING OVE MALLING
Filed: 1907-05-31
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 12,660. Giersing, O. M., and Heerfordt, J. May 31. Inkstands. - Relates to inkstands in which the level of the ink in the dipping-funnel h is adjusted by varying the air pressure in the reservoir a. The variation in pressure is effected by a piston c fitted around the dipping- funnel and automatically raised and lowered in a sleeve b as the cover g is closed and opened. The cover g is attached to a nut e turning on a screw f and connected with the piston c by collars p. The sleeve b is enlarged at the upper end, so that there is normally an air passage to meet changes in temperature.
Patent GB-190714640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Recording Instruments.
Inventor: JONES ALLEN PARRY
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 14,640. Jones, A. P., [Central Laboratory Co.]. June 25. Registering observations by instruments.-Relates to recording-instruments of the type in which recording-fluid is fed by capillary attraction or by siphoning to the recording-point of an angularly moving index and in which the reservoir carrying the recording-fluid is supported independently of the capillary or siphon tube. The counterbalanced pointer 8, Fig. 2, is pivoted at 9 to the moving spindle 3 of a voltmeter, ammeter, &c., and carries a siphon tube 14 of metal, hard rubber, &c., which has a rigid extension 15 carrying a nib 20. An ink reservoir 16 is attached to fixed brackets 5, and into it dips the portion 19 of the tube 14, so that its axis coincides with the axis of the moving system. The nib consists of a tube 20, Fig. 3, fitting into the tube 15, and provided with a capillary slit 22 ; it is normally held out of contact with the paper 24 by a spring 11, being periodically drawn into engagement therewith by a magnet; which attracts an armature 30 attached to the pointer, as in instruments of the type described in Specification No. 16,574, A.D. 1906. The magnet consists of an iron core 33 in the form of an arcuate trough, which is excited by a coil 34 laid in the trough and also close to the outside of one of the sides. In a modification, the reservoir consists of two chambers 40, 41, Fig. 5, connected by a passage 42 and pivoted at 43, so that the reservoir can be tilted and the flow of ink regulated. The tilting may be effected by an adjusting-screw mounted on an arm under the reservoir, or by arms 47 frictionally engaging the sides of the passage 42. In some forms the ink supply is arranged below the level of the nib, in which case the reservoir consists nf an arcuate trough, the ink being fed to the nib by capillary attraction.
Patent GB-190718106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machinery for Bottles, Jars or the like Receptacles.
Inventor: JACOBSEN GOTFRED
Filed: 1907-08-09
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 18,106. Jacobsen, G., and Grabham, A. Aug. 9. Bottles &c., washing.-In apparatus for washing bottles, jars, &c., the articles, inverted in crates, pass above tanks containing c'eansing-fluids which are thrown at and into the articles by rotating or oscillating paddle-wheels. In the form shown in Fig 1, the inverted bottles, carried in crates 4, pass about receptacles c, d, containing soda solution or the like and clean water respectively. A paddle-wheel h is mounted within each receptacle in a compartment formed by division plates e. The paddles rotate in opposite directions, and if desired one only, or three or more might be employed. Hinged or other baffle-plates 10 prevent the throwing of fluid from one tank to the other. The amount of liquid passing back into each paddle chamber is controlled by doors f in the plates e. The bottle crates are pushed along rollers or rails by an endless conveyer 3 having lugs 7 and, according to the Provisional Specification, provided with automatic reversing-mechanism for giving the crates a to-and-fro movement when prolonged treatment is desired. The bottles are finally dried by steam jets 11 arranged under a flue 13. Two methods of driving the paddles and conveyer from the shaft l are described, and also a hand-operated driving gear applicable to small machines for washing glasses, milk cans, and the like.
Patent GB-190719191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Multi-stage Air- and like Fluid-compressors and Vacuum Pumps or Exhausters.
Filed: 1907-08-26
Granted: 1908-08-26
Abstract: 19,191. Reavell, W., Jones, E. W., and Reavell & Co. Aug. 26. Compressing; exhausting.-Relates to means for reducing the number of necessary valves in singlecylinder two-stage compressors, vacuum pumps, and exhausters. Specification No. 22,882, A.D. 1901, is referred to. The delivery valve c at the lowpressure end of the cylinder a opens into a passage leading to the high-pressure end, either directly or through a receiver d, the final delivery valve e being located in an outlet from the receiver, or from the passage. In vacuum pumps the receiver is preferably suppressed. In a four-stage compressor, comprising two cylinders as above arranged in series, the suction valve of the second cylinder communicates with a receiver, into which compressed-air passing the valve e enters. The invention may be applied to compressors with fourradial-cylinders of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 9220 and 20,946, A.D. 1903, the singlestage cylinders at opposite sides of the crank-shaft constituting the halves of a two-stage compressor as above. Air may be admitted to the low-pressure cylinder through the hollow gudgeon of the connecting-rod, as described in the above-mentioned Specification, No. 9220, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190720108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyors particularly applicable to Wool and like Textile Drying Apparatus.
Inventor: MCNAUGHT WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 20,108. McNaught, W. Sept. 9. Driving and like chains; guiding.-Relates to endless chains for conveyers employed in wooldrying apparatus. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the conveyer, and Fig 2 an end elevation with the end drum removed. Some or all of the chain links a are formed with brackets carrying the rollers e. As they pass along the upper portion of the conveyer, these rollers run on the guides g and support the apron from below. On the lower portion the rollers run on the lower part of the guides and support the apron from above. The laths m are preferably formed convex and are screwed to the chain links. The edges of the laths are arranged in line with the axes of the links so as to allow free play and to prevent nipping of the wool. The laths may also be of T-section, suitably ribbed for strength. Prongs or combs may be fitted on the conveying surface.
Patent GB-190722427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolls for Sugar Cane Mills
Inventor: MITCHELL ROBERT
Filed: 1907-10-11
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 22,427. Mitchell, R. Oct. 11. [Cognate Application No. 595, A.D. 1908, dated Jan. 10.] Sugar-cane mills.-A roll for a sugar-cane mill is formed with triangular-shaped teeth b, Fig. 1, parallel to the axis and subdivided as shown, the teeth in one ring or set being opposite the channels b of the next ring and the ends b<1> of the teeth chamfered so as to form tortuous or zigzag gutters round the roll. Fig. 3 shows a roll with the teeth having straight portions c and V-shaped portions c<1>. Or the roll may be formed with indentations D, Fig. 6, which are preferably arranged diagonally and have sharp steps d' and cones d, the tops of which may be rounded. Or stepped indentations E as shown in Fig. 8 may be formed in the roll.
Patent GB-190724202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Piston Valves.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 24,202. Spencer, A. Nov. 1. Slide valves; pistons.-Relates to piston valves which comprise one or more packing-rings formed in segments a pressed outwardly by springs b with or without the assistance of fluid under pressure, and consists in limiting the outward movement of the segments by means which, in a radial direction, are independent of the valve body. The segments a are grooved at c, c<1> to house limiting-rings d retained by the junk ring e and an auxiliary packing-ring f. The segments a and the ring e or member g may be provided with interlocking parts to prevent relative rotation. Adjustment for wear may be effected (1) by turning the rings d to a greater internal diameter, (2) by replacing the rings by others of greater internal diameter, or (3) by increasing the radial depth of the grooves c, c<1>.
Patent GB-190724419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speaking Tubes or Communicators for Boats, Ships, Business or Household Purposes, Motor, Rail, Horse-drawn or other Vehicles.
Inventor: TYE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-11-05
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 24,419. Tye, W. H. Nov. 5. Speaking-tubes. - The lining of a speaking- tube is held by a spring so that its orifice is not normally in register with the mouthpiece or earpiece, and a thumbpiece working in a slot is provided for rotating the lining when required. The lining 7 is held by a spring 9, and must be rotated by the thumbpiece 6 to bring its orifice into register with the mouthpiece or earpiece 4. The whistle may be fixed in the tube 10 or may be placed at the end of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190803000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Accentuating or Modulating Devices for use with Mechanically Operated Musical Instruments.
Inventor: SPAETHE WILHELM ERNST
Filed: 1907-09-25
Granted: 1908-09-25
Abstract: 3000. Spaethe, W. E. Sept. 25, 1907. Exhausting.-In automatic musical instruments, piano - playing apparatus, &c., the exhaust is regulated by a valve connected to a flexible diaphragm controlled by a spring, and means are provided for regulating the tension of the spring either automatically or manually. Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, tracker apertures x, y, z control pneumatics I, II, III, each of which is independently connected to a link 7 pivoted on a blade spring F. The accentuating-ducts are arranged slightly in advance of the ordinary note - operating ducts and the corresponding tune-sheet apertures are cut slightly in advance of the note-operating apertures. A handlever 11 is connected to the spring F through links 9, 10, the link 9 being pivoted on the link 7. The spring F is in contact with a roller 12 mounted in a frame, and a rod Z connects this frame to the diaphragm M and valve V, which controls a passage 0 leading to the windbox. The spring F is mounted on a saddle t of the plate r, and may be adjusted by means of the screw S. If the lever 11 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow, the spring F is moved downwards and less resistance is offered to the movement of the diaphragm M and valve V, so that the suction is decreased and the notes are sounded more softly. The same result is obtained by the action of one or more of the pneumatics I, II, III. In a modification, the spring is stationary and the tension is adjusted by moving a roller such as 12. A number of springs connected to a single diaphragm and valve may be used, the tensions being adjusted by means of cams which bear against the springs and are carried by a shaft which may be adjusted by a rack and pinion. In a further modification, a number of springs of different strengths are used, and each spring is connected to a separate valve.
Patent GB-190804000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Carriage Springs.
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 4000. Mort, G. F., and New Engine (Motor) Co. Feb. 22. Springs; undercarriages.-In suspension arrangements for motor-cars, of the type in which one end of the spring is rigidly attached to the car frame and the other end is supported on the axle, means are provided for relieving the spring of the destructive effect of end-on impact and of the driving-stress, and for retaining the car body in its normal position in case of the fracture of one or more of the leaves of the spring. Each of the wheels is carried by a spring A, which is mounted in a box B fixed to the frame C and slides at its opposite end in a slipper F. A radius rod is arranged below the spring, being pivoted at one end D to the box B and at the other end to the axle E. According to the Provisional Specification, the brackets that carry the sliding slippers are rigidly attached to the radius rods, but are free to rotate on the axles.
Patent GB-190804353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Tyres and the like.
Inventor: THOROLD WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1908-02-26
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 4353. Thorold, W. J. Feb. 26. Casings.-A valve to be used with an air-tube lined with a self-sealing layer of tacky rubber is constructed entirely of metal and has an inwardlyprojecting trumpet-mouthed opening to prevent particles of the lining from getting into the valve.
Patent GB-190810411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Knives for Agricultural and other purposes.
Inventor: HILL THOMAS HESLOP
Filed: 1908-05-13
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 10,411. Hill, T. H. May 13. Handles; horticultural knives. -The handle of a knife for agricultural and other purposes is made in two parts a, b, secured together by bolts h, g, k, each part being provided with an extension d between which the blade e is secured by bolts g, h. If the blade has a tang the bolts k will pass through it. The handle may be filled with packing-material.
Patent GB-190811900-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Regulating the Feed of the Gases in Blow-pipes
Filed: 1908-06-01
Granted: 1909-06-01
Abstract: 11,900. AcÚtylÞne Dissous du Sud-Est Soc. Anon. Jan. 6, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Blowpipe-burners.-In a blowpipe burner for the autogeneous soldering of iron &c., the proper proportioning of the comburent and combustible gases is effected by heating the gas used under the higher pressure. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the oxygen, which induces a flow of hydrogen or acetylene through the pipe 1, passes through a pipe 2, a coiled part of which is adjacent to the flame issuing from the blowpipe. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the pipe 2 is heated by the conduction of heat through a piece 3 of metal, the lower end of which is heated by the flame.
Patent GB-190812086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-locks for Mine Shafts.
Inventor: DUDGEON ALEXANDER JOHN
Filed: 1908-06-03
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 12,086. Dudgeon, A. J., [Soc. Anon. J. Cockerill]. June. 3. Ventilating mines.-Relates to air locks for mine shafts in which one shaft is used for both ventilation and drawing. Air-lock chambers A are closed at top and bottom by segmental doors B', B<2> having a circular motion and connected by the rod F, G and the linkwork shown., The levers are so proportioned and arranged that when one pair of doors is open the other is closed, and in either position the system is in stable equilibrium. Leakage of air through the cable opening P in the upper doors B<1> is prevented by spring-pressed rollers 3, 4, 5 carried by one door co-operating with a roller 8 carried by the second door. The upper doors are opened by curved iron bars M mounted on the top of the cage, and these doors are closed by the descending cage striking bell-crank levers Q, Q connected to the rod F, G by links 0, N.
Patent GB-190812998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Humidifying and otherwise Treating Air for use Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BYROM JOHN
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 12,998. Byrom, J. June 18. Gas and like engines.-An apparatus for moistening or oxygenating the air or combustible mixture comprises a chamber A containing water or some liquid such as sodium peroxide which will liberate oxygen, and a double series of baffles comprising corrugated plates X, Y arranged at right-angles to one another. The air or gas is drawn by the engine suction through pipes B dipping below the level of the liquid, and after traversing the baffleplates which complete the atomization, passes by the pipe C to the engine. The liquid is kept at a constant predetermined level in the vessel A by a float feed chamber D. This chamber has a removable top which permits the weighted float to be easily adjusted for varying the liquid level in the chamber. A small pipe connects the chamber A with the upper part of the chamber D to equalize the pressures therein. A detachable sump K is provided to enable the chamber to be cleansed at intervals, and a safety flap valve is fitted on the upper part of the chamber to prevent injury due to back-firing. The liquid may be heated by passing the exhaust round the pipe J. Fig. 5 shows a modification in which the air is admitted by a pipe M into a bonnet instead of directly to the pipes B. The pipe M may be heated by the engine exhaust.