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Patent GB-190716226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Controlling the Ignition in Explosion Motors
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 16,226. Oesterreichische Daimler Motoren Ges., and Porsche, F. July 15. Gas and like engines, igniting in. The igniters of an explosion engine are actuated in pairs. The sparking-levers 1, 2, 3, 4, which make contact with the pins 7 by turning in opposite directions, are actuated by nuts 8 on rods 5, 6 provided with springs 9 and rollers 10. These rods receive their motion from a cam-disk 11, the contour of which is made up of a part 13 of greatest radius, a part 12 of intermediate radius, and a part 14 of least radius. Levers 16 and springs 17 cause the sparking levers to make contact with the pins 7 at the proper time.
Patent GB-190717249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ladies' Body Belts and Absorbent Towel Devices or the like.
Inventor: WOLF WILLIAM ISAAC
Filed: 1907-07-27
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 17,249. Wolf, W. I. July 27. Belts.-A combined body belt and catamenial appliance consists of a belt A with elastic webs C at the sides, and elastic webs E, E<1> at back and front. The webs E, E<1> support pieces D, D<1>, to which the absorbent pad is removably secured by means of buttoned flaps G, and buckles composed of two semicircular pieces J, J<1>, made of wire, one having a cross-bar on which the other turns. The absorbent pad is made of any suitable material, such as flannel, diaper, &c., and is in the form of a pocket with a mouth M at one side. A piece N of waterproof material is placed between the two layers forming the pocket, so that the pad may be reversed when one layer has been used.
Patent GB-190722106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Motions.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-10-07
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 22,106. Lake, W. E., [Boylston Manufacturing Co.]. Oct. 7. Worm gearing.-This invention is described as applied to a looper in a boot-sole stitching-machine described in Specification No. 20,754, A.D. 1907. The shaft 14 is rotated intermittently first in one direction through, say, three-quarters of a revolution, and then in the reverse direction through, say, one-quarter of a revolution, by means of a special gearing 16, 17. The pinion 16 is divided into four segments by grooves 21, 22. Two opposite segments x are cut with right-handed teeth and the segments y are cross-cut with both right and left handed teeth. The wheel 17 has right-handed teeth on the segment A and left-handed teeth on the segment B, and they are connected by ridges 19, 2u. When the ridges 19, 20 are moving through the grooves 21, 22 respectively, the shaft 14 is locked. When the teeth A gear with the pinion, this is rotated through three-quarters of a revolution and when the teeth B are in gear, through one-quarter of a revolution in the reverse direction.
Patent GB-190722782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in One-lens Telescopes
Inventor: BADEN-POWELL BADEN FLETCHER SM
Filed: 1907-10-16
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 22,782. Powell, B. F. S. Baden-. Oct. 16. Drawings to Specification. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Telescopes.-The single position lens used alone as an erecting telescope as set out in Specification No. 15,563, A.D. 1906, is fitted either with a spring clip, a screw clamp, or rings to enable it to be attached to a support.
Patent GB-190723312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Tobacco-pipe Cleaners.
Inventor: HARRIS ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 23,312. Harris, A. Oct. 22. Tobacco - pipe cleaners. -A tobacco - pipe bowl scraper of the kind which expands to fit bowls of different sizes consists of two stampings overlapping and pivoted together at e, so that the curved blades a are forced apart by compressing the handles b, b. The scraper may be folded so that the handle of each part may protect the blade of the other part.
Patent GB-190800006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines, Pumps, Blowers, Exhausters, and the like.
Inventor: WINPENNY ALBERT ROWLAND
Filed: 1908-01-01
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 6. Winpenny, A. R. Jan. 1. Movable - abutment type. - Relates to engines, pumps, &c. having either outwardly - sliding or roller abutments. The cylindrical piston d is mounted loosely upon the eccentric c so that definite rolling motion takes place between the piston and the eccentric. The points of contact of the eccentric and piston, and the piston and casing being respectively at 1 and 2, the fluid pressure on the piston always acts to force the piston into close contact with the casing. The roller abutment f is pivotally connected to hollow side plates s, which receive the bent eccentric-rods v, the whole of this gear being inside the casing. Springs are interposed between the heads t and the bottoms of the recesses. A sliding abutment may be similarly mounted. The piston and roller abutment are split, and the halves may be pressed outwards by springs, as illustrated in Fig. 7, or by small spiral springs placed in recesses in the contacting-faces. A soft metal ring of triangular cross-section may be placed between the halves, being fitted in corresponding dovetailed recesses and pressed outwards by a spring. The driving- ring c is mounted on an eccentric a so that it may be made in one piece. The shaft b may, instead, be cranked, and then the ring c is split and the halves are bolted together. The ring c may run on roller bearings. Two engines or pumps, arranged to run either in parallel or in series, are disposed so that one abutment operates in both chambers. To ensure good contact, the abutment is split longitudinally, and springs are inserted to press the abutment halves on to their respective pistons.
Patent GB-190802974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Ozone.
Inventor: ELWORTHY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-10
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 2974. Elworthy, W. July 31, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gases, treating electrically. - An ozonizer comprises a number of coaxial dielectric tubes, the inner conductor of one forming the outer conductor of another. The dielectric tubes a, b, c are provided with coils f, g, h, supported apart from their surface, and an axial conductor d. The coils f, h are joined to a terminal r, while the conductors d, g are joined to a terminal q. T h e air or oxygen enters at a tube s and traverses the annular space between the tubes b, c, then that between the tubes a, b, and finally the tube a itself.
Patent GB-190804675-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Determining the Thrust of Propellers for Screw Vessels or the like.
Inventor: HECK JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 4675. Heck, J. H. March 2. Dynamometers.-In a device for determining the thrust of screw propellers or the like, the bolts of a coupling in the shaft D are loose so as to admit of slight relative lateral movement of the shaft ends B within a casing C, which is filled with liquid or gas and is connected to a pressure gauge by one of the bosses F.
Patent GB-190805663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Repeating Alarm Clocks.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-03-13
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 5663. Newton, P. A., [Ansonia Clock Co.]. March 13. Alarms, mechanical.-Relates to a device of the kind in which repeating alarm mechanism, when not in operation, is freed from engagement with the time mechanism. When the trip-spring 4 at the set time moves out of the path of the arm 1<a>, which is fixed to the arbor carrying the hammerstem, it clears an inclined projection 13 carried by a rocking lever 10, Fig. 4, so that a spring 16 brings a -toe 9 at one end of this lever into engagement with a lantern pinion 8 on an arbor of the timetrain, an offset 12 at the other 'end blocking the arm 1<a>. The hammer can then oscillate intermittently as each tooth of the pinion 8 in turn lifts the lever 10, until the trip-spring 4 comes again into its normal position, and by pressing on the projection 13, raises the toe 9 clear of the pinion 8.
Patent GB-190808240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Mesh Work and in Mattresses made therefrom.
Inventor: LONGFIELD CHARLES
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 8240. Longfield, C., and Parker, C., [trading as Longfield & Parker]. April 14. Mattresses. - In wire fabrics of the kind employed for spring mattresses and consisting of interconnected V - shaped links, each link is formed with a loop at the apex 3 of the V, the hooks at the ends of the links are made of a circular form, and the aperture 7 left for engaging the links with each other is closed by hammering. The connexions may also be elongated eyes as described in Specification No. 10,191, A.D. 1902. The links employed at the edges of a mattress, which have one limb 5 longer than the other 6, are secured to the mattress frame by hooks 11, which engage the loop instead of the centre of the longer side of a link.
Patent GB-190811325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinges or Joints, especially for Wind, Weather and Dust Screens, of Motor Cars and other Vehicles
Inventor: HARRISON WALTER WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-25
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 11,325. Harrrison, W. W. May 25. Pivot adjustments.-Relates to a hinge or joint for use with folding or adjustable wind, weather, and dust screens, or folding hoods of automobiles and other vehicles. A split band or ring is held stationary with respect to one member of the joint, and is arranged to be expanded or contracted into frictional engagement with the other member. The knuckle 1 of the joint which is fixed to the arm 2 is provided upon its inner surface with a recess 3 in which is a split steel ring 4. The knuckle 5 of the joint which is fixed to the standard 6 is a plain disk having a central square hole 7 through which passes the squared portion 8 of the screwed pin 9. Upon the pin 9 is threaded a disk 10 carrying a peg 11, which passes through a hole in the knuckle 5 and enters the space 14 between the ends of the ring 4. The end of the peg 11 is wedge-shaped, so that as it is moved inwards by rotating the nut 15, the ring 4 will be expanded into frictional contact with the inside of the recess 3. The band may be arranged so as to be contracted into engagement with the knuckle.
Patent GB-190816575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: WATSON HENRY BURNETT
Filed: 1908-08-06
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 16,575. Watson, H. B., and Billetop, T. C. Aug. 6. Centrifugal pumps. - A multistage centrifugal pump comprises a number of double-inlet impellers arranged in similar sections of the casing, parts of each casing-section being removable radially to expose the impellers and shaft for inspection, and to allow of their withdrawal without disturbing the main body of the casing with its attached suction and discharge pipes. The impellers 4, 4<1>, &c. are arranged in casing sections A, B, C, D, the end sections A, D being provided with suction and discharge pipes respectively. The joints f are in planes at right-angles to the shaft, and are so placed that they do not divide the discharge chambers 5 of the-impellers. The upper part 8, Fig. 4, of each section may be withdrawn radially as shown in Fig. 1. The fluid in the suction chamber 1 is delivered by the first impeller 4 to a volute 5, whence it passes by symmetrical passages 6 to a chamber 3 which feeds it to each side of the next double-inlet impeller 4<1>. The delivery from the volute chamber 5 of this impeller reaches the eyes of the third impeller 4<2> by way of passages 6<1>, Fig. 4, and so on. The pump runs free of end thrust. When all the sections 8 are removed the shaft 12 carrying the impellers can be lifted out of the casing. Wear is taken up by renewable liners 16, which extend through the stuffing-boxes and also act as distance-pieces between the impellers. The impellers and liners have keys engaging a keyway 17 in the shaft, and are bound together by a collar 18 and a nut 19 situated outside the pump. The bushes 20 are also renewable, and are formed in sections so that the upper parts can be removed. One radial wall of each casing-section has an opening 9 through which the impeller can be withdrawn axially. The openings ara closed by plates 10 the last of which carries a stuffing-box 11. The cheeks 13 are supported by ribs on the walls 10.
Patent GB-190816653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mounting and Securing Wheels and other Articles upon Shafts and the like.
Inventor: ROYCE FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1908-08-07
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 16,653. Royce, F. H. Aug. 7. Mounting and securing wheels &c. on shafts.-Relates to means for mounting and securing wheels and other articles on shafts, particularly adapted for parts subject to alternating stresses such as the pendulum lever of the steering-gear of motor road vehicles and the back-axle couplings on the same. A series of V-shaped grooves C, of constant angle, is cut on a tapered part of the shaft so as to leave between them a series of V-shaped projections D, also of constant angle. Corresponding grooves and projections are provided on the interior of the article to be secured. The bottoms of the grooves may be at any angle to the axis of the shaft, but not parallel thereto. The vertices of the projections and the groove bottoms are flat, so that engagement occurs on the sides only of the grooves and projections.
Patent GB-190820993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Workmen's Time-recorders, Tell-tales and similar Machines.
Inventor: RUSSELL FREDERICK MONTAGU
Filed: 1908-10-05
Granted: 1910-01-05
Abstract: 20,993. Russell, F. M., and Jung, A. J. Oct. 5. Time-checking apparatus for workmen and the like, for use particularly in connexion with tramway routes to record the entrance and departure of a vehicle from a section, are arranged so that the operators' keys are constructed to effect a connexion between a band-lever and the printing- hammer and are each provided with a distinctive number to print on the record sheet. The key is arranged to occupy different positions to print the number in the "in" or "out" column, and differently coloured ink ribbons are provided. The key slot is normally closed by spring-controlled slides H<1>, H', Fig. 4, the latter being connected by a pin and slot to a lever H<3> provided with a notch H' which locks the operating-lever by means of the pin B<1> until freed by the insertion of the key. Printing is effected by a projection B<3> on the lever B striking a projection K<3> on a lever K<4> pivoted at K', Fig. 3, a cam piece K<2> thereon striking a lever K<1> carrying the printing-platen K, which forces the record strip D and the ink ribbon against the key and the time-printing disks. The key is notched at a, Fig. 9, to act with a slide to determine its position. The lever K<4> is connected by a link d<5> to a bell-crank d' which feeds on the record strip through a lever and a ratchet d', d<3> . A clutch e is provided to feed on the ink ribbon. In a modification. two entrances H<0>, H<*>, Fig. 8, are provided to allow the key to take up different printing positions and the actuating-part B<3> is carried on a spring-controlled lever H', Fig. 7, pivoted to the part B<2> of the lever B. Three slides H<1>, H', H<6> are provided, of which the slides H<2>, H<6> are directly controlled by springs, and the slide H' carries a pin h<4> engaging with the lever H<3>. When inserted into the opening H<0>, the key directly actuates the lever H<3>. A projection H<4> on the lever engages with a shoulder B<1> on the part B', and a pin B<6> serves to keep these two parts in engagement when the printing-lever is depressed. The casing is constructed of metal and made in two parts adapted to engage with one another to prevent the entrance of water. Specifications No. 14,747, A.D. 1904, and No. 14,274, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190821591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Automatic Binding of Bales in Straw Presses and the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-10-12
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 21,591. Boult, A. J., [Klinger, C. A.]. Oct. 12. Baling-presses.-Relates to a method of binding bales in straw presses or the like in which the binding-material is engaged by the automatic binder at the end of the pressure conduit. To the cover 1 of the pressure conduit is secured a wall 2, the pointed end of which rests against the binder needle 3. On both sides of the wall are secured spring clamps 4, 5, and also on one side a spring guide 6. These clamps engage the binding-material which is passed through the straw &c. in the conduit, as shown in plan in Fig. 2, and a wedgeshaped knife 7 cuts the cord as it moves along the wall. Immediately after cutting, the cord strikes and moves slightly a lever 12 and thus releases locking-lever 11 and starts the binder gear. A spring stop 13 by engaging a projection 14 on the gear 9 prevents the gear from turning backwards.
Patent GB-190821652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Controlling the Admission and Relief of Pressure to Tanks and other Appliances.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1908-10-13
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 21,652. Lake, H. W., [Merritt, J. S.]. Oct. 13. Direct air or gas pressure apparatus.-In apparatus for controlling the admission and relief of pressure to tanks &c., the admission is controlled by the level of the liquid &c. in the appli ance, and the relief by devices independent of the level. Fig. 1 shows the application to a sewage tank. When the liquid in the tank a reaches a certain level, the pressure in the bell f and the pipe f<1> actuates the motor w<1> and compressed air passes through the pipe d<5> and the valve s to the chamber p<5>, causing the piston q<2> to unseat the valve q and move the valve q<1> to cover the port p<2>. This allows compressed air from the main d<4> to enter the pipe d leading to the tank. When the piston q<2 >completes its stroke, it trips the arm u' and the lever u, allowing the spring s<1> to close the valve s. Air escapes through the adjustable vent t and the piston q<2> descends, cutting off the air supply to the tank and opening the port p<2> to the exhaust pipe e ; this is fitted with a supplementary valve b which does not open until the pressure in the tank a falls and the diaphragm of the motor w<1> descends. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the piston q<2> is actuated by oil flowing from the tank i which receives air through the pipe r<3>. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the valve s, Fig. 5, is enclosed in a casing i<1> and the compressed air for operating the piston q<2> is supplied through the pipes d<3>, d<5>. The motor m<1> is fitted with a projection m which acts on the valve stem and is returned to its normal position by compressed air passing through the pipe o from the pipe d. The casing n of the supplementary exhaust valve is attached to the valve casing p and the valve itself b is connected by a stem b<1> to the balance cylinder c.
Patent GB-190822168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Heads or Collectors for Electric Traction.
Inventor: KOMPE FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 22,168. Kompe, F. Oct. 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Electric traction on the overhead-conductor system. Collectors.-Relates to a particular form of fork or harp for use with the known form of trollywheels having a right and left handed spiral groove for automatically returning the conductor wire to its normal running groove in the event of its becoming displaced. The forks b carry C-shaped pieces of band iron a which project forwards and upwards of the trolly-wbeel axis to the same distance as the flange or widest part of the wheel. This construction enables the wheel to be quickly placed against the overhead wire, and prevents the wire from leaving the trolly head laterally when passing under bridges, transverse supporting-wires and the like.
Patent GB-190823358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing Off Aerated Liquids.
Inventor: REED HARRY ASHTON
Filed: 1908-11-02
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 23,358. Reed, H. A. Nov. 2. Suction reservoirs.-In drawing-off beer and other gaseous liquids, the pressure is reduced in order to draw the gas and liquid out in proper proportions and to obtain the required amount of foam. The apparatus comprises a tank 5 for storing, cooling, and settling the liquid, which is fed from the supply through a pipe 6, containing a strainer 7, a pressure-reducing valve 8, and two pressure gauges 9, 10, one on each side of the valve 8. The pipe 6 has also a three-way valve 11 near the tank to provide communication either between the pipe and tank or between the tank and a cock 8, and a three-way valve 19 between the pressure gauges connected to a by-pass 18 governed by a handvalve 20. The valve 11 mav be attached to the tank by a counter-bored collar which receives a shoulder on the valve flange to make a liquid-tight and gas-tight joint. The by-pass connects with the discharge pipe 15, which passes from near the bottom of the tank, and is jointly connected at the top of the tank by a coupling 16, the pipe also having a hand-operated valve 17. A vent-pipe 14 is also provided. The pressure-reducing valve 8 consists of a chamber 21, Fig. 3, having a bent pipe 22 in the inlet, covered with a strainer 22<a> and normally closed at its inner end by a spring-held valve 23, the stem of which slides in a screwed plug 25. The valve is faced with a leather or similar disk 26, which is clamped between the valve-head and the internally-threaded flanged collar 27 formed integrally with a yoke 28 straddling the pipe 22. The top of the chamber is flanged to receive a screw-threaded cap 29 which clamps down a rubber or like diaphragm 30 held at its centre between the yoke 28 and the flanged head of a stem 11, which is adjustably held down by the spring 33 in the screwed thimble 32. The pressures recorded on the gauge 9, 10 can be varied to any desired extent by adjusting the thimble 32, and the liquid may then be drawn through the pipe 15 with as little or as much foam as desired. Should the pressure-reducing apparatus become deranged, or for other reasons, the liquid may be drawn direct from the source through the by-pass 18. The gas left in the barrel after the liquid is exhausted may be used for washing out the tank 5. For this purpose the tank is filled with water by unscrewing the coupling 16, and the pressure from the barrel is thus admitted to the top of the tank through the by-pass 18, the valve 11 being opened to allow the water and gas to escape through the cock 13.
Patent GB-190825371-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Holding and Preventing Rattling of Sliding Windows of Carriages and the like.
Inventor: CORBER FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 25,371. Corber, F. H. Nov. 25. Window holders.-Relates to cam windowholders for pressing the sliding sashes of carriages against rubber pads, which are fixed on the frame and prevent rattling. The cams e are T-shaped, and bear against metal strips h on the sash stiles, pressing the sash against rubber pads g. A spindle b carrying the cams is supported by end bearings, and is operated by a central handle f passing through a slot in the casing. The lower ends of the stiles a project beneath the lower rail of the sash and are cut away at a<2> to engage the weather-strip i on the frame.
Patent GB-190826049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Edge Setting Irons.
Inventor: JOERGENSEN CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1908-12-02
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,049. J÷rgensen, C. Dec. 2. Ornamenting; burnishing.-A bunking-wheel c is supported on an edge-setting tool a by a screw d, which enters a threaded hole in a partly-split pin b sliding in a slot in the tool a. The slot for the pin b is parallel to the plane of the wheel, thus permitting the position of the wheel relative to the edge-setting tool to be altered by moving the slide. A screw g clamps the slide in position, and also presses the sides of the pin together to grip the screw d.