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Patent GB-190706267-A (GB)
Title: A Combination Thimble
Inventor: GALLIE HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-15
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 6267. Gallie, H. W., and Bisson, C. S. March 15. Thread cutters combined with thimbles. A cutter C is slidingly mounted in a plate D which is secured in the end of the thimble. The thimble is provided with a slot through which the sharpened end of the cutter can pass when advanced by a crank-pin on a disk B which enters a slot in the cutter. The disk rotates in a recess in the end of the thimble, and is actuated by the revolving cap E, which is secured to the short spindle of the disk.
Patent GB-190706939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in COmminuting Animal Refuse and the like and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: ALDRED JAMES
Filed: 1907-03-22
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 6939. Aldred, J. March 22. Mills and apparatus.-Apparatus for comminuting animal refuse, meat, blood, manure, guano, moss litter, &c. consists of a cylindrical or conical shell or barrel F, Figs. 1 and 2, containing a rotary shaft A carrying two series of knives, blades, or beaters B arranged at right-angles. The material is fed from a hopper through an opening G at the top of the box, and is discharged through a grid D supported by the framework C, one or more of the bars D, which are preferably of V-section, being removable so that the spaces between them can be adjusted as desired. The feed-hopper is open at one side and closed at the top by a canvas cover to prevent the material from being thrown out. According to the Provisional Specification, the blades may be arranged spirally on the shaft.
Patent GB-190708391-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Machinery for the Manufacture of Hair-pins.
Inventor: SCHLIE WILLIAM CHRISTIAN JOHAN
Filed: 1907-04-11
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 8391. Schlie, W. C. J. April 11. Hair-pins.-In a machine for making hair-pins having bent or twisted limbs, as shown in Fig. 7, the wire b is first fed on to a feed-wheel, and is then cut and pointed either by one operation or by two ; next the limbs are shaped by being pressed between dies, and finally the central bend is formed. The feed-wheel a has formed in its circumference a number of notches in which the wire sections are held by a guide or shield. The wheel is intermittently rotated the distances between two notches by a cam-wheel r, which engages studs q on a disk p fixed to the shaft o. The wire is fed into the notches by a slide d actuated by an adjustable crank and connecting-rod e. The mechanism for cutting and pointing at one operation is shown in Fig. 1<a>. The wire passes through a hollow spindle g and clamping-device h, on which is mounted a rotating tube k carrying in a radial guideway at the end a slide m, to which is fixed a circular knife g<2> hollowed out on each side to the shape of a hair-pin point. The slide m is operated by a rod n having a tapered end n<6> and moved horizontally by a cam on the main shaft. In an alternative method of cutting and pointing, shown in Fig. 2, the wire is first cut by shear blades 25, 26, and then pointed by knives g<3>, g<4> fixed to revolving shafts 27, 28 which are moved longitudinally on to the ends of the wire. When the pin reaches a predetermined position, the corrugations and twists in the limbs are formed by dies s, s<1>, Fig. 1, operated by levers and cams. The dies are moved either horizontally or vertically, and for imparting a helical twist two sets of dies are used, acting at right-angles. The final bend is given by the mechanism shown in Fig. 6. In front of the wire b is a circular stud x and behind is a finger y fixed to a vertical spindle z having its centre in line with the centre of the stud. When the spindle z turns a half-revolution, the pin is bent round the stud x and is thereby finished. While the wire is being twisted and bent, it is held to the feeding-wheel by a finger u, Fig. 6, which is operated by a cam v on the main shaft j.
Patent GB-190709218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Chairs & the like.
Inventor: BOOTH HENRY DANIEL
Filed: 1907-04-20
Granted: 1908-04-21
Abstract: 9218. Booth, H. D., and Pusey, A. April 20. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Stays. -A chair having an adjustable hinged back is provided with arms having parts a fixed to extensions of the legs, and adjustable sliding parts b connected together by a rod c which supports the back. The sliding arms b have a dovetailed connexion with the parts a, and may be locked in adjusted position by a spring-pressed catch e and a rack d.
Patent GB-190713309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Sockets for Shop Window Fittings and in the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: EVERED STANLEY
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1908-06-09
Abstract: 13,309. Evered, S. June 8. Displaying.-Relates to sockets for shop-window fittings, and more particularly to sockets fixed to rods or standards and provided with eyes to receive the ends of detachable displaying-arms. The socket consists of two parts A, A', formed by stamping, cutting, and bending two metal blanks. The parts are connected together by an ear a<5> or ears passed through a slot a<6> or slots, and a nut and a screw passing through holes in ears a<3>, a<4>. The displaying- arms E engage holes in ears D formed by cutting and bending parts of the body of the socket.
Patent GB-190715262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Mechanism for Electric Circuits.
Filed: 1907-07-02
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 15,262. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 2. Switches.-The main arm of a motor starting switch, of the type described in Specification No. 6967, A.D. 1907, is rotated to cut out the armature resistance either directly through its own brushes, or indirectly by a second arm. When all resistance has been cut out, the second arm is held by a no-voltage magnet to keep the armature across the line, while the main arm moves back over the same arc to vary the resistance in the field circuit. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a disk 19, loose on the pivot 17 of the main switch arm 16, is biased by a spring 20 so that a stop 22 on the disk tends to move the arm over to the 'off' position against a fixed stop 21. Clockwise rotation of the arm first cuts cut the armature resistance 12 in steps, and then causes the stop 22 to engage with a notched shoulder 32 on a second arm 23, so pushing an extension 30 against a no-vultage magnet 31. The arm 23 is normally spring-biased on to a stud 26, in which position the maximum field is made through the arm and conductors 36, 37. When moved by the main arm into the position shown in Fig. 1, the arm 23 takes from the stud 25 the armature current which was previously led through the arm 16, and also locks in its notch the disk stop 22. Meanwhile the arm 16, which is thus left free from bias, receives the whole of the field current from the junction 42, and may be moved back, to weaken the field, by cutting in resistance 15. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the field circuit is first made, as before, through the second arm 23 when in its normal position over a stud 26<1>, and the current transferred to the main arm 16<1> after the field circuit is broken at the stud 26<1>. Further rotation of the arm 23<1> makes at a stud 43 a circuit through the armature and a single step of resistance 12<1>, this being cut out at the end of the travel. The arm 16<1> is then free to vary the field current as before.
Patent GB-190715508-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stamp for use in connection with Plane Table Surveying.
Inventor: HODULA KARL
Filed: 1907-07-05
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 15,508. Hodula, K. July 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hand-stamps.-A hand stamp for use in planetable surveying and the construction of military or like maps has a star-shaped frame 1, 2, upon which are revolubly mounted a number of india-rubber polygonal or cylindrical members 3. The cylindrical members are for printing linear signs such as the rail sign 4, while the polygonal members are for printing point signs, such as the well sign 5 or the building sign 6. One or more stamps may be carried in a box which contains one or several coloured ink pads.
Patent GB-190718585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heat Distributors for Cooking Utensils
Inventor: CRUICKSHANK ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Filed: 1907-08-16
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 18,585. Cruickshank, A. B., and Starke, R. Aug. 16. Supports for utensils; baffles. - To distribute heat evenly over the bottom of a cooking-vessel or the like, a device consisting of a single plate, strengthened if necessary by corrugations and provided with capped vertical openings, is used as a support. According to the Provisional Specification, the device may be made integrally with the cooking - vessel. The corrugations b, c are preferably both concentric and radial, the radial ones b being higher than the others c and diminishing in height towards the centre, so that the supported vessel has no tendency to slip off. The openings e are formed in the sides of the caps d which are stamped out of the metal. The sides of the corrugations may also be perforated.
Patent GB-190725026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magnetic Brakes.
Inventor: COCKSHOTT EDGAR HARRY
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 25,026. Cockshott, E. H., and Maley, A. W. Nov. 12. Brakes.-An electro - magnet, which may be bi-polar or multi-polar, used as a track brake on trams and trains, has concentric pole-pieces. Fig. 2 shows a bi - polar magnet, the pole - piece being bolted to the yoke a, in the centre of which is the exciting-coil b. The pole-piece c is divided into a number of poles d. The pole-piece e, of opposite sign, is also bolted to the yoke and has a free end broader than that of the pole-piece c. The poles d pass into a number of holes f in the pole-piece e. The poles d and holes f may be of various shapes in cross-section, and the space between the pole-ends d and the side of the holes f may be partly or wholly filled with stays of non-magnetic material.
Patent GB-190800282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Turbines.
Filed: 1908-01-04
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 282. Chilton, W., Newton, J. M., and Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Jan. 4. Elastic-fluid turbines.-Relates to means for attaching the end shafts to the turbine drum so as to avoid injury due to the varying thermal expansion of the connected parts. The end shaft band drum d are each provided with flanges a, d, which are connected together by bolts and nuts, or studs. Registering-devices are provided to prevent shearing-stress on the bolts or studs, and consist of a cylindrical flange extension e of the drum and a corresponding recess in the end shaft, as shown in Fig. 1, or a ring j fitting two annular grooves a, d, Fig. 2, or pins j<*> fitting corresponding holes in the flanges, as shown in Fig. 3. Shearing-stress due to torque may be avoided by inserting keys i, Fig. 1, in recesses in the flanges.
Patent GB-190800979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Permutation Locks.
Inventor: CRIM HENRY FRANKLIN
Filed: 1908-01-15
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 979. Crim, H. F., and Loy, W. C. Jan. 30, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Locks, permutation; padlocks. - A permutation padlock &c. comprises a one-piece casing having a hinged shackle 30, recessed at 31 to receive the edges of loosely-mounted disks 7, 8, 9. A handle 16 carries a pointer 14, which moves over a numbered dial 11 and turns an adjustable notched wheel 17, which engages a stud 20 on the disk 7, subsequent rotations causing the engagement of the studs 19, 22 and 21, 23. The recesses 24 are thus brought into alinement with the shackle 30. The lock can only be reset when the shackle is released, the back-plate 27, which is recessed for the passage of the shackle, being screwed into the casing and preventing access to the adjusting-wheel 17.
Patent GB-190807886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Electric Meter Systems.
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 7886. Nalder Bros. & Thompson, Handcock, H. W., and Dykes, A. H. April 9 Lighting, systems of; cut-outs; switches; transformers.-A limit switch, which cuts a resistance into circuit permanently or intermittently when a predetermined current is exceeded, is used in circuit with a meter measuring the total current or energy. In the form shown, the current supplied to lamps C from mains A, B passes through the winding of an electro-magnet a and a supply meter h. When the current thus passing exceeds the predetermined amount, the electro-magnet a attracts an armature b carried by a tongue c and cuts into the circuit a resistance or choking-coil g, thus dimming the lamps. The armature b may be provided with a dash-pot. A screw i may prevent the armature b coming into contact with the electro-magnet a, in which case a make-and-break action is obtained, causing a flickering of the lamps. The maximum current allowable may be varied by a screw d, or by varying the distance between the magnet a and the armature b. In a modification, a contact is made and broken by a small motor, carrying the main current and held in position by an adjustable spring &c. so that it only commences to rotate when a given current is exceeded. When, applied to alternating-current circuits, the limit switch may be combined with the house-service transformer, part of the magnetic circuit of which replaces the magnet a. According to the Provisional Specification, the limit indicator may give an audible or visible signal..
Patent GB-190823277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gear
Inventor: EVANS POWELL
Filed: 1908-10-31
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 23,277. Evans, P. Nov. 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to change-speed gearing, suitable for motor-vehicles, of the type comprising a number of bevel toothed pinions threaded by a sliding clutch-carrying section of the driving-shaft. A simple form is shown in Fig. 12. The first or low-speed drive is obtained by way of a countershaft G. The sliding section E of the engine shaft is rotatably connected to a non - sliding part B by a sleeve b<1>, which carries a fixed external gear b<4>. For the second and third speeds the countershaft gear train shown is interrupted, and either of the bevel-pinions e<8>, e<2> is actuated through clutch teeth e<10> on the shaft E. The driven gear elements are annular bevel-wheels d<5>, d<6> secured to a balance-gear D driving part-axles C, C<1>. A broad gear h<3> is provided for reversing. In another form shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the gear b<4> slides on the sleeve b<1> and is connected to the shaft E by a pin b<7> passing through that sleeve. Movement of one selection-rod n then serves to bring any of the three forward drives into being. The sleeve b<1> is recessed inside and outside as shown in Fig. 5. For reversing, a second selection-rod n<1> is used to slide a wheel f upon a sleeve e<9> connected to the pinion e<8>. The rods n, n' are actuated by a pull-rod k<2> under the control of a selecting and locking device such as a slotted plate L, Fig. 7. The differential part-axles C, C' pass through sleeves q, Fig. 14, which are connected by a downwardly and forwardly curved steel casting Q.
Patent GB-190824576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Form of Bricks or Blocks for Building Purposes.
Inventor: LAMB JOHN MARSON
Filed: 1908-11-16
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 24,576. Lamb, J. M. Nov. 16 Bricks and building-blocks are made of T-shape and of dimensions equal I to four cubes placed together. Fig. 2 shows a method of constructing a hollow wall of the bricks.
Patent GB-190825733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razors.
Inventor: HOLT HAROLD EDWARD SHERWIN
Filed: 1908-11-28
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 25,733. Holt, H. E. S. Nov. 28. [Cognate Application No. 26,268, A.D. 1908, dated Dec. 4.] Razors, safety. The blade, when thin, is held in the holder by end tension, and when thick, by end tension or pressure ; the guard is guided in the holder and is arranged to be quickly moved away from or towards the blade for cleaning or shaving respectively. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the arms b<1>, b<2> of the holder enter holes in the blades a, and tension is applied to the blade by moving the arm b<2>, which is pivoted at c in the holder, and terminates in an eye d arranged to be engaged by a collar e<1> on the handle e, which screws into the holder b. The guard-plate f is guided in the arms of the holder, and is adjustably fixed to a stem g passing through the handle and terminating in a knob h by which it can be withdrawn from the blade ; the guard is locked in the shaving position by a tapered nut i screwing on to the split end of the handle, or by a projection on the stem which can snap into a groove in the handle. The eye d may engage with two collars on the bolder so that the blade may be placed in tension or compression. In a modification, spring arms on the holder tension or compress the blade, and the guard is locked in position as described above or by a pin on a spring finger attached to the holder engaging a groove in the stem. A holder for holding a blade in compression consists of side arms b<1>, b<2>. Fig. 12, having seatings for the rounded ends of the blade a and fixed to pivoted handle members e normally pressed apart below the pivot o by a spring p. The stem g attached to the guard f is locked in position by a spring catch q engaging a grooved collar r on the stem. The guard may be formed in two parts f<1>, f Fig. 15, connected by a hinge or spring f<3> ; these parts are only guided in the holder near the blade, and when drawn back clear of the guides fall or spring apart for cleaning. According to the Provisional Specification, the blade may have nicks instead of holes for engaging the arms, or a screw clamp may be used at each end, or the ends of the blade may be bent over to engage hooks on the arms.
Patent GB-190827076-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Internal Combustion Engine.
Inventor: MILLER HENRY CHARLES
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 27,076. Miller, H. C. Dec. 14. Impact-wheels. - Relates to the provision of packing for an internal-combustion motor in which a chamber in the casing registers with a recess in the rotor to form the combustion chamber. The charge is compressed into a chamber K by a piston G operated from the rotor shaft B by a crank D and link E. A cam on the shaft B periodically makes contact with a terminal and a sparking-plug L ignites the charge, the rotor A being driven by the impact on the recess K<1>. Exhaust is effected by a channel O and pipe P. The inlet and delivery valves I', J<1> of the compressor may be operated from the shaft B. A spring packing-ring N is secured by screws N<1> to the whole or a portion of the periphery of the rotor. Ribs V, Figs. 5 and 6, may be formed on the band N to work in corresponding slots in the casing, or a plain split ring N<2> may be employed, Fig. 7. A motor is described having a casing with four combustion chambers arranged in a helical manner around a rotor provided with four recesses similarly arranged. Four compressors, driven by chain and sprocket-wheel gearing, are provided.
Patent GB-190901684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Pulp Strainers.
Inventor: FRAZER WILLIAM GROUNDWATER
IPC: D21D5/06
Filed: 1909-01-23
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 1684. Fraser, W. G. Jan. 23. Rotary strainers. - A pulp-strainer a rotates in a casing b, the trunnions a<1> being provided with bands of rubber, felt, or the like, to prevent the escape of unstrained material. A corrugated and perforated metal sheet h is oscillated by means of arms i about axles above and at either end of the strainer, the axles being moved by means of cranks k, k<1>, connecting-rods l, l<1>, and cranks m, m<1> on a shaft at the side. Or the sheet h may be placed within the strainer and supported on an axle which passes through the trunnions. Paddles p, Fig. 8, may replace the sheet h in either position. The strainer may be rotated by means of pawls 2, Fig. 1, secured to the arms i or to independent arms on the oscillating axles and engaging with ratchet-wheels formed on, or secured to, the ends of the strainer. Alternatively, the strainer may be driven by means of friction wheels Q, Fig. 8, working in grooves on the strainer ends and mounted on a shaft r. The grooves may be kept clear by means of doctors t. Fig. 5 shows a third alternative driving-arrangement in which a friction catch w, carried on the arm u on the oscillating axle o, works upon a rim x, a similar catch z being provided to act as a detent. The slits of the strainer may be cleared by a spray-pipe 5 discharging through the drum into a trough 6.
Patent GB-190902700-A (GB)
Title: Producer Gas Portable Engine for Agricultural and Industrial Uses.
Inventor: GARUFFA EGIDIO
Filed: 1909-02-04
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 2700. Garuffa, E. Feb. 4. Portable engines, internal-combustion engine. -A multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine is combined with a suction gas-producer, the two being mounted on a frame provided with wheels together with the various parts associated therewith, such as the scrubbers, driving-gear, watercirculating arrangements, and motor-starting apparatus. The multi-cylinder engine 8, Fig. 1, is mounted with its crank shaft transversely, the gas-producer 5 is placed at the other end of the frame, and the wet scrubber and the dry scrubber 7 are placed side by side. The water from the wet scrubber and the circulating water from the motor passes into the tank 29 placed on the ground below the engine. The rotary pump 32 draws water from this tank and delivers it to the reservoir 43, which-distributes it to the water-jackets of the motor, the wet scrubber, and the producer, the excess being returned to the tank 29. The water from the purifier passes into a s e p a r a t e compartment of the tank 29, whence it passes to the suction compartment by decantation, having deposited the solid impurities in the first compartment. The motor is cooled by the cooling arrangement 9. The power is taken by a belt from the loose pulley 36, which may be connected to the shaft by a clutch operated by a lever 40 .
Patent GB-190906680-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Heating, Drying and Mixing Tar Macadam and the like.
Inventor: AMES RICHARD
IPC: E01C19/10
Filed: 1909-03-20
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 6680. Ames, R. March 20. [Addition to 23,280/08.] Tar - macadam, plant for making.-Relates to portable or stationary apparatus for making tarred macadam, a n d consists in causing the stone to traverse special screening-devices in the drying-chamber and fall into a tar well, from which it is elevated to a reciprocating screen to drain off the excess of tar prior to sprinkling with the siftings from the drying-chamber. The apparatus comprises a rectangular structure 1, divided into compartments containing a fire-box 13 and a flue, a boiler 12, tar tanks 10, 11 heated by steam-coils from the boiler, a drying-chamber 7, a tar well 30, and a draining-chamber 8. The stone raised from a boot 15 by an elevator 14 passes by a weighted flap valve 17 to the screening-devices in the drying-chamber comprising, in one form, Fig. 3, concentric rotary screens 20, 21 with internal conveyer worms feeding the stone to a lower reciprocating screen 28. In a modification, Fig. 4, a series of inclined screens mounted in a box 64 reciprocated horizontally on rollers 72 is used. From the tar well 30 an elevator 31 with perforated buckets raises the tarred stone on to a reciprocating screen 32 in the draining- chamber 8. The screens 28, 32 are suspended by links adjustable by bolts and nuts, and are driven from eccentrics 46. The drying-chamber 7 and the box 64 are heated by hot air or gases, from the fire-box, drawn through by a fan 41. The tank 11 is fed with tar, previously heated in the tank 10. The tarred stone passes from the draining-screen 32 down a shoot 33, and is at the same time sprinkled with the siftings from the drying-chamber delivered down a shoot 340. The working parts of the apparatus are driven from a motor on the machine or from a portable engine or tractor. Specification 23,887/04 is referred to.