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Patent GB-190723877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electro-magnetic Sound Producers.
Inventor: BARTH JOERGEN FLOOD SANDBERG
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 23,877. Barth, J. F. S., and L÷kken, O. Oct. 29. Electrically operated plate vibrators.-In electromagnetically operated sounders, the diaphragm 1 is caused to vibrate by the beating of a spring 3 forming the armature of the magnet 5 against a contact-point 2 on the diaphragm. An adjustable weight 10 allows the spring to be tuned to unison with the diaphragm. A condenser 4 may be fitted to reduce sparking. Fig. 2 shows a modification having two springs 3, 13 operated by two electromagnets 5, 11, of which the latter is always in circuit, but receives a current varying according as the contact 2, 3 is made or broken.
Patent GB-190726844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Sparking Devices and the like.
Filed: 1907-12-04
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 26,844. Bartels, G., and Land - und Seekabelwerke Akt.-Ges. Dec. 4. Safety devices for use with electric conductors.-In safety apparatus for the discharge of high potentials from electric conductors, radiation of heat is assisted by using hollow electrodes of sheet metal. The electrodes E of the spark-gap A are made with two side plates and have open ends as shown, thus providing four radiating surfaces. The electrodes are mounted on the casing W which encloses the external or series resistance of the sparking- device. The electrodes are bridged by a resistance wand a small spark-gap a.
Patent GB-190727221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Ships.
Filed: 1907-12-09
Granted: 1907-12-09
Abstract: 27,221. Fadda, A. S., Lorenzo, J. di, and Aeroplano Co. Dec. 9. Aerial machines with aerostats; aeroplanes; aerostats; shock of landing, deadening; propelling; steering.-An aerial machine is raised by two buoyant bodies 20, 25, from which air is partly exhausted, by screw propellers, and by compressed air which flows through downwardly-placed pipes or nozzles 16 : vibrating planes may also assist in raising the machine, and screw propellers drive the machine forwards. The motor 6 drives compressing-pumps 11, which force air along pipes 13 into pear-shaped bodies 12 the air escaping through the outlets 16. A spring plate 17, Fig. 5, is placed inside the body 12 to prevent the jet of air from injuring the top of the shell. The hollow bodies 20, 25 are constructed of a light frame of wiremesh, covered with silk and protected outside by strips 22 of aluminium, while an interior bracing of bamboo rods prevents the bodies from collapsing when the air is exhausted by pumps 28 or by ejectors. The forward aerostat 20 is rigidly secured to the framing 1 of the machine, and the rear aerostat is hinged at 26 and forms a rudder operated by steering-gear 27. The machine is propelled by propellers 34, 35, secured on a longitudinal shaft 36 and driven by sprocket chains 38. Lifting-screws 40, 41 are driven through bevel-wheels 44 from the shaft 36. The wings 45 are hinged to brackets 47, Fig. 3, and are connected by links 49 to a crank 50. The wings are hinged along the central line 46 so that they collapse on the upstroke. A frame 54 carrying wheels 55 is connected to the frame 1 by hollow elastic bodies 57, each containing a spring 58, which prevent shocks when alighting.
Patent GB-190728586-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Haulage Clip
Inventor: BURLINSON JOHN DAVID
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 28,586. Burlinson, J. D. Dec. 30. Rope grips.-A rope grip is formed with a caststeel body m having an integral fixed jaw and a sliding jaw n adapted to be tightened by a screw A, which is prevented from working outwards by a set-screw e. The screw engages a nut, which is formed integrally with the sliding jaw and enters a recess h in the body. A loose collar 9 with an eye for the attachment of the hauling-chain is mounted on a neck on the body. The head of the screw abuts on a washer d. The sliding jaw has rabbeted projections k engaging corresponding projectionsf on the body.
Patent GB-190807671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Dyeing, Bleaching and Treating Fibrous Materials.
Filed: 1908-10-07
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 7671. Halliwell, T., and Mather & Platt. Oct. 7. [Patent of Addition to No. 14,780, A.D. 1907.] Bleaching; dyeing; washing. - The apparatus described in Specification No. 14,780, A.D. 1907, for the bleaching, dyeing, washing, and similar treatment of yarns &c., particularly in the form of cops, is modified to render it suitable for the treatment of fibrous materials in the loose state, such as raw cotton or wool, yarns in hanks, cheeses, cross-wound bobbins, &c., as well as of woven or knitted goods. The material to be treated is placed about a perforated drum in a closed vat communicating with a closed receiver ; a slide valve actuated by steam pressure alternately places the interiors of the vat and of the receiver, respectively, in communication with a steam supply and with exhaust, and vice versa, so that the liquid circulates alternately in opposite directions through the material. In the present case, the perforated drum is constructed with a perforated wall 1, Fig. 1 ; a solid base 2 having a tubulure 3 which fits a hole 4 in the vat 5 ; a strengthening flange or ring 6 ; a smaller concentric perforated cylinder 7 closed at the top but open to the tubulure 3 at the bottom ; and an annular cover 8, fitting loosely about the cylinder 7 and inside the drum 1, which may be strengthened, preferably by stays 10 and angleirons 11, and weighted or, preferably, forced down by means of a screw &c. 12 passing through the top of the inner cylinder 7. In a modification, the drum comprises a central hollow perforated cylinder 13, Fig. 2, closed at the top and open at the bottom to the tubulure 3 ; inner perforate and outer imperforate flanges 14, 15 at the top and the bottom of the cylinder 13 ; and rods 16 passing through and secured to the outer flanges 15. Loose fibrous material, hanks, &c. are packed into the annular space of the drum first described. Woven or knitted goods are batched on the cylinder 13, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190810662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Burners of Reading Lamps.
Inventor: BAKER GEORGE
Filed: 1908-05-16
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 10,662. Baker, G. May 16. Oil and spirit burners, flame-spreaders for.-Oil and spirit reading-lamps having annular burners without a central draught tube through the reservoir are provided with a flame - spreader comprising a terminal disk A, a shank B concentric with the burner tubes, and a tubular socket D soldered to the base and adapted to receive the reduced end C of the shank B. The socket may be solid and tapered, or tubular and provided with a flange. Specification No. 23,386, A.D. 1892, is referred to.
Patent GB-190812114-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating the Draught and Fuel Supply to Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: ODDY THOMAS
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 12,114. Oddy, T. June 30. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Draught and fuel-supply, regulating.-Relates to apparatus for regulating the dampers and fuel supply in steam-boiler furnaces by the pressure in the boiler. Steam from the boiler passes to one or more cylinders B, B<1>, Fig. 4, and actuates one or more pistons C, C<1>, connected to a lever E. This lever actuates through a system of chain, spur, and bevel-wheel gearing a damper Q, Fig. 2, arranged in the flue. The shaft, on which is mounted the bevel-wheel o, is provided with an arm M carrying an adjustable weight S and a quadrant N, from which is suspended a weight. The shaft carrying the bevel-wheel 0 is also provided with a sprocketwheel T carrying a chain U, which actuates through bevel-gearing and a pinion W a rack for operating the strap forks of the driving-gear for the mechanical stroker.
Patent GB-190815815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Fixing Spiral Upholstery Springs.
Inventor: JAEGER ERNST THEODOR
Filed: 1908-07-25
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 15,815. Jõger, E. T. July 25. Spring surfaces.-Spiral upholstery springs are secured to the supporting-wires by means of a number of metal clips stamped in the form of a cross, with two flat arms 2 adapted to rest on the supporting-wires 1 and with two arms 3 having wings 4 adapted to be closed around the spring. Pliers for securing these clips in position are shown in Figs. 6 and 7. They have jaws 7, 8 provided with tapered grooves 10 for closing the wings 4, and are slotted at 13 to accommodate the supporting-wire. The sides of the jaw 8 are fitted with guard-plates 14, 15, adapted to take over the flat arms 2 of the clip and against the near portion of the supporting-wire with a view to opposing the displacing of the clip.
Patent GB-190816930-A (GB)
Title: A Detachable Flange for Rims of Motors and other Rubber Tyred Wheels.
Inventor: DAVIES RICHARD
Filed: 1908-08-12
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 16,930. Davies, R. Aug. 12. Felloes and rims.-Detachable flanges 5 for the rims of motor and other road vehicles, are made integral with slotted face-plates 6, and the wheel felloe carries taper-headed lugs 8 to engage in the slots in these face-plates. The flange is fixed in position by a bolt 11, carried by the face-plate and engaging with an eye-bolt 12 fixed on the felloe.
Patent GB-190818957-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tool Holder for use in the Grinding of Twist Drills.
Inventor: SHOEBE OTTO
Filed: 1908-09-09
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 18,957. Sh÷be, O. Sept. 9. Work-holders; guides-A tool for holding twist drills while they are being ground comprises a pair of jaws a, b, Fig. 1, forming a space d in which the drill is gripped so that its end projects through an aperture in a guide-plate g, which is carried by arms e,f mounted upon the jaws. The jaws are guided by a tongue and groove, their motion being limited by a screw and a stop h.
Patent GB-190820181-A (GB)
Title: Means for Cleaning the Clips or Hooks of Tentering Machines and the like.
Filed: 1908-09-25
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 20,181. Bradford Dyers' Association, Grant, T. N., and Pendlebury, A. Sept. 25. Stretching and tentering.-The clips or hooks of tentering-machines are cleaned by a brush operated by some moving part of the machine. Fig. 1 shows a brush comprising four arms g provided with brush pads h, and rotated on a spindlef by pinions e and a sprocket-wheel c meshing with the clip-chain b. The arms g are flexible and the brushes h are forced into a water-tank i by a bent bar j. A bent bar k, the height of which is adjustable by a screw l, serves to press the brushes upon the clips as they pass. The bar m is shaped to move the jaw n out of the way as the clip comes into contact with the brush. In a modification the spindle f carries a disk provided on its underside with an annular brush. It is wetted by a roller the spindle of which is carried in adjustable bearings. The bars j, k are dispensed with in this arrangement.
Patent GB-190823714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: SANDBERG VALENTINE
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 23,714. Sandberg, V. Jan. 9, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Bottles &c., non- refillable. - A hollow cylindrical plug 8 made in upper and lower parts secured together against turning and retained in a bottle neck by a washer 15 and ring 20 encloses a spring valve 17. Side passages 12 in the plug communicate with an annular passage 6 in the bottle neck which leads to outlets 7 not in the same vertical plane as the passages 12.
Patent GB-190825728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, the Carburetters of Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1908-11-28
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 25,728. Tangyes, Ltd., and Robson, J. Nov. 28. Gasand explosivevapour engines, carburetting in. The air passage around the fuel nozzle of a spray carburettor is formed by a pair of hinged spring- loaded flaps actuated by suction or by the engine governor. The carburettor can be fixed to the air passage of the combined gas and air inlet box to allow of the engine using different fuels, for example liquid fuel, producer gas, town gas, or oil-well gas. The flaps 2 with curved faces are hinged on pins 10 and enclose the flat nozzle 3 with several orifices 4. Springs 12 attached to eyes 14 keep the flaps closed, when not running, through levers 11 on the pins 10. Fuel is supplied by a float-chamber. A spring-loaded valve 18 allows gases to escape to the passage 20, should premature ignition occur. The carburettor may be used with engines governing on the hit-and-miss as well as on the variable admission principle. When it is intended to run the engine on gas, the flaps are held fully open by inserting pins 24 in the holes 25, 26. A cock allows of using cold air, or air heated by the exhaust in the carburettor.
Patent GB-190827139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Telephone Exchange System.
Inventor: CLEMENT EDWARD EDMUND
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-12-14
Abstract: 27,139. Clement, E. E. Dec. 14. Switches for use in semi-automatic exchange telephone systems. (1) In an electro-magnetic distributing-switch 8, the three arms 9, 10, 11 on the ratchet-shaft are moved over the fixed contacts c by intermittently interrupting the current through a magnet M<d>. When one of the arms engages an earthed contact, the rotation is stopped by the shunting of the current through this contact. One of the arms 9, 10, 11 comes into the field of the fixed contacts as another arm leaves them. (2) Each strip of the operator's keyboard comprises a number of plunger keys, the spindles of which have projections or teeth adapted to engage pins on a common locking-bar, so that the depression of a key releases any key that was previously depressed.
Patent GB-190827644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Taximeters for Hackney Vehicles.
Inventor: FOSTER SAMUEL NEVILE
IPC: G07B13/04
Filed: 1908-12-19
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 27,644. Foster, S. N. Dec. 19. [Cognate Application No. 3267, A.D. 1909, dated Feb. 10.] Fares, registering.-To indicate at night the state of hire of a vehicle, a luminous device is provided which is rendered invisible when the taxameter flag is lowered to the engagad position. As shown in Fig. 1, the lamp 4 is placed behind a lens and is adapted to be covered by the flag 1 in its engaged position. The lamp may be electric and may be placed inside the flag or the taxameter, a switch on the flag-shaft closing the circuit when the flag is raised. In a modification, the lamp is covered by a shutter 23 operated by a Bowden wire from the flag, and a second lens 29 may be provided to illuminate the face of the taxameter. Where electric lamps are employed, the switch 10 on the flag shaft is constructed so that, when the lamp 8 showing the state of hire is in circuit, a lamp 17, Fig. 10, illuminating the taxameter is not lighted, and vice versa.
Patent GB-190906260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Resonance Chambers suitable for Gramophones or the like.
Inventor: PESSINA LUIGI DI PIO
Filed: 1909-03-16
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 6260. Fessina, L. di P. March 16. Resonators.-Sound waves are conveyed from the diaphragm through a jointless tone arm free from angularities to a resonance chamber formed by three plane sides and one curved side and placed inside the gramophone casing. The plane sides of the resonance chamber are formed by two walls D of smooth wood 1À5 mm. in thickness, and a wall A attached to the gramophone casing. The curved side E has one curved portion of a radius of 54 mm. near the sound outlet C and two other curved portions, having each a radius of 71 mm. but having different centres, near the sound inlet B. The resonance chamber is of rectangular crosssection having increasing area towards the sound outlet.
Patent GB-190907550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Siphonic Flushing Apparatus for Water Closets and the like.
Inventor: SHAW CHARLES
IPC: E03D1/07
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1910-03-30
Abstract: 7550. Shaw, C. March 30. [Cognate Application, 18,485/09.] Moving - chamber apparatus.-A measuring- vessel b, within a tank d, is fitted with a siphon a and is pivoted at c. The vessel fills through a hole in the top plate and is discharged by turning into the position shown by the dotted lines.
Patent GB-190909239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tubes for Air Vessels.
Inventor: RUDOLF WAGNER
IPC: B64B1/58
Filed: 1909-04-19
Abstract: 9239. Wagner, R., and Radinger, Carl, Edler von. Nov. 9, 1908, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Paper pipes and tubes.-Tubes for air-vessel framework, which may also be used for storing gas, comprise layers of paper, with interposed layers of silk gauze, silk, or linen fabric, threads of animal substances such as gut-strings, and steel wire or other substances of high tearing strength. The number of threads in the circumferential direction may be greater than in the longitudinal direction. The layers may be spirally wound, and celluloid may take the place of the paper.
Patent GB-190913086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: ANDERSON NILS HJALMAR
IPC: B41J19/66
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 13,086. Anderson, N. H. June 5,1908, [Convention date]. Letter-spacing mechanism; paper-carriages.-The escapement-shaft, feed-pinion, and carriage-feed rack are mounted to permit of the platen being shifted for change of case or moved with respect to the printing-plane for adjustment of the impression. Fig. 1 shows carriage-shift mechanism 11, 12, an impression adjustment 16, 17, and escapement mechanism 24. 34 as described in Specification 13,226/07. The escapement-wheel 35, Figs. 1 and 2, is mounted on a shaft 48 provided with a pinion 65 in gear with the feed-rack 70, w h i c h is carried by the rail 10. The hub 36 of the wheel 35 is formed with grooves 37, 37<1> to receive balls 45, 46, which bear on spherical surfaces 38, 38<1> formed on collars 40, 41 threaded into brackets 42, 43 secured to the frame. The hub 36 is formed with teeth 56, which engage teeth 58 on a collar 57 feathered on the shaft 48 by means of a key 63. The shaft 48 is mountel loosely in the wheel 36 and is secured by a nut. The toothed members form a clutch which couples the shaft 48 to the wheel 35 during letter-spacing, the members being held in engagement by a spring 60 placed between a collar 61 and a hood 64 which surrounds the collar 57. The feed-pinion 65 may slide telescopically on the shaft 48 and is feathered thereto by balls 76 located in longitudinal grooves 74, 75 in the hub 73 of the pinion and the shaft 48. The balls are retained by a spacer 77 which is held up by a spring 78. The pinion 65 is mounted at the top on balls 85 carried by a ring 84, which is mounted on trunnions 83 carried by arms 82 on the rail 11. When the platen is shifted up or down for change of case, the feed-pinion 65 and the rack 70 move with the platen and are thus maintained in gear. When the platen is moved for adjustment of impression, the shaft 48 tilts about the spherical surfaces 33, 38' and the trunnions 83 ; the escapement-wheel also tilts slightly, bnt remains in gear with the escapement 24. Carriage-releasing arrangements.-The rack 70, Figs. 1 and 9, is pivoted to the carriage rail 10 and may be release i from the pinion 65 by a rod 72, which is provided at the top with a finger-button and engages an arm 71 on the rack.
Patent GB-190913845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: NICOLSON JOHN THOMAS
IPC: F22B21/12
Filed: 1909-06-12
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 13,845. Nicolson, J. T. June 12. Water - tube boilers; partitions in water space ; steam receivers.-A steam-generator is built up of sections consisting of divided drums connected by small-bore water tubes, through which the water travels at a high speed in a circuitous course and in the opposite direction to the flow of furnace gases, as described in Specification 10,944/09. Three sections h, e, i, Figs. 1 and 2, are arranged in square formation around the furnace chamber, and a fourth section o is arranged at the hack of the furnace and a secondary-combustion chamber m. The lower tubes f of the section e are exposed to the direct heat of the furnace. The feed-water is fed to the lower drum d of the section i, and passes through the sections i, o, h forming the feedheating elements to the first compartment t of the section e forming the generating element. The furnace gases first come in contact with the tubes e of the generating element, they then flow at a high speed through the flues containing the feed-heating sections. The ratio of the heating-surfaces to the cross-sectional area of the flues has the high ratio set out in Specification 5140/07. The drums a, b are preferably fitted with float-controlled steam-escape valves, such as are described in Specification 10,944/09. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the tubes f exposed to the direct heat of the furnaces are arranged at an angle on each side of the furnace, and are connected to an annular drum m<1> containing a secondary - combustion chamber m. The generating element e and the feed-heating elements h, i are arranged above the furnace chamber in the manner shown.
Patent GB-190922068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Motor Cars and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BARRON DOUGLAS
IPC: B60B9/20
Filed: 1909-09-28
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 22,068. Barron, D. Sept. 28. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and pneumatic cushions.-In order to secure lateral rigidity in wheels with pneumatic hubs, a frame is fitted consisting of rings k at the sides connected by radial arms g to rings loose on the axle. The rings k are connected together by bolts m passing between the spokes, and the arms are fitted with rollers l which bear perpendicularly on rollers p carried by the spokes or spoke ring. The driving - force is taken off the cushion by connecting, by means of chains, a pinion q, on the axle and a toothed wheel r on the spoke ring to a corresponding wheel and pinion loosely mounted on the vehicle.
Patent GB-190923972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cake Tins and the like.
Inventor: PONDER MORTON WEST
IPC: A21B3/13
Filed: 1909-10-19
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 23,972. Ponder, M. W. Oct. 19. Baking-tins; foot-rings.-In cake and like tins of the kind in which the raised bottom is formed separately from the cylindrical part, the base rim is formed separate from and attachable to the body, and is integral with the bottom or with a flange on which a loose bottom rests. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the rim b, having the usual perforations c, has a flange g on which the loose bottom f rests, and fits into the body a. The rim may be made parallel and provided with a beading on which the body rests, or it may be cored and the bottom of the body similarly shaped. The body may be arranged to fit inside the rim, as shown in Fig. 4. The rim may be secured to the body by means of coarse screw-threads, bayonetjoints, snap-joints, &c. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 16,372/97.