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Patent GB-190702383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Electric Contact Make-and-break Devices.
Inventor: MITCHELL RICHARD OLIVER
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1908-03-02
Abstract: 2383. Mitchell, R. O. Jan 30. Switches.-To secure synchronism of ignition in multi-cylinder internal-combustion engines, the ordinary blade of the make-and-break switch has an additional blade or blades, the whole being operated by a cam. The ordinary contact-blade a is modified and pivoted at a point b to a pillar c secured to the base. The spring 1 presses one end on the face f of a cam g, having projections y, z set at an-angle corresponding to that between the engine cranks, and so causing periodic contact between a platinum point j at the other end of the blade, and a screw k. The leverage gives considerable motion to the point j. For a twocylinder engine, the additional blade m is pivoted at n to a pillar o, and contact-points engaging contact-screws r, s are disposed on either side. An extension bears, through the medium of an insulating-plate 3 and by virtue of the spring 2, on the eccentric face x of the cam g. The blade m is thus rocked by the eccentric x, and alternate contact is made at r, s. The leads from the two cylinders are brought to terminals 5, 6, which are connected by metal strips at the back of the base to the screws r, s respectively. The pillar o is similarly connected to the contact k. Thus, the blade a makes and breaks the circuit, while the blade m switches the current to the required cylinder. The number of blades m and their position relatively to the eccentric x, besides the number of pairs of projections y, and of terminals 5, 6, are modifiedaccording to the number of engine cylinders. The apparatus is provided with a cover.
Patent GB-190702604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Time Switches.
Inventor: CAUDERAY JULES
Filed: 1907-02-01
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 2604. Cauderay, J. Feb. 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches. - A clock-driven wheel b, Fig. 1, rotating once in twenty-four hours, drives two shafts c', c<2> at the same speed, each of which is provided with a fixed pointer d and a removable disk e, Fig. 4. Each disk is graduated in hours on the front face, as shown in Fig. 1, and has a cam e<2> fixed to the back and capable of being fitted tightly on the shaft in any desired angular position, which will then be indicated by the place of the pointer on the scale. Spring-controlled levers f<1>, P, pivoted at h and carrying hinged pawls k, are tilted gradually by the respective cams as the shafts c<1>, c<2> revolve, the pawls meanwhile slipping over the ratchet teeth of a wheel l without transmitting motion to it. When the cam on the shaft c<1> has travelled for the indicated time, the lever f<1> is released and is drawn back by its spring i, causing a sudden motion of the ratchetwheel, which, as shown in Fig. 3, is rigidly fixed to a star-wheel m which causes an alternate on-and-off motion of a contact-spring n with reference to a terminal o. A second spring r is added to balance the mechanical action. The second wheel, with its cam, acts, in the same way as the first, one performing the opening and the other the closing movements.
Patent GB-190704166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Stay Busk Attachments
Inventor: DAMON NICOLAS
Filed: 1907-02-19
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 4166. Damon, N. Feb. 19. Corsets. - Detachable c o r s e t busks b are inserted within a hem a of the corset, and are secured by a steel locking - plate d, which may have lugs e, Figs. 1 and 2, to grip the busk, or may consist of plates f, g, Fig. 3, separated by a distance-piece h.
Patent GB-190705165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements, Pictures, and the like.
Inventor: GASH JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-04
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 5165. Hurd, F. C. March 4 Faces and features, improving appearance of.-An appliance for keeping the mouth closed during sleep and for pressing back the ears consists of a chin strap 1 of elastic or other fabric, with fastening- straps 2, 3 to be buckled over the head and with side straps 6, 7 fastening behind the head. Diagonal straps 10, 11, preferably lined with network fabric, serve to hold back the ears. The appliance may be used to hold surgical bandages in place upon the head.
Patent GB-190715100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Primary Clocks.
Inventor: STRAY ARTHUR CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 15,100. Stray, A. C. July 1. Electric clocks.-A clock movement, Fig. 1, is driven by a heavy lever 6 bearing a pawl 7 in engagement with a ratchet-wheel 5, and the lever is re-set to each tooth by an electro-magnet 8 having a pivoted armature 9 linked to the lever. The circuit is made and broken at a fixed adjustable contact-arm 12 by a contact-lever 13 bearing a trigger 14 which abuts against a pin 16 on the driving-lever during its descent, escapes therefrom at the limit of the stroke, and is tripped by the ascent. Maintaining power.-The ratchet-wheel 5 being backed by a pawl 19 is loose on the arbor and drives the movement-wheel 21 by two pins 20, 22, of which one bears against a spoke of the wheel and the other against a pivoted arm 23 thereon, which is connected to the spoke by a spring 24.
Patent GB-190715133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bill-files.
Inventor: PLOURDE EUGENE
Filed: 1907-07-01
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 15,133. Plourde, E. Oct. 19, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tills .-Relates to a bill file for use with a system of keeping accounts. A cabinet comprising walls a, b, c, d contains a drawer or till e behind which is a compartment.having a hinged c o v e r g for containing bills &c. The cover g serves also to enclose the drawer e. Between the cover and the drawer slides a frame k rabetted to receive a metal holder in which a paper sheet is held beneath a sheet of glass. On the paper sheet are inscribed the names of the customers, each name having a number.
Patent GB-190718300-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Differential for Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: DUCLOS PAUL
Filed: 1907-08-13
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 18,300. Duclos, P. Aug. 13. Motor road vehicles.-The differential gear is locked when desired by clutching the casing carrying the planetary members to one or both of the driven members either automatically or at will. The casing 3, which may be driven at several speeds by means of the gear-wheels 7, 8, 9, carries the planetary pinions 4 and the driven shafts 1, 2. The casing 3 and the driven shaft 2 may be locked together by the clutch 10, 11, the member 11 of which is movable. The clutch may be operated at the will of the driver or in accordance with the adjustment of the steering-mechanism in such a way that the differential gear is in action only when the vehicle is running on a curve.
Patent GB-190718773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of and Extracts used in Tanning.
Inventor: RASMUSSEN JOHAN PETER
Filed: 1907-08-20
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 18,773. Rasmussen, J. P. Aug. 20. Dyeing.-A preliminary tanning- and dyeing- bath for accelerating the tanning of skins consists of a solution of alum and soda with a tanning- and dyeing substance, such as catechu, aloe, &c. A specified mixture, which is diluted with water for use, consists of a solution in 100 volumetric parts of water of 4 parts of catechu, 10 parts of aloe, 25 parts of soda, and 75 parts of alum.
Patent GB-190719473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Acetylene Gas Lamps.
Inventor: SCHICHTMEYER ERNST
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 19,473. Schichtmeyer, E. Aug. 31, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Acetylene lamps velocipede lamps.-To allow of the vehicular lamp shown in Fig. 1 being utilized as a suspension, band, or table lamp for lighting tents and other purposes, the projector or bell k is detachably mounted so that it may be removed and replaced by a globe p and a shade o, as indicated by the dotted lines. Both the projector k and the globe holder q are mounted upon the water separator r, and the shade o is supported upon a cylindrical portion of the water chamber a by a flange. A cock for regu'ating the gas supply may be arranged between the burner n and the generator b.
Patent GB-190723251-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Supplying Postage or other Stamps or Vouchers or Labels and Registering the Number of Stamps or Vouchers or Labels thus Supplied.
Inventor: BULLOCK CHARLES ASHTON HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-21
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 23,251. Bullock, C. A. H., and Daniel, P. G. E. Oct. 21. Spool holders. - An apparatus for supplying postage stamps, tickets, vouchers, or like perforated paper strip articles and for registering the number supplied, consists of a casing a with flanges a' for attachment to a wall and slotted at a' to carry a spool, from which the strip of stamps &c. is led through the guide a' formed on the casing. A hinged cover a<5>, with handle a<6> and spring catch a<7>, is fitted to the guide. To count the stamps &c. withdrawn, a lever d, working in an aperture in the guide, has bevelled teeth d' to drop into the perforations between the stamps and thus rock the arm e carrying the pawl to operate the counting- dial. An adjusting-screw is fitted to the lever d. In an alternative arrangement, the lever d completes an electric circuit, as shown in Fig. 4, for operating the registering-lever j.
Patent GB-190723263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet-metal Receptacles.
Inventor: STEPHENSON CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 23,263. Stephenson, C. H. Oct. 22. Dust-bins.-The ends of the cylinder 12 are beaded as shown, with wire cores 18, 26, or the metal may be turned upon itself. A strengthening-band 21 is riveted round the bottom, and the sides are strengthened by embossed ribs 27, Fig. 4, the cavities within which are closed at both ends. The ribs may also be embossed in the metal of the cylinder itself. A suitable handle is shown in Fig. 11. Split tubes 32 are placed upon the upper beading, hand-boles 33 being cut away beneath and fitted with guards 34.
Patent GB-190723281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements upon Balloons or Air-ships or other Air Navigating Machines in reference to their Dirigibility.
Inventor: NARLIAN ANTHONY EPHRAIM
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 23,281. Narlian, A. E. Oct. 22. Steering. - An aerial machine is steered by electro-magnets or permanent magnets fixed to the machine so that they tend to set themselves in the magnetic meridian. In one arrangement, a magnet is fixed, at an angle to the horizontal equal to the magnetic dip of the place, at the bow and stern of the car, which is then brought into the magnetic meridian. A rudder is provided at the stern for steering. In another arrangement, the magnets are fixed to the car at an angle with its longitudinal axis equal to the angle between the magnetic meridian and direction of the place which is to be reached. By this means the car is kept with its bead in the proper direction, since the magnets set themselves in the magnetic meridian. Instead of the magnets being inclined to the axis of the car, their polarity can be reversed until the car is pointing in the proper direction. Parallel wires fixed to a frame can be used in place of magnets. The current through the magnets is used to drive the motors for propelling the machine.
Patent GB-190800611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Transmitting Apparatus
Inventor: BLUEBAUM GOTTLIEB SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-01-10
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 611. Bluebaum, G. S. Jan. 10, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Turbines.-In combination with means for converting reciprocating into rotary motion, a spring transmission wheel and a permanently braked pulley are provided to equalize motion with a variable driving-power, such as a wind wheel or motor &c. The reciprocating member A drives a shaft D through links B, B' and loose arms C, C' having pawls F, F<1> engaging a single ratchet-wheel F<2> on the sbaft. The shaft drives a gear-wheel G through a spring H, the wheel G driving a pinion I and belt pulley J. The motion of the belt pulley is steadied by a roller L, carried by an arm N' on a shaft N and resiliently held in engagement by means of a second arm N<2> depressed by a spring P upon a bolt O. In a modification, the ratchetwheel F<2> and gear-wheel G may be directly connected by the spring, both then being loose on the shaft.
Patent GB-190801305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dough and like Moulding Machines.
Inventor: HUNT ALFRED
Filed: 1908-01-20
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 1305. Hunt, A. Jan. 20. Moulding dough.-Divided dough portions are passed through a mould or trough 4 formed by a moving band 1 and a moving side wall 5 carrying a hinged piece 6. The band 1 passes around drums 3 driven by any suitable means, and over a table 14 hinged to a frame 15 and adjustable to any desired angle by means of screws 18. Inclined slots 2, Fig. 3, are secured to the band 1 to assist in working the dough, and the band may be driven either continuously, intermittently, or with a reciprocal forward movement. The side 6, hinged at 7, is curved towards the delivery end and is yieldingly supported by springs 12, which are adjusted by screws 13. A crank 8 mounted upon the main shaft 9 imparts a circular motion to the middle of the board 5, the forward end of which is mounted upon a crank of larger radius so that it oscillates longitudinally in a curved path. According to the Provisional Specification, the moulding-trough is also provided with an adjustably-fixed curved upper wall which forms the top of the mould.
Patent GB-190801466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Piston Rods, Pump Rods and the like
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 1466. Consolidated Brake and Engineering Co., and Luard, E. S. Jan. 21.- Piston-rods; valve rods and spindles.-Piston, pump, and like rods are covered by a drawn tuba b of hard metal, such as bronze, shrunk on the rod a and secured in position by a collar c shrunk or screwed on the rod.
Patent GB-190808657-A (GB)
Title: Combined Billing and Journal Sheets.
Inventor: HARTLEY JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1909-04-21
Abstract: 8657. Hartley, J. W. April 21. Duplicating - books. - A combined billing and journal sheet for use in. book form is made with a line of perforations down the middle, the part 2 to be bound being wider than the part 3 to be torn off The back of the part to be torn off is printed in bill form and the face of the remainder in a form suitable for keeping an account of sales. In use, a carbon sheet is placed on the account form and the bill form is then folded over it. The bill form may be made of double width and with another line of perforations so that a duplicate bill can be obtained. There may also be a line of perforations at 4 so that the part 2 can be torn out. The sheets may also be perforated transversely to form several bills. When the book has been used up, the covers may be cut down to the size of the part 2. The printed matter on the sheets may assume various forms. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 1168 and 11,855, A.D. 1890, Nos. 18,544 and 23,639, 1899, and Nos. 17,652 and 17,658, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190809740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Producing Devices.
Inventor: NORTHEY JOHN PELL
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-05-05
Abstract: 9740. Northey, J. P. May 5. Sirens.-Relates to sound-producing devices of the siren type in which orifices in a fixed part are opened and closed by a moving part having similar orifices and driven from a separate air or steam supply, as described for example in Specification No. 25,268, A.D. 1905. The exhaust driving air or steam is utilized to produce note vibrations synchronous with the main note vibrations, and thus to increase the volume of the latter. The sound-producing fluid enters at a and traverses a slotted cylinder b and trunk c into a resonator e. The trunk is reciprocated by a piston i actuated by a separate fluid supply g, leading to a semicircular inlet passage h. The fluid passes through an annular port 1 and forces the piston towards the cover m. The fluid then escapes through annular ports 2, 3, holes 4, and an annular port 5 to the other side of the piston, moving the piston towards the cylinder head, the inlet port 1 being thus closed. Space is left at each side of the piston for cushioning. The fluid exhausts through the port 5, holes 4, port 3, an annular space 7, a port 8, holes 9, a semicircular exhaust passage h<1>, and chambers 10, 11, and thence through slots n in an extension n' of the cylinders and corresponding slots o in the trunk c, thus producing vibrations similar to the main sound vibrations. The chamber 11 may be open to the piston as shown ; or it may be closed by a diaphragm, this portion of the piston being left open to the air.
Patent GB-190810592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-boiling Apparatus.
Inventor: REVY JULIAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-05-17
Abstract: 10,592. Revy, J. W. May 15. Water - heaters; baffles.-Relates to water-heating apparatus, also applicable to the generation of low-pressure steam, of the t y p e consisting of a vertical cylindrical shell through which passes a corrugated conical flue. The conical flue b has at its lower edge a flange b', to which is bolted the cylindrical shell a, and is continued upwards as a cylindrical flue b<1> provided with heating webs b<4> and at its upper end with a screw b<3> and a nut c by which the shell a is secured to the flue b<1>. A removable inverted conical baffle h directs the products of combustion from the gas-burner k against the walls of the flue b. A joint o' of the draw-off pipe o is above the flue b<1>, and, to prevent it from being injured by the hot gases, a plate p is provided fitted with a tongue p<1>, Fig. 2, to deflect the gases from the joint.
Patent GB-190813013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying or Similarly Treating Brewers' and other By-products and other Moisture Laden Substances.
Inventor: WATSON JOHN BELL
Filed: 1908-06-18
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 13,013. Watson, J. B. June 18. Drying distillers', brewers', and starch manufacturers' residues, peat, blood, tanners' bark, sewage, fish, and manures.-In apparatus wherein materials are dried on a series of floors in a cylindrical tower, being caused to fall from floor to floor by rakes carried above the floors on a central vertical axis, the materials are subjected first to the direct action of hot air in the upper part of the apparatus, and afterwards to the lower temperature of air or steam in the lower jacketed floors. The used air is drawn off to a condenser. The upturned side walls of the floors are flanged and connected to form the sides of the tower. The upper floors have apertures a<1>, b' alternately at the centre and periphery, and are webbed at the bottoms. The lower floors have jackets formed by plates coacting with the webs, and have openings c<1>, Fig. 5. A main d supplies hot air between the upper floors through branches d', while another main d<3> supplies air or steam at a lower temperature to the jackets of the lower floors, this air or steam circulating in each jacket as shown by the arrows, Fig. 5, and finally passing, it may be, to the jacket of the floor beneath. A pipe A leads from the cover to an exhauster and condenser. The spindle which carries the rakes g is mounted in a footstep h in the base and is supported by a bearing j on the cover. The spindle carries a wheel driven by a worm on a shaft n carrying fast and loose pulleys and a pulley q, which drives a conveyer r in a box into which the dried material falls and from which it is carried to a main conveyer t where the material is cooled and discharged. Above the cover, a disk u on the spindle carries an adjustable crank v driving a piston in a cylinder x, which opens into an outlet y into which the raw material passes from a conveyer z ; the material is thus fed to the top tray in regulated quantities. Hand-holes B are provided for the adjustment of the rakes.
Patent GB-190819645-A (GB)
Title: Block Molding Machines.
Inventor: MCDOWELL JOSEPH MILAN
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 19,645. McDowell, J. M. Sept. 18. M o u l d i n g building- blocks.-A block-moulding machine of the type described in Specification No. 16,975, A.D. 1904, is provided with improved adjusting and operating means and is fitted with means whereby a block may be faced with waterproofing or ornamental material. A tilting frame 1 is mounted in bearings 8 on a fixed frame 10 and is locked in a vertical or tilted position by means of a locking-bolt which is attached to a pivoted lever 57 and engages with holes 55, 56 in a plate 7. Within the frame 1 is rigidly mounted a plate 14 carrying cores 15. The mould sides 21, 22 are hinged to bars 17, 18 removably and adjustably secured to a sliding bed 24, which is movable along guides 26 by means of cams 37 secured to a shaft 36. The upper ends of the frame 1 terminate in flanges 2, which are connected by laterally adjustable bars 5. and to the flanges 2 and bars 5 are adjustably secured lugs 49 carrying rollers 50, which bear upon ribs 51 on the mould sides and close them when the bed 24 is lowered. Counterweighted levers 40 are adjustably mounted on the shaft 36, which is rocked by means of a lever 44 fitted with a locking-pawl adapted to engage with a rack 46. In use, a pallet 23 is placed within the mould, the frame 1 is tilted, and the mould moved outwardly by means of the cams 37 as shown in Fig. 4, the lower mould side 21 and ends 22 being locked together by means of loops 62 hinged to the ends 22 engaging wich lugs 61 on a facing-plate 60 hinged to the side 21. A layer of facing-material is then introduced and firmly tamped, the frame 1 is turned back into a vertical position and the mould is lowered, filled, and tamped, the plate 60 being swung out of the way for filling. After the block is finished, the mould is raised, the doors opened, and the block removed.
Patent GB-190821240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for the Irrigation of Land.
Inventor: AUSTIN NELSON ELLIS
Filed: 1908-10-08
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 21,240. Austin, N. E. Oct. 8. Irrigation.- Liquid is distributed underground by a passage formed by a half-pipe 8 placed over a waterway 2 in the bottom of a trough 1 having basins 3, 5 connected to the waterway. The pipes are held in position by abutments 7 at the ends of the trough. Soil is packed between the pipes and walls of the trough. Modifications made of sheet metal in the form of incomplete pipes supported in troughs are described.