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Patent GB-190709626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Book Holders or Reading Desks.
Inventor: POWER EDWARD
Filed: 1907-04-25
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 9626. Power, E., and Gosling, E. J. April 25. Reading-desks; leaf-holders.- Relates to book-holders or reading-desks of the kind described in Specification No. 25,779, A.D. 1904, in which separate pairs of fingers 3, 12 are provided for holding the book covers and leaves, respectively, in position on the frame ]. The fingers 3 are carried by a rocking bar 2, pivoted as shown to the lower part 6 of the frame, and are operated by the action on a projection 4 of an eccen. tric or cam - shaped part of a finger lever 9 pivoted to the handle 8 and provided with stop projections 11. The fingers 12 are simultaneously turned out of their operative position, against the action of springs 19, by operating a trigger having forked extensions 18 engaging projections 17 carried by toothed sectors 14 which turn loosely on a spindle 16 and gear with toothed pinions or sectors on the arms 12. A hinged support 7 is provided for use when the apparatus is used as a stand.
Patent GB-190712607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Iron and Steel.
Inventor: MOON JOHN WEST
Filed: 1907-05-31
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 12,607. Moon, J. W., and Moon, W. J May 31. Steel and iron, special treatment of.-Impurities are removed from puddled balls, blooms, billets, or piles, immediately before or during rolling cr hammering, by the direct application of a blast of air, alone or mixed with another gas, to the mass when at a welding heat. A bloom R is placed in a rotating cup and subjected to a blast from nozzles t, so that the surface temperature is increased and the impurities are burnt out. The cup may be rotated with sufficient rapidity to throw off slag from the bloom, and in this case, a movable top part is provided to form a cage. In treating a pile during a rolling operation, a main blast pipe extends along each side of the mill, and is fitted at intervals with branch T-pipes or the like, having perforated parts. The edges of the bars forming the pile thus become of better quality than the interior and so facilitate welding.
Patent GB-190713669-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Utilizing Waste Coal.
Inventor: CARO NIKODEM
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 13,669. Caro, N. June 13. Gas manufacture, materials for.-The waste of colliery wash-heaps is treated at a high temperature with excess of steam and a limited supply of air according to the Mond process. Power - gas, ammonia, and gobbing are obtained.
Patent GB-190714031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines of Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: BARCLAY JOHN GALILEO
Filed: 1907-06-18
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 14,031. Barclay, J. G. June 18. Fixed-abutment type.-Tbe exhaust gases of the internal-combustion engine B of a motor-car or the like are utilized to operate a rotary engine A geared to the driving-shaft. The rotary engine is of the fixed-abutment type, its drum C' carrying rollers a<4> which bear against the periphery of the casing a<2>, as shown in Fig. 3. The engine is supported in framework c carried by a cross-stay c<1>, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190720234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sighting Gear for Ordnance
Inventor: PETCH ALBANY FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 20,234. Fetch, A. F., and Duncan, F. Sept. 11. Sights.-In heavy ordnance of the kind in which the trunnion pins are fixed to the carriage, the sights are attached to a plate K which is supported from a cradle A by a bracket D which overhangs the trunnions B, and by bolts E, F which pass through slots G, H in a bracket C which forms part of the gun carriage. When the cradle and gun are elevated or depressed, the bolts E, F can move freely in the slots G, H.
Patent GB-190723870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Tarring and Sanding the Surface of Streets and the like.
Inventor: SOUTHGATE WILLIAM CHARLES
Filed: 1907-10-29
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 23,870. Southgate, W. C. Oct. 29. Liquids, distributing; sand, scattering.-A tar tank 2 and sand hopper 11 are mounted on a vehicle frame 1. The tar passes through a valve 7, operated by a connecting-rod 8 and hand-lever 9, to a series of vertical pipes 4 and an horizontal distributing-pipe 5. The sand hopper 11 has a flap door 12 closed by means of a cord 13 passing over a guide-pulley 16 to a drum on the spindle of a hand-wheel 15. A roller 17 for scattering the sand is mounted in a trough 19 below the hopper 11 and has parallel rows of teeth 18, the teeth of one row being behind the spaces of the previous row. The roller 17 is driven at a high speed by chain-and-sprocket gearing from pinions 24 fixed to the rear axle 35 of the road wheels 25. A reciprocating brush 26, detachably fixed to a frame 29, spreads the tar. The frame 29 carries at, its ends guided sliding blocks 27, and is secured to sliding rods 38, which move in guides 39 and are reciprocated by cranks 31 on the shaft of a sprocket-wheel 36 driven from a sprocket-wheel 37 on the axle 35.
Patent GB-190727536-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Registering the Consumption of Liquid Fuel and the Number of Revolutions made by a Motor.
Inventor: CHAUVIN RAPHAEL
Filed: 1907-12-13
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 27 536. Chauvin, R., and Arnoux, R., [trading as Soc. Chauvin & Arnoux]. Jan. 30. [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Measuring-pumps.-Relates to an apparatus for registering the quantity of liquid fuel consumed by explosion and other motors. The apparatus consists of a closed chamber a with an extension a<*>, in which a piston b works with clearance. The piston is fitted with a cup-leather, and is driven forward by a weight, spring k, &c. and is returned by a cam l operated from the motor shaft. Pipes fitted with check valves h, f connect the apparatus with the constant-level carburettor and the supply respectively. By means of a rack q on the piston-rod, a silent feed-clutch s, and gearing t, the forward movements of the piston, and hence the fuel supplied, is indicated by a counter u at the window v. The number of revolutions of the motor is indicated by a dial o at the window p.
Patent GB-190801916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fireproof Roller Blinds, Shutters, Partitions or the like
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-01-28
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 1916. Boult, A. J., [Cahill, J.]. Jan. 28. Fires, preventing and minimizing.-A fire-proof roller shutter, blind, curtain, partition, door, &c. is constructed of a number of flexible sheets a, b, c of different lengths secured together at spaced intervals by rows of rivets f in such a way that, when the shutter is unrolled, air chambers or pockets are formed between the sheets, and when the shutter is rolled, adjacent sheets are in continuous contact with one another. The outside sheets a, b are of metal, and the inside sheet c is of asbestos or other fire-resisting material. The sheet b is provided with rivets or projections g bearing against the guide-frames d so as to take the wear.
Patent GB-190802180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Cocks or Valves.
Inventor: SHANKS JOHN
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 2180. Shanks, J. Jan. 31. Ball and float valves.-Relates to ball cocks, the object being to increase the leverage of the lever so that a larger water inlet than usual may be employed. Means for preventing leakage of water along the valve plunger are also provided. The valve stem is cut away at B', and the pivot C' of the lever passes through the barrel part E<1> of the casing. The pivot is thus brought nearer to the axis of the valve-plunger C than usual, and the leverage of the ball lever is accordingly increased. To prevent leakage of water along the valve, the casing is formed with a partition E', which also serves to guide the valve.
Patent GB-190802324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generators
Inventor: NICOLSON JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 2324. Nicolson, J. T. Feb. 1. Steam generator furnaces.-Relates to water-tube steam generators of the type described in Specification No. 5140, A.D. 1907, which are characterized by the employment of flues having a high minimum ratio between their length and hydraulic mean depth, and by the use of high speed counter currents of water and furnace gases in the tubes and flues. The generator, which is particularly intended for marine use, consists of three sections, a feed-heating section formed of elements a of the character indicated, an evaporator section formed of elements d of the same character, and a second evaporator section formed of tubes j, which are less closely placed than those of the first two sections, and are heated mostly by direct radiation. The feed-heating elements are arranged in tiers at the sides of the furnace. The hot gases may be drawn through the flues by a fan u connected to the back of the feed-heating sections, or they may be forced through the flues by an air compressor. The element j is heated mostly by radiation from the furnace arch m., over which the furnace gases pass on their way to the sections d. After leaving these sections the gases pass downwards to the sections a, through which they pass in series. The air supply to the furnace may be heated in passages v in the generator casing. Air ports s are provided in the furnace walls.
Patent GB-190809379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extensible Stagings adapted for use as Fire Escapes, Look Out Towers, and other purposes.
Inventor: KOTLAR PAUL
Filed: 1908-04-30
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 9379. Kotlar, P. April 30. Lifting by lazy-tongs links.-Comprises apparatus for raising a platform by means of lazy-tongs links, suitable for use as a fire-escape or for military purposes, such as reconnoitring. Fig. 3 shows the apparatus in the extended position. The standards 1, rigidly mounted on a wheeled platform, support a pair of pivotal arms 5, 6 strengthened by angular stays. To the ends of these arms are hinged extension pieces 9, 10, which are rigid with the arms 5, 6 when the lazy-tongs are extended, but are capable of being detached or folded up when the staging is collapsed. Similar pairs of arms 13, 15 are pivoted to the top of the arms 9, 10, and carry at their upper ends a platform 18, which is hinged on one side and rests on a roller on the other side. Crossed stay-rods 20, 21 are pivoted to the middle points of the arms. The structure is raised by means of levers 22, pivoted to the platform and carrying rollers at their upper ends adapted to engage the lower side of the arms 9, 10. The levers 22 consist of two parts hinged together so that they can be folded up when inoperative. Wire cables 24 attached to the levers are guided by rollers and wound around drums 27, which are geared together by spur-wheels 29, 31. The drums are rotated by a crank-handle, and a ratchet-wheel prevents backward movement. Cylinders 46 containing gas under pressure may assist in raising the structure, the pistons 47 engaging beneath the arms 5, 6. When in the collapsed position, the lower arms rest on fixed cross-bars 35. A life-saving cage may be lowered from the platform 18.
Patent GB-190813230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Lampholders.
Inventor: FENNELL WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-22
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 13,230. Fennell, W., and Perry, W. P. June 22. Couplings, disconnectible. -A bayonet-capped electric lamp can be rotated in a tubular holder a having elongated and inclined slots a', and is held by an external or internal slotted sleeve, which rotates with, but can be further rotated separately to release the lamp. In the form shown, the sleeve f fits over the brass casing a and is notched to take projections a<4> which limit its rotation. The lamp projects through the slots a<1> into the widened parts f<1> of the slots f and the openings a<2> are normally covered by the parts f<3>. According to the Provisional Specification the sleeve may be locked to the casing by a sealed set-screw.
Patent GB-190816026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Processes of Manufacturing Transfers.
Inventor: WECK THEODORE
Filed: 1908-07-28
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 16,026. Weck, T., and Weck, H. July 28. Transfers ; transferring.-In transferring pictures obtained by the use of photomechanically manufactured printing-surfaces, the colours on the transferring-paper are strengthened by powdering them to prevent twisting when the supporting- paper is removed. The gelatine printing-plates are preferably moistened for five to ten hours in a 25 per cent solution of formalin, so that they lose their stickiness and do not tear the paper. The picture when ready on the supporting-paper is powdered with talc, which dries on the colours immediately, and is then wiped. The colour being thin, very little of the strengthening-powder will adhere to the half-tones, and the picture is next printed by means of the same plate with siccative varnish, and is then powdered again, the powder adhering all over the surface of the picture. The siccative varnish is preferably composed of three parts of lithographic varnish, one part of oil varnish, two parts of dark siccative, and one halfpart of siccative powder. For transferring, the picture is covered with gum varnish which may be composed of lithographic varnish, linseed oil, gelatin, light and dark siccative, and dry siccative power, and when dry the transfer may be made by heat upon articles of glass, china, &c. For other surfaces, the pictures are dipped in water for one or two minutes, then laid upon the article to be decorated, carefully pressed for removing the air bubbles, whereupon the back of the picture is again moistened for one or two minutes and the paper drawn off.
Patent GB-190816202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BARTH SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1908-07-30
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 16,202. Barth, S. July 30. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-In engines in which fuel is injected into the cylinder after the air has been compressed and is ignited by the heat of compression, the temperature of the air in the cylinder is raised to a degree suitable for the ignition of heavy fuel, without undue compression, by injecting first a small quantity of light fuel and then injecting the heavy fuel, which is ignited by the heat of combustion of the light fuel. The two fuels may be injected through a single valve.
Patent GB-190819825-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Guiding Torpedos and the like from a Distance.
Inventor: KLUPATHY EUGEN
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 19,825. Klupathy, E., and Berger, C. Sept. 21. Gyroscopic apparatus.-Torpedoes, objects moving on the surface of water, and crewless dirigible airships are steered from a distance by means of a gyroscopic device which is controlled by a device sensitive to radiant energy. The device may be of the kind described in Specification No. 18,025, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Signalling &c.], or may consist of a selenium cell l, Fig. 1, acted upon by a beam f, Fig. 2, of light, for example, that from an arc lamp supplied with alternating current of a definite frequency. The gyroscope g carries contact arms h, h<1>, moving over contact segments i, i<1>, insulated at j and moving with the torpedo &c. Electro-magnets k, k<1> control the valve of the auxiliary engine n of the steering-gear, and are in circuit with a battery m and with the segments i and i<1> respectively. The contact o is controlled by the electro-magnet p controlled by the sensitive device l. In the position shown in Fig. 1, the torpedo follows a straight path ; if it deviates in a direction away from the beam f the arm h moves upon the segment i and the battery m, arm h, segment i, and electro-magnet k are then in circuit and the rudder moves to bring the torpedo back to the original direction, the parts then again being as in Fig. 1. If the torpedo enters the beam of light, the arm o is attracted to electro-magnet p, the parts h<1>, i<1>, k<1>, m are now in circuit and the rudder is set to steer the torpedo out of the beam again.
Patent GB-190820946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Engines.
Inventor: GIBBONS WILLIAM GREGORY
Filed: 1908-10-05
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 20,946. Gibbons, W. G. Oct. 5. Starting-engines ; valve-chests.-To facilitate the machining of the valve seat of a starting-engine of the type described in Specifications No. 3871, A.D. 1882, and No. 22,164, A.D. 1900, the joint between the box C and the cover A is made at an angle, as shown. The joint is made circular to facilitate packing.
Patent GB-190823131-A (GB)
Title: Improved Towing Arrangement for Canal and River Vessels.
Inventor: NIKEL EMIL OSKAR
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 23,131. Nikel, E. O. Oct. 30. Canals and rivers.-In the towing-arrangements for canal and river vessels described in Specification No. 22,333, AD. 1906, [Abridgment Class Ships &c., Div. II.], an uninterrupted forward movement of the vessel is obtained as follows:- The winding-drums 1, 2 on board the vessel have respectively upper and lower drawing- ropes 20, 21 carrying links 18, 19 for engagement with the fixed posts c, d, &c. situated along the river bank, the forward ends of the ropes being connected with the drums 3, 4 of the forwardly moving stretching-device A. The winding-drums 1, 2 are driven by separate engines adapted to be coupled together by a friction clutch. By means of this arrangement, the ropes are fixed alternately to successive posts, the winding-drums being so operated that before one drawing-rope is freed from a particular post the other drawing- rope has been fixed to the next post and is being wound up.
Patent GB-190826591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Drawing Off Measured Quantities of Liquids.
Inventor: NEWLAND CHARLES LESLIE
Filed: 1908-12-08
Granted: 1910-01-10
Abstract: 26,591. Newland, C. L. Dec. 8. Measured quantities, delivering.- Apparatus for liquids, involving the use of only one hand, consists of a table h, for the receptacle, attached to a slide having an arm g attached to a tube f<1> sliding in a sleeve b, around which the measuring- bulb a is secured. Ports in the tube and sleeve are adapted to connect the measuring-bulb with the main reservoir and with the discharge aperture alternately, and a spring f<4> keeps the tube in the upper and inlet position. The slide may be fitted with a pawl to operate a counting-dial p. A nut f<5> screwed on the tube f<1> limits its downward motion so as to regulate the measure delivered.
Patent GB-190827436-A (GB)
Title: An Electric Signalling System.
Inventor: BLACKALL ALFRED THOMAS
Filed: 1908-12-17
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 27,436. Blackall, A. T., and Jacobs, C. M. Dec. 17. Signalling-instruments.-A single line-wire block telegraph, particularly for railway signalling, is so arranged that while any one of three signals is given at one end, by switches at the sending- station supplying current in either direction, or by absence of current, the second station may at any time signal back to the first by momentary currents, as for actuating a single-stroke bell without interfering with the block indicators. Two arrangements are described. That shown in Fig. 1 comprises a differential relay a at the station A, the coils being so wound that current from the battery e in either direction passes through them in parallel and does not energize the armature. The receiving-apparatus at the station B comprises a relay coil i and an indicator k. In order to signal to the station A, the switch h is depressed, thus putting the resistance l in the line circuit and throwing the differential relay a out of balance, causing it to draw its armature and close the circuit of the bell n. If no current is passing from the battery e, the switch f being open, the switch h then closes a circuit from the battery o through the two coils of the relay a in series. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the relay p is not energized by the ordinary signalling-current, flowing from the battery e. through the line b, the switch h, one winding of high-resistance of the relay i, and the indicator k. The relay i draws its armatures and, if the switch h is closed, the lowresistance winding is put in circuit through the armature r, thus increasing the line current sufficiently to energize the relay p and close the bell circuit. If no current is flowing from the battery e, aud the switch h is closed, current flowing from the battery o, through the armature r, and the line b energizes the relay p.
Patent GB-190909243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Packing and Transport Receptacles.
Inventor: HOEFERER PAUL
IPC: B65D3/30
Filed: 1909-04-19
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 9243. H÷ferer, P. April 19. Pasteboard casks etc.; heads. - A pasteboard receptacle is formed from a sheet of material provided with a number of embossed stiffening-ridges band having outwardlyprojecting end rims c, d, formed by suitable means when the material is in a moist state. In folding the pasteboard, the meeting edge k is inserted into a recessed part of the opposite edge, the parts being connected by suitable means such as rivets l. The top and bottom ends consist of flanged disks. The bottom end is attached by inserting its depending flange into a recess formed by the rim d, a toothed border attached to the rim d being turned over inside the flange, and the three parts being riveted together. The flange of the top end is inserted into a similar recess in the upper rim c, both parts having registering slits i, through which a thin iron band m is threaded to connect them. If desired, the pasteboard may be impregnated to render it waterproof and fireproof.
Patent GB-190910048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grease Lubricators.
Inventor: SHOWELL CHARLES
IPC: F16N11/02
Filed: 1909-04-28
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 10,048. Showell, C. April 28. Grease cups.-To prevent the escape of lubricant from pressure-feed grease cups which are fitted with spring catches 13, as described in Specification 23,087/08, the grooves 11 in the cap 9 are shortened so that they do not extend to the edge 12 of the cup. In a modification, the grooves are formed on the screwed part 8 and are engaged by a catch carried by the cap 9. In this case the grooves do not extend to the upper edge of the part 8.