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Patent GB-190715668-A (GB)
Title: A Fire Escape Permanently Fixed to Buildings.
Inventor: WATERFIELD ALFRED TABOR
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 15,668. Waterfield, A. T. July 8. Fire-escapes.-In a fireescape of the type in which egress from a building is effected by means of an external ladder permanently at!ached to the building and adapted to be moved into the operative position from any floor, the ladder A, Fig. 3, is mounted by means of pins C in slotted segmental brackets D, and is suspended at each floor by means of a chain B, which is passed over a guidepulley E and is secured to a drum on a shaft F inside the building. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the interior fittings looking at the inner face of the outer wall of the building. On the shaft F, Figs. 2 and 3, is a spur-wheel G engaging a guided rack H, which serves to connect the ladder-operating devices throughout the entire height of the building. By rotating the shaft F on any of the floors, the ladder A may be lowered into the position shown in Fig. 5, and a hinged platform K, Figs. 2 and 5, at the side of the ladder on each floor is simultaneously moved from the vertical or inoperative position to the horizontal position, each platform being rigidly connected to the ladder by a bar L. The platform K is provided with hand-rails K<1>, and is normally retained in the vertical position by engagement with a sash or shutter M adapted to slide vertically in an opening J in the outer wall of the building. In order to release the platform K and the ladder A connected therewith, the sash is raised by means of a chain N, which passes over guide-pulleys 0 and is attached to a guided vertical rack P. This rack extends through the entire height of the building and may be operated on each floor by means of a spur wheel Q on a shaft R provided with a crank R'.
Patent GB-190716957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Pneumatic Tyres, Cushions and the like.
Inventor: FRANK SALOMON
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 1 6, 9 5 7. Frank, S. July 24,' 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Special materials for valves.-Valves for pneumatic tyres, cushions, &c. are made from compressed zinc so as to avoid the injurious effects of metal on the india-rubber. The internal parts of the valve may however be made of brass. The zinc for this purpose is prepared by a process described in Specification No. 1167, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Metals, Cutting &c.].
Patent GB-190724901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Staunchions or Pillars for the connection of the Partitions or Bulk Heads of Ships's Berths and other Apartments and for Analogous Uses.
Filed: 1907-11-11
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 24,901. Hoskin & Sewell, and Johnson, C. Nov. 11. Stanchions.- Relates to stanchions of the type in which the lower ends are detachably connected to the deck by a headed or necked end engaging a restricted part of a slot or recess in the floor fitting, and consists in providing improved means for locking the ends in the recesses. The lower end of the stanchion a is provided with a headed stud b, engaging a keyhole-shaped slot f in the base-plate c. The larger end of the slot f is of such a size as to admit the head of the stud b. To prevent inadvertent detachment and to keep the stanchion end in place, a loosely pivoted catch g is carried by the stanchion, the lower end of which engages the end of the slot f. Clearances are provided to enable the catch g to swing clear. Instead of being pivoted, the catch may consist of a loose ring surrounding and sliding upon the stanchion. A downwardly projecting peg is provided to fit the end of the slot f. Modifications are described in which the stud engages a raised base-plate, and in which the stud is of dovetail shape.
Patent GB-190728641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Targets and Markers' Mantlets.
Inventor: PETRY CHARLES HATRICK
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 28,641. Petry, C. H. Dec. 30. Targets.-Two targets K are carried by sleeves G mounted loosely and independently of one another on a shaft F at right-angles to a mantlet B of steel, cement, stone, or other material, and angular levers L carrying the marking-disks are mounted loosely on the inner end of the shaft. The target frames are constructed of bars clamped together and secured in sockets formed at right-angles to one another in the sleeves. The bars projec t beyond the sleeves so as to bear against the supporting-beam D, and thus limit the movement of the targets in both directions.
Patent GB-190802195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamos.
Inventor: DERAIN GEORGES
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 2195. Derain, G. Feb. 6, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Regulating; field magnets.-In a machine which is driven at variable speed, as for lighting trains or motor-cars, constant voltage is obtained with fixed brushes by shifting the neutral line by allowing the magnet carcase to swing about the armature axis until the restoring-torque due to its weight balances the electro-magnetic torque due to the armature currents. The asymmetric magnet frame 4, which has its centre of gravity low down, is mounted by means of a roller bearing 5 so as to swing freely in the fixed structure 3, which carries the armature bearings and the fixed brushes 7. An increase in speed produces an increased electromagnetic torque, which raises the magnet frame, as shown in dotted lines, and so shifts the neutral line to keep the volts constant. With varying external resistance, as in the case of accumulator charging, the current remains constant, but the voltage varies.
Patent GB-190812587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutting Tools.
Inventor: MATTHES ERNST
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 12,587. Matthes, E., and Albrecht, C. June 11. Tools; tool-holders; cutters; end-facing.-Toolholders, in which a number of tools or cutters are arranged symmetrically in such a manner that a number of studs arranged upon a rotatable key engage in grooves in the cutters, are provided with means for uniformly adjusting the cutters during operation. The key c, Fig. 1, has helical grooves f, which engage studs g passing through longitudinal slots in the casing and secured to a ring h mounted in a sleeve p. This sleeve is traversed to expand the cutters by a nut section n<1>, carried by a spring o and yieldingly engaged with threads on the casing by means of a spring-pressed rod u provided with a knob t for retracting it. A conical surface l disengages the nut section at the limit of adjustment. In a modified arrangement of rod u and connected parts, the handle q is arranged to be detachable. As arranged for facing large screws, pipe flanges, &c., the cutter holders a, Fig. 8, have a number of grooves b, so that when the pins d leave a groove in one of the cutters they enter a groove in the other as described in Specification No. 3251, A.D. 1908. The key is rotated by worm and spur gearing from a star-wheel c<6>, Fig. 7, which engages teeth on loose rings k<2>, k<3> which are held stationary when adjustment or feed is required. The rate of feed is determined by the number of teeth or tappets on the rings.
Patent GB-190814510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tramway Rails.
Inventor: BRIGGS JAMES HAINSWORTH
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 14,510. Briggs, J. H. July 8. Rails.-To minimize the formation of lateral corrugations on the running-surface of tramway rails owing to the wheels tending to climb the crown, as referred to in Specification No. 21,029, A.D. 1907, or the check, the inner part of the rail head is constructed so as to yield under such action and cause the wheels to run on the outer or rigidly supported part of the head. For this purpose, the rails are rolled with the central vertical plane of the web outside the vertical plane through the medial line of the tread surface of the crown. To increase the flexibility, the top of the web may be made thinner than the rest and a longitudinal slot d is made in the rail head, as shown in Fig. 2a. In a modified form, the web may be bent laterally; or so formed that only the upper portion lies on the outer side of the medial plane of the tread surface, as shown in Fig. 4. In the form shown in Fig. 2<a>, the upper part of the web is left more flexible by discontinuing the ribs a' at this part, and it may be made still more flexible by thinning it as shown by the broken lines e.
Patent GB-190825232-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Condensers, Coolers, Heaters, Evaporators, and the like.
Inventor: RATHMELL BERNARD
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 25,232. Rathmell, B. Nov. 24. Condensers.-Relates to means for attaching the pipes of double-pipe apparatus, such as are used for gas condensers, to return bends, headers, &c. The outer pipes i are attached to inner bends a and the inner pipes k to outer bends p. The pipes i are secured and made tight by rings i<11> and glands g, secured to flanges b<1> on the bends a by bolts h. The ends i<1> of the pipes i are swelled or beaded over so as to project into recesses c in the bends a, thus preventing the pipes from being withdrawn while allowing for expansion. Neck bushings v, through which the pipes k pass, are screwed into the outer ends of the bends a, so as to give access to the pipes i for cleaning &c. The pipes k are secured and made tight by rings k<11> and spigots m on the bends p, which are bolted to flanges a<11> on the bends a. Projections n are formed in the bends p so as to prevent the pipes k from being withdrawn while allowing for expansion. Screw plugs a give access to the pipes k. Projections t are formed on or attached to the bends a whereby several sets of pipes may be connected together to form a coil. Modifications in the details of the joints and a form in which the bends a are replaced by a continuous header are also described.
Patent GB-190827393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railways for Recreation.
Inventor: JESSOP GEORGE
Filed: 1909-05-28
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 27,393. Jessop, G. May 28, 1909. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid.) Railways for recreation. - In an overhead railway, the cars, which may resemble flying- machines or navigable balloons, travel over an undulating track surrounded by scenery. Part of the track passes over a lake and is so arranged that the cars just skim the surface of the water. The cars are suspended from carriages f, having rollers f which run on a track composed of two parallel rails g. The supporting-bolts g' hang down between the rails ; rollers g<5> engage the outer sides of the rails. A pivoted and counterweighted lug engages an endless chain, which elevates the car to the highest point of the track. In a modification, the rollers f<1> have four central flanges, fitting between the rails to prevent displacement of the carriage, and, in a further modification, the rollers have end flanges for the same purpose. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications Nos. 1846 and 24,800, A.D. 1899, No. 1629, A.D. 1902, No. 3567, A.D., 1906, and No. 13,848, A.D. 1908, and under Section 8 of the Act to No. 24,738, A.D. 1908.]
Patent GB-190901225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Playing Games of Skill.
Inventor: MANCINI JOHN
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 1909-01-18
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 1225. Mancini, J. Jan. 18. Table games.-In an apparatus for playing Tivoli billiards, two or more cups are provided. which can be withdrawn behind the board or advanced through suitable apertures to a position in front of the board by operating a handle. In one form, the cups e, Fig. 4, are carried by pivoted arms g, and normally held behind the board a by springs h. A cup is advanced to catch the ball by means of a sliding bar i provided with projections which engage cam-slots in bell-crank levers k adapted to push forward the arms g. The arrangement is such that while one cup is moved forward by the lever, the other is withdrawn by its spring. Where more than two cups are employed, they may be advanced by a sliding bar, such as i, in any desired order. In a modification, the cups may be moved forward by the springs and retracted by the plates k. Modifications of the operating- mechanism are described, in which the cups are operated by cams on one or more rotary spindles, or in which springs are dispensed with and the cups moved positively in both directions. The cups may be so arranged that no free spaces are left between them.
Patent GB-190902497-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hot Air Furnaces.
Inventor: FOGLER GEORGE LUTHER
IPC: F24H3/00
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 2497. Fogler, G. L. April 8, 1908, [Convention date]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Gas-producer furnaces.-In an airheating furnace, gas generated in a producer 1 passes through a nozzle 8 into an outer nozzle 9 and d r a w s in atmospheric air through openings 12 and perforations 11 in a plate 10. An additional supply of air is delivered by an horizontal pipe 14 open at e a c h end and formed with perforations 15. From the combustion 16, the gases pass to the outlet flue 21 through flues 17, 19, the combined area of the flues 17 being less than the area of the smaller end of the nozzle 9, and the area of the flue 19, preferably, considerably greater. Cleaning-doors 22, 23, 24 are arranged as shown, the door 22 serving also as a draught check. The gas-producer and flues are enclosed in a casing 25, provided with a cold-air inlet 27, and with hotair outlets 26. The ash-pit door is kept nearly closed so that the producer receives only a very limited supply of air.
Patent GB-190905943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reels for Wire, Hose, or the like.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
IPC: B65H75/40
Filed: 1909-03-12
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 5943. Willis, P. R. J., [Wasson, B. F.]. March 12. Reels and reel-carriages for telegraph and telephone wires, hose, cables, &c. The apparatus consists of a frame 2, 3 having pointed supporting-legs 4 connected by cross-bars 6, 7, the bar 6 serving as a handle while the bar 7 carries the reel. The reel comprises a crossshaped frame 9 united by a hoop 10 and provided with studs 11, which are made adjustable to suit the diameter of the coil of wire &c. by inserting them into sockets 12 in a metal reinforcing cross-piece 13. To prevent the reel from turning too freely when the wire &c. is being unwound, a brake is provided, consisting of a washer 14 on the bolt 8 held in frictional contact with the reel by a spring 15 and a nut 16. A box 17, arranged between the reel and the axle 18, may be divided into compartments provided with doors; or one door hinged at the bottom may be supported by chains 21 to form a shelf for tools &c.
Patent GB-190907802-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Motor Car Exhaust Alarm.
Inventor: MARTIN WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B60Q5/00
Filed: 1909-04-01
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 7802. Martin, W. E. April 1. Fluid supply for horns.-In a motor-car horn of the type consisting of an alarm a mounted on a perforated plate b, which may be rotated into a position in the path of the exhaust from the pipe c, this movement is effected by a sliding rod e, which has a squared and twisted, or a threaded, portion e<1> engaging with a nut in a support f. The alarm is thus operated by the sliding and turning movement of the rod effected by the pull on a cable g transmitted from a pedal or other device.
Patent GB-190908825-A (GB)
Title: Improved Metallic Camp Stool.
Inventor: GAUTIER PIERRE MARIE
IPC: A47C9/10
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 8825. Gautier, P. M. April 14. Tripod and like stands.-In a folding metallic camp stool, the legs 1 are jointed by means of rivets 4 to ears provided on the part 2; the heads and washers of the rivets provide large guiding friction surfaces. The inclined surfaces 16 limit the movements of the legs, which may be stamped to U-section, or may be otherwise formed, for example so that the stool may be cylindrical when folded up. The turned-out flaps 5 prevent the legs from sinking into the ground. Instead of the axis 6 being riveted over the washer 18, the part 7 may be made detachable, and is then placed at the extremities of the legs 1, opposite the part 2, when the stool is folded. The parts 7, 2 may be made integral, the ears 8 being disposed either between or above the ears 3. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 12,464/84, 2172/85, 5572/89, and 13,378/95.
Patent GB-190911329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Furnaces for Destroying Refuse.
Inventor: HAYES WALTER PALMER
IPC: F23G5/44
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1910-05-13
Abstract: 11,329. Hayes, W. P. May 13. [Cognate Application, 24,897/09.] Storage chambers, emptying from below.- Materials are fed into refuse-consuming furnaces through measuring-devices from overhead storage-hoppers which are supplied by suitably arranged conveyers. As shown in Fig. 1, the materials are dumped into a hopper at the ground level and after being reduced in size by a crusher G, are elevated by a conveyer H to a second conveyer J, which distributes them to the different storage hoppers F. The materials are passed into the furnace through a shoot A, closed at the upper end by doors F' and at the lower by the cover of the charging opening of the furnaces. In a modified arrangement, Fig. 6, a single storage hopper is provided for a number of cells, and the materials are distributed by skips A running on overhead rails L. Skips. - The skips can be lowered to the charging openings by suitable bevel gearing, and the same movement may be utilized for opening the lower doors of the skip.
Patent GB-190913694-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for Enabling Learners to Practice the Art of Roller Skating.
Inventor: HEYWOOD SAMUEL
IPC: A61H3/00
Filed: 1909-06-11
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 13,694. Heywood, S., and Heywood, R. June 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Skating, appliances for aiding. - A device for enabling learners to practise rollerskating consists of supporting bands or belts h suspended from trollies d<1> running in an overhead trough b. Means are provided whereby a n y trolly may be run on to a siding when not required. These means consist of two slides j, m attached to levers l, l<1> and operated to close the slots in the siding and in the main track respectively, by means of a weight k<2> and a pull-cord k.
Patent GB-190913779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Superheaters for Water-tube Boilers.
IPC: F22G7/14
Filed: 1909-06-11
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 13,779. Stirling Boiler Co., [Wells, E. H.]. June 11. Water-tube boilers.-Consists in a modified design of U-tube superheater for a Stirling or similar boiler in substitution for the superheater described in Specification 10,923/07. In order to prevent sagging of the U-shaped superheatertubes 20, which open into inclined headers 21, 22 placed in the side wall of the boiler, the tubes are arranged in vertical planes at an angle to the headers, as shown.
Patent GB-190915405-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Cutting Paper or the like.
Inventor: CHAMBON LOUIS
IPC: B26D1/08
Filed: 1909-07-01
Granted: 1910-07-01
Abstract: 15,405. Chambon, L., and Massot, P. July 1, 1908, [Convention date]. Feeding webs.-In a machine for cutting a web of paper &c. transversely, the feed of the web is so controlled as to be practically nil at the time of cutting. A feed-cylinder 17, mounted loosely on a shaft 1, gears at one end with a pinion 18 secured to the strap 7 of an eccentric 5 keyed on the shaft 1. A knife 13 which coacts with a fixed blade 14 is carried by pivoted arms 9, which are rocked through pivotal connexions with the eccentric strap 7 and another strap parallel therewith. The feed-cylinder 17 coacts with a roller 20 mounted on a shaft 21 supported in eccentric bearings which are pressed upwards by a weighted lever 24.
Patent GB-190916054-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hat Pin.
Inventor: HORNBY ARTHUR TWENTYMAN
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1909-07-09
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 16,054. Hornby, A. T. July 9. Hat - pins ; hair - pins ; point - protectors for pins.-Relates to point - protectors having a filling of rubber, cork, or the like, and consists in securing the filling by means of wire-gauze h. The pins and protectors are employed in couples as shown, the protectors being attached to the heads by chains e shorter than the length of the pins. The pins may be used as an ornament for the hair.
Patent GB-190918997-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Cement Kiln.
Inventor: NASH ROBERT JOHN
IPC: C04B2/10
Filed: 1909-08-18
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 18,997. Nash, R. J. Aug. 18. Shaft and rotary kilns; charging and discharging; casings.-Slurry or pug mixed with breeze is dried by waste gases in chambers b, b<1> having rotary conveyers, and passes to a rotating cylinder c, whence it is delivered to a shaft kiln which is supplied with fuel from a hopper i and which is divided into four parts, namely, a seasoning-chamber 1, a preheating-chamber 2, a rotary clinkering-chamber 3, and a eooling-chamber 4. When a number of kilns is employed, the raw material is elevated to a conveyer feeding a line of hoppers h over the drying- chambers. The screw h<1> at the bottom of the hopper h and the conveyer shafts b<2> are driven by wheels e, and the discharge from the upper drying-chamber is regulated by a sliding bottom adjusted by a rod k<1>. Strong blades a<2> are keyed to the lower conveyer shaft and drive the rotary cylinder c ; and a rod or scraper d' is fixed to a hood d leading to the shaft kiln. To prevent atmospheric air from entering at the ends of the rotary cylinder, the cylinder and its bearing-wheels c' are enclosed in a casing d<2>, and the exterior surface of this casing and of the drying- chambers is provided with a non-conducting covering. As the material passes through the hood d, it is supplied with fuel from a hopper i having a screw feed. To allow gases from the shaft kiln to reach the drying-chamber without passing through the unseasoned slurry in the chamber 1, a perforated iron cylinder g is provided within the chamber 1, and the capacity of this chamber may be varied by adjusting the lower section g<1> of the cylinder g. The rotating part 3 is mounted on bearing-wheels q, and formed with an annular rack p<1> meshing with gearing ; atmospheric air is excluded from the kiln at this part by lutes o containing an alloy of a low melting-point. From the chamber 3, the material passes into the cooling- chamber 4 provided at the bottom with an oscillating discharge trough and supplied with air through openings m<1>, m. The upper sections of the kiln are carried by H-girders n, and, to facilitate the lining of the kiln the shells are formed of conical shape as far as possible.
Patent GB-190921567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Envelopes and Fasteners therefor.
Inventor: STEWARD RICHARD
IPC: B65D27/28
Filed: 1910-02-04
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 21,567. Steward, R. Feb. 4, 1910. Seals and sealing.-Relates to two-part seals for envelopes, of the kind adapted to be hammered flat after the parts are engaged. The seal consists of a disk 1, Fig. 3, provided with a neck 2 having a dome-shaped head 3 with slit edges, which is passed through apertures in the four flaps of the envelopes, and engages a slotted sleeve 5 on a disk 4. Attachmenttongues 8 may be provided on the disks 1, 4, and the disk 4 may be dished. In modifications, the stud, which may have a hollow head 14, Fig. 10, engages a serrated plate 12, Fig. 9, . or a slit plate, provided with a dished cover. The stud may be formed by riveting a head on the neck 2, or the neck 2 may be hollow and turned back at the upper end to form engaging- tongues.