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Patent GB-190805879-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Electrical Switch.
Inventor: GERHARDT OSCAR
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1909-03-16
Abstract: 5879. Gerhardt, O. March 16. Switches.-In an automatic electric switch for controlling the circuits of electric lamps used for luminous advertisen:ents or the like, of the type in which the making and breaking of the circuit is controlled by the expansion of a metallic bar under the action of heat produced by the passage of current through a resistance, the expansible bar c is provided with an adjustable screw g acting on a pivoted switching-lever k having a contact-stud adapted to make contact with a platinized screw m. One of the main terminals a is connected to the bar c and to the insulated resistance coil d, the other terminal r being connected to the resistance coil through the binding-post p and wire o and to the screw m. On the expansion of the bar c, the lever k, which bears against a shoulder on the bar, makes contact with'the screw m and short-circuits the coil d. The value of the resistance and the amount of heat generated can be varied by combining with the wire d an adjustable slider connected to the wire o.
Patent GB-190810129-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Preventing the Spontaneous Explosion of Nitrated Explosives.
Inventor: BOUCHAUD-PRACEIQ JEAN CHARLES
Filed: 1908-05-09
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 10,129. Fraceiq, J. C. E. Bouchaud-. May 10, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Explosives ; ammunition receptacles. - Nitrocellulose and like explosives are protected from accidental explosion by packing them with alkali carbonates in a crystallized state, either alone or mixed with porous materials such as moss &c. The wood of the cases may be similarly impregnated. Litmus or other acid revealer may be added to the carbonates. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), states also that such materials may be added to the explosive as a constituent thereof. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190815474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cereal Products.
Inventor: QUINE JOHN HENRY
IPC: A23L7/10
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 15,474. Quine, J. H. July 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Food preparations.-The mineral and nutritive matter is extracted from bran by heating it first with water, then with acid, and then with alkali, the extracts being neutralized and mixed together, or the acid or alkali extract, preferably neutralized, may be obtained separately. The liquid may be evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The product is added to flour, dough, or pastry. It contains phosphates of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and iron, and starch, gluten, and other organic substances. The acid and alkali preferred are hydrochloric acid and sodium hydrate producing common salt on neutralization. Cerealin contained in the bran is destroyed in the process.
Patent GB-190821731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tables with Gas Supply.
Inventor: THIEL ALFRED
Filed: 1908-10-14
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 21,731. Thiel, A. Oct. 14. Laboratory benches &c. are provided with depressions i into which a telescopic gasconnexion g can be lowered when not in use. The piece g slides in a pipe f which is connected by way of a tap d with the gas-pipe c. The connexionpiece above the bench has a cock h formed as a handle by which the piece g can be drawn out of the depression i.
Patent GB-190825634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cardboard Boxes.
Inventor: ROBINSON JOHN BRADBURY
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 25,634. Robinson, J. B. Nov. 27. [Patent of Addition to No. 10,484, A.D. 1906.] Cardboard boxes.-The means described in Specification No. 10,484, A.D. 1906, for automatically locking box lids in position are modified for application to boxes of the drawer-and-shell or ordinary match-box type. The side or bottom of the box A, Fig. 1, has one or more flaps B to interlock with a flap D, Fig. 2, on the cover C when the cover is slid on to the box. In another form, the bottom of the box has an abutment to engage with the flap on the cover; and in a third form, the box bottom has two abutments to engage flaps at each end of a cover open at both ends. The box may be provided with the flaps and the cover with the abutments. To open the box, the flaps D are severed by a knife inserted through a hole E.
Patent GB-190826502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Shutter Indicators.
Inventor: WANDREY HERMANN
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,502. Wandrey, H. Dec. 7, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Indicators or annunciators.-In an electric shutter - indicator, the electro-magnets c for releasing the shutters g are arranged in a circle, at the centre of which is a shaft m carrying a notched disk n adapted to return the shutters to their normal positions when the shaft is turned. A projection f on the armature d normally engages a recess in a part k on the shuttercarrying arm i. When the magnet is energized, the part k is released, and the shutter is moved into display position by the spring l. The notches o in the restoring- disk n serve as guides for the armsi. The shutters are formed with forked arms by which they are adjustably secured to the arms i by means of screws h.
Patent GB-190901577-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Cowl or Pot for Chimneys Ventilating Shafts and the like.
Inventor: MOORE JOHN
IPC: F23L17/02
Filed: 1909-01-22
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 1577. Moore, J. Jan. 22. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-Above a tapered shaft e, with or without an internal shaft d and wind inlets h, a cover n, with both sides convex, is supported by legs m, the cross-section of which is a triangle with curved sides. As shown in Fig. 3, openings h at the bottom of channels formed by connecting- ribs between the shafts d, e admit wind which is delivered into the pot beneath the sharply-reduced outlets k<1>. The cover n, which may be in two pieces with an internal space which is empty or filled with coke breeze &c., is about equal in diameter to the shaft and is provided with a throating o.
Patent GB-190906426-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Filtering Plug for or Attachment to Cigarettes.
Inventor: ANSELL BENJAMIN
IPC: A24D1/04
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 6426. Ansell, B. March 17. Cigarettes.-At the mouthpiece end of the cigarette is placed a filtering-plug b of kaolin, clay, papier mÔchÚ, felt, &c., having an external groove c, and a central aperture d which opens at one end into a chamber e, and at the other into a recess in which is placed a disk g of gauze, textile, or other suitable material. Specification 1145/07 is referred to.
Patent GB-190906535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Expanding Sheet Metal.
Inventor: CURTIS LEWIS EARNEST
IPC: B21D31/04
Filed: 1909-03-18
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 6535. Curtis, L. E. March 18. Expanding.-A machine, which is an improvement on the machine described in Specification 25,214/04, for expanding sheet metal which has been previously slit consists of two pivoted inclined diverging frames, one on each side of the plate, between which the plate is expanded in such a manner that the centre of the plate is expanded first. Each of these frames has two endless chains 50, 51, the inner one of which is wider than the outer and runs parallel to the centre line of the plate ; the outer one is inclined outwards from the centre line of feed of the plate and has grooved links which grip the margins of the sheet. Eccentrically-mounted rollers 56 are held by springs 60 against the chain 50, and antifriction rolls 64 press against the back of the chain 51, the whole being enclosed by plates 66, 67, making a boxlike frame. The chains are driven by sprocketwheels through gearing 30, 32 and belts 27 from a shaft 23 which is driven through another set of gearing from a pulley 17, and on this shaft is mounted a roller 40 which co-acts with a roller 43 in a pivoted frame 44 to form a feeding-device for the sheets, which afterwards pass through the guides 47, 48, to the chains in the expanders. The expanders are upheld by adjustable arms at their outer ends, and are attached to the frame by pivot bolts. The expanders are at first in the same plane, Fig. 8, with only slight width between them, so that as the sheets are advanced by the chains on each side, the centre portion is at first expanded, Fig. 9, until the chain 50 runs nearly off the chains 51, 501 when the margins of the sheet are expanded, a sufficient grip being maintained by the chains throughout the expansion.
Patent GB-190907888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrapping Machines.
Inventor: WARD GEORGE ROBERT
IPC: B65B11/08
Filed: 1909-04-02
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 7888. Ward, G. R. April 4, 1908, [Convention date]. Feeding sheets.-A slide 32, in one with a carrier for feeding articles to a wrapping machine, is provided with grippers 36<1> which seize the lowest sheet in the magazine 45. A pivoted suction plate 44 presents the edge of the lowest sheet to the grippers.
Patent GB-190910290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steering Gear for Automobile Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: B62D1/22
Filed: 1909-04-30
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 10,290. Schneider, E. April 30. Seats, arrangement of.-In automobile vehicles of the kind in which two steering handwheels are provided so that the vehicle can be driven in either direction, a seat z is mounted between them so that when the seat is swung round towards one af the steering-wheels, that steering-wheel is coupled, and the other one disengaged from the steering - mechanism. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which two spring seats z are provided, the raising of the unoccupied seat effecting the disconnexion of the steering-mechanism.
Patent GB-190913034-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Liquefying and Separating Mixtures of Gases and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: SCHMIDT FRIEDRICH
IPC: F25J3/00
Filed: 1909-06-03
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 13,034. Schmidt, F. Dec. 12, 1908, [Convention date]. Jet - wheels; cooling and heating parts. - In liquefying and separating mixtures of gases of low boiling-points, particularly atmospheric air, by allowing the compressed and cooled mixture to expand in a rotary motor provided with separate receptacles for vapours and liquids, the impact surfaces of the rotor are constructed in the form of a network of fibres or the like so that the contents of the,receptacles are brought into continuous heat-exchanging relation, whereby continuous rectification of the liquefied parts is effected. The impact surfaces a of the rotor are preferably constituted by thin metallic wires arranged like brush bristles. although a network or sieves may be used instead. The sides of the rotor are protected by rotary heat-insulating plates k, and the casing is made of heat-insulating plates. The shaft bearings are arranged outside the casing, and the power developed is taken off at a pulley p.
Patent GB-190913324-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Connecting Device, more Especially Intended for Connecting Together Ropes, Cords, Chains, and the like.
Inventor: BULLIVANT FREDERICK ARTHUR
IPC: F16G15/04
Filed: 1909-06-07
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 13,324. Bullivant, F. A., and Selby, G. M. June 7. Coupling.-The end of one rope, cord, &c. is attached to a link A bent into the form of a hook, and the end of the other attached to a T-shaped piece B, the parts A, B being so shaped that they may be locked together, as shown, or disconnected as desired.
Patent GB-190913467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Table Football.
Inventor: LONG CHARLES EDWIN PERCIVAL
IPC: A63F7/06
Filed: 1909-06-09
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 13,467. Long, C. E. P. June 9. Table games.- A hinged frame to be placed on a table for use in playing table football, hockey, &c. consists of several members A c o nnected by vertical hinge pins P and a catch I. The frame is stiffened by corner blocks B, and goals D are fitted at the ends. It can be folded for storage &c. as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190925768-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Separating Ingredients of Comminuted Material.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: B03B1/00
Filed: 1909-11-08
Granted: 1910-11-08
Abstract: 25,768. Fairweather, W., [Huff Electrostatic Separator Co.]. Nov. 8. Drawings to Specification. Treating ores to facilitate concentration.- Mixed solid materials, such as ores, are separated or concentrated by treating the mixed particles with a halogen, thereby producing on some of the particles a coating which differs from the original particles as to its capability of being wetted by a liquid, and thereafter subjecting the mixture to a flotation process of concentration. The mixture, for example sulphides, may be treated with a halogen and then transferred to a body of liquid, whereupon some of the particles float and others sink ; or the mixture may be immersed in a liquid, treated with a halogen therein, and then subjected to the action of gas bubbles.
Patent GB-191002210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Envelopes.
Inventor: RIPER LEWIS CLARENCE VAN
IPC: B65D27/22
Filed: 1910-01-28
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 2210. Riper, L. C. van. Jan. 28, 1909, [Convention date]. Envelopes.-An envelope of the kind in which an ungummed inspection flap is inserted in a pocket formed by securing a loose strip of paper to the back of the envelope, consists of a front portion 1, an ungummed flap 5, and side flaps 2, 3, which are folded over the flap 5, and are gummed down upon the loose strip of paper 20. After the contents are inserted behind the strip 20 the closing-flap 4 is gummed down. Strengthening-strips 6, 7 may be provided on the side flaps 2, 3.
Patent GB-191005603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Fire-irons, or Improved Tongs, for Domestic Purposes.
Inventor: PRIESTLEY WILLIAM CHAPMAN
IPC: F24B15/10
Filed: 1910-03-07
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 5603. Priestley, W. C., and Hinchcliffe, E. March 7. Fire - tongs. - Firetongs &c. made by working a single piece of wire into forms such as that shown are provided with spiral spring gripping-coils B, which may be slightly concave, or with one coil B and a finger C, which may be fitted with a ferrule. Guide loops, such as E, may be provided.
Patent GB-191007063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lanterns and Plates therefor.
Inventor: DUSSERIS HENRI FRANCOIS ETIENN
IPC: G03B23/12
Filed: 1910-03-21
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 7063. Dusseris, H. F. E. S., and Conti, J. T. F. March 21. Optical-projection apparatus.-A slidechanging device for a projecting-lantern comprises a chain of plateholders in frames pivoted on horizontal shafts which are alternately long and short as shown in Fig. 4, to permit storing the plates by suspending them by the long shafts from inclined rails a so that they fold as in Fig. 1. The intermittent feed-mechanism at D, see also Fig. 3, which moves the chain of plates round comprises a continuously-rotating ratchetwheel b and a pawl c stiffly mounted on a lever c and engaging fixed stops f, g which force it into engagement with the ratchet-wheel b. The instantaneous return feeding movement is caused by the spring h which retracts the lever c and the attached lever j engaging the shaft l of a plate immediately upon disengagement of the pawl c.
Patent GB-191011720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Furnaces.
Inventor: THOMSON JOHN
IPC: C22B4/00
Filed: 1910-05-11
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 11,720. Thomson, J., and FitzGerald, F. A. J. May 13, 1909, [Convention date]. Resistances.-Relates to the construction in a rotary electric furnace, of a centrally arranged carbon resistance and its couplings. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the central cylindrical core forming the resistance is filled with granular carbon d<2> and provided with thin carbon disks d<3> near each end. The outer casing is constructed preferably of re-crystallized carborundum formed bv heating a mixture of ordinary crystals with fine powder to the temperature required for the formation of silicon carbide. It is stated that the resulting product has a very dense structure with a fracture resembling that of steel. The carbon terminals p, the inner ends of which are provided with projections p<9> or with a conical face p<10>, are housed between magnesite blocks p' and protected by caps p<2> of heat-insulating material. These caps and terminals are bored as shown to receive a tubular coupling p<4> having longitudinal slots p<7> and provided with a sleeve p<5> to receive the cable p<6>. Resilient plates p<8> are secured to the furnace head and press against the caps p<2> so as to resist change of volume in the carbon resistance. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, carbon disks d<6>, having their outer edges touching or nearly touching, are strung upon a central refractory shaft d<4>, and the cavities d<7> are filled with granular material.
Patent GB-191013110-A (GB)
Title: Method of using Short Grooved Type for Flat Duplicators and Means for Setting and Distributing same.
Inventor: MICHAELIS WILLIAM
IPC: B41L15/02
Filed: 1910-05-30
Granted: 1911-05-30
Abstract: 13,110. Michaelis, W. May 30. [Cognate Application, 16,781/10.] Ink-ribbon mechanism.-In a flat type-duplicator, the ribbon-feeding device comprises a slider 13 mounted upon the rail 6 that supports the impression-roller carriage, and carrying a pawl 15 engaging a ratchet-wheel on the ribbon roller 12. The slider 13 is struck by the roller carriage at the end of its travel and is returned by a spring 17. A similar feed is provided at the other end of the machine, but only one feed is in operation at a time, the pawl of the inoperative device being disengaged from its ratchet.
Patent GB-191013430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Colour Photography.
Inventor: DAWSON OLIVER SAMUEL
IPC: G03C7/04
Filed: 1910-06-02
Granted: 1911-06-02
Abstract: 13,430. Dawson, O. S., and Finlay, C. L. June 2. Colour photography, screen processes for.-In colour photography with regular pattern interchangeable screens, a negative is taken through a separable screen, and is printed upon a screen plate which is coated with a very slow transparent non-panchromatic emulsion. The register for printing is obtained by viewing the negative in contact with the screen plate in a weak light, and printing is effected with very strong light. In registering with a negative, complimentary colours are seen. A positive transparency of the separable negative may alternatively be used for printing, in which case the correct colours are seen in registering. The slow transparent emulsion is made by mixing the constituents with or without the aid of heat in the usual way but omitting the operation of " cooking " for selected periods and temperatures as employed for imparting the requisite speed to plates.
Patent GB-191014442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Devices for Detecting Humidity or Dampness in Beds, Garments, or the like.
Inventor: JONES ERNEST SHELTON
IPC: A61F7/00
Filed: 1910-06-15
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 14,442. Jones, E. S. June 15. Wick burners.-An oven for drying dampdetecting material is heated by a spirit stove 1 which is retained in position by spring clips 11. The stove is provided with a hinged lid 5 having an india-rubber washer which takes between flanges 2, 4 on the top of the stove and renders the stove fluid-tight in transit. The flanges 2, 4.also prevent excess of spirit flowing over the burner from the wick.
Patent GB-191017235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Working Electric Motor and like Controllers.
IPC: H02P1/06
Filed: 1910-07-20
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 17,235. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. July 20. Controllers, actuating-mechanism for; controllers, drum.-Means for operating two motor controllers by one handle moving in a direction parallel to that of the load moved by the motors controlled is arranged so that the handle, when in its mean working position, may be placed either horizontal or vertical. The first position is used for operating a load in two planes, one vertical and the other horizontal, as in the working of cranes; and the second for a load moving in two horizontal directions. The present arrangement is interchangeable for use in both cases. Two forms are described. As shown in Fig. 3, the controller C' is operated by a sector g adjustably connected to a link f, which is connected to the handle b by a universal joint p. The handle is hinged to a pin a, journaled in a bracket c, to which pin is bolted a sector d operating the controller C. This sector may be secured to the pin a in two positions so that in the " off " position the handle stands either vertically, as shown, or horizontally. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the handle b is pivoted to a frame i, which forms a guide therefor and is, with a bevel-wheel d secured to the frame, journaled in fixed brackets. The link f passes through one of the bearings a<x>. By removing the other bearing, freeing the wheel d, and re-engaging it after turning the handle and frame i through 90 degrees, the required adjustment may be made. In this arrangement, the point p always lies near the axis of rotation of the frame i.
Patent GB-191017882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Fenders for Vehicles.
Inventor: SHUE EDWARD FRANKLIN
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 1910-07-27
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 17,882. Shue, E. F. July 27, 1909, [Convention date]. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers.-An obstruction-remover for horseless vehicles comprises an apron mounted on a spring roller and carried by forked arms which are opened to spread the apron through mechanism operated by hand, by the fly-wheel of the motor, or by compressed air. The forked arms 7, 8 are pivoted at 19 and are normally held in sheaths 14. The spring roller 12 is carried by the arms 8 and a rod 2 and road wheels 9 by the rods 7. The arms 7, 8 are moved along the sheath 14 by means of a rack 15 and pinion 16 operated by the fly-wheel of the motor through friction wheels 34, 35 on the axle 17, and friction wheels 36, 37 which are moved to contact with the fly-wheel by means of foot pedals 42, one set of gearing causing the arms to be thrust out and the other set being employed to draw back the arms. The pinion 16 may also be operated by a rack reciprocated by compressed air. The arms 8 are raised when the fender is operated by means of a loop 20 which is caught by a spring-controlled hook 23<1>, Fig. 2. Another method whereby the arms 8 may be raised is shown in Fig. 14. A lever 64 pivoted to the arm 8 is connected by a cable 69 passing over a pulley 70 with the rack 15. The lever 64 lies along the arm 8 in the sheath 14. When the arms are thrust out the pull of the cable 69 causes the lever to turn until its end 66 contacts with a pin 68 on the arm 8 and so raise the two arms. The friction-wheels 36, 37 are automatically moved away from the flywheel by levers 48 which are raised by contact of the arm 8 in its outward movement with a lever 44, and on its inward movement with a pin 49 on a link 50. The pinion 16 may be rotated through a chain and sprocket turned by hand. The spring roller is placed in a casing which forms a fender bar when the device is in its inoperative position.