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Patent GB-190713821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-controlled Telephones.
Inventor: JENTZSCH ROBERT BRUNO
Filed: 1907-06-14
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 13,821. Jentzsch, R. B. June 14. Telephones; coin action. - The operator first removes the receiver from its hook, which is connected to a rod m so that the rod falls under the action of its own weight or a spring. The coin is then inserted in a slot w, and passes down the shoot a to engage a projection e of a lever d, rocking the lever, an adjustable screw f on the other extremity of which removes a detent i from engagement with a drop-contact k, which then falls, closing the microphone circuit through contact-springs l. To render prepayment unnecessary when answering a call, a relay h is provided, the armature g of which carries an adjustable screw g<1> for operating the detent lever i. When currents of comparatively high voltage are employed, the inductor shaft is provided with an arm r, so that if the drop contact has been freed by the energization of the relay, it is again raised and looked by the bevelled head s of the arm when the crank is rotated to call the exchange. When the receiver is replaced, the rod m is again raised, an arm n restoring the drop-contact k to the locking-bar. The arm n may be solid with the bar if the inductor crank is provided with the arm r, but in other cases it is pivoted to it and is thrown out of engagement with the drop-contact after raising it by a fixed pin n<1>, Fig. 2<a>. Coin-slit closing-devices.-A rod q connected to the rod m uncovers the coin slot when the receiver is removed. Returning coin.-If connexion cannot be made, the circuit of the relay is closed at the central station, the armature then rocking a rod p to permit the return of the coin by the shoot b. Coin-discharging mechanism.-When the receiver is replaced, the movement of a rod o operated by tappets m<1>, m' on the rod m permits the coin to escape.
Patent GB-190714290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Regulation or Control of the Supply of Heating or Cooling Fluids.
Filed: 1907-06-20
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 14,290. Newbery, G. M., and British Prometheus Co. June 20. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Hinged valves.- In an apparatus for heating water and maintaining a supply at a constant temperature by admitting cooler water when this temperature is exceeded, the coldwater supply pipe 2 is normally closed by a cup - shaped valve 5, pressed against a plate 6 by a tension spring 12; or the valve may be a plate pressed against the free edge of the inlet pipe. The valve is arranged to be tilted by the engagement of a hook 21 at the end of the valve-rod 13 with a vertical rod 20 carried by a Bourdon tube 19. The edge of the hole in the plate 6 is formed with knife-edges to form a fulcrum, and either the edge of the hole, or the rod 13, is fluted to allow of the passage of the water.
Patent GB-190718921-A (GB)
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 18,921. British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd., and Harrison, H. H. Aug. 22. Telegraphs.-In a telegraph sounder of the twotone type, two separate polarized electro-magnets actuate separate h a m - mers. The receiving instrument has thus two separate sounders, each of which is adapted to respond to a current of a certain direction only. The line currents flow through the polarized electro-magnets of both Bounders and increase the force acting on the spring- held armature of the one so that it is attracted, while the force on the armature of the other sounder is weakened and this armature is not actuated. The soft-iron core-pieces C<1> are polarized by the horseshoe permanent or electro-magnet S, whereby the force acting on the armature M is either increased or decreased, according to the direction of the current flowing in the coils W, so that the armature may or may not move against the force of the retaining- spring. The armature carries the hammer H which strikes against the sounder P. The coils of the magnets may be differentially wound for duplex working, or they may be arranged for duplex working on the bridge system. Specification No. 2103, A.D. 1855, is referred to.
Patent GB-190719876-A (GB)
Title: Wrench.
Inventor: MYERS CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1907-09-05
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 19,876. Nobbs, C. G., and Nobbs, C. G. Sept. 5. Heating by electricity.- In an electrically-heated water radiator for buildings &c., one or more annular cylindrical heating - elements a, a' are arranged in the lower horizontal limb b of the radiator. Each element may consist of an outer tube c and an inner tube d open at one end. Passages c<1> connect the interior of the tube d with the lower part of the limb b. The heating-resistance is wound on the tube d. An evaporating-basin f, open to the atmosphere, is connected directly with the water circulation of the radiator.
Patent GB-190720737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Friction Clutches.
Inventor: WRAY ROMULUS PAUL
Filed: 1907-09-18
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 20,737. Wray, R. P. Sept. 18. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Clutches.-In Weston plate friction clutches, the plates 6, 10 slide on circular or other shaped hardened-steel pins 5, 11 carried by the driving and driven members. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 1360, A.D. 1867, No. 21,501, A.D. 1896, and No. 15,640B, A.D.1905.]
Patent GB-190721183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Records for Sound Reproducing Machines.
Inventor: GIBSON ROBERT LAW
Filed: 1907-09-24
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 21,183. Gibson, R. L. Sept. 24. Gramophones.-Record disks are made by laying upon the polished surface of a rotating disk C a rope-like layer J of a plastic or fluid substance, which is fed upon the plate through a stylus G vibrated by the recording-diaphragm D. Upon the spiral layer thus formed a layer K of copper is deposited electrolytically ; this layer is afterwards stripped from the disk, flattened, and then sweated on to a backing-plate M. This matrix may be used to reproduce sounds, or it may be employed to make further reverse dies by electro-plating, which dies will be used for duplicating the records in the ordinary compounds in the usual way. A preliminary layer of copper may be deposited electrolytically to fill up first any undercut portions of the spiral strip J. The plastic or fluid substance contained in a reservoir I may be fed out by gravity, or as shown in Fig. 1, in which an hydraulic plunger I<1> is used. The spiral line J is gradually thickened towards the middle of the record, thus producing a widening of the soundgrooves of the finished records towards the ends, and thus compensating for the wearing away of the stylus point. This thickening of the spiral is accomplished by gradually closing a valve P in a pipe R allowing the material to escape into a feeding-reservoir E, by allowing drops of water from a tank X falling into a bucket T to increase the tension of a spring V controlling the valve P. Burners N are used to render the material more fluid.
Patent GB-190721271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring Electrical Resistance.
Filed: 1907-09-25
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 2 1,2 7 1. Evershed & Vignoles, and Evershed, S. Sept. 25. Switches.-An interlocking switch for a resistance box the reading of which includes the resistance of the galvanometer coil in series with it, is shown in Fig. 4, and switches for making contact on rails are shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The galvanometer coil and its connexions are made to have a resistance of one ohm, one of the one-ohm coils is omitted from the units' box U, and the contacts corresponding to unity and zero are connected together, the box thus reading correctly except that a cypher cannot be obtained in the units place. To remedy this, the first coil in the 'tens' box T is divided into two portions g, h, of one ohm and nine ohms respectively, and that in the 'hundreds' box H into two portions m, n, of one. ohm and ninety-nine ohms respectively. The mechanism is such that, when the units' arm is brought to the zero position, one or other of the coils m, g is shortcircuited by a pin 12 and contact members 13,14,15, but when the 'tens' and hundreds' arms are both at zero, the pin 12 abuts against the central contact member or stop 13, and the ' units' cannot then be moved to its zero position. In the measurement of the resistance of a rail &c., the main circuit connexions may be made by metal blocks or shoes, and the potential connexions to the galvanometer coil by spike contacts ; or both main and potential connexions may be made by duplex contact devices each consisting of two blades D, N, Fig. 7, with serrated or knife edges mounted in a handle 18, preferably with springs 20, 21 allowing a small motion of the blades. In the modification shown in Fig. 8, the main contact D is a tube with a hardened steel edge surrounding the spring-pressed potential-contact spike N. Specification No. 11,415, A.D. 1905, is referred to.
Patent GB-190722392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Violin-pianos and like Musical Instruments.
Inventor: FROEMSDORF ROBERT
Filed: 1907-10-10
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 22,392. Fr÷msdorf, R., and Hupfeld Akt.-Ges., L. Oct. 10. Instruments with sonorous strings.-In a violinpiano, the strings are pressed by pneumatic devices controlled from the keyboard against acircular bow driven by a pneumatic motor, so that loud or soft playing can be obtained by regulating the air pressure or suction. The action-pneumatics and the motor are fed by the same reservoir or bellows so that a proper proportionality is automatically maintained between the velocity of the bow and its pressure upon the strings. In the arrangement shown, a number of strings 1 are carried by rods 2 which are pivoted near their lower ends on a common cylindrical resonance box 4 and are connected near their upper ends by push-rods to pneumatic devices 7. Slide valves 9 connected by cords to the keys of the instrument control the admission of suction from a pipe 12 to the pneumatics 7. When a pneumatic 7 is collapsed, it pushes out the corresponding rod 2 and presses the string 1 against a circular rotary bow 5 which is driven from an air motor M. The suction in the pipe 12 may be controlled by a throttle device or by treading the pedals of exhaust-bellows with more or less force.
Patent GB-190726221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Links, Rings and Loops in connection with Hauling, Shipping and other Tackle, for Jewellery, Harness, Saddlery and the Leather Trades generally, and the like
Inventor: TIBBITTS JOHN
Filed: 1907-11-27
Granted: 1908-11-27
Abstract: 26,221. Tibbitts, J. Nov. 27. Shackles ; coupling-links. - Relates to a link, loop, or ring for use with hauling, shipping, and other tackle, jewellery, harness, saddlery, and in the leather trades generally. In the form.shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, Sheet 1, the link consists of body and closing parts 1, 2 hinged together by a pin g at right-angles to the longitudinal centre line p, p. The body part 1 is formed with a cutaway portion f and a filling-piece a, and the closing-piece 2 has a cut-away portion e and a filling-piece b. The parts m, n of the link are thickened so as to give increased strength. The cut-away portion f may be formed at any part of the link, and the closing-piece 2 may be such that it consists of little more than a hinged filling-piece such as b, or it may extend round one or both sides of the outer portion of the body part 1, or round one side only of the inner portion. In the form shown in Fig. 3, Sheet 2, the meeting faces of parts 1, 2 are in the form of lips m, q, of which the meeting faces are normal to the plane of the ring, and the parts are hinged together by a pin t passing through a lug r on the closing-part 2 and a jaw on the body part 1. As shown in Fig. 6, the parts 1, 2 extend to equal distances round the ring and are halved at overlapping parts a, d. The parts are hinged by a pin t passing through the side cheeks of the jaw c on the part 1 and a lug e on part 2. In a modification for connecting a trace to a hame, the links shown in Figs. 3 and 6, Sheet 2, are provided at parts w with curved portions or horns which form a second closed or partly enclosed space when the link is closed. The parts may be hinged together by forming a cylindrical pin or spherical portion on one part and a bearing on the other part. The pins may be secured in the bearings by casting one part round the other, or they may be cast, forged, or otherwise formed separately and then secured together in any suitable manner. The closing-part may be made to move about an axis parallel to the centre line p, p. Specifications Nos. 272A and 13,898, A.D. 1906, and No. 10,668, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190726558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Clutches.
Inventor: KAYSER CHARLES WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-02
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 26,558. Kayser, C. W., and Robinson, J. E. June 2, 1908. Rolling.-Clutches applicable to rolling mills &c. have means for quickly disengaging them in case of emergency. To engage the clutch, a hand-wheel b operating a screwed spindle c is rotated, thus actuating a bell-crank lever e, e<1> bearing on the clutch sleeve. The hand-wheel is adapted to be connected to the spindle c by a pin d, Fig. 6, the projection d' fitting behind a lug on the handwheel to keep the pin out of action when desired. Rotation of the spindle c at the same time winds up a spring f, which is retained by a pawl g carried by a longitudinally movable.shaft g and engaging a ratchet-wheel h. The pawl g may be lifted to release the spring f, and thus disengage-the clutch, by a cam lever i, or by turning a lever k secured to a shaft k<2> carrying an eccentric k<1> engaging the rod g<1>. The shaft k<2> may carry a coiled spring l held in position by a pawl k<3>, Fig. 5, retained by a spring clutch n. By hand-operated means q, electromagnets o, or steam, hydraulic or pneumatic means p, a lever s is raised to release a tumbler r, which falls and releases the spring l, thus rotating the shaft k<2> and releasing the spring f.
Patent GB-190807948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cullenders.
Inventor: JELLEY HARRY
Filed: 1908-04-10
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 7948. Jelley, H. April 10. Strainers, vegetable. - A vegetable colander, adapted especially for greens, has perforated sides b and bottom c, a projecting rim b<1>, and a perforated lid d slightly convex in the centre but with flattened edges. The colander and lid are provided with handles e, f respectively, and the lid may be attached to the colander.
Patent GB-190808021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stamp Mills for Crushing Ore and other Substances.
Inventor: HOLMAN JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1908-10-12
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 8021. Holman, J. H., and Holman, J. M. Oct. 12. Stamps, ore and like.- Relates to pneumatic ore stamps of the kind described in Specification No. 2145, A.D. 1899, in which the stamp stem e, Fig. 2, carries a piston f working within a cylinder a connected to the crankshaft by means of connecting-rods c. Means are provided for varying the position of the cylinder relative to the connecting-rods to compensate for wear. To prevent the cylinder from wearing oval, an additional pair of gudgeons i is arranged at right-angles to the usual pair b. The gudgeons i may be arranged nearer the top of the cylinder than the gudgeons b, to allow the cylinder to be dropped when the stamp head and anvil have become worn. Additional air holes h, h<1> may also be provided. The cylinder a may be screwed and carried by a sleeve a', Fig. 7, to which the rods c are attached so that it can be raised or lowered by turning it within the sleeve. The sleeve is made in halves secured by bolts j, and the holes g, g<1> communicate with the atmosphere by grooves k in the cylinder.
Patent GB-190809159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Horticultural "Frames" and "Lights".
Inventor: WHELDON CHARLES
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 9159. Wheldon, C., and Montgomery, C. J. April 28. Frames for plants.-A horticultural frame for protecting and forcing purposes consists of angleiron b, Fig. 1, extending around three sides and partly along the fourth, angle-iron corners or legs e<1>, and wooden sides c, d. The top horizontal portion of the angle-iron b extends inwards and on it slides the light a, which consists of an angleiron frame to which the glass is secured by bent sheet-metal strips g, Fig. 2, and clips h. The bottom bar f may be flat or angled, and is adapted to abut against the lower end board d ; its ends are notched at k under the fixed bars b, and slots l are provided to allow the insertion and withdrawal of the bar f<1>, or tilting of the light for ventilation. If more than one sliding light is used, the adjacent edges are supported by channel-bars m, Figs. 5 and 6, which also act as gutters.
Patent GB-190809193-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Manufacturing Compound Tapered Wedges
Inventor: SWEET CHARLES ELIAS
Filed: 1908-04-28
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 9193. Sweet, C. E. May 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Making wedges.-Compound metal wedges with a taper in two directions, such as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, are made by punching obliquely from a tapered blank. Figs. 7 and 10 show how the double taper is produced, the wedge 14 having at its corners O, N, P, M the thicknesses given by G H, E F, C D, A B. The dihedral angle between the two narrow long sides of the wedges and the broad long sides formed by the top and bottom surfaces may be varied by inclining the bed of the punching- press. Two wedge-shaped blanks may be superposed as shown in Fig. 9. Such wedges are used in pairs, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in assembling machine and other parts.
Patent GB-190810127-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Testing by Gauging and Measuring.
Inventor: STOREY WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-09
Granted: 1909-05-10
Abstract: 10,127. Storey, W. May 9. Gauges.-A machine for gauging the length, diameter, straightness, and accuracy of work, consists of a bed c and a pair of headstocks a, b, in one of which the removable centre f is carried by a holder h, traversed by a wheel k, which has a shouldered hub to engage in a cap fixed to the headstock. A fixed arm r carries a sliding index s for application to the graduated rim of the wheel, which carries one or more stops x, which can be clamped to the wheel rim so as to limit the motion. V-blocks n, preferably with micrometer adjustments, may be employed to support the piece tested, and a spring indicating-dial, such as that described in Specification No. 28,641, A.D. 1902, may be employed, being fitted on a rod z clamped in a sliding carriage, adjustable on a rod 3 pivoted to a base-plate 5.
Patent GB-190812186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stuffing-box Metallic Packing
Inventor: WEBER JOHANN CHRISTOPH WILHELM
Filed: 1908-06-04
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 12,186. Weber, J. C. W. June 5, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Stuffing-boxes.-A stuffing-box is packed with soft-metal rings 8 made of semicircular segments of U-section. The crown of each ring is made with bevelled surfaces 12 engaging with similar surfaces on the lips of the ring above. The end rings 8 make joint with suitably formed upper and lower rings 9, 10. Lubricant in the interior of the rings is supplied to the rod through perforations 18. Holes may be drilled in the rings to facilitate their removal. The Specification, in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), states also that leakage may be collected by a groove in the ring 9, the interior of the ring being connected by a pipe with the condenser ; the segments of the rings 8 may be formed with overlapping joints. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190814037-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Screw Stoppers for Bottles
Inventor: MARWOOD FREDERICK THOMAS
Filed: 1908-07-02
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 14,037. Marwood, F. 2. July 2. Stoppers, screw ; stopper washers.-A washer f, consisting of cork, waxed parchment, or other waterproof substance, is pressed into contact with a concave bottle neck by a rounded, conical, or other shaped shoulder b. A series of studs d serve to retain the washer when the stopper is removed. (Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 4909, A.D. 1882, No. 15,056, A.D. 1885, No. 20,306, A.D. 1898, and No. 18,600, A.D. 1902.]
Patent GB-190816016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Mercury Vacuum Pumps.
Inventor: GAEDE WOLFGANG
Filed: 1908-07-28
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 16,016. Gaede, W. Sept. 13, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Partitioned c h a m b e r revolving in or containing liquid.-Fracture, due to a sudden inrush of air, is prevented by providing the walls of a rotary mercury vacuum pump with openings closed by elastic membranes or spring- pressed valves. In the form shown in Fig. 2 a number of perforations v are made in the outer periphery of the drum and are closed by a rubber band w stretched over them. Mercury suddenly filling the channel z can continue to move through the openings, raising the rubber band slightly in so doing. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the perforations v are made in the en surfaces of the drum and the rubber sheet extends across the whole surface of the drum, escape of mercury being thereby rendered impossible. The openings v in the end surface of the drum may be closed by rubber stoppers K, Fig. 4, controlled by springs F. The invention is independent of the construction of the drum, and can be used for any part of the drum where a hollow space is cut off from entering air by mercury only.
Patent GB-190816889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Reservoir Pens.
Inventor: SHAND GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1909-08-11
Abstract: 16,889. Shand, G. E. Aug. 11. Pens, reservoir. In a self-filling reservoir pen of the kind in which the filling-piston f and its operating-rod a are connected together by a bayonet-slot g and pins e, the rod a is provided with an enlargement a<1>, which is received in a cylindrical aperture in an extension f<1> of the piston.
Patent GB-190823839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wood and like Wind Musical Instruments relating more particularly to Bag-pipe Chanters.
Inventor: STARCK HENRY
Filed: 1908-11-06
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 23,839. Starck, H. Nov. 6 Wood wind instruments ; bagpipes.-In a bagpipe, the compass of the chanter is increased and all the notes are pitched in true relation with each other, the arrangement being such that the performer can play in either the major or minor keys without cross-fingering. By adding a mouthpiece, the chanter may be used as a wood wind instrument, suitable for orchestral and other purposes. In Fig. 1, which shows a three - keyed chanter for the scale of A major, the usual back vent-hole is placed in front of the instrument with a normally-closed key 1, and the usual first front vent-hole is placed at the back, as shown at 2, the positions and sizes of the holes being such as to give the upper A and the upper G or G# in the treble clef. The back hole 2 is normally covered by the thumb of the left hand. The following vent - holes, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are respectively covered by the first, second, third, and fourth fingers of the left hand, and the first, second and third fingers of the right hand, the hole 8 being arranged to give the octave note A from the key 1. The compass of the instrument may be increased down the scale by the addition of normally-open keys 9, 10 adapted to be closed by the fourth finger of the right hand. The compass of the instrument above the key 1 may be increased by further keys to be operated by the thumb and first finger of the left hand, and the instrument may be adapted to produce all the tones and semi-tones within its compass by the addition of nine normally-closed keys. Such an instrument may be adapted for natural fingering in any desired key, an instrument for the key of C major being described in the Specification.