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Patent GB-190710665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Switches, Fuses and the like.
Filed: 1907-05-07
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 10,665. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges.]. May 7. Cut-outs; switches. - A combined switch and fuse has a blade composed of two L-shaped conducting- portions a, b, united by an insulating- portion c. A fuse d is fixed between the upwardly-extending limits of the portions a, b substantially parallel to and somewhat above the piece c. Horns e are provided on the extremities of the limbs, so that the arc formed on the rupture of the fuse will extinguish itself. A strong magnetic blow-out is stated to be obtained, which allows the use of a short fuse.
Patent GB-190712559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rotary Cranes.
Inventor: BODE ALFRED
Filed: 1907-05-30
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 12,559. Bode, A., and Bottcher, C. May 30. Cranes.-The jib of a rotary tower crane is counterbalanced by an auxiliary jib crane. Fig. 1 shows one form of the invention. The frame b is rotatably mounted on the fixed column a and carries the jib c for the main load. An extension d, arranged opposite the jib c, carries the fixed rotary auxiliary crane. e. In another form, the jib c is horizontal and forms a runway for a travelling crane, the auxiliary crane e being mounted as before.
Patent GB-190716981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tires for Vehicles.
Inventor: LANGE EDUARD
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 16,981. Lange, E. July 24. Tyres, pneumatic &c. -A helical spring a, with its coils set obliquely to radius, is enclosed within n a channel rim b formed with a central rib g along its base and with inturned edges f bent so as to hold down the spring and to grip, with the bent parts A, the beaded edges of the cover c of an air-tube d.
Patent GB-190718470-A (GB)
Title: A Safety Device for Platen Printing Presses.
Inventor: ROCKSTROH MAX
Filed: 1907-08-15
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 18,470. Rockstroh, M. Aug. 15. Platen presses.-The safety rod c may be attached to levers b actuated through spring-controlled rods d guided in the pivoted guides e and pressed outwardly, as the platen is closing up to the bed, by the side rods g. The rod c is thus raised up and away from the p'aten face. The whole mechanism is mounted independently on side arms a detachably connected with the platen. In a modification, Fig. 5, the rod c is carried directly by the rods d, which are pivoted at their lower ends to levers i contacting with the rods g. As before, the side arms a completely carry the mechanism, which may be attached to any platen press.
Patent GB-190718631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hold Fasts, Dog Spikes and the like.
Inventor: MARCH CHARLES
Filed: 1907-08-17
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 18,631. March, C., and Haggo, W. Aug. 17. Making hooks and holdfasts. - Holdfasts,dog-spikes,&c. are manufactured in a nail - cutting machine from a blank a cut from a plate A without waste. The blank is then held by dies and isstruck by a heading - pin which bends over the head, as shown.
Patent GB-190721567-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Fastening Devices for Windows and the like.
Inventor: WEST CLIFTON
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 21,567. West, C., and Smith, C. F. Sept. 28. Sash and like fastenings; sliding bolts.-The upper and lower sashes of a window are simultaneously fastened by pairs of spring-retracted bolts d operated by a central cam-wheel b. Pins t on the bolts d on the lower sash engage bayonetsockets u, Fig. 3, on the meeting rail r of the upper sash. In a modification, a second pair of bolts d<1> is fitted to the upper sash, and a long key is used to turn both cam-wheels b, b<1>.
Patent GB-190723340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Clamps or Lifters of Candle Moulding Machines.
Inventor: DAY WILLIAM HARPER
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 23,340. Day, W. H., and Murch, W. Oct. 22. Candles.-A clamp or lifter for a candle-moulding machine comprises plates 6 fixed to the frame of the clamp and provided with holes 4 which register with the candle moulds. Sliding plates 5, also provided with holes 4, which normally register with the holes in the plates 6, are adapted to be moved so as to grip the candles and to be retained in this position by a catch. The clamp is pivoted in counterweighted arms mounted on a shaft in front of the machine, and the pivots are provided with braking - springs 20 to prevent the clamp from moving too easily. The clamp may be combined with a wick-shearing apparatus consisting of a metal plate with holes registering with the candle moulds, above which are two plates having holes with sharpened edges and adapted to be moved in opposite directions across each other.
Patent GB-190724671-A (GB)
Title: Arrangements on Electricity Meters for Determining the Maximum Consumption
Filed: 1907-11-07
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 24,671. Siemens-Schuckertwerke Gee. Nov. 8, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Current meters.-In a maximum-demand indicator, in which a non-return pointer l is moved forward by a stud on a wheel m while this is geared by a movable wheel n to the spindle z of an energy meter, the wheel m being periodically set free by a motor, the speed of the motor is controlled to allow for variations in the supply pressure, and thus to cause the readings of the maximum indicator to depend on the strength of current used, or on the maximum current-strength which would have been used if the supply pressure had been normal. In the form illustrated, the timing motor is a singlephase alternating-current induction motor, having a rotary disk e driving a wheel i, a stud k on which engages an arm x of the support of the wheel m to move this. A coil b producing the motor field is excited by the supply pressure. Iron plates c<1>, d<1> render the system unsymmetric, and supplementary damping by a magnet f causes the speed of the disk to vary as required. A continuous-current motor can be used, the armature rotating in the field of a permanent magnet. Otherwise, a variable gearing may be introduced into a part of a clock-train, actuated by electro-magnets or solenoids.
Patent GB-190727830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Cells
Inventor: GIBBS ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1907-12-17
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 27,830. Gibbs, A. E. Dec. 17. Cells; diaphragms; electrodes; electrolytes, charging.-In electrolytic apparatus in which a combined cathode and diaphragm is employed, the cathode is provided with projections or points facing or embedded in the diaphragm. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, holes are punched in the cathode 9, the displaced metal being embedded in the diaphragm 8 ; or as shown in Fig. 2, the cathode may be slotted and the pieces bent inwards ; the openings thus produced form outlet channels for the products of electrolysis. In the construction shown in Fig. 4, the cathode is corrugated and wrapped round the diaphragm, forming corrugations thereon ; vertical passages 8' are kept for the escape of the products of electrolysis. The diaphragmcathode is held at the top and bottom by rings 4, 5, Fig. 1, provided with flanges 6,7. Or the diaphragmcathode may be supported by and enclose a perforated flanged cylinder. The anode consists of a ring of carbon rods 10 carried by the domed cover 11 ; a gas-tight joint is made between the anode and cover by means of washers 4 &c. and screws and nuts on the carbon rods. The domed cover 11 rests on a recess in the ring 4, and is provided with a eye 14 so that it is readily removable ; the ring 4 may similarly be provided with eyes 15 so that the diaphragm-cathode can be readily removed. The diaphragm-walls may decrease in thickness from the bottom to the top. Solution is fed into the bottom of the anode chamber by means of a vertically adjustable feed-cup 18, mounted on a bracket 19 and provided with an overflow-pipe 24. The level of liquid in the cell is indicated by a float 27, the stem 26 of which projects into a transparent tube 25 carried by the cover. The cell is provided with outlet pipes 16, 17 for liquid and gas respectively, and the domed cover has a gas outlet 13.
Patent GB-190800382-A (GB)
Title: A Compensating Device for Pipe Lines.
Inventor: KOENIG JOHANN
Filed: 1908-01-07
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 382. Koenig, J. Jan. 7. Ball-and-socket joints ; expansion joints.-Relates to compensating-junctions for pipe lines in which bends 1, 2 are connected by links 3, 4, and one end of a tube 5 is connected to the bend 1 by a ball- and-socket joint 6, the other end telescoping into a socket with a stuffing-box 7, the socket being connected to the bend 2 by a ball-and-socket joint 8. Webs 14 support a ring 15, against which a packing-ring , 17, preferably of asbestos or white metal, is compressed. An annular recess 16, to which the medium flowing through the pipe has access, is thus provided round the joint. Similar recesses 10 may be provided round the ball joints, and liquid may pass from the upper recess to the lower through a flexible pipe 11.
Patent GB-190802508-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Lubricating Gas Exhausters Employed in the Process of Purifying Coal Gas.
Inventor: SHUTTLEWORTH ALBERT
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 2508. Shuttleworth, A. Feb. 4. Lubricators. - A lubricator for gas exhausters employed in the process of purifying coal gas comprises a sight-feed oil cup from which lubricant is forced by pressure of the gas in the exhauster. The upper end of a glass cylinder M is connected by a pipe i, fitted with valves g, j, to the outer cylinder A of the exhauster. The pressure of the gas forces the lubricant from the cylinder M to an opening t to lubricate the end of the inner drum C, and through a pipe p to a bore d in a stationary shaft G, whence the lubricant passes through holes c to the bosses H, upon which are mounted arms K carrying the blades E of the exhauster. The pipes N, p are fitted with taps and valves e, L, s. The cylinder M is charged with lubricant by means of a dish m provided with a screwed stopper n.
Patent GB-190804270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Transmitting the Temperature of One Fluid to Another.
Inventor: SCHULZ MAX ROBERT
Filed: 1908-02-25
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 4270. Schulz, M. R. Feb. 25. Drawings to Specification. Ashes, collecting and removing.-A feedwaterheater or steam-superheater consisting of U-shaped tubes arranged in the flue of a steam-generator, acts to arrest ashes. Cross-walls form troughs at the bottom of the flue, into which the ashes fall, and from which they may be removed through doors.
Patent GB-190805756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: MICHELIN EDOUARD ETIENNE
Filed: 1908-03-14
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 5756. Michelin, E. E. March 14. Tyres, pneumatic; felloes or rims; wheels with two or more rims or tyres side by side.-A wheel is provided with two or more pneumatic tyres carried on detachable rims. The detachable rims d, Fig. 1, are held between the stop flange c on the felloe ring a and the clamps f, the rims being locked by transversely-split distance-rings e. The felloe ring a, shown in Fig. 2, has two fixed flanges, the detachable rings being transversely split and expanded or contracted by a turn-buckle. The ring e may be continuous, split, or integral with the ring a. The band a, shown in Fig. 5, is provided with coned surfaces j, and the rims are secured by wedge-shaped split rings or segments k driven by a screwed bolt n through a nut l, having a finger m entering grooves or recesses in the underside of k. The wedges on the outside of the wheel have flanges q, and distance-rings p keep the rims level. Another method of attachment is shown in Fig. 6, in which expansible coned rings r bear on coned surfaces s on the detachable rims d and also on similar surfaces t on the felloe ring a.
Patent GB-190810330-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Addressing Machines.
Inventor: FREY ERNEST HARMOUNT
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 10,330. Frey, E. H. May 12. Addressing-machines.-In an addressing-machine of the kind in which changeable printing cards are employed, the address is visible before printing, and a printing-ribbon is employed in place of inking - pads &c. The machine has a circular, ratchet-operated carrier 3, in recesses 6 in which the type plates C are fed from a hopper 7 to the printing position under the platen 12, and thence to the stacking-devices. The carrier 3 is normally shifted at each reciprocation of a pawl 35, which works through recesses in a guard plate 30, and engages recesses in the carrier 3. If, however, it is required to print from each address plate twice, a stationary second pawl 34 is brought into engagement with notches on the guard plate 30, which is thus held still at every other reciprocation and masks the recess in the carrier for one reciprocation. The pawl 35 is attached to the central spindle carrying at its lower end a cam 25 reciprocated by a link 22 and the foot lever 16, which also actuates the platen lever 10 through link 19. When the lowest plate in the magazine 7 has dropped into the opening 6 beneath it in the carrier 3, inclined projections 48, 49, carried on a sliding frame actuated by the cam 25, pass under the foot and projecting top edges of the plate and lift the whole stack slightly away from the separated plate, which is then carried easily round to the position at the top of Fig. 1, where the plate is open to inspection by the operator. The next movement of the carrier 3 brings the plate beneath the inking - ribbon 13, betweeen which and the platen 12 the matter to be addressed is placed. The ribbon 13 passes round idler rollers 14<1> and is wound on two spools actuated by a double pawl on a sliding plate reciprocated through a lever 69 operated by the cam 25. As either spool gets filled with ribbon, one of two small rollers on the pawl is pushed up and shifts the pawl so that the motion of the ribbon is automatically reversed. The next movement of the carrier brings the plate above a delivery opening 2 in the table 1, but the plate is prevented from dropping through as its upper end rests on a ledge 51 on the table, and its lower end on a ledge 50 on a sliding frame operated by the cam 25. When the ledge 50 is shifted back, the lower end of the plate swings down into the delivery drawer first and the upper end is tipped off the ledge 51, and guided by the projecting ends of the top edge into the drawer. The plates are preferably formed with a tubular portion along the top edge, the ends of which project slightly and rest on the sides of the drawer, in which the plates hang down.
Patent GB-190812841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermo-electric Batteries.
Inventor: MARSCHALL JOHANNES
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 12,841. Marschall, J. June 16. Thermo-electric batteries.-The elements are made of equal resistance. The are formed by stamping in iron, nickel, german silver, &c. pieces having an annular part d and an extension a, c with lugs k, b, coating the parts a, c, k, b with an insulating- coat of varnish, enamel, &c., rendering the surface of the parts a, c, k conductive by means of graphite, metal powder or foil, silver sulphide, &c., and applying a metal layer to the whole by electro-deposition, the part b however receiving no coating, and being subsequently freed from varnish &c. Thus the electro deposit and the foundation metal form the two elements, the annular part a encircling a heating pipe f containing a flue g with or without a grate h, and the part c being immersed in a cooling bath i of oil, petroleum, &c. A heat-insulating cover l encloses the parts d. The lugs of different elements slope in opposite directions, and are connected by bolts in two series as shown.
Patent GB-190815527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Securing Auxiliary or Spare Wheels to the Ordinary Wheels of Motor Cars or other Vehicles.
Inventor: BROWN HERBERT
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 15,527. Brown, H. July 22. Wheels with two or more rims or tyres side by side; felloes or rims.-Auxiliary or spare wheels are attached to the fixed wheel by claws on the former entering pockets 7 in four detachable fittings on the fixed wheel. When all the claws are adjustable the level of the pockets may be below the rim 4, but with two fixed and two adjustable claws, the pockets are on the same level as the rim. The detachable fittings are held in place either by transverse bolts 5, or by a radially movable clamping-plate 8, Fig. 4. For wheels without wooden felloes, the fittings are provided with lugs to engage on the under surface of the felloe. Specification No. 3887, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190823129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Aerial Machines.
Inventor: HAMMANT WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 23,129. Hammant, W. Oct. 30. Propelling.-A propeller for aerial machines comprises a number of sets of three rotating radial arms c with louvers or vanes e carried between adjacent sets of arms on the same shaft b. The louvers e are carried by spindles, the cranked ends f of which are connected to rods g. Each rod g is provided with a roller h, which is kept in engagement with a fixed eccentric k by springs m whereby the louvers are closed so as to form a continuous blade when making the down-stroke but open for the free passage of air on the up-stroke. This action is facilitated by mounting each louver off-set with respect to its centre line. Two such propellers are geared together as shown.
Patent GB-190824603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Arrangement of Ships' Turbines.
Filed: 1908-11-16
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 24,603. Melms & Pfenninger Ges., and Pfenninger, C. L. Nov. 16. Elastic-fluid turbines. - Relates to turbine plant for ships in which the turbines are distributed in isolated chambers. The turbines arearranged on two or on a number of pairs of propeller shafts, and are disposed in two engine-rooms separated from one another by a transverse bulkhead so that each engine-room contains an entire working unit independent of that m the other engine-room. Fig. 2 shows four propeller shafts and four main turbines 7, 8, 9, 10, one on each propeller sbaft and two in each engine - room. Manoeuvring - turbines 11, 12, 13, 14 are also provided, and are arranged in each room on the shaft which has its main turbine in the other room. The manoeuvring- turbines, say 13, 14, in one engine-room may be dispensed with. The condensers are shown at 15, 16, 17. At full speed the steam passes through the main turbines to the condensers in parallel streams while the manoeuvring-turbines run in vacuo. At manoeuvring speed, steam is led to each of the manoeuvring-turbines 11, 12, 13, 14, from which it exhausts into the main turbines 7, 8, 9, 10 respectively, and thence passes to the condensers. If the turbines 13, 14 are dispensed with, the main turbines 9, 10 run in the condenser vacuum. Each main turbine comprises a reversing-section. The entire propeller surface can be utilized in reversing and also if one engine-room becomes damaged.
Patent GB-190828192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Starting Devices for Electric Motors
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 28,192. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. Dec. 28, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Motors, controlling.-Consists in a modification of the method of starting rotary-field motors described in Specification No. 22,870, A.D. 1907. According to the present invention, at starting, the centre point of the transformer is left open, as shown in Fig. 3, and the motor is connected about half-way along the windings, which act as choking- coils and supply the stationary motor with about normal current at one-eighth of the line pressure. The neutral point N is then closed, Fig. 2, and the motor speeds up with about four times the normal current at half the line pressure. The neutral leads are then opened, Fig. 3, the motor continuing to speed up, and the current and pressure respectively reaching about one - quarter and threequarters of their normal values. Lastly, the transformer is short-circuited, Fig. 4, giving the normal running-conditions. The motor terminal pressure is thus increased continually by steps without any interruption of the current, as in the method described in the above-mentioned Specification.
Patent GB-190902831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Drilling Machines.
IPC: B23B45/06
Filed: 1909-02-05
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 2831. Wade, F. R., and Wade & Jones. Feb. 5. Hand and breast drills. -The frame of a handdrilling machine driven by bevel gearing is formed in halves of pressed sheet metal which are secured together. As shown in Fig. 2, the halves a, a are formed with flanges or beads b, the junction of the two halves being in the axis of the drill. Each half is provided with a semicylindrical lug at each end, one of which e forms the bearing for the handle g, while the other d forms the bearing for the drill spindle c. Sleeves s, r secure the two parts together, and the frame may be dipped into solder, and the lugs afterwards reamed out, the soft metal then forming an antifriction bearing. A loose disk with a ball-race z may also be fitted at the top of the spindle. The screwed spindle k which holds the handle i serves to secure the frame, but additional screws may be used ; the idle wheel u is used only to steady the large bevel-wheel when driving.
Patent GB-190903391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Closed Cylindrical Shells subjected to Intense Changes of Temperature, such as Hot-pots and Ignition Tubes for Gas and Hot Air Engines.
Inventor: HAYDEN HORACE LORING
IPC: F02G1/055
Filed: 1909-02-11
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 3391. Hayden, H. L. Feb. 11. Drawings to Specification. Casting processes.-Cylindrical metal shells which are subject to great changes of temperature, such as the hot pots of hot air engines and the ignition tubes of gas engines are cast with a closed end of nickel alloy and a cylindrical body of brass, gun-metal, or the like. The preferable composition of the nickel alloy is copper 41 parts, nickel 31 parts, zinc 25 parts, and iron 2À5 parts.
Patent GB-190904261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Strainers.
Inventor: LESTAT CHARLES DESIRE
Filed: 1909-02-20
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 4261. Lestat, C. D., and Maroni, J. M. Feb. 20. Strainers.-A funnel strainer for paints &c. is provided with a removable sieve 6, which is soldered or otherwise attached to a collar 5 on an annulus 4. The collar rests on a seat 2 within the funnel, and tLe sieve is secured in position by means of a rim 3, which bears against projections 7, 8 on the annulus 4.
Patent GB-190906541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators and their Constituent Elements used for Heating Buildings and the like.
Inventor: THOLT STEFAN
IPC: F28F9/26
Filed: 1909-03-18
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 6541. Tholt, S. March 18. Plate apparatus.-Radiators of the type in which one half-element 2 is welded at its outer edges to a corresponding half-element 3 are provided with necks 4 connecting the elements and pressed out of the metal of the plates. The plates are also in contact with one another at their central line, where they are riveted and welded together, or are riveted and the rivets welded in position. The necks of adjacent elements are connected in various ways. In one form, the neck of one element is smaller than, and enters, the neck of the other element, the two being welded. In other forms, the necks are equal in size and are welded within an outer sleeve, or the sleeve is placed within to form a liner. According to the method shown in Fig. 7, nuts 6, tapped with right and left handed threads, are welded in the necks 4, and a hollow screw connector with threads to correspond is then screwed into the nuts 6. A tubular lining 7 may be fitted. In the method illustrated in Fig. 8, the tubular necks are dispensed with, and the circular edges of the apertures abut against each other and are welded.