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Patent GB-190713348-A (GB)
Title: Improved Locking Device for Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: WARREN DAWSON
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 13,348. Warren, D. June 8. Motor road vehicles.-The engines of motor-cars and the like are locked against unauthorized interference by means of a bolt which can be made to engage a recess in the fly-wheel or other moving part of the engine. The bolt d, Figs. 1 and 2, is arranged in a casing c secured to the dash-board b or other fixed part of the car, the casing having a lock or locking - door e adapted to secure the bolt in its operative or inoperative positions. The top of the bolt is provided with an arm g which engages over or under a projection h according to whether the bolt is in or out, and is held in either position by the closing and locking of the door e. The belt may be pressed down by a spring k to prevent rattling. Means may be provided to indicate whether the engine is locked or not. If the fly-wheel is not directly under the dash-board, the bolt d may be connected by a lever to another bolt engaging the fly - wheel. In a modification applicable to a motor-cycle or the like, the bolt may form part of the lock or may be arranged as described above.
Patent GB-190713395-A (GB)
Title: Improved Regulating Device for the Cloth Beam of Looms.
Inventor: LINDGENS WILHELM HEINRICH
Filed: 1907-06-10
Granted: 1908-06-10
Abstract: 13,395. Lindgens, W. H. June 10. Brakes. - A device for keeping the cloth beam of a loom in contact with the take - up roller comprises a pinion 1, Fig. 1, and disk 2 fast on a shaft 3, and a ratchet-wheel 4 loose on the shaft and prevented from rotating by a pawl 11. A leather sheave 13 is inserted between the disks 2, 4, which are pressed together by a spring 6 adjusted by a nut 7. As the cloth beam 10 becomes thicker, the rack 12 in mesh with the pinion 1 is moved downwards.
Patent GB-190714267-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Dog Spike or the like.
Inventor: EVANS GUY
Filed: 1907-06-20
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 14,267. Evans, G., [Ford, F. G. G.]. June 20. Spikes.-A spike for securing rails to sleepers. and for other purposes is constructed with a wedgeshaped or conical opening b at one or both ends to receive a wedge c, which when driven home expands and secures the spike. The sides of the spike and of the wedge may be notched or corrugated. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specifications No. 4436, A.D. 1875, No. 11,455, A.D. 1888, No. 18,680, A.D .1899, No. 8329, A.D. 1900, and No. 11,185, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190718749-A (GB)
Title: A Wedge Safety Catch for Mine Cages and the like.
Inventor: ROBERTS HENRY
Filed: 1907-08-20
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 18,749. Roberts, H. Aug. 20. Safety suspending-apparatus.-A mine cage or the like is suspended, in the event of the hoisting-cable breaking, by means of a series of serrated wedges D entering sockets E on the cage and gripping the guide-ropes. The wedges are pivotally connected to levers F which are mounted on the cage and have a pin-and-slot connexion to a vertical slide bar. Brackets B are provided to form guides for the slide bar which is connected to the hoisting- cable at its upper end, and at its lower end is bent under the cage, a spring being interposed between the bent portion and the cage base. In this way the mechanism is prevented from coming into action when the cage is resting on a support. The wedges D may be adjusted to take up wear, and their lower ends are arranged to rest in cups J so as to keep them normally away from the guide-ropes.
Patent GB-190802035-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Treatment or Preparation of Coffee.
Inventor: WIMMER KARL HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 2035. Wimmer, K. H. Jan. 29, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Coffee; coffee preparations.-In order to free coffee from caffeine, the green beans are treated with moist steam, hot water, or aqueous liquids, such as very dilute alcohol, until swelling ceases, and afterwards with volatile solvents, such as benzene, chloroform, or a mixture of these. The beans are freed from solvent by the action of steam.
Patent GB-190803227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuse Setting Machines.
Filed: 1908-02-13
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 3227. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. May 27, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Fuses for projectiles.- Relates to setting keys containing two relatively rotatable setting bodies such as is described in Specification No. 28,609, A.D. 1907, and consists in providing means whereby the pawl of the key becomes automatically disengaged from the time-ring of the fuse at the end of each operation. The spring-controlled pawl a', Fig. 1, set in the ring A, which is carried by the hub of a bevel-wheel E and is rotatable relatively thereto by means of a worm, has a downwardly projecting nose a<2> having an oblique face, so that when the slide N is in the raised position shown, the pawl is inoperative. The slide N is lifted against the action of the springs P by screws q<2> on one arm of a lever Q, Q<1>, Figs. 3 and 4, and the lever is operated by the engagement of a projection k<1> on a bevel-wheel K with the projection Q<1>. One revolution of the wheel K from the position of rest sets the fuse, and the arrangement is such that the pawl is withdrawn as shown only when the apparatus is in the position of rest, being released again as soon as the key is operated. In a modification, in which the ring A is fixed to the wheel E, the pawl is withdrawn at the position of rest by the engagement of an outwardly projecting heel with a projection on the side of the casing of the key.
Patent GB-190804152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collars for Personal Wear.
Inventor: DOUGLAS WILLIAM PERCY
Filed: 1908-02-24
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 4152. Douglas, W. P. Feb. 24. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Collars.-Linen and like collars are constructed to have the appearance of single collars, while retaining the advantages of double collars. The collar consists of an outer stand-up portion a, and an inner portion e attached to the lower edge of the part a and adapted to be folded upwards, two pairs of stud holes being provided at the front. The inner portion c may be reduced to two upturned tabs m, Fig. 11, slots n being then provided in the portion a for the tie. The two pairs of stud holes may occur at the same level, one pair on each of the portions a, c, and may be engaged by the usual collar stud, Fig. 2, the tie passing out through the cut-away portions e. Other positions of the pair of stud holes in the front portion a and requisite constructions of collar front are shown in Figs. 4 and 6. Both pairs of stud holes may be placed in the front portion, Fig. 8, in which case the usual tabs on the inner band c are dispensed with, and the front portion a is cut away at e to accommodate the tie. If lapels are worn, a tab, Fig, 9, is added to one side carrying a stud hole g, which comes under the corresponding stud hole g under the opposite lapel, the stud being hidden by this lapel, Fig. 10. In all cases where the inner band c is entire, the outer band a is cut away at f to give access to the rear shirt-stud.
Patent GB-190804652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: BARBER GEORGE HAMPTON
Filed: 1908-08-26
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 4652. Barber, G. H., and Barret, S. R. Aug. 26. Incandescent gas burners.-The airinlet holes d or tubes of an inverted burner are arranged so that no two are diametrically opposite one another, and the axis of each is directed to the tip of the gas nipple c. The combustion products are prevented.from escaping from between the mantle and the burner tube preferably by a loose disk e, and a tube f may be inserted in the neck of the mixing-tube.
Patent GB-190804741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Belts.
Inventor: CANNE HENRY LOUIS
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 4741. Canne, H. L. March 2. Belt and bands.- A metallic belt for use in power transmission or as a wheel overshoe consists of rings B connected by links A, these links having raised centres A<1> and four leaves A<2> retaining the rings B. The riogs at the sides of the belt are connected by the links C, each with a raised centre C' and two loops C<2>. Either face may be applied to the article with which the belt is used ; when used on vehicle wheels, the cups A<1>, C<1> are stated to have a sucking action so as to prevent skidding.
Patent GB-190806431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Sashes.
Inventor: WALLACE JAMES SAWYER
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 6431. Wallace, J. S. March 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Windows. - The bottom rail B' of an upper sash is prevented from sagging or warping by flanged braces D, E, which are inserted in mortises C in the rail and are screwed to the vertical sash bars.
Patent GB-190809908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic High and Low Boiler-pressure Alarms.
Inventor: MOORE CLARENCE SHOUSE
Filed: 1908-05-07
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 9908. Moore, C. S. May 7, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Alarms, high and low pressure.-High and low pressure valves 8, 13 are arranged in parallel chambers 1, 2, which communicate with the alarm 23 and the boiler A through common connexions 5, 3. The low-pressure valve 13 is normally kept upon its seat 12 by the upward pressure of the steam. When the pressure falls, a spring 14 opens the valve and forces it upon a stop 17. At high pressures, the steam lifts the valve 8 against the pressure of a spring 9. The pressure of the springs may be regulated by means of screwed bolts 10, 15.
Patent GB-190812024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wooden Rollers for Window Blinds and the like.
Inventor: ROBERTSHAW WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1908-06-03
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 12,024. Robertshaw, W. T. June 3. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Window blinds.- Relates to the type of roller having a longitudinal groove in which the blind or the like is so secured by a locking-bar or wedge piece as to be locked more firmly by a pull on the long end of the blind, and to be released by a pull on its short end. The groove is formed with two undercut sides 1, 2, of which 1 is deeper than 2, and with two longitudinal ridges 3, 4. A suitable locking-piece c, of which three forms are illustrated in the Specification, is pushed with the blind first under the deeper wall 1 and then under the wall 2.
Patent GB-190812391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vacuum Stoppers for Jars and the like.
Inventor: ROTH GEORG
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 12,391. Roth, G., and Pietsch, O. June 9. Stoppers, vacuum-closing.-Jars &c. having a groove 2 in the top edge for the reception of a lid 3, which is sealed with paraffin wax &c., are provided either on the lid or in the groove with studs 5 which bear against corresponding inclines 6 on the other member, so that rotation in one direction readily unseats the lid and rotation in the other allows the lid to close. Notches 8 permit the lid to be kept open as during sterilizing without risk of slipping down into a sealing-medium placed in the groove.
Patent GB-190813760-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Process of and Apparatus for Drying Textile and other Materials.
Inventor: KLUG EDUARD PAUL
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 13,760. Klug, E. P. June 29. Drying cotton, wool, &c.-A current of warm air is conveyed in the opposite direction to the partly dried material, and is afterwards further heated and conveyed in the same direction as the fresh material to effect a preliminary drying. In the apparatus shown, the air traverses in succession an air-heating chamber a, a drying-chamber b in which the wicker-work trays f are moved downwards, a second heating-chamber c, and a preliminary drying chamber d in which the trays move upwards. Trays may be inserted at the bottom of the chamber d or removed from the bottom of the chamber b by means of a carriage moving in front of the apparatus ; while the top tray in the chamber d may be moved through a door or flap k into the chamber b by means of an endless chain or other device.
Patent GB-190814136-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Detachable Rims for Pneumatic and other Tires.
Inventor: LUDE ARTHUR VON
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 14,136. Lude, A. von. Aug. 17, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Felloes or rims.- A detachable rim 3, Fig. 1, is secured by a number of plates 4 with wedge - shaped extensions 5 carried between two collars 8 on nuts 7 on swivelling bolts 9. To detach the rim, the plates are drawn clear of the felloe by rotation of the nuts, and are then swung inwards about the pin 10 mounted in the felloe.
Patent GB-190814926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Refining of Steel in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: PERRY CRANLEY LANCELOT
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 14,926. Perry, C. L., [Bismarckh³tte Co.]. July 14. Crucible cast steel ; Bessemer and open-hearth processes.-The refining of steel in a basic-lined electric furnace followed by a period of settling in an acid-lined crucible, as described in Specification No. 6029, A.D. 1908, is facilitated by subjecting the charge to a preliminary treatment in an openhearth furnace or converter. In a modification, the crucible is replaced by an acid-lined electric furnace.
Patent GB-190817066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Breech Loading Fire-arms.
Inventor: MARTINEZ-SILVA LUIS
IPC: F21V23/00
Filed: 1908-08-13
Granted: 1909-08-13
Abstract: 17,066. Silva, L. Martinez-. Aug. 13. Drawings to Specification. Cartridges, small-arm.-Relates to cartridges for use in rifles, having a sliding chamber which is loaded from the front, and consists in making the cartridges tapered towards the rear and without flanges. The cases may be made of aluminium or of impervious cardboard.
Patent GB-190822460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Mechanism for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: POSTANS ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-10-22
Abstract: 22,460. Postans, A. J. Oct. 22. Gas engines, igniting in. For starting an engine the magneto is driven by gearing so arranged that the armature can be revolved and the distributing commutator momentarily angularly displaced in relation to the engine. Mounted on the armature shaft is one member B', Fig. 1, of a differential gear, the case of which B<5> carrying the intermediate members B<4> has fixed to it a sprocket-wheel B<6> driven from the halfspeed shaft by a chain B<8>. The remaining member B<2> carries a drum B<3>, around which the chains C, C' are half-lapped. The chain Cis connected through a plunger D', Fig. 2, a spring cylinder D, and an end chain D<4>, to the usual spark-adjusting lever, the compressed spring D' being stiff enough to act as a rigid connexion and the drum being returned to its original position on release of the lever by a tension spring C<3>. The chain C<1> is connected to a pedal to enable the drum B<3> to be rotated at starting, compressing the spring, D' (since the chain D<4> is fixed), and retarding the distributing-commntator ; the latter is of the type described in Specification No. 17.463, A.D. 1907, or of other suitable form, and is geared to the other end of the armature shaft. The first charge is thus fired, and, on release of the starting-pedal, the spring D' returns the drum B<3> to the position determined by the spark-adjusting lever. The positions of the sprocket B<6> and the drum B<3> may be interchanged, and, if the armature speed is any multiple of that of the engine, the commutator is geared down to agree with the latter.
Patent GB-190823423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrical Switches.
Inventor: LODGE FRANCIS BRODIE
Filed: 1908-11-03
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 23,423. Lodge, F. B., and Lodge, A. M., [trading as Lodge Bros. & Co.]. Nov. 3. switches. - Reversing-switches for use with induction coils &c., and applicable in the ignition circuits of motor road vehicles, comprise a pair of contact-rollers e mounted through springs f on a rotatable arm d, a series of fixed contacts b<1> ... b<4> connected with the battery and trembler, and means for preventing reverse rotation of the arm. The opposite fixed contacts are connected to the same circuit ; thus the contacts b<2>, b<4> are connected to the circuit of the batteries h, Fig. 3, and the contacts b<1>, b<3> are connected to the trembler circuit of the induction coil i. With the rollers against the projections c of an opposite pair of contacts, as b<1>, b<3>, the battery is disconnected from the coil. On rotating the arm to carry the rollers into contact with the projections of adjacent contacts, the circuit is closed. The next movement opens the circuit again, and the following one closes it with the current in the coil in the opposite direction, and so on. To ensure that the handle is turned in one direction only, a ratchet attachment to the spindle may be provided; or the handle may be screwed to the spindle. A two-way switch may be combined with the reversing switch by providing two contacts j<1>, j<2>, either of which may be connected by a movable arm to one of the four fixed contacts, so that either or both of the batteries h may be put into operation as desired.
Patent GB-190825337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Valves and Valve Gear of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KITCHEN JOHN GEORGE AULSEBROOK
Filed: 1908-11-25
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 25,337. Kitchen, J. G. A. Nov. 25. Gas and like engines, valves and valve-gear for, and reversing. To reverse an engine of the type described in Specification No. 20,645, A.D. 1908, in which a distributing-valve rotates between the piston and cylinder, an adjustable but normally stationary sleeve is mounted on the exterior of the valve. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a four-stroke-cycle engine in which a rotary sleeve valve 5, having a pair of inlet and exhaust ports 14, 15, and revolving at one-quarter the speed of the crank-shaft, is surrounded by a sleeve 4 provided with pairs of inlet and exhaust ports 16, 17 and 18, 19, respectively. To reverse the direction of running, both the valve and its surrounding sleeve are adjusted through forty-five degrees by a hand-lever 27, motion being imparted to the sleeve through a lever 25 and to the valve by a longitudinal movement of the driving-shaft 11 to which is fixed a worm 10 sufficiently long always to engage the teeth on the worm-wheel 9. If preferred, the inlet and exhaust ports may be interchanged ; or the valve may rotate at one-half the speed of the crank-shaft, in which case one port will be provided in the valve and three, arranged at ninety degrees apart, in the sleeve. The engine may be applied to motor road vehicles.
Patent GB-190827697-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Portable Stove or Radiator and Lamp.
Inventor: JONES ALBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1908-12-21
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 27,697. Jones, A. C., [trading as Messenger & Sons], and Stubbs, S. P. Dec. 21. Lamps combined with stoves.-Portable electric or other stoves or radiators are provided with pillars or standards supporting electric, oil, or other lamps. The standard b may be formed in one with the stove top; which is then detachable and forms the base of the lamp when it is used apart from the stove. Alternatively it may be provided with a base detachably secured to the stove top by pins b<2> engaging in slots a<2> in a rim on the stove top in the manner of a bayonet-joint. The standard is preferably telescopic, and, when electric lamps are used, a removable 'converter' attachment d is provided so that a receptacle for an oil lamp may be substituted for it. The electric stove may have luminous or non-luminous coils a arranged symmetrically around it.
Patent GB-190828142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Examining Yarn.
Inventor: ERBEN WALTER
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 28,142. Erben, W. Feb. 29, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Yarns, beaming.-Apparatus for use in examining yarn, in order that defects in the yarn may be readily detected and removed, is shown in Fig. 1. The yarns x from a creel frame, not shown, pass through eyes in a guide-bar n, over a roller N and between spacing-pins b, and then over the examining-board B, Fig. 4, the colour of which is adapted to contrast with the yarns. The yarns then pass between spacing-pins b<1> and under a roller N' to the spools C, C<1>, C<2>, on which they are wound. The spools are driven by drums E, which are driven from the shaft F by toothed gearing g and sprocket gearing h. The belt-shifter i<4> is connected by bellcrank and lever linkage i<2>, i<1> to the treadle I, so that the operator can stop the machine when necessary. The yarns are traversed as they are wound on the spools by being passed through guide-holes in reciprocating bars s, s<1>, s<2>, Fig. 3. The bar s<1> is connected at one end to a rocking lever M pivoted at its centre m, normally pressed towards the frame A of the machine by a spring m<3>, and adapted to be acted on by a cam m<2> driven by the adjacent drum E so that the rocking lever M is oscillated and in turn reciprocates the traverse bar s'. The traverse bars s, s<2> are reciprocated by the traverse bar s<1> by means of a rocking shaft p and cranks p<2>. The size and position of the examining-board are such that the board conceals the creel frame and spools from the operator and allows his attention to be concentrated on the yarn.
Patent GB-190902022-A (GB)
Title: An Improved File or Binder.
Inventor: MATHIESON GERARD JOHN
IPC: B42F13/02
Filed: 1909-01-27
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 2022. Mathieson, G. J. Jan. 27. Cord files.-In a loose-leaf binder of the kind comprising a binding- cord b, the ends b<1> of which, after passing through the papers and through slots e in a strengthening- plate d on the upper stub a', are secured by spring devices on t h e strengthening - plate, the securing-device consists of a single doubleended cleat f secured midway between the slots e. To increase the security of the cord, the cleat f may be provided with projections g, around which the ends of the cord are passed before being passed under the ends of the cleat. The metal of the strengthening-plate d may be so cut that the edges d<1> of the under fold can be turned over the edges of the slots e to provide rounded edges.
Patent GB-190902366-A (GB)
Title: Improved Non-refillable Bottle.
Inventor: MUELLER CARL
IPC: B65D49/10
Filed: 1909-02-01
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 2366. M³ller, C. Feb. 1. Bottles, non - refillable. - An air-pipe b and a discharge pipe g terminate in a non - return ball-valve as shown. The lower end of the airtube dips into a cavity m in the base of the bottle. The upper ends of the tubes are fitted with a removable plug e and a tube n. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 4387/96, 24,686/96, 9304/04, and 546/08.
Patent GB-190904644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat Pins or Fasteners.
Inventor: BUCKNELL HARRY GEEN
IPC: A44B9/06
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 4644. Bucknell, H. G. Feb. 25. Hats, securing to head. -A device for securing ladies' hats consists of a semicircular box fixed inside the hat and containing a bent wire hook adapted to be rotated by an external knob to penetrate the hair. The semicircular box A is fixed inside the hat, either directly or by means of a frame or pad, by lugs D. The wire hook B is of the shape shown, and is bent at right-angles so as to pass through the box A and the hat to a knob outside,