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Patent GB-190700641-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in the Method of Making Good Defective or Leaking Joints in Sanitary and other Pipes.
Inventor: LOMAX CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1907-01-10
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 641. Lomax, C. J. Jan. 10. Drain-pipe joints.-Leaks in sanitary pipe joints of the " Hassall " type having an annular ring of cement are stopped by forcing liquid cement under pressure into a second annular ring communicating with the first, the surplus cement being subsequently removed. In an ordinary spigot-and-socket joint, an annular chamber is made by an india-rubber band A fitting over the socket and over a second band C placed on the spigot. The chamber D is filled with liquid cement under pressure through one or more tubes E, the cement being forced into any leaks in the joint. In a modification, shown in Fig. 1, the band C is dispensed with. Reference is made to Specification No. 6542, A.D. 1906, in which a method of testing the joint is desoribed.
Patent GB-190702699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pavements, Road Tracks, and the like.
Inventor: BENNERS EDWIN HENDRY
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1907-04-11
Abstract: 2699. Benners, E. H. Feb. 2. Treads.-Reinforcing bars 2 for concrete, asphalt, or similar pavings are formed with pointed or curved lower edges, as shown in Figs. 4 and 8, to enable them to be easily forced into the paving before it has set, and also with longitudinal shoulders 3<a>, on which the paving beds firmly, presenting the bars from rising. The construction also stiffens the bars and enables them to sink slowly under the weight of the traffic, so that they do not protrude above the road surface as it becomes worn. The ends of the bars are rounded off, as shown in Fig. 8, further to reduce the possibility of upstanding portions. The bars may be bent into the form of grilles, as shown in plan in Fig. 1, in which case the danger of the inturned ends rising is minimized by the barbed section of the bars. The sides 4 of the bars may be parallel, as shown, or they may be inclined to one another to give a section which is wider at the road surface than it is just above the barb.
Patent GB-190708023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closures for Bottles and like Receptacles for Preventing Fraudulent Refilling.
Inventor: JULIEN RAMON GABARRO
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 8023. Julien, R. G. April 5. Capsule closures; bottles, non-refillable.-A soft-metal cap c is pressed into close contact with the portion a<1> of the bottle neck immediately below the rectangular shoulder a<2>. If the liquid is of a kind likely to attack the metal capsule, a cork disk b may be employed. A porcelain disk e may be inserted above or below the disk b, to prevent perforation of the cap c and disk b for the purpose of withdrawing the liquid. A wire or cord may be laid diametrically across the disk b before the application of the cap c, so that its ends may protrude subsequently and facilitate tearing the cap c. A shoulder a<3> may be formed as shown. The neck may be corrugated or roughened at a'. An ordinary cork may be used instead of the disk b.
Patent GB-190710881-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Air and Liquid Pump.
Inventor: STEEN THEODOR
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 10,881. Steen, T. May 9. Piston pumps.-In a combined air and liquid pump, a differential piston b working in a cylinder a compresses air at each end of the cylinder, and discharges liquid drawn into the annular chamber d into a delivery conduit communicating in the usual manner with an air-vessel k. The air-vessel communicates by means of tubes m with water-cooling jackets n. The valves (not shown) may be.of the flap, ball, or other type.
Patent GB-190714884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Pendants.
Inventor: BEAL WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 14,884. Beal, W. June 29. Gaseliers; gas brackets. - Gas pendants of the type described in Specification No. 6907, A.D. 1893, in which the down-tube or bracket carries a tubular lever, with the burner hanging from one end and a balance weight from the other, are constructed so that the down-tube and the end tube leading to the burner are central with the tubular lever, to avoid side twist on the latter. The gas tube A enters a socket 2 of a three-sided tube E, which has a plug 3 fitting into the fulcrum part 5 of a tubular lever B, the gas way being as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The joint may be strengthened by a piece 15, fixed to the part E by a screw 18 and a nut 20 which engages a screw-stem on the end of the plug 3. The connecting-part E may also be shaped as shown by the dotted lines, and the end tube C is connected to the lever B by a tubular connexion D similar to the tube E but inverted.
Patent GB-190726163-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Feeder for Printing Machines.
Inventor: JONES JOHN EDGAR
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 26,163. Jones, J. E. Nov. 27, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Feeding sheets.- Relates to sheetfeeding mechanism for printing-machines in which the front edge of the sheet is bent upwards away from the pile by rocking pneumatic separators, is seized by registering grippers pivoted thereto, and is conveyed by grippers on a travelling carriage to the grippers of the machine cylinder. The separating-d e v i c e consists of side suckers 7 and a row of front suckers 8, adapted to slide respectively in slots 5, 6 formed in a piece 4 pivoted on a shaft 3 driven by gearing 2 from the main shaft 1. The shaft 3 is movable in slides under the influence of a cam 14 and springs 15. The suckers 7, 8 are operated respectively by levers 9, 10, oscillated by a slide 12 and cam 13 on the shaft 3. The suckers having rolled backwards with the front edge of the top sheet, the shaft 3 with the piece 4 and suckers 7, 8 is raised by the cam 14, separation of the top sheet being facilitated by a jet of air on the edge of the pile. In this position, the sheet is seized by grippers 17, 17<a>, pivoted respectively to the front and side suckers and closed to grip the sheet by pneumatic bulbs 18. The grippers 17, 17<a> are moved by arms 19, 20 actuated by cams 22, 23 on a shaft 21, which is supported in a frame 24 carried by the sucker rods 7, 8 and is driven by a Cardan shaft 25 from the main shaft 1. The suction in the suckers is then broken, the grippers 17, 17<a> position the sheet, and the frame 24 is rocked forward by a rod 28, slide 26<a>, and cam on the shaft 1, to deliver the sheet to the grippers 45 of the conveyer, Fig. 6. The conveyer consists of a frame 29 reciprocated along inclined guides by the engagement of pinions 33 on the shaft 32 with racks 34. The shaft 32 is oscillated by a wheel 68 feathered on the shaft 65, which is driven by gearing 64, 66 and a rack 61 reciprocated by a lever 60 and cams 55, 66. The carriage 29 is prevented from upsetting by rollers 36. In slots 38 in the frame 29 are located bearings 39, 40 supporting two sets of rods 43, 44, provided with grippers 46, 45 opened and closed by levers 72, 71, and cam-surfaces 147, 148. These rods are reciprocated in the slots 38 by a lever 47 and link 51, and a lever 48 and link 52 respectively, actuated by cams on the shaft 32. The grippers 45 receive the sheet from the registering-grippers as shown in Fig. 6, and, as the carriage 29 descends, move down in the slot 38 away from the grippers 46. At the lower end of the slot 38 the grippers 45 open, leaving the sheet to the grippers 46, which close, move down the slot 2 during the continued descent of the carriage, and deliver the sheet to the machine cylinder.
Patent GB-190728652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Distribution Systems wherein Transformers are Employed
Inventor: HOBART HENRY METCALF
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1909-02-01
Abstract: 28,652. Hobart, H. M., Cramer, F. B., and Coad, E. Dec. 30. Distributing ; transformers. - To render the voltage of a subsidiary circuit of a transformer independent of the variations of the loads on other subsidiary circuits, a transformer is used in conjunction with an auto-transformer. The transformer consists of a primary winding a, and two equal secondary windings b, c, the sum of the turns of which equals the number of turns in the primary winding a. In series with the winding a and the secondary windings b, c, two equal parts d, e of an auto-transformer are arranged, so that the potentials between the leads f, g and h, k are approximately equal to half the potential between the mains x, y, Fig. 1. Any number of subsidiary circuits may be formed, and their voltages may be varied. A three-wire system is shown in Fig. 6, in which the outers are connected to the terminals of the secondary windings b, c, and the neutral to the middle point of the auto-transformer winding d, e. A similar combination may be made for a five-wire system. The windings are preferably mounted upon a common core, and the sections of the auto-transformer interspersed among those of the transformer secondary.
Patent GB-190806373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Supporting of Motor and other Road Vehicle Frames.
Inventor: WALTON FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-03-21
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 6373. Walton, F. March 21. Springs.-In bearing-springs for motor and other road vehicles, of the type comprising annular or similar pneumatic cushions of varying sizes adapted to come into action successively, the larger cushions are less inflated than the smaller ones. Fig. 1 shows two large cushions C mounted one on either side of a smaller cushion D, the whole being arranged between a hub a fixed to the axle A, and an outer casing b secured to the vehicle frame B. The casing is preferably made somewhat elliptical in cross-section, the longer axis being arranged horizontally to permit free expansion of the cushions in that direction. The cushions may be adjusted by means of bolts b<3> which connect the two parts of the casing.
Patent GB-190807462-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pile Drivers, Drop Stamps and like Machines.
Inventor: HILL CLAUDE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-04
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 7462. Hill, C. W. April 4. Hammers, power.-An electrically-controlled drop hammer carries on its tup 1 an automatic switch 4, which, on the delivery of the blow, is operated by momentum to energize a solenoid 22 and cause friction rollers 21, 21<a> to grip a board 20 and raise the tup. An arm 8 on the switch is engaged by a tappet to break the circuit to allow the tup to drop. The automatic switch may be cut out of the circuit when hand control is desired.
Patent GB-190808561-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Vacuum Cleaning Apparatus
Inventor: GREEN WILLARD REED
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1909-04-16
Abstract: 8561. Green, W. R. April 16. Link-work.-A hand-lever 24, for operating a diaphragm pump is pivoted at 43 in blocks movable in vertical guides and provided with a rocking- surface of such shape that the point of attachment of the pump-rod 21 moves in a horizontal straight line. The pump-rod is attached to the lever by means of springs 21 and a stirrup 35. The handlever may be made in two parts for convenience in packing.
Patent GB-190812496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Boat Propelling Device.
Inventor: ARNOLD WHITING
Filed: 1908-06-10
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 12,496. Arnold, W. July 31, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Propelling by reciprocating plates; driving-gear.- In a boat-propelling device in which the paddles 8 are connected to rods 7 pivotally connected to the crank-shaft, and having stay rods 9 pivoted at 10 to the vessel and at the other end to the rods 7, the rods 7 are adjustably mounted in sleeves 6 carried by the cranks.
Patent GB-190824148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: DEGN PAUL FREDERIK
Filed: 1908-11-11
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 24,148. Degn, P. F. March 11, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. [Patent of Addition to No. 21,445, A.D. 1908.] Aeroplanes &c., construction of; propelling.-The forward and rearward edges of adjacent vanes b of screw propellers, for aerial machines of the type described in Specification No. 21,445, A.D. 1908, are connected by one or more ropes or chains a, which are put under tension by the action of the centrifugal force and thus keep the vanes taut. Further, the inclination or pitch of the vanes may be determined by connecting the ropes to arms d on the vanes, as shown in Fig. 2. The vane edges are braced by needles c, instead of by triangular pieces of metal as in the above-mentioned Specification.
Patent GB-190828418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Nailing Machines.
Inventor: LEE JOB
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-12-30
Abstract: 28,418. Lee, J. Dec. 30. Nailing.-A loose-nailing machine for boots and shoes has a removable race 1, with a portion bent into a semi-circular or semi-elliptical curve, and a separator spring-actuated in both its forward and return movements. The separator 7, Fig. 3, which is formed to pass first between the points of the nails and then between the heads, is carried on a slide 6 retracted by a spring 16. The separator is forced forward by a wedge 14 passing through a slot 15 in the slide, the wedge being carried on the end of a lever 10 which is moved in opposite directions by a cam and a spiral spring, the spring giving the movement which presses the wedge through the slot and thus closes the separator.
Patent GB-190907236-A (GB)
Title: Revolving Pipe Cleaner.
Inventor: ALLEN JOSEPH JAMES
IPC: F23J3/02
Filed: 1909-03-25
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 7236. Allen, J. J. March 25. Cleaning internally, rotary appliances for. -A machine designed more particularly for cleaning the ascension pipes of coke-oven and like plants comprises a vertical framing or tower 1, 2, supported on a base frame 4, 5 and enclosing a cutter-bar 7, which carries cutters 31 and is revolved, raised, and lowered, by mechanism carried on the base frame. The cutter-bar 7, of square cross-section, is supported in a sliding plate 8 having rollers running in the cornerbars 1 and passes through a spur-wheel 9 and rotating guide-rollers 11. The wheel 9 is driven by an electric motor or the like 15 through slow and quick change - speed gearing 19, 20 and bevel-gearing 14. The plate 8 is raised and lowered by chains 22 passing over pulleys 21, 24, the lower pulleys 24 being driven from the motor 15 by bevel and worm gearing 28, 26, or the chain-mechanism may be replaced by screws. In case of break-down of the motor, the shaft 18 may be driven from a hand-shaft 29. The cutter-bar is given a slow rotary motion when it is being lowered into the ascension pipe by means of the gearing 19. The motor 15 is then reversed and a quick drive is imparted to the shaft 18 through the gearing 20. In cleaning a number of pipes, the machine may travel on overhead wires or on a framework, and it may be provided with clamps for securing it to the pipe.
Patent GB-190913712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in High Pressure Carburetted Air Gas Apparatus.
Inventor: FOX HERBERT LLOYD
IPC: C10J1/00
Filed: 1909-06-11
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 13,712. Fox, H. L. June 11. Pressure-regulating valves.-In a pressure regulator for use with the air-gas apparatus described in Specification 3805/07, [Class 55, Gas manufacture], gas passes through a pipe 21 to a vessel 8 divided by a partition 9 carrying a depending pipe 10. Water is poured into the upper compartment 25, passes down the pipe 10 and up in the chamber 8, and exerts pressure on the gas therein. Excessive pressure causes the water to rise in the compartment 25 and lift a float 15 connected by levers to a throttle valve 7 in the inlet pipe 21. The top of the pipe 10 is covered by a flap valve 11 supported on distancepieces 13 and provided with a steadying rod cr plate 14. Gas is drawn off through a pipe 22.
Patent GB-190913987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boilers or Steam Generators.
Inventor: PAGE JOHN HENRY
IPC: F22B1/26
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1910-06-15
Abstract: 13,987. Page, J. R. June 15. Boilers, internal superheating-apparatus of.- A portion of the furnace gases from the rear end of a boiler flue is caused to pass into the boiler or into the steam-pipe by means of a steam jet of higher pressure than that of the boiler. In another arrangement, a steam jet or exhausting-fan causes the gases to circulate through return-flue tubes in the steam or water space. Figs. 2 and 3 illustrates the first arrangement. High-pressure jets 11 draw the gases through the depending branches 4 of the T-pieces 5. The mixed steam and combustion products then pass into the steam space by the nozzle 6<a> or into the steam-pipe 13. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, steam jets 11 drive part of the furnace gases through looped tubes 6, which may be in the steam or in the water space. If desired a fan 10 may be employed instead of the steam jets, in which case the valve 9 is shut off and the gases are discharged through the branch 12.
Patent GB-190915593-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fastenings for Smoke Box Doors of Tubular Boilers, or the like.
Inventor: TODD JAMES
IPC: F23M7/00
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1910-07-05
Abstract: 15,593. Todd, J. July 5. Multiple fastenings.-The smoke-box doors of tubular boilers or the like are fastened by bars provided with clamping-devices and so arranged that the bars can be slid over the edge of the door and clamped down, or can be released and slid away from the door edge. Figs. 2 and 4 show the arrangement. The bars 5, 5<a>, which follow the contour of the door edge, are of anglesection and are secured to the front of the smokebox by studs 7 and clamping-nuts 8. The studs pass through slots 9, preferably of L shape so as to retain the bars in one position or the other.
Patent GB-190918817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Complex Zinc Ores.
Inventor: HOMMEL WOLDEMAR
Filed: 1909-08-16
Granted: 1910-09-16
Abstract: 18,817. Hommel, W., and Durant, H. T. Aug. 16. Zinc oxide, sulphite, and sulphate; lime.-Complex zinc ores are treated for the production of zinc oxide by a process of the type in which the zinc is dissolved in sulphurous acid and precipitated by lime. The ore is roasted, mixed with water, and treated with sulphurous acid, which may be that evolved by the roasting and the solution, containing zinc bisulphite and sulphate, is treated with lime, chalk, or the like ; or the zinc solution may be oxidized to sulphate before treatment with lime etc.; or the precipitate may be used together with lime to precipitate zinc from more solution ; or only enough lime may be added to precipitate the zinc of the zinc sulphate, the precipitated zinc oxide transforming the zinc bisulphite into insoluble sulphite. The precipitate, consisting of zinc and calcium compounds, is mixed with carbonaceous matter, and treated in a blast or blowing furnace, whereby zinc oxide is volatilized, and the calcium remains in the form of oxide and carbonate, which may be used for precipitating more zinc. The carbonaceous material 'may be added to the zinc solution with the lime, the whole being violently mixed by passing it through a centrifugal pump and filtered. The precipitate is dried, for example by forming into blocks and exposing to waste fire gases in flues or chambers. If the zinc oxide produced in the blast or blowing- furnace is collected wet, it may contain some sulphite, which may be removed by heating to drive off the sulphurous acid, or by oxidizing and dissolving out the sulphate produced.
Patent GB-190921330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Speed and Direction Indicating Mechanism.
IPC: G06M1/08
Filed: 1909-09-18
Granted: 1910-09-19
Abstract: 21,330. Grant, A. J., and Chadburn's (Ship) Telegraph Co. Sept. 18. Periodic-counter speed indicators.-The actuation, holding, and liberation of the pointer &c. are controlled by electro-magnets energized consecutively by a time-switch. A spindle 17 is constantly rotated in one direction from the engine-driven shaft 60 through an arrangement of ratchet and bevel gearing 48, 49, and carries the two parts of a clutch 16, which are thrown into engagement for a period of twenty seconds every half-minute by means of an electro-magnet 1 connected with the timeswitch. A gear-wheel 21 is thus caused to rotate a pair of gear-wheels 22, 22<x>, which are loosely mounted on the pointer arbor 24 but may rotate it by means of a projection on the wheel 22<x> adapted to engage a projection on the toothed wheel 28 fixed to the arbor. The pair of wheels 22, 22<x> and the wheel 28 are controlled by springs, so that they tend to, return to a zero position, but they are normally prevented from doing so by means of pawls 29, 26 connected with the armatures of two electro-magnets, one of which 2 is shown. At the end of the twenty - seconds period, the magnet 1 is de-energized, and the clutch 16 consequently thrown out. The magnet 2 is now excited for five seconds, thus raising the pawl 26 so as to free the pointer arbor in order that, if the speed during the twenty seconds is less than the speed obtained in the preceding corresponding period, the pointer may retire until the projections on the wheels 22<x>, 28 are again in contact. The magnet 2 is then switched off, and for the remaining five seconds the third electromagnet is operative, so as to raise the pawl 29 and allow the gearing 21, 22 22<x> to return to zero. Revolution - direction indicators. - For the purpose of indicating the direction of revolution, a pointer 40, mounted concentrically with the speed pointer 25, is connected by gearing 55, 54, 52 with the shaft 60. Specification 21,328/00 is referred to.
Patent GB-190921334-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fishing Lead.
IPC: A01K95/00
Filed: 1909-09-18
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 21,334. Allcock & Co., S., and Schooling, J. H. Sept. 18. Leads. - A lead is designed to allow its weight to be adjusted by having additional weights 1, 2, 3, 4 placed inside a cartridgeshaped case A with a lead nose C and a screwoff cap D. Specifications 15,297 / 90 a n d 489/96 are referred to.
Patent GB-190921862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Separators.
Inventor: PEDERSEN MIKAEL
Filed: 1909-09-25
Granted: 1910-10-25
Abstract: 21,862. Pedersen, M. Sept. 25. Machines for separating liquids from one another by density.-A machine resembling an ordinary cream-separator with conical insertion plates, especially applicable for separating oil from the water of condensation of a steam - engine, is provided with two sets of insertion plates, two or more plates of the outer set corresponding to each one of the inner, the liquid reaching the insertion plates at the outer edge thereof. For use on board ship, the machine is mounted on a stand which allows it to retain an upright position in spite of the motion of the ship. The liquid enters the machine by a pipe b provided with spiral blades c, then meeting oppositely-placed blades e in the drum. It then passes down a central piece F, receiving a rotary motion from blades g to the outer part of. the drum. The outer insertion plates h are arranged as shown on the inner plates j, and are provided with openings at their edges for the passage of liquid, or the plates j may be corrugated. The lighter liquid is caught by the rolled-over edges j<2> of the plates j, and passes through spouts o to spaces f<1> between ribs on the piece F, Fig. 4, and thence into the chamber k and out of the drum into the chamber l, the heavy liquid passing into the chamber t. Four machines are mounted on a stand P, Fig. 6, which is pivoted on pivots q<1> on a piece Q, Fig. 5, which is itself pivoted on an axle r on a fixed stand. The fixed stand, the axle r, the pivots q<1> and the stand P are hollow, and the liquid passes through them to the machines. The piece Q is also provided with semicircular tanks q<2>, which make a rubbing joint with the fixed stand. Liquid passes from the' chambers t to the tanks q<2>, and is conveyed away through passages in the fixed stand. In another arrangement, a number of separators are placed horizontally on a pivoted frame.