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Patent GB-190909454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crushing Machines and in Appliances connected therewith.
Inventor: OSBORN SAMUEL
IPC: B02C1/10
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 9454. Osborn, S., and Carnegie, D. April 21. Crushers with vibrating jaws.-The crushing- surfaces of machines for crushing stone, ore, &c., are formed of independent renewable single-tooth strips or units a, Figs. 2 and 3, which are secured to the frame d of the machine or swing stock, or to a holder c attached thereto, by forming the holder &c. with the upper or lower edge c<1> undercut or recessed to receive the tapered ends of the strips, in combination with a wedge - shaped plate or locking-member f with bolts g. The side units a<3> have recessed or shouldered portions for engagement with the holder &c. The units may be subdivided, one portion or cutting-edge a, Fig. 21, being made of hard metal, and another portion or root b of a softer or different metal. The units may be made in two lengths or sets, one set a<1>, Fig. 14, forming the lower portion, and the other set a<2>, the upper portion of the crushing-surface, separated from each other by a plain or toothed clamp i with bolts j. To prevent upward movement of the material introduced between the jaws, the teeth a, Fig. 23, may be made of inverted sawshaped form, and oppositely inclined in the two jaws. The strips may be arranged in vertical or horizontal rows, and a packing of soft metal may be placed behind them to take up the shock transmitted to the swing stock and machine frame.
Patent GB-190909609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Launching Flying Machines.
Inventor: MEANS JAMES
IPC: B64F1/06
Filed: 1909-04-22
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 9609. Means, J. Aug. 25, 1908, [Convention date]. Starting; launching-ways.-A device actuated by fluid pressure for launching aerial machines comprises a turntable A, mounted by ball bearings upon a base Q, and provided with guideways B for the machine, or a truck C adapted to carry the machine temporarily. A cable D is connected to the truck C by a ball G and a pocket F, and passes over a pulley E to the piston I of a cylinder T, adapted to be exhausted and provided with a buffer spring J. On releasing the detent U, the piston travels down the exhausted cylinder, controlled by the brake R. The socket F being open on one side, the ball G and the cable D become disconnected from the truck C as this leaves the track B. A multiplying-device may be inserted between the piston and the truck C in order that the stroke of the piston may be diminished. Compressed air may be employed instead of a vacuum.
Patent GB-190911806-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement for Fastening the Handle and for Holding Together the Blade and the Comb-guard of Safety Razors.
IPC: B26B21/18
Filed: 1909-05-19
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 11,806. Scharke, F. A., [Firm of]. Dec. 30, 1908, [Convention date]. Razors, safety. The handle of a safety razor is fastened, and the blade locked between the comb guard and cover-plate, by forming the cover-plate 1, Fig. 1, with a stud 2 which passes through holes in the blade and guard and has an inclined slot 3 which is engaged by a pin 9 in the forked end of the handle 6, Fig. 3, which also has indentations for engaging with spring projections 7 on the guards 5. In a modification, a loop, which passes through U-shaped slots in the blade and guard, is substituted for the stud 2; and the end of the handle is passed under the loop, and has indentations engaging the loop and spring projections on the guard. Instead of, or in addition to, the spring projections on the guard, the handle may be formed with a forked and springy extension with indentations engaging projections on the guard and pins projecting from each side of a stud attached to the cover-plate; or a loop 10, Fig. 8, may be substituted for the stud, and the handle may have a flat surface engaging the guard 5. The handle may be bent or curved, and provided with projections on which to rest the finger.
Patent GB-190914029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: BOWLEY JOSEPH WILFRED
IPC: F01D3/02
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 14,029. Bowley, J. W. June 15. Balancing moving parts. -To balance endthrust, a turbine comprises a number of selfbalanced duplex stages r, r<1>, r<2>, r<3>. The steam exhausting from each side of a section re-unites before being led to the next section. The ports are arranged at various points around the periphery of the turbine, the transverse thrust due to the inlet steam pressure being thereby balanced.
Patent GB-190914965-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Avoiding the Dangers Resulting from Excess Voltages in Distributing Mains.
Inventor: ARCIONI VITTORIO
IPC: H02H3/20
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 14,965. Arcioni, V. June 27, 1908, [Convention date]. Induction-motor relays; protective arrangements.- A protective relay apparatus of the induction type, for guarding against excessive voltage in distributing-mains, consists of two or more electro-magnets connected between the respective mains and a common junction point of constant potential, the magnets acting simultaneously and independently of one another upon a single movable member provided with a counterbalancing mechanical force, say a weight, and adapted to complete a circuit for giving a signal or operating a cut-out. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus for use in a three-phase system. The magnets M<1>, M', M<3>, connected respectively between the mains 1, 2, 3 and the earth T, are arranged to produce by induction turning-movements upon an incomplete disk D, which is of large dimensions in order that the actions of the magnet may be simply additive and not mutually interacting. The turning-moment is balanced against a weight P, and a circuit is completed at C when a definite voltage is exceeded. In a modification having a completely circular disk, the mutual action of the magnets is eliminated by dividing one of them i.nto two coils wound and arranged with respect to the other magnets so that the rotary fields produced by mutual interaction cancel each other. An apparatus for use on a single-phase system is also shown. The electromagnets may be provided with reaction rings a arranged unsymmetrically.
Patent GB-190917685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Sprinkling Apparatus.
Inventor: COLLINGE JOSEPH
IPC: B05B3/06
Filed: 1909-07-30
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 17,685. Collinge, J., and Creak, T. M. July 30. Actuating valves. - In a rotary sprinkler a valve h is actuated by a float f and a weighted lever h', the operations of the float being controlled by a tilting vessel k which fills and empties. The float f is situated in a vessel c, which is slowly supplied with water from the main through a small hole g, the float being raised and the valve h closed. When the level of water in the vessel e reaches the pipe i, the water overflows into a counterbalanced tipping vessel k, which, when full, overbalances and discharges its contents through a nozzle k<2>. In overbalancing it opens a valve l, which allows the contents of the vessel e to discharge, with the result that the float f descends and the valve h is again opened. In a modification, the tipping vessel is placed direct on the spindle of the valve and no float is used.
Patent GB-190918966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for use in Card and other Games.
Inventor: SANDEMAN HARRY
IPC: A63F1/06
Filed: 1909-08-17
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 18,966. Sandeman H. Aug. 17. Card games. - A device for indicating the amount in the pool consists of a disk A which is bored with a central hole and rests on springs C. An indicator is placed in the central hole and consists of a fluted pillar B fitted with slides b<2> to which are hinged index arms b<3>. The arms rest on the edge of the hole and fall or rise as the disk is depressed by or relieved of the weight of the coins or counters placed on it.
Patent GB-190919724-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Gearing for Cranes and the like.
Inventor: BROWN WILLIAM ALBERT
IPC: B66D1/14
Filed: 1909-08-28
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 19,724. Brown, W. A., and Davison, G. Aug. 28. Regulating and control-transmitting gear for winding and paying-out apparatus.-Apparatus for preventing running-out from a winding- drum, should the driving-clutch B become disengaged, comprises a pawl F, which, when the clutch B is engaged, is locked to a hand-lever E arranged parallel to the pawl and pivoted on the same shaft by a rod D connected to an extension of the clutch lever C. The pawl can then be put into or out of action by means of the lever E. Should the clutch become disengaged, the withdrawal of the rod D from the opening G releases the pawl, which then falls and engages the ratchet-wheel.
Patent GB-190923318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Street Sweeping Machines.
Inventor: SANTIN JAMES
IPC: E01H1/04
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 23,318. Santin, J. Oct. 12. Sweeping-machines; taking up mud and refuse for removal. - The sweepings are thrown by the main brush 34, Figs. 1 and 2, on to an inclined platform 19 up which they are carried by a conveyer-belt 17. The lower end of the belt passes around rollers 18 carried by arms pivoted to the platform and pressed against it by springs, not shown. The upper part of the belt passes around a transverse shaft 15 gearing with a shaft 11, which is driven from the rear wheels by a chain 9. The brush is driven by belts from the shaft 15. The platform can be raised by link-work 24, 25, connected to a lever 29, and it is enclosed at the sides by plates 20 secured to the frame. The brush is carried by arms 35 pivoted to the platform and fitted with springs 41 and pins 40 so that it can be locked in any position or pressed on the road. The sweepings fall on a transverse belt 42, the outer end of which is mounted on a roller 43, Fig. 3, carried by the frame 1<a> at the side of the main frame. The belt 42 is driven by bevel gearing from the shaft 11, the chain 48 driving also a conveyer 44 which leads the refuse to a cart travelling at the side. Refuse inaccessible to the main brush is swept into its path by a brush 53 rotating on a vertical rod 54 carried in a bracket 55 pivoted to the frame. This brush is driven by bevel - gearing from a pinion 58 carried bv the bracket which can be swung into or out of engagement with the shaft 11 by a lever 61.
Patent GB-190924209-A (GB)
Title: Process of and Apparatus for Providing Bread and the like with a Protective Covering.
Inventor: WILKE HERMANN
IPC: A21B5/00
Filed: 1909-10-21
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 24,209. Wilke, H., G÷llner, A., and Kohlhase, F. Oct. 21. Bread, biscuits, cakes, and pastry.-Loaves and other articles are baked in greased paper covers; the dough is moulded, cut, and fed into the covers mechanically. Fig. 1 shows an end view partly in section of suitable machinery. Fig. 4 shows the table, and Fig. 8 certain details on enlarged scales. The dough is forced through the shaped outlet 4 of the kneader 3 on to a band 7 mounted on rollers 6 in a pivoted table 5. Above the band is a measuring-frame 12 comprising plates 22, 23, which are slidably mounted on rails 9, 26, and are connected by a spring a and adjusted to and from the kneader by a screw b. As the plate 22 is pushed back by the moulded dough, an attached rod 35 pulls a friction cone 31, Fig. 8, on the shaft 2 into engagement with a loosely mounted casing 34, to which is secured a knife 13. The knife rotates, cuts the dough, and then contacts with a tongue 37 on the table 5 so that the latter tips and discharges the severed dough into a greased cover in one compartment of the carrier 14. Later in the circuit, a pin 39 on the casing 34 strikes a roller 40 of a system of levers 41 so that a clutch 42 closes, and the carrier 14 is moved forwards one compartment. Afterwards the knife 13 knocks to one side a spring catch so that a rod 46 attached to the plate 22 may pass through a hole in the kneader and allow the spring a to push the plate to its original distance from the outlet 4; the plate carries back the rod 35 and the friction cone 31 so that the casing 34 and the knife 13 are free. The knife is stopped and held in place for the next cut by a resilient stop. The table 5 is returned to the horizontal by springs 38. The dough carrier comprises a base-plate 14, and compartments formed by parallel metal plates 17 hung at equal distances from elastic cords 16. In each compartment one paper bag is placed. The bags and plates are greased by immersion in an oil tank 20.
Patent GB-190927269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevators or Lifts.
Inventor: GAVRYLOFF ALEXANDER
IPC: B66B9/08
Filed: 1909-11-23
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 27,269. Gavryloff, A. Nov. 23. Platform lifts.-A staircase lift which may be fitted to existing staircases comprises platforms guided in lateral inclined rails in the staircase, the platforms being conveyed from one landing or storey to the next and back. The lift may occupy a part only of the width of the staircase. Fig. 1 shows a staircase 4 arranged between two storeys 1, 2, a landing 3 being provided half-way between them. Platforms 9 are mounted on carriers 7 which travel in grooved rails 6; the carriers are attached to an endless band 10 passing round pulleys 11, 12, 13, 14, the band being driven from a motor 17. The person steps on the lower platform and starts the motor, the lower platform travelling up and the upper one travelling down to the landing. When the landing is reached, the motor is stopped, the person changes platforms and reverses the motor, and the platforms then return to the first position. The platform on arriving at a floor may be caused automatically to return to its initial position. The invention may also be applied to spiral staircases.
Patent GB-190928362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchanges.
Filed: 1909-12-04
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 28,362. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Dec. 4. Semi - automatic exchange systems.-In a system in which there are a number of selectors at the exchange for a larger number of subscribers, a calling subscriber is connected automatically to an idle selector on the panel of a disengaged clerk, and the selector is moved step by step till its contact arms reach the calling-leads. The first operation of the operating electro-magnet of a selector disconnects it from the calling-lead common to the group of subscribers, and connects the lead to a line leading to the next selector. When a call is made through a selector, a circuit is closed which renders busy all the selectors on the same panel until the clerk has enquired and made the necessary connexion. When .the subscriber T takes down his receiver, the call relay AR attracts its armature k, and a circuit of the operating-magnet H of the first disengaged selector is closed from the battery B over the armature k, lead d, armature e, and contact f. The armature g of the magnet H moves the selector round one step, thus moving also the cam x and breaking the contact at f. The contact n being now closed, any further call on the common lead d is passed on by the lead d' to the next selector. The further movement of the selector is obtained from the circuit of the battery B' over the armature g and contact m, the armature g acting as an interrupter. When the arm c' reaches the required selector contact, the circuit from the battery B over armature k, lead c, arm c', and magnet S causes the magnet to attract its armature i and stop the movement of the selector. The magnet also brings the arms a', b<1> to the required contacts. Current now flows from the battery B<3>, over relay SR', arm a<1>, through the subscribers' instruments, and over the winding wb of the call relay, to earth. The attraction of the armature h of the relav SR<1> closes the circuit of the call lamp AL, and also closes a circuit from the battery B<3> over the magnet S to keep the selector in position. The circuit of the call lamp AL passes over the relay AC, the armature c of which completes the circuit to earth of the relay BR. There may be a relay BR for each selector on the panel ; or the one relay may operate all the armatures e to cut off all the selectors of the panel from further calls. After enquiry, the clerk, by lifting the connecting-plug VS, opens the switch Sa and closes switches Sb, Sc. The panel is now open for further calls, and the circuits of the ring-off lamps SL<1>, SL' are completed. When the subscribers have hung up their instruments and the plug has been withdrawn, the magnet S is de-energized and the selector moves on to its initial position.
Patent GB-191002295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbines.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
IPC: F01D1/04
Filed: 1910-01-29
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 2295. Parsons, C. A. Jan. 29. Axial - flow type. - Highpressure stages of the kind described in Specifications 27,907/08 and 29,119/09 are combined with low-pressure stages of the ordinary Parsons type or any other suitable type. At the high-pressure end the stages a comprise annular jets b or one or more segmental jets, formed by radially restricting the passage between the drums c and the casing e, and preferably guide-blades f are mounted on the casing in these restrictions, whereby the steam is given an annular direction after the required velocity has been acquired in the first part of the jet or restriction. Two rows 9, i of rotor blading and one row h of stator blading are provided for each stage, and the steam exhausting from the last of these stages passes through a number of fixed and moving rows m of the usual Parsons type of blading, or through a number of impulse stages. For partial admission, portions of the restricted passage between the drum and the casing are blocked by labyrinth strips n, Fig. 2, secured to the casing.
Patent GB-191006579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cloches for French Garden Culture.
Inventor: MAPLES CHARLES
IPC: A01G9/20
Filed: 1910-03-16
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 6579. Maples, C. March 16. Seed and plant protectors. - Cloches for French gardening are made wholly or partly of strips of wood, known as " chip." The strips are interlaced, crossed, or plaited into round, oval, oblong, square, hexagonal, pyramidal, or other shapes, and may be wire - stitched, clamped, nailed, glued, or dovetailed at the joints. The sides may taper towards a flat top, which may be of chip or of waterproofed gelatine, web, celluloid, glass, or other translucent or transparent material. Some or all of the walls may be of solid wood or of papier mÔchÚ, and a handle may be fixed across the top. The cloches may be dyed red or other colour. Specification 18,105/05 is referred to.
Patent GB-191007656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cooling Devices for Telephone Transmitters.
Inventor: EGNER CARL EMIL
IPC: H04R21/02
Filed: 1910-03-29
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 7656. EgnÚr, C. E., and Holmstr÷m, J. G. April 3, 1909, [Convention date]. Microphones carrying strong currents are kept cool by the circulation of a liquid, or the melting of a solid in tanks placed in suitable relation to the microphones. In the multiple transmitter illustrated, each microphone comprises two fixed electrodes 1, 1<1> attached to the bottom of the cooling-tank 4 and insulated from each other. Each unit thus comprises two microphones, which may be joined in series or in parallel. To prevent the overheating of the granule-retaining felt ring 9, an annular insulating-ring may be placed under the electrode 1 in the neighbourhood of the felt ring, to prevent the flow of current near the felt ring. Each single electrode may be adjusted by means of the screws 20, and a simultaneous adjustment of all the microphones may be effected by the screw 45. The stretched diaphragm 6 being horizontal, a mouthpiece is provided having a lateral sound-opening and a shape adapted to reflect the sound-waves on to the diaphragm.
Patent GB-191009673-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Wire.
Inventor: BURGESS ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: D06B3/08
Filed: 1910-04-21
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 9673. Burgess, R. W., and Clark, A. April 21. Cleaning; pickling.-Wire coils or hanks are cleaned by rotation within a liquid, and are then dried by centrifugal action. The hanks are placed upon pairs of bobbins d, d<1> fixed on each side of a disk c which is mounted on a rotary shaft b within a casing a. The distance between each pair of bobbins may be adjusted so as to tighten the hanks. Water or other liquid is supplied to the casing, and after a time is run off when the speed of rotation is increased. Before drying, the wire may also be washed by spraying.
Patent GB-191011599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Reinforced Concrete Blocks, Slabs and the like.
Inventor: BEEVERS THOMAS
IPC: E04F13/04
Filed: 1910-05-10
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 11,599. Beevers, T. May 10. Paving-blocks; metal-skeleton blocks.-Blocks for kerb-stones, coal-plates, stair treads, &c. are formed by filling an expanded metal opentopped shell a, Fig. 3, with concrete b, and then covering its sides with cement c. The exposed surface of the block is coated with an ornamental wear-resisting or non-slipping material, say carborundum or hard crystal stone grit. The sides of the shell may be tied together by wires or bars. Fig. 1 shows a flight of stairs moulded on its side, a length of expanded metal being bent to the shape of the treads and risers while the back of the stairs is finished off with boardings, plaster, &c. d. The cement covering may be applied when the stairs are in position.
Patent GB-191014548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Governing Apparatus for Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: ALQUIST KARL
IPC: G05D13/00
Filed: 1910-06-16
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 14,548. Alquist, K. June 16. Regulating.- Governing - mechanism for turbines comprises a speed - responsive device which acts as a throttle valve, and may be placed at the exhaust end of the turbine or at another point in the path of the driving-fluid. A pressure-responsive device controlling the supply of high-pressure fluid to the turbine may act in combination therewith. Fig. 1 shows the speed-responsive device d placed in the exhaust chamber k of the turbine. It comprises a spring disk d, to which weighted sections c, having rings g, are secured, the whole being adapted to rotate with the shaft b. With increase of speed, the weights f tend to move radially outwards, and this motion is converted by the spring disk d into substantially axial movement of the rim g, which controls one or more exhaust ports h. The pressure in the exhaust chamber k may be transmitted to a piston o controlling a throttle valve t which regulates the supply of motive fluid to the turbine.
Patent GB-191024238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: HIRST HUGO
IPC: H05B3/16
Filed: 1910-10-19
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 24,238. Hirst, H., and Archer, C. H. Oct. 19. Resistances.-Heating-resistances B are secured to an insulating fire-proof base A of fireclay, porcelain, asbestos, quartz, &c., by split pins or staples D, which either project through holes C in the base and are opened out on the other side, or are cemented into the holes.
Patent GB-191027423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or additions to, Pencil Sharpeners.
Inventor: SHAW FRANK HENRY
IPC: B43L23/08
Filed: 1910-11-25
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 27,423. Shaw, F. H. Nov. 25. Pencil - sharpeners.-Relates to pencil-sharpeners of the kind provided with a crank-handle by means of which they are rotated. According to the present invention, the crank-handle d, Fig. 1, is attached to the outer end of the cylindrical body b of the sharpener. The sharpener may act as a point-protector, in which case the handle is detachable. In a modification, Fig. 6, the cutter e is enclosed in a cylindrical casing b provided at the outer end with the handle d, and at the inner end with a cap b<1>.