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Patent GB-190726512-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expanding Sockets for Bolts.
Inventor: NEWHALL HENRY BORDEN
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 26,512. Newhall, H. B. Nov. 30. Screw sockets. - An expanding socket for bolts, which does not damage the surface nf the material in which it is inserted, comprises a body portion 4 made of relatively bard metal, and a number of tongues 11 made of softer metal or material, enclosing between them a tapered opening 17, which is expanded by the insertion of a bolt 12. The tongues 11 are formed with lugs 10 which are cast in or otherwise inserted in narrow-mouthed pockets 7 formed in the part 4. The threads 15 of the bolt embed themselves in the material of the tongues 11. In a modification, only the upper part 31 of the bolt is threaded and engages corresponding threads on the body 4. A flange 30 may be formed on the body 4.
Patent GB-190727598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HILL JOSEPH HYDE
Filed: 1907-12-14
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 27,598. Hill, J. H., and Phillips, H. C. Dec. 14. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. The air and heavy oil in a carburettor are mixed by one or more rotating drums, consisting of gauze screens fixed between pairs of parallel circular plates. In the form of apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the air enters by a pipe E, and passes through a hollow hub I, gauze screen R, and ports K, J<4> into the drum, which comprises circular rings of gauze J<3> and radial gauze vanes J<2> secured between plates J<1>. The fuel enters by a pipe G, and is drawn through a. valve Q by the suction of the engine, thence passing through the ports K, J<4> with the air. The impregnated air, after leaving the periphery of the drum, passes along a pipe C to the engine. The drum is mounted on the hub I, which runs in bearings on the outside casing and is rotated by means of fan blades P placed in the mixture passage or in the exhaust passage. In some cases, holes J<6> are provided in the base of the drum to drain off excess oil, which is removed periodically through a cock S.. A jacket W, heated by the exhaust, may be used to raise the temperature of the mixture. The ports K, J' may be dispensed with, and the mixture may be admitted directly to the drum through ports in the hub' between the disks J'. The radial drum blades may be dispensed with, or each circumferential ring may be made of alternate lengths of gauze and sheet metal. At starting, light oil is admitted to the air-pipe E. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the drum shaft may be geared to a revolving member of the engine, and that the drum may be connected to an electric battery for heating purposes and to assist in starting.
Patent GB-190806442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reproducing Mechanism for Talking Machines.
Inventor: DYKTOR STANISLAS
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1909-03-23
Abstract: 6 4 4 2. Dyktor, S., and Morrish, J. March 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Gramophones.-A gramophone soundbox is provided with one or two diaphragms 8 having one or two stylus bars 9, provided with sockets 10 and set-screws 11, and mounted on a flat spring 16. The diaphragms may be of different size and may be arranged one in front of the other. Two sound-tubes 7 are connected by universal joints 6 with two telescoping tone-arms 5. The two trumpets 2 are carried by sockets mounted in the framing 1 and communicating with the sound-tubes 2<a>, rotatably mounted between a pivot 4 and a plate 14. Specifications Nos. 13,150 and 23,910, A.D. 1905, are referred to.
Patent GB-190808201-A (GB)
Title: Device for Fixing Objects on Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: LENCK KARL
Filed: 1908-04-13
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 8201. Lenck, K. April 13. Cameras.-Attachments for fixing objects in front of the camera are arranged between the standhead and the camera bottom, and are adapted to be fixed without specially modifying the usual screw bnah in the camera bottom, or the stand top. The attachment with rails &c. 4, Fig. 1, can either be clamped between the stand and camera by the usual fixing-screw which runs through a slot in the attachment, or the camera can be attached by a screw 8, Fig. 4, the attachment with the rails &c. being then attached to the stand separately by the stand screw 10. The rails may be telescopic as shown at 12, 13, 14, and may be provided with an end hinged piece 16 ; or the sections may be pivoted. The headpiece of the attachment, in conjunction with the rail, forms a flat support surface for the bottom of the camera. In one construction, Fig. 5, the headpiece is widened at the end 21, and the rails are gripped between the forks 20. The enlarged plate 22 forms a seat for resting on the tripod top. In another form, Fig. 8, the intermediate piece is kneeshaped in order that the rail may begin near the camera screw, and the head-piece 23 may be formed eccentrically. In another modification, there is a lateral piece 33, Fig. 13, to allow for various side positions of the camera. The screws for the stand and camera may be fitted with reducing-caps &c. to allow for use with different standards of screwthreads.
Patent GB-190810474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Milk Cans or Receivers Attachable to Doors or other Partitions.
Inventor: STEVENS HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-14
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 10,474. Stevens, H. May 15, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Milk, delivering to houses; milk cans.-In means for attaching milk cans to doors, a link 16 is secured preferably on the handle 10 of the can, and is adapted to be passed through the keyhole 15 of the door and to be secured therein by a pin 17. The lid of the can is fastened by means of a hasp 11, Fig. 7, which engages a staple 13 on the can when the can is in a vertical position. A hook 19 on the can engages an eye on the door and maintains the can in a vertical position as long as the can is secured to the door, so that the can cannot be opened until it is released from inside the door. A catch 12 on the lid serves to keep the hasp out of action until released by the milkman, or an aperture may be provided in the can for filling it. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the can is secured to the door jamb or to the door by reversed hooks 22, 23 arranged so that the can cannot be removed while the door is shut. The can may be provided with a spout which passes through the door, and communicates by a vertically discharging orifice with a jug &c. on the other side of the door.
Patent GB-190811187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fireplaces.
Inventor: TAYLOR THOMAS
Filed: 1908-05-23
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 11,187. Taylor, T. May 23. Fire-places; flues.-To promote draught in fire-places, the flue a is formed narrow from front to back, and uprights d' of metal or fire-clay and shaped as shown, are placed at each side of the grate and form side flues c, which taper towards and terminate at the top of a slab of fire-clay g extending between the uprights. A soot door may be provided at h, and a loose fire-clay block f may be placed at the back of the grate. When the grate is below the level of the hearth, a back d may be arranged as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-190811445-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lubricating Pumps.
Inventor: WARD JOHN SHEPPARD
Filed: 1908-05-26
Granted: 1909-05-26
Abstract: 11,445. Ward, J. S. May 26. Lubracating-pumps.-Pumps of the kind comprising two or more concentric pistons separated by a tubular sleeve or sleeves carried by the cylinder are constructed so that one piston delivers the lubricants through a short passage, which may be fitted with a sight glass, to the cylinder of the second piston, whereby it is delivered to the cylinders and bearings of steam-engines or other machines to be lubricated. The pistons 43, 36, Fig. 6, which pump equal volumes, work in the pump casing 30 and are separated by a long fixed sleeve 41. The piston-rod 38, Fig. 2, is reciprocated by a sliding bar 18 actuated by an eccentric 20 on some rotary shaft of the machine, the upturned fork end of the bar engaging flat sides on the rod to prevent rotation thereof, and acting on a fixed shoulder 40 and lock-nuts 39 by means of which the stroke can be adjusted. Each pumping-chamber is provided with suction and exhaust valves resting on horizontal seats to facilitate closure, and the fluid forced by the piston 43 passes through the pipe 47 and falls through a sight glass 48, when one is fitted, into a pipe 49, which communicates by a passage 50, Fig. 9, in the casing with the space below the suction valve 51. of the other piston chamber. Two or more of the pumps may be mounted in one oil reservoir.
Patent GB-190812316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Setting of Barometers.
Inventor: MITCHELL JOHN BATTEN
Filed: 1908-06-06
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 12,316. Mitchell, J. B. June 6. [Patent of Addition to No. 9529, A.D. 1907.] Barometers.-Relates to the barometer described in Specification No. 9529, A.D. 1907, and consists in rendering the set hand capable of a complete revolution. The dial d is supported by a number of radial arms f so arranged as to give clearance for the set hand i, which is attached to the top of the rotatable wheel h so as to clear the wheel< >j.
Patent GB-190813674-A (GB)
Title: Music Transposing Attachment for Pianos and similar Instruments.
Inventor: BEER JOHN
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 13,674. Beer, J. June 27. Pianofortes ; transposing music.-In a transposing attachment for pianofortes and other keyed instruments, " levelling-up keys are arranged on the white keys of the instrument keyboard, which has a second keyboard resting upon it which can be longitudinally adjusted by amounts corresponding to intervals of a semitone. The keyboard and also the levelling-up and playing keys may be arranged horizontally or at such an inclination as to be horizontal when depressed. The levelling- up keys 5 rest on the white keys 3 between the black keys 4, their tops being level with the tops of the black keys. They are provided with projections 5<b> which are adapted to receive the under parts of the playing-keys and are connected by flexible metal strips 5<c> to a part 5d which is turned down at 5<e> behind the black keys of the keyboard. The playing-keys 6, 7 rest on the keys 4, 5, and are connected by flexible metal strips such as 6<b> to a frame or support 8. This frame rests on the black keys and is retained in position by a cross-bar 9 attached to uprights 10, located at each end of the keyboard, and having metal extensions 11, fixed between the white keys of the instrument keyboard and provided at their ends with front pieces 12. According to the Provisional Specification, the levelling-up keys may be provided with downward projections adapted to fit loosely between some of the keyboard keys, and they may be separately hinged to a suitable support.
Patent GB-190815978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Framings of Cycle Saddles.
Inventor: BROOKS BOULTBEE
Filed: 1908-07-28
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 15,978. Brooks, B., and Holt, J. July 28. Saddles.-The terminals of the wires or members of cycle-saddle underframings are connected to the cantle plates, without riveting and without using screws or similar connexions, by engaging the opposite sides of the terminals with separated and two-point bearings and retaining them in such engagement by the tension of the seat leather. The underframe d, Figs. 1 and 4, comprises three double-sided elements, each made from a single piece of wire, the forward ends of which are fastened together by a clip e<1> through which the tension screw e passes. At the rear end of each element are spring coils f<1> carrying upright arms f<2>, which engage with grooves or seatings g<2> in wings g<1> on tongue-pieces or hangers g carried by the cantle plate b. The arms f<2> are connected by horizontal portions f<3> which rest in a seating in the cantle plate. In a modification, the arms f<2> have their terminal ends bent towards one another and made to abut. In another modification, Fig. 9, the cantle plate has a flange b<2> which serves as a stop for the terminals of the arms f which are bent over to conform to the curve of the inside of the cantle section and are prevented from lateral displacement by grooves formed on the opposite side of the cantle plate. In other modifications, the cantle plate is provided with hanging tongue-pieces, each of which is cranked at a suitable part to form a stop for the extremity of the wire and then continued in a further cranked part with an opening for the passage of the wire; in some cases sinkings are provided for the tips of the wire.
Patent GB-190816501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Escapements for Time Pieces and the like
Inventor: FRAINIER ALFRED
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 16,501. Frainier, A. Aug. 5. Escapements.-The balance arbor b carries a pinion d gearing with a comparatively large toothed wheel e on an arbor f, which carries the locking-pallet h and impulse pallet g. The escapement m is formed with six escape teeth n and with six impulse pins, teeth, &c. o, and is geared through a pinion l to a wheel p carrying the seconds hand q.
Patent GB-190819339-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lens Cap or Shutter as Applied to Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: DEAN FRANK
Filed: 1908-09-15
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 19,339. Dean, F. Sept. 15. Shutters.-A flap shutter d is spring- hinged at e to a splitring a of celluloid, clock-epring, &c., which clips around the lens - barrel b. The shutter d is of celluloid, wood, iron, brass, &c., and is opened against a spring f by a wire or cord g. A flange is fixed to the front of cameras not having a protruding lens, and the shutter is sprung on this flange.
Patent GB-190820295-A (GB)
Title: A Tablet for Memoranda for Attachment to Watches, Pocket Compasses, Pocket Barometers, Exposure Meters, Pedometers and the like.
Inventor: BIRCH EUSTACE DE GRAY
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 20,295. Birch, E. de G. Sept. 28. Watches combined with memorandum tablets.-A memorandum tablet a of celluloid, parchment, &c. is secured to the. stem of a watch by a spring clip b hinged to the tablet at c. The tablet normally obscures the face of the watch but can be turned about the hinge to expose the face.
Patent GB-190822150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Pressing and Straining Animal and Vegetable Substances or other Pulpy Matter.
Inventor: BROADBENT SAMUEL GEORGE
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-10-20
Abstract: 22,150. Broadbent, S. G. Oct. 20. Filter presses. - The press chamber has inner and outer walls, the inner being perforated, and filtering-material is mounted on the sides, piston, and end cover of the press. Liquid expressed from material in a cylinder a by a piston d passes through fibrous material, such as matting g, backed by wire netting or trellis - work into a cavity k with an outlet pipe n. The piston is preferably of conical form, and liquid passing through it escapes by a pipe p. The cover a<2> is removably attached to the cylinder by means of pivoted T-bolts x, and liquid passing through its filtering - surface is discharged by grooves q, a cavity r, and ducts s to the cavity k. To remove the material from the press, the cover a<2> is lifted by apparatus coupled to the eye-bolt u and the material is raised by the piston so as to be easily accessible. As shown in Fig. 5, a steam or hydraulic cylinder v is used for lifting the cover, and the material in the cylinder is divided by plates t having perforations and filtering- material on both sides and internal grooves t'. The perforations h may be made in panelled parts fitting into the walls of the cylinder. The cylinder is provided with inlet and outlet pipes for steam to boil the contents. According to the Provisional Specification the surface of the piston is formed with grooves or furrows, down which filtered liquid is conducted to the piston-rod, which is hollow.
Patent GB-190822844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: MAMMEN ALFRED WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 22,844. Mammen, A. W. Oct. 27. Washing-machi nes.-The inner receptacle of a rotary washing-machine is composed of a semicylindrical perforated portion e and a corrugated part d which is struck to a greater radius. The perforated portion, formed of slats c, is strengthened by battens h and plates n. Access to the receptacle is obtained by means of a hinged door secured by turn buttons g. As shown in Fig. 2, two such receptacles oppositely disposed are placed end to end so as to rotate together about the same axis k.
Patent GB-190823635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trouser Pressers and Stretchers.
Inventor: HARVEY THOMAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-11-05
Abstract: 23,635. Harvey, T. W. Nov. 5. Trouser stretchers. - Trouser pressers and stretchers comprise a base-board a, Fig. 1, of cardboard &c., lined with cloth &c. b, and side and end pieces c, d, e, also of cardboard and lined with cloth. The pieces are hinged together by means of strips of cloth. One leg of the trousers h is laid on the base-board a, and the end piece e is turned over, the side pieces c, d being turned over afterwards. The parts are secured together by straps f and buckles g, Fig. 3. The presser may be made without'the end piece e. As shown in Fig. 4, the presser is provided with two end pieces e, and is made sufficiently long to take in the whole of the trousers, while according to the Provisional Specification it may be made wide enough to take two pairs of trousers side by side. A fork-shaped piece i, Fig. 5<a>, may be placed between the legs of the trousers. As shown in Figs. 6 and 9, the base-piece a is made in two hinged parts, and there are two end pieces a and four side pieces c. When the parts are secured together, the trousers may be stretched by folding the base-pieces together as shown in Fig. 9. The exterior of the press may be covered with canvas, bookbinders' cloth, &c. in place of the strips to form the hinges.
Patent GB-190903134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Soldering Metals.
IPC: B23K35/26
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 3134. Harden, T., and Amalgaline, Ltd. Feb. 9. Alloys.-In a soldering-composition the solder consists of tin foil alloyed with any relative proportions of bismuth, antimony, and zinc, there being 75 per cent of tin-foil to 25 per cent of the alloying metals.
Patent GB-190904662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Feeding Forward Sheets of Paper.
Inventor: SPIESS GEORG
IPC: B65H1/22
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 4662. Spiess, G. Feb. 25. Feeding sheets.-Relates to sheet-feeding apparatus of the kind in which the pile is fed in staggered form over an intermittently - rotated pile-feeding roller, and consists in means whereby the pile-feed roller is actuated while the sheetfeeding roller is raised out of action. The pilefeeding roll A carries a wheel M, which gears with a pinion rotated intermittently by a ratchetwheel K and a pawl I on a lever H, which is oscillated by a connecting-rod G from a lever F. The lever F is normally drawn to the left by a spring Q and is oscillated by a slotted link P from a continuously-rotating crank D. As the sheet-feeding roll D is raised, a pawl G is lowered into engagement with a rack Q pivoted to the lever F. The lever F is then rocked to the right by the link P, and the roller A is thereby rotated, after which the roll D is lowered to feed-off the top sheet, at the same time disengaging the pawl S from the rack Q and allowing the lever F to return for the next feed.
Patent GB-190907593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Connecting or Jointing of Electrical Conductors and to Means therefor.
Inventor: HANDCOCK HENRY WILLIAM
IPC: H02G15/113
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 7593. Handcock, H. W., Dykes, A. H., and Rawlings, J. J. March 30. Couplings. - I n connecting electric conductors,particularly such as have a sheathing of brass or the like, a pair of grooved blocks of porcelain &c. are used in combination with a longitudinally-divided outer casing, consisting of two halves b, b<1> adapted to be soldered together and to the sheathing. Thecasing may be provided with a vent hole d adapted to be closed by means of a pin d' after the casing is soldered up. One of the parts b<1>, Figs. 1 and 2<a>, may be formed with a rim b<4> to form a soldering-seam and is provided with necks having clips b<3>, which embrace the upper part of the casing and hold it in place on the cables until it is soldered up. The ends of the cables bared of insulation are inserted in the porcelain blocks c when they are jointed. The cables may be connected by means of the clip shown in Fig. 8 and afterwards soldered. A three-way junctionpiece may be similarly formed. Figs. 9 and 10 show a three-way casing for connecting twin cables ; in this case the neck parts are made double. The cables are led into the porcelain casing, one cable and its branch being laid in the lower part where they are united. Tne other cable and its branch are passed up ioto the upper part of the porcelain casing, contact between the two cables being prevented by means of a sheet of mica.
Patent GB-190915165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for the Treatment of Blast Furnace Slag in the Manufacture of Cement.
Inventor: METZGER GUSTAVUS FERDINAND
IPC: C04B5/00
Filed: 1909-06-29
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 15,165. Metzger, G. F. June 29. Granulating or pulverizing. - A machine for granulating blast-furnace slag comprises a series of rotary cages 1 ... 5 arranged around a central rotary cage 6, the cages being driven at uniform or variable speed in the same direction. Molten slag falls from a shoot 33 on to a cage 1, from which it is distributed to the other cages by gravity and centrifugal force. Fluid under pressure is introduced into the hollow shafts 24 of the cages, and is driven out through perforations 25, 26, 27, Fig. 2, thereby spraying and cooling the slag. Fluid is also sprayed from pipes 34, 35, 36, Fig. 1. The cages are constructed in halves bolted together, to facilitate renewal and to allow fluid to pass through the joints 29, 30.
Patent GB-190917107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Intercommunication Telephone Instruments.
Inventor: ROMER JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: H04M9/00
Filed: 1909-07-22
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 17,107. Romer, J. A. July 22. Intercommunication systems.-The talking circuit is completed at the instruments of the called subscriber over contacts common to all the subscribers, but by depressing a key peculiar to the calling subscriber the called subscriber can cut off all other subscribers' connexions from the circuit. As shown in the Figure, subscriber X has called subscriber Z by removing his receiver and depressing the keys a' and 4, so completing a circuit of battery 6 over conductors 3. 2, 1, 7, 8, and 9, bell 10. and conductor 11. When subscriber Z removes his receiver, the bar 12 rises against the contacts 13 aud 14, and the bar 26 against the contact 27. A talking circuit is then completed through the telephone line 15 at station X, conductors 16, 17, 19, 20, 13, 12, 21, 23, telephone line 24 at station Z, and conductors 25, 26, 27, 9, 8, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 29. If subscriber Z now wishes to make the communication secret, he depresses his key a<2>, so breaking contact between the bar 26 and conductor 27 and making it between the bar 26 and line 8, thereby maintaining the talking circuit but freeing it from the bar 9, which is common to all the subscribers' contacts.
Patent GB-190920457-A (GB)
Title: An Indicator for Showing the Time of Adjustment of Barometers.
Inventor: BUSH FRANK HENRY
IPC: G01L19/08
Filed: 1909-09-07
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 20,457. Bush, F. H. Sept. 7. Barometers.-In barometers having the ordinary pointer and circular face, the time of the last reading, and the reading itself are shown by means of a subsidiary pointer c<2> carried on an annular rotatable plate c apertured for the day, hour, and like indications c<1> to be shown through, such indications being carried on separately rotatable drums, annular plates, tapes, &c.