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Patent GB-190700233-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Materials for Dressing Textile Substances
Inventor: BOYEUX JOANNY
Filed: 1907-01-03
Granted: 1908-01-03
Abstract: 233. Boyeux, J. Jan. 3. Size.-Natural or artificial textile threads or filaments of any kind, but more particularly raw silks, such as Canton, Bengal, and tussah, fancy silks, and the like, and also cottons and linens, are impregnated with a substance or artificial grease giving body or strength to the thread, preventing entanglement, and facilitating the manipulations taking place before or during weaving. The grease used consists of boiled or raw linseed oil mixed with a volatile essence such as benzene to which is added a quantity of bees-wax, and in certain cases a small quantity of resinous substance such as mastic in solution, or good resin, the proportions varying with the nature of the material treated and with the added weight it is desired to give to the threads or finished fabric. The solution is heated to 30‹ C., and the threads or filaments are immersed, strained to -remove surplus liquid, and laid out for about thirty hours to dry in a chamber heated to 30‹ C. Raw or other silks on bobbins, reels, spindles, or in warps may be treated, and also textile substances before spinning. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 1393; A.D. 1858, and No. 2137, A.D. 1864, [Abridgment Class Waterproof &c. fabrics], No. 1930, A.D. 1875, [Abridgment Class Spinning), and No. 2534, A.D. 1885, and No. 2711, A.D. 1895, [Abridgment Class Fabrics, Dressing &c.].
Patent GB-190701284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Candle-holders.
Inventor: LEHMANN ERNST PAUL
Filed: 1907-01-17
Granted: 1907-12-31
Abstract: 1284. Lehmann, E. P. March 5, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Candle holders. - In order to overcome the difficulties of manufacture of candle holders of the type in which the jaws spring inwardly or outwardly for the purpose of gripping the candle, they are made of several pieces of metal. The clamping-jaws c of stamped metal are secured by riveting &c. to short spring arms b rising from a plate a; the arms can be easily hardened after being bent. The jaws c may be actuated by mechanical means, aud the usual pin d or its equivalent is provided. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 28,634, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190704068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Motor Cars.
Inventor: KNIGHT WILLIAM HENRY HOLBROOK
Filed: 1907-08-14
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 4068. Knight, W. H. H. Aug. 14. Wheels with casing enclosing spokes. -To prevent motor-car wheels from raising dust, the spokes are enclosed by sheet-iron &c. disks, which are secured by bolts c, by screwing them to the wheels, or by other means. The disks on the outer side of the wheels are formed in one piece with holes for access to the air-valve and security bolts, and the disks on outer side of the wheel are formed in halves so that they can be attached without dismounting the wheels from the axle. The holes in the cuter disks are covered by pivoted plates e, which are secured over the holes by bolts g.
Patent GB-190707984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mechanically Operated Pianos, Street Organs and the like.
Inventor: PESARESI LUIGI
Filed: 1907-04-05
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 7984. Pesaresi, L. April 5. Automatic instruments. -Automatic pianos, street organs, &c. are provided with means for rapidly reciprocating the hammers to produce a tremolo effect. The levers c, operated by the pins or staples on the tune-barrel, act upon levers provided with adjustable stoppieces d<1> for the hammerbutts i and connected to the butts by coiled springs or other elastic couplings k. Extensions h of the hammer-butts are thus brought into the path of the V-shaped teeth of a single grooved roller m. The hammer stems e are of spring wire or other material, and the roller m and parts h, d<1> are preferably of hard wood.
Patent GB-190709214-A (GB)
Title: Line Adjusting Device for Setting Out or Aligning Shafting and the like.
Inventor: HAMILTON ABRAM SMELLIE
Filed: 1907-04-20
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 9214. Hamilton, A. S. April 20. Tools for setting-out work.-A device for adjusting a tightened line used for setting-out the centre lines of engines or shafting has a member 4, through which slides a screw 7 vertically adjustable by milled nuts 10 and prevented from rotating by a feather in a feather-way 9. The screw 7 carries an open rectangular head 11 through which slides an horizontally adjustable screw 13 provided with a groove 17 over which the line when stretched by a weight may hang. To receive the line, an opening 18 is provided in the head 11, the edge of the opening being normal to the screw 7 to allow a straight edge to be used. The device has a flange 5 which may be secured to a support. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 9146, A.D. 1891.]
Patent GB-190712479-A (GB)
Title: Improved Implement for Coupling Pipes
Inventor: KENYON DANIEL MERRITT
Filed: 1907-05-29
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 12,479. Kenyon, D, M., and Etherington, J. B. May 29. Jointing-tools. - A tool for inserting pipes into couplings containing compressible packing 4 comprises a number of thin strips 7b, each preferably provided with a spring clip 8 engaging the edge of the coupling and having the outer edge turned up at right-angles to engage a collar for withdrawing them after the joint has been made. The strips preferably overlap when in use, and are of different lengths for ready removal.
Patent GB-190713382-A (GB)
Title: Method of Making a Conserving Mixture of Grease.
Inventor: FENGER SOPHUS
Filed: 1907-06-10
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 13,382. Fenger, S. June 16, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Fats; lubricants.-In order to prepare a mixture of animal and vegetable grease which will not become rancid, and which is suitable as a lubricant &c., the animal grease is first treated at the melting- point with a little sodium or potassium hydrate solution. After about twenty-four hours, the mixture is neutralized with hydrochloric acid and the vegetable grease added, and also, after some cooling, a small quantity of butter soap. The mixture is finally cooled to about 4-5‹C. for some time and is then ready for use.
Patent GB-190715894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Furnace Grates.
Inventor: ALLEN ROBERT
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 15,894. Allen, R. July 10. Fire bars and grafes.-In a furnace grate in which sets of alternate fire - bars are raised and lowered at opposite ends, toothed or serrated lifting-bars, operated by rack and pinion and bevel gearing, are employed. The fire-bars c are supported on fixed bearers b, and are operated by notched lifting-bars a having projections a<2> engaging notches c' in the webs c' by which the bars are positively returned to position. The fire-bars have half bearings c<9> at one end, and are flat at the opposite or lifting end. The lifting-bars a are actuated by a mechanically or manually operated shaft h having pinions g engaging depending racks f, Fig. 8. In the arrangement shown, the shaft is operated by bevel-gearing o, a quadrant m, and rack l connected to the piston of a steam-cylinder k. Each rack and pinion f, g is housed in a casing i to prevent the clogging of the gearing by ashes. Large grates are divided into two or more sections, the bars of which are operated either independently or together, and two racks actuated by geared pinions may be provided on each lifting-bar. The firebars c are formed with a groove c' in the upper surface and side notches c<5>. The contact surfaces c<7> of the fire-bars and the contact surfaces of the lifting and bearer bars are provided with notches or grooves to prevent the adherence of clinker &c.
Patent GB-190726158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stoves.
Inventor: HEWITT LIFFORD DYER
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 26,158. Hewitt, L. D. Nov. 26. Stoves; fuelholders; ash - pans. -In a closed stove, the ashes, " live " fuel, and "dead" fuel are supported by a vertically movable plate, which is gradually lowered by clockwork or other mechanism as combustion proceeds, the "live" fuel being located in a zone corresponding with the position of the air inlet, and being surrounded, if desired, by a water-heating jacket or coil. As shown in Fig. 1, the stove comprises two concentric cylinders 1, 2 supported by legs 3 enclosing the ash-bin 16. The fuel, which is fed in from the top of the stove, is supported by a plate 9 suspended by rods 10 and chains 11, which pass over pulleys 12 on a shaft 13 driven by clock-work mechanism 14. Air for combustion enters the space 17 between the casing 2 and the bin 16, and products of combustion escape through the flue 5. A water-heating coil is shown at 21. In a modification, shown in Fig. 2, the outer cylinder 2 is dispensed with, and the inner cylinder is carried down to the level of the lower end of the cylinder 2, while an internal dished ring takes the place of the plate 1<x>, Fig. 1. The plate 9 is loosely mounted on a vertical rod passing through a guiding-bole in the bottom of the ash-bin into a trough 26. The bottom end of the rod is attached by chains to the lowering-mechanism. When it is desired to remove the ashes, a plate is inserted through the slot 19 beneath the "live" fuel, the chains are disconnected, and the ash-bin is withdrawn. The mechanism for lowering the fuel support comprises a clock which drives a shaft 13<e>, Fig. 5, on which are mounted slotted disks 13<f>, 13<g>, the teeth in one disk corresponding with the slots in the other. As the disks rotate, each tooth 13<c> of a wbeel upon the same shaft 13 as the chainwheels 12 moves first through a slot in the disk 13<f>, and, after being brought to rest by the corresponding tooth of the disk 13<g>, moves through the next slot of the latter, thus allowing a regular lowering of the chains and fuel support.
Patent GB-190728490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches for Motor Cycles.
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 28,490. Triump Cycle Co., and Bachelor, J. Dec. 27. Driving-mechanism.-Relates to Weston-type plate friction clutches for motor - cycles so arranged that the foot-gear may drive the engine whether the clutch is engaged or not. The pedalling - sprocket F and the power pulley G are attached, the former through a f r e e - wheel, to the driving-sleeve E which carries fixed blocks S, 0 and a sliding block R, pressed by springs P against the clutchplates M, N. The clutch is disengaged by a rod Z<3>, toggle Z<2>, lever Z, and a rod Y which slides in the fixed axle A and carries a projection X passing through a slot C in the axle and bearing on a washer V. A ball bearing W is placed between the washer V and a second washer U, which engages pins T secured in the block R and passing through slots in the sleeve E.
Patent GB-190800876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stapling Mechanism.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-01-14
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 876. Newton, P. A., [Hoe, R.]. Jan. 14. Stapling.-Apparatus for stapling papers &c. comprises two rotary barrels, one barrel 3 carrying stapling-devices 4 of ordinary construction, and the other barrel 1 carrying pairs of pivoted clinchers 5, which are so arranged as to operate only when the driving of the staple is wholly or nearly completed. The clinchers 5 are pivoted to heads 7, Fig. 3, each bead being provided with a stem 8, and fixed in the barrel by nuts 10, 11. An actuator 12 is mounted in a socket 13 secured to a hub 15, and is held stationary within the rotating barrel by the gear-wheels shown in Fig. 2. The wheels 22, 25 are secured to a shaft 23 mounted in a bearing 24 in one of the spokes of the barrel 1, and the wheel 26 is fixel to a stationary frame by bolts 27. The actuator 12 is raised by a series of cams 30 on a rotating ring 29, and is depressed by a spring 16, the movement being transmitted to the clinchers by means of pins 32 placed within the stems 8. The pins have rounded ends, and are normally elevated by springs 33. The movement of the actuator 12 is limited by a stop 17.
Patent GB-190802261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Lamps.
Inventor: HOLMAN ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-09-01
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 2261. Holman, A. Sept. 1. Arc lamps.-Carbon disks forming electrodes are separated and regulated by brake mechanism, and are rotated intermittently by pawl-and-ratchet gear or by an electric or spring motor. A special economizer may be provided. In one arrangement, the disks 1, Fig. 1, are held against insulating-blocks 18<d> on spindles 18<b> by means of springs 18<i> and nuts. The blocks, which can be removed by rotation through a right-angle so that pins 18<e> normally seated in grooves in the blocks pass through slots therein, serve to arrest the approach of the carbons when these are nearly consumed. Bearings for the spindles are carried by arms 3, pivoted to insulated brackets 5 and provided with sectors 8, which are drawn upwards by springs. A wedge 10 of insulating-material faced with brass passes between the sectors and is connected by a rod 11 to a lever 13 controlled by series and shunt solenoids. A ratchet-wheel 21 on the spindle of each disk is engaged by a pawl 20, which is actuated when the carbons move towards each other, by a link 24, a lever 23 pivoted to the bracket 5, and a togglelink 22 connected to the other carbon - holder. Fig. 3 shows a lamp having disks 1 nearly horizontal and rotated through universal joints 30 and worm gear 34 by a rotary electric motor 36. The arc-striking mechanism is the same as before, but is displaced laterally, and the arms 3 are hollow to receive the spindles of the disks. The armature of the motor is in series with the shunt regulating- solenoid, and its field winding is in series with the arc. An arc-deflecting magnet 39, which may be connected to the field magnet, supports a conical economizer 40 having gaps in opposite sides tq admit the carbons. The economizer may, as shown in Fig. 6<b>, have passages 40<a>, to produce a circulation of fumes to and from the arc. With spring motors two arrangements may be used, in each of which the spring-actuated wheel engages a pinion on the shaft of the worms shown in Fig. 3, and is also connected by multiplying-gear to a star-wheel. In one arrangement, the frame of the multiplying- gear is fixed to the lamp frame, and a detent for the star-wheel is connected by a lever and link to the regulating-lever, so as to release the gearing when the arc pressure rises. In the other arrangement, the detent 46, Fig. 10, is stationary and the gearing frame 41 forms part of the regulating- lever 13, the shunt and series solenoids 16, 17 being co-axial and acting on a common core 16<a>. Alternatively, a single solenoid may be used.
Patent GB-190803397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Eyeletting and other Machines for Operating upon Boots and Shoes.
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 3397. Jerram. A. E., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Feb. 14. Lever inkages; toggles ; r a t c h e t gearing.-In a machine for inserting eyelets, nails, &c. in boots and shoes, the feed is made reversible to facilitate operation on reversely-shaped parts. The feed - motion is transmitted by a shaft F oscillated by a cam E<1>, Fig. 3, on the main shaft E, through a rod E<2> having at its end a sleeve E which slides on an arm E<3> secured to the shaft F. The feed is adjusted by turning the hand-lever E<7> over the perforated plate E<9> having a stop E<10>. This lever E<7> is mounted on the shaft F, and is linked at E<8> to the rod E<2>. The shaft F carries at its other end a double-armed lever F<2> operating by links F<6> a pair of toggles F<3>, F<4>. The extremities of the arms F<3> are jointed to a block B<2> which slides on a guide-rod B<3> and carries the lower eyeleting die B, the lateral motion of which feeds the work. The vertical clinching movement of the die B is derived from a toggle B<5>, B<6>, the lower member B<6> of which is in the form of parallel transverse bars, a strut B7 being provided to take the maximum thrust. The direction of the feed-motion is determined by locking one or other of the toggle ends F<5>, which are linked at F<7> to the frame by means of sockets F9 in levers F<8> linked together by a rod F<10>. These levers are operated by a handle H<1>, and are prevented from resting in any but their extreme positions by a ball and spring-pressed piston device G, G<1>. The handle H<1> is adjustable over a slot H on the lever F, and is connected by a link H<2> with a block H<13>, which slides over the table H' and carries a gauge mark to equal distances on either side of the die B.
Patent GB-190810804-A (GB)
Title: Improved Casting Machine & Ambulance for Cattle, Horses and the like.
Inventor: FREEDMAN HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-18
Granted: 1909-05-18
Abstract: 10,804. Freedman, H. May 18. Wagons; undercarriages.-A casting-machine and ambulance for animals comprises an iron cage H supported on trunnions in brackets N, F on an undercarriage A, the front swivelling- wheels of which are connected by a rod D carrying hauling arms E. The end J can be lowered for the entry of the animal, as shown in Fig. 1, the bracket N being turned down as shown, and the cage then supported by arms P on a crossshaft R. The arms P can be turned into the position shown in Fig. 4 to lock the bracket N in its normal position. The cage can be inverted by turning it about its trunnions bv means of the worm-gearing KK and handle MM, the weight of the animal being then taken by a saddle-piece AA supported on links BB, which can be swung about their pivots, to adjust the saddle-piece to the animal's back by worm-gearing GG and a band-wheel HH. One side of the cage can be swung out about its upper edge, and this side and the end J are retained in their normal positions by spring catches K. Specifications No 13,823, A.D. 1892, No. 18,802, A.D. 1898, No. 5388, A.D. 1902, No. 16,430, A.D. 1904, and No. 26,706, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Harness &c.], are referred to. According to the Provisional Specification, racks and pinions may be used to adjust the top of the cage to the animal ; provision is made for securing the animal's feet in the cage ; and the inside of the cage may be padded.
Patent GB-190810945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Tubes.
Inventor: HOPPER JAMES RUSSELL
Filed: 1908-05-20
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 10,945. Hopper, J. R. May 20. Converting. rotary into reciprocating m o t i o n.- The scrapers used to clean economizer &c. tubes are reciprocated by rods C pivoted to one end of levers F, the other ends of which are pivoted to swinging links K. The levers F are actuated by a bell-crank lever G, the ends of which are pivoted to the levers F at I. A continuously driven wheel V carries a crank-pin U working in a slot in the piece T, one end of which is pivoted to the lower limb of the lever G, the other end being pivoted to a swinging link R, so that rotation of the wheel V causes the lever G to oscillate about the pivot H.
Patent GB-190813226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dyeing Machines and the like.
Inventor: HANSON JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1908-06-22
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 13,226. Hanson, J. T. June 22. Dyeing.-A false bottom for use in apparatus for dyeing, and otherwise treating wool, yarn, &c. with liquids, consists of a cast-iron grating d, the bars of which are wider at the top than at the bottom.
Patent GB-190813541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Self-propelled Fire-engines and the like.
Inventor: DENNIS JOHN CAWSEY
Filed: 1908-12-28
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 13,541. Dennis, J. C. Dec. 28. Portable centrifugal pumps; starting, facilitating.- Relates to self-propelled fire-engines and portable pumping-apparatus of the type in which a centrifugal or other rotary pump is driven from the internal -combustion engine that propels the vehicle, and consists more particularly in the combination with h the pump of a charging -apparatus of the ejector watercirculation t y p e. As shown in elevation in Fig. 1 and plan in Fig. 2, the pump a is provided with an intake or suction pipe b having a non-return valve b<1>, and with a pair of delivery pipes c having valves c<1>. In charging the pump, the valves b<1>, c<1> are closed, and water is drawn by the pump from a tank i through a pipe k and valve l, and is returned to the tank through a valve p<1> and a pipe p, thus operating an ejector x, which exhiusts the air from the suction b through a pipe n having a valve m. The valves l, m are controlled by a hand-lever o. The pump shaft g is driven through spur gearing e, f controlled by a lever h. In a modification particularly adapted for agricultural purposes, the engine shaft is in line with the pump shaft and drives the same direct, and is connected with the cardan shaft by speed gearing, a single hand-lever being used to manipulate the gearing and disconnect the pump shaft. A transmission pulley is mounted on the engine shaft and a trailing bar is provided at the rear of the vehicle, thus enabling the apparatus to be used as a power plant and as a tractor.
Patent GB-190814508-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means and Apparatus for Drying Sea-weed.
Inventor: BEST ALBERT
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 14,508. Best, A. July 8. Drying seaweed. - A frame for drying seaweed in the open is constructed with vertical corner-posts a, to which horizontal rods b, care secured so that network shelves e may rest thereon. The frame is surmounted by a roof d with or without felt or other waterproof material. Intermediate rods or wires on the rods b, c may further support the shelves. Additional bars g, h at the bottom of the vertical posts may be loaded with stones, or the lower ends of the posts a may be sunk in holes filled with concrete to prevent overturning. The frames may be braced or tied together, as shown at f. The roof may be set sloping if the general unevenness of the ground is insufficient to cause rain to pour off.
Patent GB-190816834-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Aerial Toy.
Inventor: PASFIELD ARTHUR
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 16,834. Pasfield, A. March 10, 1909. Flying toys; spinning toys.- Relates to a spinning toy adapted to fly up to the ceiling and continue to spin thereon. Two o or more wings A, higher at one edge than at the other, are connected by a disk B perforated to receive a rod C provided with h a conical screw cap D which forms a spinning point. In operation, the rod C is held between the palms of the hands and spun by drawing one hand across the other. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 9890, A.D. 1885, and No. 19,675, A.D. 1895.]
Patent GB-190820900-A (GB)
Title: Means for Locking the Stretcher Bars of Folding Chairs, Settees and the like.
Inventor: CHALLIS JAMES
Filed: 1908-10-03
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 20,900. Challis, J. Oct. 3. Pivot adjustments. - The rear ends of the stretcher. bars d of folding chairs, settees, &c. are provided with segments f having slots g, h and are pivoted or hinged between the plates of brackets e fixed on the legs c<1>. A rod k is inserted in slots in the inside plates of the brackets e, and is adapted to engage the slots g, h, so as to lock the chair &c. in the opened and closed positions respectively. A rail on the chair frame is preferably so fixed that it and the rod k can be grasped together for releasing the latter.
Patent GB-190825275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tool Rests for Grindstones and Abrading Machines.
Inventor: LUNEY MANASSEH
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 25,275. Luney, M., and Hamilton, J. C. Nov. 24. Guides and rests.-A grindstone rest, of the kind that automatically moves back when the tool or other article being ground gets between it and the surface of the stone, is composed of a bar A notched to engage in notches in brackets E, F which are slotted to drop over pivots G in the pedestals K and are provided with stops H.