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Patent GB-190620924-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating the Temperature in Vehicles.
Inventor: BERGET THOMAS CLAUDE XAVIER AL
Filed: 1906-09-20
Granted: 1907-04-25
Abstract: 20,924. Berget, T. C. X. A. Feb. 6, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Thermometers.-In apparatus such as that described in Specification No. 20,923, A.D. 1906, [Abridgment Class Heating], for controlling the expansion of a gas for regulating the temperature inside a refrigerating-vehicle, an electric circuit is completed or interrupted at predetermined temperatures by either of the thermostatic arrangements shown in Figs. 1 and 2. As shown in Fig. 1, a mercury thermometer has a float attached to a rod which passes freely through a ring 5 and is provided with adjustable stops 6, 7. The ring 5 carries an insulating cross-piece 8 having contacts 9, 10 which may rest upon the insulated portion 11 of the slide. Insulated metal strips 13, 14 are connected to a source of electricity. In another arrangement, Fig. 2, a deformable tube filled with a volatile liquid actuates a lever 3<a> carrying adjustable stops 6a, 7<a>. These stops are arranged to move the cross-piece 8 carrying the contacts 9, 10 over the insulated portions 11, or the metal slips 13,14, as before. In operation, the apparatus does not actuate the expansion valve immediately a change of temperature occurs in the vehicle, but only after an interval has elapsed and when the temperature reaches the predetermined limits.
Patent GB-190622003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Petrol and like Tanks for Motors.
Inventor: COOK WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1906-10-05
Granted: 1906-12-31
Abstract: 22,003. Cook, W. H. Oct. 5. Tanks.- A petrol or like tank for motors is provided with means for straining the petrol before it is led to the carburettor, and with facilities for cleaning the tank and drawing off sediment. The bottom of the tank 1, Fig. 1, is provided with a well 2 having a removable lower cover-plate 3, the upper surface of which is dished, so that sediment gravitates towards the drain cock 6 in the centre. The petrol enters the pipe 11 leading to the carburettor through a cylindrical filter, shown also in transverse section in Fig. 3. The upper part 8 is solid and the lower part 7 is of wire-gauze, so that sediment does not come in contact with the strainer, but falls off the upper surface 8 on to the lower cover-plate 3.
Patent GB-190622909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheels for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: ELLIOT JOHN PETER
Filed: 1906-10-16
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 22,909. Elliot, J. P. Oct. 16. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A solid tyre is formed with cavities c of which the width is about one-third of that of the tyre, and the height and length, respectively, preferably twice and three times the width. The distance between the cells is approximately the same as the length of the cells. The tyre is secured by side flanges engaging semicircular beads on the tyre ; pieces g of hard wood or metal secured on the felloes, which fill the bases of the cavities, prevent creeping. The tyre may be in sections.
Patent GB-190625632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Magneto-electric Generators.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOSEPH A
Filed: 1906-11-13
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 25,632. Williams, J. A. Nov. 13. Armatures; field magnets; magneto-electric machines.-In a magneto machine specially applicable for ignition in internal-combustion engines, the armature core D carries two diametrically opposite pole-pieces d at one side of the winding e, and two diametrically opposite pole-pieces d<1> at right-angles to the first pair, at the other side of the winding e. The field magnet has two long straight pole-pieces N, S, ninety degrees apart at their centres. The winding e is carried on a stationary support c<1>, only the core rotating.
Patent GB-190626467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production or Manufacture of Seamless Metal Tubes.
Inventor: WILLIAMS CHARLES FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-11-22
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 26,467. Williams, C. F., and Dicks, W. Nov. 22. Rolling.-Tubes are rolled step by step by surfaces which act firstly in a direction oblique to the axis of the tube's rotation, and secondly, on the same portion of the tube, in a direction parallel to the axis. The rolls, which may be of disk, conical, or cylindrical form, have a gap to admit the tube to be rolled. The first portion of the surface to engage is the edge b, Fig. 1, which comes into action when parallel to the tube's axis. The edge a, which in the case of disk rolls, as shown, bounds the central hollowed-out portion, remains at a constant distance from the axis, and the edge b<1> slopes upwards from the surface as far a b<2> where the maximum penetration is attained. From b<2> to b' this edge becomes a flattened top, which is parallel to the axis of the tube and performs the second portion of the above operation. A second set of surfaces may be arranged on the same rolls connected to the first set by a sloping shoulder or offset, and engage the same portion of the tube acted on by the first set and before the tube has been fed forward. The mandrel D, Fig. 8, is loosely connected to a thrust block G operated by an air cylinder H, and the rolls are set so that during rolling there is a tendency to feed the work backwards. A stop may be arranged to locate the work, and may be moved backwards during the rolling ready for the next feed, which is performed automatically by the cylinder when the opening in the pass comes round. When the operation is complete, the tube is removed from the opposite end of the pass to which it entered.
Patent GB-190628078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Animal and Vermin Traps
Inventor: THOMAS THOMAS
Filed: 1906-12-10
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 28,078. Thomas, T. Dec. 10. Traps.-A trap for killing rabbits, rats, birds, or other animals or vermin has a stamped metal base a. One end c is turned up to carry a catch d, and the forked end b also bends upwards, the curved striking-arm h passing between the points. The striking-arm is pivoted to an upright g', the pivot carrying also a spring i ; the upright acts as a rivet to secure the plate g to the base. The plate g has a projection j<1> against which one end of the spring presses. On the striking-arm is a pin h<1> which, when in the set position shown in dotted lines, is held down by the catch d, which fits under a projection f<1> on the tread-plate arm f. This arm is divided to carry two tread plates f<3>. A safety hook k holds the striker while the trap is being set, and an anchor chain k<2> is provided. In modified forms, a single tread plate working in an aperture in, or in a frame forming part of, the base-plate is used, and the striking-arm may have the form of a rectangular frame.
Patent GB-190703715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Marking-pegs and Centre-punches.
Inventor: HOUGHTON WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-02-15
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 3715. Houghton, W. Feb. 15, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Combination tools.-In a combination marking- peg and centre punch, the centre punch 1 is spring-mounted within a cylindrical casing 7, which when dipped in a suitable marking-solution, serves as a marking-peg by means of which rivet and other holes may be transferred from a templet to the sheet or plate to be drilled or punched. The centre punch 1 has upper and lower horizontally disposed pins 4, 6 arranged at right-angles. The pin 4 slides in slots 10 in an upper guide-collar 8, and is arranged to engage notches 12 when it is desired to use the punch without the marking-peg, while the pin 6 engages a collar 15 against which the spring 16 abuts. The lower end of the punch is guided by a collar 13. The collars 8, 13 are secured in position by screws 9,14 respectively.
Patent GB-190707144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Concrete Barrels and other Vessels.
Inventor: PETRACCHI ADRIANO
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 7144. Petracchi, A. March 25. Tanks.-Staves, plates, blocks, or other elements for the construction of tanks or like vessels are made from concrete, armoured or otherwise. The surfaces which are to face each other are covered with tallow or other fatty substance with the exception of narrow strips, which are then cemented together. The vessels may be strengthened by outer iron rings and may be coated internally with enamel.
Patent GB-190708074-A (GB)
Title: Device for Producing the Inhibition of the Functional Activity of Part of the Thorax
Inventor: SCARPA LUIGI GUIDO
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 8074. Scarpa, L. G. July 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Respiration, appliances for promoting.-An appliance for compressing one half of the thorax so as to increase the activity of the other half consists of a half-waistcoat 1 constructed of linen and lined with a pneumatic cushion p, which leaves free only the portion covering the shoulder. The other halfwaistcoat is laced to the first half, and consists of metal plates 2 large enough to permit of free breathing. The pneumatic cushion when inflated prevents the activity of the corresponding half of the thorax, which is further restricted by means of the belt f.
Patent GB-190710868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-heaters or Geysers.
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1907-08-15
Abstract: 10,868. Ewart & Son, and Ewart, G. H. May 9. Water-heating stoves.-In a geyser of the open type in which the water falls successively on central and peripheral_trays h, i, so as to pursue a zigzag path in the direction opposite to that of the heating- gases, the topmost tray d surrounds the flue e, which is provided with holes or has its upper surface scalloped so that water overflows on to the lower trays. The central trays are carried by rods secured to, and projecting upwardly and downwardly from, the peripheral tray. The heated water finally flows down the sides of a screen l attached to the bottom of the dish j into the bottom of the apparatus. A water jacket g opening at the top into the tray d may also be provided.
Patent GB-190715440-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Game Board.
Inventor: FORD JAMES STORY
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 15,440. Ford, J. S. July 4. Draughts.-An octagonal board, suitable for four players, is divided by heavy lines 2 into four sections. The home territory 3 of each player is bounded by double lines 4 drawn from the corners to the centre of the figure. The spaces 5, outside the home territories 3, may consist of two or three rows of 'squares.' The 'men,' of which there are twelve, are placed as shown, and are moved away from the heavy lines 2 and are crowned' when they pass the line bounding the adjacent player's territory.
Patent GB-190717209-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Rollers.
Inventor: BRIDGE ROBERT
Filed: 1907-07-27
Granted: 1908-07-27
Abstract: 17,209. Bridge, R., and Thornley, R. July 27. Wooden rollers.-Rollers either of solid wood alone or of wood with a covering of sheet vulcanite or other hard substance impervious to moisture have spindles provided with vanes or wings, wedgeshaped longitudinally and radially, and engaging the material of the roller. The inner ends of the spindles may be cylindrical with pointed ends, or conical, or of rectangular or other section, and the webs, vanes, or wings c are formed near the outer ends ; the vanes are wedgeshaped longitudinally and radially, and tapered towards the axis at the outer edges. To prevent splitting, a ring d may be driven on each end of the roller or a wedge-shaped ring may be driven into each end. In the latter case, the vanes may be formed on bosses supported either by short centre shafts or by a shaft passing right through the roller, the bosses being either keyed on the shaft or secured by flats on one or both sides, or by squaring part of the shaft.
Patent GB-190718996-A (GB)
Title: Improved Metal Packing for Stuffing Boxes.
Inventor: BREINL JOSEF CORNEL
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 18,996. Breinl, J. C. Aug. 23. Stuffing-boxes.-Two or more segmental packing- rings A<1>, A<2>, Fig. 1, arranged to break joint in a casing ring D, are surrounded by a metal band B, which fits the sides of the casing ring D, and is tensioned by a surrounding spring ring C secured to its ends BI, B<2>, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-190727126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Air or other Gases.
Inventor: WOOD WILFRED ROTHERY
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 27,126. Wood, W. R. Dec. 7. Air - supply, heating.- An air heater arranged in a flue may consist of semicircular plates, spaced to form air - passages 2 by channel iron, or, in the form shown in Figs. 3 and 6, by being stamped and riveted. When the flue is straight, air enters the heater on the side nearer to the chimney ; if the heater is placed at a bend in the flue, the air inlet and outlet may be on opposite sides of the bend. Wire gauze 11 or other retardiog means may be placed in the air passages nearer the centre of curvature, to ensure sufficient heating of the air therein, and several heaters may be used in series. Air may be either forced or drawn through the heater by a fan ; in the latter arrangement, sections of the heater may be taken out after removal of a section 8 of the delivery tube, without stopping the fan 1. Alternatively, air may pass between the plate sections, and the hot gases through them.
Patent GB-190727700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Proof Drawers.
Inventor: BRIEN CHARLES COYNE
Filed: 1907-12-16
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 27,700. Brien, C. C. Dec. 16. Drawers.-A dustexcluding cover is secured to the framework surrounding a drawer, and makes dusttight joints with the sides and ends of the closed drawer. The cover 1, preferably of three-ply wood, is shown engaging rounded grooves 2, 3 in the front end and sides of the drawer, a tongued piece 9 at the back engaging a groove 8 in the back end of the drawer. Strips 12 may be arranged as shown, to act as distance-pieces and drawer guides.
Patent GB-190728530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Motor Generators.
Filed: 1907-12-28
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 28,530. Mather & Platt, [Rosenberg, E.]. Dec. 28. Distributing regulating.-A motor - generator with the motor and generator electrically connected in series for the partial conversion of the supply current has a generator element of the type described in Specification No. 17,423, A.D. 1904, with the usual brushes short-circuited and an additional pair of working brushes for the supply circuit situated approximately at the middle of the magnet poles. The current at the working brushes has a special characteristic making it particularly suitable for a circuit including variable resistances, for example arc lamps and batteries. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the constant potential mains 1 supply current to the motor armature 2, which is connected in series with the brushes 6 of the generator 4, the usual brushes 5 of which are short-circuited. The magnets 3 of the two machines are separately excited from the mains 1. The load, which may be an arc lamp 9, is connected across the working brushes 6. If the resistance in the working circuit is increased, the speed of the machine diminishes, and the current in the working circuit diminishes. The motor, however, takes more current than hitherto, and, by suitably designing the two machines, it is possible to make use of these oppositely - directed variations of current to obtain any desired characteristic for the working circuit. In the arrangement of connexions shown in Fig. 1, the current and voltage of the working circuit decrease together, but, by connecting the field winding 2 across the brushes of the armature 2, Fig. 2, the working current may be made to increase with decrease of voltage. This arrangement is particularly suitable for charging accumulators. The motor fields may be connected to the motor armature, and the generator may be series-wound, as shown in Fig. 4, the working circuit being connected in a long or short shunt. Instead of supplying circuits containing variable resistances, circuits in which a variable counter electromotive force acts may be supplied.
Patent GB-190801464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Chimney Pots or Ventilators.
Inventor: ALSOP JAMES
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 1464. Alsop, J. Jan. 21. Chimney &c. tops.-In chimney and ventilating- shaft tops having upwardly-inclined tangential openings at the bottom of a shaft, the shaft a is made detachable, and may be of plain type, as shown in Fig. 1, or, as shown in Fig. 5, may carry curved louvers g between vertical extensions f, which support upon brackets l an inverted U-shaped hood h, opening at the top k into cress-passages j formed beneath a plate. The upper shaft a is supported in recesses c<2> in vertical ribs c<1> formed on the conical top e of'the lower member b and tangential to the interior opening.
Patent GB-190803099-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Chamfering the Teeth of Gears.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1908-02-11
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 3099. Justice, P. M., [" Long-Arm " System Co.]. Feb. 11. Milling.-In a machine for chamfering the teeth of gear-wheels to facilitate the sliding of the wheels into mesh, the wheel 4 is rotated and reciprocated past a fixed rotating cutter 5, as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8. The wheel to be chamfered is mounted on a spindle 3 mounted in a sliding block 15 reciprocated by a cam 27, which is removably attached to a wheel 21 driven by toothed gearing from the main shaft 25 of the machine. When the upper surface of the teeth are being chamfered, a roller 19 engaging the cam is mounted on the upper pin 18<1> of the block 15, and when the lower surface is being operated upon, it is mounted on the lower pin 18. The wheel is rotated by means of a worm 9 engaging its teeth, the worm being mounted on a slide 6 and driven by change gearing from the main shaft. This machine may be an attachment to an ordinary milling-machine, and in a modification, the work spindle is arranged horizontally instead of vertically, and in this case the attachment may swivel on its base and thus set the work at varying angles to the tool. The spindle 3 is capable of adjustment and renewal, and a guide gib 40 takes up wear of the sliding block 15. To avoid back-lash in the worm, one bearing of the spindle 8, Fig. 3, is provided with an adjustable locking-sleeve 33, having a washer 34 attached thereto, as shown.
Patent GB-190804776-A (GB)
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 4776. Erebus Manufacturing Co., and Raybone, E. March 3. Fastenings for doors etc.; coin action.-In fastenings for doors &c. which are adapted to be actuated by a penny or two halfpennies, the halfpennies pass down the shoot 4 between a fixed abutment 5<a> and an abutment 5<b> on the bolt 6, and are supported by a projection 9 on a pivoted lever 7. The weight of the halfpennies turns the lever so as to raise its upper extremity into the path of the runner plate 10, in which position by bearing on a stump 11 on the bolt, the lever couples the bolt to the runner plate. A penny connects the bolt and runner plate in the usual way. Coin-discharging mechanism.-The abutment 5<b> moving with the bolt permits the escape of the coins.
Patent GB-190809024-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cutter Head for Wood Working Machines
Inventor: HANCOCK WILLIAM HARRY
Filed: 1908-04-25
Granted: 1909-04-26
Abstract: 9024. Hancock, W. H. April 25. Planing and moulding tools and tool-holders.- The cutter-adjusting devices for planing-machines described in Specifications No. 8713, A.D. 1905, and No. 4225, A.D. 1906, are modified for application to cutter-heads of circular cross-section, the adjusting-devices being situated in the circumference of the cutter-head to allow the cutters to project beyond the ends of the cutter-head for rebating purposes. The cutters I, Figs. 1 and 2, are clamped in position in recesses B in the head by means of wedges D actuated by screws E. The cutters are adjusted by means of screws H engaging with blocks G sunk in the head and secured to the cutters. In the case where the cutter are secured to the head by means of segmental clamping-plates C, Fig. 6, the cutters are adjusted by means of pinions E engaging with racks cut on the edges of slots in the cutters in which the pinions work, the spindles of the pinions being extended through the clamping- plates. The cutters are also slotted to receive the clamping-screws D.
Patent GB-190810125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gears.
Inventor: STUART SYDNEY
Filed: 1908-05-09
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 10,125. Stuart, S. May 9. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to epicyclic changespeed and reversing gearing suitable for motorcars. The driving-shaft A carries a fixed gear C, Fig. 1, meshing with planet-wheels K<2>, which rotate solid with other gears K<1>, K<3>, K<4> on spindles K mounted in a rotary casing H. The gears K<3> mesh constantly with a wheel D fast on the driven shaft B in line with the shaft A. The gears K<4> mesh with a sun gear F secured to one end of a sleeve f loose on the shaft B. The other end of the sleeve f is secured to a brake-drum o. The gears K<1> are connected by idlers M, Fig. 2, to a sun gear E fast on a sleeve e loose on the shaft A. The gears M are mounted on spindles L parallel to the spindles K. The sleeve e is secured to a brake drum n and a clutch cone r. The casing H bears on the sleeves f, e. To obtain a solid high-speed drive, a clutch cone R on the shaft A is slid into engagement with the cone r. A middle speed is obtained when a brake N applied to the drum n holds the gear E stationary. A low forward speed results when the casing H is held by a brake P. On applying a brake O to the drum o, a reversed drive is obtained.
Patent GB-190810607-A (GB)
Title: Billiard Player's Pocket Chalk and Sandpaper Case.
Inventor: GOVETT ERNEST ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 10,607. Govett, E. A. May 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Billiards. - Relates to a chalk and sand - paper holder for billiard players. A domeshaped casing a with a front opening b to expose the chalk d is closed by a cap e with an opening e<2>. A number of disks of sand-paper &c. are placed below the chalk, the outermost being exposed through the optning e<2>.
Patent GB-190819676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gramophones, Phonographs or like Machines.
Inventor: KLABER EMILE HERTZ
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-09-20
Abstract: 19,676. Klaber, E. H. Sept. 18. Brakes.-Relates to automatic brake mechanism, described in connexion with gramophones and the like in which the tone arm is adapted to engage an adjustable member upon reaching the desired point of the reproduction and thus cause, through mechanical or electrical means, the release of a spring-pressed brake block. Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of the adjustable member, and Fig. 6 a plan of the mechanical connexions of the member with the brake block shown in plan in Fig. 7. The stop member comprises a vertical lever a pivoted at a<2> and normally held against the stop e by the spring d but adapted, when struck by the tone arm, to move quickly to the broken-line position under the action of the same spring. The lever a carries an adjustable plate h for engaging the tone arm x, and may be provided with a scale and pointer so that it can be easily set for any point of the record. In the Provisional Specification, modified adjusting-means are described comprising a conical body or wedge or a stop adjusted by a screw. The lower end of the lever a engages in a slot in the pivoted arm f<2>, and through the connexions shown, can release the spring-pressed brake arm w<3>. When an electrical control is used, the tone arm, upon engaging the adjustable member, completes an electrical circuit through the solenoids k, Fig. 7, thus raising the arm j<4> and releasing the brake block. The circuit is broken again when the arm w<3> ceases to contact with the spring part l.