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Patent GB-190706407-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanism for Transmitting Motion of Rotation of One Body to Another.
Inventor: JEFFREYS EDWARD AUGUSTUS
Filed: 1907-03-16
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 6407. Jeffreys, E. A., and Sayers, W. B. March 16. Toothed gearing ; variable - speed and reversing gearing.-In epicyclic reducing and change-speed gearing, an eccentrically-driven toothed planetwheel is connected by cranks, crank links, or eccentrics to a fixed member or to a member which is either held stationary or allowed to rotate. The planet-wheel 50, which meshes with and drives a toothed annulus 70, is fast upon a sleeve d mounted on ball bearings on a crank b on the engine shaft a. A disk d<1> secured to the sleeve d is connected by crank links to a drum f, which may be held stationary to impart a reduced forward drive through the annulus 70 to a driven sleeve h. The gear is adapted for changing speed by arranging a suitable clutch to effect a fast solid drive, and by providing an annulus 50<x> on the disk d<1>, in mesh with a sunpinion 30 connected to a brake drum g<2>, so that an intermediate speed results when the drum f is released and the drum g<a> held. Reversal is arranged for by providing a ring of teeth 38 on the sleeve d in mesh with an annulus 58 upon a drum i which is held by a brake, the other drums being free. In one modification, an additional speed is produced by providing an additional external ring of teeth on the disk d<1> and another brake drum. In another modification, a speed is arranged for between that produced by holding the drum g<2> and full speed, by controlling the speed of the drum g<2> by an auxiliary reducing-gear constructed according to this invention.
Patent GB-190707877-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Draft Gear for Vehicles.
Inventor: WESTINGHOUSE GEORGE
Filed: 1907-04-04
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 7877. Westinghouse, G. April 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Couplings, disconnectible; couplings with valves.- In a railway-vehicle coupling having connexions for a fluid-pressure conduit, means are provided for operating the coupling and the controlling- cock of the conduit from the side of the vehicle, and the coupling may be further provided with means for connecting up additional conduits. The coupling is of the type in which vertical ribs 35, Fig. 11, formed upon the projecting portions 31, automatically engage and are locked in the coupled position by spring latches 38, enlarged hoods 32 being provided for facilitating coupling upon curves. A hollow draw-bar 16 serves as a conduit for fluid pressure and communicates with a passage 34 fitted with a gasket 33 and a cock 56, the inner ends of the draw-bars being connected by a hose. Means for coupling up additional fluidpressure conduits may be carried by nipples 47, Fig. 5, provided upon lugs 46 formed upon the coupler heads, and may consist of pipes 49 with engaging gaskets 48 arranged vertically above and substantially at right-angles to the inner inclined faces of the ribs 35 of the couplers. The latches 38 of the couplings may be operated by handlevers 45, Fig. 10, and cranks 43, a catch 42, 44 being provided for securing the latch in the uncoupled position. For operating the latch and also the cock 56 from the side of the vehicle, a handled cross-shaft 62, Fig. 14, is connected by universal joints 59, 58, Figs. 14 and 15, and telescoping square rods 60, 61, with a shaft 68 mounted in the coupler head. A bevelled projection 67 upon the shaft 68 may be rotated to engage with a segmental toothed 'bevel 65 formed upon a sleeve 64 mounted loosely upon the shaft 68, the bevel 65 engaging a. similar segmental bevel 66 upon the cock 56. Upon a squared portion of the shaft 68 is mounted a cam 70 having a projection 71 adapted to engage the curved end 77 of a lever 76 mounted on the pivot 37 of the coupling-latch. Rotation, of the cross-shaft 62 closes the cock 56 and afterwards moves the coupling-latch into the uncoupled position. The cam 70 may be further provided with a projection 72 adapted to engage a lug 75 upon the lever 76 so that a spring 73 upon the shaft 68 helps to retain the coupling-latch in the locked position.
Patent GB-190708081-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hair Curling Apparatus and a Process for Curling Hair by Means thereof.
Inventor: GOTTSCHALG ALBERT
Filed: 1907-04-06
Granted: 1907-06-06
Abstract: 8081. Gottschalg, A. April 6. Hair-curling, toilet appliances for.-In curling- devices in which the hair is wound on an elastic band c stretched along the limbs a, b of a fork which is afterwards removed, the ends of the band are provided with snap-button fastenings f, g, and the fork is provided with a handle e, having a hook d at the side for receiving the middle of the band.
Patent GB-190708238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines
Inventor: UNDERWOOD JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1907-04-09
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 8238. Underwood, J. T. April 9. Typewriters.- Relates to means for feeding a paper strip around the platen independently of the rotation of the latter, whereby a separate record of the totals of a number of bills may be obtained. The strip is automatically fed when the platen is moved to the left sufficiently far to enable the types to strike upon the strip. The paper strip passes from a spool 17 between feedrolls 18, 19, round the platen 2, and between feed-rolls 18,20;. The roll 18, which is preferably of fluted metal, may be turned by means of a finger-piece, and is automatically fed by a ratchet-wheel 22 and a pawl 23 carried by a slide 26. The slide is supported by means of slots and screws 27 on one of a pair of plates 29, which are connected by cross-rods to form a frame which is detachably mounted on the paper-carriage of the machine. Latches 76 on the plates 29 engage a rod 77 on the carriage frame. The slide 26 is connected with a lever carrying a pin 34 which is engaged by a cam 35 on the frame of the machine as the paper-carriage moves to the left. The rolls 19, 20, which are preferably of soft rubber, are mounted in bails 37 which are pivoted to the plates 29 and are connected by a spring 39. The spool 17 is retarded by a brake 47 which rests upon the roll of paper and is connected by a spring 49 with the pawl 23. The brake may be raised and held out of action by the spring 49, the pawl 23 being simultaneously disengaged from the ratchetwheel 22. The spring 49 also serves to retract the slide 26 subsequent to its operation by the cam 35. The spool 17 is detachably mounted on an axle 53, Fig. 6, one end of which is pivoted so that it falls into the position shown in dotted lines and holds the axle in position. The cam 35 projects from a bar 59 which extends along the carriage and is adjustable at one end to enable the throw of the pawl 23 to be regulated.
Patent GB-190708633-A (GB)
Inventor: SAUNDERS ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-04-13
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 8633. Saunders, A. April 13. Wine bins.-Relates to a frame for binning bottles on which bottles may be laid in an horizontal position in such a way that additional frames may be placed on the previously stacked bottles. The frame consists of two parts A, B, of wood and stiff wire respectively. The board A is hollowed as shown to receive the bottles, and the wire may be adjusted in holes a<2> to suit bottles of different sizes. The wire is bent up at b<1> to prevent the bottles from being displaced laterally. The frame is particularly adapted for windowdressing.
Patent GB-190710305-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Manufacture and Recovery of Ammonia and other Bye-products from the Gases of Blast and other Furnaces, Retorts, Coke Ovens and the like.
Inventor: DUNNACHIE WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1907-12-02
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 10,305. Dunnachie, W. J. Dec. 2. Producers; tar; gas retorts.- Gas is drawn from the hotter regions of gas-producers, retorts, coke ovens, &c., immediately treated with steam or water, or both, and in some cases a small quantity of air for the purpose of converting the cyanogen into ammonia. The loss of heat sustained by the gas extraction may be made good by introducing excess of combustible material with the charge, or by the introduction of superheated gas above the level of the point of extraction. In one construction, the gas is immediately treated in the mixer w, Fig. 2, with steam and water spray at the points C, W. The chequered brickwork with which the chamber is filled serves to mix the gases, while the stream of water, which runs down the brickwork, takes up the potash and soda. A brick arch may be fitted in front of the inlet pipe, and arranged to dip under the water in the mixer. In another construction, shown in Fig. 3, the gases meet steam and water- Spray at the point W, and are forced under the serrated edges of baffle-plates B. The potash and soda are taken up by the water. The ammonia in the gases is absorbed in sulphuric acid, and the purified gases are put to various-uses or returned to the furnace. The invention may be applied to a gas-producer of the blast-furnace type burning small coal, shale, lignite, peat, waste from collieries, &c. Part of the gas is withdrawn through openings p, and treated as described above for the removal of alkalis and production of ammonia. Steam is blown in through tuyÞres k, and the gases that leave the top of the furnace added to those that have been previously withdrawn, and before use treated for the removal of tar and ammonia.
Patent GB-190713231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps provided with several Cylinders Rotating about a Common Axis.
Inventor: GAUER PAUL
Filed: 1907-06-07
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 13,231. Gauer, P. Aug. 22, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Revolving - cylinder pumps. - A pump having revolving cylinders with reciprocating pistons has the joint between the member 3 and the cap 12 provided with the inlet and outlet ports made tight by pressure of liquid from the outlet port 14 acting between a diaphragm 27 and the cap 12. The member 3 is eccentric to the casing 1, and has three cylinders in which pistons are reciprocated by rollers thereon engaging guides 9, 10. Each cylinder is connected to an axial passage 15, 16, 17 serving to connect it with the inlet and outlet openings 13, 14 in the cap 12 as the member 3 rotates. A small channel 25 from the outlet 14 leads pressure fluid to the chamber 26 formed by the end of the cap 12 and the diaphragm 27 carried by the screw 24 in the casing 1 of the pump. This pressure keeps the cap 12 up against the part 3 ; both of these parts are preferably conical in shape.
Patent GB-190716390-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Draught-increasing Grating for Domestic and Industrial Fireplaces.
Inventor: MORGAN JOHN
Filed: 1907-07-17
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 16,390. Morgan, J. July 17. Grates.-An appliance for increasing the draught in the fire - place of a stove consists of inclined bars a connecting end plates b. The bottom barf extends across the plates b completely, and the bars a are shorter, leaving a space c at the back. The device may form part of the side or end wall of a fire-place.
Patent GB-190717391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Pivot Shoe Attachments of Swinging Doors.
Inventor: EVERED STANLEY
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 17,391. Evered, S. July 30. Hinges.-A pivot shoe-attachment for the bottom of swing doors, comprises a plate A formed with a square socket a<3> and two pairs of lugs a<4> adapted to be recessed into the underside of the door. Face plates C are attached by means of screws a<5> which pass through lugs a<4> tapped to receive them. The plate A is also formed with a heel flange a<1>.
Patent GB-190722182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: REIS ALPHONSE
Filed: 1907-10-08
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 22,182. Reis, A. Oct. 8. Beat-storing fittings in flues.-A heat-retaining device 14, consisting of vertical plates of metal or fire-clay spaced apart, is fitted directly over the nest of tubes 4 of a water-tube boiler. The tops of the plates are about level with the bottom of the outlet flue. The sum of the areas of the spaces between the plates is at least equal to the sectional area of the flue.
Patent GB-190723200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heating Burners Consuming Liquid Fuel
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-10-21
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 23,200. Imray, O., [Kaltschmid, C., (Firm of)]. Oct. 21. . Vaporizing apparatus. -In atmospheric vapour burners in which the vaporizer is a straight tube passing through the burner head, heat being conducted to it by a metallic conductor attached to it alone, the conductor is so constructed that it does not project above the burner head. The conductor consists of a plate e of copper or other metal, which may be perforated, attached to the vaporizer b by a bar d, and situated within the annular burner head c. It is heated by flames from a ring of jets g within the burner head c, an external ring f directly heating any vessel placed above.
Patent GB-190723691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Signs and the like.
Inventor: CROWDEN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 23,691. Crowden, A. Oct. 26. Signs are built up of grooved, U-shaped, frames D, which are hinged together at d<1>, and a background A preferably of enamelled iron, upon which in the letters or device a number of holes may be formed to receive hollow half-spheres &c. of transparent or semi-transparent material, such as celluloid, which are held in position by transparent back-plates, as described in Specification No. 25,707, A.D. 1906. The frame may be held together by means of stay-rods d<2> which may be extended to embrace all the frames when several are placed one above the other. T-shaped strips may be used to cover up the joints, or strips may be attached to the stays for that purpose. Lugs &c. may be attached to the frame to support it at a lamp-post or some irregular surface &c.
Patent GB-190807647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Hanging and Protection of Window and the like Curtains, Screens and Blinds.
Inventor: RODGER ALEXANDER WYLLIE
Filed: 1908-04-07
Granted: 1909-04-07
Abstract: 7647. Rodger, A. W. April 7. Windows. - Curtains, screens, blinds, &c. are enclosed in an airtight transparent casing formed on the interior of the window, to protect them from dirt, dust, fire, &c. The casing a is formed in sections and comprises frames b fitted with glass, mica, &c., hinged or otherwise secured to the sash or the frame of the window, the curtains &c. being carried on rods attached to the frame or to the sash. The casing may be formed by fitting glass into grooves in the sash, and the sections may be secured together and to the sash by pins h or by clips, turn-buttons, &c. Indiarubber or like strips may be placed around the meeting edges.
Patent GB-190808489-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Vermin Trap.
Inventor: HARRIS HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 8489. Harris, H. April 16. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Traps.-In a trap for vermin &c. to be placed in beds and the like, a shallow receptacle a is provided with a covering of crosswires b or the like. The honeycombed bottom c of the receptacle is covered by a suitable poisonous substance, and a projecting Range d is hinged at e near the bottom of the receptacle. In a modification, the box a is provided with a sliding false bottom.
Patent GB-190810586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible or Folding Boxes.
Inventor: BEALE WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 10,586. Beale, W. T. May 15. Folding boxes of the type in which the sides and ends are hinged to the bottom have their ends or sides c, Fig. 5, provided with undercut vertical grooves, with which the correspondingly - shaped ends of the adjacent sides and ends engage. In order to hold the box erect, bolts f, pressed forward by springs g, enter holes which may be protected by metal plates, or the portion k, Fig. 7, of a spring device secured to one side springs over the head of a plate carried by the adjacent side.
Patent GB-190816725-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Purifying and Clarifying Water or Effluent and Apparatus for that purpose.
Inventor: LINDEN LUCIEN
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 16,725. Linden, L. Aug. 8. [Patent of Addition to No. 16,239, A.D. 1907.] Foul waters, treating; precipitating; settling.- Relates to improvements in the method of purifying and clarifying water or effluent described in Specification No. 16,239, A.D. 1907. The water &c. and a reagent, such as lime, are first violently intermixed by being discharged from concentric pipes against an horizontal plate, and then pass downward into a cup-shaped receptacle which produces a violent cascade. The mixture passes by a pipe, in which the precipitate agglomerates, to the bell C in the settling-tank 1. The bell is preferably of paraboloid form, the liquid being discharged against a cup placed at the focus so that it is delivered vertically downwards from the bell. To prevent eddies and stirring-up of the precipitate, trellises D, E, I are employed, and conical baffles V, F to direct the current. The trellises may be shaken by cords or rods to free any solid matter, and the mud is drawn off by a pipe H. The liquid may be introduced into the bell U at any other point and in any direction. The water passes from the tank 1 over an aerating-table L, over which a current of air may be passed, to an aerator consisting of a distributing-plate M, collectors N, cups O, a second table, and distributing-plates P, M<1>, the parts being duplicated if necessary. Air is drawn or driven through the aerator preferably from an inlet at the side of the tank 2, to which the water is afterwards passed and which is similar to the tank 1.
Patent GB-190822457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Delivery Apparatus for Printing and other Machines.
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 22,457. R. E. Machine Co., [Fischer, R. E.]. Oct. 22. Delivery apparatus; folding paper.-Sheets of paper as they are delivered from printing, folding, and like machines by a roller a, are knocked up against fixed guides d, e, b by vibrating leaf springs f, g, Fig. 1, fixed to shafts h, n, actuated from a cam l, by a lever i. In order to avoid friction at the edges of the sheets, the fingers f, g are actuated so as to engage with the sheets alternately. Curved rails having steps or corrugations p at their upper portions, Fig. 3, may be used in place of the leaf springs.
Patent GB-190902588-A (GB)
Title: Belt Pulleys.
Inventor: HOUGH EDWARD STAMFORD
IPC: F16H55/38
Filed: 1909-02-03
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 2588. Hough, E. S. Feb. 3. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Pulleys for lathe mandrels and for other purposes are provided with treads of soft metal or fibrous material. Suitable pockets or grooves are cast on, machined in, or attached to, the pulley rims, and into these the metal treads are cast, or either metal or fibrous material is pressed or hammered into place. The tread may be flush with or project above the face of the pulley. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 787/74, 3014/02, 8726/03, and 24,672/05.
Patent GB-190909978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: SUGDEN THOMAS
IPC: F22G7/06
Filed: 1909-04-27
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 9978. Sugden, T. April 27. Stopping pipes and tubes.-Relates to means for securing the tubes to the headers and for stopping a damaged tube. The tube-ends are passed through both walls of the header A, Figs. 2 and 3, and are secured in place by a closed nut F. The tubes are formed with a shoulder E, square or conical, which seats in the tube holes. For stopping the tubes, blanks N are fitted in the slots D, Fig. 4, and held in position by a tapered mandrel P. Hooks Q facilitate the placing of the blanks N in the slots. When a damaged tube has been removed, the tube-holes in the headers are stopped by a bolt T, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190914349-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Closing Openings in Cured Rubber.
IPC: B29D22/04
Filed: 1909-06-18
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 14,349. Rubber Patents, Ltd., Turner, J., and Buxton, A. June 18. Balls.-The plugs of lawn-tennis or like balls are made of gutta-percha, or of a composition containing gutta-percha, for example, two parts gutta-percha and one part rubber. These plugs are unaffected by sulphur fumes which are produced during vulcanization, so that the hole by which compressed air is introduced, closes on withdrawal of the needle.
Patent GB-190914645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Aerial Navigation.
Inventor: BOT LEON
IPC: B64B1/58
Filed: 1909-06-22
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 14,645. Bot, L., and Lallemand, E. June 23, 1908, [Convention date]. Motor power plant.-Two oppositely rotating propellers H are placed at the front of an aerial machine, and are driven by endless cords passing over a pulley T. A lifting-screw H<1> is placed under the car. Two motors 5, 6, Fig. 5, are employed, and are connected by clutches 7 and change-speed gears 8 with the shaft 4 driving the forward propellers, so that these may be driven by one or both motors. The shaft 9 of the lifting-screw is driven through a clutch 10 and worm gearing by the motor 5. The two motors may simultaneously drive all three propellers by placing the clutches 7, 10 into action.
Patent GB-190915125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Detachable Wheels.
Inventor: STARLEY WILLIAM
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1909-06-29
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 15,125. Starley, W. June 29. Locking nuts.-Relates to a spring locking-means for an axle-cap. Seated in a recess in the outer face of the cap is a plate 13, Figs. 1 and 4, engaging ratchet teeth 15 formed on a detachable hub or on a ring 16 secured thereto. A pin 22 secured to the plate passes through the cap and is held by a spring 21 secured inside. The plate is disengaged from the teeth by inserting the peg 18, Figs. 5 and 7, of a spanner into a notch 17 in the cap. When the spanner is turned the peg engages an inclined part 20 of the plate.
Patent GB-190915656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Propellers and the like.
Inventor: FILIPPI ANTOINE PADOUE
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1910-09-05
Abstract: 15,656. Filippi, A. P. April 6, [Convention date]. S c r e w propellers.- Comprises improvements in the type of propeller described in Specifications 1711106 and 20,917/07, in which the principles underlying the inventions described in these Specifications are applied to surfaces formed either from a plane other than an ellipse figure or from part of a surface of revolution, other than that generated by a straight line. Fig. 1 is an example of a plane figure. The minor axis of the figure is at least one fourth of the major axis, and the figure is symmetrical about the point of intersection of the axes. The surface so formed is mounted so that the axis of the shaft passes through the centre of the figure and is normal to the surfaces at this point. When the propeller is formed from a plane surface, the opposite edges are oppositely flanged to ensure propulsive effect.