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Patent GB-190711727-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Loom Shuttle Threading Device
Inventor: SHERIFF WILLIAM WATKIN
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 11,727. Sheriff, W. W., and Pickup, J. May 21. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Weavers' tools for threading shuttles. A bent strip of flexible steel fitted to a suitable handle has a slit extremity A, which receives and holds the weft while the tool is being pushed through the eye of a shuttle.
Patent GB-190712878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Yarn or Thread Guiding Apparatus of Ring or Flyer Doubling Frames.
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 12,878. Meadowcroft, H., and Howard & Bullough. June 4. Rollers and roller heads.-A sliding rod 2, carrying pins, guides, or pegs 3 and mounted at the side of the stump rail 1 of ring or flyer doubling-frames, is operated by hand or mechanically so as to bring the lengths of thread extending between the rollers and stump rail nearer together when the machine is in action and allowing them to separate when the machine is stopped, broken ends being caught up by the adjacent thread and eventually lapped on the top roller instead of passing on to the spindles ; entanglement due to snarling or starting is also avoided. The ends of yarn 4 from the creel pass between the stump 5 and pin 3, between the rollers 6, 7, over the top roller, round the stump 5, and between the rollers again to the spindle. The rod 2 may be operated from the starting-handle.
Patent GB-190712918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Elastic Wheels more especially applicable to Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: HARRISON RICHARD
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 12,918. Harrison, R., and Maginnis, J. P. June 4. Spring wheels. - Side plates mounted on the wheel with limited radial and circumferential motion carry tread blocks having similar motion relative to the plates, supported upon a continuous or sectional cushion. The plates B, Figs. 1 and 2, are connected by bolts a fitted with sleeves a' passing through wider apertures in the wheel body, and by bolts d fitted with sleeves d'. The ends of the blocks C are formed with transverse grooves c which, when in position, form holes through which pass loose metal tubes D surrounding the bolts d. In order to remove one plate B for inspection of the interior, it is formed with apertures b<2> clearing the nuts of bolts k which are put in to hold the other plate tightly. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the plates B slide within plates F rigidly secured to the wheel and formed on their interior with pockets f in which the heads of the bolts d move. The blocks C may be of hollow metal fitted with various tread materials. Holes g or g<1> are formed in the plates to allow dirt to escape.
Patent GB-190713273-A (GB)
Title: Draught Appliance for Furnaces, Stoves and the like, to Promote Combustion of Smoke.
Inventor: MAZEY JOHN THOMAS
Filed: 1907-06-07
Granted: 1907-11-14
Abstract: 13,273. Mazey, J. T. June 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Air supply; doors.-Air for secondary combustion is supplied from a casing 6 (which may be fixed to the fire-door or in any other suitable position), through a slot 8 having inclined notches 9 formed along the length of the slot alternately on its upper and lower edges. In front of the slot 8 is fixed a baffle 10 having openings 11, through which air passes. The supply of air to the casing through openings 4 is regulated by a hit-and-miss damper. Specification No. 20,476, A.D. 1897, is referred to.
Patent GB-190714419-A (GB)
Title: Night Firing Director for Machine Guns and the like.
Inventor: BOARDMAN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-06-22
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 14,419. Boardman, W. June 22. Sights.-A graduated rod C attached to the rear of the gun A has one end C<1> moving over an horizontal graduated arc E<1> attached to the gun support. The angles of elevation and training, read off by sighting tactical points in the daytime, enable the gun to be laid at night.
Patent GB-190716725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres for Vehicle Wheels
Inventor: BAIER JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-07-22
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 16,725. Baier, J., and Clark, E. July 22. Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-Arch-shaped flattened helical springs a, Fig. 4, are joined together by small interlaced helical springs b to form a continuous elastic tube enclosed in a jacket. Springs a<1> tapering towards each end are inserted at intervals. The sides of the tyre are connected together by helical springs d, Fig. 3, and to the opposite lower edges by helical springs or wire stays e. A helical spring g, which may be sectional with the tyre tube, joins the ends of the springs and is clamped in a groove in the rim c by a concave ring h held by radial bolts.
Patent GB-190717384-A (GB)
Title: Device for Tensioning the Wire in Multiple Wire Drawing Machines.
Inventor: HERZ RICHARD
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 17,384. Herz, R. July 30. Drawing.-A device for tensioning the wire in a multiple wire-drawing machine comprises a fixed pulley block m over which the wire passes on to a movable block n carried by a swinging arm d; this is secured by an adjustable arm t to another swing- ing arm f carrying at its free end a pulley k and a friction wheel h, which is pulled by a spring or to a friction disk s which in turn drives the winding- drum w. For fine wire, an endless grooved strap passes over the fixed or movable pulleys, and is weighted by a free pulley x, serving as a counterbalance to the arm d, the wire being fixed in the groove in the belt.
Patent GB-190722650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Watches.
Inventor: MONTANDON-BANDELIER ALPHONSE
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 22,650. Bandelier, A. Montandon-. Oct. 14. Watchcases.-A protecting cap S for a watch movement is hinged to a supplementary cock P on the large plate, placed near the periphery so that it cannot interfere with the action of the wheels. The flange of the cap closes on a catch on the edge of a retaining-piece T fixed on the barrelcock B.
Patent GB-190723311-A (GB)
Title: Electro-mechanical Means for Controlling Belt Gearing
Inventor: CLARK WILLIE ERNEST
Filed: 1908-05-22
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 23,311. Clark, W. E. May 22, 1908. Belt-forks, operating.-A belt is moved from. the fast to the loose pulley by means of a weighted lever which is released by an electrically-operated trip gear. A pivoted detent 3 carries the armature 2<a> of an electro-magnet 2 and engages the hinged arm 4<a> of a pivoted lever 4 ; this lever holds a pivoted and weighted lever 5 provided with stops 5<b> and a curved part 5<a> which releases a weighted lever 7 from a pivoted stop 6. The fall of the lever 7 actuates the belt-fork through a rope, chain, wire, or links. Stops 19, 20 are provided on the uprights 1. The lever 7 may be connected directly to the rope or the like or by means of a slotted link 9<a>.
Patent GB-190814506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam-boiler Furnaces
Inventor: OBERG CARL JOHAN
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 14,506. Oberg, C. J. July 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Smoke-consuming.-The sides of the grate of a steam-boiler furnace are fired alternately, and the smoke from the freshly-fired side of the grate passes through a passage 22, Fig. 3, in the side wall to a secondary combustion chamber 11, Fig. 1, where it meets the hot gases from the opposite side of the grate, which enter the secondary combustion chamber through a similar passage 22 in the opposite wall. An additional supply of hot gases enters the combustion chamber 11 through a passage 17 in the rear wall of the furnace. The gases pass from the secondary combustion chamber through passages 23 in the wall 10 to the boiler flues. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 17,104, A.D. 1904, and No. 3015, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190815511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Pumps.
Inventor: DAY CHARLES
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 15,511. Day, C. July 22. Centrifugal pumps.-Air is compressed and exhausted by means of sheets of water, driven by pressure across a chamber along which they are caused to move so as to act like pistons. The water is driven through slots D in the circumference of a revolving cylinder C and draws the air along the passage B in the direction indicated by the arrows. The outlet H is so formed that the inducing action of the water on the air assists the action of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190815776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers.
Inventor: BIRGER LJUNGSTROEM
Filed: 1908-07-24
Abstract: 15,776. Ljungstr÷m, B. July 24, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] Screw propellers.-In order that steam turbines may be used to drive the propeller shafts of ships at a high speed, the propeller is constructed with one or more continuous blades of small diameter but of several convolutions, as shown in Fig. 1. The propeller shaft is inclined both to the horizontal and to the vertical when in position. The blades, being somewhat inclined or concave, will force the water between them horizontally. Oppositely-inclined screw propeller blades are mounted on separate shafts for going astern, and these propeller shafts may be housed in recesses 2, Fig. 9, when not in use. The blades may be in two portions longitudinally so that an intermediate bearing may be fitted. In order to enable the propeller to be set at the most efficient angle, the shaft may be mounted in a ball-and-socket joint. The astern propeller may also be fitted on the same shaft as the ahead propeller, in which case a housing is provided outside the ship for the reception of the ahead propeller when the astern propeller is in use.
Patent GB-190817608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Producing Iron Carbonyls.
Inventor: MOND LUDWIG
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 17,608. Mond, L. Aug. 21. Iron-carbon-oxide. - Treatment of finely subdivided iron with carbon monoxide is carried out under a considerable pressure and at a correspondingly high temperature. A pressure of from 100-120 atmospheres at from 150-170‹ C., in a pressure of 250 atmospheres at 200‹C., is given in an example. The finely divided iron may be obtained by reducing finely divided ferric oxide in a current of hydrogen at from 250-300‹ C. in a tube, in which the subsequent treatment with carbon monoxide is carried out.
Patent GB-190823375-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Serviette Holder.
Inventor: MELLING JAMES
Filed: 1908-11-02
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 23,375. Melling, J. Nov. 2. Attaching articles to wearing-apparel.-Relates to servietteholders of the type in which the serviette is held by the engagement of a gripping-member and a ring, and consists in an improved construction comprising a ring a to which is pivotally attached a hook b and a clamping-plate d, the latter being of larger diameter than the inner edge of the ring and being controlled by the spring e.
Patent GB-190825587-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Holder for Lamp Globes, Shades and the like.
Inventor: LAKE THOMAS EDWARD
Filed: 1908-11-27
Granted: 1909-11-29
Abstract: 25,587. Lake, T. E. Nov. 27. Globe holders.-A band A is placed around the neck of the globe, and is held in place by a spring S which passes through one of the slots H ; or the band itself may act as a spring. Lugs L are formed upon, or are secured to, the band A. The globe is inserted in the burner gallery and the lugs L are slipped over screws C inserted in the gallery.
Patent GB-190826098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Apparatus for, the Manufacture of Metal Tubes.
Inventor: INSHAW JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,098. Inshaw, J. G., and Watson, G. L. Dec. 3. Rolling.-Tubes of small diameter are rolled from tubes of larger diameter in a continuous mill, with passes of decreasing size, the last, rolling being effected on a mandrel, which, for convenience, may be taken idly through the other passes. Each pass 3 is formed by four coacting rolls 1, 2, 4, 5 connected together by bevel-wheels 6, all the sets being driven by bevel-gearing from a common shaft 7, or independently.
Patent GB-190826729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Valves of Two Stroke Cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: POWER AMBROSE GRATTAN
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 26,729. Power, A. G. Dec. 9. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-A tapered or cylindrical distributing-valve is arranged on the cylinder heads to control the air and fuel admission in two-stroke-cycle engines having terminal exhaust ports. In the engine shown in Fig. 1, a single, admission valve E having longitudinal packing X serves three cylinders, a double-acting air pump Q supplying charges either through a reservoir (not shown) or directly to the cylinders. The air charge to each cylinder is carburetted by fuel admitted through a needle valve, Fig. 4, to a port P<2> which opens into a passage H in the valve E. Each passage H opens both into the supply pipe I and to the cylinder inlet J through a pair of ports, as shown in Fig. 5. The valve-chest, which may be water-cooled, may be formed as a separate casting ; and a separate casting is also provided over the exhaust ports T. The Provisional Specification also describes the use of oscillating valves driven by eccentrics.
Patent GB-190900986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Telephone Service Meters.
Inventor: DENNIS OLIVER COLLINS
IPC: H04M15/30
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 986. Dennis, O. C. Jan. 14. Hiring telephones. -In a telephone metering s y s t e m suitable f o r use with party-line systems h a v i n g both meter stations and c o i n - f r e e d stations, t h e insertion of a coin 80 at one of the latter stations closes the calling- circuit from t h e battery 14 through the line-relay 16, line a, primary i of the induction coil, polarized magnet 82, contact 80 to ground and back to the battery. This current does not energize the magnet 82. Coin - discharging mechanism.-The coin is collected by sending a strong positive current from the generator S over the above circuit, thereby energizing the magnet 82. Returning coin.-If the required connexion cannot be obtained, a strong negative current is sent over the same circuit, energizing the magnet 82 which attracts its armature in the other direction so as to return the coin.
Patent GB-190901519-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Holding Newspapers and the like.
Inventor: TRAUT WILHELM
IPC: B42D17/00
Filed: 1909-01-21
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 1519. Traut, W. Jan. 21. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Newspaper holders.- A device for holding newspapers &c. in a cylindrical form comprises two flexible members a, b, shown in part length in Fig. 2, one of which carries pins d engaging holes c in the other member a. The edge of the paper is placed between the members a, b, which are then held together by pivoted clips e and are maintained in the circular form by hooks f on the outer member b engaging holes in the opposite end of the member a. A suspending-ring i is provided.
Patent GB-190903586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lasting and Sole Laying Machines.
Inventor: CASTELLANI JOSEPH DOMINIQUE
IPC: A43D21/08
Filed: 1909-02-13
Granted: 1910-03-14
Abstract: 3586. Castellani, J. D. Aug. 21, 1908, [Convention date]. [Addition to 18,848/07. Lasting, sole-laying, etc.; last supports for hand work.-In lasting and sole-laying machines of the kind having a rotary table and a number of devices arranged in series on the table, as described in Specification 18,848/07, each device comprises lasting-means and either a sole-pressing or toe-shaping device, or both. The table has ball bearings, and is provided with means to lock it as each lasting- device is moved in turn to a position before the operator. Each last-support is mounted upon an inclined base 12 fixed to the table, and may be locked by any suitable means in any position thereon. They each comprise a peg 36, which engages a hole in the last and may be moved to tilt it forward upon a toe-rest 23 to lock the last in position. The toe-rest is adjustable in height, and the last is tilted by means of a hand-wheel 20, screw 18<1>, and sector 17'. The toe-rest is also adjustable along a projection 15 from the lastsupport ; it may be locked in both adjustments. Members 26 at each side of the last-support may be raised to the level of the last by means of handwheels 112 operating lifting-screws through bevelgearing. The members 26 carry rods 113, projecting rearwards and at an angle to the centre-line of the last, and upon these rods slide carriages 28 controlled by hand-wheels operating screws 27. These carriages are provided with rollers 29. Fixed rollers 30 are arranged on the members 26, and a continuous lasting-string is threaded through stitching at the edge of the upper, and is brought out in two loops, which pass around the rollers 29, 30. The loops of string may be independently strained by suitably actuating the carriages 28. The sole-pressing device consists of flexible members 39 connected by chains &c. to buttons or hooks 114 on the members 26 ; and by drawing down these members by means of the hand-wheels 112, a strain is put upon the members 39 to lay a cemented sole upon the lasted upper. Auxiliary plates 41, 49 may be used to distribute the solelaying pressure. The toe-shaping means consist of a chain of members 48, or a pir of hinged toeplates, connected to a cord 49, or a simple cord co-operating with temporary tacks in the upper at the toe. The cord may form, at the rear of the last, a loop which is passed around a roller 123 on a slide 122 ; or its free ends may be fastened to hooks on the slide. To form the toe, this slide is drawn backwards on rods 119 by means of a screw 121 suitably operated. The toe-shaper actuating- device is adjustably fixed in upright guides 46 projecting from the last-supports.
Patent GB-190907558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: LAW EDWARD AINSWORTH
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 7558. Law, E. A., and Rogerson, W. H. March 30. Fixed-abutment type; packing drums. - Relates to rotary engines of the fixed-abutment type with pistons having outwardly-sliding vanes. A casing a, Fig. 3, is shaped to form a working-chamber within which rotates a piston drum b, fitted with outwardly-sliding vanes f. Close contact between the drum and the upper part of the casing is maintained by a spring- pressed packing-bar l, Fig. 4. The sides of the casing comprise disks g, which rotate with the drum. The outer ends of the vanes are secured to rods j, Figs. 1 and 4, which pass to the outside of the casing, where opposite pairs are connected to frames s, Fig. 1, which are reciprocated by links and straps actuated by fixed eccentrics c, c<3>, Fig. 4. Two ports o, p, Fig. 3, controlled by a valve m, Fig. 4, act alternatively as inlet and exhaust ports.
Patent GB-190907592-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Tapping Casks.
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN
IPC: B67D1/08
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 7592. Wilkinson, J. March 30. Tapping. - In cask tapping devices of the type in which a bush A, Fig. 3, has a spring valve E adapted to be opened by screwing in a tap, the tap has a central pin N and a series of holes O around the pin, and the valve has a conical face.
Patent GB-190910024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paraffin or Petroleum Burners.
Inventor: HORTON WILLIAM
IPC: F23D3/00
Filed: 1909-04-28
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 10,024. Horton, W. April 28. Wick burners, solid-flame.-Relates to burners of the vaporizing type in which a chamber is formed below the cone to provide additional vaporizing space and in which means are provided for preventing back-flash, and consists in the use of an asbestos washer to prevent back-flash. The asbestos cupshaped ring A, Fig. 2, is provided with a central perforation a<1> to allow the wick-tube b<2>, Fig. 1, to pass therethrough, and is secured in position by turning or spinning the edge b<1> of the burner top against the flange c of the cap C.
Patent GB-190911940-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Azimuth Fitting for a Mariner's Compass.
Inventor: COWIE JOHN GRANDISON
IPC: G01C17/00
Filed: 1909-05-20
Granted: 1910-05-21
Abstract: 11,940. Cowie, J. G. May 20. Telescopic systems. - An azimuth fitting for mariners' compasses comprises a multiple-power reflecting-telescope adapted to be rotatably mounted over a compass card. A tubular casing a pivotally mounted over the compass card, carries a vertical extension b, above which is pivotally mounted a mirror h. The light is transmitted by a lens n and a pivoted reflecting-prism q towards a prism 5, above which is mounted an eyepiece 4. The focus of the object-glass lies within the focus of the eyepiece, and a lens v working along a longitudinal altitude scale is arranged to be adjusted within these foci; a multiple - power telescope is thus obtained. When the ship deviates from its course, the image of the object observed moves relatively to the compass card, and the movement can be neutralized by adjusting the lens v, the lens being worked back towards the eyepiece when an object of considerable altitude is being observed.
Patent GB-190918654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trucks for Railway, Tramway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: ADAMS WALTER SCOTT
IPC: B61F1/14
Filed: 1909-08-13
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 18,654. Adams, W. S. Jan. 7, [Convention date]. Axle-trucks; springs, arrangement of, and mounting bodies on.-In axle-trucks, for railway and tramway vehicles, such as those described i n Specifications 15,750/08 and d 15,751/08, comprising connected side frames consisting of top chords 9, axlebox yokes 10, 11, and stays 17, the ends of the body-bolster 30 are secured to upwardlyarched semi - elliptic springs 28, the ends of which rest in blocks 26 held by outwardlyinclined transversely-swinging links 24 hung from curved bearings 23 on the top chords in such a position that the bolster is nearer the large driving - wheels 2 than the smaller wheels 3. The bolster may be provided with the usual centre bearing 31 and side bearings 32, or, when it is desired to have the draftcentre of the truck about vertically above the axle of the driving-wheels, the two-part bearing- device described in Specification 15,750/08, may be used. The end bearing described in Specification 15,751/08, is employed to throw more of the load on the small wheels 3 when the vehicle is rounding a curve.
Patent GB-190919321-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device or Attachment for use in conjunction with Button Hole Sewing Machines.
IPC: D05B37/02
Filed: 1909-08-23
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 19,321. Hogg & Mitchell, and Hamilton, W. A. Aug. 23. Sewing-machines; work supports.-An attachment for machines for sewing the button-holes of collars comprises a detachable plate having a central opening c and three integral or adjustable lugs d, d', d<2> so arranged that the collar B may be positioned against the lug d<2> and the other lugs in turn for the formation of the button-holes in the tabs. Prior marking by hand is thus obviated.