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Patent GB-190612734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sliding Valves.
Inventor: DONKIN HARRY JULYAN
Filed: 1906-05-31
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 12,734. Donkin, H. J., and Haigh, T. H. May 31. Sliding valves.-Relates to sliding valves having two faces or doors and to means therein for forcing the doors tightly against their seatings by a slight relative motion as the valve is closing. The valve is operated, in the construction shown in Fig. 1, by means of a worm 7, which is on the valve spindle 14 and engages racks 6 provided on the valve doors. One of the racks is shorter than the other, so that in the closing movement this rack leaves the worm, and at the same time the valve door rests on a stop 9, while the other rack is still in engagement with the worm ; by the continued downward movement of the other door, the doors are wedged apart against their seats by the wedge surfaces 8. In the opening movement, the doors with the long rack is first raised to release the wedge surfaces, whereupon a projection 10 on this door engages the other door and lifts the rack thereon into engagement with the worm. The doors are held apart by volute springs 16 each of which bears at one end against a boss 17 on one door, and at the other end indirectly against a similar boss but directly on one limb of an angleplate 19, the other limb of which is loosely and removably secured to the opposite boss 17 by means of a stud 20*. When the cover-plate 15 of the valve casing is removed, the springs can be examined and renewed, if required. In a modification, instead of the racks being of different lengths, the teeth at the top of one rack are reduced in thickness so as to allow of the required relative motion. The wedge surfaces are also replaced by toggles, which are hinged on one door, and engage recesses on the other door, the doors being also pressed apart by plate springs. In another construction, shown in Fig. 6, the doors have racks which are actuated by a pinion 30 ; the two racks are in one plane and face the same way, as shown, the shorter rack being arranged in a slot in the other rack. The wedging action is obtained by means of a ring-like disk 31 which has an inclined face and is adapted to be engaged on opposite sides by studs 33 on the doors.
Patent GB-190614227-A (GB)
Title: Edging Strips for Glass Plates and the like
Inventor: NEUBRONNER JULIUS
Filed: 1906-06-21
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 14,227. Neubronner, J. June 21. Magic-lantern apparatus.-In order that, edging- strips for glass plates &c. may be packed withouthaving a tendency to adhere together, they are formed of strips of paper, linen, &c. impregnated with a substance, such as gutta-percha solution, which becomes adhesive only on heating. In order to facilitate bending the strip over the edges of the plate, two parallel scores f, g, Fig. 2, are made in the strip c.
Patent GB-190617911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Single-phase Commutator Electric Motors, also applicable to Three Phase Commutator Motors
Filed: 1906-08-09
Granted: 1907-01-03
Abstract: 17,911. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Aug. 9. Distributing ; switches.-Single-phase or threephase commutator motors are control-led independently of each other by means of separate switches and a step-by-step transformer common to all the motors, In the middle position of the switch u, the transformer s is not connected with the upper main l, but on movement of the switch arm h on to the contacts, the transformer is connected across the mains l, and, on further rotation of the handle, the steps a, b, c, d of the transformer are successively included in the motor circuit. In the extreme position, the transformer is again cut out and the motor m is connected directly across the mains. Resistances w<1>, w<2> are inserted in the leads, to avoid short-circuiting the separate steps through the contacts of the starting- switch.
Patent GB-190623543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for the Spindles of Self-acting Spinning Mules
Inventor: OELMEYER THEODOR
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 23,543. Oelmeyer, T., and Josephy, G. Oct. 23. Removal of parts, facilitating.-To allow the bushes of spinning-spindles to be interchanged and to ensure security of fixing in mule spindle bearings which have a spherical bush for the spindle bolsters, the bushes are held in the spherical bearings of the rail a by a cap e, which embraces two spindles, and is yieldingly held in place by a spring and screw. The radius of the bush is slightly less than that of its spherical bearing recess, to allow slight play in the upper part of the bearing.
Patent GB-190628370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: HIORTH ALBERT
Filed: 1906-12-12
Granted: 1907-01-31
Abstract: 28,370. Hiorth, A. Dec. 12: Electric furnaces.-In an induction furnace for smelting, two or more annular channels are combined with one induction coil, allowing repairs without cessation of working. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement of channels A, A', in which one yoke C is employed and can be disconnected from the magnet core B and placed in either of the channels. In Fig. 3, two channels A, A<1> are shown with a common yoke D, the coil being arranged below them. According to another modification, the channels are arranged concentrically around the same yoke. Any desired number of channels may be employed. When one channel has been repaired a charge may be run into it from another, avoiding the insertion of an iron ring to start the heating.
Patent GB-190700994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Registering Mechanism.
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN EUGENE
Filed: 1907-01-14
Granted: 1907-05-30
Abstract: 994. Zimmermann, E. Jan. 15, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Speed indicators; ; odometers.- Relates to the type of apparatus in which a speed indicator, consisting of a time and distance marked strip, is combined with an odometer. The strip is drawn from a roll 40 between rollers 42, 43, 44 and drums 8, 9 by a spindle 36 rotated by a spring barrel 38. The drum 9 is carried in pivoted, spring-depressed arms and is driven by gears 10, 11, the former being attached to the drum 8. The time-recording style 10<1> is carried by an arm 11' having an extension 12 engaging with the teeth of a crown-wheel 5 loosely mounted on the clock-driven shaft 4. The teeth of the wheel 5 are thirty in number, and two of them, representing the hour and half-hour, are larger than the others. A ratchet-wheel 7 having sixty teeth is keyed on the shaft 4, and drives the crown wheel 5 through a pawl 6. The distancerecording style 13 is carried on a spring-controlled arm 14 and is actuated by a slide 15 reciprocated by a cam 16, which makes one revolution per kilometre and is rotated through worm gearing from the vehicle. The totalizing-mechanism is driven by a pin 23 on the shaft 18. The style 10<1> may be replaced by a punch actuated by a wheel having thirty teeth, two other punches for the hour and half-hour intervals being driven by projections on the wheel.
Patent GB-190701191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Circuit Closing Devices.
Inventor: STOCKALL JAMES JOHN
Filed: 1907-01-16
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 1191. Stockall, J. J. Jan. 16. Switches. - Relates to a rapid make - and - break electric switch for use in machines for endorsing, issuing, and delivering tickets or checks, apparatus for delivering other articles, or for other purposes. An arm a, carried by the operating- arm, or by the spindle b, supports a pivoted spring- controlled arm c, which has a contact pin e engaging a circular insulating-piece g and a metallic strip n. An arm h is pivoted at i to the piece g, and is normally kept by a spring m against a stop l. A subsidiary contact-arm o is attached to the strip n. In operation, the pin e, when moved in the direction of the arrow, rides over the bevelled end k of the arm h, and makes contact with the strip n. On the return stroke the pin e engages the end k of the arm h, the opposite end of the arm engages the arm o, and the circuit is broken when the pin e leaves the arm h free to fly back under the influence of the spring m.
Patent GB-190702129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rails.
Inventor: WILLOX WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-01-28
Granted: 1907-07-04
Abstract: 2129. Willox, W. Jan. 28. Rails.-To avoid excessive wear of the inner edges of the check rail and outer rail at curves, the check rail is made of harder steel, or of a harder metal, or of other material than the running rail. In Figs. 1 and 2, a, b show two forms of check rail.
Patent GB-190702207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Bedsteads
Inventor: ZEISBERGER FRANK
Filed: 1907-01-29
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 2207. Zeisberger, F., and Scott, W. Jan. 29. Bedsteads.-The two end frames a, b of a bedstead are joined together by two side bars c, which are pivoted at each end e and at the centre f so that the bedstead can be folded up. The side bars are joined together at the middle by a rod g to ensure rigidity. If a spring mattress is fitted, this need not be removed when folding up the bedstead. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 15,408, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190712084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Buffing Abrading or Analogous Devices.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-05-24
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 12,084. Boult, A.. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. May24. Surfacing and polishing; sand-papering.-In rotary devices for buffing, abrading, &c., which are formed with hinged sections, the ends of the sand-paper &c. cover being secured between them, the sections are prevented from separating by a locking-device which is operated by centrifugal force due to the movement of the device. The locking-device comprises a Jever 6, Fig. 1, pivoted at 8 to the section 1 which is secured upon the shaft. A curved surface 10 in the centre of the lever is formed to engage, when the sections are closed, with surfaces 12 on the section 2 which is hinged to the section 1. The weight of the lever is mainly at its free end to increase the centrifugal effect on the lever due to the rotation of the device. A spring 14 normally pushes the lever 6 into position to engage the surfaces 12. The ends of the sand-paper cover are placed over the spikes on the ends of the sections, which are then closed. When the device is rotated, the locking-lever 6 moves outwardly on its pivot 8 and engages the surfaces 12, preventiag separation of the sections.
Patent GB-190714075-A (GB)
Title: Removable Safety Guard for Razors
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE
Filed: 1907-06-18
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 14,075. Johnson, G., and McLaren, F. J. June 18. Razors.-A removable safety guard for razors consists of a frame b, Figs. 1 and 3, which is slipped on to the razor, the closed end b<1> abutting against the razor, and the guard gripping the sides of the razor by means of tongues e. Any extent of the razor blade d may be exposed beyond the edges c<1> of the guard, and, for fine adjustment, set-screws g may be provided, which screw through the top of the guard frame and engage the razor back. The guard may be one-sided.
Patent GB-190716103-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Buckle
Inventor: KUENZLER ALBERT
Filed: 1907-07-12
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 16,103. K³nzler, A. July 12. Buckles.-A tongueless buckle for straps, belts, &c. has a cross-bar b for attaching one end of the strap i, and grooves c in the longer bars of the frame in which two bars d, e can slide. The bars d, e are connected by two hinge-plates f, g and a rectangular link h forming a toggle-joint, which when bent allows free passage of the strap, but when extended grips the strap against the end bars a of the frame. The hinge f may be ribbed or spiked to prevent the strap from slipping.
Patent GB-190718863-A (GB)
Title: A Press for Playing Cards and the like.
Inventor: MOSIMANN HANS
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 18,863. Mosimann, H. Aug. 21. Card games.-A press for playing - cards comprises vertical legs a<1> on which bent or bellied spring plates b are adapted to slide. A post d carries a clamp e with a foursided obliquely-cut aperture e<1>. The cards are laid between the spring plates b, and the clamp is pressed down at i. The upward pressure through the bearing-piece e<2> causes the clamp to engage the post d securely. When the part k is pressed down, the clamp is released. In place of the post d, a toothed rack and spring- controlled adjustable catch connected to a plate may be employed.
Patent GB-190723546-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Surface Carburetter for Vapourising Petrol, Paraffin and Heavy Oils generally.
Inventor: BURSTALL FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-10-25
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 23,546. Burstall, F. W. Oct. 25. Carburetting.-The vaporizing-surface of a carburettor for petrol, paraffin, and other heavy oils, is of wire-gauze and is of a honey-comb formation. In the carburettor shown, fuel is admitted through the perforated pipes e, there being gauze cells both between the pipes e and the air inlet b<4>, and between the pipes e and the air outlet b<3>. The carburettor may be heated by the cylinder-cooling water or by the exhaust gases of an internal-combustion engine. -
Patent GB-190812387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gasholders.
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 12,387. Clayton, Son, & Co., and Clayton, J. June 9. Gas-holders.-In spirally guided gas-holders the guide-rails 1 are of I-section, having an extended base 3 integral therewith and of sufficient width to span the spiral gap usually left in the ordinary plates 5, 6 of the holder and to overlap these plates. The rails are fixed directly to the plates of the holder.
Patent GB-190813552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Log Sawing Machines.
Inventor: COLE WILLIAM LAWES
Filed: 1908-06-25
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 13,552. Cole, W. L., and Durell, H. June 25. Sawing.-Relates to a machine for sawing logs to square or polygonal cross-section. A band, web, or circular saw may be employed. The log 8 is gripped by centres 7 having three or more points and mounted in supports 6 slidable transversely on blocks 3 on a travelling carriage 2. The spindle of one of the centres 7 is connected by gear-wheels with the spindle of a wheel 13 having notches corresponding in number to the flat sides it is desired to cut off the log, and these notches are engaged in turn by a weighted or spring lever 15. The other centre is set up by screw and hand-wheel or by lever. To resist bending strain a rod 17 is hinged to one head 6 and provided with ratchet teeth for engaging a pawl 19 on the other head 6. A log is placed on lifting-jacks 20 and adjusted to the requisite height, the heads 6 are brought together and positioned, the straining rod 17 fixed, and the centres forced into the ends of the log. The carriage 2 with the log after travelling past the saw is set back slightly, so that the log does not rub on the saw on returning, by means of a bent lever 21 carrying a pawl 22 which engages with a ratchet-wheel gearing with a cross-traverse shaft 23, which operates cross-traverse screws 25 through bevel-wheels. The lever 21 is engaged by a fixed plate 24 or pin when the log 8 has passed the saw, so that the lever is moved a quarter-turn and operates the crosstransverse screws 25.
Patent GB-190819362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hammer Drills.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-09-15
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 19,362. Lake, W. E., [Ingersoll-Rand Co.]. Sept. 15. Locking v a l v e s and cocks. - A t a p e r plug valve 14 is held in the desired position by means of a spriug-pressed pin 22 engaging recesses in a locking-plate 17. The valve is adapted.to open the cylinder 1 to the atmosphere when in one position, to open the cylinder 4 to the supply pipe 26 when in a second position, and to open both cylinders 1, 4 to the supply pipe when in a third position.
Patent GB-190820781-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Tool-holder.
Inventor: FEZER OTTO
Filed: 1908-10-02
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 20,781. Fezer, O. Oct. 2. Tool-holders; lathes.-The toolholder a has a long slit d cut right across it and terminating in openings f. Clamping screws h and a rest i are provided.
Patent GB-190822629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Paper Bags and the Method of Making the same.
Inventor: WIDDUP MICAH
Filed: 1908-10-24
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 22,629. Widdup, M. Oct. 24. Paper bags.-Relates to paper bags provided with string loops by which they are carried, and consists in glueing the stiffening-strip of cardboard a, Fig. 2, both to the side c of the bag and to the turned-in edge b, so that there is no relative movement between these parts. Spots may be printed on the bag where the string hole d is to be punched, in order to act as a guide for the . punching operation and to give a neater finish to the bag.
Patent GB-190823625-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Attachment to Boot or Shoe Cleaning Brushes for Scraping Mud or Dirt from Boots or Shoes.
Inventor: CRABTREE THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1908-11-05
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 23,625. Crabtree, T. H. Nov. 5. Brushes combined with scrapers.-Relates to scraping - attachments to boot and shoe brushes of the kind described in Specification No. 20,780, A.D. 1899. The scraper is of the form shown in the drawing.
Patent GB-190826377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cushion Tires.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1908-12-05
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 26,377. Thompson, W. P., [Safety Tire Co.]. Dec. 5. Spring wheels; tyres, elastic other than pneumatic. - A discontinuous spring band 12, of the same or slightly greater diameter than a channel rim 2, is placed inside, and bears against, a cover 7. It consists either of a single strip with overlapping ends, or of a strip wound on itself, or of a continuous coil 14, Fig. 8. The cover is attached either to the wheel felloe by through bolts or to the channel rim by bolts or screws 27, continuous rings 26 being placed under the screw-heads. The cover may have continuous wires 25 in its edges. When under load the spring band is depressed into the channel, and to assist the band in taking the load, resilient cushions 21, Fig. 7, may be mounted on the arms of the channel rim.
Patent GB-190900692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tea Leaf Rolling Machinery.
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
IPC: A23F3/12
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1910-01-11
Abstract: 692. Davidson, S. C. Jan. 11. Tea, rolling.-Tea-leaf is rolled in a receptacle by one or more inclined or helical blades or surfaces rotated at the bottom thereof, whereby the leaf is given a rising and falling motion. The axis of rotation, and also the container if desired, may be slightly inclined. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the leaf is rolled by a rotary, helical blade b having an upper trailing edge c<1>. The floor may be coned or dished, and may be rotated. Inclined tapered projections d deflect the leaf and prevent rotation thereof, or the container may be corrugated &c. The leaf is discharged by the blade b through a door into a shoot, the door fitting loosely to allow the escape of juice. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the floor b<0> of the receptacle is rotated and formed with an inclined surface c, which may cover the whole surface, as shown, or may extend from the circumference to about the centre. The upper trailing edge c<1> may be formed with a rear slope c<3>, and may terminate in a cone or molind c<2>, which may be eccentrically placed. It may be curved, as into a spiral. The juice is collected bv a shield k. Specifications 20,805/95, 8834/96, and 22,149/96, are referred to. The Provisional Specification also states that the floor, when rotary, and the inclined surfaces, may be ribbed or recessed.
Patent GB-190900695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Electrically Operated Clutches.
IPC: H01H50/20
Filed: 1909-01-11
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 695. Green, F. M., and Daimler Motor Co. Jan. 11. Electro-magnetic switches.-The switch comprises a fixed contact d, and a contact c carried in a socket e connected to a core j in an insulated tube k, around which passes a coil m in the main motor, dynamo, or like circuit. An adjustable spring n normally produces contact. When an overload current of sufficient strength passes through the coil m, the contact is broken and the clutch disengaged. An adjustable keeper o is screwed into the tube k to vary the difference between the lifting and holding currents of the core. The contacts c, d may be bridged by a resistance h.
Patent GB-190913316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Machines for Drilling, Polishing and the like.
Inventor: BARBIER SERVAIS
IPC: B23B45/00
Filed: 1909-06-07
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 13,316. Barbier, S. June 7. Drilling-machines.-Portable machines in which the driving-shaft is at right angles to the spindle have the cutting-torque partly or wholly overcome by gyroscopic action due to centrifugal masses, the centre of gravity of which is in or near the spindle axis, arranged on the driving-shaft. As shown in Fig. 1, the armature of the motor which drives the tool is made heavy, and the tool is driven through gearing 2, 3 and bevel-gearing 5, 6, the thrust of the tool being taken up by ball bearings against the frame 8.
Patent GB-190920821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps for Aerating Liquids.
Inventor: ROSS KARL
IPC: F04B13/02
Filed: 1909-09-11
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 20,821. Ross, K. Sept. 11. Combined liquid and gas pumps.-In a pump for producing aerated liquids, the liquid and gas are passed through a perforated plate both on the suction and delivery strokes, the formation of the plate being such that eddies are formed in the liquid. On the in-stroke of a piston b, liquid is drawn into the barrel A through a valve, not shown. On the out-stroke, this liquid passes from the chamber A past a valve k through perforated plates i, h into the chamber B. At the same time, gas is drawn in past the non-return valve l through the plate h so that thorough admixture of the liquid and gas is brought about. On the next in-stroke, the liquid and gas are forced through the plate h to the delivery pipe through the non-return valve m. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 6569/04, [Class 14, Beverages].
Patent GB-190924266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detonators.
Inventor: HARLE JEAN
IPC: F42B3/10
Filed: 1909-10-22
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 24,266. Harle, J. Oct. 22, 1908, [Convention date]. Projectile fuses. - Relates to detonators for blasting and mining, and for use in war rockets and projectiles. According to the invention a detonator comprises a small capsule of mercury fulminate b and a reinforcing detonating charge d of picric acid, trinitrobenzene, trinitrotoluene, or tetranitrometbylaniline. The combined detonator may be used in connexion with a detonating tube running along the side of the blasting-charge, or along the centre as shown at l, Fig. 5. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 16,919}87 and 6875/88.