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Patent GB-190707106-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety-suspender for Garments.
Inventor: SPEIDEL JOSEF
Filed: 1907-03-25
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 7106. Speidel, J. March 25. Suspenders for articles of dress.-A garment hanger consists of a suspending steel band m, Fig. 2, with a perforated plate n by which it is sewn to the garment, and a locking-fastening on its other ends by which it is locked to a. wardrobe peg &c. The lock proper has an extension l, Fig. 4, by which it is attached to one end of the band, and also an upstanding stud e which serves as a pivot for two disks b, c. The disk c is attached to a top plate d by which it is rotated, and it is spaced from the disk b by a ring g on the pivot. Both disks have oppositely arranged projections k, which can be turned so as to leave a free passage between the disks for a fork h on the other end of the strip m. The positions of the disks are noted by means of numbers on the disk b-and plate d, and the disks are then rotated so that the projections enter grooves i in the fork and lock it.
Patent GB-190712804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cans for the Transport of Milk.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD JOSEPH BLAKE
Filed: 1907-06-03
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 12,804. Whitehead, J. B., and Farrell, T. M. June 3. Stoppers and lids, bayonet-joint.-The cover of a can for transporting milk is adapted to receive ice, and is preferably of double thickness and provided with a lip 18 to fit the lip 13 of the can ; the body portion 19 is cylindrical. To lock the cover in position, a lug or catch 21 formed on the lip of the cover is passed through a slot 16 in the mouth of the can, whereupon the cover is rotated so that the lug enters a curved slot at right-angles to the first one. The lug may be formed with an eye to receive a padlock or chain.
Patent GB-190717217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Mirror Pivots.
Inventor: BLANKSTONE DAVID
Filed: 1907-07-27
Granted: 1907-09-19
Abstract: 17,217. Blankstone, D., and Thew, G. F. July 27. Pivot adjustments.-Relates to a pivot adjustment for the swinging mirrors of dressing-tables and like furniture, the fixed and rotating elements of the pivot fitting being axially adjustable relatively to each other. The pivot 1, Fig. 5, is formed with a series of circumferential grooves 3, the socket member adapted to be fixed to the fixed uprights having an upper jaw 6 pivoted to the lower jaw 5 at 7. The jaws have depending segmental lips 9 which are adapted to be closed over one of the grooves after the parts have been adjusted in position. In the modification shown in Fig. 10, the adjusting-grooves have flat sides 3<a> and are formed upon a separate sleeve 13, which is rotatably mounted upon the pivot 1. The fixed element 14 has but one lower jaw, flat sided to suit the sleeve 13, the parts being axially adjusted by lifting up the sleeves 13 and dropping the required grooves over the lips 9. The collars formed by the grooves 3 may also take the form of a screw-thread, and in place of one depending lip there may be several. The pivot 1, Fig. 15, may be in the form of a screw threaded into a boss 14 on the sole plate 2. A pinching-screw, threaded into the side of the jaw 9, is adapted to hold the pivot in position. In a modification of this arrangement, a loose sleeve is mounted on the boss 14 and has flat sides to engage similarly-shaped jaws of the fixed element.
Patent GB-190717641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Metallic Kettle and the like Stands.
Inventor: HATELEY ALBERT
Filed: 1907-08-02
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 17,641. Hateley, A. Aug. 2. Stands for table use. - Kettle a n d like stands, Fig. 4, are made of lightgauge strip metal with wired edges b, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190718928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water Boilers for Heating Purposes.
Inventor: ROGGERO ENRICO
Filed: 1907-08-22
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 18,928. Roggero, E. Aug. 22. Heating water.-A boiler for heating water for warming buildings comprises an] annular water space 2 traversed by smoke-tubes 14 and a fuel chamber 16 fed through the hopper 3. The base 1 consists of two concentric flanged rings 7, 8 forming between them a smoke passage 9 which opens into the chimney at 11. The products of combustion, after traversing the fuel chamber, descend the smoke-tubes by way of the annular chamber 22 formed by the flange 21, and escape through the passage 9 to the chimney. The return pipes are connected at two opposite points 18, while the flow pipe leads out at 20. The boiler is enclosed by an insulating-casing 4 resting on the base 1.
Patent GB-190719030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Fog Signalling or the like.
Inventor: ANGELOFF GEORGE
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 19,030. Angeloff, G. Aug. 23. Drawings to Specification. Counting-apparatus.-In a system for operating a number of signals on a locomotive according to the condition of certain track contacts, two rods, which are never operated together, are connected by separate levers and ratchet pawls to one ratchetwheel on a counting-mechanism so that the total number of movements of both bars is recorded.
Patent GB-190720038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Water and Land Cycles
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-07
Granted: 1908-09-07
Abstract: 20,038. Haddan, H. J., [Hirsch Ús Frank Salgo-Tarjani-Gepgyor Ús Vas÷nto Reszveny-Tarsulat]. Sept. 7. Water velocipedes. -In the kind of combined land and water cycle having removable folding floats carried by outriggers &c. in the form of stays or bars, the stays 14, 15, 18, 21 are arranged to be folded into the plane of the machine when the cycle is to be used on land, while the floats 22 are divided into a large number of compartmentsby partitions 25 through which pass tightly-fitting stiffening-members 27, 28. The stays 18, 21 turn in a plane at an angle to that of the machine, while the stays 14, 15 are connected to the top and bottom tubes by double joints so that they can turn both in and perpendicular to the plane of the cycle. To attach the floats, the stays are turned down, the flat heads 41 of bolts upon the floats are passed through slots 40 and turned through 90 degrees, and sockets 47 upon arms 46 are pushed duwn to engage tongues 48. Springs 43 may be provided to snap into a notch in the bolt heads. Each float is formed of linen-cloth &c., terminating at the rear in a disk 37 and at the front in a perpendicular metal edge 23. The stiffening- members 27, 28, connected by a bolt or catch 33, are passed through leather or rubber lined holes in the partitions, the end of the tube 27 engaging a socket 34 while the part 38 of the tube 28 is screwed into the disk 37. When the cycle is to be used on land, the members 27, 28 are placed in a socket 35, their other ends engaging a hook 36. The front wheel may be made to serve as a rudder by the provision of a linen disk 2 laced up at 3, or a metal disk consisting of a number of hinged segments may be used. The rear wheel carries paddles 6, which are directly fixed to one spoke and supported from the spoke connected to the opposite end of the hub by bars 8, Fig. 2. When not in use, the stays 14, 15 are placed in hooks 44, 36.
Patent GB-190720229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motor Starters and Regulating Rheostats
Filed: 1907-09-10
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 20,229. Allgemeine Elektricitõts-Ges. Sept. 12, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Switches.-The contact brush b<1>, Fig. 1, of a switch is locked on its contacts by pawls d, d<1>, pivoted on the brush so as to face one another, and engaging oppositely-facing teeth on each contact. Rotation of the switch spindle b<11> in either direction moves one of two levers a, a<1>, so that it trips a holding-pawl by means of a connecting-rod e or e', and allows a spring c to pull the brush on to the next contact. The levers a, a<1> and the brush lever b are loosely mounted on the same spindle b<11>. When this spindle is moved, say to the right, the lever a is thrown over, putting the spring c in tension and tripping the holding-pawl d. The lever b thereupon follows, until it butts against the upper end of the lever a ; in this position, the pawl d again engages a locking-tooth, but upon the next contact.
Patent GB-190720654-A (GB)
Title: Method of Manufacturing Carbide.
Inventor: HARTENSTEIN HERMAN LEWIS
Filed: 1907-09-17
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 20,654. Hartenstein, H. L. Sept. 17. Calcium carbide.-Waste calcium-carbide dust is obtained in a solid form by fusion with carbonaceous material in just sufficient quantity to replace the carbon lost by atmospheric exposure, or with an excess of that necessary for the aforesaid purpose and for consumption in the process of fusing the charge.
Patent GB-190723334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosion Motors.
Inventor: ALTEN VICTOR VON
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 23,334. Alten, Count V. von. Oct. 22. Gas and like engines.-The cylinder of a fourstroke-cycle engine is provided with an annular chamber which is cut off by the piston towards the end of the compression stroke ; an auxiliary charge is supplied to the annular chamber under pressure by means of a pump, and is fired during the power stroke when the chamber is uncovered by the piston. A multi-cylinder engine may be compounded with a single low-pressure cylinder running at a multiple of the speed of the crank-shaft. The engine shown has four main cylinders a, arranged in pairs at 90 degrees, and driving on to two cranks at 180 degrees. A single vertical low-pressure cylinder e drives a countershaft j at twice the speed of the crank-shaft, and makes four double-strokes during two revolutions of the main crank-shaft, corresponding to an exhaust stroke in each cylinder. A pump d, driven from a countershaft running at twice the speed of the crank-shaft, has an inlet valve n', and four cam-actuated delivery valves n, leading to the four annular chambers b. Valves (not shown) are provided in the connecting-pipes, and are suitably operated to admit the charge into the feed chambers while these are closed by the main pistons. The power of the engine may be varied by throttling the supply 'to the pump, and also by holding open the valves of the low-pressure cylinder.
Patent GB-190800981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-propelled Steam Fire Engines.
Inventor: MERRYWEATHER JAMES COMPTON
Filed: 1908-01-15
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 981. Merryweather, J. C. Jan. 15. Steam pumps.-In an automobile steam fireengine of the kind described in Specification No. 27,671, A.D. 1896, [Abridgment Class Fire, Extinction &c, of], means are provided for connecting and disconnecting the pump and the road wheels respectively to and from the engine. The crankshaft K of the vertical steam-engine carries a pinion G which may be moved along the shaft so as to disconnect the engine from the wheels. To the engine cross-head are connected rods F which terminate in a screwed boss A bored out conically to receive the end of the pump rod E. A collar D in this rod rests against the underside of the screwed boss, and the joint is completed by a nut B.
Patent GB-190802211-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Draught Excluder.
Inventor: O'BRIEN ANNIE GERTRUDE
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 2211. O'Brien, A. G. Jan. 31. Draught - excluders. - Strips a of paper, canvas, linen, or similar flexible material are folded lengthwise into a zigzag or Z-shape, and string or cord may be inserted at the bends to increase the resiliency.
Patent GB-190802320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Unloading Marine Vessels.
Inventor: ROSS CHARLES DOUGLAS
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1909-03-01
Abstract: 2320. Rose, C. D. Feb. 1. Unloading. - Comprises a construction of conveyers and their operating-mechanism for transferring material from longitudinal hoppers located in' the body of a vessel of the kind in which conveyers are arranged beneath the hoppers delivering at one end by means of cross - conveyers to a central elevator which delivers the material to an adjustable discharge conveyer. The vessel is divided longitudinally into two hopper-shaped compartments 2 with sloping bottoms 4 closed at intervals by sliding doors 7, beneath which are disposed two open U-shaped troughs 6 in which run endless chains of scrapers 12. The scrapers 12, Fig. 6, are suspended from cross-rods 16<1> connecting chains 13 arranged outside the trough and running by rollers 21 on tracks 22 integral with the trough. The scrapers are prevented from swinging backwards by chains connecting the lower ends to the cross-rod 16<1> of the preceding scraper, and from rising from the troughs by additional rollers 70 running on the overhead flanges of the hopper mouths. The troughs 6 are upwardly inclined at the rear end of the vessel, and delivered on to cross-scraper conveyers 11 discharging on to a centrally-disposed scraper elevator 20. The elevator 20 delivers to a band conveyer 33 pivotally mounted on a turntable 46 on the deck and normally supported at the other end on a standard 55. The conveyer 33 is adjusted to any desired inclination by a piston-rod 51, and is sustained by a ratchet-wheel 53 and pawl 52 when the conveyer is swung aside to deliver over the side of the vessel. The two longitudinal conveyers in the troughs of the vessel are driven from sprocket-wheels 17, engaging the cross-rods 16<1> and driven from a main shaft 46'. The elevator 20 is driven in a similar manner from sprockets 45 on a shaft 51<1> driven from the shaft of the sprockets 17. The cross-conveyers are driven through bevelgearing from the end sprockets 43 of the elevator 20. The conveyer 33 is preferably driven from a separate motor 48.
Patent GB-190805815-A (GB)
Title: Tile Mould and Strike
Inventor: SEYMOUR WALTER
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 5815. Seymour, W., and Jessup, S. March 16. Moulding tiles.-Hand-moulded roofing-tiles are produced in a mould formed of a hard wood frame G faced with metal strips J and having an upstanding edge within which are formed recesses L adapted to form the hanging nibs. To ensure filling of the recesses L, they are provided with ventilating- apertures K. The strike consists of a tapered shouldered rod M, Fig. 10, fitted with leather rings N on the portions that engage with the sides of the mould.
Patent GB-190810549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Concrete Beams or Joists, for Building Purposes and Appliances therefor.
Inventor: STEWART WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-05-17
Abstract: 10,549. Stewart, W. J. May 15. Girders and beams; floors.-Concrete beams of T-section are formed with transverse ribs 2, Figs. 2 and 3, and lower flanges at the ends for seating them, and are reinforced in the flanges and the lower part of the web which is enlarged for this purpose. The beams may be laid side by side to form a floor, and the ribs may project on one side to support the adjacent beam. To reduce the weight, holes 10, Fig. 7, may be made in the meeting edges of the flanges, or the webs may be panelled or formed with openings. The flanges may be broader towards the centre than at the ends, and nailing-fillets of softer concrete may be sunk in the top or bottom. Metal joists, which support the concrete beams, are protected by hollow vertical or splayed brackets 18, Fig. 12, integral with the beams. Fig. 14 shows a notched joint, and Fig. 15 a dovetailed joint suitable for concrete rafters or beams over bay and like windows ; the joints may be reinforced by bars 22, 23. Specifications No. 8370, A.D. 1902, No. 25,652, A.D. 1903, and No. 14,928, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190812394-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically Distributing Liquids in Sprays in Filtering Tanks.
Inventor: BEZAULT BERNARD
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-06-09
Abstract: 12,394. Bezault, S. June 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Spray - producers and spreaders.-Relates to apparatus for automatically distributing liquids in sprays over filtering- tanks such as described in Specification No. 6274, A.D. 1907, and consists mainly in the manner of suspending the spraying- tubes. The two distributing-arms a are each connected by a siphon b, c with the trough d, the whole apparatus being supported by a carriage movably mounted above the trough, suitable tension rods f being provided. The distributing-arms are divided by central vertical partitions, the supply to each compartment being controlled by a lever g, which, by abutment against stops, is thrown over with consequent reversal of the motion of the sprayer. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 2155, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Filtering &c.].]
Patent GB-190815367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Turbines.
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 15,367. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie. May 18, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-In a parallel-flow impulse turbine, in which the rotors increase in diameter from the admission to the exhaust, the nozzles e are placed at the lowest portions of the casing a in the walls d, which, with the casing, form chambers c for the rotors b. Condensation water is thus conducted through the nozzles and chambers to the exhaust. In a combined impulse and reaction turbine, the last impulse stage is connected at its lowest point with the exhaust from the reaction stage by a pipe.
Patent GB-190819215-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Confection and Process for Making same.
Inventor: KUNZLE CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1908-09-12
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 19,215. Kunzle, C. Sept. 12. Confectionery or sweetmeats.-A fondant is prepared by boiling 40 lb. of sugar, 2 1b. of glucose, and 8 pints of water to the " ball," pouring on to a marble slab, and working when cool until it turns white and stiff. A second mixture is prepared by whiaking 2¢ pints of white of egg &c., boiling 6 lb. of sugar, 6 lb. of honey or glucose or both, and 2 pints of water to " crack," adding this to the white of egg, and evaporating in a steam boiling-pan for about thirty minutes. Three-fifths of the fondant are combined with two-fifths of the second mixture.
Patent GB-190819774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Picking Motion of Vertical Looms.
Inventor: ABELL ROBERT
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 19,774. Abell, R. Sept. 21. Vertical looms ; swivel looms ; picking-motions.- In a vertical loom for weaving a number of similar fabrics in parallel planes, each shuttle slides on guides s and is operated by a pair of toothed pinions, which engage a toothed rack, formed on the bottom of the shuttle, and are mounted on shafts f, f<1>, arranged on opposite sides of the warps. The shafts f, f<1> are driven by pinions j, engaging a quadrant k, which is operated by a connecting- rod l, a crank m, and partially-toothed wheels n, p. The blank spaces o, r on the peripheries of the wheels n, p cause the shuttles to have a short period of rest after each pick.
Patent GB-190819823-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Plate and Angle Piece Forming a Rolled Section for use in Ship-building and in the Construction of Bridges, Floating Docks, and other Constructional Works.
Inventor: PARKER WILLIAM SHORT
Filed: 1908-09-21
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 19,823. Parker, W. S. Sept. 21. Plates; rods and bars.-A combined plate and angle-piece, for use in shipbuilding, bridge-building, and in the construction of floating docks and other constructional works, is made by rolling. The heel of the section is rolled with rounded corners f, g, Fig. 4, the outer and inner radii of which are equal so that an overlap joint may be formed without further machining. Three sections are shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, that in Fig. 3 having another flange d rolled on to it.
Patent GB-190820184-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Testing the Efficiency of Steam Separators and the like
Inventor: MUCHKA JOSEF
Filed: 1908-05-07
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 20,184. Muchka, J. May 7. Turbidometers. -T h e quantity of oil in steam is estimated by trapping a part of the steam, condensing it, and comparing the colour of the condensate with a colour scale. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus as applied to the testing of the efficiency of a steam separator. The outlet pipe R of the separator is fitted with a branch pipe N which intercepts some of the steam and conveys it to a condensing- cylinder A of glass or the like. Cocks G, M, and a pipe J enable the cylinder to be connected with the pipe N alone, or with the atmosphere alone, or with both. A colour scale S of glass or the like is mounted at the side of the cylinder so that it can be moved up and down for comparison with the condensate.
Patent GB-190822113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Locks.
Inventor: NEROM HENRI VAN
Filed: 1908-10-19
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 22,113. Nerom, H. van. Oct. 19. Locks, permutation. - In a permutation lock, the bolt 7 is blocked in the shot position by a pin 12 on the slide 6 operated by a rack and pinion 9. The slide 6 is also blocked by a slide 17 operated by a toothed wheel 2 and one of a series o f pinions 1, 11 engaging therewith. The pinions 1, 11 have different diameters, and either of them can be engaged with the wheel 2 at will from the inside, so that the number of turns of the outside knob required to set the slide 17 in its correct position can be varied. The bolt is operable by a rack and pinion 10.
Patent GB-190900842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: DELUCE SAMUEL ALFRED NELSON
IPC: F02N1/02
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 842. Deluce, S. A. N., and Lysons, H. S. Jan. 13. Turning-gear.- A handle b is connected by a face clutch c to a starting shaft d, which is connected to the engine shaft by a claw clutch e. An adjustable spring f normally keeps the members of clutch c in engagement. In operation, the whole apparatus is moved axially until the clutch e engages the motor shaft, which disengages the starting-apparatus in the known manner when the engine rotates under its own power. If the engine rotates in the reverse direction, the hub of the handle is arrested by a friction pawl i, and the inclined teeth on the clutch c then disengage the clutch e. In a modified form, the clutch e is replaced by a pawl or ratchet drive. The Provisional Specification also states that a plunger, connected to one of the couplings, may be actuated by the pressure due to premature ignition to release the starting-handle from the motor shaft.
Patent GB-190907214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Anchors.
Inventor: COLES GEORGE JAMES
IPC: B63B21/44
Filed: 1909-03-25
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 7214. Coles, G. J. March 25. Anchors.-Relates to stockless anchors of the type in which the cross-head carrying the flukes is directly pivoted in an eye in the end of the shank. The cross-head a, carrying the flukes b, is provided with a central bearing-portion c, and the shank d is formed with a hooked end e, which takes around the pivot c. A bolt g bridging the gap f retains the pivot in position