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Patent GB-190813715-A (GB)
Title: Process of and Means for Preventing Oxidisable Metals and the like from Rusting after they are Electro-plated.
Inventor: MASON CHARLES
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1909-06-29
Abstract: 13,715. Mason, C. June 29. Nickel and zinc, obtaining; surfaces for, preparing ; surfaces, treating after deposition.-Oxidizable metals are given a preliminary coating of copper, zinc, or tin before the final electro-deposit. The preliminary coating may be electro-deposited, or, in the case of zinc may be produced by exposure to zinc vapour and may be subsequently thickened by electro-depositing zinc from a solution of zinc sulphate and ammonium tartrate, or by electro-depositing other metals or alloys. The articles are then dipped in hot water, dried, and heated in an air-tight oven to the melting point of the preliminary coating. The articles; after scouring with pumice or otherwise preparing them, receive a final electro-deposit of nickel &c. for which purpose a solution of nickel sulphate and ammonium tartrate may be employed, with or without a small quantity of an organic acid.
Patent GB-190816245-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose Sheet Binders & Binding.
Inventor: TURNER SAMUEL WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-31
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 16,245. Turner, S.W. July 31. Bookbinding.-For filing loose sheets and binding them into book form, a base A carries one or more projecting pins B, supporting hollow tubes C, which pass through the sheets and are clinched over by a punch when full. The tubes may be split as at C<3>, and a perforated plate or washers may supplement the clinching to keep the sheets on the tubes. The tubes C may be mounted on a cover formed in four sections G, G<1>, G', G', Fig. 9, the narrow section G<2> having holes G<3>, through which the tubes C are passed and clinched on the outside. The back G' may have small flaps G<6> on the outside to cover over the clinched ends of the tubes C. During filing and clinching, the cover G is held on to the base A by spring clips.
Patent GB-190816320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hub Brakes for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: WALKER ROBERT
Filed: 1908-08-01
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 16,320. Walker, R., and Pinson, W. C. Aug. 1. Brakes.-A hub brake for cycles &c. comprises a spirally split cylinder fixed at one end and capable of being expanded into contact with the interior of the hub by rotating a loose cone which is integral with the cylinder. Fig. 2 shows the rear hub of a cycle in which is enclosed a spirally split cylinder 5, made integral with a bearing-cone 2, which can be turned about the spindle 4 by a lever 6 operated by band or by a back-pedalling device. The other end of the cylinder 5 is prevented from rotating by projections 8 on a key 7, which is fitted on a fixed cone 3. In the case of a front hub brake, the projections which secure one end of the cylinder against rotation are made integral with the fixed cone.
Patent GB-190816914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Ascertaining the Mean Temperature of Eggs in Incubators
Inventor: WAGNER CHARLES JAMES
Filed: 1908-08-11
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 16,914. Wagner, C. J. Aug. 11. Thermometers.-The bulb 6 of a thermometer for recording the mean temperature of eggs in incubators is inserted in a perforated tube 3 cemented to the inner wall of an egg-shaped casing 1 which is placed amongst the eggs. The card 8 has graduations thereon and also a special mark at the reading 100-5‹ F.
Patent GB-190817321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Lighting Incandescent Street and other Gas Lamps.
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 17,321. Cuttell, T. L., and Anti- Vibration Incandescent Lighting Co. Aug. 18. Lighting gas.-The pilot-jet 8 of a street or other lamp is carried by the rotatable by-pass cock 7, and is mounted on a door 6 hinged on the by-pass pipe 5 so that the pilot-jet is raised and the gas supply is turned on simultaneously with the opening of the door by the insertion of the lamplighter's torch, stops being provided on the door for preventing it from being raised too far.
Patent GB-190823609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twist-drill Grinding Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 23,609. Thompson, W. P., [Ges. des Achten Naxos Schmirgels Naxos Union]. Nov. 4. Sharpening ; backing-off twist drills.-To produce the necessary relative movements in a machine in which the drill is constantly rotated, both the grinding-disk and the drill are given oscillating movements which may be either circular or rectilinear. In the form shown in Fig. 1 the grinding- disk E is mounted on a spring-controlled lever D, rocked about its pivot d by a cam o. The drill is mounted in a bearing F<1> on a bracket C which is rocked about its pivot b by a cam h against the action of a spring. The drill is rotated constantly and is fed forward gradually by a screw operated by a ratchet device at each movement of the bracket C. The cams o, h are rotated as many times faster than the drill as there are cutting- edges on the drill. The grinding-disk is pressed by the cam o into contact with the cutting-edge of the drill and simultaneously or shortly afterwards the drill holder is rocked by the cam h to effect the backing-off. The drill and grinder are separated when one edge is ground, and are then brought into contact again when the next cutting- edge is rotated into position. In place of the circular rocking motion of one of the elements a rectilinear reciprocating motion may be substituted. This rectilinear movement may most conveniently be imparted to the drill, and take place in the direction of its axis. Fig. 2 shows a device in which the drill spindle b is driven through gearing G, G<1> from a driving-spindle v, and carries at its end a cam i which engages with a cam h. This latter cam may be stationary, but is preferably driven through gearing g', ga, g from the shaft v so that all the movements of the drill are produced by the same surfaces slipping past one another. The drill is gradually fed forward by a pawl carried by an eccentric w on the drill spindle and a ratchet-wheel s on a screw spindle u. The cam-surfaces h, i may be arranged on the driving-spindle v and the motion be imparted to the drill spindle through a lever, or two sleeves having spiral engaging surfaces may be arranged on the drill spindle, and a rocking motion be imparted to one of them about the drill axis by means of an eccentric on the driving-axis and connecting-levers.
Patent GB-190824990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Chasing Tools for Cutting Screw Threads.
Inventor: OPENSHAW WILLIAM ASHFORTH
Filed: 1908-11-20
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 24,990. Openshaw, W. A.. and Opensha.w, N. Nov. 20. Tools ; tool-holders.-In a hand chasing-tool for cutting screw threads, the chaser c is provided with two cutting-edges by dividing a screwed cylinder into halves. The edges may be ground along radii. It is held in a seating curved to fit its diameter by a plate e having a projection e' engaging the groove in the chaser.
Patent GB-190826712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Smoke Consuming Apparatus for Furnaces.
Inventor: BLIZZARD ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 26,712. Blizzard, A. E., Todd, H., and Cotton, R. Dec. 9. Smoke-consuming.-In the apparatus described in Specification No. 25,833, A.D. 1902, the air heating and delivering fittings at the bridge are replaced by pairs of plates a', a<2> having ribs or projections r, which, when the plates are placed together, form the walls of passages for the air for secondary combustion. The plates may be placed vertically as shown, or in the position described in the abovementioned Specification.
Patent GB-190828404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Firepots for Smiths Forges or the like.
Inventor: DIGGLE ALFRED
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 28,404. Diggle, A. Dec. 30. Smiths' forges.-The fire-pot of a smith's forge is cast in two parts enclosing an annular chamber, through which the air for blowing the fire is first passed so as to cool the fire-pot, and a removable sliding grate is provided. The fuel-container B, having a flange C<1>, is cast in one with a box F, in which the grate J slides, and also with the upper part of the ash-chamber G. A separate casting comprises the casing A with a flanged inlet pipe D, an aperture E through which the grate is slid, and the lower part of the ash chamber G<1>, and supports the inner casting by flanges C. Air, supplied by bellows or a fan or the like through the pipe D, circulates around the fuel-container B, and, striking against a stop piece L, which forms part of the inner casting and divides the annular space, is directed through a small escape-hole H beneath the grate. The grate J closely fits the box F, which may be continued as a part of the outer casing right up to the aperture E or may alternatively have a slide bar extension E<1> cast with the outer casting. A stop plate J<1> carried by a connexion J<2> on the grate, closes the aperture E when the grate is in position ; a door is provided at the bottom of the ash-chamber. Specifications No. 16,721, A.D. 1895, and No. 3256, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190828521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Instantaneous Steam Generators, Flash Boilers, and the like.
Inventor: CROMPTON ROOKES EVELYN BELL
Filed: 1908-12-31
Granted: 1909-12-31
Abstract: 28,521. Crompton, R. E. B. Dec. 31. Plates, securing tubes to.-The coils of instantaneous steam generators are connected together by means of the joint block e. The tubes d are expanded into the joint block and are held in position by screws g provided with passages h for the flow of the liquid. Sleeves f, internally threaded to engage the screws g, are provided on the outside with a somewhat coarse thread which screws into the joint block e. By preventing the screw g from rotating and turning the sleeve f, the screw g is forced against the end of the tube d. Split bushes may be provided between the expanded ends of the tubes d and the jointblock e to allow the latter to be removed from the tubes when the screw g is removed. When the ends of the coils face each other, the union joint described in Specification No. 27,070, A.D, 1907, may be used.
Patent GB-190902814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reinforced Concrete Girders and Floors or the like.
Inventor: LEEUW PIERRE VAN
IPC: E04B5/26
Filed: 1909-02-05
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 2814. Leeuw, P. van. Feb. 5. Floors of reinforced concrete girders side by side.- Relates to concrete floors of the type formed by placing reinforced concrete girders side by side and concreting over. The girders, shown in longitudinal view and cross-section in Figs. 1 and 2, have an arched parabolic top flange connected to a straight bottom flange by ribs f inclined in opposite directions. The reinforcement comprises two pairs of curved compression bars g, g<l> connected at the ends and separated at any point by a distance proportional to the bending moment at that point ; and a tension bar h, the ends of which are connected to the bars g, g<1> by means of a crossbar j, Fig. 6, passed through eyes on the bars and with the ends bent up. The distance between the bars g, h also varies with the bending moment. The cross-ribs are reinforced by wires attached to the top and bottom bars, and the reinforcements are connected by wire yokes k, Fig. 2. The completed girders are mounted on the walls or between metal or concrete joists, and quick-setting fireproof material s is cast between and over the bottom flanges, and is reinforced with bars t, v. Plates x, of terra-cotta or cement, are placed on offsets w on the top flanges, and the apandril spaces and top are filled in with concrete, which may be applied simultaneously with the main beams if such are cast in situ. The cross-girders may be close together, in which case the filling s and plates x are omitted. In both forms, the air spaces c form channels for pipes and wires. In the form shown on the right in Fig. 1, the supporting concrete girder b is cast in situ, and is shown in longitudinal view in Fig. 4 extending over several supports; the top and bottom bars are both curved to a parabolic arc and are arranged so that their distance apart is greatest at the points of maximum stress, and their ends extend into adjacent bays and are united at the neutral surface Side projections b<1> are reinforced by longitudinal bars z<4> connected by wire bindings z<5> to the bottom bars.
Patent GB-190905375-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Burglar Alarms.
Inventor: RACINE EMILE
IPC: G08B15/00
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1910-03-07
Abstract: 5375. Racine, E., and Duc, H. March 5. Burglar alarms.-If a door b is opened without first retracting a bolt k by means of a key, the detent d<1> of a spring trigger is lifted from its notch and a cartridge is fired. The detonator casing a is detachably fixed by pin-and-slot devices c, and comprises a flap h for obtaining access to the cartridge and a pivoted safety catch which holds the detent d<1> in its notch while the apparatus is being set. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 16,553/08.
Patent GB-190905731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Treating or Purifying Paraffin Wax and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: ADAMSON ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: C10G73/36
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 5731. Adamson, R. W., [Burmah Oil Co., and Campbell, A.]. March 10. Drawings to Specification. Paraffin, purifying by sweating. The plant comprises two cooling-sheds with a sweating- chamber between them, together with two carriages arranged in tandem, so that while one carriage is in its cooling-shed the other is in the sweating-chamber. The paraffin is run on to water contained in trays mounted on these carriages, and is allowed to solidify in the cooling-shed. The carriage is then run into the sweating-shed, and, after the operation is complete, is returned to the cooling-shed, where the purified wax is allowed to solidify before removal. The wax and water are fed to the trays by means of flexible tubes in the cooling- sheds which connect the supply pipes to a vertical standard with branch pipes provided on the carriages.
Patent GB-190907227-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Securing the Corrugated Sheets used for Roofing Purposes and Device for Carrying Out the same.
Inventor: COHIER JULIEN CLEMENT
IPC: E04D3/36
Filed: 1909-03-25
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 7227. Cohier, J. C. March 25. Nails.-Corrugated metal roofing-plates a, i are secured to purlins d, by nails j having bellshaped heads k and bent shanks j', which are driven into wooden purlins as shown in Fig. 2, or turned over under iron purlins as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190908475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinners for Fishing.
Inventor: BARRETT ALICK RALPH
IPC: A01K83/06
Filed: 1909-04-08
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 8475. Barrett, A. R. April 8. Spinning-tackle.-In a spinner for fishing having two pivoted fins 2 carrying barbed jaws 3 for holding the dead bait, a screw nose cap or nut 5 is placed on the threaded end of the stem 1 and is adapted to be screwed d o w n against the fore end of the fins 2 to lock them against spreading open.
Patent GB-190914175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes for Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: NEMEROVSKY JOSEPH MARKS
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 1909-06-16
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 14,175. Nemerovsky, J. M., Everett, L. C., and Kemerovsky, F. June 16. Fittings, internal.-A box A, Fig. 1, for inverted incandescent mantles, shown as of square section with one of the walls a' hinged to the bottom and having The cover a<2> formed with or attached to its free ends, is fitted with a shelf B formed with projections b<1> and recesses b<2> on either side and a rear recess b<3>, and the lugs d<1>, d<2> of the mantle ring rest upon these projections, the vertical portions fitting into the adjoining recesses. The mantle is kept in position in the box by a loose bar or strip E at the front, which bears against the supporting- ring and engages under the lugs d<1>. The cover a<2> is provided with a tuck-in flap a<3>, which fits into a recess between the back of the shelf and the rear wall of the box. In a modified construction for use with mantles the supporting-rings of which project laterally to a considerable extent, a loose or hinged locking-strip E, Fig. 4, with wedge-shaped ends c' is employed, the flat portion of the strip bearing against the edge of the supporting-ring and being covered by the side a ; the ends e<1> fit between the sides of the shaft and the inner surface of the side walls of the box.
Patent GB-190917058-A (GB)
Title: Brackets for Curtain-rods.
Inventor: MORGAN HUGH
IPC: A47H1/102
Filed: 1909-07-22
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 17,058. Morgan, H. July 22. Brackets; curtains, suspending.-A curtain-rod bracket comprises a part e, f, g which is secured to the rod, and a part a having turned-over flanges b behind which the foot e is dropped, a projection c supporting t in position.
Patent GB-190917752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Beverage Dispensing Apparatus.
Inventor: JONES ALVA DILLON
IPC: B67D1/07
Filed: 1909-07-30
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 17,752. Jones, A. D. July 30. Single-acting multiple-suction beer pumps ; actuating by hydraulic motors.-An air-pressure beverage-dispensing apparatus is provided with means for returning the beer from the cooling-coils to the casks, means for automatically maintaining sufficient pressure to force the beverage to the taps, and means for cleaning the coils and taps. The beer or other beverage is forced by compressed air, led from the reservoir 5, from the casks 1 through pipes 2 and a multiple-way cock 10 to the cooling-coils 4 and dispensing-taps 3. The pump 21, 22, Fig. 4, for compressing the air and for forcing liquid is arranged within the plug of the valve 10 and is operated by a water motor 119 having a reversing-gear, the supply of liquid to which is regulated by a valve 98, Fig. 13, automatically controlled through electro-magnets 86, 87 arranged in electric circuits made and broken through the medium of a pressure gauge 82. The stem of the valve 98 is connected to the armature 89 and a locking-piece for engaging the stem to the armature 88. Fig. 4 shows the pump and multi-way valve consisting of a casing 11, into which the feed and the delivery pipes are screwed, and a rotary tapered plug 14, suitably ported to register in certain positions with certain ports in the casing, and having a pump cylinder and piston. In certain positions of the plug, the beverage from one of the delivery pipes is pumped through the branch pipes and forced back to the cask ; in another position, water or cleansing-liquid is pumped into the coils ; or air is pumped to the chamber 5. The rotation of the plug is effected by a worm-sector 17, a worm 19, and a hand-wheel 71, an indicating-dial 78 worked by a screw and a rack and pinion being provided.
Patent GB-190919660-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Coin Freed Apparatus for Supplying or Measuring a Current of Electricity.
Inventor: FARRAND JAMES ALBERT
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 1909-08-27
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 19,660. Farrand, J. A. Aug. 27. Meters having clockwork controlled electrically.-In a prepayment meter the supply switch is controlled by a notched disk which is set forward by payment and is returned by a mainspring which drives two trains of wheels adapted to work simultaneously or independently, the primary train working continuously as long as current is being consumed, and the secondary train being released more or less frequently under the control of an ampere-meter according to the strength of current being consumed. The primary train z<2>, z<3>, z', 4 is geared to the mainspring barrel through two members d, d' of an epicyclic train and gearing f, z<10>, one wheel z' of the secondary train z<5>, z<6>, z<7>, z<8> being mounted on a spindle f<Î> carrying the planet wheel e. The secondary train is normally locked by a lever i, the arm i<2> of which engages the flywheel j, and is freed, and allowed to run while a detent i<5> on the spindle of the gear z<7> makes one revolution every time the arm i<1> of the lever is raised by a pin k<1> on the arm k of an amperemeter l. The arm k is operated by one of a series of cams h on a shaft g driven by the primary train, these cams having various numbers of teeth and the arm being positioned according to the strength of current being consumed. A finger 3 on the arm k is adapted to engage the balance 4 and stop the primary train when no current is being consumed.
Patent GB-190920020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armour Plate.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
IPC: F41H5/04
Filed: 1909-09-01
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 20,020. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. Sept. 1. Armour-plating.-In armour-plate of the kind formed of aluminium or aluminium alloy cast around a skeleton of steel or steel alloy, the skeleton consists of layers of plates or bars a arranged on edge, if desired, at varying angles to one another in each layer, the plates of adjacent layers being placed at right-angles to one another. The plates may be roughened or jagged, as shown at b, or formed with stampedout portions, in order to facilitate adhesion with the aluminium. The steel reinforcement is preferably coated with zinc.
Patent GB-190925266-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Paint for Ships' Hulls and the like.
Inventor: DESCROIX ROBERT
IPC: C09D195/00
Filed: 1909-11-02
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 25,266. Descroix, R. Nov. 2. Paints.-A paint, particularly for application to the hulls of ships, contains stearine pitch, resin such as colophony, infusorial earth, mica, siccative oils, and volatile hydrocarbons, with or without borax, lime, and petroleum.
Patent GB-190928219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Driving Mechanism of Type-bar Making Machines.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR HENRY
IPC: B41B5/02
Filed: 1909-12-03
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 28,219. Walker, A. H., and Pollen, A. H., [Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen - Fabrik Ges.]. Dec. 3. [Addition to 10,704/08.] Driving-mechanism for type-bar making machines. Relates to improvements in the clutches described in Specification 14,582/90, and in the parent Specification. The shaft 3 is provided with an arm 6 carrying a bell - crank lever 11, on which is pivoted a clutch block 9 tensioned by a spring 13. The clutch-block is held against the pulley 1 by a lever 14, which is tensioned by a spring 16 and is provided with an adjusting-screw 17 engaging a disk 12 on the lever 11. The lever 14 is connected to the clutch-controlling bar 4. There may be several arms 6 and levers 11, in which case all the levers 11 are connected loosely to the disk 12.
Patent GB-190928862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vulcanizing Presses.
Inventor: DALES ALFRED
IPC: B29D30/06
Filed: 1909-12-10
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 28,862. Dales, A. Dec. 10. Vulcanizing-presses. - A vulcanizing-press is provided with sliding trays e for carrying the articles to be vulcanized, these trays being of sufficient length to carry more than one charge, so that, while one charge is under the press, another may be removed or placed in position. The trays are guided by means of supports b and side guides d.
Patent GB-190930111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fireside Shovels.
Inventor: FAWSITT HENRY
IPC: F24B15/06
Filed: 1909-12-24
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 30,111. Fawsitt, H. Dec. 24. Shovels; rakes. - A combined fire shovel and rake a is provided with teeth or corrugations b on its front edge. In a modification, shown in Fig. 2, a flat plate c with similar teeth b' is adjustably fitted to the shovel.