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Patent GB-190700383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Controlled Point or Switch Operating Mechanism for Railways.
Inventor: STOFFELS KAREL WILLEM GERARD J
Filed: 1907-01-07
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 383. Stoffels, K. W. G. J. Jan. 7. Points and switches.- Relates to electric means for operating from the vehicles the track points on electric railways, of the kind comprising two solenoids, having cores connected to the point tongues and the circuits of which are controlled by an electro-magnetic switch operated by the car trolly. Two auxiliary conductors n, o, Fig. 1, of different lengths, are insulated from each other and from the usual overhead conductor x. The conductor n is permanently connected to the solenoid A of the switch k, which is fulcrumed at m and is in permanent connexion with the conductor x. Whan a car meets the auxiliary conductors, its trolly is moved out of contact with the conductor x by the auxiliary conductor n ; on further movement of the car, the trolly connects the auxiliary conductors n, o, and one or other of the coils B, C is energized, as described below, the track points being thus operated in one direction or the other, according as the controller circuit on the car is open or closed. If the controller circuit is open, as soon as the trolly has connected the conductors o, n, current passes from the conductor x, through switch k, contacts g, b, coil A, conductor n, the trolly, conductor o, resistance w, contacts c, e, and coil C to earth. The current in this case, though strong enough to actuate the plunger of the coil C, is not sufficiently strong to move the plunger h of the coil A. If the controller circuit is closed, as soon as the trolly contacts with the conductor n, current passes from the conductor x, through switch k, contacts g, b, coil A, conductor n, the trolly, and the car to earth. The plungers now turns the switch k about its fulcrum m, moving contact g off contact b and on to contact a, and moving contact f, which is insulated from the main part k of the switch, on to contact d. Current from the conductor x then passes through switch k, contacts g, a, coil B, contacts f, d, coil A, and conductor n to earth ; and since the contacts e, c are disconnected, the circuit of the coil C is broken. As contacts g, a and f, d are connected before contacts g, bare separated, there will be no sparking. When the collector on the car is of the " bow " type, the auxiliary conductor n is composed of two parts, Figs. 2 and 4, and the conductor o can slide in vertical slots t. With a trolly collector, the conductors n, o are carried at the opposite sides of an insulating-strip beneath the main conductor x, and the conductor o is divided into small pieces near its end to prevent sparking.
Patent GB-190701515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Self Closing Valves for Drain Pipes and the like.
Inventor: BARTH JULIUS
Filed: 1907-01-21
Granted: 1908-01-21
Abstract: 1515. Barth, J Jan. 21. Traps or flood valves. The valve consists of a disk D bearing hollow hemispheres D<1> and mounted upon a spindle C. At the other end of the rod C<1> is a hollow counterweight E slightly heavier. When the water level rises in the chamber B, the float E rises and water enters the hemispheres through a hole D', causing the valve to' close upon its seating A'.
Patent GB-190706821-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating the Pressure of Gases Flowing through Flues, or Mains, or other Passages.
Inventor: FELD WALTHER
Filed: 1907-03-21
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 6821. Feld, W. March 21. Air, drawing-off and supplying, methods of. -The inflow or outflow of gases is regulated by altering the level of the inflow or outflow openings. In the arrangement shown, passages b<1>, b<2>, b<3> lead from a battery of coke ovens into a main a leading to the chimney. For ensuring equal draught, these passages are provided, in place of the usual dampers, with outlets p<1>, p<2>, p<3>, adjusted longitudinally so that the outlet from each passage discharges into the main a at a lower level than any of the outlets farther from the chimney. A similar arrangement may be used when several outlets branch from a gas main flue ; and the invention may be applied to one branch pipe.
Patent GB-190710570-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Peeler for Oranges and the like.
Inventor: JENKINS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-05-07
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 10,570. Jenkins, W. May 7. Smokers' combination articles.- A fruit peeler, comprising two blades A, B, set at rightangles to each other and mounted in a pocket - knife, may be adapted to cut the ends of cigars by making a transverse hole in the handle to register with the recess K, in which the blade A fits when the peeler is closed.
Patent GB-190710672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Mouthpieces of Tobacco Pipes, Cigar Holders, Cigarette Holders and the like also applicable to the Mouthpieces of other Appliances.
Inventor: PYKE SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 10,672. Pyke, S. May 8. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette-holders.- Mouthpieces A for tobacco pipes, cigar and cigarette holders, inhaling - apparatus, &c. are formed w.ith suitable ribs or enlargements B at convenient distances apart so that, when one portion has been worn through, the worn portion is cut away or otherwise removed to the next rib. The mouthpiece may be formed in sections a, Fig. 4, suitably joined together. The ribs may be formed by notches or reductions in the thickness of the stem.
Patent GB-190712959-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Setting the Sights of Ordnance.
Inventor: PETCH ALBANY FRANCIS
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 12,959. Petch, A. F., Duncan, F., and King, 0. C. F. June 4. Right to Patent relinquished. Sights are set from the fire-control station by synchronous electric means and a hunting switch. A motor B, driven synchronously with and by a motor at the fire-control station, drives a drum C by means of a worm gear b. Attached to this drum are contact-bars c<1>, c<2>, c<3>; a bridge-piece d<2> provided with an insulating-guide d<3> is operated by a bracket d' on a disk D, which is driven by means of a spindle k<1>, worm gear k, h<3>, a spindle h<2>, bevel-gear H, g<3>, and a hollow spindle g<1> by a motor G. On the spindle k<1> is also a spur-wheel a<5> for operating the rack a<2> of the telescope mounting a'. The motor G is controlled by a double-pole three-position switch F under the directing influence of electro-magnets F<1>, F<2> connected to the bars c<1>, c<2>, c<3> through brushes f<3>, f<2>, f<1> and slip-rings c<4>,c<5>, c<6>. Thus the motor G rotates either way, until the bridge-piece d<2> is brought to the neutral position at the gap E, and thereby sets the sight to the position determined by the position of the drum C and motor B. Scales and pointers are provided on the disk D and the drum C. A hand-wheel L attached to a spindle l<1> serves to set the sight by hand if desired.
Patent GB-190715891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Ties
Inventor: PETRIE AMOS SAWYER
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 15,891. Petrie, A. S. July 10. Rails, securing to sleepers; sleepers.-Metal railway ties are formed by bending a rectangular sheet-metal blank to the shape shown along the lines 2, 3, and turning the ends 5 down so that they enter the ballast of the road and prevent creeping or lateral movement, the ends being cut away at 1. Angle-irons 6 are secured to the tie to stiffen and secure it, and have flanges 9 bent horizontally to form a rail seating. The flanges 9 are bent on one side, as at 10, to clip the rail ; and the rails are held in position by bolts 11, which engage their inner edges. The position of the angles 6 ori the tie determines the gauge of the road, and permits the use of the ties at switches or turn-outs with the rails at any interval or angle.
Patent GB-190718111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulating Material.
Filed: 1907-08-09
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 18,111. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Aug 9. Insulation.-An electric insulating - material is formed by uniting fragments of flake mica by a special adhesive, and then immersing the material while hot in a siliceous insulating-compound, and finally subjecting it to a high temperature and pressure. The mica fragments are first built up to a layer of any desired thickness with an adhesive composed of glass 2 parts, mica 2 parts, kaolin 24 parts, slate 12 parts, silicate of soda 37 parts, and water 23 parts. These layers 10 are then placed between washers 11 in the clamp shown in Fig. 2, and, while under moderate pressure, are machined, heated to about 300‹ F., and plunged while hot into an insulating-material containing mica and silicate of soda. High pressure is then applied, and the material heated to about 400‹ C., and cooled, this treatment resulting in a hard, tough, fire-proof, and non-hygroscopic insulator being formed.
Patent GB-190718834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Friction Clutches.
Filed: 1907-08-21
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 18,834. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Aug. 21. Clutches.-Relates to friction clutches in which the power-transmitting parts consist of expansible segments. A ring b has projections c, on either side of which bear pairs of elastic blocks f of rubber, felt, wood, &c., or carrying steel springs. Between each pair of blocks is inserted a wedge f operated by the clutch lever, so that elastic segments e may be expanded into engagement with the drum a.
Patent GB-190721468-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Applying Liquid Jointing Material to the Rims of Lids and Bottoms of Preserve Tins, or, when Using Joint or Packing Rings, to Provide the Rim with Adhesive Material and to Press the Joint or Packing Rings on to the Rim of the Lid or Bottom.
Inventor: PLINATUS WLADIMIR
Filed: 1907-09-27
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 21,468. Plinatus, W. Oct. 24, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Stoppers. -Relates to a machine for applying liquid jointing-material to the rims of lids or bottoms of preserve cans, prior to securing the lids or bottoms to the can bodies by metalseaming or other operations. The machine may be used also for securing joint-rings to the rims of can lids or bottoms. The lid &c. to be operated upon is placed on a table c, which is rotated by means of a friction clutch b thrown into engagement by a pedal a. A spring - controlled pivoted hand-lever d, which carries a cement tank i and a train of cement-transporting wheels h, g, f, e, is then moved so that the wheel e applies cement to the rim of the lid. A joint-ring may be placed by hand over the cemented part and pressed down by a spring piece p carried by a spring-controlled pivoted hand-lever k.
Patent GB-190726005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for and in connection with the Manufacture of Tins, Cans, and the like.
Inventor: WALLER WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-23
Granted: 1908-11-23
Abstract: 26,005. Waller, W. Nov. 23. Metal, sheet, curling edges of; metal, sheet, seaming and joining.- A machine for preparing the tops or bottoms of cans &c., for attachment to the bodies curls up the edges of the tops &c., by metal seaming or like operations, and applies cementing- material to the channels formed by the curling- device. The can ends to be operated upon are placed in holders e<4>, Figs. 1 and 3, loosely mounted in holes e<3> in an intermittently-rotating table e<2>. When an end comes opposite the wheel c' it is lifted off the holder e<4> and pressed against a looselymounted plate d<6> by one of a pair of rotating heads d which'are raised by a cam. The wheel c', which curls up the rim of the can end, is carried by a lever c<2> operated by a cam shaped to agree with the contour of the can end. When the wheel c' has completed its operation, the can end is transferred to the cementing position where it receives cement from a spout i<1>. The lever i which carries the spout i<1> may be made to follow the contour of the can end by means of a spring or weight or by driving it from the cam b<2>. The finished can ends are removed from the table e<2> by a stripper j<1>, the can ends being first raised out of the holes e<3> by a piece j which acts on the holders e<4>. The mechanism for imparting the intermittent motion to the table e<2> is shown in plan in Fig. 5. A plate e rigidly fixed on the spindle which drives the table carries a number of pins or rollers f<1> normally engaging the edge of a continuously-rotating plate b<1>, which turns in a clockwise direction. When the pivoted lever h strikes, a pin f<1>, it turns and causes the end g<2> of a lever to project beyond the edge of the plate b<1>; this lever then engages the pin f<1>, and turns the plate until the notch f engages the pin f<1> and completes the motion.
Patent GB-190726134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotors of Alternating Current Machines.
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 26,134. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Birrer, J. Nov. 26. Dynamos and motors, alternating - current; field magnets. - The motors of alternating - current machines, especially turbo - alternators, having salient poles, such as are described in Specification No. 7336, A.D. 1907, are modified in detail. The core of the rotor is laminated, being formed of alternate series of plates or stampings of the forms shown at 2, 3, Fig. 1, quadrant a, each of which has horns or projections 1, while the plates 2 have also projections 9 forming between them lateral open grooves 10 for the windings. The plates are built on the shaft 4, and are secured by keys 5 and clamped by bolts 6 and plates 7 of brass or other metal. The plates 7 support the windings at the ends, and are formed for this purpose with lateral slots 11 corresponding with the grooves 10, and with radial slots 12. The coils of the flat copper strip winding 13 are insulated from each other by wood or fibre 15 over the portions carried in the slots and by an air space in the other portions. The completed winding is secured by dovetailed wedges 16. Cooling-air enters by holes 17 at the ends in the slotted stampings, and is drawn through the ventilating-spaces, escaping through air ducts in the stator core or along its inner surface. The ventilation at the ends through the slots 12 is improved by means of a cover 18 of sheet metal riveted to the plates 7.
Patent GB-190727796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking and Controlling Mechanism.
Filed: 1907-12-17
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 27,796. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. March 30, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Levers.-Relates to automatic self-locking control devices in which the parts are locked by means of bolts. The driving-shaft A carries a pin K normally engaging the centre of a cam-slot f<3> in a sleeve F, which slides on pins J in a disk B<1> on the driven shaft B. A number of spring-pressed bolts G in the disk B<1> are placed opposite a slightly different number of holes c<4> in the fixed casing C. When the hand-wheel E, secured to the shaft A, is turned, the pin K engages the cam-slot f <3>, and moves the sleeve F longitudinally to engage lugs g<3> on the bolts G and disengage them from the holes c<4>, as shown in Fig. 2. The pin K then reaches the end of the slot f <3>, and the shaft B is rotated. On release of the wheel E, the parts are returned to their locked position by a spring L.
Patent GB-190800559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Lamps for Miners' Helmets and the like.
Inventor: DRAEGER JOHANN HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-01-09
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 559. Drõger, J. H., and Drõger, A. B. Jan. 9. Miners' and like safety lamps.-A miner's helmet or other head-covering has detachably supported on it an incandescent electric lamp d and a battery or accumulator b arranged in a casing h, e, so that the battery with its casing forms a protection for the back of the neck, and balances the weight of the helmet. The lamp is so placed relatively to the window of the helmet, that the field of illumination corresponds with the field of vision.
Patent GB-190802779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Feed Attachments for Type-writers.
Inventor: HUTCHES BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Filed: 1908-02-07
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 2779. Hutches, B. F. Feb. 7. Typewriters; feeding sheets; delivery apparatus.- Apparatus is arranged to feed sheets from a magazine and to return the filled sheets thereto, and as applied to typewriters operated automatically as described in Specification No. 3355, A.D. 1907, electrically-operated means is provided for arresting the platen when the sheet is in position for writing the first line. Fig. 2 shows an end elevation and Fig. 3 a middle section. The magazine 10 is provided with end plates 13 wherein are journaled rolls 23, 19 connected by gear 25, 26, 27. The magazine is detachably mounted on the typewriter, with the roll 19 resting on the platen, by means of hooks 16 which take over a bar 17, spring- pressed guard-hooks 20 also being provided. The blank sheets 33 abut against a plate 21 and are pressed down by a plate 34 having a weighted base 36. The sheets are withdrawn through a slot 22 by the roll 23, which is rotated from the platen by the roll 19 and the gear 25, 26, 27. The slot 22 may be adjusted for sheets of different thickness by moving the plate 21, screws 30 being provided for securing the plate. The delivery edge of the plate 21 is bevelled and notched to decrease friction. A bar 14 secured to the end plates 13 carries spring guide-fingers 28 which hold the sheet off the roll 19 and guide it to the platen. The filled sheets pass to a roll 29, which is journaled in the plates 13 and is rotated from the wheel 27 by gear 38, 39 arranged so that the roll 29 travels slightly faster than the platen. Fingers 24 are provided to guide the sheet round the platen, and springs 28, 37 are provided to guide the sheet to the roll 29. The sheets are delivered to the magazine and stacked on the plate 34. For use with an automatic typewriter, the forward edge of the sheet is arranged to meet a pivoted plate, which in tilting opens or closes a circuit arranged to arrest the platen. The stop consists of a plate 43 secured by a screw 42 to a rod 40 carried in the plates 13 by insulated mountings 41. A lever 45 pivoted at 44 is formed with a recessed abutment 46, and carries a screw 47 which may contact with the plate 43 and serves to regulate the play of the lever. A frame 48 secured to the plate 43 and insulated at 49 carries a contact-screw 50, against which the lever may be tilted. The frame 48 and the rod 40 are connected to the leads of an electric circuit arranged to operate the platen starting and arresting gear described in the above-mentioned Specification. The forward edge of the sheet meets the abutment 46 and tilts the lever 45, thereby closing the circuit and arresting the platen. The size of the top margin on the sheet may be adjusted by setting the plate 43. When the sheet is filled, means described in the above - mentioned Specification actuate contacts whereby the platen, is re started, the sheet is delivered to the magazine, and a new sheet is fed to the platen.
Patent GB-190805492-A (GB)
Title: Improved Railroad Rail-brace.
Inventor: ROPP CHRISTIAN
Filed: 1908-03-11
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 5492. Ropp, C. March 11. Tie-bars or braces for railroad rails. Each member 1 has an integral jaw 2 and a movable jaw or clamp 4, which is prevented from rotating by a U-shaped piece 5. The members are adjustably connected by a turn-buckle 3 which is normally prevented from rotating by a transverse pin 6, Fig. 3. To detach the rails, the pieces 5 are moved into the horizontal position and the clamps are rotated.
Patent GB-190806278-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Calculating the Velocity of Flow and Rate of Discharge of Water or other Fluid in Pipes, Culverts and Channels.
Inventor: ESSEX ERNEST HENRY
Filed: 1908-03-20
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 6278. Essex, E. H. March 20. S l i d e-rules adapted for calculating the velocity of flow and rate of discharge, and in the case of gases the loss of pressure, of fluids in pipes, culverts, &c. comprise scales proportional to the logarithms of the following quantities : D, the square. root of the sine of the inclination of the pipe corresponding to various gradients ; E, the hydraulic mean depth corresponding, it may be, to the diameters of circular pipes, or to the diameter of the top arch of ovoid culverts ; F, certain constants with an arrow showing the one generally employed ; G, H, velocity of flow ; J, the areas corresponding to the diameters of the pipes ; and K<1>, the proportionate depth of flow with an arrow for a full pipe. The scales E, F and J, K<1> are placed upon sliders B, C respectively, and the remaining scales on the stationary baseboard A. In use, the diameter on the scale E is set against the gradient on the scale D, and the velocity is read on the scale G against the constant on the scale F. The discharge is obtained by setting this velocity on the reduced scale H against the diameter on the scale J, and reading on the scale L against the depth on the scale K<1>. Alternatively, the device may be in disk form with the scales D, L on the rim, the scales E, J on revolving annular disks, and the scales G, H on stationary disks.
Patent GB-190808871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Posts or Columns especially applicable for Under-propping in Mines.
Inventor: MOUNIER JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 8871. Mounier, I. April 24, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Posts. - Relates to posts of the kind described in Specification No. 24,076, A.D. 1906. An inner tube b rests upon shot contained by an outer tube a, and is provided at its bottom end with a stop d having an upwardly flared or Z-shaped hole o, the size and shape of which prevents shot from passing upwards even when the prop is subjected to great pressure. The outer tube is provided with a cock i to allow the shot to escape. The inner tube is raised by a lever x engaging lugs y on the inner tube and fulcrumed on a rack s, which slides in a collar q attached to the outer tube. The rack is held from moving downwards by a pawl u. The downward movement of the lever raises the tube b, while the upward movement raises the rack s.
Patent GB-190810632-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Clamping Device for Electric Contacts or Brushes.
Inventor: PATERSON SYDNEY
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 10,632. Paterson, S., and Dark, M. J. May 15. Switches. - The brush 1 of an electric switch is held between two insulating-pieces 2,3, which are clamped between iron plates 6, 7 by means of bolts 10 ; the shank 8 of the switch is attached to a boss 9 on the plate 6.