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Patent GB-190617289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Advertising and Giving Information as to the Position of Streets and Buildings
Inventor: BURNABY ARTHUR ST VINCENT
Filed: 1906-08-01
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 17,289. Burnaby, A. St. V. Aug. 1. Advertising; displaying. -A combined directory and advertiser for locating any place in the neighbourhood in which it is used consists of a map, an indicator, and an index with information. The map b, Fig. 1, may be circular, the indicator then consisting of a hand-operated pointer d with apertures e or letters &c., marked upon it corresponding to letters used in the index ; and numbers c, also used in the index, are arranged around the map, so that the position of any place on the map may be ascertained if its index number and letter are known. If a rectangular map is used, the indicator consists of a bar d, Fig. 4, provided at each end with rollers t to run in grooves, or upon rails, carried by the frame, a spring w being provided to press the rollers into the grooves &c. Alternatively, the map may move relatively to the bar. The index and information is placed upon both sides of panels g, Fig. 2, carried by a rotatable spindle j within a casing p with glass front p<2>, the panels having projections q, Fig. 1, passing through the casing to facilitate their operation by hand. Each panel is carried by a spindle h passing through holes in disks fast on the spindle j and secured by disks which are free to slide on the spindle j, and are pressed inwards by springs. The panels may be arranged upon approximately vertical spindles. The Provisional Specification states that the apparatus may be coin-freed and the indicator may comprise panels arranged each side of the map or strips wound on rollers.
Patent GB-190618378-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Side Lever Brakes for Railway and Tramway Wagons and Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: PERRIN ALFRED THOMAS
Filed: 1906-08-16
Granted: 1907-07-11
Abstract: 18,378. Perrin, A. T. Aug. 16. Brakes.-In a railway &c. wagon brake which can be operated from opposite corners of the vehicle, the hand-levers are mounted on a transverse rocking shaft, which is divided and has its two parts connected by mechanism which, while causing the two parts to rotate in opposite senses, permits of their being arranged in the same straight line. Fig. A<2> shows the parts S of the rocking shaft connected by arms T, U and links to an independent shaft V. In Fig. B', arms L on the parts S are shown connected by a lever X pivoted to the vehicle. These arms and levers may be replaced by segments of bevel-wheels, Fig. C<3>, and the shaft V, Fig. A<2>, may be connected to one of the parts S by bevel-gearing. The hand-levers can be locked in position by spring or weight controlled bolts, adapted to engage the serrated edges D of their guides. The bolts are operated by handles pivoted to the hand-levers at Z and formed with hand plates H, G; they can be held out of action, to allow the same brake blocks to be actuated by automatic continuous brakes, by inserting a pin through holes K. The bolts at the two sides of a vehicle may be connected by rods M and cranked levers N, N<1>, as shown, for example, by Fig. E, so as to be operated simultaneously.
Patent GB-190619830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window-frames and in Means for Securing the Windows therein.
Inventor: CONSTANTINE PERCY HEBDEN
Filed: 1906-09-06
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 19,830. Constantine, P. H., and Kay, T. G. Sept. 6. Windows, reversible on central vertical or horizontal pivots, are rendered weather-proof by an arrangement of flaps and flanges, in which hinged strips c, c', extending the depth of the window, break joint between the rabbeted sash a and the frame b, and are cut away at the corners to fit over horizontal flaps d, d' which are operated by projections on the window, or by the strip c. There is also a projecting flap h hinged to the head of the frame, and a similar flap n hinged to the bottom rail. Fixed strips f, g are employed on the outer side edges of the frame and window, respectively.
Patent GB-190620047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Cutting Screws, Worms and like Spiral Gear
Inventor: HANSON BENGT MAGNUS WILHELM
Filed: 1906-09-08
Granted: 1907-09-07
Abstract: 20,047. Hanson, B. M. W. Sept. 9,1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Variable-speed gearing; clutches.-The driving- shaft 12 of a milling-machine carries a pinion 89<1>, Fig. 4, driving a hollow shaft 25 carrying a loose cone of gears, any one of which, for instance 85, becomes fixed by means of a sliding key 91 carried pivotally on a rod 90 having a circular rack 90<1> at the end, operated by a pinion, which is operated by a handle moving over a division plate. A cone of gears 21 carried on a sleeve on the driving- shaft is then driven, and, the clutch 14 being in the position shown, a pinion 22<1> drives a wheel V on a sleeve 25<2>, motion then being communicated through a similar sliding-key-adjusted cone of gears and worm gearing to a shaft 36, Figs. 1 and 12. When the clutch 14 is shifted to its other operative portion, the sleeve 25<2> is driven in the reverse direction by a pinion 20 and an idler. The shaft 36 carries two worms driving wheels 55, 38, Fig. 12, loose upon their shafts. To drive the chuck spindle 10 through the lead-screw 58, the wheel 55 is clutched to its shaft 51, thereby driving the lead-screw 58, the spindle being driven off the end of the lead-screw shaft by ordinary change gearing. To drive both the chuck spindle and the lead-screw from the auxiliary driving- shaft, the wheel 38 is clutched to its shaft 39, the wheel 11 on the live spindle thus being driven, and the change gearing then communicates the motion to the lead-screw. The lead-screw is rotated at increased rate to return the saddle from the pulley 48 by causing one of the clutches 41, 54 to engage teet 41<1>, 52<1>. The clutches are operated from one handle 73, Fig. 14, so that they cannot be put in together. A claw clutch 74 puts the hand shaft into engagement with the fork 50, or through toothed segments with the fork 60. This claw clutch operates a bellcrank lever 76<1> carrying a lever 78, so that, on pulling a knob 80, projections 81 or 82 are removed, allowing one fork to be operated.
Patent GB-190622707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Displaying Gems
Inventor: MOE CHARLES
Filed: 1906-10-13
Granted: 1906-12-20
Abstract: 22,707. Moe, C. Oct. 13. Fastenings, clip. A ring for displaying gems is so formed that prongs 3 forming the setting can be sprung apart to hold gems of various size.
Patent GB-190702841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Oilers.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
Filed: 1907-02-05
Granted: 1907-05-02
Abstract: 2841. Barker, G., [International Patent Corporation]. Feb, 5. Lubricators.-A device for distributing lubricant for motor road vehicles &c. comprises a chamber 1, in the side of which a glass plate is secured by a clamping-frame 10. Oil, supplied by a pump &c. to a number of inlet pipes 7, falls in visible drops into separate pockets formed by partitions 4, and passes thence to the outlets 6.
Patent GB-190704069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Attachment of Studs or Rivets to Pneumatic Tyres of Motor or other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: CALLENDER LOUIS
Filed: 1907-02-19
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 4069. Callender, L. Feb. 19. Drawings to Specification. Studs.-To secure non-skid studs to the tread of a pneumatic tyre, the studs are coated with a solution of india-rubber, gutta-percha, or the like which becomes bard when vulcanized or dried, then with a solution which does not become so hard on vulcanizing or drying, and so on until the outermost layer is of the same nature and elasticity as the tyre cover, with which it tends to combine. The studs may be of any suitable shape, and may have flanged bases and roughened heads to engage the road, or may be like cones or inverted cones with or without reduced portions ; the centres of the studs may be hollow and filled with hard rubber.
Patent GB-190707363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HUMPHREY ALFRED HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-27
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 7363. Humphrey, A. H. Nov. 26, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent gas lamps; globes, reflectors, shades, and holders therefor.- The burners 12 are arranged in a row alongside the chimney 15, being threaded from below on the flared base flange 16 of the chimney. Gas is supplied by a tube 1 to a cock 2, thence up to a common supply trunk 3 which connects with the nipple blocks 6. The mixing-cham. bers 10, provided with screwed air-regulating sleeves 11, are screwed on the nipple blocks, and the ends of the burner tubes 12 fit in the mixing-chambers when threaded into position. A similar arrangement may be bad with a single burner. The chimney is supported by the gas-supply pipe as at 18, or by a rod 19 as at 20. The mantles 26 are placed in holes in a plate 21, which acts also as a reflector ; slotted flanges 23 hold the lugs 25 of the mantle rings 24 in position. The plate 21 is carried by a slidable and rotatable rod 27 ; a button 29 secures the device in position; a head 30 abuts against a guiding-collar 28 when the device is lowered, and limits the downward movement. This mantleholding device is somewhat similar to that described in Specification No. 7364, A.D. 1907. The lamp casing 36 has a slot for accommodating the cock 2, and rests on the chimney flange 16 or on a band 45 so that it can be raised for getting at the burners. The top plate 38 rests on a collar 39, leaving a free space between it and'the casing for the escape of the products of combustion. The globe may be held in a ring 40 ; the ring may be hinged at one side and secured by a thumb-screw 43 at the other ; or a shade or reflector 31 may be provided, and may be hinged at one side and secured by a spring catch 34 at the other, and the globe may then merely rest on the top edge of the reflector. The valve has ports 54, 55 for the main and the pilot burners, and is adapted to flash the pilot at the moment of lighting ; a small permanent pilot is maintained by a by-pass regulated by a screw. The pilot 47 is arranged within the flared base flange of the chimney, and is further enclosed by the plate 21 holding the mantles, so that it is well protected from draughts.
Patent GB-190708978-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Filter for Oil and the like
Inventor: GARSIDE JOHN
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 8978. Garside, J., and Garside, E. April 18. Filters.-Oil or the like is filtered upward through sawdust 2<a> packed between layers of blotting-paper, cotton, sponge, cloth, or similar material in a casing 1<a>, the perforated bottom 2 of which is held in place by a nut 4 on a central discharge tube 3. A grid 6 tapering towards the centre is provided at the top. The tube 3 has one or more rows of apertures 5<a> which can be closed wholly or partly by a piston 5 on a rod 4<a>.
Patent GB-190709529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Setting of Barometers
Inventor: MITCHELL JOHN BATTEN
Filed: 1907-04-24
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 9529. Mitchell, J. B. April 24. Barometers.-A barometer is set by a hand g bent over the edge of the dial and rotated by a spindle i mounted beyond the bezel ring, thus avoiding the necessity of drilling the glass face of the instrument. In Fig. 3, the hand g is shown secured to a toothed wheel e<1> mounted behind the centre of the dial. The wheel e<1> gears with a pinion h on the spindle i. Toothed sectors may be employed in place of either of the wheels e<1>, h.
Patent GB-190713900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain Pen Holders.
Inventor: HAHN EUGEN
IPC: B43K23/12
Filed: 1907-06-15
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 13,900. Hahn, E., and Eberstein, A. June 15. Pens, reservoir. A fountain pen 2 is provided with a cap 1 having a distinctively coloured end 4, so that the position of the nib can be recognized when the holder is closed. The end 4 may be interchangeable, when it can be varied according to the colour of the ink employed. If the pen is provided with a nib which is withdrawn into the holder when not in use, the end 4 carries a plug 5 to close the mouth of the sleeve 6, and a pin 7 to prevent the displacement of the pen handle 8.
Patent GB-190715000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Seals.
Inventor: KAUFMAN ADOLPH GUSTAV
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 15,000. Kaufman, A. G. March 29, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Capsule closures &c.-A seal for bottles consists of a metal cap 8 preferably of aluminium, and a gasket 16 of rubber or the like, mounted within a seat 12 in the cap. Before the cap is applied, the central part 10 is concave and the skirt 15 depends from the annular step 14. When the cap is applied, the presser block of the capping-tool flattens the central part 10, and the skirt 15 is spun under the locking shoulder 18 of the bottle, causing the step 14 to be formed into a rib 19 as shown in Fig. 2. The part 11 being brought into close contact With the lip of the bottle cuts off the contents of the bottle from contact with the gasket. To make the seal easily removable, a lip 21, on one side of which is a slot 22, enables the metal to be torn along the line 23. The central part 10 may be strengthened by ribs.
Patent GB-190715773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Double Sounders for Telegraphic Purposes.
Inventor: POWLES WALTER
Filed: 1907-07-09
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 15,773. Powles, W., and Moore, E. E. July 9. Switches, electro-magnetic. A double-tongued polarized relay, the armatures of which are magnetically retracted on the de-energization of the electro-magnets, is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Between the poles D, D<1> of the electro-magnet A<1> are suspended two soft-iron armatures A<3>, A<4>, inductively magnetized by two bent horseshoe magnets A', A<6>, so that they are of opposite polarity. Normally the armature contacts rest against the insulated stops B, B<2>, but when the electro-magnet A<1> is energized, one or other of the armatures A<3>, A<4>, depending on the direction of the energizing-current, is caused to move and make contact at B<1> or B<3>. When an armature contact is in engagement with one of the fixed contacts B<1>, B<3>, the armature is still nearer to the pole-piece D than to the pole-piece D', so that, when the energizing current stops, the armature is retracted to its original position.
Patent GB-190716848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Bridges for Eye Glasses.
Inventor: FOX IVAN
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 16,848. Fox, I. July 23. Eyeglasses.-In a pair of eyeglasses, the spring bridge is shaped at the ends of the ordinary bow into a number of bends 5, 6, 8, which give additional resilience to the bridge and facilitate the adjustment of the glasses. The bends are situated behind the main portion of the bridge, and their inner part 7 is adapted to rest upon the nose and bear part of the weight of the glasses.
Patent GB-190716870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Closing Filled Cartons.
Inventor: PETERS FRANK MAX
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 16,870. Peters, F. M., and Hungerford, H. H. July 23. Parcelling.-Cartons which have been filled with cakes, biscuits, &c. are closed while passing through a, machine in two parallel lines. The machine is adapted to deal with cartons of the kind in which the lid has a flap intended to be tucked between the enclosed goods and one of the walls of the carton. Each carton may have a lining which projects above the side walls of the carton before it is closed. The cartons are fed through two parallel channels 22, Fig. 3, by endless intermittently-actuated chains 23 carrying pushing-blocks 23<a>. The projecting part of the lining at that side of each carton having no upstanding flap is turned in by one of the camoperated slides 25, and the rear upstanding flap of the carton and the portion of the lining lying against it are then turned down by a folder carried by a pivoted arm 28, Fig. 2, which fitst turns about the centre 28<a> and then moves bodily to the right. The arm 28 carries a p:ece 27<a>, which makes a diagonal fold in the part of the lining standing against the lid of the carton. When the carton is moved forwards again, the forward upstanding flap of the carton and the portion of the lining lying against it are turned down by a fixed bevelled folder 36 having a bevelled extension 36<a>, which forms a second diagonal fold in the part of the lining standing against the lid of the carton. The lid of the carton and the remaining upstanding portion of the lining are turned down partly by a pivoted cam-operated arm 39, Fig. 8, the tuck-in flap a being turned down at the same time by a protection 39<a> co-acting with the end of a fixed bed 38. The flap a is pressed into the carton by a cam-operated pivoted piece 41, Fig. 3, the edge of the flap being guided by the vertical wallof a fixed piece 40. When the carton is moved forwards again, it is pressed by adjustable spring-pressed p'ates 42, 43 having bevelled edge?. The carton is then discharged to a suitable receiver. The cartons are supplied to the machine by a pair of endless conveyers, which are arranged at a slightly higher level than the chains 23 and run in guide-channels B, Fig. 12, displaced laterally to the channels 22, Fig. 3. Bend b, 22‹ ensure the correct passage of the cartons from the channels B to the channels 22. Spring-controlled cam-actuated stop-fingers 91 control the entry of the cartons to the machine and assist in pressing them laterally from the channels B to the channels 22. The machine may be arranged to deal with only one line of cartons, and the pressing-plates 42, 43 may be omitted.
Patent GB-190717335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Printing Wall Paper and the like.
Filed: 1907-07-29
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 17,335. Kroenert Ges., M. Aug. 3, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Printing fabrics; printing wallpapers. - In machines for printing tapestry, wallpaper, &c., the bearings d for the printing-roller tare adjustably mounted to take a varying size of roller, and are moved towards and away from the impression roller a by moving the handles x, which operate gears 3, 2 engaging with racks g bolted to carriages f sliding in the framework c, and to which the bearings d are connected by adjusting screws h. The handles x simultaneously move the inking apparatus, comprising a colour-supplying belt s operated through gearing u, v, w from the impression cylinder, a colour-supply roller q, and box r, through the gearing 5, 4 and the racks p, but through twice the distance that the bearings d are moved, so as to preserve always the correct relative position between the various pirts. Adjusting-spindles 7 for the colour belt, and locking-catches z for the handles x are provided.
Patent GB-190717696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Windows, Shutters, Ventilators and the like.
Inventor: BODDINGTON HENRY
Filed: 1907-08-02
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 17,696. Boddington, H. Aug. 2. Ventilators. - A semicircular aperture in the side or wall of a ship, tram, studio, train, malting-house, dark-room, cellar, attic, stable, store, &c. is fitted with a frame a carrying two rings b, c, which are fitted with semicircular insertions of wood, metal, glass, wiregauze, &c., so that the aperture can be left open, or closed wholly or partly by the glass, gauze, or opaque shutter. The pivot is grooved to receive a retaining-pin f<x> passing through a cross-bar of the ring b, and is supported by a forked cross-bar e secured to the frame a by cranked catches or levers. The ring b is mounted loosely on the pivot, and is rotated by the ring c which is fixed on the pivot. A handle f<3> fits on a square part of the spindle. Diametral bars of the frame a and rings b, c are formed with projections and recesses to limit the motion of the rings. The diametral bar a<1> of the frame a is sloped downwards to carry off water, and an exit l is provided for leakage water &c. at the bottom of the frame a.
Patent GB-190721616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: KITCHEN JOHN GEORGE AULSEBROOK
Filed: 1907-09-30
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 21,616. Kitchen, J. G. A. Sept. 30. Steam - generator furnaces; air, supplying; blast apparatus and draughtinducers; dampers. -The furnace for heating the steam generator of a motor vehicle is supplied with forced draught by a fan driven by the motor, the air being drawn into the furnace through the condensing - apparatus. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the front portion of the vehicle, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the generator casing. The condenser 1 is placed at the front and behind it the steam engine 2 driving a fan 5. Behind the engine is placed the generator, which may be of the kind described in Specification No. 21,936, A.D. 1902. It is enclosed in a casing 6 resting on a plate 7 fixed to the side frame members. A feed-water heater is arranged above the condenser and a water filter below it. The space between the condenser 1 and the dashboard 13 is enclosed by a hood 14, which is fitted on each side of the generator with smoke-boxes 17, 18 closed at the top by plates 20, 21 and communicatirg by bent flues 22, 23 with the generator casing 6. The top of the hood 14 is cut away between the smoke-boxes, and the space above them is covered by a removable hood 24 fitting over the outside of the boxes. The sides of the hood are extended beyond the dash-board and are covered by a plate 25 forming the footboard, a vertical plate 27 closing the air chamber at the rear. The motor chamber is closed on the underside by a curved plate 29. The air drawn by the fan 5 through the condenser 1 into the chamber 14 passes through air inlets 30 at the bottom of the generator to the petroleum burners and forces the combustion gases out through the flues 22, 23 into the smoke-boxes 17, 18. The down-draught in the flues is increased by downwardly-directed nozzles 31 opening out of the chamber between the hood 24. The strength of draught is controlled by adjustable outlets 31 operated by a lever 32. In order to admit air more freely when the motor is not working, suitable shutters or flaps may be provided in the walls of the forced draught chamber.
Patent GB-190726182-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Searching for and Finding Objects Under Water and for Automatically Indicating at a Distance the Pressure of such Objects.
Inventor: VOSS FRIEDRICH WILHELM HERMANN
Filed: 1907-11-26
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 26,182. Voss, F. W. H. Nov. 26. Signals, marine &c.-An apparatus for searching for submarine objects and for indicating their presence at a distance consists of a selfpropelled body, controlled from a ship or from the shore, and provided with an electromagnetic holding-device. The searcher is: propelled by electricity, compressed air, or other means and is connected by a cord b carrying conducting wires to an. observing station. The head of the searcher consists of an electro-magnet provided with a movable abutment plate c, which, on coming into contact with an object, closes the signalling circuit. The searcher may carry a signal q, Fig. 3, which may be illuminated at night, or detonators may be exploded on the discovery of a mine. Propellers w, Fig. 3, mounted in open shafts h, regulate the depth.
Patent GB-190801140-A (GB)
Title: Position Finder.
Inventor: GREGORY GEORGE
Filed: 1908-01-17
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 1140. Gregory, G., and Ellis, W. H. Jan. 17. Position-finders.-A. sight vane E<1>, as shown, pivots at E on a glass plate C mounted over a protractor F. Several distant objects are sighted successively, the lines of sight in each case being marked on the glass, which is afterwards removed, placed on a map, and adjusted till the lines pass through the points corresponding to the objects sighted; the central pivot hole then gives the position of the ship.