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Patent GB-190812356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spare-wheel Carriers for Automobiles.
Inventor: FLEWITT JOHN ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 12,356. Flewitt, J. A. June 9. Motor road vehicles.-Comprises a spare-wheel carrier for motor-cars which can be readily fixed to the footboard or other convenient part of the car. Fig. 1 shows an elevation of one form of the device adapted to secure spare wheels consisting of tyre and rim only. A standard a is bolted to the footboard and bent forward at the top end which carries a fixed boss d. An arm g is fixed to the boss and carries a shoe h which is adapted to fit into the rim of the spare wheel. Another arm e screws into the boss d and carries a swivelling shoe f, so that when the spare wheel is held in place and the rod e is screwed out of the boss the shoe f is forced into engagement with the rim of the wheel and locks the wheel in position. The standard a may be steadied by a bracket c fixed to the car. In a modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a quick adjustment is provided for bringing the shoe f into engagement with the rim. In this arrangement the boss d carries a separate internal nut d<1> having a stud d<2> which engages a longitudinal slot in the boss, so that the nut can slide but not rotate in the boss. The arm e screws into the nut d' and is provided with a collar e<1> having an inclined face e<2>, which bears against a similar face on the boss d when the arm e is retracted as shown in Fig. 5. The collar e<1> can rotate through half a revolution on the arm e, but is otherwise fixed relatively thereto, so that when the collar is turned, the nut d<1> and arm e are drawn out of the boss and the parts are as shown in Fig. 6, so that the rim is loosely held in place. The collar is then continuously rotated until the nut d' slides back to the inner end of the boss and the shoe f is locked against the rim. To disengage the wheel, the collar is rotated in the opposite direction, and the friction between the shoe f and the rim allows the nut d' to be drawn out until the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 6. A further half-turn of the collar then allows the shoe and the rod e to be pushed back towards the boss d, completely disengaging the wheel. In another modification, the arms g, e are cranked so that a complete spare wheel can be carried. In this case, the arm e does not rotate but is moved in and out of the boss by a nut, which screws on the arm and is prevented from moving relatively to the arm longitudinally.
Patent GB-190812379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling and Operating Mechanism for use in conjunction with Propellers of the Reversible & Feathering Bladed Type.
Inventor: DAVIS ALBERT LEWIS
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 12,379. Davis, A. L. June 9. Levers.-In operating-mechanism for a feathering screw propeller, the thrust-shaft bearing J is adjustably mounted on trunnions T on the baseplate P, and has arms or extensions A, A' which form a guide for the sliding guide-block C. The upper extension A serves as a notched quadrant, the operating - lever L being fulcrumed at F in the slot S' of the lower extension A'. The lever L is trunnioned on the sliding block C, while the inner sleeve C carries pins E, I, which pass through slots in the thrust shaft D and operating-rod R. The length of the slot H in the shaft D is such that the pin I has to be removed before the lever L can be moved sufficiently aft to engage the feathering notch of the quadrant A.
Patent GB-190813489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Metal Armouring for Electric Conductors.
Inventor: KUHLO FRANZ
Filed: 1908-06-25
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 13,489. Kuhlo, F. June 25. Conductors, armouring. -Armoured cables, particularly of the type in which the conductor a is embedded in insulating- material b and covered with an armouring secured by a longitudinal seam c, are provided with a conductor d inside the armouring and in contact therewith, but removed from the joint c. This conductor may consist of a strip or a wire or several wires, and is particularly useful when the armouring is to be used as an earth return.
Patent GB-190814849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Beds.
Inventor: LENNOX LEVI JOHNSON
Filed: 1908-07-13
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 14,849. Lennox, L. J. July 13. Bedsteads.-A hospital or other bed bottom is arranged so that it can be turned into a vertical position, or inclined longitudinally and transversely, the ends being constructed so that parts of them can be folded against the bed bottom when vertical. A pull-out shelf is pivoted to one of the side rails. The main bottom frame, consisting of angle-irons 1, 2, is pivoted towards one side to the stationary parts 5 of the end frames, preferably by balls 3 interlocking with sockets 4, and a removable stay 8 may be connected to the parts 5 by dovetail joints 9. The folding parts 11 of the ends turn about the upright 6 and have slotted and recessed projections 23 serving as guides for a sliding clamping-rod 16 carried by the side bars 2. This rod may carry a pivoted cam-lever 21 which acts in opposition to a spring 24, arranged as shown, to clamp the bed bottom at the desired transverse inclination or to lock it in an horizontal position by forcing disks 19, 20 into recesses 22. The mattress is supported by an angleiron frame 29, 30, 31, pivoted at 32, to the footend of the main bottom frame to enable it to be supported in a longitudinally inclined position by rollers 33 carried by links 35 pivoted to the main bottom frame and operated by an horizontal link 36 with a handle 37. When the links have moved slightly beyond the vertical, their motion is arrested by a stop 38. A spring catch 39 holds the mattress frame in its horizontal position. The shelf 40 is pivoted to a block 41 sliding on the clamping-rod 16 and is held in its drawn-out position bya spring-catch 42. The hinges and pivots may be arranged at both sides to enable the bed to be folded with either side against the wall.
Patent GB-190816192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: MEILICKE CARLO ARNO
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 16,192. Meilicke, C. A. July 30. Calculating-apparatus. - An interest-calculating machine for decimal currency comprises a casing 1 having a transverse slit 23 through which a line on a chart carried by an internal drum is exposed, and a table on the casing above the slit showing the yearly interest on various amounts at rates as indicated below the slit. The drum bears a chart indicating the interest computed for each day corresponding to the amounts and rates shown below the slit at the point where its items appear. The chart may be made of metal, and may be secured in a slit 15, Fig. 5, in the casing by a wedge-piece 16 which is drawn in by nuts engaging the threaded end of rods 17 attached to the wedge.
Patent GB-190816209-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Grain Washing Machine
Inventor: SIMONS ROBERT
Filed: 1908-07-30
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 16,209. Simons, R. July 30. Separators for granular and pulverulent bodies.- Grain is washed in a vertical sifting-cylinder in which obliquely-set arms rotate on a shaft, the water being supplied by devices arranged one above another round the cylinder. In the apparatus shown, preliminary washing takes place in a tank a having a grain inlet b, a water-supply pipe c, and funnel-shaped chambers e for the reception of stones. The grain then passes through a perforated pipe f to the bottom of the centrifugal washer g. It is carried upwards by arms on the rotary device i and passes out at the part k. Perforated pipes h are set at intervals round the casing and are connected with a supply pipe l through pipes with shut-off cocks, water being poured into the centrifugal from the pipes and thrown out again by the rotary arms. Water may be supplied to the pipes h through several pipes. Or a number of pipes distributed round the casing may replace the pipes h. The grain may be carried from the washer a to the centrifugal through a rotary sieve drum into which it is conveyed by a screw.
Patent GB-190816987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Distilling and Treating of Spirits.
Inventor: CARROLL JAMES EDMUND
Filed: 1908-08-12
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 16,987. Carroll, J. E. Aug. 12. Spirits.-Relates to a modification of the apparatus for distilling and maturing spirits described in Specification No. 24,229, A.D. 1906, and consisting of an arrangement of a superheater a, Fig. 1, on the vapour pipe f, such that the foreshots are passed direct to the condenser g, while the good spirit vapours are directed through the superheater and are there mixed with air entering by a pipe o before passing to the condenser. According to the present invention, the superheater is composed of a number of small pipes b, Fig. 4, arranged in steam-jacketing pipes a coupled together by headers c. In order to prevent any condensate from flowing into the superheater, the branch pipes d, e are either smaller than the main vapour pipe f and are connected to it at the centre, as shown, or are of a larger size and are then connected to it above the centre. The air is admitted to the superheater through a heated coil, and is preferably supplied under pressure through a revolving nozzle.
Patent GB-190817507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Driving by Wedging Action.
Inventor: CONTI JAMES TIBURCE FELIX
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1909-08-20
Abstract: 17,507. Conti, J. T. F. Aug. 22, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Brakes.-In ratchet gearing of the type in which the drive is transmitted by means of a spring-controlled curvilinear wedge, the wedge is designed by a particular geometrical method. As shown in Fig. 1, a flanged pulley a keyed to the shaft b is driven by an operating-lever d, carrying a roller f on a stud e, and a curvilinear wedge g controlled by a spring j acting through a lever h pivoted at i. The shape of the inner surface DC of the wedge is determined by measuring a number of ordinates of a straight wedge of the required angle upon correspondingly spaced radii of a circle drawn to the diameter of the circumferential flange c as shown in Fig. 5. In practice this curve may be an arc of a circle, the radius of which at the middle point G makes an angle with the radius FO, equal to the required wedging angle, the length of the radius being equal to GO. Several such wedges may be carried by the lever. The wedge may be modified to act externally instead of internally. In the Specification in its original form as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), the device is stated to be applicable also as a stopping-member. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190818716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Straining or Filtering Apparatus for use in connection with Water Mains.
Inventor: HARVEY THOMAS FLETCHER
Filed: 1908-09-07
Granted: 1909-09-07
Abstract: 18,716. Harvey, T. F. Sept. 7. Water supply.-Straining or filtering chambers A, B are placed in a water main 1 and loop 2, separate inlet valves 5, outlet valves 6, and valved wash-out pipes 7, 8 being provided. To cleanse one of the chambers, its inlet valve is closed and wash-out valve opened so that a portion of the water which has passed through the other chamber flows in the reverse direction through the chamber to be cleansed. One of the chambers may be omitted, unfiltered water which flows through the loop being used for cleansing. A suitable form of straining - apparatus is shown in Fig. 3. A cylindrical, prismoidal, conical, or pyramidal framework has its end 17 and sides covered with copper or wire gauze. More than one straining- chamber may be placed in each passage-way, or the chamber may contain a series of straining-partitions with successively finer perforations.
Patent GB-190821826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elevated Railways for Vehicles of the Suspended Type.
Inventor: PETERSEN RICHARD
Filed: 1908-10-15
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 21,826. Petersen, R. Oct. 17, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Elevated railways having vehicles of the suspended type are carried on a row of central supports, the heads of which are coupled together by a lattice girder passing horizontally over more than two of the supports. Transverse arms 2 connect the heads of the central supports 1 to the rail-carrying members 3, these parts along with the interconnecting members 4 forming a lattice girder. An investigation as to the necessary strength of the members 3 has appeared in the Zeitschrift des Vereines Deutscher Ingenieure, Vol. 1907, page 1661. The longer the individual sections or lattice girders are, the less injurious is the effect of the transverse bending of the central supports. On the other hand their length is limited by the necessity of providing expansion joints and still more so as the supports cannot be pivotally mounted to swing longitudinally. To overcome these difficulties, the supports are made as flexible in the longitudinal direction of the railway as is permissible, and only one support between each pair of expansion joints is constructed as a fixed yoke. Specifications No. 8434, A.D. 1895, No. 16,356, A.D. 1900, and No. 17,539, A.D. 1907, are referred to.
Patent GB-190822010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brakes more particularly applicable to Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: KURTZ JOSEF
Filed: 1908-10-17
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 22,010. Kurtz, J. Oct, 17. Brakes.-In brakes for motor and other vehicles, hoisting-mechanism, artillery, &c., in which brake blocks pivoted to a fixed disk are pressed against the brake drum by a central rotary pressure ring, the brake blocks 4, which have renewable surfaces, are carried by double-armed levers pivoted about studs 9 on the fixed disk 3, the blocks 4 are applied by cams 7 on the central ring 6, and are released, as the ring 6 is returned to its initial position, by springs 11 enclosed in sockets 10 on the short arms of the levers and acting on the ring 6 through balls 12. The ring 6 is mounted on a flange 5 of the disk 3, and is turned by a lever 8.
Patent GB-190823838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Frames.
Inventor: BILLIAERT JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-11-06
Granted: 1909-11-08
Abstract: 23,838. Billiaert, J., and Wael, L. de. Nov. 6. Delivery, stopping.-Devices of the kind described in Specification No. 14,002, A.D. 1907, are provided with a fixed jaw 28 and a movabe jaw 32 which normally is with held by a rod 10 but which, when the rod is withdrawn, is moved by an adjustable spring 35 to grip the slubbing. The rod 10 is withdrawn by a hook which is released when the thread breaks and is then engaged by a cam, which is rocked to and fro by a link arrangement operated from the bottom drawing- roller.
Patent GB-190826704-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pressure Regulator.
Inventor: ROUX HENRI
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 26,704. Roux, H., and Komsy, F. H. Dec. 9. [Patent of Addition: to No. 21,480, A.D. 1907.] Pressure - regulating valves.-The safety-valve described in Specification No. 21,480, A.D. 1907, is modified to act as a pressure-regulating valve by connecting the chamber of the auxiliary valve e, which controls the passage of fluid to the operating- piston o', to the outlet instead of to the inlet of the main disk valve, and by altering the position of this disk valve on its seat so that the admission of fluid to the operating-cylinder o causes the closing instead of the opening of the valve.
Patent GB-190827274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feed Devices for Phonographs.
Inventor: WEBER PETER
Filed: 1908-12-15
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 27,274. Weber, P. Oct. 26, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Phonographs.-Relates to an epicyclic gear integral with or attachable to a phonograph to enable it to play records having 40 or 80 threads per cm. Figs. 1 and 2 show the attachable gear, and Fig. 3 the gear integral with the machine. A bush 104 on the mandrel shaft 99, having two spurwheels 102, 103, replaces the ordinary gear-wheel on this shaft. A plate 112 clamped by a screw 125 to a removable shaft bearing 107 slides upon an extension 111 on the axle of a gear-wheel 97, and carries a pair of spur-wheels 120, 121 on a sliding shaft 117, and a broad spur-wheel 124 in connexion with the feed-screw on a shaft 123. To play records having 40 threads per cm. the sliding shaft 117 is pushed in, thus operating the feed-screw through gearing 102, 120, 121, 124, 97, 96. When the shaft 117 is pulled out, gears 103, 121, 124, 97, 96 are engaged which are adapted for playing records having 80 threads per cm. In Fig. 3, the sliding gears 120<1>, 121<1> engage alternately with gears 102<1>, 103' on the mandrel shaft 99. The gear 120' is broad and engages permanently with the gear 97. A collar 129 on the sliding shaft 117<1> engages a pin 128 in an indicator arm 126, which shows on a scale whether the gear is arranged for playing 40 or 80 threads per cm. records. The gear-wheel 124 may be omitted from the device integral with the machine, the feed-screw then being threaded in an opposite direction.
Patent GB-190827654-A (GB)
Title: Friction Appliance to Prevent the Oscillations of Railway Carriages.
Inventor: ZARA GIUSEPPE
Filed: 1908-12-19
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 27,654. Zara, G. Dec. 21, 1907. [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Means for absorbing vibration. - Various frictional devices, for minimizing the transverse oscillation of railway carriages mounted on bogies, are described. The bearing-surfaces of the swing-links y, Fig. 6, which support the truck bolster, may be wedge-shaped and may be carried by similarly-shaped washers p secured to the bolts o. Resistance to the pivoting of the links may, however, be increased merely by increasing the diameter of the bolt usually employed. In the device shown in Fig. 1, the spring plank r must overcome the friction of a plate v adapted to rotate between two plates s pressed together by means of a spring m mounted on the spring plank r and engaging a fork z secured to the cross-girder b of the truck. The spring m may be carried by the girder b, and the fork z by the spring plank r; the plate v may slide instead of rotate. Fig. 4 shows a spring plunger mounted on a fixed part and adapted to be pressed against a moving part, and in Fig. 9, two plate springs m are shown secured to the girders b so as to press against the spring plank r.
Patent GB-190915724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tyres for Vehicles.
Inventor: MORRIS CHARLES FRANK CONWAY
IPC: B60C11/18
Filed: 1909-07-06
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 15,724. Morris, C. F. C. July 6. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces.-A tread band a, which is vulcanized or otherwise secured to a pneumatic or solid tyre, is formed of rubber and canvas or other materials and has an internal layer of a substance known as Kanakos or " Delaware fibre," which is made from masticated waste fibre. The band is formed with dovetailed recesses b, which are separated by bridge-pieces c and are fitted with aluminium, papier mÔchÚ, &c. casings e holding non-slipping material, such as leather, fibre, tarred hemp, cane, ebony, oak, lead, zinc, asphalt, or macadam poured into them in a liquid state and allowed to set. A material known as cork metal may also be used as a filling for the casings e. The casings are preferably pointed at one end and recessed at the other, and are secured to the band by rivets. Specification 11,635/07 is referred to.
Patent GB-190917335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake Block Holders.
Inventor: COOPER THOMAS LEATHERDALE
IPC: F16D65/06
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 17,335. Cooper, T. L. July 26. Blocks and shoes. -A holder for brake blocks of tramway and other rolling-stock is formed with a lug or plate d for ready connection to the brake rigging, and receives the block between flanges b, the block being secured by bolts e, g. The bolt g passes through a curved slot f in the brake block for adjusting the block to the wheel, and has a square head which enters a square recess in one of the flanges b.
Patent GB-190920533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Machines for Making Lozenges, Biscuits, and the like.
Inventor: FISCHER OSCAR
IPC: A21B5/02
Filed: 1909-09-08
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 20,533. Fischer, O., and Lowe, W. Sept. 8. Sheet-cutting machines.-Cleaning-means for the hollow cutters 3 of biscuit, lozenge, and like machines comprises a series of brushes 9 carried by a bar 10 capable of reciprocation by cams mounted upon a shaft. The cutter bar 4 is reciprocated by cams 7 on the main shaft 8, and during the descent of the cutters 3, the brushes 9 are forced upwards by lowering a stop 19, which releases the hollow shaft 17 and brings a clutch 18 into action. A rib 21 on the shaft 17 engages with the stop 19 to disengage the clutch 18. The outsides of the cutters are cleaned by means of brushes 22 mounted upon spindles 27, which are rotated from the shaft 8 through gearing 26, 25, 28, 24. The brushes 22 may be rotated continuously or intermittently.
Patent GB-190927731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery Employed in the Process of Washing, Steaming, Bleaching, Dyeing and Drying Yarn.
Inventor: HEAP ROBERT SMITH
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-11-29
Abstract: 27,731. Heap, R. S. Nov. 29. Drying yarns. -In rotary perforated-beam machines for treating yarn, wound on the beams, with fluids by passing them through the yarn, in drying &c., the fluid-leading tubes are connected to the beams by placing intermediate flanges j with ball bearings j<1> between the ends of the perforated beams e and the beam-stand frame a, and forcing the ends of the delivery nozzles d against these intermediate flanges at the ends of the beams by a screw g. The nozzle pipes d are connected to the leading tubes by a gland and stuffing-box k. On each nozzle d is fixed a worm-wheel l operated by a worm l<1> for rotating the beam.
Patent GB-190929889-A (GB)
Title: Improved Dust Collector for use in connection with Processes for the Treatment of Grain and the like.
IPC: B04C1/00
Filed: 1909-07-15
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 29,889. Steiner, I., and Ges. f³r Steiner's Malz-Entkeimumgs-Putz und Poliermaschinen. July 15. Separators for gaseous substances.-In a dustcollector or cyclone separator employed in processes for the treatment of grain &c. for separating coombs, dust, &c. from an air current, a cylinder 41 provided with guide vanes 42 is located below the air outlet 12 and so that the openings between the vanes commence at the height of the tangential air inlet, which, in the example shown, is at the top. The vanes are arranged so that the circular motion of the air current in the outer chamber tends to suck back the air passing inwards through the vanes, whereby the velocity in the interior of the cylinder is greatly diminished and fine particles of dust are separated therein by gravity, in addition to the heavier particles separated in the outer chamber.