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Patent GB-190727301-A (GB)
Title: Improved Water Level Indicator.
Inventor: RITTMEYER FRANZ
Filed: 1907-12-10
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 27,301. Rittmeyer, F. Dec. 10. Water levels, indicating.-In apparatus for indicating water levels at a distance electrically, a float m in the water moves a contact-arm e and varies the length of a resistance f in a circuit containing a coil l of a differential galvanometer, the other coil of which is in a circuit containing an adjustable resistance h at the distant station. The circuit containing the resistance f, the line-wire a, and the coil is connected to the battery g in parallel with the circuit containing the resistance h, the coil l<1>, and the line-wire b. Variations in the resistance of the line-wires are thus eliminated. A contact-arm j, moved along the resistance h either automatically or by hand, indicates the liquid level on a scale o when the galvanometer needle points to zero. The arm j, Fig. 2, is moved by clock-work, which is controlled by electro-magnetic brakes r, r<1> in an auxiliary circuit containing the galvanometer needle and contacts p, p<1>. The arm is rotated in opposite directions through a differential gear w, y, according as the needle makes contact with one or the other of the contacts. The auxiliary circuit may be provided with a shunt circuit in order to prevent sparking at the contacts. The shunt circuit is completed through a contact upon an armature arm s. Specifications No. 9116, A.D. 1884, No. 4545, A.D. 1887, and No. 22,394, A.D. 1894, are referred to.
Patent GB-190803557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulverizing Mills
Inventor: YORK LEVI DEE
Filed: 1908-02-17
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 3557. York, L. D. Feb. 17. Ball-and-ring mills. - The balls 10, Fig. 2, are driven round the grinding-ring 3 by a heavy cylindrical driver 7 formed in one with a shaft 8 which has a sliding fit in a spherical bearing-member 6 fitting in a spherical socket 5 formed at the junction of the upper ends of the uprights 4. The driver is provided with spiral vanes 16, Fig. 4, which elevate the ground material and throw it against screens 14 forming the inner surfaces of boxes 12 removably secured between uprights 11. The fine material falls through the open bottoms of the boxes 12 into an annular chamber containing a discharge conveyer consisting of an angle - iron ring 20 provided with inwardly-extending blades 21. A shaft 24 driven by belt gearing from the shaft 8 carries a wheel 23, the teeth of which engage in perforations 22 in the ring 21. The material is fed down through the hollow shaft 8 on to the cone 2 which directs it to the balls 10, and a plate 18 resting on the uprights 11 prevents dust from rising from the mill.
Patent GB-190809762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Electrical Resistances
Inventor: RUZICKA CHARLES
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 9762. Ruzicka, C. May 5. Resistances; current meters.-A resistance body is formed from a mixture of an oxide, carbonate, chloride, nitrate, or nitrite of copper, iron, or silver, and a similar compound of iridium, nickel, palladium, or platinum, or a combination, such as a double salt of these metals, with compounds of silicic or boric acid melting below 1500‹ C., for example calcium felspar, or silicon borate, and with minerals or stones melting above 1500‹ C., for example bauxite or aluminium oxide. The materials are moulded under strong pressure with a temporary binding-agent, for example gum arabic or dextrin, and are baked in a reducing-atmosphere or with a reducing substance at a sufficiently high temperature to reduce the metallic constituents and vitrify the mass. The metallic salts or oxides may be dissolved in a suitable solvent, such as water. A resistance rod, 10 cm. long, 1 sq. cm. in section, and having a resistance of 300 ohms, may consist of 20 parts of iron oxide, 33 parts of nickel oxide, 26 parts of calcium felspar, and 18 parts of bauxite, worked together with gum arabic solution and treated as described above. A rod of the same dimensions, but having a resistance of 2 ohms, may consist of 20 parts of iron nitrite and 38 parts of nickel nitrite, dissolved in a small quantity of water and mixed with 26 parts of calcium felspar, 18 parts of bauxite, and a binding-agent, such as powdered dextrin, and treated as above described. The portions of the resistance body to which contacts are to be attached may have metal fused or electrically or chemically deposited thereon. The resistances may be used in electric heating and cooking apparatus, for starting and regulating electric motors, and in connexion with electric measuring-instruments.
Patent GB-190814638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the Position of Sunken Ships and for Raising them.
Inventor: CHURCHWARD JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-07-12
Abstract: 14,638. Churchward, J. July 10. Sunken ships, raising; b u o y s. - Apparatus for indicating the position of sunken ships or submarines, and for raising them, comprises a buoy A, Fig. 1, which can be released to allow it to float to the surface and carry up a wire cable for connecting the gripping- device shown in Fig. 2, to the sunken ship. The buoy A is provided with devices D, E for producing a light and showing a flag, respectively. The device D consists of a cylinder containing calcium phosphide and having a cock, the arm of which is turned by a spring to open the cock and admit water when disengaged from a retaining-stud on the cable reel B. The device E consists of a flag, the staff of which is raised in the containing-tube by the action of a compressed spring normally retained by a stud on the reel B. The buoy A is held in a receiver J on the deck by jointed rods, which engage a flange on the buoy and can be turned to disengage them by levers G. The cable carried by the buoy is connected to an eye at the top of a cone H, to which the gripping - device shown in Fig. 2 is attached by passing the cable through the gripping - device and lowering it. The shank of the cone H passes through the receiver J and is connected by a knuckle - joint and balljoint M to blocks N bolted round the head of a lifting-shaft P, which extends through the submarine and is bolted to the keelson, as shown. The gripping-device consists of two double steel legs H pivoted on bolts J tapped into a guideblock with a central hole for the cable. The lower ends of the legs H are shaped to grip the cone H on the submarine. The gripping-device is connected by links B and bolts D, F to a shackle A. A plate for locking the gripping-device into engagement with the cone H is pivoted on the bolt D, the bolt F engaging in the cam-slot, as shown, in the locked position. The shackle A carries a lug L for pushing down the locking-plate so as to bring the bolt F into the upper part of the cam-slot.
Patent GB-190815065-A (GB)
Title: Conical Screw Down Valve with an Angle of Inclination between 85° and 90°.
Inventor: ROSSIGNOL ROBERT LE
Filed: 1908-07-16
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 15,065. Le Rossignol, R. March 16, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Lift valves. - A valve intended to replace the pressure-reducing valves used with gas cylinders consists of a conical valve c in which the angle x lies between 85 and 90 degrees. The valve being thus very acute permits a fine regulation of the escaping gas. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 3281, A.D. 1894, and No. 27,618, A.D. 1904.]
Patent GB-190816454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Grand Pianoforte Actions.
Inventor: STREICH ROBERT
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 16,454. Streich, R. Aug. 4. Pianofortes.-In a grand-pianoforte action, the short arm of the jack 5 is connected by a loop 19 to one end of a spring 15, the other end of which is turned round a pin 20 on the short arm of the hammer-lever 7 and ends in a short portion 21. The spring is bent at the middle and connected by a loop to the stop 17. When the jack is set off by the button 14, it lifts the short arm of the hammer-lever 7 by means of the spring 15, so that the long arm of the lever has a descending motion when the hammer returns on to it, whereby trembling of the hammer is prevented. The tension on the hammer lever can be adjusted by turning the screw 23 so as to shorten the connexion 22, and the tension on the jack can be independently adjusted by altering the angle of the outer portion of the spring.
Patent GB-190821222-A (GB)
Title: Novel or Improved Construction of Furnaces for Steam Generators, Bakers' Ovens and the like.
Inventor: KENT CHARLES
Filed: 1908-10-08
Granted: 1909-10-08
Abstract: 21,222. Kent, C., and Kent, S. M., [representative of Kent, G.], and Dimelow, J. Oct. 8. Fire-bridges.-A wall d, having passages f for the furnace gases, is fitted behind the ordinary bridge b so as to leave a space c through which air for secondary combustion is supplied under the control of a, damper h. In the lower courses the passages f are closed at their rear ends, and all the passages are connected by openings g. According to the Provisional Specification, two perforated walls may be employed, and the passages f may be connected by transverse openings. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 183, A.D. 1886.]
Patent GB-190822074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steadies for use on Grinding Machines and the like.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
Filed: 1908-10-19
Granted: 1909-10-19
Abstract: 22,074. Herbert, A., and Kaye, L. J. Oct. 19. Steady rests.-A steady rest in which one block is adjustable approximately horizontally while the other moves obliquely is constructed with blocks L mounted on arms J, K, pivoted to the sideplates of the rest at J<3>, K<3>.The levers J, K cross one another and are provided with slots J<2>, K<2>, in which slide pins H carried by nuts F, G carried by the right and left hand screwed spindle E. The spindle' E is mounted in a sleeve D and has a knurled head E<2>. The sleeve D is also screw threaded and is carried by the cross-piece C of the frame, in which it may be rotated to cause the blocks to move bodily without alteration of their relative adjustment.
Patent GB-190826163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable-speed Gear for Belt-driven Motor Cycles.
Inventor: BARNES FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-12-03
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 26,163. Barnes, F. W. Dec. 3. Motor road vehicles.-In the application of expanding-pulley variable-speed belt gearing of the kind described in Specification No. 12,131, A.D. 1907, to motor-cycles, the axle and pulley adjusting mechanism is operated, when required, by the ordinary pedals. The two parts of the expanding pulley, Fig. 3, are moved together and apart by relative rotation of the screw 20 and the nut 19 by means of their respective arms 20<a>, 19<a>. These two arms are connected, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, by rods 21, 22 to a cross-member 23 and a slide 24 connected to the wheel axle 9. The axle 9 is thus adjusted simultaneously with the expanding pulley in order to keep the tension of the belt constant. The front end of the slide 24 is guided by a stud 28 engaging the slot 27. The two ends of the axle are adjusted by screw - and - nut mechanism from spindles 31, 32 journaled in the frame members 10 and connected by a chain 33. The spindle 32 is rotated when required by bevelgearing 36, 37 from the pedal axle 5, the bevelwheel 36 being normally pressed into gear by a spring 38 and withdrawn by means of a handcontrolled lever 39. The slack of the pedal-drive chain is taken up by a jockey pulley 45, carried by a pivoted lever 43 and pressed into gear by a spring acting on the other end of the lever. The brake shoe 46 is pivoted to the slide 24.
Patent GB-190826856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Stay Busks or Fasteners.
Inventor: WALL RICHARD HOWARD
Filed: 1908-12-10
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 26,856. Wall, R. H. Dec. 10. Corsets. - The covering-material d of one of the busks of a corset is extended to form a hollow case c, which may contain padding or a stiffener f, and which is folded over the fastened busks so as to cover the fastenings e. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c, Act, 1907, to Specification No. 19,524, A.D. 1899.]
Patent GB-190901585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ammonium Salts and Iron Oxide from Ferrous Liquors.
Inventor: CARULLA FACUNDO JOAQUIN RAMON
IPC: C01C1/24
Filed: 1909-01-22
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 1585. Carulla, F. J. R. Jan. 22. [Addition to 27,302/08.] Ammonium chloride and sulphate. -In the manufacture of ammonium salts and iron oxide by the precipitation of ferrous chloride -or sulphate liquors by ammonia, the precipitate is allowed to settle either in the reaction vessel or in a separate vessel, and the clear'.solution is run off to about half the total volume and is not passed through the filter. The other half is then stirred and passed into the filter press without any addition of water. The pipe leading to the filter press is cleared after each operation by passing in a. liquid or gas, such as water or steam, bv means of a small pipe near the outlet. Specifications 12,458/87, 16,032/01, [Class 14, Beverages), 9327/02, and 27,302/08, are referred to.
Patent GB-190903172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Piano Playing Mechanism.
Inventor: GOLDSMITH HERBERT
Filed: 1909-02-09
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 3172. Goldsmith, H. Feb. 9. Player-pianos; winding-mechanism.-In means for playing an ordinary pianoforte by pneumatic apparatus, the tracker box l and music rolls a are attached to the block k, and have a detachable connexion with the block m inside the instrument. The block m is connected by the pipes n to the pneumatics b, c to operate the keys as shown. A winding-motor i is provided. The pneumatics may be engaged to pull down the keys.
Patent GB-190905397-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rest Head for use in Games Played upon Billiard and the like Tables.
Inventor: COWDEROY FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: A63D15/10
Filed: 1909-03-05
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 5397. Cowderoy, F. J. March 5. Billiards, cue - rests for.-The head of a cue rest is formed as an irregular cross, as shown, so that the angles D<1>, D<2>, D<3>, D<4> form rests of three different heights. The long arms of the cross are provided with ledges C<1>, C<2> which form rests for use over cushions or other obstructions.
Patent GB-190906956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Starting of Electric Induction Alternate Current Motors.
IPC: H02K17/36
Filed: 1909-03-23
Granted: 1910-02-24
Abstract: 6956. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Kloss, M. March 23. Alternating - current induction machines.-In arrangements of two or more induction motors in which the rotors are electrically and mechanically connected together, and in which means are provided for displacing the stator magnetic fluxes, the motors are constructed to give different electric rotor outputs at equal speeds ; the invention is particularly applicable to the electric propulsion of ships. The two rotors may have different axial lengths, Fig. 1, or different diameters, Fig. 2. In the latter case, the rotors d, e are connected together through slip-rings and connexions g. The electromotive forces produced in the two rotors may be equal, in which case a transformer is inserted in the conductors g. Any of the known arrangements for displacing the magnetic fluxes may be employed.
Patent GB-190908251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: STONE John
IPC: F02M9/127
Filed: 1909-04-06
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 8251. Stone, J. April 6. Spray carburettors.-Surrounding the fuel nozzle 3, is a ring-shaped valve 2, which works in a conical chamber 1<1> and is actuated through a sleeve 5 By a spring-loaded diaphragm 7, under the iufluence of the engine suction. Within the sleeve 5 is an adjustable rod 13 secured to a movable piston valve 11, which controls the mixture ports 17 in the bush 16. On an increased suction, the valves 11, 2 are drawn down so, as to throttle the mixture ports and admit supplementary air respectively. The valve 11 is separately adjusted to obtain the required engine speed. The valve 11 may be fixed to the sleeve 5 and the bush 16 may be movable axially or circumferentially. Small holes 8, 9, 12 prevent vibration.
Patent GB-190913664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Propelling Ships, Vessels, Boats and the like.
Inventor: KRASSILNIKOFF NICOLAS DMITRIEV
IPC: B63H1/34
Filed: 1909-06-10
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 13,664. Krassilnikoff, N. D. June 10. Endless-band propellers. - Relates to the type having pivoted blades and stay-rods. The blades d are hinged at e to the endless chain &c. a, and are provided with stay-rods g, which are pivoted at f to the back of the blades and at h to the chain a. Rollers k fitted at the pivots e, h run along a slotted box or guideway l. Attachments for pivoting the blades and stay-rods to the chain are formed with annular parts each engaging a link on the chain. When endless ropes are employed, similar annular attachments may each be combined with a comb-plate inserted in the rope to strengthen the connexion. In a modification, each blade is carried in an open frame, which is pivoted to two parallel endless chains and is provided with pivoted stay-rods and with guiderollers.
Patent GB-190915044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wind Mills.
Inventor: HARDS EDWARD
IPC: F03D1/02
Filed: 1909-06-28
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 15,044. Hards, E. June 28. Screw motors; driving and transmission mechanism, special applications of.-The windwheel of a windmill is arranged on the end of an arm so that a gear-wheel on its shaft meshes in epicyclic fashion with a stationary wheel, and the rotary motion is converted into reciprocating motion in the pump rod by a mangle motion. The adjustable vanes 51 are carried between rings 49, 50 supported by rods 47, 48 and braced by rods 60. The wheel shaft has a bearing 43 in the end of an arm 42, and carries a spur wheel 45 meshing with a stationary spur-wheel 35 about which it rotates. The shaft 9 on which the arm 42 is mounted is geared to the reciprocating pump rod 30. In order to make the vanes 51 adjustable, pins 53 on the inner corners are connected to levers 54 which are attached to a ring 55. The ring is joined by rods 56 to the end of a rod 44, which passes through the centre of and rotates with, but is capable of axial motion within, the shaft carrying the wind-wheel. The axial motion required to alter the angle of the vanes is given by a grooved disk 36, which engages a disk 61 on the rod 44. The disk 36 is slid axially on the exterior of the bearing of the shaft 9 by the action of a wire-actuated lever on an attached disk 37. A spring 58 is interposed to absorb shocks due to sudden gusts. The gearing by which the rotary motion of the shaft 9 is converted into the reciprocatory motion of the pump-rod 30 is shown in Fig. 2. Upon the table 2 of the windmill standard 1 a framework 6 is rotatably mounted on a ballrace 4. A ring 8 passing round the centre of the framework provides a support for the bearing of the shaft 9, and has attached to it a tailplane 33 braced by rods 34. A spur-wheel 18 on the shaft 9 gears alternately with racks 16, 17 on a rectangular frame 12, which is joined to the pump-rod 30 by a connecting-rod 26. The frame 12 is shifted across at the end of each stroke by the engagement of the spurwheel 18 with teeth 21 on cross-bars 19 held between the teeth of the racks. The shifting is aided by spring-pressed plates 22 or by springs. The frame 12 is guided in its stroke by bars 10 on the frame 6, which are gripped between teeth on lugs 13, 14. A ball-and-socket joint 28 is arranged between the rods 26, 30. In a modification, three wind - wheels are arranged symmetrically about the shaft 9, the balance weights on the arms 42 being dispensed with.
Patent GB-190916802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicating or Alarm Governors for Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: LAURENT MARCEL
IPC: F01L1/00
Filed: 1909-07-19
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 16,802. Laurent, M. July 19. Centrifugal governors.-A governor of the type described in Specification 1991/09 is mounted on a fixed or rotating shaft d, the adjusting-nuts being on this shaft.
Patent GB-190919076-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: PARKER THOMAS HUGH
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1909-08-19
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 19,076. Parker, T. H. Aug. 19. Sliding valves; actuating valves. - A carburettor throttle valve consists of two plates 22, 23 each having a square hole 24 through it. The size of the opening is varied by sliding the plates in opposite directions by means of a twoarmed lever 25.
Patent GB-190923363-A (GB)
Title: Road or Railway Automobile.
Inventor: WILFORD PAUL EDGARD
IPC: B60K17/34
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 23,363. Wilford, P. E. Oct. 12. Drawings to Specification. Coiled-tube apparatus. -A radiator for an automobile consists of a coiled tube of very flat oblong section.
Patent GB-190930541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicators for Steam, Gas, and other Engines.
Inventor: WALLACE JAMES NEILSON
IPC: G01L23/02
Filed: 1909-12-31
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 30,541. Wallace, J. N. Dec. 31. Recording by distinctive marks; roller - and - sheet apparatus. - A n indicator for steam, gas, and like engines, in which the recordsheet moves continuously in one direction, is adapted to take diagrams from both ends of the cylinder simultaneously so that the actual effective pressure can be obtained directly by a scale, and means are provided whereby the speed of the engine piston can be ascertained to enable the power developed to be calculated. The pencils a<2>, a<3> of the indicators are arranged in adjacent planes to mark a record-sheet f<1> common to the two indicators. The sheet is mounted on a drum f and passes through an opening, around tension rollers f<2> and a drum f, to a winding-on roller c. The latter roller is constantly rotated in one direction by means of cord pulleys c<1>, c<2> around which passes in opposite directions the cord reciprocated by the engine piston. The pulleys are provided with clutches d<2>, d<3> respectively, which alternately engage with a sleeve d so as to revolve with the spindle a<7> always in the same direction. The sleeve d has a flange e<8>, which is recessed to receive a clutch e<4> mounted on the drum c. When the drum c is to be held stationary a cam e<3> on the spindle a<7> disengages the clutch e<4> and locks it against the spring e<5>. To record the reversals of the piston a lever working between stops engages a groove in one or other of the pulleys c<1>, c<2> so that it receives a reciprocating movement which it imparts to a rod h<5> and through a bell-crank lever h<6> to a pencil h<9>. Time may be marked on the sheet by means of a pencil i<9> operated through a clock - work mechanism as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1.
Patent GB-191002113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Skirts".
Inventor: PADERNACHT WILLIAM
IPC: A41F9/02
Filed: 1910-01-27
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 2113. Padernacht, W. Jan. 28, 1909, [Convention date]. Expansion or contraction, facilitating; 'fly' parts.-The placket-hole of a skirt has a flap D on one side provided with buttons to engage with vertical rows of button-holes on the other side; and the waistband of the skirt is fastened by hooks and by eyelets F<2>. To enable the waist measurement to be adjusted, the band has several eyelets B<2>, numbered inside the skirt according to the girth corresponding to each, and in each end of the waistband is placed a plate I with pivoted spring hooks J at right-angles to each other. Each end of the stiffened band is bent outwards back on itself, and a stay K projecting downwards from each plate is hooked over the waistband at the required waist measure, as indicated inside the band. The hooks J are then placed through eyelets in the waistband, and the skirt fastened by the hooks and buttons.