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Patent GB-190716989-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Steam Engines.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1907-07-24
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 16,989. Lake, W. E., [Detroit Steam Engine Co.]. July 24. Compound-engines; valves and valve-gear.-A single-acting multiple-cylinder engine is described having sets of high and low pressure cylinders A, B working on cranks at 180 degrees apart. An arrangement of lift valves for the cylinders A, B is shown in Fig. 2. The high-pressure inlet valves L are operated by an adjustable cam shaft Q, Fig. 7. The valves N, which communicate with both cylinders A, B, and the low-pressure exhaust valves P are operated by an adjustable cam shaft R. Both cam shafts may be simultaneously adjusted. Rods V provided with ball bearings V<2> are interposed between the cams and the valve spindles. Exhaust ports m controlled by the pistons are provided in the low-pressure cylinders. The cams on the shaft Q are provided with circular parts g which may hold the valves L open and allow steam to pass direct to the low-pressure cylinders B.
Patent GB-190717416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pendulographs.
Inventor: PEARCE HERBERT
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 17,416. Pearce, H. July 30. Curve drawing instruments; ellipsographs.-Relates to a device for drawing Lissajou's curves of the type comprising two pendulums which oscillate at right-angles; a marker 28 operatively connected with the secondary pendulum 19 by a pivoted arm 25 ; a register sheet 18 supported on the principal pendulum 4; and means for holding the marker in contact with this sheet, which is fixed to a table 15 curved to a radius described by any point in it during the oscillation of the principal pendulum. Instead of one secondary pendulum,there are several, all oscillating at right - angles to the principal pendulum. Each pendulum, principal or secondary, is provided with an adjustable weight 20, adjustable also for position for the principal pendulums. This weight is an annular bag, Fig. 5, made of flexible material and containing loose loading stuff. The weight on the principal pendulum is attached to the projection 14 on the automatic locking-ring 13, and thus causes it to jam.
Patent GB-190718648-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Turbines.
Filed: 1907-08-17
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 18,648. Brown, Boveri, et Cie, Akt.- Ges. Dec. 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Elastic-fluid turbines.-To allow the rotor of a parallel-flow turbine to expand at approximately the same rate as, or slower than, the stator, the rotor e and stator b are made of a thickness diminishing gradually or in steps from the inlet end to the outlet.
Patent GB-190720766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fireproof Floors.
Filed: 1907-09-18
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 20,766. Gascoigne, G. H., and United Kingdom Fireproofing Co. Sept. 18. Building-blocks. - A hollow floor is formed of reinforced concrete joists a of I section and with curved sides, the upper flanges having grooves d to receive a cement filling which forms a key in the crown. The lower flanges are reinforced by bars c and are cut away where they bear on the metal joists. The webs may be reinforced by expanded metal, latticed wirework, or stirrups.
Patent GB-190725195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brushes.
Inventor: KOENIG OTTO
Filed: 1907-11-13
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 25,195. K÷nig, O. Nov. 13. Stocks.-A brush stock has a central ledge f to separate the rows of bristles and provided with a longitudinal slot h. The bristles g are held in position by plates i secured by nails the lower row of which pass through the slot.
Patent GB-190800302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gripping or Non-slipping Devices for Ladders.
Inventor: TURNER RICHARD
Filed: 1908-01-06
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 302. Turner, R., and Ward, R. Jan. 6. Ladders.-The feet of ladders are prevented from slipping by spring steel claws 4, secured to arms 2, pivoted to the ladder sides. When the ladder is reared against a wall, the claws 4 adjust themselves to the ground and are locked in place by means of a pivoted stay 6, which is pressed downwards to engage notches 5 in the arms 2. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the stay 6 engages the teeth of a wheel 5 on the arms 2 ; in this case an extra grip having teeth engaging the teeth 5 may be used.
Patent GB-190803297-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Buoy for use Herring Fishing
Inventor: MACKINTOSH HECTOR
Filed: 1908-02-14
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 3297. Mackintosh, H. Feb. 14. Net buoys.-Fig. 2 shows in plan a net buoy made of several sections a, b, c of calico, canvas, &c. cut from a waterproofed piece, the seams i between the sections being lined with proofed tape f. The head d is covered with the canvas &c. and the blow-hole g is fitted with a valve. The proofing material may consist of equal quantities by weight of the two following compositions put on and stoved at about 250‹ F.: (1) 1 gallon linseed oil mixed with 12 oz. each of sulphur and litharge and heated to about 300‹ F., and (2) 48 lb. reclaimed rubber, 4 lb. low-grade rubber, 6 lb. each of whiting and litharge, and 5 lb. of sulphur, all thoroughly mixed and put down in naphtha.
Patent GB-190805631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Time Indicating Appliances for use at Football Matches and for other like purposes.
Inventor: LOVE JAMES
Filed: 1908-03-13
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 5631. Love, J., and Lindsay, A. March 13. Time - checks for games.-For timing football matches &c., a watch or clock is enclosed within a casing consisting of a back part 2 and a transparent front 5, the latter of which is marked with two radial lines 6 at an angle to one another. At the commencement of the game, the front cover is rotated on the back cover until the foremost line is over the minute hand ; the second line then indicates the time at which the game should terminate. In modifications, the front cover 5 is fitted with a pair of radial indicators rotatable by a central knob, or the casing is dispensed with and the marks are made on the ordinary cover-glass of the watch, the glass being loosely fitted to permit of rotation.
Patent GB-190807505-A (GB)
Title: Improved Water Purifying Apparatus
Inventor: GRIMM FRITZ
Filed: 1908-04-04
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 7505. Grimm, F. April 4. Decanting and settling.- Muddy water is supplied by a channel c. in which the coarse impurities separate, to settling-tanks comprising funnels e with mud - discharge tubes f. Lighter impurities are collected and d directed into the funnels by sheetiron partitions g. When the tubes of any transverse group of funnels are observed through inspection glasses l to require cleaning, the mud is discharged from them by means of air blown in through tubes m, which are connected to a blowing-apparatus k travelling on rails above the funnels.
Patent GB-190810010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Weighing Machines or Balances
Inventor: LOACH WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-08
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 10,010. Loach, W. H. May 8. Bearings; beams ; Robeval's-balance type.-Relates to balances in which linkage is employed to produce a parallel motion of the pans, and consists in connecting the ends d of the pan supports e to a fixed supporting-plate b by means of links c, the down-turned ends of which, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, in part enter suitable holes and slots in the plates d, b, and in part abut upon the upper surface of the plates. The several parts of the links and plates in contact are formed as knifeedges and bearing-surfaces so as to make line contacts only, and an essential feature of the invention consists in arranging the lines of contact of each set of knife-edges, such as c<1>, c<2>, c<3>, c<4>, Figs. 5 and 7, all in alinement. A continuous stay may replace the two stays.
Patent GB-190814286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Printing Stamps or Blocks.
Inventor: SMITH WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-07-06
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 14,286. Smith, W. July 6. Casting.-A block for printing trade marks &c. upon calico and other materials is formed with designs &c. made of copper or brass wire b, Fig. 2, to which is secured by casting a metal base a. The base a is secured by screws to a wooden mount c. The block is made by driving the designs or letters b into a sott wooden block d, Fig. 5, made of two or more parts, and a border e is placed around the letters. Molten metal a is then poured in to the desired thickness, and when cool, the 'letters with the base a are detached from the block d.
Patent GB-190814705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cartridges for Respiratory Apparatus
Filed: 1908-07-10
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 14,705. Marks, E. C. R., [Armaturen-und Maschinenfabrik' Westfalia' Akt.-Ges.]. July 10. Carbonic acid.- A cartridge for absorbing carbonic acid in respiratory apparatus is fitted with a potashholder g comprising a helix of wire fabric the coils of which are of hollow rectangular crosssection. The holder contains two layers h, i of caustic potash, between which is arranged a helically coiled strip of unsized paper or like absorbent which is impervious to air. The holder is arranged in the annular space between the wall a of the cartridge and the inner tube d. The coils of the helix may be close together so that air passing through the cartridge traverses the meshes of the fabric, and the lateral walls of the holder g may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190815478-A (GB)
Title: Sheet for Loose Leaf Binders.
Inventor: MCCOMB JENNINGS SCOTT
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 15,478. McComb, J. S. July 21. Filing papers &c.-The slots in the sheet of a loose-leaf binder are closed after the sheet is inserted in the binder. The closing-means are preferably integral with the sheet, and consist of arms such as 5, 6, gummed at the ends, and adapted to be folded over and secured across the aperture 4 of the slot 3, the arms 5, 6 may be placed out of line with one another. In a modification, a straight strip, or a strip having an end which nearly embraces the post, is attached to the sheet so that it can be secured across the aperture 4.
Patent GB-190820389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Mounting or Suspension of Chassis, Bodies or Frames of Motor and other Vehicles.
Inventor: WERNER WILLIAM ARTHUR PERCY
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-12-28
Abstract: 20,389. Werner, W. A. P. Sept. 28. Motor road vehicles.-The resistance of the supporting-springs is regulated by a cylinder and piston device, Fig. 1, having inlet and delivery valves i, j, which pumps air on the upward movement of the axle relatively to the frame into a receiver connected to the pipe k. A pressure gauge and adjustable blow-off valve under the control of the driver are connected to the receiver by a pipe. The compressed air may be led into an auxiliary receiver and used for any required purpose. The piston may be connected to the axle by a spring.
Patent GB-190822193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Doors for Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: GRAHL GUSTAV DE
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 22,193. Grahl, G. de. Oct. 20. Doors and door frames; air supplying, regulating.- Relates to means for unlocking and opening an horizontally-hinged fire-door, and to means for supplying air according to the vacuum in a boiler furnace by arranging automatically-opening flaps in conduits leading to the door frame. In its normal position, the door is kept closed by a projection 14, Fig. 3, on a lever 13 engaging a recess formed on a sector 5 fixed to the door shaft 2. A lever 3, loosely mounted on the shaft 2, is provided with a projection 16 which on turning the lever downwardly, lifts the lever 13 and moves the projection 14 out of engagement with the recess. Upon a further movement of the lever 3, a projection 63, formed thereon, presses against the sector 5 and opens the door. At the same time, a lever 40, Fig. 6, fixed to the door shaft, is rotated and its projections 41, 42 act on parts 36,37, Fig. 8, of a lever 35 and so raise the piston 32 of a cataract 30. To open the door by means of the lever 40, a lever 44 pivoted thereto and normally pressed against a stop 46 by a spring, is moved towards a stop 47 and actuates a bell-crank 53, 54 which lifts a lever 51 fixed to the shaft 12. The lever 13 is thus partially rotated so that the projection 14 is lifted, and upon a further movement of the lever 44 the door is opened. The door may be partly opened by raising the piston of the cataract by means of the ejector 57. This causes the shaft 34 and the lever 35 to rotate thereby lifting the end of a lever 38 fixed to the shaft 12. An air-supply conduit is arranged at each side of, and opens laterally into, the door frame, and is furnished with a flap 23, Fig. 5, pivoted at 21 and provided above and below with springs 26, 27, the lower of which rests against a stop formed on a wall of the conduit.
Patent GB-190822242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Wagon Tops.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1908-10-20
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 22,242. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Lloyd, M. B.]. Oct. 20. Coversjor wagons. -A folding wagon top comprises a fixed hoop 1 and a series ot movable hoops 2 provided with rollers 4 on their inner sides, which are adapted to run on rails 3 flanged as shown in Fig. 4. The hoops are stayed and maintained parallel by pairs of toggle levers 15, 16 connected by vertical links 17. Stops 18, riveted to the links 17, prevent the toggle links from moving beyond the position of alinement. The front hoop 1 is preferably secured to the rails 3 instead of directly to the body, so that the top may be complete in itself and be readily secured in position. A front hood 20 may be provided.
Patent GB-190822413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Overhead Conductor Gear for the Propulsion of Vehicles Electrically.
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 22,413. British Insulated & Helsby Cables, Ltd., and Astley, J. W. Oct. 22. Electric traction on the overhead - conductor system. Conductors.-The parts of conductor frogs, crossings, &c. to which the conductor wires are fastened are made separate from the base-part and are secured thereto by having on their upper surface projecting threaded studs, which pass through holes in the base-part and are secured by nuts. Fig. 7 shows an inverted plan of a crossing, and Fig. 8 a sectional view through one of the conductor attachments. To the base a of the crossing is attached by nuts b a wire-clamping device comprising the plate e, f, between which the conductor wire j is held.
Patent GB-190827160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Raising of Liquids from Bore-holes by Means of Air-lift Apparatus.
Filed: 1908-12-14
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 27,160. Isler & Co., C., and Broadhurst, H. F. Dec. 14. Raising liquids by aerating ascending column.-Comprises air-lift apparatus working by stages and adapted to be fitted in boreholes of usual diameter. In the twostage apparatus shown, a receiver B is inserted in the upper part of the bore-hole, and water is raised to this by means of an air - lift apparatus 7, 8 passing through the bottom of the receiver. The discharge pipe 8 preferably rises slightly above a point half-way up the receiver B. The water from the receiver is raised above ground by a second air-lift device 9, 10.
Patent GB-190827715-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Spragging or Braking the Wheels of Railway Platform Barrows, and for like Purposes.
Inventor: GARDEN JOHN
Filed: 1909-06-21
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 27,715. Garden, J. June 21, 1909. Brakes.-In sprags or brakes, for railwayplatform barrows and the like, of the kind in which the falling of a weighted handle rot a t e s a longitudinal double-cranked shaft and thrusts sprags, connected to the cranks, into engagement with the wheels, pivoted links 4, 7 are interposed between the cranks 2 and the sprags 5, 6, so that the longitudinal shaft 3 may be disposed at one side of the vehicle. By this means the handles 1 at each end of the shaft 2 can fall through a greater distance and also the vehicle end may be grasped at any point along the top, the handles 1 being supported by the operator's arm.
Patent GB-190902027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Arc Electrodes and in Processes of Making them.
IPC: H05B31/06
Filed: 1909-01-27
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 2027. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 27. Arc-lamp electrodes, containing rutile and one or more other metallic oxides mixed so intimately that they volatilize simultaneously in use, are made by fusing the oxides together to form a mass which, when cold, is powdered and filled into iron or other tubes. Such electrodes are applicable as cathodes with anodes of carbon, or copper or other metal ; they may contain about 70 parts of magnetite, 30 parts of rutite, 5 parts of chromite or chromium oxide, and optionally a little potassium fluoride. According to the Provisional Specification, the electrodes may be cast or otherwise formed from the fused mass. Specifications 3731/00, 26,915/04, and 26,920/04 are referred to.
Patent GB-190911447-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Safety Catches for Suspended Lift-cages.
Inventor: WEIDIG FRIEDRICH
IPC: B66B5/20
Filed: 1909-05-14
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 11,447. Weidig, F. May 14. Catch gear and like safety retaining-mechanism.- Safety suspending-apparatus for lift cages, of the kind in which, on the breaking of the suspending cable, a spring places the brake members in operative position. The hoisting-cable is attached to a bar 4 and tends to compress a spring 2. A cross-bar 3 is connected by links to arms on a pair of rock-shafts 5, which are fitted at their ends with externally-threaded eccentric blocks 6. Tapering brake blocks 7 mounted on the eccentrics have peripheral teeth adapted to make frictional contact with the guides. In the event of the cable breaking, the shafts 5 are rocked by the action of the spring 2, and the brake blocks 7 are brought into contact with the guides, and are caused thereby to rotate relatively to the eccentrics 6. The screw- and-nut action causes the tapered blocks to move outwards and exert an increasing pressure on the guides so as gradually to bring the cage to rest. The blocks 7 are also adapted to engage the crossbeams of the shaft staging when screwed outwards to their full extent.
Patent GB-190912191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps having Self Extinguishing Devices.
Inventor: KNOLL EWALD
IPC: F23Q25/00
Filed: 1909-05-24
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 12,191. Knoll, E. May 24. Extinguishing wick burners.-In a safety lamp of the type in which an extinguishing-cap closes when the lamp is lifted or tilted, the extinguishing-cap b is pivoted at c to rotate in an horizontal plane, being held in the open position, against the force of a spring d, by a double-armed lever f, g. The lever is pivoted at m, the arms f, g respectively resting on the supporting-surface and holding the cap in the open position. When the lamp is lifted, the cap b is free to smother the flame. To enable the lamp to be extinguished without being lifted, the arm f is provided with a joint k adapted to be covered by a sleeve l.
Patent GB-190913226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Acetylene Gas Generators and their Application to Street and House Lighting.
Inventor: STANSELL ROBERT ALFRED
IPC: C10H5/00
Filed: 1909-06-05
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 13,226. Stansell, R. A. June 5. Liquid supply controlled by motion of gasholder; distributing liquid over solid in generators.-An acetylene generator comprises a vertical open-ended generating-chamber d in a water-tank a having a gas-bell b. The chamber d is provided with a carbide-holder e with a high back f opposite to a water inlet g<3>. On the descent of the bell, an interior ring or equivalent device fixed thereto depresses one end of a weighted lever and raises a valve g, admitting a jet of water to the carbide chamber, the jet striking the high back f and being thereby sprayed over the carbide.
Patent GB-190915978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Signalling Systems for Railways and the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR JOHN DANIELS
IPC: B61L23/16
Filed: 1909-01-25
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 15,978. Taylor, J. D. Jan. 30, 1908, [Convention date]. Electrical systems, automatic. - In a signalling system in which the track rails are electrically continuous for all currents, the sources of supply are connected so as to produce points of equal or zero potential in opposite rails. These points may be bonded together. Portions of rail of increased impedance may be used in connexion with the system. The transformers C, C<1>, supplied from the line-wires connected to the alternator B, are reversely connected to the rails r, r', so that at the points to which the bonds m<1>, m<11> are connected are at the same potential. Portions g, g<1>, of rail of increased impedance are used to further define the ends of the blocks, and the relays R, R<1>, R<11>, are connected across the ends of these portions, and have the local contacts of the two relays for any section in series in the circuit for operating the signal of that section. The bonds m<1>, m<11> may be omitted.
Patent GB-190916664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protectors and Anti-skid Devices for Pneumatic Tires.
Inventor: BEAUMONT WILLIAM WORBY
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1909-07-16
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 16,664. Beaumont, W. W. July 16. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces.- Tread bands are formed with wide treads of the kind described in Specification 28,517/07, the edges of which are angular and feebly supported so that they yield under the load, the pressure being mainly on their central portions, so that the edges do not become round through wear. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the band E is attached to a tyre, having a worn tread B of the above type, by embedded side wires, cords or the like F and an additional wire or the like H engaging hooks G depending from one of the wires F. The wires H may be provided on each side of the tread. In the form shown in Fig. 3, alternate hooks are engaged by a wire. The wires H may be provided with turn - buckles. The band has preferably a canvas layer, which may be reinforced near the hooks G. In some cases the band comprises overlapping sections. When applied to an ordinary tyre, circumferential ribs and grooves are formed on its inner surface to engage ribs and grooves on the tyre.
Patent GB-190916676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Inking Devices of Platen Printing Presses.
Inventor: THOMPSON SYDNEY
IPC: B41F1/40
Filed: 1909-07-17
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 16,676. Thompson, S. July 17. Inking-apparatus.-The distributing-rollers, and if desired, the inking-rollers, of a platen press are positively geared to a rack at the side of the bed. Means are also described for longitudinally reciprocating, and tripping or adjusting the position of the distributing-rollers. In one form, Fig. 2, a pinion G at the side of each travelling inking-roller F gears with a rack D formed of cycle chain partly embedded in a groove in the machine bed, and also with a pinion K on a sleeve revolving on the shaft S and positively driving the distributing-roller O, which is mounted on eccentric bearings P so as to allow of adjustment relatively to the roller F. For this latter purpose, a lever U is provided. The pinion G may be loose on the shaft E, and one roller O may be in contact with two rollers F. One end of the roller O is formed as a cam, and is pressed by a spring T against a roller R<2> on a pinion R driven by a pinion R<1> at a different speed to the roller 0 to cause reciprocation of the latter. Specification 5248/91 is referred to.