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Patent GB-190619500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutches.
Inventor: ROBINSON ARTHUR SAMUEL FRANCIS
Filed: 1906-08-31
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 19,500. Robinson, A. S. F. Aug. 31. Clutches.-Relates to rope-coil clutches engaged by tightening the ropes at the ends or at intermediate points of their lengths, applicable to motor-omnibuses &c. A rope g, Fig. 1, is secured at one end f to a pin e carried by a casing d secured on the shaft c, and passes round a drum b on the shaft a, the other rope end passing over a pulley j through a tube j<1> to a bolt n on a sliding piece o. The piece o carries a pin t and an annular piece p engaging a hole and a chamber q, respectively, in the casing d. A spring x, bearing on the part o, normally tightens the rope g on the drum b, and the parts p, q form a dash-pot device which may be provided with an air-hole o'. A hand operating- wheel w, or foot or hand gear, may be provided, and the part o may engage a brake piece 17. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, two ropes g, g' are provided. One rope g is secured on a pin 10<a> on the casing d, encircles the part b<1> of the drum b, passes over a guide-pulley j<2>, and a pulley 7 trunnioned on a lever 5 pivoted on the operating-part o, and similarly over the pulley j<3> and drum b<2> to the pin 10<a>. The rope g<1> similarly is secured to a pin 10, encircles drums b<3>, b<4>, and basses over pulleys j<4>, j<5>, and 7<a>. The lever 5 ensures uniform tightening of the ropes. The rope ends may be adjusted by bolts 13, 13<a>. In another modification, two ropes may be employed, each encircling, one part only of the drum b and the ends being adjustably secured to the ends of the lever 5. A hemp, wire, hemp-covered wire, or leather rope, or a sash cord or plaited hollow rope, may be employed. According to the Provisional Specification, the rope may be of leather-covered wire, or of hemp with spliced wire-rope connexions to the points of attachment.
Patent GB-190622937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Seats of, and Means of Access to, Motor Cars.
Filed: 1906-10-17
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 22,937. Austin Motor Co., and Austin, H. Oct. 17. Doors, carriage; seats, arrangement of.-In a motor-car having a short wheel base, convenient access to the rear seat is obtained by pivoting the near front seat so that it may be turned outwards to allow the side door to be opened. The near front seat is pivoted at a by means of a pin e adapted to turn in holes in the bearer b and in the bottom of the body. Straps a', a<1>, screwed to the underside of the seat A, are formed with the pin c, which rests on a metal strap c<1> and is prevented from rising by a nut on its lower end. The door C, which opens inwardly, is preferably hinged to the body at its front end, and is connected to one of the straps a' by a link E, so that as the seat is turned from its position shown in Fig. 2 into the position shown in Fig. 5, the door C is automatically opened through the medium of the link. The bottom of the seat just clears the doors C, F and is prevented from being moved out from its normal position unnecessarily by the link E coming against the boss a<2>. A bracket piece A<1>, fixed to the back of the seat A and provided with a fastening d, serves to fill up a gap which would otherwise be open, and also to secure the seat and door in their normal positions.
Patent GB-190704055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Plugs for Electric Conductor Systems
Inventor: MEYER CARL
Filed: 1907-02-18
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 4055. Meyer, C. Feb. 18. Cut-outs.-To prevent the insertion of unsuitable fuse cartridges, the two parts of fuse plugs are formed with ridges or projections and recesses, which only allow connexion to be made when the parts fit. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the nut s, which makes contact with a screw k connected to the lead, is formed with studs or projections t, which fit into recesses in the metal part h of a plug of the proper carrying capacity. Fuses of higher value cannot be screwed home to make contact at d, f. A plate n, which glows when warm, renders the melting of the fuse visible. In another. arrangement, shown in Fig. 4, one part is fitted with two rings, of which one has a slot y which can be brought over one of a series of slots in the other of different sizes corresponding to various amperages. The cartridge has a projection t corresponding to its current value, which projection must fit into the slot exposed in the second ring to make proper connexion.
Patent GB-190708964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Urinals
Inventor: CASSELS WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 8964. Cassels, W. April 18. Urinals. - The slabs are concave and flanged and of the thickness of a brick so that they form part of the walls. Side wings may be fitted.
Patent GB-190717949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rubber Over Shoes and other Rubber Foot Wear.
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE EDWARD
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1907-10-10
Abstract: 17,949. Smith, G. E. Aug. 7. Overshoes; heels. -The heel of a golosh is recessed to receive a revoluble disk 3 of leather or the like secured in position by means of a rivet 4, which also passes through a flanged plate 6 within the golosh. To exclude moisture, a washer 8 of rubberized material is interposed between the disk and the heel.
Patent GB-190718137-A (GB)
Title: Improved Oil Filter for Purifying Oils which have become Impregnated with Foreign Substances
Inventor: SHAW WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-08-10
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 18,137. Shaw, W. Aug. 10. Purifying oils.-Apparatus for purifying oils which have become impregnated with foreign substances comprises two or more concentric cylinders in which washing and filtering media are arranged alternately. The impure oil is poured into a receptacle F, and passes through filters G, J composed preferably of cotton waste, into a tank K filled with a washing-medium such as water. The oil passes upwards through the filter L and then flows down the pipes N into a second washing-tank and up through the filter P, after which it flows through pipes R into the storage receptacle S, where the oil collects on the top of washing-water.
Patent GB-190721752-A (GB)
Inventor: HURST DANIEL
Filed: 1907-10-02
Granted: 1908-10-02
Abstract: 21,752. Hurst, D. Oct. 2. Buoyant ropes; couplings.-Buoyant ropes for life-saving and other purposes are made of a canvas hose or like woven tube a, Fig. 1, filled with cork or the like b. A loop c free from cork may be formed at the end of the rope. Two rope ends may be joined together by removing the cork from the ends, inserting a ridged bush d, Fig. 7, into one end, and passing the other end over the end containing the bush, a wrapping f being secured round the overlapping ends. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents etc; Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 12,478, A.D. 1889, No. 1263, A.D. 1893, No. 21,114, A.D. 1894, No. 12,169, A.D. 1895, No. 13,336, A.D. 1898, No. 19,395, A.D. 1902, and No. 17,697, A.D. 1906.]
Patent GB-190723812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Colour Photography.
Inventor: CHILD JAMES MARK
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 23,812. Child, J. M. May 28, 1908. Colour groupings of screens.-Screens having different groupings of hexagonal colour elements are described. The simple screen illustrated by Fig. 1 and described in Specification No. 6881, A.D. 1906, is obtained from line screens, and the process is adapted by slight modification to obtain groupings of two, three, or four hexagons. A more direct process, applicable in all cases, is to cut from paper the hexagonal shapes employed, fix them to a background to form a mosaic, and reduce the pattern by successive reproductions. For example, the simple hexagonal screen shown in Fig. 1 is obtained by printing in three colours successively from a block with a pattern of Fig. 2. The latter pattern can be obtained by successive reductions, or by the line process. Three films with black and white lines ruled with spacings of double the width of the lines are superposed so that the lines cross at angles of 60 degrees and are relatively positioned in the manner shown in Fig. 5. A positive from this plate gives the black and white screen of Fig. 2. By suitably varying the spacing of the rulings, a key-plate analogous to Fig. 2 is obtained for screens with hexagonal groupings as illustrated by Figs. 6, 11, and 14.
Patent GB-190804730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicator Devices for Variable Speed Mechanism.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 4730. Harrison, G., [Cincinnati Milling Machine Co.]. March 2. Feed-motions; gearing, driving.-In connexion with the levers of change gearing, an indicator chart shows in parallel rows the combination of lever positions andthe resulting speed or feed values, the lever positions being represented by symbols 1, 2, A, B, C, &c. The levers S, T, R have more than one position, and different combinations of lever positions with the speed or feed values are shown on the tablet P.
Patent GB-190810409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Chains.
Inventor: ORTLIEB WALTER
Filed: 1908-05-13
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 10,409. Ortlieb, W. May 13. Making chains.-Chains mainly for ornamental use are made by cutting slices b from a tube a of any section to form the links, and joining these together by rings, loops, or chain links d formed by the same method as the links b and split as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190812365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vacuum Cleaning-apparatus for the Extraction of Dust from Carpets and the like.
Inventor: SIMMONS MATTHEW
Filed: 1908-06-09
Granted: 1909-06-09
Abstract: 12,365. Simmons, M. June 9. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.- Portable vacuum cleaning-apparatus for carpets &c. of the kind in which the suction is produced by means of an ejector, is made compact and symmetrical while its parts are rendered readily accessible for cleaning purposes. A casing 1, provided with lugs 2 for attachment to a board 3, is formed with a depositing-chamber b and an ejector chamber a separated by a screen 9, which permits dust-laden air to pass into the ejector but retains matches, pins, or other articles. To permit ready access to the parts, the casing has a removable. front cover preferably provided with slotted lugs so that it may be secured by means of hinged studs and wing-nuts. The cover may contain an observation window. The inlet pipe 13 for the steam or other inducing fluid is provided with a hand-operated valve 12 and is located centrally ; it leads to a passage 11 in the wall of which the nozzle 4 is screwed. The inlet pipe 8 for dust-laden air from the suction nozzle, and the discharge pipe 17 of the ejector, are located symmetrically, as also are pressure and vacuum gauges 14, 15 respectively. The depositing-chamber is preferably provided with a baffle 10, which may be made integral with the cover or, like the screen 9, may be made as a revoluble unit adapted to slide in lateral grooves. To permit of the escape of condensed water, a pipe 19 is provided, which is fitted with a rotary cock or with a valve 18 adapted to open at atmospheric pressure. In modifications, the ejector may be arranged so as to be co-axial with the dust-laden air-inlet pipe and, in its preferred form, provides a straight-through passage for the dust-laden air and an annular passage for the inducing-fluid, the pipes 8 and 17 may lead horizontally to and from the opposite ends of the casing, and the filter may take the form of a cage screen, surrounding the dust-laden air inlet and spaced from the casing walls by internal lugs thereon. The dust-laden air may be washed before entering the apparatus, and may be purified in a cyclone or other separator afterwards.
Patent GB-190819594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fleece Dividing and Condensing Apparatus for Treating Textile Materials such as Tow Waste.
Filed: 1908-09-17
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 19,594. Werdauer Textilwerke Ges. March 12, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Carding-engines; sliver-rubbing apparatus.-In a fleece-dividing and condensing apparatus for treating difficult materials such as tow waste, the material is conveyed from the dividing-apparatus to the rubbers i, k by endless bands p, q running on pairs of rollers. To cause the strips of divided fleece to adhere more firmly to the dividing-bands, the protecting -bands g, h are embedded in grooves in the rollers a, b. The bands p, q passing over the returning work bands g, d, e, h, remove adhering fibres and exert a smoothing action.
Patent GB-190822325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Letter Boxes.
Inventor: HULSE HARRY
Filed: 1908-10-21
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 22,325. Hulse, H. Oct. 21. Letter-boxes.-The box is provided with an internal shoot c beneath the letter slot a, the shoot being normally closed by a counterweighted flap d opened by the weight of a letter falling upon it. To clear the shoot of letters before opening the box, the handle h of the door f is turned to raise the sliding bar i, the upper end k<1> of which engages a projection l on the counterweight e. A fixed serrated guard-plate m is fitted beneath the letter slot, and a guard n is pivotally mounted below the shoot.
Patent GB-190823530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blow-off Cocks and the like.
Inventor: HULBURD PERCY
Filed: 1908-11-03
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 23,530. Hulburd, P. Nov. 3. Plug cocks comprise a hard-metal plug c working within a soft-metal removable seating b which projects below the aperture within which it is placed. The seating is provided with lugs d which engage grooves in the casing, thereby preventing rotation of the seat. Covers e, h are provided.
Patent GB-190825896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Distributing Sewage or other Liquids over Bacteria or Filter Beds.
Inventor: BROWN ROBERT BARRINGTON
Filed: 1908-12-01
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 25,896. Brown, R. B. Dec. 1. Spray-producers and spreaders.-Obstructiona are removed from the apertures or the distributing- pipes supplying sewage or other liquid to bacteria or filter beds by periodically increasing the pressure of supply. An elevated tank E is connected by pipes D to nozzles C opposite the distributing-pipes B. In Fig. 1 a rotary distributor of the Barker's mill type is shown, the main supply being through the stationary pipe T and annular tank N. If a water supply of sufficient pressure is available, the tank E may be filled from a tap and automatically discharged through the pipes D by a float or other valve. Otherwise the tank is filled by a pump. As shown in Fig. 1, a pump H, mounted on the rotating crown of the distributor, is operated by bars J, K which move over a stationary cam M, and exhausts air from a closed tank E. The sewage &c. rises in the pipes D into the tank until the level is such that the air pressure is reduced to a point at which the atmosphere forces the mercury in a manometer tube R into the box P, allowing air to enter, and the liquid to discharge rapidly by the pipes D. The device may be applied to rotary, travelling, or stationary distributors. In the last case a weighted flap valve may be arranged at the end of the pipe B to open with the increased pressure.
Patent GB-190827321-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Preparation of Mustard.
Inventor: WHATELEY HERMINE
Filed: 1908-12-16
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 27,321. Whateley, H., and Whateley, F. Dec. 16. Mustard.-A relish for use with meat &c. consists of mustard powder, moist sugar, malt vinegar, and olive oil in about equal proportions.
Patent GB-190828532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Racks.
Inventor: BROWN JAMES HOWARD
Filed: 1908-12-31
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 28,532. Brown, J. H. Dec. 31. Racks.-The article is retained between the arcshaped depressions of a pair of plates 8, 9, slidably mounted on arms 4, between the resilient members or springs 7 and the heads 5 of the arms. The arms 4 of a series of racks are preferably threaded to engage adjustably nuts &c. 6 securing them to the plate 1, and the heads 5 may be provided with slits or openings to facilitate turning them. The plate 9 has a lip or cut-away part 10 to allow it to be swung from engagement with the head of the arm to release the article. The plate 1 has openings for screws &c., for securing it to a wall or other support. In a modification, the racks are mounted on a cylindrical casing,
Patent GB-190902085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Deck House and other like Doors for Ships.
Inventor: THOMAS EDWARD
IPC: B63B43/32
Filed: 1909-01-28
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 2085. Thomas, E. Jan. 28. Ship doors.- Water is prevented from entering doors by a secondary door or flap b, which is hinged to the frame at s and may be either connected to the door or secured independently of the door to the frame in a water-tight manner by means of bolts m, m, m, v operated by a plate f having cam-slots g.
Patent GB-190905266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Holders and Distribution Pipes in Automatic Gas Generators.
Inventor: HAYDEN HORACE LORING
IPC: A62C4/02
Filed: 1909-03-04
Granted: 1910-04-04
Abstract: 5266. Hayden, H. L. March 4. Holders.-A gasholder forming part of an automatic air-gas or acetylene plant is provided with a non-return valve on the outlet pipe leading to the burners. The outlet pipe 6 is provided with a valve box 7, the top 8 of which is formed with a seating 9 for a valve 10 lightly pressed to its seat by one or more counterweighted levers 11, or by a spring.
Patent GB-190913583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Axle-bearings for Colliery Coal Tubs and the like.
Inventor: GREAVES THOMAS
IPC: B61F15/00
Filed: 1909-07-10
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 13,583. Greaves, T., Greaves, G., and Ridley, H. A. July 10. Vehicle-axle bearings.-An axle-bearing for colliery coal tubs &c. comprises a plate A formed with inclined projections D, E, between which a w dgeshaped brass J is placed and secured by a cotter K. The axle is retained by a curved guard F cast on the plate A, and a projection H on the brass J. Recesses to hold grease are formed in the plate A and the brass J.
Patent GB-190914906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Dobbies for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLMES JOSEPH FRANCIS
IPC: D03C1/06
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 14,906. Holmes, J. F. June 26. Dobbies; shedding-levers. - The bell-crank levers of a balk dobby are connected directly to the inner jack-levers by joints which afford full width for frictional contact. The jack-levers f, Fig. 2, are provided with ribs m which take into grooves in the bell-crank levers d, while the bearing-surfaces at 2 are of the full width of the levers. In another form, the ribs are on the levers d, and the grooves or recesses in the levers f. In a further modification, the levers d, f are provided with projections k<2>, t, Fig. 7, respectively.
Patent GB-190915782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Supporting, Lowering, and Raising Gear for Ships' Boats.
Inventor: JONES EDWARD
IPC: B63B23/58
Filed: 1909-07-06
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 15,782. Jones, E. July 6. Boat-disengaging gear.-Relates to gear for simultaneously releasing the stem and stern of a boat from the falls, of the kind in which hooked levers to which the detaching-ropes are attached are pivoted to stanchions or posts secured to the keel. The slotted columns 29 carry pivoted hooks 38 which engage rings 33 on the lower pulley-blocks 13. The hooks are kept engaged with the rings by cords 40, 44, which take over tails 39 on the hooks, pass along guides 42 on the bottom of the boat, and are secured to the pulley-blocks 13. When the boat is to be released, safety pawls 35 are withdrawn and a pull on one of the cords releases a corresponding hook 38, the strain falling on the remaining cord then causing the other hook to be withdrawn from its ring. When the boat is on deck, it is retained by gripes 12, 14 fastened to the deck and connected by hooks 27 pivotally mounted in slotted links 24. When the gripes are to be released, the hooks 27 are detached from rings 16 formed on saddle-pieces 17 to which the gripes 14 are attached.
Patent GB-190916638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clocks.
Inventor: SANFORD CHARLES EDWARD
IPC: G04B37/00
Filed: 1909-07-16
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 16,638. Sanford, C. E. July 16. Cases, clock; dials; clock framework.-The dial is formed in two separate sections 11, 12 preferably attached to carriers G, H which slide through slots in the side walls of the casings. Ready access may thus be had to the clock movement, the framework of which is hinged by means of a plate 38 and detachably held by turn-buttons 45 or the like to a supporting-frame 18, 20 on the casing, so that the movement can be swung outwardly about the hinge, when the parts of the dial are separated; or the movement may be removed bodily if the screws 40 are also loosened. The supporting-frame 18, 20, Fig. 6, is pivoted on a pin which is fixed to the clockcase and enters the hole 23. The frame may thus be slightly inclined to allow the pendulum to beat correctly, and when adjusted it is clamped by the screws 31 engaging in slots in lugs 28, 29. The piece 20, to which the slotted hinge-plate 38 is attached, projects horizontally. A socket 22 is provided on the frame, to support a projection on the clock framework, and thereby to ensure that the hands-arbor 14 may be in alinement with the central hole formed by notches 13 in the dial.
Patent GB-190916995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ring Spindles for Spinning Frames and Twisting Machines.
Inventor: KRAFFT ALFRED
IPC: D01H7/18
Filed: 1909-07-21
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 16,995. Krafft, A. July 21. Spindle apparatus.- In ring spindles in which the t h r e a d passes through a runner and over the edge of a disk rotatably secured to the spindle, the arms h of the runner are bent downwards so as to be close to the spindle and the disk, and the thread eyes i are shaped so that the thread is gradually deflected. The disk may be provided with a concentric cavity so that the eyes are in the same plane as the edge of the disk, thus allowing the thread to run upon the main surface of the disk.
Patent GB-190921480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrolytic Condensers, applicable as Lightning Arresters or for other similar purposes.
Filed: 1909-09-20
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 21,480. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 20. Condensers. - Electrolytic condensers, when applied as lightning-arresters, or for other similar purposes in which individual cells are liable to overheating, are provided with automatic means for closing a high-resistance shuntcircuit across any cell that overheats. This means may be thermostatic, for example, the heating of the air in the cell may cause a diaphragm 24 to rise and complete the shunt circuit; or the shunt contact may be completed through a layer of condensed moisture from the overheated cell; or electro-magnetic means, depending for its action on the increase in voltage across the terminals of an overloaded cell, may be provided to complete the shunt circuit.