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Patent GB-190814131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Sifting and Ridding Granular Materials.
Inventor: MACKEY WILLIAM MCDONNELL
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 14,131. Mickey, W. M. July 3. Sifting coal &c.-Apparatus for sifting and riddling coal and other granular materials consists of an inclined cylindrical or tapered drum composed of a number of hoops 5. Figs. 1 and 2, mounted on longitudinal bolts 6 fixed in the endframes 1. The hoops are triangular in section with the apices outwards, and are stayed apart on the bolts 6 by distance-pieces 7. The end-frames are formed with cylindrical bearings 2 adapted to rest on roller supports and are connected together by longitudinal girders 3 attached to lugs 4. A stationary girder 10 within the drum carries at each end a pair of pivoted arms 11 in which are mounted longitudinal shafts 12 provided with clearing-disks 13 wbich work in alternate slots 8 between the hoops and keep the slots clear. The material is introduced by a shoot 14 at the. upper end of the drum, and discharged at the lower end by a spout 15, the particles passing through the drum being received in a hopper 16. Adjustable clearing-strips may be used instead of disks.
Patent GB-190820320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combination Desks, Drawing Tables, Easels and the like.
Inventor: FAVELL ALBERT LEMUEL
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 20,320. Favell, A. L. Sept. 28. Easels.-A combination folding desk, drawing- table, easel, &c. comprises two standard frames A, B, hinged together at the top and braced by a shelf D, which is hinged at one side to the frame A and provided at the other with pins F sliding in slots G formed in metal racks H. In the frame B slides a frame K, which is supported at the desired height by pawls S engaging the racks H. The board J is hinged to the upper end of the frame K and is supported at the desired inclination by a frame M hinged to the frame K and abutting against stops 0 on the lower face of the board. When the device is used as an easel, the board rests against the frame K.
Patent GB-190827222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Applying Bottle Seals.
Inventor: WINTER CHARLES
Filed: 1908-12-15
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 27,222. Winter, C. Dec. 15. Capsuling. - Relates to a machine for applying capsule closures, and particularly to the capping-head and the means for raising and lowering it, and the means for adjusting the machine to take bottles of different s i z e s. The machine is especially adapted for use with the type of closure described in Specification No. 13,373, A.D. 1908, comprising a sealing-disk of cork and a metal holding-portion as shown in Fig. 7. The closure is applied by downward pressure only, the action of bending- over the tongues serving also to bend the sections of the flange into locking engagement with the groove in the bottle neck. The capping-head comprises a cap-seating plunger K, a flangebending plunger L, and cap-holding fingers j, Fig. 5, carried by a sleeve J. Springs K<1>, L<2>, J<1> are provided to control the movements of the parts and to take up any excess pressure. In operation, a closure M, Fig. 7, having sections m and tongues m<1> is placed in the fingers j, and the capping-head is lowered on to a bottle which is centred on the base C, Fig. 1, by an adjustable guide E. The mouth of the bottle pushes up the sleeve J and releases the closure from the fingers, allowing it to enter the mouth of the bottle where it is seated by the plunger K against the action of the spring K<1>, until, in the continued movement, the stop k<1> of the plunger K meets the plunger L when the force of the spring L<2> is encountered, and the plunger L descends and bends the tongues m<1> over the top of the bottle, and at the same time buckles or bends the parts m into engagement with the locking-shoulder of the bottle. The tongues are made to start moving outwards by a tapered extension l<2> of the plunger L passing inside them. The capping-head is raised and lowered by rack-and-pinion gearing operated by a hand-lever G, Fig. 1. The lever G is clamped in a hole h formed in the hub H of the pinion f, the hub being clamped to the pinion by a nut. The limits of movement of the lever required for a sealing operation are from the initial position shown, in which the lever is secured by a clip g, to the horizontal. More than one hole is formed in the hub H so that the machine can be set for bottles of different sizes. In operation, the capping-head is adjusted to the position in which bending commences and the lever is clamped in the hole nearest the horizontal. The lever is then brought truly horizontal by loosening the hub-clamping nut, and revolving the hub without moving the pinion, after which the nut is again tightened.
Patent GB-190828158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sound Reproducing Machines.
Inventor: MAGGIORA DEMETRIO
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-12-23
Abstract: 28,158. Maggiora, D., and Sinclair, M. Dec. 24. Gramophones.-Two reproducers, with separate styli arranged in proximity and tracking the same sound-groove, are used to amplify the sound with the aid of one or two horns. Two sound-boxes a, b have their styli f, g held in tension by springs h attached to the casings and to arms l secured to the sound-arms, which are rigid. Screws m on the sound-arms engage in slots n on the sound-box casings to permit adjustment. The screws m have eccentric shanks to adjust both styli to the same sound-groove. The stylus g is arranged as usual, and the stylus f is arranged at 90‹ to its usual position. Fig. 3 shows the sound-boxes facing each other and having their styli bent inwards. In another modification, the sound-boxes, arranged as shown in Fig. 2, have their sound-arms pivoted at two points, such that the straight line joining them passes tangentially to the record groove at substantially the middle of the record portion of the disk, and have either separate horns, or tubes connected to a single horn. Fig. 6 shows the method of securing the sound-arms together and to the horn. The ends v, w, x are so positioned as to be situated upon the imaginary continuation shown in dotted lines, of the horn, and the areas of the annular spaces between the sound-arms are equal to that of the smallest sound-arm.
Patent GB-190828400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Illuminating the Identification Plates of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MOORE GEOFFREY STUART
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 28,400. Moore, G. S. Dec. 30. Carriage lamps.-The number plate H at the rear of a motor vehicle is illuminated by light transmitted from a headlight E by a concave mirror D and mirrors G, G<1> mounted in a tube A, C. The arm A of the tube is closed by a glass plate A<1>. The mirror D is pivoted to a vertically adjustable rod D', and a lens F similarly mounted may be used to direct the light on to the mirror D. In the centre of the mirror G<1> is a ruby glass which throws a red light to the rear of the car.
Patent GB-190904598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Couplings of Sectional Rods suitable for use in Cleaning Drains and like purposes.
Inventor: JOHNSON ALFRED BRADLEY
IPC: F16B7/20
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 4598. Johnson, A. B. Feb. 24. Rod couplings. -A T-head b on one member is passed through a slot f in the other member, and rotated to engage in recesses g. The parts are then secured in position bv a nut d bearing against the face of the member e. The nut d may have a split tapered face bearing against a tapered face on the member e to prevent the nut from slacking-back. The coupling is specially suitable for sectional rods used for cleaning drains &c.
Patent GB-190907729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Frames.
Inventor: DOERRSTEIN KARL
IPC: G03B27/02
Filed: 1909-03-31
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 7729. D÷rrstein, K., and Zimmermann, H. March 31. Contact printing-frames.-In a contact print ing-frame, the pressure clamping-device comprises two spring bars having means at one end for holding the edges of the negative and paper and preventing relative movement when examining the print, and at the other end means which can be adapted either for obtaining pressure on the back or for holding the back open. Two pins n near the ends of the spring bars m, Figs. 1 and 2, project into the space between the back p and the frame a, and press yieldingly on the edge of the negative and paper. The spring bars m also carry at this end a bail r, which projects above the front of the frame, and by means of which the pins n are released from pressing on the paper. At the opposite end the spring bars m bear on eccentrics or cams e on the rod d carrying the arm f, to which the back p is attached. In the closed position shown in Fig. 2, the spring bars press the eccentrics to increase the pressure, while in the open position they hold the frame open. The back is yieldingly connected to the arm f by a screw h, which passes freely through a ball-like projection i on the arm, whereby the back accommodates itself to the thickness of the negative and paper. A pin k limits the movement of the back on the pivot h. The negative or supporting-plate s is held in position between the end of the frame a and a spring-pressed sliding bolt b. A supporting-strut l is pivoted on the arm f to support the frame in an oblique position.
Patent GB-190912762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper-feeding Mechanism for Typewriters.
Inventor: ANDERSON NILS HJALMAR
IPC: B41J11/04
Filed: 1909-05-29
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 12,762. Anderson, N. H. June 3, 1908, [Convention date]. Sheet and envelopefeedingaadguidzng arrangements. -The paper-fingers 17 are each secured by rivets 16 to a bracket 15 slidingly mounted on a bar 14 which is secured to arms 12, 13 pivoted on the hubs of the platen 4. Ears 21 on the finger are formed with slots 22 in which is secured by recesses 24 a spindle 23. A frusto-conical roll 26 is jonrnaled on the spindle 23 and runs on the roll 4, being pressed through an aperture 20 in the finger by a leaf spring 28, which is secured to the bracket 15, and is forked to engage the ends of the spindle 23. The two paper-fingers are of the same construction, the rolls 26 being arranged with the spindles in alinement and the small ends facing, so that, when the paper is fed forward, it is stretched by the rolls 26. For holding envelopes there is provided a clip 38 pivoted at 41 in a bracket 37, which may slide on the bar 14 and is provided with spring parts engaging flats 43 or 44 on the clip and serving to hold it either in the position shown or turned up out of the way. In use, the clip 38 is turned down to engage the top edge of the envelope, and the fingers 17 are moved along by thumb-pieces 30 to engage the side edges of the envelope. When it is desired to obtain access to the paper, as in erasing, the bar 14 may be swung by finger-pieces 36 from the normal position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 4 so as to expose the paper on the top of the platen, the rolls 26 remaining in engagement with the paper. The throw of the bar 14 is limited by stops 32, 33 and the bar is held in either position by springs 34.
Patent GB-190917342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces.
IPC: F27D11/04
Filed: 1909-07-26
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 17,342. Aktiebolaget Elektrometall. Aug. 1, 1908, [Convention date]. Electrode furnaces. - A shaft furnace for the reduction of ores has a contracted section at the part where the shaft joins the smelting- chamber, and the electrodes 2 are arranged to meet the charge below this contraction The charge is partly supported by the lower portion of the shaft; and free spaces are formed between the surface of the charge and the cupola 6 covering the smelting chamber, the electrodes 2 entering through these spaces. The spaces may be cooled by gases blown in by a fan 8 through tuyeres 9 ; these gases may be drawn from the throat of the furnace.
Patent GB-190923742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for the Automatic Counting and Recording of Telephone Calls.
Inventor: KIESSLER JOSEF
IPC: H04M15/28
Filed: 1909-10-16
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 23,742. Kiessler, J. Oct. 16. Inking-apparatus.-In a device for recording telephone calls -on a paper band drawn over a printing-wheel, the type-wheel 15 is inked by a rotating cylindrical ink-vessel 33, perforated and surrounded by a felt band and provided with a closable aperture 34 for feeding in ink from an oil-can.
Patent GB-190929090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Working of Single Phase Commutator Dynamo Electric Machines.
IPC: H02K27/04
Filed: 1909-12-13
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 29,090. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke Ges.]. Dec. 13. Equalizing load. -In a group of two or more single - phase commutator machines I, II, Fig. 1, which may work as buffering - machines and have their main field windings e<l>, e<2> excited from the armature terminals of the other or another machine in the group, each machine is provided with an additional stator winding c<1>, c<2> similar to the usual compensating- winding and so excited that the component of the armature potential due to self-induction is wholly or partly neutralized, for example, as described in Specification 20,005/09, [Class 35, Dynamo-electric generators &c.]. The windings e', e<2> are excited by fractional parts of the armature potentials, and the windings e<1>, c<2> are connected either to the same or separate points on an adjustable transformer t arranged between the secondary coils of transformers t<1>, t<2>, the primaries of which are across the armature terminals. In a modification, Fig. 4, in which the motors I, II are fed from a highpotential source through a transformer t<4>, the windings c<1>, c<2> are connected in parallel between the junction of the machines I, II and an adjustable point on the transformer t<3>. The transformer t<3> is connected between the same junction and a movable contact k on the transformer t<4>. By shifting the contacts k, k', voltages varying both in amount and phase may be impressed upon the windings c', c<2>. The arrangements may be applied to polyphase systems, the third wire of a two-phase network, for example, being connected with the junction of the armatures I, II in Fig. 1. In threephase systems, three armatures are employed; or the three phases can be changed into two phases by the Scott arrangement.
Patent GB-190929238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Warming of Internal Combustion Motors.
IPC: F02N19/10
Filed: 1909-12-14
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 29,238. Loebl, A., and British Ever Ready Electrical Co. Dec. 14. Cylinders, cooling.-In order to prevent the cooling-water of an engine, used on a motor - vehicle, from freezing, and to facilitate starting, an electric heating - lamp is provided, which may be connected to any convenient socket and suspended by means of a hook wherever desired, say, between the motor and the radiator, or below the motor. The heater illustrated in the Figure consists of an incandescent lamp C in a metal casing A and attached by wires E to a plug F, which may be fitted in an ordinary lamp socket.
Patent GB-191001639-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for Imparting Black Coatings to Metals.
IPC: C25D9/04
Filed: 1910-01-21
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 1639. Fabrik Chemischer Grav³ren Luppe & Heilbronner Ges. June 1, 1909, [Convention date]. Copper oxides, obtaining.-A black coating of cupric oxide is produced on metal by forming a layer of cuprous oxide and oxidizing it electrolytically. The metal may be copper or copper alloy such as brass or german silver; the copper may be in the form of an electrolytic coating. The cuprous oxide may be obtained by the action of copper-nitrate solution; if it becomes contaminated with cupric oxide, the metal is first made the cathode in an alkaline electrolytic bath, before final oxidation as the anode in this bath.
Patent GB-191012746-A (GB)
Title: Instrument for Measuring Angular Movements of Submarine and Aerial Vessels and the like relatively to the Horizon and Magnetic Meridian.
Inventor: LAURES CLEMENT BONIFACE BASILE
Filed: 1910-05-25
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 12,746. Laures, C. B. B. June 21, 1909, [Convention date]. Clinometers; mariners' compasses.-An instrument for determining the angular movements of submarines and air-ships relatively to the horizontal and to the magnetic meridian comprises a gravity device, a fixed part, and a hemispherical casing a, the gravity system having two movements of rotation about two invariably attached perpendicular axes, and comprising a disk, of which the motion about one of the two axes relatively to a magnetic compass gives one of the required angles, and the motion about the other axis gives a second angle; the motion of the gravity system about the first axis and relatively to the fixed part gives the third angle. The instrument shown in plan in Fig. 1, and in sectional elevation in Fig. 2, comprises a hemispherical casing a having riveted to it a ring c, the centre of which coincides with that of the casing a. The ring c is provided with a narrow portion depending into the interior of the casing. The gravity system comprises a sphere m mounted in bearings upon a plate connected by hinges i to a rod g, which carries at its ends rollers d running upon the interior edge of the ring c. The plate j is attached by stays n to a thin circular disk o, which carries a compass needle p, and is graduated. The ring c is graduated for reading the angle corresponding to the position of the triangular index-marks at the ends of the rod g. The apparatus for measuring the angle with the horizontal comprises two thin graduated half-rings v mounted on a collar y turning about a pivot u at a point opposite the lowest point of the casing a. The ends of the one half-ring v are connected by forks to the rod g of the gravity system, and the ends of the other half-ring v carry wheels z running on the lower part of the ring c, the required angle being given by the position of the edge of the disk o on the half-ring v.
Patent GB-191014062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Terminal-exhaust Steam Engines.
Inventor: DAVIDSON JOHN
Filed: 1910-06-10
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 14,062. Davidson, J. June 10. Beat or lift valves; slide valves; arrangement and disposition of valves.-In a terminal-exhaust engine, the admission ports a are controlled by combined piston and drop valves of the kind described in Specification 11,330/09.
Patent GB-191027866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Connecting or Securing Together Tubular Members.
Inventor: MILWARD WILLIAM THOMAS
IPC: B62K19/18
Filed: 1910-11-30
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 27,866. Milward, W. T. Nov. 30. Right to Patent relinquished. Joints for tubular parts of bedsteads, cots, fenders, and the like are formed as shown in Fig. 3. A tube b is formed with tongues b<1>, which are adapted to enter slots in a tube a and are then bent down by means of a mandrel inserted in the tube a and left therein if desired. The length of the projections b<1> is such that they do not interfere when bent down. When connecting tubes of polygonal or circular section, the shoulders of the inserted tube are cut away, as shown in Fig. 13, to form a tight joint. Fig. 15 shows a modification in which two pairs of tongues are employed and are bent in opposite directions by a mandrel inserted from either end of the tube a.
Patent GB-191106656-A (GB)
Title: Horse Detachers.
Inventor: LUNATI JOHN PETER
IPC: B62C5/00
Filed: 1911-03-16
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 6656. Lunati, J. P. March 16. Emergency release arrangements.-Relates to vehicle running - gears comprising a detachable coupling between the shafts and the axle by means of which the horse may be released by the occupant operating a flexible connexion running over pulleys on the gear. Fig. 1 shows the shafts 40 coupled to an axle 5 which is supported upon a wheel 6 connected with the vehicle by reach-bars 7. The couplings 8 each comprise a member 9 which is connected to the axle 5 by a U-bolt 13 and forms a casing open at its front end for the reception of a member 10 secured to a shaft 40. Journaled in openings in the top and bottom walls of the casing are the bearing - parts of a coupling - pin 20, the middle portion of which is flat and engages normally across the end 41<A> of a slot 41 in the member 10. Lever - arms 26 carried by the coupling-pins 20 are connected by a chain 42 secured centrally to a chain &c. 49 which passes over a pulley 47 carried by a bracket on the reach-bars 7, through an aperture 48 in the bracket, then through the bottom of the vehicle, and is provided with an operating - handle. When this handle is pulled, the lever arms 26 are rotated against the action of springs 33 on the coupling-pins 20 so as to present the narrow parts of the coupling-pins in such a relation to the slots 41 that the shafts become detached from the axle. Stops limit the movement of the lever-arms 26.
Patent GB-191116052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recording Devices.
Inventor: MENNS WALTER KING
Filed: 1911-07-11
Granted: 1912-03-21
Abstract: 16,052. Menns, W. K. July 11. Feeding-means.-Recording-devices, stated to be applicable to speed indicators &c., comprise a slotted cylindrical casing 5 from which a recording-strip is drawn by a spring-rotated roller 30 over a clock-driven roller 10. The strip is pierced with holes to engage pins 16 on the roller 10, which is frictionally mounted on its shaft by means of a triangular spring-plate 20 so that it can be set to bring any portion of the sheet under the recording-point. The shaft bears a toothed wheel 18 with which engages a clock-driven wheel 22 mounted on a post 52 carried by the base-plate 50. The various rollers are carried by side plates 2, 3 mounted on a base-plate 1 which slides in guides 58, 59, the wheels 22 and 18 being only in gear 'when the plate is pushed home. When the frame is drawn out, the wheel 18 is locked by a spring- pressed arm 45, the arm being removed when the lower end 62 strikes the post 52. The winding-on roller is provided with a ratchetwheel 40, which is engaged by a pawl 41 when the roller frame is withdrawn, and is disengaged by a pointed arm 54 on the post 52 when the frame is replaced.
Patent GB-191116360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Collar Supports and the like for Personal Wear.
Inventor: BUECHLER KARL
IPC: A41B3/06
Filed: 1911-07-15
Granted: 1912-01-11
Abstract: 16,360. B³chler, K. July 15. Stiffeners. - Straight or waved stiffeners made of a single wire of circular cross-section, and with eyes at the ends for attachment purposes, have the parts a between the eyes b rolled flat.
Patent GB-191116698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Optical Lenses.
Inventor: POULLAIN AUGUSTIN GEORGES
IPC: B24B13/04
Filed: 1911-07-20
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 16,698. Poullain, A. G., and Cornet, D. H. J. July 26, 1910, [Convention date]. Spectacle lenses. -Multifocallenses are made with one face constituted either by a curve of which the radii of curvature vary progressively and continuously, or by circular curves of which the radii may be equal to the radii of curvature of t h e principal sections at the different points. The other face of the lens may be of the same nature, or cylindrical, toric, spherical, or plane. The lens u is ground by means of a grindstone M so mounted on one junction of the rods of a Peaucellier system 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 that displacement of the pivot 11 along a curved slot causes the junction, when the machine is in operation, to trace out the path required, the lens itself being carried on a support S, which is adjustable transversely to its support, or about a pivot p and vertically. In a modified form of machine, the lens receives the proper movements relatively to the grindstone.