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Patent GB-190802240-A (GB)
Title: A New and Useful Method of Producing Incandescent Mantles.
Filed: 1908-01-31
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 2240. British Cerofirm Co., [Cerofirm- Ges.]. Jan. 31. Incandescent gas lamps.-The mantle fabric after being impregnated with thorium and cerium salts and dried is treated with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and substances which convert the cerium salts into an insoluble cerium compound without preventing the formation of an insoluble thorium compound under the action of hydrogen peroxide. The substances may consist of acetates, lactic acid, formic acid, malic acid, formates, malates, and'all weak acids and their salts which are capable of hydrolizing the cerium. The mantles are afterwards dried, burnt, and calcined.
Patent GB-190804917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Corsets.
Inventor: HAHN ROBERT MAXIMILLIAN
Filed: 1908-03-04
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 4917. Hahn, R. M. March 4. Corsets.-The bones c or the like of corsets are arranged obliquely, so as to lie approximately at rightangles to the direction of the wearer's ribs, and to form a series of helicallyarranged band-like supports d, upon which the figure rests. Approximately vertical busks a and back bones b are used.
Patent GB-190807852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Separators
Inventor: STUBLEY CHARLES HESSEY
Filed: 1908-04-09
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 7852. Stubley, C. H., and White, F. April 9. Separating granular materials &c.-Relates to pneumatic separators for granular, pulverulent, and like materials. The material is fed by a hopper A on to the first of a series of tiers of inclined plates B, C, D carried by a frame Z oscillated on a pivot 0 in a cabinet Y, through which air is drawn by a fan H. The frame is oscillated by a rod P from a crank Q on a shaft R, and the plates may be adjustable. A sheet of gauze T fixed across the frame Z arrests light flaky material removed by the air current. The finer material passing through the gauze is deposited in the chamber G, and outlets 1, 2, 3, 4 are arranged beneath the frame Z. The dust-laden air passes to a dust-collector, and the purified air may be returned to the chamber L. A number of cabinets Y may be connected to the fan H, and the frame Z may be provided with any number of sets of inclined plates. Pivotally-mounted regulating-plates may be placed across the frame Z at the front of the plates B to regulate the flow of the material over the plates.
Patent GB-190808595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle and like Cleaning Brushes.
Inventor: FARRAR GEORGE ALBERT
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1908-12-31
Abstract: 8595. Farrar, G. A., and Farrar, C. C. April 18. Bristles, fixing. - Relates to brushes of the kind used for cleaning bottles, boiler flues and tubes, &c., in which the upper bristle-carrying part has a detachable tip, and is detachable from the lower part. The tufts c are secured in metal or other rings or holders e, Fig. 4, which are d e - tachably and interchangeably held in a slotted or split stem a or tip b, Fig. 8, the members forming the split portions being held by a screwed or other ferrule h ; or the tip may be screw-threaded internally to fit the stem and may be provided with a slot g, Fig. 7, the edges of which are dilated by a suitable tool to receive the tuft. The stem may be split spirally, or may be split in two planes at rightaogles, and may be hollow for water supply.
Patent GB-190813187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: KINSTONE HENRY GEORGE
Filed: 1908-06-20
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 13,187. Kingstone, H. G., Alefounder, G. S., and King, S. June 20. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to motor road vehicles in which the engine, gear-box, and part of the universal joint or clutch are all mounted on a readily detachable frame, and comprises means for connecting the detachable frame to the main frame. The cross-bars a, a<1> of the main frame are each fitted with a pair of hanging brackets b thickened in their lower parts and provided with c nical apertures c slotted out at the bottom to form a fork. The motor and gear box are mounted on an auxiliary frame f provided with horizontal screwed bolts e at each corner which bolts are passed upwards into the slotted brackets when assembling the parts. The frame f is secured by nuts e' which are adapted to force conical blocks d into the apertures in the brackets b. To detach the frame f and the parts carried thereby it is necessary to disconnect the control levers f on the steering-column, and the universal joint behind the gear-box. The screwed rods e may extend from end to end of the frame f, or may themselves form the side members of the frame.
Patent GB-190813235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Methods of Closing the Entrances and Divisions of Dry Docks.
Inventor: BOX EDWARD
Filed: 1908-06-22
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 13,235. Box, E. June 22. Docks.-The entrances or divisions of dry docks are closed by means of specially constructed and arranged caisson flaps or drop gates mounted on bottom horizontal hinges. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, the caisson flap a is formed with a heel e resting on a seating g, and is counterbalanced by the weight w. The controlling-chains or ropes s pass over 'sprockets or sheaves j, k, motion being imparted to the sprocket or sheave k by manual, steam, hydraulic, or electric winches. The caisson flap is divided into 'a number of chambers m, n, p, q, of which mare loaded with heavy material, n are water-ballast tanks, p are air' chambers, and q are open'to the tide. The caisson flap may be mounted on trunnions carried in bearings or arranged to move in horizontal slots, and the balance weights may be attached to the caisson flap by means of levers. The dock-pump discharge pipes d may be arranged under the sill, as shown, to prevent silting.
Patent GB-190813696-A (GB)
Title: Mechanism for the Purpose of Indicating the Deflation of Tyres for Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: NASMITH JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 13,696. Nasmith, J. W. June 29. Signals, roadvehicle.- An adjustable pendent rod R carrying a wheel N is pivotany mounted in a bracket A attached to a vehicle axle so that when puncture of a tyre occurs the wheel N trails on the ground and carries the rod out of its vertical position. The pivot pin T, Fig. 3, attached to the rod projects into a box B cast on the bracket A and carries a notched disk K which by its rotation presses the springs G across the terminals of an electric circuit and rings a bell. As an alternative the wheel N may carry a ratchet-wheel which, in combination with a spring, indicates that the wheel has touched the ground.
Patent GB-190816211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feed Devices for Steam Generators.
Inventor: MENNESSON GEORGES
Filed: 1908-07-30
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 16,211. Mennesson, G. Aug. 2, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Feed-water, supplying and controlling.-Relates to intermittent feed-water devices for instantaneous generators, and consists in means for preventing the constant leaking in of a small quantity of feed-water due to the establishment of a constant pressure throughout the system. A pipe 1 leads from the feed tank 2 to the generator, and at its upper end is fixed a chamber composed of three cylindrical parts ; of these, the lowest 3, is the valve chamber and communicates with the middle chamber 4 containing a slide valve 7, which is fixed to the piston 6 in the chamber 5. This piston carries a stem 8 with a valve 9, which has a conical seat 12 and is prolonged upwards by a light tube 13 rising above the water-level 14. In the position shown, water passes through the orifices 10, 11 by the valve 9 to the generator. Any increase of pressure is transmitted to the chamber 3 and through the holes 15 to the piston 6. The whole movable system rises, closing first the orifices 10, 11 and then the valve 9. Any decrease in pressure causes the valve 9 to open, and so exposes the larger surface of the piston 6 to the steam, causing the system to reascend. Movements produced in this way do not open the orifices 10, 11, which are only opened by the pressure falling below that:which closed the obturator. Instead of the orifices 11 opening into the tank, they may be connected to a conduit of pressure water 16, in which case the extension 13 is unnecessary.
Patent GB-190819736-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Appliances for use in Playing Cricket, and other Table Games in which a Ball or the like is Employed.
Inventor: WEINTRAUD ALFRED
Filed: 1908-09-19
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 19,736. Weintraud, A. Sept. 19. Modified billiards, cricket, skittles, &c.-A device for projecting the ball in table cricket and like games consists of a handle 1, Fig. 3, to which is pivoted an arm 3. One end of the arm is provided with a cord 5 and the other end carries a wire loop or pocket 4 to hold the ball 9. By holding the device as shown and sharply pulling the cord, the ball is projected towards the wicket. A spring 7 returns the arm to its first position. In a modification, the arm 3 is made in the form of a bat 8 and is used to defend the wicket as shown. In a further modification, for use in miniature billiards and table skittles; a cue sliding in guides attached to the handle 1 is actuated by a spring-controlled arm similar to the arm 3.
Patent GB-190820765-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Evaporating or Concentrating Liquids.
Inventor: SHAW EDWARD
Filed: 1908-10-02
Granted: 1910-01-03
Abstract: 20,765. Shaw, E. Oct. 2. Actuating pumps; steam pumps; pump stroke, varying.-Relates to evaporators in which the liquid is forced through a heated tube t, Fig. 3, into a separate evaporating-chamber 4, and consists in regulating the feed-pump by a lost-motion device, and providing in the evaporating-chamber a plunger which forces out a certain quantity of the product. The feed-pump plunger or rod h, Fig. 1, is formed with right and left handed screwed portions on which are two nuts j, which are prevented from rotating by a guide-rod m, and may be adjusted towards and away from each other by rotating the plunger h. The pump is driven by a lever g, the amount of lost-motion being regulated by the position of the nuts. The plunger is normally prevented from rotating by means of a spring-pressed pin co-acting with slots in the plunger. The discharge pump comprises a hollow plunger 13, Fig. 3, working on a fixed piston 14, and reciprocated so as first to allow the liquid to flow into a cylindrical extension 8 of the chamber 4, and then to force the liquid out of the extension 8 against the action of a weighted valve 9. The piston 14, Fig. 8, is formed with two passages 16, communicating with the interior of the plunger 13, one opening above the piston and the other below. An oscillating rotary valve alternately supplies and exhausts steam through each passage 16. The valve, Fig. 10, comprises pipes 18, communicating with each of the passages 16, and steam supply and exhaust pipes 23 and 24. A Y-shaped passage 33 controls the steam supply and an angle passage 31 controls the exhaust. Concentrated liquid is prevented from lying on the upper surface of the plunger by providing a sleeve 40, Fig. 8, and steam escape-holes 41. Specification No. 5803, A.D. 1898, [Abridgment Class Distilling &c,], is referred to.
Patent GB-190820830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Radiators for Water Cooling and similar Services.
Inventor: DUNN ARTHUR LEWIS
Filed: 1908-10-02
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 20,830. Dunn, A. L., Nuttall, S., and Scrouther, C. W. Oct. 2. Gas and like engines, cooling cylinders of. A. motor-car radiator has flattened tubes a with longitudinal depressions c to divide the water current and to act as distance-pieces. Corrugated plates b filling in the spaces between the tubes may either be arranged as shown or parallel to one another.
Patent GB-190827241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: OSTERMANN FRANZ KARL
Filed: 1908-12-15
Granted: 1909-12-15
Abstract: 27,241. Ostermann, F. K. Dec. 15. Revolving-cylinder pumps.- The cylinders 1, 2, 3 are bored in a metal disk 4 which is fitted in a casing 5 secured to the driving or driven shaft 6. The pistons 14, 15, 16 are secured to a stationary crank-shaft 13 by connecting-rods 17, 18, 19, which are provided with pivoted parts to allow for bending of the shaft 13. Fluid is distributed to the cylinders through ports 24 by a disk valve made of two U-shaped parts 34, Fig. 5, placed around the shaft 6, and provided with recesses 32 which communicate with inlet and exhaust chambers in the casing 29. The inlet and exhaust passages may be interchanged by a reversing - cock 37, which is pressed to its seat by a spring 39 the tension of which may be adjusted by a screwed spindle 38. The expansion may be varied by flap valves arranged in the passages 32. The valves are closed by the pressure of the inlet steam and are opened by the exhaust. The lubrication of the parts is effected through a regulating-device 60, by a pump 42 operated by an eccentric secured to a sleeve 47 fixed upon the shaft 6. The overflow is collected by suitable lins 44 and conveyed back to the supply reservoir. Filters 45 are arranged on each side of the pump-supply pipe. A disk 49, which runs on balls 50 engaging the valve-chest 29, is arranged within the sleeve 47, and has interposed between it and the sleeve a spring which tends to keep the casing 5 up to the valve The bearing 12 is provided with rollers 40 which engage a flange on the disk 4.
Patent GB-190828130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Induction Clutches.
Inventor: STECKEL ABRAM PETERS
IPC: F24S10/70
Filed: 1908-12-24
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 28,130. Steckel, A. P. Dec. 24. Brakes and retarding-apparatus.-An electric induction brake of the type described in Specification No. 11,136, A.D. 1908, in which a conducting- ring is arranged between oppositelydisposed magnet poles, has the said conducting-ring divided radially into a number of sections so that each section is free to expand circumferentially. One member A, Fig. 2, is provided with a series of oppositely-facing magnet poles a, a<1>, which may be permanent in small brakes but are preferably excited by the coils a<2>, and between which the other member B is placed. This member consists of a hub b supporting by means of metal plates b' riveted thereto, the rim b<1> to which the conducting- ring C is bolted. This ring may be of I-section as shown in Fig. 2 and the left-hand side of Fig. 3, or of uniform thickness as in the right-hand side of Fig. 3, or of other suitable form, and may be supported in any other suitable manner as, for instance, by means of the shanks b<3> bolted to the solid wheel B<1>. In any case the ring C is divided into a number of sections which may be electrically connected by conductors E. The brake may be modified by arranging the supporting-means of the section ring outside the magnet member, and exciting the latter by a coil common to all the poles.
Patent GB-190903477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stills for Distilling Ammoniacal and other Liquids.
Inventor: ANDREWS WILLIAM
Filed: 1909-02-12
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 3477. Andrews, W. Feb. 12. Ammonia and other gas solutions, distilling; column stills.- A column still for ammoniacal and like liquors is formed with plates each provided with channels C and with baffles B, serrated at their lower edges and dipping into the channels formed in the plate next below. The liquor overflows at opposite sides of successive plates, the steam &c. passing in the reverse direction. The liming-chamber is formed with liquor inlets D, a lime inlet F, and a steam inlet G in juxtaposition.
Patent GB-190914117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Contact Breakers particularly applicable for Induction or Sparking Coils.
Inventor: GRANT ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: H01H51/34
Filed: 1909-06-16
Granted: 1909-09-23
Abstract: 14,117. Grant, R. W. June 16. Electro - magnetic interrupters. - A high-speed interrupter for an induction coil comprises an armature 1, Fig. 3, at one end of a rod 2 adapted to reciprocate co-axially with the core 3 of the induction coil ; the other end of the rod carries the movable contact which co-operates with a fixed contact 8 adjustable on a bridge-piece 9. The rod 2 has bearings in the ends of a cylinder or box 4, fixed by a metal arm 10, Fig. 1, to the case of the coil, and carries a piston 7 which moves against the sides of the box 4. Between the piston and the lower end of the box, a spiral spring 6 is arranged to keep the contact made until the coil is energized, whereupon the armature and rod move down and break the contact. In returning, under the action of the spring, the movement is cushioned by the air above the piston. The piston may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190920483-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method for the Manufacture of Bolts, Studs and the like.
Inventor: FORMENTO EDOARDO
IPC: B60C9/14
Filed: 1909-09-07
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 20,483. Formento, E. Sept. 7. Bolts, studs, &c. are made from rolled bars with enlarged portions 5<b> at intervals, which form the heads 7, thereby necessitating only one operation in lieu of two. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 4930/76 and 4716/90, [both in Class 83, Metals, Cutting].
Patent GB-190924182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Sterilizing Liquids.
Inventor: FORBES JOHN SIMS
IPC: A61L2/00
Filed: 1909-10-21
Granted: 1910-10-21
Abstract: 24,182. Forbes, J. S. Oct. 22, 1908, [Convention date]. Regulating delivery by by - passes. - The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises the following. In distributing sterilized water to several floors of a building, the sterilizer and receiver may be placed in the basement and the water forced by a pump V to a tank v<2>. The pump V may be controlled through a device v<4> by the pressure in the pipe v<1>, or may be provided with a by-pass which opens when the tank v<2> is full. The tank v<2> may be dispensed with and a single up main used. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190926042-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Narcotising Animals and the like.
Inventor: BURGSMUELLER KARL
IPC: A61D7/04
Filed: 1909-11-10
Granted: 1910-12-12
Abstract: 26,042. Burgsm³ller, K. Nov. 10. Chemical discharge apparatus ; breech actions, movable-barrel other than drop-down ; barrels. - Relates to apparatus for temporarily stupefying animals, and consists in the combination of a cartridge containing capsicin, and a special discharging - apparatus resembling a pistol. In an example given the cartridge contains Spanish pepper, gunpowder, gun-cotton, or the like, and jute, celluloid, or other inflammable substance. In the construction of discharging-apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the Larrel f is removable, and is secured by a bayonet-joint. In modifications, (1) the removable barrel is secured by a spring catch, or by a screw joint, or by a transversely sliding joint ; (2) there is no barrel proper, Fig. 2, but only a socket i, from which the cartridge case e projects to form a barrel ; and (3) each cartridge e, Fig. 3, is formed with an integral socket i by which it is attached to a breechblock.
Patent GB-190928904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas-heated Box-irons.
Inventor: HUGHES JOHN
Filed: 1909-12-10
Granted: 1910-12-12
Abstract: 28,904. Hughes, J. Dec. 10. Atmospheric gas burners. - A gasburner for a boxiron is provided with an air-regulator consisting of a perforated plate h rotatably mounted on the gas-inlet nozzle f screwed into the splayed end d of the burner tube a. The apertures j, j<1> in the plate h are adapted to register more or less as required with air passages g, g<1> leading into the burner tube. The plate h is loosely confined between a collar f<1> and the tube end d.
Patent GB-190929579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Suspension and Running Gear of Single Track Vehicles.
Inventor: BRENNAN LOUIS
IPC: B61F3/04
Filed: 1909-12-17
Granted: 1910-12-19
Abstract: 29,579. Brennan, L. Dec. 17. Single-rail vehicles.-In order to obtain an even distribution of the load on the various wheel axles of a single-rail vehicle, and to allow relative movements of the parts of the undercarrige in rounding curves, the body 94, Fig. 4, is provided with pivot supports near its two ends at intermediate points of two equalizing-frames 129, the ends of which are in turn similarly supported on subsidiary frames 100, the system being repeated as often as desired, and the last set of frames carrying the vehicle wheels ; the supports are such that the parts are free to turn about a lateral horizontal axis as well as about the usual vertical axis ; and the axle-boxes are so mounted as to be free to move vertically in the horn-plates, and to swivel about trunnions extending longitudinally of the vehicle. Fig. 1 shows the simplest case in which the bogie frames support the body directly. To each bogie frame 100 is pivoted, by side trunnions 98, a frame 96, in which is adapted to rotate a hollow pivot 95 attached to the body 94, the load being transmitted through a ball bearing 97. The axle-boxes are mounted, by trunnions 104, Fig. 2, in guide-plates 105 adapted to slide vertically in the horn-plates 106. The load is transmitted from the bogie frame 100 to each axle-box through spiral or laminated springs 110, tension rods 113, connected by a yoke lever 115, and a strut 118 between a block 116 on the lever 115 and the top of the axle-box. To allow for the movements of the axle, the lever 115 is connected to each rod 113 by a pivot pin 114, and the strut 118 is provided with spherical ends to fit in corresponding sockets. The vehicle may be propelled by an electric motor 121, crank-shaft 122, and coupling-rods 128, the parts being fitted with spherical joints to allow for the movements of the axles. A braking-arrangement adapted to act equally on each wheel is provided.
Patent GB-190930185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Switches and Circuit Breakers.
Inventor: SCHULTZ HJALMAR RUDMAN
IPC: H01H73/38
Filed: 1909-12-24
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 30,185. Schultz, H. R. Dec. 24. Automatic circuit-breakers.-Relates to automatic circuit - breakers employing separate triggers to latch the switch lever and to link the switch lever to the handle, and in which both triggers are freed by a backward movement of the handle. The invention consists in providing the linking trigger on the handle with an inclined face, or in otherwise so forming it that a reverse movement of the handle causes the trigger to rotate on its pivot by reaction against the roller or projection with which it normally engages, the movement freeing both triggers. The switch is closed by a handle-lever 3 linked by a pivoted hooked trigger 4 to a roller 9 attached to a bell-crank lever 7 connected by a rod 10 to the switch ccntacts. When the lever 7 has reached the circuit closed position, the roller 9 is caught by a second hooked trigger 5 on a fixed pivot 6. The switch is opened automatically by the rise of the plunger 13 of the overload magnet 14, which frees both triggers. The hand - opening is effected by moving the handle 1 in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1. This operation causes the trigger 4, by means of its incline 15 bearing on the roller 9, to rotate on its pivot; a stud 16 on the trigger 4 pushes a ridge 17 on the trigger 5, and thus both triggers are freed from the roller. The invention is further described as applied to a three-phase oil switch provided with two overload tripping coils, the plungers of which are placed beneath a pivoted bar adapted to transmit the motion of either of them to the pair of hooked triggers.