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Patent GB-190709741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying and Grinding Materials.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-04-26
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 9741. Imray, O., [Society of Chemical Industry in Basle]. April 26. Mills and apparatus.-A drying and grinding apparatus comprises a heated rotary cylinder containing grinding-bodies and revolving in a casing c which is kept vacuous by means of a pump. The material is fed into the cylinder through a pipe f by rollers d and a screw conveyer e, and is discharged through a shoot p into an air-tight collecting-box h. This box acts as an air-lock between the casing and a lower, open box j, the material being discharged by means of valves o, i. The steam, water, or other fluid for heating the cylinder is conveyed through pipes v, w, x to tubular coils or a jacket b around the cylinder, and is led away through pipes z, q, u. The ends of the cylinder are closed by sieves r, s, which are free from perforations near the edges.
Patent GB-190710266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ships and Boats.
Inventor: SINNETTE JAMES LEWIS
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 10,266. Sinnette, J. L. May 3. Buoyancy, increasing. - Relates to tanks for varying the buoyancy of ships and boats. A semitubular tank b of waterproof material, having ribs which fold flat to close the tank when it is moved in the direction of its length, is attached under the water line, as shown in Fig. 1. In a modification, the tank is built up of plates, the sides being closed by waterproof material A, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190710774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Dividing Dough and other Plastic Materials
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 10,774. Baker & Sons, J., [Burns, J.]. May 8. Moulding dough.-Dough from a hopper 2 is divided by blades or feathers 5 forming pockets 6 in two drums 3, 4. One drum 4 is positively driven and rotates the other by the action of the blades. The second drum 3 is adjustable and is provided with a band brake 17 to retard rotation. Flour can be dusted on from the chambers 23. Plates or knives 20 remove the surplus from the pockets.
Patent GB-190713095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Preservative Treatment of Food.
Inventor: LINLEY JOSEPH AMOS
Filed: 1907-06-06
Granted: 1908-06-09
Abstract: 13,095. Linley, J. A. June 6. Drying air.-In apparatus for the preservative treatment of food of the kind described in Specifications No. 14,530, A.D. 1905, and No. 1278, A.D. 1906, the air is circulated through a calciumchloride chamber fitted with sockets and racks to hold the sticks of chloride detachably and vertically, and through a sulphuric-acid chamber comprising an acid trough 15, which is preferably surrounded by a casing 19 in two parts and containing a number of ribbed or sand-blasted glass disks 17 carried upon two rotary shafts 16 and separated by rubber &c. washers 18.
Patent GB-190716862-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Automatically Operating Gas or other Valves, or Electric Switches, at Predetermined Times.
Inventor: HARE ARNOLD
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 16,862. Hare, A. July 23. Extinguishing gas.-A spring or motor actuated drum r, Fig. 5, for operating a gas valve or cock is automatically released at predetermined times by levers o, p operated by clock-work or similar mechanism, the action of the levers being delayed or prevented on certain days by devices driven by the clock-work. The levers o, p have projections y alternately engaging under the action of springs z with a notch x in a disk w on the drum spindle s, and the end of the corresponding lever simultaneously engages in front of a projection 7 on a wheel t operating a governor vane u and driven from the drum. When a notch j, Fig. 8, on the boss h of either of two clockwork-driven daywheels c comes opposite a pin k, of semicircular cross-section, on its spindle e, a spiral spring m presses the corresponding lever o and the wheel c laterally and thereby removes the end of the lever from in front of the projection 7, Fig. 5, so that the drum rotates until the projection y on the other lever engages the notch x and allows the end of the lever to come in front of the projection 7. A segmental wheel 9, Fig. 7, on the drum spindle alternately engages one or other of two toothed segments 12 attached to toothed segments 10, 11 engaging with one another, one of the segments 10 having an extension 13 with a forked end 14, Fig. 11, engaging the valve lever. One of the prongs 35 of the forked end 14 may be pivoted, so that it may be moved laterally when operating the valve lever by hand, and the prong is brought to its normal position by an extension 36 striking against the valve lever when the lever 13 is moved, a spring 37 retaining the prong in the normal position. The lateral movement of the lever o under the action of the spring m may be prevented on certain fixed days by a block 32, Fig. 9, on a lever 31 frictionally connected by a spring to the clock-work train, and the spindle e may be rotated by clock-work gearing 16, Fig. 3, engaging a toothed segment 15, so that, while the segment is in engagement with the gearing, the period between successive engagements of the notch j and the pin k is prolonged. The segment 15 may be adjusted relatively to the spindle by a screw 17 and a curved slot 18, and a spring plate normally retains two elements of the gearing 16 in frictional engagement, thereby enabling the segment to be moved back by hand. A spring i, Fig. 8, by frictional contact with the pin k normally prevents the spindle e from rotating. A bracket 39, Fig. 12, carrying the burner is secured on pins in the casing by a hinged notched bar 42 engagiog behind the shoulders of the pins. Pointers on the spindles e. indicate on dials the times of opening and closing of the valve, and a pointer on the spindle 30, Fig. 9, carrying the lever 31 indicates the day on which the apparatus will not act.
Patent GB-190717951-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cash Bag, Purse or Letter Case.
Inventor: ROEDER THEODOR
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 17,951. R÷der, T. Aug. 7. Bags; purses.-The three compartments a, b, c of a purse, cash-bag, letter-case, &c. are connected by a cord or wire &c. seam d. A secret compartment c for use for valuable papers &c. has slits provided on the flap e corresponding with the stitches of the seams, so that the compartment can be pulled downwards, access being had to it from the side. The slitted flap or flaps may be covered with plain flaps.
Patent GB-190719523-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition applicable for Plaster and for the Manufacture of Tiles and the like.
Inventor: JUPILLAT CLAUDE
Filed: 1907-08-31
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 19,523. Jupillat, C. Aug. 31. Cements.-A composition of plaster, hydraulic lime, and Portland cement is used as a plaster, or in the form of panels or tiles. It may be coloured to imitate stone or brick.
Patent GB-190720306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Operating Watertight Doors for Ships Bulkheads, Caissons, and the like.
Inventor: STOKELD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-09-11
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 20,306. Stokeld, W. Sept. 11. Caissons.-Relates to improvements in the invention described in Specification No. 7717, A.D. 1905, in which doors a for caissons &c. are operated by a screw b, Fig. 1, working in conjunction with a halfnutf. The lever l pivoted at m carries a locking- bolt h which is adapted to engage a nut f by means of a spring n. The sliding-nut and locking-bolt are operated simultaneously by means of a chain or rope p which passes over a sprocket-wheel &c. s and pulley r, its ends being connected to the lever land sliding-nut lever i. The hand-lever t is provided with a clutch adapted to be put into gear with the loose sprocket-wheel s. By means of a hand-chain k the lever l may be operated from near the door. In place of the wheel s and clutch, the lever v, Fig. 5, pivoted at wand provided with a sliding piece actuated by levers y, may be used for gripping the rope &c. A cylinder d and pistonrod e are provided to control the fall of the door.
Patent GB-190721539-A (GB)
Title: Method of Widening Balconies.
Inventor: SARASON DAVID
Filed: 1907-09-28
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 21,539. Sarason, D. Sept.28. Balconies ; hospitals and sanitoria. -The walls of the upper stories are set back, and wide balconies are provided for open air treatment.
Patent GB-190722578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dynamos Carried by Motor Cars, Vessels, or like Moving Bodies.
Inventor: MOODIE ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-10-14
Abstract: 22,578. Moodie, A. Oct. 14. Turbines. - Relates to applications of wind motors for driving dynamos carried by motor-cars, ships, or like moving bodies, or mounted on the roofs of buildings. In the application to a motorcar shown in Fig. 3, the pressure of wind in the contracted aperture 5 drives a fan 1 carried on the shaft of a dynamo or dynamos. In another form, shown in Figs 7 and 8, applied to the ventilation of a ship, the fan 1 is constructed with several separate sets or divisions, a fly-wheel or belt pulley 4 being provided, by means of which the dynamo is driven. Several modifications with similar contracted passages are shown.
Patent GB-190727810-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Pumping Out Ships Holds.
Inventor: ILHNE NICOLAS
Filed: 1907-12-17
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 27,810. Iliine, N. Dec. 17. Drawings to Specification. Hydraulically-actuated ships' pumps.-Comprises a pumping system for emptying ships' holds. The pumps in the various holds or compartments are coupled to water-wheels or turbines which are driven by high-pressure water from a main.
Patent GB-190801829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Girdles, for Personal Wear.
Inventor: MARKELL GRACE ELIZABETH
Filed: 1908-01-27
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 1829. MarkÚll, G. E. Jan. 25, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Belts.-A belt for lady gymnasts &c. is made of sections 3, 4, 6, 6, having their edges inclined and curved as shown, and with shoulder straps 18, 19, attached to points 16, 17 in the front and rear. Buttons 22 are provided for attaching the hose supporters and nether garments. The belt fastens in front by means of buttons 20 and buttonholes 21.
Patent GB-190805395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: CHRISTIE WALTER
Filed: 1908-03-10
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 5395. Christie, W., and Brokaw, W. G. March 10. Motor road vehicles.- Relates to front driving and steering motor road vehicles constructed in two separable parts, the front tractor part including the motor, front wheels, and entire driving-mechanism, and the rear part including the carriage body and rear wheels. Fig. 5 shows a plan view with the hood in section and the two parts of the vehicle separated, and Fig. 3 shows a transverse sectional elevation of the tractor. The framework of the rear part includes two channeli r o n s having forwardly projecting portions 17 adapted to be secured by bolts within lugs 18 projecting rearwardly from a hollow cross - casing 19, which forms a support for the motor and transmission gearing and is itself supported by the front wheels 16. The casing 19 is formed with forked ends, which rest upon springs bearing upon hollow axle supports 23 combined with the vertical steering - pivots. The motor 13 is bolted to the casing 19, and may be removed bodily for repairs or for replacement by a similar motor. The transmission mechanism includes a clutch 45 contained in the fly-wheel, twospeed and reverse change gearing contained in the casing 14, differential gearing 68, and shafts 72 driving the wheels through universal joints. The clutch is operated by means of a sliding collar 47, bell.crank lever 48, and pedal 50. The sliding gear-wheels 51, 52 of the two-speed change gear are operated by a bell-crank lever 54, link 55, and hand-lever 56. Reversal is provided for by an idle gear - wheel adapted to engage the gearwheels 51, 57, the idle-wheel being mounted on a movable shaft swung into and out of action by means of link-work 63, 64 connected to the changegear lever 56. The inner universal joints 71 include a telescopic member 70. The radiator 75 may be contained in the body portion of the vehicle, suitable pipe connexions being provided. The two parts of the vehicle may be separated by disconnecting the frame members, releasing the several controlling - connexions, and uncoupling the pipe connexions.
Patent GB-190809266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trouser Hangers
Filed: 1908-04-29
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 9266. Bascombe, A. H., and Schneider, M. April 29. Suspenders for articles of dress.-A trouser hanger consists of a frame a attached to a wooden bar and adapted to engage with the two front waist-buttons of a pair of trousers. A second frame e adapted to engage with the rear buttons is provided with a pin c, which engages with one or other of the holes d, a screw f preventing the frame from leaving the bar. The bar is suspended by a hook g.
Patent GB-190814330-A (GB)
Title: Control Mechanism for Attachment to the Handlebars of Motor Cycles for Actuating Spark, Advance, and Switch Contact, and Exhaust and Valve Lift or Throttle.
Inventor: COX WILFRED FRANCIS
Filed: 1908-07-06
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 14,330. Cox, W. F. July 6. Motor road vehicles.-A thumb slide attached to the handle-bar of a motor-cycle controls the lift of the exhaust valve and the throttle by a Bowden wire, and may be combined with a switch for use with a spark advance. A sliding carriage a, Fig. 3, to which is attached the inner member b of the Bowden wire, is provided with a lug e, which travels along a slot e<1> in the plate secured to the handle-bar, as shown in Fig. 2. The carriage is retained in position by means of a thumb-piece f, Fig. 4, which is held against the lug e by a spiral spring k enclosed in a milled cylinder h, and isprovided on its underside with a stud which engages the toothed edge of the plate d. The thumb-piece is tilted slightly against the pressure of the spring k in order that the stud may clear the toothed edge. The thumb-piece f is provided with an arm adapted to engage the tumbler switch as the sliding carriage moves forwards ; the thumb-piece f then strikes the arm m of the tumbler and carries it round so that the projection n bears against a bevelled stud o on the spring p until the spring forces the tumbler right over, making contact between the points q, r. When the carriage returns, contact is broken in a similar way.
Patent GB-190815735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Skiving Leather and the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1908-07-24
Granted: 1909-10-25
Abstract: 15,735. Boult, A. J., [Booth, Q. W.]. Jnly 24. Cutting-machines for leather &c.-In a skiving- machine of the rotary-disk type, the knife shaft together with its driving-connexions are carried by a head which is adapted to be adjusted to effect the necessary adjustments of the knife shaft longitudinally of its length and laterally to and from a rotary work-support, the driving-connexions being maintained throughout such adjustments. The head is mounted untiltably on a base and the knife shaft is so driven as to resist all lateral strain of the driving-belt thereon. The head 4 is journaled on a tubular extension 14 of the base 2, and is provided with a radial arm 6 in a bearing at the end of which is mounted the knife shaft 8. The knife shaft is driven from a shaft 100 through a pulley 102, belt 86, and pulley 84. It will be seen from Fig. 4 that these driving-connexions are so carried by the head as to participate in any adjustment thereof. The head is supported by a collar 28 comprising two portions provided with coacting complementary cam-surfaces 28<a>, 28<b>, Fig. 7. The upper portion of the collar is constrained to move vertically to raise or lower the head 4 when the lower portion of the collar is rotated by a handle 32. The collar 28 is enclosed by a sleeve 38 provided with a scale to facilitate accurate adjustment, and the head is locked in its adjusted position by a screw 54. A spring 24 tends to maintain the head on the base and provides a yielding connexion between these parts. The lateral adjustment of the knife shaft is effected by rotating the head by a screw 40, which is mounted in the machine frame and engages a pin 50 loosely mounted in the radial arm 6. A " floating" driving-connexion is provided between the pulley 84 and the knife shaft 8. This connexion comprises a cap 88 which is secured to the pulley 84 and is provided with depending pins 98 adapted to engage with and rotate a yoke 92 fitted over the upper squared end of the shaft 8. The slot in the yoke 92 is sufficiently large to allow the yoke to slide horizontally to counteract lateral strain on the shaft 8 due to any obliquity of its pulley 84. The knife 10 consists of a sharpened flat metal disk clamped in a concave carrier 58 secured to the knife shaft 8.
Patent GB-190816376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Kilns for the Burning or Drying of Bricks Tiles or other similar Goods.
Inventor: PRINCE THOMAS
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 16,376. Prince, T. Aug. 4. Kilns.-A brick kiln is arranged so that it can be used with an up-draught for drying and with a down-draught for burning. The construction also enables the heating of different parts of the kiln to be effectively regulated during burning. The kiln floor is formed with inlet perforations i in the middle and with damper-controlled inlet openings k in the solid side portions. Recessed damper-controlled outlet flues l in the walls lead to a main exhaust flue a below. During drying the products of combustion pass s into the chamber through all the openings in the floor, and out through holes in the roof, the wall flues l being closed. For burning, the openings in the roof and the solid portions of the floor are closed, and the products of combustion pass out through some or all of the wall flues l to the main exhaust flue. To direct the hot gases to the best advantage solid walls of green brick should be built down the middle of the kiln and along the junction of the perforated solid portions of the floor, the former extending nearly to the roof, and the latter to above the tops of the recessed flues. The arches g, forming the flues for the furnace gases and the supports for the floor, are constructed of two semicircles of fire-brick, the inner of which can be renewed when necessary. Slack coal may be fed on to the fires through openings f. The various dampers are manipulated through the sight-holes n.
Patent GB-190822396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Jointing Water, Drain and other Pipes.
Inventor: BROWN ROBERT
Filed: 1908-10-22
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 22,396. Brown, R. Oct. 22. Drain and sewer pipe joints are so made that the act of pushing the spigot into its socket caulks the joint by jamming a packing ring, of rope yarn steeped in cement grout or mastic bitumen, in between the pipes. The spigot has a cornice ring c, having a groove g on which is placed the packing-ring d ; the spigot is then pushed home into the socket, being guided by the runners f, so that the joint is self-caulked by the ring d being jammed between the curved surfaces e, g. The ordinary cement jointing for fireclay &c. pipes can be made as shown at h.
Patent GB-190824030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Control of Railway Traffic by Means of the Block Telegraph System of Signalling.
Inventor: SYKES WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1908-11-10
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 24,030. Sykes, W. R., and Cooke, C. J. Nov. 10. Selectors. - A selector for use in a railway signalling system is shown in Fig. 6. Contact studs are mounted in concentric circles on a disk H on a shaft controlled by the escapement anchor D, rocked by the polarized armature of the magnets C. The shaft E carries a pinion engaging a segment W on a shaft bearing a roller V with a cam - surface, against which a projection Y on a slide M moves and is arranged so that, when the slide is displaced, the roller V is free to move under the influence of the leafspring G, and on replacing the slide to normal, the finger Y rotates the roller and re-sets the driving spring G of the disk H. The circuit of the escapement magnet is controlled by contacts upon the slide M and upon another slide at a distant point.
Patent GB-190826409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Devices for the Cylinder Doors of Carding Engines.
Inventor: COLLIS ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 26,409. Collis, A. Dec. 7. Guards, controlling by movable parts of machinery. -A device is arranged to prevent the door of a carding-engine cylinder from being opened until the cylinder is brought to rest, and the cylinder from being restarted by the driving-belt so long as the door is open, but allows the cylinder to be rotated by hand for stripping or other purposes when the door is open. The driving-pulley 1 is mounted loosely on the cylinder shaft 2, and is coupled thereto by means of a ratchet-wheel 3 fast on the shaft and spring-controlled pawls 6 carried by arms 4 sliding in guides on the back of the pulley 1. The door 11 is locked by a catch 10 carried by a bar 9 mounted to slide axially on a pin 8. A. pin 12 is provided at the end of the bar 9 and is adapted to enter a hole 14 in the pulley 1. So long as the pulley 1 is rotating, the pin 12 cannot enter the hole 14 and the bar 9 cannot be moved on its pin 8 to unlock the door. When the pulley has ceased rotating, but while the cylinder shaft is still moving, the arms 4 are caused to reciprocate by reason of the engagement of the pawls with the ratchet teeth, and their movement masks the holes 14 until the cylinder comes to rest, whereupon holes 13 in the arms 4 register with the holes 14 and allow the pin 12 to be moved. The pin 12 is recessed to allow movement of the arms 4 when the cylinder is turned by hand for purposes of stripping. A pin 19, longer than the pin 12 and adapted to enter a hole 16 in the pulley flange, may be provided as an additional safeguard. The open door acts as an obstruction to the return of the bar 9.
Patent GB-190826485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trolley Wire Suspenders
Inventor: MAYER JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-12-07
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 26,485. Mayor, J. Dec. 21, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Electric railways and tramways.-Supports for electric trolly wires are made with a long flexible bar 1 preferably tapering towards the ends and attached to the conductor 3 throughout its length so that the wire bends in a uniform curve. Instead of tapering uniformly, the bar may be reduced in steps towards the ends, and the clips 4 on the thick parts of the bar 1 are made as shown in Figs. 4 and 6, and those 7 on the thinner part of the bar 1 are made as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190827891-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printers' Galleys.
Inventor: BLAND JOHN PARKINSON
Filed: 1908-12-22
Granted: 1909-12-22
Abstract: 27,891. Bland, J. P. Dec. 22. Type composing and casting machines.-Relates to galleys for use with type casting and composing machines in which the lines of type are cast in reverse order. To avoid the necessity of reversing the type by transferring it to another galley, the end a of the galley that receives the type is adapted to be closed by a pivoted cross-bar b, the other end being open. The bar is locked in the closed position by a catch c.