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Patent GB-190710696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Burglar Alarms.
Inventor: LASSEN HERMANN RUDOLPH
Filed: 1907-05-08
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 10,696. Lassen, H. R. May 8. Alarms, burglar and like.-A burglar alarm is actuated by pulling or breaking a cord, arrangements being made so that an electric-bell circuit is completed until the circuit is broken by hand, whether the cord is pulled or broken. When the cord f is broken, the metal weight e falls and completes a bell circuit through the blades d, d<1>. If the cord f is merely pulled, the weight e is lifted and is retained in position by the projection g, until it is released by pulling back the blade d<1> by means of the handle h.
Patent GB-190711956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Chimney Pots
Inventor: BERRY HERBERT
Filed: 1907-05-23
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 11,956. Berry, H. May 23. Concretes. - Reinforced concrete consisting of a mixture of two parts of coke breeze, clinker, pottery refuse, or brickdust with about one part of Portland cement, with or without slagwool, is used either as a fire-resisting lining for an earthenware chimney pot or to form a complete pot. As shown in Fig. 1, the metal framework consists of rods a and rings b which surround alternate rods. To assist in fixing the pot, the rods may have extensions, looped or otherwise, which are embedded in the mortar when setting the pot, and a groove d may also be formed around the lower end of the pot.
Patent GB-190712165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Anchors.
Inventor: HINGLEY HENRY MONTAGU
Filed: 1907-05-27
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 12,165. Hingley, H. M., and Fletcher, J. E. May 27. Anchors. - The shank trunnions of anchors are held in position in the head by blocks fitted and held in recesses in the head. In one form, the shank trunnion 5 is held in place by the block 6, introduced as shown in Fig. 1 and opened out by pressure into the e recesses in the head. Fig. 4 shows the block inserted from the shank side of the head. In other modifications, the block is in two pieces and is held apart by wedges or the like.
Patent GB-190714323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Acting Mules
Inventor: LEWIS SAMUEL DAVID
Filed: 1907-11-19
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 14,323. Lewis. S. D., Lewis, J., and Davies, J. Nov. 19. Belt forks, operating, - To enable self - acting mules to be stopped from any position of their length, a rod A, Fig. V, capable of longitudinal movement and extending from end to end of the machine, carries a finger F engaging a slot in a tube B, which, when the rod A is moved, operates the strap guide-rod U through the means shown in Fig. II, and stops the machine. When the rod A is moved, the tube B is partly rotated, and a lever R thereon disengages an arm O from a notch M in the rod I, which then rises in its supporting-bracket under the action of the spring L thus lifting the notched handle K from its support, and allowing the spring W, Fig. III, to shift the rod U and transfer the strap Z' to the loose pulley.
Patent GB-190714429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protective Corn Rings.
Inventor: FRICKE AUGUST FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1907-06-22
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 14,429. Fricke, A. F., and Kreye, J. C. T. June 22. Corns, treatment of.-A corn ring consists of several superposed rings which are pressed or stuck together. The ring a is made of soft durable leather like deerskin, the rings b, d of caoutchouc, preferably white, and the ring c of cotton fibre or fabric. To increase its durability, the composite ring may be coated with oil or wax. Pieces e of wire-gauze are used to separate the completed rings when packed.
Patent GB-190721362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Espagnolette-locking-devices for Windows, Doors and Shutters or the like
Inventor: FLODQUIST CARL AUGUST
Filed: 1907-09-26
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 21,362. Flodquist, C. A. Oct. 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Door and window fastenings.-In an espagnolette fastening for doors, windows, shutters, &c., the arms on the espagnolette rod A are in the form of springs B adapted to engage fixed stops C on the frame, so that when the door &c. is closed, a uniform pressure is exerted and the door &c. is held tightly in the frame. Instead of the springs being on the rod and the stops on the frame, they may be arranged vice versa, or the fixed stops may be made to yield as well as the espagnolette arms.
Patent GB-190723768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Controlled Compasses.
Filed: 1907-10-28
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 23,768. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Grimston, G. S. Oct. 28. Compasses, magnetic.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 16,979, A.D. 1902, in which two bolometric Wheatstone bridges are employed in the same circuit to transmit the movements of a primary compass card to a distant secondary compass card. The source of heat consists of a non-inductive coil of platinum wire E wound on a porcelain support C, which is placed vertically over the pivoted compass card A. A shield R carried by the compass card surrounds the heater E.. The heat rays passing through a slit K in the shield fall on vertical bolometer gratings L carried on insulated rings M, M<1>. A copper cylinder N carrying the rings M, M<1> conducts away the heat rays after they have passed the gratings.
Patent GB-190806416-A (GB)
Title: Improved Steam Generator for Driving Motor Cars and other Purposes.
Inventor: TURNBULL HENRY ALEXANDER
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 6416. Turnbull, H. A., and Goding, A. March 23. Vapour burners; vaporizing-apparatus.-In a steam generator the liquid fuel is vaporized in a coil 27, which is heated when starting the generator by a pilot-burner or by spirit placed in a pan 37.
Patent GB-190811611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connection with the Manufacture of Fibrous Compositions
Inventor: SAINT-GERMAIN JULES
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 11,611. Saint-Germain, J., and Saint- Germain. H. June 5, 1907, [date appliedfor under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Materials and compositions for cords &c.-Kapock fibres held together by an agglutinating substance and with or without the addition of cork are used for making cords, cables, &c.
Patent GB-190812838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Regulators of Bunsen Burners.
Inventor: MAIN ROBERT BAILLIE
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 12,838. Main, R. B., and Main, A. P. June 16. Incandescent gas burners.-A hit- and-miss air regulator A is secured in any position by a set-screw D screwed through a bent-over lug B on the regulator and passing through a plain hole therein.
Patent GB-190814727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stair Rod Eyes.
Inventor: JAMES JOHN JESSE
Filed: 1908-07-11
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 14,727. James, J. J., [trading as Dutson & Co.]. July 11. Stair-rod eyes, made by folding a stamped blank, of the shape shown in Fig. 7, about the diagonal a<1>, a<2> so as to give a U- shaped section, are provided with spring tongues e to grip the stair rod. The tongue which is formed from the metal stamped from the hole b, may be either at the top or bottom of the hole, and may be either inside or outside the eye. In a modification shown in Fig. 13, the spring grip is obtained by slitting the side radially from a point c and bending the points back. In a further modification, shown in Fig. 14, a separate grip of this type is attached to the body of the eye.
Patent GB-190815485-A (GB)
Title: Speedometer Control for Limiting the Speed of Power Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: MCCOMB JENNINGS SCOTT
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 15,485. McComb, J. S. July 21. Motor road vehicles.-A speedometer driven by the road wheel of a motor road vehicle is adapted to control automatically the supply of motive fluid to the engine through an adjustable connexion under lock and key between the speedometer and the valve. In the form of speedometer and controlling-device shown in Fig. 2 and also in the enlarged view Fig. 3, the valve is arranged on the pipe connecting the fuel tank to the carburettor, while the indicator is arranged in front of the dash-board. A centrifugal governor driven through worm gearing from a flexible shaft 15 adjusts vertically, according to the speed, a spindle 22, the upper end of which carries a pointer 11, while the lower end controls a sliding valve 32 having openings 36, 37, 38. The lifting of this valve by the governor cuts off the fuel supply. The connexion between the valve 32 and the member 26 attached to the lower end of the rod 22 is adjustable so as to vary the limit of speed, this connexion comprising a shank 29 inserted in a socket in the valve and held by a screw 31. The casing covering this connexion is closed by a locked door 42. In another form of speedometer an extension of the pointer actuates an adjustable pin in a sector connected by a chain to the valve.
Patent GB-190817774-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telemotors.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1908-08-24
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 17,774. Haddan, R., [Lang, L.A.]. Aug. 24. Hydraulic transmission of power.-In telemotor apparatus for operating steering-engines &c., the operation of the steering-engine sets up a counterimpulse of liquid, which neutralizes the effect of the primary actuating - impulse and stops the engine without disturbance of the means by which the primary impulse was imparted to the liquid. In the construction shown in Fig. 1 the valve lever 22 of a steering-engine 20 is actuated by means of a double-acting plunger 23, which forms part of a telemotor system controlled by a steering-wheel 1. The counter-impulse or displacement of liquid to return the plunger 23 to its central position is produced by means of the doubleacting plunger 31 working in cylinders 32, 33 connected as shown with the valve-actuating telemotor system. The plunger 31 is actuated during the working of the steering-engine by an arm 30 carried upon a toothed segment 28 geared with a worm upon the rudder-operating shaft 26. At the lowest point of the system near the cylinders 32, 33 there is provided a feed-tank 36 having communication with the pipe - systems through non-return valves 39, 40. A high-level tank 19 may be placed in communication with both sides of the pipe system by means of a three-way valve 17, which normally closes a by-pass pipe between the pipe-systems but is capable of being opened to refill and equalize the systems.
Patent GB-190819319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Process for Producing Animated Bioscope and Mutoscope Scenes by Means of Mechanically Constructed Figures.
Inventor: LUETTICKE GEORG FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1908-09-15
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 19,319. L³tticke, G. F. Sept. 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Kinematographs and like apparatus for producing the effect of motion.-In a process for producing kinematograph films, mutoscope leaves, &c., jointed mechanical figures or objects made of flat material are photographed successively with their limbs or other parts in different positions. The joints may be stiffened by riveting, by the insertion of rubber disks, or in any other way, so that the limbs &c. are automatically held in any position in which they are placed. When the figures are arranged on an horizontal or inclined surface, they are photographed either direct by a camera placed above, or by means of a mirror reflector, and the joints need not be stiffened. In the mechanical figure shown in Fig. 1, the leg B is fixed to a base A, and the leg is stiffly jointed at c and connected by a link D with the upper arm E, which is loosely jointed at a. The lower arm F is stiffly jointed at b. In a figure of a human head, an eye ball is painted on a plate stiffly movable in all directions and is visible through a slit. The figures may be photographed as silhouettes.
Patent GB-190906011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Railways for Recreative and like purposes.
Inventor: ENGEL EDMUND
IPC: A63G3/06
Filed: 1909-03-12
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 6011. Engel, E., and Yetton, J. March 12. Roundabouts.-Relates to amusement railways in which one or more submarine vessels travel on a track, part of which is submerged so that the vessels are successively submerged and brought to the surface. In the railway described, four cars are used, and the track is circular and has four depressions filled with water. Each car C is permanently secured to the driving-chain D, which is guided by rollers D<1>, D <3>. The rails have lateral channels in which the wheels of the vessels run. The chain is driven by sprocket-wheels F which are connected by pawl - and - ratchet gears with the engine. This allows the vessels when descending the gradients to overrun the engine and travel at a higher speed than that at which they are propelled by the engine. The water through which the vessels pass may be stocked with plants, fish, &c., or these may be in water separated by glass panels from the main body of water. These glass panels have scenery painted or otherwise represented thereon, or may form the front of artificial caverns. The vessels are attached to their undercarriages H by means which permit of detachment in case of accident. When the vessels are detached, they float to the surface and are only held by pivoted guiding-links H<4>. The air shafts C<2> are also fitted with ladders for use in emergency. The vessels may be provided with two sets of wheels engaging above and below a plain rail instead of the channelled rail described. In a modification, the vessels are made in the form of fishes. The tail portion is hinged and is lifted for the passengers to enter. The upper portion is preferably glazed, the glass plates being shaped or painted to resemble the scales of the fish. The eyes of the fish are represented by glow lamps.
Patent GB-190911828-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for the Treatment of Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: TOOGOOD JOHN PENFOLD
IPC: A24F1/32
Filed: 1909-05-19
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 11,828. Toogood, J. P. May 19. Tobacco pipes. - To prevent the bowl from burning and to ensure cool smoking, the inside of the bowl is coated with charcoal or carbon mixed with gum arabic and calomel. The gum arabic and calomel may be applied in liquid form to the bowl, and the carbon sprinkled thereon and well rubbed in. Clay pipes and calabash linings may be similarly treated.
Patent GB-190912966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Producing a Silicide of an Alkaline Earth Metal.
IPC: C01B33/06
Filed: 1909-06-02
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 12,966. Marks, E. C. R., [Willson, T. L.]. June 2. Right to Patent relinquished. Dry processes of extracting calcium.-Calcium is produced as a result of heating calcium carbide and silica in an electric-- arc furnace.
Patent GB-190914926-A (GB)
Title: Elastic Attachment for Bayonets.
Inventor: SJOEGREN CARL AXEL THEODOR
IPC: F41C27/18
Filed: 1909-06-26
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 14,926. Sj÷gren, C. A. T. June 27, 1908, [Convention date]. Attaching weapons to guns. - Consists in slidably mounting a bayonet on a gun barrel b in such a manner that it is capable of a limited forward movement against a spring e. On discharge of the gun, the bayonet moves relatively forwards, and so, in the case of an automatic gun having a recoiling barrel, does not retard the recoil, and in the case of guns having a fixed barrel, does not tend to bend the barrel. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the guard a fits over the muzzle, and the end of the handle fits on a projection d. Within the handle is a spring-pressed plunger /carrying a pivoted catch g which bears against a shoulder h on the barrel.
Patent GB-190918026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vertical Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: GORFINKEL MICHAEL
IPC: F22B13/02
Filed: 1909-08-04
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 18,026. Gorfinkel, M. Aug. 4. Vertical boilers.-The plate d forming the bottom of the upper water space, and the plate c forming the central water space of a vertical boiler, are either welded to the shell b of the combustion chamber or are riveted thereto in such a manner that the heads of the rivets are covered with water. Drain-holes n prevent the retention of water by the plates d, c when the boiler is emptied. The boiler is surrounded by an annular smoke-box j connected to the combustion chamber by a number of small firetubes g, or by one large tube arranged diametrically opposite to the flue k.
Patent GB-190930390-A (GB)
Title: Bleaching-starch.
Inventor: HOLSTE AUGUST
IPC: C11D3/39
Filed: 1909-12-29
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 30,390. Holste, A., [trading as Holste, Wwe. A.]. Dec. 29. Sizes and finishes.-Sodium perborate or persulphate is mixed with ordinary starch, so as to give a bleaching action and a more easily obtained polish.
Patent GB-191001385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Straightening and Preserving the Correct Shape of Boots, Shoes and the like.
Inventor: GREEN ALFRED RAYNE
IPC: A43D3/14
Filed: 1910-01-19
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 1385. Green, A.R. Jan. 19. Trees and stretchers.-For the pnrpose of straightening, and so preserving the shape of, boots and shoes, a base-plate A is provided with a clip B for engaging the toe of the sole, and with a bridge or the like D carrying a pressure rod E, by means of which the heel end of the boot &c. is forced downwards. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the bridge D is provided with one or more sockets D' to receive the pressure-rod E, which, when the boot &c. has been straightened, is secured by a set-screw F &c. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the bridge D is pivoted at the base so that it can be folded down in either direction; it is maintained in operative position, as shown, by a tie-rod d. The base-plate may be made in two parts and capable of adjustment by a screw and s!ot A<3>, A<2>, &c., Fig. 6; in this case, the base-plate is provided with legs a. In another form, the clip B is made integral with the base-plate. In the form shown in Fig. 8, the rod E is mounted in a support D secured in brackets G on the base-plate by pins K, L, one of which forms a pivot and the other a locking-pin. In the form shown in Fig. 9, the bridge D extends longitudinally, and the clip B is adjustable. In another form, the pressure-rod is carried by a lever pivoted to a support at the heel end of the base-plate; in use, this lever is pressed down between two uprights at the toe end of the base-plate, and is secured by a pin passed through two of a series of alined holes in the uprights. In the form shown in Fig. 13, the rod E is threaded and works through a nut N' carried by a yoke N, which is pivoted at one end to the support D and is provided at its other end with a hook P<1> for engagement with a loop P.
Patent GB-191006848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Compressing the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
IPC: A43D83/00
Filed: 1910-03-18
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 6848. Gimson & Co., and Ferrabee, J. H. March 18. [Addition to 18,506/09.] Heels, machines for.-In the heel-compressing machine described in the parent Specification, the pivots 5 of the fingers 3, which feed the heels successively to the mould b, and also carry the previously-compressed heel away from the mould, are fixed in permanent positions in the slide 2, instead of being adjustable towards and from each other as described in the abovementioned Specification; and the operating- lever 4 of the feed-mechanism is connected to the ends of the fingers 3 instead of to the slide. With this arrangement, the adjustment of the pivots 5 for different sizes of heels is obviated, and the closing and opening movements of the fingers, as well as their reciprocation, are effected by the single lever 4. During the feed movement of the lever 4, it first operates the fingers without moving the slide 2, until the ends 6 close together in front of the previously-compressed heel, and the sides 9 grip the next heel to be fed to the mould; the further movement of the lever in the same direction then moves the fingers, and with them the slide 2, so that the ends 6 push the previously - compressed heel away from the mould, and the sides 9 carry the next heel up to it. On the reverse movement of the lever. the fingers are first opened until their ends 7 engage the stops 8 in the slide, and then they and the slide are returned to their original position. The sides 9 and the breast stop 13, which is interchangeable, are adjustable, and suitable stops 11 &c. are provided to limit the movement of the slide 2. The lever 4 is preferably connected to the fingers 3 by rods 10 and ball-and-socket joints or other universal connexions.
Patent GB-191009869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
IPC: C01B17/84
Filed: 1910-04-22
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 9869. Justice, P. M., [Duron, A. G., and Hartmann, E.]. April 22. Sulphur dioxide; sulphuric acid.-Roasting- furnace gases to be used for the manufacture of sulphuric acid are freed from impurities, such as iron and arsenic, by filtration through a material c containing ferric sulphate in a chamber b, so as to remove the coarsest impurities, then by treatment with a spray of sulphuric acid of 43‹ BÚ. in a chamber f, then by treatment of the partly - cooled gases with water-spray in a scrubbing-tower h, and finally by filtering in chambers i. The gases are now cold, and are re-heated before use in the chamber or contact process, preferably by passage through tubes d in the' first chamber b. The filtering-material may consist of ferric sulphate, either alone or mixed with zinc or copper sul-. phates, or the like. It is advisable to arrange that the free passages in the packing in the tower h increase from below upwards, while their sectional area diminishes.
Patent GB-191010048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Measuring Instruments having Movable Coils.
Inventor: HARRIS GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1910-04-25
Granted: 1911-04-25
Abstract: 10,048. Harris, G. W. April 25. Electro-magnetic current meters; resistances, measuring.-In a moving-coil instrument, the moving coil has an angular width approximately equal to, or greater than that of the pole face, and is wound on a former in the shape of part of a drum or sphere, a fixed core 3, Fig. 6, of magnetic material, being mounted on an axial stem 5 which passes through an aperture in the former. A single evenly wound coil 1, Fig. 1, may be used, the angular width of which may be 180 degrees, or the coil may be unevenly wound as shown in Fig. 5, to obtain wide deflections at the centre of the scale. Two coils at right angles may be used in an instrument for measuring the ratio of two currents, such as an ohmmeter. The pole faces 2 may be shaped to avoid magnetic fringing, and to modify the scale. The stem 5 is screwed into a bridge 8, and carries a jewelled cup bearing. The pivot staff 10 has a sleeve 14, which carries the controlling - spring and a pointer, pen, or contact - arm, and can be unscrewed from the moving-coil frame to allow the pivot to be removed. According to the Provisional Specification, a metal strip, or wire, or silk thread, or quartz-fibre suspension may be used.
Patent GB-191013788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concrete Floor and like Construction.
Inventor: CONZELMAN JOHN EDWARD
IPC: E04B5/04
Filed: 1910-06-07
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 13,788. Conzelman, J. E. June 7. Flooring-slabs.-In floors consisting of slabs supported by concrete beams, the unsupported edges of the slabs are grooved, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the cement filling forms a key. The upper groove is short and contains a metal bar 13 which extends over the beam into the opposite slab. Specification 13,785/10, [Class 20 (iv), Floors &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-191016850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lamp Burner Extinguishers.
Inventor: ANDERSON CHARLES WILHELM
Filed: 1910-07-14
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 16,850. Anderson, C. W. July 14. Extinguishing wick burners. - An extinguisher 7 is pivoted at 10 on the burner, and has a T-shaped head 9 and a tail-piece 11 on which the lamp chimney rests. When the chimney is removed or broken, the extinguisher is brought down by a spring 13.