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Patent GB-190715703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Movable Picture Devices.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 15,703. Boult, A. J., [Kohner, J.]. July 8. Mechanical toys.-A movable picture device portrays a figure which appears to place an egg &c. in its mouth and to eat it. The movable parts are arranged in a framework formed by fixing strips b of cardboard round the edge of a disk a, Fig. 1, of card, and glueing on the front a layer c of card or paper on which the picture is painted. The arm lever e, which oscillates about a pivot d, projects through a slot f in the card c, and has connected to it a shorter lever g the whole of which moves within the framework. Between these levers is a third lever h, which is caused to move by friction and at its front end has the shape of an egg i. This lever projects also through the slot f, and the portion of it within the framework is made wider than the corresponding portion of the levers e, g, as shown in Figs. 3,.4, and 5. Inside the framework, two cardboard disks k guide a piece l, which is caused to move vertically by the cam-shaped edges e<1>, e<2> of the ends of the levers e, g. This piece l has drawn on it the representation of the lower jaw of the figure. Another lever m, which oscillates about the pivot d, is provided with two stops o, and has an egg-shaped projection n which is caused to appear behind the slide l in the mouth of the figure. As the arm e moves downwards, Fig. 2, the slide l moves upwards, closing the mouth of the figure, the egg i appears from behind the hand, and the egg n is removed from the mouth, Fig. 3. When the arm e moves upwards, the egg i is caused to move with it, the slide l moves downwards opening the mouth, and the egg i disappears behind the hand showing the egg n in the mouth, Figs. 4 and 5. The lever m is caused to move by the lever g pressing the stops o, and the egg i is caused to appear from, and disappear behind the hand by the pressure of the edges p<1> of the piece l against the lever h. The mechanism is actuated by moving the part X of the lever e which projects beyond the picture, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-190716768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Inventor: WOOLLEY ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-07-22
Granted: 1908-07-22
Abstract: 16,768. Woolley, A. July 22. Producers.-In a gas-producer, for use in firing pottery ovens, kilns, &c., the combustion chamber a is surrounded by a spiral or other sinuous airheating jacket e so as to avoid the use of air flues in the kiln. The jacket communicates with the atmosphere through an aperture k at the base, and at the top with the gas outlet i. The spiral partition j may be advantageously formed of fire-brick burrs.
Patent GB-190720866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FELL JOHN CORY
Filed: 1907-09-19
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 20,866. Fell, J. C., [Densmore Typewriter Co.]. Sept. 19. Typewriters.-Relates to means for preventing the carriage of a typewriter from rebounding when suddenly arrested in its travel, and is especially adapted for use with tabulating-mechanism. Fig. 1 shows the carriage 12 of a Remington machine fitted with arms 25 carrying a bar 24, upon which are adjustable stops 26 co-operating with a series of denominational stops 27. The latter are carried by pivoted levers 28 each being actuated by a push-rod 33, 35. The rocking of a lever 28 operates a universal bar 39, which in turn rocks a lever 44 so as to lift the carriage rack 15 out of engagement with the pinion 18 controlled by the escapement mechanism. By this means, the carriage is released and travels until arrested by the stops 26,27. The above - described Gorin tabulating-mechanism is well known. In order to prevent rebound of the carriage when arrested by the stops 26, 27, the rack 15 is formed with ratchet teeth 49, so that, when the rack is raised away from the pinion 18, it slides against a pawl 50 pivoted to an arm carried by the frame. The pawl prevents movement of the carriage from left to right, but is normally out of contact therewith. The teeth of the ratchet rack are situated a letter space apart. In a modification, the ratchet rack may be carried by a fixed portion of the machine, and the pawl by the carriage.
Patent GB-190726587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carburetters for use with Petrol Engines and other like Engines and Motors.
Inventor: PARKER WILLIAM JAMES
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 26,587. Parker, W. J., and Huggins, A. April 27, 1908. Oscillating cylindrical valves. - A valve, forming part of the carburetting- apparatus of an internal-combustion engine, consists of two cylindrical segments 10 carried by arms 12 on the spindle 11 and pressed against the inside of the mixing chamber 6 by springs 13.
Patent GB-190728037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Utilizing the Energy of Waves.
Inventor: GUILLERMIN HENRI JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-12-19
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 28,037. Guillermin, H. J. Dec. 20, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Wave energy, utilizing.-In a device for utilizing the movement of waves for compressing or rarefying air, a cavity a has an orifice b in the shape of a long horizontal slit by which the waves enter and leave, and an orifice c through which the compressed air may pass by a conduit e to the engine. The orifice c may be provided with a valve d.
Patent GB-190805776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Working of Self-cleansing Strainers.
Inventor: BAILEY FRANK
IPC: B01D29/00
Filed: 1908-03-14
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 5776. Bailey, F., and Jackson, F. H. March 14. Condensers, straining water for. Relates to self-cleansing strainers of the kind described in Specification No. 3149. A.D. 1903, [Abridgment Class Filtering &c.], in which the straining disk rotates and passes, in so doing, from a straining- compartment to a cleansing-compartment. The invention consists in applying two pumps a, a', situated at either side of the strainer c, so as to equalize the pressures in the straining and cleansing compartments, and thus minimize leakage between the compartments. A by-pass d is also provided, so that only a portion of the water is passed through the cleansing-compartment.
Patent GB-190807509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oscillating Clothes-washing Machines and the like.
Inventor: LEWIS GEORGE PEARCE
Filed: 1908-04-04
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 7509. Lewis, G. P. April 4. Washing-machines.-The apparatus comprises a swinging or rocking receptacle a carrying a freely suspended rubber c, the radius of oscillation of which differs from that of the curved bottom of the receptacle, thus producing a frequent squeezing effect upon the clothes. The rubber may be carried by a shaft h which is adjustably mounted in a frame d attached to the receptacle. In order to accentuate the squeezing action, the rubber may be carried by pins loosely working in eccentric slots formed in disks freely mounted upon the shaft h. In a modification, the rubber and its suspension shaft are entirely enclosed by the receptacle, which is substantially triangular in cross-section.
Patent GB-190808874-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Electric Ventilator.
Inventor: LEVY MAX
Filed: 1908-04-23
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 8874. Levy, M., and Mehlhose, W. April 23. Fans. - An electric ventilator comprises an electromotor and two fans of different diameter, the smaller one of which is fastened on the armature shaft, and the larger one on the casing. The disk 2, Fig. 1, suspended from the ceiling carries a bearing 3 on which the hub 4 of the large fan E is mounted, the wings 6 of which are attached to a bell-shaped casing 5 provided with two opposite slots 7, on which are disposed two screws 8 entering recesses in the sides of the motor casing 10. The screws 8 may thus be shifted both in the slots and longitudinally and are held by nuts 9, so that the casing may be secured in any direction. The small fan G is fastened to the lower end of the armature shaft 19, and the current is led in from two concentric insulated rings 11, 12 with which two sliding contact-springs on the bell make contact, the springs being connected with the motor F through the hollow screws 8. The fans thus revolve in opposite directions, and the wings are oppositely inclined so that, when the axes coincide, both fans produce a downdraught. When the axis of the smaller fan is inclined, the current of air produced thereby constantly changes in direction, following the curve of the core it describes. By placing the small fan eccentrically to the bell, the current of air it produces may wholly or in part drive the larger fan. In another modification, the wings 6 of the large fan E may be directly attached to the motor casing. In another form, shown in Fig. 4, the screws 8<1> are applied to two opposite calottes 23, 24 so that the centre of gravity of the motor is below them ; in this way, the armature shaft may be inclined in two directions, and the bell more or less covers the motor. In a further modification, shown in Fig. 6, the large fan K is driven from the armature shaft 37 by gearing 38, 39 and a pinion 41 working on a fixed pinion 42 carried by the pin 34, which carries the nave of the large fan and, by means of two depending ears, supports the motor casing 43.
Patent GB-190811299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Measurement of Intensity and Tension of Electric Currents Delivered by an Induction Coil.
Inventor: KLINGELFUSS FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1908-05-25
Granted: 1909-05-25
Abstract: 11,299. Klingelfuss, F. May 25. Transformers. - T h e secondary winding of an iron-cored induction coil is interrupted at the point s‹ that is at earthpotential, and the ends are brought out to terminals k<1>, k<11> for connexion to measuring - instruments. A milli - ammeter a, a quantity meter, or an oscillograph, may be connected between the terminals k<1>, k<11>, one of which may be earthed. The tension between the secondary terminals of the coil may be measured by connecting an electro-static or other voltmeter v either between the earthed terminal and a point at a known distance along the secondary winding, or to a separate coil of a known number of turns placed over the primary winding. The terminals k<1>, k<11> may be connected together and to earth, and each discharge pole of the secondary may be connected to earth through a vacuum tube or measuring-instrument or both, the currents flowing in the two parts s<1>, s<11> of the secondary being in phase. The secondary coil is supported at the point s<o> that is at earth potential, and the terminal k<1>, k<11> of the cut ends of the secondary, and if desired those of the measuring -instruments, or the instruments themselves, are mounted on the support.
Patent GB-190813123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Pneumatic Reversible Drilling Machines.
Inventor: SCHOFIELD CHARLES
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 13,123. Schofield, C. June 19. Drilling.-The cylinders 3, 4, 49, 50, Figs. 2 and 5, of a portable pneumatic reversible drilling-machine are arranged at right-angles or opposite to one another, and work in pairs through pin-and-slot mechanism on the crank or cranks of a shaft 44 which drives the drill holder 47, Fig. 1. Fluid is supplied to one of the chambers 17, 20 which communicate with the ends of the oscillating distributing-valves 5, 6 through passages 16, 19 in a disk 15, which are controlled by a sliding reversing- valve 11. The valve 11 is moved by a pin 13 on rotating the sleeve 29. The exhaust from the cylinders passes to an exhaust cavity 22 in the disk 15, which communicates with a peripheral groove 24. open to the atmosphere. The cross-heads form part of the piston-rods, and the two slides 31, 32, Fig. 2, are separated by distance pieces 33 and secured by bolts 34.
Patent GB-190813660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mine-roof Supports.
Inventor: KEIGHLEY FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: E21D17/00
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1908-11-19
Abstract: 13,660. Keighley, F. C. Oct. 16, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Shoring and strutting; tie-rods.-Mine props 2, divergent towards their upper ends, are connected at the top by ties 5 which support the roof timbering 9. The props are bevelled at the upper ends to bear against bevelled blocks 4 driven into the roof. Wedges 7, driven in between the loops of the ties and the posts, and supported by friction or by spikes 8, prevent the ties from slipping. Each tie is formed from a single cable or rod bent upon itself to form loops and having the free ends secured to, or coiled about the body portion.
Patent GB-190814367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vermin and other Animal Traps.
Inventor: DUNNETT HANBURY
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 14,367. Dunnett, H. July 7. Traps.-In a trap of the type comprising a pair of spring-actuated jaws jointed together and continued into a pair of lever arms, the jaws b, b<1> are maintained in open position by a catch e loosely jointed at its front end to a bent lever g. The rear end of the rod e passes, through a hole in an upright f, and engages between lugs a<4>, a<5> carried by the ends of the lever arms a, a<1>. The rod e is maintained in engagement with these lugs by a shoulder g<1>, Fig. 5, on the bait-carrier g resting on the edge of overlapping lugs a<2>, a<3>, through which passes the joint-pin c. The outer edges of the jaws are provided with serrations. In a modification, the rod e is pivoted at or near the outer end of the arm a', and is bent so as to embrace the arms a, a'. The front end of the rod e carries the bait, and is provided with a bend which engages the lugs a<2>, a<3> as before. In another modification, shown in Fig. 7, the levers a, a' cross each other aud are jointed together by a pin c passing through overlapping lugs a<2>, a<3>, one lever passing through a gap in the other. The inner cranked end of the catchlever e is pivoted at f to the inside of the arm a. Carried by the arm a' is a wire j, the outer end of which, when the jaws are open, is adapted to engage with the lever e adjacent to its rear bent end and nearly in line with it, so that the two parts together form a strut or distance-piece, holding the jaws open. The outer end of the lever e carries the bait the displacement of which operates the trap.
Patent GB-190822550-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Universal Joint
Inventor: AUTOMOBILI ITALA FABRICA DI
Filed: 1908-10-23
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 22,550. Itala Fabbrica di Automobili. Nov. 11, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Universal joints. -In a universal joint, the shaft sockets 1, 2 are provided with forks 3, 4, through which extend pivots 5, 6 respectively, the ends of these being mounted in lugs 8, _9 on a ring 7. The ring is grooved and the pivots are cut away to receive an elastic split ring 10, which serves to hold the parts in position.
Patent GB-190822886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Shears Punches and the like.
Inventor: WINDER JOHN
Filed: 1908-10-28
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 22,886. Winder, J. Oct. 28. Punching; shearing.-In a shearing or punching apparatus, the movable jaw a is pivoted to a fixed jaw d, and is also attached to a cranked handle b, which co-operates with a fulcrum h shaped as shown. The cranked handle is maintained in position by a pin g working in a groove j.
Patent GB-190823114-A (GB)
Title: Improved Differential Locking Gear for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: LUCKWILL EDWIN
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 23,114. Luckwill, E. Dec. 30. Motor road vehicles.-A differential gear is temporarily put out of action by wedging the planet pinions axially against conical portions of their spindles. In the intervening space between the planetary pinions c and nuts at the outer ends of their spindles d, are two collars h, i having adjacent cam-shaped surfaces. Each collar h is provided with a crank-arm engaging a slot in a loose band passing around the casing. By means of a brake band operated by a foot-pedal, the rotation of the band j is retarded relatively to the casing, thereby rotating the collars h until the cam shaped surfaces move the pinions axially into the locking position. The pinions may be unlocked by a spring. An inspection cover is provided to the gear casing.
Patent GB-190824994-A (GB)
Title: Variable Cut-off Valve Gear for Engines.
Inventor: PILLIOD CHARLES JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-11-20
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 24,994. Pilliod, C. J., and Baker, A. D. Nov. 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Valve-gear.-Relates to valve-gear adapted to afford free admission and release and to produce equal cut-off at each end of the cylinder, and as shown applied to a locomotive or traction engine it is unaffected by lateral vibrations. The valve-rod 62 is actuated by a pivoted bell-crank 58 which is connected by a link 59 to an oscillating bar 41. This bar is jointed at 51 to the eccentric rod 50 which also receives a motion from the cross-head 5 by means of a connecting-rod 54, a bell-crank 47, 46, and a link 48. The bar 41 is pivoted at 40 to a stirrup 38 which is supported in bearings 35 and is adjusted for reversal &c. by means of a reach-rod 11, a lever 15, 16, and links 43, 34.
Patent GB-190828529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HEWITT JAMES MITCHELL
Filed: 1908-12-31
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 28,529. Hewitt, J. M. Dec. 31. Motor road vehicles.-Comprises the construction and combination of parts in a variable - speed friction gear for motor road vehicles, of the type in which a friction wheel on the propeller shaft works between two disks driven by bevel-gearing from a co-axial driving-shaft, to which it can be clutched to give a direct drive on top speed. Two bevel friction-disks c, mounted transversely on coach springs d, are driven from the engine fly-wheel a, and are normally pushed into gear with a friction wheel n having a pneumatic rim, by means of springs h, acting through rods f on slides d' attached to the ends of the springs d and working in transversely adjustable inclined guides. The disks c are provided with recesses j<1>, j at the centre and periphery to give a free engine. The propeller shaft k has fixed to it a clutch l, mounted separately from the friction wheel n ; a brake disk m, and the wheel n are mounted to slide longitudinally on the shaft which is itself slidable. A pedal lever operates the gear, and when it is in its normal position, the clutch is disengaged, the brake on, the wheel n in the central recesses, and the disks c out of gear with the fly-wheel. On moving the pedal, the brake is released and the disks c thrown into gear with the fly-wheel, the wheel n being in the lowspeed position. Successive movements of the pedal increase the speed and ultimately cause the wheel n to reach the peripheral recesses j whereupon the disks c are pulled out of gear and the clutch l is thrown in, giving a direct drive. The reverse is effected by moving the wheel n on to the other side of the axes of the bevel disks.
Patent GB-190905164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Exhaust Fans.
Inventor: CHATWIN JOSEPH
IPC: F04D25/10
Filed: 1909-03-03
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 5164. Chatwin, J., [Somssich, Count V.]. March 3. Worm fans; driving-gear.-A screw fan comprises a rotatable casing 1 having an internal helix. A motor 2 having a fly-wheel 3 on its crank-shaft 6 is supported by the casing, and brings about rotation by the co-action of a pawl 4 on the fly-wheel with a fixed annular ratchet5. In order that the pawl 4 may always be in the same position when it comes into action, it is carried bv a pin 10, Fig. 5, which passes through the fly-wheel 3 and has a spur-wheel 8 meshing with a non-rotatable spur-wheel 7 concentric with the shaft 6. The pawl thus rotates at double the speed of the shaft. The drive may be effected by providing the fly-wheel with bevel teeth arranged to mesh with a fixed bevel-wheel in place of the ratchet 5. The casing is provided with collars at each end fitting into grooved bearing-caps carried by the stationary shaft 11.
Patent GB-190910717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-tube Boilers.
IPC: F22B17/00
Filed: 1909-05-06
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 10,717. Soc. Anon. des Chaudronneries P. Brouhon, and Oosterwyck, J. van. May 6. Water-tube boilers.-Relates to boilers built up of superposed elements, each consisting of a steam and water chamber and a series of generating-tubes, the steam and water spaces of each element being connected with those next above and below by tubes inside or outside the chambers. The ends of the generating-tubes 2 connected to the steam spaces of the drums are curved so as to direct the issuing steam towards the water in the drums. Feed-water enters at the top drum and passes to the lower drums through overflow-tubes 5, arranged alternately at the ends and the centres of the drums. Similarly-arranged tubes 4 connect the steam spaces of the drums. Longitudinal partitions 11, extending nearly to the ends of the drums, separate the water, against which the steam is delivered, from the water receiving the feed. In a boiler, as shown in Fig. 3, having a double drum at its lower part, partitions 12 of the form of cones are placed beneath the connexions 3 to prevent the reversal of the direction of the water circulation. Scum-intercepting caps 9 may be placed around the top of the overflowtubes 5. Furnace baffles 14, 15 direct the hot gases towards the middle parts and the upper curved ends of the generating-tubes. In modifications, the elements consist of drums having generating-tubes, similar to those shown, projecting from both sides of the drums, or of two sets of drums connected by straight crossing generating-tubes.
Patent GB-190911605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches.
Inventor: LUNDBERG ANDREAS PETER
IPC: H01H23/20
Filed: 1909-05-17
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 11,605. Lundberg, A. P., Lundberg, G. C., and Lundberg, P. A. May 17. Switches, quick-action.-Relates to snap-action switches. The bridge-piece 42 is secured to the switch base, and pivoted to it on either side is a link 52, carrying the contact member 47, which is of H-shape in plan and formed with slots 51, to engage pins 67 upon the frame, which pins also serve as pivots for the spring-carrying member 58. A pin 62, carrying a spring 63, passes between the sides of the spring-carrying member and through a hole in a cross-piece 56 thereof. A pin 54 is threaded through triangular opanings 61 in the spring-carrying members, the links 52, the contact members, and the spring pin 62. To close the switch, the actuating-rod 66 is pushed inwards, from the position shown in Fig. 13, and the spring member 58 turns about its pivot 67 ; the sides d of the triangular opening press upon the pin 54 and cause it to move in the arc of a circle and downwards, carrying with it the contact member towards the fixed contacts. The spring 63 is compressed during this movement, and, when the pin 54 is in the position shown in Fig. 14, the spring pin 62 has been moved through such an angle that the spring can become operative and, pressing upon the pin 54, cause it to move relatively to the sides of the opening 61, this time in an upward direction. The consequent movement of the links 52 causes the contact element to engage the fixed contacts. To open the switch, the mechanism acts similarly. Should the spring 63 fail, the arrangement of the mechanism is such that the contactmaking part is operated positively.