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Patent GB-190727833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces for the Production of Smokeless Fuel.
Inventor: COWPER-COLES SHERARD OSBORN
Filed: 1907-12-17
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 27,833. Coles, S. O. Cowper-. Dec. 17. Gas retorts.-In a furnace for the manufacture of smokeless fuel, each pair of retorts is heated by a single fire - place, from which the products of combustion pass between the retorts and return to the front of the furnace in two streams. The retorts c, which are preferably of tapering form, are arranged side by side in the furnace, and a fire-place b is provided for each pair. The products of combustion from the fire-places pass between the retorts to the rear of the furnace, where they divide into two streams, which pass through openings f in the partitions e and return to the front of the furnace as indicated by arrows, Fig. 2. The retorts are charged at the top and discharged through sliding doors at the bottom. The gaseous products of distillation are led off by the hydraulic main h through a condenser, water condenser, scrubber, and lime purifier, to a gasholder for storage in the usual way.
Patent GB-190802278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hanging Gear for Horizontal Sliding Doors, Windows, and the like.
Inventor: GRAY CHARLES WESLEY
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1908-09-10
Abstract: 2278. Gray, C. W., and Hurst, B. L. Feb. 1. Doors; windows. - A sliding door or window is supported by pairs of links b, pivoted on pins g and suspended from the axles d of rollers c which run on a guide-rail e. When the door &c. is pushed at f, the links and door take up the positions shown in dotted lines, and the weight of the door assists its movement.
Patent GB-190802412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lead Pencils.
Inventor: CROCKER SAMUEL HENRY
Filed: 1908-02-03
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 2412. Crocker, S. H. Feb. 3. Wood, treating.-Slats of certain woods, such as bass wood, for lead pencils, are coloured to imitate cedar by boiling in dilute sulphuric acid and are also impregnated with wax or the like to improve the cutting quality. The slats are boiled in a lead-line vessel under atmospheric or higher pressure in a solution of one per cent commercial sulphuric acid containing paraffin wax. When a cedar colour is developed in the wood, the liquid is drawn off from the bottom of the vessel. The slats are then washed to remove excess of wax and heated to a temperature above the melting- point of wax. In a modification of the process, the slats are heated in the solution of acid, the solution is run off, and the bath is refilled with molten wax and heated, first at 214‹ F. to remove some of the water, and then at 119‹ F. to allow the wax to enter the wood and replace the water.
Patent GB-190803841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Dish Holders for Water Colour Painters.
Inventor: MAUTNER STEPHAN
Filed: 1908-02-20
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 3841. Mautner, S. Feb. 20. Drawing and sketching appliances.-A device for supporting water-dishes used by water-colour painters comprises a holder c, preferably of bent wire, of the form shown in Fig. 2. A book b enables the holder to be suspended from the edge of the cardboard, cartoon, &c. a in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The part f of the holder passes through holes in the sides of a folding water-cup h, which is retained in position by collars g.
Patent GB-190803895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detaching Devices for Mine Cars and the like.
Inventor: BARNA ANDREW
Filed: 1908-02-20
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 3895. Barna, A. July 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Shackles.-The draw-hook of a mining car is connected to a plate 7 on the car by a shackle-like construction, comprising a forked shank 6 and a vertical pin 9, the latter having an enlarged end 12 which passes freely through a hole 11 in the lower arm of the fork but only enters a recess 13 in the upper arm.
Patent GB-190808505-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Exhaust Silencer.
Inventor: COLLYER BENJAMIN FREDERICK ROB
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 8505. Collyer, B. F. R. April 16. Exhaust-silencers.-An exhaust-silencer consists of a cylinder a, having a conical baffle f opposite the inlet pipe d, a perforated baffle-plate i, and a perforated cylinder n, the gases escaping into the atmosphere through a perforated plate c at a pressure little above that of the atmosphere. The silencer is intended for employment on motorcycles &c., but is stated to be applicable to motor-car engines generally.
Patent GB-190811638-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Producing Oxide of Iron Pigments
Inventor: WHITE AURELIAN HORACE
Filed: 1908-05-28
Granted: 1909-03-04
Abstract: 11,638. White, A. H. May 28. Pigments.-In producing oxide of iron pigments by calcining salts or oxides of iron, the tint of the pigment is varied by adding a small quantity of borax or boracic acid before calcination. The calcined product may be washed with water to separate some of the borax or boracic acid. Sulphate of iron (copperas), natural ochres, or oxide of iron precipitated from the waste liquors from copper extracting processes, or from waste galvanizing liquors, or obtained from alum works, may be treated.
Patent GB-190813114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Kneading and Feeding Apparatus for Clay and other Materials.
Inventor: MICHALKOWSKI CURT VON
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-10-01
Abstract: 13,114. Michalkowski, C. von. June 19. Moulding-Presses. - Relates to a combined crushing and moulding apparatus for clay or other plastic material. The crushing apparatus comprises a perforated cylinder 7 through which the clay &c. is forced by means of a roller 12, mounted in spring bearings 16 to permit of the passage of stones &c. The cylinder 7 is mounted directly over the end of the moulding screw 6, Fig. 1, which forces the clay through a suitable mouthpiece 8, motion being imparted to the screw 6, cylinder 7, and roller 12 by means of toothed gearing operated from a main shaft 2. The cylinder 12 may be perforated in a similar manner to the cylinder 7 and also arranged over an extrusion screw, and the relative speeds of the screw 6, cylinder 7, and roller 12 may be suitably adjusted.
Patent GB-190817272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Milking Apparatus.
Inventor: MORTENSEN OSCAR
Filed: 1908-08-17
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 17,272. Mortensen, O. Aug. 17. C o w - milkers.- Relates to modifications of the teatcups described in Specification No. 24,277, A.D. 1907. The inner lining b is subjected to external pressure by admitting fluid to the space between the outer casing a and the lining b after the teat has been gripped at the root by the tube c. Internal suction may also be employed, or the cup d may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190818940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Modifying the Shape of the Nose.
Inventor: DUCHATELLIER JUSTINE MODESTE
Filed: 1908-09-09
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 18,940. Duchatellier, J. M. Oct. 16,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Face and features, improving appearance of. - Relates to apparatus for modifying the shape of the nose by means of hinged wing pieces, and consists in providing supplemental pressure locally by a plate hinged to either wing. In the apparatus shown, the wings a, a<1>, connected by a hinge b, are recessed at the lower part to admit the suitably shaped end c of the plate d hinged to the wing a<1>. The pressure of the wings having been adjusted by the nuts g on the screws f, the plate c is locked by the engagement of an attached stud h in a hole i formed in a lug j hinged to the wing a. In a modification, each wing is provided with a hinged plate, and the plates lock together. In elther form of apparatus.the plates may be above or below the hinge b, and inside or outside the wings.
Patent GB-190822031-A (GB)
Title: Folding Perambulator or Mail Cart.
Inventor: THOMSEN PETER FREDERIK ANTON
Filed: 1908-10-17
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 22,031. Thomsen, P. F. A. Oct. 17. Perambulators, children's mail-carts, and like vehicles.-In folding perambulators or mail-carts in which parts are collapsed or extended by moving the handle, the vehicle is locked in its extended position by knuckle-joint levers 3 which are automatically released when a bar 8 is moved out of engagement with the wheel supports. The handle 2 is pivoted to a rectangular iron frame 1 and is stayed by the knuckle-joint levers 3. On the sides of the frame 1 are pivoted two pieces 7, 8, connected at their upper ends by a uood-supporting piece 9, and carrying the seat 10 and closely-fitting side and back screens 11. The piece 7 has pins working in slots in rails 4 which are connected to the joints of the levers 3. The lower ends of the pieces 7, 8, when the carriage is open, enter holders in side rails 14 connected to wheel supports 15, 16 hinged to parts 17 on the frame 1. The front ends of the bars 14 may also be stayed by a pivoted support 18. To fold the carriage, the lower end of the part 8 is pulled backwards causing the rails 4 to bend the levers 3, after which the handle 2 can be turned forwards and the wheel supports folded inwards.
Patent GB-190823585-A (GB)
Title: Improved Digestive Ferments and the Method of Preparing the same.
Inventor: SLEEMAN JAMES
Filed: 1908-11-04
Granted: 1909-12-06
Abstract: 23,585. Sleeman, J. Nov. 4. Malt extracts and compositions.-A digestive ferment, which may be used in the preparation of human or animal food, is obtained by expressing the juice from green or partly dried malt, prepared as described in Specification No. 2109, A.D. 1899, No. 19,846, A.D. 1900, No. 9329, A.D. 1902, No. 17,975, A.D. 1903, and No. 19,140, A.D. 1906, and with the use of such temperatures as keep the enzymes in most active form. The expressed liquid may be partly evaporated at low temperatures. In making food products, meal, flour, &c , which may be cooked, is mixed with the liquid ferment and the mixture is progressively heated so as to obtain in succession the actions of the enzymes cytase, diastase, peptase, and glucase.
Patent GB-190824010-A (GB)
Title: Method for the Production of Duplicate Printing Surfaces of Different Contour.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-03-25
Abstract: 24,010. Haddan, H. J., [Southgate Machinery Co.]. Nov. 9. Making printing-surfaces.-In a method of producing duplicate cylindrical printing-surfaces for use in the same machine as the flat originals, the elongation of the curved plate is eliminated by giving the backed printing-surface two opposite bends. In one process, the electrotype shell or other printing-surface 1 is laid on a flat surface and backed with a fusible alloy, which is then planed down to the proper thickness, and the entire plate placed face down upon the curved former 5, Fig. 2, whereby the surface 1 is slightly contracted. The plate is then heated to remove the backing, the shell flattened out, and a fresh backing of fusible alloy applied and planed down as before, and the rebacked plate placed face upwards upon a former 5, Fig. 4, whereby the face of the plate is elongated to the same extent that it was previously contracted. Two modified processes are described in which the backed plate is bent with the help of moulds and shapers. Instead of a fusible alloy, a backing of materials easily removed or softened by heat, liquids, or chemicals, may be used.
Patent GB-190824625-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Gas Pressure Gauges.
Inventor: GLOVER RICHARD BOWAE GASKELL
Filed: 1908-11-16
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 24,625. Glover, R. B. G. Nov. 16. Pressure gauges. -In a portable pressure gauge a diaphragm C is held between two disks A, B forming two chambers M, N. The chamber M is provided with a pipe D adapted to be attached to a gas pipe. The other chamber N communicates through an arm G and a rotary valve I with a gauge glass J which may be enclosed in a protecting casing. The valve plug rotates in its seating H so that the gauge glass may be turned down and held against the disk A by a catch L as shown in Fig. 4. A screw F, bearing against the diaphragm, adjusts the level of the mercury so that the mercury may be forced up into the gauge glass J to the zero mark, or the mercury withdrawn from the gauge glass before this is turned down.
Patent GB-190827392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Exhaust and Signal Valves for use in Diving Dress, Smoke Helmets, Jackets, Masks, and similar Equipment, and for General Respiratory Apparatus, also applicable for other purposes.
Inventor: DAVIS GEORGE FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-12-17
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 27,392. Davis, G. F. Dec. 17. Check valves; spindles. - Respiratory apparatus is provided with an exhaust valve comprising a casing 1 with a screw-cap 4 through which passes a screwthreaded valve spindle 5 adjustable in a bridge and carrying a rubber valve disk 6 adjustably mounted thereon by means of nuts 7. The spindle may be adjusted so as to vary the pressure of the disk 6 on the valve seating, or to separate the valve from its seating.
Patent GB-190903747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Oil-fired Furnaces, more particularly Annealing Furnaces.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: C21D9/00
Filed: 1909-02-15
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 3 7 4 7 . Boult, A. J., [Schrauben- & Schmiede-Warenfabriks Akt.-Ges. Brevillier & Co., and Urban und S÷hne, A.]. Feb. 15. Drawings to Specification. Junction-pieces; butt joints.-Pipes through which the air supply for a furnace is passed to be heated are connected together in series by junction boxes engaging adjacent pairs of pipe ends. Bolts passing through each pipe engage a junction-box at each end, and a tight joint is maintained by the end pressure set up by heat expansion.
Patent GB-190904990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Candles.
Inventor: BIERTUMPFEL FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: F21V35/00
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1910-03-01
Abstract: 4990. Biertumpfel, F. J. March 1. Candles are made self-fitting after moulding by means of cutters a arranged so as simultaneously to taper the foot end and to give the tapered part any desired shape in cross-section. The cutters a are mounted on spring arms a<1> carried by a sleeve a<2>, and are moved downwardly in a guide b by means of flanges a<3> passing through slots b<1> in the guide. The position of the cutters at the beginning and end of the operation are shown in Figs. 1 and 3 respectivelv. In a modified apparatus the guide takes the form of a ring which is in contact with the outer faces of the arm a<1>. By suitably guiding the sleeve, for instance, by pins attached thereto engaging with helical slots in the guide, the grooves in the end of the candle may be made of spiral form. Any shape of cross-section, such as triangular, square, or polygonal, with or without grooves, may be given to the tapering end.
Patent GB-190910391-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Fastening Neckties in Position.
Inventor: GEARY ISAAC
IPC: A41D25/02
Filed: 1909-05-01
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 10,391. Geary, I. May 1. Neck-tie retainers; studs.-A neck-tie retainer comprises a plate f, Fig. 3, sewn to the tie and having a pin or tongue e which is passed into a hollow stud a, Fig. 2. The stud is flat or elliptical to prevent turning in the button-holes, and has one or more holes c in its shank to receive a knob d on the tongue e, which is provided with a spring piece e<1> to force the knob d into the hole c. The plate f may be variously shaped, and may have the tie attached by stitching or by being tied thereon. It may comprise a bar f, Fig. 5, having hooks f<1> which engage over the band of the neck-tie when it has been secured to the collar.
Patent GB-190914656-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Metal Casing for use in Wells.
Inventor: SMITH ANDREW
IPC: E21B43/08
Filed: 1909-06-22
Granted: 1910-06-22
Abstract: 14,656. Smith, A. June 22. Wells. - Relates to a metal wellcasing of the type having a series of narrow slits, and comprises methods of making the slits and means for reinforcing the casing. Lips are pushed up in a metal plate on one side only, Fig. 15, or on both sides, Fig. 18, to give a number of openings of equal size. In the first form, if the lip-side of the casing is placed outwards, the pressure tends to move the lips back, thus reducing the size of the openings. To obtain a smooth slitted casing, the lips are rolled back, and the metal between adjacent series of slits is rolled to open the slits, or the lips are upset so as to leave a narrow slit when rolled back. If a large opening of say 1/16 inch is required, two cuts are taken at an angle, a portion being cut off to give a tapered hole, when the lips are rolled back. In use, the narrow part of the hole is placed outwards. Adjacent casing tubes are connected by means of a coupling-ring 2, Fig. 1, having perforations 3, into which the material of the casing is punched ; the circular perforations may be replaced by long slots, into which are punched loops from the outer casing. Screw couplings may also be employed. The slitted tubes may be reinforced by corrugated tubes 7 secured inside the casings by punching. The inner portions of the corrugated tube have slots of considerable width, and the tube is so placed that its outer portions are adjacent to the slits in the outer casing, which is thus supported at its weakest part. The tube may be coated with zinc.
Patent GB-190917749-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Strengthening or Reinforcing Objects made of Bent Wood or other Material more particularly applicable to Tennis Racquets.
Inventor: REMY EUGENE
IPC: A63B49/02
Filed: 1909-07-30
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 17,749. RÚmy, E., RÚmy, F., RÚmy, P., and GotiÚ, J. I. May 1, [Convention date]. R a c k e t s. - Articles made of bent wood, celluloid, agglomerated cork, fibre, rubber, &c., such as, for instance, tennis - racket frames, a r estrengthened by means of an aluminium or other, metallic reinforcement consisting of a base c applied Hat against the internal curved surface and integral with one or more perpendicular ribs c<1> penetrating the wood &c. The reinforcement may be inserted in the wood &c. prior to the bending operations.
Patent GB-190918983-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Automatic Shuttle Changing Motion for Looms.
Inventor: GEORGE MORTIER
IPC: D03D45/34
Filed: 1909-08-18
Abstract: 18,983. Mortier, G. Oct. 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Shuttle - changing mechanism; checking shuttles.-The weft - fork lever actuates a lever 4, Fig. 2, a rod 5, a link 7, and a lever 8, whereby a catch 9 is placed under an eccentric - operated lever 12, which thus rocks a lever 10, so that a catch 15 turns a rotary box, Figs. 2, 4, and 6, and brings a fresh shuttle into action. A fresh shuttle is fed into the rotary box by one or more' pushers 30 actuated by lever mechanism 37, 39, which is actuated by a hammer-head 33 carried by a lever, which is guided on the lay and actuated in a similar manner to the lever 10. Bridge-pieces 62, 63 are depressed into an horizontal position by means of wires or rods 60, 61 to form a bridge for the passage of the shuttle into the front groove of the rotary box. The catch 15 engages ratchet teeth on the box 6 or a ratchet-wheel 24 on the shaft 22 of the box. A ratchet-wheel &c. may be used for preventing rotation of the box in the opposite direction. The box comprises a wooden cylinder provided with grooves or recesses 19 and flanges 16, 17. Two spring-actuated guides 50, 51, working in brackets 52 on the lay, guide the shuttle in use and force it into the bottom of the groove.. When the box rotates, these guides descend into the groove, but are raised again by cam-surfaces on the box to enable the fresh shuttle, which passes underneath a guide 47, to enter beneath the guides when it arrives at the position 21. A guide may be used to prevent the spent shuttle from leaving the box until it arrives at the position 20. The. picker is guided by a rib 55 at the bottom of each groove. To ensure correct positioning of the box, a spring-actuated stop 26 and square head 25 may be used.
Patent GB-190922206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Aeroplanes.
Inventor: PROTIN THEOPHILE
IPC: B64C3/40
Filed: 1909-09-29
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 22,206. Protin, T., and Contal, C. March 27, [Convention date]. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement and construction of; steering and balancing.-In a machine of the type having wings adjustable about vertical axes for maintaining the longitudinal equilibrium, the necessary amplitude of the adjustment is reduced by providing a tail composed of movable sectors so connected to the wings that the area of the tail is increased as the wings are moved forwards. The wings are also adapted to be warped during their adjustment. Each wing is fixed to a frame 12, movable about a vertical axis 5, and comprises a rigid front bar 10 and a flexible rear bar 11, connected by curved cross-pieces 13, and covered with paper or canvas. The tail, which is pivoted on a vertical axis 7, is formed of a central sector 16 carrying a rudder 17, and two side sectors 18 capable of extension from beneath the sector 16 against the action of springs. The wings and tail are operated from two levers 19, 20, which are so mounted on a transverse shaft 21 that, while they are free to be moved to the right or left, the shaft is turned when they are moved backwards or forwards. Displacement of the levers 19, 20 backwards serves, through rods 22, 23, to turn the frames 12 about the axes 5 and thus to move the wings forwards, the sectors 18 of the tail being simultaneously expanded by cords 24. Displacement of the lever 19 sideways serves to turn the tail as a whole about the axis 7. Ties 15 attached to the bars 11 are connected to a lever 26 on the shaft 21 so that they are operated to curve the wings when these are turned about the axes 5. The lever 26 is also connected, by a rod 25, to the lever 20, so that a supplementary curva. ture is given to the wings by displacing the lever 20 sideways. The body 1 is rectangular in front by tapets towards the rear. Propelling.-The bearings for the shafts of two front propellers 4 are carried by V-shaped frames attached to the body 1.
Patent GB-190925766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Calculating Machines.
Inventor: FELT DORR EUGENE
Filed: 1909-11-08
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 25,766. Felt, D. E. Nov. 8. Adding-machines; tabular calculators. -The readyreckoning cylinder described in Specification 9509/09, with reference more particularly to adding - machines of the type set forth in Specification 5387/09, and adapted to indicate the keys that should be depressed in performing the multiplication of a sum expressed in British or other non-decimal currency by a factor having more than one digit, is provided with a single shutter, instead of a series of shutters, to expose the required series of readings in proper order. The shutter 55, Fig. 7, is pivoted upon the spindle of the ready-reckoning cylinder 43, Fig. 5, and is provided with the series of apertures 58, 59, ... 62 shown. The apertures 58 are adapted to show the " pence " multiplicand in each of the four positions of the shutter, but the apertures 59, ... 62, in combination with the apertures 46, ... 49, Fig. 3, in the fixed casing expose readings which are successively multiples by 10 of the amounts appearing in the apertures to the right. The notched end-plate 57 of the shutter co-operates, in the positioning of the shutter, with a spring-controlled arm 72 having a roller 70. The shutter is moved manually by means of a finger - piece 63, the contour of which is similar to that of the ridges 77 of a fixed plate to facilitate correct adjustment.