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Patent GB-190708959-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Gate or like Operating Spring Mechanisms.
Inventor: JONES GEORGE SHERIFF
Filed: 1907-04-18
Granted: 1908-04-18
Abstract: 8959. Jones, G. S. April 18. Door and gate closing apparatus.-The door or gate closing spring a, Fig. 2, is secured at its upper end to the hinge gudgeon c by a jaw-shaped clamp b and bolt e. A pin g<2>, to which the spring is secured, is attached to the clamp by a bolt f. When the clamp is fixed in a vertical position, the bolt f is passed through the hole h. The lower end of the spring carries a pin i<1> provided with holes through which passes a pin k carried by the lower clamp fastener l. Arrangements are also described in which the upper clamp is dispensed with, the pin g<2> being secured to the door, while the lower pin i<1>, Fig. 3, may be turned in the bracket i<2> to adjust the tension of the spring, a pin k passing through holes in the bracket and pin securing the parts in adjustment. Or the pin i<1> may be prevented from turning back by means of a spring-pressed pin k, Fig. 6, which engages notches in the pin i<1>.
Patent GB-190709306-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Mechanically Colouring Kinematograph Films.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-04-22
Granted: 1907-10-31
Abstract: 9306. James, R. W., [Compagnie GÚnÚrale de Phonographes, Cinematographes et Appareils de PrÚcision]. April 22. Stencilling-apparatus.- Kinematograpb films are coloured by feeding them with superposed stencil bands beneath a brush supplied with colour. A brush 11 is rotated by gearing 8, 9, which is arranged so as to allow horizontal and vertical reciprocation of the brush. A member 14 carrying the brush spindle 18 slides in guides 15 under the action of a roller 16 moving in guides 17. A bar 23 carrying the guides 15 is reciprocated by means of a cam 21 and stud 22. Ink is supplied to the brush from channels 32 covered by a perforated plate and themselves supplied from a reservoir 30, the rubber outlet tube 28 of which has a capillary orifice 31. A ratchet-wheel 26 operated by a pawl 25 on the bar 23 carries a roller 27 which presses the tube 28 against a plate 29 so as to expunge the ink at intervals which are proportionate to the number of teeth on the ratchet-wheel. A pad 33 serves to equalize the ink upon the brush and to remove any excess. The film and stencil band are intermittently fed along by teeth 38 on a plate 37 engaging perforations 39 therein. The plate 37 is advanced by means of a cam 40. Pallets 34, serving to maintain the film in place, are raised by means of rods 35 and cams 36. The feed, instead of being intermittent, may be continuous. Instead of being used for applying colour, the apparatus may serve for removing colour by means of acid or for the reservation of parts of the films by means of oil or the like.
Patent GB-190709449-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Soldering Appliance for use with Blow-lamps and the like.
Inventor: HUGHES DAVID
Filed: 1907-04-23
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 9449. Hughes, D. April 23. Blow-lamps for soldering. The bit E and the heating-chamber A are supported by an adjustable bracket D fixed to the lamp so that the flame plays on the bit through a hole in the chamber A. A roller G is fixed to the bracket for guiding or taking the weight of the appliance when in use or for pressing down the seams.
Patent GB-190710808-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Permitting or Securing Ventilation of Hats, Caps, Helmets, and the like.
Inventor: PRIESTLEY BRIGGS
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 10,808. Priestley, B. May 9. Hats, caps, helmets, &c. are ventilated by providing them with a projecting pad of cork &c. mounted upon a metal holder secured so that a space is left between the head and the head covering. As applied to a hat having a sweat band, the pad d, Figs. 1 and 3, of resilient material is held between claws c upon a metal plate a formed with a tongue b which can be slipped behind the sweat band. As applied to head coverings without sweat bands, for example caps, a circular piece of resilient material such as spongy india-rubber d, Figs. 4 and 5, is secured to a circular slotted plate g by means of the split shank f<1>, and the circular plate is secured to the cap by means of the prongs j which form the ex tremities of a wire which is sprung into a circula lip i around the periphery of the plate.
Patent GB-190712646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Couplings
Inventor: ADDIS FREDERICK HENRY
Filed: 1907-05-31
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 12,646. Addis, r. H. May 31. Couplings, automatic.-In railway car couplers, and more especially buffer couplings of the knuckle type or in which a link engages a pivoted hook or tumbler, the slack between the parts when coupled is taken up by a spring-pressed wedge which serves as a locking-piece for the coupling knuckle or tumbler. Further, in order to counteract any tendency of the coupler shank to twist, a pair of buffer springs are placed one on each side of the shank behind the coupler head. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the tail 4 of the coupling-knuckle is locked by a wedge-shaped portion of a pin 7 connected to a lever pivoted at 8, which is under the influence of a spring 10 and may be moved for uncoupling by an arm 15 fixed to the pivot 8 and connected to transverse rods 9, which can be pulled or pushed from the side of the car. The pin 7 may be held in the unlocked position by a part rotation of the pull-rod 9 after it has been pulled to disengage the pin. In a modification, the wedge 7 is arranged as shown in Fig. 6, and is connected to a spring-pressed uncoupling-lever 16, the movements of the wedge being limited by the engagement of a slot formed therein with a fixed pin 17. In another modification, the wedge is replaced by a cam-surface formed on the end of the arm 16 of the coupling- lever. Again, the last two modifications described may be further modified by using the knucklespring 5 for pressing the wedge or cam into the locked position by means of a bell-crank connexion. Fig. 8 shows the application to a coupling in which a link 21 engages a hooked tumbler 2, the latter being locked by the engagement of a tail-piece 2x with a wedge 7 which is connected to a lever 23, both the lever and the tumbler being under the influence of a spring 22. Uncoupling is effected by a cam 24 mounted on a shaft, and the movement of the tumbler is limited by a stop 25. Buffers; draw-gear.-A pair of springs 11, 12 is fitted between the coupler and the headstock, while the draw-bar 26 is fitted with the usual draw-spring, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-190713332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Storage and Cooling or Heating Vats for Milk or Cream and other Substances.
Inventor: LAWRENCE ZEPHANIAH SANFORD
Filed: 1907-06-08
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 13,332. Lawrence, Z. S. June 8. Tanks; spreaders. -A vessel for the storage of, and for cooling and heating milk, cream, or other liquids has inner and outer walls with an intermediate narrow passage for the cooling or beating medium. A rotary shaft 14 carries a paddle 19 and radiating pipes 17 for delivering and distributing the liquid against or near to the inner wall of the vessel. The milk &c. is delivered by a spout 23 into a cup 16 which communicates with the radiating pipes 17. The cooling or beating liquid enters by the pipe 10 and leaves by the outlet 11.
Patent GB-190722589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rolling Mill Plant for the Treatment of Girders, Billets, Rolled Bars and the like.
Inventor: LEWIS THOMAS
Filed: 1907-10-14
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 22,589. Lewis, T. Oct. 14. Rolling; shearing.-Relates to plant for dealing with rolled girders, billets, bars, &c., in which the ends are cut off to length and the girders &c. conveyed to the required positions. The girder is carried by rolls A, Fig. 1, to shears A<1> where the front crop end-is cut off, and then on to a chain conveyer A<2> till it abuts against a stop H, Fig. 3. The stop H slides in a block h, adjustable on a screwed rod (not shown) by means of a motor N, and is raised to let the girder &c. pass by a wedge h<3> actuated by a piston M. When the length of the girder is gauged, the back crop end is cut off and pushed on to a conveyer A<2> by a plunger a<2> hinged at a<4>. The rollers B, on to which the girder next passes, are mounted in a reciprocating table b which allows the crop ends to fall into the wagon A<4>, as described in Specification No. 19,115, A.D. 1907. The girder is then pushed by a device G on to an incline B<6>, and after being alined by a swinging: plate j, Fig. 4, it is carried, by a reciprocating device C having arms D<1> which tip to pass the girder on the back movement. The girder is next carried by the chain conveyer D to a table E, which is tipped at definite intervals to discharge the contents on to the foot F, Fig. 10, attached to a ram k carried by a crane. The foot F is swivelled at k<2>, but is prevented from being tilted by the weight of the girders by means of a catch k<4> engaging a projection k<3> until the rod k<1> strikes the ground.
Patent GB-190726477-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Device or Appliance for Cleaning Rollers in Self-acting Mules and Spinning and like Frames.
Inventor: SWALLOW JOHN IREDALE
Filed: 1907-11-30
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 26,477. Swallow, J. I. Nov. 30. Rollers.-A device for cleaning the rollers in self-acting mules and spinning and like frames is shown in Fig. 1. A strip of sheet metal is bent so that one end forms a clip e<2> adapted to engage a rail f, and the other end forms a spring portion e' adapted to press the bent-over end e<3> against. the roller d. The clip portion may be secured to the rail by an auxiliary clip. The cleaning-device may be wide enough for one or for more than one yarn.
Patent GB-190803250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Heated Vulcanising Apparatus for Tyre-tubes and Covers.
Filed: 1908-02-13
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 3250. Welch, W. H., and Frost & Co., H. Feb. 13. Heating by electricity; non-conducting coverings.- Electricallyheated vulcanizers are constructed with a vegetable fibre, such as cork or wood, as the lagging and insulating material. The conductors A are disposed in the form of a superficies on the block of cork B, and are covered with a plate of mica C, and over that is placed a thin metallic plate D.
Patent GB-190813232-A (GB)
Title: Method of, and Apparatus for, Drying and Mixing Materials for use in Making Tar Macadam and the like.
Inventor: PLANT DAVID THOMAS
Filed: 1908-06-22
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 13,232. Plant, D. T. June 22. Heaters, asphalt and like.-Relates to apparatus foi drying broken stones and for mixing the same with tar to form macadam. In the drying - apparatus, the stones fall from a hopper e, Fig. 3, past a flap f and down a shoot g into a revolving chamber a through which a stream of hot air or gas is passed. The chamber a is fitted internally with a helical blade c for feeding the stones forward and with bucket-shaped, scoops b between the turns of the blade, preferably arranged in staggered formation, each provided with a lip b<2> partly cut away at b<3> and formed with ribs b<1> dividing each scoop into compartments. The chamber a may be cylindrical or may taper toward the outlet end, in which case the blades c are made deeper and the scoops b shallower toward the outlet end. The blade c may be omitted and the stones may be helped forwards by a slight inclination of the chamber a. The hot air or gas may enter the chamber a at either end through a valve-controlled tube d on the end of which the chamber a is journaled. When the air or gas, as 'shown in Fig. 3, enters at the same end as the stones, the current is deflected on to the stones by a continuation g<1> of the shoot g. The blade c and scoops b may be perforated for the passage of the air &c. Near the outlet end of the chamber a the scoops b may be omitted and the chamber fitted with a screen for removal of the dust. The dried stones pass down a shoot with a flap into a mixing-chamber similar to the chamber a and similarly supplied with hot air or gas, tar being injected for mixture with the stones. The mixing-chamber is tapered so that the excess of tar drains back to the admission end. Troughshaped scoops n of special form, Figs. 9 and 10, replace the scoops b. The hot air &c. from the drying and mixing chambers is used for heating the tar tanks and for wholly or partially drying broken stones in a further apparatus, Fig. 12, comprising a vertical chamber o with a removable conical perforated base p carrying a series of perforated pipe3 q closed at the top. The stones are admitted through doors above, and are dried by the hot air &c. entering from below and escaping through a chimney r. The chamber o is emptied by lowering the conical base p by means of a chain.
Patent GB-190813384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism or Apparatus for Filling Bottles with Liquids under Pressure.
Inventor: BINNS PICKLES
Filed: 1908-06-24
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 13,384. Binns, P. June 24. [Patent of Addition to No. 19,369, A.D. 1907.] Bottling.-A machine of the kind described in Specification No. 19,369, A.D. 1907, for filling bottles with aerated liquids, is fitted with a central adjustable compression chamber 3 which controls the filling of each bottle in turn. The passages in the disk valve of the machine are arranged so that the bottle snifts during filling into the chamber 3 through a passage 14. The capacity of the chamber is adjusted by a screw plunger 4. After each bottle has been filled, the disk valve places the chamber 3 in communication with the atmosphere by way of a passage 15 and a disengaged filling-nozzle. The pressure within is thus released. Instead of employing two filling-valves as in Specification No. 19,369, A.D. 1907, one only may be used.
Patent GB-190815178-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas-generators.
Inventor: HANAPPE EDMOND
Filed: 1908-07-17
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 15,178. Hanappe, E. July 17. Producers.-A vaporizer 4, situated within the open ash-pit of a suction gas-producer, communicates directly with the air through a pipe 11 and with the ash-pit through slots 7.
Patent GB-190815586-A (GB)
Title: Dusters and the like Made of Vegetable Fibres, especially of Raffia.
Inventor: ECHEGARAY MARTIN
Filed: 1908-07-22
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 15,586. Echegaray, M. July 22. Dusting-brushes. - The dried laminµ or blades of leaves, particularly those (,f raffia, are cut into fibres and employed for making dusting-brushes and the like. The fibres are soft and their glossy surface prevents the deposition of bacteria &c.
Patent GB-190819069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Rims and Tyres.
Inventor: GUERETA RICARDO GARCIA
Filed: 1908-09-10
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 19,069. Guereta, R. G. Sept. 10, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Spring wheels.-In wheels having one or more pneumatic chambers fitted between inner and outer rims, the rims are each formed in one piece with interengaging deep webs and grooves. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the outer rim C, having a wood or other filling D and a metal or rubber tyre E, is strengthened by a steel band I and formed with a web G, which engages a corresponding groove F<1> in the inner rim F. Flanges H of hard leather &c. are bolted to the felloe. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the outer rim is formed with two webs C<1> engaging grooves F<1> in the inner rim. A strip of fibrous or plastic material, or a layer of lubricating composition, may be fitted between the interengaging rim members. Enlargements K on the rims engage corresponding recesses in the covers B of the pneumatic chambers.
Patent GB-190821922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Firing Gear of Breech Loading Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1908-10-16
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 21,922. Dawson, A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Oct. 16. Ordnance breech mechanism.-A combined electric and percussion lock of the kind in which an electric needle is adapted to be acted upon by a separate percussion hammer is arranged so that the electric and percussive actions occur in such rapid succession as to be practically simultaneous. The insulated firing - pin F<1>, Fig. 6, which is enclosed in a sheath F<2> and pressed forwards by a spring F<3>, is surrounded by a hammer or " striker " F<5> which is held cocked by the arm H of a bellcrank lever or trigger. When the trigger is actuated by mechanism such as is described in Specification No. 6654, A.D. 1908, the hammer is thrown forwards by a spring F<7> and strikes the shoulder F<6> on the sheath F' to effect the percussion discharge. The cocking is effected by a cocking and safety slide G, which is drawn from left to right by a link G <3>, Fig. 1, during the opening of the breech, and acts through inclines g, Fig. 5, upon rollers f<3> carried by a sleeve F<8> mounted on the end of the sheath F'. The hammer F<5> is retained by the trigger H, but, as the breech is closed, the sleeve F<8> and the firing- pin F<1> are returned to the firing position by the spring F<3>, the movement being controlled by the inclines g.
Patent GB-190822623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheels for Motor and other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: GOODYEAR GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-24
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 22,623. Goodyear, G. W. Oct. 24. Detachable wheels; hubs.-Relates to a wheel of the type described in Specification No. 20,453, A.D. 1906, in which the parts are locked by a screwed cap. The face of the fixed-hub flange or driving-drum D, Figs. 2 and 4, and the face of the detachable hub s<4>, are formed with a small number of engaging projections b<1>, s', with radial sides extending the whole width of the flange. The projections are equal in area to the spaces and their edges are tapered to facilitate engagement. The driving and other wheels are all uniform and interchangeable.
Patent GB-190824002-A (GB)
Title: Process for Manufacturing Butt-hinges.
Inventor: WEBER GUSTAV
Filed: 1908-11-09
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 24,002. Weber, G. Nov. 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Shearing; making hinges.-Each half of a butthinge is formed in a single piece from rolled iron. The material may be shaped as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, according as the axes of the hinges are in the central plane of the web or both at one side, or at opposite sides ; it has a web of width equal to that of the hinge leaves, and is cut along the lines a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, the distance between the transverse cuts in the web being equal to the height of the leaves. The cutting takes place so that duplicate upper hinge-halves are first produced, and then duplicate lower hinge-halves. Conical knobs 5 are turned on the round beads 4, 3, a pivot pin 6 being also turned on the bead 3 to fit a bole 7 bored in the bead 4. The lower end of the pin may have a conical bearing 9, which may be placed some distance above the top of the lower hinge leaf so as to leave a space between the two leaves. An oil-hole 8 may be provided to permit of lubricating without the removal of tha door.
Patent GB-190824222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Life-guards and Obstruction-removers for Electric Tramcars.
Inventor: GOLLNICK AUGUST
Filed: 1908-11-11
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 24,222. Gollnick, A. Nov. 11. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers.-A lifeguard or obstruction-remover for tramcars comprises a vertical frame b hinged to the car front and carrying a hinged horizontal frame c, which can be raised or lowered, the two frames being covered with netting and being further connected together by means of jointed rods e. A U-shaped tube f with springs g is placed upon the ends of the side bars of the frame c to deaden the shock of impact and a spring h is placed between the frame b and the car.
Patent GB-190827405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feeding Appliances for Roller Grinding Mills and the like.
Filed: 1908-12-17
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 27,405. Trevithick, J. H., Huxley, G., and Simon, Ltd., H. Dec. 17. Feeding-devices.-Relates to double-roll feeding- devices for roller grinding-mills and the like, particularly applicable to the break or reduction rollers used in flour-milling. The feed-rolls C, C' are mounted so that their position can be varied, or the position of one roll varied in relation to the other, in such a manner as to vary the inclination of a line joining their axes. The rolls are carried in circular plates F, which can be turned in seatings or rings and held in the adjusted position by bolts G passing through slots F<2> in flanges F<1> of the plates. Or the rolls may be carried by plates mounted on pivots which are co-axial with the axis of the back feed-roll C'. A guide-plate H conducts the feed from the back roll C' to the front roll C, and may be carried by the plates F or formed with ears H<1> and secured by screws H<2> so as to be adjustable relatively to the plates. The back roll C<1> preferably has a slower surface speed than the front roll C. The rolls may be used for feedillg materials other than grain products and to other rollers or devices than grinding-rollers. Specification No. 9704, A.D. 1904, is referred to.
Patent GB-190827465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Mixing Concrete and the like.
Inventor: UNSWORTH ROBERT HARRY
Filed: 1908-12-17
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 27,465. Unsworth, R. H. Dec. 17. Hoists; tipping-apparatus, - In machines for mixing concrete &c., of the kind in which the material is fed to the mixing-drum by a bucket running in guides in the frame of the machine and tipped automatically on reaching the required height, the bucket is raised until level with the mixer inlet, and is then turned without further upward motion of its nose and is discharged directly into the mixer. The mixing-drum A, of ordinary construction, is driven by spur gearing from a shaft M. The charging-bucket D has two sets of guiding-rollers E, E<1> running in guides in a standard F and is hoisted by ropes K coiled around drums on a shaft L'. When the lip of the bucket is level with the mixer inlet, the foremost rollers E<1> strike stops H, and the rear rollers E enter curved portons of their guides G<1>, the stops H acting as pivots for the bucket to swing into the discharging position. Shoes J, engaging over the stops - H, prevent the rollers E<1> from running down the guides until the bucket is returned to a suitable position. The drum shaft L<1> is driven through bevel-gearing and a clutch 0, which is operated by a lever P engaging a screw on the shaft P<2>. The clutch is disengaged automatically when the bucket is in position for discharge by a stop D<1> engaging a bell-crank P<5> connected by a link to an arm on the shaft P<2>. Lowering of the bucket is controlled by a pedal-operate:! band brake, and the clutch is re-engaged by a band-lever for hoisting. The guides may extend downwards in a vertical or inclined direction, and such extensions may be pivotally adjustable.
Patent GB-190902961-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Skates.
Inventor: BRAMPTON ARTHUR
Filed: 1909-02-08
Granted: 1909-11-11
Abstract: 2961. Brampton, A., and Thorneycroft, C. W. Feb. 8. Skates.-Relates to roller skates which have resilient pads in the axle-boxes, and consists in using screws to vary the resiliency of the pads to suit skaters of different weights. A screw h, Fig. 2, passes through or across the resilient pad f and engages a compressor block h<1> so that, by turning the screw, the pad may be compressed. The axle-box and the foot-plate are secured to the girder or bar which forms the frame of the skate by means of a junction-piece d, Figs. 2 and 7. This junction - piece has depending parts d', which are riveted to the axle-box or foot-plate, and arms d<2> for securing it to the girder.