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Patent GB-190812834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Signalling on Engines on Railways.
Inventor: STENTON WILLIAM
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1908-06-16
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 12,834. Stenton, W. June 16. Contacts, mechanical ; miniature signals. - For repeating the ordinary semaphore signals in the engine cab, the balance lever of each signal is connected by levers to an horizontal pivoted track contact which is tapered towards its front end. The tapered end is moved to the left when the signal is at line clear,' and in this position contacts with and moves to the right a pivoted lever M on the engine. This lever is connected by chains P, P<1> with the balance levers Q, Q<1> of small semaphore arms R, R', and its movement to the right pulls down the chain P with the balance lever Q and lowers the semaphore R, causing a green light to show through the spectacle. Similarly, when the signal is at ' danger,' the engine contact is moved to the left and the semaphore R<1> is lowered and a red light shown. When both semaphores on the engine are raised no light is shown, and when a semapbore is lowered it is retained in that position by the pawl and ratchet T until released by the driver.
Patent GB-190813100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Arc Lamps
Inventor: MIERTSCHKE HEINRICH
Filed: 1908-06-19
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 13,100. Miertschke, H. June 19. Arc lamps. - A device for heating air passing to an enclosed arc consists of a cylindrical box b placed above the globe and having radial plates f attached to its bottom and sides. The carbon is surrounded, at the points where it enters and leaves the box, by rings or bushes a capable of lateral motion to restrict the passage of air. Specifications No. 437A, A.D. 1895, No. 10,236, A.D. 1898, and No. 11,500, A.D. 1900, are referred to.
Patent GB-190815329-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Applying Pressure to the Wires used for Sawing Stone or the like during the Sawing Operation.
Inventor: LESPAGNOL ALBERT
Filed: 1908-07-20
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 15,329. Lespagnol, A. July 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Sawing -In sawing stone, metal, &c. by means of wire saws, pressure is applied to the wire by means of a plate 4 of any suitable material introduced into the saw cut. The lower part of the plate is arched, as at 5, to fit the convexity of the saw cut. A stop 6 prevents the plate sliding through the saw cut. To maintain, the plate vertical, it may be supported laterally. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the single plate is replaced by a series of plates 7 in a housing 8, the plates adjusting themselves to the saw cut.
Patent GB-190816052-A (GB)
Title: A New and Improved Device for Filing Letters, Papers, Documents and the like.
Inventor: SWAFFIELD NICHOLAS ALEXANDER
Filed: 1909-02-22
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 16,052. Swaffield, N. A. Feb. 22, 1909. Filing papers &c.-In the form shown in Fig. 1, the papers are filed on wires b secured to a wallplate a, the papers being bound by passing a thread d through self-threading eyes c ; they are withdrawn by means of a wire guide n which is placed on the wires before the papers are filed. The thread d is pulled through the perforations and the ends are tied together. The guide n serves also to protect the points of the wires and to straighten the papers. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the filing-wires are jointed to facilitate access to the papers, the top parts b being formed with spindles which fit in fixed sleeves f and are secured at the bottom by a sliding locking-plate. Binding-strips k may be placed at the top and the bottom of the papers.
Patent GB-190822576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Advertising the Results of Sports and the like.
Inventor: STAFF JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1908-10-24
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 22,576. Staff, J. H. Oct. 24. Scoring and marking.-Relates to a board for exhibiting the results of football matches or other sports which may also be used for advertising. The board carries a number of cross-pieces B over which vertical strips C are secured. Into the recesses thus formed, slips or plates D may be slid, and the ends are closed by metal strips E, which are secured by screws E<1>, E<3>, and are slotted so that they can readily be moved back for the insertion of the slips. The top of the board and additional slips D' may be used for advertising.
Patent GB-190822761-A (GB)
Title: A "Stop Guard" for Preventing Timber Returning from Circular Saws and Surface Planing Machines.
Inventor: LIGHTWOOD WALLACE EDWIN
Filed: 1908-10-27
Granted: 1909-10-27
Abstract: 22,761. Lightwood, W. E., and Smith, C. Oct. 27. Sawing; planing. -A device to prevent timber from being thrown back by the tool in circular-sawing and planing - machines comprises a serrated blade F pivoted to a slide C which is horizontally adjustable in a carriage B slidable'in a slot I in a bracket A. The slot I is oblique to provide for the vertical adjustment of the blade, which h is clamped in position by means of a bolt H.
Patent GB-190828443-A (GB)
Title: Improved Butter Cutting Machine.
Inventor: WELLS EDWARD SAMUEL
Filed: 1908-12-30
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 28,443. Wells, E. S. Dec. 30. Butter-cutters.-A machine for subdividing bulk butter comprises a moving platform 4 adapted to receive the butter and force it through horizontal cutting-wires 3, 3<a>, the cut portions being severed by means of an horizontal wire guided in slotted channel bars 17. The butter is placed upon a grooved marble or like slab 6 secured to a board 7 provided with rails 7<a> adapted to slide between rails 4a secured to the platform 4, which is operated by means of chains 15 passing over pulleys at the top of the machine and secured to wheels 11 mounted upon a shaft 8 actuated by a handle 14 and held by a ratchet 13 engaging with a milled wheel 12. The wires 3, 3<a> are carried by a frame 2 chamfered on the inside, and are fixed at one end by means of a bar and at the other end are attached to straining- devices 24. A pointer 5 attached to the platform 4 moves over an indicating-scale 5<a>.
Patent GB-190900591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Stoves for Heating Motor Houses, Greenhouses and other Places.
Inventor: HATCHER FRED
IPC: F24C3/00
Filed: 1909-01-09
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 591. Hatcher, F. Jan. 9. Gas heating-stoves.-A gas-stove for heating motor-houses, greenhouses, &c. comprises an hermetically sealed annular casing with an airinlet pipe and a chimney, both communicating with the atmosphere outside the house. The stove shown consists of an outer casing a and a central air-heating tube k upon a closed base b connected by a tube g to the outer air. The combustion products from the burner e ascend between the tube k and an inner casing h, and pass through an aperture m between the upper edge of the inner casing h and the recessed lower edge of the continuation l into the space between the cylinders l, h and the outer casing a, and thence to the chimney n. A back draught in the chimney n passes away through a passage i to the enclosed base of the stove, and thence through the perforated plate f to the combustion chamber (For Figure see next page.)
Patent GB-190902429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mudguards for Cycles, Motor Cycles, Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: JACKSON FREDERICK THOMAS
IPC: B62J15/00
Filed: 1909-02-02
Granted: 1910-02-02
Abstract: 2429. Jackson, F. T. Feb. 2. Mud - guards.- Splash guards in the form of segmental or sectorshaped plates attached to the sides of the mud-guards of cycles, motorcycles, motor-cars, &c. are secured by the engagement of studs upon one part with slots upon the other, the two parts being locked together by screws and nuts or their equivalents. As shown in Fig. 1, studs 11 upon the mudguard 3 are arranged to engage key-hole slots 12 in the splash guard 2, the two parts being secured together by fly - nuts upon screws 13 which pass through slots 14.
Patent GB-190905762-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lock Staple.
Inventor: COWLEY MARK
IPC: E05B15/02
Filed: 1909-03-10
Granted: 1909-10-14
Abstract: 5762. Cowley, M. March 10. Striking-plates for locks and latches.-A casing e containing a b l o c k of india-rubber g is secured to the staple d of a rim or mortice lock so that it acts as a buffer to the latch and renders the closing of the door noiseless.
Patent GB-190908893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and connected with, a Sand Box for the Automatic Distribution of Sand to Prevent Side-slip, or Skidding, of Motor Omnibuses, or other Heavy Motor Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: JONES FRANCIS CURRER
IPC: B60B39/06
Filed: 1909-04-15
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 8893. Jones, F. C. April 15. Slipping of wheels, preventing. - On the commencement of sideslip in motor omnibuses and other heavy motorpropelled vehicles, a trailer actuates one or two special sand-boxes which deposit sand in front of the driving- wheels. Each sand-box D has a central longitudinal valve E capable of sliding laterally in grooved guides J, which also secure the box tc the vehicle. A false bottom of perforated. zinc is placed above the bottom of the box, in order that there may be an accumulation of sand between the two, which is discharged rapidly when the valve E is opened. The valves E on opposite sides of the vehicle are connected by a rod L having a slot F, which engages with a rod H pivoted to the axle at G and provided with a rubber-tyred wheel I at its rear end. The device is normally kept central by light springs K, and, when not required, the wheel I is suspended from the vehicle bottom. When only one sand-box is used, the rod L slides in a guide at the opposite side of the vehicle. A rod, extending from the driver's platform and having a spiral end within the sand-box, may be provided for loosening the sand.
Patent GB-190911160-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Strewing Substances for Marking Out Grounds for Games and the like by Means of Visible Lines.
Inventor: DECKERT AUGUST
IPC: A63C19/08
Filed: 1909-05-11
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 11,160. Deckert, A. May 11. Lawn-tennis and like markers. - Apparatus for marking ground with a mixture of two substances, for instance, sand and gypsum, comprises a cart body a divided at d into two compartments opening into a trough e. A screw conveyer g on the cart axle c delivers the material to the nozzle f. One of the wheels is mounted on a sleeve i adapted to be clutched to the axle or to the cart body, so that the delivery mechanism can be thrown in and out of gear.
Patent GB-190913612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Insulators for Supporting Electrical Conductors.
Inventor: KEMBLE ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: H01B17/20
Filed: 1909-06-10
Granted: 1910-03-17
Abstract: 13,612. Kemble, R. W. June 10. Insulators for traction, lighting, and telegraphic purposes have the bolt locked in the insulating- body, or the body locked in the hood, by shaping the various units in such a way ttat the bolt, for instance, can be pushed right home in the body, partly rotated, and then slightly withdrawn so as to bring corresponding recesses and projections into positive locking engagement, in which position the parts may be held by a cement filling, Fig. 3 shows a view of a bolt just formed, and the smallest part of the bolt hole in the body B, Fig. 1, is shaped to admit the bead A<3>. The bolt A is pressed right home, and the enlarged spaces C, C', allow the bolt with the square faces A<2> to be turned round; the bolt having been turned through a right-angle is pulled back till the projecting edges A<3> lock on the internally projecting ledges B<1> ; further downward aerial movement is thereupon prevented, and the square faces A<2> engaging the internal parallel sides of the ledges B<1> prevent rotation of the bolt in its hole. Upward axial movement may be then prevented by a filling of cement in the cavities C, C<1>. The insulator body shown in Fig. 2 is held similarly in the hood D, but as in this case there are four projections B' in each set instead of two, it is necessary to rotate the body through only half a right-angle before drawing it back into the locking position. As before, a cement filling G may be introduced. In the form shown, the invention is applied to a slot-conduit system insulation but the invention is applicable to other types, and the locking device may be used for the stalk alone, or for the hood alone, or for both in the same insulator ; and instead of two sets of locking projections, one only or more than two may be used.
Patent GB-190913973-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Street Fire Alarm Ambulance and Police Call Box.
Inventor: SHORE CHARLES
IPC: G08B25/12
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1910-06-15
Abstract: 13,973. Shore, C. June 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Fire and like alarm apparatus.-In a street fire, police, or ambulance calling apparatus, the breaking of a glass window k allows a lever j to fall forwards and release the catch c<1> of a door g, which can then be opened by hand. Telephonic instruments are thus exposed for use. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 13,462/99, [Class 47, Fire &c., Extinction of], and 14,607/06.
Patent GB-190915628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Carburetting Air.
IPC: C10J1/00
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 15,628. Officina San Giorgio Soc. Straneo Incisa. July 6, 1908, [Convention date]. Carburetting.-A carburettor comprises a tube provided externally with gills and internally with baffles formed with staggered holes to provide a tortuous path for the air and liquid to pass in opposite directions. The tube may be made up of a series of ribbed plates 2, alternate plates being formed with a depression 5 in which there is an opening 6, and the other plates having the parts 5 removed ; or a tube 16 may be provided with external gills 17 and internal baffles 18 formed with holes 19. The holes 6,19 are arranged out of line. Air enters the tube at 8 and liquid at 10, and the mixture passes through a further similar tube 13 and away by a pipe 14. Several such carburettors may be used in parallel.
Patent GB-190917606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two Speed Gears.
Inventor: GIDDENS JAMES STANTON
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1909-07-29
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 17,606. Giddens, J. S., and Bolam, H. G. July 29. Variable-speed epicyclic gearing.-Relates to twospeed gearing suitable for motor-cycles, of the type in which the driving-shaft carries a sun gear and the pulley to be driven carries planetary elements meshing therewith and with an internally-toothed ring which can be held by a brake. The engine shaft b carries a sun gear g meshing with planetpinions h carried by a plate k. The plate k is connected by a sleeve m to the pulley n. A secon d plate q is secured to the plate k by projections r, p extending between the pinions h. A nut c, screwing on the end of the shaft b, supports the plate q and carries an extended shaft d. An internally - toothed ring u, meshing with the pinions h, runs on ball bearings 2, 3 on the plates q, k. A solid drive is effected when a clutch 5 sliding on the shaft d is engaged with a clutch t formed on the plate q. A reduced speed results when the clutch is disengaged and the ring u is held by a brake w.
Patent GB-190928798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Grinding and Pulverizing Ores, Cement, Phosphates, Colours, Chemicals and the like.
Inventor: BREAKELL THOMAS
IPC: B02C19/08
Filed: 1909-12-09
Granted: 1910-12-08
Abstract: 28,798. Breakell, T. Dec. 9. Pestles and mortars; disk mills.-Apparatus for pulverizing ores, cements, phosphates, colours, chemicals, &c., consists of a fixed concave mortar 18, Fig. 1, and a convex-faced muller 1 carried by a sbaft 2, which passes freely through a sleeve or guide 3 and is inclined to the axis of the mortar to allow the rim 4 of the muller to run against the rim 5 of the mortar. The sleeve 3 is mounted on a ball bearing 9 and rotated by bevel-gearing 40. The muller has a removable steel face or shoe 14, and the mortar a steel lining 16. One or more screens 13 are fixed to the side of the mortar, or a screen may extend all round. In a modification, the guide 3 is mounted in trunnions on a rotating bearing to allow it to move inwards, and a discharge orifice fitted with a shutter is provided in the bottom of the mortar. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement in which two mullers are carried round the mortar by the sleeves 3 being secured by arms 25 to a boss 23 on the central shaft 26, which carries a toothed wheel 27 gearing with wheels 30 fixed on the upper ends of the shafts 2. The boss 23 may be loose on the shaft and the gear 27 fixed thereto, or the boss 23 may be fixed to the shaft and the wheel 27 run loose. Scrapers 29, 31 secured to the arms 25 stir up the material in the mortar and remove any material adhering to the sides of the mullers.
Patent GB-190929662-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Woven Elastic Fabrics.
Inventor: BAUMGARTEN EMIL
IPC: D03D15/56
Filed: 1910-03-03
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 29,662. Baumgarten, E. Dec. 18. Elastic fabrics; pile fabrics.-A fabric a suitable for garters, gun straps, &c. is woven with warp threads d of india-rubber or other elastic material of suitable thickness and sectional shape bound between the two plies b, c by the wefts at certain parts, and raised to form slings or loops e on the surface of the fabric at other parts, the loops of each thread d being opposite bound-in parts of the adjacent threads d. The loops e are then cut away in such a manner that the ends e' project above the surface and tend to prevent the fabric from sliding over any surface with which it is in contact, this tendency being increased by the undulated nature of the fabric. Preferably, the ends e<1> are cut slantwise.
Patent GB-191001856-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Reversible Compound Explosive or Elastic Fluid Pressure Turbine.
Filed: 1910-01-25
Granted: 1911-04-25
Abstract: 1856. Gyrostatic Turbines, Ltd., and Holroyd, T. H. Jan. 25. Jet-wheels; reversing; blades, vanes, nozzles, etc.; casings; cooling and heating parts; rotors.- The blades of a reversible turbine comprise boxes b, Fig. 1, open at the top and bottom and divided by webs into a series of compartments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Working fluid is supplied all round the blade-boxes by sets of nozzles g, Fig. 2, an oppositely-inclined set being provided for reversing. The blades may be formed integral with the turbine-wheel, Fig. 2, or they may be fitted with dovetail roots b<2>, Fig. 6, the whole being bound together by a rim b<4>. The blades may be secured to one another by dovetail keys i on projections b<3>, Fig. 7, and their edges h may be serrated to form pockets for the motive fluid. The turbine-wheels may be provided directly with tyres or rims b<4>, Figs. 10 and 12, for use as motor-wheels or dynamo armatures. The halves a, a<1> of the casing are held up to the rim b<4> by dovetail pieces n secured to the casing. Passages o connect the fluid conduits f on either side of the wheel.
Patent GB-191002407-A (GB)
Title: Rolling Board Adapted for use in Applying the Covering Leaf of Cigars.
Inventor: KLETTI JOHANN
IPC: A24C1/30
Filed: 1910-01-31
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 2407. Kletti, J. Jan. 31. [Addition to 29,229/09.] Tobacco; cigar-making appliances.-In devices in which a rolling-board, for use in applying wrappers to cigars, forms a lid to a receptacle which is divided into two compartments by an horizontal strainer, the lower compartment which contains liquid is fitted with a removable container d upon which rests the strainer e. The container is provided with a handle c.
Patent GB-191004621-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Extracting Tar and other Impurities from Gases.
Inventor: BURSTALL FREDERIC WILLIAM
IPC: C10K1/04
Filed: 1910-02-24
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 4621. Burstall, F. W. Feb. 24. Washing. - The lighter tars and other impurities, such as tar oils, are extracted from gases by passing them through one or more thin water sheets arranged across the pipe through which the gas flows, these sheets being maintained unbroken owing to the pressure of the water being high as compared with the pressure of the gas, so that the gas bubbles through the water sheets without effecting any thorough break. The casing between the gas inlet and outlet is partitioned off, and in this partition openings f are arranged. Water is supplied to a slit orifice i from a pipe so as to form a thin water sheet h extending entirely across the opening f.
Patent GB-191005906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Animal Traps.
Inventor: VOTER HARRY MILTON
IPC: A01M23/16
Filed: 1910-03-09
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 5906. Voter, H. M. March 9, 1909, [Convention date]. Animal traps.-A trap for rats &c. is divided into compartments 5, 6, Fig. 1, by an horizontal partition 3. The sides of the compartment 5 are constituted by non-return spring doors 13 except at the corners, which are closed by angular rigid portions 14. Openings 22, Fig. 4, in the four corners of the partition 3 are provided with non-return spring doors 23, which are hung on pivots 24 supported on brackets 25. Horizontal rods 26 limit the upward movement of the doors 23. The compartment 6 is provided with a wire door 10, and bait, which is covered by a wire shield, may be placed in the compartment 5 through a central opening in the base 1, which is closed by a pivoted plate.
Patent GB-191010185-A (GB)
Title: Device for Measuring Lengths and for Effecting a Correct Measuring of Stretchable Materials.
IPC: G01B3/12
Filed: 1910-04-26
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 10,185. Mettler, H. W., and Allgemeine Maschinen und Apparate - Ges. April 26. Measuring.-For varying the ratio between the driving and driven members in a machine for measuring stretchable materials, the indicating-shaft is provided with a wheel driven by frictional contact with a disk on the driving worm-wheel, and the wheel on the shaft is made adjustable. The worm 2, which is attached to the measuring roller, drives a wheel 4, the shaft 5 of which has a pin 6 engaging in a groove 7 in the wheel, which is thus capable of lateral displacement. The shaft 5 carries a plate 8 with a raw-skin or other friction covering 9, which is spring-pressed against a milled wheel 11 mounted to slide on the indicating-shaft 12. The milled wheel 11 is carried in a fork 14 adjustable on a screwed shaft 13 the position of the fork being shown by a scale 15.
Patent GB-191015619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Electric Recording Devices.
Inventor: LAMBOT ALBERT
Filed: 1910-06-29
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 15,619. Lambot, A. June 29. Recording by co-ordinates.-In a system for indicating and recording at a distance the height of a water-level, or the reading of a pressure gauge, barometer, &c., the rotation in one or other direction of the transmitter closes one or other of two circuits connected to a receiver, Fig. 7, having armature pawls 35, 36 actuating a pointer 31 and recording-pen 33. Contacts 39, 40 controlled by the pawl armatures 35, 36 serve to short-circuit portions of the magnet coils 28, 29, so as to diminisli the line resistance at the end of each stroke.
Patent GB-191016750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Moulds or Receptacles for Drying Peat and the like.
Inventor: STANLEY RICHARD
IPC: C10F5/00
Filed: 1910-07-13
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 16,750. Stanley, R. July 13. Drawings to Specification. Boxes or receptacles.-A mould or receptacle for peat and bog turf &c. comprises a rectangular or other box with a sliding or hinged lid; the ends and the lid are perforated for air circulation. According to the Provisional Specification, the receptacle may be cylindrical.
Patent GB-191017051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fireproof Fabrics for Theatre Decorations or the like.
Inventor: PENKE OSCAR
IPC: D06M23/00
Filed: 1910-07-18
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 17,051. Penke, O. Aug. 10, 1909, [Convention date]. Mixed fabrics.-Fire-proof fabrics for theatre scenery and other decorations are woven with yarns spun from a mixture of silk fibres such as cocoon waste, and animal hair such as bristles or buffalo, foal, goat, dog, &c. hair. The material is preferably boiled and softened by treatment with soda, potash, oil, and formaldehyde before it is spun.