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Patent GB-190522480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mirrors.
Inventor: DINGWALL THOMAS
Filed: 1905-11-03
Granted: 1906-08-16
Abstract: 22,480. Ding- wall, T. Nov. 3. Looking-glasses and mirrors are horizontally pivoted to a frame which is itself vertically pivoted to a hinged bracket which can be closed against the wall. This allows the mirror t o b e placed in any desired position. If desired, the device may be used with dressing-tables.
Patent GB-190526387-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Justifying the Lines in Type Setting Machines.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1905-12-18
Granted: 1906-04-26
Abstract: 26,387. Howorth, F. W., [Sch³tte, C., and Schiepe, A.]. Dec. 18. Printing-surfaces.-Justification in type-setting machines is effected by means of wedges 1, Fig. 1, consisting of a stepped series of spaces 1<1> and a guide-piece 1<a> connected by breakable pieces 1<11>. The wedges are set up in the line in a stick, and during the passage of the line to the galley, the wedges are driven in by means of a hammer, and the projecting parts of the wedges are broken off and trimmed by cutters.
Patent GB-190527039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drawing Pens.
Inventor: SAMUEL BLELOCK LEE
Filed: 1905-12-28
Granted: 1906-12-28
Abstract: 27,039. Samuel, B. L. Dec. 28. Ruling and dotting pens; compasses, drawing.-In ruling-pens and the like, special means are provided for setting the points and for preventing evaporation of the ink. The pen legs a, b, Fig. 1, are brought back to their adjusted position, after they have been opened for cleaning purposes, by turning a button f on the fixed leg into engagement with the upper part of the spring e, which is secured to the hinged leg. Modifications of this device are described. Fig. 7 shows a pen adapted to draw continuously thick and thin lines. The leg a is brought against the set-screw k by pressing the thumb-piece h, which engages with the adjusting-screw f through a rod i and a small bell-crank j. When thick lines are being drawn, the adjusting screw is held by a screw d carrying a button arranged as described above. In modifications, the relative positions of two inclined surfaces determine the adjustment of the points. In Fig. 9, a pen is shown provided with a piece r secured to one of the legs and bent over so as to enclose the space between the legs, thus preventing the evaporation of ink. In modifications, these side pieces are hinged, and, in some cases, they are formed integral with the legs.
Patent GB-190527261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooling Apparatus especially adapted for use with Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: EISENHUTH JOHN WASHINGTON
Filed: 1905-12-30
Granted: 1906-05-03
Abstract: 27,261. Eisenhuth, J. W. Dec. 30. Gas and like engines.-Relates to water circulating and cooling apparatus adapted for use with internal-combustion engines. The water is cooled partly by flowing through coils 2, and partly by flowing through a fan 5 of special construction. The coils 2 may be connected to the circulating- system of the engine or to a pump 3. Within the casing surrounding the coils is mounted a hollow shaft 4, connected to the circulating-system of the engine or to the coils 2. The shaft carries one or more fans 5, 15 for circulating the air over the coils. The fan 5, shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3, has hollow blades in which cross air passages 6 are formed. The water entering the hollow blades from the shaft 4 escapes in the form of spray through apertures 8 in the ends of the blades. The spray is collected in a surrounding casing 9 and flows back through the pipe 11 to the pump 3 or other receptacle. The fan 15 may be a plain fan or of the same construction as the fan 5.
Patent GB-190602274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extension Tables.
Inventor: SWANGER JOE
Filed: 1906-01-30
Granted: 1906-12-06
Abstract: 2274. Swanger, J. Jan. 30. Tables of the expanding type are made with a. frame c, d, which slides on rails f beneath the top a fixed rigidly to the legs, and in which can be folded one or more table leaves e sliding about a pivot rod g. The extensions can thus be placed beneath the table when not required, as indicated in Fig. 4, and can be drawn out and supported against the table top a on the end piece c.
Patent GB-190605093-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement connected with Telephonic and similar Instruments.
Inventor: SHAW-BROWNE WILLIAM DENNIS
Filed: 1906-03-02
Granted: 1906-08-30
Abstract: 5093. Browne, W. D. Shaw-, and Williams, S. A. March 2. Telephones, mechanical; sp e a k i n g-tubes. - The mouthpieces and earpieces a of telephones and other instruments for conveying, transmitting, and recording sounds are provided with a hollow tubular fitting b of a sanitary nature. The fitting may consist of the solid disinfectant itself, with or without a suitable support.
Patent GB-190606748-A (GB)
Title: An Adding and Reducing Machine
Inventor: HALL CHARLES GILBERT
Filed: 1906-03-21
Granted: 1907-01-10
Abstract: 6748. Hall, C. G. March 21. Calculating-apparatus.-A single-disk adding and subtracting apparatus, operated by a style or by the fingers, is provided with means for indicating complete ravolutions of the disk, consisting of differently coloured sections upon the zeroizing- cord. The disk D bears numerals upon its face arranged in a number of concentric circles so as to show through the slot S ; thus there may be abstract numbers in one circle, and their equivalents in monetary values, weights, or measures in another. There may also be numbers for different revolutions in separate circles, say from 1.to 100 in the first and from 101 to 200 in the second circle, the figures corresponding to the different revolutions being distinctively coloured to agree with similarly coloured sections upon the zeroizing-cord C, which is attached to an arm on the semicircular pulley P and is wound up as successive numbers are added. The addition of an item is performed by placing the style or finger in the depression of the edge of the disk against that number upon the fixed scale K, which extends from 0 to 19, and moving the disk until the finger is arrested at the fixed stop F, there being one edge depression for each radial line of figures upon the disk. A leather pad rubs against the disk to steady its motion, and the zero-reading is restored by pulling the cord, which in a modification passes around spirallyarranged pins upon the disk. There may be a paper sheet upon the cover of the disk for listing numbers.
Patent GB-190618993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valises, Dressing Cases and the like, Convertible into Dressing or other Tables
Inventor: GOLDIN HORACE
Filed: 1906-08-25
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 18,993. Goldin, H. Aug. 25. Dressing-cases.-Valises, dressing - cases, &c. are rendered convertible into dressing or other tables, being provided with telescopic legs B consisting of lengths of tube b<1> formed of two thicknesses, the inner part of each length being provided with a slot or groove b<2> in which slides a stud b<3> attached to the outer part of the length below it. The part b<5> of the slot is decreased in width, to hold the stud by friction. Shelves C, C<1>, the latter suspended from the former, are supported by bracket rods E having bent ends e<1>, which engage in slots a<4> in the partitions a<1>. The shelves can be packed in the spaces G. A mirror F may be provided. The use as a table in railway compartments is mentioned.
Patent GB-190619162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Sails for Ships, Yachts, and the like.
Inventor: TILLING GEORGE JOHN
Filed: 1906-08-28
Granted: 1907-06-13
Abstract: 19,162. Tilling, G. J., and Crowle, T. T. Aug. 28. Sails, of the type in which the seams are laid diagonally, for ships, yachts, &c. are constructed, in order that they may retain their shape, with the centre of the width of the main cloth arranged, in the case of a mainsail or similarly-shaped sail, in a direct line between the throat B, Fig. 1, and clew C, as shown at A, and, in the case of a sail of triangular shape, such as a jib or topsail, at right-angles to the stay E, Fig. 2, and extending in a direct line to the clew F, as shown at D. The other cloths are fitted parallel to the seams of the main cloth.
Patent GB-190623519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Telephone Circuits.
Inventor: JACOBS CHARLES MARK
Filed: 1906-10-23
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 23,519. Jacobs, C. M. Oct. 23. Telephone systems; telegraphs.-In simultaneous telegraphy and telephony, or in duplex or multiplex telephony wherein the two line-wires are arranged in series for one communication and in parallel for the other, the secondaries t of the telephone transformers of the series circuit a are arranged directly in series with the line-wires, the apparatus s of the parallel circuit b being connected with the central point of the secondaries t. The receivers rare arranged in shunt across the transformer secondaries, and are wound phonoporically or have a condenser c of small capacity in series with them.
Patent GB-190702704-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Pulley with Reservoir for Lubricant.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1907-02-02
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 2704. Howorth, F. W., [Molteni, U.]. Feb. 2. Collectors.-A self-lubricating pulley or electric trolly wheel contains an oil chamber formed by grooves d, e in the pulley a and the bush b. The oil passes to the bearing-surface through holes band is returned centrifugally to the chamber through grooves f and holes g.
Patent GB-190712016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Operating Tables.
Inventor: DOWNEY JAMES HENRY
Filed: 1907-05-23
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 12,016. Downey, J. H. May 23. Tables.-An operating-table top is built up in adjustable sections to enable various parts of the body to be exposed, and is supported by a metal framework comprising two U-shaped side bars 10 united by cross-bars 12 and stays 13. The angularly adjustable table top, which is pivoted to the legs at 15, comprises two bent side members 21, 23, connected by cross-bars 16, 24, 27, and a slotted bar 32 by means of which it is secured in position. The cross-bar 27 supports a pillar 34 carrying a small elliptical seat 37 and a pelvis clamp 35. The supports for the lower limbs, which may be placed in the plane of either the member 21 or 23, consists of two parts 40, 41 hinged together, the parts 41 beiog detachably secured to the centre post, the side frame, and the folding posts 47. The sections 40 have slots 43 for the reception of straps and are angularly adjustable, being held in position by means of rods 50 passing through yokes 51 pivoted to bars 50<1> beneath each section. An angularly adjustable and slidable back-rest 58 and a head-rest 57 are fitted to the main frame. A stretching-apparatus comprising a drum rotated by a ratchet-wheel 77 and lever 80 is fitted to a block 74 carried by adjustable rods 64<1>, 67, 84 clamped in sockets 62, 90 carried by the table legs. The sockets 62 may also support gynecological stirrups.
Patent GB-190716261-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Elevating and Lowering Rods and Cornices from which Window and Door Curtains and the like are Suspended.
Inventor: ROHNER EMIL
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 1 6 , 2 6 1 . Rohner, E., and Koch, E. July 15. Supporting load uniformly on several points.- Curtain - rods, cornice poles, &c. are raised and lowered by means of chains or cords passing over pulleys fixed to the window frame &c. As shown in Fig. 1 as applied to a cornice pole m, guidepieces b carrying the pole slide along fixed vertical guide-bars a, of round or T-section. The lifting- cords c attached to the guide-pieces b are connected to an endless cord d or to a single cord which is wound upon a drum d<2> provided with a cranked handle e and with a ratchet and pawl.
Patent GB-190716303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Coal Gas.
Inventor: FRANKS ERNEST ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 16,303. Franks, E. A. July 16. Gas manufacture, materials for.-A mixture of ordinary gas coal with anthracite, steam coal, or the like, is distilled in gas retorts.
Patent GB-190719820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Broom, Brush and other Handle Connections.
Inventor: CAMPBELL SARAH
Filed: 1907-09-04
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 1 9, 8 2 0. Campbell, S., and Gribbon, J. S. Sept. 4. Handles.-The handles of brushes and brooms are reversibly connected to the stock or head b by two pivotally connected arms, carrying at one end socket members f, g for the handle, and provided at the other end with jaws p, q adapted to grip the head b on the insertion of the handle into the socket members/, g. The end e of the handle is tapered and may be screw - threaded to engage threads t in the concave socket members f, g. One or both jaws p, q may be provided with teeth r. The socket member f is provided with a hole h for fixing to a handle. For steadying the head b, the arms k, l of the jaws p, q may be provided with lateral lugs n, o respectively. The lugs n, o may be provided with holes s for screws. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the jaws engage grooves in the head. According to the Provisional Specification, a collar is provided for screw-threaded socket members.
Patent GB-190723915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Motor Controllers.
Filed: 1907-10-30
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 23,915. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 30. Motor control systems.-A starting-resistance is cut out by electro-magnetic switches, and a relay is arranged to prevent the actuation of the last switch as long as the potential drop on the resistance exceeds a predetermined value. The resistance sections R<1>, R<2> are shown in series with the armature A, and the switches 6, 7 operated by coils 8, 12 are arranged to short-circuit the sections as the back electromotive force rises. Any number of resistance sections and switches may be used, and, when all the switches except the last one 7 have been operated, the winding 19 of the relay 18 is left connected across the last resistance section R<2>. This relay is arranged to lift its bridging- contact 16 when the main switch S is closed, so that, during the starting operations, the circuit of the actuating-coil 12 is broken at the contacts 15, 17. If the supply voltage varies and the potential difference on the resistance R<2> is too large to add to that on the motor, the relay 18 remains held up. If the potential difference on the resistance R' is below a certain value, the relay 18 drops to complete the circuit of the coil 12. The switch 7 then cuts out the resistance. The arrangement may be applied to a dynamotor which supplies the auxiliary circuits on a train.
Patent GB-190804137-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Starting Internal Combustion Engines by Electrical Ignition.
IPC: F02P15/12
Filed: 1908-02-24
Granted: 1909-04-26
Abstract: 4137. Bosch, R., [Firm of]. Oct. 28, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines.-In an electric ignition system for multi - cylinder internal - combustion engines, a trembler is used at starting, but is cut out during normal running. Fig. 2 shows a circuit containing both a battery and a magneto for supplying the igniting-current, but a battery only may be used, in which case the primary of the induction coil is connected to earth through a simple switch. A battery 1 supplies in either case the current at starting. The primary of the induction coil 2 is connected at one end through a changeover switch 14 to earth, and at the other end to the battery 1, the second pole of the latter being in connexion with the trembler 3 and one terminal of an engine-driven interrupter 6 ; a condenser 7 is placed across the terminals of the interrupter The secondary of the induction coil is connected through a distributing-switsh 8 to the plugs 9 of the engine, circuit being completed through the engine framing. At starting, the distributing-switch is so disposed that the spark-plug of that cylinder containing an explosive mixture under pressure will be in circuit with the induction coil secondary. The interrupter is open and the switch closed. A spring-button 5 is depressed and closes the circuit from the battery through the trembler, engine frame, and primary winding, giving a series of sparks at the plug with the engine running normally, the spring button is released and single sparks are effected by the interupter. The latter comprises a cam-plate 20, Fig. 3, on which bears a boss 19 on a spring-pressed lever 15, one of the contacts 17 being carried by this lever. When it is desired to use either a magneto or a battery for normal running, the change-over switch 14 is inserted in the circuits. The magneto 11 is provided with its own condenser 13 and interrupter 12. The three positions of the change-over switch for placing the magneto in circuit, cutting-out both magneto and battery, and placing the battery in circuit, are shown respectively in Figs. 2<a>, 2<b>, and 2<c>,
Patent GB-190805607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Surfacing or Grinding-in Valves.
Inventor: O'NEILL CHARLES WILKINSON
Filed: 1908-03-12
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 5607. O'Neill, C. W. March 12. Grinding-in male and female fitting parts.-A device for grinding-in valves, particularly mushroom valves, to their seatings comprises a casing in two portions, one of which is secured to the valve stem, the other which supports it being clamped to the stem guide. The former is positively driven and is given a slight axial reciprocation to work in the grinding-material between the valve and its seating. In the device shown in Fig. 1, the portion a is secured to the stem guide c by jaws e, which are carried in slots f. A screwed ring h having cam-faces, one for each jaw e, is used to move them inwards to clamp the stem guide against the action of a spring g. The lower portion b is secured to the portion a by bayonet-slot joints and supports by means of a ring m, an inner ring k carrying rollers n which engage a cam-groove q in a piece p. This piece p is driven by bevel-gearing u, s from a shaft r supported in bearings on the upper portion a, and is clamped to the valve stem d by jaws e and a cam-ring. The gear u is coupled to the piece p by pins w which project into holes in it, thus allowing it to move vertically when constrained to do so by the rollers n and the cam-groove q. The ring k is held in its lower position in the casing by a spring device, such as spiral springs l.
Patent GB-190807705-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Recovering Tin from Waste Mixtures and Alloys of Tin with Lead.
Inventor: ALBERT NODON
Filed: 1908-04-07
Abstract: 7705. Nodon, A. Sept. 7, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Void. [Published under Patents &c. Act, 1907.] [Application for Patent of Addition to No. 7584, A.D. 1908.] Tin, obtaining, by a modification of the process described in Specification No. 7584, A.D. 1908. Tinned lead waste, or other mixtures or alloys of tin with lead, are contained in baskets d which may be of asbestos cloth supported by lead, and, after cleaning the waste in sodium carbonate solution and washing in a tank a as described in the abovementioned Specification, the baskets are transferred to electrolytic cells c. These may be of wood lined with insulating-material, and contain dilute sulphuric acid or a solution of a soluble sulphate or bisulphate, such as sulphate of sodium, ammonium, or tin, or the double sulphate of sodium and tin. The baskets d form the anodes, and are arranged between cathodes of sheet tin enclosed in bags f of asbestos or in outer bags e of asbestos stretched on acid-resisting frames. The electrolysis is continued until the surface of the remaining lead becomes covered with brown peroxide. When sulphates are used instead of sulphuric acid, the bags may be made of canvas instead of asbestos.
Patent GB-190808801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Adhesive Tickets or Labels.
Inventor: GALLOWAY GEORGE JOHNSON
Filed: 1908-04-22
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 8801. Galloway, G. J. April 22. Cutting-machines for labels and tickets; paper, treating to facilitate severance.-Adhesive labels, more especially small circular labels with serrated edges, are constructed so as to facilitate writing on them and to avoid waste in use. The labels a are stamped from a sheet by a cutting-die shaped so that the labels remain joined by narrow strips b. The labels may be round, or diamond-shaped, or of any desired outline, and their edges may be plain.
Patent GB-190810982-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Collecting Dust or Fluff Produced in the Manufacture of Various Articles.
Inventor: BARLOW PETER
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 10,982. Barlow, P. May 21. Filtering.-The dust or fluff produced in the manufacture of various articles and drawn off by air suction from the machines in a mill &c., is separated from the air by passing the impurityladen air through hinged filtering-screens which are caused to rise and then fall with a jerk, so as to discharge the impurities into a receptacle beneath. Screens k, l, formed of wire, canvas, flannel, &c. and pivoted at their inner ends on spindles k<1>, l<1>, are located within an open casing c with arched sides arranged over an open chamber a at the end of an air duct, which communicates with a fan for producing the current of impurity-laden air. The screens are raised by the depression of levers l<2> on the spindles k<1>, l<1> by crank-pins g, or cams carried by a rotating shaft d, and they fall with a jerk when the levers move out of the path of the crank-pins. The movement of the screen may be limited by stops provided on the arched ends c<x>.
Patent GB-190813624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reinforcing Material or Bonds for Brickwork.
Inventor: JOHNSON WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-06-27
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 13,624. Johnson, W. H. June 27. Walls.-A bond or tie for reinforcing brickwork consists of a wire fabric having the longitudinal or warp wires a straight and parallel to take the tension, and the weft wires b twisted around them as shown.
Patent GB-190813782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Winding and Unwinding of Rolls of Paper and the like.
Inventor: GOEBEL JEAN
Filed: 1908-06-29
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 13,782. Goebel, J. June 29. Variable-speed gearing. -In a paper-winding apparatus, the winding or unwinding roll is driven by a variable-speed coupling, whereby the peripheral speed of the roll is maintained constant while the diameter of the roll increases or decreases. The winding-on roll b is carried by pivotel arms f and rests lightly against the driven roll c. The roll c drives the roll b by means of spring-controlled disks h engaging with a tapered disk g. As the diameter of the roll b increases, the disk g is gripped nearer the circumference by the disks h, so that the peripheral speed of the roll b remains constant.
Patent GB-190815751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Trucks for Railway and Tramway and like Vehicles
Inventor: CURWEN MASKELL EWING
Filed: 1908-07-24
Granted: 1909-05-20
Abstract: 15,751. Curwen, M. E., [Brill Co., J. G.]. July 24. Locomotive railway and tramway vehicles.-In a modification of the maximum traction - truck described in Specification No. 15,750, A.D. 1908, the bolster 31, supported by diagonally disposed leaf springs 30 from the spring plank, carries the centre block 33, through which the king - bolt passes, and the side rub plates 34. The end cross-bar 21 carries the cam-plate 40 against which rests the spring plunger 41, having an angular operating face and supported by the bracket 42 secured to the sills 43 of the car body. When the car passes round a curve, the plunger is forced out of the depression in the camplate, the spring 46, seated against the car body at 45, is correspondingly depressed, and additional weight is shifted on to the leading wheels.