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Patent GB-190712501-A (GB)
Title: Regulating the Mixture and Admission of Gas and Air to the Cylinders of Gas Motor Engines.
Inventor: GRIFFIN SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-05-30
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 12,501. Griffin, S. May 30. Lift valves; seats. -To regulate independently the area of the airinlet passage in the combined arrangement of air and gas admission valves described in Specification No. 10,952, A.D. 1890, provision is made to adjust either the position of the airinlet valve itself or the position of its seat. As shown in Fig. 2, the governor-controlled valves a', a<2> are mounted on a single valve stem a with the seat of the air valve a' adjustable from: outside the casing f. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the valve a<2> is adjustable on'its stem b<1>.
Patent GB-190713289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Belts for Motor Cycles and other purposes.
Inventor: GITTINS ERNEST JOHN
Filed: 1907-12-07
Granted: 1908-12-07
Abstract: 13,289. Gittins, E. J. Dec. 7. Driving and like chains.-A driving-belt for motor cycles &c. comprises a chain, composed of pairs of flat metal links 1, 2 and single links 3, to which leather 'blocks 4, 5 are affixed. The blocks are made with tapered sides, and are secured to the links 1, 2 by pins, comprising a cylindrical part 14 received by the link 3, square parts 15 seated in the links 1, 2, and pointed portions 18, on which the blocks 4, 5 are pressed by means of a screw 19 engaging a flanged tapped bush 20.
Patent GB-190715826-A (GB)
Title: An Atmospheric Blower for Locomotive Engines and the like.
Inventor: GOLDIE THOMAS
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 15,826. Goldie, T. July 10. Draught-inducers. -A blast nozzle q, fitted in the smokebox of a locomotive or like engine, is connected by a pipe or pipes p to one or more funnelsc, into which air is forced by the motion of the locomotive. The funnels can be turned to point in any direction, and can be fixed in position by a set-screw k. A regulating-valve g is provided. The blast nozzle is in the form of a ring.
Patent GB-190716549-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines
Inventor: VARLELY RICHARD
Filed: 1907-07-19
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 16,549. Varley, R., Butterfield, J., and Smith, J. July 19. Mangling and wringing machines.-In a mangling or wringing machine which may be inverted without removal of any part, the upper frame a carrying the rollers is swivelled upon a bar g and is raised or lowered by means of worm gearing o, n. The worm-wheel n may be attached directly to the frame a; or, as shown, it may operate, through a pinion m, a spur-wheel k secured to the frame a. In the erect position, the mangle is supported by an enlarged tooth k<2> and a projection on the frame a bearing on lugs formed on the lower framework h, which is also provided with a slot h<1> to accommodate the driving-shaft so that the mangle may be operated when in its inverted position. The main framework may, when the mangle is inverted, support a cover whereby the whole may act as a table.
Patent GB-190718661-A (GB)
Title: Improved Brake for Tramcars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: GILFILLAN JAMES ROBERT
Filed: 1908-02-11
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 18,661. Gilfillan, J. R. Feb. 11, 1908. Wedges.-A combined wheel and slipper brake is applied by a double wedge through arms which also exert a braking action on the track. Two parallel cross-bars C, placed transversely of the vehicle, have pivoted thereon the two arms B, B<1>, each fitted with a brake shoe. The arms are joined together by a pair of iron straps E, the bolts W, W<1> extending across the vehicle to the arms on the other side. The slipper brake A is suspended by springs (not shown) from eyebolts Y, and to its upper side is secured the lower half A<2> of a double wedge A', Figs. 1 and 2. The upper half A<3> of the wedge has eyes to which links D are secured, the links D applying wheel brakes D'. The operating chains or levers are secured to the bolts W, W<1>, which, on being pulled, cause one of the arms B, B' to move nearer to the vertical until it comes on to the rail. In doing this, the arm moves the slipper A horizontally, and, by reason of the wedge, the slipper brake descends on to the rail while the upper part of the wedge rises and applies the wheel brakes.
Patent GB-190718714-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vacuum Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1908-08-19
Abstract: 18,714. Lake, H. W., [Dunn-Locke Vacuum Cleaning Co.]. Aug. 19. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-In apparatus of the kind in which dust-laden air from a suction nozzle, or a mixture of dust-laden air and water from a scrubbing-implement, is drawn through a saturating- chamber into a pump, which discharges into a sewer &c. without any separation of the dust taking place, a pump of the kind described in Specification No. 3992, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Air and gases, Compressing &c.], is directly connected to a saturating-chamber containing a constant head of liquid. In the form shown, the saturating-cbamber 1 is arranged above the pump. Dust-laden air, or a mixture of dust, air, and water, is drawn in through an inlet 2 past check valves 4, and is thoroughly mixed with water in the chamber 1 while passing through baffles 5 ; the liquid level is maintained at the height of the outlet pipe 6, by means of supply and drain pipes 7, 8, respectively. The pump is double-acting and has a loosely-fitting piston with circumferential grooves 18 instead of packing and of length nearly half that of the cylinder, so that a vacuum is created behind the piston each stroke before the valveless suction port 17 is opened. The discharge valves 12 lead to chambers 13 communicating by a passage 14 with the outlet pipe 15. Out'ets 23 closed by plugs enable the cylinder and chambers to be drained when necessary. In a modification, the saturating- chamber is constituted by the bed 25 of the pump, the piston grooves then being supplied with sealing- water by way of a port similarly located to the port 17.
Patent GB-190719558-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Electrical Locking Apparatus for Railway Signalling.
IPC: B61L23/10
Filed: 1907-08-31
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 19,558. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Aug. 31. Hand-levers and handgearing.-In the locking- apparatus for hand-levers, described in Specification No. 2923, A.D. 1872, in which the locking is effected by pressing a rod engaging with a scape segment the anchor of which is the polarized armature of an electromagnet operated by an alternating or intermittent current, a means is provided for disengaging the anchor from the scape segment during the locking movement. The rod l, Fig. 1, when pressed by the button t, moves a pin f attached to a cross-piece m along the cam-slot d, thus causing the lever b pivoted at c to move to the left. The segment a, pivoted at n in the lever, is thus allowed to fall clear of the anchor g, owing to the pin k moving out of engagement with the slide l, which is held up by the spring o. The fall of the segment is limited by the pin p. When the pressure on the button is removed, the spring r presses the rod e upwards, returning the lever b to its original position and bringing the segment again into engagement with the anchor g. The slide l cannot, therefore, lift the segment until the anchor is moved by the magnet i, although pressed against the pin k by the spring o. The pivot of the anchor may be made movable instead of the pivot of the segment, or both can be made movable at once, and the cam slot may be in a part carried by the rod e and the pin may be fixed to the lever ; or the cam-slot may be replaced by a cam-shaped projection on one piece engaging two pins on the other.
Patent GB-190719899-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Wedges for the Securing of Hammer Heads and the like to their Handles.
Inventor: MCLEAN DUNCAN
Filed: 1907-09-06
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 19,899. McLean, D. Sept. 6. Wedges for securing hammerheads &c. to their handles are provided with recesses a, into which the wood of the handle re-acts or expands.
Patent GB-190724235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Axle-nuts.
Inventor: MILLIGAN THOMAS
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 24,235. Milligan, T. Nov. 1, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Axle caps.-To take up the end wear of the axle-box, an extension collar is employed, laterally adjustable on the axle-cap. The axle-cap 6, Fig. 1, is screwed on the end of the axle, and has an offset collar 7 having an internal screw of opposite band to the screw on the axle, and a peripheral recess adapted to take a washer 8. The extension collar 9 screws into the cap, and overlaps and bears against the axle-box. As the axle-box wears, the extension collar 9 is adjusted.
Patent GB-190805699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles and Closing Devices therefor to Prevent Refilling.
Inventor: MEYER JAKOB
Filed: 1908-03-13
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 5699. Meyer, J. March 13. Bottles, non-refillable.-To prevent refilling, the heck 1 is provided with a cap 4 supported on a rubber packing-ring 5. The cap is hollowed sufficiently to allow a flap valve 3 to rise slightly from the bottle mouth, and is closed by a cork 8 down the centre of which runs a wire 16 hooked at the lower end and formed with a handle 18 to facilitate withdrawal of the cork. The cap 4 is secured by cementing pins in lateral borings 7 ; but in a modification, Fig. 4, springs 12 are inserted between, and engage suitable notches in, the two parts. Instead of the flap valve 3, a vertically - rising stopper with a head of polygonal form may be used.
Patent GB-190816528-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Resinous Products.
Filed: 1908-08-05
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 16,528. Produits Chimiques de Croissy. Aug. 5,1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Formaldehyde compounds.-In the production of resinous compounds from phenols and aldehydes in presence of catalytic agents, the reaction is controlled by first causing the aldehyde to act upon an intermediate substance such as a polyvalent alcohol, for example, glycerine, and then adding the phenol. According to an example, a mixture of formaldehyde, glycerine, and hydrochloric acid is gently heated in the vessel a provided with a condenser c ; phenol is then added, and the resulting oil is separated from the glycerine-containing liquid ; the oil is washed and heated until of the desired consistency. The glycerine may be recovered for re-use.
Patent GB-190817412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulating the Live Parts of Electric Switches and the like.
Filed: 1908-08-19
Granted: 1909-05-13
Abstract: 17,412. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Nicholls, E. G. Aug. 19. Switches.-The live parts of electric switches and other apparatus are insulated by forming slots b, b<1> in the supporting-base, which are bridged by a plate c of micanite or other insulating-material, to which the contacts d, d<1>, d<2> are fixed by means of bolts e, e<1>. The invention is shown applied to a motorstarting switch.
Patent GB-190817500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising and Forcing Water and other Liquids and Semi-liquids.
Inventor: JOY BERTRAM CHARLES
Filed: 1908-08-20
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 17,500. Joy, B. C. Aug. 20. [Cognate Application No. 3407, A.D. 1909, dated-Feb. 11.] Explosive-gas actuated pumps.-The vacuum required for the introduction of a fresh charge of combustible vapour and water into direct explosion-pressure apparatus for raising water is produced by the combined effect due to the momentum of the water in the delivery column and the cooling action of a water spray. Fig. 1 shows the forcing chamber A fitted with a waterspraying device w, W. After an explosion the vacuum produced as above draws in a fresh charge of gas from the pipe M and of air from the pipe L, through a non- return valve H. As soon as the pressure in the chamber A reaches atmospheric, a spring-controlled diaphragm T, Fig. 3, opens a firing-port 0 connecting the passage f to the chamber S containing a burner S<1>, and an explosion takes place. Backfiring is prevented by a gauze screen N ; the apparatus is started by introducing a charge through the tap x.
Patent GB-190822941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buttons.
Inventor: SCHLOSS JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-10-28
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 22,941. Schloss, J. W. Oct. 28. Buttons.-On a button of the type described in Specification No. 20,343, A.D. 1907, the core 1, Fig. 4, of spongy material is provided with a rigid disk 2, which may be pasted or glued to the back of the core. An eye 4 with prongs 5 like a paper-fastener is passed through a hole in the disk and through a washer 6, the prongs being then bent as shown. A crocheted, braided or like cover 7 is then placed over the core and fastened by stitching. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, instead of the metallic eye a tuft of fabric 9 is used.
Patent GB-190824636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tools for Cutting Grooves in Wooden Casings or Mouldings and the like.
Inventor: POLLET FRANCOIS
Filed: 1908-11-16
Granted: 1909-11-16
Abstract: 24,636. Pollet, F. Nov. 16. Tools and toolholders ; grooving. -In apparatus for grooving wood casings, mouldings, or the like, the tools or blades are secured in pairs upon a holder P which is mounted within a block B adapted to be inserted in the tool carrier of the machine. The tools are formed from flat strips, as shown in Fig. 1, or from curved strips as shown in Fig. 3. The angle at which the tools are set is determined by the angle at which the holder P is mounted within the block B, or by the shape given to the holder P and the block B. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also (1) moulds having inclined sides for applying cement and the like to the stones or blocks lining the wood as shown in Fig. 1. (2) A method of bevelling the edges of the blocks by means of a tool, as shown in Fig. 2. (3) A hand apparatus for grooving wood as shown in Fig. 3 ; this hand grooving-apparatus comprises a grill a having bars for guiding the cutting-blades, the height of the blades being adjusted according to the depth of groove required. (4) Wood-grooving machines as shown in Figs. 5 and 9. The woodgrooving machine has a table T, and a slide G disposed above and across the table and carrying a tool holder or carrier C. The carrier may be reciprocated by means of a rod operated by a crank-disk with variable radius, an eccentric, or a cam, or, when the stroke is long, by means of a screw capable of operating alternately in opposite directions. The table may be fed automatically at each stroke by means of a screw or a cremaillere operated by a pawl. The table may be fixed and the feed may be-applied to the slide, or both the slide and the table may be fixed and the feed given to the wood by pairs of-rollers. The height of the tool holder may be adjusted according to the thickness of the wood. The table may be adjustable vertically. The tools may consist of circular saws, parallel or inclined and driven from an electric motor as shown in Fig. 9. This subject-matter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190824889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Shovels, Spades and similar Articles and to Rolls therefor.
Inventor: ATKINS JOHN
Filed: 1908-11-19
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 24,889. Atkins, J. Nov. 19. Rolling.-Spades, shovels, scoops, and the like are made from blanks in a single machine consisting of one set of three-high rolls, the articles thus being made at a single heat. The blanks successively traverse the rollers A, B, C in alternate directions at the positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, being finally finished by the recessed roll E at the position 7, and delivered at the side opposite to their first insertion. The two lower rolls are driven by gearing and the upper roll by friction. The collars a<3>, b<2> and shoulder b<3> prevent the blank from spreading out to an excessive degree.
Patent GB-190900168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Boxes.
Inventor: DAVIS EDWIN KIMBALL
Filed: 1909-01-04
Granted: 1910-01-04
Abstract: 168. Davis, E. K. Jan. 4. Folding boxes; lids and covers; partitioned boxes.- A blank, cut and scored as shown in Fig. 1, is folded up to form a box, carton, &c., the tabs 12 engaging with the slots 13. The supplemental cover 6 has flaps 21 adapted to be folded down to form partitions. The lid 3 has a flap 15, which is doubled over at 17 and inserted in a slot 16 and cannot be withdrawn without destroying the package. A diagonal slit 18 forms a point 19, to' assist in entering the folded flap into the slot. A reinforcing metal or paper strip 20 may be secured to one part of the flap 15.
Patent GB-190901305-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rail Sanding Apparatus, to be Fixed to Electric, or other Tramcars, and the like.
Inventor: CARRICK ROBERT
IPC: B61C15/10
Filed: 1909-01-19
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 1305. Carrick, R., and Procter, C. Jan. 19. Sand, distributing on wheel tracks.-Sanding- apparatus for tramcars and the like is arranged so that sand may be dropped before or behind all four driving-wheels by operating a pedal at either end of the vehicle. Two hoppers A are arranged over each of the four driving- wheels. The valve plates C of each hopper have two ports G, H and I, J, the ports H, I being adjacent to the hopper pipes and the ports G, J being spaced apart therefrom. The valve plates C on each side of the vehicle are connected together by links U and the operating-linkage at each side of the vehicle is connected by a crosslink L. The valve plates C are drawn forwards when the pedal P is depressed, and sand falls through the port H in front of each driving- wheel. The movement of the pedal P is limited by a trigger R, which engages with a stop S on the lever M. On raising the trigger R by pressing on the pedal Q and at the same time .depressing further the pedal P, the port J is brought into position to enable sand to fall behind the driving-wheels. The pedal apparatus is duplicated at the other end of the vehicle. The sand pipes D are held on by springs F connected to the hopper mouths and to sleeves E on the pipes.
Patent GB-190906068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Piston Engines with several Rotatively Arranged and Radially Situated Cylinders.
IPC: F01B13/06
Filed: 1909-03-13
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 6068. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. June 5, 1908, [Convention date]. Revolving-cylinder pumps; stroke, varying.- Hydraulic engines or pumps, of the type in which the pistons working in a rotating cylinder body are fixed to a ring or frame eccentrically adjustable with relation to said cylinder body, are provided with a positive connexion between the ring or frame and the cylinder body. Figs.1 and 2 show an engine combined with a pump of similar nature to form a hydraulic power-transmission mechanism. The driving-shaft A is connected to the cylinder body a', which has a central bore a<9> for accommodating the stationary member E<1> of the controlling-valve. The body a<1> contains five cylinders, each containing a piston connected to the ring or frame G and each communicating with the central valve through a port. The frame G is connected to the cylinder body a<1> by an Oldham coupling comprising a plate J, Fig. 7, with four slots at right - angles, one pair of slots accommodating rollers Q attached to the cylinder body a', and the other pair accommodating rollers Q<1> attached to the frame G. An adjustable frame F carries the frame G and serves to regulate the stroke of the pistons from a maximum in one direction to a maximum in the other direction. Arranged in the same casing with the cylinder body a<1>, but separated therefrom by the diaphragm E, is a similar body K containing a number of cylinders and encircling the stationary member of the valve E<2> The eccentricity of the ring or frame m<1> is in this case fixed, so that the capacity of the element is fixed; the said frame is directly connected to the driven shaft M and is coupled to the body K by the Oldham coupling S. The controlling- valves are formed by the revolving cylinder bodies and the stationary parts E<1>, E, the latter being cut away at the sides to form crescentshaped spaces e<3>, e<4> in each element. The spaces in the two elements communicate by passages e<4>, e<8>, and ribs separate the two spaces in each member. In another form, the liquid is fed to the motor by separate pipes, and a change-over valve may be fitted for reversing the motor.
Patent GB-190909798-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Rendering Coal Gas suitable for Transport.
Inventor: MENZ ALEXANDER
IPC: F17C5/06
Filed: 1909-04-24
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 9798. Menz, A. April 25, 1908, [Convention date]. Storing under pressure.-To render coal-gas suitable for transport, it is compressed into steel cylinders under a pressure of about 200 atmospheres. The gas may be subsequently used for heating and lighting purposes.
Patent GB-190910535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coaster Hubs for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: COOPER STANLEY
IPC: B62L5/00
Filed: 1909-05-04
Granted: 1910-05-04
Abstract: 10,535. Cooper, S. May 4. Band; compensating for wear covers and protectors for.-In coaster hubs for cycles and the like employing an external brake band and an internal operating-lever, the band G, adjustably anchored at one end, is arranged to overhang the brake drum A on one side, the overhanging part being engaged by the operating-lever C, which is pivoted at E to the dust-cover B. The drum is screwed into, and forms an extension of the hub. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lever has a nose C<2>, which engages a slot or the equivalent F in the side of the band, the lever being engaged at the part C<3> by a peg H<2> upon the rotatable sleeve H. In lieu of the slot, the band may have a peg or a hole to be engaged by the lever, or any other connexion may be provided. For adjusting the band, the anchored end G' may carry a stem J, which, when nuts M have been slackened, may be moved, by the operation of nuts N, in a slot B' of the dust-cover, and then be re-fixed in its adjusted position ; or a bolt passing through a hole in the dust-cover may have an unsymmetrical head to enter an elongated hole in the band so that adjustment is effected by turning the bolt. The dust-cover need not overhang the brake band as at B<2>, D, but only so much as is necessary for the pivoting of the actuating-lever may be employed. As the power is applied to one side of the band, the drum may be made to taper slightly.