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Patent GB-190903217-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepayment Electricity Meters.
Inventor: HOOKHAM GEORGE
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 1909-02-10
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 3217. Hookham, G., and Holden, S. H. Feb. 10. [Addition to 2769/08.] Electricity, supplying by meter.-Mechanism is provided for the prepayment attachment for electricity meters described in Specification 2769/08, to prevent the meter from being operated by a coin if there are no balls in the lower beam. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the nose 11 of a lever 9, which is pivoted to the beam f, is adapted to enter a notch 7 in a disk 8 on the handle-bar. Alternatively, the beam may be suitably weighted and the nose 11 formed on it. In the form shown in Fig. 3<a>, a spring-controlled catch 12 is adapted to enter the pocket h and prevent its upward movement if there is no ball in the pocket.
Patent GB-190903982-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Raising Gigs Employed in the Manufacture of Woollen and other Woven or Felted Fabrics.
Inventor: TILLOTSON JAMES
IPC: D06C11/00
Filed: 1909-02-18
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 3982. Tillotson, J. Feb. 18. Pile, raising and dressing.-A woven or felted fabric is operated upon at three different points simultaneously by a teazling or nap-raising cylinder, and is afterwards submitted to the action of a wire-covered roller for reversing the fibres. Fig. 4 shows diagrammatically the course of the material operated on. Rollers P, Q, 21, 22 are grooved spreading and drawing rollers. The roller 10 is a leading-on and expanding roller. The fabric is led over fixed grooved spreading-plates 12, 18, 33, 34, and is held in contact with them by guide - bars 15, 16, 19, 26, 24, 25. A roller 36 is covered with wire-carding and is used for reversing the fibres of the fabric. The guide-bars and plates can be moved into the position shown by dotted lines to bring the fabric clear of the cylinder. The roller 36 may be mounted adjustably so that it can be moved into and out of working position.
Patent GB-190904619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: WESTGARTH TOM
IPC: F22B21/06
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 4619. Westgarth, T., and Taylor, L. Feb. 25. Water-tube boilers.-In a water-tube boiler comprising a number of nests of vertical watertubes a connected to upper and lower drums b, c and surrounding a combustion chamber e, each of the upper drums is divided by a vertical diaphragm s, and the inner and outer drum sections thus formed are connected by short tubes r, q. The inner drum sections communicate through tubes m with a centrally-disposed steam drum n. In a modification, the nests of tubes are arranged in two concentric rings, all the upper drums and all the lower drums being connected by means of short tubes. The feed is supplied to the outer series of drums or drum sections. The upper drums b and steam drum are supported by columns p, the lower drums being held suspended by the tubes.
Patent GB-190906568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: PASSAT JEAN BAPTISTE
IPC: B64C33/02
Filed: 1909-03-18
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 6568. Passat, J. B. Nov. 27, 1908, [Convention date]. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling; steering.-In a flying-machine propelled and raised by vibrating wings, the main rib of the wings is pivoted on a universal joint to the frame of the machine, and moves in a conical path without any rotation about its own axis ; means are provided for adjusting the inclination of the stroke of the wing. Each wing 5, of which there may be three pairs, is formed of a curved main rod 17 to which curved ribs are secured, and the whole is covered with fabric. The wing shaft 17 is pivoted to a bracket 15, and its inner end is secured by a universal joint to a fixed bracket 28. The bracket 15 is mounted on the crank-pin 14<a> and, as the transverse shaft 12 rotates, the axis of the wing describes a conical surface. The bracket 15 is connected by an arm 16<a> and an adjustable link 19 to a crank 21 rotated synchronously with the crank 14. By altering the length of the link 19, the inclination of the wing is varied. The wings are mounted on a frame supported on wheels, which may be geared to the motor.
Patent GB-190910067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Arrangements for the Cooling of Commutators of Dynamo-electric Machines.
IPC: H02K9/28
Filed: 1909-04-28
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 10,067. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and O'Hagan, F. F., [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. April 28. Commutators, cooling. S h r i n krings b, Fig. 2, on commutators a are formed with passages b<2> in the same plane as the ring and communicating, if desired, with axial passages c, through which air is either withdrawn from, or forced into, the spaces between the shrink-rings. Radial passages d are formed between the passage b<2> and the circumference of the ring. Annular grooves e may be formed in the commutator at the sides of the ring. In a modification, the ring b is left solid, but has formed in its sides recesses f, Fig. 4, which may be partly closed by insulated pieces g, or by side rings g<1> fitted against the sides of the ring b. A stationary annular cover h, 'Fig. 6, mounted on the brushcarrier h<1>, may take the place of the rings g<1>. The passages d may be inclined in the .direction of rotation. Alternate passages i<1>, i<2>, Fig. 11, may be inclined diagonally.
Patent GB-190915596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Paper Cutting Devices.
Inventor: HILL WILLIAM ALEXANDER
IPC: B65H35/00
Filed: 1909-07-05
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 15,596. Hill, W. A. July 5. Severing by wires.-In apparatus of the type described in Specification 7836/03, for cutting by means of a wire d working through a slot e<1>, lengths of paper unwound from a roll b, there is provided for the purpose of counteracting the tendency of the free end of the paper to curl, a plate or board k which is supported on a vertical spindle k' and is adapted to be oscillated to and from the slotted plate e and locked in position by a spring k<3>. A roller g, Fig. 1, frictionally driven by the moving material, operates a measuring device j to record the length of material unwound The apparatus may be modified to take several rolls of paper.
Patent GB-190916729-A (GB)
Title: Improved Calculating Machine.
Inventor: SCHUSTER ERNST
Filed: 1909-07-17
Granted: 1910-07-18
Abstract: 16,729. Schuster, E. July 17. Multiplying-apparatus; varying function of machine.-Machines of the pin-wheel and cam-disk type, such as are described in Specifications 9797/02, and 87/08, are provided with two totalizing- counters which can be simultaneously operated through a common pinion, or one may be thrown out of gear so that registration is effected only upon the other ; the two may also Le engaged directly by means of a common gear-wheel so that the total registered upon one may be subtracted from that registered upon the other. Transfer mechanism of the independently-operated type is provided for one of the mechanisms, and an interlock to prevent both of the registers from being simultaneously zeroized is also provided. The operation of the usual pin-wheel 5 Fig. 3, rotates the registering- wheels 7 through the toothed wheel 6, and the registering-wheels 8 through the same wheel and the train 9, 10, 11. The shaft 15 of the wheels 10 is provided with a lever by means of which it can be longitudinally displaced, thus disconecting the wheels 8 from the operating-mechanism. The shaft 12 of the wheels 11 is mounted on a bent lever 13, by the depression of which it can be displaced parallel to itself, so as to connect the two sets of wheels 7, 8 by means of the toothed wheels 11. A spring-controlled lever 20 is provided to support the shaft when so displaced. In a modification, shown in Fig. 14, the shaft of the wheels 11 is stationary, and subtraction is effected by making use of an additional set of figures placed in reverse order upon the wheels 8 ; an apertured slide 57 is provided to expose the required set. The wheels 8 can be adjusted by means of wheels 61, which project from the casing. Zeroizing-mechanism.-The shaft 15 is connected through a pivoted spring-controlled plate 42, Fig. 8, with the longitudinally movable shafts of the registering-wheels, so that when one of these shafts is rotated in order to allow the corresponding set of wheels to be zeroized, the plate is rocked and the wheels 10 are automatically thrown out of gear, thus interrupting the connexion between the two sets. Transfer mechanism.-Transfer in the case of the wheels 8 is effected by spring-controlled slotted pins 33, Figs. 12 and 13, which are rocked into engagement with the higher wheels by pins 36 upon the lower ; the operation of the higher wheels is, however, effected by the toothed sector 24, Fig. 10, which rotates the shaft 31, upon which the pins are mounted, through the train 25 ... 30, 32 at the end of the operation of the main shaft. The pins are restored to their original position by means of cam-grooves 38, 39 in a fixed shaft 37.
Patent GB-190919916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Projectiles for Ordnance.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: F42B12/44
Filed: 1909-08-31
Granted: 1909-12-16
Abstract: 19,916. Schneider, E. Aug. 31. Projectiles; projectile fuses.-Consists mainly in arranging a peripheral band of combustible composition in the form of rings 6 which are fired by a percussion fuse 2 at the moment the gun is fired, or by a time fuse, so as to burn simultaneously or in succession, and t o produce one or more flames by orifices 5, according to the disposition of the rings 6. The main charge 9 may be ignited on impact by a base percussion fuse 10 or after a given time by the rings 6, passages 15 being provided therefor and so arranged that the time may be varied by a proper setting of the rings 6. The main charge may comprise inflammable balls 16, Fig. 11, or may consist of a composition capable of giving a powerful flame; in such cases, the base of the main chamber is closed by a plug 17, which is easily dislodged outwards. The rings 6 are conveniently held between shoulders b, c and are secured by a rod 11, Fig. 7.
Patent GB-190922024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Tubular Bodies.
Inventor: LOUIS HIPPOLYTE EDMOND BEGOT
IPC: B21C27/00
Filed: 1909-09-27
Abstract: 22,024. BÚgot, L. H. E. Sept. 26, 1908, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Squirting; rolling-mandrels.-The container of a squirting-press is built up of conical rings c, d, e,f, g, h; they are assembled hot by the aid of rings p, q, r and allowed to cool under end pressure, clamping-bolts m being then inserted. A single wedge-shaped ring may be substituted for the rings c, d. The die o, Fig. 4, is formed with a conical edge and rests on a base s in a die-carrier p, p<1>, which is held in the frame by two pins, and the container is held up against the die by hooks b, Fig. 3, which engage pins on the container, and are actuated by hydraulic pistons f and controlled by links g, l, m and a surface k on the frame. The charge is made to fit the container at the ends but it is recessed slightly at the centre, and the pressure causes it to crease and enclose rings of plumbago or other lubricant. The mandrels, which may be used for tube-making generally, are connected to their heads by means such as bayonet-joints or electro-magnetic means which will yield under excessive pressure, and they are formed with recessed portions b, Fig. 8, so that, if breakage occurs, only a small piece need be rejected.
Patent GB-190922719-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Toilet Stand.
Inventor: PARSONS JANE STEWART
IPC: F16M11/00
Filed: 1909-10-05
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 22,719. Parsons, J. S. Oct. 5. Toilet stands.-Consists of a collapsible toilet stand provided with a pivoted and vertically adjustable mirror adapted to form the lid of a box pivoted to a collapsible tripod. The mirror is secured within a body f<3> of oval, square, circular, or other shape, which is adapted to form the lid of a box g when the rod d is so lowered within a tube c, fixed to the circular part a, as to bring the pivots /, k of the body f<3> and of the box g into alinement. The part a is recessed, and the box g is cut away to allow the lug f', made integral with, or secured to, the rod d, and the lugs f<4> to come into the position shown in Fig. 5. The box g is supported in the horizontal position by a pin passed through perforated extensions g<2> of the lugs g<3>, g' pivotally connecting the box with the part a. The rod d may be clamped in the adjusted position by an internally coned cap c<1> screwed upon the slitted conical end of the tube c, and the mirror may be angularly adjusted, the lower edge of the supporting body f<3> abutting against the upper end of the rod d, as shown in Fig. 1. Hair-brushes, combs, razors, shaving-brushes, soap, &c. may be arranged in the box g, which has a spring catch g<1>. The pivoted legs b consist of a number of telescoping tubes, and may have hinged stays b<1>.
Patent GB-190925590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Transporting Mechanism.
IPC: B66B7/06
Filed: 1909-11-05
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 25,590. Felten & Guilleaume- Lahmeyerwerke Akt.-Ges. Jan. 22, [Convention date]. Transhipping at sea.-In order that the endless transporting - cables used in ship - coaling installations may be readily slipped on the breakage of the towing-cable, the guard-rollers for preventing the transporting - cable from jumping off the cable-rollers proper are mounted in a movable manner, and the rims of the cable-rollers b and the guard-rollers g, h have oblique surfaces. In one form, the guardrollers are pressed against the guide-rollers by springs t. In a modification, the guard-rollers are carried by two levers m, n, pivoted together and to the suspension device o of the cableroller in the fashion of a tongs, the ends being supported by a bolt s fixed to the mast.
Patent GB-190928580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slat Weaving Machines.
Inventor: WALTON EDWARD
IPC: D03D41/00
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-12-07
Abstract: 28,580. Walton, E. Dec. 7. Lays; beat-up motions.-In a loom for weaving slat fabrics, the lay consists of bars depending from a cross-head movable in guides 24, Fig. 1. Rollers 30 on the lay are engaged by yokes 29 on a pair of beams 25, mounted on a shaft 26 and connected at their rear ends by a cross-bar. Rollers 56, Fig. 7, mounted on levers 55 carried by a rotating shaft 46, engage the rear ends of the beams 25 of the lay and raise them. They are depressed by shoes 58 engaging projections 60.
Patent GB-190928997-A (GB)
Title: Hat or other Pin Shield or Protector.
Inventor: BRIDGWATER THOMAS RAWLING
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1909-12-11
Granted: 1910-12-12
Abstract: 28,997. Bridgwater, T. R. Dec. 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Point - protectors for pins.-These comprise a tube or receptacle B containing a number of small steel rods A, between which the point is pushed. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 6058/04.
Patent GB-191003322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: WESTINGHOUSE GEORGE
IPC: F01D3/02
Filed: 1910-02-10
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 3322. Westinghouse, G. March 6, 1909, [Convention date]. Combined-flow type. - Relates to elastic-fluid turbines of the kind in which fluid under pressure is first passed through a primary section consisting of a turbine-wheel of the re-entrant type and then through a secondary section comprising blading of the combined impulse and reaction type, and consists in forming the secondary section in two symmetrically-arranged groups, one on each side of the primary section, between which the fluid is equally distributed and passes in opposite axial direction to a common exhaust. The re-entrant wheel 4 is mounted on a ring 21 bolted between rotor sections 1, 2 of the low-pressure stages. The wheel 4 carries a single row of blades 6, preferably of the impulse type; and the rotors 1, 2 carry rows of Parsons' or similar blading 7 arranged alternately with fixed blades 22. The casing 8 is formed in its lower half with collecting-chambers for the different stages of the wheel 4, which is provided with floating nozzle members 13, 14 lying close to the blades and divided into groups. Suitable packing-members are introduced between the collecting-chambers on the same side of the wheel. The steam passes through the primary section from side to side of the wheel 4, and thence by way of the clearance round .the wheel in the upper half of the casing to the two low-pressure stages. The nozzles may extend any distance round the casing, and may comprise as many stages as desired; intermediate stages may be introduced, and may be either single or double flow. A primary inlet and an overload inlet are preferably provided, while the exhausts 28 may be connected to a common condenser.
Patent GB-191012760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Mechanism for Pneumatic Tool Engines.
IPC: B25D9/18
Filed: 1910-05-25
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 12,760. Belgian Pneumatic Tool Co. (Soc. Anon.). Aug. 4, 1909, [Convention date]. Fluid-actuated gears. -A valve of the kind described in Specification 23,617/05, [Class 61, Hand tools &c.], is hollowed out in the manner illustrated to obtain a result similar to that obtained by the valve described in Specification 12,589/10. T h e valve has two sliding surfaces of different diameters, which control the admission of fluid to the cylinder ends, and are separated by a throat which controls the exhaust. The valve is acted upon by constant pressure admitted to its smaller end, which pressure acts in the interior of the valve upon an end area b which is greater than the area of its smaller end and only differs from the area of the large end c by an amount determined by the thickness d of the wall of the valve. The valve is reversed by fluid compressed by the piston.
Patent GB-191012856-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sparking Plug.
Inventor: LAMPLOUGH LESLIE
IPC: H01T13/24
Filed: 1910-05-26
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 12,856. Lamplough, L. May 26. Two-part couplings.- In a sparking-plug, the insulated cable is provided with a terminal l, having a T-shaped head, which passes into a hollow terminal member d' in the sparking-plug, presses on a spring- pressed plate h, and catches on the undersurface of a slotted plate j. The terminal has a recess l<3> for the insulation, the conductor being held in the bore l' by a screw l<2>.
Patent GB-191013640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting and Adjustable Fire Grates for Kitchen Ranges and the like.
Inventor: BOOTH WILLIAM HAROLD
IPC: F23H13/02
Filed: 1910-06-06
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 13,640. Booth, W. H. June 6. Grates.-The rise-and-fall grate a of a kitchen range, grilling, or other stove is loosely carried by the engagement of the ends of an axis d with inclined lugs e, and by the engagement of rearwardly projecting arms b with circular flanges c.
Patent GB-191014916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Systems.
IPC: H04M5/08
Filed: 1910-06-21
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 14,916. Conner, M. S., and Feel-Conner Telephone Works. June 21. Exchange systems.-In a system in which a branch exchange can connect two of its subscribers in a circuit using a central battery at the branch exchange, and can also connect a subscriber to a main exchange, the circuit of the latter connexion uses the main exchange battery, the branch exchange battery being in this case cut out of circuit by a relay. Fig. 1 shows the connexions at the main exchange, Fig. 3 at the branch exchange, and Fig. 2 at the subscribers' station. A call from the main exchange to the branch exchange is received over the winding W1, thus actuating the indicator S1. The indicator completes circuit for itself over the winding W2, but when the plug is inserted in the jack J1, this circuit is broken at the contact X1, and another circuit is made for the winding W1 over the contsct X4 and the contact of the relay R1. This latter circuit also operates the supervisory signal at the main exchange. The subscriber A is called in the usual way, and the lifting of his receiver completes a talking-circuit from the main-exchange battery through the relay R1 and the contact X2. The relay R1 breaks the circuit of the indicator S1 thus indicating to the branch-exchange operator that the subscriber has answered the call. A circuit from the jack J, over the relay R2 cuts the branch-exchange battery B out of circuit. When the subscriber A hangs up his receiver, the indicator S1 is again displayed, and the removal of the plug P1 gives the supervisory signal at the main exchange.
Patent GB-191018818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing the Edges of Garments Together.
Inventor: GUNDRY BENJAMIN
IPC: A44B17/00
Filed: 1910-08-10
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 18,818. Gundry, B., and Humphreys, J. Aug. 10. Metal-strip fastenings.-The ends d of a springy metal strip a engage in sockets e of a similar strip b and the strips are engaged together intermediate their ends by stud- and-socket fastenings. Each strip is enclosed in a fabric cover k which has openings m over the studs or sockets. These covers are attached to the joining edges of the garment. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 4314/79 and 14.267/85, [both in Class 43, Fastenings, Dress].
Patent GB-191026542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Batteries especially adapted for Train Lighting.
Inventor: CLARK EDWARD JAMES
IPC: H01M50/528
Filed: 1910-11-15
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 26,542. Clark, E. J. Nov. 15. Supports f o r electrodes.-In an accumu- 1 a t o r applicable for train-lighting, positive electrodes are supported by lugs 13, Fig. 1, resting on insulating sideplates 10, and negative electrodes either by feet 7 resting on the cell bottom, or by lower parts of the side-plates 10, to avoid shortcircuiting by the accumulation of deposits. The side-plates may consist of wood, ebonite, glass, vulcanite, earthenware, or other material. In the form shown in Fig. 1, each lug 13 rests in a notch in a bracket projecting upwardly from a sideplate, and the feet 7 are connected by lead strips. Negative electrodes are kept central by projections 9. Alternatively, negative electrodes stand on a lower intermediate set of notched brackets on the side-plates 10. In a modification, Fig. 8, the side - plates have undercut grooves 20, which may be lined with leadantimony and contain rubber pads on which rest the supporting lugs 18 of each positive electrode. These lugs project from an external lead frame 23 in which is mounted the electrode proper, having strengthening ribs 25. Separators enclosing the electrodes are made in halves 42, Fig. 12, preferably ribbed externally, sewn together with lead wire 43. Connexions.-Connector-bars 28, Fig. 1, are burned to the sides of upstanding electrode-lugs, preferably recessed to receive them. Each bar 28 is attached to a flexible lead 31 by casting a lug 30 of lead-antimony around the end of the lead, which may be a stranded copper wire sheathed in lead-antimony. One lead is secured to the cell cover by a porcelain holder shown in Fig. 9, comprising a base 38 attached to the cell by screws passing through holes 41, and a cover 37 held down by nuts. Adjacent cells may be connected by the coupling shown in Fig. 10, consisting of screwed ends 34 sweated to the leads, secured together by a screwed sleeve 35 and two lock-nuts 36, or, according to the Provisional Specification, copper block terminals on adjacent cells may be bolted together. Cells.-A cover 4, Fig. 1, of a lead - lined wooden cell has a rubber ring 5 at the edge, with a bead which fits tightly without great pressure. Gas exits. - According to the Provisional Specification, a hollow vulcanite plug contains glass, wool, or the like between a perforated plate and a perforated screw cover.