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Patent GB-190712332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Printing Mechanism for Cash Registers or like Machines
Inventor: POSTANS ARTHUR JAMES
Filed: 1907-05-28
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 12,332. Postans, A. J. May 28. Typewriters and like machines. - In machines such as cash-registers and the like where amounts are printed on a record strip, a printing-key is provided which releases a spring platen and after printing restores it to initial position and also zeroizes the type-wheels. The slotted end H<2> of the key-lever raises an arm J attached to a two-horned piece N, N', on the arm N of which a bent lever M<1> normally rests ; the other arm M<3> actuates the rocking platen carriage L<2> pivoted at L<5>. The platen on release strikes the type under the action of a spring L<7>, and is held off the surface by a spring plunger P, the continued operation of the key H raising the arm M' by means of a cam. N<1> until the roller M<2> rests .on a shouldered stop O loose on a shaft C<4> but moving between pins on the arms N, N'. On release.of 'the key H, the spring C" restores it and the arms N, N<1> to position, the lever M<1> resting on the stop O, which it holds till replaced thereby on the stop N. A spring lever Q<1> pivoted on the platen carriage carries a pawl Q<2> for feeding the paper strip when a cam Q' on the lever engages a fixed pin Q<5>. A circular extension Q<7> of the lever Q<1> allows the platen carriage to be swung back to permit inspection of the strip without affecting the paper feed. The key H is also adapted to operate simultaneously the type-wheel zeroizing - mechanism described in Specification No. 12,331, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Registering &c.], by means of a toothed arc C<3> on the shaft C'.
Patent GB-190716171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Fastening and Unfastening the Bottom Doors of Railway Wagons.
Inventor: PETTIGREW JOHN
Filed: 1907-07-13
Granted: 1907-11-28
Abstract: 16,171. Pettigrew, J. July 13. Catches, gravity.-An apparatus for fastening the bottom doors of railway wagons consists of a locking-shaft fixed in bearings on the underframe of the wagon, having suitably-shaped tappet-like arms or projections which engage with the edge of the door or binge-bars. A weight n fixed to the shaft c automatically turns the shaft so that the tappet-like arms d are normally under the projeoting hinge-bars e or edge of the door, and by means of a pin l and a cranked handle h fixed to the shaft, which enters a bracket k, the apparatus is secured in the looking position. To release the door f, the pin is withdrawn, and the handle h pushed forward till the pieces d pass the projecting edges of the bars e. When the door is closed, the ends of the bars e act against the curved pieces d, forcing them back until the door is quite closed ; the weight n then causes them to return to the locking position.
Patent GB-190719008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Tension Thread Guides particularly applicable to Bobbin- or Yarn-winding Machines.
Inventor: HANS MAURICE
Filed: 1907-08-23
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 19,008. Hans, M. Aug. 23. Tension arrangements ; thread - guides. - The brushes and plush fabrics used for applying tension to the thread in winding and like machines are replaced by conical guides 9. Each guide consists of a block, which is mounted in the inclined position shown and is provided with a helical groove 5 or with a rib which serves as a guide for the thread. The tension on the thread is regulated by turning the block so as to vary the length of the groove which is traversed by the thread. The thread leaves the groove through a notch in the flange 2.
Patent GB-190723498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: JOULLAIN ALBERT AUGUSTE
Filed: 1907-10-24
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 23,498. Joullain, A. A. July 3, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Springs.-Relates to the construction and attachment of laminated circular plate springs, which are fitted into an ordinary pneumatic tyre cover. The members of each spring are held by a bolt b, Figs. 1 and 3, between an inverted strip c of channel metal and a carrier or chair which stands sufficiently above the rim to prevent the cover from being nipped between the spring and the rim edges. The outer member h of each spring consists of a strip, tapering from its centre to the ends which are riveted together at i. The intermediate members are split and of decreasing length, there being an inner circular strip f. A third smaller circular strip e serves as a buffer. There may be only three pieces j, carrying all the springs, secured in place by thumb-screws.
Patent GB-190724613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Fans and Pumps Wheels.
Inventor: CAPELL GEORGE MARIE
Filed: 1907-11-06
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 24,613. Capell, G. M. Nov. 6. Centrifugal pumps.-In centrifugal fan and pump impellers of the kind described in Specifications Nos. 10,328 and 16,734, A.D. 1906, in which the backward flow of fluid into the impeller is lessened by providing tail-blades behind the principal blades, the efficiency of the tail-blades is increased by constructing them so that a convergent-divergent passage in an outward direction is provided between the tail-blade and the preceding principal blade. In an impeller for high-pressure delivery, having a convergent-divergent passage e between the tailblade b and the adjacent principal blade a, the outer portion b<1> of the tail-blade presents a concave surface to the blade a; in an impeller for low-pressure delivery of large volume, the tailblade presents a convex surface throughout to the blade a. The impellers are sometimes provided with intermediate blades c of less depth than the principal blades, the blades c being provided with similar tail-blades d. The blades c may extend within the inlet circle as shown, or may extend a short distance inwards only from the periphery of the impeller. The principal blades may be provided with scoops f, and their outer ends may be radial or bent backwards or forwards.
Patent GB-190726443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ledgers and other Books and Files requiring Indexes.
Inventor: IMPEY FRANCIS LEVITT
Filed: 1907-11-29
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 26,443. Impey, F. L. Nov. 29. indexing ; account-books bookbinding.-A skeleton index of loose-leaf ledgers and other books is printed on the part of each page that is next to the binding, and is then varnished with shellac, cellulose, or the like for strengthening and protection.
Patent GB-190728034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes
Inventor: ESNAULT-PELTERIE ROBERT
Filed: 1907-12-19
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 28,034. Felterie, R. Esnault-. Dec. 19 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Aerial machines without aerostats; aeroplanes; steering; framework; shock of landing, deadening.- The machine is supported by two pairs of aeroplanes, the inclination of which to each other may be adjusted to obtain longitudinal stability, and one of the pairs of planes may be adjusted independently of the other to obtain lateral stability. The frame of the machine consists of a triangular or trapezoidal beam b with pointed ends a<1>, and the beam is surrounded by rings g, which support the fabric cover h. The envelope h has a sharp prow i and a conical-shaped end j. The planes are formed of two wooden ribs connected together at the inner end of the wing and covered with steel plates. The planes are stayed by stays u secured to vertical hollow rods t, fixed to the aeroplanes and carrying spring rods v for the wheels x. The front planes c are mounted on a rod d carried by the front end a', and the shafts e, Fig. 5, of the rear planes fare mounted in bearings l on the rear bridge. The motor shaft z for driving the screw propeller 1, passes through the rear bridge, which is stayed by rods q, r. The means for adjusting the planes is shown in Fig. 4. A fixed central rod 9 carries an arm 10, connected by links 11 and a shaft 12 to an arm 13 on the rod d. The shaft 9 carries an L-shaped, tubular arm 14, through which passes a link 15 connected by the links shown to the shafts e of the planes f. The lower end of the link 15 is connected to an arm 19 on a shaft 20, connected to an extension of an operating-lever 22. By depressing the lever 22, the arm 10, through the links shown, rotates the shaft d in a counterclockwise direction, while the shafts e are turned in a clockwise direction. If the lever 22 is moved to the left or right, the front planes remain stationary, and the link 15 is rotated in the tube 14 so as to push out one rod 17 and to retract the other rod 17, and thus to move the rear planes f in opposite directions for lateral stability. Both pairs of aeroplanes may be turned in the same direction, to obtain an ascending or descending motion of the machine, by a lever 23, which, through an arm 10<a> and connecting-links, turns the shaft d in the same direction as the shafts e are turned by the extension 26 of the lever 23, acting through the rod 20 and links 19, 15. The lateral movement of the lever 23 controls, through a cord 27, the movements of a vertical rudder 4, Fig. 1. The stays are attached to the planes or frame by a clamp 32, Fig. 6, having sloping cheeks 29, against which are placed two steel blades 30 forming the stay. A wedge 31 is placed between the blades, so that a pull on the stay serves to tighten the wedge in position. The envelope h, Fig. 1, has a series of openings in front of and behind the motor, and a cone 7 directs the air to cool the motor. The air leaves at the rear openings guided by a cone 8.
Patent GB-190808637-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wheel for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: HARDAKER LOUIS
Filed: 1908-04-18
Granted: 1909-05-18
Abstract: 8637. Hardaker, L. April 20, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Spring wheels.-In wheels of the kind in which an outer rim in two parts formed with flanges overlapping the inner rim is connected thereto by springs, the springs are held to the outer rim by the means which draw the two parts together. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the inner end of each helical spring 9 is riveted to the inner rim, and the outer end is formed with a head clamped between the flanged halves 17<1> by the screw 16. In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, S-sbaped plate springs 10 with apertured ends are secured to the outer rim upon the bolts 19, similarly connecting the two parts. The outer rim is formed with flanges holding a tread 15. Antifriction rollers may be fitted between the flanges and the inner rim.
Patent GB-190809449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Operated Heating Devices.
Filed: 1908-05-01
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 9449. Krupp Akt. - Ces. Germaniawerft, F. June 24, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas and like engines, heating charge. The airsupply is heated in an electric heater comprising nickel tubes B, forming the resistame through which current passes, supported in perforated plates C and arranged inside a casing A like a condenser, so that the air passes inside and outside the tubes. The tubes are connected in series by sheet-metal strips D, and the ends of the conductor are brought to two terminals E on the casing.
Patent GB-190810272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Metal Roofing.
Inventor: STEIN LEON
Filed: 1908-05-12
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 10,272. Stein, L. May 12. Roofs.-Relates to sectional sheet-metal roofing in which wooden supports are completely dispensed with. The sections, Fig. 4, have one side I bent up and the edge turned over, while the other side is bent to form an approximately inverted U-shaped portion F. The front edge of each sheet is bent back upon itself underneath, and then rebent to form the tubular portion M to receive the steel cross-bars E which support the roof. Fig. 5 shows the form of sheet used at the apex of a gable in which C<1> are the two inverted U-shaped portions rigidly connected at the apex, the lower edges being bent back to form the pockets E' which receive the bars E.
Patent GB-190811192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Generators Furnaces.
Inventor: BISSETT JAMES LOGAN
Filed: 1908-05-23
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 11,192. Bissett, J. L., and Gilmour, R. P. May 23. Steam-generator furnaces; fire-bridges.-In a steam-generator furnace in which the products of combustion rise between a series of inclined watertubes stretching between the furnace front C and the rear wall B, the grate is shortened and a brickwork structure E forming a bridge is fitted between the end of the grate and the rear wall. In the particular type of boiler shown the grate and bridge are each made about one quarter the length of the boiler-tubes, and a baffle F is fitted above the rear wall.
Patent GB-190814405-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suction Gas Producers.
Inventor: BERRY HAROLD
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1909-07-07
Abstract: 14,405. Berry, H. July 7. Producers.-Suction gas-producers are provided with receptacles to allow of the discharge of ash &c. without admitting any excess of air, or otherwise interfering with the working of the plant. Separate receptacles A may project outwards from the base of the combustion chamber and on either side of the grate G, or openings with sliding-doors may be formed above the ash-pit itself. The ash &c. is discharged into the receptacles or ash-pit by a rake D which passes through a ball-and-socket joint E in the wall.
Patent GB-190815020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Hydraulic Hoists and the like.
Filed: 1908-07-15
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 15,020. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Murray, C. H. July 15. Actuating valves; seats.-The rocking valve described in Specification No. 13,683, A.D. 1906. is given a rotary motion instead of a longitudinal motion. Figs. 1 and 3 show the rocking valve F mounted on a pin E carried by the forked end of the spindle D, and sliding over the ports G, H in the valve face. The top of the valve casing is provided with a removable cover which has an adjustable member bearing upon a collar I on the spindle D to hold it in place. Fig. 4 shows a lift cross-head S with an adjustable bush for operating a twisted rod Q attached to the spindle D. The position of this bush may beregulated by a worm and worm segment V, U. The port G is formed through a slide O which may be moved endwise by means of a spindle P in order to compensate for this adjustment.
Patent GB-190817306-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mechanical Device for Supplying Steam or Air to Oscillating Engine Cylinders, for Haulage and like purposes.
Inventor: WARD SYDNEY ASLINE
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-06-03
Abstract: 17,306. Ward, S. A. Aug. 18. Plug cocks.-In a distributing system for oscillating engines, a hollow plug cock, O has a port N opening at the side, and a port cut away in the metal of the plug which may be put into communication with a passage S above the plug.
Patent GB-190823127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Fuse Setting Machines.
Filed: 1908-10-30
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 23,127. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. June 29, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Fuses for projectiles.-Relates to fuse-setting machines having two rotatable setting-bodie3 A, B and adjusting and actuating mechanisms therefor and consists in simplifying the mechanism by making one gearing pair at least E, b<2> common to both the adjusting and actuating system. The body A is geared to a spindle d<1> by bevel-wheels a<2>, D. A handle F secured to the spindle d' has an arm f<1> retained in the normal position by a spring bolt c<4> and a bell-shaped projection f<2> which carries a rotatable ring G adjustable by a worm H. The body B is geared to a spindle e<1> by bevel-wheels b<2>; E. A worm-wheel K secured to the spindle e<1> carries a graduated drum K<1> and gears with a worm J on the ring G. The worm J is for setting the bodies A, B to the angular displacement desired and the worm H for the error correction. The machine is operated by turning the handle F once round, the spring stop c<4> yielding under strong pressure. The bevel-wheels D, E may be rigidly connected together, or both wheels a<2>, b<2> may gear with a single wheel E, also the functions of the worms H, J may be interchanged.
Patent GB-190824532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-proof Shutters.
Inventor: WILSON JAMES GODFREY
Filed: 1908-11-14
Granted: 1909-10-07
Abstract: 24,532. Wilson, J. G. Nov. 14. Fires, preventing and minimizing.-In fire-proof rolling or sliding shutters which move into a casing when closed, means are provided for preventing the passage of flames, gases, &c. into the casing and around the end of the shutter. In the rollershutter apparatus shown in Fig. 1, two iron slats I, I' of L.section are hinged respectively to the lower part of the casing F and to the lower edge of the lintel H, and are provided at one end with a weighted arm J, which is normally held in the raised position by fusible links L. When these links melt, the slats I, I' turn upon their hinges by gravity, and their inner elements come into contact with the slats a of the shutter. The slats I, I<1> may alternalively be released by manually-operated catches. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the hinged slats are replaced by resilient plates d fixed to the shutter proper. These plates are forced against the slats when the shutter is rolled, and are guided by end lugs k<1> into the position shown when the shutter is unrolled. In a further modification, hinged rigid plates are employed instead of the resilient plates d. The slats or guide-plates may be brought into position by means of springs, instead of by gravity or guiding-means.
Patent GB-190825256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Formers or Appliances Employed in the Manufacture of Paper Bags.
Inventor: WADDINGTON ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-11-24
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 25,256. Waddington, A., Waddington, S, and Ledger, A. Nov. 24. Paper bags.- Relates to metallic formers for making paper bags by hand. A plate 1 has a flap hinged at 4<a> and rounded at the ends or having the corners removed. A recess 3 is used in conjunction with a lip 2 for drawing- off the finished bag.
Patent GB-190900427-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winding Attachments for Linking Machines.
Inventor: BARGER JOHN PAUL
IPC: D05B7/00
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 427. Barker, J. P. Jan. 7, 1908, [Convention date]. Knitted-fabric sewing-machines.-In a turning-off or linking machine, instead of having cutting-mechanism for trimming of the superfluous meshes, a winding-device is provided for unravelling the fabric down to the quills of the machine dial. In one construction, a conical winding-head F is mounted in a bracket, which is in turn mounted on the centre bearing and is driven by a belt e<1>. This belt is sufficiently loose to slip on the pulleys when the fabric has been unravelled down to the quills.
Patent GB-190904430-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for use in Domestic and other Fire Grates.
Inventor: RIPPINGILLE FRANK SIDEBOTHAM
IPC: F24B15/00
Filed: 1909-02-23
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 4430. Rippingille, F. S. Feb. 23. Lighting fires; fueleconomizers; air, supplying for combustion.- An appliance to be placed in a domestic grate or like fire-place to facilitate the lighting of the fire, to economize fuel, and to supply air for the combustion of the fuel, consists of a perforated hollow domeshaped body having at its top a cavity or a removable saucer-like vessel b for the reception of an inflammable material, such as paraffin, or rags, paper, shavings, asbestos, slag-wool, silicate cotton, or the like impregnated with oil &c. The device is placed on the bottom of the grate, the inflammable material is placed in the cavity b, and the coal &c. is arranged over and around the device.
Patent GB-190905055-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved By-pass Gas Regulator.
Inventor: THOMAS BENJAMIN
IPC: F23Q9/00
Filed: 1909-07-31
Granted: 1910-08-02
Abstract: 5055. Thomas, B. July 31. Pilot jets.-The plug of a by-pass gas tap bas a groove a<5> communicating by a passage a<2> with the main passage a<1> so that the pilot light remains burning when the main burner is alight. Rotation of the plug through a quarter revolution in one direction closes the main passage, the pilot jet remaining alight, while rotation in the opposite direction closes the passages to both burners.
Patent GB-190909942-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Catch for use in connection with Tipping Wagons, Dumping Cars and the like.
IPC: B61D9/08
Filed: 1909-04-27
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 9942. Wantage Engineering Co., and Bardill, W. April 27. Tip-wagons.-In a tipping-wagon the body of which is automatically locked in its travelling position by throw-over catches pivoted at diagonally opposite corners of the vehicle, the catches are pressed from steel plate, and when in their open position they rest upon pieces of flat steel I riveted to the angle-iron supports and bent round beneath each catch. When the vehicle is being tipped, one of the catches is raised into the position shown, so that, when the body returns to its normal position, the end of the usual flat bar C strikes a projecting part D of the catch and throws it into the position shown in dotted lines. Specification 19,766/03 is referred to.
Patent GB-190915694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating ot the Cleaning of the Carding Surfaces of Carding Machines.
Inventor: KOREF RICHARD
IPC: D01G15/80
Filed: 1909-07-06
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 15,694. Koref, R., and Nemecek, A. July 6. Carding-engines.- In order to remove the fibres from the cleaning-roller that has operated upon the cylinder or doffer, it i, mounted in open bearings at the end of a portable carriage 1 and is rotated backwards and forwards in contaci with an adjustable wire brush 2 extending longitudinally of the carriage. The carriage may be fitted with a lifting lid to prevent the escape of dust, or the cleaning-roller may be provided with a hood 7, which is also used during stripping. The carriage may be used to transfer the cleaning-roller from one engine to another, and it also serves as a receptacle to collect the fibres removed from the cleaning- roller.
Patent GB-190918005-A (GB)
Title: Electric Control of Clocks.
IPC: G04C13/04
Filed: 1909-08-04
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 18,005. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Aug. 4. Electric clocks. -Relates to a system of electric clocks in which a device is provided to indicate whether each secondary clock is working correctly. The secondary clocks U1 ... U4 are arranged in parallel between leads l1, l2 in a circuit controlled by a master-clock P, which transmits currents in alternate directions by means of a commutator S. The minute-wheel s of each clock carries two contact-studs c, d, which in a certain position bear against springs f1, f2, short-circuiting a resistance w1 and connecting a shunt w2 across the terminals of the clock-magnet m. When this occurs, the resistance of the whole network is lowered, and the increased current is sufficient to actuate a minimum-relay r1, which causes a registering- instrument S, to make a record on a strip R. This strip is moved in synchronism with the clocks, so that, as the clocks are timed to bridge their respective contacts f1, f2 in succession, the stoppage of any clock is indicated by its failure to actuate the recorder at the required point on the strip. If the studs c, d of any clock were to stop on its contacts f1, f2, this would be indicated when the next clock bridged its contacts, since the additional increase in current would then be sufficient to effect the actuation of a maximum-relay r2 and cause a second recording-instrument S2 to act. An audible signal may be given when the relays come into operation.