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Patent GB-190711817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Throwing Life Lines.
Inventor: BANKS CHARLES HARRISON
Filed: 1907-05-21
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 11,817. Banks, C. H. May 21. Linethrowing apparatus. Relates to line-throwing apparatus for lifesaving or other purposes, of the kind in which the line is coiled inside a projectile. A shell b contains the explosive in a receptacle h of some textile material which will not obstruct the ignition of the charge when the cap d is exploded. The line z, coiled in the projectile c, has one end attached to an eye in the head m and the other end is attached to a plug u in a disk n in the rear end of the projectile, and is so coiled that it is payed out from the centre outwards. The plug u is connected to the plug f in the flanged end of the shell b by a metallic wire w, the main length of which is coiled between wads k, p, the object of this wire being to prevent the burning of the line z by the products of combustion of the charge. When the wire w is payed out, the jerk removes the plug u from the disk n and the line z commences to run out. A whistle s is provided in the head m.
Patent GB-190714680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Doors for Automobile Tonneaus.
Inventor: WINTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-06-25
Granted: 1908-03-19
Abstract: 14,680. Winton, A. June 25. Hinges; door and gate closing apparatus.-A spring-controlled hinge is applied to the door of an automobile tonneau for the purpose of closing it when inadvertently left open. The hinge is formed by two leaves connected together by means of a pintle 6 and extending outwards from the car, one leaf being attached to the door and the other to the rear part of the body. The upper part of the pintle has surrounding it a spring 5 resting on a shoulder 11, the spring being secured by a washer and pin. The upper end of the spring rests against a pin 14 on one leaf, and the lower end, which is curved upwards, rests against a similar pin on the other leaf, the pintle and spring being thus readily removable. Specification No. 369, A.D. l8fifi, is referred to.
Patent GB-190715590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Ships and in Apparatus for Propelling the same.
Inventor: PORTER JAMES ROBERTSON
Filed: 1907-07-06
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 15,590. Porter, J. R. July 6. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling; steering.-In an aerial machine of the type described in Specification No. 4245, A.D. 1907, which is propelled by passing a current of air through vertical and horizontal casings a, b having a flared or conical end a', the propellers c used to create the air current are placed near the broad end of the casings. The propeller shaft d is mounted in a tubular bearing e supported in the cylinder by struts f, and is driven through bevel-gearing frum the motor shaft i. The propellers in the horizontal casings b are driven through loose pulleys k which can be connected to friction clutches l, and the propellers at one side of the machine can be de-clutched for steering. According to the Provisional Specification, the blades of the propeller may curve downwards or may first curve downwards and then turn into a plane perpendicular to the propeller shaft, so that the blades are first convex and then concave to the stream of air.
Patent GB-190716215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding or other Chairs.
Inventor: PETCHE HENRY EDWIN
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 16,215. Petche, H. E. July 15. Chairs &c.-Deck and d other chairs, garden seats, hammocks, lounges, and bed bottoms are formed of a series of laths of wood &c. riveted or otherwise connected to bands c of webbing, leather, or hoop-iron, or to cords, chains, wires, or the like. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specification No. 14,512, A.D. 1894.]
Patent GB-190717687-A (GB)
Title: Smelting-furnace Heated with Oil and having Two or More Chambers Acting Alternately as Smelting or Preliminary Heating Chambers.
Inventor: KOCH AUGUST
Filed: 1907-08-02
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 17,687. Koch, A. Aug. 4, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Metallurgical furnaces ; air supply, heating; liquid-fuel fittings.-In a smelting furnace heated by oil fuel and having two or more chambers acting alternately as smelting and preliminary-heating chambers, instead of the gases passing finally over the oil-vaporizing and air-heating pipes as described in Specification No. 14,710, A.D. 1906, the oil and air heating pipes are arranged between the chambers so that they may be heated as the gases pass from one chamber to the other. As shown in Fig. 1, the air-beating pipes d and oil vaporizing pipes e, communicating respectively with the mains f<1>, g<1> and f<2>, g<2> alternately, are arranged within the chamber c situated between the smelting- chambers a, b. By-pass arrangements are provided for both the oil-heating and air-heating pipes. A number of smelting-chambers may be arranged in series or adjacent to one another.
Patent GB-190717958-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Packing Valve-rods or other Shafts under Pressure:
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-04-16
Abstract: 17,958. Willis, P. R. J., [Witte, E. B.]. Aug. 7. Stuffing - boxes.- To enable the packing of valverods and propeller and other oscillating or rotating shafts or rods under pressure to be renewed without allowing the fluid to escape past the rod or shaft, the bore of the stuffing-box is enlarged to form a bevelled seating 11, adapted to form a fluid-tight joint with a correspondinglyshaped shoulder 12 on the rod 9. When the packing requires to be renewed, the shoulder 12 on the rod is firmly seated on the face 11, by means of the segment 13 and latch 14 in combination with the lever 15, which is preferably actuated by the pivoted turn-buckle 16, 17. In the application to ordinary valve-rods, the bore of the stuffing-box is enlarged to a point near its inner extremity and the shoulder bevelled, the rod being enlarged by having screwed thereon a sleeve with bevelled ends.
Patent GB-190725276-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Soap Powder
Inventor: LINDEMANN OTTOCAR
Filed: 1907-11-14
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 25,276. Lindemann, O., [Korting Akt.-Ges. Geb.]. Nov. 14. Evaporating soap to dryness. In the manufacture of soap powder by blowing hot soap containing water out of a vessel under pressure, so that the consequent reduction of pressure effects the evaporation of the water, the soap is heated by means of free steam introduced into the lower part of the vessel, and the steam pressure is maintained while the soap is being ejected.
Patent GB-190726909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Primers and the like.
Filed: 1907-12-05
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 26,909. Whitehead Torpedo Works, Ltd., and Lees, E. Dec. 5. Right to Patent relinquished. Compressed - air engines; combustion-product engines.-In a primer for iguiting inflammable substances or vapours in connexion with the heating of compressed air for torpedoes, the flash of a percussion cap C is transmitted by a quick match E to the mouth of the case A, where it ignites a slow-burning charge B, preferably through the medium of a more inflammable substance E<2>. The object is to obtain an effective flame which shall persist for several seconds.
Patent GB-190805852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Hangers.
Inventor: SCHLANG AARON
Filed: 1908-03-16
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 5852. Schlang, A. March 16. Suspenders for articles of dress.-Bow-shaped garment - hangers are provided with a longitudinal chamber to hold " moth balls " or other insect - destroying material, the walls of the chamber being perforated. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the member a<2> is provided with a perforated channel a<4>, which is closed by a cover a<3> and secured by the hanging bolt b<2> and a nut b<3>. Moth balls a<5> are inserted in the chamber a<4>. The hanger may take the form of a continuous perforated tube d, Fig. 4, having its free ends brazed into a joint piece d<31>, which carries the hanging-hook. The balls a<5> are inserted through holes d<4>, which are closed by sliding sleeves d<5>. Fig. 7 shows another form, in which the bow-shaped hanger e forms the covering- member of a wire-gauze or like chamber e<3> having an apertura e<5> for the insertion of the balls. In the type shown in Fig. 1, a rod c may be employed for supporting trousers &c., this rod having a trunnion c<2> entering a recess at one end, and another trunnion c<3> entering a lateral recess c<4> in the other end, a pivoted catch c<5>, Fig. 3, retaining the rod in place.
Patent GB-190809699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing and Displaying Kinematographic Photographs.
Inventor: HANSEN MAX
Filed: 1908-05-04
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 9699. Hansen, M. May 4. [Patent of Addition to No. 6436, A.D. 1905.] Kinematographs. -Apparatus of the kind described in Specification No. 6436, A.D. 1905, is adapted to be employed with films of different widths. An auxiliary drum t is mounted between ordinary film-feed wheels e and has a central row of teeth which engage with perforations between the pictures of a narrow film. Slots p cut in the partition b serve as guides for the film. A detachable plate z carrying a shutter u is provided with spring arms v, which press the film against the drum t.
Patent GB-190809806-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ball for Water Closet or other Cisterns
Inventor: WORTHINGTON THOMAS
Filed: 1908-05-06
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 9806. Worthington, T. May 6. Floats.-To render the balls of float valves water-tight, each half of the ball has a projection a<1>, b<1> between which is a strap c, the ends c<1> of which may be tightened together by a nut and bolt. Beneath the strap c, and covering the joint between the halves of the ball, a band of rubber &c. may be interposed. The strap c has a screw f and sleeve g for connecting to the float lever h.
Patent GB-190810621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Elastic Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: ERNST AUGUST
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-05-17
Abstract: 10,621. Ernst, A. May 15. Compound fabrics.-In a process for attaching leather treads to rubber tyres, the leather is coated on one side with a solution of rubber and sulphur which saturates the leather for a portion of its thickness, and this rubber is then partly vulcanized. The strip is then applied to a partly vulcanized tyre-body, and the two parts are connected by completing the vulcanization by means of hot air.
Patent GB-190815400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Axminster Carpet Looms and other Looms.
Inventor: HUMPHRIES JAMES PERCIVAL
Filed: 1908-07-21
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 15,400. Humphries, J. P. July 21. Shuttleless Looms ; weft needles ; reeds ; lays.-The weft-inserting means for Axminster-carpet looms, such as that described in Specification No. 2169, A.D. 1908, or other looms, comprise a flexible needle which, when out of action, is coiled on a drum c, Fig. 1, and a reeded guide-bar or stationary lay g. The needle consists of a portion a', Fig. 6, having an eyeleted arm a<2> through which the weft passes, and a series of tubular parts a threaded on a flexible wire b, the inner end of which is passed over a pulley and connected to a lever d acted on by a spring f. The reeded guide-bar has a tubular way g<1>, Fig. 4, to serve as a guide for the needle, and also a slot g<2> through which the arm a<2> projects. The drum c has a guard or case h, and is rotated in alternately opposite directions by connexions from the cam p. The shaft of the drum has a screwed portion or portions, with threads of a pitch corresponding to that of the needle when coiled on the drum, working in fixed screw boxes, so that it will have a slight transverse motion as it rotates, or the drum c may be keyed to the shaft so that it slides along the shaft as it rotates. The needle may consist of a nearly compact helicallycoiled wire.
Patent GB-190817184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looms for Manufacturing Woven Bags and the like.
Inventor: BARLOW WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-08-15
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 17,184. Barlow, W., Barlow, M. Y., and Barlow, H. N. Aug. 15. [Patent of Addition to No. 6259, A.D. 1907.] Loom let-off motions; take-up motions.-Relates to the loom described in Specification No. 6259, A.D. 1907, for weaving bags &c. A certain amount of drag is always given to the warp beam b, Fig. 3, by drag-chains f connected to weighted levers arranged behind the levers g<1>. When the shaft k is turned to change from double to single shed weaving, the flexible connexion h pulls down the levers g<1>, thus causing chains f<1> to apply additional drag to the warp beam. When weaving with a double shed, the take-up roller l, Fig. 6, is driven by a pawl m' engaging a ratchet-wheel m on a worm shaft, but when the loom is set for single-shed weaving, the pawl m<1> is lifted of action by a spring and chain o, connected to a piece p on the lower shaft q<1>, which is turned in unison with the shaft k. The take-up is then effected by another pawl-and-ratchet mechanism n<1>, n, which drives the take-up roller at a slower speed. The pawls m<1>, n<1> may be actuated by means of a piece t projecting from one of the lay-swords.
Patent GB-190905080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Processes for Producing Printing Surfaces.
Inventor: DODGE OZIAS
IPC: G03F7/04
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1910-03-02
Abstract: 5080. Dodge, O. March 2. Printing - surfaces ; etching.-Relates to the method of forming printing - surfaces, more especially plates, with designs in relief or intaglio by producing a photo-resist or the like on the plate, and building up the design by electrolysis. The design may be printed on a sensitized plate from a transparent negative or positive, or a photograph may be taken directly on a sensitized plate. According to the present invention, a cleaned copper plate is coated with (1) a solution of albumen, and salt, and when nearly dry with (2) a solution of Le Page's liquid glue, double chromate of potassium and ammonia, and ferrocyanide of potassium. The plate after exposure to a transparent negative or positive, which may be a half-tone one, is placed in eosine to allow of the development in running water to be watched, and is then flowed with wood alcohol and heated until the picture turns brown. The plate is next etched in chromic acid to roughen the design, and copper is deposited to form a printing-surface ; during the electrolytic action, the coating on the plate gives way in grains and allows the copper to be deposited on the parts where solution occurs. For a pen and ink drawing, solutions (1) and (2) above may be replaced by a solution of albumen, Le Page's liquid glue, bichromate of ammonia, and ammonia. A photograph may be taken on the plate directly by coating a plate with solutions (1) and (2) above, then with a solution of rubber in benzene, and finally with an emulsion containing potassium iodide and bromide, nitrate of silver, and gelatine. After exposing in an ordinary camera and developing and fixing, the plate is exposed to sunlight or electric light and placed in warm water to remove the developed outer film, which may be preserved as a negative. The rubber coating is then removed and the image is developed on the first coating, and the plate is finished as described for the first process.
Patent GB-190909441-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Saponaceous Neutral Paste and Process for the Manufacture thereof.
IPC: C11D13/02
Filed: 1909-04-21
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 9441. Soc. Nauton frÞres et de Marsac, and Tesse, T. F. March 10, [Convention date]. Saponaceous cleansing-compositions, materials for making.-A saponaceous neutral paste for cleansing purposes is obtained by the combination of an alkali sulphonate of castor oil and a freely alkaline soap; there may be added a chlorinated hydrocarbon rendered soluble in water by the action of sulphonated castor oil. The chlorinated hydrocarbon is preferably di-, tri-, or tetra-chlorethylene, or tetra- or penta-chlorethane rendered soluble by the addition of sulphoricinate of soda at a temperature near the boiling-point of the chlorinated hydrocarbon. The product contains free glycerine and fatty acid owing to the reaction of the ingredients; the presence of these bodies imparts softening properties to the soap. Fine pumice and sawdust may be added.
Patent GB-190910638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Locking Followers of Files for Filing Letters and other Papers.
Inventor: CAMPBELL DUNCAN
IPC: B42F13/00
Filed: 1909-05-05
Granted: 1910-02-10
Abstract: 10,638. Campbell, D. May 5. Locking - followers. - A locking-follower for a post file consists of plates e, f connected by a tension spring k, and pushed outwards, to grip the screwthreaded posts b, c, by cam-surfaces h, i on a central key - operated boss g.
Patent GB-190915885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Airships.
Inventor: TUTZER KARL
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1909-07-07
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 15,885. Tutzer, K. July 7. Aerial machines without aerostats; propelling.- An aerial machine having a rectangular framework carrying transverse shafts at the front and rear for rotary propellers with radial feathering blades comprises special means for feathering the blades consisting of elliptical disks on each blade shaft adapted to engage a flanged and slotted collar fixed to the bearings of the propeller shaft. The shaft 11 of each blade 5 is journaled in eyes 18, 19 carried by a disk 8 keyed to the propeller shaft 4, and to the shaft 11 are fixed elliptical disks 10, 12 of which the widest parts extend in different directions. A collar 7 keyed to the bearings 3 of the shaft 4 is provided with a semicircular outer flange 17 and an inner parallel semicircular slot 13 adapted to be engaged by the disks 12, 10 respectively, the edge of the flange or of the slot serving to turn the disk 12 or the disk 10, and therefore the blade 5, through a right-angle at each halfrevolution of the shaft 4. Steering is effected by operating a vertical rudder 16 from a hand-wheel 15 through gearing 14.
Patent GB-190917960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metal Filament Electric Lamps.
IPC: H01K1/50
Filed: 1909-08-03
Granted: 1910-04-28
Abstract: 17,960. Felten & Guilleaume - Lahmeyerwerke Akt.-Ges. Jan. 2, [Convention date]. Right to Patent relinquished. Nitrogen is slowly evolved in an electric-lamp bulb, during use, from a non-gaseous nitrogen compound, such as phosphorus nitride, that is entirely free from hydrogen. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) refers also to the use of metallic nitrides such as those of lithium and magnesium; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190919200-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Box or like Bedstead, applicable also for use as a Chair or Couch.
Inventor: BATES ALFRED JOHN
IPC: A47C17/22
Filed: 1909-08-20
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 19,200. Bates, A. J. Aug. 20. Folding bedsteads; bedsteads convertible into seats. -A bedstead adapted to fold up into the form of a box for containing the bedding &c. comprises a box A having a top made in three parts K, L, M, hinged together and adapted when folded to be within the part M, the section L being hinged to the side of the box part. In the extended position, the parts K, M are supported by flaps H, I hinged to projecting pieces F, G on the sides D, E of the box. The top sections may be fitted with wooden or metal spring lathes Q to form a mattress. When used as a chair, the section K is supported at an angle by struts N engaging notches in the top of the flaps H, I ; and the section M is either folded up or dropped at its front side to form a leg-rest. To facilitate folding, the front and rear sides B, C are recessed at the top.
Patent GB-190925201-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Bag for Administering Anaesthetics.
Inventor: PURDIE HUME
IPC: A61M16/00
Filed: 1909-11-02
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 25,201. Purdie, H. Nov. 2. Holders. - A gas-bag A for use in administering anaesthetics is provided with tubes or tubular scams B, C, which may be inflated through a valve D and which serve to maintain the bag in a semiinflated condition.
Patent GB-191000004-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hair Pin.
Inventor: FREDERIKSEN ANTON
IPC: A45D8/06
Filed: 1910-01-01
Granted: 1910-05-26
Abstract: 4. Frederiksen, A. Jan. 1. Hair-pin.-Relates to hair-pins in which the junction of the legs is evenly rounded in the centre but merges into the legs without any abrupt change of form, and also to hair-pins in which the legs diverge on opposite sides of the plane of the junction. The invention consists in a pin embodying these two features in combination.
Patent GB-191000306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Soft Metal Sheets, or Ribbons, adapted to be Torn into Wires by the User.
Inventor: LANE JOHN BURR
IPC: B21B1/08
Filed: 1910-01-05
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 306. Lane, J. B. Jan. 5. Wire.-Sheets of lead, alloys, tin, soft copper, or other metal are made with deep grooves which leave only shallow connecting portions a so that portions b may be easily severed for use as wire.
Patent GB-191003084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Spraying or Atomizing Liquids, particularly in Public Places, Sick Rooms, Hospital Wards, and similar Localities.
Inventor: MERA FERDINAND VON
IPC: B05B11/00
Filed: 1910-02-08
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 3084. M e r a, F. von, [Brick, P.]. Feb. 8. Hand-pumps.- An apparatus for spraying or atomizing liquids in public places, sick rooms, hospital wards, &c. is formed of a syringe a, P having a concentric reservoir A, and fitted with a nozzle E, provided with a spirally grooved plug p. A valve c is fitted below the nozzle; and a ball valve V connects the reservoir A with the cylinder.
Patent GB-191010940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Trucks for Rail Vehicles.
Inventor: BARBER THOMAS WALTER
IPC: B61F5/44
Filed: 1910-05-03
Granted: 1911-05-03
Abstract: 10,940. Barber, T. W. May 3. Axle - bearing guiding - arrangements; axletrucks. - Three interconnected trucks are employed for each vehicle, the middle one being fixed to the body or capable of lateral movement. The interconnecting links or parts of the trucks are preferably made deep and with upper and lower pivotal connexions to give vertical rigidity. The arrangement shown in Fig. 2 comprises a middle truck B having lateral movement in guides M and pivoted at G to end trucks A capable of radial movement determined -by rollers N and guides 0. The interconnecting parts A<1> of the truck are deep and of braced frame form. The connecting-means shown in Fig. 3 consists of levers Q pivoted to the body at T and to the end and middle trucks at S and R respectively. Upper and lower levers braced together are provided, and they may be arranged at the sides instead of centrally as shown. In this case, transverse links connect the end trucks to the levers, one either side. In another arrangement, the end axle-boxes are adapted to move in radial guides in a fixed truck frame, under the control of a pair of crossed links connected also to the middle axle, which has endwise movement in its axle-boxes. Crossed links may be substituted for the connecting-means shown in Figs. 2 and 3.