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Patent GB-190713399-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Picture Display Machines
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-06-10
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 1 3, 3 9 9. Newton, P. A., [Kinetoplane Display Co.]. June 10. Displaying.-Relates to picture display machines in which a number of display aprons are moved across a display opening, whereby different surfaces on the aprons are presented to view during the passage of the aprons. The machine comprises a number of spring-actuated &c. reels, on which the aprons are wound, means for attachment of the aprons off-set from the reels, and means for moving the reels in an endless or other common path. The apparatus may be arranged so that the spring tension on any two reels equidistant from the support may be counterbalanced. The aprons may be provided with designs which coact and produce a changing effect as the reels are moved across the display opening, or the designs may be arranged to produce changing effects as the reels are moved continuously or intermittently. In the construction shown, the display aprons are wound on reels 15, 16, Fig. 4, coined by spindles non-rotatablymounted in pairs in the links of endless chains 6. The chains are carried by sprocketwheels 8 loose on a shaft 9, and wheels 11 fixed to stub shafts 12, driven at the same speed by a motor through suitable reduction gearing. The ends of the aprons may be attached to a support arranged eccentric of the endless path, or to the drum 14 fixed to the shaft 9 as shown. This shaft is driven from one of the stud shafts by gearing arranged so that during one revolution of the drum a reel makes a complete circuit. By this means, the reels are either wound or unwound during their passage across the display aperture. The pair of reels in each link are preferably wound in opposite directions. Guides are provided to steady the chains.
Patent GB-190717457-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrolytic Current Rectifiers.
Inventor: HICKLEY ARTHUR SAMUEL
Filed: 1907-07-30
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 17,457. Hickley, A. S. July 30. Resistances, electrolytic. A current rectifier is provided with means for conducting heat from the electrolyte and the electrode, and for diffusing it into the atmosphere. A hollow electrode 2 of an electrolytic cell 1 is provided with straps or loops 3. which extend beyond the body of the electrode and are exposed to the atmosphere. These loops may be made separate from the body of the electrode, and may be inserted in the electrolyte in the cell and allowed to hang over the upper end of the cell as shown at 5. On the electrode 2 are inwardly projecting. lugs 7 in which are supported rods 8 which form supplementary electrodes for the purpose of increasing the surface of the electrode. The electrode 2 is provided with openings 10 for the circulation of the electrolyte and with a wire 11 for the alternating current. The other electrode 9 is provided with a wire 12 which forms the positive pole for supplying direct current. The electrode 2 is made of iron, the supplemental electrodes 8 of carbon, and the other electrode 9 of aluminium. The electrodes 2, 8 may be made of aluminium and the electrode 9 of carbon or iron. The electrolyte is a solution of phosphate of ammonium or of soda, or a solution of carbonate of soda.
Patent GB-190721880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Celluloid or the like.
Filed: 1907-10-03
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 21,880. Self-Developing Plate Co., and Bolas, T. Oct. 3. Balls.-Relates to sheets of transparent material to be applied to golf balls to form a waterproof and resilient coating. Celluloid is manufactured by treating thin sheets of cellulose with a nitrating mixture and then gelatinizing the pyroxylin by treatment with a quantity of solvent insufficient to dissolve it completely. Thin sheets of paper, linen, &c. are placed for a few minutes in a nitrating bath, washed, and laid on a slab or other support, where they are flooded with a suitable solvent, such as amyl acetate, which completely gelatinizes the pyroxylin. If thick sheets of material are desired, they may be obtained by laying several thin sheets one above the other, either before or after gelatinizing.
Patent GB-190723730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WINTON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-10-26
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 23,730. Winton, A. Oct. 26. Gas or explosive-vapour engines, carburetting in. Two U -shaped carburetting passages 5, of different widths, are connected to a common air-pipe 7 and to a common mixture delivery pipe 8, and dip into a fuel reservoir 1 in which the fluid level is maintained by a float 2, the flow of fuel into the passages being controlled by valves 11. In the delivery side of the passages, throttle valves 5<1>, 6<1> are mounted on a two-part rod, the two portions of which are connected by a tongue-and-groove joint arranged so that one port can have some independent motion relatively to the other and thereby enable the throttle valve in the smaller passage to open for light loads, while the valve for the other passage is held closed by a spring 17. Both valves open for heavier load.
Patent GB-190724102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horse Shoes.
Inventor: HUEBNER ROBERT
Filed: 1907-10-31
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 24,102. H³bner, R. Oct. 31. Calks and treads. -A horseshoe is roughened and provided with a brush tread. Onits underside are two rows of pointed projections 5, 6 along the two sides of a recess which contains a tread composed of vertical wires 1 preferably of cold-drawn steel piano wire, woven across with a filler of wires 2. The opposing faces of the two sets of projections 5, 6 converge slightly towards each other, or the flanges round the recess may be continuous. A toe calk may be used consisting of a series of closely set projections 7, 8, 9 produced by two sets of diagonal grooves crossing. The filler wires 2 are interwoven with each row of vertical wires separately to form a fabric, and a sufficient number of these fabrics is used to fill the groove. The brush is clamped in place by bending the side projections inwards.
Patent GB-190809007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or in connection with, Chimney Tops, Ventilating-shaft Tops, and the like.
Inventor: BARTLE WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-25
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 9007. Bartle, W., and Haworth, J. April 25. Chimney &c. tops.-With the primary object of firmly securing chimney pots, the stack a is surmounted by a cap d having an aperture e and a tube g above each flue, and chimney pots c with air admission openings h are secured to the cap over the tubes g so as to leave annular spaces c<1> between them. The tubes g are either formed integral with the cap d or are secured in recesses d<3> provided in the top of the cap and are tapered externally at the base. The bases of the pots are tapered internally so as to fit over the tubes g, and occupy a trough formed by upstanding edges d<2> around the cap. Mortar or the like is used to secure all joints and to fill the trough flush with the tops of the edges d<2>. The cap is either sectional or in one piece, and may have rims vertically overhanging the stack.
Patent GB-190811668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for the Better Control of the Vibrations in Motor Car Bodies and the like.
Inventor: SILVERMAN LOUIS
Filed: 1908-05-29
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 11,668. Silverman, L., and Atkinson, H. G. May 29. Brakes.-In a shock-absorbing brake for motorcars &c. in which the frictional retardation is obtained by relative rotation of disks, which aru released during a sudden downward movement of the vehicle body but are pressed into contact during the return movement of the body by a screw connexion between the disks, one disk 14 is held against rotation by pegs 19 projecting from a base-plate 10 secured to the body, while the moving disk 15 is formed with arms 15<a> which engage grooves 18 formed in the nut 12. This nut 12 engages a quick-pitch screw 11 formed on the plate 10, and is formed with an arm 16 which is connected by a link 22 to the axle. A spring 13 is interposed between the nut 12, or a washer bearing against the nut, and the disk 15. The upper forked end of the link 22 is made wider than the arm 16, springs 23 being inserted as shown to control the lateral movement upon the joint pin 24, which passes loosely through the arm 16. A protective cap 10<a> may be fitted as shown. In a modification, the fixed and moving washers 14, 15 are duplicated.
Patent GB-190820402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reciprocating Engines.
Inventor: HOLGATE JOHN
Filed: 1908-09-28
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 20,402. Holgate, J. Sept. 28. Drawings to Specification. Steampumps.-In direct-acting pumps the fluid supply to the power cylinder is controlled by a fluid-actuated disk valve carried in the piston.
Patent GB-190900876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Multiple Copying Machines.
Inventor: STABLEFORD WILLIAM
IPC: B41L7/02
Filed: 1909-01-13
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 876. Stableford, W. Jan. 13. Coating webs. - Relates to means for damping copying-paper in a machine of the kind described in Specification 22,530/07, [Class 100, Printing, Letterpress &c.]. The web of copying-paper is pressed by rolls k<3>, g on a pivoted frame k against a covered roll a dipping into a trough b. The roller a is supported on levers h, the amount of immersion being controlled by a quadrant j.
Patent GB-190900921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Laminated Springs for Vehicles and other uses.
Inventor: WIGHTMAN DENIS CONWAY
IPC: F16F1/24
Filed: 1909-01-14
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 921. Wightman, D. C. Jan. 14. Laminar springs.-Consists in preventing the plates of laminated springs from moving laterally upon each other, by forming on one, preferably the upper, side one or more longitudinal channels C of rectangular, inclined, or bevelled form, and on'the other side corresponding ribs D. The channels are made wider than the ribs, in order that they may receive lubricating-material.
Patent GB-190901701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinges.
Inventor: HASENKAEMPER MAX
IPC: E05D5/04
Filed: 1909-01-23
Granted: 1909-10-21
Abstract: 1701. Hasenkõmper, M. Jan. 23. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Hinge pins.-In a hinge comprising flaps connected by a cylindrical spindle a having reduced ends c, the metal knobs d are driven on the ends.
Patent GB-190902591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Vessels for use with Heating Radiators.
Inventor: TEUFEL WILHELM JULIUS
IPC: F24D19/00
Filed: 1909-02-03
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 2591. Teufel, W. J. Feb. 3, 1908, [Convention date] Moistening.-A radiator composed of vertical elements is provided with removable water-vessels of such a cross section as to fit in the spaces between adjacent elements. The vessels b, which are suspended from the radiator by hooks, may be fitted to the front or rear of the radiator. Evaporation of the water may be promoted by an air-tube in each vessel.
Patent GB-190903406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gradient Indicating Instruments.
Inventor: CARRAD ERIC STEPHEN PAUL
IPC: G01C9/04
Filed: 1909-02-11
Granted: 1909-12-02
Abstract: 3406. Carrad, E. S. P. Feb. 11. Clinometers. - Relates to gradient indicators of the pendulum type for vehicles &c., and comprises means for counteracting the inertia of the pendulum and for minimizing the effect of the vibration of the vehicle &c. Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a rear sectional elevation. The pendulum is pivoted at c to a support b depending from the casing a, and comprises a frame h<1>, j, k, h carrying a curved rack d, which operates a pointer c through bevel-gearing f. Pivoted to a pin m are compensating-weights l, which are supported near their upper ends by springs n connected thereto by rods o. These weights counteract the inertia of the pendulum and also act as vanes to damp vibration. Their centre of gravity is preferably in alinement with the centre of oscillation of the pendulum. The weight of the rack and connecting-parts is balanced by a weight p, adjustable on a threaded rod q or on an extension of the rack d. The effect of vibration mav alternatively be minimized by means of pivoted vertical vanes separate from the compensating- weights and connected at their lower ends by a link to the pendulum. The casing a may be filled with oil, and may contain a spring braking-device acting against the pendulum. The casing a is pivoted at t to an attachment-plato s, and is provided with a pivoted lug u, which is adjusted on a pivoted screw v by means of nuts w in order to set the instrument to zero.
Patent GB-190903941-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Lighting and Extinguishing Gas Lamps.
Inventor: LEOPOLD OTTO
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 3941. Leopold, O. March 3, 1908, [Convention date]. Actuating valves and cocks.-In apparatus for lighting and extinguishing gas lamps by varying the pressure in the gas mains, the free end of a fixed gas-pipe 20 is covered or uncovered by mercury in a cup 19, which is raised or lowered when the gas-bell is raised by means of a cam-disk 14 acting through a finger 16 and a shaft 17 on a lever arm 18 carrying the cup 19 ; the finger 16, under the action of the weight of the mercury, also acts as a brake. The cam-disk is turned in one direction only by projections on a collar on the bell spindle 10 acting on pins on the cam-disk. When the pipe 20 is uncovered, two semicircular passages 28, connected through passages in the gas cock with the inlet 2 and the burner respectively, communicate with one another, and gas is supplied to the burner. The gas - bell 8 is weighted by shot or the like, and may be operated by hand by means of a spring-pressed plunger 23.
Patent GB-190904994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Tools.
Inventor: PRINDLE HAROLD ALVIN RITTENHOU
IPC: B25D9/18
Filed: 1909-03-01
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 4994. Prindle, H. A. R. March 1. Percussive hand tools.--The fluid supply to the valve-chest is controlled by a ball valve 32, which is moved against the resistance of a spring 34 by a thumb-lever 39.
Patent GB-190906604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Lockets.
Inventor: JENNENS WILLIAM FREDERICK
IPC: A44C3/00
Filed: 1909-03-19
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 6604. Jennens, W. F. March 19. [Addition to 19,968/08.] Lockets.-A locket made by stamping, as described in the parent Specification, has the eye that is to form the joint at the upper part of the locket side made in one piece with, and at the same operation as, that of forming the locket side itself. The locket side 5, Fig. 3, is stamped out of a solid piece of metal to form a rounded exterior, a recess 6 and an eye 9. One side is stamped with a recess 8 to receive a stop-piece 7 on the other side. The sides 5 are pivoted together by a hollow eyelet 11 passing through the eyes 9 and adapted to receive a suspension ring.
Patent GB-190912313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyors.
IPC: B65G17/06
Filed: 1909-05-25
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 12,313. Babcock & Wilcox, and Paton, P. May 25. [Addition to 15,582/06.] E n d l e s s - chain conveyers with articulated receptacles. - In a conveyer of the kind described in the parent Specification in which a series of trays A carried by endless chains are adapted to be tipped as as they pass over the end drum B in contact with the guides C, means are provided whereby the conveyer is better adapted for handling hot coke. The trays A pass through a trough D filled with water to any desired height, so that the trays may be entirely or partially submerged, and thereby kept cool. The usual sprinklers may be provided. The trays are formed with lips A.' in order to have a positive action in taking the coke from the heap as it is discharged from the retorts. Endless chain scraper and trough conveyers.-Rakes F may be attached to the chains to drag any sediment deposited in the trough bottom towards the delivery end, where it is discharged down a shoot F into the main coke discharge ; or the sediment may be discharged separately.
Patent GB-190912985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electrically Heated Cooking Apparatus.
Inventor: LOWDEN WALTER AVIS
IPC: F24C7/00
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1909-06-14
Abstract: 12,985. Lowden, W. A. June 12, 1908 Heating water.-A cooking-stove, shown in vertical section, has boilers b, b<1> placed between an outer casing a and ovens a<1>, a<2> for baking and steaming. Electric heaters c, c<1>, c<4> are arranged below the boiler b and between the boilers and ovens. The steaming-oven a' is placed above the baking-oven, and supplied with steam from the lower boiler b ; it also has a perforate false bottom, below which is a drain pipe to the lower boiler. Water is supplied to the boilers by separate pipes, and is drawn off from one or both through a threeway cock b<3> and an ordinary cock b<4>, or through a cock b<5>. Specification 12,669/08, [Class 126, Stoves &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190923225-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulating Compounds and Processes of Making the same.
IPC: H01B3/06
Filed: 1909-10-11
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 23,225. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 11. Plastic compositions containing clay, fibres, &c.-An insulating-material is made of a mixture of dry kaolin, preferably 237 parts, ground glass 37, green silko (powdered slate) 88, red silko 2 parts, and asbestos 156 parts, with or without lime. The product is moulded into sheets which are treated with sodium silicate, subjected to pressure, and fired at a high temperature. Sheets of this material may be combined with sheets of mica and are particularly suitable for insulating the segments of the commutators of dynamos.
Patent GB-190923868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Transferring Travelling Cranes, Loading Frames, Traverse Tables and like Vehicles from One Set of Rails to Another.
IPC: B66C9/04
Filed: 1909-10-18
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 23,868. Krupp Akt.-Ges. Grusonwerk, F. Nov. 14, 1908, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Bogies.-To facilitate the operation of transferring travelling cranes, loading-frames, traverse stables, and other vehicles from one set of rails to another set at any angle or parallel thereto, without employing turntables, the wheels are mounted singly or in groups on vertical pivots.
Patent GB-190925042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Speed Gear for Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: MABON ANDREW
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1910-04-26
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 25,042. Mabon, A. April 26, 1910. Change-speed gearing.-Relates to variablespeed gear for motor-cycles &c., of the kind in which the effective diameter of an expanding pulley is adjusted simultaneously with the movement of the pulley-carrier about the driving- shaft, and comprises a cam device for varying the diameter of the pulley. The expanding pulley is mounted on a carrier g secured to a plate or framework f, which is pivotally suspended on a boss surrounding the engine crankshaft e. One flange a of the pulley is secured to a sleeve c, which is driven by a chain and sprocket k from the shaft e, and the other flange b slides thereon, being guided by pins b2. The outer portion of the carrier g is of square section and carries a sliding cam h, by which lateral movement is imparted to the flange b. The cam h is engaged by a cross-pin i<3> secured to a spindle i passing through the carrier and connected by a link i' to the cycle frame. The speed ratio is varied by raising or lowering the framework f by means of a rod m, the pin and cam adjusting the effective diameter of the pulley, the movement of the frame f tensioning the belt. A loose ring at the bottom of the pulley groove gives a free engine.
Patent GB-190930304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multiple Cylinder Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BECKMANN CARL
IPC: F02B75/28
Filed: 1909-12-28
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 30,304. Beckmann, C. Dec. 29, 1908, [Convention date]. Crank linkages.-In a multi-cylinder internalcombustion engine wherein the cylinders are arranged around and parallel to the crankshaft 5, the pistons 18 at the opposite ends of the engine are connected by ball-and-socket joints 16 to frames 13 mounted on crank-pins 8 which are oppositely inclined to one another.
Patent GB-191005175-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Toilet or Hair Comb.
Inventor: PETERSON CHARLES
IPC: A45D24/02
Filed: 1910-03-02
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 5175. Peterson, C. March 2. Combs, hair.-Relates to combs in which the teeth are rooted on two sides of the back of the comb while their points fall in alinement, and consists in so shaping the teeth that their pointed ends are in alinement for a substantial portion of their length. In the preferred form, this is accomplished by bending a vulcanite blank, Fig. 1, to the shape shown in end view in Fig. 2. Alternatively, the comb may be formed of teeth projecting from a solid bar c, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-191006646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Marine Turbine Installations.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
IPC: F01D15/02
Filed: 1910-03-16
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 6646. Parsons, C. A. March 16. Plant. - In marine turbine installations, the steam passes through one or more impulse stages followed by a reaction section whence the fluid passes through further impulse stages before delivery to the lower pressure reaction section, or sections. A four - shaft installation comprises high-pressure turbines a b, low-pressure turbines c, d, and cruising - turbines e f, the latter consisting of impulse sections g, h and reaction sections k, m. The turbines a, b may also be provided with impulse stages followed by a reaction section. Under cruising conditions, steam is supplied from a pipe o to the turbine c, and afterwards flows by a pipe n to the turbine f, in each case passing through both impulse and reaction sections. On delivery from the turbine f, the steam is passed in any desired manner through the remaining turbines. In the example shown, it passes through a pipe p to a branch pipe q, whence it is delivered to the port and starboard sets in parallel. When the turbines a, bare provided with imjulse stages, arrangements may be made for admitting live steam to the turbines e, f in parallel when required. In cases where an impulse section receives live and exhaust steam alternatively, or both simultaneously, double sets of inlet nozzles are provided. For high speeds steam is admitted direct to the turbines a, b, the turbines e, f running idle.
Patent GB-191006705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Minimizing the Admission of Cold Air to the Interior of Fuel-economizers by way of the Chain Openings.
Inventor: PORTEUS GEORGE
IPC: F23M20/00
Filed: 1910-03-17
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 6705. Porteus, G. March 17. Cleaning externally.- The admission of cold air to the interior of fuel-economizers by way of the chain openings is diminished by means of a device consisting of two chain-engaging blocks 5, 6 fitting one within the other and supported by an outer carrying-frame 7, the blocks and frame being each made in two parts so as to enable them to be placed in position around the chain 3 without having to remove this from its scraper rod 4. The two blocks 5, 6 are formed with central cruciform holes for the reception of the chain. The frame 7 is formed with inclined walls, and the two parts are held together bv bolts 7<y>. The inner and outer blocks 5, 6 are #-shaped and of double-wedge formation respectively.
Patent GB-191015079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means Employed for Hanging Curtains.
Inventor: TIMMIS ANNE
IPC: A47H13/04
Filed: 1910-06-23
Granted: 1911-06-26
Abstract: 15,079. Timmis, A. June 23. Curtains, suspending.-Hooks or rings 5, for use with curtains having a looped tape or the like secured thereto, are formed with holes 10 to facilitate stitching to the curtain. Fig. 1 shows a hook having a bifurcated end 8 in position, and Figs. 5, 7, and 8 show other examples of hooks &c. which may be employed.