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Patent GB-190824937-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Introducing Air and other Gases into Liquids.
Inventor: SCHOENMANN MORITZ
Filed: 1908-11-19
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 24,937. Sch÷nmann, M. Nov. 19. Aerating liquids. -Apparatus for introducing air, carbon dioxide, or other gas into a bathing- liquid consists of a shallow tray containing porous bodies such as wood, unbaked earthenware, &c. through which the gas is forced. The bottom of the tray is formed with lateral and longitudinal channels 6, supplied with gas from a perforated pipe passing around the tray. The porous bodies 8 are formed with grooves 12 which lie over the channels 6 and cavities 11, and are separated by asphalt or other sealing mass 13. The upper cover of the tray may be formed with flanges 9 which retain the porous bodies in place, and with ribs or bosses to support the bather's body from contact with the porous bodies, or the upper surface of the porous bodies may be scored or grooved. In a modification, inverted conical porous bodies are used.
Patent GB-190901410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Heddles.
Inventor: FEHR WILLIAM
IPC: D03C9/02
Filed: 1909-01-20
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 1410. Fehr, W., and Kaufmann, J. Jan. 20. Healds are made by slotting a metal strip, expanding the strip by swaging, and upsetting the inner edge of the slot, which may be reduced in the swaging, so as to form bearing-surfaces which may be thicker than the heald. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show the heald after the slotting, swaging, and upsetting, respectively. The last operation is performed in the machine shown in Fig. 13, in which two rotating pins 20, Fig. 16, are caused to descend and upset two slots at once as shown in Fig. 8. One pin only may be used, the heald being suitably secured. Fig. 16 shows the pin, which has a collar 34 to keep the heald flat. If desired, the reduced portions 12, Fig. 2, left after the swaging may be removed before upsetting, or the swaging operation may be omitted and the slots expanded by means of the machine described. Fig. 11 shows a construction in which one end of the slot has been so expanded.
Patent GB-190906407-A (GB)
Title: Device for Airing Bed Covers, Beds and the like.
Inventor: BAUM OSCAR
IPC: A47C21/02
Filed: 1909-03-17
Granted: 1909-09-16
Abstract: 6407. Baum, O. March 17. Bedclothes a n d bedding, airing. - A device for airing bed covers, bedding, &c., spread between two nets, is shown in the Figures. The nets are arranged on a rod d, which rests in forks e on a frame a, on either sides of which the nets hang. T h e other ends of the nets are secured to rodsf,g which may be engaged by hooks h, i on the frame, which is supported by struts k. The nets may be connected direct to the frame, the rod d being dispensed with, or a separate rod may be used with each net.
Patent GB-190907563-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for Supplying Fuel to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CAMERON WILLIAM
IPC: F02M57/02
Filed: 1909-03-30
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 7563. Cameron, W. March 30. Combined liquid and air pumps; valves, arrangement of. - Fuel and air are supplied to an internalcombustion engine by a pump, having a barrel b which forms the admission valve of the engine cylinder. Air is supplied to a chamb e r a through ports m, f in the cylinder and the pump barrel and a port i and a valve j in the piston. Fuel is supplied through the nozzle r when the piston h overruns the port g. On the return stroke, the mixture is compressed until the pressure attained exceeds the combined pressure of the air in the working cylinder and the spring e. The barrel then rises, and the mixture is ejected through holes c in the valve face. Modifications are described in which the barrel is mechanically moved, and in which it is moved by the pressure in the working cylinder. The fuel is stated to be heated by the compression in the pump.
Patent GB-190908111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Discharge Gaps for the Production of Electric Oscillations.
Inventor: SHARMAN ALEXANDER WILLIAM
IPC: H01T9/00
Filed: 1909-04-05
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 8111. Sharman, A. W. April 5. Spark-gap apparatus.-In a spark-gap apparatus for use in the production of electrical oscillations, the length of the total spark-gap is adjusted by adjusting the position of electrodes K, Fig. 2, carried on a rotatable bridge-piece H, relatively to fixed terminal electrodes F. This adjustment is effected by a handle L, which also operates a pointer to indicate the length of the gap. A number of such adjustable bridgepieces carrying electrodes may be mounted frictionally on the same insulating-spindle G, Fig. 4. When all the gaps are to be used in series, the spindle G is rotated until all the movable electrodes are in contact with the fixed electrodes. The spindle is then moved in the opposite direction to the required extent. In this manner, all the spark-gaps are made of equal length. " Sparklet " cartridges may be employed to increase the pressure of the atmosphere surrounding the electrodes, and sodium, soda, lime, or other drying-material may be used to keep this atmosphere dry.
Patent GB-190911752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyres for Road Vehicle Wheels.
IPC: B60C15/028
Filed: 1909-05-18
Granted: 1909-07-15
Abstract: 11,752. Caldwell, R. J., and Pfleumatic Syndicate. May 18. Tyre attachment to rims.-In a tyre of the type in which a cover b having a divided base is filled with an elastic spongy material and secured to the rim a by a channelled metal band e, the band comprises two or more sections between which are arranged the nozzles for filling the cover with the elastic material, and is perforated to allow air to escape from the cover into a space between the band and the rim, the perforations being choked by the material as it reaches them. The band is secured to the rim by bolts f, and each section has a central hole q, which is closed by a screw r passing through the rim. The escape of air from between the converging streams of elastic material is effected by tubes temporarily 'closed by rods, which are pushed through the holes q. The filling-nozzles j have flanges k, resting between the rim and the band e, and are secured to the rim by nuts m. The nozzles are closed by caps n, which are provided with screwed holes o for receiving a key for screwing them into the nozzles.
Patent GB-190916558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Devices for Producing Electrical Oscillations.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: H01T9/00
Filed: 1909-07-15
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 16,558. Lake, W. E., [" Polyfrequenz " Elektricitõts-Ges.]. July 15. Spark-gap apparatus; wireless telegraphy.- In apparatus for producing electric oscillations of the kind in which the spark-discharge takes place between two electrodes a very small distance apart, the electrodes are composed of a number of concentric rings a, a<1>, a<2> and b, b<1>, b<2>, which are so connected that a discharge travels from the ring a across the gap to the ring b, through a wire e to the ring b', across the gap to the ring a<1>, through a wire f to the ring a<2>, and so on. The device may be fed with pulsating continuous current, or with an intermittent current such as is obtained when the negative half-wave of an alternating current is repressed. The same effect may be produced by forming the electrodes with alternate conducting and insulating sections d<1>, d<2>, Fig. 2, and rotating one electrode relatively to the other.
Patent GB-190921155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power-driven Hammers.
Inventor: SKINNER HENRY
IPC: B21J13/06
Filed: 1909-09-16
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 21,155. Johnson, H., and Skinner, H. Sept. 16. Power hammers.-In a power hammer having the tup a carried by a bow spring b, a cushioning- device, comprising a box A containing blocks of rubber D &c. and a sliding cover B, is inserted between the nuts E and the cross-head g.
Patent GB-190923839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Wheaten Stock and Flour.
Inventor: CHITTY CHARLES WOODLAND
IPC: A21D6/00
Filed: 1909-10-18
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 23,839. Chitty, C. W., and Jago, W. Steaming and conditioning flour and grain. -Wheaten stock or flour is treated by the addition of steam thereto while it is being agitated in a suitable vessel such as a worm conveyer, of non-conducting material or steamjacketed, into which steam is injected from an oblique pipe. A suction fan may be provided at the discharge and to draw air through the material, cool it, and remove excess of steam. The material is raised to a temperature above 140‹ F. and not exceeding 212‹ F. until granular to the touch, the lumps are broken in a mill, and the flour is then Oct. 18. [Cognate Application, 8948/10.] employed to mix with ordinary flour. In treating wheat, it is heated by the addition of steam in a steam-jacketed worm to a temperature between 140‹ F. and 210‹ F. for English wheat. After treatment, the grain is sacked or placed in a bin and kept at the high temperature for several hours, freed from excess moisture, and then ground, either mixed with ordinary wheat, or alone to be afterwards mixed with other flour. According to the first Provisional Specification, in one process, the temperature of the material is not raised above 140‹ F., about 2 per cent of moisture being added.
Patent GB-190926088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Switching Devices for use in connection with Electric Lighting or Power.
Inventor: KIRWAN WILLIAM CECIL
IPC: H01H29/20
Filed: 1910-05-11
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 26,088. Kirwan, W. C., and Quaney, K. May 11, 1910. Mercury switches.-In rocking mercury switches, of the kind described in Specification 15,483/06, the projecting ends of the contact wires E, Fare bent at right-angles and mounted in the terminals G, L, so as to act as a hinge for the rocking mercury cup D.
Patent GB-190926316-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ventilator for use in Railway, Tramway, and other Moving Vehicles, Ships, and in the Walls of Houses or elsewhere.
Inventor: ORR ARCHIBALD
IPC: B61D27/00
Filed: 1909-11-13
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 26,316. Orr, A. Nov. 13. [Cognate Application 1375/10.] Ventilator opening and closing apparatus.-The doors or flaps e, e<1> covering the openings of car ventilators are severally connected by rods o, n to one or other of two rods p, r, which slide longitudinally to operate the flaps. In a modification there may be only one operating-rod.
Patent GB-190927446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tumbler Switches.
Inventor: RAWLINGS JOHN JOSEPH
IPC: H01H23/06
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1910-02-07
Abstract: 27,446. Rawlings, J. J. Jan. 7. Cases.-The ball joint of a tumbler switch is rendered waterproof by the use of a flexible wasber E, which may be formed of felt impregnated with graphite and wax, placed between the spherical ball of the dolly and a circular cap G fitting over the support.
Patent GB-190928320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Perambulators, Mailcarts, and the like.
Inventor: REDFERN ALFRED HENRY
IPC: B62B9/18
Filed: 1909-12-04
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 28,320. Redfern, A. H. Dec. 4. Balancing on axle; axles, attaching to springs; suspending and mounting bodies and undercarriages.-In a child's mail-cart, perambulator, &c. one pair of wheels can be adjusted for balancing the vehicle by sliding the axle longitudinally upon plates secured to the springs or underframe, the axle being connected by springs to a hand-operated bar having a peg- and-hole engagement with the plates. Fig. 2 shows a perambulator axle c secured to boxes d, which can slide upon plates f secured beneath the springs g at both sides of the vehicle. The axle is connected by spring bars j to a bar i, parallel to the axle, and having its ends i<4> bent over the edges of the plates f to assist in keeping the axle at right-angles to the springs g. The axle is moved by a handle i<2> secured to the bar i, and is locked in various positions by pegs i<3> on the bar i entering holes f<2> in the plates /, the spring-bars maintaining the pegs in engagement. In four-wheeled carriages, one only or both of the axles may be movable. According to the Provisional Specification, the plates f may have turned-up edges, which may be provided with notches for engaging the bar i.
Patent GB-190928776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Drying Damp Rooms.
IPC: E04B1/70
Filed: 1909-12-09
Granted: 1910-06-23
Abstract: 28,776. Internationale Bau-Austrocknungs Ges., and Paetsch, F. Dec. 9. A i r - heating s t o v e s. - In a brazier for drying rooms in newly erected buildings, having a central air - heating tube b, perforations d are provided to supply air to the fire, two concentric series of tubes 3, 4 form the walls of the fire basket, and a channel i is formed within the conical hood g. Air from without the building is conducted by pipes c, 12, 13, to the heating- tube b, and thence passes by pipes 14, 17, 18 to desired points. The moist air of the room passes between the tubes 3, 4 to the fire, or through them, or through the channel i, and is carried off from the hood by a chimney l. The channel i may be formed by a funnel h, which may be radially corrugated, or tubes may replace the funnel h, forming a number of channels.
Patent GB-191002297-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Drums for use in Rotary Pulp Strainers.
Inventor: FRASER WILLIAM GROUNDWATER
IPC: D21D5/06
Filed: 1910-01-29
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 2297. Fraser, W. G. Jan. 29. Rotary filters or strainers.-The drums of rotary pulp strainers are constructed on a framework of longitudinal bars 4 fixed to the trunnion ends 5. The longitudinal edges 10 of the strainer plates 9 are turned over and inserted into grooves formed in the bars 4, or angle-irons secured to the edges rest in the grooves. Intermediate rings 7 having recesses to receive the bars 4 may be used. Metal bands are placed over the circumferential meeting edges of the strainer plates and tightened by means of a toggle-joint arrangement.
Patent GB-191005145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Method of Exchanging Heat between Two Fluids of Different Temperatures and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: LOVEKIN LUTHER DANIEL
IPC: F28D7/10
Filed: 1910-03-01
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 5145. Lovekin, L. D. March 1. Concentric straight-tube apparatus.-The apparatus described in Specification 23,482/08 is improved by making both the inner and outer tubes C, D of thin heat-conducting material, spirally grooved with the corrugations nesting together, and causing one of the fluids to flow at a high velocity through the space between the tubes while the outer surface of the outer tube and the inner surface of the inner tube are subjected to the action of the other fluid. Lugs D<4> may be brazed on the tube D in order to space-out the tubes and prevent sagging. The inner tube C is so fixed, by suitable coltars C', C<3> at top and bottom and screwed rings H, I, that it can be removed readily through the aperture at the top of the casing A.
Patent GB-191009160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spouts or Pouring Devices for Petrol Cans and the like.
Inventor: LIQUORISH FREDERICK
IPC: B65D25/48
Filed: 1910-04-15
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 9160. Liquorish, F. April 15. Venting-apparatus.-In a spout 1 for petrol cans, having a curved part 3 and a straight part 2 one or more vent-holes 7 covered by a perforated dome 12, and a partition 9 for dividing the air from the liquid, are provided. The spout may be channelled at 8.
Patent GB-191010068-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Arrangement for Removing Dredged Material from Ships' Holds, Hopper Barges and the like.
Inventor: FRUEHLING OTTO
IPC: E02F7/04
Filed: 1910-04-25
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 10,068. Fr³hling, O. April 25. Barges; dredgers. - Dredged material is removed .from the hoppers or holds x, Fig. 1, of hopper barges, dredgers, &c. by the combined action of suction outlets d connected to a pump e, and of short elbow pieces c, through the upper portion of the cross-sectional area of which the external water enters so as to dilute the dredged material, which escapes through the lower portion of the pipes c. In the construction shown in Fig. 6, the hopper is provided with a horizontal plate n and with inclined plates m, h having openings e<1> leading to the discharge outlets. The dredged material may also be acted upon by jets of water issuing from tubes t. The action of the suction pump may be assisted by ridged aprons q, r, s, Fig. 9, of known form, the upper portions of which remain free from dredged material and form passages for water drawn from the outside.
Patent GB-191027394-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Composition for Stopping Leaks.
Inventor: VALLEE GEORGE ARTHUR LA
IPC: C09K3/12
Filed: 1910-11-24
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 27,394. La Vallee, G. A. Nov. 24, 1909, [Convention date]. Compositions containing sugar, dextrine, &c. -A composition for stopping leaks consists of preferably 5 parts of sodium borate, 4 parts of sugar, 15 parts of dextrine, and 75 parts of ground flax seed, and, if desired, colouring- matter, such as aniline. The material is particularly useful for stopping leaks in the water jacket, radiator, or connecting-piping provided for cooling internal-combustion engines, by dissolving it in the water of the cooling-system. As the water leaks out and evaporates, a film of the composition is left over the leak.
Patent GB-191027767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Button Setting Machines.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: A41H37/00
Filed: 1910-11-29
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 27,767. Lake, W. E., [Heaton Peninsular Button Fastener Co.]. Nov. 29. Packing buttons.-A feed - tube for buttons with attached fasteners has one end 7 crimped and a spring clip 8 applied at the other end to prevent the buttons from falling out so that the loaded tubes may be shipped from the place where loaded to the place where used.
Patent GB-191101646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rubber Tyres and their Attachment to Wheels.
Inventor: KILLEN EDWARD BRICE
IPC: B60C7/24
Filed: 1911-01-21
Granted: 1912-02-21
Abstract: 1646. Killen, E. B. Jan. 21. Non-metallic elastic bodies and cores; air tubes and chambers; jackets and covers; tyre attachments to rims. -A rubber tyre A is formed with a gable-shaped space A<8> rendered air-tight by means of a continuous security ring F<1> and the rim flanges K<2>, K<3>, between which the specially - formed tyre beads are gripped as shown. The construction is such that the walls of the tyre thicken and spread inwards under increase of load. The detachable side flange K<2>, having a centring-lip K<4> engaging under the felloe, is secured by transverse bolts E<2> with heads E, which lock or release the flange by rotation of the bolts. Non-creeping projections A<7> may be formed on the tyre edges adapted to engage holes in the rim flanges, and additional protecting - beads A<12>, A<13> may be provided at the sides of the tyre. A non-slipping chain o or the like may be fitted in one or more tread grooves. The arrangements may be adapted to twin tyres. The rubber body A may be formed in sections, in which case a continuous inner tube, fitted with an inflating valve, is employed.
Patent GB-191108802-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Fastening Device for use with Doors, Windows and the like.
Inventor: BAINBRIDGE GEORGE
IPC: E05C17/16
Filed: 1911-04-08
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 8802. Bainbridge, G. April 8. Door chains and the like.-Relates to fastenings for holding doors, windows, &c. in a closed or partly-open position, of the type in which a knob or button on the door &c. engages a notched slot in a bar attached by a universal joint to the frame. A knob n joined by a narrow neck to a plate m rotatable over a base k on the door, a pin on the plate m working in a slot r in the base k to limit the motion, is adapted to enter the enlarged end d and traverse the slot b in the pivoted plate, notches c serving to hold the door in various positions. A button with an oblong head, rotatable in a base plate on the door, may be used to engage the slot b and fasten the door when closed.
Patent GB-191111229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: ALEXANDER WILLIAM BOYD
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1911-05-09
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 11,229. Alexander, W. B. May 9. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement and construction of; framework; propelling.-The body of an aeroplane is made of triangular cross-section tapering, from its widest part at the rear, towards the front, and provided with a flat plane extending outwards from each of its two upper edges. The angle made by the sloping sides of the body 8 is slightly greater than 90 degrees, Fig. 3, and the side'planes 20, which taper with the body, are of a width equal to one half of the depth of the body at any point. This arrangement of body is adapted to give automatic stability. The main planes 2, 3 are at the rear, and are preferably parabolic in cross-section; an auxiliary plane 12 is placed at the front. Elevators 13 and a vertical rudder 14 are fitted. A motor and propeller are mounted at the rear of the machine.
Patent GB-191116185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Checking Shuttles in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
IPC: D03D49/52
Filed: 1911-07-13
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 16,185. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. July 13. Checking shuttles; swells. - Shuttles are checked by a swell 6, Fig. 1, having an extension 6<1> beyond its pivot and an adjustable bolt 18 in this extension, and by a lever 10, Figs. 1 and 3, pivoted on a bolt 9. The bolt 18 engages a plate 10<a>, which is yieldingly held against the main body of the lever 10, to form a split hub, by a bolt 12 and a spring 13 held in a recessed boss 10<a2>.
Patent GB-191118005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Breech Mechanism for Automatic Firearms.
Inventor: BORCHARDT HUGO
IPC: F41A17/36
Filed: 1911-08-08
Granted: 1911-12-30
Abstract: 18,005. Borchardt, H. Feb. 28, [Convention date]. Breech actions; sliding breech-block. - Relates to mechanism for preventing the closing of the breech of automatic guns when the magazine is empty, and consists in providing a detent which acts directly on the return - spring, and thus, by holding it compressed, prevents it from closing the breech. The invention is shown in Fig. 1 applied to a toggle-link action in which the return-spring f is connected to one of the toggle links by a chain g. When the magazine is empty, a projection z<1> on the cartridge follower z engages a detent b and causes it to engage the spring f and hold it compressed, as shown in Fig. 4. The detent b may be so formed that the pressure of the spring f forces the front end b<1> of the detent against the breechblock k, which is thereby frictionally held in position.
Patent GB-191123480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stereotype Matrix Drying Presses.
IPC: B41D1/00
Filed: 1911-10-24
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 23,480. Hoe & Co., R., [Hoe & Co., R.]. Oct. 24. Steam and other fluid-pressure presses.-Relates to presses for making and drying stereotype matrices of the kind provided with means for giving a rough hand adjustment and then exerting a continuous steady pressure as the matrix settles. The table or platen 1, heated in any suitable way such as by steam or electricity, rests on a bed 2 supported on standards 2. The yoke 5 supporting the operating-screw 7 of the presser-plate 4 is secured by nuts 10, 11 to rods 9, which are normally raised by helical springs 12. The rods 9 are connected by links 23 to levers 20 bearing on fulcra 21 and pivoted to a rod 15 on a piston 14. This piston 14 works in a cylinder 13 supported by rods 18 and receiving fluid under pressure from a receiver 17 by way of a valve 31. The pressure is first applied by the hand-wheel 8, after which the fluid is admitted into the cylinder 13, giving a steady resilient pressure on the matrix. In a modification for taking two formes simultaneously, two pressure plates are provided over a common bed 1, the yokes 5 being arranged diagonally across each plate to render the ped more accessible. The pressure plates are operated by two cylinders beneath the bed and detachable connexions are provided to secure the plates together for simultaneous operation.