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Patent GB-190624527-A (GB)
Title: Improved Composite Twist or Thread
Inventor: URGOITI RICARDO
Filed: 1906-11-02
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 24,527. Urgoiti, R. Nov. 2. Threads; flyer frames; thread - guides. - A compound thread consists of a core of paper and an outer coating of some textile material, such as jute, linen, hemp, &c. Fig. 1 shows a suitable arrangement for spinning fine threads. The paper 9, either in a twisted state such as " silvaline " or any other known paper filament, or as an untwisted strip of suitable width, passes from a bobbin 8 over a feed-roller 3, under a bar 11, and through a guide 14, shown separately in Fig. 2, to the drawing-rollers 4, 5 ; it there meets the yarn 10 of textile material and is twisted up with it by the flyer 12. The guide 14 ensures that the paper shall form the core of the thread. If the thread is twisted to the right, the paper filament is led through e behind the guide b so that it passes to the right of the yarn. If the twist is to the left, the paper passes through f behind the guide a to the left of the yarn. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 16,023, A.D. 1889, [Abridgment Class Ropes &c.].]
Patent GB-190628891-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Opening and Automatically Closing Gas Delivery Pipes.
Inventor: SPANGENBERG FRIEDRICH AUGUST
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-07-18
Abstract: 28,891. Spangenberg, F. A. Dec. 18. Actuating valves; closing, retarding ; regulating discharge from valves and cocks.-A device for automatically closing a gas valve after a certain duration of time, consists of a cylinder g<1> fitted with a piston k, which is forced up by a spring s<1> and can be drawn down by a handle z. When it is desired to supply gas to a burner provided with a pilot light, the piston is drawn down, as shown in dotted lines, allowing the valve v to be opened by the spring s to draw air into the cylinder g<1> through a flap checkvalve a. When the handle z is released, the spring forces the piston upwards slowly, until the rod k' presses on the disk v<3> and closes the valve. The time taken is controlled by the rate at which the air imprisoned above the piston can escape past the threads of an adjustable screw r. The lower surface of the valve, when open, makes a tight joint with the top of the guide cylinder and prevents the access of gas to the air cylinder g<1>.
Patent GB-190702334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose Leaf Binders.
Inventor: RUBEL CHARLES DOUGLAS
Filed: 1907-01-30
Granted: 1907-06-20
Abstract: 2334. Rubel, C. D. March 28, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Filing papers &c. -A loose-leaf binder consists of a back cover a carrying posts a', and a front cover b bearing a spring metal strip c which is provided with a longitudinal slot c<1>. The slot has two pairs of circular enlargements c<2>, c<3> of slightly less diameter than the posts, so as to tightly grip the same, the second pair being used when the first are worn. To spread the slot c<1> and release the strip c, a key is mounted in a keyway c<4> or c<5> midway between the enlargements c<2> or c<3>. The key consists of two parts d, d' hinged at d<2> and secured to the binder by a retaining plate d<3>. The width of the operative part d' is slightly greater than the width of, but is less than the length of, the enlargements c<4>, c<5>. For use with several binders, a multiple key e, Fig. 5, is provided having a number of operative parts e', e<2>, e<3>, e<4> of different size. This key may be detachably hinged at e<6> to a retaining-plate c<5>.
Patent GB-190704049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bleaching Glue.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1907-02-18
Granted: 1907-10-03
Abstract: 4049. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Feb. 18. Glue is bleached with zinc formaldehyde sulphoxylate, either the neutral salt or the basic body, described in Specification No. 7592, A.D. 1905, [Abridgment Class Acids and salts, Organic; &c]. An aqueous solution of glue is heated with the sulphoxylate, with or without the addition of acid, for example, acetic, formic, or sulphuric acid.
Patent GB-190704211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Electric Transformers and Motor Generators
Filed: 1907-02-20
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 4211. Crompton & Co., Macfarlane, J. C., and Burge, H. Feb. 20. Rotary converters and transformers. - A rotary converter for converting alternating current into direct current, or for transforming direct current at one voltage into direct current at another voltage, has a single ring armature provided with a single winding and a commutator, main brushes on the commutator or slip-rings connected to equidistant points on the armature forming the terminals of the primary circuit and shorted brushes and a main brush the terminals of the secondary circuit ; the field magnets are divided in the direction of the axis of the machine into a motor portion and a generator portion. The two field circuits S<1>, N<1> and S<2>, N<2>, Fig. 3, are magnetically insulated from each other, and form respectively the generator field and the motor field. The primary current is introduced through the main brushes A, A, and the secondary current is taken from the shorted brushes B, B and the main brush A connected to the terminal T<3>. The shunt windings S<h1>, S<h2> are connected between the brushes B, B and the terminals T<1>, T<3>, respectively. A series winding S<e> is provided on the generator field to oppose the shunt field winding S<h2>, and a corresoonding winding may be provided on the motor field to assist the shunt field winding R<h1>. In the conversion of alternating current into direct current, the voltage on the direct current side may be altered by varying the resistance R, Fig. 4, in the circuit of the shunt winding S<h1>. The resistance R being common to the two windings S<h1>, S<h2>, a corresponding alteration of opposite sign occurs in the winding S<h2>, The total flux in the armature thus remains constant, so that the power-factor of the alternating current remains unchanged. The machine may have any even number of poles, and may be provided with interpoles.
Patent GB-190706999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ships' Hatches.
Inventor: CLARKE PEETE BASIL
Filed: 1907-03-23
Granted: 1908-03-23
Abstract: 6999. Clarke, P. B. March 23. Sliding bolts for ships' hatch covers. To the deck a is fixed a ledge c, upon which is a strip of india-rubber &c. packing d, and on this packing the hatch cover b rests. The bolts e are adapted to slide in guides f in the hatch cover and the fitting g. When the tapered bolt h is screwed down, it pushes the bolts e outwards and forces their downwardly-inclined edges under and against the inclined faces of the ledges c, thus making a tight joint. When the bolt h is screwed back, the bolts e are drawn in by springs k.
Patent GB-190708218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recording Speed Indicators.
Inventor: BROWN RICHARD PERCY
Filed: 1907-04-09
Granted: 1907-08-01
Abstract: 8218. Brown, R. P. April 9. Speed indicators. -Relates to speed indicators of the type e in which a variation in speed produces a change in the level of a rotating column of liquid, and thereby moves a stylus over a clock-rotated disk. A tube G, preferably filled with mercury, communicates by a small hole h' with tubes K carrying reservoirs H, which are eccentrically mounted so that by rotating them the level of the mercury for any given number of revolutions may be varied. A float S communicates its motion by an arm V and a spring W to a stylus Y moving over a clock-rotated disk P marked according to the rate of revolution.
Patent GB-190708720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tools for Milling Valve-seats and for Grinding-in Valves.
Inventor: MENKEL BERTHOLD
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 8720. Menkel, B., and Sander, L. April 15. Grinding - in male and female fitting parts.-An apparatus for grinding in valves comprises a turnscrew f mounted on the spindle of an archimedean drill supported in a socket screwed into the valve casing. When used with the type of valve in which the cover-plate is secured by bolts, the socket is screwed into a plate g having tangential slots h.
Patent GB-190711110-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Means for Re-tightening the Stays of Iron Structures
Inventor: HASENKAMP ALBERT
Filed: 1907-05-13
Granted: 1908-03-26
Abstract: 11,110. Hasenkamp, A. May 13. Tie-rods; girders; bridges; ironwork. - A slack brace of a bridge or other metal structure is shortened in situ by heating the member quickly at any convenient part, and upsetting by means of compression. clamps. Fig. 2 shows a brace a surrounded by a mould e made in halves and containing thermit or the like ; clamps c on the brace are drawn together by means of screws d.
Patent GB-190715896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fireproof Partitions, Ceilings and the like.
Inventor: PRIDDLE ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-07-10
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 15,896. Priddle, A. July 10. Partitions; walls; ; ceilings.-A metal framework or foundation for a partition, wall, or ceiling consists of vertical bars 2, Fig. 2, of any convenient section, passed through slots formed at or near the edges of flat horizontal bars 1, and locked therein by bending down the tongues 5, 6. Transverse ties 7, having slots similar to those in the bars 1, may be provided in double partitions, or they may secure a single framing to a wall or floor. The positions of the bars 1, 2 may be interchanged. The structure is finished off with metal or other lathing. In a modification, shown in Fig. 8, flat, curved, or angular bars are used, the horizontal bars having notches 13 which allow the bars to pass obliquely through the openings in the verticals ; the triangular or square tongues 15 are then closed down as before. Overlapping ends of the bars 11 may be connected in this manner. Double partitions may also be braced internally by means of lateral diagonal ties.
Patent GB-190718016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Dough Kneading or Mixing Machinery
Inventor: POINTON CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1907-08-08
Granted: 1908-04-30
Abstract: 18,016. Pointon, C. E., and Pointon, J. E. Aug. 8. Moving-beater apparatus; moving-container apparatus.-The rotary container a of a dough mixer is supported on an inclined axis and a mixing-arm g works within it. The apparatus is so arranged that, when the container is stopped, a discharge door b therein is at the lowest position. The container a is provided with a hollow extension c mounted in bearings and driven by a worm and wheel driven through a clutch e controlled by a lever f. The lever f is provided with a hinged tappet which can be placed in the way of a projection in the container a, arranged so as to disengage the clutch e when the door b is in its lowest position. The vessel a is provided with a hinged cover h provided with counterweights j and a friction brake for holding it in position. The mixing-arm g works through a slot in the cover h and is driven and guided as shown.
Patent GB-190718033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Apparatuses for Locking Electric Light Glow Lamps to Holders.
Inventor: BODELL WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1907-08-08
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 18,033. Bodell, W. J. Aug. 8. Fastenings, bayonet-joint. A means for locking bayonet-capped lamps in holders consists of a metal band a, provided with two slits f to engage the bayonet-joint pins, and having its ends b bolted against a washer g of vulcanite fibre by a bolt c and nut h. The bolt has a long pin j, of circular or square cross-section, and a head i, with slits k, Fig. 1, when the centre-pin j is cylindrical. A tool is provided to move the bolt c in the nut h.
Patent GB-190720797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: CRAIG THOMAS HENRY ROBERT
Filed: 1907-09-19
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 20,797. Craig, T. H. R. Sept. 19. Tyres, pneumatic.-The ends A, B of a divided air-tube taper to a point with increasing thickening of their walls. The ends may be formed with the tube in its manufacture, or they may be cemented or vulcanized to the ends of a cut tube, as shown. A strip of tape is secured to the tube along its inner periphery.
Patent GB-190721004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Regulating the Position of the Damper in Steam Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: GIMPERT RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-09-21
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 21,004. Gimpert, R., and Schneider, K. Sept. 21. Dampers.-A pressure-operated damper-controlling mechanism for steam boilers comprises a piston e and lever i, the lever being connected to the damper w and to a locking-device and counterweight r by flexible connexions u, q. The lever i is pivoted to a bracket h and is connected by a swinging frame to the piston-rod. The counterweight r is provided with a pawl which engages a rack t and prevents the opening of the damper when the pressure in the boiler falls.
Patent GB-190722071-A (GB)
Title: An Improved water-waste Preventer.
Inventor: ROOM JOSEPH
Filed: 1907-10-07
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 22,071. Room, J. Oct. 7. Actuating and locking oscillating sector valves for flushing - cisterns. In the position shown, the plate F is retained o v e r the discharge pipe D by a catch H. When the catch is raised by a chain I connected to an ascending piston in the cistern, the plate is drawn back over the supply pipe E by a spring J.
Patent GB-190723401-A (GB)
Title: Novel Elastic Tyre for Wheels for any Vehicle.
Inventor: RIPERT ANDRE-LOUIS-HENRI
Filed: 1907-10-23
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 23,401. Ripert, A. L. H., and Schmitt, P. oct. 25, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Spring wheels.-A leather or like flexible cover e is clamped to the rim f by plates g, preferably with interposed elastic pads h. A ring a with halved overlapping ends, or a series of overlapping plates, having rings c threaded thereon, is suspended within the cover e. The ring a may be of any section, the rings c being shaped to correspond ; or the rings c may be replaced by a continuously-wound helical spring.
Patent GB-190725087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Case-hardening of Steel and Iron Articles.
Inventor: MACHLET ADOLPH WILHELM
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-11-12
Abstract: 25,087. Machlet, A. W. Nov. 12. Retorts.-Apparatus for case-hardening iron and steel articles by heating and agitating them in a current of diluted carburizing gas consists of a steel or wroughtiron retort 2 having covers 34, 36 at its ends, and partitions 31, 32 connected to the covers by inlet and outlet pipes 33, 35 for the carburizing gas. The retort is rotated during the carburizing operation on rolls 24, 26 by a worm 71 meshing with a worm-wheel 73 on the cover 34, the inlet pipe 33 being connected to the gas-supply pipe by a gland 50. The retort is set in a furnace and heated to a temperature of 1500-1800‹ F. preferably by means of gas and air admitted by burners which point alternately in opposite directions over the top of the retort. Specifications No. 11,069, A.D. 1906, and No. 10,532, A.D. 1908, [Abridgment Class Iron &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-190800974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines
Inventor: CONILL ENRIQUE JUAN
Filed: 1908-01-15
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 974. Conill, E. J. Jan. 15. Switches.-Each cylinder of a rotary explosion engine is provided with a sparking-plug t secured to a bronze contact u fixed to the periphery of an ebonite plate v, which rotates in contact with two bronze rollers w, w<1>, Fig. 3, in electrical connexion with one pole of the source of current. The other pole is connected to terminals 2, 3 on an ebonite plate 1, which is loosely mounted on the shaft a. These terminals transmit the current to screws 4, 5 bearing on two springs 6, 7, which are fixed to the plate 1 and carry two rollers 8, 9, against which bear the teeth of a pinion 10 keyed to the shaft a. As each roller 8, 9 falls into a recess between two teeth, the circuit is broken at the screws 4, 5, and a spark is produced in the corresponding plugs t. The ignition may be advanced or retarded by turning the plate 1 in one direction or the other by means of the rod 23.
Patent GB-190805310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: CHANTRAINE JOSEPH
Filed: 1908-03-09
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 5310. Chantraine, J. March 9, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gas or explosive-vapour engines.-The motor for driving the propellers ot a flying-machine is symmetrical about the line x, x<1>, Fig. 4, and consists of a single cylinder g having two pistons h, movable in opposite directions and balanced so as to produce no turning movement on the machine. One of the pistons is shown in its extreme positions in the left and right hand sides of Fig. 4. The ends of the cylinder are closed by parts j, which are connected at k to the carburettor, and have flap valves 2, 2<1> consisting of two thin metal washers cut into sectors and secured to the end l of the part j. The piston h has similar valves 5, 5<1>, and is guided by lugs p, p<1> sliding in grooves in the cylinder. The engine has a two-stroke cycle, and, when the charge between the pistons is exploded, the pistons move outwards and uncover exhaust ports s to allow the burnt gases to escape. The valves 5, 5<1> then open to admit a fresh charge, and the charge is compressed by springs r effecting the return stroke of the pistons. As the piston moves inwards, the valves 2, 2<1> open and admit the gases from the carburettor to the space between the piston and the end piece j. The reciprocatory movement of the pistons is transmitted to the propellers by rods q, which are connected to steel bands 7 in the form of a spiral. The bands pass over the pulleys on the shafts of the propellers, and, when tension is placed on the band, the spiral adheres to the pulley and turns it as the spiral is unwound. When the tension is relaxed during the return movement of the piston, the band releases itself from the pulley, which continues to rotate while the spiral coils itself up again.
Patent GB-190806468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Mantles
Inventor: FINCH PAUL RATCLIFFE
Filed: 1908-03-23
Granted: 1908-07-02
Abstract: 6468. Finch, P. R. Aug. 10, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Incandescent gas lamps. -In order to produce an inverted mantle with a seamless outer extremity, the mantle fabric is formed with two longitudinal knitted seams 13 diametrically oposite to one another, each terminating in two branch seams 14, 15 at the outer end.
Patent GB-190807432-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Shearing Metal Sheets.
Inventor: JOHNSON GODFREY BENINGTON
Filed: 1908-04-03
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 7432. Johnson, G. B. April 3. Shearing. - A machine for shearing metal sheets to rectangular form without the necessity of turning over or sluing round the work has a doubleedged main knife and two pairs of auxiliary knives at right-angles to the main knife ; two tables with disappearing gauging- stops are provided at each side of the main knife, and the driving-clutches of the machines are arranged so that the knives stop in the highest positions. The main knife A and auxiliary knives D', D', C', C' are driven by cranks and links from two shafts 16, spring- mounted hold-downs A<1>*, A<2*> being provided on the main knife ; similar hold-downs may be provided on the auxiliary knives. The disappearing stops E, H are similar in construction ; each has front and back edges 62, 63, 50, 51, and they are mounted on counterweighted rocking shafts 65, 48. The stops F are in two sets, one set or the other being depressed by means of a foot-lever 61. The tables BI, B<2> have gaps G to facilitate manipulation, portions of the tables J being hinged so as to be depressible for this purpose. Each driving- clutch 24, Fig. 5, has one tooth, and to ensure that the knives stop at the top of their stroke, the clutch has a depression 36, which is engaged by a spring-pressed locking-pin. To avoid damage due to inertia, the bearing 38 carrying the pins has a slight rotary movement, a lever 43 connected to the bearing moving against the action of a spring 45, which returns the lever to a position determined by a stop 46. The machine is especially designed for shearing a pack of sheets. The folded edge Z, Fig. 11, of the pack is arranged approximately straight, and the edge W is then cut by the knife C', on the table B<1>, after which the pack is placed against stops H and the edge x is sheared. The pack is then moved on to the finishing tables B' and placed with the cut edge x against the stop E, after which the edge Y is cut. After retrimming the edge W by the cutter D<1>, the folded edge Z is trimmed by the cutter D<2>, the edges x, Wresting against the stops F, E. The waste from the main knife passes through a space between the tables, and may be received on a trolly or the like. The two clutches operating the two shafts 16 are simultaneously operated from helical scroll cams of opposite sense on a common shaft.
Patent GB-190808011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Metal Transport Cans and the like.
Inventor: FLINT CHARLES FREDERICK VILHEL
Filed: 1908-04-10
Granted: 1909-02-11
Abstract: 8011. Flint, C. F. V. April 10. Spinning ; making cans.-In the manufacture of transport cans and similar vessels, a tube a is placed on the forming-chucks b, c, one c of which is adapted to rotate on a pivot e and also to slide along this pivot, the part d being guided in an opening in the forming-chuck b which is fixed to the mandrel of a lathe. On completion the neck is severed, thus forming two cans from one tube. Fig. 4 shows a similar device on which milk cans may be formed.
Patent GB-190808431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sweeping Attachments for Floor Scrapers
Inventor: ACKERMANN JOHN BAPTIST
Filed: 1908-04-15
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 8431. Ackermann, J. B. Aug. 31, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Planing.-In a sweeping-attachment for floorscrapers, particularly of the kind described in Specification No. 8035, A.D. 1908, the pivoted frame carrying the brush has members in frictional contact with the wheels so that the brushes are lifted off the floor during the return stroke after the cut. The yoke 4 has its arms pivoted on the axle and extending between the body 1 and the supporting-wheels 3, and the brush 5 is secured to the transverse portion by bolts 7 with elastic washers 6 separating the yoke and the brush, in order that the friction members 8 may be brought to press more or less strongly on the wheels. In one direction of motion, the frictional forces press the brush on the floor, but in the other direction the brush is raised, the upward motion being limited by stops 9.
Patent GB-190815195-A (GB)
Title: Explosive or Blasting Agent for Blasting Rock and the like.
Inventor: EBERLE WILHELM
Filed: 1908-07-17
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 15,195. Eberle, W. July 17. Explosives.-Consists in mixing 12 parts of saltpetre, 3 parts of sulphur, 1 part of charcoal, and 1 part of horse-dung to form a blasting explosive. The proportions are approximate. Specifications No. 13,822, A.D. 1897, and No. 18,516, A.D. 1899, are referred to.
Patent GB-190820418-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Strings for Bonnets and other Headgear.
Filed: 1908-09-29
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 20,418. Cockrell & Co., and Skan, G. A. Sept. 29. Drawings to Specification. Appliances for securing to head.-To secure bonnet strings to a bonnet the ends of each string are provided with loops of elastic material which are slipped over buttons secured one on each side within the bonnet. Two or more button-holes may be provided at the end of each string.