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Patent GB-190723296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Side Saddles
Inventor: VECHTEN MABEL MASON VAN
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 23,296. Vechten, M. M. van. Oct. 22. Saddles.-In side saddles a toe-piece for the right foot is provided, whereby the rider can exert an upward pressure against a resistance point and so obtain a firmer seat. Fig. 2 shows a side-saddle tree a ; b is the off and c the near crutch, and d is the near point. A rod j is fixed by a plate k to the point d, and extends forward into position to coact with the right foot ; at its forward end is a hinge stop l which limits the movement of the ring m hinged to the rod. A light spring p, Fig. 3, maintains the ring in an horizontal position after it has been lifted by pressure on the arm o. A toe-piece e of leather is attached by a strap and buckle to the foot and has connected to it, below the foot, a metal loop f with a depending curved hook g. The hook g engages with the ring m.
Patent GB-190728657-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Manufacture of Artificial Lithographic Plates or Stones.
Inventor: WEZEL JULIUS
Filed: 1907-12-30
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 28,657. Wezel, J. Dec. 30. Lithograph ic stones, artificial.- Artificial lithographic stones are made by mechanically moving steam or like heated metal plates under an atomized spray of lime, or by mechanically moving the spray over the plates. The apparatus is adjustable to plates of different sizes. In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, two spraying chambers dare arranged in one shed a with a steam outlet b. The plates k are carried by cross-bearers o on two pairs of endless bands m, carried by runners r on rails s and driven by pulleys. The bands move over vessels t, in which steam is generated by a partly immersed steam-pipe u ; or the vessel t may be heated by hot water, air, or electricity. In order to prevent steam from condensing on the tops of the plates k as they pass under atomized sprays from sprayers h in tanks f, adjustable throughs p filled with water or other liquid, receive the bent ends k<1> of the plates, and make tight joints between successive plates. The troughs p pass through an insulated water vessel below the vessel t in order to be refilled at each revolution. Adjustable plates q overlap the edges of the plates k slightly, and make tight joints at the sides. The bands m extend beyond the chambers d at each end to allow the plates to be put on and removed, and the chamber is made fluid-tight by packing w hung in front of the apertures for the bands. The bands m travel in opposite directions through the two compartments. Each plate may be treated several times. In a modification, the plates are stationary, and the sprayers are carried by a moving frame mounted on runners.
Patent GB-190800055-A (GB)
Title: Talking or Sound Reproducing Machines.
Inventor: SHERWOOD WILLIAM INGERSOLL
Filed: 1908-01-01
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 55. Sherwood, W. I. Jan. 3, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Gramophones.-A record-disk a is provided with a grooved peripheral ring b of softer material than the disk itself and preferably rubber, which provides a frictional grip upon the table d and protects the disk when stored with other disks.
Patent GB-190801148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed Belt Pulleys.
Inventor: MUNZING FREDERICK
Filed: 1908-01-17
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 1148. Munzing, F. Jan. 17. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Pulleys and driving-drums; variable-speed gearing.-Relates to an expanding pulley of the type wherein one flange slides on the boss of the other. Diametrically opposed spindles R', R<2> are mounted in the boss B of the sliding flange, and are rotatable but not longitudinally movable therein. At one end, they are adapted to engage screw-threads A<1>, A<2> in the fixed flange A, and at the other, pinions R<7>, R<8> are mounted, and are rotatable by a friction pulley M<2> through bevel-gearing M, T<3>, T<4>, and worms T', T<2>. A sliding sleeve L controlled by a lever N carries friction wheels F<1>, F<2>, either of which may be brought into contact with the wheel M<2> so as to rotate that wheel in one or the other direction, so causing the threaded spindles R', R<2> to enter or recede from the boss A, and thus vary the pulley diameter. The neck F<3>, separating the wheels F<1>, F<2>, is sufficiently long to allow both wheels to be disengaged from the third wheel M<2>.
Patent GB-190802309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs
Inventor: LEGH GILBERT
Filed: 1908-02-01
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 2309. Legh. G. Feb. 1. Golf.-Relates to a golf club, such as is described in Specification No. 5994, A.D. 1906, in which the weighting is distributed so as to throw the centre of mass of the club head forward towards the driving-face, and consists in fitting the club head with a shoe, preferably of steel, and comprised of a face-plate a, a sole b, and a back-plate c. The depth from the striking-face a to the rear face c is reduced, and, as shown, the rear face slopes upwardly from the base to the upper surface. Preferably, the club bead is hollowed out in the rear of the striking-face and filled with india-rubber &c. or with weighting-material.
Patent GB-190804861-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Pyknometer.
Inventor: BOUSFIELD WILLIAM ROBERT
Filed: 1908-03-03
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 4861. Bousfield, W. R. March 3. Specific - gravity determining-apparatus. - A pyknom e t e r comprises two vessels such as a, b joined by a tube such as c and terminating in fine tubes e, f furnished with cups or reservoirs such as g, h. A handle d serves to suspend the apparatus in a bath of constant temperature. A line is made on each tube just where the cup narrows down to the fine bore.
Patent GB-190805929-A (GB)
Title: Divin Apparatus to Rescue the Crew of Sunk Vessels, Submarines, and the like.
Inventor: PETER RICHARD
Filed: 1908-03-17
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 5929. Peter, R. March 17. Diving.-Diving- apparatus adapted to rescue the crew of sunken ships, submarines, &c. consists of a chamber a carrying at its lower end a movable or flexible tube which can be screwed down water-tight over the hatch or manhole of the sunken vessel. A slide e, operated internally or externally, separates the chamber a from the tube f. Water ballast is introduced or removed by means of a pump l, cocks m, n, and tubes p, q, r, s.
Patent GB-190807592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1908-09-17
Abstract: 7592. Fairweather, W., [Underwood Typewriter Co.]. April 6. Typewriters.- For case shift, the platen frame 3 is movable vertically by means of a rocking frame 5, upon a rail 6 of which runs a roll 7 of the platen frame. A temporary shift key 8 in the front bank of keys is pivoted at 10 so that its arm 11 coacts with an -arm 12 of the frame 5. A key 14, preferably in the next to the rear bank of keys, rocks the frame 5 similarly to the key 8, but is provided with a pin 16 which, when the key is depressed, engages beneath a dog 15 and locks the platen in its upper case position. The dog 15 is secured upon a spring- controlled rod 17, upon which also is a cam-arm 20 placed so that depression of the key 8 enables a pin 19 to rotate the rod 17, whereby the dog 15 releases the key 14 and the platen returns to its lower case position. The dog 15 may be similarly released from the key 14 by a key 23 in the front bank of keys, which is pivoted to the key 14 at 21, is limited in its movements by ears 24, 25, and has a camportion 27 adapted to engage with a pin 28 to rock the dog. The key 23 serves also as a temporary shift key in the same manner as the key 8.
Patent GB-190809559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Range Finders and the like which may also be used with Military Sketching Tables
Inventor: DYER REGINALD EDWARD HARRY
Filed: 1908-05-02
Granted: 1909-01-14
Abstract: 9559. Dyer, R. E. H. May 2. Telemeters; sketching-boards.-In a range-finder, two mirrors 4, 5 facing one another are set at an angle of 45 degrees to a bar 1 which is about six feet long, and a cross-bar 16 is set at right-angles to the bar 1. The bar 1 is pivoted at 2 to the bar 3, a rod 22 with a handle 21 is arranged to telescope longitudinally into the bar 3 in the groove 19, an ecentric stud 23 working in the groove 18. By means of the crank-handle 11, the disk 6 may be tilted to any required angle. The block 8 is mounted revolubly on the tripod 13 and may be clamped by the screw 15. First, an object is righted by reflection through the centres of the mirrors 5, 4, and then it is known to be at right-angles to the bar at the mirror 5. Then, by pulling out the handle 21, the two bars 1, 3 are angularly separated by the action of the stud 23, until the object is sighted along the cross-bar 16. The distance from the mirror 5 to the bar 16 is known, the amount by which the rod is pulled out is observed, and the distance required is read from a scale marked on the rod Instead of a rod, steel or other tapes with the range marked on them may be attached to the block 20. In a modification, a telescope is fixed at right-angles to the bar so as to point at the centre of the mirror 4, which is half the vertical height of the other. A sketch-table and sliding T-square may be attached to the bar.
Patent GB-190814404-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Displaying and Storing Curtains and other Articles.
Inventor: LAMB JAMES GODDARD
Filed: 1908-07-07
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 14,404. Lamb, J. G. July 7. Displaying and storing.-Curtains &c. are displayed and stored on rods &c. suspended from carriers that travel along laths within a rectangular frame, so that the curtains can be drawn forwards for inspection ; and endless cord, preferably with a weight or a cord with a weight or spring attached thereto, at the rear of the frame causes the article to return rapidly to its original position. The rectangular frame 10 is supported by straps &c. 11 attached to the ceiling, and carries laths 16, on which travel a pair of rollers 17, 18 in brackets 19, 20 held by the bridge-piece 21. The rope 26, attached to the bracket 19, passes over a sheave 27 and through an indicating-board 28, attached to arms 49, Fig. 3, to the operating-handle 29. The bracket 20 has a pulley 31 bearing against an endless rope 32 provided with a weight 34. The step end 13 of the lath 16 receives the roller 18, and lessens the strain on the endless rope 32. A background screen 35, Fig. 3, is fastened to a carrier 23, which can be drawn backwards and forwards by ropes 37, 36. Ropes 47 are attached to eyeholes 46 in the covering screen 44, and, on being pulled, it gives the arrangement a box-like shape with the aid of the framing 45. Any curtain can be noted by turning down the indicator 52 opposite the rope 26 which draws the curtain out. When any curtain is forward and a second is drawn out, the first will automatically return to its position by the action of the endless rope 32. The last to be inspected is withdrawn from view by operating the rope 56 attached to an idle lath-carrier.
Patent GB-190817042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Propulsion of Ships and other Vessels.
Inventor: STEWARD JAMES ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-08-13
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 17,042. Steward, J. A. Aug. 13. Paddle-wheels.-Relates to means for propelling ships of the type in which one or more sliding blades d<2>, Figs. 4 and 5, are adapted to be extended and withdrawn through peripheral slots in an immersed cylindrical casing a<2> under the action of a stationary cam or eccentrically-mounted disk g. A pair of drums a<2> are arranged end to end at the stern of the ship, and are mounted upon a non- rotating shaft c rigidly supported by brackets. Each paddle-wheel is provided with a single reciprocating blade the ends of which project alternately through slots in the opposite sides of the drum, the mechanism being arranged so that the blades of the respective drums slide simultaneously but in opposite directions. The drums are driven directly by bevel-gearing from the main engine shaft. The blades slide between guides f secured to the inner sides of the drum ends, the middle parts of the blades being of a flat tubular form. Where narrower blades are used, each drum may be provided with two or more blades in which case the drums are provided with circumferential flanges to minimize lateral slip of the water, the drums being driven from separate engine shafts. A pair of drums may be rotated in opposite directions, the arrangement being such that the operative parts of the blades act on opposite sides of the centre line of the shaft.
Patent GB-190818456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fences.
Inventor: FOGDEN WILLIAM GILBERT
Filed: 1909-03-02
Granted: 1909-11-04
Abstract: 18,456. Fogden, W. G. March 2, 1909. Fencing.-In fencing in which wooden uprights are carried on wires and separated by tubular distance - pieces, the standards A and uprights B are countersunk at E to receive the tubular pieces D.
Patent GB-190819207-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Automatically Making Mineral Water and Lemonades.
Inventor: MALMENDIER CARL
Filed: 1908-09-12
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 19,207. Malmendier, C., and St³hler, M. April 8, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Hydraulically-actuated pumps. - An apparatus for aerating and delivering measured quantities of water comprises an aerating-chamber 16 supplied with gas through an inlet 15, and a differential pump having three cylinder 4, 8, 20 and three pistons 5, 9, 21 rigidly connected together. The upward movement of the pistons is caused by water admitted to the lower cylinder 4 from a main 1, and the return movement by aerated liquid from the chamber 16 admitted to the upper cylinder 20. The twoway cocks 2, 18 controlling the upper and lower cylinders are operated simultaneously through a rod 28. During the rise of the pistons, the contents of the upper cylinder 20 are discharged through a pipe 19 into a drinking-vessel, and the contents of the middle cylinder 8 are forced through a non-return valve 13 into the aerating- chamber 16. During the downward movement of the pistons the water from the lower cylinder passes to a discharge pipe 3, and the middle cylinder acts as a suction cylinder and draws water from a separate container tbrough a non-return valve 12 or from the water main 1 or the discharge pipe 3. The upper cylinder 20 is wider than the middle cylinder 8 so that the quantity of water measured at each operation does not after aeration completely fill the cylinder 20. The three pistons may be placed on a common piston-rod, or may be arranged as plunger pistons. Two pistons and two cylinders only may be used, and the difference in area between the pistons may be used in place of a third piston and cylinder. The apparatus may be combined with auxiliary pumps for supplying measured quantities of syrup &c. to the aerated liquid on discharge.
Patent GB-190826910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermostats.
Inventor: SHEPPEE FRANCIS HENRY
Filed: 1908-12-11
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 26,910. Sheppee, F. H. Dec. 11. Thermometers.-Means for indicating the temperature of superheated steam in a flash generator A for a motor road vehicle consists of a U- tube B, C forming an extension of the tubes in the generator, the expansion of the U -tube operating a temperature indicator K through a system of levers. The tube is fixed to brackets O by lugs Q engaging with flanges P, and slides in clips R and rollers S, the expansion being taken up by a lever F pivoted at T and held against the tube by a spring clip F. The indicator K is operated by a link I through a bell-crank lever J.
Patent GB-190910584-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mixing Machine for Tar Macadam and the like.
Inventor: EARL WILLIAM
IPC: E01C19/10
Filed: 1909-05-04
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 10,584. Earl, W. May 4. Moving - container apparatus. - A revolving drum for mixing tar-macadam &c. is mounted on a hollow shaft which serves as a furnace-flue, so that the material is heated. The drum a is provided with internal mixing-blades o, p, q, and is attached to the hollow shaft f, which forms part of the flue of the stove i. The shaft f is supported on friction wheels k, and is held in place by a wheel l on a pivoted arm m, which is adjustably secured by a rod n.
Patent GB-190922128-A (GB)
Title: Safety Device for Lifts, Mine Cages and the like.
Inventor: ACKERMAN ALBERT WILLIAM
IPC: B66B5/26
Filed: 1909-09-28
Granted: 1910-03-24
Abstract: 22,128. Ackerman, A. W., and Thompson, J. H. Sept. 28. Catch gear of mine-cage type.-Comprises a pair of catch - arms connected to a weighted block, which is normally supported by a detent but is released by a second block falling on the detent arm when the hoisting-cable is broken. The catch-arms 23 are guided in holes in a fixed plate 24 and are pivoted at their upper ends to a block 20 sliding in a vertical casing 13. A detent 30 with extension arm 31 locks the block in position. The block is slotted to receive a roller connected by side links to an upper block 18 to which the hoisting-cable is attached. In the event of the cable breaking, the upper block, assisted by springs, falls and engages the arm 31 so as to release the detent 30, thereby allowing the lower block 20 to fall, and spreading the catch-arms into engagement with the guides. A link 33 connected to the arm 31 releases a pawl 29, which retains the mechanism in operative position by engaging ratchet teeth on the side of the block 20.
Patent GB-190927200-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Controlling the Flow of Low Pressure, or Exhaust, Steam to a Mixed-pressure Steam Turbine.
Inventor: WALTON WILLIAM ALOYSIUS
IPC: F01D25/00
Filed: 1909-11-23
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 27,200. Walton, W. A., and Smith, J. W. Nov. 23. Exhaust, treating.-In steam plants operated partly by low-pressure steam, a valve N is arranged to be operated by a float I on a column of water in communication with a tank B subjected to pressure of the low-pressure steam entering from a pipe A. If the steam pressure in the tank B falls, the float I falls and closes the valve N. Alternatively, the float I may open a valve admitting an auxiliary supply of high-pressure steam.
Patent GB-191004291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Marine Turbine Installations.
IPC: F01D15/02
Filed: 1910-02-21
Granted: 1911-02-21
Abstract: 4291. Ridsdale, H. W., and Parsons Foreign Patents Co. Feb. 21. Plant.-A three-shaft marine turbine plant consists of two side turbines, as described in Specification 3560/10, and a central turbine. A high - pressure reaction turbine a is mounted upon a central shaft, and low-pressure reaction turbines c are mounted upon the side shafts, the low-pressure turbines having one or more impulse stages f incorporated therewith but separated therefrom by a partition g. Each side shaft is also provided with an astern turbine h. For normal running, steam is first admitted to the stages f through pipes j, whence it flows through pipes n to the turbine a, and afterwards passes by way of pipes o to the lowpressure turbines c. Check valves q are arranged in the pipes o, and interdependent valves s, t are provided, so that the steam leaving a stage f may be directly by-passed to its corresponding turbine c without passing into the turbine a. The upper part of the Figure shows the turbine a cut out, and the lower part the method of normal running. In a modification, the valves q are of the type described in Specification 22,748/04, and the arrangement of the other valves is also modified.
Patent GB-191006630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Utilizing the Exhaust Gases of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KILBURN BERTRAM EDWARD DUNBAR
IPC: F01N5/00
Filed: 1910-03-16
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 6630. Kilburn, B. E. D., [Sulzer, Geb.]. March 16. Adjustable apparatus for heating liquids by exhaust gases comprises elements pivoted together in chain fashion so as to be extensible either when first mounted in a chamber t or subsequently. The elements may be sectional.
Patent GB-191007629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Waist Bands for Trousers, Waistcoats and similar Articles.
Inventor: TASSY JULES DE
IPC: A41F9/02
Filed: 1910-03-29
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 7629. Tassy, J. de. March 29. Straps and bands.-An adjustable strap for waistbelts comprises two parts a, b provided with inelastic parts d<1>, d<2>, sewn to the garment, and elastic parts e<1>, c<2>. The end of part b is passed through a loop f on the part a, and is adjustably fastened by press buttons k l. In the form shown in Fig. 3, inelastic parts a, provided with loops f<1>, are sewn to the garment, and a separate elastic band b provided with press buttons k, l is passed through the loops and fastened.
Patent GB-191009910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Security Bolts for Pneumatic Tyres.
IPC: B60C15/028
Filed: 1910-04-23
Granted: 1911-04-06
Abstract: 9910. Whiteway, A., and Macintosh & Co., C. April 23. Tyre attachments to rims. -A detachable rubber covering c, Fig. 2, for security bolt heads is moulded with a cavity e into which the bolt head can be sprung. The rubber may be reinforced by a canvas sheet g, Fig. 4, with projections i; and the cover may be permanently secured by a canvas backing.
Patent GB-191012253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pocket Knives.
Inventor: MINTER WALTER JOHN
IPC: B26B1/02
Filed: 1910-05-18
Granted: 1911-05-18
Abstract: 12,253. Minter, W. J. May 18. Pocket-knives. -Relates to pocket-knives of the kind in which the blades are opened by fittings, consisting of levers or the like, attached to the tangs. A central incision is made in the tang of the blade, and the trigger D is housed therein and pivoted on the blade pivot. The rear part of the incision is re-filled by a piece C riveted to the blade and provided with a projection C' adapted to engage the rear part of the trigger when it is raised by the handle D', thereby opening the blade. The shape of the re-fill part C and the rear part of the trigger may be modified as shown in Fig. 2, a straight front shoulder C<4> being provided on the re-fill part to engage with a straight rear side D<2> on the trigger when the latter is raised.
Patent GB-191019448-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device or Apparatus for Compensating the Effect of Expansion and Contraction of the Operating Wires of Railway Signals, Points, and the like.
Inventor: GARTON FRANCIS
IPC: B61L7/02
Filed: 1910-08-19
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 19,448. Garton, F. Aug. 19. Wire, rod, chain, rope, and like compensators. -An automatic compensator comprises a weighted member k which is normally free to slide along an inclined lever b; the wire or chain to be compensated is passed over a pulley l on the sliding block and over a pulley m fixed on the lever b. The other arm of the lever b is adjustably linked to the hand-lever d by which the lever b is rocked to the dotted-line position, in which the sliding member k is gripped to the lever h by the pin o under the influence of the weight q. Modifications may be made in the arrangement of pulleys over which theÀchain is passed, and in the form of the lever b.