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Patent GB-190618610-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Current Interrupter.
Filed: 1906-08-20
Abstract: 18,610. Soc. Anon. des Anciens Etablissements Panhard & Levassor. Nov. 18, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Void. [Published under Patents Act, 1901.] Switches.-An electro - magnetic switch, particularly for use in the charging-circuit of accumulators on a motor-car, has two coils which magnetize the core in the same direction when the dynamo charges the accumulators, but which allow the armature to fall and break the circuit when the dynamo speed drops, thus preventing the accumulators from discharging through the dynamo. The core 1 has pole-pieces 2, 3, and coils 4, 5 of thin and thick wire, respectively. The armature 6 is supported by two copper cheeks 8 on a pivot 7, and a spring 9 tends to keep the armature 6 behind the pole-piece 3. A spring 10 fixed to a terminal 11 may make contact with the cheeks 8, and all the parts described are contained in one box 12. The coil 4 is connected between insulated terminals 13, 14, and the coil 5 between terminals 11, 14. The armature may be actuated by handles 15, 16. The connexions are made as shown, the coil 4 being in circuit with the shunt field coil 19 of the dynamo 18. The current in the coil 4 magnetizes the core 1, and, if the armature 6 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 1 across the pole-pieces 2, 3, it will be retained there. The charging-current then flows from the armature 18, through the coil 5 and the body of the car, to the accumulators 17. This current in the coil 5 magnetizes the core 1 in the same direction as the coil 4. If the electromotive force of the dynamo falls below that of the accumulators, the current in the coil 5 is reversed, and the armature 6 falls under the action of the spring 9 and breaks the charging-circuit. The dynamo may be driven from the motors or wheels of the vehicle.
Patent GB-190619702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coinfreed Apparatus for the Supply of Water.
Inventor: LIESSMANN GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-12-04
Granted: 1907-11-07
Abstract: 19,702. Liessmann, G. Dec. 4. Sale apparatus; measured quantities, delivering. -The apparatus supplies water so long as the purchaser holds the handle 3 in the operative position, until the measuring-vessel 2 is emptied. The operator rotates the shaft 4, Fig. 1, until the spring 22 attached to the crank 14 is past the dead-centre. The outlet valve 19 is thereby opened through the crank 5 and links 6, 7, permitting the water to pass from the vessel 2 by the delivery exit 19<x>. The spring 9 is also tensioned through the crank 14 and links 15, 16, retaining the bar 10 and float 13 in the raised position. When the handle is released, the spring 22 restores the shaft 4, closing the valve 19 and permitting the float 13 to fall and open the inlet valve 12 ; the measuring-vessel is then refilled by the pipe 24 from the supply pipe 23. Coin action.-Normally, only a slight rotation of the shaft 4 is permitted, as a stud 33, Fig. 8, on a ratchet 30 on the shaft, engages a projection 35 on the spring-controlled pawl 32. If, however, a coin has been inserted by way of the shoot 37 into the pocket 31, it presses back the pawl, permitting a complete revolution of the shaft. Coin - discharging mechanism. - The coin falls out of the pocket and passes by the shoot 38 into the receiver 39. Fraud, preventing.-The tooth 34 of the pawl 32 prevents back rotation of the shaft 4.
Patent GB-190627093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: NORTH WILLIAM STANLEY
Filed: 1906-11-28
Granted: 1907-08-22
Abstract: 27,093. North, W. S. Nov. 28. Lubricating sewing-machines. The main shaft of a sewing-machine is journaled in a bush 50, and is kept lubricated by a sponge in a pocket 51 o p e n towards the shaft in along slot. A flange throws off any oil that may creep along the shaft, and the oil drops are caught by the walls of the recess in which the flange is positioned.
Patent GB-190700624-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Revolving Fire-place.
Inventor: WORLEY RICHARD HUGH
Filed: 1907-01-09
Granted: 1908-01-02
Abstract: 624. Worley, R. H. Jan. 9. Double grates.- A fire-place, which can be rotated so that one fire may be used to heat either of two rooms, consists of a circular grate A divided by a firebrick partition b extending from the hearth c to the dividing wall between the two rooms. The grates rotate on a pivot d which turns in suitable bearings e, g, and are held in position by a sliding rod i engaging recesses k in the hearth. The rod i is provided with a wheel j at its lower end, and a pin on the rod, engaging a slot in the uppermost bar, keeps the wheel in its proper position. A modified form of locking - device, consists of a weighted catch o, Fig. 1, which engages recesses r in the fire-clay partition b.
Patent GB-190704872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: SMITH JAMES ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-02-28
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 4872. Smith, J. A. Feb. 28. Drawings to Specification. Soles; football and athletic boots &c.-In order to impart spring or elasticity to football and other boots and shoes, a layer of india-rubber is placed between the inner sole and the outer sole. [Reference has been directed under Section 7 of Patents &c. Act, 1907, to Specifications No. 1883, A.D. 1884, No. 6690, A.D. 1891, No. 8342, A.D. 1894, Nos. 15,999 and 26,783, A.D. 1904, and No. 24,517, A.D. 1905.]
Patent GB-190712641-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Stiffeners for the Toe-caps or Toe-casings and for the Heel Counters of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: TAYLOR JOHN EDWARD
Filed: 1907-05-31
Granted: 1908-01-23
Abstract: 12,641. Taylor, J. E., [trading as Taylor & Sons, R.], and Manning, R. W. May 31. Stiffeners. - A material to be employed for stiffening the toe caps and heel counters of boots and shoes consists of a composite fabric made by placing a thin layer of celluloid between layers of canvas, and submitting the whole to pressure while the celluloid is in a plastic state. The interstices of the canvas become filled with celluloid, thus forming a composite fabric. Before the celluloid is applied, the canvas is preferably treated with a suitable solvent for celluloid, in order that the canvas may take up the celluloid more readily. According to the Provisional Specification, the canvas may also be caused to adhere to the celluloid by means of a suitable cement.
Patent GB-190716370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Delivery Apparatus chiefly Designed for Giving Change for Coins.
Inventor: MURTON JOHN SIDNEY
Filed: 1907-07-16
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 16,370. Murton, J. S. July 16. Money-delivering apparatus. - The packets of change or goods are contained in compartments d' of rotary rings d arranged to rotate between flanges c, c<1> in a casing b, each ring being provided with a separate set of mechanism. To refill the apparatus, the movable portion b<1> of the casing is unlocked at p and revolved back into the casing to an aperture in the ring c, and the money drawer m drawn o u t to permit a spring q to remove a detent j from engagement with teeth e on the ring. The ring is then turned back and the compartment refilled. After prepayment, the ring is rotated the space of one compartment by means of a pawl f on the plate f<1>, which is attached to the hand-operated arm g, when an aperature r<1> in the plate is brought opposite an aperture r in the flange c permitting a packet of change &c. to fall into the delivery drawer s. The arm g, which works in a slot g<1> in the flange c, is returned by a spring i. To ensure that the detent j shall always engage the space between two teeth, the spring- controlled arm n positions the drum when the arm g is released.
Patent GB-190716873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Baskets for Moistening Yarns.
Inventor: NEUENHAHN CHARLES
Filed: 1907-07-23
Granted: 1908-02-06
Abstract: 16,873. Neuenhahn, C. July 23. Baskets for use in moistening cop-yarns are made of papier-mÔchÚ suitably impregnated to resist the action of moisture. The sides are made of interwoven strips f, or of plain perforated sheets. The frame k is of wood, and is provided with metallic brackets l to strengthen the corners, and with screw-holes, so that the component parts can be easily erected or dismounted. The walls as well as the frames may be varnished. Iron handles m, coated with papier-mÔchÚ, are provided.
Patent GB-190718701-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Raising and Lowering of Ladders employed as Fire Escapes and for other purposes.
Inventor: MUIRHEAD FRANCES JANE
Filed: 1907-08-19
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 18,701. Muirhead, F. J. Aug. 19. Ladders. - Relates to ladder-raising apparatus applicable to fire-escapes. One end of the ladder is fastened to disks E loose on a fixed shaft F, which is mounted in the uprights A bolted to the pivoted base B. Teeth e formed on portions of the disks E, mesh with teeth i formed on portions only of the disks I loose on a fixed shaft H. The disks I are also provided with worm teeth h gearing with the worms J on shafts L mounted in supports M secured to the uprights ; each shaft L is driven by bevel-wheels Q, P, the bevel-wheel Q being driven by a spring motor T ; one end of the spring is secured to the driving-shaft R, while the other end is secured to the casing of the motor. On the shaft R is a sliding flanged sleeve V actuated by weighted levers W from an adjustable operating-lever Z. Attached to the flange is a leather disk Y which is pushed against the fixed frame of the motor by the motion of the operating-lever, and so acts as a friction brake. The shafts F, H are spring- actuated, the springs being suitably secured and suitably wound in direction, so that all the springs help to lift the ladder. To return the ladder to its normal position, the operating-lever is moved to free the disk Y from engagement with the casing of the motor, and the shaft R is revolved by means of cranks S attached to the ends of the said shaft, thereby actuating the wheel gearing of the ladder-operating mechanism and also re-winding the springs.
Patent GB-190722755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wrapping and Addressing Machines.
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
Filed: 1907-10-15
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 22,755. Jensen, P., [National Manufacturing and Mailing Co.]. Oct. 15. Addressing-machines; feeding sheets.-In a machine for wrapping, addressing, and stacking newspapers &c., the wrapper web is fed from a roller Q to perforating-rollers M, M<1> and between bands j, j<1> moving at a greater speed than the rollers P, P', which separate it into sheets. The sheets are fed between the tapes u, j<11> against a stop i<1>, and a newspaper &c. fed from between the tapes b', c<1> is thrust between the rollers G, G<1> by the folding- blade I<1> and fed with the wrapper between the tapes j, j<11>. Slats c<1>, sliding in grooves of the rollers H, H<1> form a bridge while the wrapper is crossing. In the event of a misfeed of a newspaper, on the depression of the stop i<1>, the wrapper is fed clear of the machine. After wrapping, a cam-actuated pusher N<1> forces the package between the bands p<1>, p<2> and over a stencil table U<1>, Fig. 3, against a stop, q<1>. An inking-roller V<1> travels under the addressing-stencil W<1> while the package is pressed downwards by a presser X<1> Pliable stencils are stacked in a shoot I" and fed forwards by a picker F". The roller S', operating through the arm J" holds the picker out of action if no package is forwarded. The rollers E', F', G<1> are spring - pressed or otherwise - caused to exert a yielding pressure.
Patent GB-190725128-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preserving the Edges of Grass Turf.
Inventor: MARTIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-11-12
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 25,128. Martin, W. Nov. 12. Edging - tiles or kerbs for lawns &c. are made of concrete, cement, earthenware, &c. of the form shown in cross - section. The inner face c is approximately parallel to the outer sloping face b except at d where it slopes towards the rounded top e. The edging may be hollow or solid, and may be made in one length in position or in suitable lengths for fixing.
Patent GB-190802486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bookbinding Machinery
Inventor: BROWN GEORGE MACKENZIE
Filed: 1908-02-04
Granted: 1909-02-04
Abstract: 2486. Brown, G. M., and Murray, J. Feb. 4. Gilding and silvering.-Book-covers c are automatically fed by a pair of pushers d actuated by links i from a cam on the main shaft j, between heated stamping-cylinders e, f, by which they are blocked, feed-rollers then carrying them under a hood m connected with a suction pump o, where by rubber rollers n the surplus gold leaf is removed to be collected in the bag r, and thence to a table s, which automatically descends as the covers are piled on it. The lower cylinder f is given a small rise-and-fall movement by toggle-levers g supported on a spring k. From the table s hangs a rack v attached at its lower end by springs t to the point u, a pawl x controlled by a hand-lever retaining the table against the tension of the springs. A presser foot y, rocked by a cam on the main shaft j, alternately rises and falls, depressing the table by the thickness of a cover each time one is deposited on it.
Patent GB-190804111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Recording Arrangements or Apparatus for use chiefly in connection with Electrical Measuring Instruments.
Filed: 1908-02-24
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 4111. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, Dalziel, J., Brooks, R., and Jenkin, C. F. Feb. 24. Registering by optical devices; registering observations by instruments. - In recording- apparatus especially for use in connexion with electric measuring-instruments, a concave mirror b is mounted on the needle a of the instrument at a distance from the pivot a<1> thereof, so as to sweep out an annular path. The mirror is adapted to reflect an image h of the filament e of a lamp, across a slit g in a screen f, behind which is the rotating drum d carrying sensitized paper.
Patent GB-190804762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrodes for Arc Lamps.
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-08-06
Abstract: 4762. Allgemeine Elektricitõts - Ges. March 1, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Arc lamps.-A negative electrode of a metallic oxide, such as titanium oxide, which by itself forms a non-conductive mass at the arcing end on cooling, is used in conjunction with a positive electrode of a material, such as iron, adapted to form a fused joint with the oxide when current is switched off and the electrodes meet, this joint being sufficiently conductive to melt when the current is switched on again.
Patent GB-190807586-A (GB)
Title: Electrically-operated Signals for Railroads.
Inventor: JONES HELENA JENETT
Filed: 1908-04-06
Granted: 1908-07-23
Abstract: 7586. Jones, H. J. May 13, 1907, [date appliedfor under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Brakes. - Semaphore signals are actuated by electromagnets energized from contacts on the track, and contacts are closed by the movement of the semaphore spindle to energize track contacts for actuating brake valves on the engines. A train entering a section connects the insulated track-rail sections 7, 8, and closes the circuit from rail 7 through wire 30, battery 12, wire 32, and magnet 26 to rail 8. The magnet 26 draws the armature 21 which forms part of the toothed segment 20 gearing with the wheel 19 on the spindle 14 of the semaphore, which carries a ' danger' and a 'clear' arm and also a lantern 17. The danger' arm is thereby exposed until the train passes out of the section over the contacts 9, 10 to close the circuit to the magnet 25 and thereby rotate the semaphore to show the clear' signal. When the signal is set to 'danger,' the arm 22 makes contact with the spring 23, and serves to close a circuit from the rail 6, through wire 30, battery 12, wires 32, 38, arm 22, spring 23, and wire 37, to a shoe on an engine entering the section, and through an electro-magnet for operating the brake valve, to the rails 6.
Patent GB-190809099-A (GB)
Title: Starlike Trolley for Electric Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: WERMANN ALFRED
Filed: 1908-04-27
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 9099. Wermann, A. April 27. Electric railways and tramways on the overheadconductor system. Collectors for electricity are constructed of a double cross, the arms of which are connected by cross-pieces normally adapted to slide in contact witb the conductor and collect the current therefrom. If the collector meets an obstruction, such as a transverse suspension wire, it rotates until the obstruction is passed and then takes up its normal position again with two cross pieces f in contact with the conductor. The cylindrical part a may be omitted, and the arms e may be formed curved, straight, or as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190810022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feeders to be used in Combination or not with Sifters or Mixers.
Inventor: GARDNER CHARLES EDWARD
Filed: 1908-05-08
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 10,022. Gardner, C. E. May 8. Feeding-devices.-Relates to feeders or blenders for blending various grades of flour &c. for use or not with sifters or mixers. The hoppers 1, 2, 3, Figs. 1 and 2, are each fitted at the bottom on one side with an inclined board 4 hinged at its upper end, and on the other side with an oppositelyinclined plate 12, the lower edge of which terminates a short distance above the board 4. The boards 4 are jigged or reciprocated by cams 6 on a shaft 5 driven by chain gearing from the driving-shaft 10, and plates 13 are adjustable on the plates 12 by means of rods 18 connected to bell-cranks 21, actuated by vertical rods 22 fitted with hand-wheels 23, so as to vary the openings at the bottoms of the hoppers. The hoppers discharge into a channel 25 fitted with a conveyer 24, which may deliver into a sifter or mixer 15 driven by chain gearing from the main shaft 10. The jigging-board 4 of any hopper may be lifted clear of its cam 6, and the hopper put out of action, by means of a pivoted lever 30 actuated by a cord 31. Specification No. 1238, A D. 1895, is referred to.
Patent GB-190813869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Blowers.
Inventor: BREWSTER PERCY DOUGLAS
Filed: 1908-06-30
Granted: 1909-06-30
Abstract: 13,869. Brewster, P. D. June 30. Movable-abutment type.-The piston rotates at a higher speed than the abutment, and its wings as well as the recesses of the abutment are cut away to avoid trapping any fluid. Means for adjusting the external gear, for packing the abutment, and for muffling noise are provided. The impeller 14 has two wings 15, 16 and makes the revolutions to two of the abutments 13, which has three recesses 17. The dotted lines 20 in the latter indicate the curves developed by the heads of the wings, and the lines 22, 23 indicate the epicycloidal curve traced out on the impeller by a lip of a recess 17. The full lines indicate the actual contour of the wings and recesses, which, as shown in Fig. 5, obviates any trapping of the fluid. The abutment rotates in a cylinder of larger bore fitted with packing-bars 31, and its gear-wheel 19 fits on a collar 26 keyed to the spindle. Adjustment of the gear is obtained by shifting the set-screws 28 which, passing through lugs in the wheel 19, grip a collar finger 27. Screws 30 fit in slotted holes in the collar to permit this adjustment. In the modification shown in Fig. 8, a check valve 33 is provided to increase the discharge pressure and the abutment cylinder is partly cut away at 35, thereby enabling communication to be made between a recess 17 and the piston cylinder at a time when the pressure in the latter has fallen and the valve has closed, noise being considerably lessened. Two such blowers may be connected in series by a pipe of large capacity containing means for cooling the air.
Patent GB-190814530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Magnetic Clutches.
Inventor: RAVENSHAW HENRY WILLOCK
Filed: 1908-07-08
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 14,530. Ravenshaw, H. W., Middleton, V. G., and Townsend, W. E. July 8. Clutches.-In electro - magnetic clutches, the spiders 3 carrying the coils are provided with outer removable limbs 4. The ccil is wound on the spider between insulating rings 8, 9, a brass retaining- ring 11 for the latter being kept in position by a metal ridge 13 punched - up from the edge of the spider. A central ring 1<a> of insulating-material may be placed on the spider. The outer edge of the limb 4 may be turned down to engage the outside surface of the ring 11.
Patent GB-190816456-A (GB)
Title: Process for Purifying Chlorates.
Inventor: GARTENMEISTER RUDOLF
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1909-08-04
Abstract: 16,456. Reed, R. H. Aug. 4. Razors, safety. The reversible double-edged blade 19 is held in a trough-shaped holder 14, lugs 32, 33 entering grooves 26, 27, respectively, in the end wall 13, and the lugs 30, 31 entering grooves 22, 23, respectively, in the end wall 12. A spring 34, Fig. 1, is secured at the end 13, and the blade is inserted in the holder by directing the lugs 32, 33 into the grooves 26, 27 against the action of the spring 34, the greater depth of the grooves 26, 27 permitting endlong movement of the blade so that the lugs 30, 31 can enter the grooves 22, 23 and the spring then holds the blade in position against the walls of these grooves. Finger-lugs 41, 42 on the blade enter spaces in the end walls of the holder, and recesses or openings in the blade may be provided for the reception of the spring 34. The grooves in the end walls of the holder may be open-ended, in which case the lugs 30, 31, 32, 33 may be dispensed with. The bottoms of the grooves 26, 27 are lower than those of the grooves 22, 23 and at the end 13 of the holder the blade rests on two projections 37, 38 on the guards, Fig. 14, so that the guard 15 projects further from, and is further below the blade edge 17, than the guard 16 is from and below the edge 18. The face angle is the same for both edges, but the edge 17 gives a closer shave than the edge 18. A stem 52, carrying a head and transverse arms 57, is fixed in a tubular handle 50 and passes through a spring- controlled slidable sleeve 51, and the holder has a slot 59 which allows the passage of the arms 57 when the sleeve is pressed into the handle. When the handle is turned so that the arms lie across the slot 59 and the sleeve is released, the holder is clamped to the handle as shown, and notches 65, 66 may be provided to secure the holder in its extreme positions.
Patent GB-190816536-A (GB)
Title: A Liquid Atomizer with an Irrigation and Injection Device.
Inventor: WARTMANN HULDREICH
Filed: 1909-01-22
Granted: 1909-04-22
Abstract: 16,536. Wartmann, H. Jan. 22, 1909. Spray - producers. - A water tank A is connected through various cocks with a liquid atomizer,Fig. 3, for personal use. To prevent contamination, the medicine is placed in a separate glass reservoir a, from which it is forced by the pressure of water in the tank A. The atomizer b comprises a metal pipe d, head e, ebonite or hard rubber cover b<1>, and a flexible cover f. Inside the head e, Fig. 5, are two crossed fine wires i and serrations g.
Patent GB-190816734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Charging Device for Mixing and Crushing Machines.
Inventor: HAENDLE GOTTLOB
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1908-12-17
Abstract: 16,734. Hõndle, G. Aug. 8. Feeding-devices.-Materials are fed forwards in a series of layers of adjustabie thickness and cut off, mixed together, and fed to a mixing or a crushing apparatus by a rotating drum. The apparatus is especially applicable to materials for brickmaking. The materials are placed in a receptacle, of which the bottom is formed by a conveyer band a and the sides diverge forwards so that the material issues easily. Across the top of the receptacle is a series of partitions h, i, k with adjustable lower edges l, m, n. The different materials are fed in between the partitions aud emerge in layers, the thickness of which is controllod by the edges l, m, n. The cutting-drum o is furnished with pivoted knives and scrapers p, q, r held in position by springs.