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Patent GB-190801415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mazes
Inventor: JEYES FREDERIC LESLIE
Filed: 1908-01-21
Granted: 1908-10-01
Abstract: 1415. Jeyes, F. L. Jan. 21. Mazes. - Relates to mazes of the type in which revolving parts, such as turnstiles, are placed at intervals in the passages. According to the present invention, vertical rotatable cylinders B, each provided with an opening to permit the ingress and egress of people, are placed at intervals in the passages, or at the intersections of the paths. The cylinders are hung from the top and rotate in grooves in rings flush with the floor or ground. Specifications No. 13,947, A.D. 1889, and No. 13,954, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190803291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Fans.
Inventor: PRAT LOUIS
Filed: 1908-02-13
Granted: 1908-05-28
Abstract: 3291. Prat, L. April 8, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Fans.-Centrifugal fans for hot gases are cooled by a current of air circulated by auxiliary fan blades attached to the main fan. A ring 10 on the fan disk 9 carries the ordinary blades 11, and to the back of the disk 9 are cast or secured blades 13 for circulating the external cooling-air. The blades are fitted with a shrouding-disk 14, and a mouthpiece 15 is arranged round the near ball-and-socket bearing 7. Ribs 16 round the oil-chamber of the bearing increase the cooling-surface. The mouthpiece 15 is formed of removable plates. The fan casing is built up of separately supported parts 3, 5 connected by rods 6, and a collecting-chamber 1.
Patent GB-190810557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Sewage.
Inventor: IVES EDWARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1909-01-21
Abstract: 10,557. Ives, E. W. May 15. Sewage, treating; filtering.-A sewage filter is provided with a series of inclined walls H, H<1>, the spaces between which are filled with the medium. Alternate walls rise above the surface of the liquid, but do not reach the bottom or are formed with apertures at the lower end, in order that the liquid may flow under one wall and over the next. Each wall may be composed of one or more slabs either fixed or mounted in guides at the sides.
Patent GB-190810571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Soft Felt Hats.
Inventor: LIMA JULIO PEDROSO DE
Filed: 1908-05-15
Granted: 1908-07-16
Abstract: 10,571. Lima, J. P. de. May 15. Felt hats; ornamenting.-Soft felt hats are provided with one, two, or more ridges or pipings b made by folding the felt and stitching through the ridges. These ridges extend around the base of the crown and enable the hat bands or trimmings to be dispensed with, or the ridges may stop short for a slight distance. A core or strand may if desired be stitched in a ridge or piping.
Patent GB-190814561-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lock and Catch for Desks and other Articles.
Inventor: GRANT JOHN WILSON
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 14,561. Grant, J. W. July 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Locks, key.-The casing of a lock for a roll top or other desk &c. is of the form shown, and is fixed in position by means of bolts c which pass through the woodwork and are secured by nuts c'. The locking-mechanism comprises four pivoted levers d, operable by a key against the action of springs f. The striking-plate i, Fig. 6, is of the form shown, and is adapted to fit round the edge of the desk-table, the dust-excluder g<1> being hinged to ears h secured to the top plate.
Patent GB-190821083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Instruments for Testing and for Developing the Wrist Muscles and Muscle Sense.
Inventor: BARFOOT STANLEY WILLIAM GEORGE
Filed: 1908-10-06
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 21,083. Barfoot, S. W. G. Oct. 6. Exercising-apparatus.-An instrument for testing and developing the wrist muscles and muscle sense, particularly of musicians, comprises a handle 5 carrying in a slot 6 a wire 7 on which slides a metal ball 8. The device is oscillated and the number of bears ascertained by a metronome. In a modification, the wire is mounted in a plate adapted to be adjusted at different angles to the handle by means of a scale or protractor and a clamping-device.
Patent GB-190823264-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of an Elastic Composition suitable for use as a Filling for Motor Car Tyres and other purposes.
Filed: 1908-10-31
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 23,264. Marks, E. C. R., [Schaar, A.]. Oct. 31. Sound-deadening coverings and compositions.-An elastic composition for filling tyres or cushions, for use as an insulator for electricity, heat, vibration or sound, and as a substitute for rubber, is made by dissolving one or more suitable colloids in glycerine, and adding to the solution salicylic acid, tannin, hexamethylenetetramine, and " lysoform " (a mixture of about equal parts of soap solution and formaldehyde). As an example, 1 part by weight of a colloid such as tjan-tjan (Japan glue) is dissolved in from 2 to 6 parts of glycerine, and to this solution are added from 2 to 3 per cent of salicylic acid and from 1 to 2 per cent of tannin. This mixture, preferably just before charging into the tyre, is heated to 70‹-80‹C., and from 2 to 12 per cent of lysoform, and from “ to ¢ per cent of hexamethylenetetramine are added.
Patent GB-190824178-A (GB)
Title: Safety Instantaneous Stop Gear for Jute Softeners.
Inventor: MACDONALD DAVID JOHNSTON
Filed: 1908-11-11
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 24,178. MacDonald, D. J. Nov. 11. Guards.-A jute-softening machine has a pivoted guard 15, Fig. 3, which on being moved opens a catch 10, shown in detail in Fig. 4, through the medium of a rod 12, and allows the belt-fork to be pulled over to the idle pulley 3 by a spring (not shown). In the ordinary way the machine is started by a lever 7, which actuates a rod 6, locked by the catch 10 to a similar rod 11 carrying the belt-fork.
Patent GB-190826365-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ball Catcher.
Inventor: BOMBORN OTTO
Filed: 1908-12-05
Granted: 1909-01-28
Abstract: 26,365. Bomborn, O. Dec. 5. Catching and throwing appliances. - A device for catching balls, which may also be used as a racket, is constructed in the same manner as an umbrella except that the frame is covered with netting provided with pockets f for the reception of the ball. The net protects the face of the player but allows him to return the ball. The ribs b, Figs. 1 and 2, are pivoted at their inner ends to a ring c, fastened at the upper end of the handle d, and form the framework of a pocket or bag f<1>. The ribs may also be joined to other ribs which are pivoted at the end of the handle. The netting may also be fixed on a framework rigidly secured to the handle. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the ribs are attached to a tube r fitted with a spring-actuated plunger o. The tube may be used to catch the ball and to project it from one player to the other.
Patent GB-190904799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with a Combined Wool-scouring and Drying Machine.
Inventor: THOMAS MCDONOUGH
IPC: D01B3/08
Filed: 1909-02-26
Abstract: 4799. McDonough, T. Aug. 22, 1908, [Convention date.] Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Drying wool.-The wool is fed by an endless feeding-apron 64 through rollers 65 to a hot-air upcast 66. The wool is then carried upwards through an opening 69 leading into the top of the drying-chamber and falls on the first of a series of overlapping travelling aprons 70. From the other end of the apron the wool falls on a high-speed beating-fan 71 before passing on to the next apron and so on. The spaces between the aprons preferably increase downwards to allow for expansion of the wool, which is finally delivered through an opening 73. Inclined shelves may replace the aprons.
Patent GB-190905466-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Toy.
Inventor: PIRKIS ALBERT GEORGE
IPC: A63H3/10
Filed: 1909-03-06
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 5466. Pirkis, A. G. March 6. Fishing and like games. -Relates to toy figures adapted to illustrate fencing and other games and exercises in an amusing manner. The figure is made of wood, cardboard, or other flexible material, provided with legs, preferably of cloth, and heavy boots. In a suitable position is a hole F through which the user's wrist may be passed, the feet of the figure resting on a table or the ground. The head may be hinged to fall backwards or sideways on receipt of a blow. The toy may be used in fishing-game competitions, the players using rods with lines having magnets at the end.
Patent GB-190907738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Winding Mechanism of Machines for the Manufacture or Treatment of Continuous Material.
Inventor: SLOPER THOMAS
IPC: B65H59/38
Filed: 1909-03-31
Granted: 1910-03-31
Abstract: 7738. Sloper, T. March 31. Shaping by rolling. - Rubbered cords are flattened between rolls C and wound on the bobbin D which is operated through a friction drive the pressure between the members of which is regulated so as to keep the tension of the cord constant. As shown in Fig. 1, the disk E of the friction clutch E, E' is positively driven and the pressure is governed by means of the lever M and cam L' the latter of which is partially rotated according to the variation of the position of the jockey pulley K which position is affected by the tension of the cord. The passage of any irregular part of the cord operates a stop-motion.
Patent GB-190908877-A (GB)
Title: Key for Locks, the Bolt of which can only be Locked by Means of a Key Provided with Wards capable of Turning relatively one with regard to the other.
Inventor: KIENTZ EMIL
IPC: E05B35/00
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1909-06-17
Abstract: 8877. Kientz, E. April 18, 1908, [Convention date]. Lock mechanism, tumbler type; keys.-The key is provided with two bits h, i pivotally mounted on the shank, and capable of turning in opposite directions thereon, under the control of a spring h. Stops on the shank limit the extent of motion of the bits. The bolt is locked by a spring tumbler c, operable by a lever f, on which the key acts. In shooting the bolt, one of the key-bits comes into contact with the bolt gating and there stops while the key is being turned until the other bit raises the lever f. The key can be used on both sides of the lock.
Patent GB-190911694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Tartaric Acid.
IPC: C07C51/47
Filed: 1909-05-18
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 11,694. Lawes & Co., J. B., and Davis, W. A. May 18. Tartaric acid is obtained from the usual raw materials by the use of an excess of a strong calcium-chloride solution, in the following manner. The raw material is mixed with the calciumchloride solution and chalk or lime, the chalk being mixed with the chloride before the raw material or before the whole of the potassium bitartrate is dissolved ; and the calcium tartrate, after washing, is decomposed by sulphuric acid. The filtrate from the calcium tartrate containing calcium and potassium chlorides is repeatedly used with more raw material until the concentration of the potassium chloride makes dilution necessary in order to use the solution again. The dilution may be effected with the washings from the calciumtartrate precipitate.
Patent GB-190912557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Toy Repeating Pistols.
Inventor: PITOT AUGUSTIN
IPC: F41B7/00
Filed: 1909-05-27
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 12,557. Pitot, A. May 27. Pistols.-An automatic toy repeating pistol consists of a framework &c. on which is mounted projecting - mechanism entirely operated by simply pulling a trigger, projectiles being supplied from a spring-operated magazine. A projector d, Fig. 4, is pivoted at h to a framework a and is bent over at d<1> to form a striker. A spring k, Fig. 3, attached to the lower end of the projector, gives the necessary impetus when the projector is first drawn back and then released by a pin m, Fig. 4, on a rod m<1> connected to a trigger e pivoted at s. After the trigger is released, a spring o, Fig. 3, brings back the parts into the position shown. The projectiles are placed in a magazine f<1> provided with a vertical sliding door which engages and draws down a spring piston f when it is required to fill the magazine.
Patent GB-190913894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sealing Devices for Closures of Vessels.
Inventor: MARLES HENRY
IPC: B65D55/06
Filed: 1909-06-14
Granted: 1910-03-10
Abstract: 13,894. Marles, H. June 14. Spouts-The neck or spout of a motor-spirit can &c. is provided with a sealing-wire eyelet formed from a blank of sheet metal, preferably steel, having a loop for the wire and a substantially circular base, which fits into a recess formed in the neck of the can, and is held in place by soldering or by burring-over the edges of the recess. The loop may be formed by cutting two slits, or two crescent-shaped holes a, in a circular blank b and pressing-up the central bar c; or a flat bar provided with two semicircular ends may be bent so that the semicircular ends are brought together to form a circular base. A dome-shaped blank, Fig. 15, with piercings d for the sealing-wire may be used. A modification shown in Fig. 13 comprises a loop e and two circular ends f, and requires two apertures in the neck of the can.
Patent GB-190914804-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Guns having Differential Recoil.
Inventor: HAUSSNER KONRAD
IPC: A47G19/28
Filed: 1909-06-24
Granted: 1910-01-20
Abstract: 14,804. Haussner, K. Dec. 21, 1908, [Convention date]. Recoil apparatus.-Relates to differential-recoil guns, that is, guns which are fired during the runout, and consists in providing a friction or hydraulic run-out brake so that if the gun recoils beyond the position in which it is held by a catch for loading the subsequent forward motion of the gun will not cause the gun to meet the catch with shock. Fig. 1 shows the gun A held in the loading position by the engagement of a catch g with a notch f in a projection F on the gun. Attached to the gun A by a lug a is a combined run-out and stopping brake cylinder C, the piston E of which has holes normally closed by a spring valve H, the piston-rod D being connected by a pin d to the cradle B. When the gun is released by operating a handle g<2>, the run-out spring G expands, and fluid is throttled between the piston E and grooves c<1>, the valve H being kept closed. If ignition fails, the barrel is gradually brought to rest by the piston E moving in the rear end of the cylinder C where the grooves c<1> are contracted. On firing, the gun recoils until the piston E occupies the forward end of the cylinder C and the catch g rides upon the plain part of the projection F. A forward motion now occurs during which fluid is throttled between the piston E and grooves c<3> until the catch g enters the notch f If notches f<1> are also provided in the projection F the gun may be held by the catch g in several positions, but the run-out brake will ensure the guns being accelerated from a fixed position. In a modification, a combined recoil, run-out, and stopping brake is formed by three pistons working in separate parts of the cylinder C. Figs. 5, 7 and 8 show the application of the invention to guns not fitted with an hydraulic cylinder. A friction brake, shown in Figs. 5 and 7, and comprising a rod C and jaws D comes into operation at the end of recoil, when the jaws D move out of wedge blocl s E until a collar d<1> prevents further motion of the jaws. When the gun moves forward into the position in which it is held by the catch g, the jaws D move forward into the blocks E, springs G are thereby compressed, and the gun is brought quietly to rest in the loading position. Fig. 8 shows a modification in which a separate fluid run-out brake is employed comprising a movable cylinder F and a fixed perforated piston D.
Patent GB-190918017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Purifying Middlings and other Materials.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: B02C11/00
Filed: 1909-08-04
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 18,017. Lake, H. W., [Jewell, H. S.]. Aug. 4. [Addition to 12,875/08.] Feeding-devices for granular and like materials.- Relates to a modification of the feeding-devices described in the parent Specification, in which a uniform load is maintained on the sieve of a middlings &c. purifier by adding automatically to the fresh feed a sufficient quantity of returned purified material, the excess of returned material being discharged through an overflow. The uniformity of load is now obtained by returning automatically to the fresh feed only such a portion of the purified material as is necessary to make up the deficiency in the feed. Adjustable pivoted deflectors 18, 19, Figs. 1 and 4, direct the purified material from the hopper 17 underneath the sieve 13 to conveyers B, C. The front deflectors 18 direct the material passing through the front portion of the sieve into the conveyer B which discharges it through a spout 20 out of the machine. The rear deflectors 19 deliver the material passing through the rear portion of the sieve to the conveyer C, which discharges through a spout 21 to an elevator 22 delivering into a spout 23 connected to the feedspout 24 for the fresh feed. An automatic deflector D arranged underneath the sieve 13 and above the deflectors 18, 19 is automatically adjusted backwards and forwards by the feed mechanism in accordance with the quantity of fresh material supplied to the machine, so as to regulate the quantity of material passing to the elevator 22. A movable feed receptacle E fed by the spout 23 and delivering by the spouts 27 to the feed hopper 11 is suspended by springs 25 and connected by straps 31 with pulleys 30 on a shaft 29 connected by a belt 33 with a shaft 35 arranged in the casing in front of the deflector D. The belt 33 has a counterweight 36 which tends to turn the shaft 29 and cause the receptacle E to rise. The deflector D is secured by a thumb-screw 40 to an endless belt or chain 37 which passes round a pulley 38 on the shaft 35 and a pulley 39 at the rear end of the casing. The deflector is composed of two similar hopper-shaped parts 41 arranged on opposite sides of a longitudinal top bar, and grooved wheels 46 on the side bars 43 run upon longitudinal rails 47. When the receptacle E descends, it turns the shaft 29 and the belt 33 moves the deflector D rearwardly, thereby reducing the quantity of material which passes down the deflectors 19 in rear of the deflector D, and the amount of material returned by the elevator 22 to the receptacle E. When a deficiency in the feed of fresh material occurs, the receptacle E rises and the belt 33 moves the deflector D forwards thereby increasing the quantity of material which passes to the deflectors 19 and elevator 22.
Patent GB-190918183-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Locking Device for the Bolt-handles of Door Locks.
Inventor: BLUM FRANZ
IPC: E05B13/00
Filed: 1909-08-06
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 18,183. Blum, F. Aug. 6. Latches, sliding.- Means for locking a latch against operation comprises a spring-controlled bolt 4 mounted in brackets behind the lock plate 1, and adapted to be moved into a recess 8 in the handle spindle 6. The bolt is moved into position by a cam 14 secured to the spindle of the keyhole escutcheon 13, and is r e t a i n e d against the action of its spring by means of a revoluble sleeve 9 mounted on the spindle 6 and slotted to engage a notch 5 in the head of the bolt.
Patent GB-190918253-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Securing Tradesmen's or other Carriers to Cycles without the aid of any extra Screws Nuts or Bolts, but what are already on the Cycles.
Inventor: DALE ALLAN
IPC: B62J7/00
Filed: 1909-08-07
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 18,253. Dale, A. Aug. 7. Luggage-carriers.-For fixing tradesmen's or other carriers to cycles, a clip a, adapted to be fitted over the fork crown from the back, is constructed with two sides c, d having at rightangles thereto flat plates e, which turn inwards to bear upon the top of the fork crown. The carrier may be integral with the clip, or the ends f of a carrier may be riveted to the sides of the clip. The screw b that fixes the mudguard to the fork crown is used to secure the clip thereto.
Patent GB-191003341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes or the like for Containing Semi-liquid or Plastic Substances.
Inventor: SIEMS HANS CHRISTIAN
IPC: B65D83/00
Filed: 1910-02-10
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 3341. Siems, H. C. Feb. 10. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Piston apparatus for discharging receptacles. -A box or the like for plastic substances, such as vaseline, ointment, boot-polish, stove-polish, &c., has a rotatable lid with a flange e, Fig. 2, attached to it in such a manner that, when the lid is rotated, this flange co-operates with a partition f in the box, so as to cause the contents to exude through a hole g. A joint of the form shown in Fig. 1 is used, so as to allow the rotation of the lid to be effected.
Patent GB-191003352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Producer Gas Plants.
Inventor: LOWE ANDREW
IPC: C10J3/00
Filed: 1910-08-11
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 3352. Lowe, A. Aug. 11. Producers.-In an apparatus serving as a gasproducer plant and steam-generator, the steamboiler a surrounds the producer c, which is provided with a closed ash-pit b, to which air and steam. are supplied through an injector k, the steam being taken from the boiler through a pipe j. The pipe is provided with a valve u open to the atmosphere, or to allow the steam to be conducted away if desired. When the engine is not drawing off gas, a supply of air is admitted through the passage l and opening m, a door n opening or closing this passage. A similar door o is fitted to the ash-pit b. Pipes p and q convey away excess of steam and air, and water of condensation, respectively, from the ash-pit.
Patent GB-191004613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus used in the Purification of Gas.
IPC: B01D47/16
Filed: 1910-02-24
Granted: 1911-02-23
Abstract: 4613. Sadler, H. S., and Ashmore, Benson, Pease, & Co. Feb. 24. [Cognate Application, 19,382/10.] Levels, regulating. - The level of liquid in each compartment of rotary gas scrubberwashers is regulated by an adjustable overflow device H consisting of a water pocket K in which a screwed open socket I is fitted on the overflow pipe J and adapted to be raised or lowered, to control the overflow level, by means of a spindle L and hand-wheel M.
Patent GB-191006502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Inventor: SANDMANN FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: C10J3/30
Filed: 1910-03-15
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 6502. Sandmann, F. W. March 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Feeding - devices for granular and like materials. - In a hopper-and-bell device for charging gas - producers, equal distribution is obtained by the provision below the hopper outlet of an inverted conical surface n, which directs any fuel striking it towards the centre of the producer. The fuel is thus directed towards the centre or towards the sides of the producer, according as the bell f occupies its intermediate or its lowermost position. The spindle i of the bell - arm passes through a stuffing-box, and the bell-spindle is guided by a sleeve k<1>.
Patent GB-191009887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bolts for Doors and Windows.
IPC: E05C1/04
Filed: 1910-04-22
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 9887. Bruck, F. C. vom, [Firm of]. April 28, 1909, [Convention date]. Sliding bolts.-A sliding bolt is formed without projecting guides. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the bolt is of hollow formation, being formed of a plate d and a shell f secured to the plate by a rivet rand by the handle k. The bolt is guided by pins b, b<1> on the base-plate a engaging slots c, c' in the plate d. A spring g located within the hollow of the bolt is secured to the pins b, b<1>, and serves to hold the bolt in either of its two positions, a button i thereon engaging slots o, o<1> in the plate d. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the bolt carries the guiding- pins b, b<1>, the base-plate a being hollow, and being provided with the slots c, c<1>. The spring g is located within the base-plate.