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Patent GB-190819184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Zig-zag or Variable Stitch Sewing Machines such as are generally used in the Production of Embroidery Work.
Inventor: MAGOWAN JAMES
Filed: 1908-09-12
Granted: 1909-06-24
Abstract: 19,184. Magowan, J., and Robertson, W. A. Sept. 12. Sewing - machine needle - bars, vibrating laterally.-To produce either of the forms of zigzag stitches shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the quadrant g, which vibrates the needle-bar, is actuated from one of two cams e, f mounted on a shaft d which is driven from the upper shaft c of the machine, the cams being rotated once during four complete movements of the needle-bar ; the cam e produces the stitch shown in Fig. 4, and the cam f that shown in Fig. 5. In order to bring the required cam into use, a bracket j carrying two rollers k, k<1> is mounted on the quadrant g and the whole is moved laterally by turning a hand-lever n mounted on a shaft m which has a depending lug n<1>, slotted at its lower end to engage an upper projecting part g<1> of the quadrant mechanism g. The extent of the vibratory motion is varied by moving the end i<1> of the connecting rod i up and down in the slot of the quadrant by means of connexions o, p to any suitable knee-operated mechanism. Grooved or other cams may be substituted for the edgecams e, f.
Patent GB-190900194-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Coupling.
Inventor: DRYSDALE JAMES HENRY
IPC: H01R27/00
Filed: 1909-01-04
Granted: 1910-01-04
Abstract: 194. Drysdale, J. H. Jan. 4. Plug couplings; two-part couplings.-An electric coupling is adapted for use either as a plug, or as a bayonet-joint coupling with an ordinary lamp socket. A bayonet-joint holder a is fitted with an insulating-sleeve b, which moves freely in the sccket and is bored with two holes through which the pins d pass. The pins d are fixed on the inner end to an insulating-plate f which slides in the socket h, The inner ends of the pins d are attached to the flexible conductor. The sleeve b carries transverse pins k which engage with bayonet-slots in the member a, when the pins d project as shown, and the plug may be used with a wall socket. If the pins k are released from the bayonet-slots, the springs i force the sleeve b outwards until the end of it is flush with the ends of the pins d ; it may then be used with an ordinary lamp-socket.
Patent GB-190901324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: HETHERINGTON CHARLES
IPC: F01C1/20
Filed: 1909-01-19
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 1324. Hetherington, C. Jan. 19. Movable - abutment type; balancing moving parts; valves, distributing and cut-off.-Relates to rotary engines of the movable-abutment type having rotary abutments. The piston-drum is formed with two flanges, between which the vane extends and in which the inlet ports are formed. A shaft 18 carries a piston-drum 16 and an abutment 17<1>, which engage respectively with an abutment 17 and a piston-drum 16<1> carried by a shaft 19, the two working-chambers being separated by a partition 25. The shafts are geared together externally by the pinions 22, 23 which are enclosed by a protecting-shell 24. Each piston-drum is provided with two flanges 26, 26<1>, between which a vane 36 extends. Motive fluid enters the casing 35, Fig. 4, and passes by ports 30, 31 through the ports 28, 29 formed in the flanges 26 into the working- chamber of the drum 16, the drum being balanced by the duplex arrangement of the inlet ports. Similar ports in the flanges of the drum 16<1> register with the casing ports 31, 32, the time of registration alternating with that of the drum 16. In Fig. 4, the section planes of the two drums have been displaced relatively to each other in order to indicate the ports referred to. An exhaust passage 40 is formed between the casing wall 39 and the abutment 17. The engine may be compounded, or may be adapted for use as an air-compressor.
Patent GB-190909290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Envelope Leaves of Albums for Holding the Disc Records of Talking Machines and the like.
Inventor: DUNCAN WILLIAM
IPC: B65D85/57
Filed: 1909-04-20
Granted: 1910-01-27
Abstract: 9290. Duncan, W. April 20. Record cases.-The leaves of an album for talking-machine records are provided with pockets near the binding edge of the leaf, the pockets facing towards the front edge of the leaf. The pocket is formed from longtitudinal flaps a and transverse flaps c, c<1>, which are turned over the leaf b, and the record is prevented from falling out by a flap d, provided with the usual inspection opening e, and which is turned either under the flap c or under the flaps a, c. Two leaves may be mounted back to back on a central stub.
Patent GB-190911127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brake Control Mechanism.
Inventor: NEWTON EDWIN JOHN
IPC: B61D43/00
Filed: 1909-05-11
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 11,127. Newton, E. J. May 11. Pneumatic actuation. - The switch controlling the circuit to an electric clutch for placing an air - compressor into gear with the axle of the vehicle is operated by the pressure in the compressed air reservoir acting on a piston g<3> against a spring. The switch comprises a bridge h<7> and a series of contacts h<1> ... h<6> connected to a series of leads so that the value of the reservoir pressure at which the circuit of the clutch is broken depends on which of the leads carries the current.
Patent GB-190915817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels for Vehicles.
Inventor: ABBOT-BROWN CHARLES FRANCIS ME
IPC: B60B9/22
Filed: 1909-07-17
Granted: 1910-03-03
Abstract: 15,817. Brown, C. F. M. Abbott-. July 7. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and pneumatic cushions. -The flexible side covers 1 are formed with thickened wire edges held by plain or grooved side plates 4. The edges may be formed flat on one side and rest against the flat rim: The plates are formed with apertures or recesses, which engage undercut projections on the rim by turning, and they are locked by a single bolt. The two rims may be formed of hollow metal with grooves at the sides corresponding in outline to the wooden form shown. The pneumatic tube may be dispensed with and the wheel centre or spokes made hollow to provide an enlarged air chamber. Rings may be secured to the sides of the inner rim, on which the wheel may run when the air cushion becomes slack. The rings 4 on one or both sides may be extended in a divergent manner to shield the covers from projectiles in war, or from other injurious objects.
Patent GB-190918219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Beverages.
Inventor: KUHN ETIENNE WILLIAMS
IPC: C12G3/02
Filed: 1909-08-06
Granted: 1910-08-08
Abstract: 18,219. Kuhn, E. W. Aug. 6. [Cognate. Applications, 22,259/09 and 771/10.] Mashing processes. - A wort for producing beer containing a small proportion of alcohol is prepared by mashing the malt in two portions, to obtain from one a solution of fermentable sugars and from the other a solution containing unfermentable dextrin. The two worts are mixed, boiled with hops, and fermented in a closed vessel under pressure, and the beer is racked or bottled under pressure and pasteurized. The first wort is obtained by mashing at 145-153 F., and the second by mashing at 175- 185 F. In a modification, the second portion of the malt in the form of flour is boiled with the first wort, the liquid is cooled to about 176 F., and a malt extract, previously heated to 176 F., is added to transform the starch into dextrin.
Patent GB-190920408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro Thermal Garments for Therapeutic Purposes.
Inventor: CHARLES BURTON ROBERT
IPC: H05B3/34
Filed: 1909-09-06
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 20,408. Charles, B. R. Sept. 6. Warming wearing- apparel-A garment is heated by stranded wires sewn on separately-attachable mats, the wires being insulated by a layer of cotton thread spaced apart to ensure flexibility, and impregnated with a solution of equal parts of a silicate and glycerine; other layers of thread are spun dry over the first layer. The wire a, Fig. 2, is sewn by zigzag stitching c in parallel lines to mats b of a gauze-like material such as cambric, and the mats are sewn to the garment and covered by a lining. The garment has pockets j, k for terminals e and a switch i. A flap p, Fig. 6, having slippers q with wires placed between a felt sole and a flannel lining, may be attached to the bottom of the garment, and may be turned up and buttoned when not in use. It is stated that the wires form a magnetic helix or solenoid producing therapeutic effects.
Patent GB-190922464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Adding and Listing Machines.
Inventor: VINCENT JESSE GURNEY
Filed: 1909-10-02
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 22,464. Vincent, J. G., and White, N. Oct. 5, 1908, [Convention date]. Type-wheel actions.-In adding and listing machines, with special reference to those of the Burroughs type, examples of which are set forth in Specifications 20,728/06, 1675/08, and 5419/08, [both in Class 106, Registering &c.], and 6114/08, means are provided for printing special characters against totals, sub-totals, transferred totals, and eliminated or non-added items, which characters moreover distinguish the particular counter or series of operations to which such totals &c. belong. The special typecarrier 70, Fig. 11, is provided with four type-plates 618<b>, each having two type. The type of the uppermost plate are for distinguishing totals taken from the lower counter and upper counter respectively, those of the second plate are for similarly distinguishing sub-totals, those of the third totals transferred from the lower to the upper counter, and from the upper to the lower, and those of the fourth eliminated or non-added items belonging, however, to the series of items totalled on the lower and upper counters respectively. The total, sub-total, transfer, and elimination keys are connected to arms 90<1>, 91<1>, 95, and 99<1>, Fig. 11, respectively, which arms are at decreasing distances from adjacent studs on a link 84. When the total key is depressed while the setting hand-lever is in its forward position, a stepped plate 80 is rocked by the link 84 and the type-carrier 70 is drawn upwards by its spring until a stud 75 engages with the first step 82, thus positioning the uppermost type in the printing- line. The stud 75 is mounted upon a sliding bar 76, which is positioned by means of a slotted plate 93 and an arm 92 connected to the hand-lever. If the hand-lever is in its rearward position when the total key is depressed, the pin 75 will also be in its rearward position, and will engage with the second step 83 of the plate 80. The arms 91<1>, 95, and 99' will rock the plate 80 to increasing extents, the engagement of the stud 75 with a particular step of any pair being determined by the position of the hand-lever.
Patent GB-190922469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheat-meal Bread.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN
IPC: A21D13/02
Filed: 1909-10-02
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 22,469. Smith, J. Oct. 2. Processes for reduction of grain; preparing meal from special materials.-Bread is prepared from granular wheatmeal having the bran adhering thereto, such as is described in Specification 22,468/09. Specification 21,910/09, [Class 66, Hollow-ware], is also referred to.
Patent GB-190925421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Doors for Lifts or Hoists.
Inventor: FURBER THOMAS FREDERICK
IPC: B66B13/18
Filed: 1909-11-04
Granted: 1910-12-05
Abstract: 25,421. Furber, T. F., and Jordan, J. Nov. 4. Operating swinging doors.-The two halves of a double swing door are connected by a bar No. 1. One end of the bar is pivoted to the outer half, while the other end is provided with an elongated hole, or the bar at this end is made telescopic and is pivoted to a bracket D carried by the inner half of the door. On pushing either half, the two halves are opened and closed in the correct order.
Patent GB-190927948-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion.
Inventor: LAMPLOUGH FREDERICK
IPC: F16H23/04
Filed: 1909-11-30
Granted: 1910-08-18
Abstract: 27,948. Lamplough, F. Nov. 30. Link - work. - Means for converting reciprocating into rotary motion, or vice versa, comprises a rotary shaft a carrying an inclined disk b, around the periphery of which is mounted on ball bearings a ring c provided with trunnions d, which are mounted in bearings e<1> in a frame or yoke e, which in turn is provided with other trunnions e<2> mounted in fixed bearings f at right-angles to the firstmentioned trunnions; the yoke e being oscillated by connecting-rods &c. l, the shaft a carrying the inclined disk b is rotated. The device may be arranged in duplicate with oppositelyinclined disks and oppositely-acting reciprocating members to balance the motion. The adjustable ball bearing upon which the ring c is mounted comprises two rows of balls h working between races i in the ring, a race b<1> in the flanged periphery of the disk b, and a race b<3> in an adjustable ring b<2> screwing on to the disk b. The ring b<2> is secured, when adjusted, by a conical locking-ring k fixed by lugs b<4> and bolts or screw studs b<5> with lock-nuts b<6>, an interlocking engagement being in addition arranged between the ring k and the bearing- ring b<2>.
Patent GB-191002484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for Tightening Box Straps.
Inventor: BROOKS EDWARD JEWETT
IPC: B65B13/02
Filed: 1910-02-01
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 2484. Brooks, E. J. March 3, 1909, [Convention date]. Bale ties, tightening and manipulating.-A box-strap tightener has a frame with vertical and horizontal portions to embrace the corner of a box, and on the horizontal portion is mounted a hand-lever 13 with pawls 14, 15 co-acting with a toothed wheel 3. The shaft 4 of the toothed wheel is slotted to accommodate the end of the strap, and a dog 5 prevents retrogression. A reversing-cam 16 puts the pawls 14 out of action during winding. When the strap has been secured by a seal e, the cam 16 is turned to put the pawl 15 out of action, the dog 5 is thrown back and the strap is unwound by moving the lever 13.
Patent GB-191003850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Indicating and Recording the Course of Navigable Vessels.
Inventor: ROZIC VICTOR
IPC: G01C21/16
Filed: 1910-02-16
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 3850. Rozic, V. Feb. 16.. Drawings to Specification. Gyroscopic apparatus is used in course-recording instruments operated from a rotator to adjust the position and therefore speed of rotation of frictionally-driven disks in the recording-mechanism according to the direction of the ship.
Patent GB-191007543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Crushing Machines.
IPC: B02C13/282
Filed: 1910-03-26
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 7543. Soc. Anon. de Commentry, Fourchambault et Decazeville. April 14, 1909, [Convention date]. Impact pulverizers; wet grinding. - In a crushing-machine in which rotary hammers project the material against a series of adjustable percussion blocks A, Figs. 1 and 2, the ends of the blocks are fixed in grooves a against wedges G by means of keys B operated by screws b. The keys have doubly-inclined faces, one in the direction of the tightening of the screw, and the other in a direction at right-angles to the first. The block furthest from the feed inlet is arranged closest to the hammers. The blocks A and the material treated, when such material is clayey or sticky, are sprinkled with water by perforated pipes t, which are arranged above the blocks and supplied from an external distributing-box D.
Patent GB-191008123-A (GB)
Title: Rotary Engine or Pump.
Inventor: EGERSDOERFER FRITZ
IPC: F01C21/08
Filed: 1910-04-04
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 8123. Egersd÷rfer, F. April 2, 1909, [Convention date]. Fixed-abutment type; compensating forirregularity of flow. - Variations in the flow at the inlet and outlet of a pump or engine having outwardly-sliding vanes due to the reciprocating movements of the vanes c are avoided by providing the vanes with bores e of comparatively large cross-section, which establish communication between the working chamber and the rotor pockets which house the vanes. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 2861/02.
Patent GB-191009301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Razors.
Inventor: SIMMS HAROLD HOWELL
IPC: B26B21/18
Filed: 1910-04-16
Granted: 1911-07-17
Abstract: 9301. Simms, H. H. April 17, 1909, [Convention date]. Razors, safety. In a razor, of the type in which the blade is secured between a pair of plates and gripped adjacent to its cutting- edges, the blade-holder co-operates with a separate guard, and the holder and guard are relatively movable or completely separable to permit the cleaning and stropping of the blade while in the holder. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the lower plate 8 of the bladeholder is, in the shaving position, disposed in a recess in the guard plate 2, which has guideslots with which extensions 3 on the plate 8 engage; tongues 5 on the extensions 3 secure the blade - holder in the shaving position. For stropping and cleaning, the holder is held away from the guard by tongues 6 on the extensions 3, lugs 7 limiting the upward movement of the extensions. The handle consists of a sleeve 15 on a stem 14, which in the shaving position, Fig. 1, screws into a boss 13 on the guard, the sleeve being prevented from rotating by a notch 7 therein which engages with a projection 16 on the boss 13; for stropping, the stem 14 screws into a lug 18 on the guard, the sleeve being free to rotate as the razor is reciprocated along the strop 20. The plates 8, 9 of the blade-holder are held together with the blade between them by a screw 10. In a modification, the lower plate of the blade-holder is hinged to the guard which has a pair of spring latches, of which one holds the blade-holder in the shaving position in a recess in the guard, and the other holds the bladeholder in the stropping position at right-angles to the guard and parallel with the handle. The handle consists of a central stem and an inner and outer sleeve, the inner sleeve being fixed to the guard, and the outer sleeve being adapted to be secured against rotation on the inner sleeve or allowed to rotate thereon according as to whether the blade is being used for shaving or is being stropped. The stem is rotatable within the inner sleeve and carries a projection which engages with a slot in the head of a screw journaled in the lower plate of the holder and engaging with the upper plate; by rotating the stem, the plates are clamped or separated. In a further form, the holder plates are hinged together and secured by a spring latch, the guard being entirely separated from the holder for stropping, but secured thereto for shaving by a projection and spring latch which engage slots in the holder. The handle can be secured to an extension of the lower plate either parallel with or at right-angles to the blade-holder. In another form in which the holder-plates are hinged together as described above, the handle is fixed at right-angles to the blade-holder and the guard is carried by a screwed stem which engages with a nut journaled in the boss to which the handle is fixed. By rotating the nut, the guard can be held at various distances from the blade edges, the stem passing within the hollow handle; the guard has end lugs by which it is guided on an extension of the blade-holder.
Patent GB-191010939-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rack or Tray for Collecting and Drying Crockery.
Inventor: STAINES FRANK
IPC: A47L19/04
Filed: 1910-05-03
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 10,939. Staines, F. May 3. Plate, dish, and like racks. - A rack or tray of the type described in Specification 15,196/04 for collecting and drying crockery comprises a rectangular frame a provided upon one side with a row of bars c arranged in one plane, and having a number of bars b or inclined plates of material arranged in lines inclined to the frame. In one form, the bars c are spaced close together to form a plate rack or a tray. One of the bars c and a bar b on the same level may project through one side of the frame and form a support for a wine glass.
Patent GB-191015347-A (GB)
Title: Album for Transparent Photographs.
Inventor: DUCHENNE PAUL
Filed: 1910-06-27
Granted: 1911-04-06
Abstract: 15,347. Duchenne, P., and Forbin, V. Jan. 21, [Convention date]. Albums.-An album for containing and viewing transparent photographs is provided with an electric light 8 in one of the covers 2, and with double leaves 4, 5, the outer part 5 of which carries a photograph 6, so that the photograph may be turned over an aperture in the part 4 for viewing, or may be turned back on to an extension 3 of the leaf 2 when the next photograph is to be viewed. When single leaves are used, they are provided with an aperture twice as long as the photograph, so that, after viewing, the photograph may be pushed into the other half of the aperture, thus leaving an opening above the lamp. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the electric lamps 18, 19 are contained in a removable box 8, which is inserted in an envelope 20 with telescopic sides. Metal wire supports may be provided to support the open album.
Patent GB-191017438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Nut Locks.
Inventor: BURROWS CLARENCE BERTRAM
IPC: F16B39/32
Filed: 1910-07-22
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 17,438. Burrows, C. B. July 26, 1909, [Convention date]. Looking nuts.-A nut-locking key 4 is placed in a slot in the nut on an inclined seat 3, and has a cutting-edge 6, which is driven into the threads of the bolt by a blow from a hammer on the end of the key, and is released by a blow on the upper edge. The outer corner of the key projects above the upper face of the nut. The end of the key in the locked position is within the slot, and the key is retained by closing over the metal 2 at the end of the slot. To prevent the key from moving upwardly, it may be tapered towards the upper edge, the sides of the slot being pressed together at the upper part; or, as shown in Fig. 6, the sides of the slot may be closed over a depression 9 in the key between two parts 7, 8 which project above the face of the nut. In a modification, the bottom of the slot is horizontal, and the key is released by an oblique blow.
Patent GB-191018684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Air Brake Systems.
Inventor: COTA SIMON PETER
IPC: B60T17/22
Filed: 1910-08-08
Granted: 1911-08-08
Abstract: 18,684. Cota, S. P. Aug. 8. [Addition to 10,776/10]. Fluid-pressure.-In air-brake systems for trains provided with means for indicating whether the brakes are working properly, as described in the parent Specification, a valve is provided on each car for cutting off the train-pipe from the brake apparatus of any car on which the brakes are not working properly, and a second valve is arranged for reducing the auxiliary-reservoir pressure on a car, the brakes of which fail to release in the ordinary way. Fig. 1 shows a valve 9, 10 for closing communication between the train-pipe 1 and the brake cylinder 2, and a second valve 6, 7 for venting the auxiliary reservoir 3, both of these valves being arranged to be operated from above the floor or other readily accessible portion of the car.
Patent GB-191021884-A (GB)
Title: Improved Piercer and Presser for use with Pipes for Smoking Tobacco and the like.
Inventor: HOGG SAMUEL
IPC: A24F9/02
Filed: 1910-09-21
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 21,884. Hogg, S. Sept. 21. Tobacco pipe stoppers; prickers for tobacco pipes.-Relates to combined stoppers and piercers. The stopper consists of a cylindrical holder having a part a<2> to enter the bowl and a flange a<1> to rest on the bowl rim. A pointed spindle c', actuated by means of the sleeve e and cross-piece d sliding in slots a<4> in the holder, acts as piercer. A spring f co-operates with the cross-piece to return the spindle into the holder. A hole a<3> is provided in the end of the holder, through which the piercer is projected. If desired, more than one piercer may be provided on the spindle. The top a<6> of the cylinder may be also adapted for use as a stopper or presser.