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Patent GB-190614732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Advertising Devices.
Inventor: MCKENZIE GRACIE HELLEN MCGREGO
Filed: 1906-06-28
Granted: 1907-06-27
Abstract: 14,732. McKenzie, G. H. M. June 28. Advertising; name-plates. -Relates to means for supporting notice boards, name - plates, signs, &c., and consists in hinging together two boards either at their edges or at a point about midway of the length of one of them, and providing means whereby the boards may be clamped to the mullion of a window, or a door or window frame, or to a suitable post or pillar or projecting corner. Various means are described for clamping the boards. As shown in Fig. 1 a projection e, or two projections such as e, Fig. 2, engage with one side of the mullion and the other board clamped to the other side of the mullion by a screw g working in a fixed bracket. The screw may have a rotatable foot or may push f o r w a r d a movable bracket. As shown in Fig. 2, both of the boards are provided with projections e and are clamped by the screw A directly pivoted to the board a or connected by the link h<1> to this board, and the rotatable sbackle i directly pivoted to the link j on the other board or connected by a cbain t) this link. As shown in Fig. 3, the two boards a, b are pressed into the window frame and held in that position by the slotted rod l and winged nut o. As shown in Fig. 4, the board a is provided with a projection e and the board b has a movable bracket s operated by a screwed rod t. The board a is connected to the rod t by a link v. The rod is divided at t<2> in such a way that the portion in connexion with the link does not rotate with the screwed portion.
Patent GB-190619477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Process of Obtaining Fatty Acids from Petroleum Residues.
Inventor: BREDA HALVOR
Filed: 1906-08-31
Granted: 1907-03-14
Abstract: 19,477. Breda, H. Aug. 31. Carboxylic acids.-The naphthene acids that occur in alkali sludge, more particularly that derived from Russian petroleum, are treated with oxidizing- agents, such as potassium permanganate, and are afterwards distilled. The distillate and residue thus obtained are stated to be technically valuable products of the nature of fatty acids and may be used for the production of cleaning, greasing, and lubricating means.
Patent GB-190622726-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Connecting Link for Chains and Chain Cables.
Inventor: WOODHOUSE CALEB
Filed: 1906-10-15
Granted: 1907-10-15
Abstract: 2 2 , 7 2 6 . Woodhouse, C., and Woodhouse, A., [trading as Woodhouse Bros.]. Oct. 15. Coupling-links.-A coupling-link for chains consists of two parts A, B, Figs. 3 and 4, engaging by shouldered tongues and grooves, as shown, a making-up piece C being placed between the ends of the U-shaped piece B and being similarly formed to engage the slotted part A, in which it is held by a pin 17. The pin is secured by forcing lead plugs into the countersunk ends 19, 20 of the pin hole, or by riveting the ends of the pin. The shoulders on the tongues are inclined, as shown at 5, 6, to prevent splaying of the slot. Specification No. 4650, A.D. 1880, is referred to.
Patent GB-190627324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Woven Fabrics.
Filed: 1906-11-30
Granted: 1907-08-29
Abstract: 27,324. Bradford Dyers' Association, and Armitage, H. R. Nov. 30. Figured fabrics.-In weaving fancy fabrics, which are woven with two or more distinct weaves, and in which some of the warps may be floated on the surface of the fabrics, previously mercerized weft is employed throughout, in order that the fabrics may not develop creases in the subsequent mercerizing, dyeing, and finishing processes. The weft may be mercerized either in the sliver or in the hank.
Patent GB-190700540-A (GB)
Title: Motor Road Vehicles for Carrying Horses, Deer, and like Animals
Inventor: DAVIS CALEB
Filed: 1907-01-08
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 540. Davis, C. Jan. 8. D o o r and gate closing apparatus ; door stops. - In a motor cattle van, the door K at the back is hinged at its lower edge and is kept closed by a spring fastening- device consisting of a rod l fixed by brackets to the van, and a rod M hinged to the door and having an eye which is slid along the bar l by means of a spring L.
Patent GB-190705464-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Doubling the Rubbed Ends of Material from the Bobbins of Condenser Carding Engines and Winding same upon Bobbins in Sections or Batches for further Treatment or Re-condensing of same.
Inventor: HOYLE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1907-03-07
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 5464. Hoyle, W. H., and Barker, T. March 7. Lap-forming apparatus ; winding-machines ; stopmotions; processes.-The ends of the material from condenser cards are unwound, doubled, and batched or rewound, prior to being elongated or recondensed in machines such as are described in Specifications No. 8147, A.D. 1901, No. 2540, A.D. 1902, and Nos. 6575 and 6576, A.D. 1903. The ends are drawn from condenser bobbins b driven by drums actuated by gearing, as shown in Fig. 1, or otherwise, and are wound on a positively-driven bobbin B, the doubled ends being traversed during the winding operation by a reciprocating guide-bar h. Should a sliver break, a stop o<2> falls and arrests a wiper shaft q; this causes a cam q<1>, Fig. 4, to move the pinion q<2> along the shaft and partly rotate the lever r, thus releasing the spring rod t of the belt fork. The machine may be stopped independently by a lever w. The traverse bar is reciprocated by a crank-pin m<1> which engages a slot in a bracket attached to the bar, the pin being driven by mitre gearing. A guide-bar or other guiding-means may be attached to the traverse bar and move therewith. Spare bobbins are supported in brackets b<4>, B.
Patent GB-190706009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expanding Tables.
Inventor: DEAN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-03-12
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 6009. Dean, A. March 12. Tables.-In expanding tables, as shown in Fig. 4, in which a part b of the frame is adapted to be pulled out from beneath the ordinary table top to support an extension leaf d, the extension leaf is provided with a tongue e adapted to engage in a groove on the inner face of the end piece of the table, so as to keep the leaf in position. A second leaf may be arranged between the leaf d and the top c. The extra leaf when not in use may be carried on supports g ; or the end of the table frame may be cut away and the leaf inserted as a drawer, a hinged cover being provided to close the aperture. The portion c of the table top may be hinged, so as to afford access to a receptacle beneath the top and also to form a desk.
Patent GB-190706662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extending Brackets
Inventor: HUCKER MAURICE
Filed: 1907-09-20
Granted: 1908-02-27
Abstract: 6662. Hucker, M. Sept. 20. Brackets.-Relates to vertically and horizontally adjustable brackets for curtain-rods &c. A vertically adjustable bracket f of the kind described in Specification No. 1270, A.D. 1906, which is slotted and adjustably connected to a support e by a screw g, is carried by an horizontal bar c engaging apertures in a bridge b and in a two-armed base a, being clamped in adjusted position by a setscrew d.
Patent GB-190710842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Adjustment or Control of the Heating of Motors Operated by Hot Fluid.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
Filed: 1907-05-09
Granted: 1908-06-09
Abstract: 10,842. Parsons, C. A. May 9. Elastic-fluid turbines.-To prevent injury due to a rapid variation in the temperature of the motive fluid supplied to a fluid-pressure motor, a thermal accumulator is placed between the fluid supply and the motor. The invention is adapted for motors using steam or gas, and as applied to a turbine there is used an accumulator c, Figs. 2 and 3, consisting of a cylinder filled with metal rods d, lump metal, brick, stone, or the like adapted to absorb and retain heat. When the stop valve is opened to start the motor, superheated steam passes into the accumulator and heats it before passing into the motor, so that injury to the motor is prevented by a too rapid expansion of the parts. The accumulator produces a time lag in the temperatures whether the changes be above or below the normal temperature. Various forms of accumulator may be used, such as a coiled pipe, or a netst of parallel pipes, or a water-cooled device. A water - cooled device has lumps of material t, Fig. 5, in trays sprayed with water from a perforated pipe z. The steam stop-valve s is connected by linkage r to the water stop-valve x, and a float f control the secondary water-admission valve v. A time lag is produced by the evaporation of the water absorbed by the material.
Patent GB-190714317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Burners for Incandescent Lighting.
Inventor: THORP THOMAS
Filed: 1907-06-21
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 14,317. Thorp, T. June 21. Incandescent gas burners; air supply. -For use in mills and other places where the burner is liable to become choked by dust and foreign matter, the air inlets b of the burner are enclosed in a gauze or finelyperforated chamber c, to which air under pressure is supplied by a pipe e fitted with a cock f. By means of the cock, air in excess of the quantity required by the burner is supplied to the chamber c and, escaping through the gauze, prevents it from becoming choked. The gauze is thus kept clean, so that if the compressed-air supply fails, air can pass through the gauze to supply the burner in the ordinary way. The chamber c is preferably formed with solid ends d and with an internal baffle g.
Patent GB-190723303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Lifts.
Inventor: MAJOR CHARLES GEORGE
Filed: 1907-10-22
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 23,303. Major, C. G., Stevens, E. C., and Stevens, P. H. Oct. 22. - Switches.-Relates to electric lifts controlled by electro-magnets, and consists in operating the main switch or circuit-breaker, the reversing-switch, and the rheostat from a cam shaft which is rocked by either of two direction solenoids. The motor armature circuit passes in series through the above three switches. The shunt field passes through the circuit-breaker only, and is so connected that the opening of the switch, although cutting off the shunt field from the mains at both poles, yet leaves it connected in parallel to the armature. To start the lift, say upwards, the reverser is first thrown over ; during this movement, the circuit-breaker is started from its open towards its closed position, which it completes a little later than the reverser. The rheostat next gradually cuts out the starting- resistances. To stop, the circuit-breaker only is opened. The cam A governs the circuit-breaker switch, and the lever D, being in contact with the cam at two points, is firmly held either in the open or closed position. The cam B governs the reversing-switch and gives movement to the switch bar E. When the cam B is in its ,central position, it is only in contact with the lever at one point and the lever is free to take up any position in its stroke ; when the cam is in either extreme position, the lever is locked. Motion is given to the combined cams A, B by means of two direction solenoids G, H, Fig. 9. One of these is energized for the " up '' and the other for the " down " direction. They are linked by pins I, J to arms K, L on the cam shaft. To the same rocking arms are connected links M, N passing down through holes in a weighted lever O. When either solenoid is energized, one link lifts the lever 0, causing the drum R to be clutched to the sprocket P driven from the winding-engine. The rheostat V is thus operated through chains T and lever U against the action of a spring W, which returns it to its first position on the solenoids becoming de-energized. An electric brake is released by energizing either solenoid, and, on de-energizing the solenoid, is applied in a known manner. The solenoids are operated by band switches in the cage, or button switches in the cage or in landings, controlling a pilot circuit.
Patent GB-190723568-A (GB)
Title: Improved Water Cistern with Purifier.
Inventor: NUSS WILHELM JACOB
Filed: 1907-10-25
Granted: 1908-03-12
Abstract: 23,568. Nuss, W. J. Oct. 25. Tanks and cisterns.-In a water cistern a with a pedestal b formed as a purifier, the mud can be drawn off from the cistern and purifier simultaneously without emptying the purifier. To discharge the mud, the entrance valves k are closed and the mud valve r is opened, the mud from the part o of the cistern a flowing off through pipes q. A valve n is for the escape of air.
Patent GB-190726295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Firebridges for Chain Grate Stokers.
Inventor: CARTER GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1907-11-28
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 26,295. Carter, G. H. Nov. 28. Fire-bridges.-An air seal at the rear of a chain grate for water-tube boilers &c. is formed by fireclay blocks a of semicircular section, so that when one face is burnt the blocks may be reversed. The supporting-bar e for the blocks is preferably hollow, and is cooled by water which flows from a cistern g through the bar to an overflow tank h and may afterwards be used as feed-water.
Patent GB-190805075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Neck Ties and the like.
Inventor: HAWORTH EDWIN
Filed: 1908-03-06
Granted: 1908-11-26
Abstract: 5075. Haworth, E. March 6. Necktie-retainers.-A neck-tie for use with standup turn-down collars carries a plate B, Figs. 1 and 2, a pin a, and two wire arms D secured by a bentover edge b. The arms D are formed with a double coil as shown. The tie is attached to the collar by inserting the pin a into the collar stud A, where it is held by springs, the arms D being bent to engage with the front fold of the collar, as shown in Fig. 5. The arms D may be formed with a single coil. The pin a may be attached to a separate plate which is sewn to the tie together with the plate B.
Patent GB-190809704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Traverse Motions of Yarn Winding Machines.
Inventor: HACKING WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1908-05-05
Granted: 1909-04-29
Abstract: 9704. Hacking, W. H., Hibbert, R., and Hess, H. May 5. Cams.-An adjustable positive action traverse motion for a drum or other winding-machine is shown in Fig. 3. A worm A on the end of the drum or other shaft drives a worm - wheel B on the cam shaft C, which carries a double heartshaped cam D, Fig. 4. The two hearts of the cam are set at an angle so as to act on bowls F carried by a rocking lever E pivoted at its lower end G. The upper end of the rocking lever is slotted to receive an adjustable stud H connected by a link J to the traverse bar I.
Patent GB-190811048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Producing Scenic Effects in Miniature.
Inventor: VALVERO PAUL
Filed: 1908-05-21
Granted: 1908-08-20
Abstract: 11,048. Valvero, P. May 21. Toy panoramas ; theatres.-Relates to mechanism for operating toys or models and for producing scenic effects on a miniature stage. A representation of a naval scene is produced by iinparting a wave movement to a painted sheet representing the sea by means of intermittent jets of air from pipes beneath the sheet, and by supplying smoke to the ships to represent conflagrations. The mechanism is worked by a motor controlled by a mercury switch 2, which is operated by a weighted arm 3 held down by a catch 5. The motor drives a shaft 6, which turns a shaft 7 carrying a worm gearing with a wheel on the shaft 10. A tappet 11 on the shaft 10 causes a roller 15 carrying a drum 17 to be pressed on the roller 16, thereby setting in action a drum which raises the curtain, which is held in the raised position by a catch engaging a stop on the drum. The shaft 6 drives a crank-shaft 24, which operates the bellows and pumps air into a valve box, from which air is supplied alternately to pipes 29 by valves actuated by rods operated by cams on a shaft driven from the, shaft 7. Smoke for the fuonels and conflagrations is drawn from a nozzle by a bellows into a box from which it proceeds by a tube 45 to the valve 46, actuated by rods and a cam 47, so that smoke may pass either to the tube 48 and thence to the funnels, or to the interior of the ship through the valve 50 which is operated by a cam 51. A cam 52 on the shaft 10 actuates rods 53, 54, causing a cradle on which a ship is mounted to rock and produce the illusion of a ship foundering. The stage is illuminated by white and green lamps 57 controlled by a revolving rheostat on the shaft 10, so that the white lamps are gradually extinguished and the green ones gradually switched on. The lamp 61 behind the screen 62 represents the moon. To imitate guns, a drum-stick is caused to strike a sheet of iron by means of an electro-magnet. After the shaft 10 has made one revolution, a projection on the shaft moves an arm which by .means of a cord releases the curtain ; another projection causes a loaded pendulum 76 to swing against the catch 5 and thus release the weighted arm 3 to switch off the power.
Patent GB-190813328-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves for use in connection with Bottling Machines.
Inventor: LUMLEY MAITLAND
Filed: 1908-06-23
Granted: 1909-04-01
Abstract: 13,328. Lumley, M. June 23. Bottling.-Relates to means by which, in the event of a bottle becoming cracked or broken during the operation of filling, the liquid-supply valve is immediately closed. The valve consists generally of a fixed casing and a rotary part b which is held in open position against the action of a spring k by a locking-lever d controlled by a diaphragm g which is open on one side to the atmosphere and on the other side is in communication with the pressure in the bottle. If the bottle bursts, the diaphragm collapses and releases the locking-lever so that the valve closes automatically. The locking-lever d is pivoted on the valve casing, and has a pin d<1> which engages a recess l<1> on the rotary part b when the valve is fully open, as shown by dotted lines. The lever is tilted into its operative position by a pin e, the head e' of which bears against the diaphragm h which is mounted in a chamber g. The diaphragm communicates by passages f<1>, g<1> with the atmosphere and filling-head respectively. Gas is admitted to the bottle by a tube i surrounding the liquid pipe i<1>. When the bottle is filled, the lever d is tripped mechanically, but, if the bottle becomes damaged, the lever is released by the collapse of the diaphragm. In either case the valve is closed by a spring k fixed at one end to a stud b<3> on the part b and at the other end to the casing of an adjacent valve. According to the Provisional Specification, a valve or piston may be used instead of the diaphragm.
Patent GB-190814144-A (GB)
Title: A Medicinal Food.
Inventor: COLLINS ELIZA ANNIE
Filed: 1908-07-03
Granted: 1908-10-29
Abstract: 14,144. Collins, E. A., and Chittenden, R. A. July 3, Cocoa preparations.-A medicinal food is composed of cocoa and slippery-elm bark.
Patent GB-190814555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Band Clutches specially applicable for Automobiles.
Inventor: IRISARRI ANTONIO MONTENEGRO E
Filed: 1908-07-09
Granted: 1908-12-10
Abstract: 14,555. Montenegro Ú Irisarri, A. July 9. Clutches.-In band friction clutches for automobiles &c., the band d is connected at its two ends to arms f, e of a lever g pivoted on a bracket j on the shaft b, the band being brought into engagement with the drum c by a spring k secured to the lever end, and disengaged by a link s and bell-crank lever r. An operating-shaft l carries a lever m and roller o adapted to move the sleeve n against a roller q on the lever r.
Patent GB-190814937-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Homologues of Para-amino-phenylarsinic Acid.
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 14,937. Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³nlng. July 19, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. p-Aminoarylarsinic acids are produced by heating o- or m-toluidine or p-aylidine with arsenic acid, excess of the base being present. Dyes, artificial.-The above compounds can be diazotized and combined with the usual azo components to form dye-stuffs which resemble the corresponding sulphanilic acid dye-stuffs. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 9t (3) (a), comprises also the heating of the above-mentioned bases with arsenic acid in molecular quantities; this subjectmatter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190816437-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Stoking Indicator Mechanism.
Inventor: FORSYTH ROBERT
Filed: 1908-08-04
Granted: 1909-05-06
Abstract: 16,437. Forsyth, R., and Hanscom, W. W. Aug. 4. Indicators or annunciatora; signals, time-alarm. -An apparatus for notifying the times for the firing of the different furnaces of a battery of boilers comprises an electric switch, which automatically and at predetermined intervals closes the circuits of the lamps of an indicating- device. The arrangement is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 7 in connexion with two stokeholes with eight furnaces in each. The rotary switch L operated by a motor A, completes circuits at predetermined intervals, and in regular succession, through lamps 1 ... 8. Simultaneously with the closing of each circuit the switch 20 is operated and an alarm T is sounded. The illumination of a lamp notifies the stoker that fuel should be supplied to the corresponding furnace. The switch comprises a rotary arm L, Fig. 4, with two brushes L<1>, L', the former of which makes contact with a continuous ring N, and the latter with spaced contacts 1<1> ... 8<1> corresponding with the lamps of the indicating-devices and the furnaces. The arm is mounted on a shaft b driven through worm gearing from a motor A, the speed of which can be varied according to the demand for steam. The indicator consists of a casing R, Fig. 6, divided by a partition S into two compartments, one for the lamps U and the other for an alarm bell T. Each lamp is surrounded by a casing T<1> closed at the outer end by a numbered transparent disk f. Any or all of the lamps may be cut out of circuit by suitable switches.
Patent GB-190817354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brake Mechanism for Cycles, Motor Cycles, Tricars and the like.
Inventor: MITCHELL ALBERT EDWARD
Filed: 1908-08-18
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 17,354. Mitchell, A. E. Aug. 18. Brakes.-In brake mechanism for cycles, motorcycles, &c., in which the brake-actuating rod is enclosed in the head or like part of the cycle, a two-part telescopic rod is used, within one of the elements of which is situated a co-axial rod fitted with a nut and adapted by an axial movement to expand one of the members into secure connexion with the other. As applied to a front wheel rim-brake, the pads a are mounted on a fork b secured to a tubular member c which passes into the stem d of the fork e. The other member g of the actuating-rod telescopes into the member c and is provided with a collar h, to the other end of which is screwed a short tube i. The collar h is slotted to receive one end of a short lever j, passing through an aperture in the stem of the handle-bar and secured to the end of an ordinary pivoted or oscillatory brake lever k. The two members of the operating-rod are connected together by means of a rod l with an enlargement m at its lower end, which is adapted to expand the slit lower end of the tube g into connexion with the tube c. The upper end of the rod l is screwed to receive a nut n, which is prevented from rotating by a projection which engages a slot in the collar h. The rod l can be moved up and down by rotating a screw o, which operates with the nut n and is situated on the exterior of the handle-bar. For withdrawing the brake after releasing the operating-lever, a spring q is placed between the collar h and the upper end of the handle-bar stem. The brake may be locked in the operative position by screwing a nut r on the tube i. In order to guard against theft, the nut may be provided with special notches necessitating the use of a special key. The brake fork b is adapted to slide between suitable guide-pieces p provided on the fork.