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Patent GB-191205443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Dry Cleaning Fabrics.
Inventor: BAKER JAMES ELLIOTT
IPC: F16B5/00
Filed: 1912-03-04
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 5443. Baker, J. E. March 4. Cleaning c l o t h e s ; carpets, furs, rugs, and the like, beating, brushing, and c l e a n i n g mechanically.-In machines for dry-cleaning fabrics in which the fabric is supported on an endless apron enclosed in a casing provided with a fan for extracting the dust, and is acted on by rotary beaters striking against its surface, the beaters are arranged to vibrate upper and lower endless aprons between which the fabric is supported. The fabric is led over the table 26, beneath the rotary feeding-brush 28, and between the endless travelling aprons 6, 12 of wire cloth or other foraminous material. Within each apron is a rotary beater comprising strips of material 21 such as leather bolted to angle-plates secured to the periphery of a wheel. The beaters are preferably out of line with each other, as shown. Tensioning-devices 23 for the apron are employed. Vacuum pipes 32, 33 within each apron and a slit 30 on the table communicate with a common conduit leading to an exhausting-apparatus. In a modified form, the drums supporting the upper apron are each nearer to the centre of the machine than the drums of the lower apron, and the machine is constructed in two parts, as follows, so as to operate on fabrics of any width. The upper apron and heater are housed in a suspended casing supported on adjustable posts beyond the ends of the machine, while the lower apron, table, and beater are enclosed in a casing directly beneath the upper arm. The fabric is passed into the slit between the adjacent edges of the two casings, which is varied in width by adjusting the upper casing on the posts.
Patent GB-191206683-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Hydrogen.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: C01B3/00
Filed: 1912-03-18
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 6683. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. March 18. Right to Patent relinquished. Hydrogen.-In the process of making hydrogen by the alternate oxidation with steam and reduction of ferruginous material, the latter is obtained by allowing molten iron oxide to solidify. Thus, artificially - produced or natural oxygen compounds of iron are melted, or iron is melted in the presence of oxygen, or of oxidizing-material, and the melt then allowed to solidify. Preferably there is added, before or during melting, an oxide or oxy-compound, or a compound giving rise to either of these, which is non-reducible or difficultly reducible to the metal, and has preferably a high melting-point, for example, magnesia, zirconia, or a silicate. In place of the artificially-formed ferruginous material, similar natural iron ores, for example magnetite, may be used.
Patent GB-191207473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving-gear for Power-driven Vehicles.
Inventor: HARTLEY GUY MARVIN
IPC: F16D41/16
Filed: 1912-03-27
Granted: 1913-03-27
Abstract: 7473. Hartley, G. M. March 27. Free-wheel gearing. - The rear wheels of a power-driven vehicle are so connected to the driving-axle that either is free to overrun the other when the vehicle is turning, and simultaneous overrunning of the wheels relative to the axle beyond a certain extent is prevented in both directions. The wheels, which carry drums 5 having internal cogs 6, are freely mounted upon a continuous hollow axle 1. A disk 7 carrying a pivoted double pawl 10 is also freely mounted on the axle 1 within each drum and bears with some friction against the face of the drum so as to move with the wheel. An actuator 15, having shoulders 14, is keyed to the axle 1 adjacent to each disk 7, and is adapted to move one end or the other of the pawl 10 into engagement with the cogs 6 and transmit the drive to the wheels. A rod 2 passes through the axle 1 and has a pin 3 near each end passing through an opening 4 in the axle into a notch 8 in the disk 7. When one wheel overruns the other, the disk 7 is carried with it, and the side of the notch 8 moves the pin 3 until the pin at the other end of the rod 2 is arrested by the opposite side of the other notch 8. The notches 8 are so proportioned that the pawl 10 on the overrunning side then occupied a middle position with respect to the act ator 15 and is held clear of the cogs 6 by nees 16 on the actuator. The openings 4 are made twice the width of the notches 8 so that in the event of both wheels overrunning the a le, the pins and disks 7 can rotate through a farther distance and engage the opposite ends of the pawls with the cap.
Patent GB-191207520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ribbon Inking-devices for Printing Machines.
Inventor: DICKER STANLEY GORDON SINCLAIR
IPC: B41L47/48
Filed: 1912-03-28
Granted: 1913-03-27
Abstract: 7520. Dicker, S. G. S., [Rogers Addresser Co.]. March 28. Ink - ribbon mechanism.- Relates to ink-ribbon mechanism, particularly for addressing - machines, of the kind in which the ribbon has an alternate to - and - fro motion, the extent of the forward movement exceeding that of the backward movement so that a progressive feed is obtained. (1) Feed and spring-drum winding- arrangements. The ribbon is fed between a spring drum 37 and a spool 36 provided with two sets of gear A, B. The ribbon mechanism is driven from the driving-shaft of the machine by a chain 9, the direction of movement of the ribbon being controlled by a clutch 65 actuated by a rotary cam 75 driven from the printing-drum. The cam 75 is arranged so that, at the commencement of the printing - stroke, the bell - crank lever 72 is tilted to engage the clutch 65 with the gear-wheel b of the train A, which is adapted to pay out the ribbon from the spool 36 at the same speed as the printing-drum. At the end of the printing-stroke a spring 34 returns the lever 72 and engages the clutch 65 with the gear-wheel g of the train B, which is adapted to retract the ribbon slowly to a greater extent than it was paid out. (2) Automatic reversal. A nut 76 on the shaft 75<1> of the gear-wheel f follows the to-and-fro motion of the ribbon and gradually moves along the shaft as the ribbon is progressively fed. This nut actuates one arm 82 of a throw-over linkage 82, 83, so that, when the spool 36 is nearly full and the nut 76 has correspondingly reached the right-hand limit of its travel, the linkage 82, 83 is thrown over by a spring 86, and a lever 79 is operated to displace the cam 75 and to bring a second cam 74 into engagement with the lever 72. The length of the cam 74 is such that it causes a greater length of ribbon to be paid out from the spool 36 than is retracted, thus reversing the feed.
Patent GB-191207643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Driven Dental Engines and the like.
Inventor: KROPMAN SAMUEL MEEREW
IPC: A61C1/00
Filed: 1912-03-29
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 7643. Kropman, S. M. March 29. Engraving.-The hand-piece of an electricallydriven dental, engraving, or vibratory engine is fitted with a switch which is closed bv firmly gripping the hand-piece, and is readily attached and detached and adjusted to and from the tool; a small electric lamp may be attached. The switch comprises a preferably wood or vulcanite block d, which is snapped on the handpiece c by a spring clip e, and has a contact g; a wood or vulcanite lever f is hinged to the block, preferably by a flat spring f<1>, which serves as the other contact. The lamp L is controlled by the same switch. The clip e may be replaced by a set-screw or clamp, or the block may be in halves fitting round the handpiece.
Patent GB-191207965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable-speed Gearing.
Inventor: VOLKENING WALTER
IPC: F16H29/06
Filed: 1912-04-02
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 7965. Volkening, W. April 2. Variable-speed ratchet gearing comprises arresting-elements or pawls h, Figs. 2 and 3, in combination with a ring e upon a driving-eccentric b, and an Oldham's coupling with grooved and feathered disks c<1>, f, g. The ring e is loose upon the eccentric b, which is carried by a driving-shaft a, and the function of the Oldham's coupling is to cause a driven shaft g<1> to rotate turn for turn with the ring c. The pawls h are pivoted upon a fixed casing o and pressed by springs m so that their points tend to engage ratchet teeth upon the ring e. As the shaft a rotates, the ring e is caused to turn by the pawls h slowly in the opposite direction. The speed of the shaft g<1> is varied continuously from rest as the throw of the eccentric b is increased from zero. For this purpose, the eccentric b is mounted upon an inner relativelymovable eccentric a'. In a modified arrangement shown in Fig. 8, the loose ring e<2> carried by the driving-eccentric b carries spring- pressed friction pawls h<1> adapted to engage a suitable surface o<2> upon the casing o. Both constructions may be modified by holding the concentric disk g of the coupling stationary, and causing a loose part corresponding to the casing u to be driven.
Patent GB-191208070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Regulation of the Frequency Produced by Polyphase Induction Generators.
IPC: H02K27/12
Filed: 1912-04-03
Granted: 1913-05-05
Abstract: 8070. Siemens - Schuckertwerke. April 3, 1911, [Convention date]. Alternating - current commutator machines. -Relates to polyphase commutator self-excited generators which are used to supply currents of varying frequency and voltage to induction motors and in which the frequency depends upon the relative magnitude of and phase difference between the rotor and stator voltages, as is described in Specification 28,081/10. According to the invention, in order to produce stable working voltages approximately proportional to the frequency, a generator is used in which the load-current circuits of the stator s and rotor r, Fig. 1, are connected in series, and the field-strength of the generator is altered at the same time as the frequency by means of a transformer t, used either alone or in conjunction with a choking-coil, the saturation of which is such that, as the frequency of the generator is reduced by adjusting the transformer t, the voltage drops in an approximately proportional manner. The transformer t may be an induction regulator, or two separate transformers, or a single transformer having two separate windings, may be used. The number of primary turns of the transformer may be varied, and a choking-coil, with an adjustable number of turns, may be inserted across the mains to assist the transformer t. The axes of the stator and rotor windings need not coincide, and the series connexion may be effected through a transformer. The secondary current from the tnmsformer t may be led to a special winding for exciting the generator field insteaa of to the stator load-current windings only.
Patent GB-191210399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Blast Furnaces for the Smelting of Iron and other Ores.
Inventor: ROGERSON THOMAS BOND
IPC: C21B7/00
Filed: 1912-05-02
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 10,399. Rogerson, T. B. May 2. Blast furnaces; charging. - A blast furnace is provided below the usual cup - and - cone charging-device f with an inverted truncated conical hopper i which extends down to a point above the level of a number of upwardlydirected outlets k communicating with a gas main e. The level of the charge is maintained above the lower end of the hopper i so that a seal is formed to prevent escape of gas and dust when the bell f is lowered. Outlets o leading from the top of the hopper to the gas main, and the usual ' bleeder ' m, and explosion holes l are provided.
Patent GB-191210812-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable Easel.
Inventor: WYNNE EDMUND KENDRICK
IPC: A47B97/08
Filed: 1912-05-07
Granted: 1913-05-07
Abstract: 10,812. Wynne, E. K. May 7. Easel stands.-A frame A, Fig. I, mounted upon legs B, has its side members recessed to receive threaded trunnions L, M, on a bar, Fig. II, which is slotted to admit hooks S, Fig. III, having screwed ends by which the work is secured to the bar. According to the Provisional Specification, a sliding clip is mounted upon the top bar of the frame.
Patent GB-191212747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: ZEUMER HERMANN
IPC: B60C19/00
Filed: 1912-05-30
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 12,747. Zeumer, H. March 4, [Convention date]. Air tubes and chambers; jackets and covers.- The tyre comprises a tube s which is rendered vacuous (through the stem r and valve h), and an outer cover m<2>, the spaces between the tube and cover containing air at atmospheric pressure. The tube s may be fitted with cross ties in the form of helical springs or rubber webs. A rubber tread ring m<1> and metal band bare secured to the cover by means of rivets o and spaced metal plates c. The side walls of the outer cover may be circumferentially corrugated.
Patent GB-191218208-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Covering for Billiard Tables and the like.
IPC: D03D23/00
Filed: 1912-08-07
Granted: 1913-01-02
Abstract: 18,208. Holborow, H. R., and Howard & Powell. Aug. 7. Twills, broken. Cloths for billiard tables &c. are woven with the threads arranged in the manner shown.
Patent GB-191221191-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Displaying Advertisements, Communicating Messages or Signalling both during Light and Darkness.
IPC: G09F13/28
Filed: 1912-09-17
Granted: 1913-12-17
Abstract: 21,191. Naylor, J. P., and Naylorgraph, Ltd. Sept. 17. Monogrammic signals.-A signal is formed by inserting elements in the proper members of a series of apertures arranged in monogrammic formation. Fig. 1 shows an element consisting of a day display part F and a lamp A. The element is inserted in an aperture N, contact being made between the sleeve and the springs H<1>, and the stem D and springs I'. In another form the apertures are normally covered by a pivoted plate which is moved aside to allow the display element to be inserted, and then engages in a notch in the spindle of the element to lock it in place. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement for maintaining the resistance of the circuit ot a panel constant. The locking-plate K is released by a key acting on the lock O. When the lock moves, the circuit is opened at the contact T and after the elements to form a signal have been inserted, the correct amount of the resistance R to be included so as to make with the lamps a fixed total, is obtained by moving the part P till the pointer X is opposite the letter on the scale Y<1>. In another form, the insertion of a display element is arranged to cut out of circuit a resistance unit equal to its own resistance. Each unit may consist of a number of lamps of different colour. The display elements may be illuminated by gas, the insertion of an element then inclnding the coupling of the socket of the element to a gas supply pipe. Specification 18,286/10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191221867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Oil Switches.
IPC: H01H33/55
Filed: 1912-09-25
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 21,867. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges.]. Sept. 25. Oil switches.-Explosions in oil switches are avoided by preventing the glowing particles that are discharged from the contacts when the circuit is broken from coming into contact at the surface of the oil with the combustible gases produced by the arc by means of a perforated screen such as woven wire 4 or the like, with its edges secured to the walls of the oil-tank 1, arranged between the contacts 2, 3 and the surface of the oil, the apertures in the screen permitting the escape of the gases to the surface but obstructing the passage of glowing particles from the contacts.
Patent GB-191223438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Resonators for Sound Reproducing Machines.
Inventor: RICHTER ADOLF
Filed: 1912-10-14
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 23,438. Richter, A. Oct 14. Trumpets, arranging and supporting; tone-arms; cases.-A wooden trumpet 2 is formed by sounding-boards 3 with longitudinal ribs 4 secured by sounding-tubes or bars 5 which bear on or are connected to the resonance box 1 so that both box and trumpet vibrate together. The trumpet has wooden bends 6 and connexions 7 for the tone-arm 8, which is hollowed out from a solid piece of wood. Sounding-partitions 9 may be used to form compartments, which may serve as a playing or motor chamber or both. The trumpet is preferably elliptical in cross-section. The tone-arm and turntable may be outside the box.
Patent GB-191226876-A (GB)
Title: Improved Trap for Mice and the like.
Inventor: THOMAS LODWICK
IPC: A01M23/04
Filed: 1912-11-22
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 26,876. Thomas, L. Nov. 22. Animal traps. - In a self-setting trap for rats, mice, &c., the depression of a weighted platform l by the animal moves a rod m out of engagement with the bent portion j of the door rod h allowing the door to close. The animal passes up the passage e, and is precipitated by the depression of the platform o into a water-tank c. At the same time, the end of a lever n pushes the rod h back and thus allows the rod m to engage the portion j again. To prevent the rod h from being pushed back until the platform o has been depressed, a bent portion k<1> of a trip member k drops down behind the step and holds it in position. A light flap r, the movement of which is controlled by stops s, facilitates the precipitation of the animal into the tank c.
Patent GB-191228001-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Producing Bodies and Coatings of Glass and other Substances.
Inventor: MORF ERIKA
IPC: B05B7/18
Filed: 1912-12-04
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 28,001. Morf, E. Dec. 18, 1911, [Convention date]. Ornamenting. - Relates to processes in which molten substances, such as metal and glass, are sprayed on to a surface, and consists in feeding a solid body of the fusible substance towards a melting-appliance, and blowing the molten drops against the surface. The glass or metal, preferably in the form of wire or rod a, is melted by a blowpipe c, or otherwise, and the melted drops are pulverized by an air blast d and projected upon the surface e to be coated where they solidify to form a coherent layer. Glass, metal, or other bodies of any desired shape and thickness may be formed by coating a body of the desired shape by the above-described method and then removing the coating. Medallions, wood mouldings, and artificial stone may be coated by the method described.
Patent GB-191307084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Potato Diggers.
Inventor: KLINGHAMMER CHARLES
IPC: A01D17/10
Filed: 1913-03-25
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 7084. Klinghammer, C. March 25. Fixed-bucket elevators; receptacles, attaching to belts; discharging-devices; buckets covered by travelling band. - Apparatus for elevating potatoes in a potato - harvester comprises two endless belts 52, 53 having opposed parallel and vertical parts which are prevented from yielding by supports 66. The belt 53 carries sheet-metal buckets 67 open at the top and end, and having a sloping bottom. The buckets have bearing- flanges 69, 70 to engage the belt, and are removably connected to it by rods 73 passing through projecting lugs or eyes. The belt 52 closes the outer ends of the buckets as they ascend. The belts are driven in opposite directions from the shaft 18 by chain and spur gearing.
Patent GB-191308350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Heavy Hydrocarbons.
Inventor: BUGNON ACHILLE
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1912-11-19
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 8350. Bugnon, A. Nov. 19, 1912. Atmospheric vapour burners.-An atmospheric vapour burner using heavy hydrocarbons is provided with burner heads fitted by their upper ends into the mixture-distributing chamber and consisting of cylindrical chambers each having a single small inlet and outlet, respectively in its lower end and top cover. In one arrangement, the combustible mixture is delivered by a mixing-nozzle arranged transversely above the burner to a rectangular distributing-chamber, which decreases in depth from the middle towards two opposite sides. The burner heads 2 are arranged so as to obtain an equal discharge through each, those on the periphery of the chamber being arranged with their inlets 5, which are provided in the vertical wall, as in Fig. 4, away from the direction of the mixture flow, while the other burner heads are furnished with an inlet preferably in their bottom walls. Specifications 26,569/12 and 8349/13 are referred to.
Patent GB-191308913-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Skylights or Ventilators.
Inventor: HATTON EZRA
IPC: E05F11/12
Filed: 1913-04-16
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 8913. Hatton, E. April 16. Skylights; dormers and roof - lights. - A dormer skylight is provided with a top sash or ventilator C hinged at D, and a front hinged or pivoted sash or ventilator B, the sashes &c. being connected to a bell-crank lever F by means of links G, E. When the sashes &c. are open, the pivots F<1>, G<1>, C<1> are in line. The front sash B may be replaced by a pair of hopper windows or ventilators connected by a link which is pivoted to the link E.
Patent GB-191309823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Appliances for Spraying or Atomizing Liquids by Air or Gases.
Inventor: SAMUELSON ERNEST
IPC: B01F5/00
Filed: 1913-04-26
Granted: 1914-04-27
Abstract: 9823. Samuelson, E., and Backhouse, J. April 26. Air-pressure sprayers; nozzles for producing whirling and like sprays.-In a device for producing a whirling spray. liquid supplied through the passage b emerges from the valve-controlled nozzle a and meets a current of air or gas which has been forced into the chamber c through the tangential pipe d. The mixed spray and gas passes through the orifice e in the cap f, which can be adjusted to or from the nozzle. An iris diaphragm h is also provided. Applications mentioned are humidifying air, damping flour or grain, and spraying liquid fuel for internalcombustion engines.
Patent GB-191314532-A (GB)
Title: Device for Controlling the Speed of, or Stopping Trains and the like by Means out of Control of Engine Crew.
Inventor: FINDLAY ALEXANDER
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1913-06-24
Granted: 1914-06-24
Abstract: 14,532. Findlay, A., and Findlay, J, D. F. June 24. Track apparatus actuating signals on and for stopping trains. - A double-incline ramp 2 is slidably mounted on bearings 3 and so held raised by a counterweight extension 5 except when lowered by rods 6 working in conjunction with or independently of the signals. The.ramp, which may have a hard wood, lead, or rubber contacting surface, operates an engine contact F carrying a wheel L in ball bearings. The contact F is held down by a spring E, and when raised cuts off steam by connexions A, and applies the brakes, operates the whistle, and displays indication signals through connexions B. The operation is temporary, unless the speed is above a predetermined figure, when a wheel-driven governor K will operate a bellcrank lever S to force a spring-pressed pawl O into the teeth C of the rod F to hold it up until the speed is reduced. The height of the ramps is adjusted according to their position on the track, to operate the engine apparatus to different extents.
Patent GB-191316794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Jacquards.
Inventor: WHALLEY THOMAS HENRY
IPC: D03C3/24
Filed: 1913-07-22
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 16,794. Whalley, T. H. July 22. [Addition to 17,883/12.] Jacquards.-In a jacquard as described in the parent Specification, each jacquard cylinder A, B is caused to rotate in either direction or to remain stationary according to the position of pairs of hooks A, A' and B', B<2> controlled by pegged lattices on a cylinder C, the turning-pawl of which is controlled by one or by a pair of the jacquard lifting-hooks.