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Patent GB-191002748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
IPC: H02P1/18
Filed: 1910-02-03
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 2748. Adams Manufacturing Co., [Cutler Hammer Manufacturing Co.]. Feb. 3. Controllers, actuating-mechanism for; controllers with underload release. - Controllers, of the type having a no-volt release locking the arm by means of ratchet mechanism at any part of its travel, are provided with an auxiliary switch to shortcircuit the no-volt coil directly at the will of the operator. The invention is described as applied to an arm 9, Fig. 1, connected to one main and having a notched drum 25 cooperating with a latch 30, which is pulled into gear with the drum by no - volt coils 33, 34. The coils are shortcircuited by depressing a push 22 in the handle, thereby causing a contact in electrical connexion with the arm to engage a segment 3, a wire from which is in parallel with the coils and leads through a resistance to the other main. The field-controlling brush 14, Fig. 2, and the short-circuiting brush 18<a>, are mounted in metal cylinders on the arm. The field brush is pressed on to its contacts 6, Fig. 1, by a spring 16, and the brush 18a is pressed outwards together with the push 22, with which it is integral, by a spring 23. In a modification a push in the handle is depressed on to a contact 55, Fig. 3, insulated from the arm and connected by a wire 54 to a stud 53 which rubs on a segment 52.
Patent GB-191004276-A (GB)
Title: Brakes for Sledges.
Inventor: VELTE KARL
IPC: B62B17/08
Filed: 1910-02-21
Granted: 1910-06-09
Abstract: 4276. Velte, K. Feb. 21. No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Skid.-Sledges are braced by a plunger f carrying a toothed shoe f<1>, which is depressed against the action of a spring g, in a casing k on one of the runners, by a hand-lever a. The lever a can be locked in position by a toothed segment h.
Patent GB-191005710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed Gearing.
Inventor: AESCHBACH FRIEDRICH
IPC: F16H9/06
Filed: 1910-03-07
Granted: 1910-09-29
Abstract: 5710. Aeschbach, F. April 27, 1909, [Convention date]. Variable-speed belt gearing.-In variable gearing comprising one step-pulley only, members for shifting the belt are parts of a guiding and tensioning device, which simultaneously shifts and maintains the tension of the belt. The belt r when transmitting power passes from the step-pulley c secured to a power shaft b over guide-pulleys i. The pulleys i are loosely mounted on a spindle g supported at its ends in blocks h. The blocks h are adapted to slide on inclined guides e secured to a frame a. The blocks h also serve as guides and supports for rods k, which carry belt forks n. The blocks h &c. are moved to vary the speed by a slotted operating-lever p pivoted in a bearing o to the frame a. The rods k, which then have a parallel motion, are moved lengthwise also by inclined guide-rods f. In the con6guration shown, the belt r is upon a.loose pulley d. When the belt r is on the part of the pulley c of smallest diameter, the pulleys i are nearest to the pulley c.
Patent GB-191006394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Buoyant Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: CHRISTIANSEN CHRISTIAN MICHAEL
IPC: B63C9/08
Filed: 1910-03-14
Granted: 1910-08-11
Abstract: 6394. Christiansen, C. M. March 14. [Addition to 13,642/09.] Buoyant garments. - In wearing-apparel rendered buoyant as described in the parent Specification, the cork is replaced by some soft and easily-flexible material in places where the apparel during wear is exposed to violent flexions.
Patent GB-191011257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Purifying, Cooling and Delivering Air.
Inventor: PRESTON WALTER REUBEN
IPC: B01D47/16
Filed: 1910-05-06
Granted: 1911-05-08
Abstract: 11,257. Preston, W. R., [Rogers, W. S.]. May 6. Filtering.-In apparatus for purifying, cooling; and delivering air, particularly in connexion with the ventilation of railway carriages, ships, and other vehicles; of the type comprising' a casing containing a moistened screen and a fan, the casing is contracted in the direction of the discharge orifice so that the purified air is delivered in the direction of the axis of the fan. The casing q containing the fan d and rotary screen c is contracted towards the discharge orifice j so as to be of a bell-shape. The fan is mounted on the shaft of an electromotor f which rotates the screen through speed-reducing gearing. The screen is made of absorbent material such as woven fabric or khus-khus grass carried in a circular framing, which dips into a tank b containing water or other liquid and provided with depending lips p to prevent splashing. Virtually all the air delivered by the fan is compelled to pass through the screen. The fan and screen need not be co-axial, and the screen may be stationary if means are provided for keeping it moist all over. The discharge orifice may be slightly flared as shown. The casing q may be conical. Fig. 5 shows a modification in which a partly spherically-shaped casing is suspended from a roof by means of a universal joint in the form of a ball and socket u. As an alternative, the casing may .be mounted in a gimbal frame. In a further modification, which is described in connexion with the clere-story roof of a railway coach, a spherically-shaped casing containing a fan and motor, which revolve on a vertical axis, is mounted in a gimbal ring secured to an annular tank suspended by links from the carriage roof. An absorbent screen is mounted on the top of the tank and is provided with wicks which dip into the liquid. Horizontally-arranged springs prevent extensive lateral movement of the tank. A revolving screen may be substituted and water sprayed thereon or allowed to fall thereon drop by drop.
Patent GB-191011453-A (GB)
Title: A Mixing and Grinding-mill.
Inventor: KOECHLING CONRAD
IPC: B02C15/14
Filed: 1910-05-09
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 11,453. K÷chling, C. May 9. Edge-runners and pans and like mills. - Apparatus for mixing and grinding colours, varnishes, core-sand, loam, &c., and for obtaining oils and grease from raw materials, comprises rollers d, Figs. 1 and 2, intermittently reciprocated on a revolving disk a which is mounted eccentrically on a vertical shaft b. The outer ends of the shafts c of the rollers are guided in supports f, and the inner ends are carried by a cross-bar h, which is operated by a crank i on the shaft b. The slot in which the crank works is arranged so that the cross-bar is moved only during the first and third quarters of the revolution of the crank. The shaft b is driven by bevel-gearing o, and rests in a bearing k supported on wedges l, which can be moved towards or from each other so as to raise or lower the disk a by means of a screwed rod n actuated through gearing p from a hand-shaft r. Rods s fixed at their ends to cross-bars and passing through openings h<1> in the head h prevent the head from turning. Scoops y for turning the material over are carried by a concentric ring t, which is pressed down on the disk a, and scrapers x are carried by cross-bars w. The materials are fed in by a worm u carried by the ring t, and the ground.and mixed product passes through a slot in the ring to a delivery worm v.
Patent GB-191013654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Vulcanised Fibre Cylinders and the like.
Inventor: STOREY ISAAC HENRY
IPC: B29C35/00
Filed: 1910-06-06
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 13,654. Storey, I. H., and Parkinson, J. June 6. Fibrous pipes and tubes. - Seamless vulcanized fibre cylinders and the like are made by machines in which one pair or a set of mandrels or rollers serve to produce cylinders of different diameters. The mandrel employed comprises two rollers c, d adapted to be moved towards or away from each other. Jockey pulleys or rollers e may be used to press against the material a being wound. In a modification the mandrel is formed by several rollers all of which can be moved away from or towards a centre by means of screws. In another modification, the material is passed round a paper, metal, or like cylinder which is driven by a roller within the cylinder.
Patent GB-191016443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning, Separating and Classifying Metalliferous Ores.
Inventor: HARRIS GEORGE HICKS
IPC: B03B5/62
Filed: 1910-07-09
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 16,443. Harris, G. H. July 9. Upward-current classifiers. - A classifier comprises a number of superposed sections, the outlets between which are adjustable, and a valve for controlling the water inlet actuated by a float in the separating - vessel. Water is supplied through a pipe p and a funnelshaped member m to an externallyscrewed pipe k, on which are mounted relatively adjustable e sections b, c, f. The material to be treated is fed through a shoot 20 and a funnel n into the liquid in the section b. The water rises from the bottom of the pipe k through an adjustable grid s and through the sections f, c, b. The lightest and intermediate materials pass out at 2, 2<1>, and are discharged through rotatably adjustable troughs 5 and shoots 6, while the heaviest materials pass through the grid s and an opening r<1> to a shoot z. An annular float 12 in the section b is connected through adjustable rods 11 to plug valves 8, 15 so that a rise in the water-level causes the pipe p to be closed, and the opening r<1> to be further opened, so that the level is rapidly restored. Blades 16 may be provided on the end of the valve-rod 14, so that the valves 8, 15 may be rotated by the outgoing liquid; or the valves may be otherwise rotated. In a modification, the water-level is controlled by a ball-float lever, and the grid s is not adjustable.
Patent GB-191019042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clips for Dress, Hat Guards, or the like purposes.
Inventor: MORTON THOMAS
IPC: A42B7/00
Filed: 1910-08-13
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 19,042. Morton, T. Aug. 13. Clips, pivoted-jaw.-In clips for dresses, hatguards, &c., of the type in which a gripping- lever is hinged to the body of the clip and is adapted to be snapped on to it, downturned portions are formed upon the lever which spring over the yielding edges of the upper plate of the clip. The clip C, Fig. 5, is formed from a metal blank 12<a>, of the form shown in Fig. 7, having a slot 13 to permit the yielding of the portions 12<c> when the downturned parts 15 of the lever 16 snap over them. The upper plate of the clip may be rigid, and the parts 15 adapted to yield. An aperture 12<b> serves for attachment of the cord 14, and prongs 17 on the lever grip the article when the clip is in the closed position. A clip of similar form made from wire is shown in Fig. 9.
Patent GB-191019749-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stair Rod Eye.
Inventor: HARMAN WILLIAM WALTER
IPC: A47G27/06
Filed: 1910-08-24
Granted: 1911-08-03
Abstract: 19,749. Harman, W. W. Aug. 24. Stair-rod eyes. - A stair-rod eye capable of easy detachment consists of an inner part B, Fig. 3, of trough section, pierced for the rod, a spring F, Fig. 6, spiked at E for pressing into the stair, and an outer removable sheath A, Fig. 8. The spring F is kept in place by ribs D on the inner part B.
Patent GB-191023886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for and in the Method of Knitting Circular Elastic Goods and Hosiery.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON ROWLAND
IPC: D04B15/38
Filed: 1910-10-15
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 23,886. Hutchinson, R. Oct. 15. Circular machines. - In order to produce fashioned circular elastic goods, such as kneecaps, corsets, body-belts, &c., the stitch cam 1 is caused to move up and down during each course to vary the length of loop drawn. This causes one side of the article to be longer than the other, and effects the required curving or pouching. The method described in Specification 29,540/09 for varying the diameter of the article is combined with this. The stitch-cam 1 carries a piece 3 projecting through a vertical - slot 4, and is operated against a spring 5 by a lever 7, the free end of which carries a roller 8, which runs on a cam 12 when the required shaping is to be effected. For making ordinary work, the roller is movable on its stud to a position in which it is unaffected by the cam. In a modified form, Fig. 3, the roller 15 runs on a collar 16 provided with pins 18 and mounted on a screwed stud 14. The cam 17 is provided with oblique inclined surfaces, and the rise and fall of the stitch cam is varied by means of a controlled striker 19, which engages the pins 18. A modified form of cam is made in two parts sliding over one another to vary the number of needles acted thereupon.
Patent GB-191028265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Embroidering Machines.
Inventor: KELLER KARL
IPC: D05C11/08
Filed: 1910-12-05
Granted: 1911-05-18
Abstract: 28,265. Keller, K. Jan. 30, [Convention date]. Embroidery machines.-A braking-device for the thread-tensioning mechanism of embroidery machines comprises the positive connexion of two or more tension rollers by toothed-wheel or chain gearing, or other transmission mechanism, so that all the rollers will rotate through the same angle and all the threads will have the same tension. The threads e, e<1> pass from spools f, f<1> around braking-rollers g, g<1> and over tension levers h, h<1> to the needles c, which are horizontally reciprocated to enter the material d. The needle bars b, b' are carried by guides, which slide on the longitudinal members a, a' of the frame. The resistance of the rollers g, g<1> to the thread is varied by a brake jaw l operated by a handle m and acting on a disk i attached to the braking-roller g. The disk i is geared to a similar disk on the lower compression roller by helical wheels p, p<1> and a vertical spindle q, or by other transmission gear such as a chain, belt, or steel band gear. To allow the separate adjustment of a single braking-roller on occasion, a clutch may be provided on the helical gear-wheels, or in the connecting spindle; or a clutch - controlled differential gear may be used for this purpose.
Patent GB-191029233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ball Bearing Frame Pulleys, Pulley Wheels and Guide Rollers.
Inventor: TONKS WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: F16C13/00
Filed: 1910-12-16
Granted: 1911-05-18
Abstract: 29,233. T o n k s , W. H., and Sparks, W. Dec. 16. Pulleys.-The sheave a of a frame pulley is made in two parts from sheet metal, the inner edges being splayed outwards to form one race of a ball bearing. The contacting inner faces of the sheave parts are machined or ground to ensure the plane of the pulley being square to the axle, and the parts are secured together by riveting.
Patent GB-191030171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Mechanism.
Inventor: CHASE HAROLD MASON
IPC: B64C13/00
Filed: 1910-12-29
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 30,171. Chase, H. M., and Gouverneur, M. F. H. Jan. 4, [Convention date]. Levers; levers, locking. - The hand-lever 1 of the controlling-apparatus of an aeroplane or other machine is mounted on a ball-joint and can be inclined in all directions and also rotated about its own axis. The lever 1 passes through a slot in a ball 5, which is mounted in a casing 3 fixed to the frame of the machine. Collars 11 prevent endlong motion of the lever 1 through the ball 5. On the lever is mounted a spider 6 connected by cords or links 7, 8 to the members to be actuated. The end of the lever is connected by a telescopic rod 12 and universal joints to a drum 9, around which passes a cord 10 for operating the third control member. The ball can be clamped in any position in its casing 3 by a screw 18, Fig. 4, operated by a lever 19 pivoted on the hand-lever 1. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the hand-lever may be mounted to swing in one plane only; this subject - matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191102896-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Navel Rupture Truss.
IPC: A61F5/24
Filed: 1911-02-04
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 2896. Loewy, H., [Firm of]. Feb. 4, 1910, [Convention date]. Trusses.-The pad a is held in place by a spring c which is bent inwards at the centre.
Patent GB-191105651-A (GB)
Title: Removal of Naphthalene from Coal Gas.
Inventor: SIMON ERNEST DARWIN
IPC: C10K1/02
Filed: 1911-03-07
Granted: 1912-04-09
Abstract: 5651. Simon, E. D. March 7. Naphthalene, removing.-Naphthalene is removed from coal gas by passing the gas through a pipe B into a cyclone-extractor A and subjecting the gas, while whirling therein, to a spray of tar from spraying-nozzles D mounted in the roof of the extractor. The naphthalene separates out from the gas and is taken up by the tar, which acquires the whirling motion from the gas and settles on the walls of the extractor, the gas being led away by the pipe C. Specifications 6282/10 and 8379/10 are referred to.
Patent GB-191108775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Universal Joints particularly such as are used on Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: LEWIS EDMUND WOODWARD
IPC: F16D3/221
Filed: 1911-04-08
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 8775. Lewis, E. W. April 8. Universal joints; clutches, friction.-A universal and sliding shaft coupling applicable in connecting the clutch to the gear-box on a motor-vehicle &c., comprises a series of balls in spherical seatings on one shaft end engaging a corresponding series of longitudinal grooves of semicircular cross-section in a sleeve on, or connected to, the other shaft end. In the form shown in Fig. 2, each shaft end is formed with recesses accommodating balls E, which engage longitudinal grooves F in a connecting-sleeve K. The balls may be retained in their recesses by rings L secured to the shafts by set-screws. A lubricant-retaining cover comprises tubular parts M, N engaging part spherical collars O and screwed on to the sleeve K, being locked by a set-screw P. In a form shown in connexion with a clutch of the type described in Specification 15,206/04, one shaft end carries a series of balls, the grooved sleeve forming part of the other shaft.
Patent GB-191113309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Magazine Fire-arms, and in Cartridge Clips for use therewith.
Inventor: WEST CLIFTON
IPC: F41A9/83
Filed: 1911-06-02
Granted: 1911-11-16
Abstract: 13,309. West, C., and Breuning, E. June 2. Ammunition receptacles.-Relates to cartridge clips for charging large-magazine fire-arms, and consists mainly in making them with parallel columns of cartridges, which are inserted one after another into the magazine of the rifle. In the form shown, the clip c, for charging a magazine containing ten cartridges, holds two columns of cartridges in guides e, f by springs h, and has pivots j, either of which may be placed in a notch m in the breech casing of the gun so that the clip may be rocked to bring the columns one after the other in line with the magazine; these positions are determined by the engagement of pins o on the breech casing with holes k on the clip and by stops p.
Patent GB-191114413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cutting-out Presses.
IPC: A43D29/00
Filed: 1911-06-17
Granted: 1912-06-17
Abstract: 14,413. Bates, A., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. June 17. Gearing for stopping and starting machinery. -The stopping and starting mechanism of a single-revolution cutting-out press includes a safety device to ensure that more than one pressing movement cannot occur for each actuation of the treadle. The main shaft B is driven by a pulley and clutch controlled by a rod D<3> connected to an arm E' secured on a rock - shaft E, which carries loosely spring- pressed arms E<2> of the controlling-treadle E<3>. When the treadle is depressed, the lower end F' of a spring-pressed detent lever F pivoted to an extension E<4> of one of the treadle arms actuates a spring-pressed lever G rigidly secured to the shaft E, causing the shaft to move the rod D<3> to throw the driving-clutch into gear. When the shaft B has made one revolution a cam B<1> carried by it engages the upper and enlarged end F<2> of the detent lever, to separate the lower end F' from engagement with the lever G, which is then moved by its spring G<2> to rock the shaft E back again to disconnect the main clutch. At the same time, the rear portion of a two-part adjustable lever J secured to the shaft E engages an adjusting-screw H<2> on the end of a pivoted brake member H, which is forced into engagement with a brake drum B<2>, while the forward end J' of the lever is moved into a position to be engaged by a stop face B<3> on the drum B<2>, to prevent the shaft B from running beyond its stopping position. The brake member H and the arm J are withdrawn when the shaft E is rocked to throw the main clutch into gear.
Patent GB-191115292-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Washing Ores Containing Sulphides.
Inventor: MALKEMUS OTTO
IPC: B03D1/16
Filed: 1911-06-30
Granted: 1911-12-30
Abstract: 15,292. Malkemus, O., and Pletsch, C. Aug. 10, 1910, [Convention date]. Surface-tension and like separating processes and apparatus. - Sulphide ores are separated from gangue by passing carbon dioxide through hot lye containing the ore mixed with oil, the lye being kept under pressure of carbon dioxide at 1¥ atmospheres. The lye may be a dilute solution of alkaline salts or acidified water. The ore, mixed with oil in a vessel 2, is fed through a shoot 4 to a pipe 5 in a closed conical vessel 7 which contains the lye and is provided with agitators 18. Carbon dioxide is admitted through pipes 20 opening through a conical part 19, and carries the sulphides to the surface, where they pass into a channel 8. The carbon dioxide collects above the surface, and is returned through a pipe 27 to the bottom of the vessel 7, fresh lye being at the same time introduced through a pipe 12 opening into the pipe 27. The gangue is removed continuously or intermittently through boxes 23. The pipe 27 may be provided with an automatic valve 28, by means of which the required pressure may be maintained.
Patent GB-191117792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaking-machines for the Production of Chocolate and like Goods.
Inventor: MORZINGER-CABOS CHRISTIAN
IPC: A23G1/24
Filed: 1911-08-04
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 17,792. Cabos, C. Morzinger-, [trading as Cabos, C.], and Tomann, A. Aug. 4. Shaking and jigging machines.-In shaking-machines for chocolate &c., the table 2 is supported upon springs 5, and is vibrated by a toggle 7 connected by a rod 10 to a crank 11 on a shaft 12. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the table is connected by a link 16 to a bell-crank lever 17, to one drum of which the rod 20, operated by the crank 11, is adjustably connected. The table is guided by pins 4, and the springs 5 are adjustable by screws 22.
Patent GB-191118593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Crates.
Inventor: MAKER ELMER AUSTIN
IPC: A45C7/00
Filed: 1911-08-17
Granted: 1911-11-16
Abstract: 18,593. Maker, E. A. Aug. 17, 1910, [Convention date]. Barrel hinges.-A hinge for a folding crate has one flap 8 provided with a right-angled extension 9 for attachment to a batten 2, to strengthen the hinge; and the other flap 7 has a tongue 10 cut therein and bent up to receive, when the crate is folded, a locking-bar which is passed through an aperture in the tongue.