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Patent GB-191114825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Controllers, Electric Time Switches and other Timing Devices.
Inventor: HORSTMANN GUSTAV OTTO HENRY
IPC: G04C23/24
Filed: 1911-06-26
Granted: 1912-04-18
Abstract: 14,825. Norstmann, G. O. H., Horstmann, E. H., and Edgar, W. T. June 26. Actuating.-In gas controllers, electric time switches, &c. the gas tap or switch is moved both on and off by a spring or gravity controlled lever a, in which the power is both stored and discharged at each operation by either of two tappets a<2>, a<3> of equal radius. In the application to a gas controller of the type described in Specification 23,161/09 the lever a is controlled by a spring e and carries a pivoted spring-controlled lever j, the arm j<1> of which normally abuts against the pin k of the gas cock and turns on the gas when the nose c of the lever a is released by the tappet a<2>. The tappet a<3> carries a pin l which projects through a slot m in the dial plate and engages the arm j<2> of the lever j, thereby causing the arm j<1> of the lever to abut against the pin k<1> of the gas cock and turn off the gas when the lever a is released. In cases where it is desired to move the gas cock to an intermediate position in which some of the lights are extinguished and others left burning, a third tappet x with a pin l<1>, Fig. 10, is provided and the lever j is formed with shoulders j<4> which abut against both pins of the gas cock when the lever has been diverted to an intermediate position by the pin e<1>.
Patent GB-191122663-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Fermented Malt Beverages.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: C12H1/00
Filed: 1911-10-14
Granted: 1912-08-08
Abstract: 22,663. Boult, A. J., [Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology]. Oct. 14. Clarifying beverages; materials for making beverages.-Fermented malt beverages such as beer, stout, tonics, &c. are treated, to prevent turbidity on chilling, by digesting the albuminoids, by adding to the beer &c. a peptase solution obtained by extracting malt, malt culms, &c. in the presence of an acid such as lactic, sulphuric, or phosphoric acid. Lactic acid may be formed by keeping a malt mash for some time at 50-60‹ C., and the solution may be used to extract a further quantity of malt at a low temperature.
Patent GB-191125960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Regenerative Coke Ovens and the like.
Inventor: GOHMANN ARTHUR
IPC: C10B3/00
Filed: 1911-11-21
Granted: 1912-04-11
Abstract: 25,960. Gohmann, A. Nov. 21. Coke ovens.-In an oven structure comprising vertical coking-chambers heated by superposed horizontal flues in the partitions between the chambers, vertical regenerators are formed in the walls of the structure adjacent the ends of the coking-chambers. In the construction shown, the coking-chambers or retorts 1 are arranged transversely in the structure and are separated by walls 2 in which are formed horizontal heating-flnes 3 connected up at the ends by dampercontrolled passages 14 to vertical collecting and distributing flues 12, 13. These lead by short passages 30, 35 to regenerators 20, 21, connected in right and left hand sets to flues 33, 38 and to a reversing-valve. The regenerators are preferably divided as shown into up and down shafts, but single-chamber regenerators, connected at the top to the flues 12, 13 and at the bottom to the flues 33, 38 may be used. Gas is supplied to the heating-channels through burners 4, 5 connected to suitable mains. In operation, assuming that gas is delivered through the burners 4, the reversing-valve is adjusted so that air is supplied through the flue 33 to the regenerators 20 and the distributing- channels 12, while the products of combustion escape through the collecting-channels 13, regenerators 21, and flue 38. The reversing-valve has an adjustable plate for regulating the.supply of air. The gas evolved during the coking operation passes to the condenser 46, and an additional outlet 53 is provided in each retort for the escape of gas during the filling of the retort and at the termination of the coking.
Patent GB-191204995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of Electric Motors for Electrically Operated Driving Systems.
IPC: H02P5/68
Filed: 1912-05-13
Granted: 1913-03-27
Abstract: 4995. Crompton & Co., Macfarlane, J. C., and Burge, H. May 13. Exciting.-Electric motors M are controlled to give large variations in torque and speed without any considerable change in the current taken by the motor by means of an auxiliary motor coupled to the main motor and connected in series with the motor field winding C in opposition to the source of potential V. The generator E is excited by a constant potential winding B and by a winding A in series with the motor M. A hand operated rheostat may be inserted in the circuit of the winding B.
Patent GB-191206915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Watch Wristlets.
Inventor: LEVI EMANUEL HENRY
IPC: A44C5/14
Filed: 1912-03-20
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 6915. Levi, E. H. March 20. Watch bracelets.-A watch-wristlet is formed of a split spring a formed into a loop or band and covered with leather b or other material. The watch is secured to the wristlet in any suitable way, as by means of a strap d passing through slots in the covering and secured to buckles f thereon. The buckles may be on the strap, or two straps may be employed attached to loops fixed on the metal band. In another modification, the watch is encased in a cap which is secured to the covering of the wristlet at one end by stitches and at the other by a strap and buckle, or at both ends by a strap and buckle. The spring band may also be used for attaching a compass, an aneroid barometer, or a purse to the wrist.
Patent GB-191208248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Air Trunk Apparatus for Conveying Cotton from Gins, Hopper Feeders and other Cotton-treating Apparatus.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
IPC: D01B1/04
Filed: 1912-04-04
Granted: 1912-09-19
Abstract: 8248. Haddan, R., [Empire Duplex Gin Co.]. April 4. Feeding openers etc.; gins.-Cotton lint from a gin, hopper feeder, or other cotton-treating apparatus is conveyed from a hopper 19, 20 to a lint flue 21, having air pressure therein, by a roller 24 disposed in a cylindrical throat 22 between the hopper and the flue. The roller has elastic or flexible blades 26, which project from the roller a greater distance than the radius of the throat and so press against the sides of the throat and prevent the escape of air from the flue; radial pins 27 on the roller feed the lint into the flue.
Patent GB-191209082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Starch Flour.
Inventor: KANTOROWICZ JULIUS
IPC: C08B30/14
Filed: 1912-04-17
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 9082. Kantorowicz, J. April 20, 1911. [Convention date]. Starch flour, soluble in cold water, is made by stirring the starch with cold water to a pulp and then, practically simultaneously, converting this pulp into a paste and drying it proferalilly by pouring it on heated cylinders or plates, followed by grinding the product so obtained. Or the conversion into paste and drying may be done in two steps.
Patent GB-191209346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Cutters for Cutter Discs and Cutter Discs of Machines for use in Mining Coal.
IPC: E21C25/18
Filed: 1912-04-20
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 9346. Mavor & Coulson, and Mavor, S. M. April 20. Coal-cutting machines.-In a disk coal-cutting machine, the shank B of each cutter, and its socket, are circular in section; and, to prevent the cutter from axial rotation, the cutter head is formed with shoulders or the like engaging the sides of a transverse recess D or the like in the periphery of the disk adjacent to the mouth of the socket. The cutter is retained in the socket by a pin E, which engages a recess in the shank and may be tapered. A lateral opening G at the base of the socket facilitates the discharge of obstructing material, and the removal of the cutter. Fig. 6 shows a modified means of retaining the cutter in its socket, the pin having a screwed portion E', a tapered part E engaging the shank, a cylindrical part E<2> engaging a cylindrical recess, and a squared recess E<3> to receive the wrench.
Patent GB-191212051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Material to be used in Producing Hydrogen, or Nitrogen, or Mixtures of Hydrogen and Nitrogen.
Inventor: DIEFEENBACH OTTO
IPC: C01B3/10
Filed: 1912-05-21
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 12,051. Dieffenbach, O., and Moldenhauer, W. May 24, 1911, [Convention date]. Hydrogen; nitrogen.-In preparing hydrogen by the alternate treatment of metallic iron with steam and reduction of the resulting oxides with reducing-gases, alloys of iron with manganese, chromium, tungsten, or titanium are used as initial materials: nitrogen, or nitrogen and hydrogen, are prepared if air, or air and steam, are substituted for the steam. In the latter case, over-heating may be prevented by external cooling, or by diluting the air with excess of cold nitrogen or steam or atomized water. Granulated coal or the like may be mixed with the alloy. In an example of the production of hydrogen, about 30 per cent manganese-iron is used at 800‹-1100‹ C. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also the use of: (1) alloys of iron with chromium, tungsten, titanium, aluminium, or other like elements which, in the operations and under the temperature involved, neither fuse nor become softened nor form oxides which melt or soften, either by themselves, or together with the iron or its oxides; (2) comminuted iron, or oxides thereof, mixed with the elements indicated above, or their oxides, also comminuted; these mixtures may be made up and used in briqnette form, and the temperature applied must be lower than with alloys. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191212833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Conveyors or Transporting Devices.
IPC: B66C13/40
Filed: 1911-05-31
Granted: 1913-06-02
Abstract: 12,833. Elektromotoren-Werke H. Gradenwitz. May 31, 1911, [Convention date]. Electric plant.-Comprises means for operating double-chain grabs, especially in connexion with telphers regulated by a remote control system as described in Specifications 10,550/11 and 10,551/11. The hoisting-rope 2 and the opening - rope 3 are wound on drums A, B geared to worms 33, 24 loose on the shaft of the motor 8. The worms can be geared to the shaft by clutches 32, 23 operated by solenoids 27, 13. The circuits of the motor and solenoids are connected by a controller 5. In position I of the controller, both solenoids are energized, and the closed grab is lowered. In position II, the solenoid 13 is energized, and the direction of the motor reversed. The rope 3 is accordingly wound in and the grab is opened. During this operation, a finger 34 integral with the worm 24 rotates a nut 19 mounted on a screwed extension 35 of the worm 33. The nut 19 accordingly rises and displaces a reversing-switch until the arm 22 engages the contact 29, whereupon the solenoid 27 is earthed through the contact 20. Both drums then operate and the grab is raised. The telpher can then be traversed to any desired spot. In position III of the controller, both solenoids are energized and the open grab is lowered on to the material to be transported. In position IV, the solenoid 27 is energized to operate the drum A to wind in the hoisting-rope and close the grab. During this operation, the nut 19 falls until the arm of the reversing-switch reaches the position shown in full lines, whereupon the solenoid 13 is energized, both drums operate, and the closed grab is raised. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also a modification in which the drums are driven by separate motors; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191216908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drilling Machines.
IPC: B23B39/16
Filed: 1912-07-20
Granted: 1913-07-21
Abstract: 16,908. Asquith, J. H. S., and Asquith, Ltd., W. July 20. Drilling - machines have two parallel spindles in close proximity to each other, driven at different speeds, so that both large and small holes can be r e a d i l y drilled. The sleeve A<1> carries the main spindle A for drilling large holes and parallel to it a supplementary spindle B provided with a sensitive feed and driven at a higher speed either from the spindle A through gearing a<1>, b, or through the main spindle-driving gear. The supplementary spindle can be driven in the same direction through an intermediate pinion, or a clutch may be used so that the supplementary spindle is at rest while the main spindle is rotating. The sensitive feed may be applied to the supplementary spindle only, or, when the two spindles move together as shown, the sensitive may be provided in addition to the usual feed.
Patent GB-191219670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dinner Plates and the like.
Inventor: PRESTON JOSEPH EDWIN
IPC: A47G19/02
Filed: 1912-08-28
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 19,670. Preston, J. E. Aug. 28. Plates.-Condiment recesses A are formed in the rims of dinner plates, so as not to project on the undersides. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 8328/89, 13,342/89, 1114/97, 23,165/99, and 12,240/01.
Patent GB-191221943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: DONATI GIUSEPPE
IPC: B64C23/00
Filed: 1912-09-26
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 21,943. Donati, G. Sept. 26. Floats for aerial machines.-Rotating floats 23 are provided at the sides of the aerial machine to assist the body 2 in supporting the machine on water.
Patent GB-191224958-A (GB)
Title: A Device or Improvement for Facilitating the Proper Inflation of Motor and like Tyres.
Inventor: TERRY ALFRED ERNEST
IPC: F16K15/20
Filed: 1912-10-31
Granted: 1913-10-31
Abstract: 24,958. Terry, A. E. Oct. 31. [Cognate Application, 7375/13.] Automatic alarm signals; pneumatic signals. -A whistle or like signal is given when the pressure in a pneumatic tyre, spraying-device, pump, high-pressure oil lamp, or the like reaches a predetermined limit, which can be adjusted and read upon a scale. The device may be screwed to any attachment adapted to support a pressure gauge, or as shown in Fig. 1, it may be modified for attachment to a motor-tyre valve g. In the latter case, air pumped through the tube i travels normally downward through the valve g, but when a certain pressure (indicated by the pointer e on a scale marked on the screw cap c) is reached a spring valve in the tube a is lifted and air passes upwards to the whistle or other indicator c<1>. The spring which controls the valve is compressed between parts of the cap c and tube a so that its tension can be varied by screwing the cap. The spring pointer c engages vertical grooves in the cap c so as to hold it at any required adjustment. The valve may be a ball valve or a needle valve j, k, Fig. 4, in which the seating k of the spring d, has upturned projections k<1> and is perforated to admit air, the plug j being slotted for the same purpose.
Patent GB-191228657-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fruit-stoning Device.
Inventor: MUELLER GEBHARD
IPC: A47J23/00
Filed: 1912-12-12
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 28,657. M³ller, G. Dec. 12. Stoning fruit.-A fruit-stoning appliance comprises a frame a bent inwards at the centre to form a neck a' and a plunger c. The upper part of the frame and the neck a<1> form guides for the plunger, and the lower part a<2> of the frame forms a cradle for the fruit. The lower end d of the plunger is shaped to cut through the fruit and to eject the stone through a rubber disk a<3>, which is clamped to the frame and is formed with cross-slits. In using the appliance the neck a' is held between two fingers, and the plunger is reciprocated by the thumb placed in the ring b.
Patent GB-191300336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Dobbies or Head Motions of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
IPC: D03C1/12
Filed: 1913-01-06
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 336. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Jan. 6. Change-box motions.-In head-motions of the Hollingworth and Knowles type for operating the drop boxes, each vibrator-lever 7 is provided with a bowl engaged by a slotted cam-lever 25, provided with rods 22, 23 operated by a pair of pattern-controlled indicator-levers 17, whereby the levers 25 and vibrator-levers 7 are moved poshively in both directions, the cam-levers 25 locking the levers 7 in the positions to which they have been moved.
Patent GB-191302286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rectal Douches and like Surgical Appliances.
Inventor: IVERSEN MICHAEL
IPC: A61M3/02
Filed: 1913-01-28
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 2286. Iversen, M. Jan. 28. Drop - apparatus for administering rectal douches &c. comprises a container 1, valved outflow pipe 8, visible-feed dropper 9, and metal nozzle 11. The pipe 8 is connected to the top of the container 1 by the tubular handle 5, and the glass dropper 9, Fig. 2, is divided by a partition 10 with two compartments connected by curved pipes 14, one of which serves as a drop - delivering nozzle, while the other permits the return flow of gases which then pass through the handle 5.
Patent GB-191305712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tea-strainers and the like for Table Use.
Inventor: HULBERT HENRY JAMES
IPC: A47J43/22
Filed: 1913-03-07
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 5712. Hulbert, H. J., [Gibbons, F.]. March 7. Stands. - Consists in the combination of a frame supporting a strainer C' directly over a drip-tray A, with a support D for a saucer and cup. In the form shown, the frame is mounted directly on the drip-tray, but the parts may be made separate.
Patent GB-191305777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trousers and the like.
Inventor: SYKES FRANK
IPC: A41D1/10
Filed: 1913-03-08
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 5777. Sykes, F, March 8. Trousers; legs; linings.-Trousers are prevented from bagging by sewing inside the knee parts, or to the lining of the knee parts, a piece b, Fig. 3, of fabric with a glissade finish and cut on the bias. The vertical sides of this additional piece are hollowed out, so that when sewn into the side seams of the trousers the body of the piece stands well away from the trouser knee. If desired, the piece may be extended to form a complete lining, Fig. 4, for' the trousers, the sides b<1>, b<2> being hollowed out, as before, at the knee parts. Additional stitches may be used to strengthen the piece in a vertical direction.
Patent GB-191305845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: MILNE JOHN RICHARD
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1913-03-10
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 5845. Milne, J. R., and Goad, F. L. March 10. Incandescent gas burners. - The external air supply to an inverted burner passes into a heating-chamber heated by the combustion products and thence to the underside of the mantle. In one form, the heating-chamber e surrounds the burner tube and communicates with the outer air through tubes f and an annular space g and with the lower side of the mantle through tubes h and the annular space between the globe j and a depending, preferably slightly tapered, chimney k.
Patent GB-191308987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Percussion Bombs.
Inventor: FABIANI PIETRO
IPC: F42B10/56
Filed: 1913-04-16
Granted: 1914-06-16
Abstract: 8987. Fabiani, P., and Agnelli, C. April 16. Projectile fuses.-Relates to percussion fuses for bombs intended to be dropped from aircraft. According to the invention, the safety device, which locks the driving - mechanism by means of which the firing-pin is brought into contact with the primer, is withdrawn by the action of a number of parachutes. I n the form shown in Fig. 1, a number of parachutes 1, connected together by a wire or by links, are released from springs 29 before the bomb is dropped, and, while the bomb drops, they lag behind. and pull on a cross-bar 4 to remove pins 13 from a screw-propeller 14, and on wires 5 to release spring catches 7, the released propeller is revolved by the air and screws up a nut 17 with pins 18, thus allowing rods 22, 8 now released by the spring catches to move gradually inwards, until the percussion cap 20 and the firing-pin 21 are brought into contact with each other, so that, on impact, the bomb is fired. The rods are moved inwards by the air resistance on the head 11 helped by a spring 26. The rod 8 is attached to the bomb by flexible or yielding connexions 27, so that, if the impact is oblique, the rod may be deflected without interfering with the transmission of the blow to the percussion cap, and the rod 8 has a weight 12 to help the bomb to fall nose downwards. In a modification, the rod 8 comprises a number of telescopic parts, which are extended during flight, so that the bomb may burst a certain distance above ground. In another modification, the screw-propeller is replaced by a dome-shaped plate, which is gradually lifted by the air to allow the approach nf the firing-pin and the percussion cap.
Patent GB-191316659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle Tool Bags and the like.
Inventor: TIMPE ADOLF
IPC: B62J9/00
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 16,659. Timpe, A. July 21. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tool bags &c.- Cycle tool bags have end flaps B with runners or loops engaged by separate straps or by a divided strap A secured to the front of the bag and adapted to be passed through a slot D and under the back to a buckle on a covering-flap E. A double runner C engaging the divided members of the strap may be provided. The strap, after being passed through the slot D, may be passed over the back of the bag and be secured to the body below the flap E. The flap E may have separate fastening means; or it may he dispensed with, the strap in this case being simply passed over the back of the bag.
Patent GB-191320643-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Reinforced Hardened Caoutchouc.
Inventor: JOSEPH THEODOR SZEK
Filed: 1913-09-12
Abstract: 20,643. SzÚk, J. T. Sept. 20, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Coating-materials; compound fabrics.-In the manufacture of rubber-coated fabrics, the fabrics, which may contain metallic threads or wires, are first impregnated with a solution of vulcanized asphalt, to which may be added tar. pitch, caoutchouc, regenerated caoutchouc, wax, paraffin, &c., then coated with powdered quartzite, kieselguhr, glass, talc, &c., and finally coated with the rubber and vulcanized, The coated fabric may be combined with flat expanded metal and underlaid with a layer of vulcanized asphalt, and in this form used for covering the hulls of ships.
Patent GB-191320684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Time Dials for Railway and like Signalling.
IPC: B61L3/00
Filed: 1913-09-13
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 20,684. National Electric Time Co., and Swift, H. B. Sept. 13. Time systems. - The time elapsed since a vehicle passed a given point or since schedule time for a train or any similar time interval is indicated by a clock mechanism which is wound by an electro - magnet drawing up a weight or tensioning a spring and simultaneously returning the pointer to zero. The escapement is self-starting and comprises a light pendulum W set in motion by the action of the driving weight acting on the pallets V through the wheel U. Fig. 1 show an apparatus with a driving-weight H raised by a chain connected to the core of the magnet A, and passing over a wheel. coupled to the arbor of the pointer Q and to the escapement. In this form of apparatus, the clock starts as soon as the magnet A is de-energized, but a latch may be provided to hold the weight until an electro-magnet is energized, for example, at the schedule time for a train. The dial then indicates the time interval between the schedule time and the time of passing the dial. The driving-weight A may be controlled by a dashpot as shown, or may be uncontrolled. In an alternative construction, the magnet raises a vertical rack gearing with a pinion on the arbor carrying the pointer.