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Patent GB-191211308-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Friction Clutch.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ANDREW ROBERT
IPC: F16D43/18
Filed: 1912-05-13
Granted: 1912-08-08
Abstract: 11,308. Robertson, A. R. May 13. Clutches, friction.-A spider B secured to a driving-shaft A carries belts E of leather, "Ray- " bestos," " Ferods," or the like which, under centrifugal action, engage the driven drum G. The belts may be weighted near their ends. The driving-member may be secured to its shaft by a supplementary clutch.
Patent GB-191212004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Boilers.
IPC: F22B21/12
Filed: 1912-05-21
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 12,004. Babcock & Wilcox, [Babcock & Wilcox Co.]. May 21. Water-tube boilers. - A boiler built up of banks of tubes 4 connected to upper and lower drums 3, 2 is provided with a superheater consisting of an horizontal manifold 5 supported above the front steam-drum, and tubes 8 extending downwards to a manifold 9 supported above the rear of the furnace roof. The top manifold is divided by a transverse portion 7. The superheating-tubes serve as a support for the front wall 10, which consists of bricks partly enclosing the tubes, and an outer covering of asbestos and metal piates. A baffle 12 protects the lower part of the superheating - tubes. Steam is led into one of the compartments of the upper manifold by pipes 6 from a collecting- box 15, which communicates through nipples with an upper drum.
Patent GB-191212064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Metal Piling.
Inventor: BAS EDWARD LE
IPC: E02D5/04
Filed: 1912-05-21
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 12,064. Le Bas, E., and Garvie, H. T. May 21. Piling.-Interlocking-devices for sheet piling are rolled as shown in Fig. 1, or the parts a may be curved. The webs b may be formed with flanges as shown in dotted lines, or may be trough-shaped. Specifications 3846/06, 11,281/09, and 17,917/11 are referred to.
Patent GB-191212577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hooks.
Inventor: OLSTAD MARTIN THEODOR
IPC: F16B45/02
Filed: 1912-05-28
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 12,577. Olstad, M. T. May 28. Hooks, safety. - A safety hook for ropes, cables, &c. is provided with a closing-member 8, formed with an eye 16 fitting over a projection 17 on the hook. A spring catch 11 operated by a thumb - piece 14, engages a recess 15 in the hook. The hook and the pieces arc formed with eyes 6, 10 to receive an eye 7 on a rope &c.
Patent GB-191215709-A (GB)
Title: Focusing Device and View-finder for Photographic Cameras.
Inventor: ADOLF HERZ
Filed: 1912-07-05
Abstract: 15,709. Herz, A. July 9, 1911, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Drawings to Specification. Finders; focusing-devices.-A camera is so combined with a telescope that the telescope being focused on an object, the camera is simultaneously focused on it.
Patent GB-191218122-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburettors Particularly Adapted for Internal Combustion Engines of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: DICKER STANLEY GORDON SINCLAIR
IPC: F02M11/08
Filed: 1912-08-06
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 18,122. Dicker, S. G. S., [Stromberg Motor Devices Co.]. Aug. 6. Spray carburettors.- The number of jets 50 in operation and the size of the air inlet 40 are automatically varied by a piston 133 connected by a rod 128 passing through a long bearing 127 with a suction piston 129 in a cylinder 112 in communication at one end through a small hole 112<b> with the atmosphere and at the other end through holes 126 with the mixing chamber 111. The sleeve 38 can be rotated to adjust the air inlet further, the hole 40 therein being either parallel or tapered. The fuel nozzle may consist of a block 44 containing several fuel passages 47 leading to horizontal passages over the ends of which is a plate 49 depressed and perforated opposite each horizontal passage; or the fuel passages may be flattened out at their ends 188, as shown in Fig. 12, so as to form a continuous slit. The jets may be arranged irregularly along the chamber 113, and there may be one large jet which registers at starting with a hole 179 in an extension 178 from the piston 133 but is closed at other times. The left-hand end of the piston 133 may be tapered so as only partly to close two or three of the fuel jets. The float chamber may be integral with the carburettor body as shown in Fig. 8, or be fixed to either side of the nozzle box 42, Fig. 4, the hole at the other side being closed by a plate 45<a>. The levers 69 are carried by a sleeve 61 secured in the bottom plate 52 of the float chamber by a nut 59 and on to which the top plate 54 is screwed. The body 53' of the chamber is of glass. The valve carrier 62 slides within the sleeve 61, is depressed by a spring 72, the tension of which can be adjusted by a nut 74 with locking means 77, and is fitted with an exposed thimble 83 for manual operation. The motion of the throttle 118 is limited by a lug and set-screws.
Patent GB-191218890-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Percussion or Time and Percussion Fuze for Projectiles in which, if desired, the Explosion can be Delayed by a Certain Amount after Percussion.
IPC: F42C9/12
Filed: 1912-08-17
Granted: 1913-03-06
Abstract: 18,890. Rheinische Metallwaaren und Maschinenfabrik. March 18, [Convention date]. Projectile fuses.-Relates to percussion fuses in which the distance between the percussion members can be changed, to cause the explosion to take place without or with delay. According to the invention, one of the percussion members normally locked at a distance from the other to act with delay is arranged, if the lock is previously released, to be brought by a spring close to the other percussion member to act without delay. As shown in Fig. 1, a percussion member a is held by friction in a sleeve b and is normally locked with the cap c at a distance from the firing-pin d by a bolt g; but, if the bolt g is released by turning the ring h until a hole in the ring lies opposite to bolt g, then a spring c drives the sleeve b and member a forwards, bringing the cap c close to the pin d; this forward motion, however, can only take place during flight, after a powder pellet n ignited by the time fuse has burnt out and released the member a.
Patent GB-191219693-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Ships' Propulsion.
Inventor: ROELLIG MARTIN
IPC: B63H23/18
Filed: 1912-08-28
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 19,693. Roellig, M. Sept. 30, 1911, [Convention date]. Motor power plant.-Relates to ships with two or more propellers of which one or more are not used. When the ship is moving at low speeds, the main engines are declutched and subsidiary small-power plant is used for driving the unused propellers at such speeds that they do not constitute a drag on the vessel. When one shaft b is in use, the engines d, f are declutched from the shafts a, c and the transmissions k of the small motors i thrown into gear. In order to cope with varying speeds of water passing the propellers on the shafts a, c, the current to the electrometers is controlled on the Ward-Leonard system.
Patent GB-191221264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Sectionalising Devices for Electric Distribution Systems.
Inventor: HAWKINS LAURENCE ASHLEY
IPC: H02H7/26
Filed: 1912-09-18
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 21,264. Hawkins, L. A. Sept. 18, 1911, [Convention date]. Protective arrangements for transmission lines divided into sections. The sections are linked up by automatic switches D, Fig. 2, which open when the voltage fails, and a reduced flow of current is afterwards maintained from the sound section B<1> to the faulty section B<2> through impedance coils G. After the section B<2> has been repaired, sufficient energy is taken by a potential transformer f to raise the core of a winding F and complete a circuit through a winding E, which is energized from a potential transformer e across the section B<1>. The action of E is to close the sectionalizing- switch D and maintain it closed as long as normal conditions persist. In normal working, the system shown in Fig. 1 is fed from one or both of the generators A, A' through the various sections B, B<1>, B<2>, B<3>, in series. A short-circuit or fault on any section de-energizes the potential transformers adjacent to the fault and opens a sectionalizing-switch, or in case of a severe fault opens also other remote sectionalizing-switches. All the switches situated between the last sound section and the generator reset themselves immediately afterwards, owing to the continued current through the impedance coils, leaving the faulty section cut out. Isolating-switches H are manually opened before repairing the line. In cases where the line was originally fed from one end only, the generator at the other end is brought into use to reset the switches' between sound sections on the side of the fault remote from the first generator. Synchronizing-devices j are provided to indicate when it is proper to switch in the second generator. Short-circuits of a different kind from those already referred to, which arise from an earth on one section combined with an earth on another section, may be dealt with by so proportioning the impedance coils that the fuses g are blown,
Patent GB-191225233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fountain Drawing-pens.
Inventor: GUSTAV BENZ-NARR
IPC: B43K5/18
Filed: 1912-11-04
Abstract: 25,233. Narr, G. Benz-. Nov. 2, 1911, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Ruling-pens.-The distance apart of the blades a of a reservoir pen is regulated by means of a nut c which bears against external conical surfaces m on the blades and can be screwed up or down on the barrel b.
Patent GB-191227308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Acetylene Gas Generators.
IPC: C10H1/12
Filed: 1912-11-27
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 27,308. Allen, T. G., and Allen-Liversidge Portable Acetylene Co. Nov. 27. Vehicular and like lanterns or casings.-In an acetylene lamp, the reflector h is formed integral with the superposed and detachable water-chamber, and the burner j is situate within the base or just within the boundary of the reflector and is connected to the carbide chamber by a hole k in the wall common to the reflector and water-chamber.
Patent GB-191228696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Acetylene Gas Generators.
Inventor: HART JOHN
IPC: C10H1/00
Filed: 1912-12-13
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 28,696. Hart, J. Dec. 13. Drip-feed apparatus. -A feed-water controlling-device for acetylene generators consists of a hollow body 4 fitted in and secured to the top of the carbide chamber, and containing within its interior a depending tube 10 directly screwed into the enlarged end of the cup. The lower end of the tube enters a water seal in the lower part of the cup, from which w a t e r flows through openings 9 on to the carbide. A wire 15 secured by bent-over ends is fitted in the tube 10,. and the tube is provided with a wing 12 to facilitate screwing into the body 4. The cup is preferably surrounded with a conical guard-sleeve 13 having an open end and slots 14.
Patent GB-191300184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Machines.
Inventor: CLIFFORD JOHN PURSER
IPC: G01G13/00
Filed: 1913-01-03
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 184. Clifford, J. P., and Murray, S. G. Jan. 10, 1912, [Convention date]. Automatic - f e e d weighers. - Relates to an automatic weighing- machine and comprises an arrangement whereby dust is confined to the interior of the machine, and the principal operative parts are mounted externally to the dust-confining casing. The feed-gate and the upper part of the weighing-receptacle 1 are enclosed by a casing 6. The receptacle-supporting arms 8, Fig. 3, of the weigh-beam extend through flexible diaphragms 64 attached to the rear wall 10 of the casing, and the weigh-beam is pivoted on the exterior of the casing by means of arms 14, 15 one of which is extended for the purpose of operating a gate-opening pendant 29, Fig. 1. The shafts on which the feed-gate is mounted are journaled in the sides of the casing, and one of the shafts is connected indirectly to the discharging-lever 41. The same feed-gate shaft carries an arm 48, whereon a weight 49 may be adjusted to vary the power acting to close the feed-gate. The pivot 42 of the discharging-lever 41, Fig. 1, may be moved along a slot 86 in the casing by means of a pivoted hand-operated member 83, thus preventing the discharge of the weighed material and interrupting the further operation of the machine.
Patent GB-191300401-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Auditoriums or Halls of Places of Amusement, Restaurants, Bazaars and the like.
Inventor: CLEMENT FRANZ
IPC: E04H3/10
Filed: 1913-01-06
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 401. Clement, F. July 18, 1912, [Convention date]. Stages, construction of; spectacular exhibitions.-A restaurant, exhibition, or place of amusement is constructed with slowly revolving galleries A, Fig. 1, and rising and falling stages or band-stands C, D. The galleries run on tracks u, Fig. 4, carried by cantilevers i, and are operated by rack gearing z<1>, z driven by a shaft w or by separate electric motors for each tier. The motion may be reversed or stopped by the gearing k, and the galleries may rotate at unequal speeds and in different directions. The stages C, D may be operated by screws s and chain gearing t, r, Fig. 3, or hydraulically; or they may be fixed or revolvable, as desired. The fixed ceilings and walls may be utilized as picture galleries, and exhibits may be displayed on the fixed platforms surrounding the movable tiers. The ground floor may be fixed or revolvable,
Patent GB-191300900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Bulkheads of Ships.
Inventor: OSWALD THOMAS RIDLEY
IPC: B63B3/56
Filed: 1913-01-11
Granted: 1914-01-12
Abstract: 900. Oswald, T. R. Jan. 11. Bulkheads. - Consists in providing bulkheads i with stringers k attached thereto and to the sides of the ship, the stringers being widened at their ends as shown. In addition, hollow buttresses j are secured to the bulkheads. Modifications are described in which the bulkhead is of double convex form, and in which the stringer k and buttress j are duplicated. The bulkhead may also be corrugated in addition to being curved.
Patent GB-191302856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reinforced Concrete Slabs, Blocks and the like.
Inventor: HENTHORNE HARRY HOWARD
IPC: B28B23/02
Filed: 1913-02-04
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 2856. Henthorne, H. H. Feb. 4. Flooring &c. slabs; metal-skeleton slabs.-The reinforcements of concrete slabs or blocks are formed by bending strips of hoop iron, or like thin strips a, into closed angular or curved shapes, and are embedded edgeways in the concrete. When a number of reinforcements are used, they are arranged concentrically or in superposed positions, and may be connected together by binders b.
Patent GB-191303137-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means applicable for use in Locking Railway-carriage Doors.
Inventor: OLIVER ALFRED
IPC: E05B51/02
Filed: 1913-02-06
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 3137. Oliver, A. Feb. 6. Pneumatically-operated fastenings.-The bolt d of a railway-carriage fastening is operated through the medium of racks e, e', on the pistonrod and door bolt respectively, gearing with an intermediate pinion f. The piston c works in a cylinder b, which is connected by the pipe a to the vacuum train-pipe, the pipe a being fitted with a control valve. A spring-pressed lever g is provided to return the bolt to the unlocking position. In a modification, the door bolt and piston-rod are arranged at right-angles, the pinion f being then replaced by a spring- controlled or weighted toothed sector. In both cases, the door bolt, piston-rod, and intermediate pinion or sector are disposed in the same plane for greater compactness. When compressed air is employed, the pipe a leads to the other side of the piston c.
Patent GB-191305270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Consuming Smoke in Steam Boilers.
Inventor: WHITELEY HENRY
IPC: F23L7/00
Filed: 1913-03-03
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 5270. Whiteley, H. March 3. Air, supplying.-Air for consuming smoke is supplied over the fire-bridge c by a pipe b passing from the furnace front beneath the firebars and terminating in a semicircular bend e perforated on its inner side. The pipe b has a conical inlet, and air is injected by a steam or air jet f.
Patent GB-191306785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Cane Juices.
Inventor: GUERRERO WLADIMIR
IPC: C13B20/12
Filed: 1913-03-19
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 6785. Guerrero, W. April 6, 1912, [Convention date]. Manures.-Cane juice is purified by mixing and heating with calcium biphosphate, infusorial silica, and lime. The precipitate is dried and ground to form a fertilizer, particularly for sugar canes. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises the treatment of other sweet juices, " sulphated " or not. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191308552-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Haulage Clip.
Inventor: SMITH FRED
IPC: B66B7/06
Filed: 1913-04-11
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 8552. Smith, F. April 11. Rope grips. - A rope grip comprises two tapered jaws a, b pivoted together at one side of the rope by the pin e and caused to grip by means of a sliding C-shaped ring g forced on to the jaws by hand or by a hammer or the like. In some cases, a projection h may be provided on one jaw to engage a corresponding recess in the ring. Fig. 5 shows a modified construction in which the two jaws are mounted independently-so that they can slide and rock slightly on the pin m of the hook for attaching the grip to the corve. They are clamped by a ring g as in the previous construction.
Patent GB-191309137-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Pipe or like Wrench.
IPC: B25B13/50
Filed: 1913-04-18
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 9137. Masterson Wrench Co., and Masterson, P. April 18. Pivoted-jaw wrenches.-In a wrench with a pivoted outer jaw and having serrated faces adapted to grip the work at three points the teeth of the fixed jaw are in a straight line for one-third of its length from its junction with the shank, and the remaining teeth in a curve, while the pivoted jaw has the points of the teeth in a straight line for about onethird of its length from the free end, and the points of the remaining teeth in a concave curve. The jaws are normally pressed together by a spring h engaging a chamber in the pivoted jaw and mounted upon a pin j pivotally connected to the shank of the wrench.
Patent GB-191316557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Governing Mechanism for Elastic Fluid Turbines.
IPC: F01D17/00
Filed: 1913-07-18
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 16,557. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 18. Regulating.-In turbines that may be required to run at speeds below their normal speeds, for example, turbines driving air-compressors, the governing-mechanism comprises a valve subject to the control of a centrifugal governor during normal operating conditions. In addition, a secondary speed governor is provided, this governor becoming operative when the speed falls below the range of the primary governor. At normal speeds, a centrifugal governor 11 operates the pilot valve 19 of the throttle valve 12 through link-work 14 ... 18. At speeds within the operative range of the governor 11, say 2 per cent above or below normal, the point 31 is stationary. A secondary governor of the fluid-pressure type comprises a gear pump 36, driven off the turbine shaft, by which oil is pumped from a tank 35 past a valve 42, adjusted by hand, through a pipe 41 to a pipe 45 leading to the bearings. A reducing-valve in the pipe 45 ensures a suitable feed pressure. Surplus oil passes back to the tank 35 by way of a pipe 43 provided with a relief valve 44. The pressure on the discharge side of the pump 36, depending upon the speed of the turbine and the adjustment of the valve 42, is transmitted through a pipe 40 to a diaphragm 23, the resistance of which to pressure depends upon the position of an adjustable spring 25. The diaphragm 23 transmits its movements through link-work 24, 29, 30 to the floating lever 16, and so controls the valve 12. When the governor 11 is operative, the speed of the turbine is such that the lever is fulcrumed at 31, while at lower speeds the lever 14 does not move and the lever 16 is consequently fulcrumed at 32, and the turbine is controlled by the governor 23.
Patent GB-191316757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for Polishing by Means of Emery Cloth and the like.
Inventor: NIELSEN HERMAN
IPC: B24D15/02
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 16,757. Nielsen, H. July 21. Tools.-A tool upon which a strip of emery cloth can he detachably fastened comprises a handle member b, a member a slidable on the member b, and a spring f tending to thrust them apart. The parts a, b are pressed together, and the ends of a strip of emery paper are slipped between clamping-devices c, d comprising bent pieces of yielding metal. When the pressure is released, the spring f forces the members a, b apart and the emery strip is automatically secured.
Patent GB-191329293-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Opening and Closing, either Automatically or by Lever, Collapsible Gates on a Shaft Cage Opening, or a Lift Cage.
Inventor: WILLIAMS DAVID HENRY
IPC: B66B17/36
Filed: 1913-12-19
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 29,293. Williams, D. H. Dec. 19. Lift doors, operating.-Comprises means for opening and closing automatically or by hand collapsible gates fitted to mine or lift cages, such gates being fitted in a frame which, in the case of a mine cage, may be hinged and arranged to fold under the top of the cage when not required. The front cage opening is fitted with a frame comprising vertical side members connected by top and bottom members. The top members are formed by four angleirons, the bottom pair of which form a guide for the top of the gates, while between the top and bottom pairs slide blocks B<2>, B<3> to which are attached the front gate members. A weight W<1> slides on a guide R' fixed to the side member F<2>, while a lighter block W slides on a guide R<2> fixed to the side member F' of the frame. A chain C<1> fixed to W<1> passes upwards over a sheave P<1> through both blocks B<3>, B<2>, around a sheave P<3> back through both blocks and is secured to the block B<3> by an adjusting-device. A stop e<2> is fixed on the chain as shown, and the weight W<1> therefore tends to close the gates. A second chain C<2> attached to the block W passes downward around a sheave P<6>, upward over a sheave P<2>, through both blocks B<2>, B<3>, around a sheave P<4> and back through the blocks and over a sheave P<2> downwards to the block W. The chain C<2> has an adjusting-device and a spring S for taking up slack. Two clamps one behind the other as shown at c<1> are fitted to the chain C<2>. The weight W therefore tends to open the gates. A guided weight W<2> which bears to the weight W<1> the ratio 3:1 is connected by a chain C<3> passing over a sheave P<5> to a lever f, this apparatus being fixed at the top and bottom of the shaft. On the cage coming to the surface and the block W engaging the weight W<2> or by operating the lever f to lower the weight W<2> the chain C<2> through the clamps e<1> separates the blocks B<2>, B<3> and opens the gates against the influence of the weight W<1>. On the cage moving downward or by operating the lever f, the pressure of the weight W<2> is released and the gates are closed by the action of the weight W<1>. Similarly on the downward journey, the gates are opened at the bottom by the block W engaging a similar weight at the bottom of the shaft. Similar gates at the other side of the cage are operated by a weight W<2> connected by a chain to the lever f. The gate frame is hinged to the top of the cage at H and the lower end secured in place on the inside by bolts n and on the outside by a fixed block g.