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Patent GB-190924189-A (GB)
Title: Safety Pocket for Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: SANER STEFAN
IPC: A45C13/06
Filed: 1909-10-21
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 24,189. Saner, S. Oct. 21. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Metal-strip fastenings.-A pocket is provided with a back plate a with small plates b at the sides on hinges b<1>. Frames d are attached to the plates b by hinges d<1>, and receive the rollers p on the ends of a flat metal spring e. When the pocket is closed, a hook g on the spring e projects through an opening in the back plate a and the plate r. The rod o, Fig. 5, carries a slide l, which works between the plates a, r, and is normally held down by the spiral spring k. The upper end of the rod o passes through the coil u, and is provided with a hand slide w by which the locking- slide l may be moved. A clip q is provided on the casing z to attach the pocket to the clothing.
Patent GB-190927785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Throttle Valves for Steam Engines.
Inventor: BELL WILLIAM THOMAS
IPC: F16K39/02
Filed: 1909-11-29
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 27,785. Bell, W. T., and Graham, A. J. W. Nov. 29. Lift valves; actuating valves.-A lift valve A is balanced by two pistons B, C moving in cylinders D, E, arranged one above and one below the valve member, and connected by a by-pass H formed by the hollow valve spindle J. The first movement of the actuating-lever L opens an auxiliary valve I to permit steam that has leaked into the cylinder D to pass through the by-pass into the lower cylinder E to balance the main valve, which is then opened by a further movement of the actuating-lever. In a modification, the by-pass is formed by an external pipe connexion.
Patent GB-190928456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat-pins.
Inventor: ARGENT ARTHUR JAMES
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1910-03-31
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 28,456. Argent, A. J. March 31, 1910. Hat-pins; point-protectors for pins.-Relates to point-protectors and detachable heads of the type in which a spring lodged in a recess is adapted to engage with a notch in the point of the pin, and consists in employing springs S, Fig. 1, of concavo-convex cross-section. Alternatively, two convexo-concave springs may he used, as shown in Fig. 5. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 22,705/07 and 19,656/09.
Patent GB-191000278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indoor Games.
Inventor: HODGE ALBERT HEMSTOCK
IPC: A63F9/02
Filed: 1910-01-05
Granted: 1910-07-07
Abstract: 278. Hodge, A. H. Jan. 5. Table games.- Apparatus for a table game consists of a wheel formed by side disks A held apart by radial strips B, which form a series of pockets. The wheel is mounted by means of an axle X on a stand C. Players situated on opposite sides of the wheel flip bone disks into the pockets of the wheel by pressing them against the tablecloth with other bone disks. The player who gets his disks into the pockets quickly causes the wheel to rotate in his direction and deposit on his side of the table those of the other player's disks that have entered pockets. The player who first secures all the disks wins the game.
Patent GB-191001785-A (GB)
Title: Improved Discharging Elevator for Ships.
Inventor: TRAINOR JAMES CAMPBELL
IPC: B63B27/22
Filed: 1910-01-24
Granted: 1911-04-24
Abstract: 1785. Trainor, J. C. Jan. 24. Vessels modified for unloading; trimming- apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for unloading ships in which a casing enclosing an elevator passes through the holds, the casing being provided with sliding or removable doors, and the elevator being fed by supplementary conveyers. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of the elevator, the holds having depressions A<3>, A<4> leading thereto. The casing B has a number of doors B<2> on the upper face, which are slid upwards one by one, commencing at the upper end, and secured by pins B<3>, Fig. 3. The elevator is formed with a fixed part and an extensible part E capable of being projected, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, by a rack F<1> and pinion F. The part E is provided with a hinge-joint E<2> to allow the drum D to overhang the side of the vessel. The conveyer for bringing material from remote parts of the hold, Fig. 5, is passed around three tumblers H, H<1>, H<2> carried by collars slidably adjusted along rods K. The rods K are carried by collars swivelled to other collars L vertically adjustable upon stanchions J. The tumbler H is driven from a pinion H<3> by flexible shafting from the elevator. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 13,216/98.
Patent GB-191005935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ratchet Wrenches.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
IPC: B25B13/46
Filed: 1910-03-09
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 5935. Haddan, R., [C. M. B. Wrench Co.]. March 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Ratchet wrenches, of the class comprising a head with a spring- pressed pawl for actuating a ratchetwheel journaled in the head and an operating-handle connected to the head, have the handle arranged so that it may be set at different angles to the axis of the ratchetwheel to enable it to clear obstacles which might otherwise interfere with its movements. The ratchetwheel 3 is sustained in the head 1 by suitable means, preferably by a screw 5 engaging a peripheral groove therein, and has a square aperture 23 for the stem 24 of a nut socket 25, which is held in place by a plate spring 26. The square hollow handle 2 is detachably connected or secured to a sleeve 9 provided with a socket member 11 pivoted at 12 to a ball-shaped extension 10 of the head 1, and the ball and socket are retained in frictional engagement at varying angles by a rod 15 provided at one end with lugs 17, which are clamped against the interior of the ball by means of the nut 18 at the other end. In a modification, the ball and socket are pivoted together by means of a screw and clamped in frictional engagement by a bolt and nut.
Patent GB-191008214-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Steaming Food.
Inventor: SANDERSON HENRY
IPC: A47J27/04
Filed: 1910-04-05
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 8214. Sanderson, H., and Meyer, F. C. April 5. Steam cooking-apparatus.-Comprises apparatus in which a boiler a supplies steam through flexible pipes c to a number of cooking-vessels c', which are graduated in size so that they may be nested together and packed, with their lids, strainers, and flexible pipes, into the boiler. The boiler is provided with a water gauge e.
Patent GB-191009511-A (GB)
Title: Process for Decarburizing Armor Plates which have or have not been previously Supercarburized.
Inventor: JONES WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: C21D3/04
Filed: 1910-04-19
Granted: 1911-04-19
Abstract: 9511. Jones, W. H., and Mitchell, A. F. April 19. Drawings to Specification. Cementation. - Armour-plates, whether previously supercarburized or not, are decarburized for a certain depth, so that, after hardening, a layer of steel under the surface will be harder than the extreme face. A plate containing preferably not more than À5 per cent of carbon may be supercarburized until the surface contains about 1À5 per cent, and then decarburized so that a laver next the surface is softer than the underlying portion, by being heated to about 1025‹ C. in contact with sand or iron ore.
Patent GB-191010260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Igniting Devices.
Inventor: BERGMANN THEODOR
IPC: F23Q2/02
Filed: 1910-04-27
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 10,260. Bergmann, T. April 27. Pocket igniters, non electric. - A pyrophoric igniter may be operated with one hand by pressing together two casings, which are normally kept apart by a spring. When the casing b is pressed into the casing a, against the action of a spring m, the fixed rack v drives through gear-wheels s a shaft carrying a friction wheel r, which bears against a spring-pressed rod g, made of pyrophoric material, sparks are thus produced, and at the same time the cap n is lifted by the action of a pin f, causing the lamp p to be ignited. When the casings a, b are released, the parts are returned to the position shown by the action of the spring m.
Patent GB-191015377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Hats.
Inventor: AYLOTT SIDNEY CONDER
IPC: A42B1/06
Filed: 1910-06-27
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 15,377. Aylott, S. C. June 27. Bandeaux are provided with circumferential grooves, gutters, channels, or the like, the outer walls forming flanges by which the bandeaux can be attached to the brims or crowns of hats. The flanges or other parts may be corrugated spirally or circumferentially, and the grooves or channels may be interrupted at intervals, and instead of a continuous flange there may be a series of attachable pieces or tongues. The bandeaux may be made of buckram, felt, cardboard, straw, or other material, and may be covered with velvet, silk, sateen, or other material, the edges of the bandeaux being unbound, stitched, wired, or bound. The bandeau a, Fig. 3, is provided with a channel b, and a flange c for attachment to the crown of the hat. Specification 11,613/09 is referred to.
Patent GB-191017791-A (GB)
Title: Steam Boilers.
Inventor: BARROW THOMAS
IPC: F22B11/00
Filed: 1910-07-26
Granted: 1911-05-18
Abstract: 17,791. Barrow, T. July 31, 1909, [Convention date]. Marine-type boilers; tubes, water.-A waterchamber at the back of the combustion chamber of a marine boiler is connected to the main boiler by two series of tubes, the lower upwardly-inclined from the boiler to the chamber, and the upper upwardly - inclined from the chamber to the boiler. The header or chamber D is connected to the boiler A by the upper and lower series of tubes G, H. Openings D<1> may be formed in the header in line with the furnace flues B, and in order to increase the circulation these openings may be bridged by water-tubes E. A fire-brick wall F, spaced from the tubes E, is supported in a frame d secured to the header. The combustion chamber is divided into two parts by a wall I which encloses the centrallyarranged water-tubes. In a modification, the header or water chamber consists of two parts connected by vertical water tubes, and is connected to the boiler bv two series of inclined water-tubes, as in the construction described above.
Patent GB-191018576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders and Fillers for Tobacco Cartridges.
Inventor: SALOMON FREDERICK
IPC: A24F23/04
Filed: 1910-08-06
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 18,576. Salomon, F., and Salomon, S. Aug. 6. [Cognate Application, 21,786/10.) Tobacco pipe filling apparatus and tobacco cartridges. - Means for holding tobacco cartridges and for forcing the tobacco into a pipe comprise two straight or circular channel-shaped pieces connected together and adapted to hold the cartridges between them, and a suitablyguided plunger for charging the pipe, the cart ridges being either separate or connected together in bandolier form. In one form. the channel-shaped pieces b, Fig. 2, are formed from a blank, shown in Fig. 1, so that they are connected at one end by an integral cross-piece c. The other ends are bent inwards to form curved arms f corresponding to the shape of the cartridges, and the top and bottom are provided with holes to receive a plunger a<1>, the bottom hole being of a suitable size to retain the paper covers of the cartridges and being, if desired, provided with a flange j to fit inside the pipe. The empty cover may be withdrawn through a slit between the ends of the arms f. The plunger may be guided by a forked arm k engaged by lugs m formed from the arms f, and a recess on the top receives the head a' of the plunger. The curved arms f may be formed separately from a suitably cut and shaped blank, and the upper and lower ends of the blank are shaped to guide the plunger, which may be a solid cylinder or a tube of wood &c. provided, if desired, with metal end caps. Both ends of the case may be provided with integral cross-pieces, and the arm k may be solid and guided by lugs formed from one of the cross-pieces, in which case, the empty cover is withdrawn through openings formed in the flanges of the pieces b. The cases may be formed from sheet metal, or the pieces b and the cross-pieces may be made of cardboard strengthened at the plunger end by sheet metal, from which the lugs m are formed. The spaces d permit the cartridges to be pushed to the plunger end of the case. The pieces b may be made circular, Fig. 21, and connected by a gummed band of paper &c. The cartridges may be pushed under the plunger by passing the finger through a central hole in the top or bottom of the case, and pushing an indented strip x, Fig. 23, which holds the cartridges in position and to which they may be secured by an adhesive. Caps z may be inserted in the central holes aud secured to the strip x. The cartridges may be connected by a paper or other band v, Fig. 18, flattened at w to project through the slit at the end of the rectangular case. The band may be indented to form complete tubes for the cartridges, either in straight line or circular formation, separate covers being dispensed with. The case may be ornamented and may have advertisements &c. and a roughened surface for match-striking purposes. According to the earlier Provisional Specification, the paper band surrounding the cartridges may be utilized for advertisements &c.
Patent GB-191021568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing Boxes for Incandescent Mantles.
Inventor: ROBIN JOSEPH THEODORE
IPC: B65D85/42
Filed: 1910-09-16
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 21,568. Robin, J. T. Sept. 16. Fittings, internal.-Boxes for inverted gas mantles have a detachable tray C formed with a recess c, the sides of which are forced apart to receive the mantle lugs D'. The tray is supported on a shelf B having a recess b wider than the recess c.
Patent GB-191021919-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Repairing Pneumatic Tyres and the like.
Inventor: BOWLEY ARTHUR SYDNEY
Filed: 1910-09-21
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 21,919. Bowley, A. S. Sept. 21. Moulding wheel tyres. -Relates to devices of the kind described in Specification 21,720/09, [Class 144 (i), Wheels &c.], for repairing tyre covers. Fig. 10 shows a clamping-device for use in vulcanizing the tyre repair. The tyre is clamped between an adjustable chain h and a bundle of struts d, which are secured in the frame e, by a thumb - screw f, after being made to conform to the shape of the tyre.
Patent GB-191100054-A (GB)
Title: An-Improved Vaporizing and Fumigating Apparatus.
Inventor: BATES JOSEPH WILLIAM
Filed: 1911-01-02
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 54. Bates, J. W. Jan. 2. Vaporizing by heat.-A fumigator comprises a casing 1 cut at the top to receive the inverted lid 2, and at the front to admit the lamp 7. Disinfectants &c. are placed in the lid as required.
Patent GB-191102175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Trays or Shelves for Ovens.
Inventor: RAYNER LOUIS SYDNEY
IPC: F24C15/16
Filed: 1911-01-28
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 2175. Rayner, L. S., and Harris, J. Jan. 28. Oven shelves.-Shelves or trays of the type secured to the inner face of an oven door are formed with a bar or part a, above the level of the shelf, detachably fitted to suspending- hooks c secured to the oven door. In modifications, the shelf is formed as a tray with raised edges, or as a grid.
Patent GB-191104794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Screening or Sifting Apparatus.
Inventor: SQUIRES JAMES EDWARD
IPC: B07B1/00
Filed: 1911-06-01
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 4794. Squires, J. E. June 1. Reciprocating or oscillating sieves. - Apparatus for sifting coal &c. consists of a removable inclined screen u, Figs. 1 and 3, mounted in an inclined trough b, which is suspended by flat blade springs f in a portable frame e and operated by rods m from a crank-shaft l driven by chain-gearing from the driving-shaft p. Or the shaft p may be turned by a handle; or the shaft l connected by chain-gearing to a separate hand-shaft q. The screen and the bottom of the trough slope in opposite directions so as to deliver the screenings and tailings at opposite ends of the frame into bags &c. hung on hooks j on rods i. The side walls c converge at the lower end to form a V-shaped delivery mouth d. In a modification, two inclined screens of different mesh are arranged one above the other in a trough body, and their discharge ends are shaped to deliver at opposite sides but at the same end, the fine material which passes through both screens being delivered at the opposite end by the trough.
Patent GB-191113261-A (GB)
Title: Stands for Window Dressing.
Inventor: HOUGHTON ALBERT BROWN
IPC: A47F5/13
Filed: 1911-06-02
Granted: 1912-04-11
Abstract: 13,261. Houghton, A. B., and Houghton, G. G. June 2. [Cognate Application, 26,801/11.] Pedestal, pillar, and like stands. - A show stand or shelf-support for use in shop-windows &c. comprises a base part 1 having guides 2 upon which slide a number of clamp-like members which support uprights 9. The clamps may comprise upper and lower plates 5, 6 loosely but permanently connected by washered pins 12 and guided on the base by projections 11. They are clamped up by a screwed extension 8 of the upright 9, or by a separate screw upon which the upright is secured.
Patent GB-191114234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Thermo Electric Generators.
Inventor: ALBRECHT CYRIL VALENTINE
IPC: H01L35/00
Filed: 1911-12-15
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 14,234. Albrecht, C. V. Dec. 15. Thermo-electric batteries.-An annular thermopile shown in plan and elevation in Figs. 2 and 3, has its inner junctions heated by the exhaust gases from an internal-combustion or other engine and its outer junctions cooled by a water-jacket. The thermopile may consist of blocks A of nickel-steel grouped round a refractory pipe I, the inner surface of each being connected to the outer surface of the next by a phosphor-bronze strip B, insulated from the blocks by mica or the like. The cold junctions are also insulated from one another by mica strips J. Several tiers of elements may be built up, which are insulated from the casing L and from one another by disks O, F. The rings are bound together by insulated wire G or otherwise and varnished. In a modification, the refractory pipe I is replaced by a steel tube separated from the elements by an air space, and containing another steel tube filled with balls of refractory material to absorb the heat of the exhaust gases. The generator may be used on a motorcar for ignition or for lighting, the water-jacket being placed in the water-cooling system of the engine. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 5196/95, 14,639/96, 23,095/04, and 15,412/06.
Patent GB-191115690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Actuated Sewing Machines.
Inventor: REBSAMEN ALBERT
IPC: D05B69/12
Filed: 1911-07-05
Granted: 1911-11-30
Abstract: 15,690. Rebsamen, A. July 6, 1910, [Convention date]. S e w i n g - machines; driving; speed, regulating; stopping - gear, n o n - automatic. - A n electric motor M is mounted on a pivoted table b which is pressed upwards by a spring d. To start and stop the sewing-machine, while the motor continues to run, the table is lowered or raised to tighten or slacken the belt k. A brake-block i is carried by a spring-pressed rod h, which is linked to the table b so that when the belt is slackened the brake is applied. The table is linked by a rod f to the ordinary foot treadle-gear.
Patent GB-191116967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tube Cleaners.
Inventor: HAUER ELMER ELSWORTH
IPC: B08B9/04
Filed: 1911-07-24
Granted: 1911-09-14
Abstract: 16,967. Hauer, E. E. July 24. Cleaning internally, rotary appliances for. - In rotary tube-cleaners for removing scale, the driving-rod 1 is connected to the cleaner head 10 by a universal coupling 2, 4, 6 having either of the pivoted joints 8, 5 arranged at one side of the axis of the driving-shaft in order that the cleaner head may strike the scale with greater force. The strength of the blow may be still further increased by weighting the swinging end of the coupling 6<a> or the cleaner head, or both. The weight or weights may be alone employed, with the pivoted joint arranged axially.
Patent GB-191120949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Reamers, Taps, and the like.
Inventor: PRICE FREDERICK
IPC: B23D77/04
Filed: 1911-09-22
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 20,949. Price, F. Sept. 22. Reamers; taps. - An adjustable reamer, tap, or the like has the body a slotted to receive the blades b and recessed conically at its front end to receive wedgepieces e, which engage between the blades and, being pressed forwards by a bolt g and washer f, wedge the blades down on to the bottom of the slots and backward against an internally coned nut d. In a hollow reamer, the wedges are pressed into engagement by a nut instead of a bolt. The shank s may be made detachable.
Patent GB-191124679-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water Cooled Resistances.
Inventor: EMMET WILLIAM LE ROY
IPC: H01C1/082
Filed: 1911-11-06
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 24,679. Emmet, W. le R. Nov. 7, 1910, [Convention date]. Resistances.-A water-cooled resistance for motor controlling and other purposes comprises a bare conductor in an insulating-conduit, part of which extending beyond the conductor is of reduced cross-section to reduce leakage of current through the water. The resistance material described in Specification 26,940/07 can be used in fresh or salt water. As shown, resistance elements for use in a three - phase system, each consist of spirals 26 of the abovedescribed material in strip form, arranged with the width of the strip in the direction of flow. and connected alternately at their inner and outer ends to form a non-inductive system; they are mounted in the wider portions of wooden casings, the upper portions being of reduced cross-section, the reduction preferably corresponding with the area of the strip. The sections of the tubes are united by screwed rings 24 and connected between headers 19, 20 which, when used on ships, may be connected with the circulating system of the engine condensers. Intermediate connexions 27 may be provided for varying the resistance. The water circulation may be that due to the heat generated in the resistances.
Patent GB-191126479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means for Preventing Horses and the like Slipping.
Inventor: POCKETT ROBERT GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: A01L7/02
Filed: 1911-11-27
Granted: 1912-05-02
Abstract: 26,479. Pockett, R. G. W. Nov. 27. Sole-plates. - Means for preventing horses &c. from slipping comprises a multitudinally perforated, h o n e y - combed, or grooved piece of metal C, Fig. 1, attached to a foundation piece of leather, metal, &c. secured in the usual way to the hoof beneath the shoe S. The piece C comes into contact with the ground in advance of the shoe, and becomes filled with grit. The road shock is borne by the frog of the foot. The perforations &c. may be entirely or in part filled in with rubber, lead, or other grit-retaining material that may also prevent the adhesion of snow &c. The metal piece C may cover only the rear part of the hoof.
Patent GB-191126910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dough Moulding Machinery.
Inventor: RIPPIN WILLIAM HEYCOCK
IPC: A21C7/02
Filed: 1911-12-01
Granted: 1912-10-03
Abstract: 26,910. Rippin, W. H. Dec. 1. Rolling-machines.-In a dough-moulding machine comprising a rotor 4 disposed within a stator 1, the rotor is formed with a lower inclined portion 7 to form the moulding - trough; and a series of disks 13, carried upon shafts 14, are mounted within the stator and are driven bv a wheel 16 engaging with gears 15. The disks are formed with conical or convex faces, and they stretch and turn the dough. The rotor is driven from a shaft 11 through bevelgearing 10, 9, and the wheel 16 is driven through a bevel-gear 17 secured to a sleeve 19 mounted on the shaft 11 and separately driven by pulleys 20. In a modification, the disks 13 are carried by the rotor, and, according to the Provisional Specification, they are arranged tangentially thereto with their forward ends projecting.