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Patent GB-191008907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Potato Digging Machines.
Inventor: MITCHELL ALEXANDER
IPC: A01D19/02
Filed: 1910-04-13
Granted: 1911-02-23
Abstract: 8907. Mitchell, A. April 13. Potato - diggers.-A machine for digging potatoes comprises a plough fitted with divergent bars instead of mouldboards and having a set of rotary forks on each side of it. The plough standard E is adjustably secured in the rear part of the frame A by means of a setscrew G; or a lever may be provided for raising and lowering the plough. The angle between the two divergent sets of bars H is regulated by means of links. The top and bottom bars H may be straight and the others curved inwards. The two sets of forks I are driven by chain or other gearing K and a clutch.
Patent GB-191009340-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Burner for Petroleum and the like.
Inventor: LINLEY ARTHUR VICKERS
IPC: F23D3/00
Filed: 1910-04-18
Granted: 1911-04-18
Abstract: 9340. Linley, A. V., Owensmith, W. H., and Edwards, J. April 18. Wick burners, solid-flame; wick-locking devices.-In a burner of the type in which the upper end of a wick-tube M is arranged within a vapour-chamber A, the chamber A, which is wholly or partially of earthenware, china, or metal, has a dished or sunk top L provided with notches F, and for cleaning purposes the part A is arranged detachably in a seating on the part B, being secured by the spring R hinged at Q, which spring fits in a groove U on the part A, is held in position by a catch S, and is provided with disks or buttons on its operating-ends Holes N are arranged in the burner top, and the wick-tube is perforated or slotted for the passage of vapour. In a modification, a burner top similar to that described in Specification 18,580/09, but having an inturned edge is illustrated. Specification 6934/04, is also referred to. According to the Provisional Specification, the vapour chamber may have a metal base fastened to the burner body by a hinge, bayonet-lock, &c., or the chamber mav be connected directly by a bayonet-lock to the body; and the wick is locked in position by means of a spring acting upon serrations on the sides or edges of the wick-winding button or an auxiliary button on the winding-spindle, or the spring may act between these buttons.
Patent GB-191017711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lamp Supporting Brackets, Pendants and the like.
Inventor: WOLF OTTO
IPC: F21V21/22
Filed: 1910-07-26
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 17,711. Wolf, 0., Bambury, N. F., and Bernardy, E. July 26. Brackets, lamp; pendants. -Relates to brackets or pendants of the type described in Specification 3822/10 for use with incandescent gas, electric, or other lamps, and consists of a universal head comprising the combination of telescopic rods 3 and a non-telescopic rod 4 arranged preferably in inverted tripod form. All the rods are connected to a ceiling- plate 1 by universal joints 5, 6, and the rods 3 are pivoted at their lower ends to the stem 2 of the pendant. The lower end of the rod 4 is rigidly connected to the stem 2. The tubes 3a of the rods 3 are provided with spring clamping - bolts 9, Figs. 2 and 3, the heads 10 of which encircle the telescoping tubes or rods 3<b>. The compression of the springs 12 is adjusted by nuts 13, and is preferably such as to allow the tubes 3<a>, 3<b> to slide relatively when the stem 2 is moved about the universal joint of the rod 4. A removable cap 11 enables the bolt 9 to be withdrawn from the socket 8 of each tube 3a.
Patent GB-191019787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Four-stroke Cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CRAYSSAC DESIRE
IPC: F02B57/00
Filed: 1910-08-24
Granted: 1911-09-25
Abstract: 19,787. Crayssac, D. Aug. 24. Four-stroke-cycle engines; driving-gear.-In a stationary or revolving aeronautical or other engine, having pairs of cylinders arranged as shown in Fig. 1, and with pistons driving through pin-and-slot mechanism, wear of the guides and brasses is taken up automatically by a series of connecting-plates which embrace the crank - pin and are free to slide one within another. Located between the pistons, Fig. 1, are four connecting-plates 16, 21, slots 26 in which engage guides 10 supporting ball-bearings, which bear on a guide block 9. The outside plates 16 are connected to the upper pistons and the inner plates 21, which are free to slide in the outer plates, to the lower pistons 14, 15, the free ends of the plates being clear of the piston faces. By maintaining pressure simultaneously in one of the upper and lower cylinders, knocking is prevented.
Patent GB-191021794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ball or Roller Bearings.
IPC: F16C33/42
Filed: 1910-09-20
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 21,794. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Nov. 25, 1909, [Convention date]. Ball and roller bearings.-A cage for ball or roller bearings, consisting of a perforated ring C, is provided with projections c<1> which fit into the races a<1>, b<1>, between the balls or rollers D. Should a ball or roller be broken, the fragments are carried round by the projections and prevented from obstructing the adjoining balls or rollers.
Patent GB-191023633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Commutation of the Rotor Currents in Polyphase Electric Commutator Machines.
IPC: H02K27/12
Filed: 1910-10-12
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 23,633. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. Oct. 12. Commutating poles and windings.-To neutralize both the reactance and transformer voltages induced in the armature coils of polyphase commutator machines, such as frequency - transformers, the commutating-pole windings w, which carry the main current, are shunted by one or more branch circuits, and voltages derived from transformers, which may be incorporated in the machine, are introduced into either the branch or commutating-winding circuits; the time-constants of the commutating- winding and branch circuits should be equal. Fig. 1 shows one of the armature coils a of a frequency-changer short-circuited by a brush b; the commutating-winding w is shunted by a branch containing an adjustable choking-coil l and a coil d mounted on the stator and constituting the secondary winding of a transformer, the primary winding being the rotor winding of the machine. To prevent the coils d from reacting upon the main field &c., auxiliary windings may be introduced in series with the brushes b, or the conductor g may be connected to a point on the coil d situated between the terminals of the coil. Instead of using the choking-coil l, the inductance of the branch circuit may be adjusted by increasing the magnetic leakage of the coil d by surrounding its end connexions with packets of laminated iron plates, or by placing the coil in deep slots in the core. The secondary winding of a transformer, having its primary winding connected to the brushes b, may also be introduced into the circuit containing the coil d.
Patent GB-191026696-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fastener for Lids of Train Lighting Accumulators.
Inventor: COCHRANE WILLIAM NISBET
IPC: H01M50/271
Filed: 1910-11-17
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 26,696. Cochrane, W. N. Nov. 17. Cells.-In an accumulator battery, applicable for railway-train lighting, the lids d of the cells b are held down by cams a on a shaft c running the length of the battery. The cams a may be loosely mounted on the shaft so that they can be moved independently, or they may be so arranged that all are moved simultaneously by turning the shaft.
Patent GB-191026984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Single-phase Alternating-current Motors.
Inventor: PARKER-HAIGH BERNARD
IPC: H02K27/06
Filed: 1910-11-21
Granted: 1911-10-05
Abstract: 26,984. Haigh, B. Parker-. Nov. 21. [Cognate Application, 9957/11.] Alternating-current commutator machines.-A single-phase motor is provided with stator windings arranged for two different numbers of poles in the ratio of two to one, the motor being used alternatively as a compensated series, repulsion, or compensated repulsion motor when running. with one or both numbers of poles. The armature winding is given a coil-step intermediate between the lengths of the stator pole pitches. The field excitation may be produced either by special stator windings, or by suitably arranging the main or the auxiliary brushes. Independent inducing or compensating, and exciting windings may be used for each number of poles; or single windings may be employed. Each single winding may consist of two parts, which are connected in series for 2n-pole operation; for n-pole operation, the two parts are connected in parallel so that the current in one part is reversed. Extra compensating or inducing windings may be placed in some of the stator slots. Fig. 5<a> shows a four-pole exciting-winding A, B, C, D, and Fig. 5<b> shows the same winding reconnected for two-pole operation. The corresponding connexion-diagram is shown in Fig. 9, and the sections CWA, CWB of the inducing-winding, the four parts A, B, C, D of the exciting-winding, and the armature A being joined up as shown. On closing switch R alone, the motor runs as a 4-p-pole repulsion motor; on closing switches CR alone, the motor is changed to a 2-p-pole compensated-repulsion machine. The motors are started by gradually increasing the voltage impressed upon them. Some forms of the motors may run on direct-current circuits.
Patent GB-191029277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Ramming and the like Machines.
IPC: C10B45/02
Filed: 1910-12-16
Granted: 1911-12-18
Abstract: 29,277. Marks, E. C. R., [Maschinenbau- Anstalt Humboldt]. Dec. 16. Tamping-machines. - Relates to coal and like ramming-machines with two rammers arranged side by side, and consists in a device whereby both rammers may be lifted simultaneously by the application to the driving-shaft of a uniform torque sufficient to raise one rammer only. In the form shown, the gripper-box f, which grips both rammers e at the bottom and releases them at the top, of its stroke, is guided along them by rollers g, and is pivoted at j, above the centre of gravity, to a connecting-rod h, suspended from one arm m of a lever i turning on a fixed pivot p; the other arm o, of which the weight is sufficient to counterbalance the weight of one rammer, is slotted to receive the crank-pins l on the wheel k driven by a motor. The gripping-devices comprise spring-actuated bolts u, Fig. 3, carrying rollers 2, adapted to engage noses v on bars r, which are capable of sliding vertically through the bolts u. Recesses 4 are provided on the rammer rods to receive the bolts, but the pitch of these recesses is different from the pitch of the bolts, so that only one bolt can engage with its recess, the remaining bolts exerting a frictional grip on the rammers. Just before the gripper-box reaches the top of its stroke, the bar r strikes a fixed stop, causing the noses to retract the bolts and release the rammers; impact of the bar with a second stop, near the bottom of the stroke, causes it to release the bolts, which then grip the rammers. The machine is mounted on wheels n and is adapted to receive an intermittent motion to allow it to ram fresh material.
Patent GB-191100317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Slow Combustion Stoves.
Filed: 1911-01-05
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 317. Sugg & Co., W., and Wright, W. S., [representative of Wright, E. S.]. Jan. 5. Closed solid-fuel stoves.-Air is admitted to the fire-basket c of a closed stove through an enclosed chamber beneath it which has a regulable inlet m, and smoke &c. passes through an aperture g in the side of the fire-basket to pass between a feed-hopper d above it and the casing a to the flue b. By this construction, opening of the doors h, l does not increase the air supply to the fire. The chamber beneath the grate is formed by a partition j and a tightly fitting ash-pan k which is inserted through the door l. The fire-basket has radial bars c and a loose shaking grate f. The door h has a mica screen and allows of a direct view of the fire.
Patent GB-191102390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines for Motor Vehicles or the like.
Inventor: DYBALL BRENNAN
IPC: F02M7/14
Filed: 1911-01-30
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 2390. Dyball, B. Jan. 30. Spray carburettors.- The fuel-valve 15 is actuated by the throttle-valve 5 through a cam 9 and a lever 1 the fulcrum 2 of which can be adjusted, to vary the strength of the mixture, by a screw 10* and nut 19.
Patent GB-191102832-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Cooking Meat, Vegetables and the like.
Inventor: ROTHE RUDOLPH EMIL
IPC: A47J36/16
Filed: 1911-02-03
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 2832. Rothe, R. E., and Sigmund, L. March 7, 1910, [Convention date]. Food, treating. - Food is cooked without added water in a hermetically sealed vessel 7 provided with a rotatable scraper 1 passing over the bottom of the vessel to prevent burning.
Patent GB-191102980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Low Pressure Steam Heating Systems particularly adapted for Railway Trains.
Inventor: SAWYER RICHARD
IPC: B61D27/00
Filed: 1911-02-06
Granted: 1912-02-06
Abstract: 2980. Sawyer, R. Feb. 6. Loose-ball valves; actuating.-A valve for controlling the supply of steam under pressure to a system of heating- radiators comprises a ball i adapted to be moved from or on to its seat i<0> by means of a lever arm actuated by a lever handle.
Patent GB-191105269-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of a Product applicable for use for Sizing, Stopping, Filling and other purposes.
Inventor: MILLIGAN HAROLD
IPC: D21H17/24
Filed: 1911-03-02
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 5269. Milligan, H., and Board, A. V. March 2. Plastic compositions containing starch &c.- A material applicable for stopping, filling, &c. consists of flour of manioc or like root, treated with hydrofluoric acid or one of its compounds, for example, ammonium fluoride. In an example, finely ground ammonium fluoride is mixed with the finely ground root purified from cellulose by sifting, both preferably being dry; when the fluoride has acted on the starch sufficiently long, a product capable of being gelatinized with hot water is obtained. In use the material so prepared may be mixed with sago flour, dextrin, &c. and a preservative, for example mercuric chloride, formaldehyde, or phenol.
Patent GB-191109356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pile Foundations.
IPC: E02D5/62
Filed: 1911-04-15
Granted: 1912-03-21
Abstract: 9356. Mouchel & Partners, L. G., and Towse, H. W..April 15. Piles.-Piles or the like, of the kind in which no internal pilot or preparatory pile is used, are provided with one or more longitudinal cavities or pipes, such as b, Figs. 1 and 5, closed by a shoe c, Fig. 1, or by means of a plug e, Fig. 5. After driving, the shoe or plug is driven out, and grouting &c. is forced in to provide a good anchorage. A hollow sheet pile a is shown in Fig. 5, and the pipe b may have lateral orifices d. In the case of wood or iron piles, the pipe may be attached to the pile or driven independently. A vent pipe may also be provided.
Patent GB-191109969-A (GB)
Title: Pneumatic Weir Shutters.
Inventor: HUNT WILFRED
IPC: E02B7/40
Filed: 1911-04-25
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 9969. Hunt, W., [Ashford, J., and Leggett, S.]. April 25. Movable weirs.-A frame A pivoted at C to the sill of a weir has hinged to it at the upper end D a tank - shaped shutter B, which may be supplied with air to render it buoyant, and is provided with holes at the end near the pivot C to allow the air to escape. To prevent the shutter from rising beyond the required height, it is provided with a strut F hinged at the lower end and provided with a T-shaped head which runs along a groove in the frame A, the motion being limited by a stop G and a catch H. To open the shutter, the hook E that holds the two parts together is released, and the tank B rises to the surface of the water carrying with it the catch H, thus releasing the T-head of the strut F. On reaching the surface, the tank B fills with water, as air escapes, and then sinks, carrying the frame with it, until they lie along the bottom of the stream, whereupon the hook E again engages a pin on the tank B. To raise the shutter, air is pumped through the main I to the tank B through the fixed hinge-pin, displacing the water and causing the tank to rise. As the frame rises, the block K turns round the hinge-pin and cuts off the air supply. When several such shutters are used, they are operated in sequence as follows. The main I being below water-level, may become swamped when not in use, but, when air is pumped into the main, the water is forced back through the first branch J to the first shutter, and air enters it until cut off by the rising of the first shutter, whereupon the water in the next branch J is forced back and the next shutter operated. The hooks E on each frame A are attached to a spindle M which extends beyond the frame at either end and carries a lever N. The frame extends a short distance beyond the hinge pin and carries a projecting piece 0, which, when the frame sinks, engages the lever N on the next frame, so that, when the first shutter is operated, it operates the next, and so in sequence.
Patent GB-191115488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Laundry Appliances.
Inventor: CARR STANLEY
IPC: D06F39/00
Filed: 1911-07-03
Granted: 1912-07-03
Abstract: 15,488. Carr, S. July 3. Handling and dealing with work in laundries. - An apparatus for lifting, conveying, and tipping laundry loads carried in baskets comprises a basket A adapted to be placed in a copper B and connected by hooks to a rope F passing over a travelling sheave G which may be run along rails I to bring the basket over the tubs Q. The basket is constructed of wire, hemp, &c., with projections at the corners of the meshes so as to ensure circulation spaces between the basket and the copper. Loops A<2> to which the suspension hooks are attached are provided with shackles C adapted to engage buttons B<2>, Fig. 1, to hold the basket in place in the copper. One of the loops A<2> is hinged to allow the basket to be tipped as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The spindle of the sheave G has disks H running in grooves in the rails I, and to prevent displacement of the spindle spring skids J are provided. One of the rails is grooved to receive the rope at the various positions of the sheave G. The rope F is attached to a hook on a sheave K which has on its face a pair of hooks K<2> for the temporary engagement of the operating-lever 0.
Patent GB-191116390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Stop Motion Mechanism for Looms.
Inventor: SMITH ALFRED
IPC: D03D51/00
Filed: 1911-07-17
Granted: 1912-07-17
Abstract: 16,390. Smith, A., and Shackleton, G. W. July 17. Change-box motions; picking-motions.-Lagging-back devices for finding the broken or failing pick of weft are automatically controlled by the weft-detector mechanism, operation of which causes a cam h to be clutched to a wheel f driven from a wheel f<1> on the loom shaft E. This cam causes the picking-mechanism to be stopped and pattern mechanism for the shuttle-boxes and dobby or jacquard to be driven reversely and subsequently readjusted in a forward direction, after which the cam causes complete stoppage of the loom. When the centre - fork or side - fork detector mechanism detects a broken pick &c. and the beat-up occurs, a dagger a operates a dagger b, whereby, through lever mechanism c, d, d<2>, d<3>, d<4>, a catch d<5> is raised out of engagement with a clutch e pivoted on a bracket h<1> on the cam h loosely mounted on a shaft g. By means of a spring e<1>, the clutch is then rocked, so that a projection e<3> thereon is brought between two of a series of projections 4 on the wheel f and the cam h is clutched to the wheel f. This cam first raises a lever k<1> against spring action, thereby raising a rod k<5>, which causes the picking - mechanism to be stopped and the pattern mechanism for the shuttle boxes &c. to be reversed as the loom continues to run forwards. When the part 7 of the cam h is reached, the lever k<1> descends sufficiently to cause the pattern mechanism to be driven forwards, but not sufficiently to re-engage the picking-mechanism. The loom then continues to run with the pattern mechanism driven forwards until this is properly adjusted. A cam p then strikes the lever m, which operates lever mechanism m<3>, n and causes further motion to be given, through the lever mechanism d, c, to the bunter b. The end of the slot b<1> in the bunter then operates a pin b<2> on the stop-lever b<3> and stops the loom, the stoppage occurring approximately when the part 8 is beneath the bowl k<4> on the lever k<1>. After the weaver has repaired the broken weft and re-started the loom, the cam moves sufficiently to allow the lever k<1> to drop and thus cause re-engagement of the picking-mechanism, after which the catch d<5> engages the clutch e and rocks it, thus disengaging if from the projections 4.
Patent GB-191118066-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Separating Machines.
Inventor: COLE FRANK MONROE
IPC: B07B13/00
Filed: 1911-08-09
Granted: 1911-12-14
Abstract: 18,066. Cole, F. M., and Tallmage, M. F. Aug. 9. Separating by adherence of fine particles to moving surfaces.-Relates to a machine for separating clover seed, grass seed, &c., in which a roll is rotated so that its surface moves upwards away from a stream of material flowing lengthways along its side, and carries the irregularly-shaped or rough-surfaced particles away from the stream. The roll A, Fig. 9, has a covering a of cord, string, or twine of fibrous material, wound helically thereon, and the bar B, which is arranged at one side of the roll so as to form a trough through which the material flows, is slightly concave transversely with flanges b, b<1> at its upper and lower edges. The cord-wound roll is preferably treated with a thin solution of asphaltum or other suitable material to prevent a nap from being raised on its surface. Figs. 1 and 3 show a machine with six separating-rolls A arranged in two vertical tiers. The rolls are journaled in the end plates d, d<1> of a frame D, which is hinged at the head end of the machine to the main frame C, and the inclination of the frame D and rolls A can be adjusted by means of a chain f<1> and ratchetwheel f<3>. The rolls are driven by gearing h<6> from shafts h<5> actuated by gearing from a shaft H, which forms the hinge-pin of the frame, and is driven by a belt from a shaft g<3> operated from the main driving-shaft G by a belt passing over conical pulleys. The trough bars B are pivoted at one end i to the plate d, and at the other end to an arm or lever I which screws on a bush i<2> mounted in the plate d<1> and serving as a bearing for the adjacent end of the roll. To allow all the bars in a tier to be adjusted simultaneously, the free ends of the arms I are connected to a vertical rod which can be operated by a lever. The bars are adjusted so that their tail ends are nearer the crests of the rolls than their head ends, and springs L hold the lower edges of the bars against the rolls. Or the bars may be adjustable at both ends. The material is delivered at the head ends of the rolls by branch spouts m from vertical feed-tubes M, and the spouts m are preferably adjustable up and down to regulate the supply. The spouts may be made of coiled wire, and may be held in the desired position bv pivoted arms m<1>. The particles carried over by the rolls are received in a hopper N, which is arranged between the two tiers of rolls and provided at different parts of its length with discharge spouts n, so that the particles separated by different parts of the rolls can be kept separate. Intermediate partition plates d<2> divide the machine into separate compartments for the different grades of material, and shields or aprons E direct the particles carried over by the rolls into the hopper N. The material not carried over by the rolls is discharged at the lower ends of the rolls into a hopper n'.