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Patent GB-191103257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Preventing the Loss of Fountain Pens and Pencils.
Inventor: VALKENBURG LEVI DARBY VAN
IPC: B43K25/02
Filed: 1911-02-08
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 3257. Valkenburg, L. D. van. Feb. 8. Pockets, retaining pens &c. in.-In a device for retaining a pen or pencil in a vest pocket, a member A adapted to be mounted on the pen &c. has a projecting curved spring tongue B which passes through a bar C, the lower end of the tongue pressing on the bar so that its extremity i clips the outside of the pocket. The member A may be permanently secured to the pen &c. by any suitable means, or may be detachable. In the device illustrated, the tongue B is integral with a part m which slides under lugs n, n on a plate A<3>, Fig. 4, and prongs o, o secure this plate to the cap or barrel of the pen. In a modification, the tongue B is made in one piece with a band which clips the pen &c.
Patent GB-191103809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reversing Mechanism for Metal Planing Machines.
IPC: B23D7/00
Filed: 1911-02-15
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 3809. Dell & Son, W. R., Richards, G., [trading as High Speed Planer Reconstruction Co.], and Stewart, R. Feb. 15. Reversing - gearing.- A differential gear drive for a planing-machine has one of the gears driven constantly, the other one being braked for the cutting stroke and being driven for the quick return. The constantly driven wheel 20 is driven from one of two belt cones 3<b>, 23 through a clutch 24; this enables the table to be speeded up over gaps in work being planed. The table-traversing pinion 1 is connected to a shaft carrying the planet-wheels 16; the other member 12 of the differential gear is coupled to a clutch 11 which may engage a brake wheel 13 or a fly-wheel 9. In a modification, magnetic clutches are used in place of the clutches 24, 11.
Patent GB-191105338-A (GB)
Title: Gas Valves or Taps.
Inventor: GREEN JAMES WILLIAM
IPC: F16K5/08
Filed: 1911-03-03
Granted: 1912-03-04
Abstract: 5338. Green, J. W., and Deakin, J. L. March 3. Gaseliers.-In a pendant gas fitting in which the gas is turned on and off by rotation of the lower part of the fitting, the upper part of the pendant is fitted with a socket c, Figs. 1 and 2, bored to receive the cock plug a, which is secured to the lower part of the fitting. The plug has vertical passages a<2>,a<4>, and lateral passages a<3>, a<5> communicating in the open position through a recess c' in the socket c. The ball-and-socket suspension joint has lateral pins e<2>, Fig. 4, engaging in grooves e<3> to prevent the rotation of the upper part of the fitting with the lower part.
Patent GB-191105491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Envelopes.
Inventor: PLANCHE LEON
IPC: B65D27/22
Filed: 1911-03-04
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 5491. Planche, L. March 10, 1910, [Convention date]. Envelopes. - Relates to envelopes of the kind secured by a tongue on the body portion being inserted through openings in the closing-flap and the body portion respectively. According to the present invention, the openings through which the tongue is passed are located in front of one another, so that the tongue can be inserted by a single operation. To the body portion a of the envelope is attached a piece of cardboard 2 provided with a slot d and with a tongue c, while to the closing-flap b is secured a piece of cardboard 3 provided with a slot e. The envelope is secured by inserting the tongue c inwards through the slots d, e. The slot e may be replaced by an aperture of size sufficient to prevent the end of the tongue to be finally brought outside the envelope if desired. The portion 3 may project beyond the edge of the flap b and a tab g may be provided to facilitate insertion and withdrawal of the tongue. The Specification as open to inspection under . Section 91(3)(a) comprises also a construction in which the tongue projects upwards from the body portion, with which it may be integral, and, after passing through a slot in the closing- flap is passed through a slot in the body portion. This subject - matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191115490-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Collapsible Go-cart Under Carriage.
Inventor: WALLACE THEODORE
IPC: B62B7/10
Filed: 1911-07-03
Granted: 1912-07-03
Abstract: 15,490. Wallace, T., and Wallace, P. July 3. Folding vehicles.-Relates to a child's folding carriage of the kind in which the wheel-carrying frames are folded laterally beneath the main frame by folding down the handle frame, and comprises an improved arrangement of linkwork by which the folding is effected. The ends of the wheel-carrying frames F are pivoted to brackets E on the main frame A. A hinge I is secured to each frame F near each wheel axle, and to these hinges are pivoted bars J, which are pivoted at their inner ends to a central longitudinal bar K. A link L connects the bar K to the lower end of a U-shaped frame M, pivoted to brackets M<1> on the frame A. The upper ends of the frame M are pivoted to the arm rests N which are pivoted at the rear to the handle frame Q, so that, when the latter is folded down, the wheel frames are folded through the links N, M, L, K, J. The parts are held in the travelling position by hinged diagonal struts S, one member of each hinge being fitted with a flange T forming a stop. Similar stops are applied to the hinging of the bars J and of the ends of the wheel-carrying frames F. The seating floor D is fixed to the frame A. The foot-rest U is held by links V pivoted to brackets P. The back-rest W is pivoted to the brackets M<1> and held by a loop X.
Patent GB-191116379-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lace for Boots and the like.
Inventor: BURCKAS HUGO
IPC: A43C9/08
Filed: 1911-07-15
Granted: 1911-12-14
Abstract: 16,379. Burckas, H. July 15. Laces.-The tags of boot and other laces are made from metal strips a which are wound spirally round the ends of a lace b so that a slight space c is left between the turns.
Patent GB-191116417-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Covering Over the Fastening Threads of Buttons.
Inventor: SCHOENBACH FRANZ
IPC: A44B1/28
Filed: 1911-07-17
Granted: 1912-04-18
Abstract: 16,417. Sch÷nbach, F. July 17. Buttons.-A device for covering the sewing- threads of buttons on the wrong side of the garment and for preventing the material from being torn comprises a counter-plate a, Figs. 2 and 3, having a bridge b over which the sewing- threads of the button k pass, and a cover-plate c attached to the plate a by a turned-over edge d. The counter-plate may have sewing-holes or may comprise an S-shaped wire a', Fig. 12. It may enclose a part m, Fig. 6, in the form of a button, or may have an edge d<1> turned over a cover-plate n.
Patent GB-191116444-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feed-water Heaters.
IPC: F22D1/42
Filed: 1911-07-17
Granted: 1912-05-02
Abstract: 16,444. Marks, E. C. R., [Trevithick, F. H.]. July 17. Feed-water, heating.-In a tubular feed-heater for locomotive and like boilers, the outside surface of the heater is used as a heating-surface in addition to the tube surfaces by forming an annular heating-space around the heater in communication with the blast-pipe. The heater shown consists of a cylindrical shell f traversed by tubes e and surrounded by a casing c, which is in communication with the blast pipe b. Steam from the blast-pipe may pass around the shell and through the tubes. The feed-water is compelled by one or more baffle-plates g to take a sinuous course through the heater. An auxiliary heater t is heated by condensed steam from the main heater, the steam being supplied through a pipe u. An alternative form is described in which the auxiliary heater is omitted. the steam passing directly from the tubes of the main heater into the air. The heater may be used with a feed-heater s heated by waste furnace gases, as described in Specifications 19,139/08 and 12,468/11. In a modification, the heater is placed outside the boiler smoke-box and connected to the blastpipe by a pipe.
Patent GB-191117869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Electric Lamps.
IPC: H01R33/965
Filed: 1911-08-05
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 17,869. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. Aug. 5. Holders. - A cover normally resting on the bulb is arranged to drop, when the lamp is removed, so as to expose openings leading to the holder terminals. In the form shown, a number of tongues g in the upper edge of the cover d is adapted to slide in corresponding vertical grooves h on a holder of porcelain or other insulating-material provided with lateral openings q. A ring e screwed over the lower end of the holder retains the cover in its lowermost position. The grooves h may be arranged helically, and the lamp may have a screw cap. The supply wires may be attached to a pin arranged transversely in the holder to prevent the lamp from falling if the wires become detached from the terminals. The cover may be decorative and reflecting.
Patent GB-191119872-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Rotary Force Pump for Delivering Liquid to Several Different Places.
IPC: F04C15/06
Filed: 1911-09-06
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 19,872. Daimler-Motoren-Ges. April 22, [Convention date]. Fixed-abutment type; discharge pipes for pumps.-A rotary pump specially suitable for feeding with lubricant several different parts of an automobile comprises a toothed piston wheel f which is mounted so as to gear with and roll within a stationary internally-toothed ring b, the liquid being discharged from the spaces between the stationary teeth into multiple delivery passages h. The piston f is rotatably mounted on a spindle g carried eccentrically by a hollow disk c, which is driven by a shaft d. A container a<1> supplies the liquid to the inlet port c<1> of the pump. Non-return or ball valves may be fitted in the pipes h, or the disk c may be fitted with a ported flange c<2>, Fig. 3, which acts as a cut-off valve.
Patent GB-191128018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Adjusting Devices for Rotary Grinding Machines.
IPC: B24B47/04
Filed: 1911-12-13
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 28,018. Loewe & Co., L., and Wagner, A. Dec. 13. Driving and feed devices.-In a feed-device for the grinding-disk of a rotary grinding- machine of the kind in which the feed-screw 3 is operated by a ratchet-wheel 4; the latter being stepped round by a pawl 26, moved up and down by a wheel 23, which is intermittently rotated by a rack 22, the rack being attached to a pivoted bar 21, moved to right and left alternately by stops 16, 19, on the machine bed; the feed may be kept in operation when the bed is stationary by attaching the rack to a bar 31, as shown, which is rocked by a crank 29 on a wheel 28 driven by a worm 27 on the driving-shaft 14.
Patent GB-191204920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Inking or Renovating Inking Ribbons for Typewriters.
Inventor: HUBERS JOSEPH
IPC: B41J31/14
Filed: 1912-02-27
Granted: 1912-10-10
Abstract: 4920. Hubers, J., [Hinckley, A. M.]. Feb. 27. Coating webs.-A typewriter ribbon to be inked or renovated is fed from a spool 5 to a spool 6 over a supply roller 3 driven by the frictional contact of the ribbon and supplied with ink or renovating-fluid by a wick 2 dipping into a reservoir 1. In a modification, the reservoir and supply roller are mounted in the typewriter, the ribbon being guided over the supply roller in its ordinary passage from one spool to the other.
Patent GB-191205150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drain Pipes.
Inventor: TIEDEMANN JULIUS
IPC: E03F3/04
Filed: 1912-02-29
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 5150. Tiedemann, J. Feb. 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Junction pieces, for triangular 3-channel pipes, are fitted with solid or apertured plugs 7 to take into the side channels to secure alinement, and may be provided with a flange 8. Alternatively the plugs are not used, reliance being placed solely on the flange.
Patent GB-191206282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Slaughtering Sheep, Cattle, Pigs or other Animals.
Inventor: HOHORST ERWIN
IPC: A22B3/02
Filed: 1912-03-13
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 6282. Hohorst, E. March 13. Guns.-A spring-gun for slaughtering purposes comprises a tubular body A containing a spring-pressed plunger or piercer D, and a rack B and pinion G for forcing back the p i e r c e r against the action of the spring C. The pinion G is operated by a removable crank-handle carrying ratchet teeth which cooperate with a pawl to prevent backward movement. The piercer is held in the retracted position by a catch K, which is pressed into engagement with a shoulder at the end of the neck portion B by a spring N acting on the lever H. When this lever is pressed towards the tubular body A, the catch K is disengaged, and the piercer is forced forward by the spring C.
Patent GB-191211586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and/or connected with Electric Switches.
Inventor: HUNTER PHILIP VASSAR
IPC: H01H33/18
Filed: 1912-05-15
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 11,586. Hunter, P. V., and Shand, W. L. May 15. Magnetic blow-outs.-A magnetic blow-out action upon the opening of a switch is obtained bv the mutual repulsion of two arcs without the use of coils. A switch, shown diagrammatically in Figs. I and II, is opened at two points 1, 2 so as to draw two arcs 7, 8 close together and parallel or nearly so, the currents in the two arcs flowing in different directions. An insulating-partition 9 lies between the arcs. In the modification indicated in Fig. III, the leads 12, 13 are so disposed that they exert an additional repulsive effect on the arcs. In the modification indicated in Fig. V, the switch contacts are disposed so that the directions of the arcs cross each other. Helically - moving contacts and tubular partitions may be employed. In applying the invention to oil-break switches, the separate breaks may take place in different liquids, such as oil and water. A modification employing four arcs is described.
Patent GB-191212049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pipe Severing Devices.
Inventor: KRETZSCHMAR WALTER
IPC: B23D21/10
Filed: 1912-05-21
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 12,049. Kretzschmar, W. May 21. Pipe cutters.-A pipe-cutting device of the type in which the cutting-tool is mounted in a slideway in a circular frame, means being provided for centrally clamping the device to the pipe, comprises two annular slides b, c, one carrying the cutting-tool g and the other provided with eccentric threads c<1> in the manner of a worm for engaging teeth on the radiallysliding clamping-members d, which are simultaneously operated to centre the device and clamp it to the pipe. The slide f carrying the tool is provided with worm threads engaging with a worm-wheel l mounted on the annular slide b, which wheel is connected with a ratchetwheel m fed by a pawl o on the casing a at each rotation. The casing is in halves connected together by tenons t on one part entering corresponding cavities in the other part and clamped by screws u. The clamping-members are provided with axially-displaceable screws s.
Patent GB-191214744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hide Splitting Machines.
Inventor: GAY JOSEPH HENRY
IPC: C14B1/14
Filed: 1912-06-24
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 14,744. Gay, J. H. June 24. Splitting &c. - Relates to machines in which the work is fed to the knife between a moving support such as a roller and a moving web coacting therewith, and in which a presser member having a convex foot bears on the web to compress the work between the web and the support. The invention consists in constructions of the presser member which, without impairing the feed, permit the knife to be brought right up to the presser member. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the presser member consists of a series of steel blocks F each carried by an adjustably spring-depressed spindle H vertically movable in a truss frame A which is itself vertically adjustable in the machine frame. The convexity of the lower portions of the blocks F, which bear on the moving web Y, is such as to provide adequate clearance for the knife D. The blocks F may be provided with surfaces a, Fig. 5, of small inclination to depress the work gradually as it approaches the knife. Cylindrical recesses may be provided in the blocks F to receive a web-engaging roller b, Fig. 6. In a modification, the roller b is confined between arms e, Fig. 7, bolted on the presser blocks, and bears on an elastic cylinder d extending through recesses c in the blocks.
Patent GB-191216574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bags, Wallets and the like.
Inventor: THYNE WILLIAM
IPC: B65D33/12
Filed: 1912-08-22
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 16,574. Thyne, W. Aug. 22. Hand-bags.-The carrier cord or tape of a paper or other bag, wallet, &c. is secured to the flap in one of the ways shown, and thence is passed through two holes in the body of the bag. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the ends of the cord are passed outwards through two holes D, E in the flap and knotted together, and the loop is returned through a third hole F. In the bag shown in Fig. 4, a single hole L is employed, and in that shown in Fig. 7, the ends are stuck to the outside of the flap and the loop is passed through a hole X.
Patent GB-191216607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: LAURENT EUGENE
IPC: B60B25/18
Filed: 1912-07-16
Granted: 1913-07-16
Abstract: 16,607. Laurent, E. July 17, 1911, [Convention date]. Tyre attachments to rims. - The detachable side flange 2 is secured to the felloe by means of an expansible ring 3 which is operated by a toggle device 17, 18 and locked by a spring- pressed key 12. The key 12 is formed as a rack to engage a pinion 5 actuated by a key 11 which may be held clear of the pinion by means of projections 24. The opening in the groove of the rim member 1 is closed by a cover-plate 21, Fig. 4, secured by bolts and nuts 22. Packing- strips 13, 19, 20 are fitted as shown.
Patent GB-191217659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuel Supply Systems for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: BASSFORD WILLIAM KIPP
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1912-07-30
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 17,659. Bassford, W. K. July 30. Spray carburettors;' vaporizers, external.- The temperature of the mixture is shown by an indicator 10 placed in the pipe Q leading to the engine. The heating is regulated by a valve E which, when open, allows the exhaust gases to pass .directly through the pipe D, and when closed, causes them to circulate about the mixture-pipe G, through the perforated baffles P and the holes d into the pipe D. If, in spite of the adjustment of the valve E, the temperature falls too low, the heavy fuel is cut off by the valve j and the petrol carburettor M put into action. The highest, lowest, and mean working temperatures may be marked on the indicator 10, or adjustable pointers may be used for the purpose; or the indicator may be electrically connected to some audible signalling- apparatus.
Patent GB-191219838-A (GB)
Title: Process and Product for Purifying Acetylene and other Gases.
Inventor: GRANJON PASCAL JULES
IPC: C07C7/148
Filed: 1912-08-30
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 19,838. Granjon, P. J. Sept. 12, 1911, [Convention date]. Purifying gases.-Manganese dioxide or other easily reducible oxide of manganese is added as a catalyst to the mixture of metal oxides and chlorides, or oxychlorides, and mercury bichloride used for removing phosphoretted hydrogen from acetylene and other gases, so that the formation of volatile chlorine compounds is avoided. A mixture of the oxide and chloride of iron is suitable but salts of other metals capable of forming a suboxide may be used. The mixture is more or less diluted with water, and is incorporated in an absorbent and permeable substance, such as kieselguhr.
Patent GB-191220753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Storage and Lowering of Ships' Boats.
Inventor: GRONOW STEPHEN
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1912-09-11
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 20,753. Gronow, S. Sept. 11. [Cognate Application 24,991/12.] Davits; boat raising and lowering gear.-The invention relates to athwart - ship swinging davits held in position by pairs of guys with a row of stanchions at the rear of the davits provided with tackle for transporting the boats from their stowed positions to the davits. Booms d fastened to the deck e by ball-andsocket joints have their free ends connected by a span g carrying the raising and lowering tackle p which is carried inboard to a winch q. The boats a are stowed on a lounge deck above the boat deck, and they may be transported to either side of the deck by operating tackles n passing over the head of vertical posts c. When a boat has been swung between a pair of posts, the tackle from the opposite pair of posts is replaced by the tackle p from the booms d ; the boat is then lowered under the control of the tackles p, n which obviates swinging. The booms d are worked in and out board by the ropes i wound on a winch s and the rope j wound on a winch t.
Patent GB-191227845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vault Lights, Pavements, Mosaics and the like.
Inventor: PRATHER WILLIS MICHAEL
IPC: E04B5/46
Filed: 1912-12-03
Granted: 1914-01-05
Abstract: 27,845. Prather, W. M. Dec. 3. Mosaics.-Blocks or inlays 16 are constructed in the form of a truncated conoid having . gradually ascending ridges on its curved service so as to prevent chipping of the inlays under stresses due to expansion &c. The ridges 20 decrease in width, and the grooves 21 increase in width and depth towards the upper surface of the inlays, and the lower ends of the grooves 21 are slightly dished as at 24. The curved ridges may be applied to other forms of inlay, as for example, a rectangular inlay, one corner of which is shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-191300086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process of Treating Fishing Nets for Increasing the Durability thereof.
Inventor: VRIESLAND ADOLPHE ISIDORE VAN
IPC: D06M15/05
Filed: 1913-01-01
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 86. Vriesland, A. I. van. Jan. 2, 1912, [Convention date]. Impregnating-compositions.-To increase the durability of a fishing-net and also to render it waterproof it is impregnated with a solution of viscose or other cellulose derivative. The treatment may be repeated several times and the net may be subsequently impregnated with oil &c.
Patent GB-191300399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Representing in a Mechanical Manner the Positions of the Planets Relatively to the Sun and the Earth.
Inventor: STELLER KONRAD GUSTAV
IPC: G09B27/02
Filed: 1913-01-06
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 399. Steller, K. G. Jan. 10, 1912, [Convention date]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Orreries.-An appliance for showing the heliocentric and geocentric motions of the planets comprises earth and planet disks E, V revolved around the sun S by suitable means, and a star map M on which the geocentric motion of the sun is represented by a disk s carried by a link b joining the earth and the sun, and the geocentric motion of the planet is represented by a disk v carried by a link d moved parallel to the link e joining the earth and the planet. A modified appliance for showing the motions of an additional planet comprises two appliances substantially as described above mounted one above the other, the disks representing the earth in the two parts of the appliance being mounted above one another and rotated at the same speed. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also mechanical driving-mechanism, and means for representing the motions of the moon, the phases of the moon and venus, and the inclination of the path of venus to the orbit of the earth. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.