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Patent GB-191202466-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Hoists.
Inventor: GEHRICKE OTTO
IPC: B66D3/16
Filed: 1912-01-30
Granted: 1912-04-25
Abstract: 2466. Gehricke, O. Jan. 30. Driving - gear for winding and paying - out apparatus; geared pulley - hoists. - A hoist rs provided with two shafts slidable in opposite directions and carrying gearing so that a slow raising or a fast lowering speed is imparted to the hoisting-shaft. The hoisting-shaft carries a pulley and also a spur-wheel d, with which gear wheels on one of two slidable gear shafts f, h. For hoisting, the drive is from the operating shaft h by wheels i, g and e, d to the hoisting-shaft. For lowering, the drive is direct from the wheel s to the wheel d. The shafts are moved by a slotted lever n engaging pins o on sleeves carried by the shafts, and are held locked in either position by the mechanism shown in Fig. 4, the claws v<1>, v<2> engaging recesses provided in the shafts. A pawl m engages a ratchet-wheel in the shaft h.
Patent GB-191203629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling the Flow of Liquids through Pipes, Sewers and other Channels.
Inventor: TULLOCH HECTOR
IPC: G01F5/00
Filed: 1912-02-13
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 3629. Tulloch, H. Feb. 13. Fluids, regulating volume of flow or pressure of.-For controlling the flow of liquid through pipes, sewers, and other closed or open channels, the passage A is provided with an horizontal partition D placed in the path of the liquid, so that liquid above a certain depth overflows at the sides into a chamber C to be diverted into an overflow pipe B. The portion of the pipe A<1> is cut away at the sides for some distance before the plate D is reached, to minimize the head of liquid above the plate.
Patent GB-191205189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fittings for the Fronts of Furnaces.
Inventor: BENNIS EDWARD
IPC: F23M7/00
Filed: 1912-03-01
Granted: 1912-08-15
Abstract: 5189. Bennis, E. March 1. Furnace fronts; grates.-In connexion with furnace-front fittings, a hollow dead-plate A and small coking-bars B to receive the fresh fuel are used in combination with a hollow front and hollow fire-doors as described in Specification 18,323/11. Air is supplied by blowers D to the hollow dead-plate, and part of it issues between the bars B while the remainder enters the hollow front and passes thence by way of the hollow doors to the upper part of the front, whence it issues over the fire. The doors are preferably those described in Specification 5188/12.
Patent GB-191207135-A (GB)
Title: An Arrangement for Starting Groups of Electrical Machines consisting of a Synchronous and an Asynchronous Machine connected in Cascade with it.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: H02K47/06
Filed: 1912-03-23
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 7135. Thompson, W. P., [Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi]. March 23. Alternating - current induction machines; motor-generators.-Groups of synchronous and asynchronous machines connected in cascade and having the same number of poles are brought to the synchronous speed by gradually shortcircuiting a monophase resistance Rm in the secondary circuit R. The group may be started by means of a tri-phase resistance Rt. The monophase resistance Rm may be used both for starting and for synchronizing.
Patent GB-191210824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regenerative Gas Furnaces.
Inventor: SIEMENS FREDERICK KARL
IPC: F28D17/00
Filed: 1912-05-07
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 10,824. Siemens, F. K. May 7. Open-hearth furnaces. -- Relates to regenerative gas furnaces of the kind described in Specification 23,534/09, in which one end of a long hearth is heated to a high temperature by a horseshoe flame extending across it, a portion of the flame being withdrawn for heating the remainder of the hearth. In one modification, Fig. 2, where it is desirable that ingots &c. should travel straight through the furnace instead of being withdrawn at one side, the gas and air ports are arranged at the sides of the hearth so that the flame forms an arch. In another arrangement, Fig. 4, for heating dusty materials the horseshoe flame is confined to a combustion chamber at one end so that dust is not carried into the regenerators. In another form, Fig. 5, the finishing hearth is made narrow to concentrate the heat by arranging the gas and air ports above one another. In another modification, Fig. 6, for wide hearths, three or more sets of ports are provided, the middle ports h serving alternately as supply and exit passages.
Patent GB-191211019-A (GB)
Title: Safety Sanitary Belt for Female Use.
Inventor: FORRESTER HENRY GRAFTON
IPC: A61F13/64
Filed: 1912-08-08
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 11,019. Forrester, H. G. Aug. 8. Straps and bands.-A sanitary belt for ladies compriries a back portion b adjustably connected at each side to a front portion a by push-buttons h. Each portion has a depending tab which with the front portion a have elastic insertions e. Specifications 20,273/92 and 17,249/07 are referred to.
Patent GB-191212200-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Inventor: CLAPHAM WILLIAM SUGDEN
IPC: A63B53/06
Filed: 1912-05-23
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 12,200. Clapham, W. S. May 23. Golf clubs.-In a golf club having a head adjustable to vary the inclination of the striking-face, a projecting spindle c on the head screws into the neck d, or vice versa, and a spring h attached to the head extends into notches 2 in a quadrant d<1> formed in the neck. In a modification, the spring h is horizontal and terminates in a bolt fitting into holes in the quadrant. A spiral spring may be used instead of the spring h. In a further modification, Fig. 7, the spring h pivots on the spindle c and engages notches formed in both the head and the neck.
Patent GB-191220540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Power.
Inventor: HOLROYD THOMAS HOWARD
IPC: F03B1/00
Filed: 1912-09-09
Granted: 1913-09-09
Abstract: 20,540. Holroyd, T. H. Sept. 9. Self-driving plant.-Comprises a high column or tower from which water is directed on to an impulse-wheel, pumps being operated indirectly by the wheel to return the water to an elevated storage tank, from which it is further lifted to the top of the column by " siphon-like capillary tubes." Figs. 1<b> and 3<b> show the impulse-wheel e, driven by water passing from the bottom of the column a by way of pipes b. A pump j, Fig. 3<b>, operated by power generated by the impulse-wheel (for example, by current from a dynamo s worked by the wheel), forces the water up a pipe k, most of the water from the pipes b passing direct to the pump j through the hollow shaft i<1> of the wheel, while water which collects at the bottom of the casing of the apparatus is raised to the pump j by an auxiliary pump m. The water is discharged from the pipe k into a tank l, Fig. 1, whence it is stated to be raised to the top of the column a by the "combined capillary and siphonlike action " of a number of tubes 10. The upper ends of these tubes lead into a conical cappiece 9, and the lower ends may be closed or opened by an annular shutter-plate 16, which is supported on rotatable screwed rods 17 and may be controlled by means of a wheel 23 on a platform 6, Fig. 1<b>. For starting purposes, an additional reservoir 11 is provided above the column a, and is supplied with water from a main, passing up a pipe 15 and through a controlled valve 14. To direct the flow of water from the column a on to any desired set of outlet pipes b, angularly adjustable deflecting-plates 31 are provided at the base of the column, Fig. 1<b>. Directing-pyramids 35 are also provided between the outlet orifices, and a number of interconnected stop cocks 36 are arranged at the upper ends of the pipes b. The apparatus is built in a structure t, of which only the top and bottom portions are shown in the Figures, a staircase and suitable control platforms being provided. The column a may be supported within the structure near its upper end by a collar resting on ball-bearings.
Patent GB-191225635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twist Lace Machines for Making Traverse Spotted Net.
Inventor: BURTON FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: D04C5/04
Filed: 1912-11-08
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 25,635. Burton, F. W. Nov. 8. Lace machines.-Machines for making traverse spotted net, the spots being produced from the bobbin threads, are modified in order that various movements may be controlled from a vertical cam shaft instead of, as usual, from a jacquard or pattern chain. The front comb bar is moved in one direction by means of a cam 6 on the vertical cam shaft 2, acting on an extension 15 of the comb bar through a bell-crank 7. Another cam 10 acting on a lever 11 moves it in the reverse direction. A stepped slide 14 carried on a link 55 is interposed between the bell-crank 7 and the exten-ion 15. By withdrawing the slide 14, the comb bar can be left at rest. The back point bar is actuated in a similar manner from cams 17 or 18 on the shaft 2 according as one or other of two stepped slides on links 58 are interposed between the point bar and cam levers 19,20. The front point bar is moved by a similar arrangement at the other end of the machine. When six guide-bars are used, three are shogged from each end of the machine by means of cams such as 26, 27 controlled by stepped slides on bars 56, 57 as described above. The movements of the stepped slides are obtained from cams on an intermittently rotated shaft 42. The speed of rotation of the work roller is also reduced ur entirely suspended while spots are being made by placing the driving-pawl under control of the cam shaft 42. The shaft 42, Fig. 9, is intermittently actuated from a continuously rotating shaft 60 through a three-tooth driving and locking wheel 75, a wheel 77 atd ordinary spur and bevel gear. The wheel 75 is slidable on the shaft 60 and can be put out of driving position while continuing to lock the wheel 77 against rotation. This is effected by a similar arrangement of intermittent gear 61, 63, which drives a cam 67 controlling the position of the wheel 75 longitudinally on the shaft 60. Stops 85 controlled by cams 89 are provided to limit the return, movements of the point bar operating cam levers 86 during the production of plain net and so prevent the broad parts of the spot-making points from entering the threads.
Patent GB-191226810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Amusement Devices.
Inventor: RICKS ALVA MILTON
IPC: A63G7/00
Filed: 1912-11-21
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 26,810. Ricks, A. M. Nov. 21, 1911, [Convention date]. Railways for recreation. - An amusement device consists of parallel tracks each made up of a pair of rails 11 arranged one above the other, the tracks for the greater part of their length being arranged below a platform 10. Horses or other passenger - carrying devices are secured to posts 70 which project upwards through a slot in the platform from trucks running on the track. The driving- trucks consist of pairs of uprights 31 provided with wheels 32, 33 for engagement with the upper and lower rails, respectively, and connected by a member 34 through a joint 35 which permits the truck to bend in passing around horizontal curves. An electric motor 36 propels the truck. Trailing trucks are connected to the driving-truck by means of a bar 60 through universal joints 61 and these trailers may consist of single uprights connected by members 34<a> with pivoted joints 35<a> at each end. The whole device is preferably made to represent a racecourse, and the rails are provided with undulations 20<c> in order to make the horses leap over hurdles 80, as shown. The speed of the cars is controlled by an attendant in a judge's box 15 and the cars on the separate tracks are made to race.
Patent GB-191227669-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Door-closing Device.
Inventor: SCHMIDT JENS ERNEST
IPC: E05F1/10
Filed: 1912-12-02
Granted: 1914-01-02
Abstract: 27,669. Schmidt, J. E. Dec. 2. Operating doors by springs.-Relates to spring door-operating appliances of the kind that can either close the door or open it more fully when it is moved from a given open position. The spring f is supported by a tube a provided at one end with slots d, e by which it slidably engages a headed pin or screw l on a door bracket g, and at the other end with slots q, r by which it is pivoted to a pin or screw k on a door-frame bracket h. The bracket h may have a number of holes to receive the pivot k so that its position may be varied with respect to its distance from the door frame. The spring is compressed during the opening of the door between the pin l and a fixed abutment t carried by the tube a or bracket h or constituted by the pivot k. The abutment t may consist of an adjustable slide, and, when carried by the tube a, relieves the pivot k of the spring pressure by forcing the end of the tube against a curved part s of the bracket h. The spring retains the door in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 8, and acts to close the door or move it to the fullyopen position shown in broken lines, according to the direction in which it is moved.
Patent GB-191302476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tanks for Storing Liquids.
Inventor: BRABY IVON
IPC: B65D90/34
Filed: 1913-01-30
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 2476. Braby, I. Jan. 30. Venting-apparatus.-To prevent evaporation and deterioration of motor spirit &c., the ventilating-pipe h attached to the top of the tank is bent over and connected at its free end to a box a provided with a partition b with holes c and partitions d provided with light metal or mica flap valves e, f. These valves are normally closed, but when the tank is being filled or emptied (as shown) air can pass from or to the tank by the valve f or e respectively.
Patent GB-191311824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Closing the Pores in the Cut Surfaces of Dough.
Inventor: WOLFF WILHELM
IPC: A21C5/08
Filed: 1913-05-21
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 11,824. Wolff, W. May 21, 1912, [Convention date]. Dough dividing and working machines.-Relates to apparatus for closing the pores in the cut surfaces of dough produced by dividing a mass of dough into a number of portions. The dough, placed in a frame b, is divided by a cellular frame e, having cutting-edges g, which is forced into the dough by a plunger f. After division, the frames e, b are inverted and the frame b removed, leaving the dough in the frame e. The plunger f is then fitted with a mould-plate l having a number of pressing fillets i corresponding to the cells of the frame e, which are forced into the cells to close and shape the dough portions and also separate them from each other. The frame e may be perforated for the escape of air, and may be constructed as a baking device so that the divided and pressed portions of dough may be carried directly to the oven.
Patent GB-191314143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Leaf Stemming Machines.
Inventor: SCOVILL JAMES PARLEY
IPC: A24B5/06
Filed: 1913-06-18
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 14,143. Scovill, J. P. June 18. Tobacco.-In a tobacco-leaf stripping-machine the leaf is passed by a carrier E between stripping-rolls so that a portion of the leaf is stripped, and the stripped stem is then gripped bv another carrier F and the remainder of the leaf stripped by another pair of stripping-rolls. The stripping-rolls are placed at an angle to the carriers and are provided with narrow longitudinal stripping-segments, the major portions of the rolls being smooth. Of the first pair of rolls, 'the upper one B is provided with a brush segment 9 of the shape shown and a flexible band 3 of leather having slits to accommodate teeth on the lower roller. To stiffen this band, a longitudinal strip of leather is attached at one end to the roll, the free end bearing against the interior of the band by centrifugal force. The lower roll A, which is placed so as not to contact with the upper roll, is provided with a row of stripping-teeth 6 and also with a short row of puncturing-teeth 1. Both sets of teeth are modified in their action by flexible bands 8, 2 attached to the rolls. The second pair of rolls are similar, except that no flexible bands are provided and two or more rows of teeth 6 are employed. A roll 15, having flexible flaps 16 for throwing out short or broken leaves, is preferably provided before each pair of stripping-rolls. The upper and lower stripping-rolls being of different stripping efficiency, the stem, and consequently the leaf, rotates partly as it is drawn between the rolls and so exposes all portions of the leaf adjacent to the stem to the action of the stripping-rolls.
Patent GB-191314586-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Packing or Stuffing Device for Axle and other Bearings.
Inventor: RODERWALD PAUL
IPC: F16C33/78
Filed: 1913-06-24
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 14,586. Roderwald, P. June 24. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for. - Means for excluding dust and retaining lubricant in cycle and other bearings consist of two parts, relatively slidable axially, and pressed apart by a spring, one part making a joint with the stationary casing, and the other making a joint with the rotating body. Fig. 1 shows a disk c, which fits tightly into the casing 3, and is packed by a leather ring d. The disk is formed with a flange f on which slides a sleeve a which is pressed by a spring b against a cap 9 secured on the axle 1. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the disk c<1> has a central hole in which the sleeve a slides tightly, the disk and sleeve being pressed apart by a spring formed with arms b<2>.
Patent GB-191319088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: JACOBS ERNEST CURTIS
IPC: A43B11/00
Filed: 1913-08-22
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 19,088. Jacobs, E. C. Aug. 23, 1912, [Convention date]. Pulling-on pieces.-A pulling-on piece for a boot or shoe comprises a strap b folded to form a short loop and provided with a triangular filler c of sole leather or other material. The filling-piece is preferably secured to the strap by cement, and the two ends of the strap are cemented together before the device is stitched or otherwise attached to the upper. When the strap is made of leather, its ends are preferably skived thin to fit neatly in the upper. The device is attached so that one of the longer sides of the triangle is adjacent to the leg of the wearer, and the apex of the triangle is arranged to be substantially on a level with the top of the upper.
Patent GB-191328142-A (GB)
Inventor: SCHLENKER-GRUSEN JAKOB
Filed: 1913-12-06
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 28,142. Grusen, J. Schlenker-. Dec. 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Time-recorders for workmen etc.; inking- arrangements.-The two-colour ink-ribbon x of a time-checking apparatus is mounted on a pivoted horizontally-disposed carrier which is raised and lowered by a cam.q operated intermittently by clock-work m, n released at intervals by tappet gear actuated by the clock. On a wheel c driven by the clock are mounted adjustable tappets d, which, at intervals, engage a spring-controlled two-armed lever e having lateral stops h, h<1>. These engage alternately with stops on a revolving arm p, on the spindle of which the eccentric g is mounted, and which is driven by the wheels m, n from a separate mainspring. Each time the tappets d operate the lever e, the arm p is released to make half a revolution, and thus, through the cam g and roller r, raise or lower the frame carrying the ribbon x, this frame being removably mounted on pivots t.
Patent GB-191401948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Connections between the Picking-sticks and Picking-bands of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: LIEBSCHNER FERDINAND MORITZ
IPC: D03D49/38
Filed: 1914-01-24
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 1948. Liebschner, F. M. Jan. 24. Picking sticks, straps, and connexions.-Means for securing the picking-band to the picking-stick consists of an adjustable metal loop 2 on one side of tbe stick, and through which is passed one strap 6 of a double picking-band 6, 7. The ends of the straps 6, 7 are joined by a chrome-leather and rawhide, rubber, felt, or other cushion or roller 8. The picking stick passes between the two straps, and-between the cushion 8 and the striking-face of the stick is arranged a leather hood 5 which serves as an additional cushion and as a guide for the end of the strap. This hood 5 has an horizontal projecting piece, on which the strap 7 rests when not under tension, and the strap 6 is adapted to rest on a surface 4 inside the metal loop 2. The hood is rivoted to the metal piece 2.
Patent GB-191404361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Supplying Wool and the like to Cleansing Machines.
IPC: D01B3/10
Filed: 1914-02-19
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 4361. Soc. A. Thibeau et Cie, and Thibeau, A. Feb. 19. [Addition to 8690/13.] Travelling - band type. - The apparatus described in the parent Specification is provided with a member 13 pivoted at the base of the shoot 1, and presenting a curved back surface to the wool &c. 2, in place of the guide-roller previously used. The member 13 may be locked in any desired position so as to allow of regulating the rate of loading of the conveyer band 9.
Patent GB-191404492-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Generator for Acetylene Gas.
Inventor: GRIER THOMAS
IPC: C10H21/02
Filed: 1914-02-21
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 4492. Grier, T. Feb. 21. [Cognate Application, 17,046/14.] Liquid raised up to solid; liquid supply controlled by variations of gas pressure; regulating head of liquid directly.-Relates to devices for controlling the supply of water, to acetylene generators, and is described with reference to a throw-away cartridge generator. In one form, the bottom of the generator is closed by a flanged lid a <4>, Fig. 3, fitting inside the body A and provided with an upstanding pipe c with an umbrella-shaped top formed by plates c<1>, c<2> held in close contact. When the generator is placed in water, the water enters through the openings formed between the body and the flanged lid, and also through the pipe c and the gap between the plates c<1>, c<2>. The bottom of the generator may be closed by a second flanged lid a<7> fitting outside the body, and this lid may remain in position during generation. In another form, the water - control devices take the form of disks c', c', Fig. 8, held in contact and fitted in apertures c' in the lower part of the generator body. Water enters 'through staggered holes in these disks. In another form, the bottom portion of the generator body A<x>, Fig. 11, is provided with an extension a<8>, which is bent,over a series of apertures c<4>, through which water enters the generator, passing between the narrow gap formed between the extension a<8> and the wall Ax.
Patent GB-191412976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches.
Inventor: COX HARRY WILLIAM
IPC: H01H21/42
Filed: 1914-05-27
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 12,976. Cox, H. W. May 27. Switches, quickaction. - Relates to electric switches of the kind in which a tension spring, one end of which is connected to a crank on the axle that carries the contact blade, has its other end moved from one side of the deadcentre position to the other by connecting it to the free end of an actuating-arm which is oscillated about a fixed point. According to the invention, the axle A, Fig. 1, of the contact blade C, to which angular motion in relation to the fixed contacts H is to be imparted, is situated at a point between the free end E<1> and the pivot F of the actuating arm E, and the crank-pin B which is connected to the free end of the actuating-arm by a tension spring D disposed so as to work in the space between the axle A and the pivot F. The actuating-arm is formed with parts, for example, the sides of an opening E<2> in the arm, which engage the crank-pin and impart an initial positive movement to the contact blade or a positive movement throughout if the spring fails. A construction is shown in Fig. 4 in which the contact blade moves in a plane at right-angles to the base and the actuating-arm E is operated by a rotary spindle passing through the casing and connected to the pivot F by a dog-clutch coupling.