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Patent GB-191112745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feed Devices for Steam Generators.
Inventor: EXSHAW JOHN HENRY
IPC: F22D5/22
Filed: 1911-05-26
Granted: 1912-01-11
Abstract: 12,745. Exshaw, J. H. Jan. 31, [Convention date]. Rotary disk valves; ball and float valves.-A valve for controlling the supply of steam to the feed-pump of a boiler comprises a rotary member i formed with an annular passage k and two small passages o corresponding to the fixed ports p. The inlet for steam is shown at m and the outlet at n. The valve has two parts thereof of different diameters, as shown, arranged so that the steam pressure keeps the valve against the face containing the ports p. The valve is operated by a hollow cylindrical float a supported on trunnions in arms carried by a rod d, which is supported at one end by a pin screw e. A level-indicating arm r is fitted as shown. The hollow float contains a vaporizable liquid for balancing the external pressure.
Patent GB-191118440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Transmission Gear.
Inventor: STAUDE EDWIN GUSTAVE
IPC: F16H1/00
Filed: 1911-08-15
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 18,440. Staude, E. G. Aug. 15. Variable-speed gearing comprises oscillating spur-toothed sectors 11, which remain in engagement with a driven toothed gear 6 during part only of a revolution. The sectors 11 are supported upon studs 12 carried by a disk 9, which is fast upon a driving-shaft 8. The studs 12 are arranged in a circle around the shaft 8. The gear 6 is supported upon a shaft 5 in a fixed eccentric position with respect to the shaft 8. The effect of this is that the sectors 11 pass into and out of engagement with the gear 6 in each revolution of the disk 9. Rollers 14 carried upon arms upon the sectors 11 engage a circular cam-groove 15 in a non-rotatable member 16, which is arranged to slide transversely upon a frame 3. According to the position of the member 16, the sectors 11 are oscillated to a greater or less extent, and the gear 6 is driven at different uniform speeds.
Patent GB-191118618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lubricant Pumps.
Filed: 1911-08-17
Granted: 1912-08-15
Abstract: 18,618. Daimler Notoren-Ges. April 22, [Convention date]. Multiple-delivery piston pumps in series.-A multiple-delivery valveless pump for supplying lubricants comprises a series of pump units, each of which serves to supply lubricant to one of the parts to be lubricated, and at the same time to control the action of one of the other pump units, there being one more pump unit than parts to be lubricated. In the arrangement shown, the first pump unit b is of the ordinary suction valveless type, and serves to supply oil through the pipe h to the lower end of the second pump; the other pumps b<1> of the series are fitted with differential pistons c, d, of which the upper parts c serve to supply oil to adjacent pump units through the pipes h, while the parts d serve to distribute oil through the pipes k to the parts to be lubricated. The pistons are actuated from a common shaft by cranks or eccentrics set at relative angles, as shown in the Figure.
Patent GB-191119600-A (GB)
Title: Raking or Harrowing Apparatus for Bacteria Beds.
Inventor: HARTLEY JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: C02F3/04
Filed: 1911-09-04
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 19,600. Hartley, J. W. Sept. 4. Drawings to Specification. Rotary and travelling-carriage apparatus.-A rake or harrow for operating upon a filter or bacteria bed is combined with a moving distributor which drags the harrow over the bed.
Patent GB-191122516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Artificial Teeth.
Inventor: PATTERSON WILLIAM
IPC: A61C13/10
Filed: 1911-10-12
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 22,516. Patterson, W. Oct. 12. Tecth, artificial.-A tooth A is made with a large undercut recess R which is bridged longitudinally or transversely by a straight or an outwardly-curved platinum or like pin P which is baked with the tooth. The pin may be solid or hollow, square, circular, semicircular, or rectangular in cross - section, plain or spiralshaped, and may have spiral, headed, or bent ends.
Patent GB-191128760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Producing Fire.
Inventor: SCHMIDT FRITZ
IPC: F23Q2/06
Filed: 1911-12-20
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 28,760. Schmidt, F. Dec. 20. Pocket igniters, frictional.-In a portable igniter for producing fire by means of frictional engagement between a rotatable member 8 and pyrophoric material 3, the member 8 is arranged to be directly rotated by the thumb as shown. The opening into which the nozzle 10 carrying the wick 6 screws is also used for inserting the fuel.
Patent GB-191201659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Elastic Suspension Devices for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: GUY LINN TINKHAM
IPC: B60G11/46
Filed: 1912-01-20
Abstract: 1659. Tinkham, G. L. Jan. 24, 1911, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Composite laminar and pneumatic springs.- Relates to pneumatic cushioning-devices of the kind in which a diaphragm attached to a member carried by the vehicle spring or axle compresses air in a chamber which is attached to the vehicle frame and communicates with a com. pressed-air tank. According to the invention, (1) the connexion of the chamber with the airtank is arranged so that the flow of air is unrestricted in both directions, (2) the area of the diaphragm exposed to air pressure remains substantially constant during normal movement, (3) the pneumatic cushions act in conjunction with the semi-elliptic springs connected in a special way with the vehicle frame. Fig. 1 shows the diaphragm cushions A connected with a common reservoir C and each formed, as shown in Fig. 3, of sections A, a connected by a ring D and holding between them the diaphragm F, which is attached to, and hangs loosely round, a piston G. The outer ends of the piston G are formed into brackets for direct attachment to the axle. The usual laminated spring K is connected to links i, m, which are pivoted to other links p, n hinged to the vehicle frame at q, o respectively. By this arrangement, the spring K is inoperative during normal movement under the action of the pneumatic cushion, but comes into action when the links n, p abut against stops M, N on the vehicle frame.
Patent GB-191202758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compensating Luffing Cranes.
IPC: B66C23/10
Filed: 1912-02-02
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 2758. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Wright, R. Feb. 2. Jib cranes.-In compensated cranes in which the load remains at a constant height during luffing, the hoisting-rope is passed round two movable pulley-blocks, one carried by the head of the lifting-ram and the other by the head of the luffing-ram, both rams being mounted on the crane post. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a crane in which two luffing-cylinders are fitted, one on each side of the hoisting- cylinder. The hoisting-rope passes round the block e on the hoisting-ram and round the block g attached to both luffing-rams. For luffing, the block g is connected to rods which are fitted with guided rollers j at their upper ends and are connected to the jib by means of links m.
Patent GB-191207369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrically Operated Automatic Piano and like Players.
Inventor: SIBLEY JAMES THURSTON
Filed: 1912-03-26
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 7369. Sibley, J. T. March 26. Tracker-bars.-The tracker roller is rotated at a higher peripheral speed than that of the paper, to reduce the effects of sparking. It may consist of two concentric tubes, insulated from each other, the outer one being divided into rings.
Patent GB-191209907-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Undergarments and the Method of Making the same.
Inventor: SPENCER GEORGE
IPC: A41B9/08
Filed: 1912-04-26
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 9907. Spencer, G. April 26. Combinations are made to open diagonally at the back by cutting them from tubular fabric to form an angular opening 1, Fig. 5, and attaching a piece 2, Fig. 6, along the side 3. The piece 2 extends under the crutch from the front, and may be secured by a button and button-hole. The garment may be cut in any other way, and an additional piece 12<a>, Fig. 1, may be sewn on to the underlap. An important feature of the piece 2 is that it closes the crutch of the combinations and connects the leg parts in front.
Patent GB-191212935-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Lowering Boats.
Inventor: WELIN AXEL
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1912-06-01
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 12,935. Welin, A. June 1. Boat raising and lowering gear.- In boat - raising devices of the type in which the two falls are paid out together, the standing part of one or both of the falls is led back to a compensating- drum, or other hauling - mechanism on the ship, in order to enable the boat to be levelled fore and aft. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the running part a of the fall passes as usual to the hoisting-drum, while the standing part b, instead of being made fast to the upper block c, is wound upon a drum d provided with an operating and locking worm e. In a modification, the standing parts of both falls are led to drums such as d, the operating-worms e of which are on a single shaft and of opposite thread. In a further modification, the standing parts of both falls are coiled in opposite directions round a single compensating-drum.
Patent GB-191214222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Neckties and Fastening Devices therefor.
Inventor: THIELEBEIN CHARLOTTE
IPC: A41D25/02
Filed: 1912-06-18
Granted: 1913-05-01
Abstract: 14,222. Thielebein, C. June 18. Necktie-retainers.-A holder for neckties &c. comprises a plate a, Figs. 1 and 3, having two wings b bent backwards at an angle of 45 degrees and between the wings a flap c bent twice in a U-shape making at the points t two curves of opposite direction. An S-shaped spring strip d is cut from the middle of the flap c, forming a slit h to receive the head of the collar stud, which is held therein by the spring d. The holder is sewn to the interior of the tie f through holes g with the flap c and spring d protruding, and a separate neckband i is pressed through the tie between the plate a and flap c.
Patent GB-191219097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Retort Furnaces or the like having Upwardly Tapering Vertical Retorts.
IPC: C10B1/04
Filed: 1912-08-20
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 19,097. Stettiner Chamotto-Fabrik Akt.-Ges. vorm. Didier. April 18, [Convention date]. Coke ovens; r e t o r t furnaces. - In a cokeoven structure comprising upwardly-tapering vertical retorts heated by horizontal flues in the walls between the retorts, the uppermost flues are arranged and connected to act as discharge flues for the gases from the lower combustion flues. In the arrangement shown, two sets of flues separated by a partition 6 are provided in each heating-wall. Each of the lower group of flues is connected to a gas-main 20, and an air supply flue 9, while each of the upper group 5 leads to an exhaust flue 10. An intermediate group of flues 4 may be provided connected both with the air and gas supplies and with the exhaust flue so as to serve either as combustion flues or as discharge flues so that the heating of the middle of the length of the retort can be controlled. Valves or dampers are fitted in the gas, air and exhaust passages so that the flow through each flue can be individually controlled. The flues 9, 10 are connected to chambers 22, 23 which can be put in communication through the reversing- valve 24 with either of the regenerators 27, 28.
Patent GB-191221030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Lace and other Collars.
Inventor: HEYS MARION
IPC: A41B3/06
Filed: 1912-09-16
Granted: 1913-09-16
Abstract: 21,030. Heys, M. Sept. 16. Stiffeners.-The end portions of collar and like supports are made of softer and more flexible material than the main or central portion. A method of making such a support is shown in Fig. 3, in which strips of rubber 1, 2, 3, 4 of decreasing hardness and flexibility are cemented to a strip A' of hard rubber, after which the composite strip is vulcanized. The supports are then stamped or cut out of the vulcanized strip. The supports may be vulcanized after being cut from the strip ; or the strip may be placed between plates, one of which is provided with recesses to shape the supports, which are vulcanized while they are between the plates. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, a bar A' of tough rubber, about two inches wide and three-eighths of an inch thick, has strips 1, 2, 3, 4 of softer rubber cemented to it, the composite bar being afterwards rolled to produce rounded edges to the ends 4. Thin strips are cut from the bar and vulcanized to form the support. The support may be covered with textile fabric and provided with securing-means, and its ends may be thicker than the main portion.
Patent GB-191224701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-threading Shuttles of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: CRYER JOHN
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1912-10-28
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 24,701. Cryer, J. Oct. 28. Shuttles.-A hand-threaded shuttle b, Figs. 1 and 2, is provided with a longitudinal bore in line with the point of the shuttle peg penetrated by a narrow vertical slit or groove c, a vertical slit or groove d inclined to the groove c, a vertical bore f, a lateral delivery passage e entering the longitudinal bore at right-angles and forming the shuttle eye, and a side groove h between the groove d and passage e. The usual wire curl is replaced by pins j, k, the latter of which prevents the weft from re-entering the groove h after the shuttle has been threaded. One or more drag-pins, such as the pin i, may be placed in the respective thread passages to tension the weft.
Patent GB-191226363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Re-facing Valve-seatings.
Inventor: WESTERHEIDE WILHELM
IPC: B23C3/05
Filed: 1912-11-16
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 26,363. Westerheide, W. Nov. 16. Portable turning-apparatus.- A valve-seating device has a conical seating-member enclosing the blade which is caused to project through a slot in the member by pressure against the pressure of a spring. The spindle 2 carries the tool 10 in a slot at its lower end fixed by a screw 11 against a collar 2<1>, this collar carrying a sleeve 7 which carries a slotted member 12 enclosed by a conical seating- member 13, through a slot in which the tool is caused to project by overcoming the pressure of a spiral spring 8. The seating-member is first brought to the valve seat by a screwing sleeve 3, and then the tool spindle is pressed down and rotated, the top of the sleeve acting as a stop. In a modi6cation, Fig. 3, the tool is fixed by projections 23 on a head 21 carried by the spindle and projections on a sleeve 18 held in position by a nut 19 screwed on to the lower end of the spindle ; a spring 8 being enclosed by a member 20 so that the tool can be forced downwards. The conical seating-member 13 encloses the member 20 and the tool, and in this case the seating-member is caused to come on to the valve seat by sliding a conical split shell 24 over a projection 4<1> on the securing-chuck and tightening by a nut 28. A nut 30, which has a conical seat 29, engages a conical boss on the spindle and feeds it downwards as the nut screws on to the other end of the shell 24, sufficient play being allowed to the spindle in the casing 4<1> to allow the seating-member 13 to centre itself automatically.
Patent GB-191301665-A (GB)
Title: Photographic Printing Devices.
Inventor: LIPP ALBERT EDDY
IPC: G03B27/02
Filed: 1913-01-21
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 1665. Lipp, A. E. Jan. 21. Contact-printing frames, with bordering and vignetting masks and apparatus.-The negative 21, Figs. 2 and 3, is secured against the glass, bed 7 of the frame 2 by an L-shaped arm 8, which is resiliently secured to the frame 2 by spring tongues 14 and screws 16, the latter serving to adjust the pressure of the arm 8. The part 11 of the arm 8 is held in position by a spring clip 19 and a pin 18 on the frame 2. The pressure board 9 is hinged to the part 10 of the arm 8, and is clamped for printing by a spring 24. The board is raised and held open when released by a spring 27 which passes through a loop 29 on the board. To print a white border, an L-shaped piece 13 of thin metal is secured under the arms 10, 11, and projects inwards beyond their inner edges. A similar supplementary strip 23 is adjusted with its two ends under the arm 8. The inner edges of the arm 8 serve to position the paper. In an alternative construction, Fig. 6, the negative 39 is held in position by two spring fingers 38 on the arm 8, and a printing mask is substituted for the parts 13, 23. For vignetting the print, the front part of the frame 2 holds a vignetting- glass 33, and an opaque board 34 having a vignetting-opening 37. These are held in position by the end 35 of the spring 27. The glass 33 is provided with a porcelain coating to diffuse the printing-light.
Patent GB-191304674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Warming Beds and for other purposes.
Inventor: THWAITES JANE
IPC: A61F7/02
Filed: 1913-02-24
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 4674. Thwaites, J. Feb. 24. Bed-warmers.-A bed-warmer consists of a casing 1 formed as shown in two parts 1<a>, 1<b> and enclosing a heating-block 6. The two parts of the casing are held together by a screw 4 attached to a handle 5 on the part 1<b> and engaging with a threaded tube 3 attached to the part 1<a> by a screw 2. The block 6 is slipped over the tube 3 and is formed with perforations 7 and flanges 8 bearing on asbestos washers 10 attached to metal washers 9 in the casing 1.
Patent GB-191305674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction and Arrangement of Boiler and like Furnaces.
Inventor: THOMAS BENJAMIN ARTHUR
IPC: F23M3/00
Filed: 1913-03-07
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 5674. Thomas, B. A. March 7. Grates; fire-bridges.- A boiler or like furnace is provided with a grate having alternate hollow fire-bars conveying air for secondary combustion to be delivered at the fire-bridge, while the other hollow bars are provided with lateral orifices for conveying steam or steam and air directly to the fire. In one form of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2,. and 3, the bars 6, 7, which are hollow and may be in one or more lengths, rest at their rear ends on the inclined front portion of the bridge frame 8 provided with a vertical wall 10. The alternate bars 6 are provided with lateral orifices 20 and are closed at the ends by the frame 8. Steam may be admitted to these bars at the front ends or intermediate of their lengths. The alternate bars 7 communicate with passages 11 in the frame 8 leading to a vertical passage 12 behind the wall 10, from which passage air is delivered at the top of the bridge. Between the passages 11 are arranged damper - controlled passages 18 which allow air from the ash-pit to enter the bridge behind the perforated inclined plates 15, and also for the escape of ashes, to the ash-pit. The plates 15 are notched on their sides and rest against shoulders 16, 17 on the wall 10 and frame 8. Similar inclined plates may be provided at the front end of the grate. The upper end of the plate 10 may be provided with a flange or rib to receive a renewable fire-brick top, which may be slid endways into position. In the. modification shown in Fig. 5, a fire-brick top 23 is shown which may be integral with the fire-brick back 24 or placed thereon. Flanges are provided to retain the bricks 23 in position. The inclined plates 15 are formed with rear ribs which engage with projections 25, 26 on the wall 10.
Patent GB-191308114-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Use in Damping Clothes and the like Prior to Ironing.
Inventor: MUSTART JAMES JOSEPH
IPC: D06C7/00
Filed: 1913-04-07
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 8114. Mustart, J. J. April 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Ironing, damping-apparatus for.-A cloth C is wound around a drum B mounted in a trough A partly filled with water, and passes between rollers F, H, G, of which H is mounted in slots, so that, on pulling out the cloth, the roller H is pressed against the others. and squeezes out the superfluous moisture. The cloth is retracted by means of a weight E.
Patent GB-191314766-A (GB)
Title: Process for Distilling Sea-water and other Water.
Inventor: EIJDMAN FRANCISCUS HENDRIKUS
IPC: A01B3/426
Filed: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 14,766. Eijdman, F. H. June 26, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Water, distilling; spray evaporators; separate heater and evaporator apparatus. - Hot waste water is distilled by admitting it to a chamber in which a high vacuum is maintained. The hot water is sprayed in a vacuum chamber 2 by means of a sieve-plate 3, the unevaporated water flowing away by a pipe 4. The steam passes by a pipe 5 to a condenser 6, which is evacuated by dry and wet air-pumps communicating therewith by pipes 10, 9. The hot waste water may be that used for condensing or for cooling internal-combustion engines, or the waste water from floating whale-oil factories. The waste water may be further heated by means of live steam or receiver steam.
Patent GB-191315019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pyrometers, Gas Analysis Apparatus, and the like.
Inventor: ARNDT MAX
Filed: 1912-07-01
Granted: 1913-08-01
Abstract: 15,019. Arndt, M. June 30, 1911, [Convention date]. Pyrometers.-Consists in means for forcing a definite volume of air or gas into a pyrometer Mercury is forced up a tube e until a valve v<b> carried by a float va on the mercury, cuts ofl the flow. A volume of gas equal to the capacity of the tube a' between the upper edge of an orifice o and the level of mercury shown has then been forced through a tube L. The pressure necessary tc force this volume into the pyrometer is then indicated by the height oi the mercury in a tube C A suitable filter g is provided to prevent oxide of mercury reaching the valve. The apparatus is intended to be used with that described in Specification 15,384/12.