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Patent GB-191116149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheels.
Inventor: BROWN ROBERT
IPC: B60B23/02
Filed: 1911-07-12
Granted: 1912-02-01
Abstract: 16,149. Brown, R., and Pallash, C. July 12. Tyre attachments to rims. - To facilitate manipulation of the tyre, one half d of the rim flange at one side is hinged to the main part b and secured by transverse bolts and nuts engaging a series of lugs e (or a continuous flange) secured to the hinged part. Slotted washers h are pivoted to the wheel as shown.
Patent GB-191123565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Electrical Conductors.
IPC: H02G7/20
Filed: 1911-07-28
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 23,565. Callender's Cable and Construction Co., and Kay, C. W. July 28. Drawings to Specification. Posts.-The arms supporting conductors are secured to posts by collars and pins, the pins being adapted to shear in the event of an adjacent section of conductor breaking. When any pin shears, the arm swings round and thus decreases the tension in the adjacent unbroken section.
Patent GB-191124795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Floor Planer and Scraper.
Inventor: EKBERG CARL
IPC: A47L13/08
Filed: 1911-11-07
Granted: 1912-09-26
Abstract: 24,795. Ekberg, C. Nov. 7. Planes; scrapers.-A floor-planer is provided with an open casing 4 adapted to carry a planer blade 8 and a number of adjustable scrapers, and a sliding rod 49 associated with the handle 51 for raising or lowering the casing on its wheels through the lever 48, rocking shaft 46, levers 40, 41, links 36, 37, and rocking levers 31 carrying the wheels 33. The ends of the rods 36, 37 are provided with slots engaging pivot pins on the levers 31 to allow the levers 31 to be set to various desired angles by set screws 47. The planer blade is adjusted by a screw 10, and the scrapers 23, 24, 25 are pivoted to the casing and are angularly adjusted by screws 27. The scraper blades are adjusted by set screws 30. A triangular brush 22 is slidably mounted in front of the casing and is pressed downwards by springs 18.
Patent GB-191205345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Vapour Alternating-current Rectifiers and similar Apparatus.
IPC: H01J13/50
Filed: 1912-03-02
Granted: 1913-03-03
Abstract: 5345. Hartmann & Braun Akt.-Ges. March 2, 1911, [Convention date]. Low-pressure metallic-vapour apparatus.-In a rectifier or other metallic-vapour apparatus having a number of anodes a1, an, introduced through the top cover of a metal container the walls of which are in electric connexion with the cathode k, the anodes are arranged in a circle near the walls. Discharge between the anodes and the walls may be prevented by a shield q, which may divide the apparatus into two chambers communicating by an opening o through which the arcs pass, or may consist of individual walls. In connecting to several phases, those phases having the lowest potential difference are arranged adjacent to each other. Several anodes, connected in parallel, may be provided for each phase. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that there may be two or more concentric rings of anodes, and cooling-coils may be inserted between or near the anodes, and the screen may extend right down to the cathode surface. The anodes may also be introduced from below, and may be protected by hoods. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191208693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Balancing Multi-cylinder Engines.
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
IPC: F02B75/20
Filed: 1912-04-12
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 8693. Imray, O., [Schmidt, Freiherr A. von]. April 12. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Engines with two or more parallel cylinders with axes perpendicular to main shaft; radialcylinder engines.-Relates to the balancing of internal-combustion and other engines, in which the number of cylinders is a multiple of two or three and in which there are two or more auxiliary cylinders, and consists in a method of balancing with the cranks at equal angles apart, say 90 degrees or 60 degrees, by arranging the cranks in pairs diametrically opposite. Figs. 3 and 4 show an engine with six working cylinders I .... VI, and two pump or other cylinders or reciprocating masses H<1>, H<2>. The inertia forces of the cylinders I .... VI balance one another, and the moments produced by the cylinders I ..... VI are balanced by the moments of the cylinders H<1>, H<2>, which are set at an angle z with the cranks I, VI. The cylinders H<1>, H<2> are preferably placed as far apart as possible in order to increase the arm b of their moment. An engine may be constructed with more than one set of cylinders in different planes, the cylinders in each set being arranged to balance.
Patent GB-191215872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Guards for Fire-places and the like.
Inventor: BROWN FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: A47G5/04
Filed: 1912-07-08
Granted: 1913-05-28
Abstract: 15,872. Brown, F. W. July 8. Fire-guards.-The front of a fire-guard consists of a frame made in two telescoping parts with loosely-fitted wire-work, and the side parts are fitted with spring hooks for attaching the guard to the fire. The front consists of three horizontal bars a, b, c, Figs. 2 and 4, telescoping into corresponding tubes a<1>, b<1>, c<1>. The top bar has preferably a moulding d, e, the inner part d of which has a series of bosses d' which engage with recesses e<1> in the outer part e. The latticed wire-work is connected to the bars a, a', &c. by loosely winding the ends a<2> over the bars as shown. The hooks f, Fig. 2, are mounted on plates g, which may be adjusted vertically in slots g<2> and secured by bolts l. The bolts may be pressed forwards by levers h<1>, and are retracted by springs h. The modified fastening, Fig. 6, has a hook which is rotated and moved until engaged with, or disengaged from, the vertical bar k<1> of a fire-grate &c. by means of a finger-piece h<2> in a slot h<3>.
Patent GB-191217779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Striking Gear.
Inventor: CAMPICHE HENRI
IPC: G04C21/02
Filed: 1912-07-31
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 17,779. Campiche, H. Aug. 1, 1911, [Convention date]. Electric clocks.-A light spring, employed to actuate striking-mechanism of any usual kind, is wound up by means of an electro-magnet excited at short intervals by current impulses from a master clock, so that after each striking operation, the spring is wound up to a sufficient extent before the next release. The armature lever h' which drives the winding-wheel of the barrel a through a pawl l<1> also carries a pawl h which drives a ratchetwheel g to actuate the releasing-device of the striking-mechanism and also, if desired, dial-work. The pawl is mounted on a spring l on the armature lever, so that after the spring in the barrel a is sufficiently wound, the spring l is deflected at each movement of the lever h<1>, thus preventing overwinding and interference with the action of the pawl h. Backward movement of the barrel a is prevented by two pawls m, n, the pawl n being mounted on a screw passing through a slot therein. Striking-mechanism.-A pin-wheel c, Fig. 4, driven by the spring in the barrel a when the mechanism is freed, actuates an arm d' on a spring-controlled arbor d. This arbor may be provided with a hammer, or, as shown, may carry a contact-piece d' which is adapted to close a circuit through a pair of contact-springs f so as to produce the required indications by means of an electric bell or the like. The operation is controlled by the usual rack or its equivalent.
Patent GB-191223055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hydraulic Pumping Engines.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
Filed: 1912-10-09
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 23,055. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Horne, J. Oct. 9. Regulating delivery by varying speed and power of motor.-Relates to a combination of speed and pressure governors for hydraulic pumping-engines. The speed governor A, Fig. 1, and the pressure governor B, both act on the engine throttle valve C through the medium of the floating lever F' and rod f<4>. The safety catch D is adapted to hold the throttle valve closed, if the speed exceeds a certain maximum, but in the event of a rapid acceleration of the engine, the balls of the speed governor would move out to their full extent, and thus engage the catch D. In order to avoid this, the dasb-pot E is interposed between the stationary bracket A<1x> and the end of the floating lever F<1>.
Patent GB-191226362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Settling or Clarifying Basins or the like for the Purification of Waste Water with or without the Recovery of Grease or the like.
Inventor: SEUBERT EUGEN
IPC: C02F3/28
Filed: 1912-11-16
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 26,362. Seubert, E. Nov. 16. Tanks and containers. -A settling - chamber for the purification of waste water comprises compartments b, b<1>, b<11> arranged to form a continuous spiral channel through which liquid supplied to a central preliminary chamber a passes to an outlet at the circumference. Annular apertures at the bottom of the partitions allow sediment to slide down the bottom d into a chamber below. As shown in Fig. 4, the apertures are made in the floor instead of in the partitions, and angle-irons p are provided below to prevent mud from rising from the sediment chamber. The part d and the partitions c are supported from the sloping bottom h' by brackets m and an angle-iron n. A modification is described in which the apparatus instead of being substantially circular is elongated in horizontal section. With the apparatus shown in Fig. 2<a>, the sediment from the chamber a and the compartments b, b<1> passes into a chamber w provided with an arrangement of hanging rods q which promote the separation of grease. The grease rises into the channel x to join the upper liquid from the compartment b<1> and is retained by an annular trough r, the liquid outlet s being below the surface level. The sediment from the chamber w passes to the chamber c.
Patent GB-191301213-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Delivering Finely Divided Material to Grinding or other Mechanism.
Inventor: HITCHCOCK HALBERT KELLOGG
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 1213. Hitchcock, H. K. Jan. 15. Sand, grit, and the like, feeding to machines. -Relates to a method of, and apparatus for, handling sand or other finely-divided material for use with grinding or other mechanism, and consists in means for delivering the material, mixed with water, from a hopper to grading- vessels or the grinding-table. The hopper 1 is in the shape of an inverted cone, having at the bottom a valve 6, pivoted at 8 and actuated by a lever 14, and sand is fed from the top into the hopper. This sand clogs at the outlet 5 of the hopper, especially if damp, and in order that it may be discharged, water under pressure is led by a pipe 16 to a chamber 17 having openings 18, 19. If the wet sand is frozen, hot water or steam may be introduced by the pipe 16. In a modified method of working, the valve is closed until the lower part of the hopper is filled with water, the valve then being opened.
Patent GB-191305524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Belts.
IPC: F16G1/02
Filed: 1913-03-05
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 5524. Scholtz, C. J. W., and Balashol Belting Co. March 5. Belts.-Relates to leather driving-belts of the kind in which the elasticity is increased towards one edge to facilitate bending or twisting in " quarter turn " belt driving - gears. For this purpose, flutes t are formed extending at rightangles or obliquely from one edge partly across the face of the belt.
Patent GB-191307841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Arrangements for Clearing Soot from Steam Boilers.
Inventor: JOBLING ALFRED
IPC: F28G3/16
Filed: 1913-04-03
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 7841. Jobling, A. April 3. [Cognate Application, 11,949/13.] Cleaning, fluid-pressure processes for. - For cleaning the smoke tubes of a boiler having a combustion chamber at the rear or middle, steam is supplied through one of the tubes to a jet which projects it either backwards to clean the same set of tubes, or forwards to clean the opposite set. Fig. 1 shows a double-ended boiler B having two sets of tubes E, E<1> and a common combustion chamber C; one of the tubes E is fitted with a nozzle a supplied with steam through the tube by a pipe b. The nozzle is fitted with a removable perforated head a<1>, Fig. 3, which is pressed against a bush d by a spring f abutting against a collar e on the nozzle; when out of use, the nozzle is thus forced back into the tube, but is projected forward by the steam pressure. The nozzle a may be fitted to a sliding steam-tube g, Fig. 6, supplied by a telescopic or flexible pipe b, b<1>, and moved by a crank &c. or gear-wheel k<1> on a spindle k mounted to slide or screw through a bush l in the smoke box G. In Fig. 7 is shown a nozzle having outlets a<3> for forward and rearward projection, the steam supply being from a guide-tube g through an orifice a<2>. The withdrawal spring f and controlling-spindle k are protected by a casing k<2>. Any or all of the jets may be partly tangential to assist rotation of the nozzle.
Patent GB-191311382-A (GB)
Title: Improved Butt-hinge and Method of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: WEBER GUSTAV
IPC: E05D3/02
Filed: 1913-05-15
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 11,382. Weber, G. May 15, 1912, [Convention date]. Barrel and cylindrical hinges.-Relates to hinges of the kind made from a bar of iron provided with a beaded edge. To prevent waste in the manufacture, the bar is cut into equal pieces as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, the bead portions b being staggered in relation to the web portions a. The projecting portions c of the bead portions b are turned to form the hinge knobs and the remaining parts of the bead portions b are bored to receive the hinge pins. Two bars are preferably cut together as shown in Fig. 3, the beads being adjacent to each other so that by connecting pieces from the same bar or from both bars, the finished hinges may, when the hinges are closed, have their flaps in the same plane or in parallel planes.
Patent GB-191311801-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Toy or Puzzle, applicable also as an Advertising Medium.
Inventor: SWITHENBANK FRED
IPC: A63F7/38
Filed: 1913-05-21
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 11,801. Swithenbank, F. May 21. Puzzles.-The puzzle consists of a casing formed with radial recesses into which balls contained in the casing are discharged by centrifugal action when the casing is rotated. In one form, Fig. 3, the casing is boat-shaped and has at the bottom a transverse pin C, on each side of which is located a ball E. The recesses are shown at D, and the casing has a transparent cover. In another form, the casing is hemispherical, four balls are used, and the pin is dispensed with.
Patent GB-191314100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Surgical Corsets.
Inventor: CURTIS HARRY EDWIN
IPC: A61F5/03
Filed: 1913-06-18
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 14,100. Curtis, H. E. June 18. Trusses. - In a surgical corset of the type described in Specifications 21,103 / 10 and 28,732/12, comprising a hypogastric plate in two parts 1, 2 united to the lower front portions of the corset, a curved strip 8 of resilient metal is connected, as by a pivot 7, to one part of the plate and bears on both parts 1, 2, while the ends 9, 10 of the strip stand away from the plate, and are adapted to be connected to the ends of adjustable straps 11, 12 attached to the back of the corset, whereby the pressure of the strip on the plate may be varied. A hook 13 on one of the plates serves to hold the free end of the strip 8 in position.
Patent GB-191314519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rail Joints.
IPC: E01B11/44
Filed: 1913-06-23
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 14,519. Wattmann, J., and Tudor Accumulator Co. June 23. Rail joints, welded.- Fish-plates a are welded to rail ends at b and the joint is raised by wedges k driven in between the ends of the fish-plates and the feet of the rails. The fish-plates and wedges can then be firmly welded to the rails.
Patent GB-191320387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shock-absorbers for Vehicles.
Inventor: BUGATTI ETTORE
IPC: B60G13/04
Filed: 1913-09-09
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 20,387. Bugatti, E. Sept. 9. Vibration-dampers..-Relates to friction shockabsorbers for vehicles, and consists in connecting the movable arm of the shock-absorber to the vehicle by resilient means. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the shock-absorber a is carried bv the frame b of the vehicle, and the movable arm c is connected to the axle d by elastic lamellar members e such as pieces of leather. In Fig. 2, a rubber ring g is employed connected by clips h to the arm c and axle d. In Fig. 3, two rubber blocks i in casings k are connected by pins m to a shackle l.
Patent GB-191322856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Combing Machines.
Inventor: BRICKA FRIEDRICH
IPC: D01G19/04
Filed: 1913-10-09
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 22,856. Bricka, r. Oct. 26, 1912, [Convention date]. Combing - machines.- In a combing-machine provided with an oscillating comb plate 13, Fig. 3, the teeth 12 of the comb point towards the axis 16 about which the plate oscillates. The sliver is fed by intermittently rotated rollers 57, 58 to the feeding-device 35, which comprises a toothed plate 40 and grid, is supported upon a plate 36, and is moved longitudinally by a cam 39 and lever 38. The teeth 40 are carried on an arm 41 and are operated by a cam 42 and levers 43, 45. The sliver is fed forward by the device 35 to the nipper jaws 14, 15 and, while held there, is combed by the segment 13. The jaws are then opened and the device 35 moved still further forward to present the combed tuft to the drawing-off device, which comprises a belt and roller mounted on parallel links 70, 71 operated by cams 79, 80 on the shaft 78. A third cam 88 operates a blade or stroker 83. The tufts are drawn off through the teeth 40 and through teeth on plates 46, 47, mounted on arms 48, 49 operated by gears 50, 51, 52, which derive their motion from a cam 55 on the shaft 23. The comb 13 is mounted on a frame which is oscillated about a centre 16 by a crank 24 and connecting-rod 25. In its lowest position the comb is cleaned by the brush 64, the noil &c. being drawn away by suction through the pipe 89. The nipper jaw 14 is carried by a lever 26, pivoted at 27 and operated through a spring 32 by a lever 29 and cam 31. The lower jaw 15 is carried by a lever 33 pivoted at 27 and operated by a cam 34. If the sliver must be combed on both sides to produce a properly combed material, a comb plate 19, Fig. 5, is employed having two sets of teeth 17, 18 inclined in opposite directions. The plate 19 is oscillated about a pivot 20 so as to bring the teeth into the requisite position to comb the tuft. The teeth 18 comb the tuft during the downward movement and the teeth 17 during the upward. movement. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also a two-headed machine in which two comb plates are employed, mounted upon an axis inclined to the plates so that they may be continuously rotated, their teeth moving over an imaginary conical surface. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191325769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti-skid Tires.
Inventor: KREMER FRANKLIN WILLIAM
IPC: B60C11/03
Filed: 1913-11-11
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 25,769. Kremer, F. W. Nov. 11. Tread projections. - Tyre treads are provided with V - shaped ribs 3, the V - shaped walls of which have a varying slope with respect to the tyre; the interior walls have the maximum slope at the apex, and the exterior walls the maximum slope at the ends, as shown in Fig. 3. The end walls of the ribs are parallel to the plane of the wheel. The ribs may be connected between their apexes and ends by circumferential ribs, which enclose V - shaped suction chambers. The driving-wheel tyres of a vehicle may be arranged so that the ribs point in the direction of rotation, while the other tyres may be arranged in the opposite way.
Patent GB-191328420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: GOULD CHARLES THOMAS EDWARD
IPC: D05B77/00
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 28,420. Gould, C. T. E., and Karreman, A. R. Dec. 9. Sewing-machines; work-supports. - To allow the bed-plate 10 to be used as an ordinary flat, or as an overhanging, work-support, it is provided with pieces 15 sliding in openings 13 in the front part and guides in the back part of the plate, while the table 21 has a removable section 19. The mechanism beneath the plate is enclosed in a narrow close-fitting casing with a removable end cap frictionally held in place, leaving a space for the retention of oil.
Patent GB-191405224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks or Closures for Railway Carriage Doors.
Inventor: BROOKES NEVILLE EDWARD
IPC: E05B65/20
Filed: 1914-02-28
Abstract: 5224. Brookes, N. E., [Pintsch, Akt.-Ges. J.]. Feb. 28. T u r n-b o l t door fastenings.- In an automatic railway carriage door fastening, means are provided to secure the bolt in the closed position in the event of the main spring breaking. The bolt is operated by a coil spring d round the handle spindle p. Should this spring break, a pin r mounted in the casing v is forced into a notch n in a sleeve o on the spindle, so that the bolt is secured against accidental withdrawal by the weight of the handle. A second notch n<1> is provided in the sleeve o to receive the pin r in the open position of the bolt. When the detent catch acts also as a latch, this slot n<1> is lengthened, enabling the latch to act although the main turn-bolt is out of action.
Patent GB-191406137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Shaping Jars and other Circular Articles of Earthenware and the like.
Inventor: PEARSON THEO
IPC: B28B5/08
Filed: 1914-03-11
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 6137. Pearson, T., Pearson, J., Pearson, A. G., and Wright, W. March 11. Pottery, throwing and turning.-Jars or other circular ea.rthenware articles are formed on blocks, carriers, or moulds g carried by a rotary table c mounted on a sleeve q which is turned intermittently on a central pillar b so as to bring the moulds successively beneath a jolly arm e. The table c is secured in each of its stationary positions by a spring-pressed hand or pedal lever engaging a notched flange r on the sleeve q. The jolly arm and the table may be operated either mechanically or by hand. The mould spindles f are mounted adjustably in the table c and arms i extending from the sleeve q by means of bushes n, h and nuts o, j. The moulds are fitted with ejecting plungers p passing through the spindles f. On the mould spindles are pulleys k which engage with a travelling rope so that the moulds .are rotated when the pulleys successively come, at one part of the rotation of the table, in contact with the rope.