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Patent GB-191006743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Operated Signalling for Railways or Tramways.
IPC: B61L1/18
Filed: 1910-03-17
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 6743. Sykes Interlocking Signal Co., Boot, J., and Tarrant, R. W. March 17. Moving electrodes.-A railway semaphore D is operated by an electric motor E, supplied from a primary battery G, such as a bichromate cell, which gives a current at high electro-motive force for a short period to move the semaphore to " clear." This battery is then automatically rotated to move the elements out of the liquid. When the train passes out of the section, another battery energizes the clutch coil F<1> and an electro-magnet J, the armature j of which rotates the case of the battery G, carrying the elements g<1>, g<2> into the liquid. When the semaphore D reaches the " clear " position, the counterweight H restores the battery G to the normal position with the plates g<1>, g<2> out of the liquid to prevent local action.
Patent GB-191007819-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Tanning Hides and Skins.
Inventor: EVANS SAMUEL LAVINGTON
IPC: C14C1/08
Filed: 1910-03-31
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 7819. Evans, S. L., and Baillie, C. J. Innes-. March 31. Processes and materials for treating hides and skins; electric tanning.-The hides are prepared by treatment with a solution of an arsenic compound, with or without plain liming, or treatment with sodium sulphide in the lime pits. They are delimed by boracic, formic, or lactic acids, or by sugar or glucose, and are suspended in a weak tanning-liquor so as to move slowly therein. They are then transferred to a sharper liquor containing boracic acid, saltpetre, and common salt in stated proportions, and are kept slowly moving in the bath, which is intermittently traversed by a weak electric current.
Patent GB-191010231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Superheaters for Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: YARROW ALFRED FERNANDEZ
IPC: F22G7/14
Filed: 1910-04-26
Granted: 1911-04-26
Abstract: 10,231. Yarrow, A. F. April 26. Straight and U-tube superheaters; dampers and the like for controlling superheaters.-In a water-tube boiler of the Yarrow or similar type, superheating-tubes are arranged between or upon the generating-tubes at one side of the boiler only. The generating-tubes adjacent to the superheater are reduced in number in order to equalize the resistance to the passage of furnace gases through the two sides of the boiler. The superheating-tubes are provided with baffles placed, preferably, on the uptake side and formed and arranged so that a uniform resistance is offered to the passage of the furnace gases at all parts of the superheater. The superheater may extend over only a part of the length of a bank of the generating-tubes. The flow of gases through the superheater is controlled by one or more damper or dampers placed in the uptake, or between the generating- tubes and the superheater or in a passage leading from the space between generating-tubes and the superheater. The dampers may be aircooled. In the boiler shown in Fig. 1, the curved superheating-tubes 8 are placed on the uptake side of a bank of generating-tubes 4 and open into a lower header 9 and an upper header 10 in the steam drum. The band of tubes 4 is of less depth than the bank 4<a> on the other side of the boiler. Instead of reducing the depth of the bank 4, tubes may be omitted to form gaps for the passage of the gases. The headers 9, 10 may be provided with partitions which cause the steam to traverse the tubes two or more times. The baffles 15 fitted on the U-tube superheater 8, Fig. 8, taper longitudinally and are so arranged that the spaces for the passage of the furnace gases between them increase towards the top of the boiler. Any of the baffles described in Specification 10,233/10, [Class 123(ii), Steam generators], may be applied to the superheater. The flow of gases through the superheater may be controlled by dampers 11, Fig. 4, arranged on the generating- tubes. The superheater in one modification consists of horizontally-arranged U-tubes which open into a divided chamber in the boiler steam drum.
Patent GB-191012595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Boxes for Talking Machines.
Inventor: DENNISON WILBURN NORRIS
Filed: 1910-05-24
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 12,595. Dennison, W. N. May 27, 1909, [Convention date]. Sound-boxes; stylus mountings. -A gramophone sound-box, which may be adapted for use as a pneumatic sound-box, has a hollow stylusbar, preferably of oval section, has a removable back held in position by a screwed ring, and has an adjustable tube in the sound-outlet adapted to be positioned in proximity with the diaphragm. The diaphragm 2 is secured between gaskets 3, 4, seated in recesses 12, 16 in the sound-box casing 1 and the removable back 5 respectively. A flange 14 on the back 5 is held against a shoulder 13 in the casing 1 by a ring 6 adapted to screw into the casing against the semicircular face of the back 5. A tube 17 is screwed into the sound-outlet 19 up flush with the diaphragm, so that it partly traps the air within the sound-box, and thus reinforces the sounds. The stylus-bar 28 is hollow, and preferably of oval section, the longer axis being at right-angles to the diaphragm. The stylus cross-bar 29 is attached to the stylus-bar 28 by a short inserted tube 51, and consists of two plates 46, 47 carrying between them the bifurcated ends 41, 42 of a flat steel spring 39 riveted between plates 37, 38 screwed at 45 to a boss 43 on the sound-box casing 1. A plate 48 spaces the two cross-bar plates 46, 47. The stylus-bar 28 is so mounted as to flex the diaphragm 2 backwards, to counterbalance the forward tension on the diaphragm produced when the sound box is being traversed across the record thereby, so that, when working, the diaphragm is free from tension.
Patent GB-191013632-A (GB)
Title: Improved Temple or Spreader for Pile Fabric Looms.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
IPC: D03J1/22
Filed: 1910-06-06
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 13,632. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. June 6. Temples for pile-fabric looms employing longitudinal pile wires. A rod 12 carries at each end a roll 13 provided with disks 13<1> or corrugations, which enter between the rows of pile loops containing pile wires. The rolls are pressed outwards by springs 14 held in place by adjustable washers 15, and are pressed downward by springs 19, the tension of which may be adjusted by bolts 18. In wide looms, the rolls may be mounted on short rods, one at each side, fixed in a stand.
Patent GB-191015789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: PECHIN JULES-ERNEST-FELIX-CESA
IPC: F21V21/38
Filed: 1910-07-01
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 15,789. PÚchin, J. E. F. C. July 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Two-part couplings.- A coupling - device for arc lamps comprises an insulating-cup made in two parts A, B, the upper part A being fixed to the lamp-post by means of tags d, and the lower B carrying the lamp. On each part, concentric conducting rings, connected to the supply and lamp wires respectively, are mounted in dovetailed grooves H, I, H', I<1>. The upper part is provided with a passage e through which the cable for raising and lowering the lamp passes. The lower part carries a wooden plug in an opening l, to which the lamp is attached. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 8906/97 and 14,810/98.
Patent GB-191016552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heel Protectors for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: HAYES ERNEST CHARLES
IPC: A43B21/42
Filed: 1910-07-11
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 16,552. Hayes, E. C. July 11. Protectors, securing.-The invention consists in the combination with snap fastening-means for securing a pad to a hoel of a plate provided with projections for marking the correct position for fixing. One member C<2> of the fastener is carried by a perforated plate C<1> embedded in the pad, and the other is formed on a plate B nailed to the heel, the nail holes being burred over at G<3> to indent the heel with positioning marks. The positions of the two parts of the fastener may be interchanged, and, for stationary pads, more than one fastener may be used ; preferably, in the latter case, three fasteners formed at the ends of a triangular-shaped plate are used. The periphery of the plate B is preferably thinned down to a knife-edge.
Patent GB-191018442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Conduits and Amplifying Devices.
Inventor: FISCHER ALEX
Filed: 1910-08-04
Granted: 1911-08-03
Abstract: 18,442. Fischer, A. Aug. 4. [Addition to 22,784/09, Class 40(ii), Phonographs &c.] Speaking-tubes.-Relates to improvements in sound - conduits and amplifying - devices of the kind described in the parent Specification and to the application of the same to the receivers and transmitters of telephones, to speaking- tubes, ear trumpets, talking-machines, and all classes of musical and acoustic instruments. The reflecting-surface is now made intermediate in size between the two sound-conduits; for example, if the diameter of one tube is x and the other x+2y, the minor axis of the reflector will lie between these two quantities, say x+y. In the construction shown, the reflector c may be carried back to complete the ellipse, or turned down as shown at e. The upper part of the reflector is extended to form a curved portion h, or an extra plane reflector suitably placed is used in order to counteract the effect of the slight spreading that may take place in the waves after they leave the right-hand side of the smaller tube a.
Patent GB-191020636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adding Machines.
Inventor: QUENTELL WILLIAM PREHN
Filed: 1910-09-05
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 20,636. Quentell, W. P. Sept. 8, 1909, [Convention date]. Adding - apparatus with operating - means. - Relates to the actuating, transfer, and zeroizing- mechanisms of the multiple-bank key-set leveroperated adding-machine described in Specification 8820/08. Differential mechanism.-Depression of a key tilts a slotted slide-bar 4, Fig. 1, which is thereupon drawn forward by a link 7 and spring 9 until the end of the slot engages the key-stem. The links transmit differential movements to arms 11 carrying driving-pawls 13 and swing them idly forwards while the rotation of the main shaft 12, carrying driving-arms 21 through which passes a bail or rod 22, restores the arms 11 and pawls 13 to normal position, the pawls during their actuating-movement being locked into engagement with the receiving-wheels by the bail. Transfer mechanism.-The driving arms 21 drive the pawl-carrying arms 11 through pivoted spring-controlled levers 24, Fig. 18, the upper ends of which pass through slots 30 in the driving-arms. At transfer a spring-controlled lever 42 engaging with a snail cam 46 is rocked and, striking a pivoted lever 39, swings a pivoted member 35 which carries with it a second pivoted member 34. A lug 47 upon the latter is engaged by a spring-controlled catch 48, and the projection 37, which normally prevents overthrow of the arm 11, is thus held out of the path thereof. During the ensuing movement of the arms 21 the displaced lug 47 trips the latch 25 of the lever 24, which is thereupon rocked a step forward by the spring-controlled lever 51, with which it engages at every operation, and the driving-pawl 13 is thus given an additional movement determined by the engagement of the arm 11 with a sleeve on the shaft 33. The catches 48 are released by a cam 60, Fig. 11. Zeroizing - mechanism.-The numeral - wheel shaft, which is normally prevented from rotating by a pin 83, Fig. 4, is first withdrawn and then rotated so that pawls upon the hubs of the numeral wheels engage with grooves in the shaft. The withdrawal of the shaft first gives, by means of a conical portion 89, a slight forward rocking movement to the operating-handle 23, sufficient to rock the cam 60 and disengage the locking-bail 64, Fig. 11, and the catches 48; the operating-handle is then locked in position by the cylindrical portion 90 of the shaft and a projecting horn 92 on the handle.
Patent GB-191021262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gearing.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1910-09-13
Granted: 1911-05-04
Abstract: 21,262. Herbert, A., and Vernon, P. V. Sept. 13. Variable-speed gearing. - In variable-speed toothed or belt gearing of the type comprising loose gears B able to be clutched alternatively to a shaft A by a slidable spring key D in the shaft, ball or roller bearings H are arranged so as to strengthen the shaft A as well as to support the gears B. The projecting nose D<2> of the key D has inclined ends, which engage the bearings H as the key D is slid along the shaft, so as to withdraw the nose D<2> from operative engagement.
Patent GB-191021931-A (GB)
Title: Process of Providing Worn Out Fish Plates with New Contact Surfaces.
Inventor: WEGNER GUSTAV
IPC: B21K9/00
Filed: 1910-09-21
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 21,931. Wegner, G. Sept. 21, 1909, [Convention date]. Rail joints.-To compensate for the wear of rail ends and fish-plates, old fishplates are reworked to provide new contact surfaces. The old fish-plate l<1> is heated and placed in a frame g between blocks h<1>, h<2>, and is pressed by a beam d fitted with handles. The block h<2> is connected directly or by a chainp to the press ram c.
Patent GB-191023154-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting the Lids of Boxes and the like.
Inventor: KING ALFRED STEPHEN
IPC: B65D43/24
Filed: 1910-10-06
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 23,154. King, A. S. Oct. 6. Stays.-A box lid or the like e is supported in the open position by means of an L-shaped piece of metal a pivoted to the top of the back of the box c. When the device is out of use, the depending portion b lies against the back, but when in use the edges f of the portion b contacts with the back. The edge f is slightly inclined to the vertical to allow the lid to turn a little beyond the vertical and the edge b' is bevelled to allow the device to be turned by the finger-nail. In a modification, the device is pivoted to a saddle-piece which clips over the top of the box-back. In further modifications the pivot is formed integral with the device by cutting and bending a strip of the metal, and, in a further modification, the device is formed of bent wire.
Patent GB-191023624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Golf Caddies.
Inventor: MCLEAN WILLIAM
IPC: A63B55/04
Filed: 1910-10-12
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 23,624. McLean, W. Oct. 12. Stands for golf-club carriers.-A support for a golf-bag comprises a plate A formed with clip ends C for attaching to the bag, and a second plate A<3> carrying the legs B. The whole is further secured to the bag D by a strap E. The legs B may be mounted loosely in a box F<1>, Fig. 3, and be connected by a spring F, which is secured by a pin B<2>.
Patent GB-191024796-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cutting Paper, Paste Board and the like.
Inventor: MANUEL RODRIGUEZ GOMEZ SALCEDO
IPC: B26D7/26
Filed: 1910-10-25
Abstract: 24,796. Salcedo, M. R. G. Oct. 25, 1909, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Traversing-cutter type for cutting rectilinearly. - A circular disk cutter G is eccentrically mounted on a shaft e, which passes through a support c, and is provided with handles by which the apparatus is made to travel along a grooved bed-plate r. The shaft e is rotated within its bearings to vary the depth of cut, and is locked in the adjusted position by the engagement with a ratchetwheel h of a spring-actuated pawl k.
Patent GB-191025596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Joints for Cornice Poles and other Purposes.
Inventor: HUDSON WILLIAM ALFRED
IPC: A47H1/022
Filed: 1910-11-03
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 25,596. Hudson, W. A. Nov. 3. C u r t a i n poles and rods. - In a joint applicable for cornice-poles, and like purposes, each pole or end member a, Fig. 2, has an integral extension of about or slightly more than a quarter segment of a sphere b, and a recess c of about a quarter segment, whereby when the two parts are assembled the full diameter of the pole is carried substantially up to the greatest diameter of the spherical parts of the joint to lead the curtain-rings thereover, and also permitting the ball to be a substantially true sphere. Mitred cuts d are formed on the parts a to allow the parts to be turned at right-angles. ' The spherical portion b is first turned in full spherical form slightly beyond the centre up to the line x, on which line a groove or shoulder is formed. The mitred parts d are then cut either by a cylindrical or annular tool f, Fig. 3, or by a tool f<1>, Fig. 6, which is in the nature of a centre-bit but without a centre. This tool f<1> is given an angular movement about the centre of the axis pin on which the spherical parts are to turn in order not only to cut the mitred parts but to remove or form that part of the spherical member which lies between the line x and the mitred cut - away parts. A halfspherical milling-tool or cutter e, Fig. 4, is then traversed in an axial direction to cut away half the sphere and to form the part - spherical recess c.
Patent GB-191029390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: RIESELER FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1910-12-17
Granted: 1911-12-18
Abstract: 29,390. Rieseler, F. W., and Derry, G. T. Dec. 17. Driving-gear.-In an engine in which two or more pistons are attached to an oscillating beam, which carries a link working a crank, the beam is pivoted on the crank-shaft. The crank 14 is worked by a rod 12 attached to a cross-head 9, worked by a link 8 pivoted to the beam 6. The Provisional Specification states that the rods of more than one piston may be connected to each end of the beam.
Patent GB-191102101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Facilitating the Removal of Lids from Metal Boxes and other Receptacles.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS HARRY ALBERT
IPC: B65D43/02
Filed: 1911-01-27
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 2101. Griffiths, H. A., and Griffiths, R. H. Jan. 27. Lids and covers, opening. Metal boxes a or other receptacles for boot-polishes, sweetmeats, food-stuffs, &c. have a shoulder b and a groove c, the lid d being provided with projecting parts e. The lid may be freed from the upper portion of the box by a coin &c. inserted in the groove and made to act on one or more of the projections. The upper portion of the box may be smaller than the lower portion, or it may be of the same diameter.
Patent GB-191103589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combing Machines.
Inventor: NASMITH JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: D01G19/16
Filed: 1911-02-13
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 3589. Nasmith, J. W. Feb. 13. Combing - machines. -To facilitate examination, removal, or repairs of the needle segments, the nippers are arranged so that they can be turned over to expose the segments from above. In applying the invention to a combmg-machine such as is described in Specification 13,758/01, the arms 1 which carry the nippers are connected by an adjustable bridgepiece 3, on which is mounted in lugs 3<a> a pivot pin 5. A piece 6 mounted on the pivot pin 5 and secured to the bridge-piece 3 by a screw 7 carries the nipper jaw B<1>. The upper nipper jaw B is carried by arms 10. An arm 8 controlled by a spring is mounted on the pivot 5 and carries two projections, one of which 8<a> engages under the arm 10 and the other of which 8<b> is engaged by a latch 11 normally to hold the nipper B closed. If the latch 11 is lifted and the bolt 7 removed, the piece 6 and the arms 10 may be turned over bodily without disturbing the adjustment of the nippers to expose the needle segment 13.
Patent GB-191105063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Fire Alarms.
Inventor: TOPP WILLIAM
Filed: 1911-02-28
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 5063. Topp, W., and Topp, F. Feb. 28. Alarms operated by fusible devices; electric alarm systems. - An electric fire-alarm system comprises a number of thermally - operated devices A, B, C, each of which is provided with a spring 8, the forked end of which is normally prevented from bridging two contact-plates 2, 3 by a prop of fusible material interposed between the spring 8 and the base-plate 1. The contactplates 2 are connected in series by a wire 19 from the battery 17, and the contact-plates 3 are similiarly connected by a wire 18 to the other pole of the battery. When any pair of contacts 2, 3 is bridged by the corresponding spring 8, alarm bells 15, 16, &c. are rung in the various rooms of the hotel &c.
Patent GB-191109204-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Weatherproof and Windproof Sidecar for Passenger Use with Motor-cycle.
Inventor: TURNER WILLIAM STEWART
IPC: B62K27/10
Filed: 1911-04-13
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 9204. Turner, W. S. April 13. Bodies.-The body of a side-car for use with motor-cycles has a rigid cover which encloses the whole of the passenger except the head and shoulders, a portion 3 of the cover being hinged and a door 5 provided to facilitate access. A wind screen 7 may also be hinged to a block on the hinged cover 3. The body may consist of a frame covered with tin plate, aluminium, &c., or it may be of wicker-work.
Patent GB-191113556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Boilers.
Inventor: PARKER THOMAS THRALL
IPC: F22B9/04
Filed: 1911-06-06
Granted: 1911-12-30
Abstract: 13,556. Parker, T. T. June 13, 1910, [Convention date]. Vertical boilers; partitions in water space; settling-chambers.-Vertical. boilers of the firetube type are provided with a sedimentation chamber of relatively large capacity, which extends wholly or partly round the bank of tubes and is separated from the fire-box or tube sheet. The sedimentation chamber F is formed by a cylindrical partition G. The feed-water passes slowly through the chamber from an inlet pipe J near the bottom at one side to near the top at the opposite side. Floating substances, such as oils are trapped in the chamber by providing a hood M over the feed-delivery opening L, which consists of an elongated slot in the wall of the chamber. In a modification, the boiler shell is enlarged in diameter above the base of the sedimentation chamber to increase the capacity of this chamber.
Patent GB-191118967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Suspenders for Hose.
Inventor: BUENTE HERMANN
IPC: A41F11/02
Filed: 1911-08-23
Granted: 1912-08-22
Abstract: 18,967. B³nte, H. Aug. 23. Stocking suspender grips. - In stocking- suspender fastenings of the button - and - loop type, the button i, which is made of vulcanized fibre and without a shank, is formed with a single s l o t through which its supporting-band is passed, the band k which carries the loop d being made of sufficient length to allow the pull of the stocking to be taken by the button and the band h. The loop is formed with inwardly-projecting shoulders d', Fig. 1, the button with the stocking overlying it being passed edgeways through the loop and then turned to lie flat against it, as shown in Fig. 1. In the modification shown in Fig. 1<a>, the lower end of the loop is made sufficiently broad to allow the button to pass through it broadways. The loop is also provided with a tab e to facilitate manipulation and to serve as a pad for the lower bar of the loop. The loop may be entirely covered with yielding material, and the button may be wholly or partly covered with fabric. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 16,020/05.
Patent GB-191119968-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Forming Corrugations in Metal Tubes by Spinning.
Inventor: PANKHURST VICTOR HAWKINS
IPC: B21D15/06
Filed: 1911-09-07
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 19,968. Pankhurst, V. H. Sept. 7. Metal tubes.-Corrugated metal tubes for use as water jackets for internal-combustion engines are made of the form shown in Fig. 1 by spinning, the tube being rigidly supported at one end against longitudinal motion and clamped to a rotary mandrel which is fed forwards during spinning to maintain a uniform thickness of metal.