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Patent GB-191220752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Controlling Mechanisms for Preventing Overwinding or Running at Excessive Speeds in Winding Gears.
Inventor: BLACK GEORGE JAMES FORBES
IPC: B66B5/08
Filed: 1912-09-11
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 20,752. Black, G. J. F. Sept. 11. Overwinding, preventing; emergency power cut-off gear.-Relates to mechanism for preventing overwinding and overspeeding of winding-engines, of the kind in which a profile member is adjusted by a governor relatively to a member moving proportionally to the cage, and comprises means for rendering the mechanism inoperative during the acceleration period of the wind, or for permitting more rapid changes of speed during that period than during the retardation period. Figs. 3 and 4 show a stop gear of the kind described in Specification 911/12, in which the profile plate 11 is raised and lowered by a governor, and the rotating notched disk 1 travels to and fro according to the position of the cage, the engagement of the disk with the profile plate swinging this plate about an horizontal shaft and releasing a trip gear to stop the engine. According to this invention, the curved portions 22, 32 of the profile plate are suspended on horizontal pivots 14 so as to be freely movable in one direction against the action of light springs 160, but when moved in, the other direction are caused to engage shoulders 15 and to swing the whole plate 11 to stop the engine. The curved plates 22, 32 are oppositely disposed as regards their free and operative movement. In this way, the engagement of the disk 1 with the profile plate during the acceleration period is rendered ineffectual. Means may also be provided to move the flaps 22, 32 alternately into operative and inoperative positions at the beginning of each wind. For this purpose, the hub at each side of the disk 1 is provided with a spring-mounted projection 17, one of which at the beginning of each wind engages the end of a lever 33 and pushes inwards a rod 34. The end of the rod swings the flap 22 upwards into an inoperative position, and at the same time a lug 18 on the rod moves a pivoted member 35 and brings the other flap 32 into the vertical operative position. The reverse operation takes place at the beginning of the next wind by the engagement of a projection, similar to 17 but oppositely-directed, with the end of a lever 23. Spring pins 19 tend to retain the levers 23, 33 in their two extreme positions. Instead of pivoting the end flaps 22, 32 in the manner described above, they may be arranged to swing or to slide vertically in their own plane. In a further modification, two complete profile plates without movable parts are provided, one for each direction of winding, and the plates are swung into vertical operative position at the beginning of each wind by mechanism similar to that described above. Each profile plate is steeply curved at the end corresponding to the acceleration period of the wind.
Patent GB-191222754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Elevating or Tiering Machines.
Inventor: GILL HUBERT ALEXANDER
IPC: B66F9/02
Filed: 1912-10-05
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 22,754. Gill, H. A., [New York Revolving Portable Elevator Co.]. Oct. 5. Winch-actuated platform load-handling machines.-Portable elevating-machines, of the kind in which a load-carrying platform is raised by manually-operated mechanism and falls by gravity under the action of a brake, are fitted with means for increasing the stability of the apparatus when in position for lifting or lower ing, and with operating-gear arranged so that all the functions of the machine can be performed by manipulating a single detachable cranked handle. Figs. 2 and 4 show the invention applied to a rotatable elevator. A pair of braced guides or standards f are carried by a centrally-pivoted base-plate e mounted on a three-wheeled carriage. During lifting and lowering operations, the steering-wheel is raised from the ground by depressing the pivoted bowshaped lever 12 so that its bent ends 13 engage the ground and thus provide a four-point support for the apparatus. In this position the lever 12 rests against the steering-handle d<1>, and this rests against the steering-wheel. The sliding platform j is connected to the winding- drum k by a cable passing over a sleeve at the top of the apparatus. The drum is rotated for lifting the platform by means of single or double-purchase spur driving-gear. A brake drum formed with ratchet teeth x on its outer face is loosely mounted on the double-purchase driving-shaft s. An arm fixed on the shaft s carries a spring pawl z which slips over the ratchet teeth on the drum, during the lifting operation, but sustains the loaded platform when lifting is discontinued. To lower the platform, the crank handle is removed from the shaft s or o and applied to the cam shaft 7, thereby rotating the pivoted lever 4 against the action of the spring 5 so as to slacken the brake band and allow the platform to fall by gravity. The tension on the spring 5 is adjusted by the screwed pin 6. The invention is also shown applied to a non-rotary elevating- apparatus.
Patent GB-191229091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ignition Systems.
Inventor: KETTERING CHARLES FRANKLIN
Filed: 1911-12-22
Granted: 1913-03-25
Abstract: 29,091. Kettering, C. F. April 17, 1911, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Systems, electric.-An iron wire resistance is placed in the primary circuit so that should the engine stop with the interrupter-contact closed and the circuit completed the increased resistance due to the heating of the wire will prevent depletion of the battery. Specification 11,292/11 is referred to.
Patent GB-191229189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: DUBUS EDOUARD MARIE
IPC: B60B9/22
Filed: 1912-12-18
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 29,189. Dubus, E. M. Dec. 19, 1911, [Convention date]. Tyres with rims enclosing air tubes or chambers; tyre attachments to rims; jackets and covers.-In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, one cheek c and the base of the rim are in one piece secured to the wooden felloe. The other cheek e is made in sections which fit between a flange b' and stops g riveted to the base and are secured by transverse bolts. The space m in the base of the rim contains a cushion of felt &c. The air-tube is enclosed by a light cover k of rubbered canvas the edges of which are secured by hooks k'. On a band j of leather &c. riveted to the cover k rest short metal plates i the ends of which are rounded as shown in Fig. 2 to give freedom of movement while their sides are hook shape to engage with the hook-like edges of the sides of the rim. To these plates is riveted a deep band n of rubbered canvas, leather, &c. which is also riveted to'the outer cover p of rubbered canvas &c. which is secured by adjustable wires g. A tread band r of leather &c. is riveted to this outer cover. One set o of rivets may secure the parts n, p, m, and i together, or the band n may be separately riveted to the plates i and the parts p, r to the band n. The rivet heads o<2> form non-slipping studs. In a modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, each side of the rim is made integral with a part of the base. The meeting edges have at intervals snugs s over which the heads t of the securing-bolts u fit. The bolt heads are protected by metal covers v. The tread band r may be flat or rounded and is tongued to engage the grooved band n. The ends of the metal plates i are shaped as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-191311865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Knife Cleaners.
Inventor: SPONG JAMES WILLIAM
IPC: A47L21/02
Filed: 1913-05-21
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 11,865. Spong, J. W. May 21. Knives, cleaning.-The bevel-edged spring- controlled cleaning-disks are mounted in a divided casing 6 fitted with a powder-box on the top. By manipulating a wire 16, powder is delivered through the perforated plate 15 and is distributed by the shield 13 to the disks. The knives are inserted at the upper end of a long slot, provided with the usual brushes 17, into the space between the disks, and are moved downwards by hand until they are gripped by the contacting portions of the disks. The rotary movement of the disks then carries them down into contact with inner and outer fixed knife rests 12, 11. The inner rest 12 is curved and is forked at the upper end so that the knife may be moved to and fro while resting in the fork. The disks are spring-mounted, as shown in Fig. 1, and one of them is driven by belt gearing 9 or by hand, while the other is driven by the frictional contact between them. The bevelled edges of each disk are fitted with buff leather arranged non - radially in alternate long and short strips 4. The strips on each disk are arranged at different angles so that they cross one another when in contact. The outer edges of the strips are protected by a peripheral band 18 which cleans the shoulders of the knives and also prevents them from being pushed too far into the machine.
Patent GB-191314137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Photographic Enlarging Apparatus.
Inventor: BUTCHER WILLIAM FREDERICK
IPC: G03B27/32
Filed: 1913-06-18
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 14,137. Butcher, W. F., and Virgo, T. F. June 18. Enlarging.-Relates to enlarging-apparatus having an extensible base constructed to facilitate focusing, which is performed by means of endless chains from a point near the easel on which the sensitized paper is mounted. The framework 1 of the enlarger is fitted with an extensible sliding base 2 provided with a front board 3 and a pull-handle 4. Within the thickness of the base 2 is a sliding board 8, which carries the objective board 9 and is adapted to be moved throughout the entire length of the extensible base 2 by means of a pair of chains &c. 7 engaging sprocket-wheels 6 on a spindle 5, which is mounted on the front board 3 and is provided with a hand-wheel at one end. The lamp casing is similarly adjusted by means of endless chains.
Patent GB-191314424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Anhydrous Hydrosulphites from Aqueous Hydrosulphite Solutions.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: C01B17/66
Filed: 1913-06-21
Granted: 1914-06-23
Abstract: 14,424. Johnson, G. W., [Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron]. June 21. Drums, stationary.-Anhydrous hyposulphites, such as sodium hyposulphite, are obtained by evaporating a solution in vacuo while stirring to prevent the formation of lumps. An organic base such as aniline may be mixed with the solution, being removed from the solid salt by further distillation. Specifications 11,565/06, 10,771/07, and 20,580/07, [Class 32, Distilling &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-191314980-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Internal Combustion Engine.
Inventor: BEYER HERMANN EMIL
IPC: F02B23/00
Filed: 1913-06-30
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 14,980. Beyer, H. E. June 30. Drawings to Specification. Vaporizers, external.-The admission pipe to the pump of a two - stroke - cycle continuouscombustion engine contains a fuel-spraying nozzle at a point where the admission pipe traverses the exhaust pipe. The fuel is gasified by the heat of the exhaust and by spraying into a vacuum, and as an alternative the gasifying of the fuel may be effected by incompletely burning it with oxygen.
Patent GB-191318000-A (GB)
IPC: H01C10/02
Filed: 1913-08-07
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 18,000. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie. Aug. 8, 1912, [Convention date]. Resistances, liquid. Electrodes c, Fig. 1, are mounted in a fixed box a, and a liquid-container b which is adjustable vertically to vary the resistance. The container is counterbalanced by weights g, and may be provided with a float valve to maintain a constant level, and with an overflow pipe. The box a is fitted with a vapour discharge pipe e. The sides of the box dip into the liquid in all positions of the container, to form a liquid seal.
Patent GB-191318496-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Sealing Cans, Bottles, Jars and the like.
Inventor: DOUGLAS ALBERT
IPC: B65D51/24
Filed: 1913-08-14
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 18,496. Douglas, A. Aug. 14. Prising-tools for removing closures.-Means for carrying, sealing, and opening bottles, jars, &c., of the kind in which a paper-disk closure is employed, consist of a rotatable bar f, handle g, and hook h. When the bar f is rotated, the hook h pierces and removes the disk. The ends of the bar fare oblong in cross-section, and engage in tapered slots in the body flange in such a way that, when the handle is horizontal, the ends can pass into the slots but, when the handle is vertical, the ends are locked in the slots, the bar f being arranged so that it then holds the sealing-disk down. The handle g may be pivoted to the cross-bar so that it only rotates the bar when turned in one direction.
Patent GB-191319940-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Resilient Tyre for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: CARMONT WILLIAM HAZELWOOD
IPC: B60C7/10
Filed: 1913-09-03
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 19,940. Carmont, W. H. Sept. 3. Non-metallic elastic bodies and cores; tread bands, projections, and surfaces; tyre attachments to rims.-The tyre comprises cover 2 of ordinary rubber, a core 5 of soft rubber, and a wood or other security ring 8, the core being compressed on forcing the rim flanges 13 into position. The tread may be formed with enlargements 1 having apertures 7 through which projections 6 on the core may pass, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6.
Patent GB-191321070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Contact Surfaces of Electrical Coupling Devices.
Inventor: DAY GERALD ST JOHN
IPC: H01R33/46
Filed: 1913-09-18
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 21,070. Day, G. St. J. Sept. 18. Holders have their contacts formed by the bared ends of the leads c, which are exposed through spring-pressed plungers c, when these are displaced relatively to the lead wires. As applied to a bayonet holder, the insulating block b carrying the wires c is slidable in the casing a, and is provided with pins b<1> projecting through the rear part and engaged by a nut or adjusting member h, whereby the block is pressed to bring the wire ends into contact with the lamp terminals when the lamp falls back into the engaging slots in the holder. When adapted to carry large currents, the plunger e and the part d in which it slides are made of metal, and serve as additional contact parts. As applied to a screw lamp connexion, the adjustment of the block b may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-191322778-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of, and Apparatus for Concentrating Sewage Sludge.
Inventor: GROSSMANN JACOB
IPC: C02F11/00
Filed: 1913-10-09
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 22,778. Grossmann, J. Oct. 9. Drawings to Specification. Processes; reagents; tanks. - A process for concentrating sludge consists in mixing a small quantity of acid with the sludge, allowing the mixture to stand until separation has taken place, and then removing the liquid portion at the bottom from the concentrated sludge above. Sulphuric or hydrochloric acid or any other suitable acid or mixture of acids, or acid salts such as sodium bisulphate or nitrecake, or waste acid or other by-products from manufactories containing free acid, may be used. If the sludge does not contain sufficient compounds which will evolve gases on treatment with acid, such materials as septic sludge, iron sulphide, calcium sulphide, spent lime from gas-works, alkali waste or calcium or magnesium compounds, are previously added. A tank having a screw conveyer at the bottom, as described in Specification 28,328/11, may be used, but it is preferably fitted additionally with a lining of laths or grids so as to form a receptacle for coke, clinkers, stone chippings, or other draining-material. The concentrated sludge may be used in the manufacture of manure, or grease may be extracted from it as described in Specifications 16,397/08 and 28,434/10. The sludge, before or after concentration, may be mixed with cinders, sand, kieselguhr, or similar substances.
Patent GB-191323451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Registering and Controlling Mechanism for Automatic Measuring Devices.
IPC: G01F15/00
Filed: 1913-10-16
Granted: 1914-10-16
Abstract: 23,451. Marks, E. G. R., [Bowser & Co., S. F.]. Oct. 16. Stopping after definite quantity delivered.-Relates to .registering and controlling mechanism for automatic measuring-devices such as power pumps and registering-meters of the rotary vane type, whereby they may be set to deliver a predetermined volume of fluid, this volume being automatically registered as it is delivered. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, a force pump 15 is adapted to be clutched to a driving-pulley 29 by hand, and to be automatically unclutched by a cam 49, Fig. 5, on a disk 48 of the setting-mechanism when the volume for which this mechanism was previously set has been delivered. The piston 21 of the pump 15 is connected by a chain 22 to a slotted sector, which is oscillated by a block working in a slot in the sector. A pin 32 carried by a gear-wheel 31 driven from the pulley 29 serves to reciprocate the block. The pulley 29 is clutched to its shaft 28 by a spring controlled pin 36, which moves into a member 34 secured to the pulley when an arm 39 having a cam-surface 40 is depressed by the operation of a hand-layer 43, and is retained in this position by arrangement of the extremity 46 of a lever 47, @ with a rod 44 attached to the band-lever. At conclusion of the supply, the cam 49 disengages the lever 47, whereupon the arm 39 rises and the cam 40 withdraws the clutch pin. The setting - mechanism comprises two members, a rotary arm 53 which works over a dial 52, graduated up to a hundred volumes, and the toothed disk 48, each tooth of which ' represents a hundred volumes. The arm 53 being normally clutched to a shaft 59, Fig. 7, is driven by a gear 69 from the gear 31, and at' the completion of each revolution rotates the disk 48 the space of one tooth. The arm 53 is solid with a cam disk 54 loosely mounted on the shaft 59 and is clutched to that shaft by two pairs of spring- connected rollers 61 disposed between the projections 55, 56 of the cam-disk and the circumferential rim 60 of a disk 58 fast on the shaft. To set the arm 53, a member 63 loose on the shaft 59 is rotated by means of a knob 65 ; this member is provided with pins 67, which engage apertures in the roller 61, so that the arm 53 is uncoupled from the shaft 59 and rotates with the member 63. To enable the same number of gallons to be pumped repeatedly, an adjustable rotary ring 71 bearing a stop 70 is provided ; this ring is adjusted until the stop 70 is opposite the required graduation, when it is simply necessary to rotate the arm 53 backwards until a pawl 73 on it engages the stop. A registering-train 68 is driven from the main gear 31.
Patent GB-191323878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governors for Winding Engines and Apparatus in connection therewith for the Prevention of Overwinding.
Inventor: WORTH ROBERT JAMES
IPC: B66B5/08
Filed: 1913-10-22
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 23,878. Worth, R. J. Oct. 22. Centrifugal governors; transmitting-mechanism.- The speed of winding-engines is regulated by a governor of special construction and the governor sleeve is coupled to the mechanism for actuating the steam throttle valve and the brake by a mechanical relay and by a floatiug lever, the fulcrum of which is adjusted by a cam according to the position of the cage. The governor weights A are suspended from the bracket C by links B, which are longer than the links E connecting the balls to the muff F. A spring D is interposed between the bracket C and muff F, and the links B, E hang vertically when not revolving. The lever G is connected at its outer end to a rod H and its pivot I is carried by a rod J, the lower end of which has a pin or roller K engaging a cam slot in a disk M driven from the engine and making approximately one revolution to a complete wind. From the control rod H hangs another rod H<1> over peripheral teeth on the disk M. The rod H<1> is coupled by a link H<3> to a toothed segment U engaging a pinion S rigid with a crank T. If the speed of the engine is not properly controlled, the rod II<1> is lowered into engagement with the toothed disk M, and the pinion S and crank T are rotated so as to lift a slotted link R and by means of a lever and rod R' apply the brake and cut off the steam until the speed is reduced. The disk M also carries a pair of cams O, O<1>, Fig. 6, one or other of which, according to the direction of rotation, engages a bevel P<1> on a lever P when the cage is overwound, thereby releasing a weighted arm Q and actuating the brake and throttle valve. When multiple-deck cages are used the bevel P<1> or the cams 0, O<1> are constructed with two steps either of which may be brought into action by a lateral adjustment.
Patent GB-191401787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Brushes.
Inventor: DULCKEN ARTHUR CLAYTON
IPC: A46B3/12
Filed: 1914-01-22
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 1787. Dulcken, A. C. Jan. 22. Bristles, fixing. - The two limbs of each bent tuft C of the bristles are passed through separate holes in perforated lateral flanges B on the handle. The grooves A' may be filled with wood D and cement D'.
Patent GB-191414516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for Holding and Distributing Railway, Tramway, and the like Tickets.
Inventor: MOTTERSHEAD WILLIAM
Filed: 1914-06-17
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 14,516. Mottershead, W. June 17. Revoluble cabinets.-Ticket-containers comprise a cylindrical box a having mounted therein on a vertical axis o a casing divided into segmental compartments u by vertical partitions t, each compartment being adapted to receive a ticket holder. The outer casing is provided with two doors, a vertical one g to allow removal of the holder, and the other k, Fig. 2, mounted on the top of the casing to facilitate inspection of a counter showing the number of revolutions made by the spindle o. Secured to the spindle o is a crown ratchet-wheel 4, Fig. 5, provided with main teeth 5 formed with subsidiary teeth 6, a pawl 7 carried by the top of the casing being provided to engage therewith. A tooth 8 on the wheel 4 is adapted at each rotation to move a second wheel 9 carrying numerals representing the number of compartments, means being provided, such as a spring 15, to lock the wheel after one revolution. In operation, the inner casing is rotated through one compartment at every stage, a fresh ticket holder being employed. After inspection, the wheel 9 is freed from its retaining-pawl 12 and is zeroized by a spring, the door k then being again locked or sealed. A drawer for spare tickets is provided in the lower part of the casing.