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Patent GB-190925656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, Means for Opening Tin and other Boxes.
Inventor: BRAUN HERMAN MEYER
IPC: B65D43/26
Filed: 1909-11-06
Granted: 1911-02-06
Abstract: 25,656. Braun, H. M. Nov. 6. Lids and covers. - Tin and like boxes for tooth-powder, boot-polish, &c., of the kind in which the lid overlaps the body on the outside and in which a paper sealing-band is sometimes used, are provided with means for effecting the initial opening movement comprising a pivoted member operating on the flange or the inside of the top of the lid. In the device shown in Fig. 1, a bar b on the outside is connected by a pivot to a cam c on the inside, so that, by turning the bar, the lid is raised, the motion also tightening a wire d, which cuts the paper sealing-band. In the devices shown in Figs. 3 and 4, levers e, f, arranged respectively outside and inside the box, have finger-pieces so that they may be pressed against the flange of the lid. In the device shown in Fig. 5, which is adapted especially for hinged lids, a wire or other cam g is pivoted outside the box, and acts on a projection a' on the lid.
Patent GB-190925734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Electrical Propulsion of Ships.
IPC: B63H23/24
Filed: 1909-11-08
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 25,734. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Kloss, M. Nov. 8. Dynamos and motors combined for transmitting power.-In a system of electrical propulsion for ships having four propellers, each of which is driven by an induction motor or set of motors, two motors or two sets of motors are connected to alternators having a frequency in the ration of # 2 to 1 to the frequency of the alternators connected to the other two motors or two sets of motors, so that a change of speed is produced by changing the connexions of the generators and motors, further changes of speed being produced by halving the frequencies of the generators, for example, as described in Specification 9048/09, [Class 35, Dynamo-electric generators &c.], and connecting them to the various motors or sets of motors. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the four propellers a are driven by induction motors b connected to alternators c driven by turbines d. The frequencies of the alternators connected to the motors of the wing propellers are 50, while the frequencies of the alternators connected to the central propellers are 70À7. For normal speed, the generators and motors are connected as shown. For the first reduction of speed, the frequencies of the central alternators are halved, and these alternators are connected to the motors of the wing propellers, while the wing alternators are connected to the motors of the central propellers. A further reduction of speed is obtained by halving the frequencies of one wing alternator and one central alternator, and connecting them to the motors of their respective propellers; a further speed reduction is obtained by halving the frequency of one wing alternator and connecting it to the motors of the central propellers.
Patent GB-190925779-A (GB)
Title: Door for Coke Ovens.
IPC: C10B25/06
Filed: 1909-11-08
Granted: 1910-05-19
Abstract: 25,779. Kaempfe, E., and Kaempfe Geb. Nov. 8. Coke - oven doors.-A door for coke ovens, of the type held against the mouth of the oven by wedge-shaped pieces in the door fitting behind corresponding pieces on the oven, is pressed home by means of a screw from which the door is suspended. The door d is suspended by a pivot z from a rod t passing through a screw h. The screw h can be turned bv a ratchet s so as to raise and lower the door. Wedge-shaped pieces n on the door fit behind claws k secured to the oven. The claws k may be formed as ends of bars g, Fig. 3, carried between pieces p, w attached to the oven and adjustably held in position by nuts m..
Patent GB-190927847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Door Knobs and other Knobs, and Terminal Ornaments for Bedsteads and for other uses.
IPC: B21D53/48
Filed: 1909-11-30
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 27,847. Bessant, Ltd., T., Ward, F. A., and Norris, A. V. R. Nov. 30. Knots and terminal ornaments. - In knobs and terminal ornaments for doors, bedsteads, fenders, cornice poles, &c., having a sheet-metal base 1 and a steel or other metal pommel 5, the base is formed with an inwardly projecting flange or eyelet 4, protruding through the central tapped hole of the pommel and having its sides pressed into the threads of the pommel by means of a tap without a cutting-edge. The inner end 7 of the eyelet is flanged over, and the outer surface of the pommel is held in place by spinning or otherwise forming the base 1 with a shoulder 8, as shown. By this means, the pommel is prevented from turning when the knob is being secured to its fixing-screw or spindle.
Patent GB-191004314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gramophone, Phonograph and like Horns.
Inventor: GREEN JOSHUA
Filed: 1910-02-21
Granted: 1911-02-21
Abstract: 4314. Green, J. Feb. 21. Sound-directing appliances. - A phonograph trumpet is moulded by dry heat on a suitable mould heated by steam or other gas or vapour, from a single blank of ply wood a, and the abutting edges b, c are joined by a longitudinal strip d or by halving each and overlapping them. Specification 5953 / 10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191004775-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Sterilising Water.
Inventor: CARTAULT PAUL JOSEPH
IPC: C02F1/02
Filed: 1910-02-25
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 4775. Cartault, P. J. Feb. 25. Drawings to Specification. Atmospheric gas burners. - In apparatus for sterilizing water in which the supply of gas &c. is automatically regulated, an atmospheric burner with capillary orifices, to prevent backfiring, and a by-pass are used.
Patent GB-191005938-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Securing Covers or Ends to Cylindrical Containers for Fluids under Pressure.
Inventor: PROPOSTO CESIDIO DEL
IPC: F16J13/02
Filed: 1910-03-09
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 5938. Del Proposto, C. March 9, 1909, [Convention date]. Storing under pressure.-To secure an end or cover d to the cylindrical portion a of a container for fluids under pressure, the cover is provided with an external flange b on the .container. Packing may be provided between the flanges. The internal fluid pressure tends to maintain an air-tight joint, but this is secured initially by means of a ring e which screws on the cover and abuts against the cylinder end. Hoops h, i are provided for preventing the cover from working loose by the action of the distorting couples developed by the fluid pressure. The hoop h may serve for fixing and retaining a wire binding. The contact surfaces of the cover and container may be made slightly conical. When the covers are to be inserted after the formation of the internal flange on the container, the container is held in a press so that its end is caused to assume a somewhat elliptical shape, whereupon the cover is passed in sideways and then turned into proper position.
Patent GB-191008782-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Removing Scale in Steam Generators.
Inventor: FISHER SAMUEL
IPC: F28G3/02
Filed: 1910-04-12
Granted: 1911-04-12
Abstract: 19108782. Fisher, S. April 12. Percussive hand tools.-In a device for cleaning boiler plates and stays, a non-circular rod A carries a slidable sleeve D, which rotates with the rod and has pivotally mounted rectangular plates d, d<1> which strike the scale &c. when the rod is partly rotated. The lower end of the rod rests in a socket L with ball bearings, the socket having a foot L<2> adapted to engage a chain, rope, &c., temporarily mounted in the boiler by hooks to form a support for the rod A. A cord D<2> may be used to lift the sleeve D to the required height. A second sleeve F, slidably and rotatably mounted on the rod A, carries a cutter H adapted to remove scale when the sleeve F is reciprocated. The sleeve F may extend upwards to a sufficient distance to enable it to be grasped and operated by hand, or may be short as shown, and operated by a cord F<2> and gravity. A third sleeve J, surrounding the sleeve F and extending upwards so as to be grasped and operated by hand, carries a pivoted cutter K moved outwards by an inclined projection F' on the sleeve F when the sleeve J moves downward. Relative rotation of the sleeves F, J is prevented by a. pin and groove connexion K<4>. A spring K<2> may surround the rod A between the members F, J. The rod A may be rotated by hand-wheel or pulley, or by a device engaging its upper end and comprising a quick-threaded member operated by the reciprocation of a sleeve with corresponding internal thread. According to the Provisional Specification, a rotary disk having teeth on its periphery and face is carried by a sleeve on the rod and may be rotated by bevel-gear. An adjustable bridge-piece with an eye through which the rod passes may be used as a support for the rod.
Patent GB-191011230-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Self-igniting Incandescent Mantles.
Inventor: EISNER ADOLF
Filed: 1910-05-06
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 11,230. Eisner, A. May 6. Lighting burners by catalytic devices.-Rela,tes to self-igniting incandescent mantles of the kind provided with an igniting pellet of platinum black or the like and igniting strips. The pellet consists of an intimate combination of glycerine with oxides or salts of the earthy metals (cerium, lanthanum, didymium, &c.) and preparations of metals of the platinum group (platinum, iridium, rhodium, &c.). The igniting-strips consist of an intimate combination of one part of metals of the platinum group, such as platinum, iridium, and rhodium, and one part of neutral salt, such as Glauber's salt, potassium chloride, &c., the components being dissolved separately in the known manner and then mixed.
Patent GB-191014269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Cutting Web or Sheet Material.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: B26D1/62
Filed: 1910-06-13
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 14,269. Newton, P. A., [Hoe & Co., R.]. June 13. Rotary and oscillating type fur cutting rectilinearly.-In machines wherein both the cutting- members move, the movement of one or both being in a curved path, the cutters are maintained during the cutting operation parallel to one another so as to increase the time during which the cutting takes place, and thereby allow a gradual cut to be effected. A cutter 5, provided with an oblique cutting-edge, is mounted on a bar 4, the ends of which are journaled in heads 2 on the shaft 1. The ends of the bars 4 are connected by crank-arms 7 with projections 9 on the straps 10 of eccentrics 11 secured to the frame by bolts 12. The heads and eccentrics may be further similarly linked together, as shown at 17, 18. The above mechanism is such as to keep the cutter parallel to itself in its various positions on the rotary carrier. The co-operating-cutting-member consists preferably of a bar 23 provided with a cutting-edge 25. In a modification, shown in Fig. 4, the parallel movement of the knife is secured by gears 27, 28, 30; the last gear being held stationary, and the knife gear 27 being automatically actuated by the gear 28 pivotally mounted on the head 2. The co-operating cutting-member consists of a bar 36 cut away at 37 and secured to the flat face 35 of the carrier 21. The cutting-edge may be lined with metal to minimize wear, and is of helical formation to afford clearance for the knife 5, as the cutting is in progress. In a modification, the co-operating cutting-member consists of a knife mounted and operated similarly to the cutter 5.
Patent GB-191014270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Delivery Mechanism for Printing Machines.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: B41F13/54
Filed: 1910-06-13
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 14,270. Newton, P. A., [Hoc & Co., R.]. June 13. Delivery apparatus. - A delivery apparatus for printing and like machines is so arranged that the sheets may be delivered alternately to different folders or associated together and delivered by one folder. As shown, the webs are forwarded to cutting-rollers 3, 4, and the cut sheets are delivered alternately to pins 9 on transferring-cylinders 7, 8 which forward the sheets to folding-cylinders 10, 11 respectively. The cylinders 10, 11 have blades 13, which fold into rollers 14. A switch 17 may be set so as to cause the sheets to be delivered as described to the cylinders 10, 11, or, as shown, the switch 17 is set so as to transfer sheets from the cylinder 7 to the cylinder 8, and the two sets of sheets are folded and delivered together by the cylinder 11, and a delivery fly. The webs may be passed direct from forwarding-rolls 2 through rolls 27, and in this case cutting-devices are provided on the cylinder 11 and a cylinder 26 which normally presses the sheets on the cylinder 11.
Patent GB-191015240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Frames of Boxes and Garden Lights.
Inventor: WEBB GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: A01G9/20
Filed: 1910-06-25
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 15,240. Webb, G. W. June 25. Seed and plant protectors. - A collapsible frame for the reception of glass, wooden, or other panels for the construction of a box or garden light without the use of screws, nails, &c., is made by tying detachable corner-pieces together by means of removable hooks or ties. Fig. 1 shows wooden corner - pieces having grooves b for the reception of the panels, and connected together by wires c and staples d. In larger lights, pieces grooved on all sides may be used between the corner-pieces. The glass or other top of the light or box may be held in place by bending-over pieces of metal attached to the corner-pieces. Fig. 3 shows strip metal corner-pieces bent to L-shape and then turned up or over at f to engage the bottom and the side and end panels. They may be bent over as at g to clip the top, or extended as at h to receive a loose top. Extensions i may enter the ground. The ties may be of cord or wire as at j or m, or of sheet metal as at k, and may be passed through holes or slits in the cornerpieces and bent over as at k', k<2>. The cornerpieces may be provided with inside tongues or flaps q, and may be connected to the panels by passing metal strips r through slits and then bending them into U-shape.
Patent GB-191023278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Manufacturing Iron Window Bars.
Inventor: KOPPLINGER HERMANN
Filed: 1909-10-12
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 23,278. K÷pplinger, H. Oct. 12, 1909, [Convention date]. Bending; forging; punches.- Iron bars for window frames are suitably cranked and cut for fitting together by acting on them with a tool c, Fig. 3, and a die j, Figs. 3 and 4. The die has a shape to correspond with the cranked portion, and the tool c is partly wedge-shaped, and of a section to correspond with the section of the frame bar. The tool may have a part g for punching a preliminary hole, and a part k for cutting a slot in the web.
Patent GB-191023429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Rabbles of Calcining Furnaces.
Inventor: EDWARDS THOMAS
IPC: F27B9/24
Filed: 1910-10-10
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 23,429. Edwards, T. Oct. 10. Charges, agitating. - Relates to rotary rabbles provided with means for circulating air and water through separate passages formed in the shaft and the rabble arm; to water - cooled rabbles, wherein one water passage extends within another; and to means for preventing gases from escaping through the opening in the furnace crown in which the shaft revolves. As shown in Fig. 1, air from a valved pipe 13, with or without additional oxygen, enters a fixed pipe 10, which is provided with a stuffing-gland 11 and is arranged in the axis of the shaft, and flows through passages 8 in the rotary shaft 1 and arm 2, and escapes through openings 9. According to the direction of rotation of the rabble arm, these openings may be closed by plugs 25, Fig. 8, on one side, and fitted with splayed nozzles 24 on the other side; alternatively, a downwardly-directed deflecting-plate may be arranged on each side of the arm. Water from a pipe 19 passes through a passage 15 and a pipe 15<a>, and returns from the outer end of the rabble arm through a passage 20, whence it is discharged into a trough 22. The shaft carries a hood 27, the lower end of which dips into the water in the trough 22, so that fumes are prevented from escaping through the opening in which the shaft rotates. The trough 22 and the hood 27 are preferably made in vertical halves.
Patent GB-191026325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Metal Railway Ties or Sleepers.
Inventor: CROSSLEY LEONARD HARGREAVES
IPC: E01B3/26
Filed: 1910-11-12
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 26,325. Crossley, L. H., [Rupp, B. S.]. Nov. 12. Cotters.-Railway rails are secured to sleepers by plates 8, which are secured by a bolt having a head 15 and sleeve 16 elliptically coned.
Patent GB-191100840-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for Obtaining Stereoscopic Effect in Cinematograph Pictures.
Inventor: CALICHIOPULO ANTONIO
IPC: G03B35/00
Filed: 1911-01-12
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 840. Calichiopulo, A. Jan. 12, 1910, [Convention date]. Kinematograph apparatus.-In apparatus for taking stereoscopic kinematograph pictures of the kind mounted on a support capable of alternating translational movement, the support is provided with a cam 7 engaging with a fixed projection 8. The radius of curvature of the profile of the cam is determined by the distance of the centre of the scene. The cam 7 may be provided with more than one cam profile. The cam 7 is carried by an internallythreaded sleeve 2 attached to the support, in which sleeve works a screw 3 of large pitch rotated by the handle 9, whereby the apparatus is displaced as required. The screw 3 may be replaced by a drum in the surface of which an endless groove is cut.
Patent GB-191100952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cask and Barrel Stands.
Inventor: ROGLER MAX
IPC: B65G65/24
Filed: 1911-01-13
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 952. Rogler, M. Jan. 13. Stands.-A stand for casks and barrels consists of an angle-iron frame b standing on legs a and supporting rollers c, on which 'the casks rest so that they can be turned to permit their contents to flow out of the bung-holes. A ladder f is slidably held between the sides of the frame, so that it may be drawn out at either end to form an incline up which the casks may be rolled, or to form a support for vessels receiving the contents of the casks.
Patent GB-191105805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extension Pieces for Fire-grates.
Inventor: HOUGHTON MURTAUGH JAMES
IPC: F24B1/193
Filed: 1911-03-08
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 5805. Houghton, M. J. March 8. Grates. - A front extension-piece is so constructed that it may be readily fitted to an existing fire-grate of ordinary type having a removable front. It is shown secured to the grate B by the hooks C<5>, which are adjustably mounted in slots in lugs C<3> of the extension-piece and engage the bars of the grate. The abutment legs C<2> rest against the front of the grate. Two adjustable end pieces C<6> may be provided, as shown in Fig. 3, to enable the extensionpiece to be fitted to a grate with splayed sides. Adjustable hooks may be provided to engage the vertical recesses in the grate from which the front bars have been removed.
Patent GB-191114495-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Toy.
Inventor: JUD ADOLF
IPC: A63B65/10
Filed: 1911-06-19
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 14,495. Jud, A. June 19. Rings with coloured handles. - An elastic ring 1 has elastic handles 2 of different colours. In playing a game, the ring is thrown and must be caught by a handle of a certain colour.
Patent GB-191114970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Brakes of Cycles and the like.
Inventor: AUSTIN ALFRED THOMAS
IPC: B62L3/02
Filed: 1910-07-11
Granted: 1911-07-11
Abstract: 14,970. Austin, A. T. July 11, 1910. Brake mechanism. - The resilient control member of a concealed roller lever is arranged in the annular space around the lever. The coil spring q is secured at one end to a closurepiece o and at the other end to one of the collars y upon the lever, the spring being adjusted from either end by placing the arm s in one of a number of notches in the piece or collar. The lever is mounted in a tube d fitted within the straight portion of the handle-bar, the front brake being operated by a crank-lever i pivoted within the central lug. The piece u is secured within the end of the tube by a screw r passing through both the piece and the tube, and to prevent longitudinal displacement of the lever the inner extremity of the screw may engage an elongated recess or aperture therein. The spring may be similarly applied to a lever at the other side of the handle-bar. Specifications 21,744/06 and 16,487/10 are referred to. According to the Provisional Specification, the lever is encircled by one, two, or more bearing-washers and the spring is connected to one of them, which is secured to the lever.
Patent GB-191116545-A (GB)
Title: A Sighting Device for use on Aeroplanes or Dirigible Balloons.
Inventor: HUGHES GEORGE
Filed: 1911-07-18
Granted: 1912-04-25
Abstract: 16,545. Hughes, G., [Slack, F. L.]. July 18. Speed' indicators.- Relates to device for use on aerial machines in connexion with apparatus for dropping bombs or missiles. According to the invention, a camera or view box 23, shown in side elevation in Fig. 2 and in longitudinal vertical section in Fig. 3, containing a ground glass screen 26 on to which a picture of the ground is projected by a telescope 24 and reflector 25, is automatically tilted in accordance with the speed of the aerial machine by an arrangement comprising a centrifugal governor 12 which is actuated by wind cups or vanes 3, 4, and controlled by a spring 19. Horizontal lines on the screen 26 correspond to various heights of the machine above the earth, and the vertical position of the screen may be adjusted by hand to correct for the speed of the air-currents.
Patent GB-191120566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Separating Sparks from Smoke or other Exhaust for use with Locomotive and other Engines Furnaces or the like.
Inventor: FITZHUGH VALENTINE MURE
IPC: F23J15/02
Filed: 1911-09-16
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 20,566. Fitzhugh, V. M., Cunningham, P. E., and Reid, R. H. P. Sept. 16. Spark - arresters for locomotives &c. Two paddle-wheel fans D', D<2> of wire-gauze, perforated metal, or the like, are connected by bevel-wheel or other gearing, and driven by the exhaust or by a separate steam jet. or by belting or gearing. The apparatus is shown at the top of a funnel B and situated in a casing A partly closed by a centrally-apertured cover A' and connected to the funnel B by a rectangular inner casing C. The blast from the funnel B passes between the fans; the smaller sparks are caught by the radial vanes K<1>, K<2>, and the larger ones by the projecting strips L', L<3>, L<2>, L<4>. The sparks carried round by the fans are arrested by vertical baffles A<3> and deflected into the space between the outer and inner casings A, C. Steam &c. carried down by the fans pass through louvred openings C<1> into the spaces between the funnel B and the casing C, and thence into pipes M<2>, M. The vanes of the fans may be detachably connected to the side plates H', Fig. 4, by spring catches R.
Patent GB-191121111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Pumps, Compressors and the like.
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 1911-09-25
Granted: 1912-09-19
Abstract: 21,111. Parsons, Sir C. A., and Carnegie, A. Q. Sept. 25. Aspirating - - apparatus, ejector; nozzles and combining-tubes.-In a rotary ejector pump in which the impeller is rotated by the reactive effect of the issuing liquid, the impeller consists of a body d having hollow arms k and mounted on a shaft e, which runs on a ball-bearing g and is adjustable by nuts j. Labyrinth packing is fitted at r. Water under pressure is supplied through a pipe a by a centrifugal pump, and the pipe q is connected to the condenser or other chamber from which the air or gas is to be exhausted. The receiving channels t have partitions n and converge into a common channel, which afterwards diverges.