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Patent GB-191105453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Moving the Lamps on Motor Vehicles by the Steering Apparatus so that the Light will Always Shine in the Direction the Vehicle is Travelling.
Inventor: RIEMANN OTTO
IPC: B60Q1/124
Filed: 1911-03-04
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 5453. Riemann, O., and Fox, J. P. March 4, 1910, [Convention date]. Vehicular lamps, directing; brackets, lamp.- Apparatus for directing motor-vehicle lamps from the steering-gear is connected to the steering-wheel or steering-column by a coupling which is accessible from the driver's seat. A lever b, Fig. 1, is pivoted upon a sleeve e on the steering-column f, and is spring-pressed against a stop b<1> on the steering- wheel a. If any part of the apparatus becomes jammed, the lever b escapes from the stop b<1>. The lever b can be turned to engage a notch f<1> in the column f, to hold the lamps stationary. The sleeve e operates the lamps u by mean of bevelwheels h, i, a sleeve k, an arm n, a lever o, and a rod r, Figs. 2 and 3. The steering-column guide g, which is pivoted upon the board g<2>, is built as a housing for the gear-wheels h, i. The lever 0 is adjustable in the arm n to adjust the extent of movement of the lamp. In the middle position of the lamp, the lever o and the rod r are nearly at right-angles, so that the motion of the lamp is greater than when the lever o is near either end of its path. To compensate for lost motion in the steering-gear, the rod is provided with a lostmotion device consisting of a piston r<3>, Fig. 2, moving between stops r' in a tubular part r<1> of the rod. A spring stop retains the lamps in their middle position until the necessary force is exerted, and the two lamps are connected by a rod v and links s<3>, s<4> secured to sleeves s. To secure the lamp-holders u to the car without boring holes in the chassis, a link may be provided with three flanges m<5>, m<6>, m<7>, Fig. 6, and pointed screws m<2>, which bear against the outer edge of the chassis frame x. A screw m<3> in the flange m<6> engages the opposite face of the frame, and a plug is inserted between the flange m<5> and the curved surface of the frame. A similar arrangement is used to support the bearing k<1>, Fig. 1, for the sleeve k The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the lever b, when released from the stop b<1>, may be used for directing the lamps by hand ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191105767-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Steam Engine.
Inventor: HOUTEN DERK VAN
IPC: F01B17/04
Filed: 1910-12-17
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 5767. Houten, D. van. Dec. 17, 1910. Drawings to Specification. Engines working on special systems or cycles. -Saturated steam after expansion in a steamengine cylinder is compressed by the return stroke of the piston to its original pressure and is used again. Additional live steam is admitted to replace condensed steam.
Patent GB-191109434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Resilient Wheels for Automobile and other Vehicles.
Inventor: FARJAS HENRI
IPC: B60C7/14
Filed: 1911-04-18
Granted: 1911-08-03
Abstract: 9434. Farjas, H. April 18. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring connected to inner r i m by flexible suspensory attachments; spring wheels with continuous outer resilient ring. - A rim 3, spaced from the felloe 1, is connected thereto by tongues 7, 7<1> on a band 4 of sail canvas laid on leather bands 5, 6 surrounding the rim. Long tongues alternate with short ones, and the former cross diagonally in opposite directions to provide lateral stability. The ends of the tongues are fitted with metal strips 8 and are secured by transverse bolts 10 so that the ends of a long and short strip are together bent successively on opposite sides of the felloe. Adjustable circular metal rings 16, 16<a>, serve, to tension the tongues. Surrounding the band 4 are rubber and leather strips 13, 14, and finally a cover 11 with slit sides secured also by the bolts 10.
Patent GB-191110542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tools.
IPC: B25D9/18
Filed: 1911-05-01
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 10,542. K³hn, W. W. J. H., and Pokorny und Wittekind Maschinenbau Akt.-Ges. May 1. Fluid - actuated gears.-In tools having differential piston valves constantly exposed to fluid pressure, and an annular surface on the valve subjected to fluid pressure from the cylinder during the reversal of the valve, the exhaust from the cylinder is passed wholly or in part across the annular surface to exhaust ports leading from the valve chamber. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, main exhaust ports 44, 45 are provided in the cylinder wall, and an anxiliary exhaust from the inner end of the cylinder through ports 37 across the annular surface 27 of the valve to the outlet ports 38, and through a port 34 and the annular recess 30 to the outlet 38 when the valve is reversed. An auxiliary exhaust is provided from the forward end of the cylinder through a port 42, across the surface 27, and through ports 38. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the ports 44, 45 are dispensed with, and passages 46, 47 provided with ports 48-51 are arranged in the cylinder wall, and communicate with the surface 27 of the valve, and outlet passages 52, 53 from the valve chest. The main exhaust from the inner end of the cylinder takes place through ports 48, 50 and passages 46, 47, and an auxiliary exhaust through port 34 as in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1. The main exhaust from the forward end of the cylinder passes through ports 49, 51 and passages 46, 47, and the auxiliary exhaust .through port 42 as described above. The movement of the valve in one direction is, in each arrangement described, effected by the compression in the cylinders.
Patent GB-191111435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Stretching Textile Fabrics.
IPC: D06C3/06
Filed: 1911-05-11
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 11,435. Bemberg Akt.-Ces., J. P. Feb. 4, [Convention date]. Registering webs.-A device for the lateral stretching of fabrics, especially intended for use in mercerizing- machines, comprises rows of rollers a shaped in the form of a bow and constructed in the manner described in Specification 16,446/98, [Class 42, Fabrics, Dressing &c.], the rollers being intergeared by helical toothed wheels b, which are positively driven by gear-wheels c secured to a shaft d.
Patent GB-191111506-A (GB)
Title: Improved Coupling for Vehicles specially applicable for the Connection of Tubs or Trams in Mines.
Inventor: DAVIES DAVID JAMES
IPC: B61G7/14
Filed: 1911-05-12
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 11,506. Davies, D. J., and Roderick, L. May 12. Couplings, non-automatic.-In couplings for mining-trams &c. in which the pin 3 has a pivoted catch 9 adapted to engage under a projection on the shackle 1 to prevent the pin from rising while the trams are running, the inner face of the projection 11 is concentric with the pivot of the catch 9. Stops 8, 13 on the head of the pin limit the movement of the catch. The pin may be of rectangular, oval, or other section.
Patent GB-191112127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Operating Levers applicable to Gear Changing Devices, Electrical Contacts & the like.
Inventor: ACCLES JAMES GEORGE
IPC: H01H3/16
Filed: 1911-05-19
Granted: 1912-04-18
Abstract: 12,127. Accles, J. G. May 19. Levers for operating electric switches, variable-speed gearing, &c. are adapted to move spring plungers C in the same way irrespective of the direction in which the handles F of the levers are moved. Each lever has a hemispherical boss E movable in a like seating in a fixed housing A. The plunger C has a flat end which is pressed against the flat face of the boss E. When the handle F is deflected in any direction from its mean position, the plunger C is moved to the left. In the arrangement of Fig. 1, the effect of such movement is to disconnect a metal cap C<1> from a part H, so as to break an electric circuit. A switch is also described in which movement of the lever makes the circuit. The spring D may or may not restore the handle F to its mean position when released. Fig. 3 shows an adaptation to a cycle hub attachment for operating the change-speed gear. Displacement of the plunger C is magnified and reproduced in a second plunger N.
Patent GB-191112238-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Engine.
Inventor: BURNS ROBERT
IPC: F02B53/00
Filed: 1911-05-20
Granted: 1912-04-25
Abstract: 12,238. Burns, R., and Burns, N. May 20. Fixed-abutment type;' cooling parts; working- fluid supply; packing drums, vanes, &c.-The shaft 24 of an internalcombustion engine carries two rotors 21, 22, which work in casings 1, 2 separated by a partition 7, the casing 2 comprising the suction and compressing chambers of the engine, the casing 1 comprising the explosion and exhaust chambers. Each rotor carries outwardly - sliding spring-pressed vanes 25, which co-operate with fixed abutments 19 having spring-pressed packing-pieces 37, and the compressed charge is delivered into the explosion chambers through recesses 45, 44, Fig. 3, in the rotors 22, 21, when these recesses register with ports 46 in the partition 7. The two sets of abutments in the adjacent casings 1, 2 are relatively staggered. The casing 1 and the partition 7 are provided with water-cooling chambers 47, 48, 50, and water is circulated through the interior of the rotors 21, 22 by means-of passages in the shaft and the hubs, and by the baffles 85. As the vanes 25 slide in and out, air is admitted and exhausted behind them through annular grooves 86 in the rotor sides, and ports 87 in the casing ends. The tips of the vanes and the sides of the rotors are packed by pieces 32, 39, 40.
Patent GB-191116689-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Applying a Metallizing Liquid to Electrotyping Moulds and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: LEVY HOWARD SPENCER
IPC: B41C3/08
Filed: 1911-07-20
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 16,689. Levy, H. S. Feb. 11, [Convention date]. Coating-machines.-An electrotype mould 16 to be coated with graphite or other conductive powder is placed face downwards above a device for projecting spray containing the powder, and is not immersed in liquid. The spraying- device, or the mould itself, may be moved so as to produce even distribution. The aqueous or other liquid from which the spray is raised is agitated by paddles 12, to keep the powder in suspension. The spraying-device may be an atomizer 17 or perforated tube through which compressed air is forced, or a paddle-wheel. Non - adherent particles may be afterwards washed off the mould while this is still supported face downwards.
Patent GB-191117266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Point-shifting Devices for Railway and Tramway Lines.
Inventor: HASHAGEN GERHARD
IPC: B61L11/02
Filed: 1911-07-28
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 17,266. Hashagen, G. July 28. Mechanically operated from vehicle.-In an arrangement for mechanically operating railway and tramway points from the vehicles, the stretcher-bar f of the points is formed with a rack for engaging a pinion e on a shaft c having lateral arms c*. Resting on these arms are pivoted levers b, b<1> which can be depressed by a striker on the vehicles so as to throw the points into the desired position. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 4792/92, 21,033/93, 7592/96, 8663/01, 11,616/05, and 16,131/09.
Patent GB-191122883-A (GB)
Title: Means for Supporting Book-rests, Tables and the like.
Inventor: NEIGHBOUR RICHARD COLLINS
IPC: A47B23/04
Filed: 1912-04-17
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 22,883. Neighbour, R. C., and Rowley, W. April 17, 1912. Folding - brackets; brackets, adjusting and securing.-A book or music rest, bed-table, tray, or the like is supported by a member comprising hinged sections adapted to be folded or extended and turned horizontally about a support at one end. One of the end folding arms a is pivoted to a rotatable fitting f resting on a collar e on the upper member of a telescopic stand b, but it may be similarly secured to a wall or other support. The other end folding arm a carries a removable fitting t to which the rest n is pivoted, an adjusting-quadrant o and clamping-screw p being arranged as shown. The arms a are connected together by pivot-pins h and slots j and are held in their adjusted positions by pins k engaging notches l. When the arms a are folded they can be swung into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-191125061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Slipping Couplings.
Inventor: PRICE SIDNEY LEOPOLD
IPC: F16D43/21
Filed: 1911-11-10
Granted: 1912-11-11
Abstract: 25,061. Price, S. L. Nov. 10. [Cognate Application, 1947/12.] Securing wheels on shafts clutches, friction and ratchet.-Relates to friction devices for connecting pulleys to their shafts, especially applicable for driving at a constant speed dynamos employed in motor - car and train lighting. The driving pulley b, Fig. 1, is provided with a fibre friction surface f, against which bears a coiled spring g secured to a drum h on the driven shaft a. Cover-plates m, n serve to retain oil with which the casing is filled. When the speed of the pulley b becomes excessive the spring slips on the surface f. To prevent damage due to the opening-out of the spring if the direction of drive is reversed, the spring may be connected to the driven part by a ratchet clutch. Fig. 3 shows such an arrangement in which two springs r, s wound in opposite directions are employed with oppositely acting ratchet clutches u, u<1>, so that one spring will drive in either direction. The coupling may be combined with a friction clutch of the kind described in Specification 13,555/11.
Patent GB-191201876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mining Props.
Inventor: NELLEN FRIEDRICH
IPC: E21D15/18
Filed: 1912-01-23
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 1876. Nellen, F. Jan. 23. [Addition to 14,273/08.] Mine props. - Relates to mine props described in the parent Specification, and consists in compressing the filling - material by screwed spindles e engaging in nuts d on the upper members b of the props. The filling-material is compressed after the erection of the prop in order to modify the elasticity of the prop and to avoid hollow spaces.
Patent GB-191207232-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Filter.
Inventor: BORNETT SIEGFRIED
Filed: 1912-03-25
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 7232. Bornett, S. March 24, 1911, [Convention date]. Filters with hollow filtering-elements; bag filters; filter-presses.-Filters having porous elements 27, or strainers covered with cloth, arranged in an upright position on the bottom of the filter-receptacle are also provided with bodies 30 suspended between the filter-elements, so that the residue collects between the elements and the bodies during filtration and can afterwards be readily removed when the bodies are lifted out of the receptacle. In the example shown, the elements 27 and the bodies 30 are wedge-shaped and the bodies are formed as filter-elements, having their upper portions impervious so that air is not drawn in above the liquid-level. With this construction, a washing- liquid can be passed through the cakes of residue from one series of elements to the other. The elements 30 may be fixed in framework 32 moving on guide-rods 34, and they can be forced down to compress the cakes by means of nuts 39 on tie-rods or otherwise, as by hydraulic means. The filter may be mounted on trunnions so that it can be tilted to facilitate discharge of the cakes.
Patent GB-191208002-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process of Toning Photographic Prints.
Inventor: WARD HENRY MARSH
IPC: G03C5/46
Filed: 1912-04-03
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 8002. Ward, H. M. April 3. Toning.-In order to obtain a combination of a copper - ferrocyanide image and a silversulphide image, a silver print is (1) toned with copper to convert the image wholly or in part to copper ferrocyanide; (2) bleached, and washed; (3) sulphided; (4) treated with ferrocyanide either separately or in combination with a sulphocyanide; and (5) washed, fixed in hypo, washed, and dried. The bleaching-solution (2) may be combined with the copper toning- solution, and a chromate bleaching-solution may be used. The bath (4) may consist of potassium ferrocyanide, ammonium sulphocyanide, and water, with or without the addition of a bromide, chloride, or iodide.
Patent GB-191212339-A (GB)
Title: Shield for Automobiles.
Inventor: BOURNE THEODORE FREDERICK
IPC: B60J1/20
Filed: 1912-05-24
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 12,339. Bourne, T. F. June 8, 1911, [Convention date]. Wind and like guards.-In a screen consisting of a sheet 1 of celluloid or the like adapted to be unwound from a spring-actuated roller 2 on the dashboard &c. by means of a frame 4<a> sliding in sockets 3<b>, a sheet of cloth 11 is arranged to be wound on to the roller 2 from a second spring-actuated roller 12 simultaneously with the winding on of the screen 1 in order to prevent abrasion of the surface ofthe screen by contact of its convolutions. The rollers are mounted at the rear of a board a secured to the dashboard, and are protected at the rear by a casing 14. To keep the screen clean and to prevent access of water, it passes between two strips of felt 16, 17. The frame 4a is retained in adjusted position by a bolt 6 at each side passing through the socket 3<b> and urged by a spring 7 to engage holes in the lugs 4 of the frame. The bolts are withdrawn by fingerpieces 6<a> at the centre, and to hold them in this position the finger-pieces are adapted to be automatically engaged by lugs d on a yielding metal strip b secured at its upper end only to the board a. A pin 8 passing through a fixed plate 3<a> locks the roller against rotation by entering holes in the end face thereof, and is connected by lever 8<a> pivoted at 8<b> for simultaneous actuation with the bolt 6, which, however, can be engaged with the frame 4 even when the pin 8 does not register with a hole in the roller. For the attachment of the upper edge of the screen 1 to the sliding frame 4, 4<a>, it has a metal bead 5 through which pass bolts 5<b> screwing into sockets 5<c>.
Patent GB-191215936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dating Presses.
Inventor: BLACK HORACE DRUMMOND
IPC: B41K3/04
Filed: 1912-07-08
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 15,936. Black, H. D. July 8. Dating railway tickets; platen presses; driving printing-machines; stopping, starting, and like arrangements.-In a dating or like press, the dating or like devices o are carried on a spring-pressed sliding plunger q, which is lifted by a snail-cam l operated through a spring. motor b, c, d, e and is released, when a ticket &c. to be marked is inserted, by a lever i operated by the ticket when it is inserted the correct distance along a guideway k and re-set after the cam l has made one revolution. The spring motor is wound by a handle c<2> projecting through the casing. The lever i has a projection j which the ticket engages, and is pivoted at i<1>. A stop on the upper end of the lever normally engages a stop g on a disk f. which also carries a cam h to return the lever i to its initial position after a ticket has been marked. The plunger q is preferably hollow, and carries the pressing-spring s. It is operated from the cam l by an arm q<2>, q<3>. The dating wheels may be held by pawls o<2> and inked by a pad p.
Patent GB-191217152-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Electric Shock Machine.
Inventor: BAUER LOUIS
IPC: H01H7/02
Filed: 1912-07-23
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 17,152. Bauer, L., and Ficker, A. July 23. Dash - pots.-Relates to timing-devices for closing the circuit of the generator of a coinfreed electric-shock machine for a predetermined period, and consists in providing a rubber ball h. having a small orifice against which a rubber disk i on a spring arm k bears. After prepayment, the operator presses in a plunger l, thereby moving a sleeve e to the right and compressing the ball, an arm d on the sleeve moving from beneath a spring contact b, which thereupon drops and completes the circuit of the generator through a second contact c. The sleeve e returns gradually as the ball expands and ultimately breaks the circuit.
Patent GB-191217585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Horns.
Inventor: HUSBANDS JOSEPH ARTHUR
Filed: 1912-07-29
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 17,585. Husbands, J. A. July 29. Diaphragm horns. -Diaphragm horns for motor - vehicles &c. are operated by a rotary member acting on a direct connexion to the diaphragm so that it alternately pulls and releases the connexion. In the construction shown, the string l attached to the diaphragm k is passed over a bobbin m soaked in resin and secured at its other end to a spring n. When the bobbin is rotated, the alternate slipping and gripping of the string on the bobbin vibrates the diaphragm. In a modification, the bobbin is provided with projections or teeth adapted to engage a pawl or the like on the connexion to the diaphragm so as alternately to pull and release it.
Patent GB-191218634-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Knife-cleaning Appliance.
Inventor: DUDMAN CHARLES ALFRED
IPC: A47L21/04
Filed: 1912-08-14
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 18,634. Dudman, C. A. Aug. 14. Knives, cleaning.-A knife-cleaning appliance, of the kind in which the knife blade is rubbed between two hinged members, is constructed as follows. The upper member has a tail-piece 7 which fits between blocks 6 on the lower member and is secured thereto by a through-pin 5. The meeting edges of the two members are bevelled to permit limited angular relative movement. The members are separated normally by a light spring 8, while the upper one is furnished with a finger grip 3. The covering of polishing-material extends over the edges of the members to clean the shoulders of the knives. In some cases, portions of the edges may be cut away to form recesses in which the shoulders of the knives are rubbed.
Patent GB-191220410-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Clothes Peg.
Inventor: STONEHEWER WILLIAM
IPC: D06F55/00
Filed: 1912-09-07
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 20,410. Stonehewer, W. Sept. 7. Clothes-pegs.-A wooden clothes-peg comprises two members a<2>, a<3> pivoted together at b and provided with internal recesses a<7> adapted to receive the line. In operation, one member is turned into the position shown in Fig. 3, and the line and the article suspended from it are then pressed into the recess a<7> of the other member, the members being finally brought into alinement.
Patent GB-191222006-A (GB)
Title: A Lotion for Treating the Skin.
Inventor: GIBSON GERTRUDE LUCILLE
IPC: A61K8/26
Filed: 1912-09-27
Granted: 1913-09-29
Abstract: 22,006. Gibson, G. L. Sept. 27. Cosmetics.-Consists essentially of mucilage prepared from cydonia vulgaris (quince seed) or from gums of the arabin type, and non- plastic clay such as corn brash, Bradford clay, fuller's earth, or forest marble. The mixture is dried in the form of briquets to which tolu gum and oil of bergamot may be applied directly or after powdering and mixing with water for use.
Patent GB-191223296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: STUNGO JOSEF
IPC: B60C15/02
Filed: 1912-10-11
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 23,296. Stungo, J. Oct. 11. Jackets and covers; tyre attachments to rims. -The edges of the tyre cover a are reinforced with metal rings c and are clamped together by means of transverse bolts d and nuts f. The tyre is detachably secured upon the wheel felloe i by plates l, m which engage over studs h projecting from the bolts d. To detach the tyre, the nuts on the bolts g are loosened and the plates m swung clear of the tyre