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Patent GB-191112884-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Suction Cleaners.
IPC: A47L5/18
Filed: 1911-05-29
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 12,884. Parks, F. W., and Parks Co., G. M. May 29. Aspirating - apparatus, ejector, for vacuum cleaning-apparatus. Suction is produced in an uncontracted passage 5, connecting the suction hose 3 and the dust bag 9, by compressed air from an annular chamber 12 issuing from ports 6 inclined towards the delivery end 7 of the passage 5, and also in a more or less tangential direction so that the air receives a forward whirling motion.
Patent GB-191117528-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Aeroplane.
Inventor: CARROLL LAWRENCE HUGH
IPC: B64C1/00
Filed: 1911-08-01
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 17,528. Carroll, L. H., and Schultz, E. Aug. 1. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement of; cars; balancing.-The load 2 in an aeroplane is connected by springs 3 to supports 1, to which the planes 7 are pivoted at 8 at or about the centre of pressure. The supports 1 slide in guides in the frame 2, which is connected to the planes also by wires with springs in their lengths. The angle of the planes can be altered by a hand-wheel 9. A rudder 11 is arranged between the planes at each side of the machine.
Patent GB-191120983-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Harrows for Meadows.
Inventor: WIDDER VINCENZ
IPC: A01B19/08
Filed: 1911-09-22
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 20,983. Widder, V., and Gr³nenwald, A. Sept. 22, 1910, [Convention date]. Harrows.-The blades and blade-carriers or connecting- elements of meadow harrows are shaped and arranged in a special manner so as to avoid obstruction by the weeds &c. pulled out. The plate-steel blades b have a sharp inclined edge c and an approximately horizontal sharp or dull edge d which serves as a guide. The blades may be reversible and are bent, as shown, at one or both ends. The edge d at the front end may be suppressed and the blade pointed. The downwardly - inclined working end extends beyond the securing-point of the blade on the carrier a so that weeds &c. may rise up it. The plate-steel carriers a are formed in two parts of the shape shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 6, or in one piece as shown in Fig. 5. They are detachably connected together by rings e, f, so that the size of the harrow may be varied
Patent GB-191122448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire-escapes.
Inventor: SCHERRER FRANZ
IPC: E06C9/08
Filed: 1911-10-11
Granted: 1912-03-21
Abstract: 22,448. Scherrer, F. Oct. 11. Ladder escapes. - Ladder s e c t i o n s, adapted to slide into and out of the window openings of a building, are mounted vertically above one another, and are provided with folding platforms, and with connecting - ladders, which are adapted to slide vertically, thus forming a continuous ladder down the face of the building. The ladder sections a are carried by horizontal bars b, which are provided with rollers m, and with racks gearing with pinions on a vertical shaft .s, adapted to be rotated by means of cranks i<1>. When the sections a are moved out, the connecting laddersections c are released and allowed to fall, and the folding platforms d having openings g are automatically freed from retaining-hooks, whereupon they move from the vertical to the liorizontal position under the action of gravity or springs. Rods f pivoted to the platform d and to a hand-rail d<1> also move from their folded position to a position at right - angles to the platform d.
Patent GB-191125465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Elastic Fluid Turbines.
IPC: F01D3/02
Filed: 1911-11-15
Granted: 1912-08-22
Abstract: 25,465. Warwick Machinery Co., [Curtis, C. G.]. Nov. 15. Balancing moving parts. - In elastic - fluid turbines having a reversed drum portion for balancing purposes, undue thrust in the event of the blades stripping is obviated by providing the reversed drum with a number of substantially built expansion nozzles causing a considerable fall in pressure between the two ends of the drum. The fluid thrust on the reversed drum stage A of a turbine, together with the propeller thrust, is calculated to balance the fluid thrust in the opposite direction on the lower stages h. The drum A is provided with expansion nozzles f, g and four stages b, c, d, e. The stages b, d are of the Curtis type, and the stages c, e may be of the impulse or reaction type. The drum stage fitted with the expanding nozzles may be arranged in different parts of a turbine installation, and more than one such stage may be employed, acting in the same or opposite directions as regards end-thrust.
Patent GB-191128112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trouser Presses.
Inventor: DOWNS ARTHUR AUGUSTUS
IPC: A47G25/72
Filed: 1911-12-14
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 28,112. Downs, A. A., and Taylor, C. W. B. Dec. 14. Trouser presses.-A trouser press comprises a frame F, Fig. 3, over which the trousers are placed, and the whole is placed in a frame A, Fig. 1, consisting of two pairs of hinged boards connected by cross-pieces B, C and pressed together by means of U-springs D pivotally connected to the boards of the frame A. The inner frame F has receptacles J for toilet articles, and both frames are connected by telescopic members B, G to facilitate packing. The free ends of the outer frame are tapered to facilitate the entry of the inner frame, and clips E may be employed to give additional pressure at these ends. The frame may be suspended by folding hangers H.
Patent GB-191129037-A (GB)
Title: Etching Preparation for use in the Production of Metal Lithographic Printing Plates.
Inventor: BAUER CHARLES
IPC: B41N3/08
Filed: 1911-12-23
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 29,037. Bauer, C., [Strecker, O. C.]. Dec. 23. Printing-surfaces; etching.-An etching-solution for the preparation of metal planographic printing - surfaces, for giving an hygroscopic coating to the plate, consists of a mixture of aluminium silico - fluoride, ammonium silicofluoride, ammonium bi-phosphate or aluminium acid phosphate, ammonium nitrate, aluminium nitrate, and gum arabic, with or without the addition of ammonium or aluminium acid chromate. The corresponding sodium or potassium salts can be employed instead of the ammonium salts. The drawing is applied to the zinc or aluminium plate, and etching-solution applied thinly with a soft brush. The plate is then washed over and gummed, and, after drying, rolled up with ink. The plate is then' powdered with resin and talc and again etched. After the etching has proceeded for a few minutes, the plate is washed, gummed up afresh, and is then ready for use.
Patent GB-191204276-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Signalling Systems for Party Line Telephones and the like.
IPC: H04Q5/20
Filed: 1912-02-20
Granted: 1912-05-30
Abstract: 4276. Western Electric Co., [Western Electric Co.]. Feb. 20. Party-line systems in which a central station is provided with means for calling any station on a number of lines are arranged with a line relay adapted to connect one of the lines to the impulse-sending circuit, which is common to all the lines. The impulsesending wheels 13 are arranged with conducting-segments 15 adjustable to send a number of impulses. The first impulse closes a circuit from the battery 18 over the impulse-sending relay 20 and the corresponding line-relay 7, and the impulses are then sent over the proper line 3, 4. or 5 from the battery 22 over the contacts 23, 24, the leads 47, 50, and the contacts 8, 9. The relays 7 are made slow-acting. After the impulses are sent the magnet 15 sends the signalling current. The central-station telephone apparatus, as e.g., a train despatcher's apparatus, is connected to the levers over condensers 30.
Patent GB-191209607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting Jacks.
Inventor: TEMPLETON WALTER BREAKENRIDGE
IPC: B66F3/02
Filed: 1912-04-23
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 9607. Templeton, W. B. April 23. Jacks.-In a rack-and-pinion jack in which the pinion is operated by ratchet gear, means are provided for regulating the actuating and retaining pawls to permit the load to be lowered step by step. The actuating-pawl 16, which sits in the toe of the operating-lever 14, engages a ratchet-wheel 10 fast on the pinion shaft 5. The retaining-pawl 19 sits loosely in a recess in the main frame. The pawls are connected by spring links 22, 23 to a pin 28<1> on a plate 29 revolubly mounted in the casing. The links are composed of relatively-sliding parts enclosing a cylindrical recess in which is carried a spiral spring. The plate 29 is turned by a lever 30 into the ' up ' or ' down ' position, in which positions the pawls tend to engage, or disengage from, the ratchet-wheel. When the plate 29 is set to the ' down ' position, the pawl 19 is moved out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel, but the pawl 16 is prevented from doing so by a projection 18 in the interior of the casing. When the lever 14 is raised its toe presses the retaining-pawl into engagement again, and allows the pawl 16 to fly out after it has passed the abutment 18. The parts then assume the position shown in dotted lines. The lever 14 can then be lowered, the pawl 19 being kept in engagement by the reaction of the load.
Patent GB-191219307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-acting Mules and Twiners.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD EDWARD
IPC: D01H3/12
Filed: 1912-08-23
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 19,307. Whitehead, E., and Lightowler, A. Aug. 23. Mules and twiners.-The counterfaller chain is provided with a spring j and is attached to the salmon-head lever at a point between its fulcrum and the usual weight peg. Specifications 17,792/94 and 13,654/11 are referred to. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 17,867/94.
Patent GB-191221423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Stamping Machinery for Compressing various Materials and more especially Coal for Coke Making and the like.
Inventor: MACKINLAY JOHN JOSEPH HARRISON
IPC: C10B45/02
Filed: 1912-09-20
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 21,423. Mackinlay, J. J., and Krueger, W. Sept.20. Tamping-machines.-In a coal-stamping machine, the stamp-rods c' are raised by gripping-blocks attached to levers b<5> pivoted to collars b<6> encircling the rods and provided with blocks b<4> working in inclined slots b<3> in plates b<2> attached to a reciprocating cross-head. Each plate b<2> is furnished with a bell-crank lever having an am pivoted to the collar b<6> and a vertical arm b<11> which is deflected by a roller b<14> at the end of the up-stroke, raising the collar b<6> and releasing the stamp. A spring detent b<12> prevents the return of the lever b<11>, during the descent of the cross-head, until it is deflected by a stop d<1> controlled by a hand-lever d.
Patent GB-191221484-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method and Apparatus for Sorting Herrings.
Inventor: MELHUISH ALBERT EDWARD
IPC: A22C25/04
Filed: 1912-09-20
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 21,484. Melhuish, A. E., [Fredriksen, A. G.]. Sept. 20. Sorting by weighing.-For sorting herrings according to weight, they are passed down a series of inclines, shown in cross-section, each incline being provided with a number of trapdoors e which are hinged at f and weighted at h, whereby they are normally kept closed. The weights h vary according to the differing weights of the herrings to be passed through the several openings. To facilitate the separation, the first movement of the door rolls a ball carried by the weighted end towards the pivot of the door. The movement of the trap-door also brings a plate k into the path of the herring until it has passed through the opening to its receptacle and the trap-door is closed again.
Patent GB-191222877-A (GB)
Title: Furnace Steam Producer and Injector to Inject Steam into Bakers' Ovens.
Inventor: OAKLEY ARTHUR
IPC: A21B1/08
Filed: 1912-10-07
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 22,877. Oakley, A. Oct. 7. Apparatus for diffusing steam in ovens.-An iron rectangular vessel a for diffusing steam in bakers' ovens, adapted to be placed in the furnace through the furnace door, is provided with a spout b which serves for filling the vessel with water and for ejecting steam into the oven. The vessel is handled by an iron peel inserted through loops c.
Patent GB-191224536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Glass Bottles and like Articles.
Inventor: FLEMING MARION JANE
IPC: C03B9/325
Filed: 1912-10-26
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 24,536. Fleming, M. J. Oct. 26. Perforating; tongs and other hand tools for shaping bottle necks by rotation.-Relates to apparatus of the type that shapes the bottle neck by rotation in contact with dies and also perforates it by pins moved diametrically into the glass while still soft. The shaping-dies I slide upon a transverse rod H mounted on the central rod A that carries the usual plug E. The perforating-pins G are fixed on the ends of a spring bow B, which is connected by toggles 0 with the dies I. The toggles 0 are normally pressed downwards, so as to be in line with one another, by rods N acted on by a spring M. The device is applied to the bottle neck in the ordinary way so as to shape it. The toggles are then bent, as shown, by the action of a thumb lever Q, and the bow B is compressed so as to drive the pins G through the glass and into the hole F in the plug E.
Patent GB-191225127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Athletic Boots.
Inventor: HARTOPP JOHN JAMES
IPC: A43B5/02
Filed: 1912-11-02
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 25,127. Hartopp, J. J. Nov. 2. Athletic boots.-A football or like boot is provided with a single strengthening-strap, which is sewn or otherwise secured at 3 beneath the usual back strap 4 of the boot so as to provide a short piece 2<a> carrying a buckle 7, and a long piece 2b. The piece 2<b> is passed around the ankle, across the front, down under the waist, up the opposite side of the upper, across the front again, and is finally secured to the buckle 7.
Patent GB-191227667-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Hanging Window Sashes and the like.
Inventor: HARVEY EDWIN
IPC: E05D13/00
Filed: 1912-12-02
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 27,667. Harvey, E. Dec. 2. Sashes balanced by weights.-The upper and lower sliding sashes are balanced, on each side, by a single weight d hanging from a loop in the cord c, which passes over the ordinary pulleys e, e<1> and is connected to the sashes a, a<1>. The weight is of flat section and fits closely against the wall of the well. The cord c may pass under a pulley d<2> mounted in the bifurcated upper end of the weight, or it may pass through an eye in the weight. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 10,815/92, 3880/97, and 2130/03.
Patent GB-191302086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mail-fabric Making Machines.
Inventor: WEISS FRITZ
IPC: B21F31/00
Filed: 1913-01-25
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 2086. Weiss, F. Jan. 25. Making metal fabrics; b e n d i n g d i e s a n d formers; angular bending; shearing-adjuncts. -In a machine for making chain - mail for mail - cloth, purses, reticules, &c., of the type in which successive rows of rings slope alternately in opposite directions, the new links are inserted in the fabric in a plane approximately at right - angles to the plane of such rows. In the form shown, the fabric 24 is screwed on a hollow pillar 2 formed with a number of spiral grooves 3 corresponding to the number of linkinserting tools and is fed round the pillar for interlinking purposes by an internally ribbed collar 6 which engages channels x in the fabric. The collar is rotated by a ratchet - wheel 7 and spring-pressed pawl 8 carried on a vertical shaft 9, which is oscillated by a cam on shaft 18 through levers 13, 11, and link 15. In the form shown in Fig. 4, wires 41, 42 for forming the two sets of links are fed by reciprocating grippers, operated by levers from the camshaft 18 and prevented from returning with the gripper by pawls 63. The wires pass through guides 43 in a pair of standards 27 which contain link-inserting rods 29 at right-angles to the planes of the two sets of rows. The rods are operated simultaneously or in succession by cams 32, 33 through levers 34, 35, and are connected by springs 37 and pin-and-slot mechanism 30, 31 to plungers 28 which have cutters 44 to sever the wire fed through the guide 43 and are notched at the end to receive the wire to be bent. Mounted on the rods by pins and slots 46, 45 are sleeves 38, which have notched pronged ends to bend the wire around mandrels 48 while the rods 29 are operating on the centre of the wire. The mandrels are carried on levers pivoted at 51 and held up by spring plungers 54. After bending the wires into staple form, the mandrels are removed by screw stops 52 carried by the plungers 28 and the staples are conveyed by the semicircularly grooved ends of the plungers 29 and the pronged ends of the sleeves 38 through the fabric, the ends being then closed over by tools 55 operated by the chamfered end of a plunger 58 raised against the action of a spring by a lever 61. To prevent the plunger from being ejected when the lever 61 is removed, a shoulder 69 on the plunger engages the end of a cap 71 screwed upon an extension 72 from the table 1. The sleeve 38 may be provided with removable spring jaws 39<Î>, Fig. 9. In a modification, Fig. 7, staples 64 already bent may be fed down a bar 65 and inserted in the fabric by the rods 29. Rings of different shapes or colours may thus be inserted to produce fabrics of different patterns. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 15,160/13.
Patent GB-191305287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sound Recording and Reproducing Machines.
Inventor: ANNA PAPROTH
Filed: 1913-03-03
Abstract: 5287. Paproth, A. March 2, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act.] Trumpets, arranging and supporting; tone-arms. -In enclosed sound recording and reproducing machines, the sound-arm is so divided that part of the sound passes upwards into one or more trumpets arranged in the lid and part downwards into one or more trumpets arranged in the machine casing. The mouths of the trumpets may be adjustably closed by doors, revolving shutters or slides moving on rollers or by gratings. Fig. 7 shows in sectional elevation a construction in which the connexion to the lower horns passes outside the casing at 7, and Fig. 6 shows in plan an arrangement of a pair of horns either in the casing or lid. The carrier for the sound-arm is arranged in a covered position beneath the hinged lid, for instance laterally in a corner or along the centre-line.
Patent GB-191306041-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Closing the Tap-receiving Apertures or Bungholes in Empty Beer and like Casks.
Inventor: PEARSON LEONARD
IPC: B65D39/02
Filed: 1913-03-11
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 6041. Pearson, L. March 11. Bungs. - In a device for closing the tap-holes or bung - holes of casks after the tap has been withdrawn, of the type which comprises a pivoted arm'carrying at its end a rubber or other cushion and which is held by a spring in operative or inoperative position, the arm a, Fig. 2, is pivoted to a plate furnished on its underside with lips l to keep the spring m in position. The end of the arm preferably consists of a ring e, Figs. 2 and 5, carrying a rubber disk cut at its edges to form two disks f, f<1> united by an integral centre f<2>.
Patent GB-191307868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clips for Tickets and the like.
Inventor: TETZLAFF MAX
IPC: G09F3/12
Filed: 1913-04-03
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 7868. Tetzlaff, M. April 3. Ticket fastenings.-A wire ticket-clip c has needle ends b, which are passed through the ticket a and through the material to which it is to be attached, and are then bent upwards, the central loop portions c' of the clip being then bent down to form a point-protector for the ends b. One or more intermediate loops g may be bent over to form a gauge for the upper edge of the ticket, and also the pins b may be folded about the perforations in the ticket to prevent its displacement.
Patent GB-191308274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Igniters.
Inventor: KAHN REGINA
IPC: F23Q9/00
Filed: 1913-04-08
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 8274. Kahn, R. April 8. Pilot jets.-A pilot-jet of the type in which the pilot flames are enlarged at the moment of ignition is arranged centrally between several burners, and a constant supply of gas is supplied to the radial jets 20 through a by-pass 16, controlled by a screw-down valve 17, and the pipe 7, the flames burning in a central chamber 6 formed of two separate curved disks or formed integral with the pilot-jet and provided with apertures for the radial jets. The pilot flames are flashed to ignite the burners by forcing open a ball-valve 8 by means of a push-rod 14 in opposition to a spiral spring 10.
Patent GB-191316398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Projectiles.
Inventor: WEST CLIFTON
IPC: F42B10/16
Filed: 1913-07-16
Granted: 1914-10-16
Abstract: 16,398. West, C. July 16. Projectiles; projectile fuses.-Relates to projectiles provided with devices for igniting the gases of balloons, and consists mainly in the use of an igniter producing sparks or flame by the frictional contact of opposing parts. As shown in Fig. 1, pyrophoric rods d carried by the projectile a are pressed by springs e against a nose piece b, which is rotatably mounted on the projectile, and is provided with helical surfaces f; the rotation of the nosepiece relatively to the body part a during flight causes sparks to issue from the tips of the pyrophoric rods, and the rush of air through holes m helps to disperse the sparks outwards at j. A receptacle 2 may be provided containing a gas or inflammable vapour and adapted to be pierced open by the set-back of a punch 5 when the projectile is discharged ; the gas or vapour then escapes by ducts 7, mixes with air, and is ignited by the sparks. In modifications, the pyrophoric rods are carried by the nose instead of by the body of the projectile, the relative rotation of the spark-producing device is brought about by clock-work, by an internal vane-wheel driven by the air; or by vanes which extend out after discharge and serve also to tear the balloon, and the sparks are also used for igniting an explosive charge within the projectile.
Patent GB-191316677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stencil-like Plates for Lettering and the like.
Inventor: MCALL HENRY WARDLAW
IPC: B43L13/20
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 16,677. McAll, H. W. July 21. Stencils.-A lettering- device or stencil for making all the characters a n d numerals comprises a strip 1 of thin material formed with a series of perforations presenting guiding-edges for the lettering-pen 3 and a guide member formed of a strip of thin material 8 having a longitudinal slot 9 of greater width than the perforations and a guiding-edge 11 adapted to engage the base of the lettering-strip.
Patent GB-191320601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Air Pumps for use in Feeding Sheets of Paper, from Piles, to Printing Machines or the like.
Inventor: BRANDSTETTER GEORG
IPC: B65H3/08
Filed: 1913-09-11
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 20,601. Brandstetter, G., and Freund, R. Sept. 23, 1912, [Convention date]. Sheet-separators.-In connexion with apparatus for feeding separate sheets to printing- presses, an air-pump is used which produces suction to be applied to the top sheet and pressure to be applied below it, alternately on the same side of the piston. As shown, air is drawn in through a valve c during the outward stroke of the piston, whereby a vacuum is produced in the suction nozzles of the feeding- device. Just before the end of the stroke, a slot e is uncovered, admitting air from the atmosphere and thereby closing the valve c. On the inward stroke, this air is compressed through a valve into a chamber. The pressure is regulated by varying the width of the slot e, either by hand or, as shown, automatically by the pressure acting on a spring-pressed piston f connected with a slide g. The inlet and exhaust valves may be mechanically actuated, the slot e being opened either before or after the completion of the suction stroke.