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Patent GB-191001809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Multi-tubular Boilers.
Inventor: WINBY FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: F22B9/18
Filed: 1910-07-25
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 1809. Winby, F. C. July 25. Drawings to Specification. Tubes, smoke.-In tubular boilers, the crosssectional area of the tubes is graduated laterally so as to increase from the outer vertical walls towards the central vertical walls, thereby producing a central wall of increased heat and consequently increasing the circulation in the boiler. The graduation is effected by ferrules at the fire-box or smoke-box ends of the boiler, or by making the tubes with one or more corrugations, or reducing the ends of the tubes; or the tubes may have internal flanges or fins adapted to damp the passage of the gases. The lateral graduation may be employed with or without a vertical graduation of the tubes.
Patent GB-191002617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combined Aiming Devices and Search Lights.
Inventor: WEBER KARL
IPC: F41G1/35
Filed: 1910-02-02
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 2617. Weber, K. Feb. 2. Search-lights, directing; suporting.-Relates to aiming-devices for guns having a search-light adjustably secured to the gun-barrel in such a manner that the source of light projected through an objective on to the target forms the aim. The invention consists in mounting the search-light so that it can turn about two perpendicular axes at one end and two parallel axes at the other end. Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section through the apparatus, and Fig. 2 shows a cross-section on the line A, B of Fig. 1. A block 3 which is connected by a dovetailed projection with the gun-barrel 1, supports the search-light on pins 5, 6. The axis of the search-light may be inclined relatively to the gun's axis by rotating a screw 10, which is pivotally mounted in a cylindrical block 11. Lateral adjustment is effected by turning screws 14, 15, thus allowing the search-light to turn about a pin 17, its rear end being guided on the block 11.
Patent GB-191005512-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tab Fastener for Linen Shirt Fronts.
Inventor: PEARCE FRANCIS THOMAS
Filed: 1910-03-05
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 5512. Pearce, F. T. March 5. Shirt fronts.-A fastening-arrangement for a shirt front is formed by providing an upwardlyextending tab B on one side of the front and a downwardly-extending tab A on the other side. To cause the two tabs A, B to engage, the top of the tab B is brought to the bottom of the cut forming the tab A, so that, when the side carrying the tab B springs back into position, the tab B will be behind the side carrying the tab A, and vice versa.
Patent GB-191008914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bond Irons or Wall Ties.
Inventor: HODKINSON CHARLES EDWARD
IPC: E04B1/41
Filed: 1910-04-13
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 8914. Hodkinson, C. E. April 13. Wall ties.-A wall tie or bond adapted to support a, sheet of waterproof material within a hollow wall, comprises a part A formed with a screw C which is passed through the sheet, and a part B formed with a nut B'. Slots G may be formed in the body and ends.
Patent GB-191012113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Separating or Dividing Threads, Yarns and the like.
Inventor: MCGREGOR ALEXANDER
IPC: D03J1/14
Filed: 1910-05-17
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 12,113. McGregor, A. May 17. Yarns and threads, brushing.-In apparatus for separating yarns, threads, and filaments, the yarns are tensioned by brushing. The brushes 28 are pivotally secured to arms of a rotating wheel 32 and are caused to feather as shown by the action of a fixed cam on pins secured to their supports.
Patent GB-191014290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Musical Attachments to Automobiles and the like.
Inventor: YOUNG DAVID JOHNSON
IPC: B60Q5/00
Filed: 1910-06-13
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 14,290. Young, D. J. June 13. Drawings to Specification. Combination apparatus.-A keyboard musical instrument is attached to an automobile. In one modification, a series of horns is located between the backs of two of the seats of the automobile, and is controlled by a keyboard located beneath the hinged cover of one of the seats. Air under pressure is supplied to the horns by means of a pump connected with the driving-mechanism. Alternatively the horns may be located at the rear of the automobile, a sliding cover, which may be locked in position, being provided to enclose them. Automatic playing-mechanism may also be arranged under one of the seats.
Patent GB-191015292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Controlling Railway Points and Signals.
Inventor: MONARD ALFRED
IPC: B61L19/02
Filed: 1910-06-25
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 15,292. Monard, A. June 26, 1909, [Convention date]. [Addition to 9382/08.] Interlocking hand-levers; interlocking handlevers with signals and points.-A rigid plate 9 with slots to admit the cams on the spindles 10 of the hand-levers and projections 11 as required to engage those cams, is used in place of the arrangements of sliding and rocking levers described in the parent Specification. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also the totalizing- valve shown in Fig. 2 (cancelled). This valve is arranged so that pressure fluid must be in both pipes 4, 6 in order to be passed to the pipe 5. The valve has packing-rings 3 and is moved by the fluid pressure. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191018341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Pipe-jacks.
Inventor: THIBODEAU PETER
IPC: F16L1/10
Filed: 1910-08-03
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 18,341. Thibodeau, P. Aug. 3. Laying pipes.- A jack for use in alining pipes before the packing is inserted comprises a foot d on which bears a nut i working on a threaded rod c. A head p with an extension s is pivoted to the upper end of the rod c, and may have a pad q of rubber &c. A hook i<1>, pivoted to the nut i, may engage under a flange on the foot-piece d to limit movement of the nut. The jack is secured within the socket of the pipe, and the extension s serves to support the spigot b of the next pipe as shown.
Patent GB-191019573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Purifiers.
IPC: B01J19/32
Filed: 1910-08-22
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 19,573. Dempster & Sons, R., and Broadhead, J. W. Aug. 22. Purifiers.-The bearers or cross-bars for supporting the grids of gas-purifiers (the grids being composed of rows of loose bars laid upon the cross-bars or bearers, the bars of one row overlapping those of the adjoining row as described in Specification 12,894/10), are provided with plates or clips having upwardly projecting walls or stops to prevent longitudinal movement of the bars. In one form, Figs. 1 and 3, the loose bars 14, 17 are laid with their ends against the stops 7, 8 on the cross-bar 1, other stops 9, 10, 11 being shown. In another form the stops 19, Fig. 5, are provided with side walls at right-angles, between which the ends of each bar enter, lateral movement in this case also being prevented.
Patent GB-191026751-A (GB)
Title: Improvements realting to Metal-casting Machines.
Inventor: EVERETT EDGAR ISAAC
IPC: B22D18/04
Filed: 1910-11-17
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 26,751. Everett, E. I. Nov. 17. Pumps for molten metals; valves, arrangement of.-Pumps for use in supplying molten metal to casting-machines are mounted in the melting-pots which act as supply reservoirs, and are provided with lip valves O, which control both the inlet and outlet ports of the pump chambers. The valves are loaded at V bv means of stirrups R, which maintain the outlet ports closed until the pressure on the shoulders W is sufficient to overcome the load.
Patent GB-191030032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Operated Percussive Tools.
Inventor: HADDAN HERBERT JOHN
IPC: E21B1/30
Filed: 1910-12-24
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 30,032. Haddan, H. J., [McKiernanterry Drill Co.]. Dec. 24. Percussive drills. -In rock drills, mining - machines, &c. in which a piston is reciprocated by an elastic fluid, a cushioning-piston, secured to a longitudinally - fixed bar, works in a cylinder in or carried by the percussion piston, and a passage is provided in the bar and a check valve in the cushioning - piston so that motive fluid flows into this cylinder during the forward stroke and is entrapped therein to cushion the return stroke and to increase the power of the next forward stroke. In one form of apparatus a piston 31 is driven forwards by air admitted through a port 29 and compressed by a second piston 26 driven by a motor 28, some air flowing through passages in the rifle bar 35 and a piston 20 carried thereby to a space 40, a check valve in the piston 20 preventing its return. During the stroke, air flows past a check valve 43 to the space below the piston 31, and this air returns the piston 31 when the piston 26 returns, the air in the space 40 then being compressed to cushion the piston 31 and increase the power of the next forward stroke. Valves 30, 44 control the air pressure. The rifle bar 35 is held against rotation, the ratchet-wheel reciprocating with the piston 31 and being engaged by pawls 38 in a frictionallyheld block 39 to rotate the piston 31. The block 39 yields under excessive strain to prevent breakage. In assembling, the piston 20 may be placed loosely in its cylinder, the air which passes below it in operation fixing it automatically on the conical end of the bar 35 In another form of apparatus, the rifle bar is rotatably carried by the rear cylinder head and carries a ratchet-wheel adapted to be engaged by pawls to cause intermittent rotation of the drill.
Patent GB-191100331-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Sterilising Jams, Marmalades and the like Preserves.
Inventor: HARRISON MARTHA
IPC: A23B7/144
Filed: 1911-01-05
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 331. Harrison, M. Jan. 5. Preserving jam &c.-Jam &c is preserved by covering a jar with a cover 1 carrying burning sulphur in a holder 4, then running in the hot jam &c., inverting over the jar another one also containing sulphur fumes, and closing the jar.
Patent GB-191105403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propellors, Paddles and the like.
Inventor: HOLMSTROM AXEL
IPC: B63H1/04
Filed: 1911-03-03
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 5403. Holmstr÷m, A. May 21, 1910, [Convention date]. Paddle - wheels. - An aerial or marine propeller, in the form of a paddle-wheel, has blades of special form, which are feathered in a radial direction by means of tension-wires which are fixed to the cranked axle. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the frame 8, 11 is rotated about the fixed axle 2 by means of a belt on the pulley 9. T h e blades 1, which can turn about the radial arms 11, are connected to the seating-ring 15 by wires 4, 6 fastened to stays 5, 7. In the upper part of Fig. 1, these stays are shown extended, so that the two blades 1 are pulled into line with one another. In the lower part of Fig. 1, the tension has been relaxed, and the blades are shown swung back into planes at right-angles to the paddle shaft, thus offering the minimum resistance. In Fig. 3, a suitable section of blade is shown. The edges of the blade are bent at an angle 13 and the edges 12 themselves are curved, so that when the blade is moved in the direction shown, the fluid is deflected away from the surface 1, thus leaving a space 14, and consequently diminishing the frictional resistance.
Patent GB-191109504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: F02M17/28
Filed: 1911-04-19
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 9504. Thompson, W. P., [McKeen, W. R.]. April 19. Spray carburettors.- The carburetting-chamber 3, jacketed at 2, contains a number of foraminous screens 25, to which fuel is supplied from a nozzle 33 controlled by a valve 34. Air is admitted to the chamber 3, the curved wall 4 of which produces a whirling motion, by a valve 15 mounted out of centre on a shaft 13 and opened by the engine suction. This valve has an opening 23 to permit of the passage of a small quantity of air at low speeds. The opening of the valve 15 is controlled by an adjustable spring. The air supply is heated at starting by means of a cylindrical screen 11 containing concavo-convex screens 12, the whole being enclosed in a casing 8. 'The casing is removed, heated by pouring gasoline over the screens and igniting it, and replaced, the air entering through ports 10. The mixture is controlled by a throttle valve 40. The valve 15 is so situated that it directs air on to the converging edges of the screens 25. Fuel is fed from the jacketed float-chamber to the nozzle by a siphon action. The float valve has a conical head against which the fuel flows axially to counteract any lifting tendency the fuel may have on the valve.
Patent GB-191115710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Hose Pipes and the like.
IPC: F16L37/252
Filed: 1911-07-06
Granted: 1912-06-06
Abstract: 15,710. Morcom, R. K., and Belliss & Morcom. July 6. Bayonet joints; overlap joints with packing at base of socket.-A coupling for hose and like pipes comprises a sleeve d and members a to which the hose-pipe is secured in any suitable manner, having sockets a<2> in which are inserted short lengths of thick rubber tube c. The rubber tubes c, which have the same bore as the coupling-members, enter sockets d<1> in the sleeve d, and are compressed axially when the parts are assembled. The members a, d have a bayonet connexion, comprising lugs on the members a which engage behind, and seat in recesses in, interrupted flanges d<2> at the ends of the members d. In manufacture, these recesses may be machined through apertures formed in the wall of the member d for the purpose. The base and walls of the sockets d<1> may be slightly coned as shown in dotted lines, to facilitate deformation of the rubber tube to make a tight joint.
Patent GB-191115990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Evaporating and Concentrating Apparatus.
Inventor: DUNN JOSEPH EDWARD
IPC: B01D1/12
Filed: 1911-07-10
Granted: 1912-07-10
Abstract: 15,990. Dunn, J. E. July 18, 1910, [Convention date]. Concentric straighttube apparatus. - Relates to an evaporator comprising concentric tubes 7, 15, between which the liquid passes and which are heated on the side remote from the liquid. The evaporator is either of the construction shown in which the liquid after passing once through the apparatus is discharged therefrom by a pipe 29, or is arranged as a bulk evaporator of the calandria type with an internal or external circulation of t h e liquid. The heating- medium enters the chamber 10 surrounding the tube 7 and passes thence by a pipe 12 to a chamber 13 supplying the inner tubes 15. The inner tubes are closed at their upper ends except for a small aperture through which uncondensed vapours escape. The outer tubes extend beyond the tube-plates 8, 9 and may be bevelled at their lower ends. A distributing-baffle 18 is fitted in the supply chamber 4. When arranged for multiple effect, the successive evaporators are provided with heating-elements having a decrcasing number of tubes, each of increasing evaporating surface; particulars of the dimensions adopted are given in the Specification.
Patent GB-191117110-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Cooling Enclosed Electrical Machines.
Inventor: HUETHER ERNST
IPC: H02K9/18
Filed: 1911-07-26
Granted: 1912-02-01
Abstract: 17,110. H³ther, E. July 26, 1910, [Convention date]. Dynamos and motors, cooling and ventilating. -Dynamos &c. are provided with water cooling vessels fixed in the casing, and constructed with corrugations or ribs over which the air used for cooling the rotor is passed in order to give up its heat. Water-circulating vessels T<1>, T<2>, T<3>, Figs. 1 and 2, are fitted in the casing, the joints being made on the outside. These vessels are corrugated as shown, or are provided with ribs projecting toward the centre of the machine, Fig. 3. An air current is induced, by a fan V, to pass over the surface of the vessels as indicated by the arrows.
Patent GB-191117810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Heating Apparatus particularly Vulcanizers.
IPC: H05B3/00
Filed: 1911-08-04
Granted: 1912-08-06
Abstract: 17,810. Welch, W. H., and Frost & Co., H. Aug. 4. Resistances. - Heating-resistances for a vulcanizer consist of spiral wire coils A<3> arranged in parallel micalined passages A<1> in a metal block A. The ends of the coils A<3> are flattened to pass through holes in mica or cork strips E<2>, having slots through which the wire passes between one coil and the next. The block A is secured to a block B having passages B' containing water or steam to distribute the heat. In a modification, the resistances are situated in tubes expanded or otherwise secured in a hollow block containing water or steam.
Patent GB-191118363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frictional Pocket Igniting Devices.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: F23Q2/08
Filed: 1911-08-14
Granted: 1912-08-14
Abstract: 18,363. Lake, W. E., [Lichtenfeld, J. J. H. W. C.]. Aug. 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Pocket igniters, frictional.-Relates to a frictional pocket igniter in which a friction wheel a engaging sparking-material i is rotated on the opening of a spring lid b. A spring pawl f is mounted in the annular space between the inner face of the friction wheel and a cylindrical body g. The free end of the pawl is adapted to be engaged by teeth e on a slotted operating-lever d, pivoted on the spindle c of the friction wheel, and engaged by the inclined face of a hook n on the lid. The spindle c is screwed in position instead of being riveted. The press-button k is surrounded by a sleeve m, which may be recessed at opposite sides. The lid-opening spring p is formed of a number of resilient metal strips, and is placed in position without being fastened.
Patent GB-191121325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lubricating Projectiles.
Inventor: MELANDER AUGUST WILHELM
IPC: F42B14/04
Filed: 1911-09-27
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 21,325. Melander, A. W. Sept. 27. Projectiles.-Relates to lubricating-devices in which lubricant is compressed by the pressure of the explosion gases between the base of the projectile and a disk sliding parallel to the base, and consists in providing pins on the rear of the projectile, upon which the lubricant and the disk are adapted to slide. The lubricant 6, consisting of plumbago, "graphite, or the like, or packing saturated with oil, is squeezed out on the gun bore by the pressure of the gases on a disk 5, which slides, with the lubricant, on a lug 2 and pins 3 on the rear of the projectile 1.
Patent GB-191121589-A (GB)
Title: Utilisation of Waste Gases for Production of Calcium Cyanamide and Bi-sulphide of Carbon.
Inventor: GOVAN ARTHUR ALEXANDER
IPC: C01C3/18
Filed: 1911-09-30
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 21,589. Govan, A. A. Sept. 30. Waste gases, utilizing.-The waste gases of smelting-furnaces &c. are utilized to drive a hot air or explosion engine which operates a dynamo to supply current for use in the production of calcium cyanamide or carbon bisulphide, or, according to the Provisional Specification, calcium carbide.
Patent GB-191124377-A (GB)
Title: Seats, Chairs and Beds.
Inventor: GAY FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: B63B29/04
Filed: 1911-11-02
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 24,377. Gay, F. J. Nov. 2. Swing and folding seats.-A seat, bed, or the like for use on board ship for preventing seasickness is suspended by members A from a frame B shaped as shown and swinging on stanchions C mounted in a base D or in the deck. The seat &c. may be steadied by springs E and straps E' connected to pulleys F on transverse cords G under the seat or bed. The stanchions may fold on to the base. The seat is fitted with a hinged upholstered portion which may be opened to form a leg rest, or folded hack over the seat, and the back may be folded down on to the seat as described in Specification 29,969/10. A frame, Fig. 7, may be fitted in a socket on the chair to support a screen for preventing the occupant from seeing the motion of the ship.
Patent GB-191203866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Regulating Devices for Pumps.
IPC: F04D15/00
Filed: 1912-02-15
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 3866. Warwick Machinery Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges.]. Feb. 15. Regulating delivery of two or more combined pumps.-A boiler-feed system comprises a main feed-pump capable of supplying the normal requirements of the boiler, and an auxiliary feedpump which comes into operation at times of exceptional demand, each pump being controlled by a differential piston subject on the larger area to the steam pressure of the boiler and on the smaller area to the water pressure in the pump delivery pipes. The arrangement is such that an increase of steam pressure tends so open the steam throttle valves controlling the pumps, while an increase of water pressure tends to close such valves. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the differential piston l controlling the main feed-pump k has a greater difference of area on opposite sides than the piston m controlling the auxiliary pump n, so that the piston l is normally in its lower position in which the throttle valve controlled by it is open and the pump k therefore working, while the throttle valve controlled by the piston m is normally closed and the auxiliary pump out of action. When the steam pressure in the boiler becomes considerably in excess of the pressure in the pump delivery pipes, which are in communication one with the other, the piston m is depressed and the auxiliary pump brought into operation. In alternative arrangements, the pistons l, m are controlled by springs or weights or by throttle valves upon the steam and water inlet pipes.
Patent GB-191205672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Explosive Booms for the Defence of Ports and other similar purposes.
Inventor: ELIA GIOVANNI EMANUELE
IPC: F42B22/24
Filed: 1912-03-06
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 5672. Elia, G. E. May 30, 1911, [Convention date]. Mines, marine.-Relates to a boom or network of explosive mines, comprising a taut lower cable, a floating upper cable, and a number of connecting-cables, each containing an explosive element, and consists in so constructing the boom that the connecting-cables are not detached from the main cables when a ship strikes the floating cable, thereby causing the mines adjacent to the ship to be brought as low as possible under the ship, the other mines remaining laterally remote therefrom. In the preferred form, the boom comprises a series of explosive elements f, Fig. 1, attached by cables b, c to a series of taut cables a, and maintained at the water surface by suitable floats g. The separate elements f are connected by cables d, which are longer than the cables a. In one type, intended for the destruction of crusiers having a draught of about 9 metres, the cables b, c are 10 metres long, the cable a 12 metres, and the cable d 60 metres. For harbour defence, the boom is attached to floats such as h suitably anchored; while for use on the high seas, the floats h are replaced by drift anchors, or the two ends of the boom may be towed by boats. On striking the boom, a ship first carries away one of the floating cables d. When this cable becomes taut, it drags the adjacent pair of explosive elements f below the surface, until the two sections of the cable d are collinear with the corresponding connecting- cables, and the two elements f lie under the side of the ship. These two elements are then exploded by the continued motion of the ship, but the remaining elements of the boom are unaffected owing to the slackness of their upper cables. The elements f are preferably of the known kind in which the striker o, Fig. 2, is held by a pin p which is sheared by a pull on the cable, thereby allowing the spring r to project the striker upon the detonator. A safety soluble plug w holds a key v in position to prevent the firing of the mine while it is being placed in position. To maintain the boom in a suitable position in currents, the cables d are supported at the surface by means of known sentinel hydroplanes. In a modification, intended for the destruction of submarines, the boom is inverted, the cables a being maintained on the water surface by floats.