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Patent GB-191108781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Driving of Condensing Pumps for Steam Turbines.
Inventor: KILBURN BERTRAM EDWARD DUNBAR
IPC: F01B25/00
Filed: 1911-04-08
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 8781. Kilburn, B. E. D., [Sulzer, Geb.]. April 8. Auxiliary actuating- gear. - An auxiliary motor, which may be a steam turbine, electric motor, or internal-combustion engine, drives the condensing - pumps of a steam turbine before the turbine is started, and until the turbine reaches its normal speed, whereupon a clutch connects the shafting of the turbine and condensing-pumps, and the auxiliary motor can then be stopped. The clutch may be operated by hand or automatically. The pumps G, H, Fig. 1, are first operated by an auxiliary motor F, but, when the turbine A reaches its normal speed, the shafts B, C rotate at the same speed and are then connected by a clutch N, and the auxiliary motor F may be stopped. The clutch comprises coupling-members D, Q, Figs. 2 and 3, keyed to the shafts C, B respectively. Two wedge-shaped pieces E are mounted on pivots R on the member Q and engage in a wedge-shaped groove P in the member D. When the shaft B rotates at a sufficiently high speed, the pieces E fly out and engage in the groove P and couple the shafts B, C together.
Patent GB-191110946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Construction and Disposition of State Rooms on Passenger Ships.
Inventor: MACKAY JAMES LYLE
IPC: B63B3/68
Filed: 1911-05-05
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 10,946. Inchcape, Baron. May 5. Cabins.-Comprises an arrangement of cabins whereby the inside cabins in a ship are more efficiently lighted by means of a passage connecting the rooms with a port or side-light situated between the outer cabins. The inner cabins a are arranged between two outside cabins b, the middle of the cabins a communicating with the side-light k by the passage c between the cabins b. Access to the outer cabins is by passages d and doors e, and to the inner cabins by doors f opening out of the passages d.
Patent GB-191116315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Barrels.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
IPC: B27M3/36
Filed: 1911-07-14
Granted: 1912-01-18
Abstract: 16,315. Haddan, R., [Truckers Crate and Barrel Co.]. July 14. Beat-up motions.-In a machine for making barrels of the type in which the staves are held by being interwoven with pairs of wires, the shaped stave, when in the shed, is first positioned by vertically - reciprocated fingers 100 connected at their lower ends with a bar 101, which is vertically reciprocated by a cam 102 on a shaft 11 acting on rods 103 connected with the bar 101, and is then pushed into its place between the binding-wires by means of dogs 79 on arms 90 mounted loosely on a shaft 91 and operated from a rocking shaft 71, as shown.
Patent GB-191117394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spring Mountings for Vehicles.
Inventor: HEADLEY FREDERICK HAGGER
IPC: B62B9/18
Filed: 1911-07-31
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 17,394. Headley, F. H. July 31. Springs, arrangement of and mounting undercarriages on; guiding vertical play. - A spring mounting for baby-carriages, cycles, and other road vehicles comprises a guide which permits longitudinal and vertical movements of the wheel frame, and a radius-link for constraining longitudinal movement, springs being arranged between the wheel frame and the guide or the vehicle body. Fig. 2 shows a folding baby-carriage in which the wheels on each side are carried by a frame comprising crossed members a connected by links a' and spaced apart at the ends to embrace the vertical limbs of a folding guide e. A radius-link b is arranged as shown, and helical springs d connect the members a to the guide e. A similar spring mounting may be used for each wheel of a vehicle, as shown applied to a motor-cycle in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-191117498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pipe Couplings.
Inventor: HILTON ROLAND CURTIS
IPC: F16L37/10
Filed: 1911-08-01
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 17,498. Hilton, R. C., and Brown, C. F. Aug. 1. Overlap joints with screwed spigot.-Relates to screw couplings for hose-pipes &c. of the type in which the female member has radially-moving blocks with screw-threaded internal faces, so that the screw-threaded spigot is coupled by pushing it into the socket, and is tightened by a partial turn. A cam-ring is provided to lock the blocks against movement during turning to couple or uncouple. The device is described as for attachment to a screw-threaded female coupling of ordinary form. Blocks 8, with threaded inner faces, are slidably mounted in inclined recesses in a socket member 6, and are pressed inwards by a spring 10 embracing the blocks. A ring 11, rotatably held on the member 6 by a locking-ring 16, has cam surfaces 12, 13, the latter formed with a shoulder 14 adapted to engage behind the blocks 8 and prevent their outward movement when the ring 11 is turned in either direction. The blocks are thus held in engagement with the threaded spigot 2 during the tightening turn on coupling, and during uncoupling. The member 6 is screwed into the female coupling 4. An inner flanged sleeve 18 is provided. When the parts are coupled, the flange 19 bears against a gasket 21, and the flange 20 against the end of the spigot 2.
Patent GB-191118403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Diaphragms for the Sound-boxes of Talking Machines and the like.
Inventor: BURRELL HARRY
Filed: 1911-08-15
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 18,403. Burrell, H. Aug. 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Diaphragms.-The diaphragms of phonograph sound-boxes are made from parchment paper by cementing several layers together, pressing, drying, and cutting-out in disk form by dies.
Patent GB-191126151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Cutting Machines for Paper and the like.
Inventor: COLLIS ALFRED
IPC: B26D7/02
Filed: 1911-11-22
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 26,151. Collis, A., and Collis, J. H. Nov. 22. Rotary and oscillating type for cutting rectilinearly ; machines in which the cutting-device travels with the moving material.-The web 63 to be severed transversely by cutters 27, 27<a> is drawn in over rollers 58, 59 by the adjustable rollers 14, 15, and is then fed down the slope 16 between revolving slitting-knives 17, 18. After leaving the slitting-knives, the paper passes between two nipper rollers 19, 20, which feed it under the clamp 22 and over the dead-knife 27<a>, and afterwards passes down a slope board 28, under a roller 30, along conveying felt 29, whence it is delivered by a laying-machine on to trucks or delivery apparatus. As soon as the desired length of paper has been fed under it, the clamp 22 drops, holding the paper on a knife beam behind the dead-knife 27<a>, and simultaneously the carrier 2 starts moving at the same rate as the paper, being operated by a rod 4 connected to a rack 3, which is driven by a pinion 5 in gear with a pinion 6, which is adapted to be automatically clutched at intervals to the shaft driving the roller 14. The carrier moves with the paper until the cut is finished, when the clutch for the pinion 6 is released and the carrier is returned by springs. The sheets are cut to desired lengths by varying the speed at which the cutting-knife revolves in relation to the rollers which draw the paper into the machine. For this purpose, the revolving knife is driven through expanding pulleys 38, 39, which have their loose flanges connected by levers pivoted midway between them. The levers are adapted to be moved by a right and left handed screw, which is operated by a hand-wheel and is provided with a worm engaging a worm-wheel 49 carrying a disk 51, which indicates the length of paper for which the pulleys are set. Specification 26,372 j08 is referred to.
Patent GB-191127864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and pertaining to Gas Fired Continuous Kilns.
Inventor: WATERFIELD JOHN GUEST
IPC: F27B9/36
Filed: 1911-12-12
Granted: 1912-09-19
Abstract: 27,864. Waterfield, J. G. Dec. 12. Tunnel kilns. - In a gas-fired tunnel kiln for bricks, pottery, &c., the wagons on which the goods are conveyed through the kiln are formed with flues and ports for the supply and combustion of gas and air. In the arrangements shown, gas from a producer is delivered to the combustion chamber 9 partly through a connexion 48<a> and flues in the wagon top, and partly through longitudinal flues 12 and ports 34 in the walls of the kiln. The air for combustion and drying is heated by the goods in the cooling-chamber and is drawn into mains 31 from which it is supplied under the control of suitable dampers to flues in the wagon through a connexion 47, to ports 33 alternating with the gas ports 34 through conduits 32, and to a drying-chamber above the kiln through conduits 35. The air and gas flues 59, 60 in the wagons are preferably U-shaped in form, as shown in Fig. 4, with a third branch 63 for air between the two arms of the gas flue. The gas and air issue through numerous perforations in the floor, and combustion takes place amongst the goods. The flues in the wagon are connected up to the main supply flues by movable sleeves 51 carried either by the wagons as shown, or stationary on the kiln structure, and formed with flanges 50 which dip into suitable water troughs 52, 54. Dampers are provided for regulating the supplies of gas and air, and preventing communication between the upper and lower portions of the kiln when the wagons are in the preliminary heating and cooling sections. The connexions 51 and the various dampers are manipulated from tunnels 58. The drier above the kiln has partitions 71 with inclined channel rails 72 for wheeled trays 73.
Patent GB-191200325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filing Devices for Loose Leaves and the like.
Inventor: WEBSTER BRADFORD
IPC: B42F13/28
Filed: 1912-01-04
Granted: 1913-02-04
Abstract: 325. Webster, B. Jan. 4. Post files; locks. - A loose-leaf binder comprises preferably curved posts 1, 2, 3, 4, two of which 3, 4 are adapted to be locked in a channel bar 6 by a sliding plate 8 having fingers 20, 22 which engage holes in the posts 3, 4. The posts 1, 2 pass through the bar 6 and their portions which lie between the walls of the bar are surrounded by separators 16. A lug 19 is provided on an end jaw 18 on the plate 8, and this jaw, together with an opposite jaw 17, are sufficiently resilient to allow the lug 19 to be drawn past the separator 16 on the post 1 in either direction. The plate 8 may extend to the end of the bar 6 and be operated by a projection; or it may be short and provided with a pearshaped knob 25, which can be engaged by a key 7 having resilient fingers 26, 27. The plate 8 may be pushed inwards by placing the end of one of the fingers 26, 27 against the end of the knob 25. The bar 6 is provided with preferably elliptical holes 29 in one wall and with smaller holes in the other wall to position the ends of the posts 3, 4. Clamping-devices; fold-engaging files; leaves. -(1) A substantially V-shaped spring pressing- member 34, Fig. 7, is filed on the posts 1 ... 4 underneath the sheets. (2) An attachment for filing pamphlets comprises a bar 48, Fig. 8, abutting against the back of the pamphlet 47 and having grooves around two or three of its edges to receive a flexible fold-engaging element 50; or the attachment may consist of a flat bar with a long opening down its middle so as to pass over the pamphlet and have one of its sides lying in the fold thereof. (3) The filing- apertures in the pressing-member, the pamphlet attachments, and the leaves are elliptical.
Patent GB-191206615-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bearings for Shafts and Sliding Parts.
Inventor: RICHARDS JOHN HARTLAND
IPC: F16C33/08
Filed: 1912-03-18
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 6615. Richards, J. H., and Bellingham, B. March 18. Seats.-The working- faces of slide valves &c. are formed of softmetal linings secured to the casing or shell by molten soft metal poured into registering holes in the two parts. The holes b, d are conical with their smaller ends together as shown. The soft-metal keys f secure the lining a to the casing c. The keys e are reinforced by pieces f of steel &c. inserted in the holes before the metal is run in.
Patent GB-191207543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gear Cutting Machines.
IPC: B23F1/04
Filed: 1912-03-28
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 7543. Eglin, Ltd., W. P., and Eglin, W. E. March 28. Gear - cutting. - A form - cutter machine has special blank-slide traversing mechanism and indexing mechan. ism. Indexing.-The blankspindle 7, Fig. 2, is indexed by a finger 34, Fig. 1, adapted to rotate the index-wheel 35 one, two, or three teeth according to the step of the cam 31 it engages with. As the slide carrying the blank-spindle is traversed forwards, the wheel is locked by a member 39 having a stem adjustable in a bracket vertically adjustable on a slide 38. The member is long enough to engage with the wheel during the whole of the cutting stroke. Work-table feeds. The blank-slide 3, Fig. 3, is fed during the cut by a rack 29 and mutilated pinion 28. When the teeth disengage, the slide is rapidly returned by weighted cords 30<1>. The pinion is carried by a pivoted arm adjustable at 27. Driving machines.-The return of the slide is cushioned and limited by leather washers and a nut on a spindle attached to the slide and passing through a fixed lug.
Patent GB-191211955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing Machines used in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
IPC: D05B15/00
Filed: 1912-05-20
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 11,955. Bennion, C. F., Dunkley, J. W., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. May 20. Boot-sole sewing-machines; welting and turnshoe.-The guiding-surface of the back gauge of a welting or turnshoe machine is formed with an upwardly extending part A<5>. Fig. 4, which presses the edge of the upper into close relation with the sole. The forward part A<1> of the gauge is mounted so as to move about an axis adjacent to its acting surface and parallel with the stitching line. Preferably, the mounting consists of an arcuate dovetailed slide connexion C<3>, Fig. 1, between the part A<1> and the part C. The part A<1> may be urged downwards by a spring E. The part C is adjustably secured upon the usual sliding shank B.
Patent GB-191213608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Propellers for Aeroplanes.
Inventor: REUTER OTTO
IPC: B64C11/34
Filed: 1912-06-10
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 13,608. Reuter, O. June 10. Screw and like propellers. - Flexible blades made from thin metal the weight of which amounts to from 8 to 20 times the air pressures, are strengthened at the leading edge and at two points on the root at the connexions with the hub frame. These connexions permit of a swivelling movement. The thin metal plate g is connected at a, b as well as along the leading edge h. The connexions comprise, as shown in Fig. 3, universally-jointed links e, springs f fixed on the hub and connected with the blades providing an initial stability. The plates g may be made thicker toward the centre.
Patent GB-191220628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Acetylene Generators.
Inventor: JENKINS ALEXANDER FREDERICK
IPC: C10H13/00
Filed: 1912-09-10
Granted: 1913-09-10
Abstract: 20,628. Jenkins, A. F. Sept. 10. Making acetylene by action of steam on carbide; purifying gases.-In an acetylene-generator, the valve device controlling the supply of steam to act on the carbide, is provided with means for separating water condensed from the steam. To effect this, a compartment 39, Figs. 5 and 6, is formed in the valve casing F, and condensed steam is drawn off through a passage 28 at the bottom of this compartment, connecting through a flap valve 29, Fig. 1, with a discharge device-G comprising one or more units g, Fig. 18, arranged so that water flows from one to the other, and also acts as a sealed outlet for the escape of excess pressure of the gas. The compartment 39, Figs. 5 and 6, communicates with the generating-chamber through a pipe 63, which opens at a point near the top of the chamber so as to take off only dry steam. Steam is supplied to this chamberthrough a valve 43, Fig. 5, having a stem of triangular section so as to allow the passage of steam, and mounted on a diaphragm 44 under the pressure of the gas in the generating-chamber. The diaphragm is under the influence of a spring 50 adjustably supported by a yoke 49, and movement of the valve is limited by an adjustable stop 57. The steam is delivered to a point near the bottom of the carbide chamber, and to allow for this, the carbide basket 68, Fig. 16, is provided with a passage 67 to accommodate the pipe carrying the steam to the lower part of the basket. The space below the basket serves to hold a tray C for collecting the lime residue. The gas passes to a washer D, Fig. 1, consisting of a separate container of such a size as to provide an air space between it and the generator body so that the purifier is maintained cool. Gas is passed in through a pipe 16, and is withdrawn through a pipe 17. These pipes are, however, directly connected by a pipe 22 in which a flap valve 23 is mounted in such a way that any decrease in pressure that would otherwise cause a flow of water into the generating-chamber is equalized by the opening of the valve.
Patent GB-191220833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Liquid Fuels.
Inventor: SCHNABEL MAX
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1912-09-12
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 20,833. Schnabel, M. Sept. 12. Atmospheric vapour burners; vaporizing-apparatus.-Relates to vaporizers for liquid-fuel burners. The liquid fuel, contained in the receptacle 1, Fig. 1, is forced up the tube 2 by means of the pump 3, and vaporized in the conical vaporizer 5. The gas passes through the nozzle 7 into the mixing chamber 8, the mixed air and gas burning at the holes 12. The cap 10, which produces a noiseless burner, may be replaced by a perforated disk 10, Fig. 3. In an alternative form, the vaporizer may take the form of an annular conical chamber.
Patent GB-191221005-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tool more especially applicable to Sectional Tyres.
Inventor: BANKS OSCAR THOMAS
IPC: B60C25/02
Filed: 1912-09-14
Granted: 1913-09-15
Abstract: 21,005. Banks, 0. T. Sept. 14. Tyres, elastic, and tyre covers, tools for removing and replacing.-A tool for use both in mounting and removing pneumatic tyres, particularly sectional tyres, comprises a bar a with a hook end a<1> for engaging the tyre bead when removing the tyre, and a blunt chisel end a<2> for use in forcing the tyre edge into the rim. A sliding sleeve c on the bar a is adapted to be moved against either of two stops a<3> according to the end of the tool in use, and is connected by a chain f with a clip d, Fig. 1, engaging the spokes, or with a hook g, Fig 2, engaging the rim and felly. The clip may consist of overlapping bars, which may be adjustable or fitted with a compression spring tending.to draw the ends together, or it may consist of a tube h, Fig. 3, with a fixed hook-ended plug h<1> and a yielding hook-ended plunger h<2>. In another form of clip, the ends are forked for engagement with the spokes and are held apart by a spring, while another form consists of two telescopic hooked or forked members adjusted by a screw and nut.
Patent GB-191300624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cranes and especially to Apparatus for Raising and Lowering Boats from Ships Decks.
Inventor: HARBINGER WALDEMAR
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1913-01-08
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 624. Harbinger, W. Jan. 8. Boat raising and lowering gear.-A crane specially designed for handling ships' boats comprises a cantilever beam a pivotally mounted in a post b. A cross-beam c is rotatably mounted on the end of the beam, and the falls t are led from the ends of the cross-beam over pulleys d, e, pulleys f, g, h, j on the cantilever, and pulleys k slidably mounted on a shaft n, to grooved drums o, s arranged near the post. The drums are operated by worm gear 4 which is put out of gear when the boat is lowered. The shaft n is carried by levers u pivoted on the shaft of the drum o and connected to a bandbrake working in a groove r. The brake is applied when the falls are taut but is released to pay out the falls by a cam-lever w. As the boat is lowered, a rope passing over the drums o, s winds up a weight so that the falls are automatically recovered when the boat is disengaged. The beam c is kept parallel with the ship's side, or with any other given line, by passing a rope around the post b and around a bush on the cross-beam c.
Patent GB-191302223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Passengers' Brake Application and Alarm Apparatus for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
IPC: B60T17/20
Filed: 1913-01-27
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 2223. Spencer, A. Jan. 27. Stopping trains from carriages. - Means on each vehicle for opening the brake pipe to atmosphere, and for actuating a disk showing on which coach the valve has been opened, include a rotatable shaft 18 rocked by a cord attached to an arm 19 and passing through the compartments of the vehicle. The shaft 18 has another arm 17 passing through the stem of a spring-pressed valve which normally closes the brake pipe but which is opened when the shaft is rocked, and is held open by a stepped latching-member 23, slidable along but rotatable with the shaft, which is pressed by a spring 25 into engagement with a correspondingly stepped bearing 22. The shaft 18 also carries a pulley 27 over which passes a. rope which rocks the shaft 30 to bring the disk 32 into view when the valve is opened. A similar disk on the other side of the vehicle is operated by ropes passing over guide-pulleys to another shaft.
Patent GB-191303322-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Rolling Mouthpieces for Cigarette Shells or Cases.
IPC: A24D3/00
Filed: 1913-02-08
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 3322. Rakowitzky, Geb. S. & H. Feb. 12, 1912, [Convention date]. Cigarette - mouthpiece making machines.- Mouthpieces for cigarettes are rolled around a spindle 4 by means of the continuous strip 1 of mouthpiece material as it is fed into the machine. The web or strip 1 is fed intermittently by means of the rolls 6, 8, and a length is cut off by the knives or shears 19, 20 operated by a rod 37 from a cam mounted on the shaft 18. The length cut off is fed forwards by the rolls 21, 22 to the spindle 4, around which the incoming web 1 is guided by guide-rolls 2. 3. The roll 21 is continuously rotated by gearing, and the upper roll 22 is raised at intervals by a cam 32 to permit the succeeding length to be fed into position. The spindle may be stationary or friction-driven by the incoming web.
Patent GB-191304175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Resilient Wheels and Wheel Hubs.
Inventor: DOLL WILLIAM FREDERICK
IPC: B60B9/02
Filed: 1913-02-18
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 4175. Doll, W. F., and McClung, L. Feb. 18. [Addition to 19,493/12.] Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and metal springs.-The wheel or pulley hub described in the parent Specification, consisting wholly of a spirally-coiled strip of metal, is now formed of spiral, springs oppositely-coiled and arranged side by side with their outermost convolutions connected together. In the form shown in Fig. 2, two springs G. H have their inner coils secured against collars 16, 17 on the hub sleeve C by nuts 18, 19. The springs converge towards their outer coils, which are circular and secured to tongues 14 stamped from a ring B by transverse bolts 15. The outer wheel member is fixed on the ring. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the springs are parallel and the tongues are replaced by two annular flanges 140. Fig. 3 shows a form in which two oppositely-coiled springs are made from one piece of metal.