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Patent GB-191029845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire and like Straining or Tensioning Devices.
Inventor: MUNTZ ALBERT IRVING
IPC: F16G11/12
Filed: 1910-12-23
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 29,845. Muntz, A. I. Dec. 23. [Cognate Application, 9589/11.] Wire-strainers.-The device consists of a bracket 1, slotted vertically and provided with arms 2, 3, 4 extending along the face of the fence post, the central arm 2 being adapted to carry a loosely-fitting clamping-member 14 provided with a screw 16 as shown in Fig. 4. Within the slot 17 of the bracket are mounted upper and lower members 8, 9 and 6, 7 adapted to extend on either side of the bracket. The upper members are provided with a number of tapped holes 10 to receive clamping - screws 12, and the lower members with recesses 13 to receive the fulcrum of the straining-lever. Pivoted within the recess is a weighted retaining-pawl 19 gripping the wire between it and the underside of the top arm. A guide 20 working between pins 22 is provided to keep the wire in position. The straining-lever is T-shaped, the longer arm 24 forming the handle and the other arm 23 being, recessed to carry a pin 26, serving as the fulcrum, and a wire-retaining pawl 29 as shown in Fig. 3. In cases where the wire is passed through a hole in the standard, the arm 31, formed with slots 32, is made detachable, and is secured to the central arm 2, the lever being mounted as shown in Fig. 10. The retaining- pawl 38 is mounted so as to be secured to the fence post by screws or the like.
Patent GB-191100783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Type Bar Making Machines.
Inventor: LEBOEUF ARTHUR WILLIAM
IPC: B41B7/00
Filed: 1911-01-11
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 783. Le Boeuf, A. W. Feb. 10, 1910, [Convention date]. Trimming type-bars. - Means for adjusting the distance apart of the trimming-knives comprises a movable stop-carrier having a series of stops of varying length, different pairs of which can be brought into position to determine the adjustment of each movable knife. The two knife-blocks B, B', which preferably have convex ends, are mounted to slide on a detachable plate A. Bars D. D' sliding at right-angles to the knife-blocks carry oblique blocks d which rest in oblique grooves b in the knife-blocks. The bars D, D<1> are pivoted to a hand-lever F which can be locked in position by means of a set-screw H passing through a slotted link C. The stop-carrier is in the form of a rotatable disk E having two concentric series of stops e in the form of screws. Rods G, G<1> are interposed between the ends of each knife-block and the stops. Both knife-blocks are first moved down by means of the hand-lever F, the disk E is then rotated to bring the desired stops into position, and the knife-blocks are raised by moving the lever F in the opposite direction until they are arrested by the stops. The lever F is then clamped by means of the screw H. Springing of the disk E is prevented by projections a<7> on the plate A. Screws M, N interposed between the knife - blocks and the rods G, G' permit adjustment for wear of the knives. One knife - block may be fixed, for example by a pin L passed through the bar D'.
Patent GB-191102111-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Relay for Undulatory Currents.
Inventor: REISZ EUGEN
IPC: H01J31/04
Filed: 1911-01-27
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 2111. Reisz, E., and Strauss, S. March 30, 1910, [Convention date]. Vacuum tubes.-Variations in electric currents are reinforced without altering their frequency and wave-form, by causing them to produce corresponding variations in the ionization of a gas. Fig. 1 shows apparatus using cathode rays as ionizer. Rays from a cathode K are projected through a screen B and ionize the gas between flat parallel electrodes e, f. Variations in the current flowing through coils a cause corresponding variations in the amount of the rays passing the screen, and hence produce similar but amplified variations in the current in the circuit S containing the telephone, arc lamp, or other apparatus to be acted on by the varying current. The source of current Q may be omitted and the circuit S connected to the source q instead. The materials and temperature of the cathode K and the gas in the discharge tube R are such that the emission of the rays occurs at a low voltage. The cathode is preferably a concave metal strip coated with metallic oxides and rendered incandescent by passage of current, the strength of which can be regulated. The conditions in the discharge tube may be arranged so that the ionization is caused by soft R÷ntgen rays produced by the impact of the cathode rays on the anode A. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 3, the ionization is produced by light waves. Variations in the correct through, preferably, a speaking arc, produced, for example, by means of the microphone M, cause variations in the intensity of the light projected between the electrodes e, f. The lightwaves may be projected directly on to the electrodes if they have been rendered sensitive by means of sodium potassium amalgam. The electrode e is shown as an incandescent metallic oxide cathode.
Patent GB-191102600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Actuating Signals on Trains and for Stopping Trains Independently of Drivers.
Inventor: KLOSE ROBERT
IPC: B61L3/10
Filed: 1911-02-01
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 2600. K l o s e , R. Feb. 1. Track apparatus actuating signals on trains. -A circuit between two collectors k in a local circuit on a train is closed by the head d of a rod c, which is actuated in conjunction with signals by a bell crank f and maintained in a raised position by a spring b.
Patent GB-191105101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sights for Small-arms.
IPC: F41G1/24
Filed: 1911-03-01
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 5101. Birmingham Small Arms Co., and Norman, G. March 1. Sights. - Relates to wind-gauge leaf sights, and consists in producing the lateral movement of the sight by means of a pinion arranged parallel to the length of the leaf and rotated by a head at the end of the leaf. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, a long pinion 11 is mounted on the leaf, and meshes with a rack at the back of the sight-piece 8. In a modification, a short pinion is mounted on the sight-slide and is rotated by a non-circular spindle on which it slides. The heads 18, 14 of the elevating - screw and of the wind-gauge pinion are provided with clicking indicators, both formed from a single spring 20, Fig. 4, which engages notches on the undersides of the heads.
Patent GB-191109244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Glass Furnaces.
Inventor: PILKINGTON WILLIAM WINDLE
IPC: C03B5/06
Filed: 1911-04-13
Granted: 1912-04-11
Abstract: 9244. Pilkington, W. W. April 13. Gaseous - fuel furnaces; cleaning.-In a gas - fired furnace for heating pots from which glass is drawn, one or more pairs of gaspassages are used, each passage alternately being used for the gas-supply, while the other is rendered idle and is cleaned from soot, &c., by the introduction of air. The Figure shows a furnace having a glass-pot 1, two pairs of gaspassages 6, 7, and two air-passages 4. Either of the gas-passages 6, 7, may be connected to the gas-supply conduit 8 by a valve 9, the other being at the same time shut off from the gassupply and connected to the air-conduit 5 by a small passage 11. The valves 9 are periodically reversed during working. The outlet passages may, as shown by the dotted lines, be carried close to the gas passages in order to heat them. In a modification, the gas-passages 6, 7 are arranged one behind the other, instead of side by side as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-191109395-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wick Carburetter.
Inventor: WITHERS ARTHUR DELILLE
IPC: F02M17/28
Filed: 1911-04-18
Granted: 1911-12-14
Abstract: 9395. Withers, A. D. April 18. Carburetting. - A carburettor comprises a tube a. containing a concentric wick b to which hydrocarbon is supplied and a helical member c for directing the air current. The ends of the tube a are connected to the air inlet and gas outlet. Hydrocarbon is supplied in regulated quantitv to an annular chamber e communicating through holes f with the wick b. The member c may be provided with a collar g. In a modification, the tube is horizontal, and is provided with a longitudinal upper compartment containing a plate upon which the hydrocarbon is fed, and from the edges of which it passes to the wick. A heating-jacket may be provided.
Patent GB-191111370-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Regulating the Tension of Warp Threads in Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HEMPSEED JAMES
IPC: D03D49/06
Filed: 1911-05-11
Granted: 1912-04-18
Abstract: 11,370. Hempseed, J. May 11. Letting-off warps.-A braking-device for warp beams comprises a brake band c attached to studs f, g on a lever d, which is pivoted at e and is connected by a spiral spring i and a cord or chain to a grooved pulley on a shaft l. Similar parts are disposed at the other end of thewarp beam. The brake tension is adjusted by means of a crank handle o, and maintained by a ratchet mand pawl n. When weights are used, they are hung from the lever d at h, the positions of the ends of the brake band are reversed, and tension is removed by winding up the lever by means of the crank o.
Patent GB-191115831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glazing Bars and the like.
Inventor: LASSAM HARRY CLIFFORD
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1911-07-07
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 15,831. Lassam, H. C., and Thom, T. M. July 7. [Cognate Application, 16,776/11.] Glazing. - Glazing- bars are formed of concrete, cement, reconstructed stone or marble, reinforced with strips of sheet iron or steel b carrying lead flashing strips d, which project laterally and are dressed down upon the glass e. The reinforcing-strips bare slitted at intervals, the tongues c being bent out to form apertures h through which the concrete &c. passes. The lead strips d are slotted to engage over spikes g of the reinforcing-strips and are formed with apertures for the concrete to pass through. The reinforcing-strips may project above the concrete &c., and the lead strips are then dressed over these projecting parts. The glazing-bars are attached to reinforced concrete ridges, purlins, &c., by dowels p connected to the reinforcements by a pin-and-slot or other connexion, and cemented in slots made in the ridges, purlins &c. Glass stops are provided at the bottom ends of the glazing-bars, and, according to the first Provisional Specification, sliding end shoes of stone may be provided for the glazing-bars.
Patent GB-191119898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Apparatus.
Inventor: POUPARD WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: G01G1/26
Filed: 1911-09-07
Granted: 1912-08-15
Abstract: 19,898. Poupard, W. J. Sept. 7. Balances; bearings; relieving-mechanism; weights.-Relates to weighing-apparatus of the type in which the weights used are less in weight than the article to be weighed, and consists of a machine having, in combination, a steelyard device with only four knife-edge bearings, relieving-gear actuated by a lever at the side of the machine, a limited number of weights bearing a definite proportion to the load and a sliding tare weight. The knifeedges F of the steelyard H are mounted on bearings D carried by a vertically moving frame C working in guides B. The steelyard carries knife-edge bearings G for the platform Land when not in use rests on the supports S, u, the platforms then resting on the frame of the machine and a bracket T. By lowering a lever P mounted on a cross axis O, the arms N lift the slide C and put the parts in operative position. The sliding weight I acts as a tare. The weights R are hung inside the frame when not in use, but when required are suspended on the hook K.
Patent GB-191123044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shock Absorbers for Vehicles.
Inventor: CUSHMAN THOMAS GEORGE
IPC: B60G11/14
Filed: 1911-10-18
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 23,044. Cushman, T. G. Oct. 18. Springs, arrangement of.-Relates to shockabsorbers of the spring type, such as are described in Specification 12,915/11, and intended for absorbing the recoil which follows the compression of the ordinary bearing-springs, and consists in employing in connexion with each bearing-spring a toggle lever, the free ends of which are connected with the vehicle frame and axle, the point of the toggle being resiliently connected with the frame. Fig. 1 shows toggle links 9, 10 connected respectively with the axle 6 and frame member 5, and joined by a ring 14 which is connected through a spring system 16 with a rod 19 adjustably attached to the frame.
Patent GB-191125940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: WHALLEY JOHN JAMES
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1911-11-21
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 25,940. Whalley, J. J., and Whalley, W. H., [trading as Whalley & Sons, W. H.]. Nov. 21. Shuttles.-In a shuttle adapted to be threaded by hand, ballooning of the weft is prevented by a pair of projections B, B', Fig. 5, having a threading-space B<2> between them. One or both of the projections are undercut to form a thread-passage b<1>, Fig. 8, and the upper part of the projection B is curved or inclined to facilitate threading. The recesses a<3>, a<4> may contain flannel, bristles, &c. for imparting drag to the weft, and additional means, such as a wire C or a stud D, may be used for retaining the weft in position. The projections B, B' may be formed on a separate block of wood, vulcanite, fibre, metal, or other material cemented or otherwise secured in a recess in the top of the shuttle.
Patent GB-191126408-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Operated Motor Vehicles.
IPC: H02P9/00
Filed: 1911-11-25
Granted: 1912-10-10
Abstract: 26,408. Crompton & Co., Macfarlane, J. C., and Burge, H. Nov. 25. Systems for continuouscurrent motors only. - Relates to a development of the system described in Specification 5168/09 and 21,113/09. A single motor C, supplied through a generator B in series with the supply V, has an additional field F across the brushes of the generator, and wound so as to assist the constant field H when the generator i s negatively excited and oppose it when the excitation is positive. A reversible shunt regulator E controls the strength and polarity of the generator field K, and the machine B is driven by a motor A, with or without the addition of a prime mover to take the mean load. As the voltage of the machine B can be made equal to that of the supply V, and can be in either the same or the opposite direction, the volts applied to the motor C can be either zero or twice the voltage of the supply. The circuit connexions are subsubstantially those set out in Specification 24,778/11, [Class 79(v), Motor vehicles, Steering &c.].
Patent GB-191126809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Furnaces.
Inventor: SACKETT JOHN
IPC: F23K5/22
Filed: 1911-11-30
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 26,809. Sackett, J. Nov. 30. Liquid and gaseous fuel furnaces. - Oil-gas firing apparatus for use in connexion with all kinds of furnaces comprises oil-gasifying and air or other gas heating tubes d, g heated by liquid-fuel burners b and delivering to a common port e where combustion takes place. The air tubes are arranged in sets connected in series by end chambers k, and each of the uppermost tubes is provided with an oxygen supply pipe h. Oil is injected into the tubes d through sprayers c, either by a pump or by means of air, oxygen, steam, water gas, or carbon-monoxide; or these gases may be supplied alone to one or more of the tubes d. Additional supports m for the tubes may be provided.
Patent GB-191126840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Tyres for Vehicles of all kinds.
Inventor: MEUNIER JULES ALEXANDRE
IPC: B60B9/22
Filed: 1911-11-30
Granted: 1912-12-02
Abstract: 26,840. Meunier, J. A. Nov. 30. Tyres with rims enclosing air tubes or chambers; tread bands, projections, and surfaces.- The solid rubber tread-band 1, Figs. 1 and 2. guided between side plates 10 or in a metal channel rim, and resting on a pneumatic tube, is fitted with embedded chains 2 secured to sleeves 4, both of which extend the whole width of the tyre. The interior surface of the band is corrugated at 42. The chains may be replaced by wire cables or cords, coat of mail, wire gauze, canvas, hemp or flax bands, or pressed or stamped links suitably joined. Fig. 9 shows a form in which the chain is loose and separated from the tube by a loose band 23 with tapered edges. Some of the links 19 are formed with the sleeves 20. Sleeves 12, or ordinary bolts, are fixed to the rim flanges and pass through the sleeves. In the form shown in Figs. 16 and 18, the sleeves consist of simple tubes around which are passed non - metallic flexible bands 25. There are two or more tread bands side by side resting on a single air tube or on separate tubes separated by metal plates. The chains may be embedded in the. outer part of the tread so as to project somewhat and form non-slipping means.
Patent GB-191127422-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Heating, Evaporating, Volatilizing or Distilling Liquids by Electricity.
Inventor: MCCLELLAND THOMAS JUNIOR
IPC: F24H1/10
Filed: 1911-12-07
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 27,422. McClelland, T. Dec. 7. Resistances for heating or evaporating liquids consist of granules of carbon or other non- metallic material contained in a perforated, slotted, or other openwork vessel of glass or other insulating-material exposed on all sides to the liquid. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, resistant granules are enclosed in a U-shaped perforated vessel c provided with terminal blocks e, which may be of metal, but, if partially immersed, are of carbon to prevent electrolysis. The vessel c and blocks e are flanged and are bolted to the cover of a tank containing the liquid, pressure being thus applied to the particles. In modifications, the perforated vessel is a vertical or horizontal cylinder. The liquid may be circulated through the tank and may enter or leave through one of the terminal blocks of the resistance. A baffle may be provided to cause the liquid to circulate round the resistance. In another modification, the perforated vessel consists of two flanged halfcylinders which are bolted together so as to compress the resistant particles. In the resistance shown in Fig. 2, the perforated vessel is divided by a solid partition k, extending nearly to the bottom and is closed at the top by D-shaped terminal blocks e'. A terminal extending through the side of the resistance container may be capable of slight longitudinal movement to allow the granules to be compressed when closing the container. Specification 15,263/10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191213655-A (GB)
Title: A Revolving Column Exit for Buildings and the like.
Inventor: CARLOSS SIDNEY ROBERT
IPC: E06B3/90
Filed: 1912-06-11
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 13,655. Carloss, S. R. June 11. Crushing in doorways, preventing. - One or more pairs of revolving door-jambs are mounted on each side of the exit door or passage of a public or other building, and are provided with ball bearings a. The columns may be made of metal, stone, or wood, and may be rotated by steam, gas, electric, hydraulic, or pneumatic power. According to the Provisional Specification, pivots may be used instead of ball bearings.
Patent GB-191216151-A (GB)
Title: Improved Selector Switching Device for Automatic Telephone Systems and the like.
IPC: H01H67/06
Filed: 1912-07-10
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 16,151. Telephon Apparat Fabrik E. Zwietusch & Co. Jan. 18, [Convention date]. Automatic and semi - automatic exchange apparatus.-A selector having several sets of contact arcs arranged one above the other is provided with a corresponding number of sets of wipers axially and radially displaced in such a way that one set comes into engagement with its are of contacts immediately the preceding set passes out of action. Figs. 1 and 2 show a selector having three sets of four wipers b pivoted on three rods ST supported between star-shaped frames T, T<1>. The wipers are displaced by an angle of 120‹, and engage three sets of fixed contacts k arranged above each other in an arc of the same angle. A number of springs F engage the inner arms H, Fig. 2, of the contact levers b so as to press the latter against the fixed contacts k. A member HG has a number of deep furrows to serve as guides for the wipers b, when they are turned inwards about their pivots. A rubbing contact b<1> and a lever HR, on each rod ST, engage a notched arc-shaped bar Z to electrically and mechanically centre the wipers upon the fixed contacts. The selector is driven from a rotating shaft HW through an electro-magnetic clutch SM, SH.
Patent GB-191216702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Account Registers.
Inventor: HUDSON GEORGE REGINALD
IPC: B42F17/28
Filed: 1912-07-17
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 16,702. Hudson, G. R. July 17. Boxes and cabinets; pivoted-leaf files.-In an account-register shelves, drawers, or leaves b are moved partially out of a cabinet on guides or rollers d and turned approximately through a right-angle, so as to be presented in a suitable position for use, by means of keys &c. h each of which is connected to a shelf &c. b by a bell-crank lever g having a guide or slot f engaging a pin e on the shelf &c., or by links, cams, toothed quadrants or other gearing. In a modification, Fig. 6, having a leaf construction such as is described in Specification 24,055/09, the leaves m are coupled to or integrally connected with a series of smaller leaves, tablets, or keys p disposed at the side and turning on an axis coincident with the pivots of the larger leaves m, the operation of any one of the smaller leaves &c. p serving to bring the corresponding larger leaf m to or from position for use. The leaves &c. are counterbalanced by weights or springs.
Patent GB-191218129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Telephones.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
IPC: H04M1/03
Filed: 1912-08-06
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 18,129. Jones, H. Sefton, [Akt.-Ges. Mix & Genest Telephonund Telegraphen-werke]. Aug. 6. Telephones, mounting and supporting ; earpieces. - In telephone apparatus exposed to damp and rough usage, as in mines &c., in which the instruments are mounted inside a watertight casing, the ear-piece 1 is rotatably mounted in the side wall 5 of the casing, and carries the receiver 9 on a tubular extension 2, the diaphragm 10 sealing up the ear-tube. The receiver carries contacts 11 which, when the ear-tube is turned up horizontally into the listening position, engage fixed contacts to close the talking-circuits.
Patent GB-191219532-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Conserving Cereal Middlings for Baking Purposes.
Inventor: SCHLUETER THEODOR
IPC: A21D13/02
Filed: 1912-08-26
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 19,532. Schl³ter, T. Aug. 26. Conditioning meal; preparing meal from special materials. -Middlings, say from wheat, for baking purposes are improved and preserved by adding a proportion of the same material, or other substance containing carbohydrates, which has been made into a paste, highly heated, dried, and ground. Middlings from other cereals such as rice and maize, or potatoes may be employed.
Patent GB-191219937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Raising and Lowering Ships Boats.
Inventor: AUSTIN ALEXANDER FREDERICK
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1912-09-02
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 19,937. Austin, A. F. Sept. 2. Davits.-Single slueing-davits for handling ship's boats are provided with friction wedge blocks C sliding in guide-frames cast to the bed-plate F. The blocks are worked in and out by screws E, and are adapted to engage with the slueing-wheel D to keep the crane firm in any position. The crane is provided with a hinged portion in the side plating to facilitate repairs &c.
Patent GB-191222215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in India-rubber Tyres.
Inventor: GUNYON STEPHEN EDWARD
IPC: B60C27/16
Filed: 1912-09-30
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 22,215. Gunyon, S. E., [Rentz, H.]. Sept. 30. Jackets and covers. - A protective insertion d, vulcanized in the rubber, and extending from edge to edge of the cover of a pneumatic tyre, comprises helices of clock spring steel or other wire, which are intercoiled or pressed one into the other and then flattened. Non-skid studs e are held by the insertion d.