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Patent GB-191100093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Mines.
IPC: F42C14/04
Filed: 1911-01-02
Granted: 1912-01-02
Abstract: 93. Vickers, Sons, & Maxim, Ltd., [Elia, G. E.]. Jan. 2. Mines, marine.-Relates to submarine mines provided with an inertia-actuated firing-device, and consists in connecting the anchor cable to a spring-controlled member which is adapted to release the firing - device when the cable is tensioned by the buoyancy of the submerged mine. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the pull of the anchor cable c connected to a rackrod C compresses a spring and rocks an arm D so that the released weight E may, on impact with a ship, fall off and fire the mine by pulling on the spring hammer e until a pin e<1> is sheared. In a modification, the firing-device comprises swivelling weights mounted within the central passage B<1>, and a well - known safety device controlled by hydrostatic pressure is added; the passage B' is then enlarged at the upper part.
Patent GB-191113676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Insulators for High Tension Electricity Conductors.
IPC: H01B17/32
Filed: 1911-06-08
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 13,676. Clouth Rheinische Gummiwaarenfabrik, F. June 8. [Addition to 1009/10.] Insulators of the kind described in Specification 1009/10 are made with the outer case, which withstands atmospheric action, secured in an air - tight manner over a core of insulating-material into which the tension-transmitting or connecting members 4, 5 are screwed or embedded. The outer case 3 may consist of a porcelain tube and the core 2 may be of hard rubber, between these two a layer 10 of insulating- material is interposed. Washers 11 render the ends of the case airtight.
Patent GB-191123527-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Lock Nut.
Inventor: PIERCE BENJAMIN STEPHEN
IPC: F16B39/32
Filed: 1911-10-24
Granted: 1912-05-30
Abstract: 23,527. Pierce, B. S. Oct. 24. Locking nuts.-A locking-device of the kind in which a spring-pressed pawl mounted in the nut engages the bolt threads, is constructed as shown in Fig. 1. The pawl has a circular end 7 which acts as a spindle and is held in position by swaging the metal of the nut over, as shown at 5. The spring 11 is formed of inverted U shape, as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191124691-A (GB)
Title: Glue and Method of Making Same.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
IPC: C09J103/00
Filed: 1911-11-06
Granted: 1912-11-06
Abstract: 24,691. Heide, H. C., [Perkins Glue Co.]. Nov. 6. Adhesives.-A substitute for animal glue is made from starchy carbohydrates, particularly from cassava, in two main steps, namely, (1) making a glue base' by treating the carbohydrate, at a temperature below the bursting temperature of the starch, with water and a suitable chemical or chemicals which decrease the water-absorptive properties of the carbohydrate without rendering it materially soluble; (2) treating the dried ' base,' to prepare the glue, with an aqueous solution of caustic soda or equivalent liquid which dissolves or attacks the material. The base may be kept in the dry state and may be treated for use with or without heating. By ' decreasing the water-absorptive properties ' is meant that, in preparing the glue, comparatively little water is necessary for step (2), and the glue is therefore not much diluted. (la) A mixture of cassava-carbohydrate or -flour and water is agitated and heated to about 130‹ F., a little sulphuric acid, diluted or not, being added slowly. After some hours of agitation, during which care is taken not to carry the reaction so far as to form soluble starch or dextrin, the acid is neutralized with caustic soda or the like. The batch is then cooled, drained, and the base dried and kept for use. (1b) Preferably, instead of acid, a little sodium-peroxide and caustic-soda solution are added to the mixture, but without heating, and after prolonged agitation the base obtained is dried as before. In step (2) a mixture of the base and water is agitated and a concentrated solution of caustic soda or potash added very slowly, a transparent homogeneous colloidal compound of starch, caustic, and water being obtained. If the temperature at which the preparation of the glue is obtained is raised, the quantity of caustic soda needed is correspondingly decreased. The increasing of the viscosity of ordinary starch pastes by the addition of ammonia is referred to.
Patent GB-191125176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Balanced Windows for Railway Cars or Carriages.
Inventor: COLBORNE ROBERT FRANCIS
IPC: B61D25/00
Filed: 1911-11-11
Granted: 1912-11-11
Abstract: 25,176. Colborne, R. F. Nov. 11. Vehicle windows; sash-cord attachments.- Sliding sashes C are balanced by inverted U- shaped counterweights M, which are connected to the sashes by cords I passing over pulleys J and slide in grooves formed by removing the upper portions of the beads E separating the sashes from the sliding shutters F working in grooves G. The grooves, in which the weights M slide are lined with metal channels N, and the pulleys J are set obliquely in the lintel A. The sash-cords are attached to the sashes by angle-pieces H, having inner tubular portions H<1> to receive the cord, and to the counterweights by means of bolts L, the heads L' of which are perforated to receive the cords and fit either way into a cruciform recess M<2> in the counterweight, the bolts L being secured by nuts L<3> accommodated in recesses M<3>.
Patent GB-191126971-A (GB)
Title: Advertising, Improvements in Revolving Devices and the like.
Inventor: WINTER JOHN HUGH
Filed: 1911-12-02
Granted: 1912-12-02
Abstract: 26,971. Winter, J. H. Dec. 2. Rotary apparatus; internally illuminated.- Two or more cylinders A, B of perforated or translucent material are revolved in opposite directions about a fixed light C by compressed air or water from jets I, J acting on flaps K carried by the cylinders. Letters or designs may be stencilled on the cylinders, or they may be composed of translucent material as described in Specification 10,375/11, [Class 75 (ii), Lamp chimneys &c.]. In the form shown, the cylinders are mounted on a bracket L carried by the fluid-supply pipe F on which the upper parts of the cylinders are loosely mounted. The issuing jets of fluid may be arranged to produce a musical note.
Patent GB-191127620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrodes for Arc Lamps.
IPC: H05B31/06
Filed: 1911-12-08
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 27,620. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 8. Arc-lamp electrodes.-The formation of non- conducting slags on electrodes containing titanium is prevented by the presence of a small proportion, say two per cent, of copper or a slightly larger proportion of a copper compound. The electrodes may contain carbon, and the titanium may he in the form of metal, of a compound, or of a mixture of these; commercial titanium carbide, containing free metal, or carbide made in an electric resistance furnace and containing free carbon, may he used. The copper or copper compound may be added to the carbide-forming materials before heating or to the prepared materials; the copper may he in the form of an embedded wire. Specification 9190/04 is referred to. According to the Provisional Specification, the copper may he in the form of a shell. made of the metal itself or of an alloy with nickel or other metal.
Patent GB-191202328-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Converting Hydrocarbons of Higher into those of Lower Boiling Point.
Inventor: LEFFER LOUIS GEORG
Filed: 1912-01-29
Granted: 1913-01-29
Abstract: 2328. Leffer, L. G. Jan. 29. Drawings to Specification. Hydrocarbon oils, cracking.-In process for converting heavy hydrocarbons, such as petroleum or shale oil, into light hydrocarbons by distilling under the pressure of an inert gas, the operation is conducted at a temperature not exceeding 410‹ C. and under an accurately regulated pressure, the gas being circulated through the still and the condenser by means of a pump. The oil in the still may be agitated bv stirring-vanes or by blowing the gas through it. Hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, or gases generated in the distillation may be used as pressure media. The gas is heated before its admission to the still. A pressure of from 11 to 1.2 atmospheres is used in treating gas oil. Specification 10,277/89 is referred to.
Patent GB-191203632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Smoothing and Polishing Metal Articles and Parts.
Inventor: PARSONS WINSLOW RANDALL
IPC: B24B31/02
Filed: 1912-02-13
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 3632. Parsons, W. R. Feb. 13. Drawings to Spceification. Rumbles, tumbling-barrels, &c.-Relates to a process for smoothing and polishing metal articles, particularly those of steel, and also castings &c., and consists in placing in a tumbling-barrel a uniform mixture of the articles to be smoothed with small pieces or filings of brass, the barrel being filled approximately three-fourths full. An abrasive material, of a fineness which will remove the burs and smooth the articles, is then added with or ,without neutral oil, water, or other liquid, and the barrel operated for about two days. The articles are then cleansed of emery, oil, and dirt and placed in another barrel with neutral oil only, the barrel being substantially full of the mixture of articles and brass scraps. The barrel is then operated from one to three days. In place of brass scraps, brass articles may be substituted, the steel and brass articles then polishing each other respectively; or brass articles may be polished by steel scraps. In place of brass pieces, any other alloy having a similar smoothing-effect may be used.
Patent GB-191206623-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Games.
Inventor: JACCARD GUSTAVE JULES
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 1912-03-18
Granted: 1912-03-23
Abstract: 6623. Jaccard, G. J. March 18. Table games.-Apparatus for a game consists of an inclined trough or guide 16 and a series of numbered compartments 6 formed on a rotating disk 2. A player allows a ball or marble to roll down the trough, and, if properly timed, the ball passes through an opening 15 formed in the front wall of each compartment, and the player scores the number attached to the compartment. A ball failing to pass the opening 15 falls into a drawer 20.
Patent GB-191209144-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Hoisting Pieces of Furniture and similar Objects through the Windows of Upper Stories of Buildings.
Inventor: DORIN JOSEPH
IPC: B66C23/22
Filed: 1912-04-18
Granted: 1912-09-19
Abstract: 9144. Dorin, J. April 18. Window appliances. - Comprises a construction and arrangement of window-fitting, for hoisting furniture and similar objects into buildings, of the type in which the upper ends of supports mounted on the window sill carry a vertically and horizontally adjustable member fitted with pulley-tackle. A pair of racked bars 15, clamped to the lintel, are notched on the underside of their outer ends to receive the ends of adjustable inclined supports 6 resting on the sill. In one construction, the outer ends of the racked bars are forked to support an horizontal bar carrying the pulley-tackle, but in the present instance, the forks support vertical members 19 carrying the horizontal bar at their upper ends. The members 19 carry adjustable screwed rods 20 bearing against the wall, and are tied by crossed chains 23 to the screw clamps on the rack.
Patent GB-191209764-A (GB)
Title: A Washable Water or Water and Oil Paint.
Inventor: JAMSON HENRY
IPC: C09D5/02
Filed: 1912-04-24
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 9764. Jamson, H. April 24. Water paints.-A washable paint consists of powdered or concentrated size, linseed, fish, sperm, or other oil, water, gold size, or driers, turpentine, paraffin, petroleum, or petrol, and colours such as Paris white, zinc white, red or white lead.
Patent GB-191219507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Band Brakes.
Inventor: RIKER ANDREW LAURENCE
IPC: F16D49/10
Filed: 1912-08-26
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 19,507. Riker, A. L. Aug. 30, 1911, [Convention date]. Band brakes for automobiles &c. are provided with means for releasing the portion of the band between the ends, without interfering with the utilization of the entire extent of the band during braking, such releasing-means serving also as an anchorage for the band. In the form shown, a curved leaf spring 11 is connected at its centre 12 to a fixed part 13 and at its ends 15 to the band 3. The band is fitted with a lining 4, and is actuated by a lever 5, pivoted to one end of the band and connected to the other end by a link 6, which is provided with a spring 9. Compensating for wear.-The link 6, eonnecting the operating-lever 5 to one end of the brake band 3, is adjusted by a lock-nut 8.
Patent GB-191219565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-closet Connections.
Inventor: COSGROVE JOSEPH JOHN
IPC: E03D11/16
Filed: 1912-08-27
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 19,565. Cosgrove, J. J. Aug. 28, 1911, [Convention date]. Expansion joints; overlap joints with tapered spigot and with bolts and flanges.-In a connexion between a water-closet outlet and the soil pipe, to allow slight relative movement due to sagging of the floor or other cause, a flexible cup-like ferrule 7 of thin corrugated metal, which rests on the floor, is soldered to the soil pipe 8 and receives a tapered ring 4 attached to the outlet 3. This ring may be attached to the outlet by a bayonet joint, or projections inside the ring may engage a screw-thread formed on the outlet. Separate lugs 16, of stamped metal, preferably galvanized steel, engage under a lip round the edge of the ferrule 7 and are drawn up by bolts 10 with rounded heads.
Patent GB-191221859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Transfer of Material by a Series of Pivoted Buckets.
Inventor: READ WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: B65G17/16
Filed: 1912-09-25
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 21,859. Read, W. G. Sept. 25. Discharging-devices for endless-chain conveyers and elevators. - Spring-controlled cams F pivotally mounted on the carriage H of a longitudinally-travelling hopper M engage the projections on the sides of the buckets of the gravity-bucket conveyer described in Specification 21,860/12 in order to discharge it. The projection c<0> first engages the projection f<3> on the cam, and the bucket is thrown over until the pin d<0> moves into contact with a surface f<4>. When the pin moves into the position d<3>, a pin e<0> engages the under surface of a guide-rail G and completes the inversion of the bucket. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the cams F carry a pivoted part 0 which can be adjusted to engage the projections c<0> on the bucket shown, or projections in the positions c<x>, c<y> on the other buckets. The cam 0 is normally held by a pivoted locking-lever R engaging recesses in a plate Q. The cam O is raised into any one of its three positions by pulling cords t', t<2>, t<3>, which raise levers s<1>, s<2>, s<3> acting on the lower part of the plate Q into engagement with stops v<1>, v<2>, v<3>. When overturning, the pin d‹ runs over the surface F, and, as the bucket commences to right itself, is caught beneath a ledge p on a spring-controlled lever P which arrests the righting- motion.
Patent GB-191227883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bags, Pouches, Luggage Wrappers and the like.
Inventor: LEVY ARTHUR
IPC: A45C7/00
Filed: 1912-12-03
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 27,883. Levy, A. Dec. 3. Bags &c. - A bag, pouch, or luggage wrapper comprises a permanently-constructed bag 1. having flaps 4, 5 with top and bottom extensions 7, the flaps and extensions being adapted to be folded against the bag, or to be extended and secured so as to form a second compartment as shown. Top and bottom covering-flaps 2, 6 are provided. The bag may have a carrying-handle and straps for securing it to a cycle &c.
Patent GB-191300159-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Urethanes of Tertiary Alcohols.
Filed: 1913-01-02
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 159. Merck, E., [Firm of]. Feb. 28, 1912, [Convention date]. Halogenformates of tertiary alcohols; urethanes. -Urethanes of tertiary alcohols are produced by the action of ammonia or primary or secondary amines upon halogenformates of tertiary alcohols. In examples the urethane and ethylurethane of dimethylethylcarbinol are prepared. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also the urethane of methyldiethylcarbinol, the phenyl urethane of dimethylethylcarbinol, the methylphenylurethane of dimethylethylcarbinol, and the p-ethoxyphenylurethane of dimethylethylcarbinol. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191302785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Chains with Welded Links.
Inventor: BINDEL WILHELM
IPC: B21L15/00
Filed: 1913-02-03
Granted: 1914-02-03
Abstract: 2785. Bindel, W. Feb. 3. Drawings to Specification. Operating clutches.-A machine for bending and welding chain links from scarfed U-shaped blanks is driven through a one-revolution claw clutch which stops the machine after one link is completed. The clutch is operated by a sliding ring carrying a roller in contact with a cam on a toothed wheel driven from the driven member of the clutch.
Patent GB-191306244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Percussive Tools.
Inventor: ARTHUR JOHN
IPC: B25D9/18
Filed: 1913-03-13
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 6244. Arthur, J. March 13. Percussive hand tools.-In a percussive tool for chipping, riveting, &c., the supply of fluid is controlled by a thumb-and-spring actuated piston-valve in the manner shown. The handle 8 is screwed on the barrel 1. and is provided with ratchet teeth which engage ratchet teeth on a spring-pressed sleeve 50, which is provided with keys engaging keyways in a shoulder in the cylinder barrel.
Patent GB-191307897-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governing Mechanism for Elastic Fluid Turbines.
IPC: F01D1/02
Filed: 1913-04-03
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 7897. Warwick Machinery Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 3. Plant; regulating. - Low-pressure turbines supplied from a receiver fed by high-pressure engines or by industrial apparatus are regulated by reducing the nozzle area on an increase of load, thereby increasing the receiver pressure, and by setting up a back pressure, compelling the high-pressure engines or apparatus to use more steam. Also, means are provided for admitting live steam to the receiver when the supply of exhaust steam is insufficient to meet the load requirements of the turbine. A bypass valve allows excess low-pressure steam to pass direct from the receiver to the condenser. Low-pressure steam is admitted to the turbine by a conduit 1 and exhausts through a conduit 2. Five sets of admission nozzles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are provided. The last is always open, but the first four are controlled by valves operated by cams mounted upon stems 13 actuated by servomotors 10, 12, the common pilot valve 11 of which is under the control of a speed governor 22. The stems 13 support a floating lever 23 which is connected to a rod 27 by means of a dash-pot device 26. The rod 27 operates a by-pass valve 29 in a by-pass 30 and a live-steam valve 34, through suitable linkwork. The method of operation is as follows. When the turbine is working at minimum load, all the valves 5 ... 8 are open. On an increase of load, these valves are closed successively, thereby increasing the pressure drop in the turbine and setting up back-pressure in the highpressure apparatus as described above. Upon a further increase of load or failure of the low-pressure supply, the live-steam valve 34 is opened by the downward movement of the rod 27, thereby increasing the receiver pressure. Should the amount of low-pressure be in excess of requirements, the speeding-up of the turbine will cause the governor to raise the rod 27 and open the valve 29, thereby by-passing steam direct to the condenser. According to the sensitiveness required, the dash-pot 26 may be made either single or double acting. The spindle of the valve 29 may carry a lever 31 which operates, when required by the conditions of working, a vacuum-breaking valve 32.
Patent GB-191312043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handle Fasteners for Brooms, Brushes and the like.
Inventor: STEMMER HEINRICH
IPC: B25G3/24
Filed: 1913-05-23
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 12,043. Stemmer, H. May 23. Clamping-devices for socket fixings.-A device for enabling the handle to be readily secured in and removed from the hole of a brush comprises a loop b embracing the inserted end of the handle a and projecting through perforations in the brush stock, the end of one leg being secured to the stock, such as by bending it over against the edge thereof, and the other leg being prolonged and threaded to receive a nut c by which a serrated part of the loop is drawn against the handle. In the case of brushes with a covering-board, the loop is located between the stock and covering-board, thus obviating the necessity for boring perforations to receive the legs of the loop.
Patent GB-191313886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Governors.
Inventor: DOUGLAS THEODORE
IPC: B60K31/12
Filed: 1913-06-16
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 13,886. Douglas, T. June 16. Centrifugal governors particularly adapted for controlling the speed of self-propelled vehicles. A valve adapted to control the fuel supply is separated by a flexible diaphragm from a chamber containing a centrifugal governor rotated by a flexible shaft from a rotating part on the vehicle. The governor comprises balls 9 mounted on springs 8, coupled at one end to a collar 7 on a rotating hollow shaft 5, and at the other end to a collar 10 slidable on the same shaft. The shaft 5 is supported in a bearing 4 formed in a support 2 formed integrally with the casing 1 and in a bearing 13, axially adjustable in the end wall of the casing. The collar 10 has a cross-bar 11 sliding in a slot in the shaft 5, and adapted, when the speed exceeds a certain limit, to engage on an adjustable spindle bearing against the diaphragm 23, and sliding on the shaft 5. The length of the spindle 16 is adjusted by a nut 17, having right and left handed threads, and provided externally with notches adapted to be engaged with a spring-finger 19. The valve member 22 is secured to the diaphragm, and is adapted to engage a conical seat having a permanent by-pass slit in the concave wall 24 of the casing. The casing is fitted with a removable curved cover 33 having a groove adapted to take over one edge of an aperture in the casing, where it is secured by a padlock.
Patent GB-191319795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combing Devices for Felts and the like.
Inventor: LACROIX BENOIT
IPC: D06C11/00
Filed: 1913-09-02
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 19,795. Lacroix, B. Sept. 2. Pile or nap, raising.-To produce pile fabrics from felt, the pieces of felt are fed by hand between a pair of feed-rollers by which they are slowly advanced, while a more rapidly rotating combing-cylinder raises the nap. The combing- cylinder E is carried on a shaft J which, through chains, drives one of the feed-rollers D<1>, the cleaning-cylinder F, and the suction blower H. The feed-wheel D is geared to the wheel D<1>, and the wheels, which are rubber covered, feed pieces of felt to the cylinder E, guides returning the pieces to the table I. The pieces may be passed through the machine any number of times. The fluff is removed by means of the blower H and suction funnel G. The bearings are all formed in guides mounted in grooves in the frame A, those of the shaft J being controlled by springs T and screws X. The guides of the rollers D, D' have frames U adjustable by screws V, the guide of the roller D being fixed, and that of the roller D<1> controlled by springs,
Patent GB-191322603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Pockets.
Inventor: MCVEIGH JOHN
IPC: A41D27/20
Filed: 1913-10-07
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 22,603. McVeigh, J., and McCurdy, S. Oct. 7. Pockets.-The lower edge of a pocket facing- strip C is cut V-shaped or is curved, and the pocket strip D is cut with an inverted V or curve. The edges of the cut portions of these strips are then united by sewing, and the pocket strip D is doubled twice upon itself to form a pocket F and the pocket proper.