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Patent GB-190904570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Processes of Refrigerating and Aerating Liquids.
Inventor: KOENER MICHEL
IPC: C12C7/26
Filed: 1909-02-24
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 4570. Koener, M. Feb. 24. Combined aerating and cooling apparatus; forcing liquid into gas. - In a process for refrigerating and aerating liquids, such as wort, the liquid to be treated passes through an apparatus in contact with, but in the opposite direction to, a current of dry sterile air, drawn into the apparatus by a vacuum formed therein. The cooled and aerated liquid is withdrawn into the discharge pipe by means of compressed air. In a form of apparatus employed, the air is admitted to the apparatus by a pipe 2, and is withdrawn at the outlet 3. The liquid introduced by the inlet 4 flows down corrugated sheets 6, and is withdrawn by an outlet pipe 8, into which a compressed-air supply pipe projects.
Patent GB-190910449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: UNDERWOOD JOHN THOMAS
IPC: B41J35/00
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1909-11-18
Abstract: 10,449. Underwood, J. T. May 3. Ink-ribbon mechanism.- Relates to means for rendering a two-colour ribbon vibrator inoperative, as when cutting stencils; the parts, although described with reference to a single twocolour ribbon, may be used with two separate ribbons. The ribbonvibrator 4, connected to a lever 5 pivoted to a bracket on the rail 8 of the shift-mechanism, is operated by an actuator 11 on a frame 10 carrying a universal bar 9 actuated by the type-levers 3. Wrists 13, 15 on the lever 5 are respectively engageable with slots 12, 14 on the actuator, which is adjustable by a linkage 17, 22 and a key-bearing rocker 24 on a shaft 23. A key 25, when depressed, adapts the vibrator for a short stroke and a key 26 for a long stroke. The rocker 24 is held in position when either key is depressed by the engagement of a pin 28 on the rocker having a bevelled end, with either side of a yielding detent 27 mounted upon a bracket 29 on the framework. A lever 32 pivoted to the bracket is provided with a slot 34 terminating in cam-jaws 35, 36 so constructed that, when the lever is moved to the right from the position shown in Fig. 3, the slot 34 embraces the pin 28 and holds the rocker 24 in an intermediate position, in which neither of the wrists 13, 15 is engaged by the actuator, and the vibrator is silent. A yielding detent 37 is adapted to engage either of two notches 38, 39.
Patent GB-190911318-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Portable and Adjustable Cycle Rest or Stand.
Inventor: LEE CHARLES
IPC: B62H1/06
Filed: 1909-05-13
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 11,318. Lee, C., and Timson, H. E., [trading as Timson Bros.]. May 13. Supports. - In cycle supports of the kind in which an arm or strut A is articulated to a clip B secured to the cycle frame and is retained in position by a detent or projection e<2>, which is mounted on a flat spring E and engages holes in the clip, a number of holes e<3> are provided so that the strut may be locked in various positions to suit any camber of the road or height of the footpath. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 18,302/02.
Patent GB-190914607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Impulse Turbines.
IPC: F01D9/04
Filed: 1909-06-22
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 14,607. Brown & Co., J., and Bell, T. June 22. Nozzles. - In turbines of the Curtis type, the segmental stage nozzle castings are fitted into grooved recesses in the diaphragms so as to avoid the use of screws. Fig. 2 is a section through the centre of the nozzles in two segments. The flanges B on the segments fit against bevelled ears G at the ends and the bevelled centre-piece H. Fig. 3 is a section along a radius showing the ear G engaging the inner edge of the segment and showing how the casing is grooved to receive the machined outer edge of the segment. Bolts J are used to hold the segment in place until the casing is positioned, and the casing has a lip Q which projects over the heads of these bolts and prevents them from working loose.
Patent GB-190915409-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of, and Means for, Totalizing and Calculating.
Inventor: VUILLEMIN JULES
IPC: G06G3/08
Filed: 1908-07-02
Granted: 1909-09-30
Abstract: 15,409. Vuillemin, J. July 2, 1908, [Convention date]. Integrating. - In apparatus for integrating the indications of a measuring instrument, a contact member is displaced by the instrument proportionally to the value of the quantity measured, its extremity bearing upon a rotating cylinder the surface of which is divided into insulating and conducting portions. In this way, the duration of the periods during which a motor is coupled to drive a registering - counter is determined, the same motor producing a continuous rotation of the cylinder. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the contact member 1 presses upon and is displaced longitudinally with regard to the cylinder 3, which is connected by gearing to the motor 4; in the case of integration with respect to time, the motor spindle will rotate at uniform speed. The cylinder, shown in development in Fig. 3, has a conducting-surface C<1> ... C<10> for transmitting a current to an electro-magnet 11 to attract its armature and, through a locking-lever 16, to cause the intermediate wheel 19 to gear with a wheel on the registering-counter 2, the wheel 19 being driven by gearing from the motor 4. The motor is thus clutched to the counter once for each revolution of the cylinder, and the proportion of the revolution during which it remains so clutched will depend upon the position of the measuring-instrument arm 1.
Patent GB-190915443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Wrenches or Spanners.
Inventor: LLOYD WILLIAM RICHARDS
IPC: B25B13/14
Filed: 1909-07-02
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 15,443. Lloyd, W. R. July 2. Sliding g and pivotedjaw wrenches ; jaw faces and attachments.-Relates to spanners of the Clyburn type in which the adjustable jaw is integral with a toothed rack operated within a transverse slot in the head by means of a screw-threaded barrel, and consists in adapting thereto a pivoted jaw of the kind which is held in its operative position by spring pressure and alternately grips and slips over the work as the spanner is oscillated. The arm a' with the jaw a is pivoted at c to the rack slide b, and is held in operative position by springs d engaging at the top within sockets e on the arm and having their lower ends resting on the ledge b<1>. The slide and pivoted arm are inserted in the box f, the ledge or flange f preventing its vertical displacement, while a flange b<2> on the rack engages a ledge a<2> on the arm and limits its radial motion. In a modification, one jaw in its operative position is inclined to the other, one spring only is employed, and the rack slides in a dovetail recess. In a further modification shown in Fig 7, a rear lug g' on a spring-pressed face-plate g is pivoted at c to one of the jaws, preferably the fixed jaw, of the tool.
Patent GB-190916240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heating and Melting Furnaces.
Inventor: BEST WILLIAM NEWTON
IPC: F27B3/00
Filed: 1909-07-12
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 16,240. Best, W. N., Best, J. H., and Best, E. July 12. S p r a y burners; gas burners. - In a furnace having a gradually widening combustion-chamber B which leads to a working chamber, as described in Specification 24,587/04, [Class 51, Furnaces &c.], liquid or gaseous fuel is delivered from a pipe 29 and atomized or spread by means of air or steam from a pipe 30, and passes in the form of a film or sheet together with a parallel sheet of air from a pipe 31 into the combustion chamber.
Patent GB-190916847-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Telemeters.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1909-07-19
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 16,847. Haddan, R., [Optische Anstalt C. P. Goerz Akt.-Ges.]. July 19. Range-finders.- In telemeters of the inversion and the coincidence type, the bounding line 1 traversing the image field is arranged to divide the field into sections of unequal size, thereby placing a larger landscape at the operator's disposal.
Patent GB-190919545-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Making Ice and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: F25C1/00
Filed: 1909-08-25
Granted: 1910-02-03
Abstract: 19,545. Lake, W. E., [Polar Ice Machine Co.]. Aug. 25. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Ice-making, plate systems and apparatus for.- The upper portion of a receptacle containing the water to be frozen is exposed to a freezing- medium, and the lower portion of the receptacle is exposed to a non-freezing temperature so as to leave an unfrozen zone of water at the bottom of the receptacle. The water is agitated by air admitted through the unfrozen zone. The receptacle may be provided with a jacket 18, as shown in Fig. 1, forming a passage for the brine &c. The air may be admitted by a pipe 12 which discharges under a funnel 10. Fig. 6 shows another arrangement in which the ice is formed on refrigerating-pipes 23 mounted on beams 26. Air is supplied by transverse pipes 28 leading from a main pipe 27.
Patent GB-190922646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roller Skates.
Inventor: BRAMPTON CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1909-04-06
Granted: 1909-12-09
Abstract: 22,646. Brampton, C. H., and Yoxall, H. S. April 6. Skates.-The brackets a, a<1> of roller skates are provided with sockets in which lengths c, c' of telescopically adjustable tubing are pegged or brazed. A clamp d &c. is used to secure the tubes together. Suitable means for preventing relative rotation may be provided, such as projections or indentatiors. The inner rod may be solid and the outer one provided with a slot, or it may be U-shaped; or a connecting bar of the section of a cross may be used.
Patent GB-191000286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Electrically Kindling Gas Burners.
Filed: 1910-01-05
Abstract: 286. Soc. Aubert FrÞres. March 13, 1909, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Lighting burners by electric devices.-Gas is ignited by means of a high-tension spark produced by an induction coil contained in an ornamental metal casing suspended by the low-tension leads from the gas bracket, or a point adjacent thereto. The coil is contained in a casing b slotted at b<1> to prevent induction, and is suspended by the low-tension conductors d. The high-tension conductors consist of chains e, j, one of which may be earthed. The spark terminals are held in position over the burner by a ring of insulating-material k. A trembler may be used in the primary circuit.
Patent GB-191002343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Extensible Clothes-hanging Stands for Wardrobes and the like.
Inventor: FUHRMANN PAUL
IPC: A47G25/06
Filed: 1910-01-31
Granted: 1910-05-12
Abstract: 2343. Fuhrmann, P. Jan. 31. Hat, coat, and umbrella stands.-A clotheshanging arrangement for wardrobes &c. comprises essentially self-supporting end pillars a, with or without intermediate pillars b, connected by upper and lower lattices i, i<1>. Hat and coat hooks o are mounted on the upper part, umbrella and like clips m on the connecting-rods k, and drain-trays n on the lower part. Hooks g, g<1>, which, in the case the pillar b, are arranged in separate compartments separated by a partition, act as stops to prevent overdrawing.
Patent GB-191012915-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Beer and other Alcoholic Liquids, and in Apparatus therefor.
IPC: C12C11/00
Filed: 1910-05-27
Granted: 1911-05-29
Abstract: 12,915. Shears, J. C., Speedy, J., and Farringdon Works and H. Pontifex & Sons. May 27. Fermenting.-The fermentation of beer &c. is carried out in closed vessels of the kind deseribed in Specification 18,645/97, and the top pressure of the carbon dioxide formed is used to pass the fermented liquid through a chiller and filter to a bottling or racking apparatus. Excess of carbon dioxide above that required to maintain the pressure may be used to displace the air from the bottles &c. or to carbonate the beer. The fermenting-vessel described in Specification 18,645/97 is modified by dispensing with the pump for withdrawing gas from the upper part of the vessel and injecting it into the liquid, and by actuating the yeast funnel d by a hand-wheel i from below.
Patent GB-191014469-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Protective Cover for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: PETZ LOUIS
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1910-06-15
Granted: 1911-01-19
Abstract: 14,469. Petz, L. June 15. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces.-A protective cover for pneumatic tyres comprises a supple band a of unbeaten leather, provided at its edges with hooks b to engage the edges of the wheel rim, and with links h to receive straps which are buckled round the felloes. Thick countersunk studs o, resting on washers p closely fitted together, are secured by rivets m passing through the band a and a strip of leather on its inner surface. The tyre cover is protected from the turned-over ends of the rivets by a band of asbestos or other material, which is secured by rivets t on the inside of the band a. The edges of the band a are notched at d to allow the band to conform with the shape of the tyre.
Patent GB-191018005-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ball and Socket Adjustment Gland.
Inventor: POOK MAURICE TYRRELL
IPC: F16J15/18
Filed: 1910-07-28
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 18,005. Pook, M. T. July 28. Glands.-A stuffing-box gland for piston-rods &c. is made in two parts a, c, forming a convex or concave spherical joint with one another.
Patent GB-191020605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Towing Hooks.
Inventor: HALLE AUGUST ALBERT WILLY
IPC: B63B21/56
Filed: 1910-09-03
Granted: 1911-02-23
Abstract: 20,605. Halle, A. A. W., and Lange, C. A. H. Sept. 3. Hooks.-The release of a towing-hook is effected from any part of a ship through the action of a toggle connected to the pawl or locking-member. The hook b is held in the position shown by a pivoted pawl e connected to a toggle f, f<1>. At the eye of the toggle is pivoted a double lever m with a counterweight n. By raising this end of the lever m, the other end m<1> bearing on the part k, the eye of the toggle is raised and the pawl e moved so as to release the hook.
Patent GB-191021603-A (GB)
Title: Process of Producing Metals and Alloys by Smelting in Electric Furnaces.
IPC: C22B4/00
Filed: 1910-09-16
Granted: 1911-09-18
Abstract: 21,603. AmpÞre Ges., and Muller, E. Sept. 16. Dry processes of extracting metals; alloys.- Metals and alloys are produced by smelting, in an electric furnace, metallic sulphides with carbon and compounds of metallic acids or metalloid acids and alkaline earth or similar metals such as sodium or potassium. The alkaline-earth or similar metal forms a slag with the sulphur of the sulphides, the slag being afterwards dissolved away, leaving the metal or alloy. Ferro-tungsten, molybdenum, ferro-molybdenum-tungsten, and copper-tungsten, containing only a small percentage of carbon, may thus be obtained. A small quantity of lime may be added to the charge in the furnace to ensure that the product is wholly free from sulphur.
Patent GB-191023348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Apparatus for, Effecting the Compression of Gases.
Inventor: HART JOHN ALSTON
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 1910-10-08
Granted: 1911-11-08
Abstract: 23,348. Hart, J. A. Oct. 8. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Blast and aspirating apparatus, injector.-In compressing gases in stages by i n j e c t o r action, the driving- gases are first applied to the last compresion stage, a portion of the final mixture being utilized as the driving- fluid for the penultimate stage, a portion of the penultimate mixture as the driving-fluid for the next preceding stage, and so on. The compressed mixture may be employed for driving turbines or other engines, or in refrigerating-machines, or for producing vacuum in vacuum brakes. Figs. 3 and 4 show sections at right-angles through a nine-stage compressor. The driving-fluid, preferably gases resulting from the combustion of air and fuel, enters the ninth chamber by the pipe 25, a portion of the compressed mixture passing through a return circuit 18, 17, 19 and serving as driving-fluid for the eighth chamber, and so on. As will be seen from the drawings, the successive return circuits are arranged in planes at right-angles to each other. The driven gases have approximately a straight through passage through pyramidal chambers, the passage being reduced, at places where the return circuits leave and enter the chambers, to four corner portions 28, Fig. 6. In a modification, the return circuits are all co-planar, and the reduced portion 28 of the passage is of the trough form shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 shows an apparatus for charging a gas-engine 31 with a mixture of air and combustion products, part of the combustion products from the engine being supplied through a pipe 22 fitted with a check valve, reservoir 23, and pipe 24, to an injector of the type described above. Two or more stage compressors of the above kind may be arranged in parallel and fed by the same driving - fluid. Steam may also be used as a driving-fluid.
Patent GB-191024045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Oil Feeders and other Receptacles for Liquids.
Inventor: BLADON THOMAS EDWARD
IPC: F16N3/04
Filed: 1910-10-18
Granted: 1911-09-14
Abstract: 24,045. Bladon, T. E., and Bladon, W. E. Oct. 18. Actuating; locking.-An oil-can or other receptacle for containing liquids, having a projecting valve or plunger rod, is provided with means for holding the valve closed and for rendering the opening through which the rod projects oil-tight when not in use. The rod B projects through a boss b<2> and has at the end a push b<3>; this push is fitted with a washer b<4> and is screwed down against the boss b<2> when not in use. Stops b<1>, b<5> are provided on the rod B. The washer b<4> may be placed at the upper end of the boss b<2>.
Patent GB-191024249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Emptying Superphosphate Chambers.
Inventor: THORSSELL CARL THEODOR
IPC: C05B1/10
Filed: 1910-10-19
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 24,249. Thorssell, C. T., and Malmsten, N. K. E. Oct. 19. Screw-and-nut load-handling appliances.-In an apparatus for emptying superphosphate chambers, the mass is pushed forwards by a vertical shield 1 resting on the floor of the chamber 2 and driven by four screws 3, 4, 5, 6 arranged at the corners of a rectangle. The two screws on one diagonal are threaded appositely to the other two. The screws are carried in suitable brackets on the shield, and bearings in supports 7,8. The nuts form the central portions of worm-wheels 9, 10, 11, 12 driven by opposite worms on a shaft 13 carrying fast-and-loose pulleys 15, 18, of which the latter is preferably of smaller diameter so that the shield may be brought backwards at a greater speed. The shaft 13 may be arranged vertically between the screws, if desired.
Patent GB-191026341-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mercury Contact Breakers.
IPC: H01H29/16
Filed: 1910-11-12
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 26,341. Reiniger, Gebbert, & Schall, Akt.-Ges. Nov. 12, 1909, [Convention date]. Electro - magnetic interrupters.-In a mercury contact - breaker, the contact-pin 1 breaks contact inside a bell or chamber 2 which is closed at the top and dips into the mercury at the bottom, so that the blast formed by the heating action of the spark on an extinguishing-liquid, say alcohol, forces the mercury downwards away from the contact - pin. The contact-pin is actuated by a solenoid 6, and is diawn above the passage 5 at each interruption in order to restore the normal level of the mercury.
Patent GB-191030102-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Collecting and Returning Oil Supplied to Bearings of Rotating Shafts.
IPC: F16N31/02
Filed: 1910-12-28
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 30,102. Anderson, Boyes, & Co., and Anderson, A. Dec. 28. Lubricant conveyed by mechanical means.- Oil escaping from the end of a bearing for rotary shafts of electric motors &c. is collected and returned to the reservoir by a rotating disk C, mounted on the shaft B and provided with impelling-blades D in a groove in the disk; or the blades may be arranged between two or more disks. The disk is enclosed by a segmental partition F, over which the oil is thrown into a chamber E communicating by an opening H with the reservoir &c. Baffle-plates I direct the oil to the chamber E, and prevent loss of oil by splashing.
Patent GB-191100121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knife Cleaners.
Inventor: WILD CLEMENT ARTHUR
IPC: A47L21/02
Filed: 1911-01-03
Granted: 1911-05-18
Abstract: 121. Wild, C. A. Jan. 3. Knives, cleaning and polishing. - Comprises an improved construction of knife - cleaning machine of the type in which the cleaning-surfaces consist of disks covered with felt &c. Metal disks A, A<1> are indented, and parts C<1> are stamped outward to form scoops. The disks are covered with pads provided with slots E, and are mounted on a sleeve F so that the slots on one pad do not come opposite those on the other. The whole is enclosed in a casing provided with a mouthpiece L for powder, and a second mouthpiece M, fitted with rubber &c., at which the knife is inserted. A clamp is provided and also spur gearing for driving the disks. The powder is guided on to the pads by the small wedges e<2> and is prevented from accumulating in the bottom of the casing by the provision of a metal piece U which allows the scoops C' clearance. Wipers V brush the edges of the disks at every revolution.
Patent GB-191101698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Facings for Friction Clutches.
Inventor: BENN HANS HAMILTON
Filed: 1911-01-23
Granted: 1911-05-04
Abstract: 1698. Benn, H. H. Jan. 22, 1910, [Convention date]. Clutches, friction.-A plastic mass is formed with xylolith or like substance consisting chiefly of magnesite and magnesium chloride, to which is added graphite or similar lubricating-material. The mass is then cast on the friction surface of a clutch and pressed into position, the parts being recessed to give a better hold. The mass may be cast separately, and, after hardening, be riveted or otherwise attached in position. The surface absorbs oil.
Patent GB-191108941-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Flashing Gas Signs.
Inventor: JOEL WILLIAM CLAYTON
IPC: G08B5/40
Filed: 1911-04-10
Granted: 1912-04-10
Abstract: 8941. Joel, W. Clayton-. April 10. Actuating. -Relates to improvements in a device for automatically lighting and extinguishing one or more gas-burners, in which a pivoted box enclosing a see-saw valve such as 41 and a ball 35 mounted freely thereon is oscillated by the rising and falling movement of a loaded gas-container, which, as the valve rocks to and fro, is alternately connected to the main gas-supply pipe 3 and burner 5 as the openings 26 or 27 are uncovered. The gas-container is in the form of a loaded bag 12, and the rod 18 upstanding therefrom is attached to a lug 21 on the valve-box, the lug having a number of holes 22 for varying the duration of the times of lighting. When the burner port 27 is closed by the valve, gas passes into the valve-box through the pipe 3 and port 26 and thence through a port and pipe 6 to the gas-bag 12. The bag is inflated until it rises sufficiently to rock the box 31 about a pivot 9 to oscillate the valve and close the inlet port 26. Under the action of a weight 16. the gas-bag deflates and the gas therein passes into the valve-box and out through the port 27 connected to the burner, until the valve is again oscillated and the action reversed. An additional port leading to a second burner may be provided close to the inlet port 26, whereby the two burners are lighted and extinguished alternately. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that four gasholders, or any multiple thereof, may be used, the upper end of each pair of gas bells being attached to the outer ends of a rocking lever. In a further modification, gas may be admitted to one or more of a cluster of lights by a disk which is free to turn upon the pin upon which the valve-box or rocking lever oscillates. The disk is rotated by links and levers from the rocking lever, whereby ports of the disk register with ports in a second disk communicating with the burners.