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Patent GB-191121330-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Automatic Feed Mechanism for Machines Operating on Short Lengths of Wire.
IPC: B21F23/00
Filed: 1911-09-27
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 21,330. Milward & Sons, H., and Bartleet, G. Sept. 27. Blanks, transferring.-Apparatus for feeding short lengths of wire to machines such as fishhook barbing machines &c. comprises a hopper with an inclined bottom and shoot, and one or more rocking or oscillating disks or rollers which project partly into the hopper and are arranged so that the underside of the top plate of the shoot is tangential to them. The hopper is of skeleton-like form with a vertical side or guide plate b. and a bed-plate a<2>, which carries fixed and adjustable bottom rails and a vertical standard a<3> having a slide c carrying the top plate c<2>, c<3> of the shoot d. The slide is adjustable so that the distance between the top and bottom plates of the shoot d can be regulated to suit the size or diameter of the wires. The lower part c<2> of a cranked arm c' carried by the slide c constitutes part of the top plate of the shoot d, and the other part c' is carried by a sleeve c' adjustable on the arm c'. Each part c<2>, c<3> is provided with a disk or roller e carried by a spindle f which is rocked by an eccentric or cam g bearing on a roller h at the end of an arm l. When the rollers are rocked towards the hopper, the pressure of the upper layers of wires is taken off the bottom layer, which then falls into position at the upper end of the shoot to be fed forward on the motion of the rollers in the opposite direction. A blast of air from a pipe s is directed along the bottom of the hopper towards the shoot d to prevent the bottom layer of wires from sticking. The horizontal bedplate a<2> is mounted on a ball-and-socket joint r in a part p which is secured to the table of the machine. When the machine is to feed one size of wires only, the top-plate of the shoot may be fixed.
Patent GB-191203050-A (GB)
Title: Breech Mechanism for Machine-guns.
Inventor: SCHWARZLOSE ANDREAS WILHELM
IPC: F41A19/34
Filed: 1912-02-06
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 3050. Schwarzlose, A. W. Feb. 6, 1911, [Convention date]. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to automatic breech mechanism in which the firing-pin continues to recoil after the breech block has been arrested, and consists in adapting the firing-pin on recoil to move transversely and engage a shoulder on the breech-block, from which it is dislodged on the return motion, and, engaging an inclined slot in the breechblock, rotates the latter, and finally cocks itself upon the end of the slot. Firing is effected by a sear-rod which can be rotated into one of three positions for continuous firing, firing single shots, or safety. The firing-pin b, Fig. 2, recoils with the breech-block v, which is first rotated to disengage its lugs w from the barrel l in any suitable manner. The recoil of the breech - block is arrested when the cartridge opening p has been uncovered, but the firing- pin v continues to recoil owing to its momentum and is deflected by the projection h<3> at the end of its travel to bring its shoulder b into engagement with the breech-block v. As the firing- pin is urged forward by the return spring f, it pushes the breech-block before it. The latter, just before the end of its travel, receives a slight rotation from the wedge surfaces l<1> of the barrel, whereupon the shoulder b<2> of the firing-pin slips from the end of the breechblock, and, travelling down the wedge surface of the slot v<3>, rotates the breech - block into interlocking engagement with the barrel, finally cocking itself upon the end v<4> of the slot v<3> with its bevelled end b<3> immediately above the stud h<4> on the casing h. The sear a carries a projection a<1>, which is forced upwards by the stud h<4> and lifts the firing-pin out of engagement with the breech-block, whereupon the sear is pressed forwards against the action of the return spring f. The firing-pin is then driven forward by the spring f and fires the shot. Continuous firing is obtained by rotating the sear to the left, Fig. 3, and maintaining it in its forward position. The firing-pin is thereby automatically raised by impact with the incline a<7> of the projection a<1> after the automatic execution of each loading operation. If the sear is rotated to the right and advanced, the firing-pin is released as before, but, when it again reaches the firing position after recoil, its notch b<5> slides over the stud a<1>, and firing can only be effected by releasing and again pressing forward the sear a. For safety, the sear is rotated so that the projection a<1> points vertically upwards, and engages with its nose a heel on the firing-pin in such a manner that the pin cannot be forced upwards. A modification is described in which the sear a carries two firing-studs a<1> arranged at opposite ends of a diameter.
Patent GB-191204371-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for Making Cocks or Stacks of Hay.
Inventor: ACHESON JAMES BERRYHILL
IPC: A01D85/00
Filed: 1912-02-21
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 4371. Acheson, J. B. Feb. 21. Crops, cut, stacking.-In a machine for making haycocks in which a mould, capable of being inverted to deposit its contents, is mounted on a wheeled frame. the mould a, of spheroidal shape, is formed in halves hinged together at c<1> and provided with stays a<1> and a band b<1> at the bottom, the halves being secured together by the engagement of bolts d with staples d<1>. The mould a is mounted on trunnions g, one of which is secured to a pulley h to which are connected two ropes i, i<1> which are wound round and secured to a pulley l operable by a handle l<1> ; or the turning may be effected by a windlass. When the mould has been inverted for filling purposes, the halves are separated, after removal of the bolts d from the staples d<1>, and the mould filled and pressed down by hand. The halves are then drawn together by a rope m suspended from a rod q and operated by a man standing on a ladder p mounted on supports p<1>. Rods n are then placed in position over the mouth of the mould to engage pins l<11> thereon and to hold the hay securely therein. For loading or transport purposes, wheels x are carried by studs on arms r carried by the frame f and supported by links r<1> on the wheel axle .s and connecting-rods t which are actuated, to raise or lower the wheels, by a crank t<1> operated by a handle v.
Patent GB-191204618-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for Automatic Supply of Gas Intended to Furnish Hot and Cold Water at any Distance, and at Will, for Domestic Use of any kind, Baths and Wherever it may be Necessary, by Using only One Cock and One Conduit.
Inventor: NICOUD JEAN DOMINIQUE
IPC: F24H9/20
Filed: 1912-02-23
Granted: 1913-03-25
Abstract: 4618. Nicoud, J. D. Feb. 23. Valves controlled from a distance.-Gasvalves for water-heaters are arranged to be opened when the water-cock is partly opened, the gas-supply valve being closed when the water-cock is closed or fully opened. The device is arranged as shown in Fig. 1. When the water-supply tap of the geyser is partly turned on, the water pressure above the piston 11 is reduced, and the piston and spindle 14 attached thereto are lifted. Pistons 12, 13 are also attached to the spindle 14, and normally close the passages 4, 5 leading to the gas-valve operating-piston 22, 25. When the spindle lifts, as described above, part of the water under pressure which enters the inlet 3 is free to pass to the piston 22, 25, which lifts and opens the gas-valve 19 of the burners through a rod 21. If the water-supply tap is fully opened, the disk 11 lifts the spindle sufficiently ''to cause the piston 13 to close the passage 4 from beneath, and stop the supply of pressure water to the gas-valve operating-piston, which drops, the gas-valve then closing. The water is discharged through the passage 16, which also serves to allow the escape of any leakage past the valve 12 through the passage 26 when the valves are closed.
Patent GB-191206609-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Threading Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: MATTHEWS HARRY
IPC: D03J3/04
Filed: 1912-03-18
Granted: 1912-04-18
Abstract: 6609. Matthews, H. March 18. Weavers' shuttlethreaders. -A device for threading shuttles, of the kind consisting of a rubber bulb A and a nozzle B, has the nozzle rounded off at the end, and has a button C provided on the bulb opposite the nozzle to serve as a rest for the thumb when squeezing the bulb and to provide a means for attaching the device to the person. The button also serves to stiffen the bulb. The device may thread by suction or by blowing.
Patent GB-191207166-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Attaching Edges of Boards with Dowels.
Inventor: TRACY PAUL
IPC: B27F4/00
Filed: 1912-03-23
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 7166. Tracy, P., and Dingwall, T. E. March 23. Dowelling.-In a dowelling-machine of the type wherein the resistance applied to cause the dowels to penetrate yields when the penetration has been effected, the boards so joined are arranged to be moved along the bed of the machine to leave room for the insertion of another board. The travel of the boards is produced by a reciprocating fence 3, Fig. 1, worked by a pin 4 on a wheel 5, which pin also works a slide 19 in a magazine 18 of dowels, which are raised one at a time to the position shown. Any number of such magazines may be used. As the board 9 advances, it rocks the slide 19 clear of a supporting catch 23 and allows it to drop ready to bring up another dowel. Resistance to the pressure of the board 9 is provided by a fence 10 in front of the board 8 and connected to a chain 11 gearing with wheels 12, 13. The wheel 12 is braked at a suitable part of the stroke by the action of a cam on the wheel 5 and levers 17. When the wheel 12 is released, both boards 8, 9 are traversed together to the limit of the travel of the fence 3, which then recedes, leaving space for another board to be put in. This process may be repeated until the fence 10 has travelled to the extreme right hand side of the machine. Pressure is applied to the boards by a weighted bar 30 worked from a treadle 28, and this pressure may if desired be arranged to hold the board 8 during penetration, the fence 10 and braking arrangement being dispensed with. Or the inertia of the wheel 12 may be relied on for the same purpose. Fig. 2 shows the magazine for holding the dowels and the groove-ended slide 19. In a machine modified for joining vertically-placed boards, the slide feeding the dowels works horizontally and is magnetized to hold the dowel on its end.
Patent GB-191207363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Governing Mechanism for Centrifugal Compressors Operating in Parallel.
IPC: F04D27/02
Filed: 1912-03-26
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 7363. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 26. Regulating; impellers in parallel.-A number of centrifugal compressors, one of which is shown, are arranged to deliver through pipes 3, 4, 5 into a common main 2, each compressor having its own regulating - devices, and the regulating-devices being controlled by a single actuator. The actuator consists of a shaft 16, which may be rotated by a hand-wheel 20, or by a pressure-responsive device. The regulator for the compressor 1 consists of a butterfly valve 7 in the suction pipe 6, operated by a cam 10 through a rod 9 and a crank 8. The cam 10, which is shaped to suit the particular compressor, is mounted on a shaft 11, which is turned by the shaft 16 through intermediate gearing 12, 14, 15. The hub of the wheel 15 is clamped to the shaft 16 by screws 18 so that the angular position is readily adjustable. The rod 9 is adjustable in length and has a spring-pressed yielding section. An adjustable stop 23 on it acts on a lever 22 to open a blow-off valve 21 in the delivery pipe to prevent surgings at low outputs. The regulators 7 and the cams 10 may be selected to suit the particular compressor of the set and may be adjusted independently of the other regulators operated by the shaft 16.
Patent GB-191212894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Boring and Turning Lathes.
Inventor: WATCHORN ERNEST
IPC: B23B3/06
Filed: 1912-06-01
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 12,894. Watchorn, E. June 1. Lathes.-The headstock of a boring and surfacing lathe is provided with trunnions O, Fig. 1, to permit the headstock to be turned to the position shown in Fig. 4 for turning large diameter work, or for convenience in mounting work upon the face - plate. By clamping the headstock in an intermediate position, bevel and like wheels may be turned. The spindle is driven by a worm on a shaft passing through the trunnions and screw - geared to the cone pulley shaft. A shaft T, driven through reversing-bevels, drives a worm-wheel on one of the trunnions to effect the swivelling. The headstock is clamped in the normal position by a lug and shackle A'.
Patent GB-191215815-A (GB)
Title: Bank Cheques, Fraud Preventing Device for, and the like.
Inventor: SPARKES ARTHUR WILLIAM
IPC: B42D15/00
Filed: 1912-07-06
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 15,815. Sparkes, A. W. July 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Cheques, drafts, &c. - Cheques &c. are provided with a row of figures a along the top border to indicate pounds, a row b along the bottom border to indicate shillings, and a space c for writing in the pence. The value of the cheque is indicated by punching out all the figures but those required. Spaces d are provided for indicating whether the cheque is crossed. The figures may be in perforated spaces, and may be outlined by a design
Patent GB-191217958-A (GB)
Title: Flour for Making Cakes, Puddings, Pastries and the like, without the Addition of Milk, Eggs, Yeast, Salt or Sugar.
Inventor: LASK JOSEPH COHEN
IPC: A23L9/10
Filed: 1912-08-03
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 17,958. Lask, J. C., and Lask, J. C. Aug. 3. Food preparations. - A composition for making cakes, puddings, pastries, &c. by the addition of water, consists of wheat flour, potato flour, dried milk, egg-substitute powder, acid calcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, sugar, salt, and dried fruit essence.
Patent GB-191222103-A (GB)
Title: Improved Corset.
Inventor: GEBAUER JOSEPH
IPC: A41C1/00
Filed: 1912-09-28
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 22,103. Gebauer, J. Sept. 28. Corsets are provided with an elastic waist part 1, and bust and hip portions of flexible stays 2, 5, the ends of which are joined by tapes 3, 6. The back portions of the bust and hip parts are provided with cross elastic tapes 4, 7.
Patent GB-191222534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Covering of Electric Conductors with Plastic Material.
Inventor: SMITH WILLOUGHBY STATHAM
IPC: B29C48/06
Filed: 1912-10-03
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 22,534. Smith, W. S., and Shuter, A. D. Oct. 3. [Addition to 16,542/11.] Moulding electric conductors.-In forming electric conductors with longitudinal spaces or tunnels according to the process described in the parent Specification, a fluid dielectric such as paraffin wax, which will subsequently solidify, is forced into the tunnels, instead of air.
Patent GB-191224764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Shafts for Coal Mines and the like.
Inventor: HARRIS THOMAS EDWARD
IPC: E21D5/04
Filed: 1912-10-29
Granted: 1913-10-29
Abstract: 24,764. Harris, T. E. Oct. 29. Shafts.-Mine - shaft linings are built of bricks formed with converging sides and provided with a semicircular projection B on the top surface and a correspondingly-shaped recess c on the bottom surface. The bricks are tightened where necessary by wooden wedges driven in between the vertical joints, no mortar being used.
Patent GB-191225152-A (GB)
Title: Mowing and Reaping Machines.
Inventor: NEUMANN GUSTAV
IPC: A01D34/03
Filed: 1912-11-02
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 25,152. Neumann, G. Nov. 2. Reaping and mowing machines.-A machine for cutting crops comprises an obliquely and resiliently mounted cutting - blade, curved steel prongs to protect the cutter and divide the crop, and a curved plate to move the cut crop to one side or on to a binder. The body of the machine consists of upper and lower pointed frames a connected together and to a hinged or removable rod band the axle c. A draught animal is yoked to the machine by means of hooks d and lugs e. The knife l is removably fastened to rods k passing freely through supporting-arms h, i and surrounded by springs m which are adjustable by means of nuts o and which are strengthened against lateral bending by the rods k. The arms h, i also support the curved discharge plate n. They are connected together by a bar p, and may be raised and lowered by means of a lever r and rod q. The angle of the cutter is regulated by adjusting the length of the arms i. The curved steel prongs t are pivotally mounted in a bar s, and are all adjusted simultaneously by moving a bar z, to which their cranked ends are connected. Both sides of the machine may be provided with cutting-apparatus &c.
Patent GB-191226187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Road-pavings.
Inventor: RAPPAPORT LEON
IPC: E01C5/12
Filed: 1912-11-14
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 26,187. Rappaport, L. Nov. 14. Block paving.-Relates to road paving of the kind comprising paving-blocks formed of pieces of stone united by a suitable binding-medium, the blocks being covered, and the spaces between them filled, with the same binding-medium that is employed in making the blocks. The invention consists in forming the blocks of a single kind of stone. The stone employed is preferably granite basalt, or porphyry, and the binding-medium tar, bitumen, or asphalt.
Patent GB-191300731-A (GB)
Title: Process for Converting Mineral Hydrocarbons (Petroleum and the like) into Oils having a Lower Boiling Point.
Inventor: ZERNING HERMANN
IPC: C10L1/04
Filed: 1913-01-09
Granted: 1914-02-09
Abstract: 731. Zerning, H. Jan. 9. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Oils and spirits for burning.-Mineral oil and other hydrocarbons are converted into lighter products suitable for use as fuel for internalcombustion engines by treatment, preferably under pressure, with the gases or vapours obtained as a final product when water and hydrocarbon are injected into a pipe or other receptacle heated to 300-400‹ C., and the vapours led through dark red hot pipes, and then into a cooler to condense oil, tarry matter, and water. The proportions preferred are one of water to from six to ten of hydrocarbon. The gases may be stored and passed through the oil as desired.
Patent GB-191302152-A (GB)
Title: Devices for Electrocuting Animals.
Inventor: SMITH HUNTINGTON
IPC: A01M23/38
Filed: 1913-01-27
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 2152. Smith, H. Feb. 3, 1912, [Convention date]. Electric killing-appliances.-An apparatus for electrocuting animals, especially dogs, comprises an insulated double-walled box 1, 2 having a conducting-plate 28 in the floor and a collar 25 or like movable attachment for securing to the animal, the circuit being completed on closing the door 6 of the box. The inner box 2 has an open top and the outer box a glass cover 14 and supporting-legs 10. Insulating-blocks 16, 19 are interposed between the walls. The door 6 is swung on vertical hinges and when it is closed, a low-tension circuit is completed between the wires 31, 32 by the spring contacts 29, 30. The high-tension leads 36, 37 are connected respectively to a top bar 22 and to the bottom plate 28. The collar 25 is attached to a balanced chain 24 passing round a pulley on the bar 22. When using the apparatus, the animal is placed in the box and the collar 25 secured in position. The door is then closed, thereby completing the low-tension circuit and by the action of a transformer sending a hightension current through the animal.
Patent GB-191305515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shock Absorbers or Spring Attachments for the Main Springs of Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: BAGULEY ERNEST EDWIN
IPC: B60G11/36
Filed: 1913-03-05
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 5515. Baguley, E. E. March 5. Composite springs; dash-pots; connexions and attachments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs.-Relates to shockabsorbers or shackles for use in conjunction with laminar vehicle springs, and of the kind in which a spring h is arranged between an inverted cup-shaped member a connected with the end of the frame-spring, or dumb-iron, and a piston g sliding in the cup-member and connected by a rod e and pin k with the axle spring extremity. The invention consists in providing a U-shaped strap b which embraces the cup-member a and has its lower extremities connected by a pin c with the end of the frame spring or dumb-iron. The cup-member may contain thick grease or oil. A recoil spring i is arranged between the underside of the piston and a shallow cup j carried on the pin c. The outside of the cup a is provided with projecting lugs a', as shown in plan in Fig. 4, to confine the strap b.
Patent GB-191306161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Finely Divided Metallic Copper.
IPC: B22F9/24
Filed: 1913-03-12
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 6161. Craig, T. J. I., and Spence & Sons, P. March 12. Copper, obtaining.-Finely-divided copper is precipitated from a solution formed at a copper anode, by a reducing-agent which is continnally regenerated at the cathode. A suitable electrolyte contains 6 per cent of titanic snlphate and 6 per cent of sulphuric acid. Complete reduction of the titanium salt can be ensured by passing current to the cathode in addition to that entering through the copper anode. The cathode may be of lead, and may be constituted by the cell; its surface may be twenty times as large as the anode surface, at which the current density may be 30 to 40 amperes per square foot. The electrolyte may be kept in motion.
Patent GB-191311387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tubes for Cap Spinning and Twisting Frames and the like.
Inventor: TANKARD JAMES MARSLAND
IPC: D01H1/06
Filed: 1913-05-15
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 11,387. Tankard, J. M., and Speight, H. C. May 15. Spindle apparatus.-Springs a, adapted to grip the interior of the bobbins by centrifugal force, are arranged along the sides of, or in recesses in, the tubes of cap spindles and their lower ends project into a cavity h formed in or on the wharl. The lower ends of the springs may be weighted and they may be serrated in order more firmly to grip the bobbins and to prevent them from rising.
Patent GB-191313336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Systems of Hot Water Circulation.
Inventor: WHEELER ALFRED ERNEST
IPC: F24D3/10
Filed: 1913-06-09
Granted: 1914-06-09
Abstract: 13,336. Wheeler, A. E. June 9. Heating by circulation of fluids.-In hot-water heating-systems, the flow pipe from the boiler is connected to the distributing-pipe .by a tube with openings or branches communicating with the expansion tank.. The tube may be formed by an arrangement of partitions in the expansion tank. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement in which the flow pipe b and distributing-pipe d are connected by a perforated pipe g passing through the expansion tank c. Various arrangements of the pipe g are described, in some of which the perforations are replaced by slots, or spaces between different sections of tube. In the form shown in Fig. 9, the tube is furmed by partitions k, l in the tank and a cover m. The partition l is perforated. In the form shown in Fig. 11, the pipes b, d open into the tank c and are connected by a pipe n outside the tank.
Patent GB-191318939-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Detecting Heat Radiations.
Inventor: MACH LUDWIG
IPC: G01J5/08
Filed: 1913-08-20
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 18,939. Mach, L. Aug. 21, 1912, [Convention date]. Thermometers. - A device for detecting thermal radiations, applicable for detecting the proximity of icebergs, consists of a thermopile mounted at the focus of a concave mirror, which has a large diameter and a focal length not exceeding twice the diameter of the mirror, and is fixed in a rotatable heat - insulated tube. The thermopile T is supported by three wires stretched at angles of 120 degrees. The wider end of the tube is closed by a thin celluloid plate.