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Patent GB-191123115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window-fastenings.
Inventor: SCHIEFFERDECKER GEORG
IPC: E05C7/04
Filed: 1911-10-19
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 23,115. Schiefferdecker, G. Oct. 19. Multiple fastenings for windows.-Relates to fastenings for casement and like windows, of the type in which a tongue mounted at the edge of one sash is moved to engage with one end the window frame and with its edge the other sash. The tongue b is mounted on a pair of pivoted levers u, v, and is moved longitudinally by sliding the handle n, linked thereto by a double-armed lever; the accompanying lateral motion locking the sashes. The upper lever v is extended backwards and operates a sliding bolt y, which shoots into a socket z in the upper frame of the window.
Patent GB-191202348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Drying of Articles Moulded from Clay, or other Wet Material, more especially intended for use in connection with the Drying of Multiple Channel Conduits for Electrical Conductors.
Inventor: LAWTON ROBERT
IPC: F26B21/00
Filed: 1912-01-29
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 2348. Lawton, R. Jan. 29. Drying bricks &c.-In order to prevent articles of unequal thickness made from clay or other wet material from cracking while drying, a protector or shield is applied to the parts where there is a smaller amount of clay. The protector may be supplemented by the application of a damp or water-containing piece in the neighbourhood of the protected parts. Conduits for electrical conductors, to which the invention is specially applicable, may be placed socket end uppermost on the drying-floor and shielded by an inverted box or frame b covering the end of the socket flange. Within the socket may be placed a damp piece e, or a piece containing water. The damp piece c is preferably a piece of damp clay originally moulded as an extension of the spigot end of the conduit, the webs being removed.
Patent GB-191203515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Loading of Field Guns.
Inventor: DEPORT ALBERT JOSEPH
IPC: F41A9/00
Filed: 1911-07-22
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 3515. Deport, A. J. March 7, 1911, [Convention date]. Field carriages; loading-appliances.-Relates tn elevating-gear and loading-appiances for guns which have a fixed loading elevation. The invention consists (a) in providing a clamp I, Fig. 2, whereby the gun-cradle N is, at will, connected to, or disconnected from, the elevating - gear sector F, so that the gun may be quickly moved from the firing to the loading position, and vice versa; and (b) in pivoting a guide K for a projectile carrier L, to one of the trail beams B. The pivot J is inclined. as shown in Fig. 4, so that the guide, when swung aside, will assume the position shown in dotted lines, ready to receive another projectile. The guide K is curved, and in the loading position is concentric with the training- pivot of the gun.
Patent GB-191207814-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Rotary Harrow.
Inventor: EVANS WILLIAM CAREL
IPC: A01B33/02
Filed: 1912-04-01
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 7814. Evans, W. C., Clements, R., and Hall, H. April 1. Harrows.-In a rotary harrow in which the harrow roller is driven through countershafts from the main driving-wheels, the countershafts 55, Figs. 2 and 3, are mounted in brackets 37 on the framework 10 so as to lie above the axles 18 of the wheels 11, and the harrow roller 58 is driven from the shafts 55 by chains 60. The countershafts are driven through toothed gearing 40, 56 and clutch mechanism -43 from the axle 18, the clutch being operated by a hand-lever 48 and fork 45. A spring holds the lever 48 in engagement with one or the other of two notches 52 in a plate 53. The roller is carried by bearing-boxes 22, which are acted on by springs 79 and have vertical rods 23 which pass through guideplates 24 on the inner faces of the brackets 20. The releasing - levers 26 pass through slots in the rods 23 and are operated by links 29 and cranks 31 from a shaft 32 provided with a hand-lever 34 working over a quadrant 36. A roller 66 carried by a spring arm 167 keeps the chain 60 taut. Cables 61 extend from the boxes 22 and pass over pulleys carried by the frame 10 to pulleys 63 on a shaft 64 fitted with a handlever 65, so that the roller can be lifted from the ground. A hood 75 suspended by arms 76 protects the mechanism from dirt &c. The harrow roller may consist of a number of longitudinal angle - bars 68, Fig. 5, carrying spikes 69, held in place by lock-nuts 70. Two short rollers, or a roller extending entirely across the machine, may be used. The harrow rollers may be driven by rack - wheels 73 on brackets 72 on the wheel 11 gearing with wheels at the outer ends of the rollers.
Patent GB-191211449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Composing or Preparing Record-strips or Controllers for Automatic Type Casting and similar Machines.
IPC: B41B25/00
Filed: 1912-05-14
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 11,449. Lanston Monotype Corporation, [Lanston Monotype Machine Co.]. May 14. Strip-perforating machines.-Relates to the guides for the punches and punch-bars of machines for perforating record strips or controllers for type-casting and similar machines. The parts are shown as applied to the machine described in Specification 17,199/08, wherein punches 1 pivoted on punch-bars 2 are reciprocated to perforate a record strip fed over a bar 3. The guide for the punches 1 comprises two similar parts A<1>, A<2>, either or both of which may be detachable, and each having a series of semicylindrical guide-grooves for accommodating the punches. In the construction shown, the part A<2> only is detachable being secured by screws to the part A<1>. When the part A<2> is removed, any punch 1 can be turned down about its pivot for inspection, and, by raising its punch-bar 2, can be detached from the machine. The guide for the punch-bars 2 is similarly made in two parts B<1>, B<2>, the part B<1> being conveniently secured to projections on the part A<1>. A bar B<3> is provided with guide grooves or fingers for the punch-bars. Specifications 15,546/06 and 20,934/07 are referred to.
Patent GB-191218595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pencil Sharpeners.
Inventor: FANSLOW BENJAMIN OTTO
IPC: B43L23/00
Filed: 1912-08-13
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 18,595. Fanslow, B. O. Aug. 18, 1911, [Convention date]. Pencil - sharpeners.- In a pencil-sharpening machine of the kind in which the pencil is clamped and intermittently rotated in the path of a reciprocating cutting - device, the cutter is in the form of a circular disk, a stone is provided for automatically sharpening the cutter during the pencilsharpening operation, and the pencil is held in an adjustable rotary holder carried bv one of the removable plates of the casing. The cutter 35, Fig. 7, is mounted at one end of a plunger 6, which is reciprocated in the casing 1 against and under the influence of a spring 9. The head 31 of the plunger is extended laterally so as to be guided in grooves in the walls of the casing, and carries on a pin 39 near one end of the extension a slotted pawl 37, which is adapted to strike against an abutment 42 at the bottom of the casing when the plunger reaches its lowest point, and so drives a ratchet-wheel 34 arranged at the back of the cutter, giving an intermittent rotary movement to the cutter. The extension of the plunger head also carries on a pin 49 a slotted plate 46, Fig. 8, bearing the sharpening-stone 47 for the cutter. During the reciprocation of the plunger the plate 46 strikes against an abutment 45 at the bottom of the casing and also against the top of the casing, the stone 47 thus making one reciprocation across the cutter during one reciprocation of the plunger. The casing itself comprises removable front and back plates, the former being shaped into a convexed tapering portion 12, Fig. 8, in order to carry the pencilholder. The portion 12 is made of resilient material so that, by tightening a screw 21, the pencil-point can be brought nearer the path of the cutter. The pencil 71 is held in its holder 60 by means of a conical sleeve 66, Fig. 9, adapted to receive a resilient pencil-clamp 69, which is made to grip the pencil either by forcing the clamp downwards in the sleeve, or by forcing downwards a wedge arranged between the clamp and the sleeve, the clamp itself or the wedge being actuated by a lever 76. The sleeve 66 carries a ratchet-wheel 67 which receives an intermittent motion from a spring pawl 62, Fig. 8, mounted on a lever 58 on the plate 12, the ends of the lever 58 being struck in turn by a V-shaped arm 56 carried by the reciprocating plunger head. At one impact the pawl 62 slides over the teeth of the wheel 67, but moves the wheel forward with the reverse impact. In order to indicate when the pencilholder has made one complete revolution, a pin x is carried either by the clamp 69, Fig. 9, or by the wedge arranged between the clamp and the sleeve 66.
Patent GB-191219735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Grinding and Polishing Machines.
Inventor: BOEHRINGER GEORG
IPC: B24B27/00
Filed: 1912-08-29
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 19,735. B÷hringer, G. Aug. 29. Flat extended surfaces, treating.-A grinding and polishing machine suitable for use upon stone of various kinds comprises a revolving grinding-head g carried in a linked supporting- arm system a, c, its movement over the stone being directed by a link l carried by a slide m moved to and fro in one direction by a rotating disk o and link n. The slide and disk are carried by a second slide p which is moved to and fro in a direction at right-angles to that of the first slide, so that the grinding-head travels in a succession of parallel zigzags over the work.
Patent GB-191219837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Cisterns.
Inventor: WILKS GEORGE
IPC: E03D1/08
Filed: 1912-08-30
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 19,837. Wilks, G. Aug. 30. Siphon-discharge water-waste preventers.-An air-pipe s leads from the top of the fixed siphon bell c nearly to the bottom of the cistern. A float valve t is situated at the lower end, and opens to admit air to stop the discharge when the float z ceases to be supported by the water. The siphon is started on the ascent of an annular piston f.
Patent GB-191224154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: H01R33/955
Filed: 1912-10-22
Granted: 1913-10-22
Abstract: 24,154. Lake, W. E., [Jaeger Geb.]. Oct. 22. H o l d e r s with switches. In a pull or push switch, a ratchetwheel k having teeth on its periphery is rotated to engage two contact-springs m by a pawl g, which is pressed against the wheel by a spring f surrounding the pull or push member, the torsion of the spring f swinging the pawl about the pull or push axis into the actuating position. In the form shown, the pawl g has a disk-shaped base and moves with a pull-chain d in a diametral channel c in a porcelain or like block a. The spring f has one end fixed in a recess in the pawl, and the other in an outlet tube h. A curved slot r in the channel c guides the pawl. The wheel k is mounted on an eccentric axis parallel to the axis of the holder. In other forms, a push-button may be mounted in the channel which may be closed at one end and need not be central, and the end of the spring f may embrace the pawl.
Patent GB-191225942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Files.
Inventor: DENLEY WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B23D73/00
Filed: 1912-11-12
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 25,942. Denley, W. H., and Makin, B. Nov. 12. Milling-cutters for cutting teeth on file blanks in gangs are built up in sections as shown in the Figure to provide for varying the length to suit the file blanks to be cut.
Patent GB-191226899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Regulation of Electric Rotary Converters.
IPC: H02K47/02
Filed: 1912-11-22
Granted: 1913-12-22
Abstract: 26,899. British Thomson - Houston Co., and Whitaker, F. P. Nov. 22. Rotary converters.-In rotary converters combined with alternating or direct current boosters, the commutating-pole field is varied so that almost correct compensation is obtained at all loads irrespective of the booster voltage. In one arrangement, the field resistance of the booster and a diverter resistance in parallel with the commutating-pole winding are simultaneously varied by mechanically or electrically interlocking the resistance switches. In a modification, an additional commutating-pole winding h, Fig. 2, is connected in series or parallel with the booster field winding and a resistance e in parallel or series respectively with the winding h is varied in accordance with the load. In other arrangements, the diverter resistance c is controlled by contactor switches, the solenoids of which are energized in accordance with the booster field current, Fig. 4, the booster field voltage, the booster voltage, or a combination of the booster voltage and the voltage of the transformer feeding the converter.
Patent GB-191228955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calendars.
Inventor: WEBB VICTOR WALTER
IPC: B42D5/04
Filed: 1913-07-07
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 28,955. Webb, V. W. July 7, 1913. Date indicators. - A tear-off date indicator comprises a member B, Fig. 1, carrying a dateblock for a portion of the year only, as well as letterpress and an illustration; the member is detachably secured to the illustrated main-card or base-plate shown by means of hooks and eyes C, D, or press-buttons, Fig. 4. The main card carries an advertisement, and it is intended that the firm issuing it shall keep the customer supplied with fresh members B to be attached thereto as the various periods covered by the date-blocks expire. The sheets of the date-block may carry the letterpress and illustrations.
Patent GB-191301164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Grinding Machines.
Inventor: KUENDIG GOTTLIEB
IPC: B24B49/18
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 1164. K³ndig, G. Jan. 16, 1912, [Convention date]. [Addition to 8939/11.] Driving and feed devices.-Relates to a modification of the grinding - machine feed - device claimed in the parent Specification, and comprises means for automatically adjusting the grinder instead of the table to compensate for the wear of the grinder. The grinder 4, Fig. 1, is carried on a counterbalanced slide 18 carrying a rack 17 and a friction pawl 22 engaging the slide bed and preventing downward movement of the slide. Feeler arms 6 are mounted on the machine frame, and are positioned to be on a level with the top of the grinder. When the grinder wears, the feeler arms are depressed by the work and partly rotate a shaft 8 carrying a spring-pulled arm 9 and an arm 11 carrying a friction pawl 12 engaging a friction wheel 13. On the removal of the work and consequent release of the feeler arms, the spring 15 pulls down the arm 9 and causes the pawl 12 to rotate the friction wheel 13 and gear-wheel 14; the latter is in engagement with the rack 17 and consequently raises the grinder - carrying slide. In a modification, Fig. 3, the feeler arms 27 slide in vertical guides 28 and carry racks 29 engaging toothed segments 30, each toothed segment having an extension 32 carrying a friction pawl 37, which on the release of the feeler arm and segment rotates a friction wheel 35 carrying a pinion engaging the rack 36 on the grinder slide and thereby raises the grinder.
Patent GB-191301215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting Jacks.
Inventor: DUCROT MARY
IPC: B66F13/00
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 1215. Ducrot, M. Jan. 20, 1912, [Convention date]. Jacks.-In a lifting-jack in which the movement of a screwed rod or other operating- member is transmitted to the lifting-member by means of balls, rollers, or oval bodies enclosed in a guide-tube, the operating-member is mounted in a sleeve adapted to be easily connected to, and disconnected from, the guidetube; and the jack is furnished with means for altering its initial height. Fig. 1 shows one construction of jack according to the invention in which the curved tube 1 containing the lifting-member at one end is filled up with balls 3, which are maintained therein by an internal collar or other suitable means fitted at the other end of the tube. A sleeve 6 carrying the nut for a screwed operating-rod is secured detachably to the tube 1 by a bayonet-joint. The handle 8 for operating the rod is adapted to fold into the position shown in dotted lines when not in use. A sleeve 9 covers the part of the operating-rod projecting beyond the casing 6. The operating-rod may be positioned so as to raise the unloaded lifting-member to any desired extent when the bayonet - joint attachment is made. A tube 10 carrying a lifting-foot is fitted at the upper end of the hollow lifting-member, which contains a pushbar 5. A hollow thimble is shown which is inserted between the head of the bar 5 and the top of the tube 10 for initial adjustment of the bar. By turning the thimble end for end, two different adjustments are obtained.
Patent GB-191308205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Production of Transfer Designs and such like on Paper or the like for Transfer Printing.
IPC: B44C1/17
Filed: 1913-04-08
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 8205. Briggs & Co., W., and Abercrombie, C. M. April 8. Transfers. - Relates to the production of transfers in one or more colours, such as are transferable by heat to fabrics &c., and consists in printing the designs in a colourless or slightly tinted medium, and dusting over coloured resin or like powder. The paper, after being treated to prevent adhesion of the resin powder subsequently to be applied, is printed by a letterpress, lithographic, or offset machine with a design in a medium consisting of tint or gloss white, treacle, resin, and turpentine, with or without the addition of a small amount of colour, and lithographic varnish or terebene to reduce it to the required fluidity. The design is dusted over with a powder consisting of resin, beeswax, and French chalk coloured with a suitable aniline dye. The paper is then heated by a hot iron or roller to melt and fix the resin colour. In producing designs in several colours, the sheet is dusted and heated after each separate impression. In producing designs in many colours, some of the minor tints can be printed in resin colours on the prior dusted impression, or covered with clear resin powder. In a modification, one or several impressions in printing-ink may be superposed on the dusted impressions, and the transfer dusted with clear resin to enable it to be transferred. In producing a transfer in one colour only, a web of paper may be passed successively through a rotary letterpress machine, a powdering- machine, and a dusting-machine, over a hot iron to fix the resin, and finally is wound on a reel.
Patent GB-191308635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Roasting Furnaces for Ores and the like.
Inventor: GABRIELLI CHARLES
IPC: F27B9/24
Filed: 1913-04-12
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 8635. Gabrielli, C. April 13, 1912, [Convention date]. Roasting - furnaces; hearths; charges, agitating.-An ore-roasting furnace, of the type having a continuous helical hearth and a central rotary shaft carrying stirring-arms adapted to be raised or lowered f r o m t h e hearth, is provided with a hearth composed of stepped horizontal sectors 6 connected by helical surfaces 7, the slope of which does not exceed thirty-five degrees. Hollow watercooled stirring-arms 9 are carried by a rotary shaft 8 having projections 20 engaging a groove 21 in a block 22, the groove being so formed that when the shaft descends the arms 9 are kept in contact with the hearth. When the shaft reaches the bottom of its travel its rotation is stopped, and the block 22 is raised by the screw 27, lifting the arms 9 from the hearth. The shaft 8 is then rotated in a reverse direction to the top of its travel, its rotation is stopped, and the block 22 lowered, bringing the arms 9 on to the hearth. The movements are then repeated. Automatic gear, actuated by arms 28, 31 on the shaft 8 and block 22 respectively, effects the starting, stopping, and reversing of the movements of the shaft and block. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 3, the shaft, which may be counterbalanced by weights or a hydraulic cylinder as shown, is rotated through arms 35 by a gear ring 49. A groove 36 in a drum 38 is engaged by projections on a collar 34 secured to the shaft and causes the rabble arms 9 to keep to the surface of the hearth in their downward movement. The drum 38 is carried by a plate 42 having projections engaging helical grooves 44, which plate is rotated towards the ends of the travel of the shaft 8 in order to raise or lower the drum 38, and with it the shaft and stirring arms, the upward travel of the shaft being made with the arms raised from the hearth, as-before.
Patent GB-191322891-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Pocket Stamp Moistening Apparatus.
Inventor: LEVI EDWIN
IPC: B43M11/00
Filed: 1913-10-10
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 22,891. Levi, E. Oct. 10: No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Coating webs.-A stamp-moistening apparatus comprises a box a provided with hinged lids b, c, and is so constructed that, by opening and closing the lids, a moistened stamp emerges from the box. The stamps from the rolls o are pushed along guides d towards the moistening-pads 2 by means of devices f when the lids are closed. The front portions h of the devices f have a serrated lower edge, and pass under flat springs e during the forward movement, and over them during the backward movement when the lids are opened. During the forward movement, a stamp is pushed over the pad 2 and out of the box, while a second stamp is drawn into the position previously occupied by the first stamp. During the backward movement, the second stamp is withdrawn a little out of contact with the pad 2. The devices f are pivoted to the lids and are pressed down by springs i. Envelopes may be moistened by means of slots adjacent the pads 2.
Patent GB-191329009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Coal Briquettes.
Inventor: PHILLIPS HENRY JOSHUA
IPC: C10L5/08
Filed: 1913-12-16
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 29,009. Phillips, H. J., and Phillips, A. Dec. 16. Drawings to Specification. Fuel. -- Coaldust is made into briquettes by (1) grinding with 45-60 per cent of water to a pulp; (2) briquetting at once without allowing settling in moulds from which the water can escape, under a pressure of 3 to 5 tons to the square inch; (3) drying the briquettes by passing them through a tunnel kiln, the initial temperature of which may be 80 C. and is below boiling-point to avoid cracking, and the final temperature somewhat below that at which the coal begins to decompose, ranging from 250 C. for semi-bituminous coal to 500 C. for anthracite; and (4) further compressing them while yet soft under 5-15 tons to the square inch in moulds heated by superheated steam. A binder which will stand the temperature employed may be added, but is not necessary.