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Patent GB-191004808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Taximeters.
Inventor: APPLETON WILLIAM HERBERT
IPC: G07B13/00
Filed: 1910-02-25
Granted: 1911-02-23
Abstract: 4808. Appleton, W. H. Feb. 25. Taximeters; additional-charge registers.-Appaiatus for ensuring the registration of payments for extra seats in taximeter vehicles, and for locking the seats in the out-of-use position when the flag is raised, consists of two spring- retracted handles 4, 5 each mounted on the squared ends of shafts 6, Figs. 2 and 3, the handles being arranged on the outside of the vehicle near the driver. The handles are curved so that the under face of each handle is in the form of an are struck from the opposite spindle 6 and each is formed with a reduced part 4<b>, 5<b> and a shoulder 4<c>, 5<c> so that the handles cannot be depressed simultaneously. The other squared ends of the shafts 6 engage in sleeves 20, Fig. 1, mounted in the side plates of a frame carried at the back of the pivoted seats 10, Fig. 2, the seats being returned to the upright position by coiled springs. Each seat is provided with a quadrant 15 shouldered at 15<b> to engage a spring bolt 18 when the vehicle is disengaged. The bolt is lowered when the corresponding handle is depressed through the rotation of the sleeve 20, ratchet teeth 20<a> thereon engaging a pawl 22 pivoted at 22<b> to an arm 21 pivoted on the sleeve 20. Pins on the arms 21 engage slots 18<a> in the bolts 18 and thus depress them. The rockers 21 are retained in this position by pawls 25 engaging ratchet teeth 21<a> formed on the rockers. Release of the seats by lowering the bolts when the flag is in the free position is prevented by a longitudinally-movable bar 28 connected to the flag and to a vertically-moving bar 26 by toggle levers 27. When the flag is raised, the bar 26, through arms 22<a>, lifts the pawls 22 from the ratchets 20<a> and thus prevents rotation of the rockers 21. The movement of the bar 28 also releases the pawls 25 through pins 34, and the rockers are returned to and retained in their original positions by the springs 19 of the bolts 18. The operations of the levers 10 are registered by means of Bowden wires 24 attached to the rockers 21 and to sliding bars c, Fig. 5, which carry pawls g, f operating indicating and totalizing drums a, b. Specification 17,463/05 is referred to.
Patent GB-191005859-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Belt Fasteners.
IPC: F16G3/08
Filed: 1910-03-09
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 5859. Rossendale Belting Co., and Hadwin, H. March 9. Belt fastenings comprise plates a pressed from vulcanized vegetable fibre, woodite, vulcanite or the like. Bolt holes surrounded by concentric stepped sinkings are formed in the plates, the nuts c extending preferably through the washers d and partly through the plates a. The bolt head carries a part having a concentric ridge and a ring of projections e, the ridge and projections being opposite the sinkings in the plate a. The outside of the plate a is flat or of uniform curvature. Several fastenings may be formed in one piece and a supplementary ' safe ' may be employed between the plate a and the belt. A thin metal strip may be placed between the washers d and plate a. The plate a may be hinged in the centre.
Patent GB-191010461-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Tobacco Pouch, Pipe Case and Pipe Filler.
Inventor: HORLACHER ADOLF VON
IPC: A24F23/04
Filed: 1910-04-28
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 10,461. Horlacher, A. von. Sept. 30, 1909, [Convention date]. Tobacco-pipe filling apparutus.-A case is divided by a partition g into compartments for tobacco and a, pipe a, each compartment having a lid. The pipe is filled while in the case by withdrawing a plunger b, tilting or shaking the case to cause tobacco to pass over a guide f into the pipe, and then depressing the plunger, which is marked to indicate when the filling is completed. When the pipe is withdrawn, a slide h is moved into position in the space formally occupied by the pipe bowl, and a spring on the plunger cap c is snapped over a pin e on the case.
Patent GB-191019900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Felt Hat and like Felting Machines.
Inventor: TURNER ALBERT
IPC: D04H17/00
Filed: 1910-08-26
Granted: 1911-09-26
Abstract: 19,900. Turner, A., and Turner, W. E. Aug. 26. [Cognate Application, 4839/11.] Bodies, felting. - In hat-felting machines, of the type in which pivotally - mounted hammers are caused to act on the hat bodies contained in a receptacle, two of these receptacles a r e mounted back to back so as to give practically two machines with economy of space. The machine is provided with two receptacles a<1>, a<2>, Fig. 1, which may be partially steamjacketed, and having spray-pipes l<1> to deliver hot water from a tank l. Loosely mounted on a shaft c are blades d provided with wood hammers e, of less width than is usual, and reciprocated from the power shaft g by eccentrics h and adjustable links i. The hot water, and water of condensation from the jackets drains into a tank n, and is pumped back to the tank l, which may have a filter. The ends of the blades d preferably work in slotted guides m, and in a modification, one end is extended as shown dotted and operated from a shaft o through cranks and links p, instead of from the shaft g. In a further modification, Fig. 3, cams q, carried by wheels, raise the ends of the blades against' the action of gravity. There may be a set of cams or cranks at each end of the machine, each operating certain of the blades, and in this case the end remote from the cams or links may be provided with adjustable weights instead of hammers. According to the Provisional Specification, instead of the spraying - arrangements, the receptacles are partly filled with hot water circulated from a boiler.
Patent GB-191021294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: D05B15/00
Filed: 1910-09-13
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 21,294. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Sept. 13. Sewing - machines; chain - stitching; needles, hook, threading-devices for.-A thread-carrying looper 41 co-operates with a usual thread-retaining finger 21 to stretch the thread in a nearly straight bight across the barbed side of the needle, as shown in Fig. 7. The looper-bar 42, Fig. 4, is pivoted on a lever 45. The bar itself is oscillated by a cam-actuated slide 54 and the lever 45 is oscillated by a cam-actuated slide 49. The thread finger 21, Fig. 2, is mounted on a vertical shaft 22, which is oscillated by a slide 37 through a link 36 and a slotted lever 35.
Patent GB-191025967-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Producing Acetylene Tetrachloride.
IPC: C07C17/02
Filed: 1910-11-08
Abstract: 25,967. Consortium fur Elektrochemische Industrie Ges. Nov. 9, 1909, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Acetylene tetrachloride is produced by treating acetylene with chlorine in the presence of ferric chloride. The ferric chloride may be added to heated acetylene tetrachloride, and acetylene and chlorine introduced into the mixture.
Patent GB-191100949-A (GB)
Title: Folding Lantern.
Inventor: GUYON MATHILDE
IPC: F21L21/00
Filed: 1911-01-13
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 949. Guyon, M. Jan. 19, 1910, [Convention date]. Packing, modified to facililate.-In a collapsible lantern consisting of side-pieces a and top and bottom pieces g, h hinged together and secured in the closed position by hooks or catches, each sidepiece a has an opening fitted with a mica sheet b, which is secured by metal strip c fastened by eyelets d without the use of solder. The mica sheets may be covered externally with sheets of gummed parchment or coloured fabric. The lantern is suspended by a chain o terminating in a ring P, and the walls of the lantern are provided with orifices e for the passage of air, and to produce under the action of the wind the rotation of the lantern. The side-pieces a may be connected together by bending over their edges and fixing them by eyelets, the bent-over portions being cut so as to engage with one another and being held by a pin or wire passing through the bent over portions. The candle is held in an orifice l in the bottom plate by elastic tongues m punched up from the plate.
Patent GB-191112207-A (GB)
Title: Method of Treating Distillery Wash.
Inventor: MEUNIER GEORGES
IPC: C11D19/00
Filed: 1910-05-21
Granted: 1912-05-20
Abstract: 12,207. Meunier, G. May 21, 1910, [Convention date]. Glycerine, obtaining and purifying.-Distillers' wash is mixed with cellulose which has been partly or completely carbonized and freed from incrusting substances, as by treatment with sulphuric acid, and the product is dried, and is then treated with solvents, if desired with the aid of osmosis or pressure, for the extraction of glycerine and succinic acid. The residue may be used as a fertilizer, or may be made into briquettes and used as a fuel, yielding an ash or pearl-ash; or it may be subjected to dry distillation, yielding a distillate comprising acetic acid and wood spirit, and a residue of charcoal from which oxalic acid and cyanides may be extracted by lixiviation, the remaining charcoal being either dried and used as fuel or heated out of contact with air for the production of a filtering material suitable for refining spirit. The crude glycerine is refined by admixture with carbonized cellulose followed by extraction with solvent. Carbon tetrachloride, raw spirit, the last runnings from the rectification of spirit, or strong alcohol mixed with foreshot by-products from spirit rectification may be used as solvents for the glycerine and succinic acid; when raw spirit is used, the separation of the glycerine is effected during the subsequent rectification. The glycerine is separated from the succinic acid by distillation, or bv means of suitable solvents. Specification 17,661/03 is referred to.'
Patent GB-191112824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Producing Hollow Glass Bodies of Revolution.
IPC: C03B23/07
Filed: 1911-05-29
Granted: 1911-09-14
Abstract: 12,824. Kremenezky, J., [Firm of]. June 27, 1910, [Convention date]. Making electric-lamp bulbs. -In a machine for making hollow glass bodies, such as electric-lamp bulbs, of the type in which a glass tube b is rotated, heated by a gas burner h and blown by air introduced through the spindle i, the shape of the body is determined by a half mould g, which is pivoted to a slide s and is applied to the bulb while it is being rotated and blown. The exact position of the mould g, when in the working position, is adjusted by a screw m. The burner h is also mounted on the slide s so that it may be used to heat a fresh part of the tube while the mould g is operating upon the part previously heated by it.
Patent GB-191115919-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Die Heads for Screwing Metals.
IPC: B23G5/12
Filed: 1911-07-10
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 15,919. Kendall & Gent, Lindley, H., and Gregory, G. W. July 10. Screwing; screwing dies and die-heads.-The cam ring e operating the cutters c of a screwing- head is rotated by pinions f, which are mounted on radial axes and engage a circumferential rack e<3> on the cam ring and short axial racks (not shown) carried by a collar l<1> sliding on the cutter spindle a. The cutters c are mounted in holders d and secured by pins d<1>, and these holders d engage the cam ring e. The collar l<1> is operated by a lever h<2> which is connected to a floating crank lever i and crank lever k pivoted at k<1>. The lever k is acted on by a spring m to open the screwing-cutters when the trigger k<2> is released. The cutters are closed by moving the rod in the direction of the arrow. The trigger k<2> and the rod j may be operated by hand or by the movement of the work-holding carriage. The position of the cutters may be adjusted by moving the sleeve n, to which the lever h<2> is pivoted, by means of the hand-wheel q and lock-nut r.
Patent GB-191118530-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Suspending Skirts and the like.
Inventor: WILLIAMS ANNIE ELIZABETH
IPC: A41F19/00
Filed: 1911-08-16
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 18,530. Williams, A. E. Aug. 16. Straps and bands.-To enable the lower part of a skirt to be gracefully carried in wet weather, plates 4, 5 are sewn to the inside, over those seams a, b that are arranged, as shown, on each side of the middle seam c., An endless cord d, also inside the skirt, is passed through two holes 6, 7 in each plate, and is. embraced by a loop 10 sewn to the middle seam. In use, the wearer grasps one or both loops 8, 9, which alone show on the outside of the skirt, and either loops the cord over her wrist or carries it in her hand.
Patent GB-191122452-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Separating Materials of Different, Specific Gravity.
IPC: B03B5/62
Filed: 1911-10-11
Granted: 1913-01-13
Abstract: 22,452. Ogle, P. J., and Mineral Concentrators, Ltd. Oct. 11. Vanning-machines.-An endless travelling belt having a series of transverse riffles is given a gradually increasing inclination which ultimately becomes sufficient to counteract completely the damming-back effect of the riffles. The underside of the belt e is provided with a series of cross-bars i which engage, at their ends, with grooved guides of the necessary curvature, and register with recesses d<1> provided in the carrying-rollers d. Sprocket-wheels are mounted on the axles h of the rollers, and driven by bevel-wheels k and a shaft l, the power being derived from a main shaft which carries an eccentric to give the frame a vanning motion. Each side of the belt may be provided with a hollow rib adapted to be inflated.
Patent GB-191124112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Studio Photography.
Inventor: COLES WILLIAM
IPC: G03B15/06
Filed: 1911-10-31
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 24,112. Coles, W. Oct. 31. Studio accessories.-A person or object is mounted on a revolving platform under suitable illumination for portraiture and a series of photographs are taken with a kinematograph camera. The prints are bound together in book form.
Patent GB-191124435-A (GB)
Title: Sling for Body Support and Carry Umbrella.
Inventor: POTTER HARRIOT
IPC: A45F5/00
Filed: 1911-11-03
Granted: 1912-08-15
Abstract: 24,435. Potter, H. Nov. 3. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Equipments.-An umbrella or sunshade is supported from - the shoulder by means of a sling A, Fig. 1, of cord, chain, &c., its bottom end being held in a ring R, or in a clip or sheath, and its upper end or handle between two cords &c. E,. F, secured at D to the sling. The inclination of the umbrella may be adjusted by means of a sliding ring, collar, or bead H. Sliding adjustment rings or collars G, I are also provided. A bag or other article may be carried by a swivel, loop, clip, &c. attached to the sling.
Patent GB-191124758-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Solution or Mixture for Preventing Pneumatic Tyres Deflating when Punctured.
Inventor: MICHELSEN FRANS HEINRICH
Filed: 1912-03-06
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 24,758. Michelsen, F. H., Hudd, E. W., and Hudd, H. P. March 6, 1912. Compositions containing starch &c.-A solution or mixture for automatically closing punctures in tyres is made by adding 120 oz. of ground starch to a mixture obtained by mixing 2 oz. of glycerine in 190 oz. of water with 3 oz. each of spirits of wine and gum tragacanth. To this is added a solution of 2 drams each of aniline nigrosine dye and essence of cloves in 10 oz. of water. After thorough mixing, 3oz. of powdered rubber are added.
Patent GB-191200885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Armour Plates and other Steel Articles.
IPC: C21D9/42
Filed: 1912-01-11
Granted: 1913-04-11
Abstract: 885. Vickers, Ltd., and Benthall, J. L. Jan. 11. Hardening; cementation.-Armour-plates and other steel articles are subjected after cementation, but prior to the machining, to a succession of heatings and coolings, and subsequent to the machining but prior to the final hardening, to a further succession of heatings and coolings. The complete treatment is as follows. The ingot is rolled, heated to 1,050-1,250‹ F. and cooled in air on supports and may then be reheated 1,050-1,250‹ F., cooled in air on supports and machine surfaced. The face is then cemented at about 1,700-1,850‹ F. for eight to fourteen days after which the plate is either cooled in the furnace to 1,400-1,550‹ F. or reheated to that temperature, and is then bent, reheated to 1,400-1,600 F., and oil or water hardened. It is next heated to 1,150-1,350‹ F., sprinkled or cooled in air on supports, reheated to 1,150-1,350‹ F. and sprinkled. It is then finally machined, heated to 1,300-1,550‹ F., hardened in oil or water, heated to 1,200-1,350‹ F., rebent, reheated to 1,200-1,350‹ F. while still hot, sprinkled, and finally differentially hardened by the Krupp method.
Patent GB-191201361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters for Locomotive Engines.
IPC: F22G7/00
Filed: 1912-01-17
Granted: 1912-10-03
Abstract: 1361. Ferguson Superheaters, Ltd., and Ferguson, C. M. Jan. 17. U-tube superheaters consisting of U-tubes with bent-over ends secured to removable plates on headers described in Specification 25,611/05 are arranged in casings at the sides of a locomotive boiler. The casing 1 is arranged as shown in Fig. 1. Combustion-gases enter it through openings 2 in the side of the fire-box and pass through openings 3 into the smoke-box. The bottom of the casing rests on the frame of the engine, and in the upper part is arranged a bracket 5, Fig. 6, fitting the curve of the boiler. The bracket 5 is formed with two shelves on which rest the two headers 6, 7 of the superheater, arranged as shown. The superheating- tubes 9 are connected to removable cover-plates 10, 8 on the headers 6, 7. The casing 1 is furnished with removable doors 13 to give access to the superheater.
Patent GB-191207495-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pencil Holder and Book Marker.
IPC: B43K29/12
Filed: 1912-08-29
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 7495. De La Rue & Co., T., and Corbyn, F. A. Aug. 29. Pocket-books. - Relates to combined pencilholders and book-markers of the type in which a ring or loop is secured to the back of the book outside the pages so that a pencil or bookmarker passing through the ring or loop enters between the pages of the book. The invention consists in pivoting the ring b to the back e of the book either by means of an angle-piece d and rivets f, Fig. 2, or by means of an extension h and binding - wires j, Fig. 4, so that the ring is capable of turning about an axis c in a plane at right-angles to the covers of the book.
Patent GB-191208267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drilling Appliances.
Inventor: JONES ERNEST HENRY
IPC: B23B45/06
Filed: 1912-04-04
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 8267. Jones, E. H. April 4. Hand and breast drills.-A crank brace has a geared-up spindle H mounted on ball bearings in the brace and connected by an epicyclic train F to the hand-grip A. The brace may be converted into an ungeared brace by locking the wheel D to the arm and unclutching the wheel B from the hand-grip. The application of the chain portion of the gearing to a magazine spanner is described in Specification 1830/12.
Patent GB-191213695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Contact Fingers for Electric Controllers or the like.
Inventor: DYER ARTHUR HENRY SALISBURY
IPC: H01H1/44
Filed: 1912-06-11
Granted: 1913-07-11
Abstract: 13,695. Dyer, A. H. S. June 11. Contacts.-The invention consists in the employment in electric motor-vehicle controllers of the rotary-drum type of helical spring plunger contacts constructed and arranged so that none of the current, or only a negligible part thereof, will pass through the helical spring, whereby heating of the spring is avoided, the whole or practically the whole of the current passing through the shank and head or contact proper. The contact shown in Fig. II comprises a contact head 1 secured to a shank 2 having a flexible conductor 4 at its free end. The shank 2, surrounded by a helical spring 6, is mounted in a tubular metallic holder having a threaded hole in its rear end to receive a bush 8, which constitutes the end wall and serves to adjust the tension of the spring. A stop 7 upon the shank limits its outward movement, and another stop 9 engages a longitudinal slot in the holder and prevents rotation of the shank. Lugs or wings 11 serve for attaching the holder to a bar or the like. The spring may be insulated, or made of such a metal or of such cross-sectional area with reference to the shank that none, or only a small proportion, of the current passes through the spring. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 5423/98.
Patent GB-191213863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Turn Tables.
Inventor: HALL BENJAMIN KIMBALL
IPC: B60S13/02
Filed: 1912-06-13
Granted: 1912-10-03
Abstract: 13,863. Hall, B. K. June 13, 1911, [Convention date]. Forecarriage turning-arrangements; wheels, arrangement of; draught and push bars; supports or props.-Comprises a portable turntable for automobiles especially adapted for use in garages. A framework furnished with wheel tracks 24 is carried by central wheels 5 and front and rear wheels 11, 12. Each of the wheels 11, 12 is mounted in a rotatable casing such as 9 grooved on its periphery to receive a chain. The chains 13, 14 are fitted with links 15 and arranged around the casings 9 so that the front and rear wheels turn together. The periphery of the front wheel casing 9 has a circular rack 10 geared by the rack 16 and pinion 18 to the hand-shaft 22, which is jointed at 21<a> and moves between the brackets 23, so as to be adjustable in a vertical plane. Legs or props, passing through a plate 27 which can be depressed and held by a pawl, are provided to prevent the turntable from being deflected while the vehicle is being run on. When the vehicle has been run on, the pawl 28 is released and the legs are lifted clear of the ground by springs.
Patent GB-191215103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrolytic Apparatus.
Inventor: KNOWLES ALBERT EDGAR
IPC: C25B9/04
Filed: 1911-10-16
Granted: 1912-08-08
Abstract: 15,103. Knowles, A. E. Oct. 16, 1911. Connexions. - In apparatus applicable to the production of oxygen and hydrogen, each conductor f passes through a tube c, welded or otherwise attached to a trough-shaped gas collector d and dipping into the electrolyte. The tube c may be insulated from the electrode by a block h resting on the edge of the latter. The conductor is surrounded within the tube by a loose insulating sleeve, and above the gas-collector by an insulator i, a washer j, and nuts k, l which clamp a main conductor m. The tube c may serve for discharging excess of gas from the collector.
Patent GB-191216065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Switches for Electric Wiring Systems.
Inventor: MILNE LEONARD
IPC: H01H19/06
Filed: 1912-07-09
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 16,065. Milne, L. July 9. Covers.-Relates to enclosed switches, used in wiring systems, of the kind in which the movable cover of the enclosure is oscillated, to operate the switch. The invention consists in providing a screw-on cover B, Fig. 2, having removable internal projections such as screws b for engaging the free end of a cross-piece D, Fig. 3, which extends across the mouth of the casing and engages the knob C of the enclosed switch, as shown. The rim of the casing is provided with upwardly-extending lugs a for retaining one end of the cross-piece in a stationary position. The switch is operated by angularly moving the cover, and the screw-thread portions are of such a length and so arranged that when the switch is in the off position, in which position the cover is slightly unscrewed from the casing, the two threads cover one another completely, thereby obviating rusting.
Patent GB-191218149-A (GB)
Title: Improved Book File for Cards and the like.
Inventor: GILBERT ALFRED
IPC: B42F21/00
Filed: 1912-08-07
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 18,149. Gilbert, A. Aug. 7. Sheets. - In book files &c. of the kind in which cards &c. are mounted by inserting their corners under cords &c., the cords d pass through perforations c in the leaf a so as to form loops on both sides of the leaf at one threading. One cord may be used for the whole leaf, and the perforations may be eyeleted.