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Patent GB-191026737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Electric Tumbler Switches.
Inventor: DENNY CLAUDE WILLIAM
IPC: H01H73/38
Filed: 1910-11-17
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 26,737. Denny, C. W., and Flood, W. H. Nov. 17. [Addition to 26,570/09.] Automatic circuit-breakers.-In an automatic tumbler switch as described in the parent Specification the operating-lever 1, in the ' on ' position, moves clear of the contact arm 6, and this carries a roller 12 which is mounted in a slot and normally kept at the forward end of the slot by a spring 14, the roller being engaged by the operating-lever 1 for taking the contact-arm into the ' on ' -position and adapted to move inwards in the slot to allow the operating-lever to be returned to its ' off ' position after the contact-arm has been released. The contact-arm 6 comprises a U-shaped piece of metal, between the arms of which are fixed a pair of plates 7, the whole being pivoted about a pin 8. The contact-arm is held in the ' on ' position against th action of a spring 10 by the engagement of the nose-ends 20 of the members 7 with a crosspin 21 carried by a pivoted spring-controlled catch 22. The catch can be released automatically by the engagement of an arm 25 with the shoulder 38 of the plunger 35 of the electromagnet 31. The catch can also be released by means of a lever 26 operated by a push-button 29, the armature being lifted at the same time by the engagement of the lever 25 with the head of the plunger 35. Bases.-The ring 4 surrounding the electromagnet may be made detachable, so that the switch can be mounted on a bus-bar, in which case, a separate cap may be used to cover the electro-magnet and armature.
Patent GB-191103393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stoppers for Bottles or the like.
Inventor: CHEETHAM ERNEST GEORGE
IPC: B01L3/02
Filed: 1911-02-10
Granted: 1911-05-04
Abstract: 3393. Cheetham, E. G. Feb. 3. Cosmetics; hair washes &c.-For applying liquids such as perfumes, brilliantine and the like contained in a stoppered receptacle, the head e of the stopper is formed with a recess f covered by an elastic diaphragm g and communicating with a chamber l and passage d. By depressing and then releasing the diaphragm g, liquid is drawn into the chamber l and can be discharged, after the withdrawal of the stopper, by again depressing the diaphragm g. The lower end of the stopper may be formed as a spoon m.
Patent GB-191103397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Nets suitable for Protection against Torpedoes and other Floating Bodies.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: B63G9/00
Filed: 1911-02-10
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 3397. Boult, A. J., [Voltohm-Seil-und Kabelwerke Akt.-Ges.]. Feb. 10. Drawings to Specification. Torpedo nets.-In the construction of torpedo nets in which the grommets are interlaced, each grommet is wound in the shape of a cable from a round wire cord consisting of thin wires . wound round a central core.
Patent GB-191103789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Signs.
Inventor: BEY HENRY
IPC: G09F13/00
Filed: 1911-02-15
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 3789. Bey, H. Feb. 15. Name plates, letters, &c. -An electrically illuminated sign comprises a sheet of plain, tinted, or silvered glass A with letters or figures painted thereon, and holders G for electric lamps passing through holes therein, the fine wire of tinned copper &c. leading to the lamps being insulated with shellac &c. and almost invisible. A frame may be provided, and a protective back sheet A<1> of glass, bearing painted letters or figures, which register with those on sheet A. The holder G may lie flush against the front of the glass sheet A, and may be secured in position by a rubber washer H and a screwed or soldered nut I.
Patent GB-191104262-A (GB)
Title: Method of Extracting Oil and Manufacturing Oil Cakes.
Inventor: OGA KOEMON
IPC: C11B1/04
Filed: 1911-02-20
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 4262. Oga, K. Feb. 20. Fatty oils, extracting; soaps &c., materials for making; cleansing-compositions. - Beans, linseed, pea nuts, walnuts, or other nuts or seed from which oil is to be extracted by pressure are treated, before crushing, with air heated to a temperature, such as 70-80‹ C., sufficiently low to retain the albuminous matter in a soluble condition. The oilcake may be pulverized and used in the manufacture of soaps and washing- powders.
Patent GB-191119688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: LANGTON CHARLES SAMUEL
IPC: F01K1/00
Filed: 1911-09-04
Granted: 1912-09-04
Abstract: 19,688. Langton, C. S. Sept. 4. Generating by internal steam coils. - Steam is generated in a boiler 9 by steam led from a fired boiler 3 by a pipe 5, which terminates in an horizontal coil 7 provided with a drain - cock 12. In a battery of boilers, each boiler is heated by steam from the preceding boiler, the first being heated by the steam from a fired boiler.
Patent GB-191123367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tin Oxidising Furnaces.
Inventor: OLSZEWSKI KONSTANTIN VON
IPC: F27B3/00
Filed: 1911-10-23
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 23,367. Olszewski, K. von. Oct. 23. Open-hearth furnaces.-In a furnace for oxidizing tin, the fire-place is divided by a partition into two compartments which are stoked alternately, and a damper f is provided for admitting air to a flue e beyond the hearth for controlling the draught. The oxide is raked from the hearth b over an inclined surface c into a receptacle d. Water or steam may be sprayed into the flue e to precipitate any oxide in the furnace gases.
Patent GB-191123524-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Elevator.
Inventor: GOODWIN WILLIAM
IPC: B65G37/00
Filed: 1911-10-24
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 23,524. Goodwin, W. Oct. 24. Throw-off devices for endless-belt elevators; portable elevators.-Mounted in a fixed or portable frame 2 is a motor 3 adapted to drive the endless belt 11 of the bucket elevator 4, and, through disk-and-roller gearing, a fan 6 mounted in a housing 7 swivelled to the spout 5 and having a delivery spout 8.
Patent GB-191205681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machine Ruffiers.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER HAROLD GEORGE CRUI
IPC: D05B29/06
Filed: 1912-03-06
Granted: 1912-05-02
Abstract: 5681. Fairweather, H. G. C., [Greist Manufacturing Co.]. March 6. Sewing-machines; ruffling-attachments.-In a ruffling - attachment comprising a pendulous lever 17 carrying the ruffling-blade 19, and an operating-lever 16 having a spring-pressed pawl 20, the ratchet-wheel 26 is mounted so that it may be moved into the path of the pawl 20 from the position shown in Fig. 2, in order to give ' five-stitch ' ruffles. The parts 16, 17 are mounted on a rivet 15 on one side of a frame plate 12, and the ratchet 26 is mounted on a pin 25 carried by a lever 24 which is mounted on a pin 24<1> on the other side of the frame plate 12. The arm 24 has a spring moving and locking pin 30, and the ratchet-wheel has deep notches 27 as in previous constructions. An adjusting-screw 22 is provided.
Patent GB-191207480-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Multi-colour Screens particularly adapted for use in Photography.
Inventor: CHRISTENSEN JENS HERMAN
IPC: G03C7/08
Filed: 1912-03-27
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 7480. Christensen, J. H. March 27. Colour photography, screens for.-Relates to methods such as are described in Specification 20,971/08, of producing the colour particles for a multicolour screen by emulsifying a coloured liquid in another liquid, as for instance by emulsifying a coloured colloid solution in a lac varnish. To prevent the particles from becoming surrounded by a too thick or uneven film of lac, the particles are submitted to the action of one or more acids soluble in the particles. The acid, such as a very small amount of crystallizable acetic acid, may be added either to the emulsion lac or to the liquids such as turpentine oil with which the viscous emulsion lac is later on diluted. Other less soluble acids such as benzoic, salicylic or oleic acids may be used, the quantity being increased in proportion as the acid used is the more slowly soluble in the coloured particles. In order that the coloured particles may flow out evenly on the screen support, the acidity or basicity of the different coloured solutions is made uniform by the addition of suitable reagents, as for example by adding basic reacting substances such as ammonia or saccharates of sodium to the least basic solutions, and acid reacting substances such as boric acid or chloride of ammonium to the more basic solutions. To prevent diffusion of colour into the supporting-layer through the very thin lac film surrounding the coloured particles and to facilitate the adhesion of the particles, the support is coated with a gelatineborax film which is hardened with tannic acid.
Patent GB-191213836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Steeping or Maceration of Meal, Powders and the like.
Inventor: BARTON BERNARD CYRIL
IPC: C11B1/10
Filed: 1912-06-13
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 13,836. Barton, B. C. June 13. Fatty oils, extracting by solvents. Apparatus for extracting oil from the meal of seeds by means of solvents, or for steeping or washing wool comprises a series of perforated receptacles D for the material, which are carried by endless chains or the like, running over sprocket wheels b<1>, b<2>, C, in a set course through a series of tanks, formed by baffle plates a<1>, a<2>, containing solvent or washing liquid; the material is automatically fed into receptacles, and the treated material is automatically discharged therefrom and conveyed away. The receptacles D are mounted on rods E provided with runners E<1>, which run on flat guides F in the upper part of the casing, and on semicircular guides F<1> provided with pockets f in the lower part of the casing; links G provided with elongated holes y connect the rods E to rods H fixed to the endless chains. The receptacles D preferaby have two perforated walls d, d<1>, with a lining d<2> of felt or the like between. The receptacles receive a predetermined charge of material from a hopper J, which contains slides K, K<1> connected by cords k running over guide pulleys, to the connecting- rods K<2>, K<3> of pairs of slides L, L<1>, which are mounted in the casing, and carry projections l<3>, l<4>, against which the axles of the receptacles D strike, thereby operating the slides in turn ; the guides F are provided with portions of increased height to effect this operation. In order to discharge the materials from the receptacles after treatment, transverse rods 0, O<1>, are provided, which cause the receptacles to overturn and tip their contents into a hopper M', from which the material is conveyed away by a worm conveyer mounted in the transverse casing N; the receptacle, after overturning, is righted by striking the rod O<2>. The endless chains are provided with hooks b at regular intervals which engage with the axles E of the receptacles and support the receptacles in an horizontal position as they descend from the position of the sprocket-wheels b<1> to the lower part of the casing, and a heating space may be provided between the tanks and the bottom of the casing.
Patent GB-191214857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Anticreeping Devices for Railway Rails.
Inventor: POWERS EDMUND BURKE
IPC: E01B13/02
Filed: 1912-06-25
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 14,857. Powers, E. B. June 25. Creeping of rails, preventing.-The rail base A<1> is engaged by a roller E turning on the doubly-inclined surface B<3> of a lug B<2>. The roller may be grooved at E<2> to form teeth, and may be case-hardened; it has a flange E<1> engaged in a recess b<1> to prevent vertical movement.
Patent GB-191215917-A (GB)
Title: Hatch Cover Fasteners.
Inventor: MOORE EDWARD YOUNG
IPC: B63B19/24
Filed: 1912-07-08
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 15,917. Moore, E. Y., and Mulholland, M. July 6, 1911, [Convention date]. Hatchways.-Comprises improvements in the hatch-cover fastenings described in Specification 20,125/00, consisting in the provision of a link having an inclined face and interposed between the clamping-member and the tightening-screw. A bracket A secured to the hatch coaming A' carries a tightening - screw B, which bears against the link E. The hatch batten F is held in place by the clamping-member C, which also bears down upon the top of the cover. The link E is constructed with an inclined face co-acting with a similar face on the clamping- member C so that, by tightening the screw B, the batten is secured in place and the hatch cover simultaneously pressed down upon the coaming.
Patent GB-191217140-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cushion-spring Wheel.
Inventor: MARKS HENRY JAMES
IPC: B60B9/26
Filed: 1912-07-23
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 17,140. Marks, H. J. July 23. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and pneumatic, rubber-ring, and like cushions, and helical springs.-Relates to wheels or pulleys of the kind in which tubular hub extensions are fitted with spring-supported plungers having a pin-and-slot connexion with the rim. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a hollow hub formed with tubular extensions C contains a pneumatic bag A, extensions B of which support plungers D. Pivoted to the plungers at H are arms D', and pin-and-slot joints E, K are provided at the hub and rim respectively. In the form shown in Fig. 3, helical springs N, inflated rubber bags, or solid rubber cushions are contained in chambers formed partly in the solid hub and its extensions. In the form shown in Fig. 4, plungers D without joints have a pin-and-slot connexion with the rim and bear against a washer W which has a limited outward movement and rests on the cushion.
Patent GB-191217816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compression Relief Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: PRENTIS FRANK HERBERT
IPC: F01L13/08
Filed: 1912-08-01
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 17,816. Prentis, F. H. Aug. 1. Cylinders, varying clearance of.-A compression-relief device of the construction shown is worked from a distance by Bowden wire or link-and-lever mechanism. The hand operating - lever is held by a latch.
Patent GB-191227396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reflectors for Lamps, Lanterns and the like.
Inventor: GRIGSBY BERTRAM JAMES
IPC: F21V7/04
Filed: 1912-11-28
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 27,396. Grigsby, B. J., and Campbell, G. Nov. 28. Lamps forming line of light.-In trough reflectors for lamps for lighting shop windows, book shelves, &c., the reflecting surface comprises the combination of a series of curved surfaces arranged symmetrically in respect of the vertical axis of the light sources so that the light shall be distributed or concentrated in any vertical plane in such a manner that in any area to be illuminated by the reflector there is no variation of illumination in intermediate areas in the direction of the line of light sources. The reflector A, Fig. 1, is designed to give a wide distribution of light in a vertical plane when the centre of the filament is in the position shown, but the light is less widely distributed when the lamp is raised so that its centre is at F. When the illumination is to be concentrated in the vertical plane, a reflector A shaped as in Fig. 3 is employed. The reflectors may be placed above a diffusing-plate in the ceiling of a room or above the window case, and a portion of one side may be removed for illuminating shop windows. The Specification contains diagrams showing the curvature of the reflectors.
Patent GB-191229635-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Stoning Cherries and other Stone Fruit.
Inventor: BARNES JABEZ
IPC: A47J23/00
Filed: 1912-12-24
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 29,635. Barnes, J. Dec. 24. Stoning f r u i t .- Consists in forming from a metal blank the frame o f an appliance for stoning cherries &c. in which the frame, carrying a sliding plunger 1, is provided with a receptacle 7 for the cherry and eyeletlike finger holes 5, 6. Fig. 3 shows the shape of the blank, which is pierced, raised, and bent into the form shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-191302866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shoulder-piece Gun Mountings.
IPC: F41A23/00
Filed: 1913-02-04
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 2866. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. March 4, 1912, [Convention date]. Mountings.-Consists of an invertible shoulderpiece E. The two positions of the shoulder-piece are adapted, respectively, to facilitate laying at small angles of elevation, as shown, and at high angles.
Patent GB-191306723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Automatic Rifles.
Inventor: VERDUD JOSE ALBAYA Y
IPC: F41A3/44
Filed: 1913-03-19
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 6723. Albaya y Verd·d, J. March 19. Breech actions, sliding barrel and breechblock.-Relates to automatic rifles with recoiling barrels in which the breech-bolt is moved rearwards on recoil faster than the barrel, and consists in providing (1) an extractor slidable across the bolt-head, and adapted to withdraw simultaneously the spent cartridge from the chamber, and a fresh cartridge from a housing on the barrel; (2) means for moving the extractor to cause the fresh cartridge to aline with the barrel; and (3) a cartridge-belt fed into the housing on the barrel by a rocking lever actuated on recoil. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the breech-body 1 fixed to the barrel 2 slides rearwards on recoil and compresses the recoil spring 5. A gate 6, which normally locks the breech-bolt 8 in the firing position, is moved upwards against its spring by a projection 7 on the gun body until the aperture 38 alines with the bolt. A sliding member 12 on the breechbody is arrested by the projection 7, whereupon its toe rocks a lever 10, pivoted at 9 to the breech-body, and sliding at 11 in a swivel-nut on the bolt head. The breech-bolt is thereby driven rearwards through the aperture at a faster rate than the breech body, and opens the breech. The firing-pin 20 is cocked during recoil by the sear 23 which is rocked by a stud on the breech body 1. This sear is released for firing by sliding rods operated by the trigger 27. Mounted on the bolt-head so as to be capable of sliding transversely thereto is an extractor 14 provided with guides 40, Fig. 4, which engage the flanges of the spent cartridge in the barrel and of a fresh cartridge in a belt 30, Fig. 2, which is fed through a housing 29 on the barrel. On recoil, the two cartridges are withdrawn, and the fresh cartridge falls in the guides 40 until it is arrested by a spring-hook 41. At the end of the recoil, a lever 17 pivoted to the bolt-head at 18 and to the extractor at 16, strikes an incline 19 on the breech body and causes the extractor 14 to slide downwards, whereupon the spent cartridge is ejected,'and the fresh cartridge is alined approximately with the barrel so as to be forced therein on the closing movement, which is effected by the spring 5. The belt 30 has a series of perforations 33 which are engaged successively by a spring-actuated lever 34, Fig. 3, pivoted below the housing 29 at 35, and rocked on each recoil to move a fresh cartridge into the housing 29 by a fixed cam surface on a non-recoiling part. The barrel is surrounded by a water-jacket 2<a>. A handle 28 is provided for manual operation.
Patent GB-191310043-A (GB)
Title: Miniature Golf.
Inventor: FULLARTON HUGH NIGEL
IPC: A63F7/06
Filed: 1913-04-29
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 10,043. Fullarton, H. N. April 29. Outdoor games.- A game in imitation of golf is played within a room or other confined space where various levels obtain, by means of miniature golf clubs, a pith or celluloid ball and cloth-covered miniature putting greens. The putting greens consist of a rectangular framework or of a moulded sheet of papier mÔchÚ and have sloping edges 1 surrounding a flat surface 2 with a central hole 4 and a peripheral rim 5. When playing in a room, the putting greens are placed on articles of furniture, and obstacles are placed in the line of play.
Patent GB-191311647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burners for Producing Blue Flames, more particularly with Heavy Hydrocarbons.
Inventor: PAUL LUCAS
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1912-05-18
Abstract: 11,647. Lucas, P. May 18, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Atmospheric vapour burners; vaporizing- apparatus.-In a vapour burner in which the vaporizer is heated by conduction, the nipple orifices are arranged so that air currents drawn upwards by the chimney impinge on the vapour jets at angles and produce an eddy action. In one form of burner. the annular nipple 8 has holes in its outer or inner walls and is connected by radial tubes 7 with the vaporizer 1. Air is admitted to the annular mixing- tube 12 from outside and inside the nipple 8. The vaporizer, preferably containing the wick, comprises a thin-walled tube 2 having a somewhat thickened copper wall 3, and has an upwardly-extending tube 14 for conducting heat to the vaporizer, the tube 14 having apertures 5, 6 so that the flames can pass from the starting-cup 4 upwards into the interior of the mantle. The tube 14 may form the inner wall of the mixing-tube. The burner is extinguished by sliding the thick metal ring 15 upwards on the tube 2 so that the ring absorbs heat from the part 3 of the tube, the inner surface of the ring being slightly coned.
Patent GB-191325688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerial Machines.
Inventor: HARRIS ANNIE MARIA
IPC: B64C3/54
Filed: 1913-11-10
Granted: 1914-11-10
Abstract: 25,688. Harris, A. M., [Executrix of Harris, T. E.]. Nov. 10. Planes, construction of; steering and balancing.- The main sustaining- planes or the balancing or steering planes of an aeroplane are collapsed or extended by lazy-tongs actuated by hand or by power such as an electric motor. The incidence of the planes may also be varied independently of the collapsing movement. In one arrangement, the fabric of the planes is carried by a series of ribs a<5>, Fig. 1, connected together by a lazy-tongs. The ribs a<5> comprise upper and lower parts between which the members a<1> of the lazy-tongs are arranged. The front ends of the members a<1> are pivoted to the ribs, and the pivot pins of the rear ends of the members slide in a slot in the ribs. The inner ends of the lazy-tongs are pivoted to blocks c, d, Fig. 9, mounted on a screwed spindle b, which is prevented from e n d l o n g motion by stops b<1>, b<2>. The block d is movable along the spindle b, to collapse the lazy - tongs, by a divided nut e, Fig. 6, arranged within a casing e<1> secured to the block d. The two parts of the nut e may be withdrawn from the screw-thread of the spindle b by Bowden cables e<3> to allow the lazy-tongs to be extended by means of the spring f. The spindles b are simultaneously actuated by sprocket-wheels and chains from a hand-wheel; or an eletric motor may be provided. The stay-wires and warping-cords of the planes are arranged to be simultaneously wound out or in with the extension and retraction of the planes, either by arranging their respective drums to be geared to the actuating-mechanism of the planes or by providing springs for rotating the drums. The ends of the ribs a<5>, Fig. 1, may be connected by wires a<9>, or by hinged struts k, Fig. 15, which are caused to fold inwards by springs k<1> when the planes are collapsed. The fabric covering of the planes may be attached only to the outer rib of the plane, the upper and lower sheets being in this case wound on rollers adjacent to the body as the planes are collapsed. In another arrangement, the fabric is attached at one end to the body and passes around the outer rib back to a winding-roller in the body. In these cases, the fabric is stiffened with canes, and the ribs are provided with ledges for guiding and supporting it. The spindles b are carried by a cross - beam g<1> pivoted to the machine, and the blocks c at their forward ends are raised and lowered by a fork g<7>, Fig. 10, to vary the incidence of the planes. The fork is actuated by a screw g<6> operated from a hand-wheel. The controls are duplicated to permit of the actuation of the planes by a passenger.