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Patent GB-191125071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stropping and like Machines.
Inventor: POSTANS ARTHUR JAMES
IPC: B24D15/08
Filed: 1911-11-10
Granted: 1912-11-11
Abstract: 25,071. Postans, A. J. Nov. 10. Stropping-apparatus.-A stropping or like machine comprises a rotatable buff and a rocking blade-holder adapted to be operated by a driving-band passed round three staggered pulleys. The blade-holder, which is constituted by a slotted and enlarged end E<5> of a spindle E, is rocked by means of a pulley B having an extension B<1> fitting in a casing A, and retained in place by a part A<1> of the casing. In the extension of the pulley are arranged three resilient loose strips E<4>, which constitute a frictional drive between the pulley and the spindle. A spindle F, carrying the buff F', is also mounted in the casing, and extends through a pulley C having a lug C<1>, adapted to engage and drive, a collar F<3> carrying a feather F<5> engaging in a groove F<6> in the spinde. On the end of the spindle is a pin F<2> co-operating with a worm A<5> mounted or formed in an extension A<4> carrying a handle G; the buff thus moves endways as it rotates, and so strops the whole of the blade edge. The driving-band K passes over the pulleys B 'and C and is looped round an idle pulley mounted on a spindle D'. In a modification, for use with double-edged blades, two buffs are used and the blade is rocked by means of toothed wheels mounted on the blade-holder spindle and the idle pulley respectively.
Patent GB-191206580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combined Intercommunication and Party Line Telephone Systems and the like.
IPC: B60C19/12
Filed: 1912-03-16
Granted: 1913-04-16
Abstract: 6580. Sterling Telephone and Electric Co., [Telephon Fabrik Akt.-Ges., vorm. J. Berliner]. March 16. I n t e r c o m m unication and exchange systems.-In connexion with intercommunication systems in which each station has access to a number of exchange lines, a relay is provided for each exchange line to make the line inaccessible to o t h e r stations as soon as one station has connected to it. Each station I, II, III is provided with a calling relay C<1>a, C<11>a, C<111>a and the exchange line a is associated with a group relay G<a>. When station I introduces a plug into jack J<1>a, a circuit for the battery 16 is completed over the contacts 13, 14, winding 11, and contact 17. The armatures 7, 8 of the relay C'a connect the telephone instruments to the exchange line a, and the armature 19 completes a shunt circuit over the winding 12 and relay G<a>. The contact 17 cuts out the winding 11 and makes the line a inaccessible to other stations. The energizing of the relay C<1>a over the winding 12 connects the exchange line to the subscriber's switch so that connexion can be made to a member of the intercommunication system over the contacts 3, 4 without interrupting the exchange connexion. The indicators S'a, S<11>a, S<111>a show that the line is busy. Separate switches are provided for each exchange line. The function of the relay G<a> may be performed by the relay C'a, the hold-up circuit for the relay C<1>a may be interrupted when a second exchange switch is operated, and the relay C<1>a may be held up mechanically instead of electrically.
Patent GB-191207989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HAEGELE JACOB AUGUST
IPC: F28D1/03
Filed: 1912-04-02
Granted: 1913-04-02
Abstract: 7989. Haegele, J. A., and Zweigle, G. April 2. Plate apparatus.-In a radiator, particularly applicable to cooling the circulation water in explosion motors on flying-machines, separate cooling-elements consisting of plates are connected through their headers and valves so that one or more elements may be shut off. The plates are corrugated vertically and horizontally as shown in Fig. 5, and are so assembled in pairs that water spaces a project into the air spaces b, which run both horizontally and vertically. The inlet headers C may have inturned flanges G, which engage connecting nipples H. Each nipple may carry a cylinder 1, which is closed at one end and has lateral slots 2. A second open-ended cylinder 4, having slots to coincide with the slots 2, is rotated by a handle 5 to serve as a rotary valve. The cylinder 4 has a collar 3 to engage a groove in the nipple H. Instead of this connexion, a hose or other coupling may be employed between the headers. The outlet headers may have flanges which slide one within the other. The cooling- elements are set at an angle to the plane of the headers; as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191211430-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Dividing or Severing Lenghts of Plastic Bon-bon or for Cutting or Dividing Various Sweet-meats.
IPC: A23G7/00
Filed: 1912-05-14
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 11,430. Collier & Son, L., and Weindling, S. May 14. Stream-cutting machines.-A machine for dividing or severing lengths of plastic sweetmeat comprises a base-plate 5, resiliently supported between anglepieces 3 forming a guide-channel, and a bar 17 carrying cutters 18 which co-operate with the base 5. The cutter bar 17 is suspended by brackets 19 from a rod 20 supported in slots 21 in levers 11, and is guided by studs 22 working in guidebrackets 23. The levers 11 are connected by an operating-handle 16 and are normally retained in an elevated position by springs 14 acting on a bar 13 connecting extensions of the levers. Fig. 4, shows a support for the bar 5, comprising coiled springs 7 and plate springs 6. In operation, a length of sweetmeat is placed in the guide channel and the handle 16 depressed, causing the cutters to sever the material. The plate 5, which is grooved to correspond with the cutters 18, may be provided with cutters instead of, or in addition to the bar 17 ; also the machine may be power operated. Duplicate dividing means may be provided in a single machine, which may also be fitted with means for removing the divided sweetmeat from time to time.
Patent GB-191211726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dumb-turner Apparatus for Sugar-cane and like Mills.
Inventor: MCNEIL JOHN
IPC: C13B10/06
Filed: 1912-05-17
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 11,726. McNeil, J., McNeil, C., and McNeil, W. A. May 17. Roller mills. - In sugar-cane and like mills in which the dumbreturner bar A is supported upon a beam B carried by stools D' on the inner sides of the headstocks D<2>, the stools are adjustable longitudinally of the mill so as to move the bar towards or from the roller C<1>. The stools rest upon an inwardly - extending part G of the base-plate G<1>, or upon brackets formed on or fixed to the inner faces of the headstocks, and are adjusted by means of screwed rods H, H' which lie in slotted lugs J, J<1> on the stools and base-plate respectively. Heads K on the inner ends of the rods engage the lugs J, and nuts K<1> on the outer ends of the rods bear against the lugs J<1>. The stools are locked in the adjusted position by bolts L, L<1>. The bar A, beam B, and stools D' are of a length equal to the distance between the flanges on the ends of the upper roll C, so as to leave a space between the stools and the headstocks down through which megasse &c. may pass to the base. The ends of the beam B rest on brackets D of the stools, and are secured by bolts E, packing-strips E' or wedges being provided for vertical adjustment.
Patent GB-191213527-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Drying of Grooved or Guttertiles or other Tiles and similar Objects or Materials.
IPC: F26B21/00
Filed: 1912-06-10
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 13,527. Haas Ges., F. June 14, 1911, [Convention date]. Chambers; air and gases, supplying, circulating, and exhausting. -Grooved or gutter tiles or other tiles or materials are dried in an apparatus comprising a preliminary channel with air circulation and a final channel with superheated steam circulation. The tiles &c. resting on trucks enter the preliminary drying-channel K<1>, pass along it and through a connecting- passage G to the final channel K<2>, through which they pass in the opposite direction; both channels are provided with double doors T<1>, T<2>. Air is drawn into the preliminary channel by a fan &c. being heated by a stove &c. S on entry, and, after traversing the channel, exhausts into the atmosphere. Steam obtained from the material treated in the second channel circulates continuously therethrough, being heated bv an externnlty heated stove H<2> and utilizing its surplus heat in the stove &c. S of the preliminary drier.
Patent GB-191221156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Closing and Locking Apparatus for the Doors of Railway Carriages.
Inventor: CUYPERS JEAN
IPC: E05B65/20
Filed: 1912-09-17
Granted: 1913-09-17
Abstract: 21,156. Cuyhers, J. Sept. 17. Operating doors pneumatically and by lever mechanism.-A device for both closing and locking the doors of railway carriages comprises a rod 1 having arms 3, fitted with rollers 4, which move into contact with each door from the hinged side when the longitudinal rods 1 are operated Each carriage is fitted with a cylinder, the piston of which is actuated by air compressed either in the engine or in the guard's van, and the piston-rod 7 is connected to the longitudinal rod 1 by means of the lever 5 pivoted at 6. A similar arrangement may be provided along the top of the carriage. When the air of each cylinder is released by means of a control cock on the carriage, springs 9 return the rods 1 to their normal position and release the doors. The actuating-devices may be connected together and a single control cock employed on the train. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 1223/01 and 29,551/06, [both in Class 44, Fastenings, Lock &c.].
Patent GB-191221611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Glass Working Machines.
Filed: 1912-09-23
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 21,611. Marks, E. C. R., [Empire Machine Co.]. Sept. 23. Blowing.-Relates to a machine for blowing glass hollow-ware, of the type in which the blowpipe with gather is placed in the machine by hand. The blowpipe 24 is supported by a chuck C and a clip 39 in a frame 10, 11 which rotates about a shaft 4. The blowpipe having been placed in position, a handle 44 is moved upwards, so as to lock the clip 39 and simultaneously to move a sleeve 22 Fig. 10, into engagement with the catches 20 and thus to lock the head H of the blowpipe 24 in the chuck. This operation takes place while the frame 10, 11 is horizontal. The frame 10, 11 is then swung about the shaft 4, by means of a cam 62, until the gather comes under the action of the marvering-plate 100, as described in Specifications 8752/13 and 8753/13. The blowpipe is then swung down into the vertical position and, after the blank has elongated, the mould 174 is closed, and the blowing is performed as described in the Specifications referred to above. The mould is then opened and cooled in the bath 1. The frame 10, 11 is brought back to the horizontal position and the chuck C and clip 39 are unlocked by mechanism actuated from a cam 149, so that the blowpipe can be lifted out laterally and held vertically by a lever 50, Fig. 14, provided with a clip 52 to engage a fixed collar 54 on the blowpipe. During the marvering and blowing, the blowpipe is rotated by gearing 25, 26, 30. A clutch 33, operated by a lever 34, is arranged so as to stop the rotation of the blowpipe automatically during the elongation of the blank.
Patent GB-191223262-A (GB)
Title: Process for Preparing a Baby Food.
Inventor: GAWENDA-NEE-BONK MARIE
IPC: A23L7/10
Filed: 1912-10-11
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 23,262. Gawenda, [nÚe Bonk], M. Oct. 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Preparing flour from special materials; processes for reduction of grain. - Rye-flour is roasted to a light-brown colour with continuous stirring, ground, sieved, and cooled. It is thus sterilized and rendered suitable as a food for babies and invalids.
Patent GB-191224165-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Lighting and Extinguishing Gas from a Distance.
Inventor: THOMMEL GEORG
Filed: 1912-10-22
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 24,165. Thommel, G. Oct. 22. Actuating.-An electric device for actuating a gas-valve from a distance through a single live wire is so arranged that, by means of the differentiated action of a contact device, the strength of the excitation of an electro-magnet may be varied to control the operation of the valve and the lighting or extinguishing of the gas-burner. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement of the circuit, and Fig. 3 a sectional view of the electro-magnetic valve-operating device, the valve 13 being in the raised and open position. A movable armature 12 carries the valve 13, and a locking-lever 17 is provided, pivoted at 16 and having an armature 18. By pressing the button 3<a> of the switch the circuit is completed and the parts attracted into the position shown in Fig. 3. When the switch button 3<a> is released the catch x of the locking-lever falls across the path of travel of the head 15, and the valve is held in the open position. To close the valve, the button 3<b> is pressed and then partly released, thereby separating the contacts 5, 6. By this means, both armatures are first attracted into the position shown in Fig. 3, and then, by the auxiliary resistance 7 being brought into the circuit, the current is only strong enough to retain the armature of the locking- lever. The valve is then free to fall into the closed position. The pilot light is supplied through a port y. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, the local circuit is not arranged at the switch, but at the burner, and the resistance 26 is switched in automatically by a thermal device. A magnetic coil 23 of the burner valve, igniting - wire 24, magnetic coil 25 of the pilot valve, and a pair of contacts 27, 28 normally closed are arranged in series, with a branch resistance 26, as shown. By completing the circuit through the switch button 21<a>, the valves are opened and the gas ignited. An expansion body 30, Fig. 6, is heated by the pilot burner until the contacts 27, 28 are separated, the circuit then being completed only through the resistance 26. The weakened current acts through an electro-magnetic device somewhat similar to the arrangement described above, the valve being held open by a locking lever. If the switch member is only closed for a short time, so that the automatic opening of the contacts 27, 28 is not effected, the valve is at once closed whereupon the switch member is released in consequence of the simultaneous movements of both armatures. In a further modification, the thermal device and resistance are arranged in parallel with the magnetic and ignition coils.
Patent GB-191229372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Contact Devices of the Swan Type.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
IPC: H01R33/46
Filed: 1912-12-20
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 29,372. Haddan, R., [L³denscheider Metallwerke Akt.-Ges. vorm. J. Fischer und Basse]. Dec. 20. Holders. - A contact device comprises a spring plunger e sliding in a tubular guide d, secured to a metal plate a, and having the rim at one end turned over to form a seat for a cap g on which the spring h rests, the plate having a hole b for a wire-end and a screw c, screwing in its thickness, and adapted to secure the wire.
Patent GB-191307238-A (GB)
Title: Method of Producing Reversible Colloidal Sulphur.
IPC: C01B17/05
Filed: 1913-03-26
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 7238. Aktiebdaget Kolloid. March 30, 1912, [Convention date]. Sulphur.-Reversible colloidal sulphur is prepared by effecting the reaction between sulphuretted hydrogen and sulphur dioxide in dilute acid, for instance, of decinormal strength.
Patent GB-191310515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bolts for Doors and Gates.
Inventor: COOPER RICHARD COBDEN
IPC: E05C1/04
Filed: 1913-05-05
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 10,515. Cooper, R. C. May 5. Sliding bolts.-A bolt C for doors and gates has a raised rib D adapted to pass through the slot B and to be retained within the barrel A when the bolt is rotated. A stop E limits the backward movement of the bolt.
Patent GB-191315633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Engine Starting Systems for Automobiles.
Inventor: WHITE ALFRED ERNEST
IPC: F02N15/06
Filed: 1913-07-07
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 15,633. White, A. E., [Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co.]. July 7. Guarding against wrong movements; setting and retaining devices.-The lever 13 controlling a dynamo-electric machine 1 for starting the engine cannot be moved until (1) a button 21 has been depressed to release a locking- catch, and (2) the main clutch has been disengaged by the pedal 31. The pedal carries a bar 31<a> which normally projects into the path of the lever 13 and so prevents its operation. The button 21 acts on a pawl 22, which is thus freed from a catch 18, and simultaneously closes a switch 24 by which the shaft 5 of the machine 1 is given an initial rotary movement. The lever 13 controls the main switch 15 of the machine and also actuates a sliding shaft 9 so connecting the shaft 5 to the engine fly-wheel 6. The machine 1 and its coacting parts are mounted above the fly-wheel 6 and partly below the floor 4, and are covered by a casing 16. Specifications 28,903/11, 29,085/11, 504/13, and 3655/13, [Class 35, Dynamo-electric generators &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-191320231-A (GB)
Title: Stopper Key.
Inventor: HODGSON HARRY
IPC: B25B13/48
Filed: 1913-09-08
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 20,231. Hodgson, H., and Wood, G. A. Sept. 8. Hand-grip wrenches. -A device for manipulating screw stoppers of bottles consists of two castings C, D pivoted together at E and provided with circular toothed gripping-recesses, between which and the top of the castings are formed hollow spaces to enable a firm grip of the teeth on the fluted rim of the stopper to be obtained. In operation, the parts projecting rearwardly of the pivot are received in the palm of the hand, and thumb pressure is applied on the forward tips. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 26,174/09.
Patent GB-191320926-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Limestone.
Inventor: ALFREDO VENTURI
IPC: C04B28/10
Filed: 1913-09-16
Abstract: 20,926. Venturi, A. Oct. 18, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Drawings to Specification. Abrading-compositions. - Artificial stones &c. are polished by being rubbed with a paste of stannic or stannous oxide, with stannates, soluble or insoluble lead compounds and oxalic acid.
Patent GB-191324312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Search-lights or Projectors.
IPC: F21V17/02
Filed: 1913-10-27
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 24,312. Siemens-Schuckertwerke. Oct. 26,1912, [Convention date]. Search-lights.-The spread or distribution of one or more beams from a search-light is varied by introducing into the path of the rays a number of flat mirrors, the relative inclinations of which can be altered as required, either individually or collectively, by hand or by motor. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the direction of the beam is determined by turning the flat mirrors p<1>, p<2>, &c., together with a ring a around the horizontal axis of the search-light, and by turning the search-light about a vertical axis. In an arrangement applied to a search-light arranged vertically, a frame r, Fig. 6, carrying the flat mirrors, can be rotated about an horizontal axis by worm gearing t or otherwise, and the ring a on which the framer is mounted may turn about the vertical axis of the search-light, which may be a fixture. The mirrors may be arranged above or below the search-light. In one method of operating the flat mirrors, levers h, Fig. 7, mounted on the pivots of the different flat mirrors p<1>, p<2>, engage in cam-grooves c in the peripheries of disks or cylinders d on a shaft e operated by motor or by hand. The mirrors may be held in different working positions by a spring stop f engaging notches in a disk on the shaft e. The mirrors may be arranged so as to project one over the other, or may be arranged in the form of a chain, or may be movable in other ways.
Patent GB-191328473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Guiding Fabrics into Stentering and other Machines.
Inventor: COOK THOMAS
IPC: D06C3/00
Filed: 1913-12-10
Granted: 1915-01-11
Abstract: 28,473. Cook, T., and Durrant, G. Dec. 10. Registering webs. - Apparatus for guiding fabrics into stentering and like machines, of the class employing positively - driven elements at each selvedge as described in Specification 19,300/12, comprises a pair of rollers, one positively driven and the other free to rotate when moved to grip the fabric passing between them and mounted in a cradle centrally pivoted to one end of a beam lever, the other end of which is operated and controlled by cam and lever mechanism from a feeler as described in the above - mentioned Specification. The roll a is inclined to the path of the fabric and is driven by a skew gear c and gear d, f, g from a driven shaft h. The roller b is carried, parallel to the roller a, in a cradle i pivoted at j to a beam k, which is pivoted on an adjustable frame 10 and provided with a bowl k<1> contacting a pivoted cam-member v. A lever m pivoted at n is momentarily oscillated by a lug g<1> on the wheel g, and this lever oscillates a pivoted spring-controlled lever s to slide a rotary cam t along the shaft h. The cam t rotates between bowls 4, t<2> on the cam-members v and acts, when held in displaced position, to swing the member so that the inclined part 3 acts on the bowl k<1> and lifts the roller b to press the fabric against the roller a. This condition arises when the fabric passes away from a feeler which, as described in the abovementioned Specification, then descends and locks a bell-crank, which through a link holds the lever m and consequently the cam t in displaced position. A bowl 5 prevents the cam v from lifting. The lower roller b may be driven and the upper roller a mounted in a cradle. According to the Provisional Specification, one or both rollers of each pair may be replaced by a disk.
Patent GB-191406380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Calculating Photographic Exposures.
Inventor: WYNNE GEORGE FREDERICK
IPC: G01J1/50
Filed: 1914-03-13
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 6380. Wynne, G. F. March 13. [Cognate Application, 16,258/14.] Exposure meters and actinometers.-Relates to exposure-calculating apparatus of the type comprising an actinometer and calculating-scales contained in a case of watch shape. The case consists of two parts 1, 2, Figs. 1, 4 and 5, hinged together at 3 and provided with a spring catch 5, 6, the part 1 containing the actinometer parts and the part 2 the calculating- scales. A stationary sheet of sensitive paper is placed in the bottom of the part 1, and over it is placed a removable rotary dish plate 7, Fig. 6, which is normally retained by the engagement of projections 20 under a flange 8, Fig. 5, and is provided with a slot or window 10, through which different parts of the paper can be exposed by turning the dish plate 7 by means of a milled edge 9. Standard tints 14, Fig. 1, are painted on each side of the slot 10, and are protected from dirt by a transparent disk 13, Fig. 6, above which is an opaque disk 11 having a circular window 12. In order to prevent colouring of the sensitive paper while the dish plate 7 is being turned, the window 10 is covered by the fingers, the movement of radial divisions 22, Fig. 1, on the disk 11 past a fixed point indicating when the plate 7 has been turned through the required angle. The calculating scales are formed on disks 23, 24, Figs. 1 and 4, and the disk 24, which is rotated by means of a knob 26, is detachably fitted by snapping over an enlarged pivot knob 25, so that interchangeable scales can be employed.
Patent GB-191407239-A (GB)
Title: A Self-driving Hydrostatical Rotary Motor.
Inventor: LEIGH RALPH
IPC: F03G7/10
Filed: 1914-03-23
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 7239. Leigh, R. March 23. Self-driving machines.-A hemicylindrical vessel V mounted to rotate about a vertical axis A is formed with a slightly eccentric arm F so that the pressure of contained fluid may have an eccentric resultant to cause rotation of the whole.