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Patent GB-191107305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Prepayment Gas Meters.
Inventor: SMITH ERNEST WILLIAM
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 1911-03-23
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 7305. Smith, E. W., and Church, S. March 23. Gas, supplying by meter.-The prepayment ' attachment for meters described in Specification 9961/08 is adapted to be operated by prepayment or to be set by an inspector. The crownwheel a on the spindle e is coupled by a coin to the external handle b, as described in the prior Specification, and the handle b is bored to receive a key g, which is in the possession of an inspector and serves to rotate the spindle c. The keyhole in the handle may be sealed, and the key may rotate the spindle c indirectly through bevel or other gearing.
Patent GB-191108380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Removing Scale from Boiler Tubes and Plates and the like.
Inventor: CLAY JAMES RICHARD
IPC: F28G1/08
Filed: 1911-04-04
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 8380. Clay, J. R. April 4. Cleaning externally. - A cleaner for boiler tubes and plates, &c., has cutters 2 of semicircular form embracing the tubes to be cleaned, with a cutting-edge 6 bearing on the tube, and cutting-edges 7 which contact with, and clean, the tube-plate at the end of the tube. The cutters are loosely mounted by a pin 4, in a channelled bar 1, to allow movement necessitated by any irregularity in the tubes. This movement is limited by pins 5. Two bars 1 carrying cutters may be adjustably connected at their ends, as by screws with right and left hand threads, so that both sides of a row of tubes, or adjacent faces of adjacent rows, may be cleaned simultaneously. According to the Provisional Specification, the bar may be of round, rectangular, or square section, and the heads of the cutters fit loosely upon it, and are held so as to allow limited lateral movement by studs on each side of them.
Patent GB-191111676-A (GB)
Title: Improved Locking Device for Filing Feelers or Detectors Employed in Weft Replenishing Looms.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
IPC: D03D51/34
Filed: 1911-05-15
Granted: 1912-02-01
Abstract: 11,676. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. May 15. Weft-replenishing mechanism.-Relates to a locking-device for weft-feeler mechanism, such as is described in Specifications 3271/10 and 22,996/10, wherein the feeler slide is yieldingly pressed into contact with the weft 13 on the bobbin and is connected by a rod 17 to a lever 18 on a shaft 19. When a full or substantially full bobbin engages the slide 11 and moves it to the left, the slide 11 is held locked in this inoperative position, so that it does not engage the weft on subsequent forward movements of the lay, until the drop-boxes at the other side of the loom change, whereupon the feeler is unlocked. The usual lever 22 on the shaft 19 carries a bowl 34, which, when the slide 11 is moved to the left by a substantially-full bobbin, is engaged by a notch 35<b> on a lever 35, 35<2> connected by a spring 37 and chain 38 to a camoperated lever, the feeler being thus locked in inoperative position. A cam-projection 35<c> on the lever 35 is also caused to engage one of the inclined surfaces or enter one of the notches in a lever 39 having an extension 39' adjustably bolted to an arm 42 extending in front of the usual sliding selecting-rod 31, with which it is kept in contact by means of a spring 43. When the drop-boxes &c. are changed and the sliding rod is thus reciprocated, the lever 39 is rocked and, by engagement with the cam projection 35<c>, depresses the arm 35 of the lever 35, 35<2>, so as to release the bowl 34 and lever 22 to allow the feeler to move into operative position; If the shuttle then active is substantially full, the feeler is again locked in inoperative position, but otherwise acts in the usual manner to detect substantial weft-exhaustion. When this occurs, a rod 23 connected to the lever 22 remains in position to form a pivotal part for a lever, which causes the transferring-mechanism to be operated.
Patent GB-191114180-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Method of and Apparatus for Determining the Moment at which a Missile should be Released from an Air-vessel in order to Strike an Object on Earth.
Inventor: MARKS ALFRED SAMUEL
Filed: 1911-06-15
Granted: 1912-06-17
Abstract: 14,180. Marks, A. S. June 15. Computing-scales.-Relates to apparatus of the kind comprising a vertical height scale and a horizontal velocity scale, and a pointer adjustable relatively thereto, for ascertaining the angle of descent of a missile from a moving airship to the ground. The invention comprises a set of apparatus to be used collectively, and which are individually disclaimed, for ascertaining the speed of the air-ship, the angle of descent of the missile, the wind correction, and, therefrom, the moment at which to release the missile. The computing-instrument is shown in Fig. 1. A pointer g is pivoted to the zero of a scale of heights c and is supported by a clip h, which is adjustable in a slot i in a transverse bar in accordance with the graduations a, which represent the times of passage of the image of an object upon the ground between two fiducial lines on an observing lens. The transverse bar is adjusted to the height graduation on the scale c corresponding to the height of the air-ship, and the speed of the air-ship is indicated by the pointer g on a speed scale l. The angle of descent of the missile is next determined by adjusting the transverse bar to the height graduation on a second height scale d, which scale is based upon the laws of falling bodies, and the clip h to the graduation on a speed scale b agreeing with the ascertained speed; the angle is indicated by the pointer g on a scale k. The sets of scales may be distinguished by special colours.
Patent GB-191116299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus suitable for Drying, Heating or Cooling Purposes.
IPC: F26B21/00
Filed: 1911-07-14
Granted: 1912-07-15
Abstract: 16,299. Marlow, T. G., and Pulsometer Engineering Co. July 14. Air, supplying, circulating, and exhausting.- In apparatus for drying, heating, or cooling materials by means of air or other fluid, the air in the required condition is supplied to the operating chamber or chambers and compressed there, circulated under pressure in a closed cycle, exhausted, and circulated in a state of rarefaction in a closed cycle, in order to come into intimate and effective contact with the material under treatment. Figs. 3 and 4 show an arrangement of valves suitable for this purpose. A casing a<3> is connected with the intake b and the outlet c of a fan, and is also provided with passages h, i leading to the drying or other chamber. In the casing a<3> are three disks v, s, s<*> on a rotary shaft o, and between the disks are arranged pockets p, r. When the valve is in the position shown, air is drawn in through an opening m in the casing a<3> and through the pocket p, and is delivered by theopenings c, h to the chamber. As the disk passes on, the air is drawn through the opening i and circulated under pressure. When the pocket r comes opposite to the opening c, the air in the chamber is rarefied, and when the pocket r has passed on, the air is circulated in a state of rarefaction. An arrangement is described which, in addition to the above operations, reverses the direction of motion of the air in the chamber. By controlling the motion of the shaft o appropriately, any stage of the operations may be practically eliminated.
Patent GB-191116984-A (GB)
Title: Process of Manufacturing Light Constructions of Reinforced Concrete.
Inventor: DELILLE ERNEST
IPC: E04B1/20
Filed: 1911-07-25
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 16,984. Delille, E. July 25. Roofing-slabs. - In a concrete-slab building, the roof slabs, which have one or more ribs on the upper or lower side, extend from the ridge to the eaves in one or more lengths, as shown in Fig. 6, and are fixed to the roof beams by pins 13 and cement grouting; the slabs are connected laterally by grouting the reinforcing- netting 14, Fig. 7, in grooves 15, and also by the flanged joint-capping 8<a>.
Patent GB-191119965-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Apparatus for use in Recovering Corrosive Acids from their Absorbents.
Inventor: HALE FREDERICK MARTEN
IPC: C01B21/46
Filed: 1911-09-07
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 19,965. Hale, F. M. Sept. 7. Evaporators for liquids contained in solids.- Apparatus for recovering acids from kieselguhr or other absorbent by distillation consists of a retort A fitted with bars or tubes E which conduct heat to the kieselguhr &c., or with tubes D which conduct the fire-gases through the retort. The bars or tubes may be horizontal, vertical, or coiled. The retort has a sloping bottom F for the discharge of the residue.
Patent GB-191124291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hackling Machines.
Inventor: MACKIE JAMES
IPC: D01B5/00
Filed: 1911-11-01
Granted: 1912-11-01
Abstract: 24,291. Mackie, J., and Sinton, V. W. Nov. 1. Heckling-machines; feeding and transferring flax.-The heckle sheets of a machine having rising and falling channels, along which the holders are traversed, are separated during the period the channel rises, and the speed of rising is increased so that this portion of the cycle occupies a shorter time and the periods during which the channel is falling or stationary can be lengthened. In one form, Fig. 1, the top rollers carrying the heckle sheets are carried in slidable blocks a connected adjacent to each standard of the machine by adjustable rods g, g<1> with pivoted levers d, i. The levers d are fixed to a rock-shaft c, which is operated by an arm f, rod j, and lever k from a grooved cam m, and is connected to the levers i by arms e and connecting-rods h; the rollers are thus moved apart once during each cycle of operations, and, after a proper interval, are brought together again. An edge-cam may be used and the bowl on the end of the lever k kept in contact therewith by a weighted pulley on the rock-shaft c. In a modification, a face-cam operates a vertical rod w, Fig. 5, pivoted near its lower end, and at its upper end slidably connected with a bar v extending the whole length of one side of the machine and slidable on rollers u<1> mounted in brackets u. This bar carries, adjacent to each standard, a stud z, working in a bush 2 slidable thereon, and in the upper end of an arm t on a rod q, secured in the roller block and having a screw-threaded portion of fast pitch working in a fixed bush. The blocks at the other side of the machine are connected, by similar rods, arms, studs, and bushes, with arms on rock-shafts 6 carrying arms 3 having a sliding connexion with the bar v. The high speed of lifting of the channel is obtained by altering the gear ratio, or by using a lift-cam 7 of the form shown. The gearing for moving the fibre-holders is altered so that this movement may take place during the whole period of the lifting, and this is effected by altering the gear ratio of the bevelwheels operating the swinging arm connected with the catch-bar, so that the angular velocity of the segment which actuates the swinging-arm is less than that of the lifting-shaft; the studs on the segment which engage with the arm are also brought nearer together.
Patent GB-191128292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Railway Rails to Sleepers.
Inventor: MCCARTER ROBERT DALE
IPC: E01B3/26
Filed: 1911-12-15
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 28,292. McCarter, R. D. Dec. 15. Sleepers, composite and metal, and rails securing thereto. - Relates to the securing of rails to metal sleepers 3 with wood or metal cushions 4 by clamps 8 having at their lower ends one or more ribs or lugs for engagement with a locking-member, the opposite ends of which are secured in the sleeper flanes. 2; and consists in providing adjusting-means unaffected by wear due to vibration. The clamps 8, which may be used at rail joints, have projections 9 entering-recesses in the flanges 2, and a rib 12 formed integral with, or punched from, the clamp : in the latter case, the ribs may be at right-angles to, or parallel with, the sleeper base. The locking-member 13, Fig. 2, has a notched end 14 entering a slot 15 and a projection 21 bearing on the rib 12, while the other end is drawn by a bolt 18 towards a lug 19 punched from the sleeper flange. The member 13, Fig. 3, has wedging-surfaces 22, 23 engaging corresponding slots in the sleeper flanges; a spring washer 27 makes the device self-tightening. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the locking- member consists of two parts 28, 29, the latter having a threaded end 31 and a nut 32, which may bear against a washer such as the annular cap 33. Instead of ribs 12, the clamps in each case may be provided with indentations or openings receiving the member 13. Anchors 34 may be formed by punching or deforming the sleeper base.
Patent GB-191128785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Engine Speed Controlling Gear for Preventing Overwinding in Collieries and the like.
IPC: B66B5/08
Filed: 1911-12-21
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 28,785. Inglis & Co., G., and Inglis, G. Dec. 21. Overwinding, preventing; emergency power cut-off gear. - Apparatus for preventing overwinding and excessive speed of winding- engines comprises a governor 6 travelling to and fro within a box 1, the governor sleeve operating a lever 13 which on emergency engages a rack 16 and actuates a trip gear to cut off steam and apply the brakes. The governor is driven by a square shaft 2 and is traversed by a rotating screw 4 engaging a nut 11 mounted in the governor body, which is guided by a base-plate mounted in a slide 7 in the bottom of the box. The governor lever 13 is pivoted in a bracket on the governor body, and is weighted at one end and provided at the other end with a steel catch 15. The rack 16 is secured between side bars 21 which are coupled to a vertical pivoted arm 19 at each end. A two-armed lever 27 mounted on a rockshaft 24 is connected by slotted links 25 to the arms 19 so that end movement in either direction of the rack 16 rocks the shaft 24 and releases a trip gear. The ends 31 of the rack 16 are raised to ensure a reduction of speed towards the end of the wind. Set-screws 23 on the upper ends of the arms 19 are engaged by the governor lever if winding is started in the wrong direction. The speed limit may be adjusted by placing weights on the catch end of the governor lever. The governor body may be traversed in a curved instead of a straight path.
Patent GB-191205861-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: DUNHILL ALFRED
IPC: A24F1/00
Filed: 1912-03-08
Granted: 1913-03-06
Abstract: 5861. Dunhill, A. March 8. Tobacco pipes.-In tobacco pipes having a removable tube, this is a plain undivided parallel tube 5 of aluminium, steel, or other metal or alloy, cut away at one end as shown at 5<1> and bearing at the other end against a shoulder 5<11>.
Patent GB-191206893-A (GB)
Title: Projectile for Marine Artillery for the Attack of Battleships.
Inventor: BOULIOL MAURICE PIERRE ANTOINE
IPC: F42B12/08
Filed: 1912-03-20
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 6893. Bouliol, M. P. A. R. March 29, 1911, [Convention date]. Projectiles. - Consists in making an armourpiercing shell of two parts Q, T shaped as shown, and secured together by shrinking at a step joint J, the front part being provided with an armour-piercing cap C and the rear part with a short tubular fuse-holder D closed by a cap B.
Patent GB-191211347-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for Refrigerating by Ammonia Expansion and Absorption.
Inventor: WITHERS JOSEPH SUTTON
IPC: F25B17/02
Filed: 1912-05-13
Granted: 1913-05-13
Abstract: 11,347. Withers, J. S., [Smith Refrigerating Co.]. May 13. Refrigerating, absorption machines and processes for.-In a system of the reversing type, the generator-absorber is composed of a lower tank and three upper tanks at a common level, the connexions between them being such as to promote a free heat-circulation of liquid during both parts of the process, whereby generation and absorption are facilitated, the lower tank remaining always full of liquid. The lower tank 7 of the alternate generator and absorber is provided with gas-burners 5, with a perforated inlet pipe 9 connected to the refrigerator coils 11, and with three pairs of pipes 12, Fig. 3, communicating with the liquid space of the upper transverse tanks 8, which also communicate by means of constantly immersed pipes 61, and connexions 16, 15, 14 with the lower tanks. The immersed ends of these pipes are perforated as shown in Fig. 3. During the generating action, gas is supplied to the burners, and ammonia vapour, which is driven off to the upper part of the tanks 8, passes to the condenser 19 and the liquidammonia receiver 23. At the conclusion of the heating operation, the valve 20 is closed and the tanks permitted to cool, whereupon the cooling of the liquor and condensation of the vapour therein produce a partial vacuum at the upper part of the tanks. Consequently, when the evaporator valve 24 is opened and the liquid ammonia evaporates in the refrigerating- coils 11, the resulting gaseous ammonia experiences a suction from the absorber which reduces the back pressure in the refrigerating coils tending to oppose expansion. The diminution of pressure in the vapour space at the top of the cross-tanks draws the incoming gas from the pipe 9 upwards through the liquid, thereby promoting circulation through the generator and tanks, the cooling of which is effected by exposure to the atmosphere or by other suitable means.
Patent GB-191213236-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: URE JOHN FRANCIS FREDERICK WHA
IPC: B60C27/20
Filed: 1912-06-05
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 13,236. Ure, J. F. F. W. June 5. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces. - Relates to tyres, such as are described in Specifications 12,386 / 09, 17,285/09, 2978/10, and 28,058/11, of the type in which metallic tread plates are attached by stems, shanks, or pins secured on the inside of the tyre tread by nuts or the like, and consists in making the plate d of hard steel or steel alloy and the stem f of mild steel or soft alloy, and in attaching the stem by screwing or otherwise securing it into a hole in the plate and welding the parts together. A depression may be formed round the hole in the plate, into which is inserted a wire adapted to be intermingled with the metal of the stem in the process of welding.
Patent GB-191214359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door-closing Contrivances.
Inventor: GIBBONS FRANCIS JOSEPH JAMES
IPC: E05F3/10
Filed: 1912-06-19
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 14,359. Gibbons, F. J. J. June 19. Dash-pots.-Consists in connecting the opposite ends of the piston of a door check k by (1) a number of valve-controlled passages m in the piston, (2) a by-pass n, adjustable by means of a screw n<1>, and (3) a slot-way in the periphery of the piston. The slot-way is completely closed while the door is opened by means of a feather o fixed in the cylinder and provided with a tapered end which allows the slot-way to be partially opened just before the door is closed so as to relieve the check and ensure latching of the door.
Patent GB-191214584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway and Road Passenger Vehicles.
IPC: B61D13/02
Filed: 1912-06-21
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 14,584. International F-A-Y-E Tramcar Co., and Tanner, A. J. June 21. Tramcars; doors; footboards, steps, etc.; ingress and egress of passengers, controlling.-The bulkhead 3 of fare-prepayment cars is arranged to extend inwards towards the interior of the vehicle. The platform space can thus be reduced and waste space avoided. The usual doors 3<1> adapted to slide into the bulkhead sections may be provided. The bulkhead and doors may be curved instead of plane as shown. The lower steps of the stairway are disposed adjacent to the offside bulkhead and opposite the exit side of the platform step 6. The floor 9 of the interior is returned outwards so that the stairway rises from it and the conductor's position C is elevated by it. Fig. 2 shows an arrangement more particularly for omnibuses, in which the front bulkhead 3<a> is shaped to correspond to that at the rear. Fig. 4 shows the arrangement for a reversible car having a central platform with detachable guide rails 5. Specifications 1252/12 and 2541/12 are referred to.
Patent GB-191221806-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Device for Controlling the Operation of Photographic Apparatus.
Inventor: COLARDEAU LOUIS JOSEPH EMMANUE
IPC: G03B17/53
Filed: 1912-09-25
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 21,806. Colardeau, L. J. E., and Richard, J. Sept. 25. Shutters. - An automatic clockwork controlling-attachment for a camera, of the kind described in Specification 12,912/10, is adapted to release a signal vane just before exposure, open the shutter by pressing the control-push, close it again after a variable time of exposure, and then release a second signal vane. The controlling-device a, which is mounted on a camera by means of a bayonet-joint, is provided with two levers e, f on the same pivot e<1>, and the lever f is angularly adjusted in relation to the lever c, according to the exposure required, with the aid of a pointer f<3> moving over a scale e<3>, the two levers being then locked together by a lock-nut f<1>. When the clock-work is released by means of a button i<3>, the levers e, f turn in the direction of the arrow X, and just before the exposure, a tooth e<2> on the lever e releases a spring-hinged signal vane b. A pin g, Fig. 8, on the back of the lever e then lifts a pivoted hook n out of engagement with a notch on n disk m fixed to a spring-operated cam l, a projection l<1> of which then depresses a spring- pressed button k and operates the control-push j to open the shutter. The hook n then engages a second notch on the disk m until it is again lifted by a pin h on the lever f, when a second projection l<2> of the cam again depresses the button k, to close the shutter. After the exposure has been completed, a tooth f<2> on the lever f releases a second spring-hinged signal vane. The clock-work is rewound by moving the levers e, f back to the initial position, this movement also resetting the cam l by means of a slotted link p, and a crank o on the cam shaft. When an instantaneous exposure is required, the button t of the camera is suitably set, and the index f<3> is moved to the zero position.
Patent GB-191222199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Extracting Liquids from Vessels.
Inventor: COPLESTONE HERBERT WILLIAM
Filed: 1912-09-30
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 22,199. Coplestone, H. W. Sept. 30. Direct air - pressure apparatus, non-automatic. - In an apparatus for extracting petrol &c. from storage vessels by air pressure derived from an air-pump mounted tbereon, the air-pump a is provided with an air chamber c communicating with the space above the liquid in the vessel f by a duct k formed in the wall of the liquid delivery pipe e. The pump is pressed against a washer on the lid of the vessel by a spring g to effect an airtight connexion.
Patent GB-191222744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Hammers.
IPC: E21B6/06
Filed: 1912-10-05
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 22,744. Soc. Anon. d'Explosifs et de Produits Chemiques. Oct. 19, 1911, [Convention date]. Percussive drills.-In a pneumatic hammer, a reciprocating piston a, held against rotation by the engagement of straight grooves 1 with ribs on the part b, oscillates a sleeve g through the engagement of helical grooves 2 with ribs therein, and this sleeve communicates intermittent motion in one direction to a spring- pressed tool-holder o by means of engaging teeth d on the sleeve g and tool-hodler o.