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Patent GB-191103450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepayment Electric Meters.
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 1911-02-10
Granted: 1911-05-04
Abstract: 3450. Aron Elektricitõtszõhlerfabrik, H. April 6, 1910, [Convention date]. Electricity, supplying by meter.-The apparatus is adapted to be set at regular intervals to supply a certain predetermined quantity of electricity for which a lump sum is prepaid, and, if this supply is exhausted before the conclusion of the period, further supplies can be obtained by inserting coins in the usual way. In the position shown in the drawing, a wheel g of the meter mechanism is held away from a wheel h of the prepayment mechanism by the engagement of a pin d on a spring-controlled lever f with the rim of a disk b on a spindle a of the meter train, and the supply continues until the pin is drawn through an aperture c in the rim and the wheel g thrown into gear with the wheel h. Any further supply before the lever f is reset can be obtained by the insertion of coins in the usual way.
Patent GB-191105858-A (GB)
Title: Improved Shock-absorbing and Anti-slipping Wheel for Cycles, Motor Cars, Carriages and other Vechiles.
IPC: B60B9/04
Filed: 1911-03-08
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 5858. Walker et Cie, S. March 12, 1910, [Convention date]. Metallic spring bodies and cores.-In elastic tyres formed of spaced elastic bands 1, 2, 3, the attachments between the bands consist of groups of bolts 4, the heads of which on the outer band serve as non-slipping elements.
Patent GB-191107596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fuel Pumping Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GRUNWALD CARL
IPC: F02M59/02
Filed: 1911-03-27
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 7596. Grunwald, C. April 29, 1910, [Convention date]. Cylinders receiving liquid fuel. - In engines in which the fuel is drawn by the feed-pump B from a reservoir b<1> in which it is kept at a constant level by another pump F and an overflow pipe J, the level of the fuel in the main reservoir L is, according to the invention, rendered independent of that in the vessel b<1> by providing in a chamber H a float valve with two faces, which allow the pump F to draw from the pipe K, or the chamber H, or partly from both, according to the level of the oil in the chamber H.
Patent GB-191107639-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to Artificial Leather.
Inventor: REIDEL ERNA
IPC: D04H1/64
Filed: 1910-01-04
Granted: 1911-04-04
Abstract: 7639. Reidel, E. Jan. 4, 1910. [Addition to 225/10.] Backings; coating-compositions; impregnating- compositions, &c.-Artificial leather is prepared by saturating the mat of animal fibres described in the parent Specification with the first or the third of the compositions used singly, or any two or all three of the compositions described in the same Specification.
Patent GB-191112229-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Draining Liquid from Continuous Webs of Wet Material.
Inventor: HERMANN ADALBERT
IPC: F26B13/10
Filed: 1911-05-20
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 12,229. Hermann, A. May 21, 1910, [Convention date]. Carrier bands; drying by absorbents.-Material is fed continuously in a layer on a metallic cloth a, and the moisture accumulating at the upper surface is absorbed by a cloth d passing round rollers b, e. The bulk of the water having been absorbed, the remainder is squeezed out into the cloth by the pressure between rollers b, f, and the dried layer passes away. A second absorbent cloth d<1>, which may pass partly round the roller b as shown at d<11>, may be used. The metallic cloth a may slide over an impervious plate which prevents any leakage.
Patent GB-191112712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Detachable Wheel Hubs.
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1911-05-26
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 12,712. Birmingham Small Arms Co., and Cooper, S. May 26. Detaching from and attaching to permanent hubs. -The drive between a detachable hub 1 of stamped or spun metal and the permanent hub 3 is transmitted by means of a circular ring 6, secured by an acetylene, electric, or other welding process in a recess 5 on the detachable hub, and having a non-circular aperture which fits a correspondingly shaped flange on the permanent hub. The detachable hub is centred by a pin 13 engaging a groove 14 on the permanent hub.
Patent GB-191112838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Acetylene Gas Packages.
Inventor: BUCKMAN HENRY HOLLAND
IPC: C10L3/04
Filed: 1911-05-29
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 12,838. Buckman, H. H., Fulton, H. H., and Richards, W. J. May 29. Storing under pressure.-Acetylene dissolved in a solvent under pressure is contained in a vessel 10 packed with cakes 12 of asbestos or other suitable material; the escaping gas passes out through a valve 11. Benzopherone is added to the solvent in the vessel to increase its dissolving power.
Patent GB-191112918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Systems of Electric Distribution.
IPC: H02K47/00
Filed: 1911-05-29
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 12,918. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Whitaker, F. P. May 29. Systems for conversion employing rotary converters.-In a distribution system employing a rotary converter in combination with a generator driven by a prime mover, the converter is started by connecting its shaft b to the shaft a of the prime mover through gearing which is disengaged manually or automatically after speed is attained. In the form shown, a countershaft c engages the shaft a by means of a claw clutch d, and at the same time gears with the shaft b by spur-wheels e, f. The synchronous speed of the converter when electrically driven is slightly above that communicated by the turbine, so that at this point the clutch d becomes ineffective, and the shaft c can be moved endways in its bearings and away from both shafts a, b. The countershaft may be mounted on a movable bed, on which it may be moved up to the shafts a, b, the shafts being, if desired, in alinement.
Patent GB-191113171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valve Mechanism for use in Reciprocating Engines and the like.
Filed: 1911-06-01
Granted: 1911-12-14
Abstract: 13,171. Marks, E. C. R., [American Rotary Valve Co.]. June 1. R o t a r y valves; valve spindles. - In an engine, which may be used for motivepower purposes, or for exhausting or compressing air, the valve, which is rotated at the same speed as the shaft 2 by toothed gearing, is divided into two longitudinal passages by a twisted web, the end sections 25, 26 of which are at right-angles to the central section 24. The valve has an opening 29 always in communication with a pipe 16, which forms the inlet or exhaust passage according to the direction of rotation of the engine, or according to whether the engine is compressing or exhausting air. The engine may be reversed or form a compressor or exhauster by turning the valve through 180 degrees. For this purpose, the valve spindle is provided with a clutch 45, 46 and a hand-wheel 37. Ports 30 ... 33 are provided at the ends, and a port 34 at the centre, of the valve. The ports 30, 33, 34 are connected by one passage in the valve, and the ports 29, 31, 32 by the other passage in the valve. The valve is packed by longitudinal bars and split rings 66, which have interlocking notches and flush surfaces to ensure uniform wear of the seat.
Patent GB-191115295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Neck Bands of Shirts Blouses and the like.
Inventor: LEVER SIMS
IPC: A41B1/12
Filed: 1911-06-30
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 15,295. Lever, S. July 4, 1910, [Convention date]. Expansion and contraction, facilitating.-To admit of expansion of shirt neck-bands, vertical divisions are made in them other than at the front or back openings, the essential condition being that the divisions do not register with the opening or openings in the garment. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the divisions 12 are at the sides. Fig. 2 shows two overlapping ends 10, 11 of a neck-band free of the garment so that either may be inside. In other forms, a projecting tongue on one end is guided in a fold, loop, or slot in the other end; or the ends are kept in loose engagement by means of a stud passed through a slot in each end.
Patent GB-191203017-A (GB)
Title: New Method of "Dressing" or Preparing Staves used in the Manufacture of Wooden Casks, Tubs, Vats or similar Vessels.
Inventor: JOHNSON THOMAS WILDERS
IPC: B27H5/00
Filed: 1912-02-06
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 3017. Johnson, T. W. Feb. 6. Bending.-In the manufacture of casks and similar vessels made from staves, after the edges of each stave have been " jointed," one or more #-shaped slots, with flat or slightly curved faces, are cut from end to end, each section is backed and hollowed as shown in Fig. 8, and the staves are dressed, assembled, and trussed, the last operation closing the slots.
Patent GB-191203336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary or Straight-bar Knitting Machines.
IPC: D04B11/00
Filed: 1912-02-09
Granted: 1912-09-26
Abstract: 3336. Cotton, W., and Aldridge, C. H. Feb. 9. Straight bar machines.-Consists in the use, in machines of the ' Cotton ' and like type, of a knocking-over bar C' resting or pressing against the needle stems and provided with knocking - over bits C projecting between the needles. The bar C<1> is given a rocking movement by means of arms C<3> on a rocking shaft C<4>, and a rising and falling movement may also be imparted. A spring C<5> holds the bar C' against the stems of the needles. Upon the descent of the needles for knocking-over, the loops are drawn over the edge of the knocking- over bar C<1> which ensures a more perfect formation of the loops and a better fabric than heretofore. In the modified form shown in Fig. 3, the bar C<1> is carried on brackets F, F, which are slidably attached to the needle bar B' and normally held down by springs. A stop screw F<4> is placed beneath the end F<1> and supports the bar C<1> upon the descent of the needle bar to knock over the loops. According to another modification, Fig. 4, the knocking- over bits C are hooked at the ends C', and are attached by lugs C' to a supplementary bar G, which is drawn back during knocking-over so that the hooks C<7> assist the action of the edge C<2> of the bar C'.
Patent GB-191204293-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Maintaining Nuts and Bolts in Tightened Position.
IPC: F16B39/32
Filed: 1912-02-20
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 4293. Wills, B. R., and Low Moor Co. Feb. 20. Locking nuts.-In a device for locking nuts of the kind in which two nuts are connected by an S-shaped spring, the ends of the spring are positively anchored to collars or washers which are constrained to turn with the nuts. Fig. 1 shows a form in which square nuts have washers c with ratchet teeth f engaged by the ends h of the spring, which ends are bevelled, as shown in Fig. 1<a>, to prevent them from slipping off outwards. Fig. 3 shows a modified form of washer with struck-up tongues e for engaging the sides of the nut.
Patent GB-191209852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toothed Gearing.
Inventor: DUMONT MAURICE
IPC: F16H55/12
Filed: 1912-04-25
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 9852. Dumont, M. April 25, 1911, [Convention date]. Driving-arrangements. - Relates to toothed wheels subject to periodical shocks, applicable to looms &c. A removable section E has a channel f engaging by a rib D on a web C forming part of the wheel A, and is bolted in position by bolts G. Shoulders e<2> on the section engage shoulders a<2> on the wheel.
Patent GB-191212397-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Relieving Compression in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SANGSTER CHARLES THOMAS BROCK
IPC: F01L13/08
Filed: 1912-05-25
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 12,397. Sangster, C. T. B. May 25. [Addition to 22,475/11.] Starting.-A supplementary lever 8 is interposed between the compression relief cam 1 and the lever 7 described in the parent Specification. The exhaust cam 3 may be an internal cam, and is driven by spur gearing from the shaft upon which the cam 1 is mounted.
Patent GB-191216728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sampling Devices.
Inventor: REED JOHN NICHOLAS
IPC: G01N1/08
Filed: 1912-07-17
Granted: 1913-05-01
Abstract: 16,728. Reed, J. N. July 17. Sampling granular materials.-A device for removing a sample of sugar, seeds, grain, &c. from a bag &c. consists of a triangular body a, in one face of which is a groove d of semicircular or elliptic crosssection. At one end is formed a lozenge-shaped penetrating point c, and at the other is a collar f, behind which a screw g may be provided for attaching a handle, Fig. 7, or an extension for use with mechanical appliances for inserting the device. In one form, Fig. 8, the extension carries a rotary disk i for use with a pressing-screw, and in another form it has a plain elongated body for use with a lever, mallet, ram, or harpoon - gun. The handle or extension is secured by a pin h and may have a groove j for the application of a wrench for removing the device from the bag &c.
Patent GB-191217754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Engine and like Starters.
Inventor: GEORGE SOUTHWICK THOMPSON
Filed: 1912-07-31
Abstract: 17,754. Thompson, G. S., and Raber, T. F. Aug. 3, 1911, [Convent on date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Spring power-storing mechanism.-In engine turning-gear of the type in which the contraction of a spring partially rotates a gear-wheel to turn the engine, and the engine continues the rotation of the wheel to reset the spring, the latter rotation is given through another train at a slower rate than the former. The spring 18, Fig. 1, is extended axially by a chain 17 attached to a pin on a toothed wheel 12. This wheel gears with a pinion 38 on a loose sleeve 37, which carries at its other end a pinion 36. Pinions 34, 35 are in gear with the pinion 36 and are carried on pins 30, 31 carried in bearings in plates 27, 28 loose on the engine shaft 24. Wheels 32, 33 on the pins 30, 31 are in gear with a pinion 25 fast on the shaft 24. The pinion 36 is directly connected to the plate 28 by pawls 40, Fig. 4, and the plate 28 has ratchet teeth 41 engaged by a pawl 42, Fig. 2. which is held out of action during the starting period by a cam 43 on the wheel 12. During contraction of the spring, the pinion 38 drives the pinion 25 directly through the plates 28, 27 and the pinions 32, 33, which revolve but cannot rotate with respect to the plates 28, 27. When the spring has fully contracted, the plate 28 is held by the pawl 42, and the engine extends the spring through the gearing 25, 32, 34, &c. When the spring is fully extended, a sliding bolt 46 carried by the wheel 12 engages a fixed stop 48, Fig. 5. In order to allow for rotation of the pinion 38 after the wheel 12 has been stopped some of the teeth on the wheel are omitted. To ensure correct gearing of the teeth when the wheel is started again by the spring an auxiliary wheel 13, similar to the wheel 12 except that it has the full number of teeth, is mounted on the shaft of the wheel 12 and gears with the pinion 38. The sliding bolt 46, carried by the wheel 12, is connected with a piece having inwardly projecting teeth 50, which, when the bolt is pressed inwards for starting, engage with a ratchet-wheel 49 on the wheel 13, so locking the two wheels together and ensuring that their teeth correspond. The bolt 46 is moved inwards by a pivoted piece 57, Fig. 5, on a slide 59. The slide is moved by a pinion 61 actuated from the driver's-seat. If, by inadventure, the slide 59 is not withdrawn when the engine starts, the piece 57 swings aside and allows the bolt 46 to engage the stop 48. A hand-actuated rod 66, Fig. 2, is provided for working the pawl 42 to allow the engine to be started or the spring to be set by the usual starting-handle.
Patent GB-191219248-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Making Paper-covered Paste-board Boxes.
Inventor: ALTMANN FRIEDRICH
IPC: B31B17/00
Filed: 1912-08-22
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 19,248. Altmann, F. Aug. 22. Combining sheet material.-In machines for making paper-covered pasteboard boxes, a strip of cardboard is ejected from a magazine and rests on fingers 13 and under springs 13<a>. A roller 14 on a cam-controlled weighted lever 15 forces its end down on to the glued surface of a paper web, and the rollers 14, 19 are operated to feed the strip and web forward, and press them together, one of the projecting edges of the paper being partly folded over the pasteboard by a fixed guide. The paper is then cut by a knife 24, which is connected with a lever 26 and causes its ends 26<a> to bear on the strip to prevent displacement at the moment of cutting.
Patent GB-191226264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Landing Frames for Aeroplanes.
IPC: B64C25/00
Filed: 1912-11-15
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 26,264. Soc. dite Aeroplanes Morane- Saulnier. Nov. 16, 1911, [Convention date]. Rod couplings and joints.-Figs. 3 and 4 show two of the joints for connecting the tubular members of the landing-frame of an aeroplane. In each case two of the members 2, 3, 6, 21 meet on a third 5, or on a body frame-member 19. The members 2, 3, 6, 21 are sectioned at the ends to fit against one another and the third member 5 or 19, and plates 9, 10 welded across these ends are secured at their vertical part to a middle plate 8 fixed normally to the third member 5, 19 and at their horizontal part either directly to the member 5, 19 or to a plate 17 embracing it. The bolt to which the shrouds of the wings are secured is fastened in a tube 15 passing through the member 5 beneath the plate 8.
Patent GB-191227951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spittoons.
Inventor: MAASS FRANZ
IPC: A61J19/02
Filed: 1912-12-04
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 27,951. Maass, F. Dec. 4. Spittoons. -- Relates to pocket spittoons of the type in which an inner detachable funnel is secured to a receiver by a screwed stopper, and consists in forming the funnels 6 and receiver 1 with square shoulders between which a flexible jointing - ring 8 is held.
Patent GB-191230070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Saving Appliances.
Inventor: EDMONDS SAMUEL PRESTON
IPC: B63C9/04
Filed: 1912-12-31
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 30,070. Edmonds, S. P. June 17, [Convention date]. Buoyant furniture.-To render a mattress more rigid for use as a buoy, it is provided around its lower edge with a stiffening-frame 2, which is preferably of metal and is made in four angular sections. The ends of these sections are connected by rods 4, the joints being preferably made rigid by shrinking the tubes upon the rods ; or sliding joints may be provided. The mattress is enclosed in the usual ticking, and is preferably enclosed in a waterproof cover 5, to which the frame 2 is secured. The covering may be made in quarter sections which are sewn tightly together along the seams 9. The mattress is provided with loops 12 and with ropes 14, by which passengers may be lashed to it. Two mattresses may be secured together one above the other with the frames 2 outermost.
Patent GB-191301131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Covers of Cut Out Books.
Inventor: VALENTINE HARBEN JAMES
IPC: B42D3/08
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 1131. Valentine, H. J. Jan. 15. Books.-Cut-out books have applied to one or both of their flat covers 1, 2, figures 3 in high relief representing a person, animal, &c. The attached parts may be embossed or cast or moulded in plaste.
Patent GB-191302414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lighting and Extinguishing Devices for Gas Lamps and the like.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1913-01-29
Granted: 1914-03-02
Abstract: 2414. Keith, J., and Keith, G. Jan. 29. Valves controlled from a distance.-Relates to a subsidiary extinguishing-device for use with a lighting and extinguishing device of ordinary construction operated by variations of pressure in the gas-mains, the object being to turn out the burners provided with this device by a temporary increase in the gas pressure above the normal lighting pressure, the burners not so provided remaining alight until the gas pressure is reduced in the ordinary manner. The subsidiary extinguishing-device comprises separate main and pilot valve elements 2, 13 which are coaxially-arranged in the form shown in Fig. 1, and are parallel in the modification shown in Fig. 3. The space below the valve 2 is open to the gas main pressure, and when this is increased above the normal lighting pressure, the valve 2 rises against the action of the spring 4 and closes the pilot valve 13, the attached piston 7 at the same time opens the passage 9, whereupon gas enters the chamber 17<1> and the pressure acts on the diaphragm 17 to close the main burner supply valve within the usual lighting - device 10. The valve 2 then drops, but leaves the valve 13 in the upper position until the pressure is again lowered to the normal lighting pressure. The pilot light is kept burning by a supply through the side passage 22.
Patent GB-191307321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Draft Harness for Oxen or other Cattle.
Inventor: KENNEDY DENNIS MEADE
IPC: B68B3/00
Filed: 1913-03-27
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 7321. Kennedy, D. M. March 27. Collars, neck; yokes, neck; fastening.-In a harness for oxen or other cattle, two or more collars are connected by a yoke member e at the top, preferably by pivots d. The yoke e may be cranked to receive the dissel-boom, and is also provided with an eye e<2> for the " trek " chain. The collars comprise an upholstered part b and a fore wale a of wood, metal, &c., the wale being connected to the part b by passing the covering-material f around both parts. The draught hooks c may be attached adjustably to the collars by means of bolts and lugs a<4>. The lower ends of the wale are connected by a hinged member a'.
Patent GB-191307704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: GENTIL ANTON
IPC: F04D9/00
Filed: 1913-04-01
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 7704. Gentil, A. April 1, 1912, [Convention date]. Starting, facilitating. -The suction pipe a of a centrifugal pump is arranged so that the pump remains full of water on stopping, and the delivery chamber n is connected with the suction by valve - controlled openings f arranged to drop water into two of the three channels formed in the suction by the guideblades g. On starting, the delivery valve b is closed and the valves e and an air - discharge valve d are opened. Air is taken in by the impeller through the central channel l, and is trapped by the water circulated through the side channels. When all of the air has been extracted, the valves e, d are closed and the valve b opened and the pump works normally. By arranging a suitable return passage m in the casing, the single impeller is caused to act as a two-stage pump.