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Patent GB-190930384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: B41J11/22
Filed: 1909-12-29
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 30,384. Fairweather, W., [Underwood Typewriter Co.]. Dec. 29. Paper - carriages.-The carriage 5 is provided at each end with ballbearing rollers 9, 10, 11 which have coned treads engaging a fixed rear rail 7 at intervals of approximately 120 degrees. The rollers 9 are mounted on a vertical axis, and engage the rail approximately midway between the top and the rear, and the rollers 10, 11 are mounted on axes inclined at 45 degrees and respectively engage the rail a little above the front and at the bottom. The rollers 9, 10 take the weight of the carriage and the impact of the type-levers and the rollers 11 prevent the carriage from being tipped up by pressure applied at the ends. The rollers are provided with bearings of the kind described in Specification 20,963/04, wherein balls 18 are mounted in a race formed by a V-groove 21 in the roller and a V-groove formed by cones 20, 22, which are secured by a screw 23, and may be adjusted by altering the thickness of a washer 24. The pressure between the rollers and the rail is at right-angles to the tread 12 and the core 20, and passes through the centre of the balls. The rollers are mounted independently on the rear rail 15 of the carriage, the rollers 11 .being carried by brackets 13, which are secured by screws 14.
Patent GB-191000377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wrenches.
Inventor: HOLMAN STEPHEN ADAIR
IPC: B25B13/12
Filed: 1910-01-06
Granted: 1910-12-22
Abstract: 377. Holman, S. A. Jan. 6. Wrenches.-Relates to wrenches of the type in which the two jaws are pivotally mounted upon a handle and are adapted to be opened and closed upon the work as the handle is oscillated, one jaw embracing and sliding along the shank of the other and, in some cases, adapted to be locked in position by a toothed block. The jaws 1, 2 are formed with angularlyarranged toothed or plain gripping-faces a, a<1>, b, b<1>, c, c<1>, and the extremities of the jaw shanks 3, 4 are,pivoted to lugs 5 on a handle 6. A spring 7, having turned-over lugs 8 engaging the arm 4, is fixed to the handle, and normally tends to press the arms apart. The movable jaw may be locked by means of a set-screw 9 provided in a recess in the inner jaw 2 and adapted to engage a toothed block 9<a> with teeth on the shank 3. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the inner jaw 2<a> has a web 12, adapted to slide transversely in the slotted end of the arm 4<a>, and has teeth 11 to engage teeth 10 on the shank 3<a>, locking being effected by a setscrew.
Patent GB-191000817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Corsets.
Inventor: VINCENT FRANK
IPC: A41C1/06
Filed: 1910-01-12
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 817. Vincent, F. Jan. 12. Straps and bands.-A combined stocking-suspender and abdomen-compress consists of two pairs of steels B arranged in pockets and united by riveting their ends by eyelets C, D to the base-plate of an inverted hook F. The steels are strapped round the waist by means of buckles. G, and the stocking-suspender straps I depend in front. In addition, a webbing may be arranged to pass round the wearer's body at the waist, so that the amount of pressure can be varied. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 16,888/08,. 26,842/08, 14,667/09, and 28,257/09.
Patent GB-191002329-A (GB)
Title: Improved Rotary Valve for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CLEGG WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: F01L7/04
Filed: 1910-01-31
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 2329. Clegg, W. H. Jan. 31. [Cognate Application, 13,229/10.] Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-In an internal-combustion engine a ported ring-valve 9, rotating around the walls of the combustion chamber, is formed with concentric grooves and projecting rings on each end, fitting into similar grooves and rings in the casing. The upper part of the valve is provided with a flange 14 and toothed rim 15, and leakage at this part is prevented by a ring 18 of L-section, pressed away from the flange 14 by springs 21, and packed against the toothed rim 15 by spring rings 22. The ring 18 is caused to rotate with the valve by means of pins 20. The shaft of the driving-pinion 16 is packed by a ring 25.
Patent GB-191002666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reinforced Concrete Beams, Floors and Slabs.
Filed: 1910-02-02
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 2666. Moss, R., and Moss & Sons, W. Feb. 2. Reinforced concrete.-Relates to beams, floors, slabs, &c. of the type reinforced by rolled iron and steel sections and loops or stirrups passed through and wedged in holes in the webs of the sections, as described in Specification 12,887/03, and consists in using rolled sections of small transverse area, with or without flanges.
Patent GB-191003378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locking Devices for Hinges.
Inventor: BUCKINGHAM JAMES FRANK
IPC: B60J1/04
Filed: 1910-02-11
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 3378. Buckingham, J. F. Feb. 11. [Cognate Application, 14,553/10.] No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Pivot adjustments. - In a locking-device for the hinges of wind-screens &c., one of the members is provided with an eccentric disk B, and the other member with a gripping- piece acting on the eccentric portion, so that the joint is positively locked in one direction, but is free to move in the other direction. By using two eccentrics oppositely mounted as shown in Fig. 2, locking in both directions is obtained. In the device shown in Fig. 1, the eccentric is so arranged that when the screen is in its normal upright position the peripheral point nearest to the pivot of the eccentric is opposite the gripping-piece J, which is adjusted by a screw G. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the eccentric is provided with teeth L engaged by a pawl K which is positively controlled by the screw G. A set-pin M prevents rotation of the pawl K, and a spring-pressed pin O in the pawl prevents rotation of the screw G by clicking into the screw head F.
Patent GB-191014503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typographical Composing Machines.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR HENRY
IPC: B41B3/00
Filed: 1910-06-15
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 14,503. Walker, A. H., Pearce, H., and Billington, J. E. June 15. Escapements for type-bar making machines. The invention comprises (1) means for operating the escapement levers, and (2) means for preventing damage in the event of an escapement-lever jamming. (1) The escapement-levers 25, Fig. 6, are rocked by levers 34 connected by links 37 to the escapement rods 3. The nose of each lever 25 has the form of a gear-tooth, of which the pitch-centre is the pivot of the lever, and the edge of the lever 34 which engages the escapement-lever is formed like the face of an involute rack-tooth. (2) The links 37 are separated by partition-plates 6 secured to a bar 4, and pass between rollers carried by wires 40, 44, one of which is arranged to yield if a lever 34 be prevented from turning. Magazines. - The invention also comprises multiple-magazine arrangements. The magazines 8, 9, 10, Fig. 5, are separated by bars 48 secured to the top plate of each magazine to afford a space for the escapement-levers, and for transverse strengthening-bars 47, which are secured to the underside of each magazine. The magazines are adjusted longitudinally and transversely with reference to the magazine below or to the magazine frame 7 by means of brackets 49 secured one to each side of a magazine. Lugs 51, 52, Fig. 8, on each bracket enter recesses 53, 54 in the bracket below. The adjustment is effected by means of set-screws 55, 59 passing through the lugs and bearing against the bracket below or against the magazine frame. Additional brackets 56 carry set-screws 58 bearing against the magazine below or the frame 7. The magazines are clamped together by two bolts pivoted one on each side of the magazine frame, passing through the forked ends of transverse bars on the magazines, and carrying wing-nuts at their upper ends. The column of magazines is shifted by links 66 connected to arms on shafts 69, 71, which are linked together and are operated by a hand-lever 77 or by wormgearing and a hand-wheel. The magazines are balanced by a weight 79 or a spring. Rollers 80 carried by the frame 7 move on tracks 81 on the main frame. Lateral adjusting-screws carried by the frame 7 have at their ends loose circular pads which bear against a fixed central guide. Exactness of register between a magazine and the magazine and assembler entrances is ensured by a block at each corner of the magazine frame containing a gap which is engaged by one of a series of studs carried by rotatable turrets mounted on the main frame. The turrets are connected together, and are rotated out of engaging position by a hand-lever against the action of a spring. The studs may be on the magazines and the gaps formed in the turrets. In the Provisional Specification, means are described for adjusting the shafts 69, 71, and Specifications 18,579/07 and 23,885/08 are referred to.
Patent GB-191015882-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Giving Warning of the Approach of a Train on Railways.
IPC: B61L29/28
Filed: 1910-02-23
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 15,882. Walter's Electrical Manufacturing Co., and Moore, E. E. Feb. 23. Track apparatus actuating signals other than on trains.-Relates to means for giving warnings at level crossings or the like in which a polarized relay closes an alarm circuit when a train in passing over one treadle, closes the circuit of one coil of the relay, and opens the alarm circuit when the train, in passing over a second treadle, closes the circuit of a second coil of the relay, and consists in certain arrangements of the treadles and track circuits. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the relay R closes an alarm circuit when either of the treadles G', G<2> is depressed and the alarm circuit remains closed until the relay is oppositely excited consequent upon the depression of either of the outer treadles G, G<3>. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, two relays are connected in series in the alarm circuit, and the alarm is given when a train passes either of the inner treadles G', G<2> and ceases when the train passes the treadle H<2>. For this purpose, the circuits are arranged so that the depression of either outer treadle causes the closing of switch H<5> and the opening of the switch H<4>, the subsequent depression of an inner treadle causes the closing of the switch H<4> and the operation of the alarm and the depression of the switch H<2> causes the opening of the switch H<5> and the cessation of the alarm.
Patent GB-191016357-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Folding Box.
Inventor: FILMER REGINALD HARRY
IPC: B65D5/42
Filed: 1910-07-08
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 16,357. Filmer, R. H. July 8. Folding boxes are made from a blank composed of three pieces, one constituting the bottom a,. Fig. 1, and ends b with flaps c, and the others the sides b<1> with flaps c<1>. The sides b<1> are secured to flaps d on the bottom, and may have flaps b<2> secured to the bottom. The flaps c' are diagonally creased, and when the box is to be erected, the parts below the creases are secured to the ends b. The flaps c are held at their lower ends between the flaps d and the sides b<1>, and tongues f at their upper ends are engaged with slots g. In a modification, the tongues f are dispensed with, the flaps c' are not attached to the ends b, and the box is maintained erect by strings h, Fig. 5. In a further form, the flaps d are left square at their ends, and the flaps c are shaped an shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-191016922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing Devices for Piston Rods and the like.
Inventor: ROBERTSON DAVY
IPC: F16J15/26
Filed: 1910-07-15
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 16,922. Robertson, D. Aug. 21, 1909, [Convention date]. Packing, metallic; packing, removable casings, containers, or carriers for. - The packing for piston-rods, plungers &c. comprises split metal rings 6, which contract against the rod or plunger or preferably metal lining-rings 8 thereon, and rings 7 which expand outwards against the stuffing-box 3, the two sets of rings being preferably separated by packing, such as flat rings 9. The rings 6, 7 are rings of uniform cross-section which have been hammered or rolled to decrease their rigidity in both directions from a point opposite the division.
Patent GB-191018747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Riding Saddles.
Inventor: LOVE JAMES DRENNAN
IPC: B68C1/02
Filed: 1910-08-09
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 18,747. Love, J. D. Aug. 9. Riding-saddles; girths ; stirrup straps.-A riding saddle is built up of shaped metal plates, and provided with a girth 18, and stirrup straps 20 formed of hinged metallic sections. The various plates are shown flattened and disengaged in Fig. 1. The seat plate 16 is secured to jockey plates 13, 14, to which are secured the cantle plate 17, the pommel 10, and the skirts 21. A U-spring 12, Fig. 3, is adapted to draw the arms of the pommel together. The saddle is padded in the usual manner.
Patent GB-191026424-A (GB)
Title: Air Chest and Valve for Rock Drills.
Inventor: DALRYMPLE JOSEPH CHAPMAN
IPC: B25D9/20
Filed: 1910-11-14
Granted: 1911-05-18
Abstract: 26,424. Dalrymple, J. C. Nov. 14. Valve - chests; steam and exhaust pipes.-In a rock drill, the inlet opening D and the exhaust opening Hare arranged at a distance apart and in different planes. A strainer J is placed in an enlarged portion of the valvechest opposite the inlet opening.
Patent GB-191027903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches of the Two-way Tumbler Type.
Inventor: TUCKER JOHN HENRY
IPC: H01H23/12
Filed: 1910-12-01
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 27,903. Tucker, J. H. Dec. 1. Helical springs of the form shown are described in connexion with electric switches for controlling two separate switch arms. The free ends 21, 22 engage the arms, and the doubled portion 24 engages a hole in a fixed bracket.
Patent GB-191029837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, the Heads of Wooden Barrels, Casks, and the like.
Inventor: BRATT CHARLES ELIS
IPC: B65D43/02
Filed: 1910-12-22
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 29,837. Bratt, C. E. Dec. 22. Heads.-The heads are made in detachable sections adapted to rest on a continuous ledge formed in the staves, securing-means adapted to take into a continuous groove in the staves being provided. The head a, Fig. 1, is made in sections b, c, d, e, f adapted to rest on a ledge formed on the staves. The sections b, d and c, e are secured together by tongues and grooves, the central section f fitting in wedge fashion between the sections d, e. The head is secured by means of plates p adapted to take into a continuous groove m formed in the staves. The plates are secured to the sections by means of screws q. In a modification, the fixing-device consists of a bar secured by a nut to the central section and engaging at its ends with the groove m, cut-away parts in the staves being provided for the insertion of the bar. The central section may be removed by means of a device comprising a standard r, Fig. 5, a lever t, and an eye-bolt v engaging a nut x secured to the section f.
Patent GB-191029994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Weaving of Fringed Fabrics.
Inventor: PEARSON THOMAS
IPC: D03D5/00
Filed: 1910-12-24
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 29,994. Pearson, T. Dec. 24. Fringed fabrics,looms specially designed for. -A looped fringe is formed by holding the weft at the sides of the fabric by means of spindles b, which are carried by the lay c and are operated by cams and levers, such as f, h, or by jacquard or other devices. The spindles l may carry cutters arranged to cut the loops. The parts are adjustable to suit fabrics, of different widths.
Patent GB-191103786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Heating of Feed Water on Steamships.
Inventor: WEIR WILLIAM
IPC: F22D1/36
Filed: 1911-02-15
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 3786. Weir, W. Feb. 15. Feed-water, heating.-Feed-water is heated in two stages, first in a direct-contact heater, and then in a surface heater, exhaust steam from the auxiliary machinery being utilized for heating. The turbine b exhausts into the main condenser c, from which air and water are withdrawn by the pump d. The feed is discharged through the filter e to the direct-contact heater f, and then to the feed-tank g. The heater f is heated by steam from the auxiliary exhaust main k. The feed-pump q draws the partlyheated water from the tank g and pumps it through the surface-heater r to the boiler s. This heater receives exhaust steam from the pump engine t, fan u, or other auxiliary machinery. A modification is described in which the engine - room auxiliaries discharge direct through an oil extractor to the heater f and not through the medium of the auxiliary exhaust main.
Patent GB-191108744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hinges.
Inventor: WALL JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: E05D11/10
Filed: 1910-10-20
Granted: 1911-10-20
Abstract: 8744. Wall, J. W. Oct. 20, 1910. Double and multiple hinges. -A stop hinge for use with folding stays, stretcher bars for vehicle hoods, tables, seats, and other folding members requiring to be locked when in their folded-out or extended position, is so mounted on the members that when these are brought into extended or alined position, the hinge can be rotated about the common longitudinal axis to displace the stop and hinge-pin relatively to the plane of folding, and so lock the members. Fig. 1 shows the hinge elements 11, 12 swivelly mounted by shanks 15 to the attachment plates 16 secured to the stay or other folding members 7, 7<Î> to be connected, and locking is effected by rotating the hinge about the shanks 15 so as to displace the stops 13 and pin 9 out of the plane of folding. The adjacent faces of the element 12 and plate 16 are formed with radial serrations or ratchet teeth, and are held in engagement by a spring 19 mounted on the shank 15. These teeth necessitate a little longitudinal movement of the member 7<Î>, but that can be obviated by leaving a space between the toothed members and interposing a pair of correspondingly toothed collars, mounted on the shank and pressed apart by a spring, in the space, a protecting-sleeve being provided over these parts. In a modification, applicable to tubular members, the hinge elements 40, 41, Fig. 3, are made tubular to embrace the members 42, 43, and locking is effected by rotating the hinge elements on the members to displace the hingepin 9 and abutting elements. The hinge so locked may be moved longitudinally on the members, which are provided with bayonet-slots 44 for the reception of pins 45 on the hinge elements.
Patent GB-191110928-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Producing Raised Impressions on Prints, Maps, and the like.
IPC: B41C3/00
Filed: 1911-05-05
Granted: 1912-07-05
Abstract: 10,928. Rawson, F. L., and Knight & Co., A. May 5. Electrotype; embossing.-In a method of producing relief maps, pictures, &c., the original print is secured face downwards to the underside of a sheet of glass coated on the opposite side with wax, collodion, &c., or of a sheet of wax, collodion, &c. reinforced with wire, if necessary. The plate is then placed so that light falls on the underside thereof, and the coating on the front is abraded or brushed away following the outlines of the picture on the underside of the plate. An electrotype is made from the matrix thus produced and employed for embossing the maps or prints.
Patent GB-191111251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Adding Coagulants or other Reagents to Liquids.
Inventor: DEACON MARTIN
IPC: C02F1/68
Filed: 1911-05-09
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 11,251. Deacon, M., Gore, W., and Palatine Engineering Co. May 9. Liquids, purifying.-In apparatus for adding reagent to liquid, of the kind in which part of the liquid passes through a chamber containing reagent, a second chamber is provided having a valve-controlled connexion with the first so that, when the first is recharged with reagent, the liquid displaced passes from the second chamber and contains no reagent, waste of solution being thus avoided. With the apparatus shown, the liquid to be treated passes along a main A provided with a restriction taking the form of a plate B with tubular openings B<1> leading into other slightly-wider tubes B<2>. Normally, a portion of the liquid passes through a pipe C, sixway valve D, and pipe G' to the top of the second chamber G. From the bottom of this chamber, liquid passes through a pipe J with regulating-valve J<1> to the bottom of the reagent chamber F. Solution is displaced from the top of the chamber F, through the pipe F<2>, cock D, and pipe E to the main A. When reagent is to be supplied through the cover F', the cock D is turned to shut off the pipes C, E and alter the connexions, so that liquid displaced from the chamber F is passed through pipes F<2>, H to the bottom of the chamber G and liquid from the top of the chamber G passes through pipes G', K to waste. The reagent in the chamber F may be packed around perforated tubes, out of which flows the liquid from the pipe J. Movable diaphragms with openings of various sizes may be placed adjacent to the tubes B' for the purpose of varying the restriction in the main A. A second set of chambers with similar connexions may be provided for use alternately with the first set or for the addition of a second reagent.
Patent GB-191115787-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Quick Traverse Frames for Winding Yarns.
IPC: B65H54/36
Filed: 1911-07-07
Granted: 1911-10-05
Abstract: 15,787. Lees & Co., A., and Taylor, R. July 7. Winding-machines.-In drum winding-machines as shown in Fig. 1, the spindle bearings in the swinging cradles e are provided with removable metallic liners or bushings, g, h, as shown in Fig. 2 or Fig. 6. The C-shaped liner shown in Fig. 2 may be of brass and formed in one piece, or in two or more pieces, the piece on the left-hand side being of brass and the other of steel or other metal.
Patent GB-191119762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carrying Bags made of Paper or other Soft Materials.
IPC: B65D33/12
Filed: 1911-09-05
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 19,762. Norman & Son, T., and Norman, G. H. Sept. 5. Hand-bags.-A carrying-bag of paper or other soft material of the kind described in Specification 21,979/09, has three sets of coincident holes, a, c<1>, c<2>, pierced through the flap, hack, and front of the bag, and a single cord is passed through these holes. The ends of the cord are passed through the outer holes c<1>, c respectively, and are secured by knotting or tying, or by sticking them to the back of the bag. The central part of the cord is passed through the middle set of holes c<2>, and forms a loop D<1> by means of which the bag is carried.
Patent GB-191120461-A (GB)
Title: Feed Water Heater for Locomotive Boilers.
Inventor: SCHUMACHER ROBERT
IPC: F22D1/42
Filed: 1911-09-15
Granted: 1912-03-21
Abstract: 20,461. Schumacher, R. Sept. 15. Feed-water, heating.-A feedwater-heater arranged in the smoke-box of a locomotive boiler directly above the exhaust-steam chamber consists of a casing 5 traversed by straight vertical tubes 6, through which the exhaust steam from the chamber 2 passes to the tapering cover 3 terminating in the mouth 7 of the blast-pipe. The mouth is made adjustable by means of interchangeable insertion-pieces. Water is admitted to the heater by the pipes 8 and delivered through pipes 9, thus travelling in the opposite direction to the exhaust steam.
Patent GB-191122289-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Scissors or Shears.
Inventor: ROOKER FRANCIS JOHN
IPC: B26B13/20
Filed: 1911-10-10
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 22,289. Rooker, F. J. Oct. 10. Scissors and shears in which the handles are so constructed as to lie above the material being cut have the connexion between the lower blade B and top handle C formed behind the pivot, as shown in Fig. 2, or by means of the pivot as in Fig. 3. The pivot in the latter case is made as large as possible and may be of rectangular section at the ends and rhomboidal in the centre to allow of angular movement; or it may consist of three screws passing through a slot in the top blade, the two outer screws being smaller than the slot and middle screw, or the slot larger at the ends than in the middle.