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Patent GB-191027980-A (GB)
Title: Stiffening-support for Articles of Clothing.
Inventor: WILHELM ALTERMATT
IPC: A41B3/06
Filed: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 27,980. Altermatt, W. July 26, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Stiffeners.-The ends b, b<1> of a wire collarsupport c are enclosed on all sides.by a casing a, a<1> of metal or other suitable material. The casings as shown are of an annular form, and the wire is clasped firmly by them as by eyelets. The ends of the support may be bent over towards the middle, and both ends may be encased by a common casing. The wire may be coated to prevent rust or provided with a spun .covering.
Patent GB-191028676-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inverted Incandescent Gas Lamps.
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1910-12-09
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 28,676. Sugg & Co., W., and Mattock, W. G. H. Dec. 9. Overhead incandescent lamps; street lanterns. -An inverted incandescent gas lamp is provided with, and is supported by means of, an annular gas-chamber d fitting over gas-supply pipes b, c extending upwards from a standard &c. The chamber d may be divided into two sections for feeding respectively the main burners g and the by-pass burner i. The upper part of the lantern casing j rests upon the chamber d, and is secured by a rod having a knob-shaped clamping-nut m and provided with radial arms l which pass through the flue and engage underneath a flange on the chamber d. The reflector o is supported on nuts p on the pipes b, c below the chamber d. Both the air and gas supplies are regulated from outside the lamp.
Patent GB-191030222-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Alloy.
Inventor: NAULTY JAMES
IPC: C22C9/00
Filed: 1910-12-29
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 30,222. Naulty, J., and Scanlin, J. Jan. 4, [Convention date]. Alloys.-Copper is alloyed with chromium in the proportion of about nine to one, with or without other metals such as nickel and zinc.
Patent GB-191102791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Reversible Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: VOLLMER JOSEPH
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 1911-02-03
Granted: 1912-02-05
Abstract: 2791. Vollmer, J. May 11, 1910, [Convention date]. Cams. - Campieces 9, 17 are pivoted at 10 in recesses in a hollow cam shaft 3, and are adjusted so as to project more or less into the path of the cam - bowls by means of a n axially sliding rod 12 having recesses 11. The cam members are retained in contact with the rod 12 by springs. A pair of cams 9, 17, one of which is required to be in its operative position while the other is inoperative, may be formed in one piece to avoid the effect of centrifugal force. The rod 12 controls a series of cams on the shaft 3, and may consist of several parts which are adjustable independently.
Patent GB-191110049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Water Meters.
IPC: G01F3/08
Filed: 1911-04-25
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 10,049. L'Aster (Soc. Anon.). Dec. 9, 1910, [Convention date]. Fixed-abutment type; special materials.-In a rotary water meter a gyratory piston d constructed of ebonite works in a cylinder composed of a thin nickel ring 15. Nickel washers 25, 26 are provided on either side of the piston dia. phragm 22, and nickel cylinder end plates 23, 24; the stud 31 round which the piston boss 30 rotates is also made of nickel. Corrosion of the working parts is thereby obviated.
Patent GB-191115755-A (GB)
Title: Improved Driving Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: PADUVANI GEORGIO
IPC: F02B75/04
Filed: 1911-07-06
Granted: 1912-10-07
Abstract: 15,755. Paduvani, G. July 6. Link-work.-The mechanism shown in the Figure is applied to an internal - combustion engine and produces an approximately uniform acceleration and retardation of the piston. A piston rod H is attached to the end of a lever A which is pivoted at 1 and connected to a bellcrank lever B by a link C, the bell-crank lever being secured to a crank connecting - rod E. The stroke of the piston is varied by adjusting the end 1 of the lever A.
Patent GB-191117391-A (GB)
Title: A Process and an Arrangement for Working Turbo Compressors.
IPC: F04D27/02
Filed: 1911-07-31
Granted: 1911-10-05
Abstract: 17,391. Pokorny & Wittekind Maschinenbau Akt.-Ges. Aug. 1, 1910, [Convention date]. Regulating centrifugal fans. A throttle valve 5, Fig. 1, is arranged in the suction pipe of a turbo-compressor 2 and is operated by a piston 10 subjected to the pressure in the discharge pipe 4, whereby the supply is regulated by the demand. In the event of the air consumption being very low, very little air is admitted through the valve 5, and consequently a low pressure obtains in the compressor. In these circumstances, the compressor is completely cut off under the action of a check valve 14. The air still delivered by the compressor is led off to an outlet (not shown). In a modification, the piston 10 operates the valve through a servo-motor. In a further modification, the downward movement of the piston 10 is opposed by a weighted lever, instead of by a spring, in such a manner that the resistance grows less as the piston moves downward, thereby increasing the sensitiveness of the device at the period when most required. In a further modification, the valve 5 is operated by a double piston 46, 47, Fig. 4, the pressure only being applied to the part 47 when the part 46 has moved low enough to uncover a pipe 50, thereby placing it in communication with the pipe 12 leading to the discharge main. Where a compound compressor is used, the invention may be applied to one of the elements only.
Patent GB-191121174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ash Holders for Cigars.
Inventor: HOOFER CHARLES FREDERICK
IPC: A24F13/16
Filed: 1911-09-25
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 21,174. Hoofer, C. F. Sept. 25. Ash-retaining attachments for cigars. -A device composed of material such as wire gauze &c., and selfretained on the burning end of the cigar, comprises a conical screen split at the open end at A<1>, A<2> and provided with a split ring B which is hinged at E and operated by spring-pressed clips C. The edges of the ring and cap overlap at A<1> and B<1> to suit various sizes of cigars.
Patent GB-191121439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mechanism for Controlling Valves, Switches or the like at Predetermined Times.
Inventor: MORRISON ERNEST JOHN
IPC: F23Q9/02
Filed: 1911-09-28
Granted: 1912-09-19
Abstract: 21,439. Morrison, E. J. Sept. 28. Actuating. - In a device for automatically operating a gas-valve or electric switch at predetermined times in which a single spring serves both for operating the time-keeping element and also for operating the valve &c., the restraining-device for the operating-mechanism comprises a worm-wheel g driven by the spring motor a, and a worm h gearing therewith and carrying a pin l adapted to engage a lever m carried by a spindle t, a pin p on the wormwheel g lifting the lever into engagement with the pin l after a predetermined time. Tappets, driven by one end of the main spring, act on an arm carried by the spindle t to release the lever m from the pin l, the other end of the mainspring being then free to rotate the spindle o connected to the valve &c. until the pin p lifts the lever m. This is arranged to take place at alternate revolutions of the worm - wheel. According to the Provisional Specification, a compensating-device may be employed for varying the times of operation according to the lengths of the days.
Patent GB-191123923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Locks.
Inventor: CARLSTEDT JOHAN HJALMAR
IPC: E05B63/02
Filed: 1911-10-28
Granted: 1912-10-28
Abstract: 23,923. Carlstedt, J. H. Oct. 28. Locking sliding latches; locks, revolving- barrel. - The latch construction described in Specification 15,185/11 is provided with locking- mechanism. A gravity-bolt 12, adapted to rest on the top of the latch-bolt 9 when this is in the latching position, falls into a notch 13 therein and secures the bolt when the follower 8 is turned to shoot the bolt further. The gravity-bolt is actuated by means of an arm 18 on a disk 17, which is operable by a key and is normally locked by a gravity tumbler 19, projections 20 on which co-operate with notches 21 in the disk. The key is provided with a bevelled end which engages an inclined projection 24 on the tumbler and raises the tumbler when it is pushed into the keyhole. The aperture in the disk into which the key enters is peculiarly shaped to suit its particular key. Picking, preventing.-The keyhole preferably has projecting ribs adapted to enter grooves in the key stem.
Patent GB-191124460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Battery Switches.
Filed: 1911-11-03
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 24,460. Marks, E. C. R., [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. Nov. 3. Charging and discharging galvanic batteries. -In a switching arrangement for changing secondary battery connexions, auxiliary cells are connected between the battery switch and the discharge contact bars. These cells act as opposing and discharging cells alternately. The brushes K', K<2>, Fig. 1, which connect the cells to the contact-bars S', S<2>, are positively connected to the auxiliary brush K<3> so that this makes one turn while they move through the distances between a pair of contacts n<4>, n<3>, or n<3>, n<2>, &c. With the switches in the position shown in Fig. 1, the discharging battery does not include the groups E', E<2>, E<3>. When the switches are moved to add cells, the first step connects the brushes K', K<2> to the contacts n<3>, n<4>, and the brush K<3> bridges the contacts c', c<2>. The group E' is then discharged through the counter cell e and resistance w. In the next position, the brush K<2> leaves the contact n<4>, and the auxiliary brush K<3> leaves the contact c<2>, thus adding the electromotive force of the group E<3> to the battery B but opposing that of the counter cell e. At the end of the switch movement, the brush K<3> returns to the contact c', and the brush K<2> alone is left on the contact n<3>. This cuts out the cell e and leaves the group E<3> added to the battery B. If desired, two counter cells or two groups of counter cells may be used, and an additional step added to the switching arrangements. In a modification, a change-over switch U may be connected in circuit, as shown in Fig. 8, with a double-battery switch. The switch U has rotary contact brushes, insulated from each other, to connect adjacent fixed contacts. When the brushes are in the positions shown in heavy lines, the cell e is connected as an opposing cell in the circuit of the brush K'. When the brushes of the switch U are in the positions shown in thin lines, the cell e is connected in the circuit of the brush K<2> to aid the main battery. Two sets of auxiliary cells e<1>, e<2> may be used, and the switches are then modified as shown in Fig. 14. The auxiliary cell e' is shown connected in series with the brush K<2> and the main battery. Both cells el, e2 may be connected in series with the battery B, by the brush K<3> after passing through the intermediate switching positions. As the movement of the brushes K<1>, K<2>, K<3> is continued, the next group of cells in the battery is included with the cells e<1>, e<2> in opposition. Where the battery is divided into large groups, each auxiliary group may contain two cells, as shown in Fig. 19, and resistances w<3>, w<4> may be connected to the divided contacts c<1>, c<2>.
Patent GB-191125914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bushes or the like Serving as Bearing Surfaces.
Inventor: LOVE WILLIAM
IPC: F16C33/08
Filed: 1912-05-20
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 25,914. Love, W., and Brown, E. Eugene-. May 20, 1912. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Stuffing - boxes, substitutes for.-An expansible bush, applicable as a packing - ring, of the kind having overlapping slits extending alternately from each end, is provided with means for effecting the expansion and for restraining deformation. The slits 2 of the bush 1 are drilled longitudinally to receive fillings of compressible, elastic, or plastic material, such as plugs of wood. The plugs and the slits may be tapered. The outer surface of the bush is either conical or cylindrical. If conical, it is compressed by pushing it into a tapered seating 4, or into a second tapered bush.
Patent GB-191126327-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Holding on Ladies' Hats.
Inventor: BISGAARD AXEL
IPC: A42B7/00
Filed: 1911-11-24
Granted: 1912-05-02
Abstract: 26,327. Bisgaard, A. Nov. 24, 1910, [Convention date]. Hats, securing to head.-Pins f, which are moved to engage in the hair by turning a knob m, are fixed in rounded bosses or balls d secured on a split tube c so as to prevent the hair from becoming entangled between the pins and the spindle. The spindle is in two portions a, b supported by washers h, g and having a sliding fit in the tube c, whereby the appliance may be adjusted to fit hats of any diameter. The joint may be made permanent by squeezing the tube c on to flats or recesses in the rods a, b.
Patent GB-191126832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Match-making Machines.
Inventor: VAUGHAN BERNARD GEORGE
IPC: C06F1/04
Filed: 1911-11-30
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 26,832. Vaughan, B. G. Nov. 30. Matches, making. A splint-inserting apparatus comprising a grooved slide or ' setting-head ' reciprocated below a hopper is constructed as follows, to prevent the splints from tilting and to ensure removal of dust and pieces. A tooth 17 at the inner end of each groove, or a continuous rib across all the grooves, bites into the splint-ends and prevents them from tilting-up if the conveyer C into which they a,re inserted is not positioned accurately. The head A, having grooves of the same depth as the splints, has a movable front part 12 grooved to correspond, which becomes separated from it on the return stroke, short splints falling through the resulting gap. This front part 12 is carried on rods passing through the head A and bearing springs which force the parts together, an abutment 14 effecting the separation. A passage 18 through the head A at the back of the grooves allows dust and pieces to escape; these can also fall beyond the front part 12 of the head in the position shown, and behind the back part 2 when in the inscrting-position. The back part 2 is flat-topped, fitting closely against the hopper. A combplate 19 for clearing the grooves may be lowered during the return stroke by an arm on a camoperated rocking shaft, and the lower part of the hopper 5, which may be partitioned, may be shaken during the same time by another cam. The head A may be cast in one or several pieces.
Patent GB-191128597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brake-chains.
Inventor: SPARY ANTON
IPC: B21L99/00
Filed: 1911-12-19
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 28,597. Spary, A. Dec. 19. Chains serving as skid brakes.-The alternate links of chains used for holding a brake-shoe d, Fig. 2, or for braking without such a shoe in connexion with sledges, are formed of a flat metal piece a, Fig. 1, out of which two lugs b are stamped.
Patent GB-191202703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Loom Heddles.
Inventor: MATHIESEN CHRISTIAN FREDERIK
IPC: D03C9/06
Filed: 1912-02-02
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 2703. Mathiesen, C. F. Feb. 2. Healds. - The heald frame is carried by pivoted loops d on carrying-bars e, f. Lateral motion of the frame in the loops is prevented by studs l. Auxiliary loops k may also be employed.
Patent GB-191204895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producer Plants.
Inventor: FUWA KUMAO
IPC: C10J3/72
Filed: 1912-02-27
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 4895. Fuwa, K. Feb. 27. Instantaneous generators.-In a gas-producer plant, the hot gases from the producer A pass by a pipe c around a hollow spiral baffle h, which acts as a steam-generator, and also throws out the dust in the gases by centrifugal force. Water is supplied to the hollow spiral by a pipe l, and, in one arrangement, the steam passes by a pipe n to a superheating space a before being delivered by a pipe b below the grate. In another arrangement the steam generated in the middle baffle is supplied to a separate superheater, on the gas pipe leading to the washer, which also assists in heating the air supplied to the producer, the air and steam being further superheated in an annular space surrounding the pipe containing the spiral baffle.
Patent GB-191211521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Straining or Stretching Flexible Sheets on Rigid Mounting Blocks.
IPC: B41F27/12
Filed: 1912-05-15
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 11,521. Linotype & Machinery, Ltd., Pearce, H., Parker, T. R. G., and Wright, F. W. May 15. Printing - surfaces; blankets. - Relates to means for securing flexible printing plates or sheets to the cylinders of printing-machines, and consists in the provision of a detachable mounting-block having attached thereto the platestraining-clamps or stretching-devices. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 5, one edge of the block 1 has secured to it by bolts 2 a series of trunnion-blocks 3 which form bearings for the clamps 5. Bolts 12, abutting against the edge of the block 1, serve to rock the clamps on the trunnions 4 to strain the sheet 10. At the other edge, the clamps are shown with cylindrical seatings 19, and arms 20 extending beneath the block 1. Passing through the arm 20 is a bolt 21 carrying a nut 22 by which the sheet is strained. The jaws 6 of the clamps are gripped on to the edges of the sheet by bolts 8. The block 1 is secured to the cylinder by clamps held in dovetail grooves which take over the curved edges of the block. In a modification specially for holding a rubber offset blanket, the block is furnished with reel rods held by ratchet gear.
Patent GB-191212550-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Etching Process.
Inventor: ALBERT EUGEN
IPC: C23F1/08
Filed: 1912-05-28
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 12,550. Albert, E. May 30, 1911, [Convention date]. Etching. - Relates to a method of etching metal articles, in particular printing-plates, and consists in keeping the etching - fluid on the surface of the plate in movement by one or more air jets which meet with an obstruction just below the surface of the fluid. The resistance to the air jet may be formed by the article itself, for example a roller, the jet impinging on the surface thereof below the level of the liquid. In the example shown in Fig. 1, the plate d to be etched is laid in the acid e in a tray a. A saddle-shaped casing b with two orifices h, i is connected by a pipe c to a source of compressed air. The meeting of the air jets keeps the liquid in the immediate vicinity of the plate in a whirl, preventing the deposit of metallic oxide. The gaseous products pass off through a pipe g. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also an arrangement in which the casing b with the motor and fan for producing the air blast are mounted on a carriage, which is reciprocated so as to move the casing b to and fro across the plate, as described in Specification 20,502/12. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191213109-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wrapping Paper and Process for the Manufacture thereof.
IPC: D21H27/34
Filed: 1912-06-04
Abstract: 13,109. "La Conchita " Hilados y Tejidos Soc. Anon. Oct. 20, 1911, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Compound fabrics.-Reinforced paper for wrapping and packing purposes is made by combining a light textile fabric, made from sylvaline, papyrus, flax, hemp, jute, ramie, manilla, cotton, silk, &c., with paper during the process of manufacture. The fabric from a roll may be delivered to the wire cloth and the pulp poured on, or it may be incorporated with the pulp beyond the levelling-rules and in front of the suction boxes, or at the entry to the wet press or the suction press, where the " Millspaugh " device is used, or about 20 centimetres in front of the " Diana " device where one is used. In combined cylinder and flat machines or machines having two cylinders, the fabric may be incorporated with the pulp webs where the two webs combine,
Patent GB-191214247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing the Ejection of Sparks and Live Cinders from Locomotives.
Inventor: NOTTER ERNEST FREDERIC STANHOP
IPC: F23J15/02
Filed: 1912-06-18
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 14,247. Notter, E. F. S. June 18. [Addition to 19,002/10.] Spark-arresters.-The cinder-pulverizing plate b described in the parent Specification is fitted at its top edge with an angle - iron c, the ridge of which points towards the tube plate a.
Patent GB-191219179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wardrobe Hooks and other like Hooks.
Inventor: FOWLER ERNEST HEATH
IPC: A47G25/06
Filed: 1912-08-21
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 19,179. Fowler, E. H. Aug. 2]. Hooks fixed to flat surfaces.-A wardrobe or similar hook 3 is loosely carried above the head of a wood-screw 1 and carries slots 4 which engage, when the hook is pushed upwards, with pegs 2 on the screw, so that the screw can then be turned. Other means of connexion between the hook and the screw may be used. such as flats 2<a>, or pins 2<c> engaging cheeks 4<c>, or a squared part 2b engaging a socket in a bush 5 fixed to the screw shank. The connecting-means may be in a separate member mounted above the hook.
Patent GB-191228150-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Lift Valves.
Inventor: DAY CHARLES
IPC: F01L3/20
Filed: 1912-12-06
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 28,150. Day, C., and Windeler, G. E. Dec. 6. Lift valves for internal-combustion engines and air-compressors are provided with means to prevent the valve head from falling into the cylinder in the event of the valve spindle breaking. For this purpose the seating has an inwardly-projecting ring d and the valve is provided with rings e the ends f of which extend beyond the internal diameter of the ring. In assembling, the ends f pass through gaps in the ring d, the gaps being subsequently filled by screw pins g.
Patent GB-191304689-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Unloading or Discharging Coal Grain and like Cargoes from Ships.
Inventor: MENADA EMILIO
IPC: B63B27/22
Filed: 1913-02-24
Granted: 1914-03-24
Abstract: 4689. Menada, E. Feb. 24. Vessels, tunnel systems for emptying; elevated structures.-In apparatus for discharging ships, as described in Specifications 2722/09 and 21,063/10, in which trucks 12 running in tunnels beneath the holds are hoisted up structures 1 where they are tipped and discharged, the guides 27 in the structures 1 are provided with diverging lower ends, and pivoted tongues 28 are provided at the point of divergence. With this arrangement the loaded trucks are hoisted up one leg, while the descending empty trucks are diverted by the tongue down the other leg. Duplicate shoots are provided at the upper end of the structure down which the material is discharged, and the material is directed to one shoot or the other by a pivoted flap. The outlets in the bottom of the holds are closed by segmental doors provided with racks 37 operated through pinions 39 and hand-levers 40.
Patent GB-191304900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Curbs, Fenders, and the like.
Inventor: PARKES JOSEPH
IPC: F24B1/198
Filed: 1913-02-26
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 4900. Parkes, J. Feb. 26. Fenders.-A cast-iron curb or fender has one or more grooves or recesses b cast in its upper surface, in which tiles c are permanently or removably fitted, for instanca by screws d. According to the Provisional Specification, the tiles may be cemented in place, and separate recesses, each taking one or more tiles, may be cast in the curb.