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Patent GB-191207184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Coin-freed Weighing Machines.
IPC: G07F17/26
Filed: 1912-03-23
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 7184. British Automatic Co., and Savage, A. C. March 23. Weighing apparatus.The apparatus is of the type in which the user can register an estimate of his weight, and in the event of the estimate being correct the coin is returned to him. A supplementary pointer g for registering the estimated weight is -carried by a sleeve g<0>, Fig. 9, which is rotated through sprocket gear g<2> g<3>, g<4> and a clutch h when an external knob is turned. To prevent adjustment of the supplementary pointer after the operator has stepped on to the platform, the sprocket gear is unclutched from the spindle of the operating- knob by means of the forked arm i of a bellcrank lever i<1>, the arm i<2> of which co-operates with a hook j mounted with play on the draw-bar k of the machine. The ordinary pointer f carries a contact y, Fig. 9, which, when both pointers indicate the same weight closes the circuit of an electro-magnet x<1> through a contact block g<11> on the sleeve g<0> and permits the return of the coin. Coin action; thrust; coin-discharging mechanism; returning coin.-The coin thrust into a slot e presses back one arm of a lever q<3>, thereby raising the plunger m of a dash-pot l through a telescopic link q<2> and a bell-crank q. Simultaneously, the lever q<3>, by engaging an arm w<3>, rotates a. spindle w<2> and lifts a rod w, thereby rotating a disk t<1> by means of an arm u<1>, which is loosely attached to the rod wand embraces a pin t<2> on the disk. A flap t rigidly attached to the disk t<1> is thereby brought into the vertical position so as to close a coinreturn shoot r<1> and open a shoot r<2> leading to the money box, the disk and flap being retained in this position by the engagement of the pivoted armature x of the electro-magnet x<1> with pins t<3> on the disk, whilst the coin falls into the coin bucket d, and the rod w is returned by its own weight. The coin bucket d and quadrant c are of the well-known type. A block n on the plunger m carries a contact n<1>, Fig. 5, and is formed with a rib n<2>, which, during the upward movement of the plunger holds a contact-finger p off the contact n<1>, but, when the plunger falls, the contact p bears against the contact n<1>, and, if the weight has been correctly estimated, the other gap in the circuit of the batteries o is closed through the contacts y, g<11>, and the electro-magnet x<1> attracts the armature x, freeing the disk t' and permitting the flap t to fall into the position shown in dotted lines so as to direct the coin to an external tray s<1>. If, after the weighing has taken place, the operator succeeds in bring- ing the pointers into coincidence by fraudulent means, and then succeeds in raising the plunger by partly inserting a second coin, the upward movement of the plunger causes the coin to be discharged from the bucket d owing to the engagement of a projection z' on an arm z with a lever z<2> bearing on the tail of the quadrant c.
Patent GB-191209847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Golf Clubs.
Inventor: WOOD JOHN
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 1912-04-25
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 9847. Wood, J. April 25. Golf clubs.-To effect economy of material, the heads of golf clubs are made from two pieces b, b<1> of vulcanized fibre &c., connected together by plain or screw dowel pins b<3> and by cement. Lead &c. is poured through a hole b<5> into a double dovetailed cavity b<4>. When set, the metal assists in holding the parts b, b' together. The hole b<5> is afterwards plugged with fibre &c. Unfilled cavities may also be formed in the head to adjust the weight.
Patent GB-191210746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Beer.
Inventor: BROUGHAM FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: B67D1/04
Filed: 1912-05-06
Granted: 1912-10-03
Abstract: 10,746. Brougham, F. J., [Bergsvik, C.]. May 6. Diaphragm and like apparatus for discharging receptacles. - Comprises improvements in beerraising apparatus of the type in which a gas-bag is distended within the barrel. The barrel 100 has mounted upon it the cylinder 120 which contains the gas-bag 130. This bag is fixed at its upper end to the pipe 26, and at its lower end to the beer-outlet pipe 31. In operation, compressed air or other gas is admitted into the bag 130 by the pipes 26, 28, and as beer is withdrawn, the beer and air pipes are pushed further into the barrel, so that when the gas-bag is fully distended, it fills the barrel. The closing-plate 400 of the barrel is displaced by the initial downward movement of pipe 31. When in position, the plate 38 practically closes the opening of the barrel.
Patent GB-191213644-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bobbins and Bobbin Carriers used for Spinning and Roving Machines.
Inventor: ROSS ROBERT COUPAR
IPC: B65H75/30
Filed: 1912-06-11
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 13,644. Ross, R. C. June 11. Spindle apparatus.-The bobbins of spinning or roving frames are coupled to the bobbincarriers by studs 3 or projections which engage a circumferential groove in the outer face of the bobbin flange, access to which is provided by vertical grooves 5. Driving-studs 6 engage elongated holes in the bobbin, or, as shown in Fig. 1, the studs may be tapered and serve to hold the bobbin down, by reason of the taper, and also to drive it. The bobbin may be retarded by means of pockets 7, which may be masked by means of a shield 8 adjustable around its axis to vary the drag. In the Provisional Specification it is stated that the shield may be raised or lowered to expose all or a portion of each pocket to the air.
Patent GB-191214809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Air-cooled Internal Combustion Engines, used on Motor Bicycles and the like.
Inventor: SIDWELL ERNEST
IPC: F02F1/04
Filed: 1912-06-25
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 14,809. Sidwell, E. June 25. Drawings to Specification. Trouser shields attached to cycle engines.- Motor-cycle engines are cooled and the rider's dress is.guarded by spring-wire coils so shaped as to lie between or to engage the ribs and to project beyond them and to be fixed without attachment clips.
Patent GB-191214995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ice Safes or Refrigerators.
Inventor: WOOD JESSE ALBERT MARK
IPC: F25D3/04
Filed: 1912-06-27
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 14,995. Wood, J. A. M., Parsons, P., and Murray, H. C. C. June 27. Refrigerators, domestic and like; cooling air.-A refrigerator is divided into two compartments, the upper one containing the food &c. to be kept cool, and the lower compartment containing a device for cooling the air supplied to the upper compartment. The cooling-device consists of a closed ice-tank g, having a grating k and a waste-water pipe n. Air is supplied to the coils p arranged in the ice-tank from a compressed-air cylinder f into which air is forced by a pump &c. The air passes from the outlet pipe p<1> of the coils to the interior of the tank g and flows thence by the pipe q<1> to cooling-tubes q arranged within the upper compartment. The doors 1, 2 are lined with rubber tubing &c. h and are provided with fasteners to ensure a tight joint. Thermometers s are placed behind windows r.
Patent GB-191215006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Document Files or Folders.
Inventor: PARDOE AVERN
IPC: B42F7/08
Filed: 1912-06-27
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 15,006. Pardoe, A. June 27. Tabs. - In document files or folders, index tabs are secured to the file cover or folder so that the tabs are concealed within the file cover or folder, but can be folded outwards to extend beyond the edge of the file or folder. The tabs 7 are cut out along three sides from an inturned flap 2 of the folder 1, and are folded inwards and drawn out into view through slots 5 in the fold 6 of the flap. The tabs may be formed with shoulders 9 which abut against the inner side of the fold 6 when the tabs are drawn out. The tabs may be formed in a flexible strip which is attached to the inside of a file cover so as to hang loosely within the file
Patent GB-191215459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: DAVIS GEORGE KEVILLE
IPC: C01B17/84
Filed: 1912-07-02
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 15,459. Davis, G. K. July 2. Rotary apparatus.-For producing a spray of sulphuric acid in the sulphuric-acid chambers, shafts C<1>, C<2> carrying fanners D are arranged so as to throw up a spray towards one end of the chamber, and external passages G are provided to allow the acid to return to the other side of a weir F which extends across the chamber. Similar spraying-apparatus may be used in the Glover and Gay-Lussac apparatus.
Patent GB-191215934-A (GB)
Title: Process for Effecting the Solidification of Liquified Nitrate of Lime.
Inventor: BROUGHAM FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: C01F11/44
Filed: 1912-07-08
Granted: 1913-01-02
Abstract: 15,934. Brougham, F. J., [Norsk Hydro- Elektrisk Kvaelstofaktieselskab]. July 8. Calcium nitrate.-To effect the solidification of calcium-nitrate solution, the solution is first strongly cooled, for instance by worms, or by a stirring-cooler with water-cooling, or by trickle coolers, or by water-cooled rollers from which the viscous cooled mass is scraped. The cooled liquid is received in a slightly-cooled vessel, it is stirred, and in which solidification is initiated, for instance by adding calcium-nitrate powder, a mixture of liquid and solid being obtained which is transferred in thin layers on to a cooling-surface, on which it solidifies so quickly that it may be removed by a scraper which passes over the surface at suitable intervals. Or a rotary cooled roller provided with a scraper may be used. The calcium nitrate is obtained in thin scales which do not adhere together.
Patent GB-191229278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Method of Generating Oil-gas.
Inventor: BATES FRANK HENRY
Filed: 1912-12-19
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 29,278. Sates, F. H. Dec. 19. Vaporizers, external.-In apparatus for producing gas from oil, the oil from a tank A' is passed through a series of generators A in a direction opposite to that of hot exhaust gases from the engine D. The impoverished oil from the generator is used to superheat the vapour generated. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the oil passes through the inner shells a<1> and the exhaust gases through the space between the inner and the outer shells a. The volatile constituents from each generator mix in a pipe A<4> and are conducted to a superheater E heated by impoverished oil from the generators, which oil is collected -in a vessel A3 and forced by a pump e3 to a burner E<1> below the superheater. The gas finally reaches the engine D by a pipe e<2>. The oil is circulated through the system comprising the reservoir A<1> and the generators A by a pump a<6>. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the exhaust gases are passed through inner drums b and the oil through the chambers b<1> surrounding each drum. Two reservoirs B<2>, B<3> are employed, each of which may be used in turn, the impoverished oil from one being used in the burner E<1> below the superheater E while fresh oil is being used in the other to generate gas. A compressor 7 is used to supply gas to the engine D. A modified form of generator, Fig. 5, consists of a chamber divided by an inclined partition h into two chambers h<1>, h<2>. Oil is supplied by a pipe h' and flows over the corrugated plate h and the exhaust gases pass through the lower chamber h<2>. Air is forced into the vaporizing-chamber h' by a compressor and mixes with the oil vapour. To clear the carbon deposit from the superheater, air unmixed with oil vapour may be passed in by suitable connexions whereby the deposit may be burned away. A gas holder and suitable purifiers may be employed between the superheater and the engine. Specifications 29,276/12 and 29,277/12 are referred to.
Patent GB-191300491-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Surprise Device.
Inventor: ELWELL JEROME THADDEUS
IPC: G09F1/00
Filed: 1913-01-07
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 491. Elwell, J. T. Aug. 7, 1912, [Convention date]. Mechanical toys.-A surprise, amusement, or advertising device comprises a card 3 adapted to slide between front and rear plates 1, 2 supported by brackets 16. The card is normallv held behind the plate 2 by a pivoted spring catch 10 engaging a projection 9 on the card. Elastic 6, or a spring, attached to the card and to the rear plate 2, is held under tension when the card is in lowered position. On releasing the catch 10 by a push-button 14, the card is suddenly raised into view by the spring.
Patent GB-191300761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plaster Coverings for Walls and the like.
IPC: C04B28/04
Filed: 1913-01-10
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 761. Midland Plastering Co., -and Hotching, J. H. Jan. 10. Mortars; compositions containing plaster &c.- A coloured plaster covering for walls, partitions, ceilings, &c. comprises (1) a ground coat consisting of about 1 part by volume of Portland cement, 3 parts of sand, and 3 per cent of a powder which is prepared in accordance with Specification 17,119/08; and (2) a finishing-coat consisting of Parian or Keene's cement mixed with about 3 per cent by volume of the powder previously referred to and a vegetable colouring- matter.
Patent GB-191302646-A (GB)
Title: Buttonhole Stitching Machine.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: D05B73/12
Filed: 1912-04-22
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 2646. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. April 22, 1912. Button-hole sewing machines.-Relates to machines having rotary stitch-forming mechanism for the formation of eyed and button-holes, and consists in means for accelerating the return of the stitch-forming parts to their central position after the second side has been sewn, and in means for opening the work-holder on this movement. The needle-operating and stitchforming mechanism is similar to that described in Specification 424/10, the latter being actuated from the cam 188 which has the work-holder cam-grooves 210, 211 on its upper side as described in Specification 9458/12. The cross-slide plate 231, Fig. 9, actuated from the cam 211, is of U-shape and is mounted in transverse guides in the plate 219. In guideways thereon are clamp arm bearing-plates 247 carrying the lower clamp members 258 let into the recessed face of the plate 231. The upper clamp members consist of feet 260 pivoted to the forward ends of arms 262 on blocks 264 pivoted on the plates 247. Bearing-posts on the plate 231 support the operating-shaft 268 having crank-arms carrying a cross-member 270 and an antifriction roller 271 adapted to be engaged by the cutter post 54, by the forward movement of which, prior to stitching, the shaft 268 is rocked to close the clamp through cam-blocks 272 bearing on plates 273 on the clamp arms. The shaft 268 carries an arm 280 normally projecting into the path of a spring-pressed latch-block 281 depending from the bar 181. As this bar moves forward in imparting the initial rotation to the needle-bar. it passes the arm 280, but on its return to initial position at the end of operation the arm 280 is moved to take the cam-blocks 272 beyond the point of engagement and the springs 267 lift the clamp-arms. After the stud 356 has operated the stop motion as described in Specification 9459/12, details of the stop motion being described in Specification 18,274/07, the parts are given a semi-rotation to the initial position by a pawl-bar 359 engaging ratchet teeth 357 on the cam 188. The pawl bar is continuously operated independently of the main shaft 9 by an eccentric on the hub of the loose pulley wheel, and is moved into operative position, on the machine being stopped, by a three-armed rocker 370 having one arm pressed against the pawl, and another connected to the tripping lever of the stop-motion. It continues in action until it reaches the wearing-part 357<Î> and then reciprocates only until the machine is again started.
Patent GB-191305359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Abrading Discs.
Inventor: KRUG CARL
IPC: B24D7/02
Filed: 1913-03-03
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 5359. Krug, C. May 4, 1912, [Convention date]. Wheels and other tools.-The flat a brading-surface of a disk grinder is provided with sinuous grooves f which traverse the surface after the manner of parallel chords.
Patent GB-191306665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fenders for Vehicles.
Inventor: RABBITTS THOMAS
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 1913-03-18
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 6665. Rabbitts, T., and Aston, R. E. March 18. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers.-A guard e for vehicles is moved forwards and downwards by a spring when a front gate 1 is struck so as to raise a hook x; the hook x may be raised by the driver. The guard is supported by and can slide through blocks g, which can pivot in hangers h and also move vertically against the action of springs p. At the rear, the fender e is connected to links r on which the springs t act. When the springs tare compressed, the guard is raised as shown in full lines and the links r are prevented from moving by the links v, w, x. The link x is released from the rack y by hand or by contact nf an obstacle with the gate 1 through links 2, 3. The rack y holds the hook x and keeps the guard in the operative position. The handlever w is in two parts pivoted at z so that it can yield when moving rearwards under the influence of the springs t.
Patent GB-191308846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Transmission of Power.
Inventor: HAUTIER CAMILLE JEAN
IPC: B61C9/22
Filed: 1913-04-15
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 8846. Hautier, C. J. April 17, 1912. [Convention date]. Driving - gear. - In apparatus for the pneumatic transmission of power, comprising four radial pump cylinders and four radial motor cylinders arranged side by side and fitted with pistons connected to a driving-shaft and driven shaft respectively, the crank-pin brasses 14 of the shafts work in slotted yokes 13 connected to opposite pairs of pistons by pistonrods 11.
Patent GB-191314132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Transmission Mechanism.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
IPC: F16H3/10
Filed: 1913-06-18
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 14,132. Justice, P. M., [North East Electric Co.]. June 18. Gearing varying in ratio as drive is applied to one or other terminal shaft, which may be the shafts of an internal-combustion engine and an electric generator. A manuallyoperated clutch is employed for connecting the speed-reducing train to one rotary element, so as not to lock the gearing against reverse rotation, and the reducing-train is cut out during direct connexion of the elements. The shaft 6 driven by the engine and the shaft 7 coupled to the electric generator are connected by reducing-gear 13, 14, 15, 16. The pinion 13 is loose on the shaft 7 and is coupled thereto by a clutch 21. The annular wheel 16 is connected to a disk 18 on the shaft 6 by a freewheel clutch. Another free-wheel clutch is disposed between the disk 18 and a member 23 adapted to be engaged by the clutch 21, but, if desired, the clutch 21 may co-operate directly with the shaft 6. As shown in Fig. 1, the engine is driving the shaft 7 direct. When the generator is to be employed as a motor to start the engine, the clutch 21 is moved into engagement with the pinion 13. The clutch is moved by a spring-controlled arm 33 actuated by an arm 36 on a shaft 37. This shaft is rotated, through a spring coupling 41, by a spring-controlled arm 38 connected with any suitably manually-operable device. A powercontroller is connected with the clutch mechanism and the electric generator to avoid shocks. This comprises contact fingers 44, 45 carried by a sleeve 43 and co-operating with fixed contacts 47, 48, 49 connected with the generator circuits. When the arm 38 is operated to move the clutch 21 into engagement with the pinion 13, a projection 51 from the shell 40 engages a lug on the sleeve 43 and moves the finger 45 into engagement with the contact 49, thereby closing the energizing circuit for the generator after the clutch is in engagement. A detent 55 retains the sleeve 43 in this position against the action of a spring 53, and does not permit the circuit to be broken until the clutch has been moved back into engagement with the member 23. The contact 48 is engaged by the finger 44 at the last part of the operative movement of the switch, and this contact may be employed to close a circuit and cut out part of the field winding of the generator to increase its speed when acting as a motor. A friction coupling is interposed between the shaft 7 and the generator shaft 10 to avoid shocks and prevent overloading of the motor. This coupling comprises a cone 27 on the shaft 7 engaged by a spring-pressed cone 29 connected to the shaft 10 by an Oldham coupling.
Patent GB-191314323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Products, such as Ropes, or the like, from Fibrous Material and Apparatus to be used in such Manufacture.
Inventor: PIM CHARLES ALBERT
IPC: D07B5/06
Filed: 1913-06-20
Granted: 1914-06-23
Abstract: 14,323. Pim, C. A., and Strange, E. H. June 20. Machines for making.-Ropes or the like are made by passing the whole length of a mass of fibrous material between surfaces having relatively to one another a motion or motions which vary from point to point of the surfaces, the material being fed between the surfaces with its length arranged perpendicular to the direction of the said motion or motions and so that it is simultaneously twisted and compressed. Figs. 1 and 3 show a cone 1 which is provided with spring- controlled bearings 2 if desired, and is rotatably mounted within a conical recess 5. The cone and recess may be corrugated, fluted, roughened, or covered with any suitable material for giving increased grip. The entrance 6 for the material 9 is wider than its place of exit 7. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 4 and 5, a sector 8, shaped as shown, rotates over a table 4. The entrance 6 is wider than the exit 7. Ropes &c. of other than cylindrical shape can be produced by modifying the surfaces.
Patent GB-191315120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Drawing Flax Fibres.
Inventor: EVES JOSHUA VALENTINE
IPC: D01H5/62
Filed: 1912-09-23
Granted: 1913-09-23
Abstract: 15,120. Eves, J. V. Sept. 23,1912. Stop-motions.-A stopmotion is applied to the front delivery roller of a spreadboard for drawing flax fibres working in conjunction with automatic heckling-machines, transferring-apparatus, or other system of machines, for the purpose of stopping the whole system of machines when excessively thick material passes through the rollers, when a lap occurs on the bottom drawing-roller or an accumulation of waste on the clearer thereof, and when a predetermined amount of material has passed through the rollers. Excessive movement of the front delivery-roller B<2>, or of its clearer b, moves longitudinal lever H to release a transverse lever H<1> normally held by a pivoted link K<1> engaging a notch h' in a lug h<3> on the lever ; the lever H<1> is pivoted at h to a rocking-lever O connected to the knocking-off rod M of the heckling-machine &c., and on the lever H<1> being released a spring L moves the rod M and stops the system. Movement of the bottom drawing-roller B<1> or of its clearer b<1> actuates the lever H through the medium of lever H<1> and link h<2>. The lever H<1> is released when a predetermined amount has passed through the rollers by a spring-controlled plunger N normally held away from the lug h<3> by a spring controlled pivoted catch n engaging a neck or projection on the plunger: The catch is operated to release the plunger by a cam n' on a wheel N' driven by worm gearing from the roller B'.