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Patent GB-191020675-A (GB)
Title: Device for Producing Print-like Characters.
Inventor: BAHR GEORG
IPC: B60K5/00
Filed: 1910-09-05
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 20,675. Bahr, G. Sept. 5. Stencils.-A stencil 3 is carried by a holder 2, Fig. 2, or is formed with oppositely - projecting doubled-over edges 16, Fig. 4, so that it is held out of contact with the writing-surface and can be run along a straight edge. Holes are provided in the stencil at different distances from the ground line, so that straight lines can be produced by inserting the pen therein and sliding the stencil along a straight edge.
Patent GB-191022969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating Turbines.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
IPC: F01D1/04
Filed: 1910-07-15
Granted: 1911-07-17
Abstract: 22,969. Parsons, C. A. July 15. Drawings to Specification. Axial-flow type; balancing moving parts.- The intermediate and low-pressure stages of a turbine are formed as a combined turbine of the type described in Specification 2295/10, and the high-pressure stage comprises one or more impulse stages. The intermediate and lowpressure portions may be divided into two equal parts, placed one on each side of the impulse section, the working-fluid passing through them in oppositedirections. Packing and balancing are thereby facilitated.
Patent GB-191025581-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Iron and Steel.
IPC: C21C5/52
Filed: 1910-11-03
Granted: 1912-02-05
Abstract: 25,581. Electrostahl Ges. March 26, [Convention date]. Cast-iron and scrap processes; ore, oxide, castiron, and scrap processes.-A process for improving the quality of commercial malleable iron and steel consists in covering the metal on an acid or basic hearth with an oxidizing- slag containing a metallic oxide, and introducing therein at intervals throughout the treatment with the slag a solid substance containing free carbon, such as the solid mixture of iron and carbon described in Specification 6950/03. For an acid hearth, the slag may be composed of lime, sand, manganese ore, and iron ore, and for a basic hearth of lime, fluor-spar, and iron ore. Prior to the treatment on a basic hearth, the metal may be treated with a basic non-oxidizing slag for the removal of sulphur. Specification 27,489/07 is referred to.
Patent GB-191101329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Transferring Mail Bags to and from Railways and Trains in Motion.
Inventor: YATES JOSEPH
IPC: B61K5/06
Filed: 1911-01-18
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 1329. Yates, J. Jan. 18, 1910, [Convention date]. Transferring articles to or from trains in motion.-Mail-bag exchanging apparatus comprises two similar cranes on the train and a single catcher and deliverer on the track. The cranes 3, 4 are pivoted at 7 to the car sides, and are swung up from the position shown in Fig. 2 and maintained horizontal for operation as shown in Fig. 1, by braces 14, the lower ends of which slide on guides 16. Spring rods 17 keep the braces 14 in the raised position. The spring grips 8 for holding the bags are pivoted to the cranes at 9, and can be locked in the operative position by a handle 11 which engages an off-set 12. The station apparatus comprises a long spring grip 26, 27 with outwardly flared ends 24, 25. The bags are supported by shanks 29 with bosses 31, 32. As shown in Fig. 1, the bag 28<1> on the car is being caught by the flared ends 24, 25 of the station apparatus, while the bag 28 is being detached from the station apparatus by the front grip 8 on the car.
Patent GB-191103524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Intercommunicating Telephone Systems and Apparatus.
Inventor: MURRAY ROBERT LAMBERT
IPC: H04M9/00
Filed: 1911-02-11
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 3524. Murray, R. L. Feb. 11. Drawings to Specification. Indicating ringing of bells to operators.-The calling circuit of an intercommunication telephone system is provided at the calling station with a bell magnet to indicate to the caller that the circuit is complete.
Patent GB-191105619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tonsilotomes.
Inventor: TESKE CARL AUGUST
IPC: A61B17/26
Filed: 1911-03-06
Granted: 1912-03-06
Abstract: 5619. Teske, C. A. March 6, [Cognate Application, 19,955/11.] Tonsilotomes. - R elates to a tonsilotome of the kind in which a main frame or knifeguide terminating in an enlarged apertured end, which is to be placed over the tonsil, has a detachable horseshoe frame around the knife blade, as described in Specification 21,969/07. The horseshoe frame is made self-fixing; additional knife-guiding means are provided at the rear end of the knife; the handle is made angularly adjustable longitudinally of the instrument; and, in one form, the handle has a universal adjustment. The whole can be taken to pieces for sterilizing. The horseshoe frame c, Figs. 1 and 3, embraces the blade end of the knife b, and has a clip cl to engage a recess in the knife-guide a, and also two undercut pins d, which are sprung into holes in the knife-guide and are locked by the resilience of the horseshoe frame. Undercut pins h are placed, one on each side of the knife, at the rear end of the guide a and engage with its bevelled edges, which are cut away at i to permit the removal of the knife. The handle k, according to one form, is pivoted in a lug j and has a screwed rod l passing through it to engage one or other of a number of notches on the lug j, so that it may be locked in various adjustments. The handle and screw may be integral, screwing into a socket piece pivoted in the notched lug j. The lug j may have an open-ended slot j<1>, Fig. 5, permitting removal of the handle. A universal adjustment, Fig. 7, comprises a split lug n surrounding a grooved boss n<1>, which forms the end of the main frame a and replaces the guide-pins h. The handle is attached by a lug o having teeth on one face for engagement with grooves on the lug n. The clamping-screw p, which forms the handle pivot, has a wide kerf s so that it may be operated by a coin. Adjusting - means suitable for the collapsing handle shown in the above-mentioned Specification consist of a pivoted link s, Fig. 9, connecting one of the handle links t with a slider u on the parallel link t<1>. A clamping-screw v secures the slider to the link t' when the handle is adjusted.
Patent GB-191107677-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method for Regulating the Lighting and Extinguishing of Gas Lamps.
Inventor: KENT-JOHNSTON ARTHUR GEORGE
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1911-03-28
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 7677. Johnston, A. G. Kent-. March 28. Valves controlled from a distance.-For regulating the lighting and extinguishing of gas lamps by means of a rising and falling bell I subjected to the rise and fall of the gas pressure, a pivoted tube D containing mercury or a metal ball carries a mercury trough E, which is alternately lifted and lowered by the bell to seal and unseal a supply pipe F. As the bell rises, arms K force the wire M on the trough into engagement with the fixed metal pieces N, whereby the tube D is rocked from side to side, to close and open the supply pipe. By the arrangement of a slot H, the tube D is also moved sideways, ready for a return movement
Patent GB-191108268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks or Fastenings for Railway and other Carriage Doors and the like.
Inventor: BITHELL JOHN
IPC: E05B65/42
Filed: 1911-04-03
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 8268. Bithell, J. April 3. Railway-carriage doors and the like fastening automatically.-When the vehicle is in motion, a current of air produced by a fan &c. connected to the wheels, acts upon an air-box e mounted coaxially with a lever f, which is thereby moved into the path of the usual door latch. The airbox and lever are mounted in compartments of a casing a let into the door framing adjacent to the latch socket, the compartment containing the air-box having an air inlet b' and outlet b<2>.
Patent GB-191109686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Switches.
Inventor: WHITE GEORGE HENDRY
IPC: H01H23/04
Filed: 1911-10-21
Granted: 1912-10-21
Abstract: 9686. White, G. H. Oct. 21. Switches, quick-action; bases; contacts.-The insulating base A of a switch is recessed to receive the rectilinearly-sliding contact-member C and the fixed contacts B, and the cover AA is also recessed to guide the sliding contactmember and accommodate the fixed contacts so that the component parts of the switch are retained between the base and the cover without the formation of screw-threads in the insulating- material. The fixed contacts are primarily held in place by friction with the walls of the recesses in the base and cover and they are further secured by the expanding action of the binding- screws B<1> co-operating with the screw-threaded plate B<2> and engaging the conductor B<3>. The walls of the recess in the base are inclined as shown and engaged by balls D situated at the ends of bent springs E, Figs. 3 and 5, upon the sliding contact-operating member C<2> so that a quick make-and-break action of the contact shoe C, with which the member C<2> engages, is obtained. The operating-lever F is seated within a cupped recess F' formed in or attached to the top plate G, which serves to secure the base and the cover together. The cupped recess may be screwed upon the cover, in which case the cover and base are held together by the screws which finally fix the switch in its box. The base and cover are square, and fixing holes are provided at each corner so that the switch may be secured any way up in a wall box or the like which is provided with screw-threaded holes at two opposite corners.
Patent GB-191116613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Turbines.
Inventor: BAXTER CHARLES
IPC: F02C3/14
Filed: 1911-07-19
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 16,613. Baxter, C. July 19. Working-fluid supply; reversing.-The combustion chambers of a gas-turbine are formed by inclined pockets in the stator registering with inclined pockets in the rotor, which is provided with ports co-operating with inlet, exhaust, and scavenging ports in stationary adjustable packing-rings. For reversing, two oppositely-inclined sets of pockets 9, 9x are formed in the stator 1, and these coact with two similarly-inclined sets of rotor pockets 5<x>, 5, Fig. 3, or with one set of pockets 5, Fig. 6, having oppositely-inclined end faces. Ported packing-rings 13, 14, arranged on opposite sides of the rotor, are held stationary by screws 18 in positions which can be adjusted for starting and reversing. An explosion in a chamber 9, 9<x> may be utilized to force one or both of these rings 13, 14 against the rotor sides by means of a piston 26 having a spring connexion with a rod 25, which, through the medium of a lever 24 and a rod 23, causes a piston to bear against the ring 13, 14. The compressed charge is delivered by a pipe 10 through a port in the ring 13, and a port 11<x> in the rotor in the pocket 5<x>, where it is ignited when the pocket 5<x> comes opposite the pocket 9. The exploded gases are exhausted through a port in the ring 14, and a fresh scavenging-charge is admitted through a supplementary port in the ring 13, the pockets 5, 5<x> being provided with partitions 19<x>, Fig. 4, to assist the scavenging. An auxiliary exhaust port may be formed in the stator. The number of pockets in the rotor and stator may be varied.
Patent GB-191118000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cooking or Processing Vessels.
Inventor: SCHMITT EDWARD DANIEL
IPC: A47J36/16
Filed: 1911-08-08
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 18,000. Schmitt, E. D. Aug. 8. Sterilizing liquids. - Relates to vessels for cooking food products, particularly for treating those contained in hermetically-sealed receptacles, and comprises means for ensuring a uniform water and steam circulation through a tightly-closed pressure vessel, in which the receptacles are placed. The vessel 4 is cylindrical with a steam-tight balanced cover 30 and a rotary base 9 supported on a ball race 8 and by side rollers 11. The lower part of the vessel is encircled by a feed-pipe 17 in communication with valved steam and water supply-pipes. A series of vertical nozzles 18 project upwards from the pipe 17, and each nozzle passes through the joint 19 of an angular pipe, the vertical arm 20 of which communicates with the upper part of the vessel 4, and the horizontal arm 23 with the lower part. When the food receptacles have been placed in suitable crates on the rotary table 9, the vessel is filled with water, and steam is admitted to the nozzles 18, causing the water to become heated and at the same time to circulate from the base of the vessel through the pipes 23, 20, re-entering the vessel at the top. When the cooking is completed, cold water is allowed to pass through the vessel, the overflow escaping through a pipe 44.
Patent GB-191120524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Transformers.
Inventor: HAEFELY EMIL
IPC: H01F27/32
Filed: 1911-09-16
Granted: 1911-11-16
Abstract: 20,524. Haefely, E. Sept. 16. Transformers. - An insulating-sleeve for oilcooled high - tension transformers consists of several layers, of at least one hard layer, which serves to support the sleeve, and one soft laver of absorbent material, which becomes saturated with oil and serves mainly to insulate and cool the transformer. The inner layer a may consist of tough paper, alone or in combination with mica, while the soft layer b may consist of textile fabric, blotting-paper, cellulose board, &c. The outer comparatively thin layer c is hard and forms a covering for the thin layer b, while it also serves to preserve it from deformation and against the pressure of the high-tension winding. The layer c may consist of the same material as the layer a, or of a band of cotton &c. The sleeve, when assembled, is immersed in hot oil until the soft layer is saturated. This operation may be carried out in a vacuum. When it is intended that the insulating-sleeve should project beyond the high-tension winding, the covering c may be cut away at the ends so as to expose the soft laver b, which is now in direct contact with the oil. The sleeve may consist of two layers only, a hard one and a soft one; or a soft layer may be arranged on both sides of the hard layer.
Patent GB-191124160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat Pin Point Guards.
Inventor: MCCABE RALPH GEORGE
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1911-10-31
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 24,160. McCabe, R. G.' Oct. 31. Point - protectors for pins.-Relates to pointprotectors comprising a spherical body 1 having a recess in which a plug of cork or the like 2 is directly fitted, and consists in making the recess and plug cylindrical instead of conical.
Patent GB-191124799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Knives, Forks and like Articles having Metal Handles.
Inventor: BIGGIN JOHN
IPC: B25G3/02
Filed: 1911-11-07
Granted: 1912-08-15
Abstract: 24,799. Biggin, J. Nov. 7. Strengthened end handles; fixing by molten metal and like attachments.-In fixing knives, forks, &c., in handles of the kind which are made with a restricted neck in longitudinal halves soldered or brazed to the tangs a piece of sheet metal B is pressed into each half of the handle beyond the restricted neck in the die in which the handle is formed and is soldered thereto, the two half handles being then hard soldered or brazed to each other and to the tang. In Fig. 6, a modification is shown in which the strips are thickened at the part overlapping the joint between the halves of the handles, one of the strips being secured to each half or to both. The shape and size of the strips may be varied and the inner surface may be roughened or grooved to make a secure connection with the tang.
Patent GB-191127237-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Controlling of the Humidity and Temperature of the Atmosphere.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
IPC: F24F3/153
Filed: 1911-12-05
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 27,237. Lake, H. W., [Buffalo Forge Co.]. Dec. 5. Moistening.-Relates to apparatus for regulating the humidity and temperature of air in textile mills &c., of .the kind comprising a humidifier E, a differential thermostat H, the elements of which are subjected respectively to the temperatures of the room and the humidifier, and a device controlled by the thermostat for maintaining the temperature in the humidifier at a predetermined degree below that of the room and thus keeping the relative humidity of the air in the room approximately constant. According to the invention, the thermostat controls means for varying the temperature of the water used for saturating the air, instead of, or in addition to, controlling as hitherto connected dampers C, C<1> for varying the proportions of ' fresh air ' and ' return air ' admitted to the humidifier. In the form shown, the water circulated through spraying-nozzles by a pump e is heated by a steam injector F. The thermostat H operates a valve i which controls the supply of compressed air from a reservoir i<2> to diaphragm motors i<4>, i<3> actuating respectively the steam-supply valve i<5> of the injector F and the dampers. The humidified air is discharged into the room by a fan D, and may be heated in a heater K. Specification 16,279/08 is referred to.
Patent GB-191127716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rotary Compressors for Two-stroke-cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ZOLLER ARNOLD
IPC: F04C18/352
Filed: 1911-12-09
Granted: 1913-03-10
Abstract: 27,716. Zoller, A. Dec. 9, 1910, [Convention date]. Fixed-abutment type.-A rotary pump for compressing scavenging air or mixture in an internal-combustion engine consists of a drum 2 mounted eccentrically in a chamber 1 and vanes 7 pivoted on a pin 8 at the centre of the chamber and passing through slots in rollers 9 mounted in the drum 2. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that additional rollers 9<1>, Fig. 8 (cancelled), for reducing wear, may be arranged within the rollers 9. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191127966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tinning and the like Machines.
Inventor: DIETHER HENRY JOSEF
IPC: C23C2/00
Filed: 1911-12-12
Granted: 1912-10-10
Abstract: 27,966. Diether, H. J., and Gold, W. H. Dec. 12. Tinning and coating by dipping.-In a tinning or like machine, the plates are thrust into the molten metal by a frame h operated by a lever a, which is drawn downwards by a slotted link e directly connected to a crank f on a constantly rotating shaft. The upward movement of the lever a under the action of its counterweight n is limited by a stop o, so that the lever is stationary for a time to allow the insertion of a plate. Specification 21,683/11 is referred to.
Patent GB-191129301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Filtering Apparatus.
Inventor: DEACON MARTIN
IPC: B01D33/00
Filed: 1911-12-29
Granted: 1912-12-30
Abstract: 29,301. Deacon, M., and Gore, W. Dec. 29. Filters; filters, cleansing, filtering - media, charging and discharging.-Filters of the kind described in Specification 14,487/10, in which finely-divided filtering-material is continuously removed from the bottom of the filter and supplied again at the top during the operation of the filter, are arranged so that liquid to be filtered is admitted to the filtering-material at the side as well as at the top and filters inward to a central collector, advantage being taken of filtering-films which form around a practically stationary central cone of the filtering-material. Fig. 1 shows a filter adapted for use below the ground-level. Inside the concrete pit A, the filtering-material is confined within a liner B, which is perforated or built up of short cylinders or rings arranged to leave spaces for the entry of the liquid. At the bottom is a hopper-shaped liner E with a top E<1>. The small pipes J, J<1> pass down to the bottom of the pit through a central tube H which is itself surrounded by a perforated tube F. The lower ends of the pipes J, J' are arranged to form an ejector. Water from the main M passing down the pipe J draws sand continuously up the pipe J' to a washer L from which the clean sand is delivered to the top of the filter by the water in the main. The sand falls to the space beneath the liner E through slots P or through the space between the bottom of the liner B and the hner E. The medium within the broken line O is practically stationary, and one or more filtering- films will be formed in this position in addition to the horizontal films formed in the rest of the medium. The liquid filters across to the tube F and is discharged through the main M<2>. The filter shown in Fig. 3 is adapted for use above the ground-level. The hopper E is not closed in but it is partially filled with concrete. There is an outlet at the bottom of the central cone which is controlled by a valve R operated by a hand-wheel R'. The washer L is at the bottom, the washed sand being carried up the main M. Fig. 6 shows the lower part of another arrangement in which a casting S is provided beneath the conical bottom of the vessel A' and the filtered liquid passes down the central passage and through openings S' to an annular space S<2> and the main. The sand falls downwards through passages in the casting to the outlet S<4>. Instead of using a liner B, the liquid may be supplied to the filtering-material through perforated tubes placed vertically in the filtering-material near the walls of the pit or container.
Patent GB-191200450-A (GB)
Title: A Portable Armour for Entrenchments.
Inventor: FARNER ULRICH
IPC: F41H5/24
Filed: 1912-01-05
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 450. Farner, U. Jan. 5. Fortifications. Relates to transportable armouring for fortifying entrenchments. Curved supports a, placed against one wall and extending round to the opposite wall of the' trench, are braced by cross-pieces c, d and support a double thickness of armour-plating h, i spaced by a layer k of pressed sawdust &c. The front edges of the plates h, i rest on a plate e which forms a ledge for the lodgment of earth. Angle-plates l, m are also secured to the supports a, leaving narrow slits n for observation or other purposes. The various plates are detachably secured to the supports. Entrance is effected from the ends of the trench, and, in a modified form, from the rear.
Patent GB-191203739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inking Mechanism for Web Printing Machines.
Inventor: ANNAND ROBERT CUMMING
IPC: B41F31/04
Filed: 1912-02-14
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 3739. Annand, R. C. Feb. 14. Inking-apparatus. - The central portion of the duct blade c is adjusted by curved pressurepieces g mounted in curved slots formed in the edge of the bridge-piece d and operated by screwed rods h or other suitable devices extending to one or both sides within convenient reach of the operator. The device is specially applicable to double - width web printing- machines. The curved pressure-pieces are retained in the slots by a cover-plate j secured to the bridgepiece, and the operating-rods h, which do not extend to the end of the duct, have screwed portions engaging tapped holes in a fixed support i and squared ends to receive the adjusting-tool. The end portions of the blade are adjusted by the usual screws e engaging the bridge and bearing on the spring blade c.
Patent GB-191203747-A (GB)
Title: Improved Scaffold Bracket.
IPC: E06C7/16
Filed: 1912-02-14
Granted: 1912-04-25
Abstract: 3747. Rolf & Co. Feb. 16, 1911, [Convention date]. Ladders; scaffolding and staging.-Ladder or scaffold brackets suspended from the rungs or like members, and consisting of uprights a with hooked upper ends c, horizontal bars b pivoted to the uprights, and inclined stay-bars c mounted on slide blocks d adjustable on the uprights, are provided with safety hooks h, engaging lower rungs and secured to channelsection members i, which slide within the uprights and are adjustably secured by bolts n passed through holes m, l in the flanges of the uprights and channel members c. The upper ends of the members c are formed with projecting lugs k to bear against the hooks h.