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Patent GB-191014010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Road Maps and Odometers.
Inventor: JONES JOSEPH W
Filed: 1910-06-09
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 14,010. Jones, J. W. Aug. 6, 1909, [Convention date]. Indicating on vehicles their position on road. -An indicator driven from the wheel of a motor-car &c., to indicate its position on a route, and to give other information, is mounted in a portable casing and driven through a flexible shafting, so that it can be handed to an occupant of the rear seat. A circular card marked with the names of places on the route &c., and with a peripheral scale of miles, is clamped by a nut 16 to a large pinion or turntable 15, which is driven from the flexible shafting through a worm 13 and a train of reducing- gear. The card is thus rotated under a fixed marker 32. In order that the card may be set or adjusted, one of the connecting-gears 20<1> is mounted on a lever 21, which can be rocked, to disengage it from the pinion 15, by a button projecting through a slot in the back plate of the casing. The pinion 15 can then be rotated manually to any desired extent by pressing and turning a spring knob 30, Fig. 4, which carries one member of a clutch 29. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also (a) means for indicating dangerous crossings &c. - by closing the circuit of an electric signal lamp and bell, and, optionally, of a device for operating the usual horn through peripheral perforations in the card; (b) means for correctly centring the interchangeable cards, comprising pins on the turntable; (c) means for correcting the speed-ratio of the card to compensate for different sizes of tyres &c., comprising a friction-wheel movable by a hand-slide along a radius of a disk which it drives; (d) means for manually adjusting the card without disconnecting the driving-gear, a friction element being included in the drive; and (e) means for rotating the indicator by electro - magnetic ratchet mechanism, the magnet being intermittently energized by a rocking contact-lever operated from the vehicle wheel through reducing- gear and a pin-wheel. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191014699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Materials used in, and for the Manufacture of Boots Shoes or the like.
Inventor: WILTSHIRE DAWSON HECTOR GRANT
IPC: A43B7/12
Filed: 1910-12-16
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 14,699. Wiltshire, D. H. G., and Cole, C. G. Dec. 16. Connecting uppers to insoles and soles; repairing.-A material adapted to be placed over the insole, or, in the case of repairs, under the half-sole, comprises a piece of sheet celluloid solutioned over with acetic acid, amyl acetate, &c., and then sprinkled with powder, or covered on one or both sides with lint, to form a roughened surface. The material may also consist of paper, metal, or skin covered on one or both sides with celluloid treated as described above. Specifications 3400/80, 579/93, 4750/94, and 29,860/96 are referred to.
Patent GB-191015139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: HERING CARL
IPC: F27D11/04
Filed: 1910-06-23
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 15,139. Hering, C. July 6, 1909, [Convention date]. Electrode furnaces.- Liquid resistance columns C, D communicating with a bath B of molten material, are so proportioned that agitation is produced owing to "pinch effect," which may be so great as to squirt the material into contact with ore or slag above it. The columns mav be contracted at their upper ends. Circulation may be aided by branch columns O in which the pinch effect has a different intensity. The columns may be surrounded partly or wholly by material conductive when hot, such as carborundum or siloxicon, to maintain a closed circuit. Short-circuiting may be prevented by an air space u. The columns may be tapered downwards to prevent breakage on solidification; they may be vertical or inclined. Tapholes M are provided in communication either with the columns or with the hearths. At starting, the electrodes may be bridged by a metal casting. Three or more columns may be provided for polyphase currents. The outer ends of the electrodes may be cooled artificially. The furnace may be used either for materials such as slag, glass, or calcium carbide, the molten resistance material being preferably immiscible with the charge, or for the reduction of ores, including zinc ores. Arsenic may be obtained as metal or oxide. Iron may be smelted and refined or converted into steel or alloys. In a smelting-furnace, air may be injected as at L to burn carbon monoxide and preheat the ore; or the upper part may form an ordinary blast furnace. Refining or conversion may be done in the same furnace, or in a second built alongside but lower than the first; the first may then be replaced by an ordinary blast furnace. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also the following. Each electrode is of such dimensions that the resistance heat developed in it is about twice as great as the heat that would be conducted by it from the furnace if the current were cut off. This is stated to be the condition for minimum heat loss, and from it are deduced formulae for maximum economy of heat and of the electrode material. In a modified form of furnace, an arc or a number of them is produced over one or more partitions between bodies of molten material, some of which bodies may be comparatively small. The partitions may be protected by water-cooling or by arc-deflecting magnets. The arcs may be started by means of bridge-pieces or granular conducting-material, by agitation, or by the pinch effect. This subject - matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191015172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spouts for use with Petrol Containers and the like.
Inventor: COX GEORGE WRIGHT
IPC: B65D25/48
Filed: 1910-06-23
Granted: 1911-06-26
Abstract: 15,172. Cox, G. W. June 23. Butt joints; couplings with union nuts. - A spout C is connected with the mouth N of a petrol-can &c. by means of an internally screwthreaded cap K with arms M and connected with a holder D by means of an internal flange L engaging an annular groove F in the holder, as shown.
Patent GB-191015567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shipping Receptacles and the like.
Inventor: ROBINSON EDWARD WILLIAM
IPC: B63B17/00
Filed: 1910-06-28
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 15,567. Robinson, E. W. June 28. Clips, sheet - metal.- For detachably holding the wires employed in securing together slats forming a shipping-receptacle, a clip is used having a body part 7 and a slotted latch part 10 adapted to engage an integral or attached perforated lug 8. The spring action of the parts 7, 10 causes the wires 5 to be held securely, as shown.
Patent GB-191018472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reflecting Devices for use on Vehicles.
Inventor: JONES FRANK SILVA
IPC: B60R1/10
Filed: 1910-08-04
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 18,472. Jones, F. S. Aug. 4. Reflectors fitted to vehicles.-The ordinary convex mirrors for reflecting objects at the rear or sides of the vehicle are replaced by mirrors which are substantially of hemispherical, hemi-ellipsoidal, or double-convex form, used alone or in conjunction with other mirrors. In the arrangement shown in plan in Fig. 3, the double convex mirrors E, E<1> reflect objects to the eye of the driver or other occupant directly or indirectly through mirrors D, D<1>.
Patent GB-191024208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Rivetting of Marine Boilers.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM BRUCE
IPC: B21J15/20
Filed: 1910-10-19
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 24,208. Thompson, W. B. Oct. 19. Marine boilers.-In a method of assembling the parts of a marine boiler having the flanges of both ends turned inwards, the flange 1 is riveted first, and the furnaces and combustion chambers 4, 5 are then inserted and fixed halfway through by wedges &c. as shown in Fig. 1. The plate 2, which is provided with a hole 6, is placed over the pin 7 of the holder-up, and the arm 8 is fixed and the plate 2 riveted to the shell. The arm is then removed, the boiler lifted off the holder-up pin, and the arm withdrawn through the hole 6, which is closed by a plate. The furnaces &c. are then lowered and fixed in position.
Patent GB-191025815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: WINANS THOMAS JEFFERSON
IPC: A47L9/12
Filed: 1910-11-07
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 25,815. Winans, T. J., and Winans, D. M. Nov. 7. Filtering.-A dust collector and filter for vacuum cleaning - apparatus is removably mounted upon a tubular base with an inlet and outlet formed therein so that the collector can be discharged without having to disconnect the hose. A passage 3, formed in the base 1, is disposed centrally within the upwardly-extending tapered portion 2, and communicates with the lateral inlet 4. The space round the passage 3 forms the outlet for the filtered air, and is connected to the exhausted by a passage 5. The collector is secured to a flange 12 formed upon a sleeve 13 which is tapered inside so as to fit in an air-tight manner upon the tapered portion 2. In this position, holes 14 in the sleeve 13 register with holes 6 in the portion 2 allowing communication with the outlet 5. A sheet-metal pan 17 is secured between a ring 18 and the sleeve 13. A tube 15 is centrally secured in the ring 18, and at its lower end presses upon a gasket 16 on the upper face of the support 1. Air entering by the passage 3 and the tubes 15 strikes against the deflecting portion 25 of the cover 24, and then passes out radially through the fabric 20. The filtered air is drawn by the exhaust through the openings 14, 6 and through the passage 5, which is provided with a relief valve. At its lowered end the fabric 20 is secured to the pan 17 while the upper end is turned over the wall and secured by a ring 23. The turned-over edge of the cover 24 rests upon a gasket 26, a tight joint being made by the spring-pressed latches 29. When a sufficient quantity of dust has been collected, the collector may be removed from the support 1 by the handle 27 and emptied by removing the cover 24; or, it may be immediately replaced by another collector without interrupting the clearing, by reason of the engagement of the tapered sleeve 13 with the tapered support 2.
Patent GB-191103214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reflecting Devices for Indicating the Position of Objects or for Signalling.
Inventor: LEA NORMAN
IPC: B62J6/20
Filed: 1911-02-08
Granted: 1911-05-11
Abstract: 3214. Lea, N. Feb. 8. Reflector signals.-Relates to a reflecting device for signalling, or for use as a danger signal for cycles and the like. Fig. 4 shows a form suitable for signalling purposes. A hollow conical reflector 2 with an interior angle of 90 degrees is mounted in a cylindrical casing 8 carrying at the other end a semi-transparent screen 11, and a shield 13 to protect the operator from the beam of light. At the apex of the reflector there is a small hole 10 fitted with a piece of very slightly opaque glass, so that the screen 11 has a slight general illumination together with a bright image of the hole 10. In order to direct the reflector towards the distant station, this image is made to fall at the centre of the ring 12 on the screen 11. The front of the reflector is closed by a transparent screen 5 in front of which different coloured sheets of glass may be moved for signalling purposes. As applied to vehicles, the conical reflector is mounted in a casing attached to the vehicle by a bolt carrying a spring clip.
Patent GB-191105260-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Construction of Cutter for Forming Holes in a Sheet of Lead, Lead Alloy or other comparatively Soft Material.
Inventor: CUTHBE CHARLES LOUIS
IPC: B21D28/14
Filed: 1911-03-02
Granted: 1912-03-04
Abstract: 5260. Cuthbe, C. L., and Grafham, H. J. March 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Reciprocating-punch machines. - A punch for use in punching square or polygonal holes in plates of comparatively soft metal alloy, or like material which are then used as bases for rubber mats as described in Specification 9542/09, [Class 20 (iv), Floors &c.], has a sawlike cutting-edge bevelled internally and formed of unequal inclines 2, 3. The punches are mounted on a reciprocating plunger, and the material operated upon is fed after each punching operation. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 26,913/02, [Class G6, Hollow-ware], 6619/03, [Class 145, Wood &c.], 6220/10, [Class 31 (i), Cutting &c.], and 5030/11.
Patent GB-191105538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Windows of Railway Carriages, Cabs, Omnibuses, Ships, and such like.
Inventor: DARLING JOHN
IPC: E05F11/38
Filed: 1911-03-06
Granted: 1912-04-09
Abstract: 5538. Darling, J. March 6. Vehicle. window opening and closing apparatus. - Relates to vehicle sliding windows which are raised by means of a nut fixed on the bottom rail of the sash and working on a rotatable screw A mounted in the fixed framing. The screw A carries at its lower end a pinion F which lies between two toothed quadrants G pivotally mounted on a pin G<2> extending across a forked member G<1> pivoted its lower end to a fixed bracket M. The quadrant G are formed on their inner faces with inclined projections H, between which lies a conical member H<1>hinged at H<2> in the fork G<1>, a pin II<3> integral with the member H<1> projecting through a slot in one of the quadrants and engaging an operating-lever I. The sash is raised by a side to side movement of the operating-lever which gives a similar motion to the fork G<1> and quadrants G, the screw A being rotated in one direction only, owing to the teeth of one of the quadrants G engaging the pinion F, while the teeth on the other quadrant slip past the pinion. The sash is held in any position by a spring L, which holds both quadrants in engagement with the pinion F. To lower the sash, the operating-lever I, which is pivoted by means of a pin-and-slot connexion at its lower end, is pressed downwards, thus causing the conical member H<1> to force the quadrants apart, leaving the pinion F free so that the sash can fall by its own weight.
Patent GB-191107356-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arrangement for Hanging Trousers and other Articles in Wardrobes.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS JOHN PERCY
IPC: A47B61/02
Filed: 1911-03-24
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 7356. Griffiths, J. P. March 24. Wardrobes.-In a wardrobe fitted with a rack of the type consisting of a frame having a number of removable bars, such bars hare loosely applied and freely movable along the frame, and are spaced by beads h<2>. A gapped cover-slip i allows any rod to be removed or replaced. Specification 1831/10, [Class 52(v), Window, stair &c., furniture for], is referred to.
Patent GB-191107592-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Undercarriages for Aerial Machines.
Inventor: ALESBURY HERBERT THOMAS
IPC: B64C25/00
Filed: 1911-03-27
Granted: 1912-01-18
Abstract: 7592. Alesbury, H. T. March 27. Shock of landing, deadening.-The curved skids A of a flying-machine are pivoted to rotate about horizontal and vertical axes under the control of the aviator for steering and stopping the machine on alighting. The skid A, which is provided with a ground-wheel C, is mounted by means of bearings K on the horizontal arms of an inverted T-piece, about which the skid can rotate for bringing its rear part into contact with the ground so as to act as a brake. The skid can also rotate about a vertical pin G passing through the vertical arm of the T-piece, the movement being controlled by a cable F.
Patent GB-191108207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Boilers and their Furnaces.
Inventor: ELLIS WILLIAM JEFFERSON
IPC: F22B9/12
Filed: 1911-04-01
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 8207. Ellis, W. J. April 1. Down-draught steam-generator furnaces; fuel, feeding.-In steam-boiler return-flue furnaces, in which the boiler is bedded in the fire-box, the passage of the fuel from the hopper and through the fire-box and the flow of the combustion products are retarded. As shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, coal from chambers 12 on a feed belt 11 passes through openings controlled by flaps 15 to chambers e<1> each having a sliding plate 9 operated by a lever 8. At starting, a fire is made in the grate 14, and afterwards fuel is fed from the chamber e<1>, air being supplied from openings l and from the ash-pit. The gases pass from the combustion chamber through a constriction i and a tubular central flue f<2> to a rear smoke-box c<1> formed below a curved partition d, through flues g<1>, g<2> to a front smoke-box b, and through flues h<1>, h<2> to a rear smoke-box c<2> connected to the stack v. Steam may be supplied to the stack from a pipe n. The flue f<2> may be tapered, as shown by dotted lines, and the flue f<2> and the pairs of flues g<1>, g<2> and h<1>, h<2> are successively of smaller diameter, while the smoke boxes b, c<1>, c<2> are of larger cross-section than the internal flues opening into them. In a modification, the upper flues h<1>, h<2> are replaced by numerous small tubes. The smoke-box b is provided with an asbestos layer between its inner and outer walls, and its front plate b<2> is formed with a normally-closed opening to provide access to the fire, and is fitted with doors g for the lower flues. Stoking openings o, and an observation opening f<3> fitted with green glass, are arranged as shown. The combustion chamber is formed of two S-plates, Fig. 7, with a strengthening plate 4, the dimensions x, y, z being equal to one another. The boiler may be heated intermittently, the coal in the chamber e<1> being kept cool by air passing through the openings l.
Patent GB-191108281-A (GB)
Title: Combined Potato Planting and Root Seed Sowing Machine.
Inventor: ANDERSEN OLE HEITMANN
IPC: A01C9/08
Filed: 1911-04-03
Granted: 1911-12-14
Abstract: 8281. Andersen, O. H. April 5, 1910, [Convention date]. Potato planters; manure and seed. distributors.-A potato-planting machine is provided with removable attachments for drilling root seeds, and with special means for adjusting and supporting the ploughs or furrow openers and the covering-plates, and for delivering the potatoes from the hopper. It may also be provided with apparatus for distributing artificial manure. The ploughs are laterally adjustable on screwed rods 2, 4, Fig. 1, adjustably mounted in hangers 3 and in a lifting-lever 5, which is pivoted on the axle and is provided with a locking quadrant 6. The covering-plates or shovels are carried by bars 7 adjustable laterally on screwed rods 9, 13. The rod 9 is carried by pivoted arms 8 and is connected to a lifting-lever 11, and the rod 13 is adjustably connected to the lever 11 by rods 10. The potatoes flow from the main hoppers 15 to smaller compartments 14 in which is mounted the delivery apparatus shown in Fig. 6. This consists of a circular disk provided with concentric walls or flanges of varying height and with two open-bottomed rectangular chambers 16, towards which the disk slopes. The disk is rocked about its axis 17 so as to bring the chambers 16 alternately over an opening in a fixed bottom plate 25, part 26 of which is hinged and supported by a spring. As the chambers 16 pass over this opening they come under a fixed plate which closes them at the top. In the modification shown in Fig. 8, the rectangular delivery passages or chambers 28 are formed in oppositely-reciprocating ribbed plates and pass alternately outside the bottom edge 29 of the compartment 14. The ribbed plates slope towards the wall 34 which is lower than the other walls of the chambers 28. The fixed bottom plate 31 is provided with a hinged part 32 supported by a spring 33. For drilling root seeds on the flat, the ploughs and cover plates are removed and the drilling attachments fastened to the lever 5 and pivoted arms. 8 by various arrangements of links 36, 37. The covering-plates may be mounted in place of the ploughs to form ridges in front of the drills.
Patent GB-191112099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: DAY JOHN JACOB
IPC: B64C27/04
Filed: 1911-05-19
Granted: 1911-10-05
Abstract: 12,099. Day, J. J. May 19. Screw propellers.-Pairs of propeller blades 12, 14 are secured respectively to a shaft 11 and a surrounding sleeve driven by the upper motor 9 of a flying-machine in opposite directions. In other propellers, single blades 20, 23 are secured to the shaft and sleeve respectively.
Patent GB-191113308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Turbines.
Inventor: BAUMANN KARL
IPC: F01D17/00
Filed: 1911-06-02
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 13,308. Baumann, K. June 2. Plant.-A plant comprising a high-pressure turbine, a low - pressure turbine, and a lowpressure plant, for example a heating-plant operated by the exhaust from the high-pressure turbine, is regulated by a system of interconnected valves. The inlet valve 5 of a highpressure turbine 2 is controlled by a governor 18 and also independently by the movements of a piston 9 controlling the inlet valve 6 of a lowpressure turbine 4. The piston 9 is subjected on its lower side to the pressure in the highpressure exhaust chamber 8 and on its upper side to the pressure of a spring 11. A pipe 3 conducts steam from the chamber 8 to a pipe 21 leading to the heating-plant, a valve 19 controlling the inlet. The valve 19 is operated by a piston 20, which is subjected on its upper side to the pressure in the heating-plant and on its lower side to the pressure of a spring 22. The springs 11, 22 may be so adjusted that the valve 19 will not begin to close before the valve 6 has opened a predetermined amount. The valve 19 is connected with the valve 5 in the manner shown so that the closing of the valve 19 tends to throttle the valve 5. A pipe 27 containing an automatic reducing - valve 28 may supply steam direct from the boiler pipe 1 to the pipe 21 of the heating-plant. In a modification, oilrelay operating-gear is employed for the valves, and the valves 19, 6 are so connected that when the valve 6 has opened a certain amount, a further movement of the valve will cause the closure of the valve 19.
Patent GB-191121793-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Supporting the Rails of Railroads and for Securing them to Metal Sleepers.
Inventor: TRNKA KARL
IPC: E01B3/26
Filed: 1911-10-03
Granted: 1912-12-03
Abstract: 21,793. Trnka, K. Oct. 3. Sleepers, composite; rail joints, bridge.-Relates to metal sleepers to which are riveted U-shaped metal shoes 4 containing rail-supporting blocks 3 of resilient material such as wood; and consists in providing rail - fixing bolts 9 inserted from the base of the blocks, the heads 10 of the bolts being countersunk in the blocks. To prevent the bolts 9 from turning, the heads 10 may be eccentric. Holes are drilled in the blocks 3 for the bolts 9 and also for horizontal bolts 5 which pass through vertical slots in the shoes 4. The rails are secured by clamps on chair plates 7, and the rail ends are supported at the same height by plates 30 retained by the fish-plates 31. These plates rest on blocks 22 long enough to bridge two adjacent sleepers.
Patent GB-191122084-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Indicating an Abrupt Change of Temperature.
Inventor: BURN LOUIS
Filed: 1911-10-06
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 22,084. Burn, L. Oct. 6. Alarms operated by expansion of solids.-Two elements a, b, of which one is included in the other and both are flexible, are so arranged that by their differential expansion on sudden heating &c they tilt a bell-crank lever e<1>, e<2> to depress a spring g and complete a circuit at g<1>, h<1>. A spring k maintains the inner element in tension. The device can be used to detect the presence of icebergs; or to close the valve of a steam-trap, by winding it round n tube &c. to which steam is admitted.