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Patent GB-191020589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Road Vehicle Suspension Arrangements.
Inventor: WALTON FREDERICK
IPC: B60G11/22
Filed: 1910-09-03
Granted: 1911-09-04
Abstract: 20,589. Walton, F. Sept. 3. India-rubber springs.-Relates to road-vehicle suspensions of the kind in which tubular tension springs of india-rubber, connected with the body, are engaged by rigid extension members, connected with the axle, or vice versa, and consists in connecting the extension member with the vehicle or axle by means of a universal joint. The india-rubber tubes may be arranged above and below the axle to resist movement in both directions. Fig. 1. shows an india-rubber tube C with its flanged end c attached to the vehicle frame A, and its closed end abutting against the upper end of a rod D, the lower end of which is united to the wheel-axle B by a universal joint E. Fig. 2 shows a compound india-rubber spring tube arranged so that when one portion C has been stretched to a certain extent a stronger portion C' is acted upon by a loose collar d<1> on the rod D without further stretching the part C, and after the part C' has been stretched sufficiently, a third and stronger portion C<2> is brought into action by a loose collar d<2> without further stretching the parts C, C<1>.
Patent GB-191022354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Apparatus for Vacuum Cleaners and the like.
Inventor: ETCHELLS JOHN CHARLES
IPC: F04F5/52
Filed: 1910-09-27
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 22,354. Etchells, J. C. Sept. 27. Aspirating-apparatus, ejector; regulating or controlling. - In an improved construction of ejector apparatus for vacuum cleaning purposes in which the supply of fluid to the ejector is regulated by the degree of vacuum, water from a pipe C passes through the automatic valve E to a nozzle K, and thence across a chamber L to the exhaust pipe M. The suction produced is transmitted along the suction main S, and also by a passage Q, regulated by a valve R, to the underside of a piston O in a cylinder N. The piston-rod P and the spindle F controlling the movement of the valve E are connected to a lever G, fitted with balance weights J and mounted on a fulcrum H. By these means, the movement of the piston O determines the amount of opening of the valve E. The apparatus is also applicable for use with steam or air.
Patent GB-191028137-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines.
Inventor: NEUKOMM EDWIN
IPC: F01B17/04
Filed: 1910-12-03
Granted: 1911-08-03
Abstract: 28,137. Neukomm, E. Dec. 3. Drawings to Specification. Valve chests and casings.-The cover of the cylinder of a steam-engine serves as a steamchest and jacket.
Patent GB-191101388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to High Velocity Fluid Turbines.
Inventor: GOSLING ALLEN
IPC: F01D1/02
Filed: 1911-01-19
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 1388. Gosling, A. Jan. 19. [Cognate Application, 1894/11.] Reflexed - flow type; combined - flow type; nozzles; regutating; reversing; working - fluid supply.-In a turbine of the reflexed-flow type having axial jets, the pockets o in the rotor parts e and in the stator parts f are formed by inclined partitions so that the working-fluid follows a path made up of smooth curves. It passes from the nozzles m through the first rotor pockets, then through the first stator pockets, over the edge of the first rotor and into the second rotor as shown. The stator partitions may project from the stator. The exhaust steam from such a turbine may be further expanded in a Parsons' or other reaction turbine. The diverging nozzles mare formed by the central part l and a ring s. The ring s may be dispensed with. Two similar turbines may be placed end to end, in which case one part may be used for reversing, or for overload working. The nozzles m are fed by passages g, h, each set of passages being under the control of a multiple-ported valve such as that described in Specification 8782/05. Some of the nozzles may be supplied with steam, and the others with combustion products.
Patent GB-191101621-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Apparatus for Mining Cages, Lifts, and the like.
Inventor: SIVEL CHARLES HARRY
IPC: B66B5/18
Filed: 1911-01-21
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 1621. Sivel, C. H. Jan. 21. Catch gear of minecage type.-A mine or lift cage is sustained in the event of the hoisting-cable breaking by a pivoted shoe c engaging frictionally with a rail b under the pressure of a spring e. Normally the brake shoe is retained out of action by a link f with a catch g engaging a recess in the cage wall. When the tension of the hoisting- cable is removed, a spring m pulls down a block n on to the outer end of the catch so as to release the brake shoe. The brake is withdrawn by a removable hand-wheel engaging a screwed rod, which is passed through a hole q in the cage wall and hooked over a finger r on the brake shoe.
Patent GB-191102005-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Kitchen-pot.
Inventor: BIENUTTA HANS
IPC: A47J39/00
Filed: 1911-01-26
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 2005. Bienutta, H., Fischbach, G., and Zigahn, K. Jan. 26. Heat-retaining vessels.-A heat - retaining cooking-vessel consists of a double-walled annular outer vessel b containing, between the walls, insulating-material such as silica, alone or mixed with mica or asbestos. A food-containing vessel a rests upon an inwardly-projecting ledge e at the bottom. The vessels a, b are both closed tightly by a double-walled lid c, also containing insulating-material. The apparatus is first brought to the required temperature on the fire and is then placed upon a plate of asbestos, felt, &c.
Patent GB-191104304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brakes for Velocipedes.
Inventor: O'REGAN JOHN
IPC: B62L3/02
Filed: 1911-02-20
Granted: 1911-09-14
Abstract: 4304. O'Regan, J. Feb. 20. Brake mechanism.-In brake-mechanism for cycles or like vehicles, wherein a block is arranged to engage a grooved disk fixed to a wheel hub, a block of approximately semi circular form is drawn up to a disk b upon the hub by means of a pair of flexible members k united to a single flexible connexion k<1> which is connected up to operating-means upon the handle-bar. The flexible member k<1> is con nected by bell-crank levers l and a central rod m to a slotted piece o secured to the front-brake rods g, so that the front and rear brakes are simultaneously applied. The rods g operate blocks d upon each side of the front wheel through levers e.
Patent GB-191107918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: TIMPANY JAMES CRICHTON
IPC: D06F13/02
Filed: 1911-03-29
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 7918. Timpany, J. C. March 29. Washing-machines with rubbing-apparatus.- In a washing-machine of the kind described in Specification 13,474/00 (wherein the clothes are rubbed between two arcuate and relatively moving boards) the springs controlling the connexion between the boards are adjustable by the means shown. An arm C, which acts as a stop for one end of a spring, carries a pawl adapted to engage the teeth of a fixed ratchetwheel E on the pivot stud B. Specification 26,632/06 is referred to.
Patent GB-191109818-A (GB)
Title: Necktie Holder.
Inventor: WIEGEL ALBERT
IPC: A41D25/02
Filed: 1911-04-22
Granted: 1912-04-04
Abstract: 9818. Wiegel, A. April 22. Necktie-retainers.-A necktie-retainer comprises a holder having two walls a, b, Figs. 2 and 3, open at the top and joined at the bottom, the wall b forming a spring which retains the head of the stud in a slot in the wall a. The sides of the slot have ledges d, e forming stops for the head of the stud, which is centralized and guided by a slot f in the curved spring b. In a modification, Fig. 5, the rear wall is joined to the front wall by three arms, the top yoke g<1> forming a guide and strengthening-piece; the stud is retained by two spring-members b. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the holder is of V-shape, the head of the stud being retained by the ledges d, e and by engaging in slots in the sides b<1> of the holder. The holders are attached to the ties by sewing &c.
Patent GB-191110342-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Maintaining a Constant Speed in Direct Current Motors.
IPC: H02P5/68
Filed: 1911-04-28
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 10,342. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. April 28. Dynamos and motors combined for transmitting power.-The speed of a direct-current motor is automatically maintained at a uniform and predetermined value by means of an auxiliary dynamo-electric generator machine, producing an electromotive force in opposition to that applied to the motor, varying in speed with it in the same ratio, and connected in series with an auxiliary field winding. The auxiliary field winding may be placed on the direct-current motor, or, in circuits arranged on the Ward-Leonard system, upon the generator supplying that motor or upon an auxiliary machine supplying a further auxiliary winding on the generator field. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, an auxiliary generator h is coupled to the direct-current motor m and connected in parallel therewith, the auxiliary field w being placed in this shunt circuit and varying the excitation of the motor to an extent, and in a sense, determined by the difference between the voltage of the generator h and the voltage applied to the motor m. To enable the speed of the motor m to be varied at will, the generator h may have an independent variable exciting winding connected wholly or in part in parallel with the motor m, the speed of the motor then being independent also of variations in the voltage applied thereto. Fig. 3 shows the application of the invention to a motor m arranged upon the Ward-Leonard system, the auxiliary field winding w being placed upon the generator g. In the case in which the generator g is provided with an auxiliary winding excited by the difference between the potential of the former and that of an auxiliary machine hg coupled to it, Fig. 4, the auxiliary winding w is placed upon the machine hg.
Patent GB-191110483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Skips.
Inventor: ROGERS TOM
IPC: B65D25/28
Filed: 1911-05-01
Granted: 1912-02-01
Abstract: 10,483. Rogers, T. May 1. Skips.-Handles a for skips such as are used in cotton mills are formed integral with stakes b extending upwards and downwards, which are inserted in the skips during construction. In a modification, the upward extensions are dispensed with. In a further modification, the handles are pivoted to the stakes.
Patent GB-191111089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metal Punching, Shearing and Wire Cutting Machines.
Inventor: BOSTWICK SEYMOUR ADMER
IPC: B21D28/12
Filed: 1911-05-08
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 11,089. Bostwick, S. A., and Bennet, P. G. H. May 8. Punching; shearing.-In a combination apparatus for cutting wire and for punching and shearing metal plates, a vertical rotary head 18, capable of receiving various punches, co-operates with a corresponding horizontal rotary support 17 carrying a series of dies 19. A fixed shear blade with various sized holes for wires coacts with a movable blade supported in the slide 5, which also carries the head 18 and a movable shear blade 16. The slide is moved by a lever 11 and cam 8. A stripper 21 prevents the work from rising.
Patent GB-191115674-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: CAMPBELL RICHARD
IPC: F23M3/00
Filed: 1911-07-05
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 15,674. Campbell, R. July 5. [Cognate Applications, 16,704/11 and 255/12.] Fire-bridges; grates. - A hollow bridge of special construction is combined with an auxiliary grate sloping upwards from the main grate, passages are left at the sides of the bridge, and the whole is adjustable to vary the grate area. The arrangement shown comprises an apertured base-plate 5<1> and a vertical support 5 for front bars or grids 7 resting on rocking fire-bars 13 and for perforated back plates 5<Î>. The bars and plates are held in place by claws 9 which engage curved projections 10, 11 so formed that the bars cannot be disengaged until they have been raised to an horizontal position, and lifting of the bars 7 from the fire-bars is prevented by depending arms 18 and abutments 19. Openings in various places such as 14, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27 are provided to allow free circulation and passage of air, and to minimise accumulation of ashes. The vertical plate 5 is formed with forwardly and rearwardly projecting side wings spaced from the flue to allow free passage at the sides of the bridge for the furnace gases. The whole bridge structure is adjustably secured to the foundation plate 3, and can be moved to vary the effective area of the grate.
Patent GB-191120211-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Swing Handles suitable for Metal Cake Baskets and the like.
Inventor: BRIGGS WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: A47J45/06
Filed: 1911-09-12
Granted: 1912-06-06
Abstract: 20,211. Briggs, W. H., [trading as Briggs & Co., W.], and Brightmore, S. Sept. 12. Stands; sugar-basins.-Relates to means controlled by the springiness of the handle for maintaining the handles of pails, dishes, stands, &c. in the vertical position, and consists in the combination of a pin G on one part and a recess E on the other part so constructed that the means must be positively unlocked before the handle can be moved.
Patent GB-191122247-A (GB)
Title: Cooking Ranges.
Inventor: SMITH BENJAMIN WILLSON
IPC: F24B5/08
Filed: 1911-10-09
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 22,247. Smith, B. W. Oct. 9. Cooking-stoves.-A flue extends completely round the oven 7 and the smoke flue 12 communicates with its top and bottom portions, while a branch smoke flue 28 communicates with it between the oven and fire-box. The three outlets are controlled by dampers 13, 14, 29, and a fourth damper 24 controls the top of the flue between the oven and fire-box. The branch 28 may lead into the main smoke flue at the level of the damper 29, and, in a further modification, Fig. 8, the flue between the oven and fire-box is continued over the top of the oven to communicate at 39 with the main smoke flue.
Patent GB-191126441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Opening Boxes.
Inventor: GRIMES JAMES BERT
IPC: B65D43/26
Filed: 1911-11-25
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 26,441. Grimes, J. B. Dec. 14, 1910, [Convention date]. Lids and covers. - A box having an uninterrupted bead 3 on the body and an uninterrupted flange 4 on the lid projecting beyond the bead, has a straight or curved lever 5 pivoted to the body below the bead, a nose 8 being adapted to bear against the flange 4. The upper edge of the lever is recessed to lie clear of the bead. The lid is released on depressing a finger-piece 7.
Patent GB-191201784-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method or Processes of Manufacturing or Producing certain kinds of Buttons.
Inventor: JELLEY HENRY
IPC: B29C37/00
Filed: 1912-01-22
Granted: 1913-01-22
Abstract: 1784. Jelley, H. Jan. 22. Buttons; making buttons.-Relates to a process for manufacturing in quantities buttons of the type made of vulcanized rubber or flex- .ible rubber compound reinforced bv canvas or textile material applied either as an insertion in the rubber, or as a covering, facing, or backing. In making buttons such as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, comprising vulcanized rubber b reinforced by canvas a and provided with sewing holes d, a sheet of canvas covered on one or both sides with plastic rubber is moulded between die-plates having a number of closelydisposed matrices to shape the buttons, each matrix, or the upper matrices only, being provided with studs which form the sewing-holes d. While under the moulding pressure, the series of connected button-blanks is vulcanized, after which the sheet is removed and the blanks cut out by suitable tools to form the finished buttons. Strips of canvas covered with rubber may be fed to tools by which the button-blanks are moulded and cut out prior to their being vulcanized. In a modified method of producing the buttons, the shaping-matrices are formed on the periphery of a cylindrical die around which the rubber-covered canvas is wrapped, the moulding pressure being then applied by wrapping, under high tension, a strip of fabric around the cylinder. The fabric is then fastened still under tension to maintain the pressure during vulcanization. In forming buttons as shown in Fig. 9, rubber blanks b are first moulded and vulcanized as described, and are then covered by star-shaped fabric blanks a<1>, Fig. 11, which are secured by cement &c. Metal eyelets e forming the sewing holes also secure the covering in position. The blanks may be covered before being vulcanized
Patent GB-191206436-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Washing Machine.
Inventor: CROSLAND GEORGE ALBERT
IPC: D06F15/00
Filed: 1912-03-15
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 6436. Crosland, G. A. March 15. Washing-machines with beating or squeezing apparatus.-The clothes are washed in the tub a by means of pressers n suspended from rocking- arms m mounted on an inclined spindle i. This spindle, ball-socketed at its lower end, is caused to generate a cone by means of gearing d and a crank c, and also to rotate on its axis through a bevel-wheel l gearing with a fixed wheel j. The arms m are pivoted at q and are normally held at right-angles to the spindle by springs p. The pressers are connected by a rod w aud are attached to the arms by a swivel r and a sleeve t which is capable of limited rotation on the arm. In a modification, the spindle passes through the cone k, is actuated by gearing at its lower end, and carries the arms m at its upper extremity.
Patent GB-191208683-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Preparation of Flax Fibres for Spinning.
Inventor: BEK JOHANN ERNST
IPC: D01C1/02
Filed: 1912-04-12
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 8683. Bek, J. E. April 12. Retting.-Fresh scoured or waste flax fibres after being cleansed and willowed are scalded in a vat with a removable sieve basket or in a closed vessel under vacuum with a solution containing sodium sulphide and soap, to which has been added a suitable fermentation-promoting oil, preferably the oil known in Germany as " rosulfon," which is stated to be similar to Turkey red oil but does not decompose during fermentation. The material, after treatment with this solution, is placed in heaps enclosed by wooden partitions and allowed to ferment for 24 hours. It is then washed in a woolrinsing apparatus, dried with the aid of a centrifugal machine, and may then be used alone or mixed with wool, cotton, or other animal or vegetable fibrous material and passed through carding and slubbing machines. The material may be spun to the finest yarns, from which union or other cloths may be woven.
Patent GB-191209320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cartons.
Inventor: ASHTON EDWIN ROLAND
IPC: B65D85/32
Filed: 1912-04-19
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 9320. Ashton, E. R. Aug. 11, 1911, [Convention date]. Folding boxes; partitioned boxes; lids and covers.-A carton for holding eggs &c. is formed from a blank of pasteboard &c. of dimensions suitable for making up into the collapsible structure shown in Fig. 1. The assembled carton consists of sides 1, 2, bottom 3, cover 4, locking-strip 5, and transverse partitions 6 connected to a securing-strip 8, which is glued or otherwise attached to the upper edge of the side 2. In cutting the blank to form the partitions 6, integral pieces 15 are left at each side to connect the partitions to the side 1 and the securing-strip 8, the pieces adjacent the side 1 co-operating with the notches on the strip 5 to provide a locking-device. Cut-out portions 31 are formed in the strips 6 to engage notches in a separate longitudinal partition 30, or several of such partitions may be provided. To prevent the partition 6 shown on the left of Fig. 1 from being torn in the act of setting- up the carton, it is cut at one end at an angle or with a slight curvature, thus forming a raised portion 18 on the side 1.
Patent GB-191215839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Spinning and Winding or Reeling of Flax and other Textile Fibres.
Inventor: KENNEDY WILLIAM CHARLES
IPC: D01H7/92
Filed: 1912-07-06
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 15,839. Kennedy, W. C. July 6. Reeling - machines; t w i s t tubes. - Flax, hemp, jute, ramie cotton, or other roving or yarn is passed through a twist tube a provided with eyes a<3>, a<1>, and is then wound on the swift or drum of a winding or reeling- machine. The tube may be split to facilitate threading and may be lined with non-rusting material. In the Provisional Specification, it is stated that the twist tube may replace the usual flyer of spinning-machines.
Patent GB-191216362-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Automatic Food and Water Supply for Cattle.
Inventor: KUXMANN HEINRICH
IPC: A01K5/02
Filed: 1912-07-12
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 16,362. Kuxmann, H. July 12. Moving - chamber apparatus for granular materials.-In a feeding - appliance for animals in which a feeding- drum is rotated by a water-wheel, the food is fed from a container a by adjustable plates b above two sloping plates d, one concave, to a series of pockets on the drum, the area of the pockets being adjustable by radially - adjustable plates v.
Patent GB-191222990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Illuminated Signs.
Inventor: BEUTTELL ALFRED WILLIAM
IPC: G09F13/00
Filed: 1912-10-08
Granted: 1913-10-08
Abstract: 22,990. Beuttell, A. W. Oct. 8. [Cognate Application, 8189/13.] Signs.-In a shallow box sign the figured front screen is illuminated by a light-diffusing surface within the box uniformly illuminated by lights concealed from view by being placed in recesses, or by placing an opaque border around the figured screen. The lighting means D, which may be of the kind described in Specification 14,719/12, [Class 75 (iv), Lamps &c., Kinds &c.], is placed in a recessed part C of the box A, and the figured front B is lit up by the uniformly illuminated surface E, which may be of paper, cardboard, painted or whitewashed sheet metal, or linen or other gauze, or, in the case of a double-faced sign, of opal glass. To secure uniform illumination, the surface E may be curved, Fig. 2, or doubly curved, Fig. 6, or diagonally arranged between two lights, Fig. 4; or the doubly curved or flat surface may be disposed close to one face B<2>, Fig. 11, with the two lights on one side, so that the face B' is illuminated by reflected and the face B<2> by transmitted light. In the case of long signs lighted at one side, Fig. 9, the part of the surface E nearest the light may be shaded or darkened to secure uniformity. The edges of the surface E not adjacent to the lights are preferably curved, Fig. 7, so that joints or corners are not visible from the front. To adapt the sign for daylight use, the transparent parts are thinly opalled or otherwise whitened. Specifications 7499/04 and 21,565/08 are referred to.
Patent GB-191224167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arch Constructions for Furnaces.
Inventor: ORTH FRANK
IPC: F23M9/00
Filed: 1912-10-22
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 24,167. Orth, F. Oct. 22. C r o w n s a n d roofs. - In an open - hearth furnace roof consisting of brick-built thrust ribs 10 and intermediate sections 11, the depths of the ribs are proportioned according to the probable amount of burning at each section, so that the line of thrust of the arch always remains within the material of the ribs. A worn and repaired roof is shown in Fig. 4, the dotted lines on the underside of the Figure indicating the parts that have been burnt away. The upper parts of the ribs 10 are tapered so as to permit the insertion of repairing-blocks a, which are inserted first in alternate sections, and then, after heating the furnace, in the intermediate sections. The longitudinal thrust members, consisting of fire-proof blocks 17 in channel beams 12, are set, as shown, above the underside of the roof so as to protect the channels from the fire.