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Patent GB-190930542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Torpedo Discharging Apparatus.
Inventor: LAKE SIMON
IPC: F41F3/08
Filed: 1909-12-31
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 30,542. Lake, S. Dec. 31. Launching torpedoes. - Relates to torpedo tubes which are mounted in a deck housing so as to be capable of being trained in various directions, and which are provided with pistons and guides for pushing the torpedo from the tube, and the invention consists mainly (1) in the combination with such tubes of means for disengaging the guides, (2) in the special arrangement of the piston and the discharging - gear, and (3) in arranging the tube to project out of the housing when revolved for action. The tube H, Fig. 2, carries a fixed upper guide M, and a lower guide N hinged at n and kept up by a seat N<2> when the tube is within the housing, and by hooks O when revolved out. The hooks O are secured by a wire o<1>, Fig. 4, attached to the firing-device o<2>. On discharge, the wire o<1> is broken and the hooks O thrown off. The piston J is cushioned by a dash-pot I<1>, Fig. 10, at the end of the discharge, and is connected by rods K to shoes L, which move in the guides M, N, and bear against lugs t on the torpedo. The lower rod is divided in two parts at x to permit the fall of the lower guide when the hooks O are disengaged and allow the torpedo to dip. The torpedo T is surrounded by a stuffing - box i. Two tubes are mounted on a common turntable E operated by gearing e<3>, e<4>, e<5>, Figs. 5 and 6, and the discharge valves p<4> are controlled by two sets of links and levers p<5>, p<6>, p<7>, and Q, both locked by a piece S<1> and sliding blocks R<1> when the tubes are within the housing. When the tubes are turned out, the lever Q of the tube that lies at the rear of the other leaves the locking-pieces S', R<1> and is released, whereas the other lever Q drags its block R' round and remains locked by it, until knocked off by hand. This ensures that the front torpedo shall not be fired first and shall not foul the rear one. The side doors U<4> of the housing are operated through segmental racks and screws V, V<1> and bevel-gears V<3>, V'.
Patent GB-191001008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gas from Oil and Steam.
Inventor: CONNOR GEORGE JOSEPH
Filed: 1910-01-14
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 1008. Connor, G. J. Jan. 14. Retort furnaces.-An oil-cracking retort 10 is set in the furnace of a steam-generator 2. The steam passes through a heated iron coil 17, wherein it is decomposed, and is led to the retort into which oil is sprayed from a nozzle 16. The gas produced is led away and stored for use.
Patent GB-191002166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Crucible Furnaces.
Inventor: HARVEY MATTHEW
IPC: F27B14/14
Filed: 1910-01-28
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 2166. Harvey, M. Jan. 28. Crucible furnaces. -Portable tilting crucible furnaces of the kind described in Specification 23,384/06, and adapted for melting iron, steel, &c., are provided with means for delivering blast upwards through the grate and tangentially into the furnace chamber, and with a removable upper portion comprising separate chambers for preheating the charge and the fuel, and an outlet flue normally connected with the chimney. As shown in Fig. 4, blast from a pipe 9 is delivered to a chamber above the hinged ash-pan 3, and passes to the fuel partly through radial passages 5 in a ring 4 and partly through passages 10, Fig. 6, leading to tangential tuyeres 12. Each of these tuyeres is provided with a tapering hollow plug fitted with a talc cover 15, so as to form an observation device, and formed with an opening 18 for regulating the blast supplied from the passage 10. A non- conducting packing 19 is employed between the casing 1 and lining 11, and the crucible stand 22 is carried by a removable plate 20. Slag may be blown out through an inclined groove 25 opposite the spout 23 ; or an additional spout for this purpose may be provided opposite the spout 23 and at a lower level. Above the crucible, there is provided a cylinder 30 for preheating the charge ; and the space around this cylinder is utilized for preheating fuel. The fuel is charged through arcshaped openings arranged between the bricks 32 for keeping the cylinder 30 in place. The lids 34, 35, Fig. 5, for these openings are provided with arms 36 jointed to a cross-bar 38 connected to a lever 41, on depression of which the lids are lifted slightly, and can then be turned as shown by dotted lines. Combustion products pass through a flue 43 to the chimney 46, which may be provided with a steam jet, and the charge may be preheated in pots placed in the flue 43 through an opening 55. The flue 43 and the parts above the crucible are mounted on trunnions 47, Fig. 1, and are furnished with a counterweight so that they may be tilted as shown to allow the furnace chamber to be removed for priming. A hinged lid 56 is provided for covering the top of the crucible when removed, and an inclined spy-hole 60 is arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.
Patent GB-191003743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Operation Tables for Surgical Use.
Inventor: DOWN ARTHUR WILLIAM
IPC: A61G13/04
Filed: 1910-02-15
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 3743. Down, A. W. Feb. 15 Operating - tables.-In surgical tables adjustable in inclination by means of curved racks a<2>, the pinions C with which the racks engage are mounted on a shaft c<1> in a casing D, and are driven by a wormwheel F and worm f<1> actuated by a hand-wheel f<7> near the head end of the table. The worm shaft may be driven by bevel-gearing from a hand-wheel at the side of the table. The tube f<5> containing the worm shaft is connected by a stay with the table frame. When the table frame is formed with a vertically adjustable upper part, the foot end a<4> of the table top is connected by a pivoted link P to stays 0 on the upper part so as to be tilted when the body part is inclined. The body part is supported on pivots b' carried by a transverse member of the frame B.
Patent GB-191005225-A (GB)
Title: Box Making Machine.
IPC: B31B3/46
Filed: 1910-03-02
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 5225. Fischer, R. E., [Firm of]. April 22, 1909, [Convention date]. Feeding sheets.-In a box-making machine, blanks are held in a pile by rods 2, a lath 3, and a spring 5. The lowest blank is removed by a suction pipe 8, rotatably mounted on a support 9, and is placed on rotating rollers 14. A roller 17 is then swung to rest on the blank, which is then fed down a shoot 20.
Patent GB-191006464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Ball and Tube Mills.
Inventor: KENNEDY JOSEPH ELLIOTT
IPC: B02C17/06
Filed: 1910-03-15
Granted: 1910-07-21
Abstract: 6464. Kennedy, J. E. March 15. Ball and like mills.-A combined ball and tube mill for comminuting ore, cements, &c. has the casing or tube 3, Fig. 1 divided into two compartments by a perforated screen 30, and is fed at either or both ends and discharged at one end. The casing 3 is closed at the ends by heads 5, 6 which are bolted to circular anglebars 8, 9 secured to the ends of the casing, and the heads have outwardly - extending hollow trunnions 11, 12 supported in bearings 13, 14 on supports 15, 16. A rotary feed-wheel 20 with radiating flanges feeds the ore &c. from the hopper 19 into a pipe 18 fitting into the trunnion 11, and an internal spiral flange 29 on the trunnion feeds it into the mill. Bosses 21 on the sides of the wheel 20 engage flanges 22 on the hopper and prevent any material from passing down at the sides of the wheel. The screen partition 30 tapers from the centre to the periphery, and is secured to the casing by bolts 32 which pass through the flange 31 and are covered by protecting - pieces 33. The division of the casing towards the head 5 is lined with corrugated manganese-steel plates and charged with balls 43. The lining-plates 34, Fig. 2, have flanges 36 which engage the sides of longitudinal beams 35 placed between the casing and the plates 34, and the heads of the securing-bolts 37 fit in grooves in the flanges 36. To permit the last plate to be inserted, one of the junctions between the plates 34 is formed of two wedge-shaped parts 40, 41 having a junction directly over the centre of the fastening-bolt 42, the head of which extends into grooves in the sides of the parts 40, 41. The crushed material passes from the ball mill through the screen 30 into the tube mill which is lined with silica or hard quartz and charged with flint pebbles 44. Segmental screens 47 which extend from the casing 3 to a conical feed-head 48 are secured to radially-extending partitions spaced from the head 6 of the tube mill by distance-pieces 45 carried by bolts 46. Spiral flanges 49 on the outside of the head 48 direct the ore that passes through the screens 47 into the hollow trunnion 12 which leads it into a screen 50. The material passing through the screen 50 is received in a hopper 51 and the tailings are discharged by a pipe 54. Lumps of ore or flint pebbles are fed into the tube mill by a feed-pipe 55, which has an internal spiral flange 56, and extends from the head 48 through the screen 50 and out beyond the pipe 54.
Patent GB-191007739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dumping-cars.
Inventor: ORENSTEIN MAX
IPC: B61D9/06
Filed: 1910-03-30
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 7739. Orenstein, M. April 27,1909, [Convention date]. [Addition to 9853/08.] Tip-wagons.-In a tip-wagon having a sliding lining or tray for discharging sticky material as described in the parent Specification, the lining is constructed as a flexible apron b, composed of narrow laths of wood &c., fastened directly or by means of short chains to the sides of the wagon body in order that it may become detached from the sticky mass during discharge in successive strips.
Patent GB-191009326-A (GB)
Title: Sound Proof Box for Telephone and other purposes.
Inventor: COLWILL WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: E04H1/14
Filed: 1910-04-18
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 9326. Colwill, W. H. April 18. Sound - enclosing boxes.-In a telephone call box of the kind described in Specification 16,755/08, in which the floor C is carried by springs and is connected to the movable roof by rods K, so that the roof rises for ventilating purposes when the box is unoccupied, t h e floor can be locked in its depressed position by means of a sealing-bar. A shouldered metal plate P<1> on the floor C is locked in a socket G on the base of the box by the sealing-bar, which is pivoted at U to the inner wall of the box, and is formed with a handle M extending within the box.
Patent GB-191009589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heel Pads or Protectors for Boots and Shoes, and Means for Securing the same.
Inventor: CARAH HENRY
IPC: A43C13/02
Filed: 1910-04-20
Granted: 1910-07-28
Abstract: 9589. Carah, H. April 20. Protectors, construction of; countersunk tips.- A detachable heel-pad a is formed with an encased metal stiffener b, and has a detachable tip portion a<1> provided with an entering slit for the stiffener b. To prevent lateral shifting, the tip is provided with a projection which enters a recess in the pad. The pad is secured by screws as shown in Fig. 7, the ends of the screws being fluted and the sides of the holes f in the underside of the pad being correspondingly fluted. The holes f are made of gradually reduced diameter from the frame b to their entrance. The pad a and stiffener b may be slightly varied in shape.
Patent GB-191010476-A (GB)
Title: Wire Drawing Bench with Multiple Series of Drawing Plates.
Inventor: GECK THEODOR
IPC: B21C1/12
Filed: 1909-12-10
Granted: 1910-12-12
Abstract: 10,476. Geck, T. Dec. 10, 1909. W i n d i n g - machines; d r i v i n ga r r a n g e m e n t s ; stop-motions. - In a continuous wiredrawing machine, the wire after being drawn and wound on the last drawing - drum is led thence to the winding-spool 20, driven at varying speeds by means of the truncated cones 42, 41 and a crossed belt 43. The speed of the spool is varied during winding by means of a wheel 34 pressed against the periphery of the wound wire; this wheel operates through levers 35, 36, 37 and a cord 38 a sliding carriage 39, which is adapted to shift the crossed belt. The wire is guided evenly over the spool by depending fingers 22 from a shaft 24 which is reciprocated through adjustable levers 26, 27 from a cam pulley 32 driven by means of screw gearing from the spindle which holds the spool, so that as the speed of spool varies so also in a similar proportion does the speed of reciprocation of the rod 24. An alternative form of drive for the reciprocating guiding rod 24 is shown in Fig. 3. A stop-motion can be set to operate after any length of wire has been wound on the drum. A wheel 34 held in a lever 35 is pressed against the wire as it is wound on the spool 20, so that as the coil increases in diameter the lever 35 is depressed until its tail 47 comes into contact with a stop 48 on an arm 49, which is actuated to release the switch 50 of the driving-motor. The stop 48 is adjustable along a slot in the bar 49 to regulate the length of wire wound. An alarm bell can be provided in the circuit to ring when the switch has been released.
Patent GB-191010562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pincer Lasting Machines.
IPC: A43D75/00
Filed: 1910-04-29
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 10,562. Bates, A., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. April 29. Lasting .-A lasting-machine of the type described in Specification 16,627/09 is provided with means for inserting two tacks along the edge of a shoe at each pulling operation of the upper, and also with a device for rendering the means for inserting one of the tacks inoperative. Tacks are fed down the chutes A<1>, A<2> of a double raceway A and are delivered centrally and to one side of the pincer. A finger C is pivoted to the machine frame at C', Fig. 1, and is adapted to be brought into contact with the head of the last tack in the " offset " chute A<1>, thus preventing the tack being inserted. The finger C is rocked about its pivot by a cam E<3> on a bar E<2> connected to a rack-bar E meshing with teeth on a lever D<4> moved by the sleeve I) which controls the pincer-pleating mechanism. A. spring C<3>holds the tail C<2> of the finger against the cam face. The finger and cam face are so arranged that, when the sleeve D is in neutral position, the tail C<2> is forced into a depression E<4>, and thus the finger lifted from the tacks. When the sleeve is moved to throw the pleating mechanism into gear, the rack-bar is moved and a high portion of the cam brought under the tail C<2>, thus closing the chute A<1>. The bar E<2> is connected with the rack-bar E by a pivot E<5> and a spring-pressed pin E<6> entering a slight recess in the bar E<2>. . The springs are adjusted so that the cam is not operative to move the finger C unless the cam bar E<2> is sustained, and this is done by an edge-gauge, which is brought into operation only when pleating takes place at the toe or the heel seat. When pleating is done on the sides of a shoe, the cam bar is not sustained, and both tacks are fed and driven for each operation of the pincer.
Patent GB-191012823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Burners for Gas Stoves.
Inventor: SCHMIDT GUSTAV HERMANN
IPC: F23D14/82
Filed: 1910-05-26
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 12,823. Schmidt, G. H. May 26. Atmospheric gas burners. -Relates to burners for gasstoves, and consists in the provision of an adjustable conical nozzle b, through the centre of which the gas passes. The nozzle b is made from a metal strip, and is inserted in a resilient sleeve in the mixing-tube a.
Patent GB-191012838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Preparing Paving Material.
Inventor: WHITE LINN
IPC: E01C19/10
Filed: 1910-05-26
Granted: 1911-06-26
Abstract: 12,838. White, L., and Richards, H. S. May 26, 1909, [Convention date]. Fixed - chamber apparatus for plastic materials etc.; varying quantity measured.- Relates to apparatus, for preparing asphaltic paving- material, in which the dried mineral aggregate is delivered by an elevator to storage and measuring tanks and thence to a mixing - apparatus to which measured quantities of heated tar or the like are supplied. For delivering the mineral aggregate in definite quantities from the storage hopper 107 to the mixer 126, a measuring-hopper 119 with converging upper side walls 122 is used. The narrow transverse discharge openings of the hoppers 107, 119 are closed by valves comprising curved plates 112, 112<1> respectively carried by swinging arms fixed to upper and lower transverse shafts 114 operated from handles at the outside of the apparatus. The plates 112, 1121 return to their normal position by gravity, and the shafts are interconnected so that, when the valve 112 is opened, the valve 112<1> is closed. The melted tar passes from the supply tank by a hand-controlled valve into an inclined pipe 162 leading to a transverse horizontal cylinder or measuring- valve casing 163, Figs. 2 and 7. One end wall 166, Fig. 2, of this casing is formed with a sleeve 167 adapted to slide within the casing to adjust the volume by the operation of screwbolts 168. The bottom discharge opening of the casing is normally closed by a curved plate 170 carried by arms 171 fixed to a central shaft 172 operated from a handle 176. A. projecting portion 177 of the plate 170 serves to close the inlet from the pipe 162 when the contents of the casing are being discharged into the mixer.
Patent GB-191016789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Type-casting Machines.
IPC: B41B7/04
Filed: 1910-07-14
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 16,789. Pierpont, F. H., and Lanston Monotype Corporation. July 14. Single-type composing and casting machines; moulds.- Relates to means for producing low quads or spaces in which the divided mould-blade or other cut-off mechanism is adjusted by variations in the movement of the matrixclamping mechanism. Means is also provided for varying the upward movement of the centring-plunger. The driving and driven members E, E<1> of the clamping-mechanism are attached to the centring-lever M and to the centring-plunger L respectively, and are separated by a spring K as heretofore. To the members E, E<1> are pivoted the ends of levers A, B respectively, which are pivoted on the machine frame. To the lever B is secured a lever or striker D, operating a vertically sliding rod C which controls the cut-off section of the mould-blade. To the lever A is pivoted one end of a lever C<1>, which acts through a spring C<3> to depress the rod C. At the lower end of the rod C is a cam C<4>, which descends between guides O<1>, O<2> to the right or left of a cam F' carried by a lever which actuates the cut-off sections of the blade. When a type is to be cast, the members E, E<1> both descend so that the lever D strikes the rod C and rocks it against the pull of a spring C<5>. The cam C<4> is thus caused to descend on the right of the cam F<1>, whereby the cut-off blade is caused to move back with the main blade. When a low quad or space is required, a matrix having no centring-hole or a shallow hole is brought beneath the plunger L so that the descent of the member E<1> is prevented. The lever D therefore does not strike the rod C, so that the cam C<4> descends on the left of the cam F<1>, whereby the cut-off blade is moved across the mould. The centring-pin L is raised by the lever A, of which the weight end bears against an adjustable stop B<1>, Fig. 4, carried by the lever B. In a modification, the striker D is arranged to rock the rod C when a low quad is required. In another form, a pin on the lever B engages a spring-controlled trigger carried by an arm which is connected to the striker.
Patent GB-191021194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Power Systems Employing Prime Movers.
Inventor: KIRKLAND JOHN WILKINSON
IPC: F01D15/02
Filed: 1910-09-12
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 21,194. Kirkland, J. W. Sept. 12. Exhaust, treating. -In a power system employing high and low pressure prime movers, for example, a reciprocating engine and a turbine, in which the low-pressure element is normally driven by exhaust fluid from the high - pressure element, a conduit 38 connected to the fluid-receiving chamber 20 of the low-pressure element 10 contains valves 36, 37 which can be opened by mechanism 33, 31, 28, 25 controlled by a speed-responsive governor 22 on the shaft 19 of the lowpressure element. The valve 36 controls the passage 40 leading from the conduit 38 to a stage 41 of the low-pressure element of lower normal pressure than that of the initial stage, and the governor and the control mechanism are so arranged as to by-pass a greater or less amount of the fluid direct to the stage 41 round the stages intermediate to the initial stage and the stage 41. The valves 36 may be replaced by two or more valves which control passages leading to two or more stages of lower pressure than that of the initial stage. The valve 37 controls the passage 50 leading from the conduit 38 to the exhaust conduit 39 of the low-pressure element.
Patent GB-191021681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Single Trigger Fire Arms.
Inventor: DICKSON John
IPC: F41A19/21
Filed: 1910-09-19
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 21,681. Dickson, J., and Morrison, W. Sept. 19. Single-trigger mechanisms. - Consists in mechanism for preventing double discharge. The hammers A, B, Figs. 1 and 2, have respectively sears a<1>, b<1> kept in bent by springs c, c<1>, the hammers being actuated by springs e. The right-hand sear b<1> is operated directly from the trigger, and the lefthand sear through the medium of mechanism which allows for the involuntary pull and comprises a floating bar F, Figs. 4 and 4<a>, having a spindle f<1> and a spring f<8> which normally impels the bar forwards, and a rear forked portion f. The left-hand side of the bar has a projection f<2>, the right-hand side a cam f<3>, the under edge a tooth f<4>, and the top edge carries a pivoted lever f<5> which is forked at the rear end, one side of the fork carrying a projection f<6> and the other side a rounded end f<7>. The trigger blade D has a projection d<1>, Fig. 5<a>, on the right to operate the sear b<1>, and a cam d on the left which operates with the cam f<3> on the bar F. An opening d<2>, Fig. 9<a>, is also formed in the trigger-blade to receive the part g<1> of the trigger-spring g, the part g<1> also operating with a catch h which is pivoted at h<3> and at the end h<2>, Fig. 7, engages the catch f<4> on the bar F. A spring j normally holds the catch in engagement with the tooth f'. In operation, the first pull of the trigger fires the right-hand barrel and simultaneously the end h<2> of the lever h is depressed and thereby disengaged from the tooth f<4> of the bar F. The spring f<8> draws the bar F forwards until the cam f<3> thereon engages the cam d on the triggerblade, and in this position of the bar F the projection f<2> is over the projection a<3>, Fig. 8, on the left-hand sear a<1>, an involuntary or other pull on the trigger being thereby rendered ineffective. As the firearm recoils, the bar F is driven backwards to its initial position; the subsequent release of the trigger allows the cam d to pass beneath the cam f<3>, and the spring f<8> then pulls the bar F to its extreme forward position in which the cam d comes beneath the part f<7> of the lever f<5>, and the part f<6> beneath the projection a<3>, Fig. 8. The second voluntary pull of the trigger raises the lever f<5> and consequently the sear a<1> to discharge the left-hand barrel. The mechanism is re-set, when the gun is broken down for loading, by means of a pivoted lever k, Fig. 1, and a slotted lever K<1>. A safety-catch k<2> engages the trigger when set to prevent firing, this catch being automatically put on by the lever K<1> when the gun is broken down. The catch k<2>, when released by hand before firing, moves the levers K<1> and k into position to permit the bar F to operate. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 5404/97, 4156/98, 6456/99, 7930/99, 2650/00, 6584/01, 22,946/07, 7889/08, and 13,742/08.