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Patent GB-191121652-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat Leathers.
Inventor: DEAN JOSEPH NORMANTON
IPC: A42C5/02
Filed: 1911-10-02
Granted: 1911-11-30
Abstract: 21,652. Dean, J. N. Oct. 2. Grant of Patent refused. Leathers or sweat bands are formed with a resilient cushion for the head comprising a beading or convexity a stiffened by a strip of gummed or adhesive paper c. The gummed side of the paper is placed at the back of the leather before the beading is formed, and the leather is then rolled as usual to produce the beading.
Patent GB-191123902-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to a Device for Indicating the Sidewise Tilting or the True Position of a Rifle or similar Firearm in Sighting.
Inventor: JOCKERS ERNST JAKOB
IPC: F41G1/44
Filed: 1911-10-28
Granted: 1912-10-28
Abstract: 23,902. Jockers, E. J. Oct. 28. Sighting - accessories. -Relates to lateraltilting or cant-indicating devices and consists in providing a balanced member 4, similar in shape to the foresight, pivoted on the barrel between the fore and back sights and normally in alinement with them.
Patent GB-191124888-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tool for Holding Glassware during Manufacture.
Inventor: HIGBEE ORLANDO JOSEPH WILLIAM
IPC: C03B23/13
Filed: 1911-11-08
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 24,888. Higbee, O. J. W. March 11, [Convention. date]. Punties.-Relates to a holder for securing the two parts A, B of a vacuum - insulated bottle in correct relative position during the operation of fusing together the necks. The outer part B is held to a plate 1 by pivoted spring jaws 5 and the inner part A rests on a seating 3 integral with the plate 1. The parts A, B, while thus secured, can be welded together at the necks N in a glory hole. In a modification, the jaws 5 are arranged to slide on pins instead of being pivoted.
Patent GB-191125112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Meters.
Inventor: WOODROFFE FRANK KNIGHT
IPC: G01F1/26
Filed: 1911-11-11
Granted: 1912-11-11
Abstract: 25,112. Woodroffe, F. K., and Boultbee, H. W. Nov. 11. Steam meters. - A disk c moving in a cone b, or, alternatively, a cone moving in a circular aperture, is connected by a rod k to an inclined plate i which, as it rises, moves a recording- style e over a revolving recording-drum d. To compensate for varying pressures, the plate i is pivoted at o and carries a pointer p moving over a pressure scale n<1>. The plate is angularly adjusted in accordance with the pressure of the steam to be measured, and is secured by a screw i after adjustment. In a modification, the member i is automatically adjusted by a Bourdon tube or the like open to the steam pressure.
Patent GB-191125204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Piston-traversed Ports of Reciprocating Engines.
Inventor: WELLS ROBERT GLADSTONE
IPC: F01L7/04
Filed: 1911-11-13
Granted: 1912-11-13
Abstract: 25,204. Wells, R. G., and Davidson, J. Nov. 13. Slide valves.-In reciprocating engines of the type having ports in the cylinder wall covered and uncovered by the piston, a longitudinallyadjustable ported liner b is employed so that the point of the stroke at which the piston passes the ports may be varied either by hand or automatically, as by a governor. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, as applied to an internal-combustion engine the liner b is adjusted by a fluid-operated piston f controlled by hand or by the governor. In a double-acting steam-engine, Fig. 2, the liner may be made in two parts i, k, having interengaging tongues l forming variable ports c, c', the parts i, k being adjustable by means of rods h, n actuated by pistons f, f' controlled by hand or by a governor or by a screw or other means. A ring m divides the exhaust belt d into two parts and also supports the tongues l. In a further modification, Fig. 5, the tongues l are separated from one another. The ends of the tongues may be bevelled, and the liner may slide into the cylinder ends as shown.
Patent GB-191125868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moving Picture Machines.
Inventor: CAMERON JAMES AUGHILTREE
IPC: G03B21/32
Filed: 1911-11-20
Granted: 1912-05-30
Abstract: 25,868. Cameron, J. A. Nov. 21, 1910, [Convention date]. Kinematograph apparatus. - In apparatus using a feed of the beater type, the beater 19 is capable of pulling down at each stroke an amount of film greater than a picture length so that at the end of the stroke slack is left, which is gradually absorbed by the next stroke and the actual film-feeding movement remains constant. As shown, the film is taken up by a continuously-rotating sprocket 28 and the filmgate 6, 7 operates as an intermittently-acting retarding-device, the clamp 10 being released during each stroke. A cam 23 in the fly-wheel 24 acting on a roller 22 operates a rock-shaft 21 connected to the two rolls 20 forming the beater, and centring is effected by an arm 33 having a surface 34 adjustable in a path concentric to the sprocket 28, so that the film always issues from the device 19 at a constant angle.
Patent GB-191126084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mowing Machines.
Inventor: PARKER JOHN LITTLEDALE
IPC: A01D34/13
Filed: 1911-11-22
Granted: 1912-11-22
Abstract: 26,084. Parker, J. L. Nov. 22. [Addition to 28,002/10]. Mowing-machines.-In a finger provided with a fixed shearing-plate above the reciprocating cutter as described in the parent Specification, the lower part is formed with lugs c<3>, c<4> forming a recess for the reception of the knife-bar a, and the upper part with a rearwardly-projecting tongue c<1> having a shearing-plate B on its under surface. The finger is pointed as shown, and is fixed beneath the fingerbar. The blades A attached to the reciprocating knife-bar a work in contact with the blades B, large clearance spaces c<5> being provided below them.
Patent GB-191127361-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture and Production of Caoutchouc-like Substances.
IPC: C08F279/02
Filed: 1911-12-06
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 27,361. Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co. March 23, [Convention date]. Caoutchouc substances are obtained by polymerizing butadiene or its substitution products substituted by hydrocarbon residues, in the presence of natural caoutchouc or synthetic caoutchouc substances, and with or without the addition of other polymerizing-agents. In examples, butadiene, isoprene, and #:gamma-dimethylbutadiene are polymerized. Specifications 15,254/10, 17,734/10, 25,850/10, 1124/11, 1125/11, and 6540/11 are referred to.
Patent GB-191128974-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Explosive and Method of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: RASCHIG FRIEDRICH
IPC: C06B41/00
Filed: 1911-12-22
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 28,974. Raschig, F. Dec. 22. Film evaporators.-A solution of an explosive containing a disulphonate of the higher phenols and a nitrate, chlorate, or perchlorate is evaporated to dryness by leading thin layers of the solution on to rollers heated internally bv steam to above 100‹ C.
Patent GB-191129077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in and relating to Building Bricks and Blocks.
Inventor: WILKINSON GEORGE
IPC: E04B2/42
Filed: 1911-12-27
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 29,077. Wilkinson, G., and Boulton, A., [trading as Randlay Brick and Tile Co.], and Finney, J. Dec. 27. Building-blocks, special shapes of.-Building- blocks A are grooved on four sides and are connected by plain keys B fitting loosely in the end grooves a of adjacent blocks, and projecting to engage the horizontal grooves a<1> in the blocks above and below.
Patent GB-191200805-A (GB)
Title: Improved Distributing Valve for Compound Steam Engines.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1912-01-10
Granted: 1913-01-10
Abstract: 805. Bloxam, A. G., [Wolf Maschinenfabrik, R.]. Jan. 10. [Addition to 20,147/11.] Slide valves; single valve serving two or more cylinders.-A D-shaped duct m is substituted for two or more peripheral sets of ports in the value described in the parent Specification.
Patent GB-191201675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Guns.
IPC: F41A3/50
Filed: 1912-01-20
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 1675. Vickers, Ltd., [Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken]. Jan. 20. Machine guns.-Relates to automatic guns of the'Maxim type, and of the kind in which the parts that co-operate to effect the opening and closing movements of the lock are placed inside the casing, and consists in forming the breechblock operating crank b with one or more hookshaped projections a, the points of which, during the recoil, strike fixed stops c on a member d carried by the hinged rear plate n and commence the rotation of the crank on its shaft f. The speed of rotation is accelerated when tho hollow portions of the hooks strike the rounded projection e on the member d.
Patent GB-191202081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Metallurgical Furnaces.
Inventor: STOBIE VICTOR
Filed: 1912-01-26
Granted: 1913-01-09
Abstract: 2081. Stobie, V. Jan. 26. Electrode furnaces.-In a three-phase or other polyphase arc furnace for melting or refining, an additional electrode D, connected to the neutral point of the supply system, is arranged above the bath to take unbalanced currents. The electrode D may be in a line with the other electrodes C, or at the centre of a triangle formed by the other electrodes, or may be otherwise arranged.
Patent GB-191205868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Displaying Advertisements and the like.
Inventor: VINE FREDERICK THOMAS
IPC: G09F7/02
Filed: 1912-03-08
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 5868. Vine, F. T. March 8. Boards for notices and the like; name and number plates &c.-Advertising-matter is held between two sheets of material, one or both of which may be transparent, urged together in a resilient manner, and, if desired, provided with lines or strips of material for facilitating the alinement of letters &c. between them. The frame b of the glass sheet a has a frame of V- shaped cross-section with springs d for pressing the plates a, a<1> together; or springs f at one end of the frame, hinged to the frame b, and springs f at the other end of the frame, attached to plates through which pass studs or screws g<1>, urge the plates together. The letters &c. may be slightly curved to facilitate clamping them in position. To prevent the letters from slipping, they be provided wholly or in part with a rubber or like surface. The device may be used as a day or night sign.
Patent GB-191208211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Protecting Pipe Unions and other Fittings which are Attached to Domestic and other Water Circulating Boilers.
Inventor: HALL JOHN JAMES
IPC: F22B37/10
Filed: 1912-04-04
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 8211. Hall, J. J., and Worswick, J. April 4. Block-form better.-Pipe unions or fittings such as safety-valves used on domestic or other water-circulating boilers are protected by a sleeve A of cast iron, earthenware, or other refractory material, packed with mortar E or other suitable material. The sleeve may be of circular or other cross-section and of tapering or cylindrical form. Instead of being in one piece, it may be in two parts to facilitate application to existing unions or fittings. The parts may have engaging hooks F and projections G or may be held together by a separate ring in two parts, surrounding the sleeve and coupled by suitable projections.
Patent GB-191210971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Leather.
Inventor: JUNGHANS ARTHUR
IPC: C14C11/00
Filed: 1912-05-08
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 10,971. Junghans, A. Feb. 13, [Convention date]. Enamelled or patent leather. - In treating patent leather &c. by exposure to light, such as that of the mercury-vapour lamp, means are employed to minimize the formation or accumulation of ozone. These may consist in ventilating and temperature - regulating devices applied to the box-like chambers in which the material is exposed to the light.
Patent GB-191211101-A (GB)
Title: Improved Collapsible Deck or Garden Chair.
Inventor: HONEY AUGUSTINE
IPC: A47C4/40
Filed: 1912-05-09
Granted: 1913-05-01
Abstract: 11,101. Honey, A. May 9. Folding and collapsible seats; seating surfaces, attaching.-In a deck chair in which the back A is pivoted to the seat frame B so that the back tends to tilt forward when the seat is used, rods E adapted to engage ratchets F are provided to hold the back rigid, the teeth of the ratchets sloping in the opposite direction to those usually employed in deck chairs. The legs C of the chair are pivoted to the seat frame at b and are provided with slots f in which a bar e connecting stays D is adapted to slide when the chair is folded. The material forming the seat is threaded between fixed bars G of the chair frame and then sewn to loose rods g.
Patent GB-191212578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stem Guides.
Inventor: LITTLE JAMES ARTHUR
IPC: F16C25/02
Filed: 1912-05-28
Granted: 1912-09-19
Abstract: 12,578. Little, J. A. May 28. Rectilinear-motion. bearings.-A guide for the stems of ore-stamping mills comprises a divided flanged bush 13, retained in a frame 10 by a block 15 shaped as shown in Kig. 3. The block is adjusted and held by a tapered key 19. The bearing can be dismounted without disturbing the stem 21.
Patent GB-191212745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Explosives.
Inventor: NATHAN FREDERIC LEWIS
IPC: C06B23/00
Filed: 1912-05-30
Granted: 1913-09-01
Abstract: 12,745. Nathan, Sir F. L., Rintoul, W., and Baker, F. May 30. Explosives.-Relates to explosives containing nitrocellulose, nitroglycerine, nitrostarch, nitromannite, or other nitric ester, and consists in improving their stability by the addition of ureas in which one, two, or three atoms of hydrogen are placed by aromatic radicles. In an example, the explosive contains 30 per cent of nitroglycerine, 65 per cent of guncotton, and ethyl-phenyl-urea.
Patent GB-191214530-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Collapsable Boat.
Inventor: BERKELEY CHARLES AUGUSTUS JULI
IPC: B63B7/06
Filed: 1912-06-21
Granted: 1913-06-23
Abstract: 14,530. Berkeley, C. A. J. June 21. Collapsible boats.-A collapsible boat is formed of flexible steel frames e extending from stem to stern and supported by transverse ribs f, the whole being covered with flexible waterproof material or resilient metal sheathing. To open the boat, a rope q passing through a pulley p<1> and attached to a hinge h<1> of a hinged device h, Fig. 1, when pulled upon, causes the hinged device to expand, Fig. 2, the hinged device then being held in position by a centre thwart k. To prevent the boat from closing, hinged thwarts l attached to frames e at each side of the boat are extended when the boat is opened, Fig. 4, and prevented from collapsing by brackets m, which are swung round into position by rods n attached to the bottom boards g. Additional means for preventing the boat from collapsing consists of stretchers 0, Fig. 7, which are pivoted in the centre and swung into and fixed in the athwartships position O<2> when the boat is open and are folded along the keel a when the boat is closed. Two lines such as q may be attached to hinged devices such as h at the centre and stern, the free ends being connected to the boat falls; the weight of the boat when swung, causes its sides to expand.
Patent GB-191215779-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Method of Isolating or Extracting Cellulose or Paper-pulp from Fibrous Vegetable Materials and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: RAYNER GEORGE HENRY
IPC: D21C3/26
Filed: 1912-07-05
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 15,779. Rayner, G. H., [Raitt, W.]. July 5. Drawings to Specification. Impregnating-compositions.-In a process for extracting cellulose or paper pulp from fibrous vegetable materials, the non-cellulose parts are removed in separate groups, by a process of fractional digestion, and one of the groups, consisting of lignins, is removed by boiling with caustic soda solution under steam pressure and may be used for waterproofing paper &c. Other chemicals such as alkaline salts, lime, or the like, may be used instead of caustic soda.
Patent GB-191216616-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Increasing the Elasticity of the Bodies Obtained from Solutions of Albumin in Formic Acid.
Inventor: DIESSER GOTTLIEB GOTTFRIED
IPC: D01F4/00
Filed: 1912-07-16
Granted: 1913-07-16
Abstract: 16,616. Diesser, G. G. July 16. Impregnating-compositions consist of formic solutions of albumens to which formaldehyde, with or without triacetin, diethylaniline, &c., is added.
Patent GB-191222914-A (GB)
Title: Ferro-concrete Floating Blocks adapted to be Sunk for Submerged Constructional Work.
Inventor: HENNEBIQUE FRANCOIS
IPC: E02D23/10
Filed: 1912-10-08
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 22,914. Hennebique, F. Oct. 8. Subaqueous structures. - Floating ferro-concrete blocks for submerged structures, shown in vertical and horizontal section respectively in Figs. 1 and 2, are provided with compartments 1 which are both air and water tight, and with compartments 2, which are open beneath, the compartments 1 serving as compressed-air reservoirs for controlling the amount of water in the compartments 2. After sinking, the compartments may be filled with water. The lower parts of the block may terminate in an acute angle or in a rounded extremity. The fillings G are optional.
Patent GB-191226197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Producing a Mixture of Combustion Products and Steam.
Inventor: LEMALE CHARLES
IPC: F42B19/20
Filed: 1911-11-18
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 26,197. Lemale, C. Nov. 18, 1911, [Convention date]. Generating by direct contact of combustion products; feed - water, controlling. - Water is directed into the products of combustion of liquid fuel in two streams, one stream being discharged from holes in a water jacket around the combustion chamber, and the other from a perforated pipe projecting centrally into the chamber. The discharging from the perforated pipe is regulated by thermostatic apparatus so as to maintain the products at a constant temperature. The fuel supply to the burner is regulated by the pressure of the air supply. The water discharge from a perforated pipe K projecting into t h e combustion chamber I is controlled by a perforated sleeve L, which is moved over the lower perforations K' in the pipe by a diaphragm N acted upon by the vapour tension of a liquid in a vessel M placed in the path of the escaping comoustion products and steam. The piston valve G controlling the fuel supply to the burner H is connected to a diaphragm P acted upon the air pressure in the air-supply passage D. Water is supplied to the burner through a pipe R to mix with the fuel during combustion.
Patent GB-191227862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Loom Shuttles to Facilitate Threading.
Inventor: TROTTER WILLIAM
IPC: D03J3/04
Filed: 1912-12-03
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 27,862. Trotter, W., and Wilson, H. M. Dec. 3. Shuttles.-A shuttle of the kind that is threaded by means of a tool with a hook at the end has a vertical tbreading-passage d, Figs. 1 and 3, communicating with an horizontal passage b and with a transverse passage leading to the eye. A slot e joins the passages b, d. Slots m, m<1> are provided to prevent threading by mouth suction. A tool .with a curved shack j, Fig. 4, and with a hook end l is employed for threading. The weft runs over a drag pin g<1>.
Patent GB-191300985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Patching Pieces for Repairing Pneumatic Tyres, as well as, if Desired, in the Manufacture of the Tyres themselves.
Inventor: HUYSMANS GEORGES
Filed: 1913-01-13
Granted: 1914-01-13
Abstract: 985. Huysmans, G. Jan. 13. Punctures, apparatus for closing.-Repair patches for pneumatic tyres are reinforced by a layer of steel cable a crossing the patch transversely, and by flax cords c running in a circumferential direction, the layers being secured, by solutioning or stitching, between a number of alternate layers of rubber d, f, g, i and fabric b, h, e. One or more of the layers may be extended at the edges b<1> for attachment to the sides of the cover, or the extensions may be gripped between the cover and the rim flanges. According to the Provisional Specification, metal, whalebone, or like blades, or metal gauze, may be used as a reinforcement, and the metal cable may be threaded into a canvas layer.
Patent GB-191301100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for the Production of Induced Currents in Magneto Machines, Dynamos and other Induction Generators.
Inventor: KELLER-DORIAN ALBERT
IPC: H02K21/42
Filed: 1913-01-14
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 1100. Dorian, A. Keller-. Aug. 9, 1912, [Convention date]. Inductor - alternators; magneto - electric machines.-In magnetos and other dynamo-electric generators in which an armature coil D is arranged in proximity to a rotor E, F permanently magnetized by poles A and having horns cr flanges E<1>, F<1>, the coil is adjustably arranged within the circumference of the rotor so that the horns rotate around it. Two non-magnetic sectors e<1>, f<1> complete the rotor made up of the flanges E<1>, F<1> and disks E, F. A part E<2>, F<2> of each flange is made movable so that it can be thrown outwards by centrifugal force to vary the flux through the coil. The armature coil D is connected through to the circuitbreaker K, which is operated by cams J on a disk I rotating with the rotor. The coil D and circuit-breaker K are simultaneously adjusted. The speed of the rotor relatively to the coil may be increased by using multiplying-gear or by rotating the coil in the opposite direction. In a modification, the pole-pieces B, C are provided with flanges bent back at right-angles to the magnet poles and between which the disks E, F rotate.
Patent GB-191301171-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Stirrups.
Inventor: REED EZRA ERWELL
IPC: B68C3/02
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 1171. Reed, E. E., and Noble, B. C. Jan. 15. Stirrups.-A safety stirrup comprises upper and lower approximately U-shaped parts 1, 2, Figs. 1 and 3, relative movement between which is normally prevented by strips 3 on the member 2, plates 3<a> on the member 1, interengaging edges 8, Fig. 3, and spring-hasps 6 on the strips 3 snapping over lugs 7 on the member 1, pins 5 on this member being also engaged by notches 4 in the strips 3. In the event of the rider being thrown, the foot presses against a curved bar 9 with sufficient force to cause the hasps 6 to ride off the lugs 7, whereupon the parts move into the position shown in Fig. 3, and are finally completely separated,
Patent GB-191306271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two Speed Gear for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ANTOINE PIERRE SAUZAY
IPC: F02M63/00
Filed: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 6271. Sauzay, A. P., and Ullmann, J. L. March 13, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Variable-speed gearing.-In an internal-combustion engine the shaft is adapted to be driven alternately at different speeds from the main crank-shaft and the cam shaft. The cam shaft c is driven by chain gearing from the main shaft b and a transmission shaft g is adapted to be driven through gear-wheels i alternately from a pinion j on the cam shaft, and a pinion k on the main shaft. Both gears k, j may occupy a disengaged position as shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-191308374-A (GB)
Title: Detachable and Interchangeable Hub for Vehicle Wheels of all kinds.
Inventor: NEY JEAN
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1913-04-09
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 8374. Ney, J. April 10, 1912, [Convention date]. Detaching from and attaching to permanent hubs.-The permanent hub a, Fig. 1, and the detachable hub d, Fig. 2, are provided with corresponding screw-threads. c, f throughout their entire length, and the parts are locked by a ring screwing on the outer end h<2> of the permanent hub with a thread of different pitch from that of the threads c, f. A dust cap may be screwed into the outer end j' of the detachable hub. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 23,251/09, 30,091/09, and 26,188/11.