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Patent GB-191100560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaking, or Tumbling Barrels and the like.
Inventor: SHARP FRANK CHESTER
IPC: B24B31/023
Filed: 1911-01-09
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 560. Sharp, F. C. Jan. 9. Tumbling-barrels. - A tumbling-barrel for cleaning, burnishing, or drying metallic articles is constructed with the barrel W mounted directly on trunnions D in a rotatable frame B in such fashion that the barrel W may be set at any desired angle in the rotatable frame, and held at that angle by means of a clutch G while the frame is rotated. The barrel may be divided into two parts or provided with an additional chamber fitted with valves for isolating a liquid material in either compartment.
Patent GB-191101529-A (GB)
Title: Hollow Grate Bars with Liquid Circulation for Down-draught-furnaces
Inventor: MASLIN EMILE
IPC: F23H3/02
Filed: 1911-01-20
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 1529. Maslin, E. Jan. 20. Heating water. - A down - draught furnace grate is formed by bent endless tubes in which a liquid circulates, part of the tubes projecting into a vessel to heat the liquid therein. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the grate bars a<1>, a<2>, with their vertical extensions a, are connected in pairs by bends a<3>, a<4>, and their upper ends project into the vessel b, which may be an independent boiler or the water-tank of a boiler. To improve the circulation, the two ends of a double tube c may be connected by a tube c<1>, c<2>. The liquid in the tubes may be mercury, a suitable oil, a saline solution, or water. The tubes may be only partly filled with a liquid, which vaporizes in the grate bars and condenses in the vessel b. The grate may be partly formed of bricks or refractory material, and another form is illustrated in which four grate bars are connected into one endless tube. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 1629/67, 22,272/92, and 7359/98, [Class 123, Steam generators].
Patent GB-191113002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating Resilient Wheels.
Inventor: LOWENFELD HENRY
IPC: B60B9/06
Filed: 1911-05-30
Granted: 1912-05-30
Abstract: 13,002. Lowenfeld, H. May 30. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and helical springs.-In wheels of the kind in which circumferentially - arranged helical springs are placed between the hub and rim members and displacement of one member tends to cause relative rotation resisted by the springs, the rim member has in each of its side plates B a square or polygonal recess B<5> against the sides of which rest projections or rollers C carried by plates fast on the hub or axle. The springs E are arranged between radial projections A<3> on the hub and similar projections B<2> on the rim. Between the parts B<2> and the springs are fitted levers D pivoted at D<1> to the hub. In the form shown in Fig, 3, the projections and recesses for providing relative rotation consist of slotted levers F pivoted to the rim in engagement with projections G<1> forming the arms of a star-wheel keyed on the axle.
Patent GB-191114212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Wheels.
Inventor: HAYS GEORGE LINCOLN
IPC: B60B9/28
Filed: 1911-06-15
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 14,212. Hays, G. L. June 15. Non - metallic elastic bodies and cores.- The tyre consists of an obliquely - ribbed band 15 of " friction " paper composition seated on a soft filling 18 and held under the edges of stamped metal rim sections.
Patent GB-191114789-A (GB)
Title: A Piece of Apparatus or Machine for Measuring the Centrifugal Force of a Weight Revolving at Various Speeds and at Various Distances from the Axis of Rotation.
Inventor: ROBINSON THOMAS ALLEN WHITE
IPC: G01P3/16
Filed: 1911-06-26
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 14,789. Robinson, T. A. W. June 26. Dynamometers for measuring centrifugal force. - In an apparatus for measuring the centrifugal force of a mass rotating with various angular velocities and at various distances from the axis of rotation, the outward pull of the rotating mass, which is free to slide on a radial supporting-arm, is transmitted to a cord and balanced by suspended weights. The mass W<1>, mounted on the arm A<1> attached to a rotatable spindle B carrying a pulley Q<1>, is connected at two points to a cord M<1> by a pair of eyebolts in the same longitudinal plane. The two portions of the cord pass over a pulley E' and round a single pulley F<1> forming part of a ballbearing swivel S, F<2>, of which the hook F' of the swivel is attached both to a rod I<2>, carrying a pointer I' co-operating with an adjustable scale of radii, and to a cord M<3> passing over a ballbearing pulley C'. The other end of this cord is connected to a ring G which acts as a counterweight to the rod I<2>, swivel S, F<2>, &c. Known weights can be suspended from the ring G, which is supported by an adjustable platform H<1> when the apparatus is at rest. In using the apparatus, the mass W<1>, which is provided with rollers to enable it to move easily along the arm A<1>, is placed against the stop L<1>, and the position of the scale is adjusted until the pointer I' indicates the known distance of the centre of the mass from the vertical axis of rotation. The counterweight W<2> is then set on the arm A<2> at a distance from the axis of rotation equal to that at which the measurement of centrifugal force is to be determined, and the platform H' is conveniently adjusted. The spindle B is subsequently rotated by means of the pulley Q<1> until the rotating mass W<1> lifts the suspended weight from the table H', and the pointer then indicates the desired radius. The time in which a given number of revolutions is registered by a counter X<1> is observed. A spring balance may be used instead of the suspended ring and weights.
Patent GB-191115823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Pistols.
IPC: F41B11/648
Filed: 1911-01-19
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 15,823. Jeffries & Co., L., and Jeffries, L. Jan. 19. [Cognate Application, 15,858/11.] Pneumatic.-Relates to air pistols and guns of the type described in Specification 1405/11 in which the cocking is effected by a link hinged at one end to the drop-down barrel, and connected at the other end to the plunger, and consists in rendering this link readily detachable. As applied to an air-pistol, the cocking- link 6 is pivoted at 19 to the barrel 4, and cocks the plunger 2 when the barrel is dropped down in the manner described in the beforementioned Specification. One form of the detachable connexion between the barrel 4 and the link 6 is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and consists of a pin 12 on the knuckles 10 of the link adapted to engage a bearing-eye 13 in the lug 11 of the barrel. A spring-actuated latch-bolt 15 in the knuckle 10 is adapted to engage a recess 17 in the lug 11 when the pin 12 is forced home. The link 6 may readily be detached by depressing the button 18, the shank 19 of which slides in a slot 20 in the knuckle 10, whereby the latchbolt 15 is disengaged from its recess 17, and permits the withdrawal of the pin 12. The other end of the link 6 is then detached from the handle 1 by withdrawing its head 7 through the enlarged upper end of the slot 8 in which it slides. An application of the invention to an air-gun with a fixed barrel and separate cocking-lever is also described. The first Provisional Specification also describes a modification in which the upper end of the link 6 is forked and carries a pivot pin, having one end flattened on opposite sides, the cylindrical part of which normally passes through a circular hole in a tongue on the barrel. To detach the link, the pin is pressed axially against the action of a spring until the flattened end of the pin is brought into the hole in the tongue and withdrawn therefrom through a slot extending to the edge of the tongue, and of less width than the diameter of the hole.
Patent GB-191119051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Calorimeters.
Inventor: MACKLOW-SMITH ARTHUR
IPC: G01N25/42
Filed: 1911-08-25
Granted: 1912-05-16
Abstract: 19,051. Smith, A. Macklow-, and Pullen, W. W. F. Aug. 25. Calorimeters.-In a gas calorimeter, the products of combustion from the burner shown pass up a chimney F and are cooled by a helical water-tube G, which is provided with a gilled, braided, or other heat - absorbing surface, as they pass down the space between the chimney F and an annular water-vessel H. The gases then pass up the annular space between the outer surface of the vessel H and the casing L, which has exit openings near the top. The cooling - water enters the annular vessel H through the tube R and passes through the union U into the helical tube G and out through the tube S. The flow of water from different parts of the vessel H is equalized by providing a diaphragm W with holes of sizes increasing with the distance from the union U. Downward radiation of heat from the burner is prevented by baffles E. Water of combustion is caught in a circular trough at the base of the apparatus, and passes through a drain V into a measuring- vessel. The apparatus is constructed so as to be readily taken to pieces for cleaning &c.
Patent GB-191121251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multicylinder Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ANZANI ALESSANDRO
IPC: F02B75/22
Filed: 1911-09-26
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 21,251. Anzani, A. Sept. 28, 1910, [Convention date]. Four-stroke-cycle engines. - In a stationary radial-cylinder engine having cylinders arranged in groups of uneven numbers in parallel planes and with the pistons of adjacent groups connected to cranks at 180 degrees, firing in the cylinders is in a direction opposite to that of the rotation of the crank - shaft. In a sixcylinder engine, firing takes place first in a cylinder in one plane and then in the nearest cylinder in the adjacent plane.
Patent GB-191122947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Printing on Wrapping Paper.
Inventor: HESSON WILLIAM WALLACE
Filed: 1911-10-17
Granted: 1912-01-11
Abstract: 22,947. Hesson, W. W. Oct. 17. Printing-apparatus for paper files and holders; printing - surfaces; inking - apparatus; rotary machines.-A device for printing on wrapping- paper comprises a casing 1, containing the printing-roller 8 and inking-rollers 17, 21 supported by a bracket 27 hinged to a clip 26 fixed to the paper-roll stand. A spindle 4 is passed through a hole in one wall of the casing and is secured at the other wall of the casing by means of a slidably adjustable plate 23 slotted to receive the peripheral groove 7 in the spindle end. The printing-roller 8 is provided with a two - diameter bore 9 and is supported intermediate of its length on a metal washer 11 inserted in the bore against the shoulder 10, whereby it may swing freely to follow any irregularities of the paper roll. Eccentric portions 14 on the printing-roller and concentric disks 20 on the inking-roller 17 coact to move the latter away from the printing - roller except when the printing-surfaces 12 thereon are being inked. The rollers may be adapted to print any desired number of colours.
Patent GB-191124301-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Plugging Holes in Vessels used for Containing Liquids and Steam or other Gases.
Inventor: NICHOLL WHITLOCK GEORGE
IPC: F16J13/08
Filed: 1912-05-02
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 24,301. Nicholl, W. G. May 2, 1912. Holders. - Means for plugging holes in gascontaining vessels comprise a bolt a<1> carrying a number of segments h, h<1>, which can be turned outwards to form an imperforate plate of larger size than the hole. To facilitate collapsing, the segments h' are arranged to be slidable vertically, as shown. A nut e and washers g, d are used to make a tight joint.
Patent GB-191126025-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Production of the Alkali Metals.
Inventor: MEHNER HERMANN
IPC: C22B26/10
Filed: 1911-11-21
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 26,025. Mehner, H. Nov. 21. Distilling sodium &c.-In the extraction of alkali metals by bringing the oxygen compounds of the metals into contact with molten cast iron, and condensing the resulting metallic vapour, the spent iron is recharged with carbon while in the molten state.
Patent GB-191200784-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Production of Ammonia and Formic Acid from Alkali-cyanides or Earth Alkali-cyanides.
Inventor: SULZER HEINRICH
IPC: C01C1/08
Filed: 1912-01-10
Granted: 1912-08-08
Abstract: 784. Sulzer, H. Jan. 10. Formic acid.-The production of formic acid and ammonia by heating alkaline-earth cyanides with water or steam under pressure is carried out in an autoclave having a non-metallic lining, coating, or inner wall, and at a temperature of from 130-200‹ C. The autoclave may be of enamelled or glazed iron, or may be provided with inset linings of glass or porcelain. The solution of formate is treated with acid for the recovery of formic acid, and the process may be applied to the cyanide mass obtained on melting calcium cyanamide with alkalies or their carbonates or chlorides, and carbon.
Patent GB-191203337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fireplaces for Domestic Purposes.
Inventor: ORRIDGE CHARLES EDWARD
IPC: F24B1/193
Filed: 1912-02-09
Granted: 1913-01-02
Abstract: 3337. Orridge, C. E. Feb. 9. Feeding and stoking. -Open fire-places of the ordinary kind are fitted with underfeed stoking- devices consisting of spring or weight-lifted plates on which a stock of coal is placed. Fig. 2 shows a fire-place with a grate consisting of a front grid 1 above the face 2 of a coal-storage chamber, the base of which is a plate 8. As the fuel burns, fresh fuel is brought up to the level of the grid 1 by springs housed in boxes at the sides of the grates and attached to lugs on brackets supporting the plates. In a modification, the springs are replaced by weights acting through conical or fusee-shaped pulleys so that the lifting effect of the weights varies with the amount of unconsumed fuel. Air is admitted below the grate by a regulator 19 at the front of the ash-pan. Fig. 8 shows a modification wherein the plate 8 is supported by springs 33 beneath it in a box 36, which is adapted to be placed in a fire-place from which the bottom grate has been removed.
Patent GB-191207038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Motor-driven Bicycles and Tricycles and other like Mechanism.
Inventor: EVANS THOMAS FRANCIS
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1912-03-22
Granted: 1913-03-25
Abstract: 7038. Evans, T. F. March 22. Variable-speed friction gearing. - In friction-disk gearing, the shaft e carrying the roller l is mounted in bearings pivoted on a spindle i, so that engagement and disengagement are effected by movement of the roller in a direct i o n inclined but nearly parallel to the plate m, the roller being normally pressed into engagement with the disk m by a spring 6 and disengaged by a cord 7 connected to a pedal q. The spindle i is carried by a bracket 2 slidable on straight or curved guides k. The roller is traversed to vary the speed by a lever 14 connected to a hand-lever 16. Motion is transmitted from the motor a to the roller shaft through a universal joint f. Speed-reducing gear may be provided between the disk m, and the road wheel. In the construction shown, a pinion 1 turning with the disk is geared with internal teeth in the hub of the wheel through the medium of pinions y mounted on a non-rotating carrier. The disk may be rotated directly by the motor. The roller may be stepped and the disk grooved, as shown.
Patent GB-191209055-A (GB)
Title: Revolving Hook for Gas Cooking Stove.
Inventor: HAZELWOOD LOUISA FANNY
IPC: A47J43/18
Filed: 1912-04-17
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 9055. Hazelwood, L. F. April 17. Hooks.-A hook for holding meat &c. while being cooked, of the kind in which the shank is rotatably attached to a support, is provided with means for maintaining the shank vertical in all its positions. Fig. 1 shows one form in which this is effected by providing two supporting-hooks d, e, to be passed over the usual rack of a stove. The shank of the meat hook is supported by a loop g by means of a flanged bearing-bush h. Fig. 4 shows a form applicable for use with a single supporting-bar f'. In this case the hook d is replaced by a concave part l which takes under the bar f<1>, the shank being carried on the further side of the hook c.
Patent GB-191210120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Impulse Transmitters.
IPC: H04M1/32
Filed: 1912-04-29
Granted: 1913-04-29
Abstract: 10,120. Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Co., [Automatic Electric Co.]. April 29. Automatic exchange systems and apparatus.- A subscriber's impulse transmitter, of the type in which a finger dial is operated repeatedly to send the successive digits of a wanted number, has means for locking the finger dial from the moment it is let go until an impulse wheel has completed a return movement and dispatched the necessary impulses. When the impulse wheel regains normal position, it releases the finger dial, which also returns to normal. By this arrangement the device is rendered secure from interference by the subscriber during the dispatch of impulses. The finger dial is fastened on a plate d<2>, on which a dog E is pivoted. The end e of the dog E engages a notch of a wheel C, fast with the shaft B and impulse wheel J, and the end e<1> lies between jaws e<2> on an arm e<3> of a ratchet-wheel F. Accordingly, the finger dial, in its clockwise movement, is accompanied by the wheels C, F, J. When the dial has been set to the desired figure and let go, the ratchet-wheel F and its arm e<3> are held by a pawl I. The finger dial, atempting to return under the action of a spring d<1>, tilts the dog E, of which the end e<1> is held between the jaws c<2> of the arm e<3>, so as to lift the catch e from the notch in the wheel C against a stop f on the ratchet-wheel. The wheel C, shaft B, and impulse-wheel J are thereby released and are returned back to normal by the spring b, but the finger dial remains locked with the ratchet-wheel F. When the wheel C regains normal position it lifts the pawl I by a cam c<3>, releasing the ratchet-wheel F, which returns, together with the finger dial, under the action of the spring d<1>. The impulsewheel J may be formed as shown in Fig. 6, the teeth j serving to depress a spririg K ineffectively during forward motion, and to elevate it, so as to separate the contact springs j<1>, j<2> during return motion. A dog G, controlled by a lug h on the hook-switch H, locks the impulsetransmitter, while the telephone is on its hook, by engaging an arm c<2> on the wheel C.
Patent GB-191213266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tyres.
Inventor: LAMPLOUGH FREDERICK
IPC: B60C7/10
Filed: 1912-06-05
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 13,266. Lamplough, F., and Lowndes, W. F. L. F. June 5. Non-metallic elastic bodies and cores.-A solid rubber tyre a, Fig. 1, is provided with insertions b of soft material such as pure rubber extending transversely and able to expand independently as shown in Fig. 3, so that the inner and outer parts of the tyre remain connected by walls a<1>. The ends of the insertions may be covered by a thin sheet of rubber.
Patent GB-191216017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Disinfecting Apparatus for use in connection with Cisterns for Flushing purposes and the like.
Inventor: WASS ERNEST
IPC: E03D9/03
Filed: 1913-01-08
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 16,017. Wass, E., and Upton, G. V. Jan. 8, 1913. Water - waste preventers, disinfecting-apparatus for.-A tank a adapted to be suspended in a flushing-cistern is fitted with a float-operated spindle d carrying conical valves b, b<1>. Disinfectant flows into the flushing-cistern during the travel of the spindle between the opening of one valve and the closing of the other, that is, during part both of the filling and emptying of the cistern. Guides g, g<1> are provided for the spindle.
Patent GB-191216566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Dog Spikes and the like.
Inventor: SINCLAIR JAMES
IPC: B21D53/36
Filed: 1912-07-16
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 16,566. Sinclair, J., Howat, J., and Russell, J. G. July 16. Spikes, barbed. - Dog spikes for use with railway sleepers &c are made with notches d, Fig. 4, behind the points g, forming barbs g<1> which do not project beyond the sides of the shank h. The spikes are cut from a strip by a cutter having the contour of the line x, Fig. 2, or of the line x<1>, the strip being turned over between each cutting operation. The severed blanks y, y' &c. are finally shaped by compression.
Patent GB-191222815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Toothed Wheel Gearing.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
IPC: F16C27/02
Filed: 1912-10-07
Granted: 1913-10-07
Abstract: 22,815. Parsons, Sir C. A. Oct. 7. Spring supports. - The bearings of toothedwheel gearing, particularly for land or marine turbine installations, are resiliently supported by segmental springs, arranged with their longer axes in a plane at right angles to the shaft axis. The brasses b, Fig. 1, of a pinion shaft are supported at the top and bottom by sheet springs e, and similar springs may be arranged at the two sides. As shown in Fig. 2, the brasses are supported by curved springs f that bear on the casing at their ends only. Brackets 1 prevent the springs from rotating, and a stop 2 prevents the rotation of the brasses. In a modification, the brass is undivided, and three curved springs are placed between the brass and a tubular casing. The spaces containing the springs may contain a liquid such as oil, so that frictional or viscous damping is combined with the elasticity of the springs. Specifications 1120/90 and 394/94 are referred to.
Patent GB-191226560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Silencers for the Exhaust of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ATKINSON CLAUDE CHARLES
IPC: F01N1/18
Filed: 1912-11-19
Granted: 1913-11-19
Abstract: 26,560. Atkinson, C. C. Nov. 19. Exhaust - silencers.- The exhaust gases enter a chamber a and pass by flap valves g into a chamber b. A number of hinged vanes s separate the chamber b from a chamber c, the outlet from which is either in the form of a number of tubes or nozzles w. Air is induced through cowls 2 by the exhaust passing through the nozzles, the mixed air and gases impinging on to a fan 3 or a number of stationary fan blades. Air may be admitted to either of the chambers. The silencer is readily taken to pieces for cleaning.
Patent GB-191226614-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Joints or Couplings for use in Connecting Side Cars and such like Passenger Attachments to Cycles.
Inventor: BOND EDWARD SAMUEL
Filed: 1912-11-20
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 26,614. Bond, E. S. Nov. 20. Road couplings.-A joint or coupling for use in connecting side cars to cycles comprises a solid portion A adapted to enter a tubular portion B, the two portions being held together by means of a taper pin C actuated by a handle c<2> and screwing in an enlargement b<1> on the tube, the pin being adapted to engage a groove a<1> in the solid portion of the joint. A stud carried by the portion A engaging a slot in the edge of the tube B ensures correct positioning of the members.
Patent GB-191300168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distance Measuring Instruments.
Filed: 1913-01-02
Granted: 1914-01-02
Abstract: 168. Optische Anstalt C. P. Goerz Akt.-Ges. Jan. 8, 1912, [Convention date]. Range-finders.-To enable either or both of the two images normally appearing in the field of a coincidence instrument to be reversed, reflecting-means are employed, which can be inserted at will between each objective and the image-plane so as to present alternatively an odd or an even number of reflecting surfaces. The means shown comprise glass blocks 10, 12 having three reflecting-surfaces 14, 15, 16, which blocks are separately changeable for plain glass blocks 11, 13. In a modification, adapted only for producing reversion on both sides at once, prisms 5, 6 can be rotated about the axis of the ocular 7 so that the roof prism 5 is associated with the objective 2 and the plain prism 6 with the objective 1.