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Patent GB-190913970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Wire Sponge Baskets or Racks, or the like.
Inventor: OSBORNE EDWARD
IPC: A47K1/09
Filed: 1909-06-15
Granted: 1910-02-17
Abstract: 13,970. Osborne, E. June 15. Shaving-appliances; soap, tooth and nail brush, and like holders.-A combination article made of wire comprises a central sponge basket, an adjustable ring b to support a tumbler, toothbrush holders c, soap and nail-brush holders e, e', a shaving-brush pocket f, and towel hooks g.
Patent GB-190914352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Protective Arrangements for Electrical Current Distributions Systems.
IPC: H02H7/22
Filed: 1909-06-18
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 14,352. Georgi, W. C. H. M., and Reyrolle & Co., A. June 18. Cut-out arrangements.-The covering c of a feeder cable is connected to an earth connexion e through the winding d of an electromagnetic cut-out. The neutral point a of an alternator is also connected to the point e. When a leakage occurs from a conductor to the covering, the magnet d operates to trip the switch f.
Patent GB-190918438-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Grouting or Filling in Tubbing or Lining Rings for Shafts.
Inventor: RIEMER JULIUS
IPC: E21D5/012
Filed: 1909-08-10
Granted: 1910-04-07
Abstract: 18,438. Riemer, J. Aug. 10. Shafts. - Relates to a method which h permits shaft-linings to be built from the top downwards when sinking shafts in watery strata. Excavating and lining are continued until the inflow of water reaches the capacity of the pumps. The uppermost of the lining-rings last placed in position is then connected to pipes a, and the pumps are withdrawn, so that the shaft is flooded. Cement is run through the pipes a and fills the bottom b ; or the bottom may be filled by means of separate free-ended pipes. When this cement has partly set, more cement is run in to fill the annular space. After setting, the shaft is pumped dry and the excavation continued.
Patent GB-190919619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flying Machines.
Inventor: ZELGER WILLIBALD FRANZ
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1909-08-26
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 19,619. Zelger, W. F. Aug. 26. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, construction and arrangement of; steering.-An annular plane a is supported on a central frame and is provided with steering and balancing surfaces, or more than one of such planes may be used. The plane is curved in radial cross-section so that the inner and outer edges of the annulus are below the intermediate part. The plane is hinged along its longitudinal centre line so that the inclination of the two sides may be adjusted during flight. The stayrods ware hinged to a collar slidable on a central vertical shaft and connected to operating-cords. One or more pairs of lateral balancing-planes l are provided, each pair being mounted on shafts c, d, having at their inner ends bevel-wheels m gearing with a bevel wheel n secured to a shaft o. The shaft o may be provided with a depending weight for automatically controlling the lateral balancing- planes, or the seat for the operator may be mounted on the shaft o so that the latter is operated by the reflex movements of the operator. The seat is slidably mounted on the rod o, and serves to operate also a rear elevator u, which may form part of the annular supporting-surface. A rear rudder r is connected to arms s secured to the shafts c, d so as to be operated with the side balancing-planes. Hand-wheels p are provided to actuate the balancing-planes independently of the seat connexion. A rudder 2 is mounted on a shaft 3 secured to the elevator u, and is operated independently of the elevator by a fork 4 controlled by cords passing around a pulley at the end of a handwheel 8. According to the Provisional Specification, the two semi-circular hinged portions of the annulus may move simultaneously with the side balancing-planes.
Patent GB-190927348-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps for use on Motor Cars and for other purposes.
Inventor: LEGGE JAMES ST CLAIR
IPC: F21S13/00
Filed: 1909-11-24
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 27,348. Legge, J. St. C. Nov. 24. Incandescent vapour b u r n e r s; vaporizing- apparatus.-Head lamps of motor-cars &c. are provided with a petrol or like burner for use with an incandescing medium consisting of a number of needles, as described in Specifications 3785/08 and 9622/08. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the liquid fuel passes through the pipe i to an annular chamber f surrounding the burner head, and from thence it passes through the pipe j to an horizontal coil j<11> which supports the incandescence body q. The coil j<11> is connected to one end of the U-shaped mixing-tube c by a pipe, the orifice of which is controlled by the needle valve o. The valve chamber l is made with a chamber l<1>, which is packed with fine copper wire m. The base q' of the incandescence body q is held in position by heel pieces r', Fig. 2, on spring-pressed pivoted arms r. In a modified construction, the annular chamber f is replaced by a coil wrapped round the burner head.
Patent GB-190928636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vending Machines for Postal Cards or the like.
Inventor: DOWNEY RICHARD FRANCIS
IPC: G07F11/14
Filed: 1909-12-07
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 28,636. Downey, R. F. Dec. 7. Sale apparatus.-Post cards of two different values are contained in pockets 5 arranged around a polygonal tongue. 2, the cards being held in place by springs 9 and viewed through the glass panels 3 of the case 1. Delivery mechanism.-To bring any pocket of cards into delivery position, the drum is rotated by a friction wheel 10 on a hand-operated spindle 11. An endless chain 19, passing over sprockets 14, 15 geared 'to an external handle 18, is next rotated until a pin 28 on an arm 26, which is mounted on a bracket 20 carried by the chain, is opposite the centre of the card required. The bracket 20 carries friction rollers 21 working in a fixed guideway 22, and the chain 19 may carry several such brackets. The requisite coin is then inserted, and a lever 40 is rocked by the operation of a push-piece 41, whereupon a pawl 42 on the lever engages a pin 37 and rotates a spindle 35 and tripping- bar 34. The bar 34 trips a catch 32 pivoted to the bracket from engagement with an arm 31 on the spindle 25 of the arm 26, whereupon a spring 30 rotates the spindle and throws the pin 28 into engagement with the uppermost card, which may then be withdrawn from behind the springs 9 by rotating the endless chain 19. When the card is completely withdrawn, the corresponding re-setting lug 39 on the guide 22 engages an arm 38 on the spindle 25, rotating that spindle and withdrawing the pin 28 from the card, the catch 32 again locking the arm 31, and the card dropping down to the delivery tray 56. Coin actions, multiple-coin and thrust.-Halfpennies and pennies are inserted in a common shoot 50, a halfpenny being supported by a projection 52, Fig. 4, in a slot 48 in a tumbler 43 and a penny in a second slot 49 in the tumbler. The tumbler is pivoted with play to the lever 40 and is normally held by a spring 45, Fig. 2, with the slot 48 beneath the shoot 50 to receive a halfpenny, but it is positioned to take a penny by a lever 44 controlled by pins 53 on the drum 2, a halfpenny in this position passing straight through to the money-box. When the push attached to the lever 40 is operated, the coin raises the tumbler 43 out of the path of a detent 47, permitting the full movement of the lever 40.
Patent GB-191005336-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Cooling Arrangements of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: JOHN-ASHWIN ALBERT
IPC: F02F1/06
Filed: 1910-03-03
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 5336. Ashwin, A. John-, Moses, W. H., and Crowden, C. T. March 3. Cylinders, construction of and cooling.-In an engine in which the cylinder revolves in a water-jacket, the cylinder is provided with one or more helical ribs in order to assist the circulation. The water enters by the port d and leaves by the port c, being assisted by the helical ribs b, g. Modifications are described in which the jacket c also carries a helical rib. The sparking-plug 2 may be fixed in the top of the casing c and project through an axial port in the cylinder-head f.
Patent GB-191006286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Cutting Out Articles from Metal Sheets.
IPC: B21D28/02
Filed: 1910-03-12
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 6286. Malton, F., and Warne, Wright, & Rowland. March 12. Forging nuts and washers; forging - dies; punching. - In apparatus for cutting - out nuts, washers, and the like, of the double drive type, a pair of swinging plates v, 3 respectively serve as a stripper and an ejector, being operated by linkage from crank - disks s, z. The plate 3 is mounted so as to tilt and discharge the blank, this being effected by an inclined surface 5 which engages the plate. The centre of the blank which is removed by the punch k drops down a delivery shoot o. The punch is formed with a shoulder to squeeze the blank and prevent distortion at the edge of the aperture made. Two of the shafts r, y of the linkage are made with a yielding connexion between the adjacent links to prevent injury to the machine by strain.
Patent GB-191008984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Incandescent Lamps.
IPC: H01K3/02
Filed: 1910-04-13
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 8984. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Gray, J. April 13. Filaments.-Unfinished filaments containing a metal binder are wound into spirals, or crimped, or otherwise distorted before being strung on the final rigid supports to allow of shrinkage when the binder is volatilized subsequently and the filaments sintered. The filaments may be of tungsten, tantalum, boron, or other material, and preferably are heated by current.
Patent GB-191010539-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Filling Collapsible Tubes with Creams, Pastes, Paints and the like.
Inventor: BARING-GOULD EDWARD SABINE
IPC: B65B3/16
Filed: 1910-04-29
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 10,539. Gould, E. S. Baring-. April 29. Bottling. - A machine for filling collapsible tubes comprises a reservoir 1 and hopper 2 for the material, a worm propeller 3 for forcing the material into the tubes, a die plate 9 carrying a large number of nozzles 10 over which the tubes are placed, and a plate 14 for holding the tubes on the filling-nozzles. The plate 14 is mounted on a rack 15 carried by a stand 19 adjustably mounted on the bed of the machine. The plate 14 is moved up to the tubes by a pinion 17, and as the tubes fill the pressure of the material forces them off the nozzles, against the resistance of the plate 14. The die plate 9 is detachable so that it can be replaced by others according to the size of the tubes dealt with. Instead of the worm, a propeller consisting of a series of inclined stirrers or paddles may be used, particularly when the substance is liable to disintegrate.
Patent GB-191010929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ore Concentration.
IPC: B03D1/14
Filed: 1910-05-03
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 10,929. Hoover, T. J., and Minerals Separation, Ltd. May 3. Surface-tension and like separating processes. -Air or gas is introduced into ore pulp for the purpose of effecting the flotation of certain particles by bringing the pulp into contact with a porous medium through which the air or gas is caused to pass. The porous media may be ceramic material, brick, coke, felt, or other fibrous material, and may constitute the wall or floor of a pulp vessel or trough, or the surface of a table; or it may be in the form of tubes, hollow gratings or boxes in the pulp vessel. The gas may be air, or furnace gas, or it may be a gas generated chemically or electrolytically, or a gas, such as formaldehyde or carbon bisulphide vapour, which may act both as the selective agent and the frothing agent. The introduction may be effected either by pressure or by suction, and the supply may be produced by induction methods by the flow of the pulp itself. The invention is applicable in connexion with the processes described in Specifications 12,778 /02, 26,295/02, 17,109/03, 18,589/03, 29,374/04, 7803/05, 28,173/08, and 2359/09.
Patent GB-191012731-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Seed-drills.
Inventor: FUST AUGUST
IPC: A01C5/06
Filed: 1910-05-25
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 12,731. Fust, A. May 25. Seed distributors. - In a seed drill, special means are provided for raising and adjusting the shares or coulters. The share-carriers g are fixed to an angular support f which rests on the frame a and is hinged at d to an angular member b. The shares h are raised by turning a crank-disk l by means of a removable lever q, the crank m being connected to the hinged support f by a rod o. The lever q fits into sockets p<1>, p<2>; and the disk l is fixed in its adjusted positions by a pin t. The lever q may normally be carried by a hook &c., and may be used for cleaning the shares h.
Patent GB-191013081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Projecting and Reflecting Pictures, Photographs and other Images.
Inventor: THORNTON ALFRED AUGUSTUS
IPC: G03B21/08
Filed: 1910-05-30
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 13,081. Thornton, A. A., [Buckeye Stereopticon Co.]. May 30. Optical-projection apparatus. - Projection of opaque and translucent objects is effected in one apparatus by the use of separate sources of light c, d and one condenser b. A switch e is provided to allow either projection at will. The sources are provided with intensifying-reflectors c<1>; and the slide carrier f moves in guides a<2>. The carrier f, Fig. 2, has two openings f<3> adapted to receive apertured holders f<1> secured, when in position, by clips f<4>. Translucent slides are held in guides f<5> on one side of the holders, while opaque slides are held in clips f<11> on plates f<9> sliding in guides f<8> on the other side of the holders. Means are provided to hold the opaque objects firmly in either of two positions at rightangles to one another.
Patent GB-191017089-A (GB)
Title: Machines for Drying and otherwise Treating Textile and other Materials with Fluids.
Inventor: PAWLIKOWSKI RUDOLF
IPC: F26B15/14
Filed: 1910-07-18
Granted: 1911-07-18
Abstract: 17,089. Pawlikowski, R. Oct. 18, 1909, [Convention date]. Drying fibrous materials.-In a machine for treating textile materials, such as yarns, ribbons, &c., by counter currents of different fluids, which may include air for drying purposes, the materials are placed in roller - shaped carriers which are each attached by levers to the studs of a chain which moves continuously forwards through the machine. The carriers f are mounted on levers c, depending from studs a of the chain b, at a point h at the bottom of the machine, so that they can turn on their spindles e, the levers turning upon the studs a. After undergoing a treatment with liquids on the left-hand side of the machine, and being drained in a vessel m at the top of the zigzag path, the carriers are drawn into the second part n of the machine where their contents are dried &c. They are given a zigzag path downwards against an upward current of air which may be heated or not. Other gases, such as ozone or sulphurous acid, may be mixed with the air through tubes q so as to bleach &c. the still moist materials in the upper carriers. The treated materials are finally removed at the first point h and replaced by others.
Patent GB-191018450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gramophones Operating with Pneumatic Sound Boxes.
Inventor: GAYDON HARRY ALFRED
Filed: 1910-08-04
Granted: 1911-04-06
Abstract: 18,450. Gaydon, H. A. Aug. 4. Pneumatic soundboxes. - Sound-boxes of talking-machines worked by compressed air are supplied with a by-pass valve and silencer for the excess of compressed air to escape before the actual reproduction begins. The valve casing is connected by a screwthread a with the fluidpressure supply, and by a screw-thread b with the sound-box and air-valve proper, and by a screw-thread c with the silencer d. The valve e may communicate with the silencer d, or with the sound-box tube b, or with both. When the stylus reaches that part of the record sound line at which the sound commences, the valve e is turned either by hand or automatically through electric connexions on the record, to pass the fluid supply from the silencer d to the soundbox tube b, thus obviating any preliminary harsh scratching sounds before the sound proper commences. The silencer may be wrapped in felt. Within the screw-threaded portion c is a screw plug having parallel slots f, the plug being adapted to screw against a shoulder to permit any desired amount of air to pass through the silencer.
Patent GB-191025544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: LINZELL JOHN JAMES
IPC: B64C3/56
Filed: 1910-11-03
Granted: 1911-10-05
Abstract: 25,544. Linzell, J. J. Nov. 3. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement of; steering. - The supporting and steering planes, the motor, and the propeller of an aeroplane are carried by an horizontal annular frame. The frame may comprise, in the case of a biplane, two superposed rings 16, 17, Fig. 6, secured together at the forward end 20, the front pivoted elevating planes 6, 6<1> are also movable laterally on the upper ring for balancing and facilitating transport and storage of the machine. As applied to a monoplane with a rear propeller 5, Fig. 4, the main planes 2, 3 are secured to a frame consisting of two concentric rings 7, 8 braced together. The tail planes 12, 13 are pivoted to a cross-bar 11 so that they can be moved laterally towards the supporting planes 2, 3; they can also be warped independently by cords 14, 15. According to the Provisional Specification, the ground wheels can be set transversely to facilitate transport.
Patent GB-191027443-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Smoking Pipes.
Inventor: SCHLIE WILLIAM CHRISTIAN JOHAN
IPC: A24F1/06
Filed: 1910-11-25
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 27,443. Schlie, W. C. J. Nov. 25. Tobacco pipes.-In tobacco pipes of the class in which an inner bowl is fitted into an outer bowl, the outer bowl A and the stem C are formed by turning on the same mandrel in an automatic wood-turning machine. The bowl B is also turned and fitted into the outer bowl, a chamber F being formed between the bowls.
Patent GB-191028878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Appliances for Filing Documents, Papers or the like.
Inventor: JENSEN PETER
IPC: A47B63/02
Filed: 1910-12-12
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 28,878. Jensen, P., [McCaskey Register Co.]. Dec. 12. Racks and the like.-A filing-appliance, of the type in which papers &c. are held on pivotallymounted leaves, arranged so that when some are reclined, the remaining upright leaves move forwards and upwards, is combined with an advertising device. The leaves 10, 10', 11 are pivoted to one another, and the front leaf 10 is detachably hinged to a casing. The back leaf 11 rests against the casing or a buffer 27 thereon when all the leaves are upright, and when one or more are turned down, the back leaf 11 rises and fingers 42 on its outer face engage the cross-bar of a bail 32 pivoted at 29 to the casing. This bail guides the upright leaves in their movement, and when all the leaves are upright, the cross-bar rests on pins 34. Fig. 12 shows a leaf 10<1>, to which a hinge bar 14 is connected by lips 15, 16 attached to frame strips 17, 18 on the leaf. All the parts of the hinge bar 14 are integrally formed. The top of the leaf is rolled over to form a tube 24. Index plates 37<1> may be pivotally arranged between collars on the cross-bar of the bail 32, and the top 24 of each leaf is notched at a point 39 opposite the plate 37' which indicates the matter filed thereon. The advertising device comprises a number of polygonal drums 45, 46, carrying removable cards 51 and connected together by chain gearing 56, 58, the faces of the drums showing through windows 54, 55 in the casing. The drums are actuated from a shaft 59, which carries a ratchet-wheel 68 connected by a pawl 69 to a loose toothed wheel 67, which is engaged by a rack 72 on the end of a lever 70. The other end of the lever 70 is engaged by the back leaf 11 so that each time all the leaves are brought to the upright position the lever 70 is depressed and the drums rotated. A spring 73 retracts the lever 70 when the back leaf rises, and serves to cushion the leaves when returned to vertical position. A notched disk mounted on the shaft 59 and engaged by a spring arm 65 ensures the drums stopping in proper positions. Doors 3', 5 are formed on the side and back of the drum-containing chamber.
Patent GB-191029018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing the Escape of Dust in Fuel Charging Apparatus.
Inventor: LEASK HENRY NORMAN
IPC: F23G5/44
Filed: 1910-12-14
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 29,018. Leask, H. N. Dec. 14. Shoots.-In refuse-consuming furnaces the charge-container is provided at its upper end with doors L which are closed as the lower sliding door B is withdrawn to allow the materials to pass into the furnace, thus preventing the escape of dust. The doors are operated through a cam rail J, sliding rod 0, and quadrants E, E'. The lower door B may be of the form described in Specification 61,237/10, [Class 51(ii), Furnaces &c. for applying &c.].
Patent GB-191101082-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bedsteads and to the Manufacture of the same.
Inventor: CRANE ARTHUR JAMES
IPC: F16B12/56
Filed: 1911-01-16
Granted: 1912-01-16
Abstract: 1082. Crane, A. J. Jan. 16. Joints and connexions.-Two parts of a bedstead are connected together by a slot and a T-shapedstud with the undersides of its head inclined towards its stem on both sides thereof, so that it is adapted to engage and bind with the edges of the slot. A plate h<1> is secured by a liner h<2> within the tube h, to which the member f is to be connected, and a vertical slot g is provided in the plate adjacent to an aperture h<3> in the tube h. The T-shaped stud e, Figs. 2 and 6. provided on the member f, has its bead e' inclined or curved at the undersides. This head e<1> is passed through the slot g, after which the member f is rotated through ninety degrees, and during this rotation, the under edges of the head bind with the plate h<1>, thereby gripping the wall of the tube h. The plate h<1> and liner h<2> may be dispensed with, the stud binding directly against the wall of the tube h. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the slot g<1> is T-shaped, and the head is passed through the larger part and displaced downwards into the lower part of the T-slot, which may be of taper form to bind with the sides of the stud. A screw i may be provided, as shown, to prevent movement of the parts after assembling. According to the Provisional Specification, the stem of the T-shaped member may be broader in one direction than in the other, so that, during rotation, the stem binds and grips between the edges of the slot g.
Patent GB-191111083-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of Mordant Dyestuffs of the Triphenylmethane Series.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: C09B11/06
Filed: 1911-05-08
Granted: 1912-01-18
Abstract: 11,083. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. May 8. Triphenylmethane dyes are obtained by condensing, in presence of oxidizing-agents, methylenedisalicylic acid or its symmetrical homologues with derivatives of salicylic acid having a free p-position to the oxy group and containing one or two methyl or halogen radicals in m-position to the oxy group; the above components may be first condensed to leuco bodies, which are then oxidized; in place of methylenedisalicylic acid &c. the corresponding formaurine dicarboxylic acids may be used. The following parent materials are specified:- methylenedisalicylic acid, methylenedi-o-cresotinic acid; xylenol-o-carboxylic acid, m-cresotinic acid, m-chlorsalicylic acid, m-chlor-o-cresotinic acid. The products dye wool violet shades with chrome mordants.