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Patent GB-191020193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: BUXTON ANTHONY
IPC: B60C19/04
Filed: 1910-08-30
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 20,193. Buxton, A. Aug. 30. Segmental covers.-The parts near the joints are strengthened and prevented from lateral extension by means of transversely-arranged threads &c. 2 of strong linen &c. 1 is the ordinary fabric insertion.
Patent GB-191024911-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Contact Devices for use with Moving Conductors.
Inventor: HOUSKEEPER WILLIAM GIBBONS
IPC: H01K3/02
Filed: 1910-10-26
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 24,911. Houskeeper, W. G. Nov. 3,1909, [Convention date]. [Addition to 7332/10.] Filaments in course of manufacture are supplied with current by a modified mercury coupling of the kind described in the parent Specification. An aperture 2 containing mercury is connected by passages to a larger aperture 4 from which mercury escapes until concave surfaces are formed at both sides of the small aperture 2; this keeps the filament central. The coupling may be enclosed by a block 8 with a cooling- coil.
Patent GB-191100133-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Dissolving Sugar and Filtering the Syrup Obtained.
Inventor: BEBIEN ERNEST
IPC: C13B30/14
Filed: 1911-01-03
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 133. BÚbien, E. Jan. 3. Filters with horizontal filtering-partitions.- Sugar and water are introduced in a cold state into the vessel a. The syrup formed falls through a loose perforated bottom f and a filter g into a vessel b. The filtering-material is contained in a basin i having a flange j which is enclosed in a ring k of rubber, leather, or the like, so as to make a tight joint between the vessels a, b when flanges on the vessels arc bolted together. The filter is thus readily removed for cleansing. A glass tube o serves as a level-indicator and for the discharge of air from the vessel b.
Patent GB-191105000-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mechanism for Connecting Doors so that the Opening of one Simultaneously Effects the Opening of the other.
Inventor: BLACKMORE ALFRED CHARLES
IPC: E05F17/00
Filed: 1911-02-28
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 5000. Blackmore, A. C. Feb. 28. Operating swinging doors. - In operating- mechanism for doors of the kind which are arranged in pairs and connected by levers so that the opening of one door simultaneously opens the other in the same direction, all the working parts are arranged on one side of the door framing. The system of levers employed is a modified arrangement of that described in Specification 2987/95, [Class 113, Ships &c., Div. I.], and comprises a central lever C pivoted to a bracket on the door frame and connected by links D, E to plates F, G on the door. The levers may be arranged below the floor line, in which case the links D, E are connected by short levers F<3>, Fig. 4, to spindles F<1> engaging the door plates F, G. A door-closing spring may be arranged around the pivot of the lever C or in any other suitable position, and the joints between the various levers may be of any kind which permits adjustment of the length of the levers.
Patent GB-191110725-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Winders for Fishing Lines.
Inventor: SEALEY JOHN EDGAR
IPC: A01K97/06
Filed: 1911-05-03
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 10,725. Sealey, J. E., [trading as Sealey & Sons, W.]. May 3. Line driers or winders. - Relates to line winders of the kind in which the line is wound around transverse members a secured between side plates b, and consists in mounting a number (preferably three) of bone or like disks c on each of the members a in order effectually to secure the ends of the line. These disks have bevelled edges and are pressed together by cork or like pads d which allow the disks to be forced apart for the insertion of the end g' of the line g.
Patent GB-191111103-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Zinc Oxide and Zinc Sulphide.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: C01G9/02
Filed: 1911-05-08
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 11,103. Boult, A. J., [Fl³gger, E.]. May 8. Zinc oxide and sulphide; sodium and potassiumzincates.-Sodium or potassium zincate is prepared in a pure condition for the production of zinc oxide and sulphide. The zincate is purified by treatment with zinc dust in quantity less than enough to chemically replace the foreign metals present, or the solution is prepared under specified conditions of concentration and time of heating which exclude foreign metals. From the pure zincate, zinc oxide is obtained by precipitation with water above 80‹ C. or by heating to 100‹ C. in vacuo the hydrated precipitate obtained at lower temperatures, while zinc sulphide is obtained by precipitating the solution with hydrogen or other soluble sulphide, and lithopone by precipitating with barium sulphide in presence of sulphuric acid or a soluble sulphate, or by mixing the sulphide precipitate with barium sulphate. The zincate solution may be prepared from scrap zinc or galvanized iron, the alkali being used until more than half of it is combined with zinc.
Patent GB-191111176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feedwater Heating Fuel Economisers.
Inventor: BURKILL JESSE EMMERSON
IPC: F22D1/24
Filed: 1911-05-09
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 11,176. Burkill, J. E. May 9. Feed-water, heating.-In a fuel-economizer of the type consisting of a casing traversed by tubes through which the flue gases pass, the water is caused to take a circuitous course among the tubes by a spiral baffle. The casing A is of cylindrical form, and the water enters at the circumference at I and leaves at the centre at O, and is guided in a spiral path among the pipes P by the baffle - plate B. The pipes P fit through holes in the end plates C, C<1> of the casing, and are held in place by nuts P<2> at the end remote from the furnace. At the other end they are formed with flanges P<1> bearing against the plate C. The flanges P<1> may be made conical as at P<3> and the holes in the plate C countersunk to fit them.
Patent GB-191114606-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blowers for Cleaning Boiler Tubes.
Inventor: MATTSSON ALFRED GEORGE
Filed: 1911-06-20
Granted: 1911-12-30
Abstract: 14,606. Mattsson, A. G. June 20. Cleaning, fluid - pressure processes for.-A steam - jet cleaner for boiler tubes comprises a pipe 30, rotatably mounted in a sleeve 29 in the door 14 of the smoke-box, and having branches 32, 32<1>, 32<11>, 33, 34, with nozzles 35, within the smoke-box, and positioned to discharge steam into the flues 11, 13. The pipe 30 can be rotated within limits by a handle 38 outside the smokebox. Steam is supplied through valve-controlled pipes 20, 21. The pipe 20 forms the pivot or hinge of the door 14, so that the apparatus comes out of the smokebox when the door is opened, as shown in dotted lines. The pipes 32<1>, 33 are curved as shown to facilitate this, and to give wider limits of rotation of the jets when in use.
Patent GB-191115306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Connecting Structural Elements Together.
Inventor: ADOLPHE CLEMENT
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 1911-06-30
Abstract: 15,306. Clement, A. July 9, 1910, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Joints and connexions.-Relates to joints for tubular framework. A junction - piece has sockets corresponding to the position and number of the tubes to be connected. The sockets are slotted, and the parts are drawn together by transverse bolts E, which engage indentations c formed in the tubes to prevent their withdrawal from the sockets. The tube ends may have a strengthening-plug b of wood. In a modification. the tube end is slotted and fits over the socket. In this case the socket has a flat and an indentation which is made to engage an internal projection on the tube in the manner of a bayonet joint. A metal clip surrounds the joint, the bolt of the clip engaging in an indentation in the tube. In a further modification, the tube ends are expanded within sleeves M, which have shoulders, steps, screw-threads, &c. engaging with corresponding projections in the socket to prevent withdrawal. The socket is in two parts drawn together by bolts.
Patent GB-191116070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slack Adjusters for Railway Brakes.
Inventor: SAUVAGE WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B61H15/00
Filed: 1911-07-11
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 16,070. Sauvage, W. H. July 11. Compensating for wear.-In a slackadjusting device for the brakes of railway cars, the live lever of the usual equalizing-rigging is connected to a rod which slides through and is normally held against movement by a frictional clamp on the dead lever, and the push-bar connecting the lower ends of the live and dead levers is made telescopically adjustable, the arrangement being such that, when slack occurs, the rod slides through its clamp when the brakes are applied, and is retained in the new position during release, whereupon the push-bar becomes extended to take up the slack. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus applied, for example, to a car having pairs of blocks 6, 7 at the inner sides of the wheels connected to beams 4, 5, which are connected at their centres, respectively, to a live lever 10 actuated by a pull-rod 12, and to a dead lever 11. The levers 10, 11 are connected by a rod 21 which slides through a frictional clamp 24 attached by a pin and slot 26, 25 to the lever 11 so as to provide sufficient lost motion to allow for the normal movement of the blocks. The lower ends of the levers 10, 11 are connected by a push-bar comprising telescopic parts 13, 14 adjusted by means of shims 16, Figs. 1 and 2, which normally rest on the bar 13, but fall at the end of the bar as it becomes extended from the part 14, as shown in Fig. 1, and so positively take up the slack. The release of the brakes, and the extension of the parts 13, 14 when slack occurs, is effected by a spring 33 which encircles the rod 21 and bears at one end against an abutment 32 on the rod, and at the other end against an abutment 34 mounted on the bar 13. In cars not provided with brake beams, a slack-adjusting apparatus is provided at each side of the truck in direct connexion with the brake blocks. Non - automatic adjustment of the rigging is obtained by the engagement of pins 38, 40 at the ends of the lever 11 with holes 37, 39 respectively.
Patent GB-191121687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Systems of Electrical Distribution Employing Rotary Converters.
IPC: H02K47/08
Filed: 1911-10-02
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 21,687. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Cook, H. D. Oct. 2. Systems for conversion employing rotary converters. - The rotary converter of a converting system is provided with an auxiliary field winding connected in series with the field winding of an alternating-current booster running in synchronism with the converter. These windings may be arranged to carry the current supplied to the direct-current side of the system, or may be connected in series with a regulating resistance across the direct current mains. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the converter 1 is provided with an auxiliary winding 8 connected in series with the winding 7 of the booster 2, and an auxiliary winding 11 connected in series with the winding 9 and regulating resistance 10 across the direct-current mains 3, 4. The converter 1 is also provided with an exciting-winding 5 connected in series with a regulating-resistance 6.
Patent GB-191125008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Indicating Mechanism applicable to Meters.
Inventor: THORP THOMAS
Filed: 1911-11-10
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 25,008. Thorp, T., Thorp, F., and Thorp, H. T. Nov. 10. Counters giving monetary indications; zeroizing-mechanism. - In indicating or counting mechanism for gas, electric, and like meters in which the cost of the fluid &c. passing through the meter is indicated by a frictionally-driven pointer, the pointer can be reset when desired, but cannot be set forward, by means of a key adapted to engage a short resetting-spindle arranged centrally in the transparent face of the apparatus. The key is inserted in the open end 10 of a hollow spindle 6, Figs. 2 and 4, carried by a gland 2 mounted in the glass and mica face 4, 3 of the apparatus. When the spindle is rotated in the anti-clockwise direction by the key, a pin 7 engages a projection 9 on the pointer 8 and resets the pointer, the zero position being determined by the engagement of the key with a stop 15, Fig. 5. Other means of resetting the pointer may, however, be employed. To remove the key, it is turned in the opposite direction until it strikes the stop, when it may be withdrawn through a slot 16 in the covering-disk 13, Fig. 3. A spring 18 prevents the rotation of the resetting-spindle owing to vibration, and draws a shoulder 20 on the spindle against its seating so as to form a gastight joint. Tampering with the indicating- mechanism may be detected by a gummed or other wafer attached to the disk 13.
Patent GB-191125621-A (GB)
Title: A Gyroscopic Gear.
Inventor: BONN CARL ROBERT HUGO MENNI
IPC: G01C21/18
Filed: 1911-11-17
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 25,621. Bonn, C. R. H. M. Nov. 17. Gyroscopic apparatus. - The precessional movements of a revolving mass d, caused by the application of a reciprocating force to one end of its axis e by longitudinal reciprocation of either the shaft a or the shaft g, are utilized to rotate the shaft a, or the shaft g, or both to and fro, or by means of suitable clutches on the shaft a or on the shaft g, or on both these shafts, to rotate a shaft continuously in one direction. Conversely, an alternating rotation may be applied to one end of the axis e, the resulting precessional movements being utilized to reciprocate a shaft longitudinally.
Patent GB-191127265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heel-building Machines.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: A43D83/00
Filed: 1911-12-05
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 27,265. Boult, A. J., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Dec. 5. Heels, machines for.- The sides of the mould of a heel -building machine as described in Specification 28,002/08 are formed by the forwardly-projecting portions of crossed arms 22, 24, which are respectively pivoted at 26, 28. The arms are rigidly connected to actuating - arms 32, 36, which are interconnected by a pin 30 on the arm 32 working in a slot in the arm 36. The arms 22, 24 are moved inwards to grip the heel lift by a treadle-operated cam 40, which engages a cam roll 38 projecting from the arm 32. The breast portion of the heel mould, which serves as a gauge for the height of the heel, is preferably made detachable.
Patent GB-191202352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Devices for Fly Wheels or the like.
Inventor: EGELING CARL WILLIAM
IPC: F02N3/02
Filed: 1912-01-29
Granted: 1912-06-06
Abstract: 2352. Egeling, C. W. Jan. 28, 1911 [Convention date]. Friction gearing.-A roller e used for turning a fly-wheel f is mounted in inclined slots in a block b, so that the reaction of the driving force tends to move the roller towards the flywheel to increase the friction between the roller and the fly-wheel.
Patent GB-191203065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps, of the Type in which Carbons Impregnated with Chemicals, are Consumed in a Chamber substantially Air-tight.
Inventor: QUINT BERNARD ALFRED
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1912-02-07
Granted: 1913-01-02
Abstract: 3065. Quint, B. A. Feb. 7. Arc lamps.-In an enclosed flame-arc lamp, a fume-condensing chamber 1, provided with external cooling - ribs, contains an annular partition 6 screwed or otherwise removably attached to a spider on a boss 3, through which the upper electrode passes if the electrodes are vertical. A transparent inner globe 7 acting as a chimney is screwed to the partition, . and a translucent globe is held against the mouth of the condensing-chamber by a spring holder which is bayonetjointed to the lower electrode-holder. In an inclined-electrode lamp, the globes are bowl-shaped, and the annular partition is curved inwards towards the middle of its height.
Patent GB-191203627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inking Mechanism for Printing Presses.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B41F31/00
Filed: 1912-02-13
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 3627. Lake, W. E., [Cottrell & Sons Co., C. B.]. Feb. 13. Inking - apparatus, particularly for multicolour rotary printing-presses, is so constructed as to ensure more even inking of the printing- plates under all circumstances. To effect this, the forme rolls 13, 14, 15, 16 are of successively decreasing diameters, the working-up rolls 8, 9 are of different diameters, and the ink-cylinder rolls 5, 6 are also of different diameters.
Patent GB-191204060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Life Boats.
Inventor: BRUMARESCO TACHE
IPC: B63G8/41
Filed: 1912-02-17
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 4060. Brumaresco, T. Feb. 17, 1911, [Convention date]. Ballasting.-Lead balls are used as ballast in lifeboats fitted to submarine vessels.
Patent GB-191206576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Anti Skid Devices for Vehicles.
Inventor: PUTNAM WILLIAM HAMMOND
IPC: B60B39/00
Filed: 1912-03-16
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 6576. Putnam, W. H. March 16. Slipping of wheels, preventing.-A non-skid device for automobiles comprises a roller adapted to be rotated through frictional con. tact with the wheel tyre so as to throw a succession of short radial chains beneath the wheel tread. Fig. 3 shows one of two rollers B mounted on spindles d which can swing about pivots b on brackets secured near each end of the rear axle. The edges of the rollers B are concave to fit the tyres against which they normally rest but they may be raised out of contact when not in use by cords or chains g connected to a pedal near the driver's seat. Each roller carries a series of chains f which pass upwards between spacing-ribs inside the roller and are secured to lugs above the upper surface of the roller. A deflector plate i assists the chains to assume a radial position. The spindle d is prevented from moving too far outwards by an adjustable stop k.
Patent GB-191206792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Indicating Apparatus specially, though not exclusively, applicable for use on Board Ship.
IPC: G08B9/00
Filed: 1912-03-19
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 6792. Kilroy, W. D., and Evershed & Vignoles. March 19. Revolution - direction indicators. - In electrical apparatus, combined with the transmitter of an electric engine-room order telegraph, the order telegraph transmitter may be actuated from any part of the engine-room telegraph. The revolution-direction indicator comprises a frame 5 which is carried by a shaft driven from the propeller shaft and bears two electro-magnets 6, 6*, between the poles of which is situated a copper disk 7. Curvent is supplied to the magnets through brushes 15, 16, from the leads 17, 18. The disk 7 is mounted on a shaft 8 bearing a contact-arm 9 moving between stops 11, 12 against a spring 10, Movement of the disk due to the rotation of the magnets causes the arm 9 to engage one of two contacts 19, 20 and thus energize one of two magnets 35, 36 and cause a pointer 31 to indicate ' ahead ' or 'astern.' To indicate whether the magnets are energized when the pointer 31 is at ' stop, ' a magnet 82 is placed in a shunt circuit between the line wires and operates a pointer 80 showing whether the current is 'on' or 'off.' The order telegraph transmitter comprises a shaft 100. connected with any convenient point of the engine-room telegraph, which through a shaft 102 moves a brush 103 over three plates 104, 105, 106. The centre block 103 is insulated, and the other two are connected to magnets 36*, 35*, which operate a pointer 31* (shown in dotted lines). An 'on' or 'off' indicator is included in the circuit as before. In Fig. III the two devices are shown as combined, the indicators moving about a common centre, but separate indicators may be employed.
Patent GB-191209429-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Reproducing Sounds by Means of Sound-plates, Films and the like.
Inventor: CLAS GABRIEL TIMM
IPC: G11B9/00
Filed: 1912-04-20
Abstract: 9429. Timm, C. G. April 21, 1911, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Records; reproduoing electrically, pneumatically, and by oxy-hydrogen explosions.-Sound plates or films a having holes representing the sounds are reproduced by a conducting fluid or gas entering from a jet b and escaping by a pipe c. The ends of the two jets are included in an electric circuit containing a battery e and a telephone receiver f. As the fluid passing through the jet and holes in the record varies, the resistance of the circuit varies correspondingly thus causing the telephone receiver to reproduce the recorded sounds. In one modification, the film varies the supply of oxygen to a hydrogen jet near a flame, thus causing varying explosions stated to correspond with the sounds. In another form, Fig. 6, a metal brush m on one side of the film a contacts more or less through the film with a brush consisting of insulated metal segments each connected with a resistance w, whereby the resistance of an electric circuit as shown in Fig. 1 is suitably varied.
Patent GB-191210845-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pumps for Exhausting and Compressing or Forcing Air and other Fluids.
Filed: 1912-05-07
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 10,845. Drysdale, M., and Displayer Go. May 7. Lever-actuated pumps.-Pumps in which two pistons operate in one cylinder are actuated by gearing including intermeshing toothed sectors connected to the two pistons. The cylinder a is provided with suction and delivery valves at each end and also in the centre, and in it reciprocate two pistons b. The pistonrods carry cross-heads d, which are connected by links e with intermeshing toothed sectors g. There is a pair of sectors g on each side of the pump, and corresponding sectors on opposite sides are mounted on a common shaft i. To a sector on one side and to the opposing sector on the other side are attached handlevers k.
Patent GB-191219985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Talking Machines.
Inventor: POOCK GRAHAM
Filed: 1912-09-02
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 19,985. Poock, G. Sept. 2. Tone-arms; trumpets, arranging.-In a talking- machine of the type wherein the tone-arm has two right-angled bends at right-angles to each other and is connected to a sound-distributor arranged beneath the tone-arm, the tone-arm is made of vulcanite or ebonite. The arm is preferably formed in three pieces, and at the small end is made cylindrical to allow the sound-box to be firmly connected thereto. In Fig. 1, the tone-arm is shown connected to a trumpet tapering downwards, the base of the cabinet being open on all sides.
Patent GB-191223046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Driving Mechanism of Magneto Ignition Machines having Oscillating Armatures.
IPC: F02P1/00
Filed: 1912-10-09
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 23,046. Bosch, R., [Firm of]. May 3, [Convention date]. Magnetos, driving.- Armatures for ignition magnetos are actuated through a spring-controlled rocking piece connected to the deflecting-lever so as to execute only rolling motion and assume a definite position for every position of the deflecting-lever. As shown in Fig. 3, the rocking piece a is held on to its seat e by a spring b in compression. and the seat and head of the rocker are plane; but the spring may be arranged to act in tension, and the contacting surfaces of the rocker and its seat may be curved and the lengths of the arms i and l may be varied so as to modify the characteristics of the curve connecting deflecting couple and angular displacement.
Patent GB-191223922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wristlets for Watches.
Inventor: BOWEN REGINALD MORDAUNT
IPC: A44C5/16
Filed: 1912-10-19
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 23,922. Bowen, R. M. Oct. 19. Watch bracelets.-The bracelet comprises two straps a, b adapted to be detachably secured to loops d on the watch e by stud-and-socket fastenings f, g, Fig. 3, or by spring clips h, Fig. 5, preferably attached to the extremities of the bracelet by stitching between two layers of leather. The bracelet is secured to the wrist by means of a buckle i.