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Patent GB-191106720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Axle Trucks for Railway and Tramway Vehicles.
Inventor: CURWEN MASKELL EWING
IPC: B61F5/32
Filed: 1911-03-17
Granted: 1912-01-18
Abstract: 6720. Curwen, M. E., [Brill Co., J. G.]. March 17. [Addition to 22,682/10.] Axle-trucks and bogies; springs, arrangement of.-The method of suspending cars from their axle - boxes by swinging posts so as to permit independent radiation of the axles, as described in the parent Specification is applied to cars of a longer wheel-base by providing a separate truck structure for each axle. Fig. 1 shows one arrangement, according to which the truck structure 2 is so formed as to lie wholly below the axle-boxes, the body being mounted thereon by an elliptic spring 5 bolted to the end member of the truck and by coil springs 6. The vertical movement of the truck is guided by a slider 23 pivoted at 24 to the truck and running on a post 15 secured to the body. The motor casing, sleeved on the axle, is pivotally connected to the member 28 preferably by a universal joint. The double pivot connexion 14 for the lower ends of the suspension posts 12 whereby undue oscillation is prevented is also again described. Fig. 12 shows a modification in which U-shaped side frames are employed having extensions 65 for engagement with guide-blocks 47 secured to the chord 48, which is bolted to the car sills. In this case a plate 11<a> having an opening to clear the axle-box serves to keep the posts 12 parallel. In another construction a horizontal top bar extends between the extensions 65 and above the axle-box. In the further arrangement shown in Fig. 5, separate pedestals 66 bolted to the car body are connected by a flexible or rigid tie-bar 67 to which the lower ends of the posts are connected. With this arrangement the motor casing 54 is suspended by a socket 74, Fig. 13, sliding and turning upon the king bolt 71 secured at 76 to the car body. Springs 72, 73 are disposed below and above the socket 74.
Patent GB-191108247-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coin Freed Working Model.
Inventor: GUELKE WILHELM ERNST AUGUST
IPC: G07D5/04
Filed: 1911-04-03
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 8247. Guelke, W. E. A. April 3. Exhibiting models. - An electrically-driven model train or the like is adapted to run for a certain predetermined period after the insertion of a coin. Coin action, weight.-The inserted coin falls on to a lever B, and tilts it so as to close the circuit of the driving-motor at C, D. Coin-discharging mechanism. - During each journey round the rails the train closes a switch F, thereby energizing an electro-magnet K, the armature L of which rotates a ratchet-wheel N carrying a cam P by means of a pawl L<2>. The cam P turns a lever O about its pivot O<1> and finally withdraws the projection D from beneath the lever B, breaking the circuit and permitting the coin to escape down a shoot Q. During the displacement of the lever O the motor circuit is closed through a contact R. The cam P may be replaced by another having more or less steps. Diverting improper coins.-Light coins fail to depress the lever B and pass out of the apparatus by a shoot S.
Patent GB-191110311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicating and/or Recording Apparatus for Checking the Driving Control of Power Propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: AGNEW WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Filed: 1911-04-28
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 10,311. Agnew, W. A. April 28. Registering working of machines &c.-Apparatus of the kind adapted to show the relation between t h e time or distance during which an electricallypropelled vehicle i s either coasting or is retarded under braking action consists of a clock or vehicle-actuated hand or counter, driven at a different rate when the vehicle is coasting. A magnet 9 is energized through contacts 11 when the motor is taking current, or through the contacts 13, 14 when the brake is in action, the drive from the shaft 1 to the counter being through the gearing 3, 5. When coasting, the magnet is de-energized and the movement of the lever under the action of a spring 18 brings the wheels 2, 4 into gear to drive the counter at a different rate. A record may be made of the counter indications, and where the shaft 1 is time-driven a standard clock is provided for comparison.
Patent GB-191113489-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Tube Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: REED CYRIL ERNEST
IPC: F28G3/14
Filed: 1911-06-06
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 13,489. Reed, C. E. June 6. Cleaning internally, rotary appliances for.- Cutter-carrying arms b are pivoted to a head a slidable between a flange or collar e and an adjustable stop g on a square spindle d, which may be rotated by a hand-wheel i or by power. The arms b pass through notches in the flange e. The arms are opened apart by the flange e, or are collapsed for withdrawal, by alteration of the position of the head a. The cutters c are inclined so as to draw the cleaner through the tube.
Patent GB-191114022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sample and like Pouches.
Inventor: LOEWENTHAL SALLY
IPC: G09F5/04
Filed: 1911-06-13
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 14,022. L÷wenthal, S. June 13. pouches ; hold-alls.-A pouch for samples is made of a strip a, Fig. 2, of leather or other material having two pairs of integral or attached flaps 7), c and separate flaps d attached to the strip a. The flaps are provided with straps g and buckles. The edges of the adjacent flaps are connected by means of corner-pieces f. In use, the flaps are raised and secured by the straps, thus forming two compartments i, j, Fig. 3, which are folded top to top, as shown in Fig. 4, and are secured by a strap h.
Patent GB-191119430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Facing or Re-facing Valve Seats and for like purposes.
IPC: B23C3/05
Filed: 1911-08-31
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 19,430. Crockatt, W., and Bromell Patents Co. Aug. 31. Portable turning-apparatus. - A device for refacing valve seats consists of an upper body a screwed to a lower body b carrying the lugs i to which are pivoted the arms having stepped outer faces to grip the work, the arms being expanded by means of a ring k pressed downwards by a nut n, a ball bearing m being interposed so that the ring will not rotate. The lower body portion b at its upper end forms a bearing for a ball bearing g, between which and a collar d on the spindle c is placed a spring h to hold the tool from inequalities in the surface of work. The tool-carrying spindle c is fed to the work by a screw e which presses on a ball bearing f above the collar.
Patent GB-191121069-A (GB)
Title: Compensating Device for Telephonic Circuits.
Inventor: BROWN SIDNEY GEORGE
IPC: H04M1/58
Filed: 1911-09-23
Granted: 1912-09-19
Abstract: 21,069. Brown, S. G. Sept. 23. Telephone systems.-A compensating-device is inserted in telephonic circuits for the purpose of preventing sounds that enter the transmitter from affecting the neighbouring receiver. Fig. 1 shows the simplest arrangement, in which the microphone B is shunted by a high-resistance coil D wound on the transformer c, c<1> supplying the receiver C in such a way that resistance variations in the microphone cause current variations in the coil D which oppose the effect of the current variations produced in the main circuit. The compensating circuit may be provided with adjustable resistance, capacity, and inductance. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement applied to a telephonic relay in which current variations in the coil c cause the receiver C to affect the microphone b<1> which causes reinforced current variations in the line by means of the coil b<2>. In this case the compensating-coil D shunts the coil b<2>. Fig. 4 shows two circuits connected by two telephonic relays, the sending-on coils b<2>, influenced by the microphone circuits B, being each shunted by compensating-coils D acting on the receiving coils c, c<1>,
Patent GB-191122047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Boxes or Covers.
Inventor: MATHEWS THOMAS
IPC: B65D5/46
Filed: 1911-10-06
Granted: 1912-02-01
Abstract: 22,047. Mathews, T. Oct. 6. Folding boxes consist of a tubular body with hinged end pieces B. The box is made from a scored blank, and is erected for use by the cord or other carrying means K, the ends of which pass through holes k in the top of the box and are secured to the ends B.
Patent GB-191127350-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Manufacture of Lubricative Engine Packing.
Inventor: ODDIE JOHN THOMAS
IPC: F16J15/22
Filed: 1911-12-06
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 27,350. Oddie, J. T. Dec. 6. Packing, compound metallic and non-metallic; packing, non-metallic.-Packing is made from waste cloth such as old bags or sacking &c., which is first soaked in oil, grease, or fat, and then built up in layers secured together by sewing or otherwise. The stitches may be arranged in straight lines or spirally, and the material is cut into strips, which may be covered with yarn. Layers of rubber, cork, lead wire, sheet lead, or solid lubricant may be placed between the layers of cloth to increase the pressure-resisting qualities.
Patent GB-191128566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stone Breaking, Ore Crushing, and other like Machines.
Inventor: BAXTER WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B02C1/04
Filed: 1911-12-19
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 28,566. Baxter, W. H. Dec. 19. Crushers with vibrating jaws.-In a double stone breaking or granulating machine, orecrusher, &c., the stationary jaws p, q are secured between the top and bottom flanges o<2>, o<1> of a central division o of the framework a, and the independently-operated swing-jaws i, j work face to face on opposite sides of the centre. The upper flange o<2> may be tapered to direct the material into the spaces between the jaws. Or the central portion o may be dispensed with, and the stationary jaws be placed with their backs in contact and with their ends let into recesses in the sides of the framework. The swing jaws are hung on eccentrics f on the driving-shafts d, e, and provided with the usual toggles k and adjusting-wedges n, drawback rods l, and buffers m. Specifications 12,867/85 and 10,729/99 are referred to.
Patent GB-191202864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magneto Apparatus for Starting Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F02P15/12
Filed: 1912-02-03
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 2864. Unterberg & Helmle. July 17, 1911, [Convention date]. Magnetos, driving.- In ignition systems, in order to obtain a spark for starting, the magneto armature is automatically stopped before the engine comes to rest, when the engine speed falls to a predetermined limit, thereby winding a spring under the action of which the armature is released at starting. The driving and driven clutch members c, d are connected by a spring e, and also by a projection engaging an arc slot i. When running, a ball h, placed in a radial slot s, is thrown outwards, but as the engine slows down, falls to the position shown and encounters a projection f on the casing, thus stopping the armature. The member c continues to rotate, winding up the spring e, until a pin k comes opposite a recess l, into which it is pressed by a spring m. At the same time, the armature is unlocked from the casing by the ball h rolling into a recess r, which has been brought opposite to it, so that the whole clutch revolves until the engine comes to rest. For starting, the pin k is withdrawn by a ring n, operated by a cord from the ignition switch, thus allowing the armature to rotate under the action of the spring e.
Patent GB-191207972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulators.
Inventor: MUELLER AUGUSTE ROBERT
IPC: H01B17/14
Filed: 1912-04-02
Granted: 1913-04-02
Abstract: 7972. M³ller, A. R. April 2. Insulators.-The members h, i, j, k, have internallv screw-threaded recesses and s c r e w - threaded projections of the s a m e diameter. The wire a is held in a groove b in the member h by a block d secured in position by another member i. Insulators may be formed of the members i and j, i and h, or i, j, and h, the wires being held by caps and blocks, and in the insulator shown, the members j and k may be omitted.
Patent GB-191208287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines Working with Liquid Fuel.
Inventor: STOREY JOHN EVERARD
IPC: F02M9/00
Filed: 1912-04-06
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 8287. Storey, J. E. April 6. Spray carburettors.-A strong mixture at low speeds and a weaker mixture at higher speeds are obtained by supplying fuel to the mixing- chamber through two nozzles, the fuel being supplied from the float chamber to one nozzle in the usual manner and to the other or secondary nozzle over a weir. The secondary nozzle is shown at c, and the weir is formed by a ledge g in the float chamber d, the width of the weir being adjusted by a port h in a plug i. A valve n controls the air inlet and mixture outlet. The air inlet may consist of a long tapered tube, and the secondary jet is placed in relation to the throttle valve, which may be rotatable, so that the air current plays directly on it. The Provisional Specification also states that the throttle valve when closed may allow cold air to pass to the cylinders.
Patent GB-191209402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Making Bifocal Lenses.
Inventor: ROYSTON ERNEST RICHARD
IPC: C03B23/22
Filed: 1912-04-20
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 9402. Royston, E. R., [United Bifocal Co.]. April 20. Spectacle lenses.-Bifocal lenses A, Fig. 6, are formed from a blank formed of glasses of two different kinds, as shown in dotted lines, which have been previously welded together by a special process. A mould 1 is employed comprising sections including a number of smoothfaced dies 3 within sharp-edged housings 6 supplied with air vents 7, so that on glass 8 of one kind being blown within the mould, parts of such glass assume the contours of the dies while the other parts form depressions 9 within the housings. Glass of the second kind then being blown within the mould contacts first with the most elevated parts of the glass on the dies and gradually assumes the contour around the dies, while the other portions form air traps with the depressions 9. The composite glass is then annealed and the glass shape of the character shown in section in Fig. 4 is obtained from each die. The depressed portions 9 can then be broken away.
Patent GB-191210796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fenders.
Inventor: LIDDLE JOHN
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 1912-05-07
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 10,796. Liddle, J., [Tift, A.]. May 7. Wheel guards and obstruction - removers.- A fender for motor-vehicles is carried from the stub axles so as to move with the front wheels during steering. The fender is clipped to screws 16 in slotted uprights 13 which can turn in sleeves 12. The sleeves 12 are carried by tubular arms 8 which are clamped to the stub axles of the vehicle by the members 6, 10 and bolt 11. Side extensions 18 are fixed to the fender, and the lower part 19 is provided with rollers which contact with the ground when an obstacle is caught.
Patent GB-191217905-A (GB)
Title: Improved Suction-plate for Artificial Teeth and Process and Apparatus for Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: VIGANO HEINRICH
IPC: A61C13/24
Filed: 1912-08-02
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 17,905. Vigano, H. Aug. 2. Teeth, artificial.-A dental plate having a suction chamber with a soft edge is so made that there is a gradual transition from the soft edge to the hard rubber of the plate. Such a plate g may be obtained by holding a slightly larger centrally perforated cofferdam rubber disk c to a tin pattern a, having projections a<1>, by means of a cross-pin d passed through an eye b<1> punched from a preferably gold attachment plate b fitting a recess in the pattern, applying the pattern to the concave surface of the plaster model f of the palate and forcing down the rubber disk at the edges and between the projections a<1> by the rubber to form the plate, vulcanizing together, and removing the pattern a. During vulcanization, the hard plate rubber gives up sulphur to the cofferdam disk at the points of contact, becoming softer itself but correspondingly hardening the disk. Two or more thin cofferdam disks of different sizes, arranged with the larger next the pattern, may be used.
Patent GB-191218677-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Telephone System.
Inventor: BAUMANN JOSEPH FRIEDRICH
IPC: H04M5/08
Filed: 1912-08-14
Granted: 1913-03-06
Abstract: 18,677. Baumann, J. F. Aug. 14, 1911, [Convention date]. Exchange systems; semi-automatic exchange systems.-In junction-line working between exchanges, a set of pairs of rotary switches is associated with a group of A operators and the depression of a key by an A operator causes these switches to select an idle junction line and to indicate to both A and B operators which line is to be used. The key e1 of an operator A1 is connected to certain contacts c1, c2, c3 of the rotating switches a1, a2, a3. When the key e1 is depressed and a switch arm, as b1, reaches the corresponding segment, a circuit is made from the battery g over the key e1, microphone r1, contacts of switches d1, d5, d9 to the segment c1, brush b, and magnet f1. The magnet f1 holds the switch a1 in this position and moves the switch d1 to its second position, thus completing a hold-on circuit for itself over the contact 2 and extending the circuit over the contact 4 to the second switch v<1> of this pair. When the arm i1 reaches the contact k of a disengaged junction line l, the circuit is further extended along this line to the relay p1 and earth. The energizing of the magnet h1 stops the switch v<1> in this position and brings the arm m1 down on to the contact n. The relay p1 indicates to the B operator which line is to be used, and a circuit over the contact n and a corresponding lamp o indicates the line to the A operator. The number of the wanted subscriber is sent by the microphone r1 over the transformer s. When the key e<1> is released, the magnet f is de-energized, and the switches can resume their rotation. It is arranged that the switch is re-clutched to the common axle of the switches a1, a2, a3 when the arms b1, b2, b3 are in the same phase, the consequent displacement of corresponding segments c1, c2, c3 on the switches thus ensuring that two switches are not stopped by depressing one key.
Patent GB-191218947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Cereal Grains.
Inventor: ANDERSON ALEXANDER PIERCE
IPC: A23L7/196
Filed: 1912-08-19
Granted: 1913-08-19
Abstract: 18,947. Anderson, A. P. Aug. 19. Steaming grain; gelatinizing grain; processes of treating grain; roasting granular substances. -Cereal grains such as rice, hulled or unhulled, in an air-dry condition (containing from 10 to 20 per cent of water) are subjected to a rolling or tumbling motion under the action of heat in an air-tight container until gelatinization of the starch at the surface takes place, producing an impervious shell. The material is placed in a suitable receiver such as that described in Specification 18,950/12, or that shown in Fig. 1, consisting of a drum 2 pivoted on a spindle 4 between the side members 3 of a carrier, having wheels which run between guide-rails mounted on gear-rings 8 in an oven heated by gas &c. The gear-rings and drum are rotated by means of a shaft 10<a>. The lid 18 of the drum presses against a roller 19 and has soft-metal packing to form a tight joint, the drum being preferably made of bronze having a higher coefficient of expansion than the side members 3. When the desired pressure is attained in the drum, the formation and thickening of the shell may be assisted by the injection of dry or superheated steam from a pipe 16<a> leading through a stuffing-box 12<a> and a pipe 12<b> to a flat perforated pipe 14, Fig. 4, within the drum. A pressure gauge 16 and a by-pass are provided. The product may be " puffed " by immersing in oil at from 200-260‹ C., or by introducing it into an oven in a perforated receptacle such as an ordinary corn-popper, or by the process described in Specification 18,949/12. Specification 13,353/02, [Class 49, Food &c.], also is referred to.
Patent GB-191219729-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Explosion and Emergency Control Apparatus for Boiler and or Engine or other Stop Valves.
Inventor: KERR ANDREW
IPC: F22B37/42
Filed: 1912-08-29
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 19,729. Kerr, A. Aug. 29. Valves closing with rush of fluid; valves controlled from a distance.-A device for closing a boiler or engine stop valve in the event of the steam-pipe bursting is actuated hydraulically and provided with means to enable the valve to be manually operated from a distance and also with means for applying a brake to the prime mover. The apparatus comprises a stop valve b adapted to be actuated by a screwed spindle j<7> and also by fluid pressure acting on a piston i<1> coupled to the valve spindle by a lever j. The space beneath the piston is supplied with water from an elevated tank e, while the space above the piston is supplied with water under boiler pressure admitted through a check valve h<2>, a hand-actuated balanced piston valve m<3>, and an automatically-actuated auxiliary slide valve k, the pipe lines being maintained full of water by water from an elevated tank d admitted through a hand-actuated valve o normally held open by a spring. The auxiliary valve k is actuated by a piston f<1>, one side of which is acted on by water at boiler pressure admitted through a pipe h', the other side being acted on by water at steam-pipe pressure admitted through a pipe g and obtained by condensing steam in a coil g<2>, which is adjustably connected to the pipe line by a springy pipe or by parts sliding through stuffing-boxes. The pipe g is provided with a series of valves for releasing the pressure behind the piston to close the main valve. One of these valves is itself operated by a piston, actuated by fluid pressure derived from a non - freezing liquid contained in elevated tanks and controlled by cocks on the pipe line. The hand-actuated valve is used to interrupt the supply of water pressure and allows the main valve to be operated by hand and is adapted to be automatically opened, when normal pressure conditions obtain, by a tapper f<5> actuated by the piston f<1> engaging the lever m<1> which is coupled by a pin-and-slot mechanism to one of the release cocks to ensure that it is closed when the valve m<3> is open. A catch m<4> normally holds the valve m<3> open. The brakeactuating apparatus, which is under the same control as the boiler stop valve, may be omitted, and comprises an hydraulically actuated piston z<1> coupled to the brake block through a lever w<0>.
Patent GB-191225067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Umbrellas.
Inventor: BARRETT GEORGE HENRY
IPC: A45B7/00
Filed: 1912-11-01
Granted: 1913-11-03
Abstract: 25,067. Barrett, G. H. Nov. 1. Sticks.-The umbrella stick is made in three hinged sections. The outer section a, Fig. 1, which carries the cover, ribs, and runner when the umbrella is open, is connected to the section b by a link a<2>, which is pivoted by a pin and slot to a block a<4>, connected by a link c to an extension c<1> of the section d, while the section b is connected by a link e and a pin and slot with a block f operated by the handle, the parts being formed of the shapes shown so as to lock together when the stick is straight. The block f is fixed on the end of a tube g carrying a stud i which passes through slots in the stick tube d and the handle tube h<1>. When the umbrella has been opened in the ordinary way, the handle is drawn out; during this operation, it first moves idly on the tubes d, g and then draws out the tube g so as to release the end of the link e, when the stick is cranked as shown in Fig. 1, and the handle locked by one of the catches k, which is engaged by a sleeve l with cam-surfaces l<1>, l<2> on the tube h<1>. The sleeve l is rotated by a milled rim or flange n to take up slack and make the stick rigid. The rods a<2>, c, e lie in grooves in the sections a, b, d when the stick is straight, so that the runner may be pushed over them in opening the umbrella.