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Patent GB-191116206-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Desiccation in Vacuum of Meats and Substances containing Water or other Absorbable or Condensable Liquids.
Inventor: TELLIER CHARLES
IPC: A23B4/03
Filed: 1911-07-13
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 16,206. Tellier, C. July 15, 1910, [Convention date]. Chambers; air, exhausting. - In vacuum apparatus for drying fresh meat, vegetables, &c., the vacuum is created in two stages, in the first of which a residual atmosphere containing a large proportion of carbon dioxide and a small proportion of air is left, while in the second, the carbon dioxide is absorbed by potash. In the apparatus shown, a receptacle 1 containing the material to be treated is connected by a valved tube 2 with a vessel 4, containing pumice-stone or other absorbent; the vessels are surrounded by communicating casings 5, 6. Potash contained in one of two reservoirs 8, 9 is led through a valved pipe 11 to the vessel 4 and is distributed by a spiral distributor 12 surrounding the valve 3, which closes communication with the drying-vessel. The stem of this valve is formed with a duct through which air escapes, a funnel 14 ensuring the complete filling of the receptacle with potash. The funnel may be replaced by a caoutchouc tube connected with one of the reservoirs. The receptacle 1 is surmounted by a tubulure 16 within which is pivoted a three-armed lever, two arms of which carry respectively a weight and an equivalent of the raw material, while the third carries a counterweight corresponding to the weight of water to be removed. An indicator actuated by a rack and pinion shows the loss in weight at any time. The material being placed on shelves 22 in the vessel 1, a cover carrying the tubulure 16 is secured in an air-tight manner on it, and it is exhausted through a tubulure 24, the valve 3 being closed and the vessel 4 filled with potash. The casings 5, 6 are then filled with water. The vessel 1 is placed in communication with a reservoir of carbon dioxide until the gas in the vessel is at ordinary pressure. The gas is then exhausted and stored. The exhaustion is stopped and the valve 3 opened, the solution of potash being at the same time pumped back into one of the reservoirs 8, 9; the operation is repeated if necessary, and may take place continuously. The potash is cooled by pipes 32 in the reservoirs. The casing 5 may be heated by injection of steam or by a heating-coil. A travelling pulley-block 38 facilitates manipulation. Several apparatus may be arranged side by side or otherwise. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the vacuum may be effected by the use of calcium chloride, or condensation may be caused by the use of cold water or artificial cooling, a heat-exchanger being used; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191117809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Operating Valves and Electric Switches.
Inventor: LAMKIN ARTHUR EDWIN
IPC: G04C21/22
Filed: 1911-08-04
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 17,809. Lamkin, A. E., and Mead, F. Aug. 4. Actuating.-In a device for operating valves and electric switches by a falling weight 6 supported by one end of a trip lever 7, the other end of which is held under the usual finger-piece 8 of the winding-arbor of the alarm mechanism of a clock, the flexible connexion 3 is arranged to pass over pulleys 4, 5 with a certain amount of slack, and by means of a small jockey pulley 11 and weight 10 a sudden jerk is imparted to the valve when the operating-weight is released. The device is stated to be applicable to hydrocarbon and acetylene gas plants.
Patent GB-191120571-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Turn-button Fastener for Motor Car Hoods and the like.
Inventor: DEAKIN WILLIAM
Filed: 1911-09-18
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 20,571. Deakin, W. Sept. 18. Stud-and-slot fastenings. - A fastening for motor-car hoods, of the type in which a turnbutton d pivoted to a sheet-metal stamping a on the car engages an elongated eyelet in the hood and is retained therein by turning through a right-angle, has the sheet-metal stamping strengthened by a stiffener e of steel or the like placed in the base of the stamping. Bladesprings i in the upper part of the stamping bear upon a squared spindle g of the turnbutton d to retain it in positions at right-angles to one another.
Patent GB-191123098-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Destroying Torpedo Nets.
Inventor: GOLSTEYN WILLEM
IPC: F42B19/00
Filed: 1911-10-19
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 23,098. Golsteyn, W. Dec. 1, 1910, [Convention date]. Torpedoes, locomotive.-Relates to net-cutting devices in which an auxiliary charge is employed, adapted to be ignited by members which are driven backwards relatively to the torpedo on the impact of the cutting-blades with the net, whereby these blades are disharged through the net, and consists in providing a cutting-ring carried by a series of projectiles arranged in parallel tubes, each containing an auxiliary charge. In the form shown, a frame g is screwed upon the nose of the torpedo and carries four firing-tubes w, and a central tube t containing the percussion bolt a. Projectiles m in the tubes w carry a common cutting-ring n which, on contact with the net, forces the projectiles m slightly backwards relatively to the tubes w, fires the cartridges v, and is thereby driven forward through the net. The ring n preferably carries cutting-blades to increase its destructiveness. The nose of the bolt a lies behind the plane of the cutting-edge of the ring n, to prevent premature explosion of the torpedo on striking the net, and is made concave to prevent glancing off if the impact on the vessel is oblique. If, in the absence of a net, the ring n has not been ejected, it prevents the bolt a from striking the vessel. In this case. the auxiliary charges being insufficient to overcome the momentum of the torpedo, the ring is driven relatively backwards until a projection r on one of the projectiles m rotates a bell-crank lever b mounted on the frame g, and withdraws the cocking-pin c, thereby releasing the bolt a. If a net is present, the impact of the nose of the bolt a on the vessel causes the shearing of the pin c, and the consequent release of the bolt.
Patent GB-191124712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Actuating the Shuttle Pusher in Automatic Shuttle Changing Looms.
Inventor: KIRKHAM JAMES BREWSTER
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1911-06-14
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 24,712. Kirkham, J. B., Buckley, H., and Crossley, B. June 14. Shuttle-changing mechanism.-In automatic shuttle-changing mechanism of the type wherein the spent shuttle is diverted out of the loom by means of a fly-plate lifted by mechanism operated by a shaft 20, Figs. 1 and 2, actuated from the weft-fork mechanism as described in Specification 26,474/10, the lowest shuttle in the magazine is pushed into the shuttle box by a pusher connected by a link 5 to a lever 1, on which a swivel 11, 15 can oscillate. When the shaft 20 is turned, a stud 22 on an arm 21 raises the swivel into the path of a striking- plate 24 on the lay, but, before the plate 24 strikes the swivel, a tongue 19 on the swivel engages a slot 26 in the plate 24 whereby the swivel is supported, and the shaft 20 may then return to normal position, thus allowing the fly-plate to descend out of the way of the shuttle, which is subsequently fed into the box when the lay completes its forward movement, and the plate 24 strikes the swivel, oscillates the lever 1, and actuates the pusher. The swivel comprises a boss 11 formed with a jaw 12, and a bolt 13 and cap 15, which can swivel sideways on a pin 14 in the jaw, a spring 27 being connected to a peg 28 on the bolt 13 and to an arm 29 on the boss 11, so as normally to hold the swivel and tongue 19 in correct position relatively to the slot 26.
Patent GB-191128160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Truck Scales.
Inventor: GAGE EDWIN LORENZO
IPC: G01G19/08
Filed: 1911-12-14
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 28,160. Gage, E. L. Dec. 14, 1910, [Convention date]. Hand - trucks. - Comprises means whereby the weighing - mechanism is automatically released when the operator grasps the truck handles. The truck frame 1 integral with handles 3 carries on pivots 7, 8 a pair of U-shaped levers 6, the inner extremities of which are connected to a pivoted relieving- lever 9, while the outer extremities support, by means of links 14, the outer extremities of the usual weighing - levers 12, 13, which are connected by a link 15 and coupled in the usual manner to a steelyard 4. By raising the relieving-lever 9 into engagement with a hook 18 as shown in Fig. 2, the levers 6 are caused to lift up the weighing-levers 12, 13 and raise the platform 27 into the weighing position. Passing under each of the truck handles is a lever 22, which is grasped and rocked in the act of raising the truck, the result being to disengage the hook 18 and cause the weighing-parts to fall into the relieved position with the weighing- levers resting on V-shaped supports 30 on the frame. Specification 21,460/09 is referred to.
Patent GB-191206002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Lead Oxide.
Inventor: ECKFORD WILLIAM
IPC: C09C1/14
Filed: 1912-03-11
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 6002. Eckford, W. March 11. Lead oxide.-In apparatus for the production of lead oxide, particularly of the type described in Specification 30,354 /10, a rotary hopper fitted with diaphragms and vanes is fitted in the passage between the oxide pot and the settling- chamber to arrest the heavier particles and return them to the pot. In the passage B between the pot A and the settling-chamber is arranged a hopper E with a driving-shaft e<2> 'which may be secured to the hopper by means of arms e<3> secured to extensions of some of the angle - iron vanes e<4> carried by the hopper. Semicircular diaphragms e<5> cut away at e<6>, are arranged in staggered relation in the hopper E, so that the gases from the pot have to take a zigzag path. One or more of the vanes e<4> may be prolonged towards the pot to keep the opening clear. A fan circulates the air between the pot and the settling-chamber, and another fan is preferably arranged on the outlet to the settling-chamber so as to maintain a reduced pressure in the apparatus to prevent outward leakage, as described in Specification 26,257/08. The diaphragms may be helically arranged so as to propel the arrested material back to the pot, in which case the vanes may be dispensed with; or the hopper may be cylindrical, and its axial length may be increased, in which case the diaphragms may be reduced in number or dispensed with. The Provisional Specification also states that the hopper may be cylindrical, with its axis inclined downwards towards the pot.
Patent GB-191206753-A (GB)
Title: Stocking-suspenders.
Inventor: ATKINS LILY
IPC: A41F11/02
Filed: 1912-03-19
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 6753. Atkins, L. March 19. Stocking - suspenders. -A stocking-suspender consists of a, piece of elastic A, to one end of which is attached two pieces of tape B, C, and to the other end of which is attached two pieces of tape D, H united at intervals by pieces of tape K to form button-holes G. A second piece of tape E is attached to this end of the elastic A, and carries a button F adapted to engage one of the button-holes G after it has been passed through a loop on the stocking.
Patent GB-191210548-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Charging Boilers with Wood, Straw and the like Elastic Material.
IPC: D21C7/06
Filed: 1912-05-03
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 10,548. Pokorny & Wittekind Maschinenbau - Akt.- Ges. March 14, [Convention date]. D i g e s t e r s. - In a stamping-in process for charging boilers with wood, straw, or like elastic material, the elastic after-effect of the material is overcome by stamping the material in, with such rapid blows, that the material has not sufficient time to expand again and to follow the back stroke of the stamping - tool. Pneumatic s t a m p i n g tools 1, driven by compressed air supplied through valves 9, 10, 12 may be used.
Patent GB-191213706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Oil Presses.
IPC: B30B9/06
Filed: 1912-06-11
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 13,706. Smulders, F. H., and Utrechtsche Machinefabriek. June 11. Fatty oils, extracting by pressure. In feeding meal to an oil-press by an open-ended measuring-box 4 reciprocated from beneath a kettle 2 along a plate 6 and over the press 7, the opening 3 in the base of the kettle is closed by a spring slide-valve 20 when the box 3 leaves the opening. The box is given a forward movement by a rod 8 and lever 9 on a shaft 10, which is clutched to a rotating pulley 14 by a friction clutch 12, and is released by a tappet 15 on the clutch disk acting on the clutch lever 11. The box is returned by a counterweight 19.
Patent GB-191215115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tyres and in the Manufacture of the same.
IPC: B60C9/16
Filed: 1912-06-28
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 15,115. Torkington, A. W., and Wale's Invulnerable Tyre Syndicate. June 28. Tread bands and surfaces.-Relates to tyres of the kind described in Specifications 4870/10 and 5381/11, which are reinforced with fabric formed from interwoven wire helices, and consists in arranging the helices inclined to the radial position in the finished tyre, or tyre cover. Fig. 1 shows a typical fabric, the dotted lines a indicating the method of cutting it to give the inclination to the helices b. Fig. 3 shows a tyre cover in which oppositely - inclined strips are arranged. Instead of cutting the strips diagonally, the strips themselves may be arranged at an angle in the tyre, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191219555-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gyroscope.
Inventor: KLAHN EMIL
IPC: G01C19/38
Filed: 1912-08-27
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 19,555. Klahn, E. Aug. 27. Gyroscopic apparatus.-The rotating disk 17 of a gyroscope is driven by being mounted by a universal joint on a driving-shaft 12, an electro-magnet 13 mounted around the shaft 12 but separate therefrom magnetizes a disk 14 on the shaft 12, and the action of the disk 14 on the plate 19 of magnetic material drives the disk 17. A slight air-gap 21 is left between the disk 14 and the plate 19 to allow of the necessary freedom of vibration of the axis of rotation of the disk 17. A switch controls the excitation of the magnet 13 and so regulates the gyroscopic force, which acts through the magnetic attraction of the disk 14 for the plate 19 to maintain the driving-shaft 12 normal to the plane of rotation of the disk 17.
Patent GB-191225301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rowlocks for Ships' Boats.
Inventor: MOWATT HARRY
IPC: B63H16/06
Filed: 1912-11-05
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 25,301. Mowatt, H., and Butterworth, G. H. Nov. 5. Rowlocks.-Relates to rowlocks which can be swung inwards and downwards when not required for use. The forked portion is attached to a slotted extension or jaw piece, and a pin which is carried by a lug or lugs on the gunwale passes therethrough. An L-shaped piece d1, d2 on the gunwale carries a lug D, which in turn supports a pin B, Figs. 1 and 3. The crutch A, which is shown in its operative position, has a lower jaw-shaped piece, the parts a1 being slotted at a2 to take the pin B, flat on the side adjacent to the part d1, and rounded at the base. When not in use, the rowlock is pulled up, turned inwards and downwards when the rounded end is concentric with the pin, and allowed to hang from the pin. The pin has a split pin preventing end movement, and the lug is secured by a screw d3 which construction facilitates the ready removal of the rowlock. In a modification, the lower part of the rowlock is a simple slotted stalk, and the pin is carried by two lugs one on each side.
Patent GB-191226086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Revolvers.
Inventor: DECKER WALTER
IPC: F41A19/40
Filed: 1912-11-13
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 26,086. Decker, W. Nov. 15, 1911, [Convention date]. Breech actions, revolving-chamber.-Consists in the combination of (1) a sliding trigger carrying a pivoted sear, (2) a firing-pin, and (3) a cylinder feed device of the ratchet type, the pawl of which is carried by a pivoted lever adapted to be raised by the trigger each time the latter is pulled. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the sliding trigger 3 carries a pivoted sear 9 which engages, at its upper end, the notch 15 carried on a collar 13 on the firing-pin 10. A shoulder 9<a> on the sear 9 bears against a shoulder on the trigger 3, so that, when the trigger is pressed backward against the action of its spring 7, the member 9 moves backward with it without rotating and cocks the firing- pin against the action of its spring 11. On striking the adjustable pin 16, the sear 9 is rotated into the chain-dotted position, thereby releasing the firing-pin which is then driven forward by the spring 11. After the cartridge has been fired, the firing-pin is held out of the path of the cylinder 2 by a buffer spring 12. The cylinder is rotated by a pawl 17, Fig. 2, engaging ratchet teeth 2<a> on the cylinder, the pawl 17 being pivoted to an arm 19 which is ratatably mounted on the frame 6 and has an inclined surface 19<a> which is driven upwards to effect the feed motion by the rear end of the trigger 3 when the latter is pressed. A spring 21 serves to depress the pawl mechanism when the sliding rod 3 resumes its forward position. The cylinder is locked in the correct firing position by a projection 22 on the trigger 3 which engages in turn, in the rearward position of the trigger, each of a series of slots 23 in the cylinder. The frame 6 has a rearwardlycurving upper part, designed to accommodate the firing-pin, and to afford a firmer grip for the hand.
Patent GB-191227548-A (GB)
Title: An Arrangement for Driving Sieves and the like.
IPC: B07B1/38
Filed: 1912-11-29
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 27,548. Amme, Giesecke, & Konegen Akt.-Ges. Feb. 21, [Convention date]. Sieves with compound motion.-In plansifters which are freely suspended at b and driven by the action of a rotating mass m, the driving- shaft w is mounted at its upper end so as to turn freely in all directions in its support, being connected at its lower end at a point p between the mass m and the vertical axis about which this mass rotates relatively to the sieve. The point p is intended to represent the point of connexion at which the driving-shaft w remains stationary under normal conditions, while the method of suspension gives the shaft freedom of lateral displacement should the load vary.
Patent GB-191230111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ear- and Mouth-piece Protectors for Telephones.
Inventor: DANNENBERG EUGEN
IPC: H04R1/12
Filed: 1912-12-31
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 30,111. Dannenberg, E. Dec. 31. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Sanitary and hygienic devices.-For preventing infection of a telephone mouthpiece or earpiece, funnels pressed out of paper or like material are provided. The form used for mouthpieces is shown in Fig. 2, and that for earpieces in Fig. 4. The bottom 3 may be pierced with sound-holes 4 or may be replaced by gauze. Advertisements may be printed on the funnels. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 14,962/91, 7159/05, 14,012/09 and 16,520/09.
Patent GB-191300692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Devices for Steam Condensing Plants wherein Air is Exhausted from the Condenser by Means of an Air Ejector of the Water-jet Type.
Inventor: MUELLER PAUL HERMANN
IPC: F01B25/00
Filed: 1913-01-09
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 692. M³ller, P. H. Jan. 9. Actuating; lift valves; hinged valves.-A water-jet ejector is used for exhausting air from a surface condenser, and back flow of air or water is prevented by a valve controlled by the difference of pressure between the water supply and the discharge. The flap valve 1 is mounted on a lever 4 pivoted at 5 and provided with an antifriction roller 6 resting on the stem 7 of the actuating-piston 8, which slides in a cylinder 9. The space 12 above the piston is connected to the water-chamber of the ejector either directly by a pipe 14 or by a pipe 20 to an auxiliary controlling-device, which is also in connexion with the space 13 below the piston. The space 13 is connected to the ejector discharge by a pipe 19 and to the atmosphere by a valve 15. If the pressure in the water space of the ejector fails, a spring 16 keeps the piston in its uppermost position, and the flap valve closes the port 2. When the water pressure is increased, the flap valve 1 is retained on its seat by the action of the vacuum in the condenser until vacuum is produced on the ejector side of the valve which falls on to the stem 7 which has previously moved down owing to the water pressure in the space 12. As soon as the valve 1 is nearly or quite closed, the piston 8 uncovers an annular port 17 to admit air from the valve 15 to the annular space 18 and so to the mixing-chamber of the ejector. To avoid the different pressures necessary to compress the spring 16 in different positions, the auxiliary controlling-device used consists of a small valve or piston 21, which is acted upon by springs 22 and the pressure in the space 13 above and by water pressure below. With sufficient water pressure, the valve 21 is forced up, uncovering the ports 23 and putting the space 12 in communication with the water space. As the water pressure falls, the ports 23 are momentarily closed and then opened again, putting the spaces 12, 13 in communication and equalizing the pressures, whereupon the piston 8 is at once moved from the lowest to the highest position. The flap valve 1 is thus closed, and air is admitted as before. The valve 1 may be connected to the piston by means of a link allowing lost-motion. In a modification, a lift valve is controlled above by a piston exposed to. the discharge pressure and below by a weightloaded piston lifted by the water pressure. A screwed spindle allows the valve to be handoperated. When the surface condenser is not operating, any water accumulating below the valve is drained off through a mercury-sealed pipe which is three feet or more in length.
Patent GB-191304740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flower Stands, Table Centres and the like.
Filed: 1913-02-25
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 4740. Coles & Fryer, and Smith, F. C. Feb. 25. Pedestals and stands.-A flower stand, table centre, or the like, comprises a circular metallic casing a provided with one or more stems i adapted to receive an electric lamp, a removable base-plate c, and a battery or accumulator b. The casing may be partly or wholly covered by floral or other ornaments, and additional stems may be provided carrying receptacles for flowers.
Patent GB-191304835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Switches.
IPC: H02P1/20
Filed: 1913-02-25
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 4835. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 25. Electro - magnets constructed to obtain a greatly reduced and adjustable excitation from a large current are employed in relays. The exciting-conductor 17, Fig. 3, is formed as a flat strip having a hole 14 through which a magnetic core moves. The current is led in by a terminal 15 and out by a terminal 16 or 18 so that it flows on both sides of the core simultaneously and produces a resultant excitation which is the difference of the effects of the two branches. The required value is obtained by disposing fixed magnetic parts unsymmetrically, or by the unsymmetrical form of the strip and disposition of the terminals or in both ways together.
Patent GB-191305320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boring or Excavating Apparatus.
Inventor: ESTES ELMER FORREST
IPC: E02D7/24
Filed: 1913-03-03
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 5320. Estes, E. F. March 3. Jet apparatus. - For sinking objects to be embedded, such as piles, an hydraulic excavating nozzle 6 is provided with a spur 7 for detachably engaging the object. The lower end of the high-pressure water-pipe may be perforated, or separate flushing-pipes may be provided having perforated branches or extension chambers partly embracing the pile. The apparatus may be secured to the pile by ropes co-operating with adjustable stops 9.