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Patent GB-191015353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Uni-directional Flow Steam Engines.
Inventor: STUMPF JOHANN
IPC: F01B17/04
Filed: 1910-06-27
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 15,353. Stumpf, J. June 27. Linkage gears; slide valves; arrangement and disposition of valves.-In a terminalexhaust or other uni-directional flow steamengine, means are provided for controlling the compression, consisting of one or more valves carried by the main piston and operated mechanically from a moving part of the engine. Referring to Fig. 1, supplementary exhaust valves f in the piston d, operated by a rod g linked to the cross-head as shown, are arranged to open the piston-chamber e to the compression space and exhaust port b after the exhaust port is covered by the piston. In a modified operating-means for the valves f, the rod g is linked to a radius-rod on the cross-head, the radiusrod being connected at a mid-point to an eccentric pin on the crank-shaft. In the form shown in Fig. 3, lift valves m, normally closed by springs m<1>, are operated by rods p<2> on a head p<1> carried by the rod p, which passes through the main piston-rod o. The rod p is actuated by a roller g<2> bearing on a cam g' on the forked end of the connecting rod. The roller is pressed up to the cam by means of a spring p<3>. In a modification, the terminal-exhaust is dispensed with, the exhaust passing through the piston into a hollow tail-rod. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 11, valves f<1>, f<2> are arranged successively to admit compression steam to the piston chamber e, and thence to the main exhaust b. Referring to Fig. 17, a pair of pistonvalves 8 are connected by right and left threads with the rod 9. This rod is attached to a horizontal slide 10 actuated by a vertical slide 10' which is carried on the ball end of an arm 12' connected at right-angles to the main connecting-rod. With this arrangement, the live steam acting on the corresponding valve 8 assists the engine over the dead-points. In all the arrangements, it is preferable that the controlling- valves in the piston are timed to open shortly before the piston covers the terminal-exhaust. The operating-means may also be arranged to release the residual steam at any desired pressure.
Patent GB-191016261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calculating Machines.
Inventor: CORDT HUGO
Filed: 1910-07-07
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 16,261. Cordt, H. July 7. Multiplying - appara. tus, which is also adapted to perform division, ad. dition, and subtraction, comprises a single bank of keys, each of which operates one of a series of toothed multiplying- rollers. The teeth on each of the multiplying- rollers are placed in rows around the rollers, and each pair of rows represents the tens and units, respectively, of the product of one of the digits 1 to 9 and the number represented by the particular key ; Fig. 4 shows the multiplying - roller associated with the key 9. The denominational product ' is transmitted by means of an operating-handle to the totalizing-counter, which is moved laterally across the machine. The depression of one of the keys a, Fig. 1, representing the numerals 1 to 9, actuates, by means of a rack and pinion one of the multiplying-rollers 3, which in turn moves the corresponding series of eighteen racks 12, shown endways in Fig. 3. The multiplicand is set up by means of slides 15, which set pairs of receiving-pinions 14 to engage respectively with the pair of racks representing the tens and units of the particular product. The shaft of the tens receiving- pinion of any denomination, and the shaft of the units pinion of the next higher bank set, by means of worms 16, further pinions 18 respectively, mounted upon the same shaft 19. The operation of the main handle 21 rotates these pinions, consecutively, to an extent depending upon their position along the shaft 19, by means of two staggered series of teeth mounted upon rollers 20, Fig. 5, and transmits the denominational products to the totalizing - counter, which is provided with transferring and overthrow-preventing mechanism similar to that of the Thomas machines. The operation of the main handle also resets the racks and multiplying-rollers by means of a cam 44 and restoring- bar 45, and lifts upon its hinge and carries forward the totalizing-counter one step by means of a cam 46. The particular key operated is indicated by a special dial on the totalizing- counter through a receiving-pinion 32, worm 30, pinion 33, and train of gear-wheels, the pinion 32 being fixed in position so as to engage always with the rack representing the product of the number corresponding to the depressed key by unity.
Patent GB-191016607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools for Facing Valve Seats.
Inventor: TYERS FREDERICK
IPC: B23C3/05
Filed: 1910-07-12
Granted: 1911-07-12
Abstract: 16,607. Tyers, F. July 12. Portable turning-apparatus.-A tool for facing valve-seats is provided with a bearing for holding the cutter spindle concentrically with the seat of the valve, comprising a main part B with a lower cylindrical part E to fit in the opening in the valve casing. The part E may be integral with the part B and be provided with pins situated in radial holes in the part B and adapted to be forced outwards to fix the part E in the valve casing by means of a conical part A<1> on the lower end of the sleeve bearing A, which is screwed down for the purpose. In the construction shown, the lower part E is separate from the main part B and is formed of segments connected to the main part B by ribs E' on the parts E engaging in an internal recess B' in an enlargement in the lower part of the main part B. These segments are forced outwards to grip the sides of the valve casing by the lower conical end of the bearing-sleeve A. In order to adapt the tool for use with large openings, a series of bushes G, Fig. 3, may be fitted by means of internal annular recesses G<2> over an external rib on the part B.
Patent GB-191024055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Bedsteads and other Articles of Furniture.
Inventor: ADIE FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: F16B12/58
Filed: 1910-10-18
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 24,055. Adie, F. C., and Blackmore, A. E. Oct. 18. Joints for bedsteads and other articles of furniture comprise a pin d secured to the side bar engaging one of a pair of intersecting holes in the corner block b. In the other hole is fitted a sliding non - detachable pin e having a neck e<2>. The pin d has a groove which is engaged by the thicker part of the pin e, thus locking the pin d. In order to detach the parts, the pin e is moved endways until its neck comes opposite the pin d.
Patent GB-191025251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Racks for the Storage of Gramophone Record Discs and the like.
Inventor: RIED LOUIS HENRY
IPC: A47B81/06
Filed: 1910-10-31
Granted: 1911-03-09
Abstract: 25,251. Ried, L. H. Oct. 31. Cabinets. - A rack is provided with narrow compartments in which a number of gramophone record disks may be stored side by side. The disks c are placed between thin vertical partitions b, and rest upon supports d, shaped so as to prevent the disk from rolling out of its compartment, and so as to allow the disk to be pushed backwards a small distance. When the disk is liberated, it rolls forward by gravity into its normal position, with the front edge of the disk projecting beyond the front of the partition b. In Fig. 3 the disks c are shown supported upon rods, rollers, or pegs e, instead of upon the concave support d. The disk supports may be covered with feet, baize, or the like. A drawer containing an index tablet may also be fitted in the rack.
Patent GB-191026540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feeding Devices for Continuously Operated Carbonising Retorts.
Inventor: CLOUDSLEY JOHN LESLIE JR
IPC: C10B31/02
Filed: 1910-11-15
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 26,540. Cloudsley, J. L. Nov. 15. Fixed - chamber apparatus for pulverulent materials.-A device for charging continuouslyoperated carbonizing-retorts, comprises a pocket o closed by an apertured disk l which is rotated or oscillated so that the opening m is in turn opposite to the outlet h of the hopper a and to the inlet g to the retort, the coal thus falling first into the pocket and then from the pocket into the retort. The pocket may be fixed or may be bolted to the disk l. A gas-tight joint is maintained between the disk l and the fixed casing of the apparatus by a flange n engaging a corresponding groove, and a spring q is provided on the shaft i to form a yielding connexion in the case of jamming.
Patent GB-191029539-A (GB)
Title: Means for Providing for Belt in Motor Vehicles in which the Power is Transmitted by a Belt or Belts.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG GORDON
IPC: F16H9/16
Filed: 1910-12-20
Granted: 1911-12-20
Abstract: 29,539. Armstrong, G. Dec. 20. Differential rotation of wheels, permitting by slip of driving - connexions. - The driven pulley for a wedgesection belt N<1>, Fig. 1, is in two parts K, K<1> connected respectively to the road wheels C<2>, C' and capable of independent rotation. Change - speed gearing. - In the arrangement shown, the engine pulley O drives through an intermediate shaft having two divided wedge - section pulleys, the effective diameter of which may be varied. The inner parts E', F' are connected to one another by a sleeve slidable on an inner sleeve connecting the outer parts E, F, so that one pulley expands while the other contracts. The changes of gear are effected by adjusting the intermediate shafts forwards or backwards.
Patent GB-191029945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sluice-valves.
Inventor: MUNRO HUGH
IPC: F16K3/316
Filed: 1910-12-23
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 29,945. Munro, H. Dec. 23. Sluice valves.-In sluice valves having vertically subdivided doors, as shown in Fig. 2, the door sections are guided upon dividing partitions C<1>, C<2> formed of ribs which extend inwardly from the back and front parts of the casing and abut in or about the central plane of the valve, and are secured together by bolts C<3>, Above the valve opening, the ribs are cast integral with the casing parts. At the valve opening, the ribs are cast separate therefrom, and held in recesses.
Patent GB-191103770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cash Registers and Printing Devices for same.
Filed: 1911-02-14
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 3770. National Cash Register Co., [National Cash Register Co.]. Feb. 14. Feeding webs.-In a cash-register adapted to print items upon a record-strip always, and upon a check-strip at will, the record strip is drawn from the storage roll 133 to the take-up roll 135 by a ratchet-lever 140, the stroke of which is varied according to the position of a roller 142 in a slot 141 of the lever as determined by the amount of paper in the roll. The roller is at one end of a rod 143, which is reciprocated by cam parts upon the main printing-sleeve. The check strip 18 passes from the storage roll 150 under tensioning-springs 152, between feedrollers bearing stereotyped matter, date &c. and finally through a stationary knife-plate 160 and over a cam-operated shearing-knife 161.
Patent GB-191105487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Pumps.
Inventor: LEAN CLEMENT
IPC: F04C2/344
Filed: 1911-03-04
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 5487. Lean, C., [Fabrik f³r Rotations-Compressoren " System Morell " Ges.]. March 4. Fixed-abutment type; packing drums, vanes, and abutments. - Relates to rotary pumps having a piston made up of two members, and consists in means for clamping the two members together, and in other improvements. The end plate 2 of the casing 1 carries a fixed crank 4 passing through an aperture in the piston 11 into a slotted member 24 which carries the vanes 25. At the other side the piston receives the screwed end of the driving-shaft 5, which drives the eccentrically-mounted piston 11, the crank roller 23 causing a reciprocation of the vanes 25. Gaskets 10 are provided between the casing and the piston, the halves of which are held together by rings 16, 17 with interposed antifriction bearings 18. The rings 16 rest on the inclined surfaces of the piston extensions, and are held up by collars or nuts 21. The vanes 25 are provided with packing strips 28 in slots 27 which communicate with a transverse passage 29 and a cavity 30 to allow the fluid pressure to act behind the strips. An abutment packing 46 is also provided. The air or other fluid enters from the inlet 55 and is forced out of the outlet 56 through openings 60 and passages 70, when sufficient compression is attained to open the spring-pressed valves 61.
Patent GB-191108705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Harness Supports for Drawing in Machines.
Inventor: HATHAWAY EDGAR FAY
IPC: D03J1/14
Filed: 1911-04-07
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 8705. Hathaway, E. F., and Lea, C. April 8, 1910, [Convention date]. Healds, warp - stop detectors, and reeds, threading.-The harnesses 2, Fig. 1, are detachably supported in a drawing-in mechanism by hooks 4, Figs. 1 and 4, provided with spring- controlled piston-shaped plungers 13 fitted in sleeves 3 adjustably attached to rods 16, which are connected to independently-movable carriers 6 provided with rollers running on track bars 8. The plungers 13 are normaliy drawn to the bottoms of their sleeves by the weight of the harnesses, but, when the hooks are detached from a harness; the-springs 14 of the corresponding plungers automatically raise the hooks into positions above and clear of the harness, while the carriers 6 can also be moved away with the hooks &c.to the side of the harnesses, so as not to interfere with the loading &c. of the machine. The rods 16 are connected to slotted parts 18, Figs. 1, 5, and 6, which are engaged by pins 20 on the carriers, pins 21 extending right through the carriers, and short pins 22 normally preventing side movement of the parts 18 relatively to the carriers. By moving the part 18 upwards, a transverse groove or notch 23 therein is brought into position opposite to the pin 22, and the part 18 with the rod 6 and hook 4 &c. can then be turned into an horizontal position, a pin 24 being cleared by the notch and another pin 25 limiting the movement of the part 18. By pulling the part 18 until the end of the slot 19 therein engages the pin 20, the parts 18, 4, &c. may be retained in an horizontal position out of the way. The rails 8 are connected together by bolts and separated by sleeved spacing-pieces, each carrier 6 preferably comprising two plates, situated one on each side of a rail. The bolts may be provided with nuts or may engage threaded brackets 11, which have pockets 12 for the warp clamp.
Patent GB-191115030-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and Process for Burning Coal and Gas Produced therefrom.
Inventor: KUNZE ERNST ARMIN
IPC: C10J3/00
Filed: 1911-06-27
Granted: 1912-02-01
Abstract: 15,030. Kunze, E. A. June 27. Furnace fireplaces.-In apparatus for burning coal, preferably coal dust, and the gases produced therefrom, and of the type in which a rotating drum has the coal introduced at one end and air for combustion at the other end, which also acts as an exit for ashes, the latter end is partly closed by an end piece in and around which are regulatable openings for the passage of air and ashes. The fuel is fed through an opening e into the fuel delivery space d leading to the rotatable drum a mounted on rollers b. The lower end of the drum is partly closed by an end piece h, around which the drum revolves, having a regulatable space g between the drum and the end piece and a regulatable space or spaces f in the end piece, these openings serving the purpose of air inlets and ash exits.
Patent GB-191115824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production of Metals from their Ores.
IPC: C22B4/00
Filed: 1911-07-07
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 15,824. Harden, J., and Electric Furnaces and Smelters, Ltd. July 7. Dry processes of extracting tin, lead, zinc, &c.-Ores of tin, lead, zinc, &c. are subjected to the combined action of a reducing gas or mixture of gases and the heat of one or more electric arcs while travelling down an inclined revolving drum B. A solid or liquid carbonaceous material, and also a flux, are preferably added to the ore before treatment, and the reducing-gas, which is introduced through a pipe D at the end or ends of the drum, is preferably heated before its introduction into the furnace. The electrodes may be of carbon or tubular metal, and may be axially adjustable; or fixed electrodes together with a transformer giving variable voltage may be employed for regulating the arcs. The molten metal is withdrawn through a siphon trap A<4>. Tinstone is reduced at a temperature between the melting- point of tin and that of the gangue, the gangue being periodically removed through a slag-door B', or being raked out over the molten metal through a door in the front wall of the furnace. Any carbon dioxide escaping from the furnace may be regenerated by being passed through a similar furnace containing carbon. Tin that combines mechanically with impurities in the ore may be recovered subsequently by treatment in another furnace by the process described in Specification 21,206/10.
Patent GB-191118631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Pressing Cloth.
Inventor: SPELDA MAX
IPC: D06F65/08
Filed: 1911-08-18
Granted: 1911-12-14
Abstract: 18,631. Spelda, M. Aug. 18. Pressing.-In a roller-and-trough apparatus, the trough plate a is formed with several surfaces b, c, d of differing curvature, and is revolubly mounted so that any one of the surfaces can be brought into operative relation with the roller. The trough plate may be mounted in bearings g which can be moved by screws h to permit the rotation of the trough plate. In a modification, the roller is mounted in adjustable bearings linked to a lever having a toothed segmental portion in engagement with an operating-pinion.
Patent GB-191122014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Brackets for Motor and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BRADLEY JOHN
IPC: B60Q1/124
Filed: 1911-10-06
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 22,014. Bradley, J. Oct. 6. Brackets, lamp.-Relates to lamp brackets for motor-vehicles &c., of the kind that are rotatable about a vertical pivot, and consists in the provision of means whereby the bracket may be locked positively in various angular positions. The bracket 1 has a depending portion provided with a collar 5, Fig. 2, which engages a non-circular recess 4 in the socket 3 secured to the vehicle. The collar 5 is kept in engagement with the recess by the spring 7, but the bracket can be raised readily to disengage the non-circular parts and so permit rotation. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the bracket 15 is carried by a cylindrical part 16 having a depending portion 17 provided with teeth 19, which are retained in engagement with teeth 20 on the socket by a spring. The bracket 15 is secured to a toothed disk 21, which engages teeth on the part 16 and permits the adjustment of the bracket in a vertical plane.
Patent GB-191123292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Transmission Gearing for Motor Cycles and other purposes.
Inventor: YOXALL HENRY SMALLWOOD
IPC: B62M9/06
Filed: 1911-10-23
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 23,292. Yoxall, H. S., and Thorneycroft, C. W. Oct. 23. Expanding pulleys for motor-cycles &c. are operated by stepped cams in such a way as to yield a stepped series of definite speeds, the lateral pressure on the cams being balanced. The belt tends to thrust the pulley flanges 1, 4 apart, so that operating-cams 8, 12 are pressed together between ball bearings 6, 13, Fig. 2. The cam 8 is prevented from turning and allowed to move axially by means 9, 10, Fig. 1. The cam 12 is prevented from moving outwards by a plate 14 and is adapted to be turned by means such as a pair of chains 20. The cams 8, 12 have coacting inclined faces cut up into a series of flat or backwardly-inclined steps 19, which interlock and prevent the cam 12 from turning backwards.
Patent GB-191128397-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Distributing Drum or Header for Heating Systems.
Inventor: ELLISON THOMAS GARRARD
IPC: F24H9/12
Filed: 1911-12-16
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 28,397. Ellison, T. G. Dec. 16. Heating by circulation of fluids.-Relates to a distributing header or tank for hot-water heating-systems, and to the pipes entering it. The upper end of the flow-pipe D is contracted. as shown, or formed with a double cone. This is construction induces formation of steam in the pipe and thus accelerates the circulation. A baffle F is fixed over the end of the pipe D. The distributing - pipes C are formed with conical mouthpieces A, which may be corrugated as shown in Fig. 2. The tank B is widened as shown, to allow of expansion, and is provided with an overflow pipe H, fitted with an automatic relief valve. A vent - pipe G is also provided.
Patent GB-191203746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Supports and Casings particularly Designed for use with Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: HIGHFIELD JOHN SOMERVILLE
IPC: H01R33/975
Filed: 1912-02-14
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 3746. Highfield, J. S. Feb. 14. [Addition to 27,991/08.] Anti-vibration devices.-In an electric-lamp casing of the type described in the parent Specification, in which the reflector carrying the electric bulbs is resiliently mounted on the metal casing carrying the globe, the reflector 1, Fig. 1, is carried by pins 4 extending freely through perforated lugs 3 on the casing 2, each pin 4 being provided with a disk or cross-bar 5 which rests on a helical or preferably volute spring 6 on the lugs 3. In a modification, the lugs are formed with recesses and with a bentup end 9, Fig. 2, and the springs 6 rest on washers 10 laid across the recesses. The reflector is formed with recesses 11, Fig. 4, for enabling it to pass the bent-up end 9, and is preferably strengthened by a metal piece 13 at the point of support.
Patent GB-191207986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: LIVINGSTON ANDREW WILLIAM
IPC: B60B3/04
Filed: 1912-04-02
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 7986. Livingston, A. W. April 2. Disk wheels. - In sheet-metal wheels of the kind having a corrugated body or web formed with projections at the circumference which are bent to form a support for a rim or tyre, the projections 10 are shaped at the edges 11 so as to conform to the shape of the corrugations when bent alternately in opposite directions, as shown in Fig. 3, and lugs 12 are bent out of the centre of the projections to fill the spaces between them. A separate hub 1 having a flange 2 and loose plate 5 with fingers 3 bent towards the web is secured by bolts 8, and a channel band 14 and a rim 15 are attached to the projections.
Patent GB-191208250-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Regulating the Degree of Hardness of Röntgen Ray Tubes.
Inventor: REGAUD CLAUDIUS
IPC: H01J35/20
Filed: 1912-04-04
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 8250. Regaud, C. April 24, 1911, [Convention date]. R÷ntgen-ray tubes. - The hardness of a R÷ntgen-ray tube is regulated by introducing hydrogen through a window of platinum or other metal permeable when heated by the action of the cathode rays. In the tube shown in Fig. 2, the window forms part of a hollow anticathode a connected by soldering or otherwise to a metal tube c. Hydrogen or coal-gas is admitted by an internal metal tube d, screwed or soldered to the tube c, and leaves by a tube o. The window may be in the front or the back of the anticathode, and may be heated by direct impact of the cathode rays, or by conduction from another part so heated. When the main anticathode is water-cooled, the window forms the anticathode of a subsidiary discharge in another part of the tube. The terminals of the subsidiary discharge may be connected to the main terminals by metal tongues and the apparatus arranged so as to maintain a definite hardness automatically; or the subsidiary terminals may be connected independently to an induction coil and the hardness controlled from a distance by a switch.