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Patent GB-191026429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Multiple Spindle Turret Lathes.
IPC: B23B9/02
Filed: 1910-11-14
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 26,429. Loewe & Co., L., Millington, D., and Munthe, C. Nov. 14. Lathes; screwing.-A multiple-spindle turret lathe has means whereby all the spindles may cut screw-threads simultaneously, the spindles being rotated for screwing and held stationary for screwing-off, and being returned independently of each other. The spindles each consist of an axially-fixed portion 1 and an axially-movable sleeve U, and they are pressed forward to start the screwing by rollers 23 connected adjustably to a lever-operated collar 24. The lever 26 is moved forward by a tappet on a reciprocating portion of the machine, and is tripped as soon as the screwing-dies commence operating, the collar being returned by a spring 32. The spindles are driven from gear-wheels 2 when clutches 4 are in their forward position, and are held stationary when they are in their backward position. The clutches are tripped by adjustable wheels 10 on rods 11 connected to the front portion of the spindles; these wheels engage pins 12, which release clutch levers 14, the levers having been held in position by latches 13 and set by pins 21 operated by an incline 19 on the return movement of the tool slide.
Patent GB-191027126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ships' Windlasses.
IPC: B63B21/16
Filed: 1910-11-22
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 27,126. McOnie, G. & J., and Maconie, P. Nov. 22. Clutches, claw.-The member G for clutching a cable-holder to its shaft B is mounted to slide on a block J keyed to the shaft. Projections H, extending laterally beyond the periphery of the disk G, engage corresponding recesses in the run of the holder A.
Patent GB-191100561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Zinc Sulphate.
Inventor: MCCOWAN WILLIAM
IPC: C01G9/06
Filed: 1911-01-09
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 561. McCowan, W. Jan. 9. Zinc sulphate and oxide.-Zinc sulphate with one molecule of water of crystallization is obtained bv evaporating a solution at a temperature of from 100 to 110‹ C. or over, until. the sulphate separates out. The solution is preferably led to a vat to which hot air or superheated steam may be delivered, the crystals being removed by rakes or the like. The product may be converted to oxide by the process described in Specification. 3357/10.
Patent GB-191101527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Arc Lamps.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1911-01-20
Granted: 1912-01-22
Abstract: 1527. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin and Soda Fabrik]. Jan. 20. Arc lamps. - A long and stable arc is maintained between carbon electrodes in a transparent tube by a current of air or other gas, with or without rotary motion, and is rendered luminous by matter contained in the electrodes or carried by the gas current. The arc should be surrounded over its whole length by a cool layer of the air or gas, which may be introduced at several points of the tube. The electrodes are surrounded by heat - conducting metal sheaths which may be cooled in any suitable manner and which approach as nearly as possible the arcing surface, at which point they may be flanged, as shown in Fig. 1, or flared. Such arcs may be used for photographic purposes, or for testing the fastness of colouring-matters, on account of their richness in ultra-violet rays. Specifications 14,955/05 and 9279/06 are referred to.
Patent GB-191102848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Sealing Metal Vessels, Tins, Cans, Preserve Tins and the like.
Inventor: RAETZER HENRY JOHN
IPC: B65D45/32
Filed: 1911-02-04
Granted: 1912-02-05
Abstract: 2848. Raetzer, H. J. Feb. 4. Opening by cutting or tearing.-Preserve tins &c., of the kind having an inner easily rupturable cover and an outer slip cover, are sealed without the use of solder by forcing the edge of the inner cover into the outwardly-beaded edge b, Fig. 2, of the body and then flattening the bead, or by folding the edge of the inner cover upwards and inwards in the downwardly and inwardly folded edge of the mouth of the vessel, as shown in Fig. 3. In both cases, a slip cover is then put on and secured by a sealing-band e, which may have a bead adapted to take under a bead f on the body. This band may have a tear-off strip to facilitate removal, or it may be secured on by a tongue-and-slot fastening.
Patent GB-191103319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket Lighters.
Inventor: STEEG ROBERT
IPC: F23Q2/10
Filed: 1911-02-09
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 3319. Steeg, R. Feb. 9. Pocket igniters, frictional. - In automatic lighters in which sparks are produced by pyrophoric material when the lid is opened, the friction member is not positively connected to the lid. In the form described, the friction member h is linked to a hinged side i of the casing, which is released when the lid b is opened, and is rocked outwards on its hinge k by a spring l to carry the member h past the pyrophoric block g. This is pressed against the member h by a spring. The wick d extends from a porcus mass c.
Patent GB-191104529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Reciprocating Engines and Turbines.
Inventor: BRETT WILLIAM JAMES NOWERS
IPC: F01D15/02
Filed: 1911-02-23
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 4529. Brett, W. J. N., and Sneary, W. J. Feb. 23. Plant.-The motive fluid of a steam or gas engine exhausts through a port B and valve C into an outward-flow turbine provided with central rotor blades E and outer fixed reaction blades F surrounded by an annular exhaust chamber G. In a modification, the turbine is provided with central fixed blades and outer rotor blades.
Patent GB-191108274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Operating Railway Points and Switches from the Vehicles.
Inventor: HUGHES FRANK EADKER
IPC: B61L11/02
Filed: 1911-04-03
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 8274. Hughes, F. E. April 3. Mechanically operated from vehicle.-For operating points and switches mechanically from passing vehicles, the stretcher-bar of the points is connected to a three-armed lever 15, the other arms of which are pivotally connected to rods 19, 20 extending in opposite directions. The lever 15 is formed of upper and lower members, which are connected together by the fulcrum pin 16, and between which the rods 19 are held by ball-and-socket joints. The rods 19 are connected at their opposite ends by ball-andsocket joints to blocks 22 carried by rods 25 adapted to be engaged by depressible rollers on the vehicles. The rods 25 are arranged so as to bear upon a cranked rod 28, as shown. The rods 20 are connected through sliding blocks 30 to rods 38 in a similar manner. By this arrangement the vehicles are enabled to operate the points in either direction, both when approaching and when leaving the points.
Patent GB-191112200-A (GB)
Title: Telephone Mouth Pieces.
Inventor: BENNETT GEORGE SEXTON
IPC: H04M1/17
Filed: 1911-05-20
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 12,200. Bennett, G. S. May 20. Sanitary and hygienic devices.-Relates to a device for feeding paper from a roll over a telephone mouthpiece for sanitary purposes. Two frames 7, 8 for guiding the paper over the mouthpiece are secured to the plate 5 to which the mouthpiece is screwed; the upper frame is formed with side pieces 9 slotted to support a paper roll 10, which, in order to regulate the tension of the paper, is braked by a spring- pressed plate 13. The flanges 6 attached to the plate 5 carry a shaft 17 with a ratchet-wheel 18, and a small pinion 19 at opposite ends, the pinion meshing with a larger pinion 23 provided with a pin 23<a> working in a slot in an arm 24 attached to the cranked shaft 25. This shaft, and hence the shaft 17, is rotated when the instrument is lifted, through the sliding sleeve 33 and its link 35, a slot 34 embracing the receiver hook 2 to. prevent rotation of the sleeve. A roll 16 is loosely mounted on the shaft 17 and is provided with pawl 20 engaging with the ratchet-wheel 18, so that the rotation of the shaft 17, caused by the lifting of the instrument, pulls a fresh portion of the paper over the mouthpiece, the roll being prevented from slipping back by the pressure of the plate 29 on rubber or other friction surfaces at the ends of the roll 16. For use with a wall telephone, the shaft 25 is formed with an arm which is oscillated in order to feed the paper.
Patent GB-191114677-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Embroidery Machines.
IPC: D05C9/06
Filed: 1911-06-21
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 14,677. Saurer, A., [Firm of]. June 25, 1910, [Convention date]. Embroidery machines.-In apparatus for automatically operating the frame of an embroidery-machine, a set of movement-measuring devices giving movements of amplitudes corresponding to the first n terms of an arithmetical progression is combined with a single movement - measuring device giving a movement corresponding to a single term of the same progression. Such an apparatus is further combined with an apparatus, similar but giving movements the amplitudes of which are multiplied by a suitable transmission gear, whereby a further extension of the number of possible movements is obtained. Fig. 2 shows such an apparatus comprising spur-wheel trains. Shafts 1, 8 are geared together and a movement of constant amplitude is periodically imparted to them. On each of the shafts 1, 8, the wheel trains 4 and 17, 3 and 18, 2 and 19, give movements of amplitudes corresponding to the terms 21, 42, and 63 respectively. Each train 5 and 22 gives a movement of amplitude corresponding to the term 147 but of opposite sign to that of the other trains on the same shaft because of the reversing-gear 21 uniting the upper and lower portions of the shaft. Each shaft 13 can receive simultaneously motion from one of the trains 5, 22 and from one of the remaining trains, the sum of the two movements having an amplitude which may be any multiple of 21 from 21 to 210. The motion of the right-hand shaft 13 is transmitted unaltered to a bevelwheel 31. The motion of the left-hand shaft is reduced in the ratio 21:1 and then transmitted to the bevel-wheed 29, through gearing 24, 25 or 23, 26 according to the direction required. The shaft which carries the wheels 30 and receives twice the sum of these motions can therefore rotate in either direction an amount corresponding to any term of the series 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 220. Movements in directions at right-angles to each other are provided by two similar apparatus. These movements are compounded by the usual cross slides which operate the guide-pin of the pantograph.
Patent GB-191115762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON EDMUND JOHN
IPC: F02M17/14
Filed: 1911-07-06
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 15,762. Thompson, E. J. July 6. Spray carburettors, in which the size of the nozzle is automatically controlled, are provided with means by which the rate of opening and closing may be adjusted relatively to the speed of the engine. The choke - tube B, which is actuated by the suction of the engine, and of which the weight is adjusted by fusible metal in the recess 18, is connected by levers &c. to the valve E that controls the amount of fuel passing to the nozzle C. The choke-tube B is rigid with an upright 31 carrying an inclined plane F. A contact-roller G, connected to a bell-crank lever 44, 47 journaled at 46, raises the rod 48 to lift the valve E as required. Adjustment of the position of the roller G by the nut 41 regulates the amount of opening of the valve E Adjustment of the slope of the inclined plane F regulates the rate of opening.
Patent GB-191120022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Taximeters.
Inventor: HARTLEY HENRY
IPC: G07B13/00
Filed: 1911-09-08
Granted: 1912-08-22
Abstract: 20,022. Hartley, H., and Canova, V. Sept. 8. Counters actuated by reciprocating mechanism. - In taximeters provided with distance totalizers for registering the total distance travelled and the total distance run engaged, the counters are actuated from a distance-driven wheel 2 provided with a slot 1 with which engages a bell-crank lever 3 bearing pawls 7, 8. One of the pawls 8 is provided with an extension engaging a slotted plate 13 connected to the flag. The pawls engage pin teeth 9 carried by co-axial cams 10, 11 adapted to reciprocate levers 15, 16 which are connected to the actuating- members of counters 17, 18.
Patent GB-191120247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Field or Camp Ovens and Carriages therefor
IPC: F24B1/20
Filed: 1911-09-12
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 20,247. Blake & Son, J. W., and Blake, B. C. Sept. 12. Bakers' ovens.-Relates to portable field apparatus, for baking bread, of the kind in which the oven d is carried on a rear carriage coupled by a hook and eye connexion k to a fore-carriage h. The double-decker oven d has two downwardly - opening doors m at the rear and is heated by hot air from tubes o in the fire-box n. These tubes are arranged in horizontal rows, the bottom row forming a grate for the fuel. The products of combustion pass upwards between the other tubes and are distributed by a baffle-plate q, finally passing to a chimney p surrounded by a hot-water tank v. The bottom of the ash-pit r is provided with a series of openings over which slides a hit-and-miss draught regulator t.
Patent GB-191124547-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Antifriction Device for Radial Drilling Machines.
Inventor: HENRY JOHN
IPC: B23Q1/26
Filed: 1911-11-04
Granted: 1912-01-18
Abstract: 24,547. Asquith, J. H., and Asauith, J. W. S. Nov. 4. Drilling-machines.-An antifriction-device for radial drilling-machines consists of a bearing- plate R carrying the rollers D and adapted to be fixed in a slot in the arm-sleeve in such a wav that the rollers bear on the standard. Each roller D is rotatably mounted on a pin E, one or more ball bearings being interposed. The inner ring of each bearing is prevented from endlong movement bv a shoulder T on the bolt and a collar S, and the outer ring by a collar M and shoulder L, the whole being assembled by a bolt N. An internal screwthread at each end of the roller filled with grease prevents access of dirt to the bearings. The bearing-plate is secured to the sleeve by bolts T, and the pressure is adjusted by means of these bolts. For larger machines the bolts may each carry two rollers, and the number of ball bearings in each roller may be increased.
Patent GB-191125173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Making Stoppers for Bottles or the like.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: B27J5/00
Filed: 1911-11-11
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 25,173. Boult, A. J., [Canfield, R. A.]. Nov. 11. Punching; punches; e m b o s s i n g; angular bending; bending- formers; cupping. - Stoppers of the type shown in Fig. 60 are made from strip metal in a machine with two turret - work holders C, D, Fig. 15; a doubledisk blank 76 is punched from a strip and one disk is held in the workholder C, the other disk projecting from it, and as the turret rotates the disks are punched and embossed to their requisite shapes by tools carried on a crank-operated head, and the projecting one is folded over at the station I, and the blank is then brought under one of the spring-pressed jaws of the turret D, to which it is transferred, and which carries it to cupping, cork-inserting, and clenching - means, and finally to a discharge shoot. The press-head of the machine carries registering-pins for engaging recesses in the turrets C, D; in the event of their not registering, they release a dog which throws out the driving-clutch even if the operator's foot is upon the treadle. The punching-die is mounted below a guide-plate 77, the strip being fed in a channel 79 against a gauging-stop Q, which is lifted periodically by a cam-operated lever. The lower embossing-dies are arranged below the turret and are provided with camoperated ejectors for returning the blanks to the turret. The folding is effected by a lever 97, Fig. 46, coacting with a flat plate or anvil 92; the lever is pivoted in a cam-operated plunger 96 and moves upwards until a lip 101 encounters a projection 102, whereupon the projecting portion 15 of the blank is folded over. The cupping and cork - inserting dies for bringing the blank from the form shown in Fig. 46 to that shown in Fig. 60 have upper portions, provided with spring-pressed ejectors, mounted upon the press-head, and the lower portion arranged below the turret with cam-operated ejectors for returning the blanks to the spring jaws of the turret. The cork disks are fed into the machine by a centrifugal hopper-feed mechanism L, Fig. 15.
Patent GB-191125569-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Protecting the Occupants of Motor and like Vehicles from Wind and Rain.
Inventor: NICHOLSON ALEXANDER
IPC: B60J1/00
Filed: 1910-11-04
Granted: 1912-02-05
Abstract: 25,569. Nicholson, A. Nov. 4, 1910. Wind and like guards.-A wind-screen, comprising front and side glazed sections m, n is hinged upon a plate g hinged upon an horizontal rod d mounted in slides f running on uprights c. To maintain the rod d in an horizontal position it is provided with pinions for engagement with a rack formed on the uprights. The screen is held in a substantially vertical position upon the plate g by rods r pivoted to the slides and to a carrier k to which the screen is hinged at p. The inclination of the plate g is determined by cords t secured to the screen and to the slides f. The tension in the cords t is preferably used to fix the slides in adjusted position upon the uprights by securing the cords to levers v having cam surfaces for engagement with the uprights. When not required, the screen can be folded against the plate g, as shown, and the whole against the uprights c. In a modification, Fig. 4, the screen is adapted to be raised and lowered in the carrier k by racks upon it engaged by pinions 4 on a shaft 3 mounted on a front plate 1 of the carrier. The shaft 3 is rotated by a crank 8 and worm-gear 7. The plate g and screen may be curved transversely. Side screens may be attached to the plate g. To drain off the rain, a waterproof sheet 9 is attached to the plate g and to the car body a, and carries a perforated pipe 10, the downturned ends of which pass through the floor or into pipes 11.
Patent GB-191129191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Buttons for Wearing Apparel.
IPC: A44B1/44
Filed: 1911-12-28
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 29,191. Ges. f³r Maschinenund Metall-Industrie. Dec. 29, 1910, [Convention date]. Buttons.-A hollow clothes button a, provided with an upper guide opening d for the entrance of a bending-anvil, is fastened by a circular-headed wire pin b, which is caused to pierce the base of the button and is then coiled, the coil being eccentric to the head of the pin and resting on the base of the button, Fig. 1. The metal of the button is turned inwards when being pierced and grips the fastening-pin tightly. To prevent distortion between the button and the pin, the coil produces an indent e, Fig. 2, in which it rests; or the point of the pin may be doubled down through the base of the button and coiled as shown in Fig. 3. The pin may also be driven eccentrically and coiled to rest against the side at a spot diametrically opposite to the perforation, Fig. 4. The button may be made with depressions or with an annular groove f on the underside of the base, Fig. 6, to guide the pin in the act of piercing. The pin when coiled will make a depression in the ridge so formed on the top of the base.
Patent GB-191202123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Amusement Apparatus.
Inventor: BARSBY WILLIAM
IPC: A63G7/00
Filed: 1912-01-26
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 2123. Barsby, W. Jan. 26. Railways for recreation.-A vehicle for use on switchback or gravity railways comprises a framework for supporting the seats, and a loose independent power accumulator adapted by the momentum acquired on a downgrade to carry the vehicle up an incline to near its starting- point. The accumulator preferably takes the form of a heavy drum or sphere a, Fig. 1, which runs on raised rails d and is surrounded by a framework f which supports the seats l. The frame f runs on wheels h or balls h<1> and makes contact with the sphere a through balls g or anti-friction rollers. The frame also has small rollers which engage under guard or guiding- rails e. The track may be U-shaped with both limbs sloping downwards towards the curved part.
Patent GB-191203730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toe Straightening Devices.
Inventor: SCHOLL FRANK JOHN
IPC: A61F5/01
Filed: 1912-02-14
Granted: 1912-08-15
Abstract: 3730. Scholl, F. J., [Scholl, W. M.]. Feb. 14. Bunions and the like, treatment of.-A toestraightening device for curing and preventing the formation of bunions comprises a meta] lever 5 strapped to the side of the foot with a curved fulcrum-piece 8 bearing behind the toejoint, so that when a strap 25 or the like is tightened the great and second toes are pulled straight by leather bandages 6, 18. An opening 10 is provided for the bunion, and, preferably, the fulcrum is offset by a felt pad 8', and the device lined with felt 11.
Patent GB-191203805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Compounds of Alumina.
IPC: C01F7/748
Filed: 1912-02-15
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 3805. Spence, H., Llewellyn, W. B., and Spence & Sons, P. Feb. 15. Aluminium sulphate ; alum.-In the process of purifying aluminium sulphate solutions from iron by means of potassium salts, preferably potassium sulphate, described in Specification 23,036/04, the purification is conducted in the presence of unground calcined coal-measure or like shales, which may be the source of the aluminium sulphate solution. The shales take up the precipitated iron compound, and allow of the recovery of a large proportion of the potassium and aluminium compounds associated with the iron. Solutions prepared from shales usually contain enough potassium to effect the purification, but more is added if necessary, preferably in the form of potassium sulphate. The digestion of the acid liquor with the shales is continued until the purification has been effected. It is preferred to conduct the extraction of the shales by a systematic and progressive digestion, the most exhausted shales being treated with the most acid liquors. With the most acid liquors the digestion is preferably at or near the boiling-point, but with the less acid liquors at a lower temperature. If desired, alumina may be added to the liquors, and some or all of the iron present may be oxidized to the ferric condition. Any excess of potassium may be removed as alum by known means. The most acid liquors dissolve most of the precipitated iron and re-deposit it on the shales in a form soluble in water or dilute liquors, by which means it may be removed after the digestion; a part of the iron present in the system may also be removed by drawing off a suitable proportion of the liquors containing most iron. If the solution to be purified is not derived from shales, shales are added for the purification, the precipitated compound containing the iron being subsequently removed from the shales by hot dilute sulphuric acid or acid solutions of aluminium sulphate; the resulting liquors are used in the preparation of alum or aluminium sulphate.