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Patent GB-191015173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Treatment of Steel.
Inventor: RICHARDSON HAROLD ASHTON
IPC: C21D9/42
Filed: 1910-06-03
Granted: 1911-09-04
Abstract: 15,173. Richardson, H. A. June 3. Tempering.-Armour-plates &c. made of steel containing molybdenum and tungsten and carburized on one face, as described in Specification 13,504/10, are further treated so that the back of the plate is made tough and fibrous, while the glass-hard face is retained. The plate is reheated to the minimum temperature at which the uncarburized portion would harden on quenching, and is then rapidly cooled. It may then be reheated to the minimum temperature at which the carburized portion would remain hard if quenched or allowed to cool, and finally quenched. For example a plate made of steel containing 5 per cent of nickel, À5 per cent of molybdenum, 1 per cent of tungsten, and À15 per cent of carbon is carburized, heated to about 910‹ C., maintained at that temperature for at least two hours, quenched in water, heated to about 800‹ C., maintained at that temperature for at least two hours, and quenched in oil; or the second reheating may be omitted,
Patent GB-191016409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Table Ware and the like.
Inventor: ROBINSON FREDERICK HAROLD
IPC: A01M29/34
Filed: 1910-07-09
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 16,409. Robinson, F. H. July 9. Stands.-Consists in providing table stands, Fig. 1, or blocks, Fig. 2, for furniture with a water - holding duct a having an overhanging lip b for the purpose of preventing insects from reaching food supported thereby.
Patent GB-191017510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes, Aerofoils, Flying Machines and such like.
Inventor: DODD MAURICE JOHN DE COURCY
IPC: B64C3/00
Filed: 1910-07-23
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 17,510. Dodd, M. J. de C. July 23. Planes, construction of.-In order to prevent changes in the centre of pressure of a plane due to changes in inclination, the plane W, Fig. 1, is formed of varying camber. The camber increases from the root to a line 3-3 which is about two-ninths of the span of the plane from its inner end, decreases to the line 5-5, which is about two-thirds of the span, and the plane is flat on its under surface for the remaining third of the span. The front edge of the plane is parabolic in form with the apex at the point L situated one-third of the span of the wing from the inner end. The rear edge is in the form of a quadrant of an ellipse having the span as the semi-major axis. Steering and balancing. - The supporting- planes W, and tail planes T, Fig. 4, are mounted to turn about transverse axes and also to move backwards and forwards about vertical axes. The inner ends 7 of the wing spars S are provided with a pivot pin x, Fig. 5, rotatable in a socket z. The socket z, together with the guiding-sector 5 of the arm 7, is rotatable about a shaft 2 on lugs b. The planes W are moved backwards and forwards by hand-levers 1 connected by links to the arms 7. The tail-planes T are adjusted together by a pedal 8 connected by links to the arms 14 of the planes. The incidence of the planes is adjusted by a lever 15, which is rotated about its own axis to turn the planes on the two sides of the machine in opposite directions for balancing, and is moved backwards and forwards to tilt all the planes in the same direction.
Patent GB-191018848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Arrangements for Single Phase Alternating Current Series Motors.
IPC: H02K27/04
Filed: 1910-08-10
Granted: 1910-11-03
Abstract: 18,848. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. Aug. 10. Alternating-current commutator machines.- In starting single-phase motors having one or more exciting windings e, f, Fig. 1, and a compensating-winding d, the exciting-windings are at first not connected to the supply, and, of the armature and compensating windings, the one is short-circuited either on itself or through an exciting-winding, while the other is connected to the supply; the commutator brushes are placed, at starting, with their axes situated 90 electrical degrees from the axis of the compensating-winding, and are gradually moved round towards the axis of the compensating-winding. In one arrangement, Fig. 1, the motor is provided with two exciting-windings e, f, one for each direction of rotation; the various parts are connected to the coils g, h, i of the motor transformer through a switch - lever k having two contacts m, n and a switch-lever o having three contacts p, q, r. On turning the brushes b, c in the direction of the arrow, the motor starts, and, as it speeds up, the contacts k, n are made, and finally the switch-lever o is moved on to either of the contacts p, q. To start in the opposite direction, either the connexions of the brushes b, c are changed over, or both brushes are turned through 180 degrees, and afterwards moved round in the clockwise direction. The displacement of the brushes is limited by the switch o, so that they can only be brought into the axis of the compensating-winding when an exciting-winding is energized. In a modified arrangement, at the moment of starting, the exciting and armature windings are shortcircuited in series with each other, and the compensating-winding is connected to a portion of the motor transformer; after the brushes have been moved from the neutral position into line with the axis of the compensating-winding, the working voltage is applied to all of the windings connected in series.
Patent GB-191023466-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Separating Colloidal Substances from Pseudo-solutions.
IPC: B01D15/00
Filed: 1910-10-10
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 23,466. Richter & Richter, and Orth, L. von. Dec. 31, 1909, [Convention date]. Carbon and charcoal. - A finely-divided carbon, capable of condensing gases, is prepared by distilling finely-divided carbonaceous material and mineral matter, especially clay or mixtures of clay and lime; preferably a mixture of powdered brown coal and clay or ashes of brown coal is distilled in a muffle at about 700‹ C.
Patent GB-191027304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Preparing Hemp and like Fibres for Spinning.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
IPC: D01B5/00
Filed: 1910-11-23
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 27,304. Heide, H. C., [Good Inventions Co.]. Nov. 23. Heckling - machines; gill frames; feeding and transferring flax &c. - In a machine for preparing hemp and like fibres for spinning, the fibres are led from a number o f feed-apparatus into the action of an endless train of combing-pins which comb all the fibres being delivered and receive combed fibres from each in superposed and overlapping order, forming a composite sliver which is carried by the combing-pins to the delivery head. The fibres in the raw state direct from the bale are placed by hand, squared-end first and overlapping upon the feed-boards 1, Fig. 1, from which they pass through a conduit 4, which reverses them to a feed-apron 5. The fibres are then engaged by a slowly-moving train of pins 6 and fed downwardly to the sphere of action of the rapidly-moving combing-pins 14. The train of pins comprises cylinders with self-housing gillpins 7, which are rotated by worm-gearing 12 and bevel-gearing from the shaft 21. The squared ends of the fibres are, by this arrangement, allowed to hang over the end of the feedapron 5, and are subjected to a preliminary opening by the battering action of the rapidlymoving combing - pins before they finally are engaged by the pins and separated from the mass. The several feed-heads are disposed in tandem arrangement above the combing-pin train, which comprises an endless articulated series of connected gill-bars, the ends of which run in tracks 15<a>, 15<b> designed to give the necessary rake to the pins as they travel along. The train is driven by gears 17 which engage the upper and lower stretches of the train at points intermediate of the ends thereof. The fibres, being fed at an angle into the middle part of a flat-combing train, are caused to trail or float on the points of the pins without settling into them until practically fully combed; thus the most difficult part of the combing is accomplished by the points of the pins in a gradual manner. The combed fibre is carried by the combing-pin train to a delivery head comprising endless belts 23, 24, which draw off the fibre and pass it through a funnel 28 to condensing-rollers 30, 31, by which it is discharged from the machine. As the length of combing-chain between the delivery head and the nearset feed-head is greater than the greatest length of fibre being combed, the delivery head can be arranged to exert draft upon the composite sliver. If necessary the fibre may be passed more than once through the machine, and fibres of different kinds may be fed to the different feed-heads, the machine then acting to mix the fibres.
Patent GB-191101827-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas Ignition.
Inventor: LYON HOWARD
IPC: F23Q7/10
Filed: 1911-01-24
Granted: 1912-01-18
Abstract: 1827. Lyon, H. Feb. 2, 1910, [Convention date]. Lighting burners by electric devices. - In an igniting-device in which a wire or filament through which an electric current is passed is mounted within a tube, the wire &c. is protected by a transverse baffle arranged within the tube. In the construction shown, a vertical ignition-tube 4, Fig. 2, having openings 8, is provided with a trough-shaped baffle 6 extending across the bore of the tube below a conducting-wire 16 of platinum or platinum-alloy, and terminating in air-inlet tubes 19, 20, a current preferably only of the strength to start catalytic action being sent through the wire 16 as the cock is opened. The ignition-tube 4 is secured by a set-screw 5 to a flanged opening 1, Fig. 1, at the upper end of the globe-holder e, and the wire 16 is secured by conductors 17, 18, Fig. 2, to a central-bolt 12 and a metal sleeve 9, the bolt and the sleeve being separated by an insulating-band 11. The sleeve 9 and one of the poles of a dry battery are connected to earth or to the gas-supply pipe, and the other pole is connected to an insulated ring 25, Fig. 5, provided with springs 26. 27, which are forced, when the gas-cock is opened, by a pin 23 of insulating- material on the gas-cock, into contact with a piece 32 elastically connected with the bolt 12, the spring 26 forcing the cock backwards sufficiently to break the circuit when the cock is released.
Patent GB-191105069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and pertaining to Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: THOMAS EDWARD WILLIAM
IPC: B60B1/00
Filed: 1911-02-28
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 5069. Thomas, E. W. Feb. 28. Detachable - rim attachments to wheels.-In means for attaching to a wheel a rubber tyre 8 secured to a metal ring 7, the rim of the wheel is formed with one or more gaps to allow circumferential adjustment within the tyre. A wedge-block 4 is fitted within the gap, and may be secured by means of bolts 6 engaging flanges 5 'on the rim. The rim may tend normally to expand or contract, the spokes being slightly non- radial in the contracted position in either case. Fig. 4 shows a modified construction of wheel in which the rim is formed with webs slotted at 13 to facilitate the necessary distortion in manipulating the tyre. Stiffening-wedges may be fitted in the slots. A rim carrying a pneumatic tyre may be similarly secured.
Patent GB-191110717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Superheating in Compound Steam Engines.
Inventor: SCHMIDT WILHELM
IPC: F01K7/02
Filed: 1911-05-03
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 10,717. Schmidt, W. May 7, 1910, [Convention date]. Compound engines.-In a compound engine having a receiver i<8> constituted by the space in front of, and within the low-pressure piston f and within the high-pressure piston b, such as described in Specification 15,475/94, one or more superheaters are arranged in the passages between the high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders and the receiver. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the exhaust from the high-pressure cylinder passes through an annular passage i<1> over coils m, through which high-pressure steam is passed, in passages i<4>, is to the receiver i<8> and thence through the passages i', i<5> to the low-pressure cylinder in the opposite direction. In a modification, the steam is heated while passing from the high-pressure cylinder to the receiver in the passage i<4>, and while passing from the receiver to the lowpresure cylinder in the passage i<5> . The arrangement also serves to heat the low - pressure cylinder.
Patent GB-191112492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Cigar Cutters or Piercers.
Inventor: SUMMERLEY MAURICE
IPC: A24F13/26
Filed: 1911-05-23
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 12,492. Summerley, M. May 23. Cigar piercers; tobacco-pipe filling apparatus; cigar and cigarette holders; cleaners and prickers for tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders. -A cigar piercer comprises two punches B, which pierce the cigar in an oblique direction, with or without a central stiletto C so that the holes in the pierced cigar communicate. The punches B are spring-controlled and, together with the central plunger or stiletto C, are operated by means of a crosshead D. The punches B may be solid or hollow and, in the latter case, are provided with ejectors E which may be fixed as shown or adapted to be operated by linkage-from the cross-head D. The cigar piercer may be combined with an instrument comprising a cigar holder, a bowl scraper, and a pricker hinged together, and may be contained in a case which may serve as a tobacco-pipe filler.
Patent GB-191114213-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tooth Brush Holders.
Inventor: MCGRATH JOHN ANTHONY
IPC: A47K1/09
Filed: 1911-06-15
Granted: 1911-11-30
Abstract: 14,213. McGrath, J. A. June 15. Toothbrush holders.- Consists in a number of receptacles 3 closed at one end and adapted to be suspended from a bracket 2, the brushes being held in position therein by spring clips 13. A loose disk 10 is provided to close the lower end of each of the receptacles, the disk being held in place by springs 9 gripping the brush handle.
Patent GB-191116054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Amusement Devices.
Inventor: MENGES CHARLES JOSEPH
IPC: A63G1/24
Filed: 1911-07-11
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 16,054. Menges, C. J. July 11. Railways for recreation; roundabouts. - A roundabout, or a vehicle on a pleasure railway, is propelled by the passengers rocking the car in which they are seated. Fig. 1 shows a roundabout of which one of the rocking cars 35 is shown in front elevation, and two others 35<1>, 35<11> in end elevation. The rocking cars are mounted on a platform 30, the wheels of which run on a circular track. The passengers, by pulling handles on ropes 41 or by pressing on treadles 50, cause the cars to rock. A rope 59 attached to the car is wound round a drum connected to the axle 56 of the wheels by a spring-controlled free-wheel clutch, which may be put in or out of gear at will, to drive the roundabout in either direction. The car may be mounted on a wheeled platform running on a track of any form or on a surface without rails. Various methods of connecting the ropes 41 with the car are described. A bellows connected with some musical instrument may be actuated by the rocking car. Brakes 72, acting on the wheels, as shown, or slipper brakes acting on the track, are provided. By mounting the car on a fixed platform, the axles 56 may be used as power shafts for sewing-machines, churns, washing-machines, or the like.
Patent GB-191119372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Regulating and Reversing Apparatus for Regenerative Gas Furnaces.
Inventor: KOPPER HEINRICH
IPC: F23L15/02
Filed: 1911-08-30
Granted: 1912-02-01
Abstract: 19,372. Kopper, H. Aug. 30. [Addition to 30,294/09.] Liquid-seal valves.-Comprises modifications in reversing-valves for regenerative furnaces of the kind described in the parent Specification in which the flow of gases through a easing 1 is controlled by suitably altering the water level in sets of compartments I, II ... VIII. The valve casing is now octagonal in form with diametral partitions 2, 3, &c. half of which extend nearly to the top and half nearly to the bottom of the casing. A gas inlet flue 33, chimney outlet 11, and conduits 12, 13 serving alternately as supply and exit flues to and from the furnace are provided each communicating with a pair of the compartments. Water chambers 18, 20 connected by flexible pipes with opposite pairs of compartments are carried by a rocking-beam 25, and according to the positions of these vessels the water level stands either above or below the lower edges of the partitions depending from the roof of the valve casing. Water is supplied through pipes 27, 28, and overflows 21, 22, 29, 30 communicating with waste pipes 31, 32 are provided for the water vessels and the compartments. In the position shown of the vessels 18, 20, the compartments I, VIII, IV, and V are full and the remainder are empty, the gases passing to the furnace through the compartments VI, VII and the conduit 13 and from the furnace to the stack through the conduit 12 and the compartments III, II. In a modification, Fig. 4, the water level is adjusted by counterweighted rocking chambers p, q, mounted on stuffing-box trunnions and provided with overflow pipes p<1>, q<1>. In both cases all passage of the gases is stopped when the chambers occupy an intermediate position. In one form shown the valve casing is octagonal, with partitions arranged as in the parent Specification.
Patent GB-191121180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ballot-boxes.
Inventor: HEINRICH MAX ARTHUR
IPC: G07C13/02
Filed: 1911-09-25
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 21,180. Heinrich, M. A. Sept. 25. Voting - apparatus.- The voting-papers are dropped into a rotatable drum d, e through a funnel k which is supported on the mouth of a receptacle a. The drum is mounted by means of trunnions on the receptacle, and the funnel k projects into a slot h in the cover i of the drum, and thus prevents the drum from rotating while the voting is in progress. The receptacle is closed by a bottom q through which the voting-papers are extracted after the funnel has been removed and the drum rotated to mix the papers.
Patent GB-191125805-A (GB)
Title: A Process of Manufacturing Caoutchouc Substitutes or Preparations suitable therefor.
Inventor: PLINATUS WLADIMIR
IPC: C08L89/00
Filed: 1911-11-18
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 25,805. Plinatus, W. March 18, [Convention date]. Compositions containing glue etc.; plastic compositions containing india-rubber or cellulose esters &c. - India-rubber substitutes are made from a mixture of glue or gelatine and neutral or acid esters of the multivalent alcohols of the fatty - acid series or their derivatives, always excepting the chlorhydrins and acetins, with or without glycerine, hardening-agents such as formaldehyde, chromium compounds, tannic acid, &c., and fillers. Esters of the following acids may be employed: formic and acetic acid and their homologues, aromatic acids of the benzole or terpene series, for example camphoric acid, acids of the higher hydrocarbons, for example naphthol acids, naphthalene - monocarboxylic acids, and inorganic acids which form halogen esters. Caoutchouc, cellulose derivatives, camphor, and the like may be added. Specification 476/10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191128401-A (GB)
Title: Hauling Device Suitable for Employment in Agricultural Work, and for the Conveyance of Material on Land, on Water and on Rails.
Inventor: FILTZ GEORGES
IPC: A01B3/72
Filed: 1911-12-16
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 28,401. Filtz, G. Dec. 16. Slipping, attachments to. wheels for preventing.-In a hauling-device for agricultural implements such as ploughs, harrows, rollers, &c. and for conveying material on land, on water, and on rails, metal disks 22 with sharp edges are secured to the spokes of the wheels 21 of the anchor cars so as to assume a conical or parabolic form and serve to secure the cars in position.
Patent GB-191201285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Lighting and Extinguishing Gas Lights from a Distance.
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1912-01-16
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 1285. Aktiebolaget Lux. Jan. 17, 1911, [Convention date]. Valves controlled from a aistance.-In apparatus for operating gas valves by variations of gas pressure in the main, the diaphragm is arranged to lift and simultaneously rotate the valve by a series of levers. In expanding, a diaphragm lifts the arm 17 about the pivot 16, and the weighted lever 14 is rotated to the right, lifting the arm 13 pivoted thereto until it engages grooves 12 in the valve spindle. When the diaphragm returns to its normal position, the arm 14 falls and the arm 13 is forced upwards, lifting and turning the valve spindle to open the valve and close a pilot valve. A pin 18 on the spindle engages an inclined guide 19, whereby the valve is held in the open position. By a further movement of the diaphragm, the valve is turned further in the same direction, and the valve is returned to its closed position. By suitably shaping the guide 19, any required interval may be obtained between the opening and closing of the gas valve. By means of a lever 20 and a pin, the valve can be lifted by hand. Specification 11,371/09 is referred to.
Patent GB-191205080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Producer Systems.
IPC: C10J3/00
Filed: 1912-02-29
Granted: 1913-02-28
Abstract: 5080. Marks, E. C. R., [Standard Gus Power Co.]. Feb. 29. Rotary disk valves.- A rotary disk valve for a gas generator comprises a flat plate 28 provided with an opening 50 and mounted on a pivot at 55 between screwed adjustable collars on adjacent pipes. To operate the valve the securing-bolts, which pass through the collars on the pivot and the holes 54 in the valve, are removed, the collars are screwed back, and the valve is reversed so as to bring the blank portion or the opening 50 uppermost.
Patent GB-191205668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sprocket-chains.
Inventor: WAYSON JAMES THOMAS
IPC: F16G13/02
Filed: 1912-03-06
Granted: 1913-03-06
Abstract: 5668. Wayson, J. T. March 6. Driving-chains without separate joint pins.- Each link 1 of a driving-chain comprises two plates 2 connected by hooks 3 and provided with longitudinal apertures 5 through which cables 4 are passed to retain the assembled links in position.
Patent GB-191205792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Urns for Storing Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Milk, or the like.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: A47J31/50
Filed: 1912-03-07
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 5792. Robertson, J. W. March 7. Urns.-The inner vessel a of an urn for tea, coffee, cocoa, milk, &c. is made of cast aluminium and is flanged to seat upon a flanged ring d. The bottom g is sloped to a boss i, which fits flush against the outer vessel b and is threaded to receive a nipple j, into which the cock k screws.
Patent GB-191205906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cycle Carriers for Attachments to Cycles.
IPC: B62J7/04
Filed: 1912-03-08
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 5906. Denslow, A., and Brookes ManufacturingÀ Co. March 8. Luggage - carriers for cycles, comprising a top-plate 1 and diagonal stays 6, are secured to the cycle frame by adjustable means such as a wing-nut 9 which draws together a plate 2 depending from the top plate and a collar 7 upon the stays arranged at opposite sides of a frame tube 10 as shown. The plate 2 is provided with hooks 3 which engage apertures in the top plate and form a hinge connexion. The device, which is shown as a rear carrier, may be modified to form a front carrier.