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Patent GB-191125472-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Locking Cocks or Taps.
Inventor: SCHWANKE PAUL
IPC: F16K35/10
Filed: 1911-11-15
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 25,472. Schwanke, P. Nov. 15. Locking.-Valves are locked by means of two caps b<1>, c<2> which cover the ends of the plug and are connected by members b, c, c<1> secured by a lock d.
Patent GB-191127660-A (GB)
Title: Improved Haulage Clip.
Inventor: WHALVIN JAMES
IPC: B61B12/12
Filed: 1911-12-09
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 27,660. Whalvin, J. Dec. 9. Rope grips.-A haulage clip for coupling wagons to a moving endless rope comprises a fixed jaw H carrying a hook for attachment to the wagon, and a pivoted jaw C pressed towards the fixed jaw by raising a cam-lever L pivoted in lugs G. A flat spring S tends to open the jaws. The pivot of the lever L may be eccentric so as to allow adjustment of the jaw.
Patent GB-191200271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fluid Pumps.
Inventor: KNOWLSON FREDERICK
IPC: F04B1/14
Filed: 1912-01-03
Granted: 1912-05-30
Abstract: 271. Knowlson, F., Irwin, G. H., and Cullon, J. P. Jan. 3. Cam-actuated pumps.-In pumps operated by swash-plates, improved means are provided for oscillating the swash-plate. The fixed cylinders 1, Fig. 2, have suction and delivery valves 14, 15 in the head. The swash-plate 4 is oscillated by the rotating disk 10<1> which is provided with rollers 11, 12 bearing on an annular track 4'. The roller 11 has an horizontal axis, and the roller 12 is much smaller and has an inclined axis.
Patent GB-191207899-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Apparatus for Superheating Steam.
Inventor: BOER PIETER ATZO DE
IPC: F22G7/14
Filed: 1912-04-01
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 7899. Boer, P. A. de. April 1. Coiled - tube superheaters. - A superheater fitted in the combustion chamber of a boiler of the marine type consists of a number of coiled tubes connected at their ends to headers. Single or double helical coils h in the combustion chamber m are separately connected by connexions g, passing through hollow stays p to steam distributing and collecting headers e, k. The connexions g may be provided with cut-out cocks. To prevent the superheater from being subjected to excessive heat, the front part of the combustion chamber may be recessed to receive the superheater.
Patent GB-191208300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stair-rod Eyes.
IPC: A47G27/06
Filed: 1912-04-06
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 8300. Clews & Sons, J., and Baker, F. R. April 6. Stair rod eyes and f a s t e n i n g s. - In stair-rod eyes consisting of a bracket part, a closing-plate, and a catch plate, such catch-plate is pivoted to the closing plate and adapted to engage a hooked part on the bracket. Fig. 1 shows a form adapted for round rods. The catch - plate C, pivoted to the closing-plate B at 15, fastens the eye by taking under the bent-up piece 1 of the bracket-plate A.
Patent GB-191212942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valve Operating Gear.
Inventor: RUSSELL EDWIN LIVINGSTONE
IPC: F01L7/08
Filed: 1912-06-01
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 12,942. Russell, E. L. June 1. Valve spindles and valve-spindle guides.- Relates to gears constructed to raise conical valves from their seats when the resistance to motion becomes abnormal. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the valve 10 is secured to the rotary driving- shaft 12 by right and left handed co - axial spring helices 202, 201. The shaft 12 is restrained from longitudinal motion by collars 13. When the resistance to motion becomes abnormal, the helices in tension contract, slide one on the other, and force the valve from its seat. In a modification, a screwed sleeve is arranged above a collar on the end of the shaft 12, and in a cavity in the valve. A helical spring is arranged in the thread of the sleeve, and is secured to the valve and shaft at its ends. In a second modification, the screwed sleeve is dispensed with. In a third modification, a tube, secured to the end of the shaft 12, is split helically to form a series of helical springs, which are inserted in a cavity in the valve and secured thereto by screws.
Patent GB-191213769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: JOYA REGIS
IPC: F22B21/06
Filed: 1912-06-12
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 13,769. Joya, R. June 12, 1911, [Convention date]. Water - tube boilers; tube-plates; generating by internal steam coils. -In a water-tube boiler comprising drums 1, 2 connected by vertical or inclined tubes 9 of equal lengths, the tube-plates 11 are formed with circular steps, the stepping of one plate being outwards and of the other plate inwards, and each step forming an annular plane normal to the axes of the tubes. The water in the main drum 4 is heated by internal steam coils 6 connected to steam - generating coils 5. Feed-water is fed into the top of a large central tube 9 connecting the drums 1, 2. A superheater 7 arranged above the furnace is controlled by dampers 10.
Patent GB-191214647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Raising, Lowering and Disengaging Boats and the like.
Inventor: CATON JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B63B23/04
Filed: 1912-06-22
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 14,647. Caton, J. W., and Caton, A. A. June 22. Davits; boat raising, lowering, and disengaging gear.-The davit frame 1 pivoted at its lower end 5 to the side of the ship is moved outboard by a pivoted rod 9 attached to a slide 16 which works on a flanged athwartship guide 11. The rope 16 operating the slide passes round sprocket-wheels 14, the inboard one being carried in bearings in a winch frame. The lowering-tackle &c. is suspended from the head 2 of the davit frame and carries a tumbling-hook 34 which engages with a hook 33. A plate 31 beneath the hook 33 carries a rod 32 which is guided in a vertical tube 35, and is connected by four chains 26 to the strengthening- bands 29, 30, which embrace the boat and extend to the gunwales. In a modification, a central band only is used, the two other chains being connected to fore-and-aft posts. The tumbling hook overbalances and releases the boat when the latter is waterborne.
Patent GB-191214653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrically Controlled Signals for use in Determining Temperature.
Inventor: MCNAB ALEXANDER
IPC: G01K1/02
Filed: 1912-06-22
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 14,653. McNab, A. June 22. Thermometers. - T o detect the proximity of icebergs by determining the temperature of the sea, a thermometer is mounted in a casing 28 inside the hull of a ship, through which casing sea - water can pass freely. The thermometer described is of the mercury - creosote type with spaced platinum contacts let in and communicating with a set of insulated contact members over which a test-lever is passed to give an indication or alarm when the temperature has reached a certain level. A similar thermometer can be used with the water thermometer to determine air temperatures, and, as shown, a mercury bath 32 surrounds one leg of the thermometer. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 9695/13.
Patent GB-191226993-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Simultaneously Weighing the Cargoes and Measuring the Draught of Ships.
Inventor: FINCK CARLOS
IPC: B63B39/12
Filed: 1912-11-23
Granted: 1914-01-23
Abstract: 26,993. Finck, C. Nov. 23. Weighing cargo by displacement of ship.- Apparatus for weighing the cargo of ships by means cf a measuring-member suspended from a balance and forming a small-scale reproduction of the ship's form is provided with means for vertically adjusting the measuring-member in accordance with the location of the apparatus with respect to the centre of gravity of the ship and for compensating for the weight of the measuring-vessel and its attachments. A vertically adjustable tube 2, counterbalanced by a float, is suspended from a balance beam 1 and communicates through a flexible pipe 19 with the outside water, the union 17 also being vertically adjustable. The amount, depending on the pitch and the position of the centre of gravity of the ship, through which the tube 2 must be raised or lowered if it is not at the centre of gravity of the ship is determined by means of a level 32 of which one end is pivoted and the other adjustable by means of a handwheel 4, the gear by which the level is operated being arranged to move a drum carrying a scale 30 past a pointer 39. A diagram of curves is also provided on the drum 30 to enable the correction depending on the position of the centre of gravity of the ship to be made. The effective cross-section of the tube 2 is made proportional at every height with the corresponding area of the ship by means of one or more vertical plates of the required shape placed in the tube 2 which may itself be of constant section. Instead of weighing the liquid in the tube 2, a float, the buoyancy of which may be similarly adjusted, may be weighed.
Patent GB-191228325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Foundry Moulding Boxes.
Inventor: RIX HARRY
IPC: B22C21/02
Filed: 1912-12-09
Granted: 1913-12-09
Abstract: 28,325. Rix, H., Moore, W., Stoddart, W., and Paton, J. D. Dec. 9. Flasks; guiding flasks.-Adjustable flasks of the diagonally-opening type have two rigid corners with sides fluted or grooved as shown in Fig. 4 to engage telescopic extensions which carry the hinge and clamp. Wing nuts provide for clamping the adjusted flasks, and these nuts may be carried by the registering pins and sockets.
Patent GB-191228901-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Raising Periscopes.
IPC: B63G8/38
Filed: 1912-12-16
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 28,901. Soc. Anon. Officine Galileo. Jan. 1, [Convention date]. Periscopes. - To facilitate the raising and lowering of periscopes, the protecting - tubes. T of the instruments are mounted so as to be capable of rotation in further tubes S fitted with pistons Z so that they can be actuated hydraulically in cylinders C.
Patent GB-191301330-A (GB)
Title: Gas Reversing Valve with a Gas Stop Valve, Controlled thereby, for Regenerative Furnaces.
Inventor: REITMEISTER WILHELM
IPC: F23L15/02
Filed: 1913-01-16
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 1330. Reitmeister, W. Jan. 16. Valves, reversing and like. -In a combined reversing-valve and gas stop valve for regenerative furnaces, the connexion between the reversing-valve and the stop valve is such that the stop valve can be independently adjusted and thus serve also as a gas-regulating valve. For this purpose, the connexion between the gas - valve d and the lever a or other movable part of the reversing-valve, instead of being a direct one, comprises an adjustable pulley-block system, that is, a block i connected by a rope g to the valve d hangs in a loop of the rope h connected to the arm a, the other end of the rope h being connected to a tensioning-weight m, which also serves to engage an adjustable stop p. In operation, therefore, a downward adjustment of the stop p, by means of the spindle n, raises the valve d and thus increases the maximum opening without affecting the automatic closing of the valve on lifting the bells b. To ensure the downward movement of the valve d when the stop p is raised, a lever is provided having one end q<1> resting on the valve spindle and the other on the stop p. Means for locking the reversing-valve in its closed position may be provided to prevent accidental movement when adjusting the gas stop valve.
Patent GB-191301764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burglar Alarm Devices or Alarm Guns.
Inventor: STOCKDALE GEORGE
IPC: G08B15/00
Filed: 1913-01-22
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 1764. Stockdale, G. Jan. 22. Detonating signals.-Relates to an alarm gun of the kind in which a cartridge or detonator is exploded by a spring-actuated sliding pin held back by a radial arm engaging a fixture and released by a rotation of the arm. The arm K, when moved by the door, by a cord or wire, or by a latch S, which can be lifted out of action by means of the lock T, to enter the slot M', releases the pin D the head of which, formed as a point or as shown to form a breech block, then strikes the cartridge held in a barrel A provided with an, ejector-plate P carried bv the sliding rod Q. A holding down plate is substituted for the ejector-plate D when detonators are used.
Patent GB-191307151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Control of High Frequency Alternating Electric Currents.
IPC: H03C1/10
Filed: 1913-03-25
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 7151. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Eleciric Co.]. March 25. Relays, non-circuit-closing. - In order to control high-frequency alternating currents, two reaction coils are connected in series in the circuit and subjected to the action of a variable controlling-current; transformer action between the circuits is avoided by arranging that the magnetizing actions of the coils on the controlling-circuit are in opposite senses. Fig. 4 shows an application to wireless telephony in which the reactance coils 8, 9 are inserted between the high-frequency generator 6 and the antenna 17. The pulsations of current in the circuit of a transmitter 16 are reproduced in the high-frequency circuit by coils 10, 11 in series with the transmitter circuit and wound upon the cores of the reactances 8, 9 but so that induced electromotive forces are neutralized between them. Adjustment of the initial magnetization of the reactances may be obtained by means of a third circuit wound on the same cores and carrying a variable direct current. In Fig. 5, for example, which is a system for sending musical note waves from the antenna 17, in which the steady frequency of a generator 23 is impressed on the high frequency circuit bv coils 28, 29 arranged in the manner just described, other coils 26, 27 wound in the same sense as the coils 28, 29 carry a variable direct current from a source 24 bv which the induction in the reactances mav be regulated. The reactances used may be constructed as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The coils 20 for carrying the controlling-current and larger coils 21 for carrying the high-frequency current are arranged on laminated cores 18, 19. As shown in Fig. 2, coils 22 are provided for enabling the induction to be adjusted.
Patent GB-191307281-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Universal Joints.
Inventor: PRESCOTT SYDNEY IRVIN
IPC: F16D3/38
Filed: 1913-03-27
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 7281. Prescott, S. I. March 27. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Universal joints; shaft couplings.-Relates to means for lubricating universal joints. An intermediate member 13 with a spherical outer' surface is connected by pins 15 to a casing 1 on the shaft 9, and by a transverse pin 20 to the enlarged end 18 of the shaft 17. Dowels 32 and a screw 21 are used to secure the pins. Oil is supplied through a screw 12 to a chamber 11 between the shaft 9 and the member 13, and is forced by centrifugal action through passages 25, 27, 28 to lubricate the pins 15 and through passages 26, 29, 30 to lubricate the pin 20. Packing 31, 33 prevents escape of oil. Either of the main joint parts may be splined to its shaft in order to allow for longitudinal movement.
Patent GB-191307844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Supply of Working Fluid to Radial or Axial Flow Turbines for use with Gas or other Explosive Mixtures.
Inventor: LEVERMORE WALTER
Filed: 1913-04-03
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 7844. Levermore, W., and Morris, P. H. April 3 Working-fluid supply. - For maintaining an even working pressure, the combustion chamber b of an explosion turbine contains a piston c. Air is admitted through a valve a and fuel is injected in any suitable manner. The ignited charge forces the piston c against the pressure of a spring d. A valve e, geared to the turbine, then opens, and the recoil of the spring d forces the charge through the valve e to the turbine blades. The valve e remains open long enough to permit a scavenging-charge of air to pass through the combustion chamber. A spring h prevents shock on the rebound of the piston.
Patent GB-191311223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-craft Housing.
Inventor: BLUMENFELD JULIUS
IPC: E04H6/44
Filed: 1913-05-13
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 11,223. Blumenield, J. May 13. Turntables.-A housing for air-craft consists of a central hall m and side halls n covered with flat sliding roof-members a, the central hall being fitted with a starting and landing stage which can be elevated by means of a motor c so as to be level with the roof members when the roof members are slid back on their rollers b. The air-ship is secured to the landing-stage by anchor cables i operated by winches k, and may be rotated on the turntable h so as to lie in the direction of the housing when arriving and also to the desired direction for starting.
Patent GB-191314797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Pivoting of Shears, Scissors and other Articles.
Inventor: GOUDEY GEORGE WENTWORTH
IPC: B26B13/28
Filed: 1913-06-26
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 14,797. Goudey, G. W. July 27, 1912, [Convention date]. Hinge, pivot, and joint pins.-Scissors, shears, and other articles having pivotally connected arms are provided with a headed pivot 6 rotatably mounted in the arm 2 and non- rotatably and slidably mounted in the arm 4; the nut 12 engaging the threaded end of the pivot is provided with a spring finger 14 having a detent 18 engaging one of a series of recesses 20 in the arm 4 to hold the nut in its adjusted position.
Patent GB-191315182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Refrigerating Apparatus.
IPC: F25B41/00
Filed: 1913-07-01
Abstract: 15,182. Soc. Anon. des Etablissements Delaunay-Belleville. Aug. 20, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Refrigerating, compression machines for.-The gas liquefied in the condenser B passes through a pipe a and tuyÞre I to a chamber D, through which the vapour from the refrigerating coils A passes on its way to the pump. A portion of the liquefied gas evaporates in the chamber D, thus increasing the pressure of the returning vapour, and the remainder falls to the bottom of the chamber and passes to the refrigerating- coils through a pipe c which connects the chamber D, coils A, and condenser B together. The operation is controlled by valves R, R<1>, R<2>, the valve R<2> being normally closed and the valves R, R<1> open. When starting, the valves R, R<1> are shut and the valve R<2> is open, so that the apparatus acts in the ordinary way. The valve R may be replaced by an automatic device such as a float-operated valve.
Patent GB-191316318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ovens for Generating Gas and Producing Coke.
Inventor: KOPPERS HEINRICH
IPC: C10B3/02
Filed: 1913-07-15
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 16,318. Koppers, H. July 15. Retort furnaces; coke ovens. - A vertical retort or coke oven for the manufacture of gas and coke is heated by horizontal flues f in the side walls connected at both ends to reversible regenerators, through which the gases flow in an horizontal direction. In the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 1, the regenerators h, i are situated at both sides of the retorts b, and are connected up to collecting and distributing conduits n, o by dampered flues m. With the conditions as shown, air is supplied to half the left-hand regenerators from the conduit o and gas to the remaining half from the main r. Combustion takes place in the flues f, and the gases escape through the whole of the righthand regenerators and the conduit n. In a modified form, Fig. 4, the regenerators are all at one side of the battery and the heating- flues f' encircle three sides of the oven. The state of combustion can be observed through openings t, and the heating can be regulated by dampers s. The regenerators may be divided by horizontal partitions into independent units which are connected to distributing-flues n<1>, o<1> by rotary valves l<1>, m<1>.
Patent GB-191318999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Manures and Fertilisers containing Phosphate Compounds.
Inventor: DICKSON ALEXANDER
IPC: C08B17/00
Filed: 1913-08-21
Granted: 1914-09-21
Abstract: 18,999. Dickson, A. Aug. 21. Reagents; manures. - A manure is obtained from sewage sludge by adding insoluble phosphate and heating to a temperature of 400- 600‹ F., whereupon the acids in the sludge convert the insoluble phosphates into available phosphates. Suitable salts such as the sulphates of potash, soda, or magnesium may be added to enrich the product.
Patent GB-191323972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Floors or Decks.
Inventor: HORSFALL ROBERT MOSS
IPC: B63B3/14
Filed: 1913-10-23
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 23,972. Horsfall, R. M. Oct. 23. Decks. - Comprises improvements in the construction of floors and decks for ships, landing - stages, &c. exposed to the weather, of the kind consisting of more than one layer or course of planking. The lower course B is tongued and grooved and is held in position by galvanized deck bolts H through the planks and beams C, the heads of the bolts being countersunk. The planks of the upper course are secured to the planks of the lower course by screws K, tarred felt being placed between the two courses. The courses are laid longitudinally, and the grooves of the upper course are V-shaped to facilitate caulking and paying. The margin plank D is equal in thickness to both courses, the upper course being let into a rabbet in the plank D. The ends of the planks of the lower course have their ends cut obliquely to form scarf joints.
Patent GB-191324121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drop-side Cots and the like.
Inventor: BATES EDWIN CHARLES
IPC: A47D7/02
Filed: 1913-10-24
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 24,121. Bates, E. C. Oct. 24. Drop-side cots.-A catch device for retaining the side a of a drop-side cot in the raised position comprises a loose rod i adapted to be operated by a foot-piece i<2> to release the rail a<2> from a pair of catches of the construction shown in Fig. 2. Each catch consists of a pivoted plate g and a fixed plate e, the pivoted plate having a straight slot h and the fixed plate an L-shaped slot f, both slots being engaged by the rod i. The pivoted plate has a jaw g<2> to receive the bar a<2>, which is retained therein by a curved part e<1> on the fixed plate. In order to release the bar a<2>, the rod i is raised and passes along the horizontal branch of the L-shaped slot, thus allowing the pivoted plate to turn. A safety catch-lever k may be provided to bear against the rod i and prevent it from being raised unless the lever has first been turned out of the way.
Patent GB-191325277-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Plates for Walls and the like.
Inventor: HEDMAN FOLKE RICHARD
IPC: E04B2/42
Filed: 1913-11-05
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 25,277. Hedman, F. R., and Kilgren, C. A. Nov. 5. Facing-slabs for double-faced walls having a concrete, plaster or like filling consists of hollow or solid plates a provided on their back surfaces with tapered or T-shaped projections formed with air channels b. The slabs are arranged so that the projections of each facing-layer are disposed opposite to the spaces between the projections of the other facing-layer.
Patent GB-191329444-A (GB)
Title: Mail Package Ties.
Inventor: DUFFY GEORGE JOSEPH
IPC: G09F3/03
Filed: 1913-12-20
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 29,444. Duffy, G. J. Dec. 20. Bale ties.-A package tie comprises a buckle 1 in a slot 2 of which one end of the tie 14 is secured, the free end being inserted in an L- shaped slot 7 and held at the fold by a pivoted keeper 10. A name tag 6 may be provided.
Patent GB-191403761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Drying and Heating Sand, Stone, Grit or other Materials.
Inventor: ANDREWS FRANK MILLS
IPC: F26B17/00
Filed: 1914-02-13
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 3761. Andrews, F. M. Feb. 13. Spreading solids, apparatus for.-In centrifugal apparatus for drying and heating sand, stone, grit, &c., the rotary member is formed with corrugations as shown in Fig. 5. The member may be built up of plates or pressed-out sections. The fixed deflecting-plates may be made with some flexibility or may be made of interconnected chains o.