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Patent GB-191210826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cigar Lighters or the like.
Inventor: BERGER LUDWIG
IPC: F23Q2/42
Filed: 1912-05-07
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 10,826. Berger, L. May 7. Pocket igniters, frictional and like.-A fuel cartridge for cigar-lighters &c. consists of an hermetically closed capsule of gelatine, thin metal, glass, or the like, containing benzine or like fuel. The hermetic closure is destroyed when the cartridge is used. In one form, Figs. 1 and 2, the capsule 1 has an indentation 3, which is pierced by a spring-mounted pin 6 when the neck of the capsule is inserted in the filling-aperture 4 of the igniter. The capsule is then compressed to expel the contents into the reservoir of the igniter, the pin 6 having a flattened point to allow the expulsion. In a modification, Fig. 3, the cartridge 1 is inserted in a lower chamber of the igniter, having an air-tight lid 11, and is pierced by screwing-in the pin 13. On inverting the igniter, the fuel passes through a perforated partition 7 into the absorptive material 8. In other forms, the cartridge may be filled with absorptive material 15, Fig. 8, and when inserted in the casing 20 from below, it is pierced by the pointed end of a perforated wick-tube 18. A compartment 21 may contain a reserve cartridge. The wick-tube 18 may be secured to a screwed lid 22, Fig. 9, and may have spikes 23 to withdraw the spent cartridge when the lid is removed. The cartridge may be fitted with a wick 24, Fig. 10, the end of which is covered by an hermetically sealed cap 27, which is removed and the cartridge inserted in an igniter having a cover 30 with a neck 31, Fig. 12.
Patent GB-191212205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cap Spinning, Twisting and other like Frames or Machines.
Inventor: JONES CHARLES HENRY
IPC: D01H1/06
Filed: 1912-05-23
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 12,205. Jones, C. H., and Horsfall, J. May 23. Spindle-driving apparatus.-A cover-plate 6 is secured to the bracket that carries the tension pulley of the spindle-driving bands of cap spinning, twisting, and like frames, and embraces the shaft 10 that carries the brackets and covers the notches in the arm 4 that carries the weight, so as to prevent accidental displacement of the bracket from the supporting- shaft and of the weight from its notch.
Patent GB-191215290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: ABELS FRANZ
IPC: F16T1/34
Filed: 1912-07-01
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 15,290. Abels, F. July 1. Steam-traps.-A trap adapted for use with steam-heating apparatus consists of a tubular vessel a and a fixed core b having circumferentiaf grooves d which are left incomplete so as to form a longitudinal rib g on the core and are connected by rassages c arranged alternately on either side of the rib. The groove may be arranged helically. Condensed water enters the grooves by a hole p in an adjustable disk h, or through a conical hole which is partly closed bv a lateral screw valve having a conical end. The head of the screw may be enclosed by a steam-tight cover and slotted to receive a screw-driver, or the screw spindle may extend through a stuffing-box and carry a hand-wheel.
Patent GB-191216661-A (GB)
Title: A Folding Boat.
Inventor: BADEN-POWELL BADEN FLETCHER SM
IPC: B63B7/06
Filed: 1912-07-17
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 16,661. Powell, B. F. S. Baden-. July 17. Collapsible boats.-In a folding boat of the type comprising three flexible boards or plates connected along their sides by continuous hinges, the sides are kept apart, when the boat is opened out, by transverse boards d placed vertically or sloping from the bottom towards the ends of the boat. The transverse boards are preferably hinged to the bottom board, and may be in sections hinged together and to the sides.
Patent GB-191217963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Closing Doors of Railway Carriages.
Inventor: WILSON JOHN
IPC: B61D19/02
Filed: 1912-08-03
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 17,963. Wilson, J. Aug. 3. [Addition to 29,250/11.] Operating doors pneumatically; checks.-To prevent slamming of railway-carriage doors operated by the means described in the parent Specification, an air check is arranged within each of the door operating cylinders, and comprises a plunger carried by the piston or cylinder and working within a chamber on the cylinder or piston, respectively. In the construction shown, the plunger a<1> is fixed to the cylinder a<3> and works within the hollow piston-rod a<5>, air being admitted during the opening of the door through a non-return valve a<9>, and being expelled during the closing of the door through a small orifice a<10>.
Patent GB-191221284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Confectionery.
Inventor: HAHN MARTIN FERDINAND
IPC: A23G1/00
Filed: 1912-09-18
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 21,284. Hahn, M. F. Sept. 18. Cocoa preparation. - Cocoa is mixed with molasses which have been refined by heating with a porous silicious substance and filtering. The product can be put up in pasty or solid form.
Patent GB-191221488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Railway Sleepers and Means for Attaching Rails thereto.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
IPC: E01B3/26
Filed: 1912-09-21
Granted: 1913-09-22
Abstract: 21,488. Willis, P. R. J., [Newcomb, H. H.]. Sept. 21. Sleepers, composite and metal, and securing rails thereto. - Relates to metallic channel sleepers 1 with short inverted sections 3 of similar shape forming rail seats; and consists in providing wooden blocks 7 under the rail seats, bolts 4 being passed through elongated openings in the seats and blocks. Bolts may be dispensed with and the seats provided with lugs 8, Fig. 4, engaging apertures in the sleeper. The lugs may be bent over as shown in Fig. 5. The rail may be secured by lugs 11 bent from the seat on one or both sides of the rail, Figs. 2 and 8, the rail in the former case being secured by recesses 12 in the sides of the sleeper. The rails may be secured by clips or chairs bolted to the rail seats. The seats may be adjusted vertically by wedges driven between the blocks and the sleeper.
Patent GB-191223833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brackets for Supporting Gutters and the like.
Inventor: BAILEY GEORGE
IPC: E04D13/072
Filed: 1912-10-18
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 23,833. Bailey, G. Oct. 18. Brackets.-A bracket for supporting gutters consists of two main members a, b slidable upon each other, the part a having a hooked extremity a<1>, and the part b being provided with a spike b<1> or an attachment plate for securing to a wall. The inner edge of the gutter is held by a hook e', which may be integral with the part a, or adjustable therein by nuts e<2> as shown.
Patent GB-191228993-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Boilers Furnaces.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN TYNE
IPC: F23L9/00
Filed: 1912-12-17
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 28,993. Thornton, J. T. Dec. 17. Air, supplying; air supply, heating; firebridges.-In a steam-boiler furnace, air for combustion is heated by passing it through a pipe 7 arranged in the side flue and a pipe 4 passing through the steam-and-water space of the boiler, and is delivered through an elongated opening 3 arranged above or in proximity to the fire-bridge. The admission of air to the pipe 7 is controlled by a hinged door or flap 9. If desired, pipes extending through both side flues and communicating with a common outlet 3 may be provided. Air may also be admitted from the ash-pit through a damper-controlled passage to the hollow firebridge 2 from which it escapes through a contracted outlet 11 to the flue.
Patent GB-191305061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheds for Airships or Balloons and Aeroplanes.
IPC: E04B1/346
Filed: 1913-02-27
Granted: 1913-05-01
Abstract: 5061. Luftschiffsantrieb Ges. Nov. 19, 1912, [Convention datel. [Addition to 4830/13.] Shelters for housing aerial machines.-Air-ship and balloon sheds &c. are provided with a fireproof central wall c to minimize the effect of explosions. The wall is made to swivel on a central post and carries rollers d running on rails e. The air-ships &c. may be swung from the wall c by means of jibs g. They may also be supported on' a number of carriages b coupled together and mounted on the rails e. The joint between the edges of the wall c and the sliding segments B, C of the shed, and between the segments also, is effected by means of inflatable elastic tubular packing.f which is blown out of place should an explosion occur.
Patent GB-191313883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shock Absorbers particularly applicable to Vehicles.
Inventor: SOWDEN CHARLES NEVILLE
IPC: F16F7/02
Filed: 1913-06-16
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 13,883. Sowden, C. N., and Wood, D. June 16. Laminar springs; connexions, attachments, and adjustments, applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs; vibration-dampers.- Relates to shock-absorbers particularly applicable to vehicles, and of the kind in which spring and frictional elements are employed, and consists in providing spring elements which function under light shocks, the resistance of the springs being overcome, and the friction elements being brought into play, only for heavy shocks. Figs. 1 and 2 show one construction in which a lever 10 connected with a vehicle axle by a link 11 is jointed to levers 12, 13, pivotally carried by the vehicle frame 14. Friction disks 19, 20 bolted together around the hub 16 of the lever 10 are mounted in suitable recesses in disks 18 integral with the levers 12, 13 and are provided with inclined surfaces separated from corresponding surfaces on the disks 18 by friction material 22. The levers and disks are connected by a central bolt 15 and outside plates 17. A U-shaped laminar spring 23 is held in recesses 19<b>, 20<b> between the disks 19, 20 by a screw 30 and the free ends of the spring bear upon the lever 10. Light shocks are taken by the spring 23, the friction elements offering sufficient resistance to allow the spring only to operate. When heavy shocks occur, the resistance of the spring is overcome, and the friction disks move with respect to the levers 12, 13, the outer laminations of the spring moving into contact with either of the surfaces 29 on the disks 19, 20. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the laminar springs are replaced by helical spring-systems 53 mounted in pockets arranged tangentially on the disks 19, 20. The springs are adjusted by studs 55 and nuts 56.
Patent GB-191315841-A (GB)
Title: Improved Distribution Valve for Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: EVANS ARTHUR FREDERICK
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 1913-07-09
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 15,841. Evans, A. F. July 9, 1912, [Convention date]. Starting.-A valve for distributing compressed air for starting in either direction comprises a ported piston loose on a cam or other shaft r. Air is admitted by a three-way cock T to one or other end of the cylinder b and moves either the clutch p<1>, s<2> or the clutch p<2>, s<2> into engagement, at the same time putting the port k<1> or the port k<2> into register with ports o<1>, o<3>, o<4> communicating with the engine cylinders.
Patent GB-191315962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Supply of Liquid Fuel to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FEYENS FRANCOIS
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1913-07-10
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 15,962. Feyens, F. June 13, [Convention date]. Cylinders receiving liquid fuel. - In engines in which the cylinders receive a full charge of air at each admission stroke, the power is regulated by apparatus for distributing the fuel in varying amounts as shown, the fuel being injected by the pressure at which it is supplied by a pump (not shown) regulated by a valve e. The distributing - device comprises a cylinder a having a number of delivery pipes f corresponding to the number of cylinders. The ring j is rotated once per cycle by a shaft l connected with the engine cam-shaft or crankshaft through a stuffing-box m with a glycerine seal o. The moment of starting and duration of injection is varied by making the slot k, through which the fuel is delivered, tapered or of inclined or curved edges, the ring being moved axially as required by the rack t and pinion q. An air vessel b is provided.
Patent GB-191318254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braiding-machine Bobbin Carriers and in the Manufacture of Lace therewith.
Inventor: HENKELS ALBERT
IPC: D04C3/14
Filed: 1913-08-11
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 18,254. Henkels, A. Aug. 11. Braiding-machines.-Relates to a bobbin. carrier in which the tension on the bobbin threads may be automatically varied by jacquard action so that in the manufacture of Cluny, torchon, or like lace, the tension on certain of the threads may be increased during the formation of the spot or like effect, and may be subsequently reduced to a normal amount. A loop of the thread passing down the central bore of the bobbin may support as usual a tension spring n by means of an eye o. The lower end of the spring is attached to a collar q on which work screws s passing through a disk t<3> mounted on a sleeve t working on the carrier shaft d. The sleeve t carries prominences t<1>, t<2> engaged by a spring v, and the disk t3 is moved from one position to the other by a forked rod a; under jacquard control.
Patent GB-191324672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Quick Action Mechanism for Electric Switches and other Devices.
IPC: H01H3/30
Filed: 1913-10-30
Granted: 1914-10-30
Abstract: 24,672. Roothaan, J., and Ferranti, Ltd. Oct. 30. Switches, quick - action; spring - straining arrangements.-A quick-action mechanism for electric switches &c. comprises three concentric tubes, an inner operating-tube c, a middle fixed tube b, and an outer tube a carrying the switch or other parts, together with controlling-balls j and a spring l arranged so that the tube a receives a quick rectilinear motion in both directions independently of the operating-tube c. The ends of the spring l are attached to cross-pins n, m situated in slots in the three tubes. The balls are situated in apertures i in the fixed tube b and can engage in addition either with openings e, f in the outer tube a or with openings g, h in the operating-tube c, the edges of the latter openings being bevelled. With the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1, the initial upward movement of the operating- tube c causes the bevelled edges of the openings g to push the balls j into engagement with the openings e, whereby the tube a is locked to the fixed tube b. Continued movement of the tube c carries up the pin m and stretches the spring l, the pin n being held fast by the locked tube a. When the lower opening h in the tube c comes opposite the balls j, they move out of the openings e in the tube a, thus unlocking it, whereupon the spring l collapses and the pin n carries the tube a upwards with a quick movement independent of the operating- tube c. The parts then assume the position shown in Fig. 2, and when the tube c is moved downwards, a similar action occurs, the pin n being carried down to stretch the spring l, while the tube a and pin m are temporarily locked as described above.
Patent GB-191327354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Regulation of Dynamo Electric Generators.
Inventor: HOLLISTER FREDERICK LOUIS
IPC: H02J7/20
Filed: 1913-07-14
Granted: 1914-07-14
Abstract: 27,354. Hollister, F. L. July 14. Dynamos, regulating. - A variable - speed dynamo is regulated for a constant voltage by the use of a negative temperature - coefficient resistance composed of boron, or of a compound thereof, in conjunction with a magnetizing or demagnetizing field-magnet winding. In one arrangement, Fig. 1, in which the dynamo D feeds a battery A and lamps L, a boron resistance p is connected in circuit with a coil p1 acting in opposition to the field-magnet coil F. The field-magnet coils p1, Fig. 3, may be positioned on the field-magnet so as to increase the field distortion. The above-described methods of regulation may be used in conjunction with a method which consists in utilizing a part of the current wave of another machine. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 30,107/12.
Patent GB-191329088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Producer Gas Generators.
Inventor: WOLLASTON THOMAS ROLAND
IPC: C10J3/76
Filed: 1913-12-17
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 29,088. Wollaston, T. R. Dec. 17. Producers.-The steam-generator c or vaporizer of a producer is fitted with Perkins' tubes f depending within the fuel-chamber a. The steam may pass through an injection nozzle j', or the air may be supplied by a fan or blower and mixed with steam before or after traversing the jacket c. According to the Provisional Specification, Field tubes may also be used.
Patent GB-191403363-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to the Heating of Coke Ovens, Gas Retorts or the like.
Inventor: WOODALL HAROLD WHITEMAN
IPC: C10B21/08
Filed: 1914-02-09
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 3363. Woodall, H. W. Feb. 9. Drawings to Specification. Coke ovens; retort furnaces.-Gas of high calorific value from a coke oven or gas retort is diluted with waste products of combustion, in order that it may be used in the producer-gas burners for heating the retort, and also to prevent deposition of carbon and local overheating.
Patent GB-191403442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Concentrating Ores.
Inventor: FAIRBROTHER HENRY
IPC: B27G15/00
Filed: 1914-02-10
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 3442. Fairbrother, H., [Deister Machine Co.]. Feb. 10. Vanning-machines.-A concentrating-table is formed with two or more plateaux of successively increasing heights in the direction of the flow of the values. The table is inclined downwards from the feed-side 1 and has little or no inclination from the front to the rear. The surface is formed with plateaux 3, 6 approached by slopes 4, 7, the height of the plateau 6 above the plateau 3 being less than that of the plateau 3 above the main surface of the table. Riffles 12 extend across the table and plateaux and may taper from points along a line a, and one or more relatively high riffles 13 are provided. Water is supplied to the plateaux from a trough 5, and middlings from the plateau 3 are collected in a launder 11. A table of the Wilfley type may be similarly provided with plateaux, in that case inclined to the direction of the riffles.
Patent GB-191410083-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Exchange of Ions Adsorbed by Colloids.
IPC: B01J13/00
Filed: 1914-04-23
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 10,083. Ges. f³r Elektro - Osmose m.b.H. April 23,1913, [Convention date]. Radium and rare-earth salts; salts in general. -The ions adsorbed in colloids are exchanged for other ions by treatment with a solution of an electrolyte, the exchange being made selective by choosing suitable salt solutions of suitable concentrations, so that closely-related elements, such as the rare earths, may be separated. In an example, a manganese-peroxide adsorption-product, of radium and barium in a fine state of division is boiled with an ammonium-chloride solution of stated strength. The solid matter after filtration is stated to contain 32 per cent of the barium and 64À7 per cent of the radium originally present. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states (1) that exchange of acid radicals can be effected with adsorptions in electropositive colloids and exchange of bases with adsorptions in electro-negative colloids;. (2) that that electrolyte which is found to be most suitable for de-adsorbing particular ions may be used in the preparation of the adsorption product so that as little as possible of the ions to be subsequently de-adsorbed may enter the adsorption product; and (3) includes an example in which a manganese-peroxide radiumbarium adsorption product is treated six times in succession by suspending in a 1 per cent solution of aluminium chloride, boiling while stirring, and filtering and washing, 87-5 per cent of the radium and 11.6 per cent of the barium being de-adsorbed by this treatment. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191411834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torpedo Directors.
IPC: F41G9/00
Filed: 1914-05-13
Granted: 1915-05-13
Abstract: 11,834. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Waddingham, W. H. May 13. Mechanically tripped switches.-A switch used in connexion with apparatus for directing and firing torpedoes is set into the open position against the action of a spring 46 by pressing down a thumb-lever 45 and retained by a spring catch 44. When an arm 37 pivoted to a yoke 33 and moving over a sector 40 comes over and falls into a notch 39 under the action of a spring 38, a crank 42 fixed to the same spindle 41 as the arm 37 trips the catch 44 and allows the spring 46 to close the switch.
Patent GB-191421869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Laminated Springs.
Inventor: LANDAU DAVID
IPC: F16F1/18
Filed: 1914-11-02
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 21,869. Landau, D. Nov. 2. Laminar springs .-Various constructions are described having for their object to increase the resiliency of the spring and to ensure that, in the event of fracture, the smallest or least important leaf will break first and give warning of the condition of the spring. The features described comprise leaves graded in thickness, leaves specially proportioned in length, and leaves with tapered ends or with ends otherwise reduced in cross-section by cutting or forming holes therein, the holes also serving to transmit lubricant from leaf to leaf. Fig. 1 shows a spring in which the leaves increase in thickness from the master leaf 1<a> to the shortest leaf 1<b>. Each leaf may be of uniform thickness throughout, or tapered at its ends as shown at 1<c>, the distances between the ends of adjacent leaves being less the nearer the leaves are to the master leaf. The ends of the leaves may be tapered in their width instead of their thickness, or they may be tapered in both directions. Fig. 4 shows one form in which the leaf ends are formed into elongated tongues 5<a>. The end of each tapered leaf may be arranged to overlap the base of the taper of the next longer leaf, and when the leaves are all of the same thickness or when they decrease in thickness towards the smallest leaf and the steps between adjacent leaves gradually decrease towards the master leaf, the length of the taper is greater the nearer the leaf is to the master leaf. The cross-section of tapered or untapered leaf ends may be reduced by forming numbers of holes 10 in them as shown in Fig. 9, the holes also serving to contain lubricant. Figs. 12 and 14 show two other ways of reducing the cross-section of the leaf ends by cutting holes 19 therein. The object of the reduction of cross-section of the leaf ends is to distribute the stresses and to prevent the separation of the leaves when the spring is deflected. The master leaf may be composed of more than one leaf extending the full length of the spring.
Patent GB-191423377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheaters, and to Feed Water Heaters, for Locomotives.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
IPC: F22G7/00
Filed: 1914-12-01
Granted: 1915-11-25
Abstract: 23,377. Spencer, A. Dec. 1. Feed-water, heating.- Relates to locomotive superheaters of the kind in which U-tubes are arranged within an outside flue conducting combustion products from the fire - box to the funnel. Feed-water is heated in a jacket around the outside flue. The jacketed flue 2, Fig. 1, arranged above a locomotive boiler, communicates at one end with the fire-box through a flue-pipe 6, and opens at the other end into a compartment 11 formed at the top of the smoke-box by a partition 11<a>. Feedwater is passed through the jackets 9, 3 around the flues. In a modification, Fig. 5, the top of the smoke-box is closed, and the hot gases are led from the smoke - box through the superheater flue 2 to a chimney 23 at the back of the boiler. In a further modification, a water-jacketed superheater flue connected at opposite ends to the fire-box and smoke-box is arranged below the boiler.