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Patent GB-191108151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Motor-controlled Regulating Devices for Furnace-dampers, Valves and the like.
Inventor: RENNERT OTTO
IPC: G05B11/01
Filed: 1911-03-31
Granted: 1912-04-01
Abstract: 8151. Rennert, O. April 1, 1910, [Convention date]. Draught, regulating.-The circuit of a motor M actuating furnace dampers or regulating heating systems, is controlled by a manometer D, a clock switch Z, and relays I ... IV, in such a way that the motor circuit is made by the relays below a given minimum of pressure and broken between the minimum and a given maximum. To start the apparatus, the manometer D registering below its zero, the contactsprings a on the switch Z are connected, and the relay III is energized from a battery R and closes its contacts 9. Simultaneously current passes from the main battery st, via the contacts 8, 9, through the normally closed contacts 12 of the relay I, and the contacts 14 of the reversing-switch to the motor M, which then opens the dampers, and the draught is started. When the dampers have been opened, a switch sch driven by the motor M, closes its normally open contacts c, d and completes the circuit of the relay I, which opencircuits the motor at the contacts 12. The arms 28, 31 of the switch sp having been set on contacts connected to the manometer contacts and deciding the maximum and minimum pressures respectively, a rise of the mercury will first send a retaining current to the relay I through the minimum arm 28 and segment 29. Further rise will send a current to the relay II through a maximum arm 31 and segment 32, completing through the contacts 38 a current to the motor M, driving it in the reverse direction to close the dampers. Normally closed limit contacts e, f on the switch sch are opened to de-energize the relay III when the dampers have been closed. The motor circuit is then broken at the contacts 9. Upon the occurrence of excessive pressure, the uppermost contact of the manometer is covered by the mercury and a current is fed to the relay IV, which closes and completes the circuit of an alarm bell N. The relay IV is closed and the bell is also rung by closure of the contacts g, h, these contacts being pressed together by the relaxing spring of the clock switch if allowed to run down too far. A key T in parallel with the time switch can be closed by the operator when the contacts a are not connected, to enable him to ascertain whether the apparatus is in order.
Patent GB-191115022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Attachments for Talking Machines.
Inventor: CONDON EDWARD THOMAS
Filed: 1911-06-27
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 15,022. Condon, E. T. June 27. Stopping. - A stopping-device for gramophones consists of a detachable plate 12 placed over the centre of the record - disk 10 and having an horizontal hole 14 for an adjustable rod 15 which carries at one end a stop consisting of a block 17<1> having a handle 16 and a flexible tongue 17 forming between them a cleft. A plate 19 screwed to the sound-box 21 has an engaging side 18 which enters the cleft in the stop at the end of a reproduction and raises the stylus and sound-box, and stops the record by virtue of the friction between the record disk 10 and plate 12. To position the stop correctly, it is provided with a distancepiece 20 which is adjusted to the final soundline on the record.
Patent GB-191116658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Calendars.
Inventor: WRIGHT WILLIAM FREDERICK
Filed: 1911-07-20
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 16,658. Wright, W. F. July 20. Calendars.-A perpetual calendar comprises two slotted front cards A, one for leap-years only, having printed thereon the months and days of the month as shown, and a series of cards B bearing a cyclic arrangement of the days of the week. These cards bear a list of the years for which they can be used ; a separate table gives the years in order and the number of the appropriate card.
Patent GB-191116764-A (GB)
Title: Point Shifting Mechanism for Railways or Tramways.
Inventor: PIACANI EUGENIO
IPC: B61L5/00
Filed: 1910-10-22
Granted: 1911-10-23
Abstract: 16,764. Piacani, E., Pacini, O., and Capellano, A. Oct. 22, 1910. Stub-switch type; ground levers; operating- mechanism, applicable generally.-In a railway or tramway stub switch having flanges adapted to work under cover-plates as described in Specification 13,948/02, and operated in the known manner by means of a rotary cam acting on lugs depending from the underside, the cam shaft is arranged so as to be operated either by electrical means from the vehicles or by means of a ground lever. As shown in Fig. 3, the stub switch 21 is formed with flanges working under the cover-plates d, and is operated by the cam 20. The cam shaft 16 is adapted to be operated by electrical means contained within the casing a, for example, as described in Specification 24,524/10. The shaft can also be operated by the ground-lever 28 through a toothed quadrant 26 and pinion 25.
Patent GB-191118964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Acting Mule Spinning Twisting and Doubling Machines.
Inventor: BERNARD PAUL MARIE JOSEPH
IPC: D01H3/00
Filed: 1911-08-23
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 18,964. Bernard, P. M. J. Oct. 12, 1910, [Convention date]. Spindle apparatus for mules and twiners. The spindles are mounted in line or approximately in line with the threads, and each is provided at the end with a nose or hook A to prevent the thread from being drawn from it, and with a collar F to prevent the spindle from being withdrawn from the bearing. The end of the spindle may be made thinner than the rest of the spindle.
Patent GB-191122181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Incandescent Gas Lamps.
Inventor: ANDERSON DAVID
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1911-10-09
Granted: 1912-10-09
Abstract: 22,181. Anderson, D. Oct. 9. Incandescent gas burners.-In gas-nipple apparatus in which the cleaning of the nipple and the regulation of the gas supply are effected by different members, the members are arranged co-axially with the nipple. In one arrangement in which gas is admitted to the nipple through a lateral aperture d, the gas supply is controlled by a screwed sleeve e held in position by a suitable lock-nut n. A nipple-cleaning needle g is fitted axially within the sleeve, and is held in the withdrawn position by a spring h. The air is controlled by a rotatable perforated cap l, a portion of the edge of which is bent inwards to form a tooth for engaging a ratchet on the casting b so as to retain the cap in the regulated position. In a second form, the gas regulator comprises a rotatable conical plug having a portion of its periphery cut away, the plug being secured in position by a locking-ring.
Patent GB-191127821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Small Arms.
Inventor: SCHWARZLOSE ANDREAS WILHELM
IPC: F41A3/26
Filed: 1911-12-11
Granted: 1913-01-13
Abstract: 27,821. Schwarzlose, A. W. Dec. 9, 1910, [Convention date]. Breech actions, sliding breech-block; firing-appliances applicable generally. - Relates to automatic guns in which the action is enclosed in a casing and in which the handle of the breech - block projects through a slot in the casing, and consists (1) in forming the breechblock of two telescopic parts, and (2) in a special trigger mechanism. When the breech is closed, the two parts s, c of the breech-block are extended by an interposed spring and completely close the slot in which the handle slides; when the breech is opened the front part c telescopes into the rear part s, as shown in Fig. 2, thus shortening the necessary length of casing. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the rear part s of the breech-block is driven forwards by the firing-spring f<2>, the sear a being pivoted on this rear part, and the front part c is pressed forwards by a spring f'. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the front part c is driven forwards by the spring f<2>, which passes right through the hollow firing-pin b, and the rear part is pressed rearwards by the firing-spring f<3>. The trigger z is formed with two fulcrums z<1>, z<2> the rear one of which is fitted in an undercut recess in the casing. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the sear a is mounted on trunnions in slots in the rear part of the breech-block so as to be capable of a slight longitudinal movement to enable it to be engaged by the inturned lips z<3>, Figs. 1 and 6, of the trigger.
Patent GB-191200384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning the Ink-Distributing and Forme Rollers of Printing Machines.
IPC: B41F35/04
Filed: 1912-01-05
Granted: 1913-01-06
Abstract: 384. Linotype & Machinery, Ltd., and Pearce, H. Jan. 5. Inking-apparatus.-In printing-machines such as reciprocating flat-bed presses in which the rollers of the inking-mechanism rotate alternately in opposite directions, a rider roller 2 is adapted to contact with one of the inking-rolls, and two scraper blades 24, 25 are provided to scrape the ink off this rider roller and thus clean the whole inking-mechanism. These parts are mounted on frames 3 adjustably mounted on a shaft 6. The blades 24, 25 are mounted on levers 23 pivoted on shafts 7, 8 and loosely engaging rods 27 at the other ends, which rods are mounted in brackets 28 fixed to the shafts 7, 8 and carrying springs 31 connected to the levers 23, by which means the blades 24, 25 are yieldingly pressed against the roller 2 at such times as are determined by a cam 12 operating the shafts 7, 8 through the links shown. The roller 2 being in contact with one of the rolls 34, which in turn engages rolls 35 that run on the bed 36, draws all the ink from the other parts of the inking-apparatus. The ink scraped off by the blades 24, 25 is deposited in the troughs 32 connected together by pipes 33.
Patent GB-191205335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rammers for Ordnance.
Inventor: BACON REGINALD HUGH SPENCER
IPC: F41A9/42
Filed: 1912-03-02
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 5335. Bacon, R. H. S., and Shepherd, F. W. H. March 2 Loading-appliances. - Relates to power-driven rammers of the kind that are automatically reversed, and have a variable stroke for ramming the projectile and the powder charge elements. The invention consists in the method and means described below, for actuating such. apparatus by the rammer motor. The spindle of the main rammer-control valve o is connected at one end to the usual hand-lever q, and at the other end to a piston r working in an hydraulic cylinder s, the ports of which cylinder are controlled by an auxiliary valve t of usual construction. The spindle of the valve t is connected to a cam-plate m, which is slidably mounted in guides n on the loading-arm g and provided with a centring spring device x. A cam-groove l in the plate m is engaged by a pin k carried by a rod j, which rod is pivoted to a nut h which is traversed along guides i by a screwed spindle e driven, through a shaft d and bevel-gearing, by the rammer motor a. The pin k may be withdrawn from the cam-groove l, and raised by a hand-lever u so as to engage with the long upper section of the groove. When the motor a is started by the hand-lever q to ram the projectile, the screw e moves the rod until the pin k strikes the front end of the groove l and pushes the plate m forwards, thereby actuating the valve t and reversing the motor a. The pin k is then moved to the rear end of the groove l and again moves the plate m and reverses the motor a. At the same time, the pin falls, under the action of a spring w, into the next and shorter section of the camgroove, which corresponds to the powder charge ramming stroke, and the same sequence of operations ensues, until the whole charge is rammed. If the rear ends of the longitudinal sections of the grooves are prolonged, the motor a is stopped after each withdrawal of the rammer in the usual manner. By providing suitable lap on the valve t, so that the effective area of one of the ports is reduced, a delayed action is obtained before the rammer makes another out-stroke.
Patent GB-191205459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Aerial Machines.
Inventor: HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER JACOB CHRIST
IPC: B64C27/28
Filed: 1912-03-04
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 5459. Ellehammer, J. C. Hansen-, and Aasen, N. W. March 4. Aerial machines without aerostats; parachutes. - An aerial machine is raised by blades 1 surrounding a parachute, both the blades and the parachute rotating about an axis 5. In addition, the axes 2 of the blades can pivot in bearings 3 on the frame of the parachute and are rotated automatically by a pendulum or manually by displacing the pendulum. Further, by slackening shrouds 18 through a hand-lever 20 and sleeve 19, the blades are moved upwards about axes 3<a> by air pressure in order to keep the apparatus in the vertical position. Steering and balancing; propelling.-The axes of the propeller blades 1 surrounding the parachute are provided in bearings 3 and have cranks 6 secured to their inner ends. Cords or rods 7 are connected to the cranks and to a cardan-jointed disk 8 to which a rigid rod 10 is fixed. The rod 10 passes through a hole in a cross-rod 11 which can slide on the pivoted links 12 carrying the aviator's seat 13. Displacement of the seat, automatic or manual, causes the disk 8 to be moved and consequently the blades on opposite sides of the machine to be turned oppositely about the axes 2. The machine may be propelled horizontally by displacing the seat manually.
Patent GB-191205571-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for use in Washing the Hands or the like.
Inventor: BOWES THOMAS
IPC: A47K7/03
Filed: 1912-03-05
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 5571. Bowes, T. March 5. Hands, special washing-appliances for ; pumicestone ; soap-holders.-Relates to soap-holders for use in washing, and comprises in combination a box with an open side faced with wire B against which the soap is urged by a spiral or other spring E, the abutment lid F being provided with a brush or scrubber I of pumice or india-rubber. Instead of the cross-wires B, a piece of wire gauze or a perforated plate may be used. Holes are made in the case for the escape of any water that may collect inside the box.
Patent GB-191205696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a Process and Apparatus for Detecting Forgeries of Prints or Engravings.
Inventor: PILKINGTON HERBERT MORRIS
IPC: B42D15/00
Filed: 1912-03-06
Granted: 1913-03-06
Abstract: 5696. Pilkington. H. M. March 6. Stamps, postage and like.-A process for detecting forgeries of prints or engravings, such as postage stamps, consists in forming the true print with a large number of distinctive lines, making photographic copies of the true print and of the print to be tested, and superimposing the copies. The print to be tested, if genuine, will exacth correspond with the original. The preferred method of carrying out the process consists in making an original on a scale much larger than that of the prints to be issued, producing therefrom by photographic means a transparency on a smaller scale and producing from the transparency a standard, Fig. 1, on a larger scale on some material that will not stretch or warp, such as glass. The prints to be issued may be made by photographic means from the transparency. A transparency of the print to be tested is made by photographic means, and an image is projected therefrom on to the standard. The same lens may be used throughout the process so that any imperfections in it will equally affect all parts of the process. The standard and the projected image, Fig. 4, are preferably complementary, the lines on one being black and on the other white, so that one image neutralizes the other. In the case of half-tone work, the dots of which the picture is built up may take the place of the distinctive lines. For projecting the image, apparatus such as is described in Specification 699/12, [Class 98 (i), Photographic cameras &c], may be used.
Patent GB-191207335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Rescuing the Crews of Sunken Submarines.
Inventor: GIBERT RAYMOND
IPC: B63G8/40
Filed: 1912-03-26
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 7335. Gibert, R. March 26. Buoys.-In means for facilitating the escape of the crew from a submarine boat, a watertight chamber a is formed in the boat wnich communicates with a collapsible buoy b by means of a passage d controlled by a valve. On an accident occurring, the crew enter the chamber a and put on helmets which hold sufficient air for a short time. The valves d and q are then opened, thus flooding the chamber a and forcing air into the buoy b, which is liberated and rises to the surface. The crew then leave the boat and rise to the surface guided by the rope p. The valve for admitting air to the buoy is constructed as shown in Fig. 2, and comprises a plate i screwed to the upper part of the tube d and a plate k mounted on the tube l and having openings which, when the tube l is turned by the handle l<1>, register with those in the plate i. A rod c passes through the plate i and tube l attached to the upper plate of the buoy and is provided with a groove n which engages with a pin m so arranged that when the valve is closed, the upper and lower plates of the buoy b are held together, but, when it is open, it permits the buoy to expand. The buoy is released by a rod h.
Patent GB-191208799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Axle Boxes of Trucks.
Inventor: CRAGGS WILLIAM BIRTLEY
IPC: B60B35/16
Filed: 1912-04-13
Granted: 1913-04-14
Abstract: 8799. Craggs, W. B. April 13. Vehicle-axle bearings; brasses.-An axlebearing for mine trucks &c. comprises a tube 3 provided at each end with a removable semi-cylindrical bearing bush 15, 16. The bushes have side ribs or flanges 17, 18 resting in grooves in the walls of the tube, the walls being thickened beneath the grooves at 21, 22. End movement of the bushes is prevented by felt or like resilient washers 23, 24, which exclude dust and retain oil in the bearings; these washers are supported by metal washers 25, 26, secured by pins 29 passed through transverse holes in the tube 3. The metal of the bushes 15, 16 may be thicker at the top than at the sides. The bearings are lubricated by spring-pressed pads contained in oil wells 10, 11.
Patent GB-191215502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Inverted Tooth Type of Driving Chain.
IPC: F16G13/04
Filed: 1912-07-03
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 15,502. Renold, Ltd., H., and James, J. V. July 3. Driving-chains with separate joint pins.-In driving-chains of the kind described in Specifications 24,346/95, 11,002/04, 11,003/04, and 14,329/10, one or more grooves a are formed in the pin b, and are engaged by corresponding projections e in the joint-pin holes of the link.
Patent GB-191216565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beds and Mattresses.
Inventor: MITCHELL JAMES ALEXANDER
IPC: A47C27/00
Filed: 1912-07-16
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 16,565. Mitchell, J. A. July 16. Mattresses.-A bed or mattress of the type in which the stuffing-material is placed in separate compartments or bags b has each compartment formed with an extension or neck d, which can be closed and inserted in the compartment when the mattress is filled. Tapes c, f are provided for securing the parts together.
Patent GB-191216758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro Therapeutic Appliances for the Soles of Boots, Shoes & the like.
Inventor: WILSON GEORGE
IPC: A61N1/20
Filed: 1912-07-18
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 16,758. Wilson, G., and Wilson, C. J. July 18. Drawings to Specification. Electric appliances.-(1) Loose soles for boots, shoes, &c., of the kind having a copper disk in the heel portion of one of a pair, and a zinc disk in the heel portion of the other, are made of superposed layers of canvas, cork, waterproof canvas, and leather, the metal disks being placed between the canvas and the cork. (2) Boots and shoes are provided with a copper disk arranged over, or let into, the heel portion of one of a pair, and with a zinc disk similarly arranged in the other.
Patent GB-191217403-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pedalling Gears for Bicycles.
Inventor: LAFFOND ANTOINE
IPC: B62M1/00
Filed: 1912-07-26
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 17,403. Laffond, A. Aug. 21, 1911, [Convention date]. Converting reciprocating into rotary motion. -For imparting a continuous rotary drive to the back wheel of a bicycle by a reciprocating motion of the cranks, the axle a is connected bv oppositely-acting one-way clutches e, e' to toothed rings f, f<1>, the ring f gearing directly with a pinion h on an intermediate shaft c carrying the driving chain-wheel j and the ring f<1> gearing with a pinion i on the intermediate shaft through a pinion g. In this way, depression of the forward crank d<1> drives the wheel j through the gearing f<1>, g, i, and the depression of the rear crank d drives the chainwheel through the gearing f, h. When desired, the cranks may be used in the ordinary way as rotary members, and the drive is then maintained by the three wheels f<1>, g, i.
Patent GB-191217564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Solid Elastic Tyres.
Inventor: WEDEMEYER PHILIP ERNEST
IPC: B60C7/10
Filed: 1912-07-29
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 17,564. Wedemeyer, P. E. July 29. Non - metallic elastic bodies and cores.-Tyres a, which may be of rubber throughout or may have a core b of any suitable elastic substance, are formed with grooves c and beads d, and are enclosed in non- extensible covers e which may be moulded at g, f to fit the corresponding parts of the tyre, or may be caused to fit thereon under the action of the rim flanges. The base of the tyre may be wider than the distance between the rim flanges so as to be in compression when on the wheel.
Patent GB-191221468-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulding Machines.
Inventor: KURZE WILHELM
IPC: B22C15/24
Filed: 1912-09-20
Granted: 1913-09-22
Abstract: 21,468. Kurze, W. Sept. 20, 1911, [Convention date]. Conveyer apparatus, ejector, for use in ejecting sand &c. from a container for moulding purposes is constructed as shown in Fig. 1. The compressed-air pipe 13 is vertically adjustable to vary the sand-discharge opening at 15. Inclined holes 6 prevent the sand from clogging at this point. The nozzle is fitted with a moistening- device having an aperture adjustable at 7. In a modification, the moistening - nozzle is external to the ejector. Specification 6067/13, [Class 117, Sifting &c.], which describes machines employing the nozzles, is referred to.
Patent GB-191227632-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Production of Artificial Stone.
Inventor: BAS WILLEM JACOBUS DE
IPC: C04B24/14
Filed: 1912-11-30
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 27,632. Bas, W. J. de. Nov. 30. FiguTed artificial stone.-Relates to artificial stone particularly adapted for use as flooring. A paste consisting of moist coloured cement is first placed in.the mould, and covered with a layer of dry cement and sand. A further moistened mixture of cement and sand is added, and the whole subjected to a pressure of from 250 to 400 kg. per sq. cm. The pressure being released, the stone is moistened from the top, and again compressed. This ensures a uniform solidification. The stone may then be allowed to harden. In order to act as a preliminary binder before compression, isinglass is added, and the mould may be lined with mica or sheet aluminium so that the finished product may-be readily detached.
Patent GB-191227649-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ovens of Kitchen and like Ranges.
Inventor: FERGUSSON JAMES
IPC: F24B1/182
Filed: 1912-11-30
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 27,649. Fergusson, J. Nov. 30. Cooking-stoves.-In a Yorkshire-range oven in which the flame &c. passes in succession through a bottom flue b, outer side flue c, top flue d and inner side flue e, the last - mentioned flue is connected at the bottom, by a small aperture h, with an uptake flue g located outside the main oven structure. The flue g projects into the firespace as shown in Fig. 1, or it may be formed between the inner and outer cheek plates j, m, Fig. 4.