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Patent GB-191103235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Change Speed Gearings.
Inventor: HUMPHREYS CHARLES HUMPREY
IPC: F16H63/18
Filed: 1910-06-29
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 3235. Humphreys, C. H. June 29, 1910. Variable - speed and reversing gearing of the type comprising driving and driven shafts in line and a countershaft driven through either of two loose gears and slidable claw clutches, is operated by revolving cams. Specification 30,427/09 is referred to. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, which yields four forward and two backward speeds, a pair of clutches 1 slidable on the driving- shaft 5 can be engaged with either a gear 8 or a gear 13, which mesh with gears 10, 14 on the countershaft 11, respectively. The pair of clutches 1, a pair of clutches 2 slidable on the driven shaft 6, a third clutch 7, for reversing, on the shaft 6, and a clutch 15 slidable on the shaft 11 are all operated in proper sequence by a movable slotted disk cam 17. The clutch 15 is for disconnecting the shaft 11 during the direct drive. In the arrangement of Fig. 3, which yields one backward and five forward speeds, the shaft 5 passes beyond the gear 13 and carries on its end a clutch 42. The clutch 42 is capable of being engaged by one of the clutches 2 to effect a direct drive with the toothed gears at rest. Pairs of clutches 1, 2, 7 are operated by cam-grooves 44 in cylinders 43 carried by an operating-spindle 45.
Patent GB-191106950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Liquids by Means of Steam, or Compressed Air, or other Fluid.
Inventor: BOWEN CLIFFORD ALFRED
Filed: 1911-03-20
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 6950. Bowen, C. A. March 20. Direct air and steam pressure apparatus, automatic.-An apparatus for raising liquids by steam, compressed air, or other fluid, more particularly for corrosive liquids, consists of a closed lower receptacle A, an upper tank B, into which the liquid from the tank A is raised, and a communicating pipe C between the receptacle and the tank, the tank B being provided with a float G which actuates a valve E controlling a passage L for the admission and exhaust of motive fluid to the lower receptacle. The valve is actuated, in the form shown, by a pulley H, over which passes a cord attached to the float G. The pulley is provided with pins h and mounted loosely on a spindle h<2> carrying a weighted lever J, which is lifted by one or other of the pins h and allowed to fall, thus operating the valve E in one or other direction according to the side on which it falls. This is effected by arranging the axis of the valve in line with the axis of the shaft h<2> and providing the valve with arms e, e<2>, which are struck by the weighted lever J. The pulley and cord may be replaced by a rack on the float engaging a pinion.
Patent GB-191112334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: FOWLER HENRY
IPC: F22G3/00
Filed: 1911-05-22
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 12,334. Fowler, H., and Anderson, J. E. May 22. Plates and the like, securing pipes to.-The ends of a superheater tube b are secured to a steam header so as to form steam-tight connexions with the saturated and superheated steam chambers e, f by a double-winged gland h, which, by means of a nut j on a stud i screwed into the wall d of the header, draws collars e attached to the ends of the tube tightly against the header. Packing g is interposed between the collars and the header.
Patent GB-191114290-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Milking Stools.
Inventor: COX CECIL
IPC: A47C9/04
Filed: 1911-12-18
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 14,290. Cox, C. Dec. 18. Stools.-A milking-stool is provided with a central hole a<1> in the seat in or below which is fixed a cross-piece a<3>, preferably a tube closed at the ends, to serve as a handle. A ring B may be carried by the cross-piece to serve as a handle or for suspending the stool. The edges of the stool may be rounded, and the legs may be formed of angle-iron, the seat preferably being concave.
Patent GB-191126251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Counting Mechanism of Coin Freed Apparatus.
Inventor: EDGAR WILLIAM
IPC: G07F9/08
Filed: 1911-11-23
Granted: 1912-05-16
Abstract: 26,251. Edgar, W. Nov. 23. Registering. - Relates to counting-mechanism for prepayment apparatus of the type in which a coin-counter and a short money shoot are enclosed in a casing which may be soldered, screwed, or otherwise attached to the exterior of a coin-freed machine so that the short coin shoot is in line with the ordinary coin shoot of the apparatus, and consists chiefly in means for enabling the apparatus to be readily adapted to machines having their coin slots in different positions. Figs. 1 and 2 show a form of register suitable for attachments to an apparatus in which the coin slot is parallel with the front of the casing, the counter 8<a> being arranged parallel with the short shoot 2 and being actuated, each time a coin 17 is inserted, by a slotted lever 10 co-operating with a spring- controlled lever 5 having a pin 4 working in a slot 3 and normally projecting into the coin shoot 2. Lugs 12 serve for the purpose of attachment. Fig. 7 shows a form of register adapted for coin-freed machines in which the insertion slot is disposed at right-angles to the front of the casing, the indicating-wheels 8<a> being arranged at right-angles to the shoot 2, and the pin 4 being lengthened to engage the slotted lever 10 directly.
Patent GB-191128872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fuses.
Inventor: PEARD OLIVER LEOPOLD
IPC: H01H85/044
Filed: 1911-12-21
Granted: 1912-08-22
Abstract: 28,872. Peard, O. L. Dec. 21. Fusible cut-outs. - A multiple-cartridge fuse comprises two copper end-blocks q, adapted to be secured by nuts d to the switchboard blades and blocks b, a, and connected by an insulating- tube plugged in the centre; six cartridge fuses f are secured to the faces of the blocks by screws. The fuses comprise a strong outer case of insulating-material in which is placed the fusible conductor m consisting of a thin stamping of tinned copper or silver reduced in section near the centre. The ends of the stamping are clamped between two copper terminals n secured in the tube by pins o, and filling-in pieces p comprising plaster -of -paris casts are inserted one on each side of the stamping so as to fill the space between the terminals. The carrying- capacity of the fuse may be varied by varying the number of cartridge fuses attached to the end blocks.
Patent GB-191202736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Ploughs.
Inventor: WENDELER ERNST
IPC: A01B63/26
Filed: 1912-02-02
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 2736. Wendeler, E., and Dohrn, B. April 10, 1911, [Convention date]. Ploughs; cultivators. - In a motor plough, the means for adjusting the elevation of the plough shares or other ploughing-tools is wholly or partially relieved from the weight of the tool-frame by a spring or other cushioning- device. The tool-frame is kept parallel to the ground and moved rearwards as it is lifted, and is removably fixed so that it may be changed. The main frame b carries the motor at the front and is mounted on two front main wheels and on a rear steering-wheel. The steering- movement of the main frame is transmitted to the tool-frame a through its supporting-levers. The frame a is removably jointed to three pivoted equal and parallel bell-crank levers c, d, two of which are connected by a device r, q provided with a spring y or the like to counterbalance the weight. The frame a is raised or lowered by rotating a nut o working on a screwed spindle s, the rotation being effected by chain or toothed gearing and a hand-wheel p or other device near the driver's seat or connected to the steering-wheel. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a,) states also that the ploughshare frame may be replaced by a frame carrying other tilling-tools, and that means may be provided for indicating the depth of furrow; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191205304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Shafts suitable for Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: BISHOP GEORGE ARTHUR
IPC: B62D1/189
Filed: 1912-03-02
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 5304. Bishop, G. A. March 2. Adjusting steering-columns. - The steering- column is capable of being lengthened or shortened by means of a screw-and-nut device, and adjusted angularly by means of a movable bearing secured in position by an automatic gripping-device in combination with teeth or serrations on the undersides of radial guidebars 30. The column comprises a central square shaft a having a screwed projecting upper end b, and a number of co-axial tubes. The inner tube c forms a nut working on the screw b, and is provided at its upper end with a handle o which is rotated in order to lengthen or shorten the column, the screw b being then prevented from turning. A second cylindrical tube k is secured at its upper end to the boss v of the steering hand-wheel, and is formed with a square socket at its lower end to engage telescopically with the square shaft a, from which movement is transmitted, through bevel-gearing 23, to the steering-wheels. The outer non- rotatable tubes 2, 10 are telescopic, the lower one being carried by an adjustable member which is held in any required position by a spring-controlled clamp plate 47 engaging serrations on the undersides of the bars 30. The lower end of the column is carried by a bearing capable of radial movement around the horizontal shaft 25.
Patent GB-191212451-A (GB)
Title: Locks or Bolts for Doors and the like.
Inventor: WILKINS FREDERICK
IPC: E05C1/10
Filed: 1912-05-25
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 12,451. Wilkins, F. May 25. Latches, sliding.-A latch c for a door or the like, provided with a handle or spindle d, is locked by an auxiliary bolt h. In locking, the bolt h is moved until its reduced end abuts against the reduced end g of the main bolt c, the motion being controlled by a spring f encircling the reduced parts of the two bolts. The handle i of the bolt h is then turned into the cross-slot j in the casing e.
Patent GB-191212949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Envelope and like Fasteners.
Inventor: HODGSON FREDERICK JOSEPH
IPC: B65D27/28
Filed: 1912-06-01
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 12,949. Hodgson, F. J. June 1. Seals. - Seals for envelopes or parcels, comprise a portion a provided with a cutting- edge d and with a recess c, and a portion b provided with one or more spikes e. The portion a is thrust into the envelope &c., the portion b bent over it, and pressure applied so that the spikes e are clinched over into the recess c. In a modification, the recess c is provided with a central raised portion, which causes the spikes to turn upon themselves and to re-enter the papers.
Patent GB-191215503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nozzles and Cloths belonging to and used in Filter Presses.
Inventor: NEWTON JOHN
IPC: B01D25/12
Filed: 1912-07-03
Granted: 1913-08-05
Abstract: 15,503. Newton, J. July 3. [Cognate Application, 20,702/12.] Hinge and swivelling joints. -A flexible joint for connecting the nozzle, through which material is passed into a filterpress bag, to a supply tap is formed by attaching the end of the nozzle f to a flexible disk o secured to the tap a by a coupling p.
Patent GB-191222339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Two-rate Mechanism for Electric and other Meters.
IPC: G06M1/06
Filed: 1912-10-01
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 22,339. Wall, G., and Ferrenti, Ltd. Oct. 1. Counters affording several rates of actuation. -Two-rate mechanism for an electric or other meter consists of a differential gear, one side member of which is driven by the meter; the other side member and the planet member drive two gear trains. As shown in Fig. 2, two sleeves each with a crown and toothed wheel j, i and l, m are loosely mounted on the shaft c of the first wheel of one counting-train, the shaft carrying a pin e with a planetwheel f. The wheel i is geared with the meter spindle, and the wheel m with the second counting- train. A lever r can be operated by an electromagnet to engage with either of two wheels p, q, so that when the wheel q is locked, the meter drives the lower train through the wheels i, j, e, and when the wheel p is locked, the second train is driven through the wheels i, j, e, l, m. A pointer operated by the lever r indicates which train is in gear.
Patent GB-191223008-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tee Squares for use on Drawing and the like Boards.
Inventor: SYKES PERCY EWART
IPC: B43L13/04
Filed: 1912-10-09
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 23,008. Sykes, P. E. Oct. 9. Protractors. - A tee-square, which can be taken to pieces for transport, comprises a removable rule held when required between the two parts a, b of the head, the part b being retractable against the presssure of a spring- urged plunger. Part of the square can be marked with protractor markings and a screw shank f provided on which the rule can pivot. Rollers and a spring j' engaging'with the rollers of a trough-like portion of the board keep the square in any required position, but allow easy adjustment.
Patent GB-191223056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Smoke Consuming Furnaces.
Inventor: THERRIEN ISIDORE
IPC: H01K3/02
Filed: 1912-10-09
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 23,056. Therrien, I. Oct. 9. Down-draught furnaces; doors.-In a smoke-consuming furnace of the kind in which the fuel is first supplied to a retort or coking-chamber, which is supported above a plate in the furnace, there being an air supply to the rear end of the retort, the retort 7 is made of cylindrical shape with depending flanges 10, surrounding a central opening 9. The rear end 8 of the retort, through which air is supplied, is of elbow shape. A plate or grate 17, having slots 18 at its sides for the ashes to pass through, supports the fuel beneath the flanges 10. The front end of the retort is hermetically closed by a door 19 having a threaded projection 20 carrying a hand-wheel 24 and passing through a bar 21 hinged at 22 to the furnace front and slotted at the other end to engage a pin. Fig. 2 shows a furnace having two retorts side by side.
Patent GB-191223665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Zeroizing Device for Calculating Machines.
Filed: 1912-10-16
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 23,665. Grimme, Natalis, & Co. Nov. 15, 1911, [Convention date]. Zeroizing-mechanism. - In calculating-apparatus provided with two groups of counting- mechanism co-axially mounted, either group can be separately zeroized, or both groups can be returned to zero simultaneously bv the rotation of the spindle of the numeral-drums. The shaft e is provided with pins g adapted to co-operate with the pins u of the numeraldrums d of the right-hand group, and also carries a shaft i, arranged to rotate always with, but to be capable of spring - controlled longitudinal movement with regard to, the first shaft, and provided with similar pins g co-operating with the left-hand group of numeral-drums. By rotating the wing-nut o, the two shafts c, i are first given a longitudinal movement owing to the engagement of projections q, j with the cams p, m respectively, such movement engaging the two series of the cooperating pins, and the numeral-drums are thereupon simultaneously returned to zero. If the spring-controlled pin s or n be withdrawn, either the cam p, or the cam m will rotate when the wing-nut o is rotated, and the corresponding shaft e or the shaft i will not be given a longitudinal movement. The corresponding group of the counter will in this case not be zeroized.
Patent GB-191225198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Condensing Plant Working under Vacuum.
Inventor: MORISON DONALD BARNS
IPC: F01B25/00
Filed: 1912-11-04
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 25,198. Morison, D. B. Nov. 4. Steam-engine air-pumps.-In order to prevent a sudden rush of water into a wet air-pump, due, for example, to the rolling of a ship, a chamber which is so arranged as to deliver the water gradually into the air-pump suction is provided in the condenser or between the condenser and the air-pump. The chamber is for this purpose formed with a perforated diaphragm p or like device having a port or ports of small width and considerable total depth, through which the water is delivered gradually into the air-pump suction f.
Patent GB-191226311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Belts for Wear.
Inventor: PHILLIPS JOHN HERBERT
IPC: A41F9/00
Filed: 1912-11-15
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 26,311. Phillips, J. H., [trading as Harris & Son, J.]. Nov. 15. Belts having a plaited appearance are constructed by securing a number of short crossstraps 3, 4, 5, &c. to two longitudinal narrow straps 1, 2 forming the edges of the belt; one or more longitudinal straps, bands, cords, wires, or the like 14 are then threaded through the crossstraps and fixed at their ends to the end fittings of the belt. Any materials may be used, but the belt is preferably formed of leather interwoven with longitudinal bands of aluminium or nickeled zinc. The cross-pieces may be cut from waste leather, and after being slit, as shown in Fig. 5, to form the strips 11, may be stamped so as to give these strips such a form as tc facilitate the threading of the longitudinal strips of metal &c. The slits and the edges of the cross-pieces may be inclined in one or more directions, or may be curved or zigzag. The cross-pieces may be so narrow as to dispense with slitting.
Patent GB-191300802-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Generating Alternating Electric Currents.
Inventor: MARCONI GUGLIELMO
IPC: H02K19/16
Filed: 1913-01-10
Granted: 1914-02-10
Abstract: 802. Marconi, G. Jan. 10. Rotary machines; exciting; windings. - An alternator, especially suitable for use in transmitters for wireless telegraphy and telephony, consists of two co-axial cylinders a, d, Fig. 1, made of insulting-material and provided on their surfaces with windings, one of which carries an exciting-current. The cylinders may be rotated in opposite directions, by means of pulleys c, e, or one may be stationary. As shown in Fig. 3, the cylinder d has internal teeth d<1>, between which the wire f is wound, and a similar construction is adopted for the inner cylinder where this revolves at high speed : otherwise, the teeth are formed on its outer surface. A binding of piano wire is preferably employed, with an insulating-covering to reduce eddy-currents. The conductors of the secondary member may be all connected in series to zigzag between the teeth, similarly to those of the primary circuit, as shown in Fig. 3, or they may be connected in parallel, in which case their number is half that of the primary conductors. Specification 4844/78 is referred to.
Patent GB-191306577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Central Exhaust Steam Engines.
Inventor: SMAL PIERRE
IPC: F01B17/04
Filed: 1913-03-17
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 6577. Smal, P. March 17. Exhaust treating.-In engines having a central exhaust controlled by the piston or by a rotary valve, the valve controlling the admission may also control an auxiliary exhaust which is provided with a stop-valve. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the main exhaust is controlled by the piston 2, and the admission is controlled by the outside edges of a slide valve 4. The space between the heads 4 forms a compression chamber when the stopvalve 6 is closed, and is put into communication with the condenser or the atmosphere when the inside edges of the valve 4 control an auxiliary exhaust. In the former case, by shortening or eliminating the inside laps, the compression fluid may be used in the cylinder to do work during the following stroke. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the main exhaust is controlled by a rotary valve 11, and the valve 4, Fig. 1, is replaced by two valves 12, working transversely in the cylinder ends, the auxiliary exhaust from which is controlled by two stop valves.
Patent GB-191309264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mounting of Carbon Brush Holders of Magneto Electric Ignition or other Machines.
IPC: H02K5/14
Filed: 1913-04-19
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 9264. Bosch, R., [Firm of]. Feb. 22, [Convention date]. Brush-holders of magneto-electric ignition or other machines are removably held in position by a spring clip f, of which one limb f<1> is pivoted in the casing b against which the holder d bears and a projection on the other limb engages in a recess i in the rounded back of the holder. The spring clip may be made of two strips doubled'over each other. In a modification, the clip has an additional limb arranged parallel to the limb f<1> and pivoted to the casing.
Patent GB-191312306-A (GB)
Title: Means for Controlling the Escape of Fluid from Tanks.
Inventor: HURDMAN ALLAN GRAHAM
IPC: B60R25/04
Filed: 1913-05-27
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 12,306. Hurdman, A. G. May 27. Actuating; lift valves.-A tank, more particularly for fuel for motor-cars, has an exit 13, Fig. 3, closed by a screw-down valve 17, which is operated by a lock mounted inside but operable from outside the tank. The lock, which is of the cylinder form provided with tumblers 37, 38, Fig. 2, has its cylinder connected through a universal joint 49 to a telescopic rod 28, 29, which is connected through another universal joint 27 to the valve spindle. The valve spindle screws into a casing 7, which projects into the tank and is provided with a screw of coarse pitch so that a single rotation unseats the valve. A stop 59 on the spindle taking against an abutment 60 prevents unscrewing. The valve spindle is hollow and contains the spring-pressed valve 20. The exit pipe 62 is attached to a fitting 61, the bore of which extends past the outlet 13 so as to prevent tampering with the valve by means of a wire or the like.
Patent GB-191313652-A (GB)
Title: Railway Carriage Buffer Holder.
Inventor: ADDIS FREDERICK HENRY
IPC: B61G11/18
Filed: 1913-06-12
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 13,652. Addis, F. H. June 12. Combined buffer and draw gear.-The buffer and draw rod is prevented from turning about its own axis by the provision of a holder a mounted to slide through a hole in the headstock of the vehicle and having a rectangular tapering opening b<1> adapted to fit the correspondingly-shaped buffer head d<1>. The holder is pressed against the head d<1> by the buffer spring c.
Patent GB-191316011-A (GB)
Title: Electric-transformer Furnace.
Inventor: BALLY JEAN
IPC: H05B6/16
Filed: 1913-07-11
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 16,011. Bally, J. July 12, 1912, [Convention date]. Induction furnaces.- The secondary circuit of a furnace is composed of vertical or inclined retorts or channels, connected in series or parallel by horizontal or nearly horizontal conduits or solid connectors, and arranged in a cylinder or in several concentric cylinders around a stationary inductor consisting of several coils arranged radially. Figs. 1 and 3 show in sectional elevation and plan a furnace consisting of a non-conducting body 2 having four vertical channels 1 closed at the bottom by conducting blocks 3, which are connected together by a hollow base 14. The channels are connected at the top by an annular working chamber, and are surrounded by a magnetic frame, built up of plates having peripheral parts 6, and radial parts 4 on which coils 4<a> are arranged. Inclined cavities may be formed in the furnace body between the loops 6 of the core for thermal insulation or for preliminary heating of the charge. The central part of the magnetic frame may be supported by a pillar and separate from the peripheral part, the two parts being preferably made conical to ensure good fitting. If the material to be heated is not conductive, the channels may have conductive walls.
Patent GB-191317631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Cabinet Gramophones.
Inventor: FISCHER ALEX
Filed: 1913-07-31
Granted: 1914-08-31
Abstract: 17,631. Fischer, A. July 31. Cases.-A horn or amplifier for portable gramophones consists of a tapering board a having side walls b, and a second tapering board c hinged with respect to a, and having side walls e, which are arranged to slide with respect to walls b when the amplifiet is opened or collapsed. A hinged extension tap f with side flaps k may be fitted, and the whole may fold down flush with the casing.