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Patent GB-191013333-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Auxiliary Mixers for Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: LOOSE ROBERT DOUGLAS
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1910-06-01
Granted: 1911-04-06
Abstract: 13,333. Loose, R. D. June 1. Chambers with baffles and obstructions.-A mixing-device for air and combustible vapour from a carburettor consists of a casing A comprising a cylindrical or polygonal shell 12 with a hot-water jacket 43. The shell encloses a series of narrow unobstructed passages formed by partitions F, which may be perforated to retain unvaporized fuel. The partitions Fare formed by concentric cylinders; they may, however, be formed by a spiral sheet, by flat or zigzag plates, or by small tubes of various diameters. The passages F may be vertical, as shown, or inclined, or horizontal. The upper part of the casing contains a throttle valve B with adjustable stops to limit its motion, and the lower part contains a suction-actuated extra-air valve 33. The throttle valve B may be of the disk hit-and-miss type.
Patent GB-191013800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carton Closing Machines.
Inventor: HEYBACH FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: B65B7/24
Filed: 1910-06-07
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 13,800. Heybach, F. J. June 7. Paper and like bags, folding down mouths of after filling.-Relates to a machine for closing cartons of the kind in which the flaps are retained in closed position by means of a tongue and slot. The cartons are carried from the filling-mechanism to the folding-device by means of a conveyer, which also controls a clutch on the driving-shaft of the folding-device, and operates this part of the apparatus intermittently. An elevating-plunger 2, Figs. 7 and 8, lifts the carton a into a receiver r, at the upper end of which the folders are situated. These consist of a pair of members 3, 4 mounted on rotatable, shafts 5, 6 respectively, which fold the flaps c, d of the carton. The member 4 has spring fingers 7, which engage the flap d and bend it slightly inwards at the commencement of the folding operation, and at the same time reciprocating folders 8, 9 engage the flaps 6 and fold them inwards beneath the flaps c, d. The carriage 13, Fig. 7, which carries the folder 9, also carries a pair of arms 11, 12, Figs. 7 and 8, of which the arm 11 is fixed to the carriage and the arm 12 is attached to a crank-arm 14 journaled on the carriage. The arm 12 opens the slot in the flap d, and is held against the inside of the flap by a spring 17. After the flaps b have been closed, the members 3, 4 turn inwards and carry the flaps c, d into engagement with the arms 11, 12 respectively. A tongue-inserting member 19 next turns about its shaft 20, and, engaging the tongue e on the flap c, deflects it downwards, at the same time pressing against the flap d and opening the slot f as shown. After the slot is opened, the members 8, 9, and the arms 11, 12 are withdrawn, and during this movement a cam 21 fixed to the shaft 20 engages the crank-arm 14, thus rotating the arm 12 and preventing it from cutting the flap. The members 3, 4 and the member 19 continue their rotary movement, thus inserting the tongue in the slot and folding the flaps. In order to assist the tongues in maintaining the flaps c, d in a closed position, a pair of creasing-members 22, 23 mounted in rotatable shafts 24, 25 are provided. These members pinch the folded corners of the flaps against the ribs 28, 29, respectively, formed on the folding members. After the folding operation is completed, the plunger descends, and the carton is pushed by the succeeding carton on to a moving belt which conveys it to any point. An ejector 30 descends when the folding is completed, to ensure the removal of the carton from the receiver.
Patent GB-191015024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Match-holders.
Inventor: KEMPENEER HIPPOLYTE DE
IPC: A24F27/08
Filed: 1910-06-22
Granted: 1910-10-06
Abstract: 15,024. Kempeneer, H. de. June 22. Ash-trays.-An ash-tray 6 is secured to the bottom of the pyramidical base 1 of a match-box holder 9 by the screw-bolt 7 that serves to secure the other parts together.
Patent GB-191016809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Hatchways.
Inventor: KIDDEY FRANCIS THOMAS
IPC: B63B19/14
Filed: 1910-07-14
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 16,809. Kiddey, F. T. July 14. Hatches and hatchways. - For temporarily closing a hatchway when the ship is in port, without replacing the heavy thwartship beams in the hatchway, the fore-and-aft beam sections are coupled together so as to form a single composite beam, which is used to support the hatch covers. The beam sections b are coupled together by means of plates f and bolts e, and liners or packing-plates may be interposed between the plates f and the web of the beam. By means of slots in the plates f, the length of the composite beam may be adjusted.
Patent GB-191019315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Knitting Machines.
Inventor: STIBBE GODFREY
IPC: D04B13/00
Filed: 1910-08-17
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 19,315. Stibbe, G. Aug. 17. Circular machines.-Machines of the type described in Specification 2812/08 are provided with an adjustable yielding evener-plate 1 for supporting the needles against the thrust of the sinkers when measuring off thread, the yielding means allowing the evener-plate to give way on encountering obstructions when a rigid evenerplate might injure the needles and sinkers. The plate 1 is pivoted at 2 to a bracket 3 attached to an arm a. An extension 5 of the plate 1 overlaps a projecting portion 7 of the bracket 3, adjustment being obtained by a set-screw 8. The yielding means comprise a spring 11 carried by a guide-rod 12 and bearing against the front end of the plate 1 at 13, the pressure. being varied by means of a thumb-screw 10. In a modified form a yielding portion is mounted to slide upon a fixed portion of the evener-plate.
Patent GB-191027254-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Testing Air or other Gases by their Action in Changing the Colour of a Liquid Reagent.
Inventor: ARNDT MAX
IPC: A01B3/18
Filed: 1910-11-23
Granted: 1911-08-31
Abstract: 27,254. Arndt, M. Nov. 23, 1909, [Convention date]. Gas analysis.-In apparatus for testing gases, in which the change in colour of a thread or the like satnrated with reagent is observed, the reserve supply a<1> of thread is enclosed in a vessel c hermetically shut off from the atmosphere. The thread is drawn through a vessel g containing the liquid - reagent e, which is maintained at a constant level by supply from a reservoir e<1> communicating with a vessel d. The thread passes out through a bent tube b, and hangs by the side of a scale 1, 2, &c.
Patent GB-191027651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Small Arms.
Inventor: MAUSER PAUL
IPC: F41A19/13
Filed: 1910-11-28
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 27,651. Mauser, P. Jan. 29, [Convention date]. [Addition to 20,568/08.] Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Consists in the addition of a spring catch to the automatic small-arm described in the parent Specification to hold the sliding camplate in its unlocked position for the purpose of allowing the opening of the breech by hand during single loading. The cam-plate a, Fig. 3, has a projection a<5> to engage the notched end w<1> of the spring catch w, as shown. A pivoted adjusting-lever u has a projection v<1> which brings the catch w into the locking position when required.
Patent GB-191104883-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Forced Lubrication.
Inventor: HOLT HARRY
IPC: F16N13/08
Filed: 1911-02-27
Granted: 1911-11-16
Abstract: 4883. Holt, H. Feb. 27. Single-acting bucket pumps; hand pumps; suction reservoirs. - A hand-operated lubricating-pump for the cylinders of internal-combustion engines of motor-- vehicles, aeroplanes, &c., has a transparent cylinder into which, on each delivery stroke, the charge for the next stroke is drawn, so that exhaustion of the supply of oil in the reservoir is readily detected. The glass cylinder b, enclosed in a slotted guard c, is mounted beneath a reservoir a. The rod i of the piston h is hollow and has at its lower end a conical valve k. During the delivery stroke of the piston, oil passes from the reservoir through the openings i<3>, i' in the rod i to the upper part of the cylinder b, and, on the return stroke, this oil passes to the delivery side of the piston through an opening i<2> and the valve k. A non-return valve f or a controlling - cock is placed in the delivery pipe g. The rod i emerges through a plug j, which may be utilized as the filling - plug for the reservoir, or may contain a filling-opening. The rod i is graduated to indicate the quantitv of oil delivered. A strainer z is mounted beneath the plug j. The valve k is guided by a split pin k<2> moving in openings i<2>. A spring-pressed ball valve may be used, or the valve may be dispensed with, in which case, the oil passes between the piston and the cylinder wall. In a modification, the rod i is solid above the openings i<2>, and oil enters the cylinder through holes in a disk d<1>, or the cylinder may open directly into the reservoir. In another modification, the valve k is operated by hand; its stem extends upwards into the knob i<1>, and terminates in an arm projecting through a slot in the knob. Notches in the slot enable the valve to be locked in either position. In a further modification, the piston is of the rigid packed type and has a solid stem. The valve consists of a disk of leather coacting with ports in the piston, and oil enters the cylinder through holes in the diaphragm d; these holes may be fitted with a leather disk forming a valve.
Patent GB-191107887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Moistening Envelope Flaps and the like.
Inventor: O'BRIEN JOHN
IPC: B43M11/02
Filed: 1911-03-29
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 7887. O'Brien, J. March 29. Coating-appliances, hand.-In an apparatus for moistening envelope flaps &c., a roller B covered with absorbent is supported in slotted links 13, which slide on pins 14 on the sides of a liquid container 10. The roller is either placed on the container to absorb the liquid or on a support E with drain channels 21, or is rested against the open flaps of a pile of envelopes F which are withdrawn one by one.
Patent GB-191110812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Retting of Flax Straw.
Inventor: SILBERRAD OSWALD
IPC: D01C1/04
Filed: 1911-05-04
Granted: 1912-08-06
Abstract: 10,812. Silberrad, O. May 4. Retting.-Various vegetables and fruits, or decoctions or cultures obtained therefrom, are used to hasten the process of retting flax. Suitable materials are potatoes, carrots, turnips, mangolds, swedes, spinach beets, beetroots, radishes, parsnips, yams, sweet potatoes, cassavas, vegetable marrows, cucumbers, tomatoes, pumpkins, squashes, artichokes, peas, all kinds of beans, pears, apples, bananas, quinces, and the like, or the soil on which these materials are grown. Cultures are obtained by maintaining the decoctions at a suitable temperature, say 30-450 C., or from a quantity of suitable soil by adding water and a food for the organisms, and maintaining a suitable temperature, say 35-40‹ C. When using potatoes, 1 lb. of cleaned potatoes, free from disease, is grated to pulp, diluted to 1 gallon with previously boiled water at a temperature of 30-40‹ C, a trace of pepsin, ammonium phosphate, or other nitrogenous material is added, and the whole is kept at 35-400 C. for 12 hours. The culture is then run into a retting-tank maintained at 35-40‹ C., and the flax is immersed therein and left to steep for 12 to 72 hours, air being excluded as much as possible. The flax is afterwards treated in the ordinary manner. The bath may be diluted and then used again. The tanks are cleaned out after five operations, and the apparatus is sterilized from time to time.
Patent GB-191122695-A (GB)
Title: A Detachable Front Number Plate and Mudguard Extension for Motor Cycles.
Inventor: SCOTT ALFRED ANGAS
IPC: B62J15/00
Filed: 1911-10-14
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 22,695. Scott, A. A. Aug. 14. Mud-guards.-A detachable front mud-guard extension and number-plate c for motor-cycles, which may be illuminated by the head-lights, consists of a channelled piece c, adapted to be secured to the fixed part b of the mud-guard. A box-joint may be employed, in which a strip d, attached to one of the parts b, c, is arranged to grip a strip a on the other part of the mudguard. A lug l secures the fixed part of the mud-guard to the front fork, and a spring inside the front end of the detachable mud-guard and number-plate is adapted to engage a spring- stay which tends to keep the joint in the parts of the mud-guard close together.
Patent GB-191124588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pattern Perforating.
Inventor: LASERSON FREDERICK MAURICE
IPC: A41H11/00
Filed: 1911-11-06
Granted: 1912-11-06
Abstract: 24,588. Laserson, F. M. Nov. 6. Burning, perforating by; perforating-appliances.-Consists of a hand-tool for burning perforations in paper, cloth, &c. for use as a clothing stencil or a design for embroidery. The perforator consists preferably of a wheel a, Fig. 3, the teeth a' of which are heated by a Bunsen burner inserted within the handle b of the instrument. A packing of asbestos j and a metal guard k serve to isolate the handle b from the heat of the wheel a. The wheel a may he replaced by wheels having teeth of different sizes. The gas may be supplied to the nipple o by flexible tubing so that the instrument is free to be moved in all directions. An extension of the guard k serves to protect the work from the flame, and the wheel may be provided with lateral guards of sheet metal or wire gauze for the same purpose. An additional handle may be provided in the vicinity of the wheel to facilitate the guiding of the instrument over sharp curves, or there may be a swivelled connexion between the wheel and the handle of the instrument for the same purpose. The wheel may be heated on each side by branch jets from the carrier, and flanges may be formed on the wheel to shield the paper from the flame. Various modifications are described in which the wheel is enclosed almost wholly on one or both sides as a protection against fire. In a modification, the wheel may be hollow and internally heated, perforations being provided therein to allow for the escape of the products of combustion. Fig. 16 shows a modification in which the wheel a is heated by the combustion of spirit, such as benzine, introduced at the top of the handle b after the removal of the cap b<5>. The spirit passes by way of cotton wick x and a perforated plate c to the burning-nozzle y. A valve b<6> serves to relieve the pressure. Modifications are described in which the rotary perforator is made in two parts and is heated internally by electrically heated wires coiled around a ring of mica, quartz, or compressed asbestos. The electric current may be controlled from a switch carried by the tool handle or otherwise. The perforator may consist of a spring-controlled needle b<14>, Fig. 14, vertically reciprocated by the engagement with a lug b<10> thereon of an oscillating armature b<9> of a magnet b<11>, which is energized intermittently through a make-and-break device consisting ofa spring-depressed plunger z<5> adapted to be raised to effect a contact by projections on a ball z<3>. The needle may be heated electrically or by gas or spirit.
Patent GB-191124988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Elevating Gear of Breech Loading Guns.
Inventor: VICKERS ALBERT
IPC: F41A27/24
Filed: 1910-12-01
Granted: 1912-01-01
Abstract: 24,988. Vickers, A., and Buckham, G. T. Dec. 1, 1910. Mountings.-Relates to elevating-gear of the kind in which the firing-device is combined with the elevating hand-wheel or handle, and consists in the combination therewith of a two-speed gear, which comprises two bevel or other pinions, of different diameters, on the shaft of the elevating handle or hand-wheel, in gear with two other pinions on the elevating-shaft, or on a shaft geared directly with the elevating-shaft. The pinions of one pair are fixed to their shaft. while the pinions of the other pair are loose, but either one of the loose pinions may be connected to its shaft by a clutch. Fig. 1 is a sectional plan of one construction, which includes an electric firing-device of the kind described in Specification 27,994/10. The shaft A<Î> of the elevating-gear handle A carries loosely two pinions A<3>, A<4>, which gear respectively with pinions a<3>, a<4> on a parallel spindle A<5>. A bevelpinion a<5> on the spindle A<5> gears with a pinion a<2> on the elevating-gear shaft A<2>. The pinions A<3>, A<4> have clutch teeth A<3Î>, A<4Î> adapted to be engaged by teeth on a sliding clutch-member A<6>, keyed to the shaft AX and actuated by a hand-lever a<6>, a<7>.
Patent GB-191129115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Record Discs or the like for Talking Machines.
Inventor: RAWLES WALTER HANSEN
IPC: G11B23/00
Filed: 1911-12-27
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 29,115. Rawles, W. H., [Mikorey, H.]. Dec. 27. Records.-Record disks are made by pouring molten composition into a saucer-shaped receptacle A having turned-in edges A<8> which protect the record surface. The central aperture A<2> may be formed by a straight tube or by turning in the edges A<3> as shown or by inserting a washer A<6> as shown in chain lines. The saucer is constructed of metal, cardboard, or other rigid material.
Patent GB-191202215-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type-writing Machines for Music.
Inventor: FORTONI LUIGI
IPC: B41J3/34
Filed: 1912-01-27
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 2215. Fortoni, L. Jan, 27. [Addition to 20,490/10.] Type-lever machines for writing music; caseshift mechanism.-The arrangement, described in the parent Specification, of a series of typelevers of graded lengths for printing notes outside the stave without using the shift keyboard, is modified by reducing the number of these type-levers and providing case-shift mechanism of the following character. The special typelevers a each carry a rotatable polygonal typeblock bearing on its faces type for the different rhythmical signs of the same note and the different positions of the sterns of the note, and provided with a pinion d adapted to engage during the impression stroke with one of a series of toothed radial arms e<1> secured to a shaft e<x>, which is set by knob and index f. There is a series of radial arms e<1> for each special type-lever. The index-knob f is preferably provided with a locking-device consisting of a spring-pressed ball f<2> adapted to engage depressions in the framework. The blocks are preferably pentagonal and the pinions d fiveleaved, there being for each special type-lever a set of four radial arms e<1> provided respectively with one, two. three, and four teeth. The ends c of the type-levers work in guide-slots h.
Patent GB-191204285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Marine Safes.
Inventor: JOHNSON PIERCE X
IPC: B63C7/30
Filed: 1912-02-20
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 4285. Johnson, P. X. Feb. 20. Buoys.-A buoyant safe of the kind that automatically floats off and indicates the position of the sunken ship is housed between decks 14 and 23 and is connected by chains 19 and springs 20 with a hatch cover 21. Standards 10 serve as guides through the medium of friction rollers 9 engaging each standard on three sides. At the bottom of the safe is housed a spool 15 for carrying the usual wire &c. 17. The door is closed by means of a hinged bar 31, through which passes a screw 30 swivelled to the door.
Patent GB-191208932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Means for Ensuring the Automatic Locking and Unlocking of Railway Carriage and other Vehicle Doors.
Inventor: MORRIS WILFRED
IPC: E05B65/42
Filed: 1912-04-16
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 8932. Morris, W. April 16. Railway-carriage doors and the like, fastening automatically.-In an apparatus for automatically locking and unlocking the doors of railway carriages, screw devices under the carriage, actuated by a friction pulley on a wheel-axle, are laterally displaced at starting to effect the locking of the doors, after which they are thrown out of operation by clutch mechanism. On the stoppage of the train, springs return the screws to the normal unlocking position. Two'screw sleeves 14 engage a nut 13, which serves as the boss of a pulley 3 in frictional contact with a drum 2 on the axle-wheel 1, the nut 13 being supported in fixed brackets 5. The sleeves 14 are concentric with a long central shaft 15, Fig. 4, in the middle of which, and between the two sleeves 15, is fixed a driver 16 having key-ways 17 for sliding-keys 18. The keys 78 being of the section shown their vertical portions fit into slots on the outside of boxes 15<x> on the ends of the sleeves 14, while to the ends of the upper horizontal portions rings 19 are screwed. On extensions of the central shaft 15 are keyed other screws 22, which gear with stationary brackets 24. The ends of the shaft 15, projecting just beyond the screws 22, rotate in a cross-head 26 adapted to slide on two fixed spindles 28 at each end of the apparatus. The ends of the cross-heads 26 engage a forked lever 31 pivoted at 32, and the slotted end of this lever is connected to a transverse bar 34, the reciprocation of which operates the doorlocking devices. As shown in Fig. 8, the rod 34 of the locking-device rotates the transverse rod 36, thus rocking the double cam 37, which raises the spring-pressed casing 39 containing the spring bolt 40. When the train starts, in either direction, the pulley 3 is rotated, and the nut 13 forces the screw sleeves 14 to turn and move longitudinally until one ring 19 abuts against the flange of the friction-pulley 13, whereupon the corresponding sleeve 14 is disconnected from the driver 17 on the shaft 15, while the other sleeve 14 travels out of engagement with the nut 13. The shaft 15 then ceases to rotate further, one of the sleeves 14 turning idly with the nut 13. While the screw sleeves 14 are being moved longitudinally, the two screws 22 advance in one direction, whereby the springs 30 on one side of the mechanism are compressed, and at the same time, the rod 3 is reciprocated to effect the locking of the doors. When the train comes to a standstill, the compressed springs 30 return the screws to the position shown in Fig. 1, and the doors are unlocked. The whole mechanism may be hung from a shaft beneath the carriage in order to allow for jolting,
Patent GB-191212342-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Type Casting Machine.
IPC: B41B5/06
Filed: 1912-05-24
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 12,342. Norman, J. F., and Norman Type Casting Syndicate. May 24. Type-casting machines; matrices; moulds.-A type-casting machine comprises a reciprocating member carrying a series of mould parts and transversely sliding matrices controlled by twin cams, and produces single cast types at each stroke. The hand or power reciprocated mouldcarrier 3, Fig. 4, travels in a recess in the machine bed and carries a series of adjustably secured side mould parts 9, which move between stationary upper and lower mould parts 4, 5. The part 5 is water-jacketed at 6, and refrigeration is also provided for a hollow plate 22 and the removable headstock 7, in which the induction nozzle 8 is located. The spaces between the mould parts 9 are occupied by slidable matrices 16, Figs. 4 and 8, which are positioned during casting as the carrier 3 moves past the nozzle 8 by means of a cam 23, Fig. 2, engaging their lower rear shoulders. Shoulders 16<x> and adjustable screw studs 17 on the matrices engage cams 18, 19, Fig. 2, secured on the bed of the machine, and the matrices are thus caused to eject the types from the moulds on to a travelling belt 25. A pair of cams 18, 19 is arranged towards each end of the machine, the headstock 7 being disposed centrally between them. The top and bottom mould parts, instead of being stationary, may reciprocate with the remaining mould parts as a single piece. Nicking type.-For nicking the feet of the type, the headstock may have a head, a circular saw 24, Fig. 2, may be provided, or a reciprocating knife may be employed.