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Patent GB-191202873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Heating Water and other Media or Fluids.
Inventor: BELL GEORGE GILBERT
IPC: F24H1/10
Filed: 1912-02-03
Granted: 1913-03-05
Abstract: 2873. Bell, G. G. Feb. 3. Heating water. - Relates to the heating oi water from the top downwards, and consists in means whereby the heating-effect is transferred to a lower layer of water when that immediately above is heated to the required degree. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 2, the water to be heated in the coil d by the electric or other heater h enters by a flexible tube e<1>, the free end of which is borne by a float m extending up a chamber k formed in the top of the tank a. Means may be provided for adjusting the relative positions of the end of the tube and the float. If boiling water is required at the drawoff g, the upper layers of water are heated in circulating through the coil d until steam is produced which, collecting in the extension k, causes the float to be lowered and thus causes the free end of the tube e<1> to pass into a lower stratum, which passes to the heater. This operation is repeated until the whole is at boiling point or until some water is drawn off, cold water entering at the bottom to take its place in the tank. A tube u ensures that the steam in the chamber k passes away with the water drawn off. If it is desired that water of a lower temperature be drawn off, a subsidiary circuit is employed in which some of the water already heated in the coil d passes through a second coil q heated by an electric or other heater r and is delivered at the top of the extension k. If steam is produced during the second heating, the float drops as before, and the tube e<1> draws from a lower and cooler layer of water in the tank a as before. Cocks t, v regulate the circulation through the two circuits and hence the temperature of the water in the tank. A second supply of hot water may be obtained by circulation through a coil immersed in the water in the tank a and thus heated indirectly. In a modified apparatus, the lower end of the float bears an electrically heated plate, which is thus lowered in the tank on the production of steam. The whole apparatus in all the modifications is fitted with a non-conducting casing which may be thinner near the bottom, and the tank itself may be of any shape.
Patent GB-191203917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Process for Forming a Copper Coating Upon Articles of Carbon.
Filed: 1912-02-16
Granted: 1913-02-17
Abstract: 3917. Siemens & Co., Geb. April 6, 1911, [Convention, date]. Coating non-metallic surfaces with metal; coating.-A copper coating is produced upon carbon articles, such as dynamo brushes, by embedding and heating the article in an oxygen compound of copper, such as copper scales. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) also states that iron &c. may be coated with copper by this process; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191210235-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trap for Rodents.
Inventor: LOHRMANN PAUL
IPC: A01M23/20
Filed: 1912-04-30
Granted: 1912-10-10
Abstract: 10,235. Lohrmann, P. April 30. Animals, catching and destroying.-The strings l, m connected to the drop-doors e are provided with eyes n, o, the former, Fig. 5, being hookshaped to receive the eye o and engage a rod i secured to the unsupported part g<1> of a platform mounted on a fulcrum f adjustable in slots a<2>. A bait-box p is secured on the part g<1> of the platform.
Patent GB-191211873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ships' Davits.
Inventor: ARNOTT PATRICK RAMSAY
IPC: B63B23/04
Filed: 1912-05-18
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 11,873. Arnott, P. R. May 18. Boat raising and securing gear. - Ship's boats are provided with covers which are automatically released from the boat and collapsed upon the davits during l o w e r i n g operations. The invention is shown applied to davits of the athwartship - swinging- frame type. A ridgeboard D suspended by lashings D' from the upper longitudinal member of the davit frame supports a cover E having downwardly-extending sides E'. A line F attached to a small windlass on the fixed stanchion C is branched at F<1> and is carried over pulleys F<4>, F‹ and through rings F<7>, E<3> to the edges of the cover. As the frame swings outboard, a limited supply of rope is drawn off the windlass G, but the continued movement of the frame draws up the cords attached to the edges of the cover and leaves the boat suspended freely from the falls. Lashings J which keep the boat fast against the frame when inboard are also automatically drawn up by the outboard movement of the frame by a rope K fixed to the central stanchion C and passed through rings K<3> on the lashing-bands. Specification 11,872/12 is referred to.
Patent GB-191214871-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Furnace for Fixing Nitrogen from the Air.
Inventor: SCOTT ERNEST KILBURN
IPC: C01B21/20
Filed: 1912-06-26
Granted: 1913-07-28
Abstract: 14,871. Scott, E. K. June 26. Gases, treating with electric discharge.-In a nitrogen-oxide furnace, three electrodes a, Fig. 1, diverging upwards, are connected in star or delta fashion for threephase currents, and an axial metal pipe serves as neutral electrode in the former arrangement. The outer electrodes may be placed at angles of 120‹. Jets of air, which may be heated or ozonized, issue from the upper end of a tube b surrounding the lower part of the axial pipe, or from holes in the furnace floor, and drive arcs up the electrodes. At the end of their motion, the arcs encounter jets of cool air from the central pipe or from the floor, walls, or roof of the furnace. This air may contain ozone or nitrogen peroxide. The upper part of the furnace is spacious, to allow ready mixing of the gases, and large outlets are provided. The outer electrodes are mounted on wheeled carriages, adapted to close openings in the furnace walls when the electrodes are in their working positions. By means of linkwork and gearing, the three carriages can be moved simultaneously. The outer electrodes are preferably of water-cooled steel tubing, and may be surrounded by replaceable metal tubes. Wedges of copper or other material may be secured at the lower ends of the outer electrodes to facilitate starting, which may be effected by moving the electrodes or by raising and lowering a metal cone by means of toggle levers. The upper part of the axial pipe may be mounted so that it can be turned to present fresh arcing surfaces, and may be cooled by water or by air passing through it.
Patent GB-191216078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Finishing Fabric.
Inventor: RUEDIGER GEORG ERNST
IPC: D06C15/00
Filed: 1912-07-09
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 16,078. R³diger, G. E. July 9. Coating webs.-A device for felting, glossing, and otherwise finishing fabrics comprises a combination of a trough and roller, between which the fabric passes, and of which one is heated and the other cooled, a feeding-device being arranged along the cooled element for supplying the treating-liquid thereto. For example, cold and hot water are circulated through the roller w and trough m respectively. The liquid-feed pipe a may be provided with spraying-nozzles b, or an absorbent strip of felt which contacts with the roller w, or with simple perforations. In addition to a pipe c for supplying liquid under pressure to the feed pipe a, there is a pipe d for supplying steam thereto, as well as a pipe e for running-off excess liquid or steam.
Patent GB-191216672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Auxiliary Air Valves for Carburettors of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: STEWART ALFRED CLEMENT
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1912-07-17
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 16,672. Stewart, A. C. July 17. Piston valves; casings.-An auxiliary air valve for insertion between a carburettor 4 and inlet pipe 3 with a minimum displacement of these parts, comprises a flange 6, Fig. 1, the lateral extension 10 of which has an air inlet passage 8 leading to a spiral passage 7 which gradually decreases in width as it approaches the mixture passage 9. The air which enters through holes 26 is controlled by a piston valve 27 actuated by a Bowden wire 17.
Patent GB-191218553-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp Pillars.
Inventor: SOUTHALL JOSEPH
IPC: E04H12/24
Filed: 1912-08-13
Granted: 1913-01-09
Abstract: 18,553. Southall, J. Aug. 13. Drawings to Specification. Posts.-The ladder arms or brackets of lamp pillars are pivoted to the post so that they may be turned up out of the way when not in use. Specifications 6157/88 and 10,814/89 are referred to.
Patent GB-191222431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Packeting, more especially intended for Making Up Packets of Powders, or Pulverulent Material.
IPC: B65D5/02
Filed: 1912-10-02
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 22,431. Gossage & Sons, W., and Callam, E. C. Oct. 2. Securing bags. - In packets or casings for powders &c., a piece or paper, cardboard, or the like 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 is cemented or otherwise attached to the flaps 2, 3, 4, 5 and is folded up with them to provide a more efficient closure.
Patent GB-191226065-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Knife Sharpener for Chaff Cutters and like Machines.
Inventor: BENTALL EDMUND ERNEST
IPC: A01F29/22
Filed: 1912-11-13
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 26,065. Bentall, E. E., and Bingham, G. C. Nov. 13. Machine c u t t e r s, sharpening in situ.-Apparatus for sharpening the blades of chaff-cutters comprises a grinding-wheel c on a spindle carried by a frame a pivotally mounted on a rod f universally pivoted on a frame h. The grinder c is driven by belts n, n' through a pulley m from the loose cutter driving - pulley, and for this purpose an auxiliary pulley o is fastened by means of screwed hooks q, Fig. 10, to the loose pulley. Guides g carried by the frame a run on the edge of the cutter knives and guide the grinder as the chaff-cutter is turned to traverse the knife under the grinder. The pressure of the grinder on the knife is determined by a spring-pressed pivoted arm r engaging a collar on the end of the grinder spindle, which may move endways in its bearings. The grinding-wheel may be replaced by a reciprocating or oscillating abrasive agent.
Patent GB-191226721-A (GB)
Title: Improved Guard for Cropping and similar Machines used in the Treatment or Finishing of Fabrics or for Performing like Operations.
IPC: D06H7/02
Filed: 1912-11-21
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 26,721. Bradford Dyers' Association, and Melville, J. Nov. 21. Guards, controlling. -An interlocking-device between the guard and cutter of a machine for cropping or otherwise treating fabrics comprises two notched sliding bars d, m, Fig. 5, connected respectively to the guard operating- lever 7, Fig. 1, and the belt-fork g or starting- handle. The bars d m work inside a casing in conjunction with spring- pressed bolts n, p carrying studs r, s and correspond, in the position shown, with the machine at rest and the guard closed. The motion of either part now locks the other, by the action of the inclines and studs.
Patent GB-191228761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Injecting Liquid Fuel into the Cylinders of Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F02M67/12
Filed: 1912-12-13
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 28,761. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Dec. 13. Cylinders receiving liquid fuel.-In spraying- nozzles intended particularly to be placed horizontally, as in engines with vertical cylinders and oppositely-moving pistons, the casing 15 contains an atomizer or plug 17 placed adjacent to the fuelsupply chamber 37 andhaving tangentially-arranged capillary ducts 18 and multiple or annular ducts 21 separating the fuel from the air-passages 24, 36. The atomizer is kept in place by the members 19, 25. When the needle-valve 30 is opened, compressed air flows from the conduit 28 to the chamber 27 and thence through the passages 26, 21 to the annular tapering chamber 36 where a considerable fall of pressure takes place. Other air presses on the fuel in the passages 21 and discharges it into the main stream of air in the nozzle. The ducts 21 permit the air pressure to act upon the fuel, but prevent the fuel from creeping backwards.
Patent GB-191229575-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Issuing Tickets.
Inventor: TANNER ARNOLD JAMES
IPC: G07B3/02
Filed: 1912-12-23
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 29,575. Tanner, A. J. Dec. 23. [Addition to 6065/12.] No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tickets, holding and issuing and registering number and value of.- In the apparatus described in the parent Specification, the sliding members 3 that are pushed in to allow the tickets to be withdrawn are formed from sheet metal, the end 3<1> being turned over to form a cover for the ticketstrip and a grip for the operator's fingers. The springs 15 against which the slides move are carried on a rod 16 and one leg 15<1> serves to sound a bell 19 and actuate a counter 24 by rocking a shaft 20. The base - plate 1 is constructed to carry a plurality of ticket reels which are supported in sheet-metal plates 11 bent into U-shape provided with vertical arms 11' in which the reels are mounted as shown in Figs. 1 and 7. The base-plates are provided with a tapering groove 26, which engages with a similarly-shaped table 25 secured to a rail by clamps 27, some of the tables being secured to the underside of the rail. A fastening-device between the side plate 2 of the cover and the end wall 7 of the base portion consists of two spring-controlled studs 8 one of which extends into the hole in the cover, as shown in Fig. 3. On pressing-in the shorter stud, the other is moved outwards and the cover is freed.
Patent GB-191229904-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spring Check Rails for Railway Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: WILLIAMS LLEWELLYN WYNN
IPC: B61J3/10
Filed: 1912-12-30
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 29,904. Williams, L. W., Williams, O. R., and Williams, D. D. Dec. 30. Arresting-grips or frictional apparatus on permanent way, for preventing movement of railway vehicles and the like on sidings &c., comprise check rails a pressed outwards into contact with the running rails b by spring telescopic rods, composed of two portions d, d<1>, jointed to the rails, and a middle portion d<2> screwed or otherwise fitted into the part d and telescoping in the part d<1>. An adjustable spring e is arranged between a nut on the part d<2> and a collar d<4> on the part d'. The check rails a may be connected to the rails b by hinged arms c, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-191302643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Delivery Machines.
Inventor: EVANS THOMAS
IPC: G07F11/18
Filed: 1913-02-27
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 2643. Evans, T., and Smith, W. E., [trading as Howard Automatic Delivery Machine Co.]. Feb. 27. Sale apparatus; delivery mechanism.-In apparatus of the kind in which a delivery drawer is coupled to a hand-operated slide by the inserted coin, a spring-controlled catch F carried by the underside of the drawer is adapted to engage a fixed rack G and prevent movement of the drawer if the hand-operated slide D is forced out without the previous insertion of a coin. In the normal position of the parts, the inner extremity of the slide D bears under an arm H projecting from the catch, and holds the catch clear of the rack teeth. Coin action, weight and mechanical-connexion. -The inserted coin rests in slots K, L in the drawer and slide respectively so as to couple the two together, and, if of sufficient weight, tilts a detent M pivoted to the slide D from engagement with the rack G permitting the outward movement of the parts.
Patent GB-191304701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Watch Cases.
Inventor: WILLIAMS GEORGE
IPC: G04B37/00
Filed: 1913-02-24
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 4701. Williams, G. Feb. 24. Cases, watch.-In the cover 2 of a watchcase, a small plate 5 of steel or other hard material is secured in a recess, for engagement with the usual spring catch. The flange of the cover is thus prevented from becoming worn.
Patent GB-191308291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing Machines.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: D05B15/06
Filed: 1913-04-08
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 8291. Wade, H., [United Sh@ee Machinery Co.]. April 8. Boot-sole sewing machines; welt-retracting devices.-In a welting-machine, the length of welt drawn out through the welt-guide by the operator in removing a shoe from the machine is wholly or in part drawn back by an automatically or manually operated welt-retracting device. Such automatic devices may become operable on the release of the thread tension at the close of a stitching operation or on stopping the machine. In the apparatus shown, the welt passes over a small pulley 9 and a larger pulley 8 revolving freely on a sleeve 10<1> extending from and providing a bearing for a drum 10, which is held from movement normally by a spring 27 contained within the drum and secured at its ends to the drum and the machine frame respectively. A rod 15 is linked to the device for releasing the thread tension on the reversal of the machine at stopping sn that, as the machine is stopped, the rod is moved to press upon the end of a lever 13 and rotate it so that a pivoted clutch block 12 on its lower cranked end locks the welt between itself and the pulley 8 and causes the welt as it is drawn out by the operator to rotate the lever 13 and the drum 10 to which the lever 13 is pivoted. In this movement, the spring 27 is wound up and when the operator releases the end of the welt, the spring in its recoil causes the drum 10 and the pulley 8 to rotate and retract the welt drawn out. A predetermined portion of the welt drawn out, however, is not retracted, for the movement of the drum 10 is stopped before it arrives at its initial position and is only returned to that position after the clutch block 12 has been lifted from the weltstrip. This is occasioned by means of a lever 30 pivoted on the framework and pressed upon by a spring 32 around the rod 15. When the rod 15 is moved to cause the clamping of the welt, it turns the lever 30 so as to bring its lower end into the path of a latch 31. As the welt is drawn out, the latch snaps past the lever 30, but on the retraction of the welt, the latch abuts against the lever and stops the rotation of the drum 10. The latch is released and the movement of the drum completed when the rod 15 is moved back and the welt is unclamped. The amount of welt not retracted depends upon the initial position of the drum 10 and that is determined by the screw stop 28. The retracting movement of the drum is damped by means of a piston 35 moving in a cylinder 36 out of which oil can pass only through a valve-controlled by-pass.
Patent GB-191308611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Enabling the Doors of Railway Carriages to be Simultaneously Secured from the Guard's Van or Engine.
Inventor: BARRON THOAMS
IPC: E05B65/38
Filed: 1913-04-12
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 8611. Barron, T., and Hudson, F. April 12. [Cognate Application, 19,297/13.] Pneumatically-operated fastenings.-A bolt g carried by a piston h is shot or withdrawn by pneumatic pressure admitted through ports f<1>, f<2> connected to a source of pneumatic pressure by pipes f leading from ports b<1>, b<2> of a slide valve. The slide valve comprises a piston a operated by a lever c and adapted to close both ports b<1> , b<2> or put either in connexion with the atmosphere through a port b<3> while the other is connected with a pneumatic pressure supply-pipe e through a port e<1> and annular space a<1>. The bolt g is prevented from being shot before the door is closed by a spring- pressed slide k, Figs. 6 and 8, which is withdrawn from the path of the bolt when the door is closed by a pin k<1> thereon being forced back by the edge of the door.
Patent GB-191309306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuel Vapourisers for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BRIER JOHN
Filed: 1913-04-21
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 9306. Brier, J. April 21. Vaporizers, external. -One or more ribs W are arranged spirally round a conical part C of the exhaust-pipe and within a conical casing. Mixture enters at I, passes through the mixing - screen Rand leaves at O.
Patent GB-191311215-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Grading or Sizing Machine.
Inventor: FLETCHER ALFRED JAMES
IPC: B07B1/10
Filed: 1913-05-13
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 11,215. Fletcher, A. J., [trading as Drake & Fletcher], Becker, H., and Becker, F. W. May 13. Endless moving sieves; separating by passing over or through graduated apertures.-A grading or sorting machine for fruit, eggs, bulbs, nuts, &c. comprises two or more endless traversing bands a, b .. of rubber or the like disposed in alinement or at different levels, and having different sized holes m, n .. therein through which the graded fruit &c. is delivered into separate trays or collecting-tables. In the arrangement shown, the bands are supported at different levels by rollers e, f mounted in the side frames, the spaces between the rollers f, e being filled in by canvas strips p. The hopper q may have a stationary or movable bottom. To prevent the holes from being blocked, brushes s and rollers t are provided. The fruit is delivered into collecting-trays arranged underneath the perforated bands, the openings for the trays being closed by shutters w which arc under the influence of weights x, or springs. Or the trays and shutters may be dispensed with, the fruit being delivered to fixed collecting-tables.
Patent GB-191313061-A (GB)
Title: Improved Holding Device for Exhibiting Advertisements, Signs, Tablets, or Pictorial Representations for Commercial and other like purposes.
Inventor: JERNE HANS
IPC: G09F7/08
Filed: 1913-06-05
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 13,061. Jerne, H. June 5. Boards for notices and the like.-A device for displaying advertisements &c. which are built up in sections comprises a background a with transverse retaining-ledges b, c and means d for locking them in the closed position. The locking-means d may consist of hinged pieces with openings f, through which catches g are passed.
Patent GB-191318157-A (GB)
Title: Dendrometer.
Inventor: OCHSENBEIN JEAN PIERRE
IPC: G01C5/00
Filed: 1913-08-09
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 18,157. Ochsenbein, J. P. Aug. 9. Dendrometers.-A dendrometer consists of a bar A with a scribed line A' corresponding to the sight-line C B. After taking an observation, the graduated pendulum D is clamped at H and the cursor F is removed from the handle E, Fig. 3, and applied as shown in Fig. 2 so that the point touches the line A<1>. The length of the cursor fr m the point to the intersection of the central line D<2> is known, and, the distance of the object being known, the reading on the pendulum D enables the height to be calculated. The instrument may be used to find the horizontal projection of a sloping line, for example a known length on a hill side. A staff equal in length to the height of the observer's eye is placed at the upper end and the instrument is sighted and clamped as before. The arm G is then set at right angles to the pendulum. The length between the centres of the pivots G<1> and D<1> is preferably a round number and the reading on the part G at the line D' gives the coefficient for determining the projection desire d.