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Patent GB-191216686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheaters for Locomotive and like Tubular Boilers.
Inventor: STIRLING JAMES HAMILTON
IPC: F22G7/06
Filed: 1912-07-17
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 16,686. Stirling, J. H. July 17. Fire-tubes, arrangements of superheating- tubes; superheating-tubes with internal baffles. -In superheaters for locomotive and like boilers, having the superheater disposed in some of the smoke-tubes of the boiler, the flow of gases through the smoke-tubes is maintained when steam is shut off, and the superheater tubes are prevented from becoming burnt, by injecting steam into the fire-box end -of the smoke-tubes. In addition, means are provided for controlling the supply of steam to the jets and means for breaking up the central core of steam in the superheater tubes. Fig. 3 shows the arrangement for injecting steam into the smoke-tubes. The nozzles f are disposed between the fire-box and the end of the superheater tubes d and are provided with outlet apertures h, which may deliver the steam towards the smoke-box or at right-angles to the axis of the tubes. The supply pipes g extend into the smoke-box, where they are bent down and connected to a header, the bends being utilized to steady the tubes d. The nozzles may be protected from burning by a cap or end of refractory material, which cap may have a shoulder and a conoidal end to deflect ashes, soot, &c. A controlling - arrangement for the steam to the nozzles is shown in Fig. 6. When the steam is turned on to the engine, it acts on a piston t in a cylinder d, thereby closing a valve u which controls the supply to the nozzles from the boiler through a cock o and pipes p, q. On the other hand, when the steam to the engine is turned off, the steam from the pipe p opens the valve u and passes freely to the nozzles. The cock o is provided with a by-pass s to enable a small amount of steam to pass continuously to the nozzles, especially in cases where the tubes d are carried nearer to the fire-box than usual. A bypass v is also provided in the valve u. For cleaning the tubes d and the smoke-tubes, the cock o is fully opened to enable a large amount of steam to pass to the nozzles. Fig. 7 shows a controlling-arrangement for use with exhaust steam. The connexion between the pipe z from the blast-pipe and the pipe 2 to the nozzles is controlled by a valve x, which is preferably resiliently connected, as by a spring, with the hand-wheel y. This arrangement may be combined with the device shown in Fig. 6. In such a case, the valve x closes automatically when high-pressure steam is turned on to the nozzles. One form of baffle for the inside of the superheater tubes is shown in Fig. 8. It consists of a small tube 5 with tongues 6, which are formed by cutting the tube and bending the cut parts outwards. The tube 5 is secured to a rod 7, which is screwed into the superheating - tube. In another form, a flat strip of metal with tongues is employed.
Patent GB-191221965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Centrifugal Liquid Pumps.
Inventor: WOODROFFE FRANK KNIGHT
IPC: F04D29/22
Filed: 1912-09-27
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 21,965. Woodroffe, F. K., and Hodgson, H. C. Sept. 27. Disk-supported-blade pumps.-A centrifugal pump impeller b is provided on the periphery with an annular diverging part c, the area at the entrance b<2> to this part being less than that of the eye a. A conversion of pressure into velocity takes place in the diverging part c, and the pump is stated to be self-regulating. The improvement may be applied to doubleinlet impellers.
Patent GB-191225061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Couplings for Railway Cars and Wagons.
Inventor: WILLISON JOHN
IPC: B61G5/04
Filed: 1912-11-01
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 25,061. Willison, J. June 14, [Convention date]. Couplings, automatic, convertible to non-automatic.-The coupling is of the type described in Specification 10,855/09 in which the automatic coupler-head pivoted to the draw-bar is supported in position for use by rearwardlyextending arms bearing against the underside of the vehicle, and can be turned upwardly on its pivot to disclose the non - automatic hook. The raising and lowering are effected by an arm 18 which is pivoted to the hook 10 and carries a screwed spindle 17 co-operating with a nut 21 in conjunction with the supporting-arms 19: The arm 18 is channel-shaped with notches 18<11> in the side walls and with bevelled projections 18<1> on the rear wall. Fixed to the spindle 17 is a collar 17<1> which bears through a bevelled washer 20 against the projections 18'. The nut 21 is formed with bevelled shoulders 21<1>, and with trunnions 21<11> by which it is mounted in the arms 19. The spindle 17 is operated through sprocket gearing 8, 8' from either side of the vehicle. The weight of the coupler-head, in its raised position, Fig. 2, is transferred through the nut 21, the spindle 17, and the bevelled surfaces of the parts 20, 18<1> to the pivot pin of the arm 18, which in this position abuts against the underside of the vehicle. As the coupler-head is lowered, sliding movement occurs between the bevelled surfaces of the parts 20, 18<1>. In the lowered position, the notches 18<11> fit over the shoulders 21<1> of the nut 21.
Patent GB-191227638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Creasing or Bending Machines, for Paper, Card Board, Textile Fabrics, or analogous Materials.
Inventor: HIRCOCK JOHN THOMAS
IPC: B26D3/08
Filed: 1912-11-30
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 27,638. Hircock, J. T. Nov. 30. Bending, creasing, and the like.-A machine for creasing or bending paper, cardboard, fabrics, &c., in the making of boxes, stationery, book covers, &c., is constructed with rollers having longitudinal flutings which produce the creases &c., the remaining portions of the rollers being formed eccentrically to permit of the material being fed between them. As shown, the work is fed over a table l, Fig. 1, fitted with side and end gauges k, m, between rollers a, b, Figs. 3 and 4, mounted in bearings c in a frame d, the bearings being preferably removable and adjustable, and being controlled by springs f and screws g to vary the pressure of the rollers on the work. The rollers are formed with engaging recesses and flutings j which form creases in the work e, as shown in Fig. 7. The portions of the rollers carrying the flutings j are concentric to the journals of the rollers, but the other parts are eccentric and produce a space, as shown in Fig. 3, to enable the blanks to be fed forwards. A delivery table n is provided.
Patent GB-191228590-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Compressing Elastic Fluids and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: POMEROY ERNEST ARTHUR GEORGE
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 1912-12-11
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 28,590. Harberton, [formerly Pomeroy, E. A. G.], Viscount, and Spence, J. C. Dec. 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fec not paid). Blast apparatus, jet-pump.-A jet-pump for compressing gases is arranged with the jet directed vertically upwards so that the gases flow in the direction in which they tend to move in separating from the liquid. Water under pressure flows from the annular pipe F into the outwardly coned pipe F' and entrains air from the pipes G, H.
Patent GB-191303763-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Removing the Flesh from Skins.
Inventor: KEHRHAHN ALEXANDER HEINRICH
IPC: C14B1/02
Filed: 1913-02-13
Granted: 1914-05-13
Abstract: 3763. Kehrhahn, A. H. March 23, 1912, [Convention date]. Rotating - tool machines.-In a machine for fleshing &c., both halves of the skin are successively treated from the centre to the ends by two separate rolls, by reversing the direction of the feed. The machine has two tool cylinders 2, 3 and feed rolls 4, 5 rotating continuously in the directions shown bv the arrows in Fig. 1. The bed-roll 6' may be moved to the position 6, Fig. 2, by means of gearing 9, 10 and a crank-rod and lever 8, 7, the motion being started by a pedal 12 and ceasing automatically at the end of the swing. In the position shown in Fig. 1, the last part of the skin 13' is being worked by the tool 2. At the moment when the skin 13<1> drops down out of the machine, the operator depresses the pedal and causes the roll 6<1> to move to the position shown in Fig. 2 and engage the skin 13 (previously held in readiness, as shown at 13 in Fig. 1), causing one half of it to pass across the tool 3, as shown hv the arrow. When this half has been worked, pressure on the treadle throws the roll 6 to the position 6' and the second half of the operation is effected by the tool 2. To prevent the skin from overrunning when the first half has been worked, the feed-roll 5 is driven through a clutch which is freed when the treadle is depressed, and a brake is simultaneously applied to the roll 5. While the roller 6 is moving to the position 6', a small rotation is imparted to it by the driving-teeth of the fixed roll 5 so as to turn it in the opposite direction to that in which the weight of the hanging skin acts. This rotation is sufficient to prevent the skin from falling during its transfer from the tool 5 to the tool 4. The rolls 3, 5 and 2, 4 may alternatively be mounted in pairs on rocking- frames to co-operate with a stationary supporting-roll. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states that the clutch and brake are operated by a cam on the lower countershaft; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191310687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Acetic Acid by the Destructive Distillation of Woody Matters.
Inventor: CALVERT GEORGE
IPC: C10C5/00
Filed: 1913-05-06
Granted: 1914-05-06
Abstract: 10,687. Calvert, G. May 6. Charging and discharging.-In a process for the manufacture of acetic acid, husks, such as coffee husks, are fed to a retort from a hopper a through sliding doors m operated by a lever p and having holes n adapted to be brought alternately opposite to corresponding holes in plates o. The retort b is provided with a conveyer c, which discharges the residue into a chamber d fitted with a rotary discharge valve e.
Patent GB-191311170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spray Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: VEULLE FREDERICK HENRY DE
IPC: F02M9/08
Filed: 1913-05-13
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 11,170. Veulle, F. H. de. May 13. Spray carburettors.-Fuel is supplied from a float-chamber through a restricted orifice to a well, whence it passes to the nozzle through a tube having several calibrated orifices at different heights. The well A is co-axial with the float-chamber E and encloses the perforated tube C, which communicates with the atmosphere at J and with the induction pipe at K. The well is fed through a restricted orifice B and communicates with the atmosphere through holes in a cap H. The outlet K is close to the throttle M, which is provided with a by-pass M5. Extra air may be admitted to the interior of the throttle valve by an adjustable screwed plug. The float chamber E is supported by a spring-pressed arm E2 to facilitate inspection, and the float may be depressed at starting to flood the nozzle.
Patent GB-191313752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Depericarping Machines.
IPC: A23N5/08
Filed: 1913-06-13
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 13,752. Smith, R. A., and Apol, Ltd. June 13. Hulling, husking, and decorticating.-The pericarp is removed from drupes, nuts, olives, seeds, &c. by a centrifugal machine comprising a vaned drum rotating within an oppositely-rotating cage. Fed through a hopper 42, Fig. 1, and an annular opening 29 in the top plate of the cage, the material falls upon the end of the drum 1 and is caught by the vanes 4 and held against the bars 5 of the cage by centrifugal force. The pericarp passing between the bars 5 is carried round by brushes or blades 12 and ejected through apertures 14 in the fixed casing 13 into a receiver 47, Fig. 4. The bars 5 pass through slots in rings 8, and enter recesses in the rings 9, being secured by pins 11. The base of the cage is formed with an annular channel 16 to receive the kernels, which are thrown out through apertures 18 to an outer space 17 and thence through an outlet 19. The cage is operated by gear - wheels 20, 21, and the drum by wheels 22, 27, ball bearings being fitted to the shafts, and leather washers 44, 45 being arranged between the drum and cage ends to exclude dirt. Fluff is removed from the kernels in the casing 54, the material being subjected on a perforated table 35 to an air current entering a.t 36 and leaving by passage 38.
Patent GB-191314816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: CONNER MERRITT SCOTT
IPC: H01H19/62
Filed: 1913-06-27
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 14,816. Conner, M. S., and Kahl, A. R. June 27. Switches. - An electric switch for use with telephone &c. circuits comprises a body or block A having any required number of sides, and having holes C extending from the sides to the central bore, wherein is located a revoluble shaft B. In the holes are steel balls D pressed inwards by flat springs E, and for each ball recesses F, F1 are cut in the shaft, so that when the shaft is rotated the balls move in or out. Sets of contact-plates G and contact-springs H, H1 are mounted on the body, each set being actuated by the respective spring E when this is moved by the ball. The shaft is rotated by a handle J which may have a pointer K attached to it. Plungers may be substituted for the balls, and the balls or plungers may be in the same or in different planes.
Patent GB-191322788-A (GB)
Title: Spring Drive Safety Drill or Reamer Chuck.
Inventor: MURRAY ANGUS ROBERTSON
IPC: B23B31/12
Filed: 1913-10-09
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 22,788. Murray, A. R. Oct. 9. Chucks. - A chuck with a friction drive consists of a conical casing A with a cappiece C, through which freely passes a spindle D having an enlarged conical head with radial slots in which slide jaws K. A spring P is interposed between the cap and the conical head, and the pressure is regulated by adjustment of the cap. The jaws may be opened on retraction of the spindle by a spring N. A nut R, rotatable on a ball bearing T, is provided to release the grip at any time.
Patent GB-191323090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanism for Converting Motion.
IPC: F01L1/12
Filed: 1913-10-13
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 23,090. Soc. N. Brondoit, A. Pochet, et Cie. Oct. 12, 1912, [Convention date]. Tappet mechanism.- Relates to means for obtaining one reciprocation of a driven part, such as a rod, from two reciprocations of a driving-part, particularly applicable for operating the valves of internal-combustion engines. One rod, preferably the driven rod, carries a tappet C which is pivoted on a stud D, and on which bears a spring-pressed stud P provided in an arm H pivoted on the driven rod. A stationary stop F and a stop G on the driving- rod are arranged in the path of the arm H. With the parts in the position shown, the driving-rod, in rising, strikes the tappet C and lifts the driven rod, the arm H striking the stop F and moving the stud P below the pivot D so that the tappet is swung aside. During its next stroke, therefore, the only action of the driving-rod is to move the lever H back to the position shown, by means of its stop G. When applied to internal-combustion engines, two such devices may be used, an additional arm being secured to the driven rod operating the exhaust valve and taking the place of the stop G in operating the arm H of the device operating the inlet valve.
Patent GB-191327759-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Projecting Pictures.
Inventor: DUPUIS CHARLES
IPC: G03B21/32
Filed: 1913-12-02
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 27,759. Dupuis, C. May 16, [Convention date]. Kinematograph apparatus.-The film passes horizontally and is lighted vertically by a lamp placed above the film, the image being reflected horizontally by a prism, and the light passing through a water - batb. To give portability, the spool-holders 3, 7 are capable of being swung inwards, and the electric lamp 50 cm be moved downwards upon its column to enable a cover to be placed over the apparatus. T h e film passes from the spoolholder 3 over a toothed cylinder 13 and then below an horizontal spring shutter 17 to an intermittently - driven toothed cylinder 18 and to the take-up spoolholder 3. The upper surface of the water-bath 52 is closed by a planoconvex lens 53, which serves to direct the air bubbles to the edge. Optical-projection apparatus.-Below the lamp a condenser 51 is arranged, and the light then passes vertically through a water-bath 52 to the film and is projected horizontally by a prism 39 and objectglass 37.
Patent GB-191400143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Girder Frames.
Inventor: LOUIS WOLFFBERG
IPC: E04C3/38
Filed: 1914-01-02
Abstract: 143. Wolffberg, L. May 28, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Roofs; girders.-Roof trusses or girders suitable for large halls which require a free interior, such as sheds for aerial craft, are formed as shown in elevation in Fig. 1, and in plan in Fig. 2. Each truss comprises two lattice girders having a common top boom or ridge u and separate bottom booms T<1>, T<2>; the four corners of each truss are carried by columns v, braced as shown at a and b, and the bases f of two of the columns, diagonally opposite each other, are fixed and the other two l are movable longitudinally of the girder to reduce the wind stresses. A series of such trusses are erected and separated by flat portions of the roof.
Patent GB-191407052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Mechanical Transmission of Power.
Inventor: LOUIS GILLET
IPC: F16H29/08
Filed: 1914-03-20
Abstract: 7052. Gillet, L. March 22; 1913, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Lever linkages.-Comprises an arrangement for converting rotary into reciprocating motion in which a rod 2 is guided in a slide 7 which is pivoted at a point 8 movable along the line 9. One end of the rod is connected to the driving- shaft 3 by a crank or eccentric. The other may be connected by a rod 4 to a lever 5 for giving ,a rotary motion to the shaft 6. The speed ratio between the shafts 3, 6 is determined by the position of the slide 7. By providing ratchet clutches on the driven shaft and arranging the device in duplicate, the two slides being pivoted about a common point, a continuous rotary motion may be transmitted. Worm or screw- and-nut gearing may be employed to move the slides. The device is also applicable for driving the piston of a pump.
Patent GB-191407264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Orreries, Telluria and the like.
Inventor: DUTHOIT MAUD ANTOINETTE
IPC: G09B27/02
Filed: 1914-03-23
Granted: 1915-03-18
Abstract: 7264. Duthoit, M. A. March 23. Globes and orreries.- An orrery, tellurion, or like apparatus, to illustrate, for example, the ocean tides or the relation between Jupiter and its satellites, comprises a pillar P projecting upwards from an astronomical chart C, and an arm R rotatable about the pillar and. carrying near its end a vertical stem S, which is rotatable about its axis and is attached to a supporting - base SB fitted with pointers 1, 2. In a combined orrery and tellurion for example, the pillar P is preferably adapted to support a candle or electric light serving as the sun, and is provided with a reflector R'. The stem S carries a model E of the earth, the upper part of the stem being inclined to correspond with the inclination of the earth's axis, and, in order that this axis may be kept pointing in the same direction in space as the earth is revolved manually round the sun, parallel lines L are provided on the chart over which the pointers 1, 2 are placed. A model m of the moon may be carried by an arm M attached to the stem S by a coil MC; this coil may be slid along the stem S to position the moon with regard to the ecliptic ER. The chart C may be in four sections C<1> ... C', either separate or connected by flexible material, and is attached by pins p<1> and eyelets c<1> to a base p on a socket-piece sp carrying the pillar P. Models pl, on a smaller scale than the model E and illustrating the complete system of planets including the earth, are provided, and are carried by wire stems ending in rings W carried by a band PL slipped over the pillar P.
Patent GB-191411075-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Colander for Straining, Pressing or Mashing Vegetables, Bread and other Substances or Articles.
Inventor: NIGHTINGALE ANNIE JANIE
IPC: A47J19/00
Filed: 1914-05-05
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 11,075. Nightingale, A. J. May 5. Strainers, vegetable and like; washing, pressing, and squeezing vegetables. -Relates to colanders of the kind in which a presser plate is depressed by mechanical means and in which there are perforations in the sides just above the bottom, and the perforated bottom is fixed above the level ot the bottom edge of the sides. The improvements comprise additional perforations c in the sides at some distance above the bottom, and the details of the pressing- apparatus. The handle g of the presser is loosely fulcrumed in a hole e near the upper edge of the body and is connected to the presserplate i by wire arms h so that the handle, arms, and presser-plate can be removed as a whole.
Patent GB-191412762-A (GB)
Title: Method of Making Manganese Steel.
Inventor: NICHOLS WESLEY GROFF
Filed: 1914-05-23
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 12,762. Nichols, W. G. May 23. Drawings to Specification. Alloys. - Manganese steel scrap, ferro-manganese, and optionally decarbonized iron are melted separately, and mixed together in the molten state, to obtain manganese steel, the iron being melted at a considerably higher temperature than the other materials. In one example, about 55 per cent of decarburized iron is heated to a temperature of 1650‹ C., 37 per cent of scrap containing 12 per cent of manganese is heated to 1400‹ C., and 8 per cent of ferro-manganese to 1350‹ C., before alloying.
Patent GB-191413011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment or Method of Preparing Cacao and the like Seeds, and Machinery or Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: WATT GEORGE
IPC: B04B3/00
Filed: 1913-07-08
Granted: 1914-08-10
Abstract: 13,011. Watt, Sir G. July 8, 1913. Conditioning seeds; processes of treating seeds.- In the treatment of cacao and like seeds they are submitted to an oxidizing or developing, and sterilizing process in a centrifugal machine. Within the perforated drum c is a stationary cross-frame o carrying baffles p to which brushes may be attached and which are so inclined as to direct the seeds towards the centre of the drum. Rotating stirrers r between the baffles, fluted or cross-shaped in section, and helical stirrers s, which may be carried by other arms of the cross-frame o, are provided. Inclined scrapers q are formed at the bottom of the frame o and beneath them are steam-pipes y' supplied from a pipe y placed within an air pipe w near the centre of the machine. The pipe w is perforated near the bottom and is supplied with hot or cold air from a blower. Pipes supplying hot or cold water or oxidizing or other chemicals pass through the lid b. The heating may be performed by a steam coil 1. After agitating with water or chemicals and passing air through the seeds, the liquid is run off by a cock m and steam only admitted for sterilizing. The seeds are discharged by a door j, a shoot k and an air-tight door l.
Patent GB-191417434-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Construction of Motor Cycles.
Inventor: COTTON FRANK WILLOUGHBY
IPC: B62K11/04
Filed: 1914-07-23
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 17,434. Cotton, F. W. July 23. Tubular constructions.-A frame for a motor-cycle comprises duplicated top tubes A from the steering- head B to the rear fork end, duplicated bottom tubes D from the steering-head to the engine chain stays F, a seat pillar G extending down to the engine, and one or more central stays H extending from the bottom of the steering-head either to the rear fork end or to the connexion between the seat pillar and the top tubes A.