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Patent GB-191010352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Piano-players and the like.
Inventor: MCHARDY RUDOLPH HERMANN
Filed: 1910-04-27
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 10,352. McHardy, R. H. April 27. Player-pianos; actions; cases; expression, controlling; tempo - regulating means; winding-mechanism; wind-trunks.-In a player piano, the motor 10, music spool 20 and takeup roll 26, together with the gearing for winding and rewinding the tune sheet and the tempo and rewind valve 71, are arranged within a detachable casing A, which is hooked to the piano near the keyboard. Special means are provided for jointing the tracker tubes 3 and the wind-trunks to the slider 9, which is connected by flexible tubes 105 to the action and the exhaustchest. The pneumatic action and exhaust bellows are arranged within the piano. The slider 9 is mounted on guides beneath the key-bed and carries a number of spring-pressed pipes 99, which bear against a layer of soft material 104 on a perforated bar 5 to which the tracker-tubes 3 and wind trunks are connected. The case A is hooked to the piano lock-rail, and is attached to the slider 9 by hooks 7 which engage eyes in the extensions 8 of the slider. The tempo is controlled by means of a valve 71, which moves over a tapering port and is operated by a lever 64. The taper of the port increases rapidly towards the right-hand side. When the lever 64 is pushed right over for rewinding, it operates a lever 56 to open a valve 59 controlling valves which connect the motor to hightension exhaust and cut off the pneumatic action from the windchest. At the same time, the lever 56 engages an extension 54 of the spindle 39 and causes it to rotate against the action of a spring 55. The crank 38 of the spindle 39 causes the shaft 34 to slide until the pinion 32 disengages the spur-wheel 33 and the disk 46 is clutched to the sprocket-wheel 41. The music spool is then driven by the sprocket-wheels 41, 48, and chain 49, to rewind the tune sheet. Simultaneously, a brake 51 is removed from the disk 52, which is provided with pins 23 engaging the music spool. A spring 68 holds the tempo lever 64 in the position for rewinding. The bearing 21 of the music spool may be pushed outwards against the action of a spring 25. Three pushes 92, which operate spring-pressed valves 92<a>, may be used for operating the treble and bass dampers and for putting the usual damping action out of operation. Shutters sliding in guides under the key-bed are provided for concealing the slider 9 when the case A has been removed.
Patent GB-191013605-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Cellulose Wadding.
Inventor: GOTTWALD JOSEF
IPC: D04H1/52
Filed: 1910-06-04
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 13,605. Gottwald, J. June 4. Wicks are made from wadding strengthened by rows of stitches b, which cross one another and may be arranged in an ornamental manner.
Patent GB-191014602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feeding Bags for Animals.
Inventor: AVEY CHARLES HOUGHTON
IPC: B68B5/06
Filed: 1910-06-16
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 14,602. Avey, C. H. June 16. Nosebags.-In order to prevent waste of food, the bag is formed of two parts, a feed portion 1 and a nose portion 4, hinged at 3 to the feed portion. A strap 8 is provided for closing the nose portion around the animal's jaws, and the usual head strap 5 is fitted. The nose portion is of smaller diameter than the feed portion, and the ventilation opening between the two is covered-in by a screen 9, a strap 10 being secured to the portions 1, 4 to prevent tearing of the screen.
Patent GB-191019071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
IPC: H01H15/02
Filed: 1910-08-13
Granted: 1911-08-14
Abstract: 19,071. Davies, G. A. G., Kent, H. W., and Davies, Kent, & Stewart. Aug. 13. Switches, quick-break.-In a Pressel switch, of the kind having a double - ended push-rod f, the movements of which in opposite directions serve to close and to open the circuit, fixed and moving spring blade or plate contacts are provided, one set c<1> having curved projections or abutments which spring into corresponding recesses on the other set k, and constitute a catch or hook for maintaining the switch " on." The parts are disengaged by pressing the push-rod, the switch being then opened by a spring j. The fixed contacts c<1> are mounted in recesses in the insulating-base a, the movable contacts k being carried by a block g of marmorite or other insulating-material fixed to the rod f.
Patent GB-191020422-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for Sprinkling Liquid.
Inventor: STEUER EUGEN
IPC: C02F3/04
Filed: 1910-09-01
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 20,422. Steuer, E. Sept. 18, 1909, [Convention date]. Rotary apparatus. - Rotary sprinklers are provided with means for sprinkling upon portions of the filter-bed outside a circular boundary. The device comprises a movable part 1 having openings or nozzles 3; the device is mounted on the end of the rotating arm 2, and is provided with a lever 4 having a roller 5, so that it may be adjusted. The arm 4 is suitably actuated to bring the nozzles 3 into and out of line with the opening 8, thereby regulating the distance to which the radial jet is thrown.
Patent GB-191023600-A (GB)
Title: A Sanitary Washing Utensil.
Inventor: BOWIE MCNICOL CUNNINGHAM
IPC: A47K3/022
Filed: 1910-10-12
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 23,600. Bowie, M. C. Oct. 12. Bidets.-A basin A has a seat rim a<4> which may be detachable, a front opening a<3>, and a rim a<1> for supporting the basin upon a pail or the like.
Patent GB-191030106-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of Mordant Dyestuffs of the Triarylmethane Series.
Inventor: NEWTON PHILIP ARTHUR
IPC: C09B11/22
Filed: 1910-12-28
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 30,106. Newton, P. A., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Dec. 28. Triarylmethane dyes are obtained by condensing benzyl-o-oxycarboxylic acids in which the methylene group is combined with two different radicles of the benzene series with sulphonic or carboxylic acids of phenols or naphthols and oxidizing the leuco bodies so obtained; the condensation and oxidation may be effected in one operation, and, instead of the acids referred to above, the corresponding hydrols may be used. Products are specified from:-o-chlorbenzyl-o-cresotinic acid and salicylic or o-cresotinic acid, 2-oxy-3-carboxybenzylo-cresotinic acid and 1-naphthol-2-carboxylic-7- sulphonic acid or 2-naphthol-3:6-disulphonic acid, 2-oxy-3-carboxybenzyldiethylaniline and ocresotinic acid. The products dye wool blue to violet shades with chrome mordants. o-Chlorbenzyl-o-cresotinic acid is obtained from o-chlorbenzylalcohol and o-cresotinic acid. 2-Oxy-3-carboxybenzyldiethylaniline is obtained by treating o-chlormethylsalicylic acid with diethvlaniline. 2-Oxy-3-carboxybenzyl-o-cresotinic acid is obtained bv condensing together o-methylolsalicylic acid and o-cresotinic acid.
Patent GB-191102332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Mixing and Applying Concrete and the like by Spraying.
Filed: 1911-01-30
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 2332. Marks. E. C. R., [McElroy Shepherd Co.]. Jan. 30. Feeding-appliances.-Relates to apparatus of the kind in which the ingredients of cement, concrete, or stucco are mixed in and sprayed from a nozzle on to a wall or other surface, or into a mould for forming solid blocks, walls, &c. Fig. 2 shows a plan of the apparatus, and Fig. 5 a sectional elevation on the line 55, Fig. 2. The apparatus, which may be portable or fixed, comprises two vessels a, b for dry materials, water-tanks c, compressed-air tanks d, an aircompressor e, and a pump g. A pipe l, Fig. 5, leading from an air-tank d, opens at the base of the vessel a over a feed-wheel 6 and an opening m, which communicates by a pipe p with the lower part of the vessel b, thence through another feed-wheel 6 and an opening 5 to a pipe 3 leading to the nozzle 2, Fig. 2. The nozzle is also connected by a pipe 26 to the water-tanks c, which are supplied with water under pressure by a pump g. An air-pipe 10 also connects the vessels a, b. The materials may be fed into the vessels a, b while the apparatus is working, by superposed vessels 12, 13, each provided with a valve at the top and bottom operated by hand, and supplied with compressed air; agitators 39 and the wheels 6 aro operated by shafts 38 driven by the main shaft 36 through clutches, which may be controlled by a small motor. In the modification shown in Fig. 12, 120 is an air-vessel, 109 a water-tank, 105 a combining-nozzle, and 111 a vessel for dry materials. The materials are fed by a wheel 116 having peripheral recesses.
Patent GB-191102938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooling the Cylinders of Explosion Engines.
Inventor: ROGERS JOHN EDWARD
IPC: F01N5/00
Filed: 1911-02-06
Granted: 1912-02-06
Abstract: 2938. Rogers, J. E. Feb. 6. Drawings to Specification. Cylinders, construction of, and cooling.-In an engine in which the combustion chamber is of tubular or cellular form, a current of air for cooling is induced by the exhaust. In aircooled engines the air-current is directed on the explosion chamber, and in water-cooled engines on the water jacket surrounding the explosion chamber.
Patent GB-191104037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Snap Fasteners.
Inventor: EDKINS WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: A47G27/04
Filed: 1911-02-17
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 4037. Edkins, W. J. Feb. 17. Stud-and-socket fastenings.-The stud or socket part of a snap fastening is fixed to an attaching-screw or spike a by providing the screw &c. with a shouldered upper end a', which is passed through a square hole in a plate g form ing the base of the stud or socket, the end of the screw &c. being headed or upset over the plate at a<2>. The plate is secured in the stud or socket by turning over it a flange c'. When a screw is used, a pair of oppositely - disposed gaps j, adapted to be engaged by a forked key or similar tool, are made in the base of the stud or socket, or, in the case of a stud, instead of providing the gaps j, the head may have a transverse slot to receive a screw-driver.
Patent GB-191107874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machine Rufflers.
Inventor: BOYLER EMANUEL JOHN
IPC: D05B29/06
Filed: 1911-03-29
Granted: 1911-06-15
Abstract: 7874. Boyler, E. J. Jan. 10, [Convention date]. S e w in g - m achines; ruffling-attachments. - Two pawls 27, 28 are carried by a needle - bar - operated lever 14. They are secured together by a rivet with an eccentric boss and they are relatively adjusted by turning the rivet. When in the relative positions shown, the lower pawl 27 rides upon the boss of a lever 18 and holds the upper pawl 28 out of contact with the teeth of a ratchetwheel 17. The pawl 27 engages with a shoulder 24 on the boss of the lever 18 and reciprocates it at every descent of the needle. When the pawls are fixed together at the same level, the pawl 28 rides on the ratchet-wheel 17, and the pawl 27 only falls low enough to engage the shoulder 24 when the pawl 28 engages one of the two diametrically opposite deep teeth of the ratchet-wheel. The pawls are pivotally mounted on the lever 14 and have freedom for a small rotational movement against the action of a spring. The lever 18 is returned after each movement by a plate 16, which is operated by the impact on a shoulder 21 of a screw 22 carried by the lever 14. The extent of the return movement is determined by the position of the screw.
Patent GB-191115049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: COLBRAN JOHN BAKER
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1911-06-27
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 15,049. Colbran, J. B. June 27. Incandescent gas burners. - In inverted burners of the kind in which air is heated in an annular chamber k surrounding the mixing-tube a and then passes into this tube beneath the gas-nipple h, the tubes which conduct the air from the chamber k to the mixing-tube, as at d, Fig. 1, or which conduct the products of combustion through an air-chamber that connects the top of the mixing-tube and the chamber k, as at b<1>, Fig. 2, are upwardly inclined. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the mixing-tube is rotatable and is formed at the top f as a hit-andmiss valve to regulate the flow of air from the tubes d ; a set-screw g secures the tube in position. Additional air may be conducted upwards to the top of the mixing-tube by a tube a<1>, Fig. 1, which is concentric therewith and passes through the mantle a<2>. According to the Provisional Specification, the construction of the burner is an improvement upon that described in Specification 26,611/10.
Patent GB-191115645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Projectiles.
Inventor: MCCALMAN JOHN ALLAN CAMERON
IPC: F42B10/42
Filed: 1911-07-05
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 15,645. McCalman, J. A. C. July 5. Projectiles.-Consists in making the jacket of bullets with a cylindrical driving-part C thickened along its whole length and integral with the conoidal front part B by successive punching and drawing; the bullet may also have jacketed tail D. The lengths of the conoidal front and tail parts and of the cylindrical part are about two, three, and one diameter of the bore respectively.
Patent GB-191116055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Eye-glasses.
Inventor: MOON ARCH
IPC: G02C5/02
Filed: 1911-07-11
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 16,055. Moon, A., and Danielson, J. E. July 11. Eyeglasses.-In eyeglasses of the kind in which the bridge-piece 3 and plaquet arm 7 are separate members clamped in the lens post 1, coacting means such as wedge-shaped ends 6, 10 are provided on the bridge-piece 3 and plaquet arms to secure them in the apertured post 1.
Patent GB-191116945-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Automatically Lifting the Protective Sheets of Cigar Boxes on Opening the Latter.
Inventor: FRANKENTHAL SEMMY
IPC: A24F15/12
Filed: 1911-07-24
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 16,945. Frankenthal, S. July 24. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Contents, facilitating access to.-The protective sheets G of cigar boxes are automatically lifted, on opening the lid, by a spring-influenced wire bow A rotatively mounted upon a pin inside the front wall of the box. A tablet B bearing advertisements &c. is strained upon the bow A. The contrivance.may be hinged to the box, and operated by fixed metal plate springs.
Patent GB-191118014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a Device for Breaking and Screening Coal, Coke or any other Material.
Inventor: ALRIQ PIERRE
IPC: C10B39/04
Filed: 1911-08-08
Granted: 1912-01-11
Abstract: 18,014. Alriq, P. June 10, [Convention date]. Mills and apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for breaking and screening coal, coke, &c., of the kind comprising reciprocating pointed prongs for breaking the material, and a reciprocating graded screen for sorting the broken material. The material is fed from the trucks or ships by a conveyer a to one or more graded breakers A, A<1>, which break up the lumps progressively, and then passes by a fixed band f, or by a conveyer, to a screening-device B with superposed screens g, i, i<1> operated by an eccentric and rod j. The stamps d are secured to disks c operated by rods from crank-shafts b, and the coal is broken on endless travelling tables e formed of overlapping steel plates carried by chains. The broken coal is received on the screen g, and the large pieces may be returned by a conveyer h to the breaker, while the screenings fall on an inclined screen i formed of a series of perforated plates of increasing mesh. The different grades of coal are received in hoppers l, l<1>, l<2>, l<3>, l<4> discharging to conveyers m, m<1>, m<2>, m<3>, m<4>, which deliver to a second series of conveyers by means of which the coal is taken to the storing-places. Pieces too large to pass through the screen i fall into a hopper o and are led away by a conveyer p. The dust &c. separated by the lower screen i<1> are discharged by a conveyer q into a vat, whence they are removed by a bucket chain. The breakers, conveyers, &c. are driven by electric or other motors.
Patent GB-191118310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Haulage for Overhead Railway Cables.
Inventor: PETER FRIEDRICH
IPC: B61B12/12
Filed: 1911-08-12
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 18,310. Peter, F. Aug. 12. Rope grips. - Relates to haulage clips, for attaching vehicles to overhead travelling-cables, of the kind comprising a wedge-shaped block b engaging the underside of the rope g and a sliding clamp f engaging the top of the rope; and consists in providing an inclined slot d for the attachment of the coupling-link e, so that when a load is being hauled, the link rises to the top of the slot and prevents the clamp f from sliding off the block when passing over guide-pulleys. The top of the slot may be extended horizontally.
Patent GB-191118684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Turbines.
Inventor: KOMMADT SIMEON
IPC: F03B13/00
Filed: 1911-08-19
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 18,684. Kommandt, S. Aug. 19. Working-fiuid supply; regulating.-An hydraulic turbine plant comprises a tank d which delivers water through a hand - controlled throttle valve g to a pipe m containing upper and lower pairs of intergeared turbine-wheels b, b, the water finally discharging into a tank c. The upper pair of turbine-wheels drive a pulley p actuating a pump e, which lifts water from the tank c to the tank d; the lower pair drive a pulley x secured to a shaft carrying a fly-wheel pulley w for transmitting the work.
Patent GB-191119881-A (GB)
Title: Portable and Automatic Vulcanising Device for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: PERUZZIS RENE DE CARITAT DE
IPC: B29C35/00
Filed: 1911-09-06
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 19,881. Peruzzis, R. de C. de. Sept. 6. Portable vulcanizers. -A portable vulcanizer for repairing tyres and the like consists of a hollow casing A having one or more faces shaped to fit the tyre, and adapted to be heated internally by a lamp B. The lamp B comprises a cylinder filled with an absorbent material D such as amanthus, and a gauze - covered space E which serves as a burner. Air enters by a restricted opening G, direct draught being excluded by a shield N, and the burnt products escape through holes in the top of the apparatus. The lamp, burning alcohol or the like, projects its flame on to the curved sole F. When the sole is heated to the desired temperature, namely, about 135‹ C., the quantity of alcohol vapour generated is greater than can be burnt owing to the restricted air supply, the result being that the flame draws away from the sole towards the air inlet. The thickness of the sole varies, to obtain a uniform temperature.
Patent GB-191121880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treating of Cotton and other Fibers and Fabrics to Render them Permanently Flame-proff or Non-flammable.
Inventor: SEATON-SNOWDON FREDERICK
IPC: D06M11/82
Filed: 1912-04-04
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 21,880. Snowdon, F. Seaton-. April 4, 1912. Impregnating - compositions. - Cotton and other fibres and fabrics are fireproofed by saturating them with a solution of borax and boracic acid, and then treating with a solution of a substance, such as lead acetate, lead nitrate, lead sulphate, manganese chloride, magnesium chloride, zinc sulphate or zinc chloride, to convert the borax and boracic acid into insoluble borate. In the treatment of cotton fibres, the fibres are cleaned', then agitated in the solution of borax and boracic acid at 120‹ F., or at the boiling-point of the liquid, then cooled to 60‹ F., deprived of excess of liquid, and dried. It is then immersed in the solution of lead acetate &c. at about 60‹ F., and dried. An alternative treatment consists in immersing the fibres in the solution of borax &c. at about 70‹ F. under vacuum, and then, if necessary, running in more solution under pressure. They are then immersed in the solution of lead acetate &c.
Patent GB-191200069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Piston Engines.
Inventor: PRATT CHARLES RICHARDSON
IPC: F01B3/00
Filed: 1912-01-01
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 69. Pratt, C. R. Dec. 31, 1910, [Convention date]. Revolving-cylinder and reciprocating-piston type; inclined-shaft type; expansion, varying. -In revolving-cylinder engine of the inclinedshaft type, the cut-off is controlled by plates or valves adjusted by hand or automatically. The cylinder barrel 12 is supported centrally by a stud 13 and by a shoulder 14, and is held up to the valve seat by means of a screwed ring 15 in the manner described in Specification 23,547/10, [Class 102 (i), Pumps, &c.]. A pin 23 projects from the barrel 12, and has a ball and socket joint with the disk 17 secured to the main shaft 11. The disk 17 and barrel 12 are connected by bevel-gearing as in the above Specification to ensure synchronous rotation. The cylinder end is provided with separate inlet and exhaust chambers 29, 30. The inlet chamber 29 is provided with an adjustable disk cut-off valve 38, which, in the arrangement shown, is controlled by a differential governor. The valve 38 is provided with teeth 42 which engage a worm 43 on a shaft 44 supported in auxiliary brackets 45 on the side of the engine frame. Loose bevel-wheels 48, 49 are mounted upon the shaft 44 and engage pinions 47 mounted upon a rod 46 secured to the shaft 44. The wheel 48 is rotated through toothed gearing by the shaft 11, and the wheel 49 by means of an electric motor 57. Means are provided to insert resistances to decrease the speed or to stop the motor 57 as the valve 38 reaches its maximum opening. The switch 61 is normally held against a stop 63 by a spring 64 and completes the motor circuit through the parts 58, 60. The shaft 44 drives the bevelwheel 65 by worm and toothed gearing. As the wheel 65 rotates, it brings a stop against the switch 61 and moves it first on to the contact 59 to put resistance into the motor circuit and finally into the position shown to break the motor circuit. In one modification, a flat slidevalve operated by a rack controls a number of ports in the admission chamber. In a second arrangement, the ported opening is controlled by a pivoted lift valve. In reversible engines, valves are arranged in both the admission and exhaust chambers, the valves in the exhaust chamber being inoperative until the engine is reversed.
Patent GB-191200484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FITZGERALD JOHN WATSON
IPC: F02N99/00
Filed: 1912-01-06
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 484. FitzGerald, J. W. Jan. 6. Starting:-A device for supplying acetylene to the cylinders for starting comprises a handoperated distributing-valve and a stop-valve so arranged as to be opened when the distributing- valve is rotated. The distributing-valve 26 is loosely mounted on a spindle 25 and is driven by a pin 31 in a slot 30. The stop - valve 24 is mounted on the end of the spindle 25, which carries a pin 34 working against a cam 32, so that, when the handle 15 is rotated, the' valve 24 is opened and acetylene is distributed to the cylinders. The spindle is then pressed inwards to lift the distributing-valve off its seat so that a second charge is supplied to the space behind the automatic admission valve of each cylinder.
Patent GB-191201490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Operations in which Hydrogen is Employed Under Pressure and at High Temperatures.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: F17C1/04
Filed: 1912-01-18
Granted: 1913-01-20
Abstract: 1490. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Jan. 18. Apparatus for use with hydrogen.-To enable apparatus employed in operations using hydrogen under pressure and at a high temperature to withstand the pressure, the inner tube or vessel is supported at all parts at which it is exposed to the hot hydrogen under pressure, and these means are arranged to allow any diffused gas to escape without acting under pressure thereon. This is effected by surrounding the inner tube &c. with a series of rings, or a suitable network of bars, or by a perforated tube or vessel. The supporting-means may be of steel, and the inner tube &c. may be made of the same metal, or of cast iron, or some metal containing little or no carbon. The invention is particularly applicable to apparatus for use in the synthetic production of ammonia by catalysis.