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Patent GB-191104752-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Machine for Thinning Seedlings in the Drills.
Inventor: RIDDALL JOHN
IPC: A01B41/04
Filed: 1911-02-25
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 4752. Brown, J. R., and Jack, J. Feb. 25. Thinning-machines.-A machine for thinning seedling turnips &c. comprises combs rotated so as to pass across the rows of plants. The combs are mounted on one or more shafts g supported by brackets e on the axle b and by a rear wheel p. The shafts g are driven by bevelgearing k, l from the axle b, which is connected with the travelling wheels c by ratchets. Draught shafts a are mounted on the axle. According to the Provisional Specification, circular combs are mounted on forwardly-extending shafts, which are driven through bevelgearing, and a transverse shaft secured between guiding-handles.
Patent GB-191106645-A (GB)
Title: An Apparatus for use by Musicians for Promoting the Flexibility of the Joints and Stretching the Muscles and Ligaments of the Hands.
Inventor: OSTROVSKY HARRY
IPC: A61H1/02
Filed: 1911-03-16
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 6645. Ostrovsky, H. March 16. [Cognate Application, 11,724/11.] Exercising - apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for use by musicians for exercising the hand. A frame a carries a sliding frame b which can be moved by a rack-and-pinion mechanism. A socket or stall n is attached to a hook k by means of a spring connexion m so that the hand can be held with the thumb embracing a projection p. A finger is placed in the stall and is stretched by moving the frame b. A padded bar q may be arranged to bear on the back of the hand. The stall n, Fig. 9, consists of a saddle-shaped part a<1> fitting the upper side of the finger and secured to a slotted bar c<1>, and an adjustable bar d<1> carries a fabric &c. band f<1> which embraces and compresses the finger against the saddle a<1>. Adjustable guides are provided so that two finger-stalls may be set at an angle and the fingers caused to diverge. For pressing back the fingers an arm s<1> is hinged at t<1> to a plate h<1> and is moved by a tail u<1> acted on by a stud v<1>. A bar x<1> is used to press the back of the hand against bars y<1> in frames y<2> hinged at z<1>. Hinged leather or rubber covered plates l<2>, Fig. 8, may be placed between the back of the hand and the bar x<1> to squeeze the back of the hand. A projection n<2>, Fig. 6, is provided to allow this device to act on single fingers only. According to Provisional Specification 11,724/11, the apparatus for gripping and compressing the fingers may be applied to arms or other parts of the body.
Patent GB-191106836-A (GB)
Title: A Coin-freed Speed Indicator for Public Vehicles, Carriages and the like.
Inventor: PRANCE HENRY WAYMOUTH
IPC: G07F17/00
Filed: 1911-03-18
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 6836. Prance, H. W. March 18. Speed indicators for vehicles or ships. Upon the operation through coin-freed apparatus (not shown) of a wire 18 a clutch is drawn into action so that either a mechanical speed indicator is driven through a flexible shaft 23 or an electrical one is operated by current from a small dynamo, the speed indicator and the coin-freed apparatus being close together. The clutch mechanism is interposed between a band pulley 27 on a bracket 28, beneath the vehicle, which is driven from a fellow pulley on the axle of the vehicle or of a ship's log, and it comprises a member 30 attached to the driven pulley and a member 30<a> slidable on the short shaft 36; this shaft is either the end-piece of the flexible shaft 23, or the axis of the dynamo, and the slidable member, while normally held off the pullev member, is applied by a forked bell-crank 32 when the wire 18 is pulled.
Patent GB-191107325-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plastic Substances and in the Process of Manufacturing such Substances and Moulding Articles thereform.
IPC: C04B28/10
Filed: 1911-03-23
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 7325. Zierow, P. R., and Kõmmer & Reinhardt. March 23. Plastic compositions containing glue, glycerine, &c.-One kilogram of glue or gelatine dissolved in about the same quantity of water is heated to a temperature of 60‹ C. and mixed with 300 to 500 grams of crystallized gypsum or Iceland spar, 25 grams of magnesium oxide, and 300 to 500 grams of water. The mixture is again heated to 60‹ C. and to it are added 250 to 400 grams of glycerine and 50 to 75 grams of wax or the like. Produots such as plates and hollow bodies made from this composition may be hardened in a tanning-solution; such as formaldehyde or magnesium sulphate, or these may be added to the mixture. If desired, up to one-half of the gypsum &c. may be replaced by fibres.
Patent GB-191109689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Pumps, Blowers and Motors.
Inventor: AUSTIN HERBERT
IPC: F01C3/06
Filed: 1911-04-21
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 9689. Austin, H. April 21. Disk engines; fixed-abutment type.-In a rotary engine, pump, or blower, in which radial vanes D slide in a disk C on the shaft B, the mid-plane of the disk C being inclined to the mid-plane of the casing A, the disk C is dished at one or both sides and the sides of the casing are correspondingly shaped. A passage d' in each vane allows fluid to pass from one side of the disk to the other,
Patent GB-191111253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bath Heating Appliances.
Inventor: COX JOSEPH
IPC: F24H1/00
Filed: 1911-05-09
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 11,253. Cox, J. May 9. Submersible heaters for liquids. For heating the water in baths &c., the floating device a is provided with a gas-burner b located in a narrowed well or " keel " a<1> and cross-tubes c above the burner, through which a circulation is caused.
Patent GB-191119315-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Strong Rooms, Safes and so forth.
Inventor: LEE CHARLES THOMAS
IPC: E05G1/024
Filed: 1911-08-29
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 19,315. Lee, C. T. Aug. 29. Metal-skeleton building-blocks. - Relates to reinforced building-blocks and walls for strongrooms &c. For each block an open steel frame is employed, consisting of two end - plates a, Fig. 1, or two side-plates a, Fig. 3, connected integrally, preferably by casting, by one or more cross-bars b. Each frame may be separately filled in with concrete to form a block or brick, or the frames may be built into a wall and the concrete be filled in during building. The walls produced are faced with steel and have in addition internal partitions of steel, as shown for example in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191120384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Brushes and their Guide Rails for Flat Sifters.
Inventor: MUELLER JOHANN ADAM
IPC: B07B1/52
Filed: 1911-09-14
Granted: 1911-11-30
Abstract: 20,384. M³ller, J. A. Sept. 14. Sieves with compound or variable motion.- In flat sifters for flour mills, the ends of the brush guide-rail a are made of twin U-shaped plates b with a space c between them, to prevent the flour from clogging the rounded ends of the rail, and the brush e is provided with a heavy metal guide-boss d to give it greater swinging power and prevent it from coming to rest at the corners of the rail.
Patent GB-191124662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of a New Soluble Casein Compound.
Inventor: REVIS CECIL
Filed: 1911-11-06
Granted: 1912-11-06
Abstract: 24,662. Revis, C., Bolton, E. R., and Bacon, W. N. Nov. 6. Spray evaporators. - A solution of casein in borax solution is evaporated by forcing through a sprayer or atomizer into hot air at a temperature considerably above 100‹ C.
Patent GB-191127684-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stands for Vehicles.
Inventor: EAST NORMAN RAY
IPC: B62H1/02
Filed: 1911-12-09
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 27,684. East, N. R. Dec. 9. Supports.-A support or stand A for vehicles, particularly motor-cycle side-cars, is arranged in relation to the wheel centre or axle in such a way that it may be turned into a position to engage the ground in order to raise the wheel therefrom, a locking-bolt B telescoping within the support being furnished with a knob B<3> or a segmental or other head to contact the ground and to serve as a means whereby the support may be released from the lock. As shown, a hub A' disposed about a disk C upon the axle tube of the car carries the tubular member A and arms E<2>, E<3> to which the mudguard E is secured; the support and mudguard are held in the turned-down position by the engagement of the bolt with a notch C<3>, and in order that the bolt may not project materially beyond the mud-guard when in the raised position, the upper notch C<2> is formed with a hole C<4> into which the bolt recedes. For the purpose of gradually raising the wheel as the jack becomes operative, the head of the bolt may be formed as an eccentric segment, or the hub or the disk may be arranged eccentrically, or, when the mud-guard is combined .with the jack, the outer contour of the guard may be eccentric. A shield or cover may be slid on to the guard to prevent damage of its outer surface. According to the Provisional Specification, (1) the recesses in the disk may be of different depths, (2) the mud-guard, arranged either concentrically or eccentrically, may itself be used as the stand or support
Patent GB-191200275-A (GB)
Title: Improved Device for Preventing Ladders from Slipping.
Inventor: CHICKERING FRANK WALIS
IPC: E06C7/46
Filed: 1912-01-03
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 275. Chickering, F. W. Jan. 3. Ladders. - Slipping is prevented by pointed plates 1, which are slotted to engage bolts 6 with clamping-nuts 7, and slide in guides 8 having the upper ends 12 projecting inwardly to engage the slots in the plates. Ribs 5 are provided on the plates to engage the clamping nuts and prevent the plates from sliding out of the adjusted position. The guides may be formed with shoulders 11, which are engaged by the ribs 5 when the plates are in the lowest position.
Patent GB-191202558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Heating Automobile Steering Wheels.
Inventor: SMITH GRANT ERNEST
IPC: B62D1/06
Filed: 1912-01-31
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 2558. Smith, G. E. Jan. 31. Warming hand-wheels.-The steering handwheel is warmed by means of fresh air which is heated by the engine and then passes through the rim of the wheel before discharging into the atmosphere. The fresh air is admitted by a funnel 3 and passes through tubes jacketed by the exhaust chamber 1. The heated air then passes'through a pipe 5, running parallel to the steering-column 6, into the hollow hub of the steering hand-wheel, from which is passes through the hollow spoke 10, and, after making the circuit of the rim, escapes through the holes 13. The wheel hub consists of a fixed part 7 and a rotatable part 8, the pipe 6 being led into the fixed part 7, and the air supply being controlled by a sliding valve 14. The airsupply pipe may pass through the steering- column. The air passing from the spoke into the rim of the wheel may be divided, each part passing round only half the circumference before discharging.
Patent GB-191203660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Small Arms.
Inventor: CLARUS BRUNO
IPC: F41A3/40
Filed: 1912-02-13
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 3660. Clarus, B. Feb. 13. Breech actions. sliding breech - block. - Relates to automatic. guns having locking pawls pivoted to the breech - block and released by an inertia weight, and consists (n) in the special arrangement of the locking and unlocking mechanism, and (b) in the manner in which the tube for the recoil spring is connected to the breech frame. The inertia weight consists of a tube 18 mounted within the breech-block 14 and having at the front inclined surfaces 19, Fig. 2, which, when the gun recoils, press the rear ends of the locking - pawls 15 outwards and thus unlock the breech. The locking-pawls are pressed into the locking position by springs 17, and are geared together by inwardly-projecting fingers 33, 34 so that both pawls can be released by hand by pressure on the right-hand pawl. One of the fingers 33, when the breech is unlocked, prevents the firing-pin 22 from moving forwards. Antifriction rollers 35 are provided at the rear ends of the locking-pawls. The spring-casing 2 which is housed in the stock has, at the front, vertical lateral lugs 3, Figs. 9 and 10, which enter corresponding recesses in the frame 1. At the rear of the breech-block are two cheeks 25, Fig. 5, between which are mounted the cocking- lever 20, the sear 23, and the spring-connecting rod 38.
Patent GB-191208850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: PARSONS CHARLES ALGERNON
IPC: F22B21/14
Filed: 1912-04-15
Granted: 1913-04-15
Abstract: 8850. Parsons, Sir C. A., and Cook, S. S. April 15. Water-tube boilers. - In a water-tube boiler fitted with superheating-tubes lying transversely across and straddled over the water tubes, the superheating-tubes are arranged in single rows intermeshing with some or all of the watertubes. In the boiler shown, the superheating- tubes f on the left-hand side intermesh partly with the feed-heating tubes d and partly with the generating tubes b.
Patent GB-191210309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Padlocks.
Inventor: RICHARDS GEORGE
IPC: E05B67/36
Filed: 1912-05-01
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 10,309. Richards, G. May 1. Padlocks.-A padlock A is provided with a slider B, which, on insertion of a chain link or staple, moves against a spring, thereby releasing a pivoted spring-pressed hook C, the arm b<1> of the slider traversing the recess c<2> formed in the body of the hook. The shoulder c' may further be utilised to retain the slider B in its depressed position until the hook C is released by a key, which may at the same time operate tumblers engaging the stud c<3> on the hook. A pair of hooks C may be used, a similar projection to b<1> being, in this case, formed on the other side of the slider.
Patent GB-191213573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Manifolding Sales or other Books and in Temporary Covers therefor.
IPC: B41L1/24
Filed: 1912-06-10
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 13,573. Lamson Paragon Supply Co., and Clark, R. June 10. [Addition to 3942/12.] Multiple blocks, pads, and the like for manifolding.-The third or additional board or panel of the manifolding sales or like book described in the parent Specification, instead of being hinged about the centre of the main cover, is hinged to the main cover at the left-hand edge or at the top or bottom edge of the left-hand main panel, or at the top or bottom edge of the righthand main panel. As shown in Fig. 2, the third or additional board b carrying the main duplicating-book d is hinged to the left-hand edge of the left-hand main panel a, which is adapted to carry the triplicating sheets or book c.
Patent GB-191213665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Projectile Time Fuses with More than Two Fuse Discs.
Inventor: QUISLING RASMUS HAGBARTH
IPC: F42C9/12
Filed: 1912-06-11
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 13,665. Quisling, R. H. June 13, 1911, [Convention date]. Projectile fuses.- Relates to time fuses provided with alternate adjustable rings such as shown at I, III. coupled to rotate together above and below a third intermediate ring II. According to the invention, this intermediate ring, instead of being wholly fixed as is usual, is constructed in two concentric parts, the inner one only of which is fixed while the outer one a is free to rotate and serves to couple the adjustable rings together. The groove d of the inner ring may be empty or filled with fuse composition; in the latter case, a passage b communicates with the atmosphere by a hole c and, by another hole, with the groove d to lead away the gases of combustion.
Patent GB-191217577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Strainers for Tea and Coffee.
Inventor: KING EDWARD FRANCIS
IPC: A47J43/22
Filed: 1912-07-29
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 17,577. King, E. F. July 27,1911, [Convention date]. Strainers for tea or coffee comprise a bowl 6 having grooves 8 and a gauze bottom. After use, the strainer is rested upon its side and either the handle or one of two legs 3, so that liquid &c. is retained by the grooves 8. The handle and gauze bottom may be detachable.
Patent GB-191218361-A (GB)
Title: Vulcanised Fibre Buttons of all kinds for Garments.
Inventor: KNIPP FRANZ
Filed: 1912-08-09
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 18,361. Knipp, F. Aug. 9. Buttons.-Buttons are made of hardened vulcanized fibre of various colours by turning the commercial material of different thicknesses, the product being easily polished and stronger than horn.
Patent GB-191219529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: ROBINSON ARTHUR SAMUEL FRANCIS
IPC: B62D49/00
Filed: 1912-08-26
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 19,529. Robinson, A. S. F. Aug. 26. Setting and retaining devices for controlling- apparatus. - A hand-lever y, controlling a pivoted frame by which either a belt drive or a friction reverse drive can be brought into use or both gears disconnected can be set in any of its three positions by stops formed on a fixed plate 10. The stop holding the lever when the belt drive is in use is carried by an adjustable plate 12 secured by screws 13, to allow for adjustment of the belt tension.
Patent GB-191222450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Mine Exploders.
IPC: F42D1/045
Filed: 1912-10-02
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 22,450. Sterling Telephone and Electric Co., [Schaffler & Co.]. Oct. 2. [Addito 27,318A/06, Class 35, Dynamo-electric generators &c.] Clutches, ratchet.- The armature of a dynamo-electric mineexploder of the kind claimed in the parent Specification is actuated through a one - way clutch, comprising a ratchet-wheel 30, balls 33, and a ring 31 preferably of soft metal connected to the armature spindle. The inner surface of the ring is slightly eccentric to its spindle. This is stated to cause the balls to grip and make roughening of the ring unnecessary.
Patent GB-191226828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coloured Kinematograph or Motion Picture Films.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
IPC: G03B33/00
Filed: 1911-11-30
Granted: 1912-12-02
Abstract: 26,828. Thornton, J. E. Nov. 30, 1911. Drawings to Specification. Kinematograph apparatus. - A positive film for colour kinematography in which each picture is a complete colour record is obtained by applying thin sensitized strips of film to an inextensible support of metal or other material, printing thereon from the multi-width negative, developing, colouring, and drying the strips while still on the inextensible support to prevent shrinkage, and finally transferring the coloured strips in succession, one over the other, to a film base of celluloid or the like, also preferably on an inextensible base from which it is subsequently stripped off. Specification 26,786/11 is referred to.
Patent GB-191301722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Meters.
IPC: G01L7/00
Filed: 1913-01-21
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 1722. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 21. Air - current indicators.-A Venturi meter comprises a cylindrical conduit 1 within which is inserted a filling- member 2 having a cylindrical portion 6 and a blunt nose 5 which may be rounded as shown or conical. Behind the portion 6 the member 2 tapers away gradually to a point 7; it is secured within the conduit 1 by radial struts 3. The annular space 8 between the portion 6 and the conduit 1 forms the low-pressure region of the meter and is connected by the nozzle 11 to the indicating - device 12. The high-pressure nozzle 9 projects into the conduit 1 in advance of the nose 5.
Patent GB-191304011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Teapots, Coffee Pots and similar Vessels.
Inventor: CLARE FRANK ALFRED
IPC: A47J36/14
Filed: 1913-02-17
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 4011. Clare, F. A. Feb. 17. Pots and jugs.-In a tea-pot, coffee-pot, or similar vessel having a removable spout with strainer devices, the spout e, Fig. 1, is screwed on to a flanged tube d, fitted through a hole in the wall of the tea-pot &c. Packing-rings b interposed between the wall c and the flanged lower end of the spout, and between the wall c and the flanged tube ensure fluid tightness. The sleeve d has a perforated wall a constituting a strainer. In a modification, the tube d, Fig. 2, is formed on the spout f and is held in place by a ring nut g, which may be formed with a strainer, a locking-ring h being screwed on the sleeve d between the outer packing-ring b and a shoulder on the spout. The strainer may be arranged in the spout and may be of elongated cup-shape. The vessels may be made of glass, china, stoneware, or metal, and the spout may be of aluminium.
Patent GB-191314564-A (GB)
Title: Means for Facilitating the Coupling and Uncoupling of Driving Chain Links.
Inventor: DOWNER ROBERT BARRON
IPC: F16H7/24
Filed: 1913-06-24
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 14,564. Downer, R. B., Baumann, G., and Renold, Ltd., H. June 24. Chain strainers. - Apparatus for use in coupling and uncoupling the driving-chains of heavy motor-vehicles comprises a carrier made in two parts, each having a boss 6<a>, and a radial member 6<c>, 6<d> arranged to be clamped on a roller x<a> of the chain by thumb-screws 7. Mounted between the bosses is a drum 1, from which a cable 8 passes through links at or near the ends of the chain to an extension 6<e> of one of the radial members, and is secured thereto by. a hook 8<a>. To prevent the device from rotating when the cable is strained, the bosses are provided with struts 6<f>, which are grooved at 6<h> to engage the chain. The drum is provided with a non-reverse ratchet and a pawl which may be raised by an exterior lever 11 pivoted to the boss 6<a>.
Patent GB-191316470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Ammonia-soda Process.
Inventor: CLEMM ADOLF
IPC: C01D7/18
Filed: 1913-07-17
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 16,470. Clemm, A. Dec. 3, 1912, [Convention date]. Ammonia, distilling; progressive evaporators. -An apparatus for distilling ammonia from waste ammonium chloride liquors treated with electrolysed brine comprises a heated vessel with walls E arranged so that the liquor entering at the point A takes a circuitous path. Air &c. for the displacement of the ammonia vapours is introduced at the point D, and the removal of the ammonia is facilitated by filling the spaces between the walls with wire gauze, filings, &c. Or distillation may be assisted by reduction of pressure, by agitation, or by combinations of these methods. The vapour space may be divided into compartments with separate outlet pipes. The liquid may be discharged into a vessel with a stirring-device for removing the last traces of ammonia.
Patent GB-191322167-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Melt or Compound for use in the Hardening or Tempering of Steel.
Inventor: BRAYSHAW SHIPLEY NEAVE
IPC: C21D1/607
Filed: 1913-10-02
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 22,167. Brayshaw, S. N., and Brayshaw, E. R. Oct. 2. Hardening; tempering.-A bath or melt for quenching or tempering steel is made by fusing together a mixture of potassium nitrate and nitrite and sodium nitrate and nitrite, or of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrite, or of sodium nitrite and potassium nitrate, or by strongly heating a mixture of potassium and sodium nitrates. Nitrates or nitrites of lithium. barium, strontium, or calcium may be added.