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Patent GB-191029798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signaling Devices.
Inventor: MURPHY THOMAS JOSEPH
IPC: G08B5/38
Filed: 1910-12-22
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 29,798. Murphy, T. J. Dec. 22. Lamp and flash signals.-Relates to an arrangement for producing an intense intermittent electric arc for flash-lamp signalling. A pair of electrodes 3, 4, in the form of disks of graphite impregnated with alkaline-earth oxides, &c., rotate about vertical axes in opposite directions. They are connected to a source of current bv mains 1, 2. The arc between them is started by a spark due to the discharge of the condenser 9, connected as a shunt, through the spark gap 10, across the electrodes 3, 4. The condenser is charged by means of the induction coil 11. The primary 14, of the coil is connected to the main 2 through the interrupter 15 and rheostat 16, and to the main 1 through the key 17. When this is pressed, the current starts through the primary 14, causing the vibrator 15 to break the circuit and inducing a high electromotive force in the secondary 12, which charges the condenser 9 through the choking-coils 13. An oscillatory discharge then takes place across the gap 10 and between the electrodes 3 and 4, starting an arc between them. This is carried outwards by their rotation, and drawn out and broken, the effect being assisted by the field of the magnet 18. A continual series of arcs is formed in this way so long as the key 17 is depressed. The light is projected by an ordinary optical arrangement 19, 20, and may be made to give an audible signal by directing it on to a selenium cell 21 in circuit with a battery 22 and telephone receiver 23.
Patent GB-191104498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electro-magnetically Controlled Perforating Mechanism.
Inventor: KOTYRA MAXIMILIAN
IPC: H04L15/10
Filed: 1911-02-22
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 4498. Kotyra, M. Feb. 22. Selective punching-machines.-In electromagnetically-controlled apparatus for punching telegraphic transmitting-tapes &c., and of the type in which punches are actuated by hammers, the tape-feeding mechanism is such as to ensure the withdrawal of the punches before each step of an intermittent feed is effected. Means are also described for securing a feed of double length. When a hammer g is rocked to operate its corresponding punch h, a spring-controlled lever is rocked by a projection i on the hammer g so as to free the lever p and its connected mechanism in such a way as to withdraw, in readiness for its next stroke, a pawl z, Fig. 5, which operates the feed-wheel 5. During the return stroke of the hammer g, the projection i thereon prevents the immediate engagement of the lever with the lever p, thereby retarding the feed movement until the withdrawal of the operating punch is effected. A stop 8 serves to limit the withdrawal of the pawl z to the extent of one tooth of the ratchetwheel 4, but where a double-feed is required, the stop 8 is depressed and a stop 9 brought into operation. The depression of the stop 8 is secured by a forked lever 12, Fig. 1, which supports a balanced beam 14 carrying a block 16 loosely connected to the core of one of the solenoids. The energizing of this solenoid attracts the block 16, thereby depressing the lever 12 and its stop 8.
Patent GB-191105363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Examination of Precious Stones and the like.
Inventor: SALE FRIEDRICH
IPC: G01N33/38
Filed: 1911-03-03
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 5363. SalÚ, F. April 13, 1910, [Convention date]. Magnifying - appliances. - An apparatus for examining gems &c. consists of a lens l mounted in an adjustable stand, to the foot of which is attached a ring a within which is a ring b capable of rotation about a diameter by means of the handle g. Within the ring b are three spring claws k adapted to hold the gem &c. at the centre of the ring, these claws being held by studs i and having arms e bearing against the edge of the ring b. The claws are actuated by pins d on a ring c, which can be rotated within the ring b by means of a handle h.
Patent GB-191108778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw Propellers.
Inventor: KEITEL HUGO
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1911-04-08
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 8778. Keitel, H. April 8. Screw propellers.-Relates to screw propellers of the type in which the blades extend diagonally around the hub and project beyond it, and consists in maintaining, as shown in Fig. 2, a constant width of blade for some distance from the hub and bending the following edges with an increasing curvature from root to tip, as shown by the sections in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191121161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cranes.
Inventor: PITT WALTER
IPC: B66C23/10
Filed: 1911-09-25
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 21,161. Pitt, W. Sept. 25. Jib cranes.-Horizontal traverse of the load is effected during luffing by means of epicyclic gearing. The jib a is pivoted at g to the standard b, and is balanced at c. Luffing is effected by means of a link d pivoted at one end to the standard and at the other end to a nut e traversed along the jib by a screw f. The screw is rotated by the luffing-motor o through bevel-gearing and a vertical shaft j. The hoisting-motor v drives the hoisting-drum u, which is loose on its shaft, through a bevel-wheel t, planet pinions r, and a bevel-wheel s fixed to the drum, the planet-carrier q being normally held fast by the luffing-gear, which may be braked. When the luffing-motor is operated, it also drives the hoisting-drum through spur gearing p, q, and the bevel-gearing r, s, the wheel t being stationary. The proportions of the gears are so arranged that the hoisting-line is wound in or paid out at such a rate as to traverse the load horizontally.
Patent GB-191122853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Spinning, Doubling and like Machines used in the Production of Yarns or Threads of Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: BERRY FRANK
IPC: D01H1/42
Filed: 1911-10-17
Granted: 1912-05-30
Abstract: 22,853. Berry, F. Oct. 17. Doubles, preventing. - In spinning, doubling and like machines, broken ends are picked up by a rotating shaft g mounted in bearings on a support b carried by the roller stand of the machine ; the shaft is in proximity to a plate a hinged to the support b and having slots a<1> surrounding the upper ends of the back row of spindles and openings a<2> projecting towards the front row of spindles when two rows are employed. The plate a prevents upward currents of air generated by the flyers or the like from influencing the broken ends, and pegs or hooks h thereon assist the thread or yarn f, when broken, into engagement with the rotating shaft g.
Patent GB-191124692-A (GB)
Title: Glue and Method of Making same.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
IPC: C09J103/02
Filed: 1911-11-06
Granted: 1912-11-06
Abstract: 24,692. Heide, H. C., [Perkins Glue Co.]. Nov. 6. Adhesives.-A substitute for animal glue is made from starchy carbohydrates, particularly from cassava, either in two main steps, as described in Specification 24,691/11, or by a combination of these two steps. In the latter case, the raw cassava flour is stirred rapidly with an extremely slow addition of the first portions of the caustic of the second step referred to, the amount required decreasing with increase of the temperature of treatment. Any balance of caustic required is then added as in the second step.
Patent GB-191125194-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Extending Ladder.
Inventor: OWRAM ALFRED
IPC: E06C1/12
Filed: 1911-11-13
Granted: 1912-10-10
Abstract: 25,194. Owram, A. Nov. 13. Ladders. - In extension ladders having the locking-levers or pawls operated by the hauling- cords, the levers A are pivoted on the lower ladders E and are connected by rods B extending at one end beyond the ladder sides to be engaged by the fall of the hauling-cord and turn the levers out of the path of the rungs of the descending ladders. The levers A in the operative position engage brackets D which take the weight.
Patent GB-191203835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Wheels for Motor and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BRAMPTON FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: B60B23/10
Filed: 1912-02-15
Granted: 1912-05-30
Abstract: 3835. Brampton, F. W. Feb. 15. Detachable-rim attachments to wheels.-A detachable rim a is secured upon the felloe c by the radial extension of a rubber or like resilient ring d when compressed laterally by means of transverse bolts e. The rim may be fitted with an internal flange b, Fig. 3, or as shown in Fig. 5, may be formed with corrugations a' to afford a frictional grip between the rim and the rubber &c. d. The resilient medium may be continuous or otherwise.
Patent GB-191206380-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Driving Belts.
Inventor: MELLIN MAX LOUIS
IPC: F16G3/10
Filed: 1912-03-14
Granted: 1913-03-14
Abstract: 6380. Mellin, M. L. March 14. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Belts; belt fastenings.-Insertions of raw hide or similar non-metallic material are used in connecting together the ends of a driving-belt, or of belting strips, the parts being secured by cementing, stitching, or riveting, or by other means. The insertion b, Fig. 1, may be in the form of a layer of the same width as the belt, having tapered ends fitting into slit or skived ends of the belt or belt strips. It may completely be enclosed as shown or may be partly exposed upon either or both surfaces of the belt. When of the same thickness as the belt, as shown in Fig. 3, the insertion is preferably formed of two layers cemented together after having been stretched in different directions to increase the flexibility of the connexion. In belting composed of superposed layers or strips, the rawhide insertions for the upper and lower strips may be stretched longitudinally and transversely respectively. Modifications are described in which one or more narrow strips of raw hide, preferably arranged edgeways, are inserted between interlocking belt ends. In the form shown in Fig. 5, a number of pieces b arranged in rhomboidal fashion with notched or serrated ends are secured together and to the correspondingly-formed belt ends by transverse stitches or pins e. The ends of the belt may be arranged to interlock as shown in Fig. 6, one or more pieces of raw hide b, being inserted at the edges or in the middle as shown. In joining wide belt ends, one or more parallel slits may divide the single ends into several narrow portions to facilitate connexion.
Patent GB-191207968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Operating Gas Valves for Burners by Variations of the Gas Pressure.
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1912-04-02
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 7968. Ehrich & Graetz. May 20, 1911, [Convention date]. Valves controlled from a distance.-A device for operating gas-valves by variations of pressure in the gas main comprises two diaphragms 4, 5 differently loaded by springs 17, 18, the first rise of pressure lifting the diaphragm 4 to open the valves 8, 12, leading to separate burners, a further increase of gas pressure moving the second diaphragm 5, whereby the valve 12 is closed. A spindle 25 attached to the diaphragm 4 has projecting pins 6, 9 for operating the valves through a slotted lever 7 and pawl 10 respectively, the pawl being rotated by contact of the extension 11 with a fixed stop 19 as the parts are moved into the position shown in the Figure to open both valves. With a further rise of pressure, a pin 15 of an arm 14 carried by the diaphragm 5 rotates the extension 11 of the arm 10, whereby the arm 13 of the valve 12 is free to fall under the action of the spring 20.
Patent GB-191208533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cop Winding Machines.
IPC: B65H54/14
Filed: 1912-04-10
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 8533. Soc. Remontet FrÞres. April 12, 1911, [Convention date]. Winding-machines; skein holders; stop-motions; thread-guides; driving-arrangements; tension arrangements.-The thread is laid in a cop winding-machine by an oscillating guide t mounted on a carriage v, which is traversed along a fixed screw 1 by means of a nut actuated by a wheel z, which, before the cone is formed, is rotated by a pin 21 on a driven pinion 20, and afterwards by contact with the cop. Should a thread break a pawl 8 automatically arrests the movement of the nut. The thread-guide is oscillated by rods r, o operated from a triple cam k, the rod o being so arranged that, when the cop is fully wound, it unships a spring rod 2 which moves the spindle driving-cord on to the loose pulley. The spindles are driven from a drum actuated from the main shaft through eccentric gears j. The thread-guide is made of agate and is provided with a spring-pressed bead 14, which retains the end in case of breakage and also serves to impart tension to the thread. When starting a new cop, the thread is nipped between the end of the cop tube and a washer 6. The skein is carried by two loosely rotating members 9, 10 held in place by springs 12, the lower member 10 being carried on a lever 11.
Patent GB-191210542-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Concrete Columns, and particularly to Concrete Columns of Towers for Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: MALCOLM JAMES ARATOON
IPC: E04H12/12
Filed: 1912-05-03
Granted: 1913-06-04
Abstract: 10,542. Malcolm, J. A. May 3. Reinforced - concrete columns.-A concrete column consists of reinforced concrete shells or permanent moulds and a concrete filling which may be either cast in situ or formed previously in sections. The shells 1, Fig. 4, are square on the outside and circular on the inside, and are reinforced by a helix 4, bars 5, and corner helices 6 interlaced with the helix 4; bars 7 may be placed in the helices 6. The shells may have interlocking ends and the interior faces may be corrugated or formed as double truncated cones. The core is reinforced by bars 10, 16. Previously - formed core sections are arranged to break joint with the skin sections, and are grouted in place; they may have grooves on their faces to receive the bars 10 and the grouting. Towers applicable for wireless telegraphy consist of two or more of such columns, as shown in Fig. 1, connected by stays 11, of which the reinforcing-bars 15, Fig. 4, are looped around the column bars 16 or are turned up at the ends to engage the grooves in the cores. The height may be increased by mounting a hollow concrete pole on the top, with holes therein to form a ladder. The bases of the columns rest on foundations 20 and are separated therefrom by metal plates 26 to allow of movement between them. Specification 588/06 is referred to.
Patent GB-191213376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Stripping Carding Machines by Means of a Vacuum.
Inventor: KESTNER JEAN FREDERIC PAUL
IPC: D01G15/76
Filed: 1912-06-06
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 13,376. Kestner, J. F. P. Jan. 15, [Convention date]. Cleaning machinery pneumatically. - Relates to the stripping and cleaning of the drum and doffer cylinders of carding-engines by suction nozzles which travel backwards and forwards on rods having crossing screw-threads, and consists in means whereby (1) the communication between the suction nozzles and the vacuum chamber or pump is automatically closed at the end of the outward or active travel; (2) the rotation of the screw-threaded rods is automatically stopped at the end of the return travel, whereupon the nozzles come to rest at the place from which they started; and (3) the working parts, particularly the screw-threaded rods, are protected from dust and dirt. Suction nozzles 3, 3<1> for the drum and doffer cylinders respectively are connected by flexible tubes to a vacuum pipe 5 provided with cut-off valves 6, 6<1> normally held open by manually-operated levercatches 18 against the action of closing-springs. The nozzles slide on tubes 10 slotted to receive pins 11, Fig. 2, which engage the screw-threaded rods 12. (1) At the end of the outward or active travel, arms 17 on the nozzles depress the levers 18, whereupon the valves 6, 6<1> are closed by their springs. (2) At the end of the return travel, rollers 22 carried by.tubes 21 secured to the nozzles abut against driving-pulleys 13 and, overcoming springs 24, disengage the pulleys from lugs 15 on the screwed rods, whereupon the nozzles come to rest. Re-engagement is effected by means of a hand-wheel. (3) Each slotted tube is surrounded by a pair of extensible air-tight coverings consisting of a spiral spring 26 enclosed in a tube of fabric 27 secured to a collar 28 on the tube and to the nozzle.
Patent GB-191216252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door-locks.
Inventor: SZYMANSKI ANTONI
IPC: E05C17/16
Filed: 1912-07-11
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 16,252. Szymanski, A. July 11. Door chains and the like. -A plunger 38 mounted in the lock casing is adapted to engage with a slotted link 4 pivoted in the keeper 1 and arranged to move in a plane at right-angles to the door to serve as a door-chain. When it is desired to open the door fully, a transverse bolt 36 carried by the lock-bolt 11 is moved into the path of a collar 44 on the plunger, so that this is retracted when the lock bolt is withdrawn. The transverse bolt 36 is actuated by a bar 23, which is mounted on the bolt 11 and has a pin 33 engaging an inclined slot 35 in the bolt 36. The knob 24 for the bar also serves for withdrawing the lock-bolt from inside the door, the knob being secured on the bar 23, and its spindle 25 entering an elongated slot 26 in the bolt 11. A notch 28 in the slot 26 enables the knob to move the bolt 11 when the bar 23 is holding the bolt 36 in the operative position. From outside the door, the bolt 11 is key-operated. Night-latches; locks, preventing operation of. -From inside the door, the locking-levers 18 can be raised to enable the bolt 11 to be withdrawn from its fully-shot position by means of an arm 47 mounted on a spindle 46. A disk 56 pivoted to the casing can be engaged in notches 52, 53 in the bolt 11 to secure this in either the shot or the withdrawn position.
Patent GB-191229338-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Regulation of the Pressure of Electrical Generation Systems Employing Rotary Converters.
IPC: H02K47/08
Filed: 1912-12-20
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 29,338. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Wilson, J. C. Dec. 20. Systems for conversion, employing rotary converters.-The voltage on the direct-current side of a rotary converter a is controlled by means of a regulator K in the shunt field circuit h of an exciter g energizing the field winding f of the alternator c. If a rising characteristic is required, a current coil is added to the regulator. The Provisional Specification also describes a modification in which the exciter is provided with a shunt field winding across its armature and a winding carrying the output of the converter. In another modification, the shunt field winding of the exciter is replaced by a separately excited winding, and in a further modification, two exciters in series are employed, one being shunt-wound and the other excited by a winding carrying the current output. Compounding coils may also be placed on the rotary converter.
Patent GB-191304370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines using Oil Fuel.
Inventor: HVID RASMUS MARTIN
IPC: F02B19/14
Filed: 1913-02-20
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 4370. Hvid, R. M. Feb. 20. C y l i n d e r s receiving liquid fuel.-During the suction stroke of a fourstroke-cycle engine, oil from the channel 7 and air from the channel 6 are drawn into a cup 28 secured to the valve 5, which is opened by the lever F that opens the main air-admission valve C. During suction, perforations 34 in the base of the cup descend below the ends of a series of vertical bars 35 that surround the cup. At the end of the compression stroke, the valve and cup are given sufficient angular movement to bring the holes 34, and others 33 at the top, clear of the bars 35 ; the highly heated air in the cylinder then enters the cup through the holes 33, causes an explosion of the more volatile constituents of the fuel, and forces the residuum through the holes 34 into the cylinder. The valve is turned by a bell-crank lever 36 and link 39. The fuel supply is controlled by a centrifugal governor through a needle valve 17. The movement of the cup against the bars tends to remove any carbon that may have been deposited. In an alternative construction, the cup 28 is stationary, and the valve 5 moves within it; the bars 35 are consequently dispensed with, and the holes 33, 34 are always open.
Patent GB-191305111-A (GB)
Title: New Method of Fixing the Guard Cheeks of a Motor Cycle.
Filed: 1913-02-28
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 5111. Soc. Anon. H. et A. Dufaux et Cie. March 1, 1912, [Convention date]. Shields for cycle engines; cooling motors, air deflectors for.-Guard-cheeks a on each side of the cycle are supported by hinges b on the petrol tank R, and are further secured by a revolving bolt e. Stops c prevent any play in the direction of the axes of the hinges when the cheeks are turned down. The cheeks are expanded at a<1> towards the front so as to deflect air upon the engine cylinder for cooling purposes.
Patent GB-191308263-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Preserving Plant Leaves, Flowers, Butterflies and the like.
Inventor: REINHERZ THERESE
Filed: 1913-04-08
Granted: 1914-04-08
Abstract: 8263. Reinherz, T. April 8. Water paints. - Flowers, leaves, butterflies, &c. are preserved by coating them on the reverse side with a composition of a strong solution of gelatine &c., oil such as castor oil, and/or paraffin, or both, glycerine, magnesium carbonate, and Venetian turpentine. The gelatine may be replaced by a mixture of fish glue and chalk. Growing flowers may be protected from frost by this treatment. Specification 16,446/96, [Class 22, Cements &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-191312233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of a Fuel.
Inventor: FRANKE THEODOR OTTO
IPC: C10F5/04
Filed: 1913-05-26
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 12,233. Franke, T. O. Nov. 9, 1912, [Convention date]. Composition fuel.-Raw peat is mixed with coke dross or other fuel substance which has been impregnated with oil, fat, paraffin, resin, naphthalene, asphalt, &c. to render it non- absorbent, and the mixture is pressed to remove moisture. Iron filings, iron-stone, sand, ashes, slag, coal, mineral coke, lignite, charcoal, wood, sawdust, chaff, straw, leather, manganese, salt, limestone, and stones are stated to have been used previously as additions to peat.
Patent GB-191313605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ratchet Mechanism for Apparatus for Lighting Gas from a Distance.
IPC: F23Q21/00
Filed: 1913-06-12
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 13,605. Berlin - Anhaltische Maschinenbau Akt.-Ges. July 5, 1912, [Convention date]. Valves controlled from a distance.-In ratchet mechanism for operating a gas-valve from a distance electrically, by variations of the gas pressure, or by means of compressed air, the pawl is provided with a tipping weight whereby the apparatus is suitable for both upright and inverted burners, the parts being arranged so that the pawl acts on the ratchet-wheel with the same force in both positions of the apparatus. In the position of the parts shown in Fig. 1, a weight 12 engages a stud 13 on an extension 14 of the pawl 15, the pawl and weight being pivoted at 9. When the apparatus is used for an inverted burner, the tipping weight rests on a stud 11 of an extension of the main operating lever 8, the pawl then bearing on the ratchet-wheel by its own weight. The lever 8 is pivoted to the spindle 28 and is operated through the levers 6, 7, as shown. The pawl 17, which acts as a detent, is provided with a weight arranged to act in a similar manner. A hand-lever 24 is secured to the spindle 28, by means of which the valve can be operated locally through the ratchet mechanism.
Patent GB-191316015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: LUCAS HARRY
IPC: H02J7/14
Filed: 1913-07-11
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 16,015. Lucas, H., and Moore, H. E. July 11. Exciting. - A selfregulating generator of the type having auxiliary brushes has an ordinary shunt fieldmagnet winding a, and regulating field-magnet windings d, e connected between an intermediate brush c and one of the main brushes b; the winding d assists and the winding e opposes the winding a.