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Patent GB-190926753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Diaphragm Signalling Horns, such as are used on Automobiles, Launches and the like.
Inventor: WILSON CYRIL SPENCER
IPC: G10K9/00
Filed: 1909-11-18
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 26,753. Wilson, C. S. Nov. 18. Mechanicallyoperated sheet and plate vibrators.-The diaphragms of warning and like horns are operated by a quick succession of hammer - like blows given at right - angles to the plane of the diaphragm. The diaphragm a has an anvil d secured to it, which is given a series of blows by a lever e pivoted at c<3> and reciprocated by a toothed wheel f, driven by any suitable means, and a spring c<1>. In a modified form, the lever e is made straight, and the spring acts on the end of the lever that gives the blows to the anvil,
Patent GB-191001626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cycle and like Lamps.
Inventor: LUCAS HARRY
IPC: F21S13/00
Filed: 1910-01-21
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 1626. Lucas, H., and Vickery, G. Jan. 21. Reservoirs, attaching to lanterns. - The oilreservoir d or its equivalent of a cycle or like lamp is secured to the lamp body a at one end by one or more projections c engaging a shoulder b on the lamp body or vice versa, and at the other end by a spring catch-plate f on the inner side of the body engaging projections i on the reservoir, the whole of the fastening being concealed with exception of a projecting - finger j when the reservoir is in position. The plate f may be formed with narrow strips riveted to the lamp body, or may be hinged and provided with a separate spring. Air-inlet apertures may be formed in the lamp body adjacent to the catch-plate, which then serves as a wind-screen.
Patent GB-191001788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Engines.
Inventor: SMAL PIERRE
IPC: F01B17/04
Filed: 1910-01-24
Granted: 1910-05-05
Abstract: 1788. Smal, P. Jan. 23, 1909, [Convention date]. Cylinders. -Relates to terminalexhaust engines provided with special clearance chambers, of fixed or variable size, which are put into or out of communication with the cylinder when the engine is working without or with a condenser. The chamber 10 is provided with a piston, the position of which is controlled by a hand-wheel 12. The chamber 7 is of fixed capacity, and is put into communication with the cylinder by means of a lift valve 8.
Patent GB-191002107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Radiators for use on Motor Road Vehicles Driven by Internal Combustion Motors.
Inventor: SIDDELEY JOHN DAVENPORT
IPC: B60K11/04
Filed: 1910-01-27
Granted: 1910-11-24
Abstract: 2107. Siddeley, J. D. Jan. 27. Motor-cars and the like; radiators, arrangement and disposition of.-In vehicles in which the radiator is placed behind the engine and in front of the dash-board, and the cooling-air is drawn in a downward direction, through the radiator by a fan, a space a', Figs 1 and 2, is left in the top tank a, or between the radiator and the dashboard x, so as to allow natural upward circulation of air, through the radiator when the engine is not working. The top of the space a<1> is provided with a perforated cover c. A further passage b<1>, extending over the whole of the remaining area of the radiator, may be left between the radiator and dash-board. Instead of the space a<1>, a number of tubes passing through the top tank may be provided.
Patent GB-191002989-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Stearine with Acidification of Oleic Acid.
Inventor: DUBOVITZ HUGO
IPC: C11C1/02
Filed: 1910-02-07
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 2989. Dubovitz, H. Feb. 7 Fatty acids and glycerine, obtaining by decomposing fats &c.-Relates to processes in which fats are heated under pressure with a metal or metallic oxide or hydroxide, such as magnesia, and in which the resulting mixture of fatty acids and metallic soaps is treated with sulphuric acid for the production of fatty acids from the soaps and the simultaneous transformation of the oleic acid into solid fatty acids. The invention consists in causing the acid sulphates formed in the reaction to take part in the transformation of the oleic acid by maintaining the temperature at about 100‹ C. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 6622/01.
Patent GB-191003708-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Bending Metals.
Inventor: SUTHERLAND FRED ELVERTON
IPC: B21D5/04
Filed: 1910-02-15
Granted: 1910-07-14
Abstract: 3708. Sutherland, F. E., and Brown, J. A. Feb. 15, 1909, [Convention date]. Angular bending; bending-dies. -An apparatus for holding work while being bent by hammering comprises a clamp C co-operating with a rotary work-support 10, which can be fixed in any position by a handle 26 and a screw 24, and which is provided with a series of working surfaces for different work. A surface 17 is fixed behind the support 10 and it may be raised or lowered by a screw. On this surface the bar 44 to be bent is placed, as shown in Fig. 6. The clamp has an interchangeable gripper 30 operated in a slot in a bracket 31 by a hand-operated screw 33, and is raised or lowered by a screw 37. The working surfaces of the support 10 comprise a flat surface 11, a position 12 for attaching any particular form of swage, square-sectioned grooves 14, semicylindrical grooves 15, and semi-conical grooves 16. Inclined or other blocks may be interposed ' between the surface 17 and the work.
Patent GB-191005669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Timed Exposure Valves for Photographic Shutters and the like.
Inventor: LAN-DAVIS CYRIL FREDERICK
IPC: G03B9/08
Filed: 1910-03-07
Granted: 1910-09-08
Abstract: 5669. Davis, C. F. Lan-. March 7. Shutters. - A valve for bulb exposures consists of two concentric and closely-fitting tubes A, B, Figs. 1 and 2, one of which B has a hole which can be made to register with any one of a series of holes E of different sizes in the other tube A by rotating the tube A. The valve may be made for insertion in the length of release tubing as shown in Fig. 1, or alternatively the inner tube is fitted with a piston P. Fig. 2, which actuates the release trigger of an iris or like shutter.
Patent GB-191005971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Conveying Coal to Steam Boiler and other Furnaces.
IPC: B65G23/00
Filed: 1910-03-10
Granted: 1911-01-12
Abstract: 5971. Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doublers' Association, and Baron, J. March 10. Hoppers, charging from conveying-troughs.- In apparatus for feeding fuel to steam-boiler and other furnaces in which coal is fed along a trough A by a screw B to the shoots a, and in which the supply is stopped when the shoots a are all full by a swinging plate C arranged over the last shoot and pressed forward by the excess coal operating the valve g of a cylinder G connected by a rod J to the control gear of the screw, means are provided for preventing the plate C from becoming jammed or lodged in an inclined position. A continuously reciprocating rod l<1> is connected at the upper end by a spring l<2> to a loose collar pivoted to a counterweighted lever L. The lever L is mounted on the shaft D carrying the plate C by a friction coupling which can be regulated by a screw.
Patent GB-191009843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hubs for Wire Wheels.
IPC: B60B27/00
Filed: 1910-04-22
Granted: 1911-04-24
Abstract: 9843. Currin, S. A., and " Captain " Motor Wheel Co. April 22. Hubs.-A hub carrying a wire wheel is constructed so as to be readily applicable to the existing parts of wooden wheel hubs. The wirewheel hub C is formed with one or more internal annular webs C<2> bored to fit the axle-box B of the wooden-wheel hub, shown in dotted lines. A flange C' on the hub is bolted to the integral flange B<1> of the wooden - wheel hub by short bolts passing through the original bolt holes. Caps E of varying depth are used.
Patent GB-191012719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stencil Printing Machines.
Inventor: BELKNAP EDWIN DRAYTON
IPC: B41L47/46
Filed: 1910-05-25
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 12,719. Belknap, E. D. Sept. 10, 1909, [Convention date]. Sheet separators.-Stencil printing-apparatus, more especially for addressing envelopes &c., of the kind in which the inking-devices reciprocate in a line perpendicular to the travel of the stencils, is constructed with means for rapidly feeding the stencil cards to printing position. As shown, the stencils are fed from a magazine 2 by a spring-controlled finger 6 on a slide 5, which is operated by a link 10 and lever 11 actuated from a crank driven by bevel-gearing from a constantly driven shaft. The slide moves in guides 8, and the stencils 3 move in separate guides 4. A pin 9 retains the cards in a magazine and is so arranged as to tilt the bottom stencil to facilitate its engagement by the finger 6.
Patent GB-191013018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Closing Collapsible Tubes or Containers.
Inventor: SOKAL SIEGMUND
IPC: B21D51/36
Filed: 1910-05-28
Granted: 1911-01-05
Abstract: 13,018. Sokal, S., [Engler, Ltd., C.]. May 28. Tubes or containers, collapsible.-An apparatus for closing the ends of collapsible tubes comprises a standard 1 having an aperture to receive the tube and carrying a plate 2. A frame 5 having an aperture slides in the standard and is moved downwards by a hand-lever against the pressure of a spring 16. The filled tube T is inserted in the aperture in the standard, and the hand-lever is then depressed so that the tube is compressed between the upper edge of the opening in the frame 5 and the plate 2. The tube is then placed on the upper edge of the standard and the lever is again depressed so that the end of the tube is gripped between the standard and a nose 6 on the frame 5. The tube is turned through 180 degrees so that the closed end is bent over, and the operation is repeated once or twice as desired. A chain may be removably fixed to the plate 2.
Patent GB-191013899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Electrical Ignition in Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1910-06-08
Granted: 1910-08-04
Abstract: 13,899. Bosch, R., [Firm of]. Aug. 18, 1909, [Convention date]. Interrupters, mechanical.-In apparatus for electric ignition in internal - combustion engines, of the kind described i n Specification 6157/08, in which the time of ignition in different cylinders is adjusted by means of adjustable cams which actuate an interrupter, both the cams c and interrupter are made stationary, the interrupter being actuated through an intermediate member rotating with the engine. The intermediate member comprises a lever pivoted at k on a disk m, which is mounted on the distributor shaft l. When one arm o of the lever engages the cams c, the other arm p separates the interrupter contacts f, g through a pin q.
Patent GB-191019630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tubulous Boilers.
Inventor: THIRO ANTON
IPC: F22B15/00
Filed: 1910-08-22
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 19,630. Thiro, A. Sept. 18, 1909, [Convention date]. Water-tube boilers; instantanaeous generators. - In a boiler consisting of a number of sections, each of which is formed of an upper and a lower horizontal tube connected by a row of vertical tubes, the sections are connected to horizontal side tubes 4, 5 by connexions 6, 7, which allow the inclination of the sections towards the rising heating gases to be varied, and allow each of the sections to be removed independently of the others. The steam-pipe 9 is led off from the front section, preferably from the centre of the upper horizontal tube, and is passed down through the flame, thus superheating the steam.
Patent GB-191022047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Smoke and Ventilation Shafts.
Inventor: SCHOFER FRIEDRICH
IPC: F23L17/02
Filed: 1910-09-22
Granted: 1911-06-29
Abstract: 22,047. Schofer, F. Oct. 30, 1909, [Convention date]. [Addition to 23,891/07.] Chimneys and flues. - Combined smoke and ventilating shafts, of the kind described in t h e parent Specification, are constructed of blocks with one ventilating - shaft b surrounding a number of smoke flues a. Hot gases ascending any one flue t h u s effect ventilation in all the rooms from which the shaft b leads. The flues a have a common soot chamber d with separate doors e. Doors f to permit cleaning of the flues have springs h which bear against plates g in the flue walls without obstructing the ventilating-shafts. Both rows of flues may be made accessible from one door by inserting a chambered portion in the flue. The flues a may open into an injector-like head, Fig. 5, to assist ventilation.
Patent GB-191028499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Carrying Road Breaking Tools on Traction Engines and Rollers.
Inventor: ALLEN JOHN
IPC: E01C23/12
Filed: 1910-12-07
Granted: 1911-03-02
Abstract: 28,499. Allen, J. Dec. 7. Scarifiers. - Consists in reducing the injurious effects of the vibration on the traction engine or road roller, by securing a block of wood f by bolts g between the tool - carrier c and the frame of the engine or roller.
Patent GB-191100040-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spring for Mens Braces.
Inventor: HANNON JAMES MICHAEL
IPC: A41F3/02
Filed: 1911-06-19
Granted: 1912-01-18
Abstract: 40. Hannon, J. M. June 19. Torsional springs; wire springs bent to special form.-A spring for men's braces is made of the shape shown. The invention consists in initially turning the coils 3, 4 outwards and upwards beginning from the arched part 1.
Patent GB-191103082-A (GB)
Title: Rotary Engine.
Inventor: LINDLEY THOMAS HENRY
IPC: F16K17/00
Filed: 1911-02-07
Granted: 1911-12-30
Abstract: 3082. Lindley, T. H., and Schreier, H. Feb. 7. Movable-abutment type; valves, cut-off. - A hinged abutment, serving also as a cut-off valve is provided with a pin 6 moving in a slot 7 in the casing to prevent undue pressure of the abutment on the rotor 4 by limiting the movement of the abutment.
Patent GB-191105577-A (GB)
Title: Process for Obtaining Zinc Oxide from Materials which Contain Metallic Zinc or Zinc Oxide.
Inventor: WANNSCHAFF GEORG
Filed: 1911-03-06
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 5577. Wannschaff, G., and Savelsberg, J. March 7, 1910, [Convention date]. Hydrogen is evolved and may be collected in a process for recovering zinc oxide from waste materials containing metallic zinc in which the material is treated with hot zinc chloride solution. The zinc chloride solution is regenerated and used again, any loss of chlorine being made up by adding hydrochloric or sulphuric acid.
Patent GB-191108737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Inverted Tooth or Silent Driving Chains.
IPC: F16G13/04
Filed: 1911-04-08
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 8737. Renold, C. G., and Renold, Ltd., H. April 8. Right to Patent relinquished. Driving - chains with separate joint pins.- Relates to driving-chains of the kind described in Specification 24,346/95, which are provided with bipartite pintles of the kind described in Specifications 10,604/02 and 8736/11. The gripping-surface d and the guiding-surface g of the holes in the links are formed as parts of circles to permit of trueing or finishing these surfaces by means of a circular tool.
Patent GB-191108776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Centrifugal Fans.
Inventor: KEITH JAMES
IPC: F04D25/08
Filed: 1911-04-08
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 8776. Keith, J., and Tuson, C. April 8. Driving - gear, centrifugal - fan.-A handoperated fan is driven through epicyclic gearing comprising resilient friction rings H nipped between the spindle D of the fan and a raceway G<1> in the fan casing. The rings are caused to roll upon the race-way and thereby to rotate the fan spindle by wheels I mounted upon a disk G connected to a handle L<1>. The runner blades C<1> are deep and narrow and the spindle D is mounted in ball bearings. The casing is made in halves and the joint between them is made by a packing-ring B. The fan is suitable for use with small smiths' fires or in starting producer-gas plants.
Patent GB-191110288-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Box for the Transit of Eggs or Fragile Articles.
Inventor: COVELL BENJAMIN ROBERT
IPC: B65D43/12
Filed: 1911-04-28
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 10,288. Covell, B. R. April 28. Partitioned boxes; lids and covers.-A box for eggs or other fragile articles has lids a, a' overhanging the ends of the box and sliding on runners e. The lids are secured by dovetailed slides taking into grooves in the overhanging parts of the lid, as described in Specification 10,289/11. The box is provided with a central fixed partition b, with other partitions dividing it into compartments c, c<1>, and with pieces of felt d, d<1>, d<2>, d<3>.
Patent GB-191110670-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for Toning Printing Plates.
Inventor: DROITCOUR MICHAEL ANDREW
IPC: B41M9/00
Filed: 1911-05-02
Granted: 1911-12-21
Abstract: 10,670. Droitcour, M. A. May 2. Make-ready arrangements.-In " toning " a printing-surface or treating it for use without make-ready devices, the printing-plate 1 is laid with its face against a toning-member 2, and is pressed, preferably in a heated press, by a pressure member 3 having a grooved surface, so that the surplus metal from the depressed portions of the plate, instead of flowing laterally, and spoiling the more delicate portions of the design, is pressed into the grooves. In addition, a pressure grader 4 may be used, consisting like the toning-member, of a sheet of varying thickness, and formed of paper or other suitable material. This is placed between the printing-plate and the pressure plate, and varies the pressure on the different portions of the plate according to the delicacy of the design. The printing-plate is removed from the press with the toning-member, and its back is planed, after which the toning-member is removed.
Patent GB-191112044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ribbon-feed Mechanism for Typewriters.
Inventor: SPIRO CHARLES
IPC: B41J33/40
Filed: 1911-05-18
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 12,044. Spiro, C. May 18. Ink -ribbon mechanism. - (1) Relates to reversal mechanism of the kind in which reversal is effected through cams operated by yielding followers on the spools. A single rocking lever E, engaging loosely-pivoted feed-pawls E<4>, E<4*> for the spools carries pivoted fingers F, F*, which are connected by springs F<3>, F<3*> to stops E<12>, E<12*> on the lever and are operated by cams D, D* attached to shafts B<5>, B<5*>, which carry the followers B<4>, B<4*>. When the cam D<*> revolves as the follower is pushed outwards, a shoulder D<2*> on the cam pushes back the finger F<x> and stretches the spring F<3*>, until at last the finger disengages the shoulder and is held by the periphery of the cam. Simultaneously the cam D of the other spool has revolved so that the finger F snaps into the notch D<1>, thus allowing the tension of the spring F<3*> to tilt the lever E and reverse the feed. (2) The spools are secured to their shafts by keys which engage flats on the shafts and carry pins which enter notches on the spools.
Patent GB-191117047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Electrolysis of Fused Alkali Chlorides.
IPC: C25C3/02
Filed: 1910-08-02
Granted: 1911-08-02
Abstract: 17,047. Ges. f³r Chemische Industrie in Basel. Dec. 22, 1909, [Convention date]. Fused electrolytes, apparatus for.-In a cell for the production of an alkali metal and chlorine from their compound or from mixtures of salts, one electrode 2 is placed above the other, and is contained in a chamber formed by a solid wall 6, separating the products, and an insulated bottom diaphragm 10 permeable by the electrolyte and inclined so as to deflect the product rising from the lower electrode or electrodes 5. For deflecting chlorine, as in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the diaphragm may be of asbestos; for alkali metal, it may be of fine wire netting or of perforated strips arranged in louver fashion. The support for the cathode 2 is insulated from the alkali metal collecting above the electrolyte. Specification 18,300/10 is referred to.
Patent GB-191118359-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Producing a Current of Fluid at a Predetermined Temperature and Pressure.
Inventor: MENARD PIERRE
IPC: A45D20/06
Filed: 1911-08-14
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 18,359. Menard, P. Sept. 3, 1910, [Convention date]. Heating air.-Air, driven by a fan j operated as required by gearing from a lever x, passes through a tube h, and is heated therein by the flame from a spirit lamp a, b, c, d. The whole apparatus is portable by a handle p.
Patent GB-191121103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stoking Devices for use in connection with Grates, Stoves, and the like.
Inventor: MCCULLOCH JAMES
Filed: 1911-09-25
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 21,103. McCulloch, J. Sept. 25. Feeding and stoking.-A rotary device for feeding fuel into the grate of afire-place from a hopper behind it consists of a framework with radial arms and circumferential pieces h<2> carrying a series of movable blocks h<5>, which successively protrude and .act on the fuel, the whole forming a somewhat cylindrical structure. As the feeder rotates, the descending blocks fall outwards by gravity round the engaging edges of the pieces h<2>, this action being assisted by loose rings h<11>. They are successively drawn inwards again by the action of fixed pins h<12> on the inner sides of the stove framing, which engage cam-shaped faces at the ends of the blocks. The feeder is rotated by ratchet gearing, and is operated by means of a foot-lever. Air for cooling the feeder is admitted by side apertures m, and is afterwards delivered to the grate above the fire, or partly through openings n in the grate to the back of the fire
Patent GB-191121996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Apparatus for, the Production of Sulphurous Acid from Sulphur.
Inventor: FELD WALTHER
IPC: C01B17/54
Filed: 1911-10-05
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 21,996. Feld, W. Oct. 5. Sulphur-burners. - Sulphur dioxide is produced by vaporizing sulphur and afterwards burning the sulphur vapour. The sulphur is vaporized in the chamber a by the combustion of a limited quantity with air introduced by pipes b, and the vapour is burnt in the passage m by air introduced at the opening k. This air is heated by passage outside the cylinder g, and the heat from the burnt gases serves further to melt the fresh sulphur in the pipe d.
Patent GB-191124966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Axle-boxes for Rolling Stock.
Inventor: TWINBERROW JAMES DENIS
IPC: B61F17/24
Filed: 1911-11-09
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 24,966. Trinberrow, J. D. Nov. 9. Connecting fixed lubricators with moving apparatus.-An axle-box for locomotives &c., having brasses that accommodate themselves to tilting of the axle in a vertical plane is lubricated by oil supplied to grooves in the brasses from a cup carried by the frame of the vehicle, through a pipe f connected to a tapered sleeve c. A tube g on the axle-box projects loosely into the sleeve c and the oil is directed into the tube by a rod h. The parts are designed to allow for the maximum vertical movement of the axle-box. The upper surfaces of the brasses are lubricated through oil-holes l protected by a cap or cover.
Patent GB-191125020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inflating of Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: ROGERS RICHARD AUSTIN
IPC: B60C23/00
Filed: 1911-11-10
Granted: 1912-10-03
Abstract: 25,020. Rogers, R. A. Nov. 10. Tyres, details and arrangements in connexion with inflation of.-In motor - vehicles in which a pump actuated from the motor is provided for inflating the tyres, the pump communicates with tubes d leading to each wheel through a fourway cock, and each tube terminates in a ring A pressed by spring bolts e into engagement with seatings c screwed into an annulus b of U-section formed in the wheel hub a and provided with a tube a<2> leading to the tyres. Rotation of the ring A is prevented by studs thereon projecting into recesses in the collar C.
Patent GB-191127914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Pocket Note-books.
Inventor: GLASS JAMES
IPC: B42D5/00
Filed: 1911-12-12
Granted: 1912-08-08
Abstract: 27,914. Glass, J. Dec. 12. Pocket - books. - A fastening for pocket note-books consists of a loop or hood A of leather, metal, or other flexible non-elastic material, which is fastened to one cover G and into which the leaves C and other cover D are tucked.