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Patent GB-191020900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches.
Inventor: TUCKER JOHN HENRY
IPC: H01H9/12
Filed: 1910-09-08
Granted: 1911-07-20
Abstract: 20,900. Tucker, J. H. Sept. 8. [Cognate Application, 22,163/10.] Earthing parts of.-In tumbler switches the ordinary fittings are modified, without the use of extra attached parts, to provide means for earthing the metal parts of the switch that do not carry current. In one form, one of the ordinary fixing-screws is dispensed with, and in its place a hollow terminal 2, Fig. 1, is substituted to serve the part of a fixing-screw, and at the same time accommodate an earthed wire 5; or the bridge-piece 9 may be extended, as shown in Fig. 6, and the earthed wire secured in a hole 12. When the switch is mounted on a conducting-base, the bridge-piece is extended, as shown in Fig. 4, and the extension secured to the base by a screw in the hole 16.
Patent GB-191025487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Snap Hooks.
Inventor: ZIMMER LE ROY LOUIS
IPC: F16B45/02
Filed: 1910-11-02
Granted: 1911-02-09
Abstract: 25,487. Zimmer, Le R. L., and Zimmer, H. Nov. 2. Hooks, spring.-A snap-hook for harness &c. has a rigid member 4 upon which the yielding end 2 of the hook bears. The member 4 is bent at 5 parallel to the shank 3, and the strap &c. to which the hook is attached is secured between the parts 3, 5 by rivets 6. The entire hook may be covered with leather &c.
Patent GB-191100206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Wind, Rain and similar Screens for Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: GARDNER JOSEPH
Filed: 1911-01-04
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 206. Gardner, J. Jan. 4. Windows, cleaning.- Wind, rain, and like screens for motor and other vehicles are cleaned by pads mounted in holders c pivoted to the ends of a U-shaped spring clip d. The apparatus is traversed across the screen by hand. In some cases, only one pad is used, the other end of the spring clip being fitted with an operating- handle.
Patent GB-191105162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: DRING THOMAS AUGUSTUS
IPC: B64C23/00
Filed: 1911-03-01
Granted: 1912-01-11
Abstract: 5162. During, T. A. March 1. [Addition to 12,556/09.] Aerial machines without acrostats; propelling. -Relates to machines fitted with modified forms of the vortex lifters described in the parent Specification. The blades are made to be all radial or approximately radial to the propeller shaft. Figs. 4 and 5 show one form in which are employed three radial blades of which the inner edges are curved and the outer edges are approximately straight. In a modification, Fig. 8, the plane of each blade is inclined to the vertical, the free ends a' being in advance of the root ends a<5> during rotation. The lifters are arranged in pairs on the machine with their shafts a at right-angles to the longitudinal centre-line and equally inclined to the vertical. The shafts are driven in opposite directions through skew-bevel gearing. Steering by adjustment of propeller shafts. Each shaft a is formed with a universal joint d, and passes through a ball thrust bearing carried in a plummer-block e, which can be adjusted through a screw-and-nut operated from a handwheel g to turn the shaft about the joint d for steering. Parachutes.-A fan-like tail is opened out during descent.
Patent GB-191118575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Switches for Electric Motors.
IPC: H02P1/06
Filed: 1911-08-17
Granted: 1912-03-21
Abstract: 18,575. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, and Schupp, E. Aug. 17. Controllers for short-circuiting rotor and lifting brushes ; controllers, drum ; controllers, actuating-mechanism for.-For controlling an induction motor, the stator contacts b, Fig. 2, and the rotor resistance contacts a are on independent drums having independent spindles c, c<1>. In operation, the handle D, which is mounted on a spindle d keyed to a second spindle d', rotates a mutilated gear-wheel f which engages and rotates a wheel f<1> on the spindle c. Prior to this, a lug e, Fig. 5, on the remote end of the handle spindle, has completed the stator circuit by firstly unlocking and then actuating a lever h mounted on the spindle c'. The lever is locked by an arm j, which is pulled by a spring j<1> against a roller e‹ on the lug e, so that the corner of a semicircular projection i<1> on the arm comes in the path of movement of the lever, but is removed when the lug is rotated. The lever having been released is actuated by a segment e', the upper lug e<2> being moved by the lug e, and the lower lug e<3> moving the lever. The segment is reset by a spring e<5>. After the lever has been moved, the spring j<1> pulls the other corner of the projection to lock the lever in its ' on ' position. Release is only effected by rotating the lug back till it depresses the arm and allows the segment to return the lever; or by the operation of an overload plunger or plungers k', which depress the arm k and remove the lock on the lever. The starting-resistance having been eliminated from the rotor circuit, the rotor is short-circuited and the brushes are removed from the slip-rings by means of a cam-groove on a casting embracing the shafts d, d<1> and enclosed in a separate casing C. The resistances A<2> are enclosed in an oil-container A, and the drum contacts in a separate oil-container B.
Patent GB-191119370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Giving Intermittent Flashes of Light.
IPC: G08B5/40
Filed: 1911-08-30
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 19,370. Pintsch Akt.-Ges., J. March 10, [Convention date]. Actuating.-In a device for producing intermittent flashes of light, the gas passes through a duct c into a diaphragm chamber, the diaphragm being connected to a flat spring d supported at both ends. The diaphragm is depressed by the gas pressure, the spring passing from a single curve to a double curve and then again to a single curve but to the opposite side, when it springs into the position shown by the lower dotted line. The valve a closes the main gas supply, and gas passes from the diaphragm chamber to the burners under the influence of the spring-loaded diaphragm until the spring d is moved into its highest position. The periods during which the valve openings are closed may be adjusted by attaching the supporting rod of the diaphragm and the valve-rod to different points of the spring. Regulating- screws f are provided for the burners.
Patent GB-191124109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Axle Boxes and other Bearings.
Inventor: BEADMAN JOSEPH BLOCKLEY
IPC: B61F17/28
Filed: 1911-10-31
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 24,109. Beadman, J. B., and Macklin, H. J. Oct. 31. Separating oil from water.-In an axle-box for railway vehicles, or other bearing, provided with means of removing water from the oil-chamber as described in Specification 9/11, the partition f, Fig. 1, separating the oil-chamber c from the groove g carrying the dust shield h, is utilized as an oil-trap. The water, sinking beneath the oil, passes through a passage to a well i fixed to the exterior of the box, and passes thence by a passage j<1> to the groove g and an overflow l, which is about level with the working level of the oil in the chamber c. The well i may be integral with the axle-box, and inclined draining-passages leading into it may be formed in the floor b, or the whole floor may be concave. The cover n for the dust shield h has an additional inner flange o to prevent the entrance of water. Fig. 8 shows the application to a locomotive axle-box having the oil-chamber above the bearing. A partition f is formed in one or more corners of the oil-chamber, and the water flows through a passage g to an outlet l.
Patent GB-191125942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Cycle-wheel and analogous Rims.
Inventor: DAWES GEORGE WALTER
IPC: B21D53/30
Filed: 1911-05-26
Granted: 1912-05-28
Abstract: 25,942. Dawes, G. W. May 26. Angular bending and curving.-A hoop cut off a drawn thimble of aluminium alloy &c. is expanded and profiled by rolling to form a cycle rim. The machines, preferably as described in Specification 27,906/10, have rolls to produce successively the sections shown in Figs. 11, 12, 13, and 14 or 20, the rolls for the last two stages being shown in Figs. 23 and 25. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 14,258/95 and 7786/99.
Patent GB-191126515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-skidding Devices.
Inventor: TOREN JOSEPH
IPC: B60B39/00
Filed: 1911-11-27
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 26,515. Toren, J. Nov. 27. Slipping, attachments to wheels for preventing.-Radially-movable ground-engaging dogs 1, Fig. 2, hinged together in pairs and guided by rods 2 and slots in a plate 4 fixed on the inside of the felloe, are normally retracted by springs 7. The dogs are moved outwards by throwing into their path a cam-surface 8, Fig. 6, carried at the end of a bar 9 guided between pairs of rods 15 and pivotally suspended from arms 10 rigidly connected to a shaft 11 mounted in bearings 12 hung from the vehicle springs. The bar 9 is held in its inoperative position by springs 14 attached to the axle, and is operated by rocking the shaft 11 through suitable means connected by a lever within reach of the driver.
Patent GB-191127754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supply Connections for Cisterns of an Installation of Water Closets and the like.
Inventor: SHANKS JOHN
IPC: E03D1/00
Filed: 1911-12-11
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 27,754. Shanks, J. Dec. 11. Water-waste preventers, water supply for ranges of.-The secondary cisterns F are connected with the ball-cock cistern A by U-pipes E and a pipe D. To prevent the withdrawal of water from the secondarv cisterns'when one is discharged, the leg a of each pipe E is fitted with a clack valve G.
Patent GB-191204184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Nut Locks.
Inventor: BARCLAY SAMUEL MAJOR TAYLOR
IPC: F16B39/24
Filed: 1912-02-19
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 4184. Barclay, S. M. T. Feb. 19. Locking nuts.-A spiral spring washer for locking nuts is constructed as shown in Fig. 4, with a part 6 bent approximately at rightangles and ending in a tooth 7 intended to dig into the work. When applied to a rail joint, as shown in Fig. 1, the part 6 is designed to lie against the flange of the fish-plate.
Patent GB-191207740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production and/or Recovery of Ammonia from Nitrogen and/or Ammonia Bearing Compounds.
Inventor: ROWLANDS PERCY OCTAVIUS
IPC: C01C1/08
Filed: 1912-03-30
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 7740. Rowlands, P. O. March 30. Ammonia, obtaining; electrodes.-Wool waste shoddy, or other nitrogenous material is immersed in a 5 per cent caustic soda solution or other alkaline liquid, which is agitated during electrolysis and preferably heated to 100‹ C. The anode may be the iron cell, and the cathode a perforated false bottom, also of iron. The ammonia may be passed directly into sulphuric acid solution. The current density may be 25 amperes per square foot.
Patent GB-191208813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Taximeters
Inventor: HARTLEY HENRY
IPC: G07B13/00
Filed: 1912-04-13
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 8813. Hartley, H., and Canova, V. April 13. Taximeters; flag and setting - spindle mechanism. - The flag - spindle is provided with means to prevent quick movement between the various positions comprising a ratchet 2, which is mounted on the flag shaft 7 and bears pins 6 and a bent pawl 3 weighted at 5. The pawl is provided with a leaf spring 7 made of such a length that it co-operates with the pins 6 to keep the pawl in engagement with the ratchetwheel until just before the lowest part of a tooth is reached, so that, if the spindle is slowly moved, the weight operates to lift the pawl clear of the wheel but not if it is quickly moved. A slight backward movement is sufficient to free the pawl should locking occur. The tariff-indicating disk is so mounted as to be moved intermittently by the flag-shaft or by a shaft geared thereto, the indicating - disk 8 being loosely mounted on the flag-shaft 1 and connected by a spring 10 to a disk 11 provided with pins 15 and secured to the flag-shaft. The pins 15 serve to oscillate a spring-controlled lever 14 provided with a stop 13 which forms, with pins 12 carried by the disk 8, an escapement-device, thereby allowing the indicating-disk to be moved forwards by the spring 10 after the arm 14 has been oscillated by the pins 15.
Patent GB-191209746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Making Carburetted Air.
IPC: C10J1/00
Filed: 1912-04-24
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 9746. Auto Mechanische Industrie (Soc. Anon.). April 26, 1911, [Convention date]. Norias.-Hydrocarbon is fed to a carburettor by a distributor 5 comprising curved paddles 37 communicating through holes 38 with a hollow conical hub 39 having holes 40 through which the liquid passes to the pipe 6. The paddles 37 dip into hydrocarbon maintained at constant level by a float 29 communicating through a pipe 27 with a supply tank 1, the connexion 32 between the float chamber and the chamber 5 being flexible so that the relative level of the two may be adjusted.
Patent GB-191210978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steering Hand Wheels for Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BLUEMEL CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: B62D1/08
Filed: 1912-05-08
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 10,978. Bluemel, C. W., Bluemel, F. H., Bluemel, E. A., and Starley, W. May 8. Hand - wheels. - A steering - wheel for motor-vehicles is formed of a hub A having screw-threaded holes to receive the threaded ends of the spokes B, and a rim D furnished with nipples or sockets C to receive the outer ends of the spokes. The wheel may be held on the post F by a nut G which bears against the inner ends of the spokes. The sockets C are stamped from sheet metal and have a narrow rim and a closed inner end. The wheel may be covered with celluloid.
Patent GB-191214240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ammunition Hoisting Apparatus for Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A9/37
Filed: 1912-06-18
Granted: 1913-06-18
Abstract: 14,240. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Horne, J. June 18. Loading - appliances.- Relates to differential ammunition hoists, and consists in a lever mechanism arranged between the powder and projectile cages, which allows the cages to travel at their initial distance apart nearly to the top of the hoist, and then causes the projectile cage to overhaul the powder cage. The relative movement of the cages is utilized to tilt the trays of the cages as they reach the working- chamber and effect the automatic discharge of the ammunition into the receivers. The projectile is retained in its receiver by a stop automatically actuated by the ascent and descent of the projectile cage. The projectile and powder cages B, C, are connected by rods d', d', Figs. 1 and 3, to the ends of two arms D<1>, D<2> which are pivoted at d to an intermediate frame D. Rollers carried by arms D<1Î>, D<2Î> on the levers move in fixed guides E which diverge at their upper ends. The guides thus actuate the levers and cause the cage B to overhaul the case C. Links d<1Î>, d<2Î>, connected to the arms D', D', respectively, effect the operation of the powder trays C', and the tilting of the projectile tray B', about its pivot b<2>, to cause the automatic discharge of the ammunition into the receivers F, G, Fig. 4, in the working-chamber A', as the cages reach the discharge position. The receiver F is provided with a stop f which prevents the return of the projectile, and is automatically actuated by a camdevice as the cage B ascends and descends. Rails A<2> on the receiver F prevent the pneumatic discharge of the projectile.
Patent GB-191215665-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for use on Gas Lamps for Compressing Air or Gas for Lighting Purposes.
Inventor: MERRICK STUART CARISBROOKE
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1912-07-04
Granted: 1913-07-04
Abstract: 15,665. Merrick, S. C. July 4. Flexible-diaphragm pumps.- Relates to the compression of the air or gas supply to burners having incandescent mantles by means of a flexible -diaphragm pump mounted on the burner and operated by a form of hot-air motor worked by the waste heat from the burner, the compression stroke of the pump being effected by the vacuum stroke of the motor. The invention consists primarily in means for effecting the reciprocation of the displacer of the motor. In the form shown, air is compressed and delivered to a reservoir Q, Fig. 2, whence it passes to a combination nipple 3, Figs. 2 and 3, and the mixture is conveyed to the burner by way of a coil 5 heated by the combustion products. The hot-air motor comprises a displacer working in a closed chamber fitted at the top with a flexible diaphragm and follower C, which is reciprocated by the fluctuations of pressure in the chamber and transmits its motion to the flexible diaphragm and follower M of a pump, through links K, bell-crank levers J, and links L, designed so that the diaphragms move in opposite directions, and compression is effected with an increasing mechanical advantage during the vacuum strokes of the motor. The displacer consists of upper and lower portions connected by a pipe Z of small bore, and works within a cylinder liner A' with ports at the bottom so as to compel the displaced air to travel the whole length of the outer annular space. The displacer is carried by springs H through the medium of a bar U, levers G, displacer rod E, and intermediate links. It is moved downwards at the end of the upstroke of the motor diaphragm, and viceversa by either of the following mechanisms. (1) Comprising links R connected to the bell-crank levers J and connected by toggle-links S to the bar U, and springs T which press the links R laterally ; the action of the springs in effecting the downward movement of the displacer may be aided by impact between the pump diaphragm follower M and the links R. (2) Comprising vertical rods R', Fig. 1<A>, attached to the motor diaphragm and connected by springs T' to rollers R3 adapted to roll on and thereby rock centrallypivoted levers R<2> connected by links S' to the levers G. The working parts between the diaphragms are enclosed in a casing X, through which atmospheric air is caused to circulate by the movement of the diaphragms. The pump preferably draws its air from within the casing. A relief valve V is provided above the pump discharge valve P.
Patent GB-191221103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Regulating Devices for Pumps.
Filed: 1912-09-16
Granted: 1913-03-27
Abstract: 21,103. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges.]. Sept. 16. Regulating delivery by varying speed of motor; priming.-A regulating-device for a boiler feed-pump of the type adapted to control the motor driving the pump in accordance with the boiler pressure, so that the pump will always deliver water at a pressure which exceeds the variable counter-pressure by a substantially constant amount, is combined with an automatic priming-device in such a manner that, when air enters the suction column of the pump, the speed of the motor is reduced to a minimum. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the differential piston d, which controls the throttle valve of the motor through the lever c and link b, is normally subjected on its smaller area to the pump delivery pressure of the boiler acting through the pipe e and on its larger area to the full steam pressure of the boiler acting through the pipe m. If the suction column in the pipe n of the pump a should be interrupted owing to the admission of air, a priming-valve q, which is normally held shut against the action of a spring t by the combined effect of the pump delivery and suction pressures acting above and below the piston r, opens and admits water to the suction pipe n from a reservoir o. At the same time, the piston r uncovers a pipe u admitting steam from the space l below the piston d into the pipe p where it condenses, so that the pressure in the space l is reduced and the piston d descends, partially closing the throttle valve of the motor and reducing the speed of the pump. The action of the piston d is regulated by a small throttle valve k so as to preserve the necessary excess pressure between the pump and the boiler pressures. In a modified form of apparatus, the piston r is caused to control a valve in the waste-pipe i leading from the space above the throttle valve k, so that, when the piston r rises, the waste valve is shut and the pressure thereby increased in the space h above the piston d, which is caused to descend as before.
Patent GB-191223198-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Indicating Sewage Accumulation ang Stoppages in Drains and the like.
Inventor: WOODINGTON JOSEPH HENRY
IPC: E03F7/00
Filed: 1912-10-10
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 23,198. Woodington, J. H., and Coles, E. H. Oct. 10. Stopping pipes.-An indicating-needle A is pivoted at c in a casing a adapted by means of spigot-and-socket ends b<1> to be inserted in a drain on the sewer side of the intercepting trap. The upper end f of the needle may be observed, after the removal of the cover h, through a transparent lid g. Absence of motion in the needle when a flush is sent into the drain indicates a stoppage.
Patent GB-191226347-A (GB)
Title: Electric Heating Devices.
Inventor: ALBRECHT MARTIN
IPC: H05B3/00
Filed: 1912-11-16
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 26,347. Albrecht, M. Nov. 16. Heating by electricity.-Resistance strips insulated with mica are inserted in thin metal tubes of circular, oval, or rectangular section, which are then rolled or compressed so as to cause the walls to press tightly on the resistance. The tubes, when rolled, may be formed with ribs or projections as shown in Fig. 2. In a modification shown in Fig. 4, several strips are inserted between two plates A, B, which are soldered or brazed together along the lines S. The plates are then rolled and formed with projections. A water-heater may be formed by coiling a tube made in this way, to form a passage for the water. As shown in Fig. 8, the coiled tube C is secured between metal plates M<1>, M<2> with interposed packing-rings D<1>, D<2>, and fitted with a cock H which may be combined with a switch.
Patent GB-191226926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Platforms or the like particularly for use in Cleaning Windows.
Inventor: MISHEL MOSES
IPC: A47L3/02
Filed: 1912-11-22
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 26,926. Mishel, M. Nov. 22. Staging, window.-Window cleaners' chairs are constructed of hollow metal beams 1, connected by slats 15<a> and formed with inturned flanges 3 supporting screw-threaded blocks 4, which carry brackets 6 and are operated by threaded ' rods 5. The brackets 6 are provided with screws 7 or projections to engage the outer wall, and the inner ends of the beams are provided with lugs 10, with packing, to engage the inner part of the window sill. Back guard rails 18 are bent to a U-shape, and the lower ends of the vertical limbs are bent twice at right-angles and inserted in holes in the main beams, backward movement of the rails being prevented by lugs 20 secured to the main beams. Side guards are secured at the ends of their horizontal limbs 21 to T-sockets 22, rotatably mounted on the back rails, the ends of their vertical limbs 24 being formed with flanges 25 to engage in undercut slots 26 in blocks 27, which are secured to the main beams and are provided with pivoted latch bars 29.
Patent GB-191227393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball-projecting Devices for Playing Games.
Inventor: ISRAEL OSWALD
IPC: A63B65/12
Filed: 1912-11-28
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 27,393. Israel, O. July 15, [Convention date]. Projecting and catching appliances.-A projecting and catching appliance for use in ball games consists of a wire bow a, b braced by springs c and having attached thereto, by a loop h, an " arrow " r terminating in a grasping-loop i and in a ball holder and catcher f.