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Patent GB-191028388-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Vertical Retorts for the Carbonisation of Coal or the like.
Inventor: DUCKHAM ARTHUR MCDOUGALL
Filed: 1910-12-06
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 28,388. Duckham, A. M. Dec. 6. Retorts.-Vertical retorts for the carbonization of coal or the like are provided with a plate b depending from the top and having an adjustable extension f, so that the extent of the free space c for the gas may be varied.
Patent GB-191030359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Attaching Heels to Boots and Shoes.
IPC: A43D79/00
Filed: 1910-12-31
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 30,359. Gimson & Co., and Measom, H. B. Dec. 31. Heels, machines for.-The work post of a heelattaching machine is preferably formed in two parts 1, 3, and is furnished with an immovable head 4 in which nail-holes 8 are located. The nails 10 rest on drivers 6 carried by a plunger 7, which is normally held in its lower position by a spring 9. The plunger is raised to drive the nails by the engagement with its lower end of a pivoted rock lever 11 actuated by a cam 14 on one of the main sliding rods d which carry the upper cross - head of the machine. The movement of the plunger due to the cam is independent of the height of heel, so for purposes of initial adjustment the plunger is preferably made in two parts, of which the upper part rests on a screw 16 threaded into the lower part 15. The plunger actuating-mechanism may be duplicated.
Patent GB-191104276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Desk Diary.
Inventor: READ LINUS GLOVER
IPC: B42D5/04
Filed: 1911-02-20
Granted: 1911-10-05
Abstract: 4276. Read, L. G. Feb. 20. Memorandum appliances.-A memorandum appliance comprises a case 18<a> divided into two compartments and having a hinged lid 18 carrying writing-pads 19, 20 suitable for memoranda. One compartment of the case 18 contains a number of loose cards or leaves 24 making up a yearly diary, the other compartment being used for leaves from the writing-pads which have not been finally disposed of with regard to the memoranda thereon. The writing-pads are preferably attached to the lid 18 by inserting the back-pieces of the pads into slits formed in the cloth or leather covering of the lid.
Patent GB-191106112-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Commodes and the like.
Inventor: EVANS SAMUEL POPE
Filed: 1911-03-11
Granted: 1911-11-30
Abstract: 6112. Evans, S. P. March 11. Bidets; commodes.- A hollow rim C for hot water is provided with an inlet D for filling, and an outlet valve J by means of which the basin can be flushed, The cover M may be water-sealed.
Patent GB-191108429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Flue Baffles.
Inventor: MUSGRAVE BERNARD
IPC: F23M9/00
Filed: 1911-04-04
Granted: 1911-12-30
Abstract: 8429. Musgrave, B. April 4. Baffles. - A helical baffle of the form shown in Fig. 1 for use in boiler flues is built up of overlapping strips a, Fig. 3, of fire-clay &c., angularly disposed in relation to each other and mounted upon a central rod or bolt b. The strips a are provided with projections d on one side and corresponding recesses on the other. The helical formation of the baffle may be uniform or variable. The forward end of the baffle may be arranged vertically, or, when at a distance from the bridge, horizontally. The baffle may be coated with ganister or like refractory material to fill up the steps between the strips.
Patent GB-191111459-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Disk-wheels.
Inventor: HEINTZE FRITZ
IPC: B21H1/04
Filed: 1911-05-11
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 11,459. Henitze, F., and Urbaniak, I. May 11. Forging-dies. - Wrought-iron disk-wheels are made by the process described in Specification 3640/69, the blank being transferred to the rolling-mill without reheating. The bottom and top forging-dies a, c are as shown in Figs. 2 to 4.
Patent GB-191120633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Inventor: KERPELY ANTON VON
IPC: C10J3/34
Filed: 1911-09-18
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 20,633. Kerpely, A. von. Sept. 18. Ashes, removing.-In a gas-producer of the kind having a rotary ash-pan b carrying a rotary grate a, the ash-pan b is arranged within an air-tight chamber e communicating with the producer shaft c and adapted to communicate through the passage g with the ash-pit n when the slide l is withdrawn. Ashes are discharged from the pan b by a plate h and scoop i, and are delivered down a shoot k. The ashes accumulating above the slide l are from time to time discharged through the ash-passage g into the ash-pit n, which is provided with an air-tight door m.
Patent GB-191122525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Golf Balls and similar Moulded Articles.
IPC: B29D99/00
Filed: 1911-10-12
Granted: 1912-10-14
Abstract: 22,525. Dunlop Rubber Co., and Worthington, J. V. Oct. 12. Moulding india - rubber balls &c. - Relates to a construction of apparatus for use in the manufacture of golf balls or similar articles by moulding under heat and pressure, the moulds containing the balls &c. being placed in a chamber from which the air is exhausted before applying the heat and pressure. The apparatus comprises two hollow disks A, B and an intermediate ring C connected, as shown on the left side of the Figure, by pipes and valves for the admittance of steam or cooling-water as desired. A second set of pipes and valves, shown on the right of the Figure, lead away the steam and cooling- water, and a pipe G, connected to the ring C, leads to the exhaust pump. In using the apparatus, the disk B is lowered and the moulds are placed thereon. The disk is then raised by a ram B<1>, and a closed chamber is formed by the two disks A, B, a ring C, and rubber packing D, D<1> on the edges of the disks. The chamber is exhausted of air, steam is admitted to the disks A, B, the ram B' is further raised to press upon the moulds, the steam is cut off, cooling-water is admitted to the disks and chamber, and the balls are afterwards removed.
Patent GB-191122696-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Coking Coal and the like.
Inventor: ENKE ERNST
IPC: C10L5/02
Filed: 1911-10-14
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 22,696. Enke, E. Oct. 14. Coking processes.- Coal of inferior quality, peat, lignite, wood waste, &c. is mixed with a binding-agent such as pitch, tar, or the like, and compressed to a high degree into small briquettes or the like, which are fed continuously through coking-chambers heated, at least partly, by the introduction of steam superheated to coking temperature.
Patent GB-191125026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Employees' Time Registers or Recorders.
Inventor: BERESFORD WALTER
Filed: 1911-11-10
Granted: 1912-05-02
Abstract: 25,026. Beresford, W. Nov. 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Factory and like time-recorders, autographic; time markings. - An employÚ operates the handle 49 to bring a space on the record-sheet beneath the aperture 35, at which the employÚ's signature is made. The operation of the handle simultaneously causes a hole to be pricked in a graduated paper record-disk 6, rotated by clock-work mechanism 1. The disk, which is graduated to show hours and fractions of hours, is mounted on a plate 5 carried by a sleeve on the clock-work spindle 3, and is perforated as it passes through a guide 12, by a pin 16 on an arm 17. The arm 17 is mounted on a spindle 18 and held by means of a spring 22 in a ' floating ' position, so that the pin 16 is normally just clear of the paper. An adjustable arm 25 on the shaft 18 carries a pivoted rod 28 which rests against a stop 27 on the arm 25. The operating-handle 49 is mounted on a shaft 38 which carries an arm 42 adapted to trip the rod 28 and so cause the shaft 18 to oscillate, whereupon the arm 17 moves upwards, forcing the pin through holes in the guide 12 and through the paper disk. At the same time a pawl 44 pivoted to the arm 42 moves a ratchet connected to a take-up spool 37 so that the record-sheet is drawn forward. A spring 48 connected to an arm 47 or the spindle 38 returns the parts to their normal position, the arm 42 on its return movement raising the rod 28 without moving the shaft 18.
Patent GB-191125377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings for Electric Mains or Wires on Railway Passenger Coaches and other Vehicles.
IPC: B61G5/10
Filed: 1911-11-14
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 25,377. Stone & Co., J., and Darker, A. H. Nov. 14. Plug cuplings.-Relates to a plug-and-socket coupling, for electric conductors on railway coaches and other vehicles, of the kind having an insulating contact-carrying disk 8 secured in the removable coupling-member 9, and consists in forming the contacts 7, Fig. 1, and 21, Fig. 3, of the removable member with squared shank portions 7<b> seated in similarly-shaped recesses in the insulating-disk, hollow cylindrical portions 7d, 21<a> extending rearwardly of the disk constituting sockets for receiving the ends of the mains which are fitted with plugs, and screw-threaded portions extending forwardly of the disk, as shown, and receiving clamping- nuts 7<e> screwed against the front surface of the disk. The removable member 9 is held in position by the hinged flap 11, which is provided with a stud 13 and may be spring - pressed. When the member 9 is removed, the flap falls and engages with a rubber washer 12 upon the fixed element of the coupling-member and closes the open end. A pin 16 upon one of the coupling-elements and a slot in the other facilitates correct coupling. The wires within the member 9 are covered with leather or insulating- material in the form of a plug 7<c> to take up strain. The Provisional Specification describes also a form of coupling in which the connexion is made by concentric members on the coupling- portions.
Patent GB-191210018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Davits.
Inventor: BURBRIDGE AUGUSTUS DAVID
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1912-04-27
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 10,018. Burbridge, A. D. April 27. Davits.-In double-necked rotary davits, the necks are made capable of turning relatively to one another. The auxiliary neck @ is pivoted in lugs f, g shrunk on the main stem a. When at sea, the boat d is carried outboard from the neck c, while the second boat i rests on chocks j. When entering port, the second boat is disconnected from its falls, and the necks c are brought inboard to the position shown in dotted lines. The auxiliary necks are then rotated into a fore-and-aft position. In a modification, both necks are arranged at right-angles to the main stem, and both are rotatable on the stem. The necks can be locked in position by pins.
Patent GB-191222218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Weighing Machines.
Filed: 1912-09-30
Granted: 1913-12-01
Abstract: 22,218. Manufacture d'Horlogerie de Bethune. Oct. 7, 1911, [Convention date]. Printing-apparatus combined with weighing- apparatus.-In a steelyard apparatus having a self-propelled steelyard poise, the movement of the poise is transmitted by gearing to a shaft 71, Fig. 10, on which are loosely mounted four stepped cams 72 rotated at fixed speed ratios by a train of gearing. A series of racks 95 in engagement with the type-wheels are lowered on to the stepped cams on the rotation of a handle 84, and a frame 100 is caused by a cam 97 to press the tape 102 and ink ribbon 103 against the type. Continued rotation of the handle 84 feeds the tape by means of a camoperated toothed quadrant 107 and a pinion 106, while a second toothed quadrant feeds the ink ribbon.
Patent GB-191226634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Devices.
Inventor: MOORE JOHN PATTERSON
IPC: G09F13/00
Filed: 1913-05-20
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 26,634. Moore, J. P. May 20, 1913. Rotary apparatus, internally illuminated.-A rotary advertising apparatus consists of a lantern one or more sides of which have double walls, the inner wall a<2> being preferably of coloured glass and the outer wall a<1> of plain glass, the advertisements being placed between them. The glass sheets are removably held in grooves a<6> in the corner posts a<7>, and the sides not double-walled are occupied by distorting mirrors. The device is rotated by a shaft d and illuminated by a lamp c. The lantern may be cylindrical, parts of the walls being double for the reception of the advertisements or an inner cylinder may be used which alone rotates, in which case its upper part bears pictures which move behind an opaque band a<3> having apertures a<4>. A plate f may be provided for supporting ornamental or other articles.
Patent GB-191227284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Potato Planters.
Inventor: LATHAM WILLIAM
IPC: A01C9/02
Filed: 1912-11-27
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 27,284. Latham, W. Nov. 27. Potato planters.-In a planter in which the potatoes are removed from the hopper by an endless-band conveyer, the hopper is of special shape, and the frame, hopper, and conveyer are so constructed and arranged that the conveyer may be changed easily, means being provided for agitating the potatoes and for regulating the width of the lower part of the hopper when the conveyer is changed. The apparatus may be detachably mounted on a cultivator plough, sowing-machine, &c. by means of standards 7 fitting into sockets. The frame consists of two bars 1, 2 connected together by bolts 3, 4. The leather conveyer band or chain 14, carrying cups or partitions 15 delivers the potatoes into a shoot 31. It passes around sprocket-wheels 12, 13 driven from the travelling wheels. The side 17 of the hopper 16 is vertical, and the side 18 inclined. The hopper may have a bell-mouthed extension. A frame above the hopper may be connected to it by a fabric curtain, and may support an inverted sack of potatoes. The rear wall 19 of the hopper, or the lower part 20 of it, is vibrated by spur gearing 23, a crank 24, and a connecting-rod 26. A brush 27 for removing surplus potatoes from the conveyer is driven by a chain 30. To facilitate changing the conveyer for regulating the planting, the frame bar 2 and side 18 of the hopper are removable together. The conveyer band 14 may fit over a chain 33, which is provided with side ears 34 for supporting it and driving it by friction. Filling-strips 32 may be removably attached to the hopper when a band with narrow cups or partitions 15 is used. According to the Provisional Specification, the brush is adjustable, the top sides of the partitions 15 may overhang, and the ends of the endless band are connected by a detachable fastener to facilitate removal without dismantling the apparatus.
Patent GB-191228106-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Cleaning Cotton Seed and Removing the Fibres therefrom.
Inventor: PASLEY CHARLES REGINALD
IPC: D01B1/04
Filed: 1912-12-05
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 28,106. Pasley, C. R. Dec. 5. [Addition to 463/12.] Removing fibre from cotton seeds; scouring.- In a modification of the machine for de-linting cotton seed described in the parent Specification, the flap R, Fig. 2, which when placed across the passage P between the outlet and inlet openings of the casing A causes the seed to be discharged, is operated periodically, and the feed-roller L is only in operation at corresponding intervals. The pivot T of the flap carries an arm 22 connected to a spring-controlled bell-crank lever 20 which is actuated by a cam 18 at each revolution of the wheel 17. A second cam 19 acts upon a lever 23 and closes the clutch 25<a> so that the rotation of the wheel 25 is communicated to the feed-roller L. The wheel 17 is driven from the axis of the machine through worm gearing 10, 11 and variable belt, chain, or spur gearing 12. The feed-roller L is arranged in a hopper W and coacts with a spring plate 34, Fig. 8, and a wiper plate 36. The discharge of the lint by the air current passing through the outlet M is assisted by a roller 37, having a scraper 38. The rubbers K are limited in their outward movement by grooves 6, Fig. 6, in the lateral flanges D into which the edges of the rubbers enter, and the loose end of the rubbers is secured by one or more studs to which the rubbers are attached by wires passing through longitudinal holes in the studs. The central portion of the rubbers is supported by circumferential flanges which may have a rubber ring on the edge, or by springs 33, and the rubbers may be wired to the supports. Instead of timing the passage of the seeds through a single machine, a series of machines may be employed through which the seeds are passed successively.
Patent GB-191229975-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: LOESSER EDWARD JOSEPH
IPC: B65D49/08
Filed: 1912-12-30
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 29,975. Loesser, E. J. Dec. 30. Bottles, non-refillable.-A lift valve 9 is provided with a bevelled edge to fit a bevelled seat 8 in a cylinder 6. The valve has a stem 11 guided in a cross-piece 13, and is provided with a spring 14 as shown. A ball 19 in a wire frame 17 serves to assist in unseating the valve. A baffle is formed of a plate 26 perforated at the centre and joined by a perforated cylinder 20 to a plate 26 perforated at the edges. The valve &c. and baffle are carried in a separate neck-piece 3 attached to the bottle neck by a band 5. The outlet may be closed by a cap 28.
Patent GB-191300326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bullets.
IPC: F42B12/78
Filed: 1913-01-06
Granted: 1914-01-06
Abstract: 326. King's Norton Metal Co., Bayliss, T. A., and Brownsdon, H. W. Jan. 6. [Cognate Application, 2713/13] Gun cartridges; projectiles. - Relates to jacketed bullets comprising a lead or other soft core and a jacket of cupro-nickel or like fouling-metal or alloy, the cylindrical part of which takes the rifling. According to the invention, the bullet is provided with an iron or steel ring or band of about the same diameter as the part of the fouling-metal jacket that takes the rifling, this ring or band having the effect of removing the fouling left by the cupro-nickel in the gun barrel. In the form shown in Fig. 1, an iron or steel ring c is pressed over the cupronickel jacket b and the surface of the ring is grooved to increase its fouling - removing capacity. In a modification, the cupro-nickel jacket stops short of the base, and the jacketing is completed by the iron or steel ring. In other modifications, the cupro-nickel and the iron or steel surfaces are formed by electro-deposition, and the iron or steel surface by the partial removal of a copper or lead coating initially applied to the whole surface of a jacket of iron or steel. In yet another modification, Fig. 4, the iron or steel ring c is applied to the base of the bullet. Finally, the iron or steel ring may be in the form of a separate wad preferably comprising a core of jute as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-191302012-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Filtration.
Inventor: JAMES MILLAR NEIL
IPC: B01D29/00
Filed: 1913-01-24
Abstract: 2012. Neil, J. M. Jan. 26, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Filters, cleansing.-In the separation of liquids and solids by the withdrawal of the liquid through a submerged filtering-body by suction so that the solids collect on the body, the suction is momentarily stopped at intervals and the solids are thrown off by a reverse current of liquid or air. The application of the process to the separation of metallic solutions from slimes, of soda solution from wood pulp, and alkali solution from caustic lime mud, and to the treatment of waste liquors or sewage is mentioned. In the treatment of slimes when a separate wash-tank is used, the cake formed on the filter in the slime-tank may be thrown off and agitated with the wash-liquor before its withdrawal through the filter. The Figure shows a suitable form of apparatus. The mixture in the tank 2 is kept in agitation by circulation from bottom to top of the tank through a pump 2<b>. A pump 4<a> withdraws the liquid from the interior of the hollow filter-element 3.
Patent GB-191302289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cupola Furnaces.
Inventor: ANDERSON PER
IPC: F27B1/16
Filed: 1913-01-28
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 2289. Anderson, P. Jan. 28. [Addition to 18,414/11.] Drawings to Specification. Cupola furnaces.-In a furnace having tuyeres projecting into the shaft as described in the parent Specification, the tuyÞres are inclined, or have their inner ends formed to deliver the blast in an upward direction. By this means the consumption of the coke layer which supports the charge is prevented.
Patent GB-191306921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hem-stitch Sewing and Embroidering Machines.
Inventor: CORNELY ROBERT
IPC: D05C7/00
Filed: 1913-03-20
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 6921. Cornely, R. March 20. Hem - stitching machines; universal - feed machines ; needles, vibrating.-The fields of vibration of two hem-stitching needles 51, 52 are determined by the vertical adjustment of a reciprocating wedge 15 which engages blocks 20, 21 on the needle-holders. The wedge is secured upon a reciprocating sleeve 14 by a screw 16 and is adjusted vertically upon it by means of an inclined surface 17 on a circularly adjustable ring 18. The needle-bars 27, 28 slide in sockets formed in the heads of pins 25, 26 pivoted in the blocks 20, 21. The wedge 15 may be replaced by a plate with a pair of inclined slots. The amplitude of the lateral vibration of the needle is determined by the position of the connexion 9 between a cam-lever 7 and a lever 11, which reciprocate the wedge sleeve 14 as described in Specification 28,163/09. The needlebars 27, 28 have joints 33, 34 within the rotating tube 29, so that the upper parts which do not swing laterally may be guided in a part 32 rigidly attached to the rotating tube. To suspend the feed, the feed-operating lever 36 is held from following its cam by means of a lever 39 which is moved to engage the lever 36 either by connexions with a foot or knee plate, or a lever mounted on the feed-crank handle, or by a finger ring 49 suspended near to the stitching- point from an arm 48 of the lever 39.
Patent GB-191308317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN HENRY
IPC: F02M9/06
Filed: 1913-04-09
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 8317. Wilkinson, J. H. April 9. Spray carburettors.-The nozzle A is formed with a series of peripheral orifices B, which communicate with the float-chamber by passages C, E. The orifices are covered or uncovered in succession by a cut-away disk G actuated, through a spindle F, pinion I, and spring- loaded rack J, by a Bowden wire from the handle-bar or steering-wheel. By closing all the orifices and opening the valve M, air only may be admitted to the engine.
Patent GB-191313479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Splash Guards for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: BRENNAND GEORGE GUINNISS
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1913-06-11
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 13,479. Brennand, G. G. June 11. Lateral-splash guards for vehicle wheels comprise a strip L immovably carried upon the lower ends of two rigid rods H, the upper ends of which are separately secured to a ring or the like F in which the hub rotates. The strip L may be made of rubber and clamped between two metal arcs J, one of which is secured to the rods H. The rods may be rigidly secured in the ends of a beam G carried by the ring F, or they may be free to slide upwards in case the flexible strip comes into contact with the ground or an obstacle, the nuts H<1> limiting the downward movement of the rods. In a modification, the rods H extend radially from the metal arc J to the ring F. According to the Provisional Specification, springs may be provided to keep the rods H in their lower position, or the rods themselves may be made of springy or flexible material. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 24,849/07 and 5653/12.