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Patent GB-191020688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tension Devices for Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: WALKER KENNEDY
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1910-09-05
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 20,688. Walker, K. Sept. 5. Shuttles.-In a shuttle for use in a loom for weaving jute matting &c., the weft 3 passes between vertical tension rollers 1, 2, which may be ribbed, roughened, or corrugated. The upper roller 2 is mounted on a spring-pressed arm 6, which is pivoted at 7 and can be turned aside to facilitate the threading operation.
Patent GB-191021104-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sirens.
Inventor: ROELLIG MARTIN
IPC: G10K7/00
Filed: 1910-09-10
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 21,104. Roellig, M. Sept. 14, 1909, [Convention date]. Sirens.-To obtain a constant pitch, the openings or parts of openings for the driving-medium are so arranged that the rotating part is impelled in different directions. The pitch may be altered by an adjustment of the number, size, or obliquity of these openings or parts, or by an alteration of the pressure of the driving-medium, all in any known manner. As shown, the driving-medium passes from the casing e through inclined slots f and radial slots g, and also from the casing e into the chambers h and through smaller and oppositely inclined slots i and radial slots g. The obliquity of the slots may be altered, as by Corliss valves.
Patent GB-191021594-A (GB)
Title: Improved Chain Grate.
Inventor: HOF FRANZ
IPC: F23H11/04
Filed: 1910-09-16
Granted: 1911-09-18
Abstract: 21,594. Kof, F. Sept. 16. Grates. - An horizontal or inclined travelling grate is fitted with a number of special bars which, during the movement of the grate, are rotated to break up the fuel and clinker. As shown in Fig. 2, rotary bars d, preferably formed of disks threaded either centrally or eccentrically on rods e, are alternated with the usual bars b, and are rotated by starwheels h which engage fixed racks at the sides of the grate. When mounted eccentrically, as shown, the racks and driving-pinions h are so arranged that adjacent rollers have their eccentrics at rightangles. The racks may be arranged to rotate the bars in opposite directions in different parts of the grate, and, if desired, gaps may be left so that no rotation takes place at certain points. In a modified form, Fig. 11, the disks of the bars d are more or less square in shape and are set at different angles on the rod, so that the separate sections of the bars b are oscillated in different directions. Special driving-wheels are in this case unnecessary, the angles of two of the disks engaging with a pair of suitably notched bars i<2> at the sides of the grate. The bearings for the bars in the side chains may be divided so that any bar can be removed and replaced.
Patent GB-191022833-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Amusement Device.
Inventor: ANDREWS WILLIAM THOMAS
IPC: A63G31/00
Filed: 1910-10-03
Granted: 1911-04-06
Abstract: 22,833. Andrews, W. T. Oct. 3. [Cognate Application, 29,248/10.] Railways for recreation.-In an amusement device, passenger cars V, suspended below the rails, are conveyed up an inclined track a and then allowed to run by gravity down an incline b until the wheels engage stops t projecting from the periphery of a wheel w. The wheel is made to rotate, either by the impact of the car or by suitable mechanism, and it conveys the car to an inclined track d. The car descends the track d and passes along a runway or waterway h back to the starting-point. The transference of the car from the incline b to the wheel w is controlled by a device which consists of spokes s radiating from a hub k. The controller may be rotated against frictional resistance by the impact of the car, or it may be rotated mechanically to deliver the car on to the wheel. The device is housed in a structure that may represent a ship, mountain, building, or the like, and be used for dancing, displays &c.
Patent GB-191110018-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
IPC: B41J15/16
Filed: 1911-04-25
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 10,018. Underwood Typewriter Co., and Cooper, J. J. April 25. Web - feeding arrangements. - A reversible web-feeding arrangement comprises spools B, C mounted in a frame G<2> behind the platen A, and provided with ratchet-wheels K, M adapted to be alternatively fed by pawls k, m, mounted on loose pulleys L, N which are driven by an elastic belt P from the platen. The belt may be passed round a loose double pulley Q so that it is disposed horizontally and has no tendency to lift the platen.
Patent GB-191111936-A (GB)
IPC: F16H3/66
Filed: 1911-07-24
Granted: 1912-07-24
Abstract: 11,936. Godfrey, E. L. May 17. Supporting.-The lamp platform F of an incubator is supported by rods E sliding in guideways D in a bracket A secured to the heater B and provided with lugs which rest against or are secured to the side of an incubator. A lever C is pivotally mounted on the bracket A and has a stud, roller, or stirrup g which engages a cross-head G, or a notch therein, adjustably mounted on the rods E.
Patent GB-191113977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Razors.
Inventor: ERN CARL FRIEDRICH
IPC: B26B21/52
Filed: 1911-06-12
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 13,977. Ern, C. F. June 12. Razors. - In razors having blades which are readily removable and which may be fixed in any desired position, the blade is clamped at the pivot between two springs arranged between the shank and the handle scales, the pivot consisting of a removable and easilyadjustable set-screw, or of two projections g, Fig. 1, on the springs. Each leaf spring e, f is riveted to an inner wall of the U-shaped metal handle, the members of which are connected by a screw h. A second screw i projects through one scale, and bears against the other so as to limit the movement of the scales to the forward end. Dish-shaped perforated springs may be used and, in handles of celluloid or similar substance, spring strengthening-strips may be inserted along their length, and to these the projections for the pivot may be attached, additional metal strips being provided on the handle to take the screws i, h. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the scales consist of a U-shaped metal strip, and have reinforcing- strips p inserted in cavities o and held therein by the screw m that forms the blade pivot. According to another construction, the springs consist of metal strips secured to and bent over the ends of each scale and provided with lugs such as g forming the pivot, the scales being secured by one or two screws such as h. The head of the screw which constitutes the pivot may be countersunk in the handle, and its outer end may be grooved to enable the screw to be rotated.
Patent GB-191114303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Lampholders for Electrically Illuminated Signs and Devices.
Inventor: BEY HENRY
IPC: H01R33/46
Filed: 1911-06-16
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 14,303. Bey, H. June 16. Holders.-In a holder provided with a ledge supporting an internally threaded contact ring adapted to receive the lamp cap, the ring b is fixed to the holder casing a, of porcelain or other material, by means of a screw g, integral or not with the ring, and a nut h. A projection adapted to engage in a recess in the casing may be provided on the ring opposite to the screw g. The ring is sealed in watertight by means of cement i or the like. A contact spring or tongue k is fixed to the casing by a screw and nut, a recess being provided in the casing to receive the bend of the spring. Two nuts n<1>, n<2> are provided for clamping the supply wires, and an insulating-piece is placed between them. The holders may be used on illuminated signs or other devices. According to the Provisional Specification, a rubber washer fitted over the lamp cap may be compressed between the bulb and the ring to make the joint watertight.
Patent GB-191114910-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Resilient Top Piece for the Heels of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: THORNE HENRY
IPC: A43C13/02
Filed: 1911-06-26
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 14,910. Thorne, H. June 26. Protectors, construction of.-A heel pad 4, the middle part of which is composed of resilient material, has a metal wearing-strip 1 formed with its widest part at the tread surface, while its underside is rabetted or inclined so as to leave only a narrow edge in contact with the top lift of the heel. The metal strip may have tangs 5, which project into the resilient part, attached to its ends. The pad is attached by screws or nails passing through holes 6. The resilient part of the pad may be of india-rubber, pulp leather, or composite material.
Patent GB-191116849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fasteners or Holders for Railway Carriage Windows and the like.
Inventor: DOUGLAS GEORGE CAMERON
IPC: B61D25/00
Filed: 1911-07-22
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 16,849. Douglas, G. C., [Robertson, W.]. July 22. Double-bolt fastenings.-Relates to means for securing a railway-carriage or other window by a pair of spring-pressed bolts operated by a central handle and engaging notches or serrations on the frame. A bar 10 is secured to the handle 5 and, on rotation, causes the frames 6 to slide over one another to withdraw the bevelled bolts 2 against the springs 3 by means of the adjustable links 7. The frames 6 have shoulders which limit their travel.
Patent GB-191117847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanical Ore Roasting and like Furnaces.
Inventor: HARRIS JOHN
IPC: F27B9/24
Filed: 1911-08-05
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 17,847. Harris, J. Aug. 5. [Cognate Application, 19,053/11.J Roasting-furnaces. - In a mechanical oreroasting or like furnace comprising superposed hearths, salt and roasted ore are heated for chloridizing on the uppermost hearth by a flue beneath it and by the hot gases evolved on the lower hearth or hearths, and are then moved at a greater rate along the lower hearth or hearths, air channels being provided for cooling purposes adjacent to the parts where the greatest amount of heat of reaction is developed, and with or without means for admitting the air from the channels into the furnace. The uppermost hearth C is constructed similarly to the lowermost hearth described in Specification 23,331/10, hot gases from any suitable source being admitted at F<1> to the tortuous flue F and allowed to escape to the chimney at F<2>. Apertures in the hearth C and its supporting- arch D, connected by walls G, allow for the passage of gases from the hearth B to the hearth C. Gases escape from the space above the hearth A through apertures 0 and thence across the flue F to the uppermost chamber, and are finally led away for further treatment by a flue P. The ore and salt is moved over the hearths by rabble arms mounted on the vertical shafts H, passages K being provided to allow the material to pass from one hearth to another. In order to prevent the material from becoming excessively heated, the rate of travel of the ore on the lower hearths is increased by arranging the rabbles on the rabble arms nearer to the hearth, or by suitably inclining them, and air channels M, N, communicating with one another, and with the furnace if desired, are arranged adjacent to the hearth carrying the material, the heat of which it is desired to prevent from becoming excessive. In a modification, the concave side of the arch may be enclosed to form an air channel. Dampers are provided to control the air passing through the air channels, and thus regulate the temperature of the furnace. If desired, two or more hearths may be provided with a heating-flue such as F.
Patent GB-191118375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Terminal Clips for Electric Wires.
Inventor: KAESEN JULIUS HEINRICH
IPC: H01R4/30
Filed: 1911-08-14
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 18,375. Kaesen, J. H. Aug. 14. Clip fastenings. - Connecting - clips for the terminals of electric conductors, especially for connecting conductors with the spark-plugs in internal - combustion engines, comprise an internally screw-threaded sleeve 10 and a screwthreaded member 11 having riveted to it at one end a fastener 12, to which the conductor 1 is secured by a screw 16; at the other end of the member 11 is a central slot 19, in which are pivoted at 20 two gripping-jaws 13 having their outer edges curved to form cams 21, which are engaged by the sleeve or by a follower 22 consisting of a disk slotted at 23 to receive the shanks of the jaws. In order to grip the wire, binding-post, &c., the sleeve is advanced by screwing it on the interior member, whereupon the follower closes the jaws so as to grasp the object between recesses or indented parts 18. In a modification, the jaws are made from a metal strip bent double and riveted to the interior member, the conductor 1 being secured in the looped part of the strip ; the jaws, being resilient, open themselves when the sleeve is retracted.
Patent GB-191121633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: WILLS CLARA ELLEN
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1912-04-02
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 21,633. Wills, C. E. April 2, 1912. Shuttles adapted to be threaded automatically or by hand have curled wire or like loops 1, 8, Figs. 1 and 2, arranged adjacent to the outer and inner ends respectively of a diagonal slot 7 in the side of the shuttle. The loop 8 is supported by a framework 11, 12 forming a threading-nose 14, beneath which the weft is passed during the threading operation. The loops 1, 8 may have opposite twists, and the slotted side of the shuttle may be made heavier than the other side.
Patent GB-191121841-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Retting Flax Straw and the like.
Inventor: BRADSHAW JOSEPH
IPC: D01C1/02
Filed: 1911-10-04
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 21,841. Bradshaw, J. Oct. 4. Retting.-Flax straw is treated in a container, which may be exhausted of air, successively with solutions of (i) an alkali, such as caustic soda, (ii) sodium sesquicarbonate, and (iii) dilute sulphuric acid, the material being passed between heavy rollers to press out the gum resin after each treatment. The process is understood to operate by the generation of gas in the interior of the fibre.
Patent GB-191122274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Accident-preventing or Life-saving Apparatus for Electric Tramcars and like Vehicles.
Inventor: BENNETT THOMAS ARTHUR
IPC: B61F19/10
Filed: 1911-10-10
Granted: 1912-06-13
Abstract: 22,274. Bennett, T. A. Oct. 10. Wheel guards and obstruction-removers. - A lifeguard for tramcars &c., carried entirely from the car truck, is lowered when a front gate is pressed back or when an obstacle strikes the cradle, and is locked in the lowered position. The whole device is carried by the pilot board d by brackets e carrying a shaft f for the cradle and the shaft g for the gate j. The cradle is slung so that its front edge tends to be raised from the ground and the height which it rises is determined by a long tooth u<1>, Fig. 6, on a ratchet r which contacts with a tooth or a pawl s. The ratchet is fixed to the shaft f and locks the fender in the lowered position. The pawl is raised to release the fender through a connexion t. The fender is lowered by contact of an obstacle with the fender itself or with the gate j which is either loose on the shaft g or is fixed to the cranks k. A crank m, Fig. 4, on the shaft g has a snug n which abuts against a projection p in a slotted link o connected to a crank q on the cradle shaft f.
Patent GB-191124230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Inner Socks of Shoes, Boots, and the like.
Inventor: ANDRADE HENRY DE COSTA
IPC: A43B17/00
Filed: 1911-11-01
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 24,230. Andrade, H. de C. Nov. 1. Socks. - A loofah or similar sock b is provided with a wire or similar stiffener c round the edge of its heel portion, the stiffener being attached by stitching to the binding d, or by enclosing it in the binding, which is then stitched to the sock. The stiffener may extend entirely round the sock.
Patent GB-191127786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements to Fasteners for the Driving Belts of Motor-cycles and the like.
Inventor: ODERY ROBERT WILLIAM
IPC: F16G7/00
Filed: 1911-12-11
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 27,786. Odery, R. W., and Campbell, J. Dec. 11. Belt fastenings.-In motor-cycle and like belt fastenings comprising U - shaped belt attachments A with hardened non-rotatable joint pins and one or more connecting-links, the link is provided with only one side-opening M and may be detached without removing either joint pin, the side opening being so placed that the link must be turned at right-angles to the U- piece for detachment. The ends K of the pin are made square and bear against shoulders H on the U-pieces, or the pins may be rendered non-rotatable by having the metal of the U- pieces bent round and nipped in behind the squared ends.
Patent GB-191129067-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cane and Wicker Chairs.
Inventor: DAY EDWARD ALBERT
IPC: A47C4/02
Filed: 1911-12-27
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 29,067. Day, E. A. Dec. 27. Seat bottoms and backs; rests, arm.-A cane or wicker chair is so constructed that the whole of the part above the seat can be detached from the lower portion. The four upright principals A of the frame are divided, leaving parts A' above the level of the seat B. Sockets E fit on the parts A<1> to which they may be secured by spring catches, pins, or the like, K.
Patent GB-191200881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telephonic Receivers.
IPC: H04R1/12
Filed: 1912-01-11
Abstract: 881. Soc. Wolff Maunoury et Cie. Feb. 9, 1911, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Sanitary and hygienic devices.-The ear-piece of a telephone is provided with a hygienic pad of successively detachable papers, having a central aperture through which the sound may reach the ear.
Patent GB-191203605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Destroying Torpedo Nets.
Inventor: GOLSTEYN WILLEM
IPC: F42B19/00
Filed: 1912-02-13
Granted: 1912-09-26
Abstract: 3605. Golsteyn, W. Nov. 4, 1911, [Convention date]. [Addition to 23,098/11.] Torpedoes, locomotive.-Relates to net-cutting devices of the type described in the parent Specification, and consists in the employment of a single firing-tube and a single projectile carrying the cutting-ring, instead of a number thereof. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the projectile a, carrying the cutting-ring r, rests in a firing-tube n in the nose of the torpedo m, and is normally held out of contact with a firing-charge o by a pin t. On striking the net, the projectile is driven into the tube, shearing the pin t, and exploding the charge o which discharges the projectile through the net. In a modification, the firing-tube and projectile are annular. In both forms, the main charge of the torpedo is fired by a separate device.
Patent GB-191205469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley Collectors for Electrically Driven Tramcars or Road Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: ESTLER ERNEST PAUL BRUNO
IPC: B60L5/36
Filed: 1912-03-05
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 5469. Estter, E. P. B. March 5. Supporting - arrangements for collectors.-In electrically-propelled rail and road vehicles having two or more collectors for engaging the supply conductors, the poles are mounted one above the other on the same vertical axis. Fig. III shows two poles of the type controlled by horizontally projecting springs mounted in this manner.
Patent GB-191206944-A (GB)
Title: Improved Box or Carton for Chocolates and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: B65D5/38
Filed: 1912-03-21
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 6944. Thompson, W. P., [Kakao-Cie T. Reichardt]. March 21. Drawer-and-shell boxes.-A box or carton for chocolate articles such as napolitans and pralines comprises a series of sliding drawers b for the articles, two drawers being shown, arranged side by side and enclosed by a collapsible casing or cover a common to all, so that, when one drawer is drawn out, the remaining drawer or drawers serve to keep the box rigid.
Patent GB-191207152-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for Drying Condensed Milk and Mixtures of Condensed Milk with Cocoa, Coffee and the like.
Inventor: VOUGA MAURICE
IPC: A23C1/00
Filed: 1912-03-23
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 7152. Vouga, M. June 12, 1911, [Convention date]. Film evaporators.-Condensed milk alone or in admixture with coffee, cocoa, &c., is divided into freely depending sheets, threads, tubes, or the like by forcing it through a grating, sieve, or the like, and is dried by currents of air moving in the same direction as the sheets &c. The grating is composed of hollow bars f arranged to leave slots e, through which the milk is forced, the resulting sheets being dried by currents of hot air entering through slits g in the underside of the bars f. The moistureladen air escapes by apertures i. The dried sheets are broken up by a rotary beater l, and the products are directed into containers o, in which a final heating or cooling may be effected bv passing hot or cold air through a rotary drum p, having an insulating coating q of wood or the like and fitted with stirring-arms r.
Patent GB-191208342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Talking Machines and the like.
Inventor: RAWLES WALTER HANSEN
Filed: 1912-04-06
Granted: 1913-04-07
Abstract: 8342. Rawles, W. H., [Mikoney, H.]. April 6. Driving; feed-motions; lifting sound-box.- In a disk phonograph having the sound-box, feed-screw, and bevel driving-gear carried by an horizontal support over the record disk. the support is lifted, always moving parallel to itself, or tilted, or the diaphragm-holder alone may be tilted. The supporting-bars A, A' are pivoted at B<2> on end bars B, which are carried by pillars B' sliding in hollow supports B<4> mounted on the base, The pillars B<3> are simultaneously raised by cams Q<1> operated by springs S, whereby the stylus is lifted from the record disk, and the driving-pin D<2> disengaged from the cam-shaped driver H detachably secured to the top of the driven spindle K. The support is lowered again by rotating the cams Q' by a Bowden wire from a pedal device. The diaphragm-holder G is connected by a bar L which acts as a scale and carries the feed - nut E<3> adapted to engage with the feed-screw E driven by bevel-gears D', E<1> from the rod D carrying the driving-pin D<2>. The holder G may be lifted by a handle Y and either held in a raised position by a catch V controlled by a spring and engaging the bar A or held lowered by spring catch W. The support A, A' may b tilted by a handle Z, and is held down by a spring X engaging a pin A' on the rod A. A latch T holds the support A, A<1> lowered after the pedal has been operated.
Patent GB-191214082-A (GB)
Title: Process for Cleaning Leather Goods, such as Leather-gloves, Shoes and Leather Waistcoats.
IPC: C09G1/00
Filed: 1912-06-17
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 14,082. Karplus & Herzberger. May 3, [Convention date]. Cleansing-compositions.-Leather gloves, shoes, &c., after washing in soap and water, are further cleaned and restored bv dilute solutions of oxalic, tartaric, or the like acids, preferably mixed with common salt, and glycerine or egg and loadings such as flour. The free acid may be replaced by a mixture of a salt of the acid and an acid body such as alum or alkali bisulphate. The washing-compound may be made up in powder, paste, or pastille form.
Patent GB-191214423-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Needle Adjuster and Extractor for Gramophone Sound Boxes, and the like.
Inventor: KEAST WILLIAM
Filed: 1912-06-20
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 14,423. Keast, W., Austin, H. A., and Kimpton, A. June 20. Stylus mountings.-A needle feed comprises a revolving spring-operated cylinder 1, which has slots for needles 2 retained by a circular comb spring 4, and is secured to the frame 6 by a spring slide 5, and a plunger 7 which, when the lever 13 is depressed, forces a fresh needle into the holder to replace a used one, the spring eccentric grip 11 releasing one needle and securing the next. When the plunger is returned, the cylinder is rotated until the spring pawl 10 engages the next needle. A locking-bolt 14 releases the slide 5 by turning a catch 15.