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Patent GB-191112506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches for Motor Cycles.
Inventor: HARRIS JOHN CLIFFORD
IPC: F16D13/52
Filed: 1911-05-24
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 12,506. Harris, J. C. May 24. Clutches, friction.-A multiple-disk clutch for motor - cycle hubs is arranged between two annular rings, one ring d extending from the side of the hub c, the other ring b formed integrally with the central portion of the belt pulley a. The ring b carrying one set of disks is made non-circular in order to transmit the drive, and the disks of the other set are shaped to engage the hub extension d. The clutch is pressed home by springs g, and is released by radial studs n engaging end plates m which project through slots in the ring b. The studs n pass through slots in the sleeve h and are screwed into a collar o, which is actuated through thrust balls and a ring p by an axiallymoving pin q controlled by a lever r with an internally-threaded boss. The. belt pulley and clutch can be removed bodily.
Patent GB-191124171-A (GB)
Title: Device for Closing the Discharge Openings of Mixing Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: ELRICH GUSTAV
IPC: B01F15/00
Filed: 1911-10-31
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 24,171. Eirich, G. Oct. 31. Roasting granular substances. - Discharge doors for roasting-apparatus &c. consisting of two hinged flaps are provided with apparatus so operating that one flap closes before and opens after the other. This action is stated to prevent material from jamming between the doors. The doors are mounted in spindles j carrying levers l, m and an operating-handle o. The levers l, m are connected by a spring n of such length that the door connected with the lever m shuts before that connected with the lever l, the lever m striking against a stop t. The lever l then goes on compressing the spring n, until it is past the dead-point, whereupon the spring assists in shutting the second door. The handle o, which is hinged and controlled by a spring r, is then held by a catch s, and a projection v on the lever l locks the lever m in place.
Patent GB-191124521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rings and Travellers for Ring Spinning and like Frames.
Inventor: ASHWORTH HENRY
IPC: D01H7/60
Filed: 1911-11-04
Granted: 1912-10-03
Abstract: 24,521. Ashworth, H. Nov. 4. Spindle apparatns.-A traveller such as is used for winding cops on a bare spindle consists of a single piece of wire bent or several pieces soldered, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, having loops k, h to guide the thread and a loop j to press on the cop. The lower wings d' are looped horizontally, and bear on the rings c of semicircular section on the inner surfaces of the highly burnished plates a, which are provided with a suitable opening band are joined at their external edges as at a'. According to the Provisional Specification, the traveller may consist of a piece of wire soldered to a steel bar and may have an oblong piece of metal to act as presser at the centre, and if desired may be provided with balls, disks, or hollow rollers running on plain plates instead of on the rings c.
Patent GB-191203772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Couplings or Connectors.
Inventor: WILKIE JOHN
IPC: H01R4/32
Filed: 1912-07-09
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 3772. Wilkie, J. July 9. Couplings.-An electric coupling comprises a metal cylinder A having its walls slotted at G for the insertion of the ends of the wires L, and a central screw-pin B. The wires are looped around the pin B upon which is screwed a nut C having a projecting piece C<1> to be engaged by a key D for firmly screwing-up. The cylinder is placed in an insulating container I having vertical slots to correspond with those in the cylinder, and the whole is enclosed within a screw cap or cover K.
Patent GB-191205054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Insulators for Telegraph, Telephone and other Electric Wires and Cables.
Inventor: TAYLOR THOMAS
IPC: H01B17/22
Filed: 1912-02-29
Granted: 1912-07-04
Abstract: 5054. Taylor, T. Feb. 29. Suspending and supporting.-Line-wires or cables are seated inside open-ended channels and are clamped to the insulators by screwed draw-bolts or like devices passed through the insulators. The draw-bolts c having hooks e<1> to engage with the line-wire and nuts g for screwing-up are housed in channels and recesses in the insulator. In a modification, a single centrally-arranged draw-bolt is employed, and in a further modification, a staple - shaped double - screwed draw - bolt is employed. In another modification, the draw-bolt e is arranged vertically instead of horizontally, and the bolthole in the head of the insulator is closed by a nut, washer, and collar.
Patent GB-191208548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Latches and Locks for which both "Master" and "Servant" Keys are Required.
Inventor: ILLIDGE ARTHUR
IPC: E05B35/10
Filed: 1912-04-11
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 8548. Illidge, A. April 11. Lock mechanism, lever type; master-key mechanism.-The levers C of locks and latches are provided with multiple gatings c to allow the use of master-keys. When the mechanism is employed with dead bolts, the holt is prevented from accidentally moving to locking position by a lever with an ordinary gating or by arranging a notch b<3>, Fig. 5, in the guiding slot b<2> of the bolt, which is adapted to engage with the pivot pin d when the bolt is withdrawn and to he released by the key bit. To enable the bolt to be shot by the key not used for withdrawing it, the bolt stump b<1> is mounted on a lever A<1>, Fig. 7, so that it can rise with the levers.
Patent GB-191210697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machine for Dating Tickets with an Embossing Stamp and Registering Matter Printed in Copying Ink upon the Tickets.
Inventor: KLEIN GEORGES
Filed: 1912-05-06
Granted: 1912-10-10
Abstract: 10,697. Klein, G. May 6, 1911, [Convention date]. [Addition to 24,251/10.] Dating railway tickets; printing-apparatus combined with registering-apparatus.-In a modification of the machine described in the parent Specification for dating tickets with an embossing-stamp and copying upon a strip matter printed in copying ink on the ticket, the lower member E of the jointed stamp is guided in the swinging stamp head C to avoid blurring of the ticket, a device is provided for retaining the ticket carriage in its pushed-back position until the stamp is moved out of action, to avoid tearing of the registering strip, and the moistening-device is constructed and arranged to be clear of the stamping parts except during the pushing in of the ticket carriage. The lower member E of the stamp causes axles E<1>, E<2> projecting into and guided by slots in the swinging stamp head C, and spring-pressed plungers G bear against the axle E<2> to press the member E against its joint pin F and thereby the upper member D against the knife-edge pivot i. On pushing in the ticket carriage H, the registering strip is moistened by a roll a covered with a wick of silk or cotton. The axles of the roll are supported in spring-pressed plungers and ride on guide-flanges on the carriage during their moistening action, after which they pass below springs f and return after the printing operation below the flanges. The roll is moistened by felt K in a reservoir J carried by a spring-controlled plunger j arranged at the end of the spring plunger p for returning the carriage after printing. The carriage after being pushed in is held throughout the printing operation by a pivoted spring-controlled bellcrank h on the head engaging a notch on the carriage, and is released on the return swing of the head by the arm m of the bell-crank contacting with a pivoted spring-controlled latch on the frame. The take-up reel O for the registering strip is operated by ratchet-andpawl mechanism actuated by a link T<1>, pivoted lever T, and a link U having a slot V engaging a pin Z on the frame.
Patent GB-191212719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Threshing Machines.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS JAMES PHILIP
IPC: A01F7/00
Filed: 1912-05-30
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 12,719. Griffiths, J. P. May 30. Thrashing - machines. -The material is fed to a thrashing-machine by a spiked wheel 1 and a preliminary thrashing- drum 3 which co - ope rates with a concave 4. The concave 7 of the main thrashing-drum 6 extends from the top for about two-thirds the height of the drum, the material ascending on entering the thrashing- space and then descending, and is surrounded by an imperforate plate 8, the material discharged meeting the grain from the concave 4 and falling on to the shakers 9 near the closed end of the thrasher. The shakers are closed with wire mesh having longitudinally elongated holes, and dip in the centre, where there may be a knuckle - joint, in which case the operating-cranks are situated at the centre and both ends are supported on radius-rods 12, 13. If the shakers are in one piece, the cranks are arranged near the outlet. A tray 14 beneath the shakers attached at one end to the rod 12 and supported at the other by flexible sides 15, conveys the corn and cavings to a riddle 18 having at the inlet end a circular portion 16 separated by a rim 22, which may be adjustable in height, from the rectangular portion 15<a>. Most of the corn passes through the circular sieve, and the lighter material accumulates and passes over the rim on to the rectangular portion. The sieve receives its motion from a crank 21 at the centre of the circular portion, is guided at about the centre bv a transverse radius-rod 24, and is supported at the lower end by chains. Beneath the sieve is a table 17 which leads the corn to the blower.
Patent GB-191214199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Convertible Air Compressors and Air Motors for use in connexion with Shafts subjected to Variable Loads.
Inventor: CHANNON JAMES
IPC: F01B1/06
Filed: 1912-06-18
Granted: 1913-06-18
Abstract: 14,199. Channon, J., and Finch, A. E. W. June 18. Starting and stopping appliances. - A convertible air - compressor and air motor for power, braking, and other purposes in connexion with axles or shafts subjected to variable loads, such as those of motor - cars, trains, trams, &c., comprises a casing containing two or more cylinders fitted with pistons connected to an eccentric integral with or secured to one member of a clutch, the other member of which is rotated either directly or indirectly by the axle or shaft. Fig. 2 illustrates the application of the invention to a motor railway vehicle. A convertible compressor and motor 12 is arranged about a shaft 14, driven through bevel-gear and a clutch 17 from an axle 16, and is connected to a receiver 26 by a supply-pipe 24, provided with a distributing-valve 25, and a return pipe 224 provided with a controlling-valve 79, the return pipe preferably passing through a heater such as the exhaust-silencer 28 of the engine 20.
Patent GB-191215484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cutting, Printing and Fixing Labels and the like.
Inventor: THORMANN BERNHARD
IPC: B65C9/24
Filed: 1912-07-02
Granted: 1913-07-02
Abstract: 15,484. Thormann, B. July 2. Labelling.-Relates to machines for affixing labels to fabrics &c. in which the labels are cut from a strip x previously coated with an adhesive adapted to be melted by the application of heat and are affixed by the application of heat and pressure, and consists mainly in the provision of a printing-attachment whereby the printed labels are always positioned correctly in relation to the severing-device. The strip x is fed intermittently by rollers d, d<1> turned by a ratchet-wheel g and a pawl carried by a lever f rocked by an eccentric e on a hand-operated crank-shaft k. A detent on an arm h normally engages notches in the wheel g to prevent rotation of the feed-rollers and is disengaged therefrom by an extension of the pivot pin e<1>. The feed-roller d is interchangeable to vary the length of the strip fed at each operation. The labels are printed by a stamp b carried by a plunger b<1>, which is reciprocated vertically by a cam-slot i<1> in a disk i rotated by bevel-gearing from the shaft k. A cam-slot i<2> in the disk i rocks a lever which brings an inking-pad beneath the stamp b, and this is pressed on the pad by the cam i<1>. A die m cuts the labels from the strip and presses them on the fabric which is supported by a heating-device q, the die being reciprocated by a rack c<1> engaging with a long pinion p<2> on a shaft p<1> oscillated by a pinion p engaging with a rack b<1> on the plunger of the stamp b. The heating-device q is mounted on a spring r and is depressed by the die during the affixing-operation. To provide for cutting labels of different sizes, the die and the heating-device are adjustable horizontally in slots in a bracket s and in the table a, and are fixed in position by clamps t, u.
Patent GB-191216903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shot Firing by Powder Fuses and the like.
Inventor: PRICE ABRAHAM
IPC: F42D5/06
Filed: 1912-07-19
Granted: 1913-10-20
Abstract: 16,903. Price, A., and Pryse, W. July 19. Blasting-fuses. - Relates to means for firing detonators by means of powder fuses, and consists in modifying the detonator - containing shield described in Specification 29,406/10 as applied to electrically-fired detonators for use with powder fuses, and in providing means independent of the fuse itself for withdrawing the fuse and detonator after a missfire. Wires k, Fig. 3, are coiled spirally round the powder fuse j, and are passed through holes in extensions c of the shield a and knotted or otherwise attached. In modifications, notches d', Fig. 4, are provided for the wires, or grooves l, Fig. 5, or d, Fig. 7. In the form shown in Fig. 7, additional grooves l are formed to clip the shield to the fuse, and the perforations c are modified. The shield may have a screwed end to receive a screwed clip attachd to the end of the fuse. Specification 7651/11, [Class 68 (i), Excavating earth &c.], is also referred to.
Patent GB-191220225-A (GB)
Title: Direct Current Generators.
Inventor: BERDON ALBERT EUGENE
IPC: H02J7/16
Filed: 1912-09-05
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 20,225. Berdon, A. E. Sept. 5. Electro-magnetic switches.-A cut-in and cutout switch for use in conjunction with a dynamo having a battery 14 in parallel with its main load 6 consists of a permanent magnet 13 and a leaf spring 11 which carries the main contact 10 and on which shunt and series coils 8, 9 are so mounted as to be free to move over a polar projection on the magnet. The circuit of the series winding 9 is completed when the contact 10 is closed by the shunt coil 8, and the spring is retarded by a dash-pot.
Patent GB-191225343-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement relating to Hose-supporters.
IPC: A41F11/12
Filed: 1912-11-05
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 25,343. Wall, R. H., and Wall, H., Ltd. Nov. 5. Stocking - suspenders. -To prevent the elastic supporting-band of the suspender from being unduly shortened when it is being adjusted in length, and so to prevent excessive strain on the single portion a of the band, the clip c which engages the stocking &c. is connected to the adjusting buckle or clip d by a piece e of tape or other unstretchable material.
Patent GB-191225871-A (GB)
Title: Safety Cap Device for Interchangeable Wheels of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: FISCHER MARTIN
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1912-11-11
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 25,871. Fischer, M. Dec. 30, 1911, [Convention date]. Detaching from, and attaching to, permanent hubs. -Caps 9, Fig. 1, for securing detachable wheels are locked by spring-pressed pins 1 housed in recesses in the wheel hub and normally projected therefrom into engagement with a ring of recesses 4 in the face of the 'nut. Pins 2 acting in conjunction with the locking-pins project from the hub outside the periphery of the nut, and are adapted to be pushed inwards to disengage the locking-pins by a finger 7 formed on a collar 6 loosely mounted on the spanner 5, or by a fixed annular flange thereon.
Patent GB-191301439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrolytic Cells.
Inventor: BOIS HOWARD MALCOLM DU
IPC: C25B1/46
Filed: 1913-01-17
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 1439. Du Bois, H. M. Jan. 17. Alkalis and chlorine, obtaining: cells; electrodes; electrolytes, circulating. - Electrolyte flowing from one compartment of a cell to another passes partly through a diaphragm and partly over its upper edge. In the cell shown, an insulating-ring D attached to the top of the diaphragm C enters an inverted insulating- trough E seated on the cathode A and forms therewith a gas-tight seal through which the anode liquid overflows to the cathode compartment. In the manufacture of alkalis from chlorides, any hypochlorites passing through the seal are destroyed by ascending hydrogen and cannot attack the cathode. Electrolyte is fed to the anode compartment under constant pressure produced by an external vertical pipe P terminating in a feed-cup provided with an overflow pipe. The cathode A consists of four segments, vertically-ribbed internally and bolted together to form the cell wall and to hold a bottom disk B. A ring of carbon anode rods H is placed near the diaphragm and attached to an annular plate I. A dome J is cemented on to the plate, and with it forms the cover of the anode compartment. The dome has a depending flange for protecting the cement, but is attached loosely so that an explosion due to accidental admixture of hydrogen and chlorine can lift it without disturbing the anode.
Patent GB-191301701-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process and Apparatus for the Condensation of Vapours of Volatile Metals, especially of Zinc Vapour.
Inventor: TIMM FRIEDRICH CARL WILHELM
IPC: C22B19/04
Filed: 1913-01-21
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 1701. Timm, F. C. W. Feb. 20, 1912, [Convention date]. Distilling zinc &c.-The vapours of zinc, antimony, bismuth, mercury, potassium, sodium, &c. are condensed by being passed upwards through a receptacle charged with fragmentary or fine-grained materials, such as fire-clay, coke, &c., or a porous continuous mass. When the condenser becomes too hot, it is cut out and another similarly charged condenser employed in its place, as described in Specification 1616/13. The hot condenser is cooled by the passage of cooling gases downwardly therethrough; or before the passage of such cooling- gases the condenser may be traversed in a downward direction by hot gases containing metallic vapours, any residual metal in the condenser being thereby evaporated and eventually recovered from the gases. A perforated plate may be held on the top of the condenser charge to keep it in .place and prevent unevenness and displacement when gases are forced through under considerable pressure. The charge may be moistened. The method of condensing may be employed in a process, as described in Specification 1616/13, for separating metals having different condensing-points from mixtures of the same. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the charge of the reduction furnace, or its constituents, may first be employed as the charge for the condenser, the residual zinc being recovered when the material is subsequently charged into the reduction furnace. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191303354-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cast-iron and Process for Producing same.
Inventor: ANDERSON RICHARD
IPC: C21C1/00
Filed: 1913-02-10
Granted: 1914-02-10
Abstract: 3354. Anderson, R. Feb. 10. Cast-iron processes.-Cast iron containing approximately 2À5 per cent of carbon, 2À00 per cent of silicon, À03 per cent of sulphur, À05 per cent of phosphorus, and 1À00 per cent of manganese is made by mixing molten finished mild steel with molten cast iron obtained direct from the blast furnace or mixer. Additions of ferroalloys may be made if necessary to bring the metal to the above-mentioned composition.
Patent GB-191303975-A (GB)
Title: A Bridge Scoring Block.
Inventor: BRIDGE ERIC ANDREW
IPC: A63F1/18
Filed: 1913-02-17
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 3975. Bridge, E. A. Feb. 17. Writing - blocks. - A bridge scoring - block a is provided on its back e with a receptacle or holder a' for the usual win-lose card b. The holder a<1> is preferably open at the front so as to enable the records of the game to be made and seen without removing the card b, and may be formed by attaching to the block a a strip of material having side edges c and bottom edge d so as to form grooves to receive the card b. The usual pencil g and holder f may be attached to the block.
Patent GB-191305365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pyrophorous Ignition Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHLICK OTTO
IPC: F23Q2/14
Filed: 1913-03-03
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 5365. Schlick, O. March 5, 1912, [Convention date]. Lighting burners by frictional devices.-In igniters in which sparks are produced to light a wick or the like d by rubbing a piece c of cerium-iron or the like on a friction surface, the friction surface is provided with one or more grooves formed in the friction material itself. Figs. 3-7 show various forms of friction surface e, e<1>, &c., which are held against the edges i of the casing a by a corrugated spring h. The rods e, Fig. 3, may have file-like teeth, the oblique direction of the teeth of one rod being opposite to that of the other. The rods e<1>, e<2>, Figs. 4 and 5, are interchangeable, so that all the rubbing-surfaces can be used in turn. The friction surface e &c. may be of cerium-iron &c. and the body c of sharp-edged steel.
Patent GB-191306423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements Appertaining to Spinning, Doubling and like Machines used in the Production of Yarns or Threads of Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: STELL ALFRED
IPC: D01H1/36
Filed: 1913-03-15
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 6423. Stell, A., Stell, J., and Hey, S. March 15. Spindle and lifting rails.-The spindle or lifting rails of spinning, doubling, twisting, and like machines are connected to the central point 4<b> of a series of rods 4 connecting series of levers 2, 3, which are oscillated by a rod k connected with a suitable lifter motion, so that the rails are moved vertically without the need of guides. The levers 3 are adjustable so as to aline the centres 4<b>, and the levers 2, 3 are connected by springs 11, or the levers 3 are provided with springs to balance the rails. The springs are so arranged that their extension during the movement of the levers is compensated for by decreased leverage of their connexion to the levers. In cap frames wherein both the spindle and lifter rail are operated, the upper lever of the pair that operates the spindle rail is arranged to clear the spindle driving-bands.
Patent GB-191312255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Indicating the Quantity of Fluid Flowing through a Pipe.
Inventor: HODGSON JOHN LAWRENCE
IPC: G01L7/18
Filed: 1913-05-26
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 12,255. Hodgson, J. L. May 26. Liquid-level pressure gauges.-Apparatus for indicating the rate of flow of fluid through a pipe comprises a liquidlevel differential pressure gauge combined with Venturi or Pitot tubes or the like, and having one limb bent to such a curvature that the displacement of the indicating-liquid in the tube is proportional to the velocity of the fluid. The gauge comprises a U-tube c, a reservoir a having a plunger f for adjusting the zero level, a tube b connected to the upstream side of the Venturi tube &c., and a curved indicating-tube d connected by a tube to the throat of the Venturi tube &c. A spiritlevel i may be fitted, and the tube d may he formed by a channel machined in a metal plate and covered on either side with glass or celluloid. The method of setting-out the curve is described.
Patent GB-191312951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sockets for Connecting Piping.
Inventor: PAYNE WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: F16L13/12
Filed: 1913-06-04
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 12,951. Payne, W. J. June 4. Supporting pipes.-In sockets for utilizing odd lengths of pipe, and which may have lugs for attachment to walls &c., the annular recess of tapered section into which the lower pipe fits extends about half-way along the socket and the shoulder on which the upper pipe rests is conical.