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Patent GB-191212040-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Devices connected with Taximeters.
Inventor: KUHN MAX
Filed: 1912-05-21
Granted: 1913-05-21
Abstract: 12,040. Kuhn, M. May 21. Zeroizing-mechanism.-In a controlling-device for taximeters, which is mounted within the vehicle and driven synchronously with the taximeter and is provided with drums for indicating the distance run and the time spent in waiting and for printing the same upon a record strip and a detachable ticket, the zeroizing- device for the distance wheels comprises a shaft 103, Fig. 13, adapted to be rotated by a spiral spring 106, one end of which is secured to a ratchet-wheel 340 mounted on the shaft 103 and the other to a casing 104. The spring is wound from the shaft 73 by a star-wheel 341, which is loose on the shaft 103, is pressed against the ratchet-wheel by a spring 370 and is rotated by a pin 342 on a disk 343 carried by the shaft 73. A spring pawl 344, Fig. 14, carried by an arm 345 on the shaft 214 acts as a holding detent for the ratchet-wheel. Loose wheels 108, 111 are driven by the shaft 103 through angular pins 112, against which serrations on the wheels are pressed by springs 114. The wheel 108 engages teeth 107 formed on the hub of the wheel 81, which is in gear with the fractional printing-wheels. The units wheels are rotated through a wheel 110, and the tens and hundreds disks through wheels 93, 100, all mounted loosely on the shaft 73 and engaged by the wheels 111. The rotation of the zeroizing-wheels also serves to return the in. dicating-drurus 121 to zero. Similar zeroizing- mechanism is provided for the time-printing wheels. When the seats are vacated, the clutch 15 is opened by the rotation of the printing- shaft 240, Fig. 12, through the operation of an exterior lever 242, a pin 244 on a disk 243 on the shaft serving to lift the retaining-member 239 and allow a spring 246 to lift the fork arm 235 and open the clutch. A link 217, Fig. 12, connected to the arm 235 rotates the releasing- shaft 214 through a bell-crank lever 216, which carries a pin 218 serving to raise the actuating- pawl 212 of the distance-mechanism from the driving ratchet 82. The spring retaining-pawls 223, for the ratchet 82 and the zeroizing-spring, are mounted on the shaft 214 and are raised at the same time. Each pair of printing-disks is provided with zero stops 116 adapted to be engaged by arms 117, Fig. 14, which are mounted on a shaft 118 and moved into position by arms 228 on the shaft 214. The driving- pawl, retaining-detents, and the zero stops for the time zeroizing-mechanism are operated in a similar manner by a shaft rotated from the main releasing-shaft 214.
Patent GB-191215143-A (GB)
Title: Instrument for Converting Measurements.
Inventor: CONTI JAMES TIBURCE FELIX
IPC: G06G1/00
Filed: 1912-06-28
Granted: 1912-10-24
Abstract: 15,143. Conti, J. T. F. July 1, 1911, [Convention date]. Computing-scales.-In apparatus comprising two or more longitudinally movable or rotary members and adapted for use in converting sums or currencies, measurements of length, weight, &c., from one system into another, one member is graduated in sub-divisions of the unit of one system and has an adjacent scale graduated in terms of the difference between the units of the two systems, while the other is graduated as usual in terms of the second unit. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the member A is divided between a and b so as to represent the sub-divisions of one shilling, while the main divisions between a and c represent the differences between the shilling and the franc in the scale adopted. The member B is graduated in francs and sub-divisions thereof. The computing-scale as set in the Figure gives the corresponding values of two shillings and any number of pence in francs, but two must be added to the result shown in the scale B. Thus 2s. 1d. is equivalent to (0.60 + 2), or 2.60 francs. In Fig. 2 is shown a circular computing-scale for converting, in a similar manner, measurements expressed in the standard carat into equivalents in the metrical system of carats. In another form (not shown), the rule is adapted for the conversion of French and English measurements of length.
Patent GB-191218239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Bulkheads for Ships.
Inventor: MOWATT HARRY
IPC: B63B3/56
Filed: 1912-08-08
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 18,239. Mowatt, H. Aug. 8. Bulkheads.-For the purpose of enabling bulkheads to withstand the pressure of water on one side due to a leaking compartment, horizontal girders c are fitted at intervals, being connected to the ship's skin and to the bulkhead and constructed of greater width at the centre than at the ends. Either the outer or inner edge of the girder may be curved and vertical stiffeners may be fitted in conjunction with the horizontal girders.
Patent GB-191218838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metallic Propellers.
Inventor: JACOMY PIERRE
IPC: B64C11/18
Filed: 1912-08-16
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 18,838. Jacomy, P., and Jahan, F. Aug. 16, 1911, [Convention date]. Screw propellers.-Propellers for aerial and other purposes are made from a single metal tube or plate. The blades a are formed by pressing the tube on stamps and mandrels, or in any other way, the blades being flattened towards the tips. In order to form the hub, a hole is forced in the tube, so that its edges b, Fig. 2, are forced inwards. A sleeve c is then fixed by welding or otherwise, and bored out to fit the shaft.
Patent GB-191225261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for the Treatment of Water and for similar purposes.
Inventor: ORMANDY WILLIAM REGINALD
IPC: C02F1/42
Filed: 1912-11-04
Granted: 1914-01-05
Abstract: 25,261. Ormandy, W. R. Nov. 4. Liquids, purifying.-In treating water by the use of zeolitic materials, these materials are kept in suspension in the water within a closed casing. In the apparatus shown a rotary casing a, divided into compartments by perforated plates e, is fitted with curved blades h which continually lift the zeolites and cause them to fall through the water. Filtering-partitions f are provided to prevent the escape of fine zeolitic particles, and inlet and outlet pipes d having valves i, k for the supply of water to be treated and regenerating-solution respectively and valves j, l for their discharge, the direction in which the liquids are passed being optional. A stationary casing having scoops attached to a rotary shaft may be used, or a casing having partitions extending downwards by means of which the water is caused to take a tortuous course. One or more settling-tanks or a centrifugal separator may be used instead of or in addition to the filters f.
Patent GB-191226023-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Photo Prints and the like for Reproduction purposes.
Inventor: HAY JOHN BRYSON
IPC: G03F1/00
Filed: 1912-11-13
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 26,023. Hay, J. B. Nov. 13. Printing processes; printing in several colours; transfers. - A photograph, print, or other original for reproduction is first touched up and its surface deeply grained by mechanical means. A tracing is then made by hand in litter chalks or inks on lithographic transfer paper and the shadings produced by means of the grain on the original. For colour work separate tracings are made for the different colour blocks.
Patent GB-191228928-A (GB)
Title: A Collapsible or Telescopic Crane for use on Steam or Petrol Waggons or Vans, to be Worked by the Power of the said Steam or Petrol Waggon.
Inventor: HARVEY CHARLES HENRY
IPC: B66C23/36
Filed: 1912-12-16
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 28,928. Harvey, C. H. Dec. 16. Jib cranes; vehicle fittings and attachments. -A motor lorry having a removable body is provided with a collapsible telescopic crane which is used to remove the body from the lorry and is operated by the motor of the lorry. The cranepost comprises a revoluble tube 2 which is supported in sockets 3, 7 and carries a telescoping tube 1 raised and lowered within the tube 2 by rack-and-pinion gear. The jib is pivoted to the tube 1 and is supported in the working position by a pivoted strut 14. The lifting- rope 17 passes over pulleys through the jib and the crane-post to a drum driven by the motor. Collapsible struts to prevent overturning of the lorry comprise members 18 which are connected by ball-and-socket joints 19 to the lorry and to which are pivoted bars 20 carrying other pivoted bars 21 engaging with racks on the members 18. When the crane is not in use, the tube 1 is lowered and the strut 14 released so that the jib can rest on the cab of the lorry. For heavy loads, the crane-post may consist of two telescoping girders neither of which rotate, the jib being connected to the upper one by a ball-and-socket joint.
Patent GB-191300549-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Heating Water with or without the Generation of Steam.
Inventor: RECTOR ALCORN
Filed: 1913-01-08
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 549. Rector, A. Jan. 8. Internally-fired boilers. -Gas and air mixed at a pressure less than atmospheric enter an air-tigbt chamber 6 placed in advance of the burner proper 7, and pass in the example shown through two series of tubes 14, 18 connected to a chamber 16 and make their exit through a lower casing 19 in communication with a suction device 13. Both chambers 6, 19 are borne by an end plate 5 in the water-holding casing 1. A pilot tube 22 supplies gas for a lighting-flame, air to support the combustion of which enters through a tube 23, closed during the working of the main burner by a loose plate 27 drawn up by the suction. An exit tube 28<a> for the products of combustion of the pilot flame is similarly closed by a hinged flap 30. A modification is described in which the burner and its chamber are annular in form ; the tubes are U-shaped and extend upwaras in a vertical cylindrical casing and the exhaust ends of the tubes pass within the ring burner chamber down to an exhaust casing at the bottom of the cylindrical vessel.
Patent GB-191304636-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Separating Solid Matter from Smoke.
Inventor: JACKSON JAMES DOWSON
IPC: B01D47/06
Filed: 1913-02-24
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 4636. Jackson, J. D. July 24, 1912, [Convention date]. Washing.-Apparatus for purifying smoke, designed mainly for attachment to the chimneys or stove pipes of the ranges of restaurants but adapted to be built into ordinary chimney stacks, comprises a chamber 6 provided with an adjustable deflector 7 above the smoke inlet and with one or more spraying- devices having adjustable spreaders 9. The deflector 7 may be carried by a pivoted arm extending through the wall of the chamber but is preferably vertically adjustable as shown. Foul water from the chamber passes through a pipe 12 to a settling-tank 13 containing removable plates 14 provided with handles 17 and adapted to cause the water to take a zigzag course before overflowing into a pipe 15.
Patent GB-191307345-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Corn and Seed Drills for Agricultural Purposes.
Inventor: CRAPPER JONATHAN
IPC: A01C5/06
Filed: 1913-03-28
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 7345. Crapper, J. March 28. Seed distributors; rollers, land.-In corn and seed drills, special means are provided for forming firm and even seed beds and for delivering the seeds intermittently. The seed beds are formed by concave or cylindrical rollers provided with ridges of the shape shown at a<1>, Fig. 3. The ridge or flange a<1> may be made in two parts and fastened on the roller. A cylindrical roller may be provided with a number of ridges, or may consist of a number of short rollers having central ridges, or of ridged wheels separated by distance-pieces. The seed-distributing mechanism is operated by means of a pinion e, Fig. 5, driven intermittently by a mutilated spur-wheel c, which is driven from a ridged roller or a travelling wheel. A flat spring e<1> holds the pinion stationary when it is not in engagement with the teeth of the wheel c. According to the Provisional Specification, the intermittent delivery of the seeds may be effected by spacing the arms carrying the seedcups.
Patent GB-191308157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Detachable Wheels.
Inventor: CHAPMAN ARTHUR STANLEY JAMES
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1913-04-07
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 8157. Chapman, A. S. J. April 7. Detaching from and attaching to permanent hubs.-The securing-nut 4, Fig. 3, and the detachable hub 1 are rotatably held together by abutting flanges 6, 2, respectively adapted to be embraced by a divided channel ring 5 surrounded by a band 9. Rotation of the nut in either direction may be partly checked by a spring-pressed plunger or by a ball 12, Fig. 4, and spring-pressed plunger 13 carried by the ring 5 and band 9 and engaging depressions 11 in the periphery of the nut flange 6, and may be entirely prevented by making the plunger in two parts, allowing the band 9 to be partly rotated to bear non-yieldingly on the inner part of the plunger, the band being held in either position by a screw-and-slot arrangement 10, 15. In a modification, the hub shell 1, Fig. 7, is extended to overhang the nut flange 6, which is secured by a ring 1<A> screwed into the hub. The ball 12 reaches to the outer periphery of the extension and is held by a spring plunger carried by the ring 9 or rigidly by turning the ring, which may also carry a spring-pressed ball adapted to engage a recess in the periphery of the hub extension to check its movement. The threads on the nut and inner hub may be interrupted.
Patent GB-191309955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Loom Shuttle Boxes.
Inventor: SCHORIGIN PAUL
IPC: D03D49/52
Filed: 1913-04-28
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 9955. Schorigin, P., and Levin, E. April 28. Pickers; shuttle boxes; lays. - In order that looms for weaving wide fabrics may be adapted for weaving narrower fabrics, pickers 7 are used having extensions 7<1> to suit the width of fabric being woven. Each shuttle box consists of a metallic guide 3, a front wall 6, and a rear wall 4, 5 attached to an angleiron 9 secured to the lay, the walls being adjustably mounted on the lay 1. The pickers are actuated by whips or by flat beaters 8.
Patent GB-191310791-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Aldehydes of the Anthraquinone Series.
IPC: C07C46/00
Filed: 1912-10-28
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 10,791. Akt.-Ges. fiir Anilin Fabrikation. Oct. 28, 1912, [Convention date]. Anthraquinone aldehydes and substitution products thereof are obtained by oxidizing methylanthraquinones and substitution products thereof with manganese dioxide in presence of sulphuric acid. According to examples, 4- chloranthraquinone - 1 - aldehyde and anthraquinone-2-aldehyde are produced; any carboxylic acid formed may be removed by sodium carbonate solution.
Patent GB-191311287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines and Pumps.
Inventor: LIND ARVID ANDERSSON
IPC: F02B53/00
Filed: 1913-05-14
Granted: 1914-08-14
Abstract: 11,287. Lind, A. A. May 14. Fixed-abutment type; cooling parts; working- fluid supply.-Relates to the adaptation for use as internal-combustion engines of rotary machines of the kind in which an outer drum is provided with partitions engaging recesses in the periphery of an eccentrically-mounted inner drum, both drums being arranged to rotate, or the outer drum being fixed and the inner drum given a gyratory motion: In a rotary internalcombustion engine, Figs. 1 and 2, comprising an outer drum 1 having partitions 2, 3 engaging recesses 5, 6 in an inner drum 4, the charge is drawn in through a port 7 in one wall of the drum 1, the exhaust port 8 being formed in the opposite wall on the other side of the partition 3. The first revolution of the drums draws in the charge; the second compresses it into the recess 5, where it is ignited by a sparking-plug 9; expansion takes place during the third revolution, and exhaust during the fourth. Thus, during each revolution, there are four charges in four different phases. The recess 5 is formed, as shown, larger than the recess 6, and to avoid the trapping of burnt gas in the recess 5, it is provided with a hole 20<a> which momentarily registers with a hole 20 in the drum 1. To ensure that both drums rotate uniformly and without undue pressure between the partitions and the recesses, pins 13 secured to one of the drums engage with the inner walls of cylinders 14 carried by the other drum. These pins may be fitted with rollers on ball bearings. The radii of the curved sides of the partitions and recesses are given in terms of the eccentricity of the inner drum and the thickness of the tips of the recesses and partitions. In modifications, the number and relative positions of the partitions and recesses are varied. The cylindrical wall of the outer drum may be stationary, the partitions being secured to a rotating side wall. The partitions may be secured to the inner drum, and the recesses formed in the outer drum. Toothed gearing may be employed in place of the coupling-device 13, 14. In an internal-combustion engine suitable for an aeroplane, Figs. 16 and 18, two sets of drums are used separated by a water-jacketed wall 55, the set of drums on the left forming a pump for drawing-in and compressing the charge, which is ignited by a sparking-plug 28, and discharged through a transfer port 27 in the wall 55 into the expansion motor formed by the set of drums on the right. Petrol is fed through a pipe 45 and nozzles 46 and mixes with air drawn in through an annular opening 47, the mixture passing into chambers 48 and so by way of the inlet ports 25, 26 into the pump. A rotary radiator 52 supplies cool water to the hollow partitions of both sets of drums and to the wall 55, and openings 57 are provided to admit cooling-air to radiating-fins in the inner drum of the pump and thence by way of an aperture 58 in the wall 55 to radiating-fins in the inner drum of the motor, which is provided with special baffles.
Patent GB-191312647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thread-brakes for Winding and Warping Machines and the like.
Inventor: GERSTBERGER JOHANN
IPC: B65H59/22
Filed: 1913-05-30
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 12,647. Gerstberger, J. May 30. Yarns, warping.-In thread brakes for warping machines &c., the braking-ball 1, Fig. 1, is. supported by a plate 2, Figs. 1 and 2, of porcelain &c. having a central opening 3 and edge notches 6, the plate being supported bv a bearing-plate 4 having a notch 7. The thread passes through the notch 7 and one of the notches 6, and is braked at two points a, b by the ball 1. When the braking-surfaces in the path of the thread are worn, the plate 2 is turned on the plate 4 so as to bring another notch 6 above the notch 7, two fresh braking- surfaces being thereby brought into use. The edges of the opening 3 may be of conical shape. To prevent removal of the ball 1, the plate 4 has an overhanging part 8 adjusted by a screw 9.
Patent GB-191312680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lids for Pudding Basins and the like.
Inventor: DREWERY ARTHUR
IPC: A47J36/10
Filed: 1913-05-31
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 12,680. Drewery, A. May 31. Lids and covers.-A pudding-basin lid having a handle j and a beaded rim c adapted to fit the edge of the basin is hinged to a link f, which is itself hinged to a ring g adapted to encircle the basin, and the lid is secured by a second link h arranged diametrically opposite the first and adapted to engage a projection e on the lid.
Patent GB-191312881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fuel Injecting Devices for Oil Engines.
Inventor: GARDNER THOMAS HARRY
IPC: F02M61/14
Filed: 1913-06-04
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 12,881. Gardner, T. H., and Gardner, E. June 4. Cylinders receiving liquid fuel.-In engines of the type having a combustion head which is partly water-jacketed and partly unjacketed, the latter part serving for the vaporization and ignition of the liquid fuel, the fuel-injection apparatus comprises a nozzle f with an inclined aperture g and means, such as the handle j, for directing the jet either towards the jacketed or the unjacketed part, according as the load is heavy or light. Instead of rotating the injector, means for swivelling it may be substituted. The apparatus is preferably used in conjunction with a vaporizer m of less cross-sectional area than usual. In the application to existing engines shown, the injector is held by two bridge-pieces k, k', but the outer tube and its bridge-piece k may be dispensed with, and the inner tube b is then held gas-tight by the conical part i fitting against a seating bored in the cylinder head. A non-return valve h may be fitted.
Patent GB-191313353-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cleaning Filters.
IPC: B01D46/04
Filed: 1913-06-09
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 13,353. Maschinenbau Akt.-Ges. Balcke. June 12, 1912, [Convention date]. Filtering.-Air and gas filters of the type in which cloth is carried on frames 3 so as to form pockets are cleaned by brushes arranged between and travelling -along the. opposite faces of the pockets on the inlet side of the filter. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3, rotary cylindrical brushes 6 mounted on parallel spindles in a vertical frame 8 are employed. The rotary motion is transmitted from a crank handle 9 to a spindle 12 carried by the frame, through the medium of a bevel-wheel 11 rotatably mounted on the frame and longitudinally adjustable on the crank spindle, and thence to the brush spindles by bevel-gear 13, 14. The travelling motion of the frame is derived from the spindle 12 by means of pinions 15, 18 engaging toothed racks 16. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the rotary brushes are replaced by brushes 20 which reciprocate in the line of travel. The rotary motion of the crank spindle 21 is transmitted into a rotary-oscillating movement of a spindle 25 by the aid of bevel-wheel sectors 22, 23 mounted in similar fashion to the bevel-wheel 11, Fig. 3, and gearing with a bevelwheel 24, the movement of the spindle 25 being transmitted through chain gearing 26 to pinions engaging stationary toothed racks. A resultant forward travel of the brushes is provided by making the bevel-wheel sectors unequal. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also modifications in which (1) brushes are replaced by beaters which strike the pocket faces during the forward movement of the frame; (2) the filter cloth is cleanedby relaxing it, by cam action, from a normally taut position maintained by springs. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191316760-A (GB)
Title: Self Un-loading Tipping Waggon.
Inventor: HORN JULIUS
IPC: B61D9/02
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 16,760. Horn, J. Oct. 21, 1912, [Convention date]. Tip-wagons.-The body of a tip-wagon is carried by a fixed support on one side and a movable support near the centre, tipping being effected by moving the central support laterally until the body overbalances. The central supports for the body consist of slotted bearing-plates 3 which rest on rollers or slide-pieces carried by runners 4 having flanged wheels running on angle-irons 5 on the underframe. The runners 4 are moved laterally by means of link-work operated by hand from one side of the wagon or by a fluid-pressure cylinder. Stops 17, 18 prevent lateral movement of the body when the runners 4 are moved. The side door is automatically unlatched, as the body tips, by the engagement of a lever 11 w i h a stop 10. A catch 9 holds the body against its fixed support 8 when travelling. The device may be applied to wagens tipping towards either side.
Patent GB-191322164-A (GB)
Title: An Improved High Steam Pressure and Low Water Safety Valve for Steam Boilers.
IPC: F16K17/04
Filed: 1913-10-02
Granted: 1914-12-02
Abstract: 22,164. Berry, W. E., and Hopkinson & Co., J. Oct. 2. Alarms, low water.-In a combined highpressure and low-water safety-valve of the concentric type the outlets O<L> from the low-water valve and O<H> from the high-pressure valve are arranged to discharge separately as shown. The outlet from the low-water valve may communicate with a steam-whistle.