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Patent GB-191014395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Mechanical Treatment of Fibrous Plants for Obtaining Fibre suitable for Spinning.
Inventor: NOWITZKI EDMUND
IPC: D01B1/14
Filed: 1910-06-14
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 14,395. Nowitzki, E. June 14. Scutching-apparatus; heckling-machines.-In obtaining fibres for spinning from flax, hemp, jute, and other fibrous plants, by mechanical treatment, the material is crushed by fluted rollers or in any other manner, and partly freed from awn or bullen, and then delivered to scutching-mechanism and brushing-apparatus, the bundles being treated from the ends toward the middle on one side first, and then on the other, or on both sides simultaneously. The material, treated by crushing-rollers 1 ... In, is passed between a rapidly moving band having scrapers or scutchers 2, and a leather apron 30, and is scraped on the underside of the bundles while gripped between rollers l<n>. When these rollers release the ends, the opposite ends are gripped by rollers 3, and the material is scraped on the top side by scrapers 2. The operation may be repeated by another scutching-drum 4, the bundles being held in turn by the rollers 3, 5, the latter delivering the material on to a conveyer band 6. The material may be passed through heckling-apparatus similarly arranged. Brushes of bristles or of fine wire are preferably combined with the scutchers on the scutcher bands, the brushes cleaning the fibre and preventing tangling. In a modification, the material, after preliminary crushing, is gripped in the middle by pairs of rollers 12, 13, and the opposite ends of the bundles are scraped, scutched, and shaken simultaneously by bands or drums A, A', on the upper sides, and are then moved downwards and similarly treated on the lower sides by bands or drums B, B', rotating in the opposite direction. On the upward movement of the frame, the operations are repeated in the reverse order. The rollers 12, 13 are mounted on carriages sliding in a frame 8 balanced by a counterweight over pulleys 19. The frame 8 carries a number of pairs of rollers 12, 13, which are moved in at one end of the frame and out at the other, and the material held by them may be brought successively into contact with first plain, then corrugated and serrated scutchers, and afterwards by coarse and then finer heckles. To cause the middle part of the bundles to be exposed to the scutching and other operations, the rollers 12, 13 are rotated first in one direction and then in the other by means of a fluted roller 10 resting on the upper rollers 12 and having at its end a gear-pinion, which gears during the upward and downward motion of the frame 8 with one or more racks 21 fixed to the main frame. The rollers 12, 13 are pressed together by weak springs 14, and the material is inserted between the rollers and then slid into the frame 8 along grooves 17. The different kinds of refuse collect below the machine.
Patent GB-191015873-A (GB)
Title: An Improved High Tension Electrical Condenser.
IPC: H01G4/28
Filed: 1910-07-02
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 15,873. Bullimore, W. R., and Cossor, Ltd., A. C. July 2. Condensers.-The breakdown of high-tension condensers due to dielectric strain at the edges of the conductors is prevented, while at the same time enabling a thin dielectric to be employed. The condenser is provided with an internal or external flaugo A or E, or any combination of the two, and one conductor C is turned inwards or outwards along this member, the remaining conductor D being continued past the flange.
Patent GB-191019180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Automatically Re-establishing Equilibrium of Aeroplanes or the like.
Inventor: DETABLE PIERRE OCTAVE
IPC: B64C1/00
Filed: 1910-08-15
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 19,180. Detable, N. O. Aug. 31, 1909, [Convention date]. Planes, arrangement and construction of: kites.-The supporting - surface of an aerial machine or of a kite for meteorological purposes or for optical and wireless telegraphy, or for capturing atmospheric electricity, comprises a rectangular frame, over the part A of which is stretched canvas or other material, the side parts being covered loosely with canvas to form concave surfaces B. The surfaces B give automatic transverse stability to the plane, and are semi-conical in shape with a rear end semi-cylindrical in shape or semi-conical with a different conicity from the front part. Above the forward part of the surface A is a parallel surface A<1> connected to the surface A by inwardly-inclined partitions C. The partitions C are connected to the lower plane A along rearwardly-diverging lines.
Patent GB-191019806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wrenches for Screwing Flanges or Sockets on Pipes.
Inventor: MCLANE MARTIN
IPC: B25B27/16
Filed: 1910-08-24
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 19,806. McLane, M. Aug. 27, 1909, [Convention date]. Metal pipes and tubes.-A wrench or device for screwing a flange on to a pipe consists of a plate 1, provided with suitable holes 2, 3, 4 for bolting it to the flange, and a cylindrical portion 5 having holes 6. The device is rotated by a lever or tommy-bar inserted through the holes 6.
Patent GB-191022013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchange Circuits.
IPC: H04M3/523
Filed: 1910-09-22
Granted: 1911-06-01
Abstract: 22,013. Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges. Jan. 29, [Convention date]. Semi-automatic exchange systems.-Relates to systems of the kind in which a calling-subscriber is connected by preliminary selector apparatus to an idle operator. Each operator is provided with two or more sets of contacts on each selector, and it is arranged that if one line to each operator's position is already engaged, the selector switches are held at the second line of the first operator. In the systems shown in Fig 1, the operators' positions P<I> P<II> P<III> are provided with first leads I II III to the selectors and with second leads I<I> II<I> III<I>. When the subscriber 1 removes his receiver, the relay 3 closes the switches 4, 14 and the actuating-circuit for the selector is completed over the switches 4, 16, the actuating-magnet 5 and interrupter 6. When an idle line is reached by the switch arm 11, a circuit is closed on the switch 14, relay 12, switch arm 11, line c and relay A R I to battery 8. This relay 12 cuts out the magnet 5, completes a hold-on circuit for itself over the winding 17, and actuates the switches 18, 19 in the speaking circuit. The relay A R I at the operator's position PI puts the call-lamp 20 in circuit, and when the operator moves the speaking switch 21, the c line is grounded over the contacts 9, 22 and hence made busy to succeeding calls. The selector of a calling subscriber tests the circuits I II III &c., and if these are all busy, it passes to the first idle circuit of the series I<I> II<I> III<I>. If the circuit I' leading to the position PI is engaged, means are provided to prevent a further calling selector from being held on the circuit I leading to the same position, unless all the other positions are engaged. These means comprise a lead 24 branching from the c line, and connected to earth through switches 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. The switch 28 is closed when the relay A R I' is energized, and the other switches are closed when the corresponding relays are de-energized. Hence the line I is made busy whenever the line I' is busy, and any one operator's position is entirely free. The line c is made to test busy during the connexion and after the operator's switch 21 has been replaced, by the earth connexion over the contacts 15, 14. A modification is described in which the leads to any one operator's position are connected consecutively to the bank of selector contacts, means as before being provided to prevent the second position of an operator from being engaged while any other operator is entirely idle. In another modification, selectors of the call-finder type are used, each engaged selector of the operators' first positions being arranged to close a series contact in a circuit which connects into operative position the second selectors of the operators' positions.
Patent GB-191022500-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Refining Crude Mineral Wax.
IPC: C10G73/00
Filed: 1910-09-28
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 22,500. Wachs-und Oel-Werke vorm. Boyen & Hoepfner Ges., and Boyen, E. C. W. A. von. Sept. 28. Mineral waxes, purifying.-Montan wax is refined by heating it with concentrated nitric acid and afterwards removing the resinous colouring-matters, either by precipitating them by adding paraffin wax, or by treating the montan wax with sulphuric acid and a colourextracting powder such as aluminium hydrosilicate or charcoal, or by treatment with both paraffin wax and sulphuric acid. Ultimately the paraffin wax and montan wax are separated by hot-pressing.
Patent GB-191023753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Feed Mechanism for Corking Machines and the like.
Inventor: BERGNER HUGO HEINRICH WILHELM
Filed: 1910-10-13
Granted: 1911-03-16
Abstract: 23,753. Bergner, H. H. W. Oct. 13. Corking.-In apparatus for feeding bottles, corks, and other articles to corking and like machines, means are provided for allowing the bottle &c. to pause when beneath the machine. For supplying bottles to two alternately-operating corking-machines the uprights of which are shown at 1 and 2 and the work surface at 5, the bottles pass along a channel 4 and are deflected alternately to opposite sides of the surface 5 by an arm 10. The bottles are moved along the surface 5 by conveyer belts 6, 7 having alternate fixed and hinged projections. The hinged projections are provided with rollers 11 adapted to engage fixed stops 12 and to be displaced laterally so that the bottles come to rest temporarily beneath the machine and continue their movement by the operation of the next fixed projection. The hinged projections are acted upon by a spring to return them to the normal position after passing the stops.
Patent GB-191029402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Feeding Bottles.
Inventor: CRAVEN JOSEPH
IPC: A61J9/08
Filed: 1910-12-19
Granted: 1911-07-27
Abstract: 29,402. Craven, J. Dec. 19. Bottles, protective devices for.-Boat-shaped feedmg-bottles are protected by large rubber rings 6 which project beyond the body of the bottle. The rings may be solid or hollow and are connected together by a sheath 7.
Patent GB-191102305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines Operated by Elastic Fluids.
IPC: F01C1/356
Filed: 1911-01-30
Granted: 1911-08-10
Abstract: 2305. Internationale Rotations - Maschinen Ges. Jan. 29, 1910, [Convention date]. Fixed-abutment type; valve-gear.-Relates to rotary engines having axially - sliding vanes. Steam is admitted to two steam ports t, w in a rotary piston b through ports in a non-rotary but axially-adjustable reversing valve i. Each valve port comprises an annular part and a segmental part, and these are brought in turn into register with the corresponding steam port by the movement of the valve. Thus the first movement of the valve provides steam throughout each revolution, and a further movement brings a cut-off into operation. With such a valve, an engine will start from any position. A partition p divides the hollow of the valve into steam and exhaust chambers. When the valve is moved slightly to the left, the ports t, w open into the almost annular portions of the valve ports q, s. A further movement of the valve brings the segmental portions of the same valve ports into register with the ports t, w. In both positions the wide annular port r is open to both exhaust ports u, v. If the valve is moved to the right, the relations of the ports t, w and u, v to the valve ports are exchanged and the engine is reversed. Varying degrees of expansion can be provided for by making the segmental valve ports of varying length. The edges of the ports may, for this purpose, be stepped or oblique. The axially-sliding vane is moved to-and-fro by the curved end walls e, f. The engine shown, which is suitable for driving a drill, is provided with handles on the casing, and drives a shaft g through gear-wheels h. Specification 19,166/01 is referred to.
Patent GB-191104598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Fuel Burners for Self Heating Irons Vulcanisers and the like.
Inventor: MUNDHENK CLEMENT LAIRD VALLAND
IPC: D06F75/02
Filed: 1911-02-23
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 4598. Mundhenk, C. L. V. Feb. 23. Burners, applications of.- A self-heating smoothing-iron, or a heater which may be used in vulcanizing-apparatus, is provided with a burner 16 of known construction containing a mixing-tube 13, the burner being carried by a head 12 which slides in a recess in the body 1. The liquid fuel is contained in a reservoir 18 and passes thence through a U-shaped tube 23 to an orifice in axial alinement with the tube 13. The fuel supply is controlled by a valve 19, and the aperture of the orifice is varied by a needle valve 25. When the fuel used is alcohol, a perforated cap 27 is secured on the end of the tube 13, but this cap is removed when the fuel used is gasolene. A starting-cup 29 is provided in the stand 28 and contains absorbent material saturated with alcohol or gasolene.
Patent GB-191107642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines of the Two-cycle Type.
Inventor: HARDING SHERREN BRUCE DOUGLAS
IPC: F02B75/02
Filed: 1911-03-27
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 7642. Harding, S. B. D. March 27. Two-stroke-cycle engines.-In a tandemcylinder engine producing two impulses per revolution, adjacent combustion chambers a, a<1> are charged from a crank chamber b and the front end c of the cylinder a<1>, respectively. The hollow pistons e, e<1> are connected by a trunk d having a partition plate at f and ports o, o<1>, which serve as air-inlet ports to the pump spaces and admission ports to the cylinders. At the end of each stroke, explosive mixture enters the pumps through terminal ports m, while air charges for scavenging are admitted through the sleeve d and ports o or o', which coincide with. their respective inlet ports p<1>, p. At the ends of the working strokes, the combustion products escape through terminal ports n, the fresh charges entering the cylinders when the ports o, o' communicate with ports r'.
Patent GB-191115096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Propellers.
Inventor: SWENSON CHARLES ALFRED
IPC: B64C11/16
Filed: 1911-06-28
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 15,096. Swenson, C. A. June 28. Blades.-The blades 2 have troughed shanks 3 bolted to the shaft by bolts through the flanges 5.
Patent GB-191116340-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Ladies' Hat or Bonnet Fastener.
Inventor: MENZIES ELLEN KEILLOR
IPC: A42B7/00
Filed: 1911-07-15
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 16,340. Menzies, E. K. July 15. Hats, securing to head.-The hat is provided with elastic loops 5, having depending bands 6 adapted to engage catches 3 on a toothed metal &c. band 1, inserted in the hair. Instead of the bands 6, the loops 5 may be stretched, as shown in dotted lines, to engage the catches 3, and the band 1 may be placed over instead of under the hair.
Patent GB-191126989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Indicating the Depth of Liquids in, and for Forcing Liquids out from Ships' Holds and the like.
Inventor: YOUNG FREDERIC WILLIAM
IPC: G01F23/24
Filed: 1911-12-02
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 26,989. Young, F. W., and Macdonald, W. R. Dec. 2. Drawings to Specification. Leakage, detecting and removing.-In connexion with electric tell-tale devices for signalling the depth of water in the compartments of a ship, means may be provided on the bridge for supplying compressed air to any compartment to force out water, or for supplying water to keep the ship in trim. These means may comprise valves operated electrically from the bridge.
Patent GB-191127960-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combined Dusting and Polishing Cloth and Composition for Producing the same.
Inventor: ROFFEY WALTER
IPC: C11D17/04
Filed: 1911-12-12
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 27,960. Roffey, W., and Roffey, M., [Sehoene, S.]. Dec. 12. Cleansing - compositions. - A cleansing and polishing composition applied to one side of a pad consists of common paraffin oil, white paraffin oil, oil of turpentine, and pure glycerine, with a little amyl acetate.
Patent GB-191201448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gravity-feed Apparatus for Returning Water of Condensation to the Boiler.
Inventor: LEIB KARL
IPC: F22D5/06
Filed: 1912-01-18
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 1448. Leib, K. Jan. 18. Feed-water, supplying.-Water from a tubular condenser B placed above the boiler is fed to the boiler through a chamber 9, which is placed alternately in communication with the condenser and the boiler by hand-operated valves 17, 7. The chamber is placed at such a height that the head of water overcomes the steam pressure.
Patent GB-191201776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Patterns for Cutting Garments.
Inventor: CARRARA MARIE LOUISE
IPC: A41H1/06
Filed: 1912-01-22
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 1776. Carrara, M. L. May 9, 1911, [Convention date]. Cutting-out.-An extensible pattern for garments consists of a number of elements a, shown in Fig. 2, shaped as a cross, connected together by jointed links b. The links at the front of the pattern are provided with spring buttons. Spring clips are placed at the end of some of the elements to grip the cloth which is to be fixed to the pattern. The links &c. are connected by rivets, so that the pattern shape is retained when the pattern is taken off but the elements can be moved easily when desired.
Patent GB-191205094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Launching Torpedoes.
IPC: F41F3/08
Filed: 1912-02-29
Granted: 1913-04-29
Abstract: 5094. Whitehead & Co. March 14, 1911, [Convention date]. Launching torpedoes.-Relates to means for launching torpedoes from the sides of submarines, torpedo boats, or other light vessels by means of a jointed frame comprising pivoted arms engaging the end brackets of the torpedo, and consists in providing a retarding-device which allows the gyroscope time to become completely operative before the torpedo is released from the frame. The frame a, Fig. 2, is hinged at band supports shields c, c<1> and doors f, f<1> which release the torpedo at the proper moment. The shield c is connected by a cable g to a drum h provided with a rotatable arm i adapted to engage, and open, a compressed-air valve j which communicates by a pipe k with a cylinder m, Fig. 3, enclosing a piston n connected by a rod o with a bar p hooked at the rear q to engage the tail of the torpedo in known manner. The cylinder m has two sets of openings 1, 2, the set 1 being larger in area than the set 2, so that the piston n is retarded by the water which normally fills the cylinder m and is throttled in its escape from the cylinder as the openings 1 are closed. The air-supply lever t for the torpedo is operated by a fixed stop s, and the usual guide-snug u for the torpedo is provided. A pivoted stop v on the bar p releases the torpedo at the proper time in known manner. A snug 3 on the bar p moves in a slot 4 in the frame and operates a lever 16, which, in turn, moves the upper door f<1>, Figs. 5 and 6, laterally to disengage the nipples 8 from holes 9, thus allowing a spring 15 connected by an arm 14 to a shaft 13 to open the doors f, f<1> through the medium of mechanism 10, 11, 12. In operation, the arm i is adjusted to open the valve j only when the frame a is in the firing position. The piston n then imparts a forward motion to the torpedo sufficient to operate the lever t to start the motor of the torpedo and the ring of the gyroscope. The retardation of the piston n allows the gyroscope ring to become completely operative and the gyroscope as a whole to become released before the torpedo is released from the frame. The doors f, f<1> are released when the snug 3 engages the lever 16.
Patent GB-191206740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automobile Tires.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: B60C7/14
Filed: 1912-03-19
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 6740. Thompson, W. P., [Christopherson, T.]. March 19. Metallic spring bodies and cores; tyre attachments to rims.-The tyre consists of a series of springs 5, of which spaced members 5<a> are formed with thickened projecting treads 5<a> to prevent slipping. The rim A has inwardly-extending flanges, one of which is fitted with a sliding part 2 affording an opening for assembling the springs.
Patent GB-191206810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Aeroplanes.
Inventor: WESTLAKE ANTHONY JOSEPH
IPC: B64C13/00
Filed: 1912-03-19
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 6810. Westlake, A. J., and King, C. H. March 19. Double hinges; flexible unjointed hinges.- A double hinge for the ailerons of aeroplanes is combined with strips 35 of metal or other flexible material attached to the upper and lower sides of the plane and aileron 25. The strips are attached alternately above and below the plane or aileron.
Patent GB-191209372-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Purse.
Inventor: LIVINGSTON ALASTAIR WILLIAM JO
IPC: A45C1/00
Filed: 1912-04-20
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 9372. Livingston, A. W. J. April 20. [Cognate Application, 10,508/12.] Attaching purses to wearing-apparel.-Purses of elongated form having a pocket c at one end opening upwards, a pocket f at the other end opening downwards, and pockets d, c opening sideways, are provided with extensions h at each end having button-holes h' by which the purse can be suspended from either end over an inner pocket in the coat of the person, or from both ends if it is suspended over a pocket.
Patent GB-191211088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Moulds for Casting Concrete and like Beams.
Inventor: VENABLE WILLIAM MAYO
IPC: E04G13/04
Filed: 1912-05-09
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 11,088. Venable, W. M. May 9. Moulding beams and floors in situ.-Beam moulds consist of flanged side plates 1, 2 and bottom plates or planks 3 adjusted between the side plates, which are clamped together by pairs of slotted bars 7, 8 passed through slots in angleirons 6, 6' on the side plates. and by wedges 10 inserted in registering slots of the bars and angle - irons. The side plates and bottom plates are supported independently by shoring members 11, 12, 13. The top flanges 4 of the side. plates may be replaced by free angle-irons 14 supported on beams 17 which are carried by angle-irons 15 on the side plates and support corrugated sheet-metal floor centering 18. The side plates may be suspended from the beams supporting the floor centering by flanges with end angle-irons engaging rabbeted ends of these beams, the space between the floor centering and flanges being bridged by lap-plates or extensions of the side plates. Moulds for secondary beams are connected to the moulds for the main beams by lap plates the space between the bottom plates of the moulds being closed by blocks.