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Patent GB-191004594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Steam Generation.
Inventor: FLETCHER JOSEPH ERNST
IPC: F22B37/14
Filed: 1910-02-24
Granted: 1911-02-24
Abstract: 4594. Fletcher, J. E. Feb. 24. Batteries; feed-water, supplying.-In a battery of separately - heated steam-generators, all of which deliver their steam to a common steam-pipe, the whole or the greater part of the feed - water is passed through one or more of the generators forming a water-heating section, and is raised to boiling- point before it enters the other generators of the battery. In the battery shown in Fig. 1, all the water is fed through the pipe c to the boiler a, from which it flows into the feed-main e, and enters, in some cases by the aid of a pump k, the boilers b through the branches g. In order to assist in maintaining a constant water-level in the boilers, horizontal pipes may be provided to connect adjacent boilers. In a battery of marine boilers, Fig. 3, branch pipes g are connected to both sides of the boilers at points below the flue tubes. The water is taken from the surface of the water in the boiler a by an internal pipe d. The feed-supply pipe may be connected to the feed-main e, a cock n being provided to allow part of the feed-water to pass directly into the boilers b. Water may be fed to a water-tube boiler, Fig. 5, by a pipe c extending across the drum into one or more of the downtake-connexions p. In a modification, the water is fed into the lower drum q, and the take-off pipe d is extended across the drum to the uptake-connexions.
Patent GB-191011717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: THOMSON JOHN
IPC: F27D11/02
Filed: 1910-05-11
Granted: 1910-11-17
Abstract: 11,717. Thomson, J., and FitzGerald, F. A. J. May 13, 1909, [Convention date]. Resistances. -In an electric furnace, cylindrical carbon or other rods d', Fig. 1, are arranged in staggered rows between terminal blocks e so as to form a resistance which is not affected by thermal expansion. The terminal blocks are preferably bevelled at an angle of about 30 degrees. The lowest rods rest at their ends upon rows of refractory bricks s; these ends may be cut down to semi-circular or square section, or may fit into recesses, to increase the area of support. Graphitized charcoal or other blocks may be placed between the rods and the bricks. The lowest rods may be of smaller diameter than the rest, or all the rods may be arranged so that there is no direct contact between rods at the same level. The upper rods may be shorter than the lowest ones Granular carbon may be filled into the spaces between the rods and may also cover the whole resistance. The resistance may be arched, and its depth may vary along its length, to localize the heating. Specification 11,716/10, is referred to.
Patent GB-191014299-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Resilient Wheels.
Inventor: STAHLE JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: B60B9/06
Filed: 1910-06-13
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 14,299. Stable, J. A., and Stable, C. W. June 13. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and helical springs.-Relates to wheels of the kind in which levers pivoted to one wheel member and connected to helical springs are fitted with rollers bearing on the other member. Side plates 7, Figs. 1 and 3, on the inner rim are formed with apertures and slots 35. Levers 29 are pivoted on pins 31 seated in the apertures, and their inner ends are fitted with pins 32 engaging the slots. The outer ends are forked and carry rollers 30 bearing on the outer rim. The inner end of each lever is connected by one or more helical springs 38 to a pin 37 secured to the flanges 7 and serving for two levers. Secured to the outer rim between side plates 15, and by means of wooden spacing- rings 16, 17, is a pair of rings 14 formed with rounded projections 24, between which are pivoted radial helical tension springs 22. The inner ends of these springs pivot on pins 21 secured to the plates 7. The projections 24 form an abutment for the rollers 30 in addition to the limiting function of the grooves 35.
Patent GB-191015479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottling Machines.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN ROBERT
IPC: B67C3/02
Filed: 1910-06-28
Granted: 1911-04-06
Abstract: 15,479. Williams, J. R. June 28. Bottling. - In a turnover bottle-filling machine, aerated water and syrup are introduced separately along the axial line of the rotating disk which carries the filling-heads, and are kept separate. Preferably the water and syrup are supplied through concentric tubes 10, 11, Fig. 4. The pipe 10 rotates, but the sleeve 11 is stationary and communicates with a rotating chamber 13 formed with nozzles 17, 18 to which are attached the pipes conducting liquid and syrup to the valve boxes 21, Fig. 2. The liquid and syrup valves 22, 23, Figs. 2 and 3<a>, are operated by levers 24, pivoted at 25 and adapted to engage fixed cams 28, 29, 29<Î> during the rotation of the machine. The pivoted levers are carried by a bracket 26 adapted to be turned out of line with the cams, if a bottle is omitted, by the further inward movement of the bottle-holders, which are of the type described in Specification 10,575/01. In the event of a bottle being omitted, the continued inward movement of the bottle-rest may also be employed to put the syrup pump out of action. The cam portion 46 of a bellcrank 45 when operated by the bottle-rest engages a bowl 44 on a bell-crank 41, a bowl 43 on the other arm of which normally engages a loaded lever 39. The lever 39, when freed, swings to the right, a projecting spindle 47 at its upper end engaging a loaded catch 48 and moving it as shown in Fig. 7, clear of the short arm of the syrup-pump operating-lever 52, which then moves idly when operated by its cam 54.
Patent GB-191019354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Safety Devices for Automatic Firearms.
Inventor: HAEGHEN GEORGES VANDER
IPC: F41A17/36
Filed: 1910-08-17
Granted: 1911-05-04
Abstract: 19,354. Haeghen, G. V. Aug. 17. Safety appliances applicable generally; firing- appliances applicable generally; breech actions, sliding breech-block; breech actions, sliding barrel and breech-block. - Relates to guns in which the magazine can only be removed after the weapon has been rendered safe and consists in rendering the weapon safe without acting in any way upon the breech-bolt for the purpose of removing the cartridge from the barrel. Five modifications are described. (a) A combined trigger-safety and magazine catch consists of a half-round spindle 53, Figs. 1 and 2, which, when it is turned into the position to release the magazine, locks the trigger. At the end of the operating-lever 56 is a pin which springs into a recess in the frame when the magazine is removed, and is released when the magazine is replaced. (b) In the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the magazine is locked by a sliding rod 60, which bears against a sear safety 62 in such a way that, when the safety 62 is put on, the rod 60 is moved by the spring 61 to release the magazine. A catch 65 holds the rod 60 in the position shown in Fig. 5 until the magazine is replaced. (c) In the form shown in Fig. 6, the hammer 66 is formed with a projection 67 which engages the magazine when the hammer is cocked. (d) Fig. 8 shows a pistol having a drop-down barrel. The magazine is locked by a catch 73 which is released when the barrel is unlocked. This release is effected by forming the locking-spindle 70 with two flat parts, the spring 74 of the catch registering with one flat at the same time as the second flat registers with the locking - notch on the barrel lump. (e) In the construction shown in Fig. 14, a lever 92 bearing against a part 94 of the firing-mechanism, is locked when the magazine latch 87 is disengaged, as shown in Fig. 14. A catch 90 retains the parts in the position shown in Fig. 14 until the magazine is replaced.
Patent GB-191021505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dress Fasteners or the like.
Inventor: SCHROEDER FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: A44B19/04
Filed: 1910-09-15
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 21,505. Schroeder, F. W., and Macalister, W. W. Sept. 15. [Addition to 30,180 / 09.] Sliding-clasp fastenings .-In a sliding-clasp fastening for wearing-apparel, tents &c., of the kind described in the parent Specification, male and female members alternate on each side of the aperture to be fastened. Each element consists of a metal plate a, bent around an edge of the aperture and having a stud b projecting from its middle point. The head of the stud is adapted to engage with a recess c formed by the edges of two adjacent elements on the opposite side of the aperture. The slide e, Fig. 2, which co-operates with the fastening-members, has a pair of grooves f, g which fit the portions a of the members, and a pair of auxiliary grooves f<1>, g<1> which receive the heads d of the studs.
Patent GB-191021851-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Oilers.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: F16N39/06
Filed: 1910-09-20
Granted: 1911-01-26
Abstract: 21,851. Lake, W. E., [Ingersoll-Rand Co.]. Sept. 20. Lubricant conveyed by fluid. - Tools operated by fluid pressure are lubricated by oil which is stored in the rotating handle of the tool and conveyed to the parts to be lubricated by the motive fluid. The rotating handle 11, Fig. 4, is tapered at its inner end, and is held against a seat in the valve-chest 2, Fig. 3, of the tool by a nut 13. The bore 15 of the handle communicates by means of radial passages 16 and a circumferential groove 17 with a passage 18 in the valve-chest 2. By means of a filling-plug 21, oil is introduced into the handle 11, and is absorbed by a porous plug 19 of fabric, brass wire netting, &c. surrounding a tube 20, which has small holes 22 communicating with the chamber 14 in the handle. The motive fluid, when admitted from a pipe 8 to the valve-chest 2 by a valve 7, passes through the passage 18 into the handle 11, and through the holes 22 into the chamber 14 at the back of the porous plug 19. When the pressure in the valve-chest is reduced, some of the oil in the plug is sucked through the passage 18 into the valve-chest, mingling with the motive fluid. The porous plug 19 retains any grit or dirt present in the oil. The valve 7 controls the admission of fluid either to the tool-controlling valve 1 or to the air-feed cylinder 5, or to both. The exhaust from the tool-cylinder 4 is indicated at 10.
Patent GB-191022230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Shedding Mechanism of Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: FRANCIS HARRY
IPC: D03C1/14
Filed: 1910-09-26
Granted: 1911-09-07
Abstract: 22,230. Francis, H., and Monk, G. Sept. 26. Top and under motions.-The spring levers A are L-shaped, as shown, and are mounted on a shaft B on a bracket C. They extend from the shaft at an angle, and are then curved substantially concentrically thereto and finally extend vertically downwards. The heald attachments a r e connected to the levers at the points E and the springs at the points A<1>, so that as the springs are stretched the points E move away from the vertical plane containing the axis of the shaft B, to equalize the strain. The levers A have open slots D to facilitate removal and lips D<1> to abut against projections E<1> when the levers are in normal position.
Patent GB-191028666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Security Bolts and Valves for Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: SHELLEY ROBERT THOMAS
IPC: B60C15/028
Filed: 1910-12-09
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 28,666. Shelley, R. T. Dec. 9. Tyre attachments to rims.-Nuts for security-bolts and valve stems, of the kind which comprise an expansible and contractible sleeve a, Fig. 3, with a thread b operated by a sliding member c with projections d engaging slots e in the sleeve, are provided with closed covers. which may consist ot two telescopic parts h, i, as described in Specification 16,321/10, to protect the bolts or valve stems. The sliding member c may be countersunk at c<1> to receive a flange f on the sleeve a, and may also carry a sealing-washer g.
Patent GB-191029543-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Cough Mixture for the Cure of Cough and Colds and for Bronchitis in its Early Stages.
Inventor: SINCLAIR EDITH JESSIE COX
IPC: A61K36/57
Filed: 1910-12-20
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 29,543. Sinclair, E. J. C. Dec. 20. Medicines for internal use.-A cough mixture consists of a syrup of sugar and molasses, oil of peppermint, oil of aniseed, paregoric, ipecacuanha wine, and laudanum.
Patent GB-191100079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Cooking Appliances.
Inventor: NIGHTINGALL VICTOR
IPC: H05B1/02
Filed: 1911-01-02
Granted: 1911-11-30
Abstract: 79. Nightingall, V. Jan. 2. Resistances. - A heater consists of coils 4 wound on insulators 5, carried by a frame 6 with contacts 7 to engage with contacts at the back of an oven.
Patent GB-191101651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weaving Carpets and other Tufted Fabrics and in Looms therefor.
IPC: D03D39/02
Filed: 1911-01-23
Granted: 1912-01-23
Abstract: 1651. Woodward, Grosvenor, & Go., and Dutfield, J. E. Jan. 23. Tufted fabrics.-In a loom for weaving Royal Axminster carpets and other tufted fabrics in which the pile tufts are inserted from without and are bound round one or more weft threads, the ends of the tufts are turned up by raising thick warps to the upper plane of the shed, thus dispensing with the comb usually employed for that purpose. In weaving a pile fabric with a two-shot stitch, the tuft yarns d, Fig. 1, are inserted between thin binding-warps a but not between the thick warps b, which lie at the bottom of the shed, and the tuft-yarn tubes g are then moved towards the breast beam e. The tuft yarns are then beaten up with a pick 1 of weft, the tuft yarns being gripped against the edge e' of the breast beam by the part f<1> of the lay until the tuft varns have been drawn off the bobbins and cut off to the required length. The shed is then changed, as shown in Fig. 3, thus raising the ends of the tufts, and the second pick 2 of weft is then inserted and beaten up. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 show the sequence of operations performed when weaving a pile fabric with a three-shot stitch as shown in Fig. 5. In this fabric there are two sets b, c of thick warps and one set a of thin warps.
Patent GB-191108108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Propelling Mechanism for Mechanical Flying Machines.
Inventor: SHORT HORACE LEONARD
IPC: B64D35/06
Filed: 1911-03-31
Granted: 1911-12-30
Abstract: 8108. Short, H. L., Short, A. E., and Short, H. O. March 31. Motor power plant.-Two pairs of aerial propellers are arranged so that one screw of each pair is directly driven by an engine, and the other screw of each pair is indirectly driven. The engines C, K have propellers A, H fixed to their crank-shafts B, J. The crank-shafts have sleeves D, M, respectively, carrying propellers E, N and sprocket-wheels F, P. The sleeve D is connected to and driven from the shaft J, and the sleeve M is driven from the shaft B, chain or other gearing being used.
Patent GB-191109759-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means adapted for use in Charging Gas-producers and other Furnaces.
Inventor: BITTMANN HEINRICH
IPC: C10J3/30
Filed: 1911-04-21
Granted: 1911-08-24
Abstract: 9759. Bittmann, H. April 23, 1910, [Convention date]. Charging. - A fuel - distributing device for furnaces and gas - producers comprises an inclined shoot a rotatable about, and having its outlet at or near, the central axis of the furnace. The shoot has a flat bottom and is flared towards its outer end, and a portion, preferably triangular, is cut out from its lower end to form an opening c through which the fuel falls towards the centre of the furnace bed. The materials are fed from a hopper f on to an inclined rotary plate e, and the supplies are regulated by a vertically-adjustable sleeve h. Suitable water or like seals are provided between the fixed and moving parts of the apparatus.
Patent GB-191110291-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gas Cooking Stove.
Inventor: ROCK WALTER SMITH
IPC: F24C13/00
Filed: 1911-04-28
Granted: 1912-04-04
Abstract: 10,291. Rock, W. S. April 28. Gas cooking-stoves.-In a stove comprising a hot-closet above an oven and boiling-burners at one or both sides of it, the boiling-burners p aro arranged in water-jacketed chambers l, which are connected to a water reservoir s by circulating-pipes t, t'. A flue u leads from the chamber l and traverses the reservoir s. Watertubes r may be fitted in the chamber l. The hot-closet e has a hinged cover or lid f, and is separated from the oven by a plate which forms the bottom of the closet and the top of the oven. A flue h connects the oven and the hotcloset e, and has an open-ended downward extension i for the purpose of preventing excessive draught through the oven.
Patent GB-191113919-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Arrangement for Opening and Shutting the Doors of Coal Trucks.
Inventor: WELSH ERNEST WILLIAM
IPC: B61D9/02
Filed: 1911-06-12
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 13,919. Welsh, E. W. June 12. Operating vehicle doors by tilting of vehicle. -Tip-wagons are provided in the underframe with a longitudinal race receiving a ball or weight, which, when the wagon is tipped for emptying, moves along the race and acts through lever mechanism first to release the fastening of a pivoted end door and then to impart a smart blow to start its opening movement. The race R may be arranged centrally, or to one side, and is slightly inclined awav from the door end of the wagon when the truck is level. On tipping the wagon, the ball or weight B, which may have trunnions sliding in grooves in the race, moves along by gravity and impinges on a pivoted bell-crank lever L, which first acts on a pivoted bell-crank L<1> on the door to lift the pivoted latch C, and then strikes the door a smart blow to cause it to start opening about its upper hinged edge.
Patent GB-191114343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Pumps.
Inventor: HERRING HERBERT THOMAS
IPC: F04C2/08
Filed: 1911-06-16
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 14,343. Herring, H. T. June 16. Movable-abutment type; packing vanes &c.- Improvements in the means described in Specifications 10,404/08 and 21,729/09 for lubricating and packing the teeth or vanes of pumps of the Roots'-blower type comprise the provision of passages in the casing, through which fluid impinges on the teeth after they have passed the inlet port. Such passages h, Fig. 1, open into the pump casing at a distance from the edges k of the inlet port d about equal to the distance between adjacent teeth, and are inclined so that the entering fluid impinges perpendicularly on the face of an advancing tooth. The passages may, however, be in other positions as in the position h<1> shown. In a modified form, as shown in Fig. 2, the passages h are formed in the end walls of the casing instead of in the body of the casing as in Fig. 1. The passages h connect a recess n in the end wall with the interior of the pump casing, and may be formed as grooves in the face of the end wall or as passages in its thickness.
Patent GB-191115814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Boring Coal, Rock and the like Minerals.
Inventor: SMITH HENRY
Filed: 1911-07-07
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 15,814. Smith, H. July 7. Drills.-In a machine for boring coal, rock, &c., of the doubleladder standard type, the inner and outer parts b, c of the ladder have notches adapted to be engaged by a doubleended locking - pin g which is operated by a handle f having ribs j adapted to pass through radial slots in an undercut socket e. The pin g is locked either in or out of engagement by turning the handle f so that the nibs j engage either outside or inside the socket e. A spring k assists in holding the pin g in engagement.
Patent GB-191117036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriters.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
IPC: B41J7/02
Filed: 1911-07-25
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 17,036. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Titania Schreibmaschinen Ges.]. July 25. Type-lever actions. - (1) The hangers 30, Fig. 9, for the type-levers 24 are provided with ball bearings of the following character. The type-lever is formed with an annular end 36 to which disks 37 are secured by rivets 38, the disks being formed with centring-ribs 39 engaging grooves. The balls 40 are arranged in a race formed by the disks 37 and disks 41, 42 which are secured by a split screw-sleeve 43 attached to the hanger and adapted to receive a stud 44. The race may be provided with solid or hollow distance-pieces. The race may be formed with convex bearing-surfaces. (2) The type-levers are each provided with a repulser consisting of a blade-spring arranged to be engaged just before impression by a lug on the hub of the type-lever. (3) The key-levers 4 are pivoted under a fulcrum-plate, and are formed with curved treads which engage over a retaining- rail. Case-shift mechanism; shift-key actions.- (1) To prevent relative horizontal movement of the vertically shiftable type-lever segment 29 and the fixed cross-bar 21 which carries the sublevers 18 of the action, the cross-bar is secured at the ends to the standards 62 which carry the guides 61 for the segment. The guides preferably consist of pairs of plates 61, Fig. 3, which embrace arms 60 on the segment, there being a top and a bottom guide at each side of the segment. The plates may be formed with convex surfaces to engage the standards, and may be rocked thereon by screws 66 for the purpose of adjusting the pressure of bearing-balls 65. (2) The case-shift key-levers 5, 6 engage rollers 55 carried by arms 57 on a rock-shaft 56, which is connected by links 59 to the segment 29. The shift-movement of the segment is limited by adjustable stop-screws 63. Key-locks.-The locking shift-key 6, Fig. 7, carries a pivoted plate 68 formed with a lug 69 which engages a pin 70 on the non-locking shift.- key 5, the plate being also formed with a projection 72 adapted to engage as shown with a finger 73 on the rock-shaft 56 of the shiftmechanism. The lock is released by depressing the key 5 and thereby swinging back the plate 68 clear of the finger 73. The projection 72 may consist of a disk pivoted eccentrically for adjustment. In the modification shown in Fig. 13, a locking-plate 180 is pivoted on the finger 73, and is formed with fingers 181, 182 adapted to engage pins 178, 177 on the shift-key levers 6, 5, the finger 181 being formed with a locking- notch adapted to engage the pin 178. The finger 181 is held against the pin 178 by a counterweight 180<1>, and when the lever 6 is depressed, the notch engages the pin 178 and locks the parts. The lock is released by depressing the lever 5. Shock-absorbing supports. -The rubber feet 170 are each formed with a neck 171 which is jammed into an aperture in an elbow-piece 173, 174, which is secured to the frame by a stud 175 and is formed with fingers 176 adapted to. embrace a lug on the frame.
Patent GB-191120865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Devices for Hay Ricks and like purposes.
Inventor: GRIFFITHS THOMAS LEONARD
IPC: A01F25/08
Filed: 1911-09-21
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 20,865. Griffiths, T. L. Sept. 21. Crops, cut, stacking.-In a device for ventilating hay ricks &c., the rick is built round skeleton tubes formed of a series of rods, tubes, or wires a secured to rings b which tubes are secured together by extensions a', three of the rods a of one tube engaging corresponding apertures b<1> in the ring b of the next tube. Instead of the extensions a<1> and apertures b<1>, other equivalent connecting-devices may be used.