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Patent GB-190928247-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Locking Doors, Gates and the like.
Inventor: STRANGE HARRY THOMAS
IPC: E05B65/20
Filed: 1909-12-03
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 28,247. Strange, H. T. Dec. 3. Railway-carriage doors, fastening automatically; fastenings controlled mechanically from a distance.-Relates to means for locking doors &c., wherein the locking is effected by vibration, and is particularly applicable to railwaycarriage doors and the gates of level-crossings. The bolt a, capable of yielding against a spring e to permit the opening and closing of the door, is normally locked against movement by a ball or the like h held in position by a pivoted stop p. The stop p can be moved out of the operative position by a slide o actuated by a pushpiece or otherwise, and can be held inactive by a weighted spring r, engaging a roller q thereon. The ball h is, however, not released until the slide o is returned to its normal position, the slide covering the ball when it is moved to actuate the stop p. The spring r is so arranged that under certain circumstances, such as by the movement of the railway carriage, it is caused to vibrate and therefore to be in. effective for retaining the stop p in its inoperative position. Under such circumstances therefore it is impossible to open the door. In the case of a level-crossing gate, the vibration is caused by a wire connected to the spring and laid along the rails so as to be moved by a passing train. In a modification shown in Fig. 7, a pivoted bar s<2> in the casing takes the place of the vibrating spring, and the bolt a is shot by a weight e' acting through a ball e<2> instead of by a spring. The mechanism is secured to the door frame and is adapted to co-operate with a device w on the door, comprising two bolts u, v bevelled in opposite directions and mounted in a sliding casing x. As the door is closed, the bevel on the bolt v contacting with the locked bolt a causes the casing x to slide bodily to allow the door to close. If the door is pushed while the bolt a is still locked, the bolt u is pressed inwards by its bevel, but simultaneously the bolt v is caused to shoot out by means of the ball z mounted between the inclined ends of the bolts u, v. A form is described applicable for sliding doors, wherein a spring catch is used in conjunction with the bolt a.
Patent GB-191002688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Car, Cart, and Analogous Lamps.
Inventor: GOODWIN FELIX
IPC: F21S13/00
Filed: 1910-02-03
Granted: 1911-02-02
Abstract: 2688. Goodwin, F., [trading as Wyncott & Son], and Corns, G. B. Feb. 3. Reservoirs, attaching to lanterns.-Relates to lamps for motor-cars, carts, and analogous uses, of that type having separable oil reservoirs secured to the lamp body by a bayonet-joint, and consists in locking the reservoir to the body by a screw. The reservoir h is provided with a pair of hooked members i, which pass through gaps j formed in a collar a<2> on the lamp body. The reservoir h has a vertical bracket h' carrying a headed screw h<2>, which can be turned so that its inner end engages a recess a<3> or takes behind a projecting part, in the body portion of the lamp, and prevents unfastening of the reservoir.
Patent GB-191003787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Stays and like Fastenings.
Inventor: SHAW CHARLES
IPC: E05C17/04
Filed: 1910-02-16
Granted: 1910-12-31
Abstract: 3787. Shaw, C. Feb. 16. [Cognate Application, 18,515/10.] Door holders.-In one form the stay or holder comprises a bar 1, Figs. 2 and 4, pivoted by a universal joint 8 to the top of a casing 2 let into the edge of the door, and having at its lower end a knob 4 adapted to engage a slotted keeper 19, Fig. 5, screwed to the door frame. A catch 12 holds the bar in its operative position. Locking-mechanism may be provided to secure the stay against operation from outside, such mechanism being located in an extension of the case mortised into the edge of the door and comprising a key-operated bolt adapted to engage an extension of the bar beyond the pivot to prevent the knob from being raised to the wide portion 17 of the keeper slot. In this construction, an ordinary latch for holding the door closed may be arranged in the casing, the keeper being provided with a striking-plate therefor. In the form shown in Fig. 11, the stay-bar 1 is on the end of a spindle 36 rotatably and slidably mounted within the casing and under the control of a spring 42, which returns the stay from its operative position. The bar is drawn from its recess into the position shown in Fig. 12 by means of a hand-lever 46, the end of which is in engagement with the spindle, and afterwards engages a notch 49 on the bar to hold this out until it is tnrned round into engagement with the keeper. In this construction a key-operated plate 50 may be provided to engage a shoulder 53 on the inner end of the spindle to lock the stay in operative position. In a modification of this form, shown in Fig. 16, an ordinary door-bolt 61 is mounted within the spindle, and can be shot into the keeper when the door is closed, and the stay-bar can be locked by a hand-operated slide 71 mounted on the end of the bolt 61, and adapted to engage a flat portion 72 on the spindle to prevent its rotation. The slide 71 can be arranged for external key-operation. In another modification, the stay-bar itself is hollow and contains a sliding bolt, which can be moved by hand outwards into engagement with a hole in the keeper to prevent the knob on the stay from being raised out of the latter.
Patent GB-191004947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring Dry Goods into Bags or the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR JOSEPH WALTER
IPC: B65B1/36
Filed: 1910-02-28
Granted: 1910-10-20
Abstract: 4947. Taylor, J. W. Feb. 28. [Addition to 13,718/08.] Fixed - chamber apparatus for granular materials.-Relates to apparatus as described in the parent Specification for measuring tea, sugar, rice, &c. into bags, wherein detachable and changeable measuring-vessels are employed and consists chiefly in means for facilitating the working of the slides 7, 8. The slides 7, 8 are operated by a lever 10, the ends of which move in slots 68 formed in the slides. Each slide is provided with a guide-rod 67 passing through a bracket attached to the front support 15. Springs 7<b>, 8<b> tend to move the slides to close the valves. The springs are attached to hooks 72, the shanks of which pass through projections 41a, and are adjustably secured by wing nuts. The ends of the lever 10 engage the rounded-off ends or steel-studded parts 76 of the slots, and the parts are so arranged that the inlet valve is closed before the lower outlet valve begins to open. The lever 10 may be provided with antifriction rollers at its free ends; or the rollers may be pivoted in the slots. When the lever is operated to open the upper valve and close the lower valve, a catch 27 passes over, and is held by a detent 28. The detent, which is cylindrical, and is pressed upwards by a spiral spring, may be released by the lever 31. The valve casings 40, 50 are formed in two parts; the part above the slide has a vertical cylindrical passage, while the lower portion has a vertical cylindrical passage which tapers into a passage of square formation where the slide enters.
Patent GB-191007736-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compositors' Case Racks.
Inventor: BANNERMAN ROBERT PARK
IPC: B41B1/22
Filed: 1910-03-30
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 7736. Bannerman, R. P., and Bannerman, R. P., [trading as Bannerman & Son, R. P.]. March 30. Type cases.-Iron case-racks are made rigid by the provision of diagonal stays at the top, the sides, and the back. The corner-posts of the rack are of L-section, the angles of the front posts a facing outwards and those of the back posts b facing inwards. The posts are connected at the front and the back by L-section bars c, d, e, and are connected at the sides by runners f which support the cases. The rack is secured to the wall by bolts which pass through holes b<1> in extensions of the back posts. The sides of the rack are each stayed by a diagonal bar g formed with shoes o, n which are respectively of I and T section and are bolted to the posts b, a. The stays may be applied to either side of the rack, so that only one pattern of stay is required. The shoes o, n may, however, be respectively of # and # section, in which case two patterns of stay are required. The back of the rack is stayed by diagonal bars h, i, j, k, which are formed integral with or bolted to a plate p and are also formed with # section shoes q adapted to be bolted to the posts a, b. When the bars are not integral with the plate p, this is formed with arms p<1> which are bolted to shoes r on the bars, the shoes being of # section so that the bars are flush with the inside surface of the plate. The bars h, i and the bars j, k are interchangeable so that only two patterns of back-stay are required. The top of the rack is stayed by four diagonal bars, which are formed integrally and are provided with shoes x bolted to the top cross-bars c, d.
Patent GB-191012889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of Cooling the Commutator and Slip Rings of Dynamo Electric Machines.
IPC: H02K9/28
Filed: 1910-05-27
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 12,889. Brush Electrical Engineering Co., and Jones, A. W. May 27. Commutators and collecting- rings; cooling and ventilating. - Cooling air is caused to circulate over the faces of commutators and slip-rings by surrounding them with a stationary cylindrical cover. Fig. 1 shows the commutator of a high - speed machine, in which the cover A is fitted with inlet air-tubes H and with flanges B, and the shrink-rings G are formed with vanes L so as to act as fans. Openings are made in the cover A for the passage of the brushes. The application of the invention to slow-speed commutators and to slip-rings is described, the winding connectors and the slip-ring hubs being provided with fan vanes, and the inlet tubes H being dispensed with.
Patent GB-191012892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Airships.
Inventor: HORTON ALEXANDER
IPC: B64C35/00
Filed: 1910-05-27
Granted: 1911-08-28
Abstract: 12,892. Norton, A. May 27. [Cognate Application, 19,906/10.] Centre boards and drop keels; rudders; steering-gear. - A machine adapted either to travel in the air or to glide upon the surface of water comprises a flat-bottomed boat body a formed with compartments, from the sides of which project planes b, which may be adjustable or provided with hinged shutters c for elevating and balancing. Rudders x, z, for air and water respectively are secured to the same axis and are operated by the body of the operator by means of arms 20, 22, Fig. 7, pivoted upon uprights 19 rising from the seat 18 and connected to the rudders by lines 24. The arms are connected at the back by the link 25. The stability and balance of the vessel, whether in water or air, can be regulated by a weight 2 arranged in a casing in the boat body. It can be raised or lowered by a cord 6 and winch 8, and moved longitudinally by the screw and nut 4, 5.
Patent GB-191015710-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Enclosed Electric Arc Lamps of the Inverted Type.
Inventor: QUINT BERNARD ALFRED
IPC: H05B31/00
Filed: 1910-06-30
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 15,710. Quint, B. A. June 30. Arc lamps.-An inverted enclosed-arc lamp is regulated by a shunt solenoid. The lower electrode-holder B is mounted within the solenoid-core 9, which carries a clutch 10 for the lower electrode, and is connected to the piston of a dash-pot 14 having a ball valve so as to retard downward movements only. The lower electrode-holder is urged upwards by a spring 14 within the solenoid core. The clutch 10 comprises half-rings hinged together and having arms secured to springs 12 and to links 11 on the solenoid. core. A plate 1 is attached to the solenoid, and to pairs of rods 6, 7. The shorter rods 7 carry a plate 5 forming a globe-support and clutch stop, and the rods 6 are attached to means for suspending the lamp, and form guides for a combined globe-cover and upper electrode-holder. The rods 6 both convey current to the upper electrode, to avoid an unsymmetrical magnetic field.
Patent GB-191018166-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coop and Run.
Inventor: ASSHETON NICHOLAS RADCLYFFE
IPC: A01K31/00
Filed: 1910-07-30
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 18,166. Assheton, N. R. July 30. Poultry coops.-A collapsible coop for poultry and pheasants is formed of two sloping sides a, b attached to the vertical front d and the lower part of the sloping back by keys or wedges f, which pass through staples or hooks g, secured to the front and, back, and passing through the sides. The upper part of the back is removable. A collapsible run for the coop may be formed in a similar manner, but with an open top.
Patent GB-191021847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Horse-collars.
Inventor: BROWN EDWARD MONROW
IPC: B68B3/04
Filed: 1910-09-20
Granted: 1911-02-16
Abstract: 21,847. Brown, E. M. Sept. 20. Collars, neck; fastening.-A horse collar is fitted with shaped contact - plates, and the draught is communicated partly to the hames and partly to the plates. The hames 18 are clipped by adjustable bands 23 to the plates 8, which are covered by leather &c. 9. By means of set-screws 24, the upper or lower ends of the hames may be moved forwardly to relieve pressure locally. The trace 20 is connected to a staple 19 on the hames, and adjustably to a pivoted arm 10 on the plates 9. The arm 10 carries a staple with a lug 32 which fits into holes 34 in the trace. By adjusting the position of the lug 32, the pull may be divided between the arm 10, which transmits it to the plate 9, and the hames.
Patent GB-191028581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heel Pegs, Tent Pegs, and the like Appliances.
Inventor: GREEN ARTHUR
IPC: A01K1/04
Filed: 1910-12-08
Granted: 1911-03-23
Abstract: 28,581. Green, A. Dec. 8. Tent-pegs and tethering-pegs, constructed of square or circular section, are provided on opposite sides with longitudinal semicircular grooves a<1> in which are mounted, by means of straps e, circular rods b carrying semicircular flukes c. The flukes are housed when the peg is driven into the ground in semicircular recesses a<2> formed in the longitudinal grooves, and they are afterwards forced outwards on rotating the rods b through handles d mounted thereon, as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-191103425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Collapsible Boxes for Gas Mantles.
Inventor: MATHYS ALBERT WILLIAM
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 1911-02-10
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 3425. Mathys, A. W., [Front Ges.]. Feb. 10. Folding boxes; fittings, internal.-A folding box for inverted incandescent gas mantles is made of one piece of cardboard, and comprises side parts b with attached bottom flaps b<2> which interlace to hold the sides in position, two flaps c<1> on the part c which hold the lugs of the mantle-ring, the said flaps folding over and interlacing with the side parts, and a cover part d formed with a tuck-in flap e engaging with the slot f. The box is set up by folding about the dotted lines.
Patent GB-191107662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steering Connections for the Wheel Axles of Road Trains.
Inventor: FORTHMANN WALTER
IPC: B62D13/02
Filed: 1911-03-27
Granted: 1911-10-05
Abstract: 7662. Forthmann, W. Oct. 22, 1910, [Convention date]. Adjusting and connecting forecarriages and centrally-pivoted axles for steering.-In road trains in which the centres of all the axles are connected by rigid links s, t, the leading forecarriage of each vehicle is adjusted from two points x, y, one on each link, the distances of which from the pivoting centre o are in inverse proportion to the lengths of the corresponding links. Pins at the points x, y engage slots in a link k, which remains at right-angles to the axle but is slidable thereon.
Patent GB-191111321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Torpedoes.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: F42C14/04
Filed: 1911-05-10
Granted: 1911-10-26
Abstract: 11,321. Schneider, E. May 10. Torpedoes, locomotive.-Relates to the percussion point of torpedoes, and consists in arranging the 'whiskers' e so that they do not engage in any way with the striker but actuate a cutting-device h for shearing a pin n and thereby releasing the striker k, which is impelled on to the percussion cap by a spring l. Each ' whisker' has a nose f, which bears against the casing a to prevent forward motion of the whisker,' and a nose g which bears on the knife h. The knife is in the form of a sleeve around a tubular stem a<1> in one with the casing a, and is held at safe by a rod i attached to it and bearing against the rear face of the usual screw propeller j; the knife may have a rear guiding- extension h<1>. The striker k is locked by a pin m, which is removed before discharge, by the propeller j which falls off during travel, and by the pin n which is sheared by the impact of the striker or by the knife h actuated by the impact of any of the ' whiskers.'
Patent GB-191113018-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Treating Distillery Wash.
Inventor: MEUNIER GEORGES
IPC: C11D19/00
Filed: 1911-05-30
Granted: 1912-05-30
Abstract: 13,018. Meunier, G. May 30. [Addition to 12,207/11.] Glycerine, obtaining and purifying. - Relates to that portion of the parent invention dealing with the treatment of the mixture of distillers' wash or crude glycerine with carbonized cellulose to obtain glycerine and succinic acid or pure glycerine respectively. (1) A mixture of alcohol and benzene, preferably in equal parts, is used as a solvent; the glycerine may be separated from the resulting solution by adding a further quantity of benzene. (2) The residual solvent contained in the residue after the extraction of the glycerine is recovered by washing with a saturated solution of the saline constituents of the wash, or with concentrated wash freed from glycerine, or with petrol. The washing may be effected in the centrifugal apparatus in which the extraction was performed. (3) A continuously-acting plant is provided for effecting the drying of the mixture of wash and cellulose, the extraction of glycerine, and the recovery of the solvent by distillation. It comprises a drier A, an extractor B, and a solvent recuperator C, each provided with screw conveyers. The conveyers of the drier A and the recuperator C are provided with hollow steam-heated shafts, and may themselves be hollow; the conveyer of the extractor B is perforated to allow the solvent to pass through it. An agent, such as the mixture of benzene and alcohol, or benzene alone, is brought into contact with the material in the drier A in order to aid in the disengagement of the moisture at low temperatures. The vapours evolved pass to a rectifying-column a<1> in which the water is separated, the vapours of the added agent being either returned directly to the base of the drier or condensed in a condenser a<2> and returned in the liquid form. The liquid derived from the extractor B passes to a distilling-column b<1>, from which the solvent vapours pass to a condenser b<2> or directly to the extractor B. The recovery of the solvent in the recuperator B is aided by a current of steam or of benzene or other vapours. The vapours are separated from water &c. in a rectifying- column c' and are returned to the system.
Patent GB-191115099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Construction of Sea-walls Piers Pontoons Floating Stages Foundations and other Structures.
Inventor: LYNDE FRANCIS GASCOIGNE
IPC: E02D27/18
Filed: 1911-06-28
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 15,099. Lynde, F. G., and Calthrop, E. R. June 28. Piers; sea-walls; landing-stages.-Relates to cellular structures of reinforced concrete of the kind described in Specification 22,099/10, which are used in the construction of sea-walls, piers, pontoons, floating-stages, foundations, and the like. According to one modification, some or all of the hexagonal cells referred to in the aforesaid Specification are provided internally with members a of corrugated, perforated, or other sheet metal, or in some cases of expanded metal or netting, which are wholly or in part surrounded with concrete. If desired, all or some of the cells may be formed of corrugated or like sheets surrounded with concrete. The cells mav be loaded with gravel &c., and the section may be floated to the desired position.
Patent GB-191118280-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arrangement for Automatic Voltage Regulation of Alternators, Decreasing the Current in Case of Short-circuit.
Inventor: LEHMANN THEODOR
IPC: H02K19/30
Filed: 1911-08-12
Granted: 1912-05-23
Abstract: 18,280. Lehmann, T. Aug. 12. Exciting; dynamos, regulating. - For the purpose of alternator regulation, each flux circuit in the exciter is divided into two or more parallel paths at one or more points, these paths being wound with coils supplied with alternating current to produce local saturation, which is decreased with increase of load current. For regulation with single-phase current, the main magnetic path is bifurcated, but in the case of three phase current three paths are provided, as shown in Fig. 2. The saturation region may be situated in the yoke or other part of the magnetic circuit, and the coils may be connected in series or parallel, or in star or delta. Fig. 8 shows a method of supplying the winding D by connecting it in series with the secondaries of current and voltage transformers S, T arranged in circuit with the alternator M. The transformers are connected in opposition, and a regulating-resistance R may be placed across the secondary of the transformer S. Resistances 0, Q are placed in series with the field coils L, P of the alternator and exciter respectively. In a modification, a special form of transformer, Fig. 7, is used having three cores, on one of which F is wound a voltage coil from the alternator, the current coil being wound round the core K and also round the teeth G of the core I, this core likewise having the secondary H to supply the winding D. With increase of load current, the teeth G are saturated, and the flux from the core F is thereby forced from the core I to the core K, thus decreasing the voltage generated in the coil H.
Patent GB-191119257-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Separation of Metals from Zinc Bearing Ores or Compounds and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: ASHCROFT EDGAR ARTHUR
IPC: C25C3/34
Filed: 1911-08-28
Granted: 1912-08-28
Abstract: 19,257. Ashcroft, E. A. Aug. 28. Electrolytic furnaces. - F u s e d z i n c chloride is electrolyzed in a long narrow trough A containing a row of graphite anodes B surrounded by gas collectors C and situated close to a cathode G of molten lead which may be circulated to and from the trough. The trough is lined with fire-clay except at the bottom. The current density is about 3 amperes per square centimetre of anode surface, and the temperature is 450‹ C. Zinc is separated from the lead by gravity.
Patent GB-191119692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Gauges for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: WHEATLEY WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Filed: 1911-09-04
Granted: 1912-09-04
Abstract: 19,692. Wheatley, W. H., [Penberthy Injector Co.]. Sept. 4. Gauge glasses.-To prevent the ball valve F provided in the water-arm of a gauge glass from sticking, the valve is supported upon projections I on the valve - chamber, and the spindle J of the valve E, which regulates the passage communicating with the boiler, is made of square or other suitable section, so that at each rotation of the spindle the ball valve is lifted from its seat.