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Patent GB-191107198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Trolley-bases for Electric Traction Systems.
IPC: B60L5/16
Filed: 1910-05-05
Granted: 1911-05-05
Abstract: 7198. Munro, E. M., and Railless Electric Traction Co. May 5, 1910. Supporting and controlling arrangements for collectors. - In a trolly support of the type having one or more tail springs extending more or less horizontally from the base, the springs are mounted so as not to rotate with the pole. The pole socket D is pivotally carried by the hood or socket C' and connected by a link J to a part E adapted to move freely in the sleeve A formed on the fixed base A<1> so as to follow the movements of the pole. Mounted on the part E is a ring F free to reciprocate with the link J but prevented from rotation by connexion through links G with bell-crank levers H, the other arms of which are connected by rods K to the elevating tail springs M. The pole and hood C' are also controlled by a spring N which tends to make them take up a central position longitudinally of the vehicles. Specification 11,157/10, showing the application to a double pole arrangement, is referred to.
Patent GB-191109187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ejectors for Exhausting or Moving Gaseous Fluids.
Inventor: HAY WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 1911-04-13
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 9187. Hay, W. G., and Buckley, G. April 13. Aspirating - apparatus, ejector; nozzles. - Pressure fluid entering at b passes into the nozzle c formed of two closely-fitting sleeves. From the inner sleeve the fluid passes through holes c<3> into an annular space formed between the solid portion c<4> of the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. The fluid is then discharged into the cone e through an annular orifice or ring of holes c<2>, and induces a flow of air or gas through the branch d.
Patent GB-191111225-A (GB)
Title: A Method of and Apparatus for Making Printing Plates.
Inventor: DROITCOUR MICHAEL ANDREW
IPC: B41D1/00
Filed: 1911-05-09
Granted: 1912-04-18
Abstract: 11,225. Droitcour, M. A. May 9. Printing-surfaces; make-ready arrangements; embossing. - In forming a celluloid or other printing-plate by pressing a celluloid sheet 52, a matrix 54, and preferably an underlay 51 between smooth heated plates 18, 19, and then cooling, the air is exhausted from between the presser-plates while heating, so as to avoid air bubbles, and the plates are formed sufficiently smooth at the back to need no planing. The plates 18, 19 are hollow, and can be heated by steam or cooled by water led to them through flexibly-jointed piping. The lower plate 19 can be slid from between the pressure mechanism on to a table 48, Fig. 1, for ease in arranging the matter to be pressed, and when the pressure is applied, a rubber ring 45 forms an air-tight wall between the plates, so that the air can be exhausted through the pipe 44. The press is preferably operated by a plunger 15 and levers 11 giving an absolutely parallel motion.
Patent GB-191112210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Polishing the Edges of Leather.
Inventor: GAUDATZ HEINRICH
IPC: A43D95/24
Filed: 1911-05-20
Granted: 1912-05-20
Abstract: 12,210. Gaubatz, H. Dec. 12, 1910, [Convention date]. Polishing-machines.-In a machine for applying colour to the edges of leather sheets or leather articles, such as boot uppers, and polishing them, the colouring - roll operates immediately in advance of a polisher having several grooves of different widths, and the polisher is arranged so that the required groove can be rapidly brought into the operating position. A sectional plan on the line A-A, Fig. 2, is shown in Fig. 3. The colour passes from a tank i and jet c to a rotating colouring-roll b placed in front of the polishing-roll a. The roll b may consist of a felt wheel having metal end cheeks, and the polisher may be heated by a flame f. The work is fed forwards, in contact with both rolls, by a belt-driven wheel d and is held in place by an optionally bevelled presswheel e carried by a spring-pressed rod e<1>. The polisher a is secured on the shaft k by a setscrew a<1>, by loosening which the roller may be raised or lowered to bring the groove of required width level with the edge of the leather under treatment.
Patent GB-191112646-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Controlling the Speed of Internal Combustion Motors for Power Driven Vehicles.
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 12,646. Daimler-Motoren-Ges. May 25, 1910, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Governors, applications of.-The fuel-supply valve 12 to the internal-combustion motor may be operated by a centrifugal governor, a handlever 16, or a pedal 26. The governor sleeve 3 is connected to the valve-operating rod 11 by levers and links 6, 7, 9, 10. The hand-lover 16 adjusts the rod 9, 10 through the medium of a spindle 14 passing through the steering-column, a lever 18, 19, rod 20, spring 30, bell-crank lever 22, 23, and link 24. The pedal 26 is also connected to the bell-crank lever, and, when the pedal is depressed, a spring-pressed washer 27 bears against the lever 9, 10. Interlocking-The stop device 32 for preventing operation of the pedal 26 is brought into operative position when the motion of the speedchanging lever 39 puts the high-speed gears into operation. When the speed-changing lever 39 is moved axially on its spindle 40 in order to select the operating-rod 41 for the third and fourth speeds, an arm 38 is brought into line with a roller 37 carried by a lever 36 connected to the stop 32. The end of the arm 38 is so shaped that it forces the stop into its operative position when the lever 39 is turned about its axis 40 to engage either the third or fourth speed. The stop is at other times held in its inoperative position by a spring 34.
Patent GB-191117951-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines with Flapping Wings.
Inventor: RIOUT RENE LOUIS
IPC: B64C33/00
Filed: 1911-08-08
Granted: 1911-11-16
Abstract: 17,951. Riout, R. L. Aug. 8. Aerial machines without aerostats; framework. - A flapping-wing machine is provided with deformable wings, a frame A tapered front and rear, and a rear tail plane and rudder. Planes and the like, construction of; propelling.-The wings B are constructed of a front rigid spar L and longitudinal spars a, b, c, d, of which the spar a is fixed with respect to the spar L, and the other spars have limited pivotal movement about the spar L, increasing in magnitude towards the wing tip, so that on the down beat the wing is deformed as shown in Fig. 6. Springs e in the spar L normally maintain the cross-spars in their lowest positions. The wings are pivoted at f to the frame A Fig. 2, and are vibrated through links H, I from a crank-shaft E driven by gearing from a motor shaft 0 with a fly-wheel K. Springs N restore the wings to the normal position.
Patent GB-191119335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: SUMNER ORLANDO
IPC: F22B21/18
Filed: 1911-08-29
Granted: 1911-12-07
Abstract: 19,335. Sumner, O. Aug. 29. Water-tube boilers.-A boiler consists of two transverse steam and water drums 1, 4, a mud drum 2, placed at the front of the combustionchamber and suspended from the drum 1 by water-tubes 5, and a water drum 3 at the back of the combustion chamber and connected to the steam drum 4 and the mud drum by tubes 7, 6. The gases pass entirely around the water drum, which is supported on chocks 20 allowing it to contract and expand. The generator is supported by upright and horizontal girders 18, 19. Baffle-plates 12, 11 cause the gases to pass around the tubes 6, 7 and then across the tubes 5 to the uptake. A superheater 10 is fitted at the top of the boiler.
Patent GB-191120033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Furnaces.
Inventor: BOURCOUD AUGUSTIN EMILIO
IPC: H05B7/101
Filed: 1911-09-08
Granted: 1912-09-05
Abstract: 20,033. Bourcoud, A. E. Sept. 8. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-An electrode d of an electric furnace is enclosed by a bell b in an annular vessel a containing a liquid or granular sealing-material. The sealing-material may consist of a metal or alloy having a low melting-point but a relatively high boiling- point, or water may be used, in which case it is circulated continuously. Suitable fusible metals are bismuth, lead, and tin, or alloys of these with or without the addition of mercury or cadmium. An annular pocket may be provided at the top of the vessel a to prevent spilling of the liquid when the furnace is tilted. In a modification, the sealing-material is sand, which is stirred by rotation of the serrated bell. The bell may be guided in the container by springs.
Patent GB-191121765-A (GB)
Title: Improved Adjustable Joint or Coupling for Transmission Gearing.
Inventor: BURNAND AUGUSTUS HENRY
IPC: F02P5/02
Filed: 1911-10-03
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 21,765. Burnand, A. H. Oct. 3. Shaft couplings; securing wheels on shafts.- Means for permitting a fine angular adjustment of a driven shaft relatively to the driving-shaft, applicable, for example to the cam shafts or to the magneto-electric ignition devices of internalcombustion engines comprises a pair of disks e', e<2> having one or more series of holes g, the holes in the two disks being of different pitch. The two disks are secured together in any desired angular adjustment by bolts h. In the arrangement shown, the disks are mounted on adjacent ends of the divided shaft d<1>, d<2>. In another arrangement, the disk e<2> is secured on the driven shaft, and the gear wheel e is formed with holes such as g and is secured to the disk e<2> by bolts h. The circular holes g may be replaced by angular slots or holes. When two or more series of holes g are formed in each disk, the holes of the different series on one disk are not on radial lines, and a finer adjustment can be obtained than with one series of holes only.
Patent GB-191124901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Scales.
Inventor: ENGEL HERMANN WILHELM
IPC: B43L7/00
Filed: 1911-11-08
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 24,901. Engel, H. W. Nov. 8. Scales.-A U-shaped scale a has resilient flanges b, c by means of which it is so applied to drawing-instruments as to be exchangeable thereon. The inner side of one or both shanks may be provided with pins or projections f to engage with holes g on the drawing-instrument e. A scale adapted to be attached to setsquares of fragile material is shown in parts a<1>, a<2>, a<3> in Fig. 5. The corners of the square are split to receive metal sheets m, m<1> and n, n<1> which overlap so that the holes t in them coincide, these holes being engaged by pins on the spring blades p, q; at the rectangular corner of the square, a sheet o with a slot s engaging the pin z on the scale a<3> is provided.
Patent GB-191125148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Machines for Preparing Rubber.
Inventor: POINTON JOHN EDWARD
IPC: B29B7/50
Filed: 1911-11-11
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 25,148. Pointon, J. E. Nov. 11 Moving-container apparatus; roller machines. - Machines for mixing india-rubber are constructed with two rolls k inside a revolving barrel a adapted to return the material from the leaving to the entering side of the rolls, and also to provide an additional working- pass. The barrel a is supported on rollers mounted on the same shaft as driving-pinions c and co-operating with roller paths e which also run on side rollers f. Material is fed into and discharged from the barrel through a door a<1>. It is discharged upon a perforated shoot s, below which is a water sump t in which a grid t is placed for retaining rubber, if necessary. The filling and other ingredients may be supplied through a hopper u provided with a worm conveyer in a trough v.
Patent GB-191201188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stamp Mills.
IPC: B02C1/14
Filed: 1912-01-15
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 1188. Bullock, W., and Fraser & Chalmers. Jan. 15. Stamps, ore and like.-In a stamp mill for wet crushing and having a number of stamps in one mortar-box, the box is divided into compartments, one for each stamp, so that the pulp or crushed ore from one stamp is wholly or partly prevented from communicating with another stamp in the same box. The mortarbox E, Figs. 1 and 3, is provided with a cast lining H formed with a partition H<1>, which lies between the stamps B<2>, B<3>. The rear top portion of the lining is cut away to form two openings H<2>, H<3> which register with the opening in the feed-box D. Or a removable solid plate or plates may be disposed between the stamps. The feed-box may be divided into separate compartments, one for each stamp. The screen G is vertically slidable in grooves G' in the frame A.
Patent GB-191201279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gravity Conveyors.
IPC: B65G39/00
Filed: 1912-01-16
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 1279. British Mathews, Ltd., and Pirrie, J. M. Jan. 16. Roller-way conveyers. - In roller - way conveyers, auxiliary rollers on inclined axes are provided at intervals on the exterior of the roller track for overcoming the tendency of planks and other elongated articles to leave the track. Fig. 1 shows one form of conveyer formed of a series of rollers B mounted between longitudinal members A. The auxiliary rollers B' are mounted upon the inclined spindles b' held in position by tie-bars b<1Î>. Immediate supporting-rollers B<2> may be provided, having their axes in alinement with those of the rollers B. In a modification, the rollers are of disk-formation.
Patent GB-191208425-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Protecting Fire Bars and other Parts of Travelling Furnace Grates.
Inventor: FRANKE HERMANN
IPC: F23H11/00
Filed: 1912-04-09
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 8425. Franke, H. April 10, 1911, [Convention date]. Grates. - The fire - bars and other severelv heated parts of a travelling grate are protected by a coating of refractory material which is renewed from time to time. The material is preferably in a liquid form and may be applied by means of a distributer or brush b dipping in a trough containing the material and adapted to supply it to the bars &c. as they leave the furnace.
Patent GB-191209703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Dirigible Balloons.
Inventor: SHORT HORACE LEONARD
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1912-04-24
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 9703. Short, H. L., Short, A. E., and Short, H. O. April 24. Floats for hydro-aeroplanes. -Two cars are arranged in the girder frame of an aerial machine as shown, and a floor is provided to the frame so that the ship can be traversed from end to end. Or the cars may depend from the frame, in which case they may be in the form of boats.
Patent GB-191211601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Turbines.
Inventor: HUTSON STANLEY EDWARD
IPC: F01D1/30
Filed: 1912-05-15
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 11,601. Hutson, S. E., and Ford, W. J. May 15. Jet-wheels; reversing; regulating; leakage-preventing devices. - A rotor B, carrying radial blades, is divided into stages for compound working by annular partitions b, Fig. 2. Ports C, D in the casing are placed alternatively in connexion with inlet pipes E<1> or exhaust pipes E<2>, by means of interconnected valves E, Figs. 3 and 5, according to the direction of rotation required. The exhaust pipes of each stage lead to the opposite inlet port of the next succeeding stage. It is to be noted that Fig. 3 is a section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1, i.e., the upper part of the Figure is a section of the upper part of the highpressure stage and the lower part of the Figure is a section of the lower part of the next stage. It will be seen that on each side of the turbine there are two sets of pipes E<1>, E<2>, one set en each side being idle according to the direction of rotation. The cross-section of the pipes and ports is preferably rectangular. There are two separate streams of motive fluid flowing through the turbine, each acting alternately on the upper and lower parts of succeeding stages. The nozzles areas may be adjusted by rotating the spindles of the valves E whereby the position of internal valves e<10>, Fig. 5, may be varied. In a modification, interconnected plug cocks in the pipes E<1>, E<2> are substituted for the slide valves E. In a further modification a non- reversible turbine is described. Leakage is prevented between stages by the provision of labyrinth packing at the peripheries of the partitions b.
Patent GB-191212597-A (GB)
Title: Method of Making Paper and Product thereof.
Inventor: MARR ROBERT ATHELSTAN
IPC: D21C3/00
Filed: 1912-05-28
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 12,597. Marr, R. A. May 28. Materials, fibrous; pulp, preparation of; antiseptic paper.-Paper stock containing the whole of the solid constituents, fibrous and non-fibrous, of the original plant, is obtained by digesting vegetable materials, such as banana leaves, American papyrus or sedge, swamp grass, typha, weeds of various kinds, green or dry leaves, cactus, liliaceµ, cordage fibres, milkweed, Californian tule, sudd, waste vegetable materials, &c., after shredding or otherwise reducing them, with zinc chloride, which converts non-fibrous insoluble matter into cementitious sizing and filling material. The solution used preferably contains also a little hydrochloric acid, glycerine, and a little titanic acid, and the material is boiled for 30 minutes. The glycerine is used to produce a flexible product, and the tannic acid to render some of the constituents of the plants insoluble. The material thus obtained is further reduced in a beating-engine, and may be bleached, first with sodium peroxide, and then with chloride of lime, and made into antiseptic paper in the ordinary way, sizing, filling, colouring, &c. being added if desired.
Patent GB-191213002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Shoe-shanks.
Inventor: WOOD WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: A43B23/22
Filed: 1912-06-03
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 13,002. Wood, W. H. Aug. 11, 1911, [Convention date]. Stiffeners.-A shank-stiffener is formed of a strip of corrugated material, which is curved to follow the arch of the boot. The central rib 1 of the corrugations, which is higher than the others, bears on the outer sole, the parts of the stiffener bearing on the inner sole being the curved parts 3. The ends of the stiffener are flat and provided with openings for fasteners.
Patent GB-191213320-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Artificial Horizon for Sextants and like Instruments.
Inventor: MELSOME ROBERT PERCY
IPC: G01C1/10
Filed: 1912-06-06
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 13,320. Melsome, R. P. June 6. Sextants.-An artificial horizon for sextants &c. consists of a weighted balance a carrying wires e<1>, e<2> for longitudinal adjustment, and a ring g carrying a wire g<2> for transverse adjustment. The balance a can oscillate about the axis b, and the ring g has ball bearings g<1> around its edge so that it can rotate about the axis of the telescope c. Correct adjustment is obtained when the images of the wires e<1>, e<2>, g<2> coincide.
Patent GB-191213685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cooking Apparatus.
Inventor: KIECHLE GUSTAVE
IPC: A47J39/00
Filed: 1912-06-11
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 13,685. Kiechle, G. June 11. [Addition to 15,745/11.] Heat-retaining chambers.-Relates to cooking- apparatus of the kind in which the food is placed in suitable receptacles, together with heat-accumulating bodies at a high temperature, within a heat-retaining chamber with non- conducting walls, and consists in improvements upon the apparatus of the parent Specification with respect to (1) the centring of the superposed cooking-vessels and heating-rings; (2) the prevention of the escape of the condensed vapours by a liquid-seal between the cover and the base, and the application of similar liquidseals to the superposed cooking-vessels; (3) the provision of special forms of baking &c. appliances and means for keeping the superposed vessels and rings at suitable distances according to the nature of the cooking operation. (1) The base 1 of the heat-retaining chamber receives a filling cylinder 3 with projecting base-plate, upon which may be placed a heated iron ring 7 provided with centring-lugs 8, the superposed boiling-pans 9 having flanges 23 for a similar purpose. (2) A double groove 4, 4<a> in the base-plate, with a corresponding shaping of the lower edge of the non-conducting cover 5 provides a water-seal, and an internal flange 22 is provided on the superposed vessels to take the weight of the vessel above and so to form within the flange 23 a small annular space in which the condensed vapour may collect to seal access to the contents of each vessel during the cooking, and to prevent the condensed vapour from falling upon and cooling the heated rings. (3) Fig. 3 shows a low pastry mould which may be used in the heat-retaining chamber, together with bent-wire uprights 13, 14 for supporting a large heating-ring upon their extremities, or a smaller ring upon a tripod 18 at a lower level. A flanged perforated plate such as 19, Fig. 8, may be interposed between the pastry and the heated ring. When a large joint is placed in a pot, a circular rim or crown of sheet metal is fitted to the upper edge of the pot so as to give more room beneath the superposed vessel. A deeper pastry mould 11, Fig. 5, may also be used. A T-shaped rod may be used for lifting the heated rings by means of slots 25 provided therein.
Patent GB-191220222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Movable Hot-houses.
Inventor: PULLEN-BURRY ARTHUR
IPC: A01G9/16
Filed: 1912-09-05
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 20,222. Burry, A. Pullen-. Sept. 5. Glasshouses.-Driving - gear is employed for moving by hand hot-houses mounted on rails. The framework is mounted on vertical wheels such as a', c<2>, and also carries horizontal wheels which prevent lateral displacement. The wheels a<2>, c<2> are driven from a longitudinal shaft f through gearing a<3>, a<4> and c<3>, c<4>. The shaft f is driven from a shaft j by means of a hand-wheel i and intermediate gearing k, l, o. The shaft f is held in position on the surfaces of the wheels a<2>, c<2> by means of adjustable guides g mounted on screws h.
Patent GB-191223571-A (GB)
Title: Improved Water Flushing Apparatus.
Inventor: BEAMISH WILLIAM
IPC: E03D5/092
Filed: 1912-10-15
Granted: 1913-03-27
Abstract: 23,571. Beamish, W. Oct. 15. Valve - discharge water - waste preventers; cisterns.-In flushing-apparatus for water-closets &c., consisting of a vertical or inclined cylindrical cistern 1, Figs. 1 and 2, with inlet and outlet pipes 2, 12, the air-valve consists of a cylindrical float 4 working within perforated guides 5 and having on its upper end a threaded pin 8, which carries a leather or rubber washer 9 and is adapted to enter a hole in the screwtop 10 of the cistern when the valve closes. The lower end of the cylinder 1 is contracted, and the stop-cock 13 in the outlet pipe is operated by a weighted lever 14 connected to a cord 16, which passes over a pulley 17 and has a strap 18 with a loop 19 at the end. Rubber or leather padded stops 20, 21 are provided for the lever 14 to contact against when it reaches its highest and lowest positions.
Patent GB-191223660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Locomotive and other Cranes, Steam Navvies and the like.
Inventor: GORING ALBERT
IPC: B66C7/00
Filed: 1912-10-16
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 23,660. Goring, A. Oct. 16. Jib cranes.-The brakes on the bogies of travelling cranes, steam navvies, &c. are applied by moans carried on the slueing or rotating frame of the crane &c. The bogie frame b carries a ring b<1> which is supported on springs a and carries rods c which when depressed apply band brakes f. The ring b<1> is depressed to apply the brakes by rollers r on rods p which are carried by arms o on a rock-shaft h rotated by means of a screw k and nut n operating on an arm i on the shaft. The shaft h and all the parts directly connected thereto are carried by the frame t rotating about the post w.