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Patent GB-191110896-A (GB)
Title: Improved Devices for Supplying Submerged Submarine Vessels with Air, Provisions, Tools and the like.
Inventor: PESCI DINO
IPC: B63G8/41
Filed: 1911-05-05
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 10,896. Pesci, D. May 5. Buoys.-Relates to buoys carrying telephone cables &c. for establishing communication between a sunken submarine vessel and the surface, and the invention consists in forming the buoy with an inverted conical top to engage with a corresponding seat formed in the shell of the vessel. A chamber 1 with its opening flush with the deck of the submarine normally contains a buoy 3 having a bevelled top which engages with rubber rings 2 on the chamber. A wire rope attached to the bottom of the buoy is wound around a drum 6, which can be turned from the interior of the submarine. In operating the device, a valve 12 is opened to flood the annular space between the buoy and chamber. On releasing the drum 6, the buoy then floats to the surface, carrying a telephone wire 16. If air is to be supplied to the submarine, a hose-pipe is attached to the screwed top 4 of the buoy, which is then pulled back to its seat. Doors 10, 11 in the chamber and buoy respectively are then opened to admit the air from the surface to the boat.
Patent GB-191113892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Operating Cocks, Valves and the like from a Distance.
IPC: F16K31/05
Filed: 1911-06-10
Granted: 1912-06-10
Abstract: 13,892. Soc. Courtaud, G. Garnier, Gil, et Cie. June 11, 1910, [Convention date]. Actuating; indicating amount of opening.-A valve is operated from a distance by an electric motor through worm gearing and a claw coupling, the members of which are disengaged by the insertion of a handle when the valve is to be manually operated. Indicators at the control station and at the valve are also provided to indicate the opening and closing of the valve. A motor b, Fig. 1, mounted on the valve casing is geared to the valve spindle through a resilient clutch c, worm-gearing d, e, a claw coupling, and the spindle h. The claw coupling consists of a member mounted on a sliding sleeve f keyed to the spindle h and a member carried by the wheel e. The claw members are normally held in engagement by means of a spring i, which bears upon the hub of the wheel e, and a shoulder f<2> fixed to the sleeve f. To disengage the claw members when manual operation of the valve is desired, a hand-wheel j is provided with a sleeve by means of which the sleeve f is moved longitudinally, thus disengaging the members of the claw coupling before the wheel j engages the spindle h. The hand-wheel is held in position by means of a key. To indicate the opening and closing of the valve at the control station the spindle h is provided with an arm h<1>, which engages a star-wheel l<1> on a screwed spindle l. The spindle l carries a nut m, upon which is mounted an insulated contact, m<1> adapted to engage an insulated rod m<2> as the nut travels along the spindle l. The supports of the spindle l and rod m<2> are provided with contacts n, n<1> connected to lamps or other electro - magnetic indicating - devices so that, when the nut m reaches the ends of its travel, one of these devices is energized by current from the rod m<2>, thereby indicating at the central station whether the valve is closed or open. The nut m also carries an arm p which engages one of two arms q, q<1> of a weighted lever, the position of which indicates the opening or closing of the valve.
Patent GB-191114260-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Casks, Barrels, and the like.
Inventor: PARKHURST SIDNEY WILLIAM
IPC: B65D47/32
Filed: 1912-01-12
Granted: 1912-10-10
Abstract: 14,260. Parkhurst, S.W. Jan. 12, 1912. Direct gas-pressure apparatus, non-automatic. -In order to draw off their contents, casks, barrels, and like containers are provided with a cylinder of compressed gas located within the vessel and screwed into a bush 3, Fig. 2, carried by an outer bush 2. The valve of the gas cylinder is depressed by a plunger 7 forced down by means of a removable lever, the end of which is received by a ridge or groove 9 in a third bush 6. The bush 3 may be secured by a bayonet-joint, and a rubber ring may be employed between it and the outer bush. The plunger may be hollow and fitted with a safetyvalve consisting of a spring-pressed ball, the spring being adjusted by means of a screw-cap. The plunger may be operated from a distance by means of another plunger 33, Fig. 8, forced down by the admission of air from a compressedair reservoir 29, an air tap 32 being placed in close proximity to the liquid outlet tap 27.
Patent GB-191122487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Duplicating or Triplicating Sheets for Typewriting and like Machines.
Inventor: HARDIE WILIJAM
IPC: B41L1/22
Filed: 1911-10-12
Granted: 1912-06-20
Abstract: 22,487. Hardie, W. Oct. 12. Manuscript books.-Manifolding - sheets for use in typewriters are bound by a row of stitches a, the perforations enabling the sheets to be readily torn off. A second row, of small tearing-perforations, may be provided either in register with, or parallel to, the sewing-perforations.
Patent GB-191122809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1911-10-16
Granted: 1912-10-16
Abstract: 22,809. Planes, Ltd., and Fenwick, R. C. Oct. 16. [Cognate Application, 8904/12.] Cars; propelling.-The body A of an aeroplane may be of stream-line form, and has the seats D for the aviator and passengers on each side of the propeller shaft. The engine B is arranged in front of the seats and the propeller C at the rear, and the connexion between the propeller and the engine is such that a certain deformation of the body can take place. This is effected by mounting one end of the shaft H in a spherical bearing G, the other end being fixed to a pinion I<1> supported on a spherical bearing F<1> connected to a diaphragm K'. The pinion I<1> is connected, through smaller pinions, with the engine shaft so that a reduction of speed is obtained. The shaft H passes through a fixed tube E in the cockpit. The propeller is fixed to the shaft H, Fig. 4, by bushes L and a nut N; a collar P<1> on the shaft takes the thrust during descent with the engine stopped, and a collar P takes the normal driving thrust. The rear spherical bearing G is attached to the diaphragm K' by a housing R bolted to the diaphragm. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, construction of.-A monoplane or biplane machine is provided with a flexible stream-line or other body, the engine B being situated at the front and the propeller C at the rear. The planes are stayed to the masts X, X' and the undercarriage. Skids W and wheels are provided. According to the Provisional Specification 22,809/11, the elevator is hinged at the rear of a fixed plane having a cutwater beneath it, and the ribs of the main plane converge towards the front of the machine.
Patent GB-191125565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriers for Motor-cycle and other Acetylene Lamps.
Inventor: MILLER CHARLES ALBERT
IPC: B60Q1/04
Filed: 1911-11-16
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 25,565. Miller, C. A. Nov. 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Brackets, gas.-Relates to brackets for motorcycle and other acetylene lamps in which the generator is separate from the lantern, and consists of separate angularly-adjustable brackets for the lantern and projector which are mounted on the front and rear bolts of a two-piece clip attached to the handle-bar stem. The lantern is supported by arms c, e<1> which are mounted on the bolt d and secured by nuts d<3> and spring-washers e. The support f for the generator is preferably formed in one with the bolt f<1> which screws into the side a of the clip and is secured by nuts ff<2>, g. The bolt d is formed with a shoulder d<5> in order that the arm c, clip a, bolts d, f<1>, and support f may be connected before applying the clip a to the stem. In modified constructions, the bolt f may be separate from the support f, which is formed with an eye to pass over it, and may be formed with a shoulder. The arm c may be formed in one with the bolt d, and two supports for the generator may be provided.
Patent GB-191200969-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Lignite.
Inventor: RIGBY THOMAS
IPC: C10F5/00
Filed: 1912-01-12
Granted: 1913-02-12
Abstract: 969. Rigby, T., and Testrup, N. Jan. 12. Fuel. - Powdered lignite for conversion into briquette fuel is dried and conveyed by a current of hot inert gas, such as flue gas. The powdered lignite from a mill c passes through a shaking sieve d into a distributing- device e, by which it is introduced into a rapid current of the flue gas in the flue f. The gas and suspended powder pass the fan g and enter a vertical flue h closed by a valve u. Aside branch leads to a set of cyclone separators j, which deposit the separated powder in a hopper k, the gas passing on by a flue m. The powder from the hopper k passes through a Schulze drier l, which is connected to the flue m by a branch n. The more completely dried material is introduced into the current of hot gas through a distributing-device v, and is carried through a duct s to a second series of separators o above a bunker p in connexion with a briquetting- press w. The gas leaves by a duct q and enters a tower r where it is scrubbed to recover the residual dust not separated by the cyclones. The powder from the Schulze drier may be conveyed to the press by a screw. A mass of iron or brickwork may be placed in the flue f to act as a thermal regulator. Specifications 14,624/11 and 24,748/11 are referred to.
Patent GB-191201340-A (GB)
Title: Screw Operated Hydraulic Power Appliances.
Inventor: ADAMS GEORGE THOMAS
IPC: B66F3/24
Filed: 1912-01-17
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 1340. Adams, G. T., and Windsor, C. S. Jan. 17. Jacks.-Relates to an hydraulic lifting-appliance of the type having a screw plunger adapted to displace fluid to raise the lifting-ram, and consists in providing the appliance with wheels, with means for preserving alinement and inflexibility of the screw plunger cylinder, and also with means for locking the lifting ram in its raised position. The cylinder 1 has a lifting-ram 4 and is provided with an extension 10 secured by bolts 11 and stays 13. Screwed into the extension 10 is a sleeve 14 in which slides a screwed plunger 16, which passes through a nut secured to the outer end of the sleeve 14, and is itself secured to the boss of a handwheel 22. An outer sleeve 15 is also secured to the hand-wheel and slides on the sleeve 14. The jack is mounted on spring - pressed rollers 26, the springs being sufficient to raise the unloaded jack from the ground. A pin 28 may be passed through holes in the plunger to lock it in the raised position.
Patent GB-191204853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Exhausting or Compressing Air or other Elastic Fluid.
IPC: F04D17/18
Filed: 1912-02-27
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 4853. Weir, G. & J., and Peterm÷ller, J. Feb. 27. Blast and aspirating apparatus, injector and ejector; nozzles; regulating.-In an apparatus for compressing or exhausting air by means of water &c. impelled through nozzles by a turbine rotor, means are provided for regulating the output of the apparatus by putting one or more nozzles out of action. The rotor r impels water through a series of nozzles a, and the air to be entrained enters through an inlet p. Corresponding to the nozzle a is a series of nozzles n within the rotor, through which water is supplied, and one or more of the nozzles n can be cut off by means of a cylindrical valve v. The valve v may be arranged within or without the nozzles n, or the nozzles n may be fed by separate passages controlled by separate valves. The nozzles a are provided with non-return valves g to prevent air from being drawn in through those that are out of action.
Patent GB-191206032-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Receptacles for Containing and Discharging Semi-liquid, Semi-solid and Pasty Substance.
IPC: B65D83/00
Filed: 1912-03-11
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 6032. Marks, E. C. R., [Craven Engineering Co.]. March 11. Piston apparatus for discharging receptacles.- A receptacle for containing and discharging lubricants, and semi-solid and like substances is provided with a screw-operated discharging- piston 9, Fig. 1, and with a small spring 21 loosely coiled around the piston-rod 12 and connected at one end to a closing-cap 17, so as both to open and to close the discharge orifice and also to prevent turning of the piston-rod in the wrong direction. The closing-cap 17 is rotatably secured to a nozzle 5 and is provided with an opening 19, Fig. 3, similar in shape to the discharge orifice 7 in the nozzle 5, the extent of movement of the cap on the nozzle being limited by the engagement of a tongue 20 stamped out from the cap with the end walls of the orifice 7. The end of the spring 21 passes through a slot 22 in the nozzle 5 and is secured to the closing-cap at 23. When the operating-handle 23 is turned in clockwise direction, the coil 21 is carried around with the piston-rod and rotates the cap 17 until the openings 7,19 are wholly in register, the tongue 20 preventing further motion of the cap 17. Any further rotation of the handle 13 causes the piston 9 to advance and extrude the contents of the receptacle. If the handle 13 is then turned slightly in the counter-clockwise direction, the cap 17 immediately closes the discharge orifice, and no further rotation is permitted, as the coil 21 tightens up and gives a positive grip on the pistonrod 12.
Patent GB-191210853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dishes, Cake-stands and the like.
Inventor: HEATH FRANK PEARSON
IPC: A47G19/30
Filed: 1912-05-07
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 10,853. Heath, F. P. May 7. Stands. - Relates to cake stands or dishes carrying smaller receptacles adapted to be moved into or out of the dish as described in Specification 7192 / 12, [Class 66, Hollow-ware], and consists in so hing- ing the receptacles that they can maintain their horizontal position at all times. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the receptacle B is hinged to an arm D detachably hinged to the dish at D<2>, a clip E serving to hold the receptacle as an horizontal fixture. In a modification shown in Fig. 2, more than one arm is used so as to provide a parallel motion for the carriers F of the smaller dishes.
Patent GB-191211788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Railway Couplings.
Inventor: POSSZERT FRANCZ
IPC: B61G1/08
Filed: 1912-05-17
Granted: 1912-09-26
Abstract: 11,788. Posszert, F. May 17. Couplings, automatic, of the kind in which a pivoted hook engages a withdrawable crosspin on the opposing coupler - head. In the position for coupling, the cross-pin 10 extends between the sides 2 of the forked stem of the downwardly-facing automatic hook 1, which is pivoted on the coupling-pin of the ordinary draw-hook 5, and is supported in horizontal position for coupling by a pin 4 passing through the recess of the ordinary hook. When the automatic coupling is not in use, the pin 4 is removed and the hook 1 hangs vertically downwards. The upper side of the end of each hook 1 is formed as an incline 9, and when two vehicles come together one hook slides up the incline 9 of the other and engages with the pin 10. A plate 22 is fixed to each hook 1 to prevent the upper hook from rising and uncoupling when in use. The pin 10 is carried by a loop 12 fixed to a cranked spindle 14 adapted to turn in brackets 15 fixed to the vehicle, and to slide against the pressure of a spring 17 to withdraw the pin 10 for uncoupling. The crank 19 is turned to bear against the tooth 21 of a plate 20 fixed to the vehicle to hold the spindle 14 in either of its two positions.
Patent GB-191223744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Running Gear for Flying Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON NORMAN ARTHUR
IPC: B64C25/00
Filed: 1912-10-17
Granted: 1913-10-17
Abstract: 23,744. Thompson, N. A. Oct. 17. Shock of landing, deadening.-The body of an aeroplane is slung in cradles i supported by a framework f which is M-shaped in front and side elevation and which may be combined with a diamond-shaped framea carrying wheels e and skids d. The framework f is of oval section with the major axis in the line of flight and is connected to tubes g. The slings i are secured to the joints h which have vertical bearing-surfaces j abutting and sliding against surfaces k fixed to the body. During flight, the undercarriage rests solely on detachable brackets m. The slings i may contain shock-absorbing devices of any kind, for example, those described in Specification 6460/12, and are connected to one another on the same side of the machine by wiresp which pass through a central spring o. The chassis may be divided into two parts for packing by removing the skids, unbolting the halves of the frame a, and detaching one of the cables p. Absorbent gear may be arranged between the surfaces j and abutment brackets l.
Patent GB-191225517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Taps and Valves.
IPC: F16L55/055
Filed: 1912-11-07
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 25,517. Automatic Tap Syndicate, and Rigg, J. Nov. 7. Shocks, preventing.-A device for preventing water-hammer in pipes when a draw-off valve is closed comprises a circular channel around which the water is directed in one direction. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the channel C is formed in the casing of a plug cock of the type described in Specifications 5008 / 06 and 25,641/07. The plug has a diamond - shaped port A adapted to co-operate with a similarlyshaped port B in the seat arranged diametrically opposite the inlet. The casing may also be fitted with an air-chamber. The circular chamber with or without the air-chamber may be made as a separate fitting for inserting in a pipe line, or may be formed integrally with the casing of an ordinary valve. The Provisional Specification also states that the air-chamber may be used alone and is so constructed that the flow of water exhausts the chamber, thus draining off any water that may have entered.
Patent GB-191300994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Envelopes.
Inventor: TUBBS HAROLD JOHN
IPC: B65D27/06
Filed: 1913-01-13
Granted: 1914-01-13
Abstract: 994. Tubbs, H. J. Jan. 13. Envelopes.-Envelopes a having an address-disp l a y i n g transparent part or aperture bare provided with a folder c adapted to contain the contents and bearing on the outer side of each leaf an address, or space c<1> for r a n address adapted to register with the aperture in the envelope. The folder is a p e r manent article which is transmitted repeatedly between two addresses. The envelope may be provided with a two-part gummed leaf so that it can be used for reply, the two portions e<1>, e<2> of gum being preferably separated by a line of perforations e.
Patent GB-191302202-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Demonstrating and Teaching Botany.
Inventor: FOGGIN WILLIAM SHIELD
IPC: G09B23/38
Filed: 1913-01-27
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 2202. Foggin, W. S. Jan. 27. Teaching botany; models.-Relates to botanical models of the kind comprising several members adjustable on a background to illustrate the changes that occur in the life of the subject, the members including a cover representing the exterior of the subject and internal parts limited by stops. According to the invention, a representation a of the exterior of the subject, for example a sage flower, is pivoted at b on a background x and can be swung parallel to the background to disclose an interior view comprising movable parts limited by stops, some of the parts coacting in their movements. For example, to illustrate the process of fertilization, the movable parts comprise (1) a continuation e of the pistil h carried by a lever f and passing through a slot q, to show the growth of the pistil, and (2) stamens and anthers represented by coacting arms j, l pivoted at m and normally held against stops n, p by a spring or the like, to illustrate the deposition of pollen upon a bee. The member a can be held closed by a catch or stop c.
Patent GB-191303554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Art of Manufacturing Cement Steel.
Inventor: BENJAMIN GEORGE HILLARD
IPC: C23C8/22
Filed: 1913-02-11
Granted: 1914-02-11
Abstract: 3554. Benjamin, G. H. Feb. 11. Cementation; cust-iron processes.-Carbon is introduced into iron or steel by heating the iron or steel either in a solid or molten state in the presence of a hydrocarbon gas under pressure by means of an alternating current. In the apparatus shown, puddle-bars 10 are heated to a red heat in a furnace 5 provided with adjustable electrodes 7, 8, 9 connected to a three-phase dynamo. Hydrocarbon gas is supplied by a pump 16 through a heater 15 and is allowed to flow through the furnace until the surface oxide is reduced. A valve 12 is then closed and the pressure is raised, the temperature being raised preferably to within a few degrees of the melting-point. The carbon combines with the iron, and the hydrocarbon rises in the chimney 11 until its pressure is sufficient to open the valve 12. Boron trioxide, graphitic carbon, a powdered halogen compound, grinders' waste, or other substances may also be introduced into the furnace.
Patent GB-191306485-A (GB)
Title: Securing Railway Rails to Sleepers.
Inventor: HEYDT THEOPHILE
IPC: E01B9/46
Filed: 1913-03-15
Granted: 1914-03-16
Abstract: 6485. Heydt, T. March 15. Chairs with separate jaws; sleepers, securing rails to; chair keys and wedges.-Rails are secured by clamps retained by a device contained in a chamber which is closed in on both sides and at the rear and has a cover to secure the retaining-device, which consists of a block, a number of vertical wedges, or molten metal. The chamber may be formed on the sleeper or on a base-plate secured to the sleeper. The molten metal h may fill the chamber or entirely surround the clamp c, being poured through a hole in the cover d, the metal filling this hole and so retaining the cover, which may extend over the clamp. The metal may also be poured through a hole 12 in the clamp to engage the rail base. The cover may have a dovetail engagement with the exterior or interior of the sides r of the chamber. The rear wall t may slide in grooves in the sides r. The metal may be removed by melting, or mechanically by a screw-borer, which may also be used to engage a threaded hole in the blocks v, in which case the cover d is secured by a screw n. The wedges o may project above the end wall, and may be lifted out by notches q. The clamp may have a dovetail engagement with the chamber, and may have projections preventing the liquid metal from entering the dovetail recess.
Patent GB-191307643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificial Briquette Fuel.
Inventor: EATON EDMUND
IPC: C10L5/10
Filed: 1913-04-01
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 7643. Eaton, E. April 1. Composition fuel.-A mixture consisting of 30 lb. of small coal, ground peat, or coke, 60 lb. of ground chalk, 3 lb. of crude oil or petroleum, and 10 lb. of solidified tar is heated by steam and briquetted. Specification 6981/12 is referred to.
Patent GB-191311269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Injectors.
Inventor: GRESHAM HARRY EDWARD
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 1913-05-14
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 11,269. Gresham, H. E., and Gresham, F. J. May 14. Giffard injectors; regulating.-In a live-steam injector, an annular passage a between the usual live-steam nozzle b and the water-inlet cone c admits exhaust steam to be absorbed by the feed-water before it is impinged upon by the live steam. The supply of exhaust is regulated by a spring-pressed valve f on the exhaust passage g which is acted upon by the steam in the engine valve chest through the intermediary of the passage h, piston i, and stem j. A positively-operated valve m enclosing the valve f may also be used for regulation. The device for regulating the supply of exhaust forms the subject of Application 29,328/13. When no exhaust steam is available, the discharge from the small continuously-working ejector of a brake system may be admitted, or a throttled supply of live steam.