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Patent GB-191110301-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerodromes.
Inventor: HUTSON WILLIAM ALEXANDER
IPC: G09B9/12
Filed: 1911-04-28
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 10,301. Hutson, W. A. April 28. Teaching and training, apparatus for.-Means for learning or performing aerial navigation without danger comprise an elevated guidetrack coacting with guideframes upon the aeroplane, whereby vertical and lateral movement of the aeroplane is restricted' while the machine is free in its flight. Fig. 2 shows a transverse view of the track at the starting point, with an aeroplane 20 in position for starting; Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the wiring for the electrical arrangements. Towers 1 are arranged in pairs round the track, and support pivoted arms 10 which are adjustable lengthways and carry cables 12 kept taut by weights at their ends. The height of the cables can be adjusted by electric motors 9 adapted to swing the arms 10. Bars 17 cross the track between each pair of towers for supporting the trolly wires 18, which supply current to the motor on the aeroplane through trolly wheels 24 and flexible conductors 23. The aeroplane is fitted with vertical rods 26, laterally extending rods 27, 28, and pivoted rods 29, 30 which are normally vertical but can swing in a longitudinal plane, controlled by springs, in order to pass over the bars 10. The bars 27, 28 limit the vertical movement, and the bars 29, 30 the transverse movement, of the aeroplane. The electrical system comprises means for supplying current to the driving motor of the aeroplane and means for controlling the motors 9 on the towers individually or collectively. From the generator 31, Fig. 5, a wire runs to the point 35 on the switchboard 33 for controlling the motors 9 individually, and thence current is taken to one pole of each motor 9 by wires 37, the return leads being by wires 38. For operating the motors in series, a switchboard is provided with four switches 40, 41, 42, 43. To operate the outer series of motors, connexion is made from the point 35 to point 47, thence through the circuitbreaker 49, wires 50, 51, and switch 42 to the wire 44 and thence back to the generator. To operate the inner series connexion is made between point 35 and point 47, circuitbreaker 49, wire 50, switch 41, to wire 45, and back through switch 43.
Patent GB-191117026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Cleaning Apparatus.
Inventor: MACKENZIE GEORGE WASHINGTON
IPC: A47L5/18
Filed: 1911-07-25
Granted: 1912-05-02
Abstract: 17,026. MacKenzie, G. W. July 25. Aspirating - apparatus, jet - pump; regulating and controlling.-A jet-pump 2 for a vacuum cleaning-installation, has a controlling valve 13 provided with an elongated stem 15 with operating-handles 16 on each floor. The pump has an integral casing with an annular restriction 21 between the injection nozzle 19 and the suction inlet 5. The pump is controlled by admitting air through a small port 24, which is provided with a valve 23. In a modification, the pump is built up of tubular sections with overlapping joints to prevent clogging. In this case, the annular restriction is formed on an inserted sleeve.
Patent GB-191118879-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Controlling and Actuating Apparatus by Electromagnetic Radiations.
Inventor: WIRTH CHRISTOPH
Filed: 1911-08-22
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 18,879. Wirth, C., Beck, C., and Knauss, H. Aug. 22. Wireless control of distant apparatus.-In apparatus of the kind described in Specification 5811/09, in which any one of a number of machines can be rendered operative from a distance by electric waves, the receiving circuit is insulated, and located at some distance from the circuit controlling the current-distributor, so that it is not affected by oscillations set up by sparking in the second circuit. Electric oscillations acting on the coherer 3 cause the magnet 2 to be energized, thereby closing the circuit of the magnet 6; the armature 16 of this actuates the circuit closer 13 through an insulating-thread 15, such as silk, and so the magnet 10 actuating the current-distributor 9 is energized. The complete operation of the armature 16 closes the circuit of the de-coherer 5. In order to ensure a sufficiently long closure of the circuit of the magnet 10 the spring 13 is slit longitudinally, as shown in Fig. 2, the thread 15 being attached to one portion and the screw 14 bearing against the other. In a modification, a rotary commutator is used as a current-distributor, operated by a motor through a long insulating shaft.
Patent GB-191120249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Sleepers.
Inventor: INNES WILLIAM ROBERT DRAYTON
IPC: E01B9/66
Filed: 1911-09-12
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 20,249. Innes, W. R. D. Sept 12. Sleepers, composite.-Relates to reinforcedconcrete sleepers having near each end longitudinal vertical slots for T-headed bolts which are inserted and turned through 90 degrees, and metal bearing-plates for the bolts at the lower ends of the slots; and consists in the use of a cambered bearing-plate e, Fig. 10, with a slot e' for the bolts to prevent them from slipping outwards. The plates are secured by their edges entering recesses, Fig. 2, at the ends of the slots, which widen upwards to allow a slight radial movement of the bolts. The slot at one end of the sleeper may be replaced by two openings to admit a bolt each, to secure the rail rigidly at that end. The rails are secured by clamps with nuts and locking- washers. The sleeper is reinforced by preferably eight rods b, Fig. 1, in tiers, bent as shown and eyeleted to receive stirrups c. Sleeper materials.-The concrete sleeper is preferably constructed from an aqueous admixture of basaltic stone chips, crushed basaltic matter, and Portland cement, with or without some sand.
Patent GB-191123248-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Toys.
Inventor: KENNEDY ALBERT ERNEST
IPC: A63H7/04
Filed: 1911-10-21
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 23,248. Kennedy, A. E. Oct. 21. Mechanical toys. - Relates to toy figures of cardboard &c., having parts relatively movable, and cousists in constructing them so that movement of the toy along a supporting-surface will effect the relative movement of the parts. As shown in Fig. 2, a disk e attached to one part a of the toy operates a rod c which passes through guides to limit its movement and is attached at its other end to the other part b of the toy. The back of the toy may be provided with a folding support to enable it to stand upright if required.
Patent GB-191126979-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gas Scrubber.
Inventor: DAVIDSON WILLIAM BROWN
IPC: C10K1/02
Filed: 1911-12-02
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 26,979. Davidson, W. B., and Liversedge, A. J. Dec. 2. Drawings to Specification. Impurities, separating from gases.-In apparatus for cleansing gases, the scrubbing surfaces are open sharp-edged spirals. They may be piled in a chamber through which the gases pass, suspended from the top of the chamber, fixed into inclined plates in the chamber, fixed radially or transversely in the gas pipe, or arranged in any other way.
Patent GB-191128412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cutting Tools for Metal, Wood and other such Material.
Inventor: DOBSON HARRY
IPC: B23B51/04
Filed: 1911-12-18
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 28,412. Dobson, H. Dec. 18. Bore-hole apparatus.-A tool for use in removing the cores after the operation of an annular cutter, consists of a tube B carrying a number of cutters b<2> pivoted to tangentially-disposed pins b<3> at its lower end. Each cutter has a cutting-face b<4> and a rounded face b5 which engages the rounded end of the hole, so that on pressure being applied to the tube the cutters are advanced in substantially an horizontal direction to remove the core. A number of cutters, to come into operation successively, may be mounted on each pin.
Patent GB-191204755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cyclometers and similar Registering Instruments.
Inventor: HAWKINS CLARENCE CANUTE
IPC: G01P1/04
Filed: 1912-02-26
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 4755. Hawkins, C. C. FÚb. 26. Odometers.-Relates to a driving-mechanism for cyclometers mounted on the handle-bars or other suitable part of a velocipede, wherein the usual star-wheel thereof is coupled to a flexible shaft the other end of which is provided with a star-wheel actuated by the striker on the road wheel. The cyclometer N is mounted on a plate P on the handle-bars H by means of a clip R, and the plate is provided with a bracket G which supports one end of a flexible shaft A. This end of the shaft has a clutch or coupling- member L adapted to engage the arms of the star-wheel M of the cyclometer, and the other end of the shaft is supported in a bracket E carried by the usual clip F mounted on the axle of the road-wheel.
Patent GB-191208558-A (GB)
Title: A Device by which a Wire-cutter can be Attached to a Lance or its Equivalent and Protected.
Inventor: HARRISON ROBERT LEIGH
IPC: F41C27/20
Filed: 1912-10-11
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 8558. Harrison, R. L. Oct. 11. Weapons combined with appliances other than small-arms.-Relates to wire cutters of the kind that are fitted in a recess in a lance or the like and that are operated by the pressure of the wire. The invention consists (1) in a special manner of forming the recess, and (2) in a special construction of cutter. The recess is formed by splitting the lance and inserting a metal frame c, Fig. 2, which is secured by screws. The cutter comprises two cutting-jaws k<1>, f Fig. 3, carried by levers f, k, one f of which turns on a fixed pivot while the other k is pivoted to the end of a swinging arm j. The parts are returned to the initial position by a spring m and chain l.
Patent GB-191210987-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic Time Recorder for use in connection with Sprinklers.
IPC: G07C1/08
Filed: 1912-05-08
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 10,987. Schlesische Gruben & H³ttenbedarf Ges., and Ehrenfeld, M. von Schalscha-. May 8. Recording particular operations; recording duration of flow of liquids. - In intermittent sprinkling-apparatus for coal mines, employed for the purpose of precipitating coal dust, means is provided for recording the duration of opening of the valve controlling the flow. Within a casing b screwed to a valve chamber a, there is arranged a clock-work f, and attached to the hour spindle thereof is a disk g bearing the graduated record surface h. A squared projecting minute spindle i is adapted to have clutched thereto, by downward movement of a frame n, a square-recessed spindle k, carrying a recording-arm l, downward movement of the frame being effected by a rod p connected to the valve q, provided with a hand-wheel s for opening and closing it, and urged towards the closed position shown by means of a spring diaphragm o. The relative movement of the marking-arm and recording-disk when the valve is opened produce a record.
Patent GB-191211594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Tails of Aeroplanes.
Inventor: BASTIER LOUIS
IPC: B64C13/00
Filed: 1912-05-15
Granted: 1912-09-26
Abstract: 11,594. Bastier, L. May 15. Steering; planes, construction of.-The elevator b of an aeroplane is fitted in a recess of the fixed tail plane a, and, in its inoperative position, forms a continuation of the parabolic curvature of the tail.
Patent GB-191216233-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Dosing Valves for Filter Beds for Sewage and for other purposes.
Inventor: AMES RICHARD
IPC: C02F3/04
Filed: 1912-07-11
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 16,233. Ames, R. July 11. Actuating.-Apparatus for automatically and intermittently actuating valves C, Fig. 3, used for supplying sewage from a dosing-tank K to filter-beds or for other purposes, comprises a shaft I connected by a lever R and link-work S, T, U, Fig. 2, with a double-acting tipping- bucket O, to which liquid is supplied through a timing-valve W. The valves Care situated on either side of and equidistant from the shaft I, and are moved with it by levers M forked to engage with pins on the valve spindles H or attached thereto by chains or links. Chains may also be used instead of the link-work to connect the lever R and tipping-bucket O.
Patent GB-191217400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bolts and Nuts.
Inventor: KOKKELKOREN ARTHUR
IPC: F16B33/02
Filed: 1912-07-26
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 17,400. Kokkelkoren, A., and Linet, D. July 31, 1911, [Convention date]. Locking nuts.-A self-locking nut particularly designed for use with a ratchet thread is made of oval bore throughout, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to be forcibly expanded over its small diameter when screwed on a cylindrical bolt. As shown at l, Fig. 4, the lower end of the bore is made conical or bell-mouthed.
Patent GB-191300297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flushing Cisterns.
IPC: E03D1/22
Filed: 1913-01-04
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 297. Emanuel & Sons, A., Smith, C. T., and Snell, M. J. Jan. 4. Valve-discharge water-waste preventers.- When the lever 9 is rocked by means of the pullchain, the float discharge valve 6 is raised and floats to the surface. At the same time, by means of levers 13, 14, a cap 12 is lowered on to a suction valve 11 in an afterflush compartment 3, and a valve 19 in a third compartment 23 is closed by the contact of levers 9, 21. The float 6 descends with the water-level and the stop 15 on the spindle a causes the lever 14 to tilt and open the valve 11 giving an afterflush. The chamber 3 contains the inlet valve float 22 and is filled by overflow from the chamber 23.
Patent GB-191300945-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle Wheel.
Inventor: MARLEY BERNARD
IPC: B60B9/26
Filed: 1913-01-13
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 945. Marley, B., Thicker, W. P., and Barnard, R. P. Jan. 13. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and metal springs other than helical and volute sprinys; spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and rubber-ring and like cushions.-Wheels of the kind in which there are resilient spokes are characterized by a spoked annular member adapted to allow limited radial and transverse movement of the rim. In the form shown, two series of oppositely-arranged curved blade spring spokes 4, Fig. 5, fit at their outer ends between blocks of rubber 17, Fig. 2, arranged in channels formed on the rim by central and lateral flanges 16, 13. The blocks are held in channel-shaped metal holders 22 secured by radial bolts, some of which 26 pass through the spoke ends. The inner ends of the spokes fit in radial grooves 3, Fig. 6, in the hub, and have lateral notches 11 in which fits an annular flange 8 on a plate 7. The plates are secured by transverse bolts which also pass through the ends of rigid spokes 40 fixed to a rim 42 adapted to abut against the flange 16 under excessive shock; further, the rim 42 resists lateral displacement by engaging either of the coned flanges 23 connecting the channels 22. A single series only of elastic spokes may be used.
Patent GB-191305534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Colouring Matters of the Anthraquinone Series.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1913-03-05
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 5534. Johnson., J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. March 5. Anthraquinoneacridones containing halogen are obtained by treating with halogens in presence of suitable solvents, such as nitrobenzene or trichlorbenzene, a 1-arylaminoanthraquinone containing a methyl group in the 2-position in the aryl or anthraquinonyl residue. According to examples, 1-anilino-2-methyl-, 1-otoluido-, 1-p-chloranilino-2-methyl-, 1-alpha-naphthalido-2-methyl-, and 1-o-toluido-5-, -6-, or -7- chlor-anthraquinone, are treated with chlorine, and 1-anilino-2-methyl- and 1-o-toluido-anthraquinone are treated with bromine. The products dye cotton red, reddish violet, red-brown, &c. shades from a hydrosulphite vat. Specifications 7923/10, 894/11, and 7291/12 are referred to. 1-p-Chloranilino-2-methylanthraquinone is obtained from p-chloraniline and 1-nitro-2-methylanthraquinone. 1-o-Toluido-6-chloranthraquinoneis obtained from o-toluidine and 1-nitro-6-chloranthraquinone.
Patent GB-191309904-A (GB)
Title: Loud Sound Reproducing Telephone.
Inventor: JENNINGS WILLIAM ERNEST
IPC: H04R11/02
Filed: 1913-04-28
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 9904. Jennings, W. E. April 28. Telephones. - A loud - speaking telephone receiver comprises a diaphragm 8 firmly secured by means of a ring or flange 9. on a sounding- board 1 attached by three pillars 6 to a backboard 4 on a base 7, the diaphragm 8 being connected by a short stem 10 to one end of a lever 11. The lever is pivoted on a magnet pole 12, being attached to it by a screw 31 or otherwise, and carries an armature 29 of the magnet 14. Both magnets are mounted on a spring arm 21 bearing the magnetic yoke 20, lateral adjustment being made by means of the screw 25. The coil 15 on the magnet 14 is of medium resistance and receives the incoming currents. The magnet 12 is permanently energized but may be replaced by a rigidly mounted screw-adjustable non-magnetic fulcrum.
Patent GB-191316024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Shoring in Excavations.
Inventor: SINCLAIR GEORGE GREIG
IPC: E02D5/04
Filed: 1913-07-11
Granted: 1914-07-13
Abstract: 16,024. Sinclair, G. G. July 11. [Cognate Applications, 17,406/13 and 27,256/13.] Shoring and strutting.- The vertical members. that is runners and poling boards, used in shoring excavations &c., consist of sheetmetal sections with marginal flanges or corrugations and provided with indentations d, ribs b, teeth e, bosses i, projections &c. at intervals longitudinally of the sections, for engagement with levers &c. used in raising the sections for withdrawal. The flanges of the sections are arranged to abut or overlap or are formed with bulb-shaped extremities a' to be embraced by hooked shaped extremities a<2> of adjacent sections. The corrugations c', c<2> at the sides of the sections inter-engage with or without packing of yarn &c. and are of any desired section, for instances semicircular, triangular, or rectangular, &c. The sections are provided with a single corrugation at one side, and two at the other side, the extreme corrugations being in opposite directions, or two at one side and three at the other. The indentations d are formed in the corrugations. The sections used as poling-boards are formed with projecting tongues or are slitted at one end, and tongues s are bent out to receive L-shaped keys K overlapping and securing adjacent vertical sections. The indentations &c. in the poling- boards may be dispensed with. The shoring members are secured in position by wedges w driven between the flat faces of the members and the waling-timbers W.
Patent GB-191318940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Friction Clutches.
Inventor: PRICE SIDNEY LEOPOLD
IPC: F16D43/10
Filed: 1913-08-20
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 18,940. Price, S. L. Aug. 20. Clutches, friction.-Relates to centrifugallyoperated friction clutches in which the centrifugal members are carried by the normally driven shaft. The device is described as applicable for driving dynamos from the shaft of motor-vehicles. A clutch part b on the driven shaft a is pressed out of engagement with a driving-pulley d by a spring f. When it is desired to drive the dynamo, it is first driven as a motor by means of accumulators, thus rotating the shaft a at such a speed that centrifugal parts g pivoted on the shaft press the clutch parts into engagement so that the dynamo is driven as a dynamo by the pulley d. The parts g may be arranged between the clutch parts. A free-wheel clutch may be introduced between the clutch part b and the shaft a, to prevent the shaft from being driven in the wrong direction, and to allow it to overrun, if necessary. As shown in Fig. 4, the parts g act through a collar k and spring m, a stop a<1> limiting the clutch pressure. At excessive speeds, auxiliary centrifugal parts n cause slip or complete disengagement.
Patent GB-191320234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stretcher Bars for Railway Points.
Inventor: REEVES FRANK
IPC: B61L5/02
Filed: 1913-09-08
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 20,234. Reeves, F. Sept. 8. Stretcher bars for railway points are formed in two parts, the inner ends of which are provided with corresponding- toothed surfaces whereby the bars may be adjusted in length. In the construction shown the bar comprises the two parts a, e, the shorter of which can be moved endways through the yoke d to adjust the length of the bar. The parts are secured together by a key or wedge g.
Patent GB-191320367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Double Helical Teeth on Gear Wheels.
Inventor: SYKES WILLIAM EDWIN
IPC: B23F7/00
Filed: 1913-09-09
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 20,367. Sykes, W. E. Sept. 9. Gear - cutting. - Relates to machines for cutting double helical gear-wheels, as described in Specification 1759/11, and consists in having the cutter carriages attached to a single slide and acting alternately. The work 9 is held as before on a mandrel 6 carried by a slide 1 capable of adjustment by a hand screw and wheel 65. The cutters 11 are mounted on rotary spindles in tilting boxes 13, and gears 20 on the spindles are driven through gears 22 on spindles 24, which are rotated during cutting by means of helical flutes engaging projections in worm - wheels 30. The bearings 26 for the gears 22 are carried by carriages 17 adjustable on a common slide, which is reciprocated by a crank - pin from a crank - disk 32 driven through worm gearing 39, 40 from a pulley 42. The worm - wheel shaft 38 carries a crank-disk 43 which drives, through an adjustable crank, a ratchet-wheel 46 which causes the generating motion of the cutter spindles through gearing 63 and a worm 30, and also the synchronous rotation of the work through a spindle 51, change-speed gearing 53, and worm gearing 54, 55. The generating feed-motion for one of the cutters may be disengaged by a clutch 64, which also allows relative adjustment of the cutters. The cutters are tilted from the work on the non - cutting stroke by friction bars, as described in Specification 15,862/13.
Patent GB-191327773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Syrens and other Sound Producing Apparatus.
IPC: G10K7/00
Filed: 1913-12-02
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 27,773. Soc. Anon des Etablissements L. Bleriot. Dec. 6, 1912, [Convention date]. Sirens.-A siren having a constantly revolving rotor mounted within a fixed cylinder or stator is operated by a partially rotating valve sleeve or obturator which is controlled by the motion of the rotor. A fixed casing or stator a having air-holes a<0> supports on an axis (not shown) a rotor b with air-holes b<0>, and an intermediate obturator sleeve c. also with air-holes. To operate the siren, an electro-magnet e is energized, thus attracting its armature e<1> and causing a plate f pivoted at f<0>, f<0> to depress a spindle d<1> with attached cork-faced plate d against the rotating rotor b. The obturator c is thus partly rotated until the spindle d<1> comes opposite a hole f <1> in the plate f, into which it is forced by a leaf spring c<2>, thus disconnecting the obturator from the rotor and leaving the air-holes in the stator and obturator in line. On releasing the switch k, which brings into circuit a shunt resistance l, the electro-magnet e is de-energized, thus allowing its armature and the plate f to be lifted and permitting a spring g to retract the obturator c and stop the sound. In one modification (not shown), an electro-magnet is mounted on the obturator adjacent to the rotor, so that it mav be partly rotated by the Foucault currents generated in the rotor. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, adjacent vanes b<3>, c<3> on the rotor and obturator respectively tend to cause the partial rotation of the obturator, this rotation being limited by a lever having two detents alternately engaging teeth c<4> on the obturator, the lever being controlled by the electro-magnet. Specification 16,032/13 is referred to.