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Patent GB-191100828-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Fittings for Motor and Carriage Bodies and the like.
Inventor: CREE JAMES SIME
IPC: B60J10/04
Filed: 1911-01-12
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 828. Cree, J. S. Jan. 12. Vehicle windows.-Relates to vehicle windows which slide in secondary frames with channelled side-members sliding in the fixed frame, and consists in means for automatically locking the secondary frame to, and releasing it from the fixed frame and the sash. Each channel member A<1> of the secondary frame is formed with an aperture B<3> to receive a ball C, and the sash A and fixed frame A<3> are formed with recesses D, C', the recess C' being elongated horizontally to allow. the usual play of the sash in its guides, the sash, when fully lowered, being locked to the members A' by the engagement of the balls C with the recesses D. The dimensions of the balls and the positions of the recesses are such that when the sash is raised, it carries with it the members A' until the position, shown in Fig. 3, is reached, whereupon the balls automatically leave the recesses D and engage the recesses C', thus locking the members. A<1> to the fixed frame A<3> while the sash continues its closing movement alone. The lower ends of the members A<1> are provided with studs E<1> working in grooves B' in the frame A<3>, the heads of the studs engaging under plates B<2> when the members A<1> are fully raised and preventing the said members leaving the frame A<3>. Stops D<2>, D<3> on the sash A and members A<1> prevent the sash from being drawn up out of the members A<1>.
Patent GB-191101607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON GEORGE SOUTHWICK
Filed: 1911-01-21
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 1607. Thompson, G. S., and Netter, R. Jan. 21. Clutches, friction. - Comprises a friction clutch by which a pinion 22 can be automatically connected to and disconnected from its shaft by the action of a catch 71 operated by a stud 74 on a toothed wheel 21. The pinion 22 is formed with an enlarged boss which abuts against a flange 65 secured to the shaft. A pin 67, mounted in a groove in the pinion-boss, is notched to engage with the flange 65, and has a pointed end which extends through an opening in the hub of the pinion and rests on the shaft. Normally, the pin is held by the catch 71 yieldingly connected to an arm 70 which is raised by a stud 74 on the wheel 21. When the wheel 21 begins to rotate, the arm 70 falls and allows a spring 75 to draw the catch away and release the clutch pin 67. A spring acts on the pin and turns it about its pointed end until the notch in the pin binds on the flange 65. At the same time, a bell-crank lever, which is mounted on the pinion and has also been released by the catch 71, is forced by a spring into engagement with a recess in the pin, thus locking the pinion and pin together while the latter is in the clutching position. When the stud 74 is brought round by the wheel 21 again, it raises the arm 70 so as to bring the catch 71 into the path of the clutch pin. The catch engages with the pin and with the bell-crank, thus disconnecting the pin and the pinion, and releasing the flange 65 from the pin, so that the engine-shaft is free again.
Patent GB-191103240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Automatic Coupling and Locking of Buffer and Draw Bar Gear for Railway Rolling Stock and the like.
Inventor: BERKLEY JAMES EUSTACE
IPC: B61G3/16
Filed: 1911-02-08
Granted: 1911-09-28
Abstract: 3240. Berkley, J. E. Feb. 8. Combined buffer and draw gear; couplings, automatic.-In central buffer-couplings in which pivoted hooks, mounted on eccentrics by which the hooks can be given a backward and forward movement, engage the casings of adjacent vehicles, and the hooks can be set for coupling from the sides of the wagons, the heads d<1> of the coupling-bars d are so formed that when contact between the opposing buffers occurs the head of the coupling-bar of one wagon rides over the back of the coupling-bar of the other wagon and engages a projection d<3> thereon, the latter coupling-bar engaging with a hook a'formed on the casing a of the first vehicle. The coupling-bars d are loosely mounted on eccentrics e on transverse shafts f<1> in the buffer casings a. Fig. 4 shows the positions A<1>, B<1>, C<1>, D<1> corresponding to the positions A, B, C, D successively passed through by a clock - wise movement of the weighted hand-lever at the extremity of the shaft f'. The first 180 degrees corresponds to a longitudinal movement only of the coupling- bar from A<1> to B<1>; a member i on the eccentric then engages a member j on the coupling-bar and rotates it to its inoperative position. A hole l is provided in the bar d for coupling to vehicles provided with the ordinary pin mechanism. The eves d<2> which embrace the eccentrics e are shaped so as to permit relative movement between a coupling - bar and its eccentric.
Patent GB-191105428-A (GB)
Title: Combined Can Container and Perforator.
Inventor: JAVINS HARRY AUGHUR
IPC: B67B7/86
Filed: 1911-03-04
Granted: 1911-07-12
Abstract: 5428. Javins, H. A. March 5, 1910, [Convention date]. Condensed-milk and like cans, table holders for.-Consists in a receptacle 1 for enclosing a condensed-milk or other tin having a hinged lid 4 provided with valves 12, 16 arranged in casings 9, 14 adapted to pierce the top of the tin when the lid 4 is depressed. The valves 12, 16 close the milk outlet and air inlet,' respectively, except when the receptacle is tilted for pouring. The lid has a spout 7 and clip 5 engaging a lug 6, and the body of the receptacle is provided with a handle 18. When the lid 4 is raised, a spring 3 causes the upper part of the tin to project above the body 1, so that the tin can be readily removed from the receptacle.
Patent GB-191114663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Cycles and the like.
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1911-06-21
Granted: 1912-05-16
Abstract: 14,663. Pugh, J. V., and Rudge-Whitworth, Ltd. June 21. Change-speed gearing. - In belt driving-gear in which a pulley of variable effective diameter is arranged on the rear wheel, the fixed member a is secured to the wheel rim or spokes, while the movable member c is supported by tension spokes from a member d adjustable axially on the wheel hub f. The tension of the belt t tends to force the member d in the outward direction, this tendency being resisted by the spring p and by the operating push-rod n acting through a ball thrust bearing i, one member of which is secured to the member d by screws j passing through slots in the wheel hub f. In a modification, a clearance space is provided between the hub f and the member d, which is supported from an inner ball-bearing sleeve by studs passing through slots in the hub f. In another modification, the two hubs or barrel members each extend beyond the adjacent end of the other. The outer member of the pulley may be connected to the road wheel, the inner member being adjustable. The single operating- rod n passing through the axle may be replaced by several rods passing through the end member of the wheel hub. Specifications 22,400/11 and 27,143/11 are referred to.
Patent GB-191115052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: RANSFORD ROBERT BOLTON
IPC: G08B9/00
Filed: 1911-06-27
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 15,052. Ransford, R. B., [Thrasher, S. P.]. June 27. Couplings. - In an electric order telegraph, the insertion of a metal pin 40 into an aperture connects the spring terminals 11, 12, 13. In a modified form, the pin is provided with an ins u l a t e d tip which presses a spring away from its contact bar after the pin has made connexion between its spring contacts.
Patent GB-191117419-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Regulating Mechanism applicable to Electric Generators.
Inventor: GRILLET LEON VICTOR
IPC: H02J7/16
Filed: 1911-07-31
Granted: 1912-04-11
Abstract: 17,419. Grillet, L. V., and Truchetet, J. B. July 31. Lighting systems.-Dynamo-electric generators, particularly such as are used in conjunction with accumulators for lighting automobile vehicles, railway carriages, &c., have their armatures mounted on a sleeve loose on the shaft and capable of longitudinal movement to make and break the external circuit. The movement may be effected by a pin C on the shaft working in a helicoidal groove E in the sleeve D, or by a screw-thread, or by means of a centrifugal governor. When the dynamo is at rest the brushes K<1>, K<2> are on the insulating sleeve H but when rotated these brushes are moved on to the commutator G thereby connecting the battery to the dynamo.
Patent GB-191123503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Thrust Bearings.
Inventor: EMRICK WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: F16C32/06
Filed: 1911-10-24
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 23,503. Emrick, W. J. Oct. 24. Fluid bearings.-In a thrust bearing for shafts, of the kind in which oil is pumped to one side or the other of a disk 3 enclosed in a casing 2, the stuffing-boxes 14 are relieved from pressure by providing annular collecting- channels 16 in the casing 2. Independent passages 17 conduct the oil from the channels 16 to a discharge space 18, from which it returns through a pipe 19 to the reservoir 6. A threeway cock 10 controls the passage of oil from a pump 8 to one of the inlet pipes 11, 12. In a modification, a number of disks 3 are used, each being enclosed in a separate chamber in the casing 2.
Patent GB-191128942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: DRUSEIDT PAUL
IPC: H01H13/58
Filed: 1911-12-22
Granted: 1913-01-22
Abstract: 28,942. Druseidt, P. Dec. 22. Switches, quick-action. -In a press - button switch having moving contacts adapted to be rotated step by step by successive actuations of the press-button, the first action of the presbutton separates the fixed and moving contacts in the direction of movement of the button and subsequently the moving contacts rotate, rapidly, under the action of a spring. As shown in Fig. 1, the non-rotatable press-button 4 has secured to it a screwed spindle 3 having a rapid pitch upon which a nut 10 provided with ratchet teeth is mounted. In engagement with these teeth are the teeth of a collar 2 loosely fitting upon the spindle and carrying the moving contacts 1 which are provided with hooks engaging lugs 13, Fig. 2, upon the fixed contacts 9. A strong spring 12 is arranged upon the spindle between the moving contact-member and the cover and a weaker spring 11 between the pushbutton and the nut 10. When the button is pressed in, the contacts 1 are pushed away from the fixed contacts but the nut 10 is prevented from rotating upon the spindle until the lugs 13 have been cleared, whereupon the spring 12 causes the nut to rotate through 90 degrees carrying with it the moving contacts. When the press-button is released, the spring 11 pushes it, together with the screw 3, back into the normal position, the nut 10 sliding back over the teeth of the collar 2. By suitably proportioning the pitch of the screw-thread and the number of teeth on the elements 2, 10, the lugs may be dispensed with. The fixed contacts together with the lugs may be arranged to move, under the action of the push-button, away from the rotating contact.
Patent GB-191202166-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Condensing of Steam on Steamships when in Port.
Inventor: WEIR WILLIAM
IPC: F01B25/00
Filed: 1912-01-27
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 2166. Weir, W. Jan. 27. Condensers, feed-pumps, and feed-water heaters, arrangement or disposition of with regard to engine.-The auxiliary condenser d is raised above the well or water space g of the direct-contact feed-heater e into which the condensed steam gravitates. The main and auxiliary feed pumps b, c are supplied with steam from a common boiler - fed pipe u, which is branched at w, x and controlled by a float in the heater e. Either pump can be used by providing two valves 4, 5. Live steam connexions, uncontrolled by a float, but controlled by valves 8, 9, may also be provided. Both pumps are connected by pipes r, s, t with the heater e. The exhaust from the feed pumps and other engine-room auxiliaries passes wholly or in part to the heater e, condenser d, or atmosphere through pipes 11, 12, 13, 14, n, q, m, o. The deck auxiliaries pass to the condenser d or atmosphere through pipes h, m, o. Partly expanded steam from the main engine can pass into pipe n through pipe j, or excess auxiliary steam may pass to the main engine a.
Patent GB-191203420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines Working with Coke-oven and other Gases.
IPC: F02B43/00
Filed: 1912-02-10
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 3420. Clerk, D., and National Gas Engine Co. Feb. 10. Cycles and systems of working.-In engines using coke-oven or other gas or a vapour containing a high percentage of hydrogen, preignition is prevented by the admission of cooled exhaust gases to the air-inlet pipes. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the exhaust gases discharge through a pipe c into silencers, one of which is shown at d. Located between the silencer d and the air-inlet pipe k is a cooler r through which exhaust gases are drawn before entering the supply-pipe. An air-suction silencing-device may be used; and the exhaust gases may be cooled by passing through a length of air-cooled piping.
Patent GB-191208162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Firearms.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A19/34
Filed: 1912-04-04
Granted: 1913-07-04
Abstract: 8162. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. April 4. Torsional springs.-The Specification describes a torsional ribbon C<1> for controlling a rotary catch C<X> in a rifle, the ribbon being fixed at one end by a slotted plug c<1> and pin.
Patent GB-191210461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: HERSEY MAXIM
IPC: F21H1/00
Filed: 1912-05-02
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 10,461. Hersey, M. May 2. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Mantles.-Relates to mantles of the type in which beads of incandescing material are threaded upon wires, and consists in forming inverted mantles of a number of loops of wire b provided with beads c and graduated in size so that when suspended side-by-side from the usual ring a they form a cup-shaped mantle. The wires may be strengthened as by crosswires.
Patent GB-191210966-A (GB)
Title: A Machine for use in the Manufacture of Cardboard and like Boxes.
Inventor: SOMERS WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B31B50/20
Filed: 1912-05-08
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 10,966. Somers, W. H. May 8. Cutting-out apparatus.-A machine for cutting the corners of box blanks as shown in Fig. 5, preparatory to their being folded as described in Specification 6420/06, [Class 18, Boxes &c.], comprises knives g, h, i carried on a vertically reciprocating head d for making the incisions j, k, l, respectively. The knives g, h are mounted on faces g<1>, h<1> in planes at right-angles to one another, and the knife g may be replaced by knives of different sizes, while the knife h is adjustable along its supporting-face h<1>. Both knives are secured in position by screws engaging holes in the faces. The knife i for cutting the slot l is permanently bolted to the face i<1>, and is provided with two cutting-edges. All the knives coact with slots provided with knife plates in a worksupport b. Adjustable gauges s, t are provided for engaging adjacent sides of the blank. The head d is reciprocated from a treadle through spring-controlled link-work.
Patent GB-191215428-A (GB)
Title: Gas Compressor.
Inventor: GERALD PORTIELJE
IPC: F04B39/00
Filed: 1912-07-02
Abstract: 15,428. Portielje, G., and Jas, J. C. A. Nov. 18, 1911, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Screw Sprengel pumps. -A gas compressing,. purifying, and carburetting apparatus comprises a number of spiral tubes 11, 12, 13, 14, each of which is arranged on a mandrel in several superposed ranges or rows and has a cross-section which increases from the end 15 that opens in the suction chamber 3 to the end that opens into the delivery chamber 4 through a hollow spindle 7. The water or hydrocarbide discharged into the chamber 4 passes back to the chamber 3 by the pipe 16 through the float-controlled valve 17, or may be run to waste and replaced by fresh liquid through a suitable device for maintaining a constant level.
Patent GB-191216589-A (GB)
Title: Algebraic Registers or Calculators.
Inventor: ROGERS FRANCIS HERON
Filed: 1912-07-16
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 16,589. Rogers, F. H., [Underwood Typewriter Co.]. July 16. Adding and subtracting apparatus. - An apparatus which may be operated by the keyboard of a typewriter, &c., consists of a single counter having two series of indicating- members adapted respectively to exhibit the algebraic sum of a series of positive and negative values, according as this sum is positive or negative: the passage of the value displayed, e.g., by the positive series, through zero moves a shutter so as to conceal this series and expose the remaining series to view. The apparatus comprises the two series of numeral-drums 10. 11, Fig. 3, mounted on parallel shafts 12, 13 and connected together as shown in Fig. 1, by toothed wheels 17, 20 and a series of actuating- wheels 23, which can be driven from the typewriter in the manner described in Specification 19,550/09. The drums 10, 11, which are turned in one direction for addition and in the other for subtraction, thus always rotate relatively in the same direction, but as the numerals on the two series run in opposite directions, rotation of both series causes the indication on one to increase and that on the other to decrease. The two series are connected together by transfer mechanism, as described below. In the zero position of the numeral-drums 10, the noses 35, Fig. 7, of dogs 34 rigidly fixed to a shaft 33 rest in notches 19 of disks 18 attached to the drums. The first and last dogs 34 carry pivoted three-armed members 37, Fig. 1, and the corresponding disks 18 are provided with projections 43. When the value indicated on the drums 10 passes through zero, all the notches 19 will be in alinement and the dogs 34 will fall, thereby bringing the members 37 again into the path of the pins 43. The slide or index 26 will thereupon be shifted by the member 37 so as to expose the series of numerals on the other set of drums. In order that the correct algebraic sum may be displayed when the value indicated by the counter changes sign, the relative arrangement of the units drums of the two series differs from that of the remaining pairs of drums, the sum of corresponding pairs of digits on .the former being equal to ten, while that of the latter equals nine. Transfer mechanism.-When any one of the drums 10 passes through zero, the single-tooth of a disk (not shown), attached to the corresponding actuating-wheel 23, drives the toothed wheel 21, Fig. 3, fixed to one side of the higher drum 11 of the other series. The wheel 20 on the other side of the drum 11 drives the adjacent wheel 23 engaging the toothed wheel 17 attached to the drum 10.
Patent GB-191218887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Gas Compressors.
Inventor: ELLIOTT ROBERT POWELL
IPC: F04C28/12
Filed: 1912-08-17
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 18,887. Elliott, R. P., and Waller, B. B. Aug. 17. Fixed-abutment type; discharge passages for pumps; compensating for irregularity of flow. -In rotary pumps of the sliding-rocking vane type, the casing e<1> is so constructed that the gas is compressed between the vanes a, b, c, d up to a fixed discharge pressure before it is admitted to the discharge port k. A lift or flap valve m controlling a port m<1> may be provided to prevent the gas from being compressed by the vanes to a pressure exceeding that in the discharge main. Alternatively, the commencement of the discharge period may be varied by valves operated through suitable gear from the driving-shaft, or a hand-operated slide-valve o, Fig. 7, controlling auxiliary discharge ports q may be employed for the same purpose.
Patent GB-191224554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pictorial Toys.
Inventor: SCHULTZ HEINRICH ANTON JOHANNE
IPC: A63H33/22
Filed: 1912-10-26
Granted: 1913-01-09
Abstract: 24,554. Schultz, H. A. J. Oct. 26. Drawings to Specification. Pictorial toys.-A sheet or card serving for the production of coloured pictures is provided on one side with differently coloured spaces and on the other side with outlined figures adapted to be cut out and pasted on a second sheet to form a complete picture. The side of the sheet tha.t is provided with the figures is preferably coated with adhesive.
Patent GB-191300351-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Heating Air.
Inventor: KLOBUKOWSKI WLADYSLAW PIOTR
IPC: F24H3/00
Filed: 1913-01-06
Granted: 1914-01-06
Abstract: 351. Klobukowski, W. P. Jan 6. Air-heating stoves; air, moistening. - Air fur ventilation is heated in a casing by heat which is transmitted through an air-jacket between the fire-place and the air-heating space, and the air in the jacket is conducted at once to the fireplace and used for consuming smoke. The stove comprises a double-walled casing 3, 3<a>, a central fuel-holder 4, an air-jacket 13, a combustion chamber 7, and flues 8 leading to a ring-like flue 9 and chimney 10. Air for combustion passes from the air space 12 to the air - jacket 13, and is regulated by dampers 23. The jacket 13 is divided by vertical partitions so that parts communicate with a ring 14 with air-delivery nozzles 15, and parts with a space 17, so that the part of the air in the jacket passes into the fire, and part downwards through flues 20, 21 to the ash-pit 6, or to the air chamber 12 again. The flues 20, 21 may be ordinary pipes 10<a>, Fig. 2, or larger flattened pipes 20, or corrugated pipes 21<b>, or the like. The hot air passing through them and through the jacket 13 heats the air passing through the stove from the inlet 2 to the outlets 22 ; it is utilized for combustion, but not for ventilation. The air for ventilation may be led first through the double casing 3, 3<a>. It is moistened by water which is led through a coil 62 to an annular trough 24 near the fire. The water overflows its lower and outer edge and runs down a series of concentric steps 25, 26, which have openings 27 for the upward passage of air. Evaporation may be facilitated by a porous and preferably perforated body 28. The partitions in the air-jacket 13 may be omitted. The ring 9 may be lagged or enclosed in an air-jacket. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 849/69 and 18,180/92.
Patent GB-191301367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Holding Window Sashes in Position.
Inventor: SCUTT HERBERT EDGAR
IPC: E05F11/00
Filed: 1913-01-17
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 1367. Scutt, H. E. Jan. 17. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Window holders for sliding sashes. - A roller A is mounted upon a spindle G, which is carried by a plate H and d provided with squared ends working in slots F in lugs E projecting from a plate B, which is secured either to the sash or pulley stile, spiral springs J being inserted between the plates B and H. The plate H may have attached thereto a bolt K adapted to be inserted through the stile, the bolt being provided with a nut L by which the springs J can be depressed while the holder is being placed in position. According to the Provisional Specification, the holder is provided with two pulleys, and flat or curved springs may be employed.