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Patent GB-191114021-A (GB)
Title: Sanitary Pocket Cuspidors.
Inventor: O'SULLIVAN JOHN
IPC: A61J19/00
Filed: 1911-06-13
Granted: 1912-04-04
Abstract: 14,021. O'Sullivan, St. J. June 13. Spittoons. - The upper part of a pocketspittoon consists of hinged portions which when open form a hopper mouth and when closed form a complete cover. When the part 5 is pushed forward against the spring f, the end parts 2 are pushed out by springs c<1> and the sides 3 are pushed in to form planes with the parts 4 by springs c. The parts 6 also turn on hinges, and, when the part 5 overlaps the front, are in the same plane with it. Tabs on a paper lining for the receptacle 1 are held by clasps on the part 5 and on the front piece 3.
Patent GB-191121162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Windows.
Inventor: WAITHMAN CHARLES HAROLD
IPC: E05F11/38
Filed: 1911-09-25
Granted: 1912-09-19
Abstract: 21,162. Waithman, C. H. Sept. 25. Window holders for sliding sashes; vehicle windows. - In vehiclewindow holders consisting of teeth on the upper ends of the sash stiles engaging with racks on the frame, the. teeth 12 and racks 13 are held in engagement by strips 5 pressed against the sash 1 by springs 6, one end of each spring being fixed and the other end slotted to engage studs 9. The strips are secured at one end 7 in the door well and their other end work in slots 8. To exclude dust, the lower rail of the sash is formed with a thickened portion 14 to fit tightly against the frame at 15, and with taper projections 16 to fit against padded projections 17 on the frame; strips may also be secured to the sides of the window frame to protect the springs 6 and racks 13 from the weather.
Patent GB-191121895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a Process and Apparatus for Manufacturing Sectional Iron.
Inventor: WEBER PETER MATHIAS
IPC: B21B1/08
Filed: 1911-10-04
Granted: 1911-10-04
Abstract: 21,895. Weber, P. M. Oct. 4. Rolled joists.-In sectional metal having parallel flanges, the flanges are offset at the centre of their inner faces and plane at their outer faces, as shown. Modifications are illustrated in the Specification, in which one flange is smaller than the other, in which one flange is plane on both faces, and in which the web is offset at the ends and in the centre.
Patent GB-191123823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Common Battery Telephone Systems.
IPC: H04M9/00
Filed: 1911-10-27
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 23,823. Aktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson & Co. Nov. 9, 1910, [Convention date]. [Addition to 21,924/11.] Exchange systems.-The arrangement describe 1 in the parent Specification, for automatically connecting and disconnecting the operator's listening- set and the ringing generator, is modified so that the circuit of the relay 69 is prepared by the ringing-relay 40, so that one of the relays used in the prior arrangement can be dispensed with. When the answering-plug 20 is inserted in the local jack 18, relay 35 is energized and connects in the operator's set 58, 59. The insertion of the connecting-plug 21 in the multiple jack 19 energizes the cut-off relay 13 and clearing signal relay 27. The relay 27 disconnects the listening-relay 35 at contact 33 and closes at contacts 66, 34 the circuit of the ringing - relay 40, which connects the generator 43 to the called line. When the called subscriber replies, relay 9 becomes energized and the relay 27, short-circuited over contacts 15, 17, falls back, de-energizing the ringing-relay 40. Before the contact 68 has time to open, a quickeracting relay 69 is energized over a circuit including contacts 66, 67, 68, and immediately locks up over contact 72 and cord-wire 22. This relay 69 remains energized until the plug 21 is withdrawn, and serves to hold open the listening-relay circuit at contact 70 and the ringing-relay circuit at contact 71.
Patent GB-191127151-A (GB)
Title: Alloy for use in the Manufacture of Iron Articles which will Withstand the Action of Acids and Heating.
Inventor: SEFTON-JONES HERBERT
Filed: 1911-12-04
Granted: 1912-12-04
Abstract: 27,151. Jones, H. Sefton-, [Grohmann & Co.]. Dec. 4. Alloys.-Pig iron is alloyed with from over 40 to 70 per cent of chromium for use in making vessels adapted to resist the action of hot acids &c. Silicon may also be added to the extent of 18 per cent.
Patent GB-191200551-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sextants.
Inventor: HUGHES ARTHUR JOSEPH
Filed: 1912-01-08
Granted: 1913-01-02
Abstract: 551. Hughes, A. J. Jan. 8. Sextants; theodolites.-A coarse-and-fine adjustment comprises a tangent screw K mounted at either end in pillars L on the index-arm G and taking into a sliding block A when the clamping-device B is in position. By opening the clamp against the pressure of the spring S, coarse adjustment can be made, the spring L on either side of the block A centring the screw during movement.
Patent GB-191201377-A (GB)
Title: Starting Mechanism for Explosion Motors and the like.
Inventor: ALFRED GOTFREDSEN
Filed: 1912-01-17
Abstract: 1377. Gotfredsen, A. Jan. 24, 1911, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Section 91 of the Act]. Turning - gear. - I n spring turning - gear, during the initial drive by the spring, a valve is moved to admit exhaust gases to one side of a piston which closes a winding-clutch; at the end of winding, the valve is reversed and the piston returns to its normal position. The spring is attached to the casing and the hub 9 of an internally-toothed wheel 8. To start the motor, a lever. 36 normally held by a spring 34 imparts axial movement to a shaft 3 carrying an internally-toothed wheel 14 on which a friction r i n g 16 is mounted. The drive is through the wheel 8, pinions 10, 13, a ratchet clutch 28, and a wheel 29 fast on the motor shaft or on a shaft 64 connected thereto. During the forward rotation, the screwed end on the spindle 11 of the pinion 10 turns in a nut 40, which moves longitudinally. The nut bears against a lever 48, which is pivoted on two plates 43, and which carries two links 51 connected to a spring-pressed block 52 on a rod 53 attached to the valve 57. The outward movement of the nut throws over the valve, and exhaust gases enter by the port 60 to the right side of the piston 20. The piston is prevented from rotating by a pin 22, and is mounted on the hub of a wheel 17, on which is one part of a cone clutch, the other part being on the wheel 29. At the end of the spring drive, the piston and wheel 17 are moved to the left bv the exhaust gases, the two wheels 17, 29 interlock, and the spring is wound through these wheels, a pinion 19 on the hub of the wheel 17, a pinion 24 on the piston, the internally-toothed wheel 14, the shaft 3, and the gear-wheels at the right-hand end of the apparatus. While the spring is wound, the nut 40 is moved back to its original place, the valve is reversed, and the piston returns to the position shown, forcing the ring into engagement with a cone surface 25 on the casing. The spring 34, through the wheel 14 and a one-way clutch, keeps the ring 16 in this position, and the driving - spring wound up.
Patent GB-191209506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Casements.
Inventor: ROPER WILLIAM
IPC: E06B3/40
Filed: 1912-04-22
Granted: 1912-07-18
Abstract: 9506. Roper, W. April 22. Reversible windows; window frames.-Relates to a metal window fitted with a pivoted sash. The outer bars 1 of the fixed portion of the window and the cross-bars 2 of the window and pivoted sash are of the section shown in the Figures, angle and channel bars being secured to the meeting bars of the window and pivoted sash to form double contacts when the sash is closed, so that a weather-tight joint is obtained. The upper sash-bar 3, Fig. 9, is formed with an integral flange 14 and is provided with an angle bar 15, while the lower bar 2 of the sash opening is fitted with an angle bar 11 and the lower sash-bar 5 is formed with an integral flange 10. The joint at the sides of the pivoted sash is shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the sash being pivoted at 30, Fig. 4, on pivot hinges which are formed with stops to limit the opening of the sash. Channel bars 19, 24 are fitted to the bars of the sash and fixed portion of the window above and below the pivotal connexion respectively, the inner flanges of the channel bars being deeper than the outer flanges. The outer flanges 25 of the channel bars 24 are bent as shown at 32, Fig. 4, to overlap the lower ends of the flanges 20 of the channel bars 19.
Patent GB-191209654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fractional Distillation.
Inventor: ROSANOFF MARTIN-ANDRE
IPC: B01D1/00
Filed: 1912-04-23
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 9654. Rosanoff, M. A. April 29, 1911, [Convention date]. Distilling plant and processes; column stills and rectifiers. - The mixture of liquids or vapours to be fractionated enters a plant comprising a series of zones, constituted by chambers or metal surfaces each artificially maintained at constant temperatures, and the vapours and liquids emanating from each of the zones pass concurrently and in opposite directions through the system, each of these zones being maintained at a temperature intermediate between the boiling-point of the liquid mixture entering the zone and the boiling-point of a liquid of such composition that, on boiling, it would generate a vapour of the same composition as that of the original mixture entering the zone. A plant suitable for dividing a liquid mixture of carbon tetrachloride and carbon bisulphide into carbon tetrachloride and 90 per cent carbon bisulphide comprises a still 10, the vapours from which are led through a series of receptacles 13, 20, 30 ... 80, 90 arranged stepwise and maintained at constant temperatures by means of liquid baths, for example, composed of a mixture of liquids and melting solids, or electrically-controlled. The receptacles 20 &c. are of hollow annular form with a narrow space only between the walls of the annulus; a stirrer 17 aids in maintaining a constant temperature. The carbon tetrachloride emerges in the form of liquid from the warmest zone 13, which is kept at a temperature slightly below the boiling-point of carbon tetrachloride; the 90 per cent carbon bisulphide emerges as vapour from the coolest zone 90 which is kept at the boiling-point of a mixture of such composition that on boiling it yields 90 per cent carbon bisulphide.
Patent GB-191210953-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Collapsible Sledge.
Inventor: KROHNE LUDWIG
IPC: B62B13/16
Filed: 1912-05-08
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 10,953. Krohne, L. May 8. Sledges; folding vehicles. - A sledge adapted to fold as shown in Fig. 4 comprises a longitudinally hinged seat 1 which is supported on the runners by hinged legs 3 adapted to be braced apart by divided stays 7 provided with bayonet-joint couplings 8. Lugs 11 on the legs bear against stops on the hinge straps when the sledge is in use and the leg hinges are rendered rigid by means of wing-nuts.
Patent GB-191217655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Means for Fastening the Doors of Closed Railway Wagons and like Vehicles.
Inventor: PETTIGREW JOHN
IPC: E05B65/14
Filed: 1912-07-30
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 17,655. Pettigrew, J. July 30. Doors, wagon.-The doors of a closed railwaywagon or like vehicle are fastened by means of one or more sliding bolts, acting in conjunction with a locking-device arranged beneath the vehicle, the co-operation of two persons being usually necessary to release the fastening. For additional security, the load or route card is so arranged as to serve as a seal. A bolt d on the lowest of a number of overlapping doors a, b, e is shot into a socket g on the door b by means of a crank i operated by a hand-wheel on a shaft m passing beneath the vehicle. When the bolt is shot, the shaft is locked against rotation in the reverse direction by the engagement of a projection thereon with a spring- controlled catch in a casing n, Fig. 2. Simultaneous movement of the catch by means of a key &c. and of the hand-wheel is necessary to withdraw the bolt d. The upper door b may be provided with a tower-bolt u adapted to engage in a socket v, the lower end of this bolt preferably entering the socket g.
Patent GB-191218031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Detachable Wheels.
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1912-08-03
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 18,031. Soc. Montupet et Cie. Aug. 3, 1911, [Convention date]. Detaching from, and attaching to, permanent hubs.-The hub 1 of a detachable wheel is secured on a permanent hub 9 by means of a split cone 12 expanded by a conical nut 13. The inner face of the removable hub is formed with sector-shaped projections engaging notches 8 in a flange 10 on the hub 9. The split cone 12 is secured to the flange 10 by screws &c. as shown in Fig. 1, and the nut 13 is locked by means of a spring-pressed ring 14 keyed to the hub 9 and having teeth engaging an internally toothed flange 18 on the nut. The face of the nut is formed with bevelled radial lugs 22, and a special spanner 20, Fig. 8, having corresponding recessed and undercut lugs 21 is adapted to release the locking-ring by means of sliding pins 19 passing through the nut. A plate 27 mounted on the nut 13 is fitted to the outer face of the hub 1 and is formed with gaps 28, Fig. 7, so that it can be disengaged from the nut. It is prevented from rotation by a pin 29. Dirt-excluding washers 25, 26 may be provided. The spokes 2, 3 are tubular and arranged in pairs, and are enclosed in a casing 4 of light metal having a low melting-point, such as aluminium.
Patent GB-191222301-A (GB)
Title: Hydraulic Transmission.
Inventor: SUMMERS OTTO
IPC: F16D31/02
Filed: 1912-10-01
Granted: 1913-10-01
Abstract: 22,301. Summers, 0., and Summers, E. A. Oct. 1. Clutches.-Hydraulic clutch mechanism, of the kind in which pistons on one shaft oscillate in cylinders on the other shaft, is so constructed that the cylinders are connected in pairs by passages the sectional area of which is at all points equal to that of the cylinders. Leakage-replenishing valves are placed in the piston heads. Fig. 2 shows the pistons 39 connected with the shaft 36 oscillating in cylinders 21 connected in diametral pairs by cross pipes 22. Sliding valves 23, operated through lever and screw gearing from a rod 30, control the passage of fluid through the pipes 22. Valves 41 are arranged in the piston heads to permit any liquid that may have leaked into the central crank-chamber 20 to flow into the space above the pistons. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the pipes 22 are led back to a common chamber 44 which is provided with a cylindrical valve having ports 47 registering with the pipes 22. The sleeve 50 forming the hub of the valve carries a pin 52 engaging a helical groove 53 in the sliding but non-rotatable sleeve 54, so that movement of the latter causes the regulation of the opening of the passages 22. In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the cylinders are arranged in parallel pairs 59 connected by short bends 60. Centrally disposed in these bends is a flat ring valve 61 provided with ports 62. The ring valve is operated by means of a bell-crank lever 66, 67 connected by means of a link 68 with a lever,69. This lever is moved by the interaction of threaded sleeves 70, 71, to the former of which the lever 69 is attached and to the latter the arm corresponding to 30, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-191223087-A (GB)
Title: A Process of Treating Coffee Beans for the Elimination of Deleterious Constituents thereof.
IPC: A23F5/02
Filed: 1912-10-09
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 23,087. Niessen, Geb. von. Oct. 9, 1911, [Convention date]. Scouring.-In a process of treating coffee beans with China-clay &c., the clay may be removed by causing the beans to travel between wet cloths oppositely reciprocated.
Patent GB-191224469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blocks for Building or other purposes.
Inventor: BENNETT JAMES HERBERT
IPC: E04B2/08
Filed: 1912-10-26
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 24,469. Bennett, J. H. Oct. 26. Building-blocks, special shapes of.-Building- blocks of concrete, stone, asphalt, fire-clay, wood, or metal are formed with ribs A and recesses B in the upper and lower faces, arranged at an angle to the main axis, and with ribs C and recesses D on the end faces.
Patent GB-191224996-A (GB)
Title: Process of Producing Copper Oxide Ammonia Cellulose Solution.
Inventor: BORZYKOWSKI BENNO
IPC: C08B1/00
Filed: 1912-10-31
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 24,996. Borzykowski, B. Dec. 7, 1911, [Convention, date]. Ammonium compounds containing copper.- An ammoniacal copper solution containing a maximum of copper and a corresponding minimum of ammonia is produced by adding to an ordinary ammonical copper solution, aqueous solutions of copper sulphate and caustic alkali, whereby the cupric hydroxide formed dissolves.
Patent GB-191229848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Negative Electrodes for Secondary Alkaline Cells.
Inventor: POERSCKE HEINRICH PAUL RUDOLF
IPC: H01M4/26
Filed: 1912-12-27
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 29,848. P÷rscke, H. P. R. L., and Achenbach, J. A. E. Dec. 27. Electrodes for alkaline accumulators. Negative electrodes of porous metal, especially of iron or cadmium, or an alloy of the two, are made by boiling finely powdered metal in strong ammonia solution to dryness, preferably on a water-bath, then pressing the resulting powder into perforated containers, and finally reducing it to metal by electrolysis in an alkaline solution. The powdered metals used may first be amalgamated, and to facilitate this they may be coated with copper.
Patent GB-191307525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Surface Condensers and the like.
Inventor: OBERSTE WILLIAM
IPC: F28B1/02
Filed: 1913-03-31
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 7525. Oberste, W., and Hartz, A. F. March 31. Straight tubes between headers. - A main steam distributing-pipe 10 is connected by a number of rows. more than two, of substantially vertical conduits 15 to a number of rows of lower conduits 19, the ends of which are connected by transverse pipes not connected to the outer casing 5, one of these having an outlet for the condensation water to the outside of the casing.
Patent GB-191308012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Lubrication of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ADAMS JORDAN
IPC: F01M1/06
Filed: 1913-04-05
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 8012. Adams, J. April 16, 1912, [Convention date]. Channels in pistons and connecting-rods.-To lubricate the pistons and cylinders of internalcombustion engines of the radial revolving- cylinder type, oil that is supplied centrifugally by way of the connecting-rod to the interior of the gudgeon pin n, passes to a groove r in the piston through two tubes t, which slide in and form extensions of the gudgeon pin. The tubes t have coned ends and are pressed by a spring v against conical seats on an annular boss k, so as to communicate with the external groove r. The tubes may be connected rigidly to the piston, the spring v being dispensed with. The oil may be supplied to the hollow crank-shaft by a pump.
Patent GB-191309766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Check or Non-return Valves.
IPC: F16K15/06
Filed: 1913-04-25
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 9766. Allgemeine-Elektricitõts-Ges. April 25, 1912, [Convention date]. Check lift valves. - A check valve is provided with means actuated by fluid flow adapted to close the valve on cessation of flow before a back-flow can take place. The valve e is provided with a floating disk f working in a chamber k and with a piston dash-pot g, the dash-pot chamber being provided with an airrelief valve t. A second floating disk or loosely-fitting piston h is arranged below the valve member and adapted to work in a chamber, to which fluid from the inlet is admitted through a port i throttled by a conical part on the valve spindle, and from which it is exhausted through a valve m and pipe k connected to a low-pressure container.
Patent GB-191313335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Breaking or Cracking Nuts.
Inventor: BOX ALFRED EBENEZER
IPC: A23N5/00
Filed: 1913-06-09
Granted: 1914-06-09
Abstract: 13,335. Box, A. E. June 9. Mills and apparatus; cracking nuts. - In breaking or cracking cohune and other nuts, the nuts are fed from a hopper M, Fig. 3, to a holder consisting of jaws j, Fig. 2, mounted on a sliding bar H, by which they are carried between upper and lower circular saws k<1> and fixed wedges l. The saws cut slots in the nuts, and the fixed wedges enter the slots and burst open the shells. The jaws are pressed towards each other during the cutting operation by blocks s pressed outwards by springs s<3>. The saw shafts are mounted in single long bearings T, and the saws may be replaced by removing the nuts and washers s<5>. The wedges are adjustably mounted on a bracket V. The holder is reciprocated by a cam F mounted on the shaft E, and the bar H is held in contact with the cam by a spring h<1>. The hopper has a compartment drum, mounted on a shaft 0 and carrying a toothed wheel o<1> having as many teeth as there are compartments. A crank e<2> on the shaft E rocks a sector Q, and, bv means of a pawl q<2> co-operating with the toothed wheel o<1>, feeds a nut to the jaws j for everv stroke of the bar H. Teeth q, co-operating with teeth p<1>, serve to reciprocate a rod p and so agitate the nuts and cause them to fall into the compartments. Two of the legs of the machine may be removed and the wheels J) used as transport wheels. The machine may be used with only one saw and wedge, and the saws may be arranged to slot the nuts longitudinally. Milling-cutters and abrading-disks may be used instead of saws, and the disks may travel while the holders remain stationary, or both disks and holders may be movable. The holders may be mounted on a rocking lever. and may be so arranged as to be normally closed. The Provisional Specification describes also the use of a band saw, a chain-cutter, and a disk rotated at variable speed and carrying both saws and wedges, and states that the cracked nuts may fall into a receptacle in which the shells and kernels are separated.
Patent GB-191313583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Burners.
Inventor: TOOTH LOUIS FREDERICK
IPC: F23D14/04
Filed: 1912-08-12
Granted: 1913-08-12
Abstract: 13,583. Tooth, L. F. Aug. 12, 1912. Perforated-tube and like multiple-jet burners; burners, arrangements of.-A ring-burner A has two or more symmetrically-arranged tangential inlets a. They may be horizontal or vertical, their upper ends in the latter case being bent as shown, and the bottom half of the divided ring may taper from one inlet to the next. These burners are especially suitable for heating open-fired boiling-furnaces such as described in Specification 18,523/12, the advantageous form for this purpose comprising two or more concentric rings supported by bunsen inlet tubes on an horizontal supply-pipe.
Patent GB-191316543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Eye Pieces for Telescopes and the like.
IPC: G02B23/16
Filed: 1913-07-18
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 16,543. Kilroy, W. D., and Evershed & Vignoles. July 18. O p t i c a l apparatus; telescopes.-Relates to a flexible guard for attachment to the eyepiece e of a telescope &c. f to exclude extraneous light. The rubber or like guard a is formed with corrugations &c. b which permit of sufficient deformation occurring to allow the observer to look straight through thetelescope &c., while at the same time all extraneous light is excluded. Ventilating holes v are provided.
Patent GB-191317234-A (GB)
Title: A Method and Apparatus for Drawing Off Water and other Liquids from Springs.
Inventor: ARTHUR EDITH
IPC: E03B3/38
Filed: 1913-07-28
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 17,234. Arthur, E. July 28. [Cognate Application, 17,250/13.] Wells.-A cylindrical reservoir is placed inside a well yieldmg water or other liquid. The water rises in the annular space and may overflow into the central reservoir.