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Patent GB-191118728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hay Making Machinery.
Inventor: MAW PERCIVAL TRENTHAM
IPC: A01D78/00
Filed: 1911-08-19
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 18,728. Maw, P T. Aug. 19. Haymaking. - In a side-delivery rake in which the tines or rakes are controlled by two rotary parallel eccentric disks E, E', Fig. 1, connected by links or coupling-rods F, the rake heads T are arranged parallel to each other at intervals along the rods but at an angle to the rods and also to the main axle B. The rods F are mounted in bearings so that they can be turned on their own axes when it is desired to remove the tines t from off the ground. The disks E, E<1> are mounted on rods e, e<4> which can rotate in sleeves e' carried by the frame b<1>, and the rods F are carried in bearings f attached to loose sleeves e<3> on arms e<2> projecting from the faces of the disks. The frame b<1> is hung on the axle B and rides on an adjustable castor wheel b<2> at the other end, where the horse shafts b<3> are attached. The near disk E is driven by bevelgearing c<1>, c<2> or c<3>, c<4> from a countershaft b, which is driven by chain gearing C from the axle B, the wheels c<1>, c<3> being mounted on a sleeve c<5> which can be moved between collars c<6> so as to put either pair of wheels into gear. The disks are placed at such an angle that the stroke of the tines is at right-angles to the line of draught when the machine is used for tedding and is driven by the reversing-gear c<3>, c<4>; but the disks may be. parallel to the axle. Modifications are shown in which the coupling-rods are parallel to the axle, and in which the disks are placed at such an angle that when the machine is used as a side-delivery rake the stroke of the tines is at right-angles to the line of draught. In another arrangement, the disks are placed parallel to the main axle and the machine is carried behind the axle and driven direct therefrom, the reversing-bevels being of the same size and meshing with a single pinion. Fig. 6 shows a coupling-bar attachment, in which the bar F passes through the bearing f on the sleeve e<3> and carries collars f<1> on one of which a bar f <2> is pivoted and fixed by a pin f<3> on the other collar. Or the bearing f may be attached to a rod which pierces the disk at rightangles and has a slip bearing therein. Instead of a pivoted bar f<2>, the collars f <1> may be bolted to the bearing f by means of sliding thumb-screws inserted into a flange. A larger number of tines may be arranged near the delivery end of the rake than at the head end, and the rods F may be rigidly attached to the sleeves e<3>, or their ends may be bent parallel to each other and inserted at rightangles into the disks and provided with slip bearings. The coupling-rods may be carried by sets of flexible gearing so that the travel of the tines or forks in the forward direction while in contact with the crop is greater than the backward travel when the tines are disengaged.
Patent GB-191120723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Saws.
Inventor: ILKA MATT
IPC: B27B33/10
Filed: 1911-09-19
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 20,723. Ilka, M., and Ilka, C. Sept. 19. Saws.-The cutting-edge of a saw consists of raker teeth 2 having bifurcated ends 3 and intermediate cutting-teeth 4 having triangular ends 5. The teeth 4 are connected to the teeth 2 by bridge-pieces 6 and to one another by bridge-pieces 7, 8, but as the teeth wear, the bridge-pieces may be dispensed with. The inner walls of the spaces 8, 9 between the teeth are substantially parallel to the back of the saw. The teeth 4 taper on each side of the saw alternately from the base to near the point, and the edges are bevelled as shown at 12. In a modification, bridge-pieces are only used between the outer and middle cutting-teeth, and the inner walls of the spaces between the teeth are on arcs of a circle of greater radius than the arc on which the points of the teeth lie. Fig. 5 shows a band saw consisting of cutting- teeth 18 and raker teeth 19, the swaged ends of which are adapted to rake in one direction only.
Patent GB-191122269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Internal Washing of Casks and Barrels.
Inventor: THORNLEY GEORGE
IPC: B05B1/04
Filed: 1911-10-10
Granted: 1912-03-14
Abstract: 22,269. Thornley, G. Oct. 10. Jet nozzles.-A nozzle for use in washing casks and barrels is provided with a slit a<2> extending axially from the apex a<3> to the neck a<4> and slightly wider in the middle than at the ends.
Patent GB-191125469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cables in Guide Tubes for the Transmission of Mechanical Movements.
Inventor: HERZMARK NICOLAS
IPC: F16C1/20
Filed: 1911-11-15
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 25,469. Herzmark, N. Nov. 15. Tension and pressure members in guide-tubes. - A flexible cable for transmitting both pushes and pulls through a guide-tube comprises an inner member or core d, Fig. 5, always in considerable tension, and an outer member or coil a always in compression. The object of these initial strains is to minimize the alterations in length of the cable while working. T h e whole is enclosed in a guide-tube e. The core d preferably comprises a parallel bundle of wires held together by a helically-wound wire d<1>. The coil a is a closelycoiled wire, the adjacent windings touching, or nearly touching, one another. The core d at each end is passed through a hollow rod c, which bears on the end of the coil a. The strains are given to the parts d, a, and the ends of the core d are turned laterally through slots c<2> and round the rod c. The free ends of the core d are then clamped between nuts h, h<2>.
Patent GB-191127345-A (GB)
Title: Processes of Extracting Metals from Ores.
Inventor: MACKAY HENRY SQUAREBRIGS
IPC: C22B3/10
Filed: 1911-12-06
Granted: 1912-12-06
Abstract: 27,345. Mackay, H. S. Dec. 6. Metals, obtaining; electrolytes, circulating.- A roasted ore is lixiviated with sea-water or other weak alkali chloride solution, which is then alternately electrolyzed and used for further lixiviation. Copper may be thus extracted from ores such as copper pyrites or bornite, which, after roasting, contain sulphuric acid and sulphates reacting with part of the sodium chloride to form ferric and finally ferrous and cupric chlorides. The electrolysis is conducted so as to deposit copper and generate perchlorides and other chlorine compounds in the solution. From time to time small quantities of common salt may be added and the liquid may be diluted. The sea-water may be led from a tank 1 into a lixiviator 34, the solution from which is pumped to a tank 38. From this tank the solution is run to a tank 44 either by a pipe 58 or through the electrolytic cells 39; it is raised to a tank 47 and thence returned either to the cells or to the lixiviator. By this arrangement the liquid may be passed several times in succession through either the cells or the lixiviator.
Patent GB-191201354-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Playing Table Games.
Inventor: CRABB HUGH ALEXANDER
Filed: 1912-01-17
Granted: 1913-01-17
Abstract: 1354. Crabb, H. A. Jan. 17. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Table games. - Consists of a ball-striking device for use in table golf, table cricket, table croquet, or other table games. The miniature golf club, bat, or croquet mallet a<1> is secured to a pulley d mounted at one end of a handle c. A cord e fastened to the pulley passes around guide wheels h and is secured to a finger-piece f sliding on the handle c. In using the device, the player holds the handle c with one hand and steadies the device by holding a pivoted arm with the other hand. By sliding the piece f with the tip of the finger, the club a' is made to swing about its pivot. In a modification, the pulley d is replaced by a gear-wheel which is operated by a rack secured to the finger-piece f. The clubs may be made interchangeable, or a fixed shaft with changeable heads may be used. According to the Provisional Specification, a board covered with cloth and formed to represent bunkers &c. may be used for playing table golf.
Patent GB-191201626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Condensers and Artificial Line.
IPC: H01G4/258
Filed: 1912-01-20
Granted: 1912-08-22
Abstract: 1626. Muirhead, A., and Muirhead & Co. Jan. 20. Condensers are formed with two different dielectric materials with temperature coefficients of opposite sign. In paraffin-paper condensers, the metal sheets or the paraffin papers are coated with shellac to which resin may be added. Suitable proportions are 11 parts of paraffin wax to 1 part of resin. The metal sheets may also be dipped in a bath of paraffin wax after being coated with shellac. Specification 25,103/09 is referred to.
Patent GB-191202989-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combined Ash-pan and Cinder Sifter.
Inventor: THOMPSON ALEXANDER
IPC: F24B15/00
Filed: 1912-02-06
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 2989. Thompson, A. Feb. 6. Ash-pans.-In a combined ash-pan and cindersifter, the sifter bars, which are of inverted channel-section, are secured to the frame by integral tongues or by rivets. As shown in Fig. 4 the ends of the downwardly-extending sides of the bars a<2> are partly cut away so as to form tongues a<6>, which are passed through slots and clinched. In a modification, the ends of the sides are entirely cut away and the bars are riveted to the frame. The sides of each bar may approach one another, and the sifter may be carried by flanges a<1> resting on top of the ash-pan. The sifter may have one side cut away so that it may be used as a shovel, the edge a<7> being doubled over to strengthen it.
Patent GB-191204170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: REDRUP CHARLES BENJAMIN
IPC: B65D49/12
Filed: 1912-02-19
Granted: 1913-02-19
Abstract: 4170. Redrup, C. B. Feb. 19. Bottles, non-refillable. -A bottle with a neck frangible at the groove shown is provided with a stopper C<1> retained in place by an expansible ring C<3>. The stopper may be provided with a steel ring D for inserting in the breaking- groove and is retained in place by a plug E of rubber &c. The plug serves, when reversed after the bottle neck is broken, as a temporary stopper. The ring C<3> which secures the stopper is expansible or made in segments forced apart by a rubber or other resilient body C<4>. A packing washer C<5> is employed. In a modification, the breaking groove is made in the thickness of the bottle neck, and is sharply angular at its inner end.
Patent GB-191204662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Steam Generator and like Furnaces.
Inventor: WHITTAKER WILLIAM
IPC: F23K3/08
Filed: 1912-02-24
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 4662. Whittaker, W. Feb. 24. Charging.-The supply of fuel to the pushers of a mechanical stoker is regulated by a pivoted flap 16, Fig. 3, the position of which is controlled by a hand-operated lever 20, Fig. 4, engaging a cam-slot 19, Fig. 5, in a lug on the flap.
Patent GB-191206286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Insulators.
IPC: H01B17/22
Filed: 1912-03-13
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 6286. Bullers, Ltd., and Twiss, G. V. March 13. Suspending and supporting.-A conductor is secured to an insulator by fastening it to a band running across the top of the insulator, which band is itself fixed at its ends .to a second band clipped round the insulator. The clips e clamp the line-wire to the cross-band c, which at one end is riveted to the neck-band b; the free end of the band c is looped into an eye d and the ends of the band b are splayed outwards so that one bolt can be used to fasten all three ends together.
Patent GB-191215276-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Brake Release Springs for Railway Carriages and Waggons.
Inventor: WILLIAMS LLEWELLYN WYNN
IPC: B61H13/34
Filed: 1912-07-01
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 15,276. Williams, L. W. July 1. Force - transmitting mechanism.-Releasing- springs for brakes of railway carriages and wagons are constructed so that the spring is compressed by a pull upon its end connecting- members, and so that the spring still remains efficient when broken. Fig. 1 shows the spring, which is of the type in which U-shaped shackles 2, 3 are passed through a helical spring 1 at right-angles to each other and have their ends 5 bent over to bear on the spring. One shackle is attached to the vehicle framework, and the other to an operating-lever 6 as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, or to the block hanger 7 as shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-191222262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combined Electric Indicators and Steam Flow Meters.
Filed: 1912-09-30
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 22,262. British Thomson - Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 30. Combinations of instruments. - Apparatus for indicating to firemen the amount of steam to be supplied to a common header 3 by each of a number of boilers 1 in an electric generating-station, consists of an ammeter 14 and a steam-flow meter 15 at each boiler, the ammeters 14 and a master ammeter 13 being connected in series, and the whole series being connected to the ends of a main resistance 9 in parallel with a main ammeter 10 and an adjustable resistance 12. This resistance is adjusted by hand so that each ammeter 13, 14 indicates the share of the total load to be supplied by each boiler. The pointer of each steam meter 15 moves over a scale concentric with that of the ammeter 14.
Patent GB-191305149-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Receiving and Sorting Dishes or other Articles or Objects.
Inventor: PARRY ROBERT R
IPC: B07C99/00
Filed: 1913-02-28
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 5149. Parry, R. R., and Parry, H. Feb. 28. Separating or sorting by deflecting steps in pathway of endless bands.-Relates to a device for receiving, sorting, and temporarily storing dishes and other like articles of the kind in which the articles are passed by a selective member to a guide member which leads the articles one by one into a number of storage receptacles, the articles being led successively parallel to and slightly in advance of the last article fed into the receptacle. In the present invention, a single common guide member is adapted to act on each article in turn in each of a number of storage receptacles. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the articles are placed on a travelling band 1 which conveys them to an inclined trough 4 down which they roll until a suitably-sized opening 13, 14 ... is reached, leading into the storage chambers 9, 10 ... Each chamber 9 .. has a carriage 22 provided to break the force of the impact of the incoming plate &c., each carriage comprising a base 16 with upstanding arms 17, wider apart than the width of the plate, and a top rail 18 which acts as a fender. As each incoming plate mounts the carriage and contacts with the rail 18, the lower edge wedges itself on to the floor of the box and pushes the carriage upwards through a distance equal to the thickness of the plate, which plate then settles against the plate previously nested without undue impact. This operation is repeated until the container is filled. Each box 9 ... has one side 24 hinged at 23 and provided with an adjusting-rack 25 to hold the plates in position. In a modification, the plates and dishes are sorted by a conveyer band 29, Fig. 7, across the trackway of which a deflector 36 is provided. This deflector varies in width at different parts and is arranged so that it pushes off the plates into suitable containers 9 .. placed at rightangles to the conveyer. The plates then slide down inclined carriages 32 which are pushed back as the plates wedge themselves down against the preceding plates, suitable fenders being provided to prevent breakage. The guidemembers or carriages may be mounted on ball bearings, or counterbalanced by a. weight, and the conveyer belt may be provided with pins to feed the articles forward more efficiently.
Patent GB-191305482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermostatic Apparatus.
Inventor: KRATT CHARLES
IPC: H05B1/02
Filed: 1913-03-05
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 5482. Kratt, C., and Aikman, J. March 5. Heating by electricity.-A liquid heater consists of a container 2 with an inlet 4 controlled automatically, for instance by means of a float 3, an electric heater 8 outside the container, and an electro-magnetic switch 7, controlled by a thermal switch consisting of a closed casing 1, placed in the path of the liquid entering the container; the casing contains air and has a diaphragm with an insulating-stud 11 bearing against an adjustable screw 13 mounted on a spring contact 12. Specification 25,296/09 is referred to.
Patent GB-191305654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchange Systems.
Filed: 1913-03-06
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 5654. Western Electric Co., [Western Electric Co.]. March 6. Automatic exchange systems. - Relates to test - circuit arrangements of the kind in which one relay tests the terminals over which the selector brushes move and renders the selected line non-selectable to other switches, while a second relay, which can only be energized when the brushes are centrally alined on the selected terminals, serves to bring the movement of the selector to a stop. According to the present invention, these relays are in parallel branches of the test-circuit instead of being connected in series, an arrangement which reduces the fluctuations of the current in the test circuit and enables the second relay to be energized by the direct closure of its circuit instead of by the removal of a short-circuit. Fig. 1 shows a modification of the line-finder circuits shown in Specification 21,260/11. When the brush 74 comes to the terminal 68 of a calling line, the relay 76 is energized over its upper high-resistance winding and closes a low-resistance shunt through its lower winding to render the terminal 68 non-selectable to other line-finders. At the same time it prepares a parallel circuit for the relay 77, which is energized over the brush 69 and a tooth of the plate 70 as soon as the brushes 74 &c. are centrally alined on the terminals 68 &c. The relay 77 then brings the line-finder to a stop by de-energizing the power magnet 80 and energizing the holding-magnet 81. Specifications 20,840/09, 20,841/09, 16,867/11, 21,259/11 are referred to.
Patent GB-191306224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Raising and Lowering Gear for Ship's Boats.
Inventor: JONES HENRY WILLIS
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1913-03-13
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 6224. Jones, H. W., and Reid, H. S. March 13. Davits; boat disengaging gear.-Relates to apparatus of the type described in Specifications 16,610/09 and 7584/10 in which boats are handled by a single sluing-davit. The fall consists of a chain 31 which is controlled by a winch, the free end of the chain being stored in a locker 35 formed by the hollow lower end of the davit. The winch is provided with a self-sustaining brake of the differeotial type. The davit is locked in its inboard and outboard positions by pawls 40 pivotally mounted on the davit and engaging with notches 41 formed in the davit deck gland 43. The pawls are linked up to an operating-handle by arms 44 and a link 45. An arm 36 pivoted to the davit is provided with brackets 37 which engage the gunwa'e of the boat and prevent it from swinging during sluing operations. The boat sling consists of brackets 51 secured to the bottom of the boat and jointed by means of a tumbler bolt to a swing link 54. A rigid member 56 connected to a link 58 is pivoted at its lower end to the free end of the link 54. wh ch is provided with an extension 60 and guide eve 61, which engages with the central part of the member 56. The fall hook 59 engages with the link 58.
Patent GB-191310893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road Vehicle Wheels having Detachable Rims.
Inventor: DOUGLAS-JONES WALTER DOUGLAS
IPC: B60B23/08
Filed: 1913-05-08
Granted: 1914-05-08
Abstract: 10,893. Jones, W. D. Douglas-. May 8. Detachable-rim attachments to wheels. - The detachable rim B is secured to the fixed rim C by a series of arms D hinged at d to lugs E fixed' to rim C and forming inside abutments for the rim B. The arms D are adjusted by screw - and - nut devices F, arranged as shown. Preferably, the arms D abut against the rim B before meeting the inner face of the rim C, which may be slotted to take the valve stem and security-bolts. Other non-creeping devices may be arranged between the two rims.
Patent GB-191311529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Targets.
Inventor: DOWN THOMAS MACREADY
IPC: F41J5/052
Filed: 1913-05-17
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 11,529. Down, T. M. May 17. Targets.-In kinematograph targets, perforated metal or wire-gauze target sections b, painted with aluminium or like paint to reflect the pictures, are mounted on spring arms c behind bevelled bars a and are forced back against contact springs g, when struck by bullets, so as to complete electric circuits through lamps f, protected by lenses k. The arms c may be mounted on spindles d, or may be connected to the frame by spring strips, or the sections may slide back against springs.
Patent GB-191312659-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Diaphragm Horns for Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: GENTILHOMME HENRI GEORGES
IPC: G10K9/00
Filed: 1913-05-30
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 12,659. Gentilhomme, H. G. June 29, 1912, [Convention date]. Diaphragm horns.-In diaphragm horns of the kind wherein the rotary striker engages a looselyarranged ball disposed between the striker and the diaphragm, the rotary member carries removable ro'lers which project from the face thereof so as to engage the ball. In the construction shown, the rotary spindle 5 is provided with a flat head 8 in the face of which are formed radial slots adapted to receive removable tempered steel rollers, 9. The loose ball 12 and the rollers are maintained in position by a fixed plate 11. The rotary head and the ball bearings can_be adjusted as desired by the screws shown.
Patent GB-191313817-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Decorticating Flax.
Inventor: TOMBYLL THOMAS HANSEN
IPC: D01B1/22
Filed: 1913-06-14
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 13,817. Tombyll, T. H. June 14. Breaking and scutching apparatus. - The fibrous bark of retted or unretted flax is split longitudinally, the woody matter is broken transversely and loosened from the bark, and the fibres are simultaneously drawn lengthwise and scraped to expel the woody matter by being passed through a machine, of the type described in Specification 17,339/07, comprising a series of sets c of fluted breaking-rollers, straightening and scraping devices d, and combing-cylinders e, the various devices being arranged to travel at a speed greater than that of the device immediately preceding. The flax is fed into the machine by a pair of toothed aprons a, a<1>, Fig. 2, with a pair of breaking-rollers b interposed. Skeleton rolls 22, 22a, 22b are arranged to press the material on to the aprons, and the second apron is arranged to travel faster than the first. The material is then passed successively to (1) a set c of breaking- rolls, comprising three pairs of fluted rolls, the flutes of which intermesh, and of which the second pair may be rotated at a less speed than the first to bend the material and assist in dislodging the woody matter; (2) a pair of superposed belts 24 carrying cross-bars 25, Fig. 4, on which are mounted angle-bars 27 and interdigitating teeth 28; and (3) a cylinder e having teeth curved in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation and arranged so that the material is passed over the top of it. The series of elements is repeated as many times as desirable and the material is finally condensed to a sliver by a perforated table 32 with converging walls 33 and a pair of rolls 34.