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Patent GB-191022222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Sawing Logs and the like into Planks.
Inventor: ASRIBEKOFF ALEXANDER
IPC: B27B19/00
Filed: 1910-09-24
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 22,222. Asribekoff, A. Sept. 24. Reciprocating - saw machines; machine saws. - Logs are cut into planks by oscillating semicircular saws g spaced apart by semicircular washers h on a square drum d on a shaft b. The saws are clamped between a flange d' and a screwed member i, the latter being locked in position by a nut j. The shaft b carries at its ends disks e formed with slots e' in which wrist pins f are adjustably secured. The saws are oscillated from cranks m on the driving - shaft k by means of links o connecting the crank-pins with the wrist pins f. The teeth of the saw are formed so as each to project a little in front of the previous tooth. The log is fed forward by means of rollers q on shafts r, which are operated only when the saw is on its return stroke. In the arrangement shown, the shafts r are connected by chain gearing, and one of them carries a friction wheel t, which is intermittently engaged by a pawl s<1> on a lever s pivoted to the main frame and operated by one of the disks e through a slotted connexion.
Patent GB-191028870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scaffold Supports.
Inventor: WITHERS JOSEPH SUTTON
IPC: E04G3/32
Filed: 1910-12-12
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 28,870. Withers, J. S., [New York Scaffolding Co.]. Dec. 12. Staging, suspended.-Staging of the kind that travels on suspended ropes, is carried on a folding support formed of an horizontal frame 40, and a vertical frame 81 pivoted at one end of the horizontal frame and carrying worm mechanism for operating winding-drums 6, 7, on or from which ropes 82, 41 suspended from overhead beams are wound. The worm 25 is slidingly keyed to a spindle 24 removably mounted by a pin 23 in a U-shaped bracket 20 secured to one bar'of the vertical frame, and by removing the spindle and worm, the winding-drums can be independently operated to set the member 40 of the support horizontal. The members of the support are locked in the operative or folded position by spring-pressed bolts 36, sliding on the pivot 85 of the support and provided with flanges 38 to engage in cross-shaped slots 48 formed in the bars of the frames and registering only when the members are in the two above positions.
Patent GB-191029833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Reproduction of Sound by Electrical Means.
Inventor: BROWN SIDNEY GEORGE
IPC: H04R9/06
Filed: 1910-12-22
Granted: 1912-01-22
Abstract: 29,833. Brown, S. G. Dec. 22. Telephones.-The diaphragm of a telephone receiver vibrates as a whole, being free from peripheral restraint, and is mounted on a resilient reed forming the armature of the magnet. The diaphragm F is made of very thin sheet steel or aluminium, and is provided with ribs, or made conical in form as shown, or is otherwise formed to secure rigidity ; it may preferably be spun, or built up of several disks, so as to be strongest at the centre, and is very light. It is attached eccentrically to a metal reed E, cut away at E<3> to secure flexibility, and mounted over the upwardlyprojecting pole-pieces D of a horseshoe magnet, E<2> being adjusting-screws. The diaphragm may be quite free from the case or may be attached to it by a flexible ring F<1> of tissue paper, oiled silk, or the like. A set-screw may be arranged so that an excessive current causes the reed E to contact with it, and so short-circuit the coils. In a modification, one pole-piece is a ring surrounding the other, the coil being placed in the space between them and mounted on the reed. The shape of the ear-piece, and the dimensions of the hole in it and of the air space, are chosen so as to produce an efficient transmission of the sound-waves.
Patent GB-191101456-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Atmospheric Vapour Burners.
Inventor: GALVAO MANUEL
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1910-08-23
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 1456. Galvao, M. Aug. 23, 1909, [Convention date]. Atmospheric vapour burners ; vaporizing-apparatus. - The mixing-tube 14 of a vapour burner for incandescent lighting, or for plate - warmers, heat - radiators &c. connects the vaporizer 11 with concentric chambers 2, 2<1> of circular, rectangular, or other form, and of triangular cross-section, which are connected by tubes 3, and the inner chamber 2<1> acts as a subsidiary burner to heat the vaporizer. The chambers 2, 2<1> are provided with grids which act as burner heads, or the outer chamber is provided with a series of burner heads 4 for incandescent mantles. Air passes between the chambers 2, 2<1> to the flames. Petroleum is passed through a filter of asbestos in an horizontal tube 25 to the vaporizer 11, which comprises a circular chamber provided with vertical tubes 26 for the passage of hot gases. The flow of oil to the vaporizer and of vapour to the mixing-tube are controlled simultaneously by a needle 12, 23, turned by a knob 13 as described in Specification 28,498/08. The starting-device comprises a tray 9 suspended from the inner chamber 2<1>.
Patent GB-191102199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Galvanising or otherwise Coating Metallic Sheets with Metal.
Inventor: JONES DAVID
IPC: C23C2/00
Filed: 1911-01-28
Granted: 1912-01-04
Abstract: 2199. Jones, D., and Folland, H. Jan. 28. Galvanizing and coating by dipping.-In a galvanizing or like machine, the upper of the bottom rolls is supported by the curved shanks of bolts d, which are provided with nuts f<1> for raising and lowering the roll a. The two bottom rolls are thus separated from each other and are adjusted to suit different gauges of plates. The guides j, which may rest in grooves in the upper roll, are also carried by an adjustable bolt f<2>. The necks of the upper pair of rolls m are carried by a plate n which is levelled by bolts o. The rolls are pressed together by a weighted lever r q, mounted in a slot in the upper gland s which keeps the rolls in place. The various parts of the framework of the machine are provided with elongated slots k which permit of the use of cottered bolts instead of screwed bolts.
Patent GB-191102356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change speed Spur and Clutch Gearing.
Inventor: CAVILL GEORGE THOMAS
IPC: F16H3/08
Filed: 1911-01-30
Granted: 1912-01-11
Abstract: 2356. Cavill, G. T. Jan. 30. Variable-speed gearing, which acts as an automatic sprag to prevent a motor-vehicle from running backwards on an incline, comprises concentric shafts 28, 31, 34 carrying gears 30, 33, 35 at one set of ends and carrying or constituting collars 29, 32, 34 at the other ends. The collars 29, 32, 34 are uniform in diameter and adapted to be engaged alternatively by a free-wheel clutch 20 upon a longitudinallyslidable driving-element 27. A ' coupler ' shaft 8, which carries a collar 21 uniform with the others, is in line with the driving-shaft 7, and is connected thereto by a free-wheel clutch 83 in such a way that the shaft 8 can drive the shaft 7 when the engine is to be used as a brake during forward running. The element 27 is feathered on a sleeve 13, which is secured to the shaft 7. The gears 30, 33 mesh with gears 38, 37 on a countershaft 4, which is connected by gears 39, 50, and a free-wheel clutch 51 to a sleeve 41 secured to the shaft 8. When the clutch 20 engages the collar 21, a pinion 11 is driven directly, the clutch 51 overrunning. When the clutch 20 engages the collars 29, 32, two reduced countershaft drives are obtained. Reversed driving is obtained by bringing the clutch 20 over the shaft or collar 34, sliding a pair of idlers 40, 97 into mesh with the gears 35, 37, and connecting the gear 50 positively to the sleeve 41 by a clutch 44. In the configuration shown, the clutch 20 is turning idly upon a loose collar 36. When the member 27 is moved to engage the shaft 34, a rod 52 strikes the end of a spring rod 46 to operate also the idlers 40, 97, and the clutch 44. A vehicle driven by this gearing up an incline cannot run backwards, as the gearing automatically locks, the clutch 83 acting against the clutches 51 and 20, so as to stop any such tendency. In a modified arrangement, the collars 21 &c. are arranged externally with respect to the clutch'20.
Patent GB-191103242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Extinguishers.
Inventor: GRUENWALD KARL
IPC: A62C13/00
Filed: 1911-02-08
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 3242. Gr³nwald, K. Feb. 8. E x t i n c t e u r s ; portable pressure r e s e r v o i r s. - A number of charges or cartridges of chemicals or compressed gas f o r producing the internal pressure are adapted to be brought consecutively into t h e operative position, the extinguisher being refilled with water after the use of each cartridge. In t h e form shown in Fig. 1, the cartridges a are supported in perforated sleeves b carried by a disk c, which can be rotated by means of a crank handle d so as bring the cartridges a consecutively under the operating-plunger i. The disk c is arrested in the proper position by means of a spring f, which snaps into recesses in a notched wheel e. In a modification, the cartridges are arranged in a sliding frame, which is moved step by step by means of a rack and pinion and a ratchet device. The cartridge carrier may be operated automatically, for instance by the movement of the operating-plunger.
Patent GB-191103980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Phenylglycine Salts.
Inventor: BLOXAM ARTHUR GEORGE
Filed: 1911-02-16
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 3980. Bloxam, A. G., [Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron]. Feb. 16. Phenylglycinc salts are obtained by treating melts produced in the known manner from three or more molecular proportions of aniline and one molecular proportion of chloracetic acid, and containing phenylglycine anilide besides phenylglycine aniline salt, with approximately one equivalent of a neutralizing-agent, calculated for one molecular proportion of chloracetic acid used. The mixture of phenylglycine aniline salt and anilide are separated from the metal chloride produced and transformed into phenylglycine alkali salt by means of caustic alkali lye under pressure or not. Specification 5564/05 is referred to.
Patent GB-191106027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose Leaf Binders.
IPC: B42F13/00
Filed: 1911-03-10
Granted: 1911-12-14
Abstract: 6027. Manifold Printing Co., and Bailey, J. March 10. Clamping-devices. - A loose-leaf binder comprises two side jaws 4 connected by telescopic posts 11 and slid relatively to one another by a longitudinal worm shaft 9 engaging a wormwheel carrying a member 1 provided with a pair of preferably bifurcated crank arms or their equivalent 5 to which operating links 6 are pivoted. The links are connected to each jaw 4, and the pivot points of the links 6 and member 1 are diametrically opposite, the line joining said points being at right-angles to the line of travel of the jaws when the binder is half open.
Patent GB-191106250-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scaffolding for use in Making and Finishing Ceilings.
Inventor: ARNDT OTTO
IPC: E04G17/18
Filed: 1911-03-13
Granted: 1912-03-13
Abstract: 6250. Arndt, O. March 13. Centering for floors and ceilings; staging, suspended.- A trussed centering for floors and ceilings is suspended from the floor girders or the walls, and is constructed of a middle portion 1 consisting of two angle-irons, and two end portions 2, each consisting of two angle-irons, sliding within the middle portion, the three portions being connected to a bar 6 by adjustable struts 4, 7 and ties 3, 5 respectively. The centering is suspended from the floor girders by hooks 12, having perforated shanks to receive pins engaging sleeves 14 sliding on, and embracing, the end portions 2. The hooks are secured on the girder flanges by forks 17 having clamps 19 engaging the girder flanges. The strut 4 for the middle portion is provided with a screw-threaded part 25 carrying a wing- nut to engage a stirrup on the angle-irons. The struts 7 for the end portions are provided with screw - threaded parts secured to the angle-irons and carrying wing nuts engaging stirrups, which are provided with plates engaging and clamping the ends of the angle - irons of the middle and end parts. The staging can be used for decorating or repairing ceilings by suspending it from drop hangers 20, having upper clamping - jaws 21 engaging the floor girders, and the lower ends 22 forked and perforated to receive pins for engaging the sliding sleeves 14. In a modification, the centering is constructed to allow bending due to load being corrected. The end parts slide between guiding plates riveted to the middle part, the struts 4, 7 are provided with screw adjustable upper parts 27<1>, and the ties 3' are formed with slots at the lower ends engaging a pin. The struts are connected together by a bar having hinged portions 30 with slots 38, through which the shouldered ends of the struts 7 pass and are secured by pins. The ties 5 are slotted at the lower ends to engage over the shouldered ends of the struts. The centering may be suspended from the girders or walls by hooks 43 with perforated shanks to receive pins engaging sliding sleeves 47 connected to the end portions by screw pins 45.
Patent GB-191106385-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Lock.
Inventor: FREDERIKSEN ANTON
IPC: E05B37/12
Filed: 1911-03-14
Granted: 1911-07-13
Abstract: 6385. Frederiksen, A. March 14. Locking-apparatus.-The Fig. shows the application of the invention to a door-lock. The bolt 11 carries transverse spring-controlled pins 10, which are adapted to interlock with the ends of pins 5 mounted within the lock casing. To unlock, the pins 5 have first to be rotated to bring the openings of the notches 9 into position to allow the pins 10 to pass out, and then to be pressed inwards to force the pins 10 clear of the back plate 4 of the casing, after which the bolt can be operated by ordinary follower mechanism. The pins 5 are actuated by hand, indicating-marks being provided on the casing to enable the correct position of the pins to be found, or by a key 7, recesses in which are shaped to rotate the pins 5 by engaging projections 21 or helical threads thereon when the key is pressed on the ends. When applied to a cycle as a steering-lock, the pins 10 are located in the movable steering-tube, and the pins 5 on the frame tube, in such relative positions that the two sets interlock when the wheel is turned to a sharp angle.
Patent GB-191109628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guide Devices for Routing and like Wood working Machines.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B27M3/12
Filed: 1911-04-20
Granted: 1911-08-17
Abstract: 9628. Lake, W. E., [Kelley Electric Machine Co.]. April 20. Trenching. - Guiding- means for routing and like machines of the type described in Specification 1851/08 consist of a pattern-plate B having de pending circumferential and cross ribs g, g<1> resting on the surface of the work, to which it is secured by a clamp bar H and clamping - head I. The clamp bar H is slidably mounted on a pivotpin h slidable in a radial slot h<1> in the plate B, and may be fixed at any angle on the plate B by means of hooks h<3> engaging the circumferential rib g and operated by thumbscrews h<4>. The clamping-head I is carried in bearings i<1>, i<2> on a radial supporting-bar i<3>, which is pivoted on a screw l to the centre of the pattern plate and secured in the desired position by means of clamping-jaws l<2>, l<3> operated by a screw l<4> to engage the rib g. The bearing-block i<2> is adjustably secured in a slot in the bar by a nut i<4>, and the clamping-head is operated to clamp the work by an eccentric k<1> on a spindle k mounted in the bearing i<2> and furnished with a pivoted handle k<2>. The supporting-bar i<3> is provided with an adjustable leg or prop M resting on the work-table for supporting the overhanging part of the pattern plate. The right-angled opening D in the pattern plate shown in Fig. 1 is for use in cutting the tread and riser seats in stair stringers. In order to adapt the plate for both left and right handed stringers, the opening is provided with expansions d. In one of the extensions, a nosing-guide E is secured by screws e<6>, and in the other a filling-block F is secured by screws f. The nosing-guide E is formed with guide-edges e of semicircular or other suitable form at one or both ends, adjustable slides e', preferably of different thicknesses, being secured by screws e<3> at one side of each end. The nosing-guides are adapted for use in an inverted position so that they may be used in either extension d. Fig. 10 shows a nosing-guide E provided with a shoulder e<5> so as to cut ogee nosings. The guide-rollers N, N<1>, on the cutters engaging the opening D, are preferably flanged and reversible, so that by reversing one or both, grooves of three different widths may be formed.
Patent GB-191111167-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetting Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LINDBLOM HJALMAR
Filed: 1911-05-09
Granted: 1912-05-09
Abstract: 11,167. Lindblom, H. May 9. Dash-pots. - Consists in arranging the parts of a carburettor so that the lower end of the carburettor piston valve E forms, in conjunction with the cover of the casing in which it works, a dash - pot having a flap-valve e<4> over an air opening e<2> regulated by a valve e<3>. Specification 3162 / 11, [Class 7 (iii), Internal-combustion engines, Carburetting &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-191112463-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: ARNOLD JOHN FRANCOIS
IPC: B60B9/04
Filed: 1911-05-23
Granted: 1911-09-21
Abstract: 12,463. Arnold, J. F. May 23. Composite and S-shaped springs.-Consists in forming plate springs 15 in a wheel for road vehicles of U shape with outwardly-curved ends pivoted to brackets on the outer wheel member. The spring may be laminated and is secured centrally between adjustable nuts on a spoke pivoted in the hub. A helical spring may be placed on a reduced part of the spoke extending into a block pivoted on the outer wheel member.
Patent GB-191113565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two Cycle Motors.
Inventor: HARVENG JULES D
IPC: F02B25/00
Filed: 1911-03-15
Granted: 1912-03-15
Abstract: 13,565. Harveng, J. d'. March 15. Two - stroke - c y c l e engines; reservoirs.-An annular reservoir is arranged around the admission ports of a twostroke-cycle engine and in close proximity to a charging-pump. In the engine shown in Fig. 1, a reservoir X, which is divided by an horizontal partition plate, is charged with air from an annular pump space 15, a portion of the charge being delivered through the valve 16 to the chamber 10, and the remainder through a passage Y to the chamber 11. A sleeve on the piston controls the 'distribution in the working cylinder. Scavenging- air enters the cylinder through ports 8 in advance of mixture which is formed by spraying fuel into the chamber 10 through jets 18. In a modification in which the partition plate is dispensed with, the portion of air admitted first to the cylinder is used for scavenging, the remainder being carburetted as described in Specification 6533/11. A two-cylinder engine is also described.
Patent GB-191122232-A (GB)
Title: An Electrically Driven Receipting and Cash Registering Till.
Inventor: GODEFROID HEDWIG
Filed: 1911-10-09
Granted: 1912-10-09
Abstract: 22,232. Godefroid, [nÚe Hamspohn], H. Oct. 10, 1910, [Convention date]. Tills. - Relates to cash-recording tills of the kind described in Specification 22,630/01, and comprising an autograph record strip, a cash - exhibiting band. and a receipting-device, the present improvements comprising an electric driving - means with means for throwing out at will either the receipting or the autographic and cashexhibiting device or operating all together. The motor drives, through a worm-wheel 40 and friction clutch, a shaft 42, on which are splined collars 28 with projecting pins to engage disks 45 loose on the shaft. The disks are attached to pinions, of which, on the left, one 47 drives a receipting- device 72, and on the right the other 46 drives a spindle 49<a> for moving the transporting and exhibiting carrier 50 for the cash paid in. On an extension of the shaft 49<a> is a four-toothed cam 63 engaged by a roller 64 on a forked link 61 straddling the shaft for tipping-up a corrugated cash-receiving board 60. A further cam or star-wheel 65 rocks a lever 67 carrying a pawl 68 for feeding the autograph record strip; and a link 70 drives a counter 75. The sliding clutches 28 are controlled by arms 26 on a sliding plate 23 guided by pins fixed in the casing and worked by a lever 30 pivoted at 31 and bearing on pins 34 on the plate. A second lever 29 on the same pivot has cam extensions to depress a spring plunger 19 so as to lower a switch lever 7 to start the electric motor. A disk 43 attached to the friction clutch engages a pin 79 on the switch lever 7 so as to hold the switch closed during one revolution, at the end of which the pin engages a notch 78 in the disk opening the circuit and positively stopping the shaft 42. The sliding plate 23 is notched to be held fast during movement of the shaft by a lever 35, which is only moved to position by a pin on the disk 43. In the middle position of the sliding plate both pinions 46 and 47 are driven. A receptacle is provided in the cover for change coins. The motor can also be started by a key 11, which rocks a shaft 14 having an arm 15 to depress the switch lever.
Patent GB-191125201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Connecting Together the Ends of Solid Rubber Wheel Tyres and other Objects Made in Lengths.
Inventor: GARE HARRY
IPC: B60C7/28
Filed: 1911-11-13
Granted: 1912-10-03
Abstract: 25,201. Gare, H. Nov. 13. Tyre attachments to rims.-Relates to joining the ends of the rubber tyres &c. by interlocking in screw fashion the ends c, f, Fig. 1, of a coiled wire a embedded in the material, and consists in forming the coil of flat-section wire, the inner edge of which constitutes the axis of the coil. In a modification, a connecting-piece of the same formation may be locked with the adjacent ends of the coil. A tool for clearing the rubber from the convolutions of the coiled wire comprises a piece i, Fig. 9, of the same formation as the coil, mounted in a handle h.
Patent GB-191128481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Collection and Removal of Dust Generated during the Stripping or Cleaning of the Card Surfaces of Carding Machines.
Inventor: FAUQUET GEORGES
IPC: D01G15/82
Filed: 1911-05-11
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 28,481. Fauquet, G. Dec. 18. Dust, confining and expelling on generation. -In apparatus for collecting and removing the dust &c. generated during the stripping and cleaning of the card surfaces of carding- engines, the rotary stripper or cleaner and the suction face to draw off the dust &c. are mounted on a common driving-shaft, the face being exterior to the stripper &c. The stripper 1, Fig. 1, which is surrounded by a hood 2, and the face 5 are both mounted on the shaft 6. The face casing 9 is connected to the suction chamber 3 of the hood by a pipe 7, the connexion being made through a rotary socket joint 8 to allow the hood to take up its various working positions. The dust-laden air is driven down a pipe 11, Fig. 4, having a flaring mouth 13 into a receptacle 12 containing water 15. The air is caused to follow a sinuous course in the receptacle 12 and passes out through a filtering-fabric 14.
Patent GB-191202074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Military Belts and Braces for Carrying Ammunition and the like.
Inventor: KENNEDY MOSES
IPC: F42B39/02
Filed: 1912-01-25
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 2074. Kennedy, M. Jan. 25. Clips, flexible-jaw. - Cartridge pouches are carried on a military equipment by clips each consisting of a U-shaped member, one limb 1, Fig. 2, of which is riveted to the equipment and also carries a pivoted loop 12 for fastening the other limb.