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Patent GB-191003796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Wind or Weather Screens of Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: AUSTER ARTHUR COLLINS
IPC: B60J1/00
Filed: 1909-02-06
Granted: 1910-03-07
Abstract: 3796. Auster, A. C. Feb. 6, 1909. Wind - guards for motor - cars and other vehicles, for protecting the occupants of the rear seats as described in Specification 2898/09, are supported by arms which fold in vertical planes. One form of folding support is shown in Fig. 5, in which the screen a is carried by the links b<1>, b<2>, maintained in position by telescopic locking-rod e, e<2>. The screen can be turned down about the axis c. The links b<1>, b<2> may be inverted; and the locking-rod may be disposed between the top of the screen and the front where the support b<2> is connected to the vehicle. Or locking-rods may be dispensed with, and locking-joints used instead. In a further form, Fig. 10, the screen a may be hung from links b, and, when the links are placed in an horizontal position, the screen may be raised as shown. In another form, the screen may be hung from vertical links hinged to horizontal links, which are maintained in position by a knuckle-jointed support. The screen may also be carried by rods which slide telescopically into hinged tubes held in place by telescopic locking-rods. In a further form, Fig. 12, the uprights b carrying the screen are hinged to short cranks b<2> pivoted to the floor, the locking-rod e', e<2> being employed. Side-wings may be fitted to any of the forms, and the space beneath the screen may be closed by an apron carried by the lower edge of the screen. The Provisional Specification describes other methods of supporting the screen comprising supporting - links which fold horizontally, and standards sliding in horizontal guides or moved by rack-and-pinion or screw gearing, or lifted bodily from one position to another. A celluloid screen may be mounted between the horizontally-arranged supporting- links in some of the forms to act as an apron.
Patent GB-191008126-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Shunt-circuit Tilting Devices for Mercury Vapour Lamps.
IPC: H01J13/42
Filed: 1910-04-04
Granted: 1910-12-01
Abstract: 8126. Heraeus Ges., W. C. Jan. 24, [Convention date]. Low-pressure metallic-vapour apparatus. - A shunt circuit containing an electro-magnet Na for tilting and starting a mercury lamp is controlled not only by the main current but also by the movement of the lamp, to cause repetition of the tilting if necessary. As shown, a switch S2 is actuated by one of two rods St1 and St2 on the armature at the completion of a movement of the lamp, and a switch S1 is actuated by a series electro-magnet in the usual way. Specifications 954/05 and 10,957/06 are referred to.
Patent GB-191011821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed and Reversing Gear specially applicable for the Propulsion of Boats and other Vessels.
Inventor: DAIMLER PAUL
IPC: F16H3/14
Filed: 1910-05-12
Granted: 1911-04-13
Abstract: 11,821. Daimler, P. May 12. Variable - speed a n d r e v e r s i n ggearing. - A reversing - gear for screw propellers is modified to give a change-speed drive ahead or astern. An intermediate shaft z arranged between the motor shaft a and the propeller shaft c, carries at its ends clutch disks p, s which can co-operate with clutch disks b, v on the motor shaft and propeller shaft respectively. By operating a lever H<2>, the shaft c can be directly clutched up to the shaft a or a reverse drive can be obtained through a loose clutch disk q, which co-operates with a friction surface m, and the gear-wheels d, f, k. Spindles w, on which intermediate gear-wheels f are mounted, also carry gear-wheels f<1> gearing with a wheel k<1> loose on the shaft z but integral with a clutch disk m so that by operating a clutch disk v<1> through a lever H<1> the propeller shaft can be connected through the reducing- gear directly with the shaft z or with the loose clutch disk q and thus give a drive at reduced speed ahead or astern.
Patent GB-191012821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Transmission of Motive Power by Means of Liquid Pressure.
IPC: F15B21/044
Filed: 1910-05-26
Granted: 1911-05-25
Abstract: 12,821. Internationale Rotations- Maschinen Ges. May 28, 1909, [Convention date]. Hydraulic transmission of power.-Apparatus for relieving the propelling-medium of hydraulic transmission gear of air is characterized by the fact that the space which, in normal working, receives the discharged liquid is connected by two conduits containing check valves with a liquid-receptacle placed at a higher level. The Figure shows the device. The pump P is driven by the primary motor, and is connected to the motor element M by a pressure pipe d and suction pipe s. From the top and bottom, two conduits l, l<1> fitted with non-return valves v, v<1> are fitted, and these lead to a tank B. Any froth formed due to the presence of air rises in the pipe l. In the event of the motor element acting as the pump element, the valves v, v<1> automatically close. An additional pipe, fitted with a non - return valve r, provides for the making-up of leakage to what is normally the pressure conduit should this conduit be temporarily the suction chamber.
Patent GB-191012831-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for the Centrifugal Treatment of Liquids.
Inventor: LEUNE CHARLES LOUIS
Filed: 1910-05-26
Granted: 1911-04-20
Abstract: 12,831. Leune, C. L. Oct. 2, 1909, [Convention date]. Differential speed indicators.-The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises means for estimating the speed of a centrifugal machine. On the spindle is cut a screw 34, which engages with a wheel 35 carrying a pin 37, which, at every revolution of the wheel 35, engages with a spring finger 38 which operates a hammer 41 striking on a block 42. This subject - matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191017862-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Hand Hammers or like Tools.
IPC: B25D11/12
Filed: 1910-07-27
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 17,862. Belgian Pneumatic Tool Co. (Soc. Anon.). Aug. 2, 1909, [Convention date]. Percussive hand tools. -In a hand hammer or like tool, a hammerpiston 2 is reciprocated by a plenum and a partial vacuum being alternately induced behind it by a piston 1 which is reciprocated by a motor, the space between the hammer-piston 2 and the piston 1, which move in the same direction, being put in communication with a port 6 and the atmosphere at the end of each stroke either directly or through a longitudinal groove 7 and an annular groove 8. The space between the hammer 2 and the piston 1 may be opened to atmosphere through ports 22, controlled by a valve 23, so as to stop the action of the hammer without stopping the motor. The motor shown comprises a two-stroke engine. A charge from the admission port 18 passes to the crank chamber 15 provided with a handle 16 and thence through ports 21 to the combustion chamber 17. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also a similarly-acting tool in which the hammer-piston 2 has a reduced portion working in a recess in the piston 1. This subject - matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191020356-A (GB)
Title: Lacing-fastening for Shoes and other Articles.
Inventor: SENN JOHANN
IPC: A43C3/02
Filed: 1910-08-31
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 20,356. Senn, J. Sept. 1, 1909, [Convention date]. Lacing-fastenings.-In a lacing-fastening of the kind in which a roller rotates in bearings in a bent plate formed with a hollow rivet, the plate being extended beyond the bearings and bent in the direction of the rivet, one of the bent extensions is caused to engage with the other to form a distance-piece and guard, and ensure the proper spacing-apart of the seating for the roller. The fastening is formed from a blank 1, Fig. 2, having a hollow rivet 2. Fig. 3, and a hole 4 and cavity 5 to serve as bearings for the pivots 6 of the roller 7. One end of the blank has a tongue 9 which engages with a recess 8 at the other end.
Patent GB-191026478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electrical Welding Machines.
IPC: B23K11/31
Filed: 1910-11-15
Granted: 1911-11-15
Abstract: 26,478. British Insulated & Helsby Cables, and Bucher, P. Nov. 15. Switches, actuating; springs, arrangement of.-In an electric welding-machine particularly for spot welding the current-controlling switch is disposed between the treadle or manually operated part and the movable electrode, and is provided with a spring between the actuating part and the contacts so that the electrode may be further moved after the circuit is closed without affecting the contacts. The treadle - operated shaft 11 which operates the movable electrode carries a trigger 16, which engages a trip lever 14 so as to depress the contact parts 22 of the switch, the lever engaging a roller 20 on the head 24, which carries guide - rods 18 and is flexibly connected to the part 21 carrying the contacts 22 by a spring 23. When the work is heated to welding temperature the treadle is further depressed to weld the work, and the trigger is moved above the trip lever so as to allow the switch to be released by a spring 25 mounted between the part 21 and the base 26. This spring is weaker than the spring 23 and is compressed during the downward movement of the head 24. When the treadle is released and the shaft 11 returned, the trigger slides over the spring bolt in the end of the trip lever.
Patent GB-191101642-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Form of Camera for Colour Kinematography.
Inventor: BENNETT COLIN NOEL
IPC: G02B27/12
Filed: 1911-01-21
Granted: 1911-10-12
Abstract: 1642. Bennett, C. N. Jan. 21. Kinematograph apparatus.-A camera for taking motion pictures in natural colours has two or more lenses A, B arranged vertically above each other with their axes at a distance apart equal to the height of a picture on the film, each lens being provided with the appropriate colour screen R, G. The film-driving mechanism N is arranged so that each advance of the film M is equal to the length of two pictures (or three, if three lenses are used). Each lens may be provided with a shutter C, D or there may be only one shutter, having a sufficiently large opening to uncover all the lenses at once. If necessary, parallax errors may be approximately corrected by adjusting the lenses so that their centres are at a distance apart slightly less than the height of a picture. Specifications 3729/03 and 7514/08 are referred to.
Patent GB-191102262-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bobbins for Spinning and analogous purposes.
Inventor: SHEPHERD ARTHUR
IPC: B65H75/14
Filed: 1911-01-28
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 2262. Shepherd, A. Jan 28. Bobbins.-Relates to means for securing the heads to the barrel. The head a which may be of a single thickness of wood, Fig. 3, or of multi-ply veneer, Fig. 1, is joined to the barrel b by means of a bush c dovetailed at its outer end and provided with annular recesses c. The barrel has longitudinal grooves f. The bush and barrel are secured by applying glue or cement to one or both of them and pressing the bush home. The glue or cement fills the recesses and grooves and forms, when set, a locking- structure between the bush and barrel. The bush and barrel can be secured by means of a single annulus of hardened glue or cement in opposed grooves in the bush and barrel, preferably as shown in Fig. 3, with opposite corners lying in the common surface of the bush and barrel.
Patent GB-191104486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Reducing and Reversing Gear.
IPC: F16H3/14
Filed: 1911-02-22
Granted: 1911-06-21
Abstract: 4486. Thornycroft & Co., J. I., and Thornycroft, J. E. Feb. 22. Reversing-gearing.-Reversing and reducing gearing suitable for propelling boats comprises parallel driving and driven shafts b, c projecting from the opposite ends of a casing a, which is adapted to receive the thrust of the propeller. Gear-wheels h, k loose on the shaft c are driven in opposite directions at reduced speeds from wheels l, i fast on the shaft b. The shaft c is movable longitudinally and carries a double clutch member m adapted to be engaged alternatively with clutch surfaces e, f on the members h, k for driving in one and the other direction respectively. The thrust of the propeller, which tends to hold the clutch parts in engagement, is taken up by flanges p, q carried by the members h, k and engaged by the casing a.
Patent GB-191105799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Generation.
Inventor: FLETCHER JOSEPH ERNST
IPC: F01K1/00
Filed: 1911-03-08
Granted: 1912-01-25
Abstract: 5799. Fletcher, J. E. March 8. [Addition to 4594/10, Cluss 123 (ii), Steamgenerators.] Feed-water, heating.-In a battery of separately heated generators comprising one or more generators acting as a feed-heater, as described in the parent Specification, the steam space of the feed-heater a is connected to a generator b by a pipe d containing a reducing valve d'. The feed is thus raised to a temperature at least equal to that of the steam generated in the battery, and the extra pressure in the feedheater ensures the feeding of the generators. A reducing-valve may also be placed in the feedpipe c<1> leading from the feed-heater.
Patent GB-191109496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Winding Machines for Yarn of other Fibrous Substances.
Inventor: DREW ALBERT EDWARD
IPC: D01H7/04
Filed: 1911-04-19
Granted: 1912-05-20
Abstract: 9496. Drew, A. E., Arkinstall, J., Dean, W., and Howarth, J. H. April 19. W i n d i n g - machines; stop - motions. - In a winding - machine, a loose b u t controlled spindle in a driven socket is combined with a contrivance to stop delivery of the yarn by the rollers when an end breaks. The spindle A, Fig. 3, is mounted in a socket B supported in a bolster D carried by a rail C. The socket is driven by a band passing round a fast pulley E, and the spindle is rotated with the socket by a spring clip &c. acting to grip the spindle in a groove K in the socket B. A lever is provided with a pair of jaws to move the driving-band on to the loose pulley F when it is desired to stop the spindle. The yarn is laid on the spindles A, Fig. 1, by guides 0 carried by a reciprocating rail N, and is delivered by rollers M at a slower rate than the rate of the sockets B. When an end breaks, a lever P which is normally supported by the tension of the thread falls over and moves the yarn between the reduced diameter R of the delivery rollers.
Patent GB-191110092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Display Stands for Shop Windows and the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM DUGDALE
IPC: A47F5/06
Filed: 1911-04-26
Granted: 1911-12-30
Abstract: 10,092. Taylor, W. D. April 26. Pedestal, pillar, and like stands.- Relates to telescopic displaystands, and consists in a method of attachment of the tubular pillar to the base, and a means for spreading the lower end of the movable portion. A wedge or plug d is screwed or driven up into the end a<1> of the tube a, thus expanding it into engagement with the base. T h e inner tube f is forced down upon the top of the wedge and rotated to form a flared end f<1>, which prevents its withdrawal through the cap g.
Patent GB-191113961-A (GB)
Title: Water Wheel Gate Rings.
Inventor: KINCAID JOHN
IPC: F03B15/20
Filed: 1911-06-12
Granted: 1911-11-02
Abstract: 13,961. Kincaid, J. June 12. Regulating.-Two valve-rings 6, 7 control the admission of water to the nozzles 3 of an impact turbine. Each ring has a full set of twelve ports 8, 9. In addition, the ring 6 has a duplicate set 10 of eight ports, and the ring 7 has a duplicate set 11 of six ports. When a full set and a duplicate set are in register with the nozzles, eight or six of the nozzles are active. When both duplicate sets of nozzles are in register, only four are active. The ports are arranged so that the selected nozzles are arranged symmetrically around the stator. The rings may have rack teeth on their upper edge and be operated by independent hand-wheels and pinions.
Patent GB-191114189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Printing Out Frames.
Inventor: WILKINSON JOHN
IPC: G03B27/02
Filed: 1911-06-15
Granted: 1911-10-19
Abstract: 14,189. Wilkinson, J., and Wilkinson, A. June 15. Contact printing-frames.-In order to keep the part b, Fig. 1, of the back stationary when the part c is raised to examine the print, the part b is formed with a raised lip or projection b<1> so that it is held stationary between the end blocks a' and the pressure spring d which engages under the catch e. The projection b<1> may be replaced by an elongated stud b<3>, Fig. 4. The alternatives for a catch include (i) a clip e engaging the bent-up end d<2> of the spring; (ii) an auxiliary spring g which springs up behind the pressure spring d; (iii) a bent clip e, Fig. 6, arched along the part e' to form a recess in which the spring engages; (iv) a clip c, Fig. 7, bent down in the centre to engage a hole d<3> in the pressure spring d.
Patent GB-191115504-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chuck.
Inventor: ADAMSON ADAM
IPC: B23B31/163
Filed: 1911-07-04
Granted: 1912-06-06
Abstract: 15,504. Adamson, A., and Golding, S. R. July 4. Chucks.-A chuck has means for quickly closing the jaws, and independent means f o r tightening the grip. The chuck body C has a boss C<1> forming a box which can be closed by a back-plate E<1> to enclose the gearing. Mounted on the face of the chuck in radial slots are the reversible jaws A having pins at their bases engaging blocks which are adapted to slide in quick cam - grooves A<1> of a cam-plate A<3>. Instead of grooves, cam projections engaging cam slots on the jaws may be used. The plate A<3> carries a bevel rack B on its back, adapted to be engaged and rotated for quick adjustment by a pinion B' feathered to a spindle B<2> in the chuck body. This spindle B<2> carries an hexagonal portion D<1> adapted to engage a corresponding recess in the loose worm-wheel D<2> so that when the bevel pinion is rotated this clutch is disengaged. The worm-wheel is in gear with a worm pinion D<3> by which it can be driven at a slow speed to rotate the scroll plate, the clutch being pressed into action by a spiral spring. An alternative form for imparting slow rotation to the cam plate consists of a split sleeve embracing a sleeve F' on the plate and having lugs G, G capable of being drawn together by a screw-bolt G' and nut so that the cam plate may be rotated by rotating a screw H<2> engaging a nut H<1> fixed between two other lugs on the sleeve, Fig. 6. An indicator H<3> is provided to indicate the mid position of the sleeve. In another form, the slow and final gripping motion is given by opposite ratchet-wheels J, J<1> fixed to the sleeve F of the cam plate and adapted to be operated by spring pawls L, L<1> attached to a sector plate K operated by a worm K<1>, a mask plate J<2> being provided to keep the pawls out of engagement during the quick closing of the jaws, Fig. 8.
Patent GB-191115520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Oil Gas.
Inventor: BURDON JOHN
Filed: 1910-12-20
Granted: 1912-02-20
Abstract: 15,520. Burdon, J., Burdon, W. M., and Burden, M. M. Dec. 20, 1910. Vaporizing-apparatus. - Oil and air, in intimate admixture, are introduced by one or more atomizers 10, preferably of the kind described in Specification 14,657/11, into a chamber 11, which is heated by one or more flame chambers 6 arranged therein. The mixture of oil and air is gasified, the gas passing by one or more pipes 13 to the flame chamber or chambers, where it is ignited. The flame chamber has an open mouth, and the end 2 of the apparatus is nozzle-shaped to facilitate insertion into the furnace or other interior to be heated. A baffle 12 is arranged to lengthen the path that the oil and air mixture must traverse before it reaches the entrance to the pipe 13, and thus ensure gasification. The chamber 11 may be cylindrical, rectangular, or of other shape.
Patent GB-191116436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Steam Generators.
Inventor: STEINMUELLER LEBRECHT
IPC: F22B17/02
Filed: 1911-07-17
Granted: 1911-12-14
Abstract: 16,436. Steinm³ller, L. July 17. Water-tube boilers. - Relates to boilers with vertical tubes connected to upper drums and arranged on both sides of the usual group of inclined tubes. According to the present invention, additional inclined tubes c are fitted in flues on both sides of the boiler and are utilized for the preliminary heating of the water. These additional tubes receive water from partitioned spaces in the drums h and return it again to the drums, where it overflows the partitions h<1> and enters the tubes b. Each group of tubes c may be subdivided as shown in Fig. 5. The water is then fed into the bottom rows by the pipe f<1> and is passed backwards and forwards several times before entering the drums h. Dampers k enable the gases to be distributed uniformly amongst the tubes c.
Patent GB-191117479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Heaters.
Inventor: WILLIAM GIBBONS HOUSKEEPER
IPC: H05B3/64
Filed: 1911-08-01
Abstract: 17,479. Houskeeper, W. G. Aug. 6, 1910, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Resistances. - A resistance for heating a continuously moving filament or wire 8 consists of a wire 1, arranged or connected so that a varying heating effect is obtained. This is obtained either by connecting a uniform wire in sections of different length by means of leads, 2, 3, 4, 5 or by making the convolutions of a helix not divided into sections closer at one end than at the other. Otherwise, wires of different size or resistance may be connected in series. The resistance may be of other forms than that of a helix.
Patent GB-191117903-A (GB)
Title: Improved Combination Lock for Money Boxes and other purposes.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
Filed: 1911-08-05
Granted: 1912-08-06
Abstract: 17,903. Boult, A. J., [Oblein, J.]. Aug. 5. Puzzles.-A lock for a money - box, safe, or the like comprises one or more slidable elements which are operable in both directions, for locking and unlocking, by means of gravity. In the form shown in Fig. 1, three bolts E, F, G are provided on a disk C secured to the lid of the box, and are adapted to engage a flange B on the box. The bolt E is provided with a head E<2> on its inner end, with which the inner end of the bolt F is adapted to engage to hold the bolt E withdrawn, the angle between the bolts E, F being such that the bolt E can be withdrawn while the bolt F remains shot, and the bolt F can be withdrawn while the bolt E remains withdrawn, but that when the bolt E is being withdrawn the bolt F tends to be shot. Assuming all the bolts are shot, in order to unlock, the box must be tilted so that E is vertical and is withdrawn, then that the bolt- F is withdrawn without re-shooting E and finally that G is withdrawn without re-shooting F. A fixed projection K on the disk C has also to be set to pass through a notch K<1> in the flange B. Indicating-marks on the lid of the box are employed in setting the disk. In the form shown in Fig. 4, eight bolts are provided in sets of two, alternate bolts having their inner ends shouldered for engagement with the remaining bolts. The bolts are withdrawn by tilting the box in various positions, but a detent device P on the box flange B has to be turned between certain of the tilting operations, when the box is vertical, so that it comes behind certain of the bolts to prevent these from reshooting while the opposite ones are being withdrawn. A spring latch Q released by a projection R on the box may assist in holding the box closed.