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Patent GB-191200671-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Fuel Burners.
Inventor: LITTLETON HENRY
IPC: F23D11/10
Filed: 1912-01-09
Granted: 1912-07-25
Abstract: 671. Littleton, H. Jan. 9. Spray burners.-Steam and oil, supplied respectively through the jet pipe 15 and the pipe 17, mix in the substantially L-shaped mixing- chamber 18, which is closed by a plug 19 and provided, opposite to the jet pipe, with a transverse slot 20 at which the main flame burns, and with a relatively small opening 21 at which burns a flame for heating the burner. In a modification, a stand-pipe with elbow-couplings is arranged between the pipe 17 and mixing- chamber 18. In another arrangement, a further supply of steam is admitted to the mixing- chamber through a tube enclosing the oil-pipe, the inner steam pipe being supported in this case by radial screwed pins passing through the oil pipe.
Patent GB-191209052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Harvesting Machines for Beet and other Roots.
Inventor: BARKER GEORGE
IPC: A01D27/02
Filed: 1912-04-17
Granted: 1912-10-03
Abstract: 9052. Barker, G., [Mors÷ Hammervaerk Aktieselskabet]. April 17. Crops, root, digging, topping, and tailing machines for.-A harvesting-machine for beet and other roots comprises a wheeled frame a, Fig. 1, carrying adjustable sleigh runners c, d, e, f, Fig. 3, in which the cutters are movably mounted, while the lifters are fixed to vertical arms 1 behind the runners so that they can be adjusted vertically independently of the runners. The front ends of the runners are turned up and provided with eyes to engage a shaft A mounted in a bearing B on the underside of the frame or its draw-bar, and the rear ends are connected together by arches g, h, i which are connected by bars D to a bar E which can be raised or lowered by means of a hand-lever H. Guide-bars F on the outer sides of the arches g, i work in guides G on the frame a. The arms 1 can be moved up or down in guides K by means of a hand-lever 8, which is connected by cranks 5 and links 3 to the arms. A fork-shaped frame 13 carries the cutters, and is loosely suspended at the rear part by means of hooks 20 engaging in adjustable eye-shaped members 21 on the arches g, i. The front ends of the frame 13 are engaged by pins 17 having eye-shaped front ends carried on links L on the runners, so that the cutters may have a lateral movement relatively to the runners. Each pin 17 is suspended at its rear end from the frame a by a chain N, and the front ends of the cutters are forced forwards by springs 18 on the pins.
Patent GB-191213038-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Drawer-mechanism for Cash Registers.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1911-11-22
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 13,038. Haddan, R., [National Cash Register Co.]. Nov. 22, 1911. Cash registers; drawer interlocks. - In machines having a stationary till, for example the key-set and bar-operated type of cash register described in Specification 7522/03, interlocking mechanism between a cash-drawer and the operating bar of the machine is provided so that the drawer can only be opened at the end of the positive stroke of the bar, and when open prevents the return of the bar. Referring to Fig. 7, the cash drawer 186 has a notched flange 187 which co-operates with a notched arcuate strip 199 secured to the pivoted arm 9 supporting the operating-bar 6. The back of the drawer is fitted with a bolt 196, Fig. 5, which is released from engagement with a notch in the track 191 only at the end of the movement of the operating frame 23 raised by the downward movement of the bar 6. The drawer, supported at the sides by rollers, is provided with rearwardly-extending lugs carrying a roller 189 and having in-turned fingers embracing the edges of the track 191. Specification 26,171/11 is also referred to.
Patent GB-191214258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Envelopes and the like.
Inventor: KOHLHOF LOUISE DORATHEA
IPC: B65D27/30
Filed: 1912-06-18
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 14,258. Kohlhof, L. D. June 18. Envelopes.-An envelope is provided with a closing-flap 4 divided by cuts 5 into end portions 6 and a tab 7, and gummed as shown. The tongue 7 is passed behind the upper edge of the bottom flap 2, thus adhering to the enclosure, and is then passed out through a slot 8 in the bottom flap and stuck down upon the side flaps 3 and bottom flap 2.
Patent GB-191215617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Billiard Table Pockets.
Inventor: ASHCROFT JOHN
IPC: A63D15/00
Filed: 1912-07-04
Granted: 1912-09-26
Abstract: 15,617. Ashcroft, J. July 4. Billiards, tables for.-A pocket for billiard tables consists of a rigid or semi-rigid hood or chamber 2 curved at the back 3, which is secured at the lower end of a network pocket 1 and is also screwed to the cushion rail. The hood has an opening 3<a> which is normally closed by a spring-controlled or counterweighted gate 5. When a ball falls into the pocket, the curved back 3 directs the ball on to the gate which swings down and holds the ball until it is removed by the player, when it closes again. In place of the pivoted gate, a sliding base cap, closed by a spring and drawn down or extended by the weight of the ball, may be employed.
Patent GB-191216602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: STIMSON LEON EARLE
IPC: F01C1/20
Filed: 1912-07-16
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 16,602. Stimson, L. E. July 16. Movable-abutment type.-An intermittentlyrotating abutment 7 is alternately locked and rotated to clear a piston vane 5 by means of a cam 10 on the piston shaft 3 engaging a star-wheel 12 on the abutment shaft 13. During the major part of a revolution the curved faces 14 of the star-wheel engage with the main circular portion of the cam 10, Fig. 5, and hold the abutment 7 stationary. But when the vane 5 passes the exhaust port 9, a pin 16, one of a series carried at the points 15 of the star-wheel, is engaged by a cam groove 18 formed in a member 17 secured to the cam 10, and the abutment is rotated, allowing the vane 5 to pass and bringing the next wing of the abutment 7 into operation. Both cams 12, 10 are arranged outside the casing 1.
Patent GB-191218433-A (GB)
Title: Plant for the Mechanical Cleansing of Waste Water by the Putrefaction and Separation Process.
Inventor: STOCK OTTO
IPC: C02F3/28
Filed: 1912-08-10
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 18,433. Stock, O. Aug. 10. Tanks.-A tank a is divided by a partition with inclined surfaces c, d into a depositing space f and a putrefaction space g. The waste waters are supplied by a downwardly-inclined channel b<1> to a compartment b, which is open at the bottom and has walls extending above the liquid-level so that floating matters are retained. Heavy sediment passes down the surface c into the space g, and other sediment, sliding down the surface d and the inclined wall of the tank, passes into the space g through a slot e. The' liquid passes from the space f into an annular gutter h.
Patent GB-191218894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Transmission Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: F16H39/20
Filed: 1911-09-23
Granted: 1912-09-23
Abstract: 18,894. Schneider, E. Sept. 23, 1911. Hydraulic transmission of power; speedvarying mechanism. - Mechanism for the hvdraulic transmission of power, of the kind in which a variable - delivery revolving - cylinder pump actuates a revolving-cylinder motor of the kind described in Specification 21,078/11, is provided with a cylindrical hydraulicallybalanced support between the drums and the distributor separator. The cylindrical distributor is independent of the fixed body of the separator and is capable of slight movement. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, cylindrical slide faces 14, 15 are formed between the drum and the block 3. The block 3 is provided with the usual distributing - passages 17, 18, and is independent of the body of the separator between the two elements, so that, although prevented from rotation, it is able to assume a slight transverse displacement. The drum is supported by balls 29 on the fixed part of the separator. To prevent the thrust on the delivery side of the drum, balancing-portions 35, 36 are cut upon the block 3, these portions communicating respectively with the opposite passage 18 or 17.
Patent GB-191222373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pockets for Wearing Apparel.
Inventor: ENOCH ENOCH LEWIS
IPC: A41D27/20
Filed: 1912-10-02
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 22,373. Enoch, E. L. Oct. 2. Pockets are formed at the back with one or more vertical baglike folds or extensions c.
Patent GB-191223303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sofa-bedsteads.
Inventor: COOPERSMITH RUDOLPH
IPC: A47C17/23
Filed: 1912-10-11
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 23,303. Coopersmith, R., and Carr, T. P. Oct. 11. Bedsteads convertible into seats.-A sofa-bedstead comprises a supporting-frame having members 1, 2, 3 connected by cross-pieces 6, 7, 8 and having stays 4, 5. A reversible frame comprising members 9, 10, 11 cross-connected hy members 12, 13 and stays 12<a>, 13<a> is pivoted at 14<a> to lugs - 14 on the members 1, and has pivoted to it a frame comprising members 21 strengthened by triangularly-arranged bars 25, 26 and carrying legs 22. Members 15 of a frame comprising members 15, 16, 17 are pivoted at 15<b> to extensions 10<a> of the members 10. Extensions 16<a> of the members 16 are supported by links 19 pivoted at 19<b>. When folded, the ends 21<a> rest on the cross-bar 8 and a cross-bar 24 rests on the ends of the members 10, the section of the mattress 29 covering the frame members 21 forming the seating-surface.
Patent GB-191229004-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Combination Tool.
Inventor: LEVENE EDWARD
IPC: B25F1/00
Filed: 1912-12-17
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 29,004. Levene, E. Dec. 17. Scissors and shears.-A combination hand-tool of the kind described in Specification 24,739/08 comprises shears or scissors formed by the bevelled edges of the pivoted crossed members a, b, and string-cutters i intermediate the pivot c and the ends h.
Patent GB-191302283-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Treatment of Peat by Wetcarbonisation.
IPC: C10F5/06
Filed: 1913-01-28
Granted: 1914-03-30
Abstract: 2283. Testrup, N., Adam, M. A., Rigby, T., Andrew, G. W., and Wetcarbonizing, Ltd. Jan. 28. Peat, preparing.-Wet peat is heated and then separated from liquid, for instance according to the wet-carbonizing processes described in Specifications 17,610/11 and 25,146/12, and this liquid is concentrated and burnt in an ammonia-recovery producer, optionally after being fermented to obtain alcohol or treated to remove other compounds. Wet carbonization may be done at a high temperature to increase the proportion of nitrogen yielded by the liquid, especially if the peat is to be made into fuel briquettes and its nitrogen lost. For instance, if the temperature reached is 180‹ C., the liquid may contain 19 per cent of the total nitrogen, compared with 14 per cent for 170‹ C. Ordinarily, the whole or most of the peat separated is burnt in a producer together with the concentrated liquid, the gas obtained being used to heat the evaporators and tar-stills. The liquid when concentrated to contain 50 to 60 per cent of water can be pumped, and may be injected into a producer, in which it may burn alone or may cake with fuel already there. Or it may be mixed with pressed wet-carbonized peat. Or it may be evaporated to contain 5 per cent of water and be mixed with dry peat. Or it may be heated to dryness, pressed into cakes and burnt alone, optionally after treatment to obtain other substances from it. Concentration preferably takes place in apparatus described in Specifications 12,462/11 and 22,670/11, [both in Class 32, Distilling &c.]; settling tanks may be provided for the deposition of substances from the liquid, and precipitants may be added. Organic acids may first be neutralized or volatilized. Ammonia may be obtained at this stage by distilling with an alkali, but carbonic and other acids should first be removed by heating, or agitating with air. Preferably, however, ammonia is recovered during concentration by adding an alkali, the steam on its way to the heating surfaces passing through washers containing acid to absorb ammonia and fresh liquid to remove traces of acid. The washers are lagged, and may be heated by steam coils. Washing-liquids may be evaporated for ammonium sulphate separately, or fed to the washers of the main producer plant. Ammonia, contained in the gas which is formed in wet-carbonizing and which collects in a storage vessel receiving the mixture of peat and liquid, is recovered by providing a safety-valve discharging through absorbers.
Patent GB-191302630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Wrenches.
Inventor: ROBERTS ROBERT DUNLOP
IPC: B25B13/50
Filed: 1913-02-01
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 2630. Roberts, R. D. Feb. 1. Wrench-jaw faces and attachments.-One jaw of a nut wrench is provided with two inclines B acting in conjunction with a serrated gripping- roller D to enable pipes and like round objects to be turned in reverse directions without removing or reversing the wrench. The roller D is mounted on a pin G which is carried by metal straps E sliding in expanded grooves C in the sides of the jaw. The lower ends of the straps are connected by a pin H and may be operated by a handle K.
Patent GB-191309770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grease Separators.
Inventor: NEUFELDT OTTO
IPC: C11B13/00
Filed: 1913-04-25
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 9770. Neufeldt, O., and Zurovec, W. April 25. Covers.-The cover z of a separator for separating the grease from house drainage water is connected to a locking lever q pivoted at 2 by a screw p. The lever q is held in position by a jointed front portion r which engages under a projection 3 on the casing 5.
Patent GB-191323498-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Temperature Indicating or Recording Systems and Appliances.
Inventor: BARRY ARTHUR
IPC: G01K1/02
Filed: 1913-10-17
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 23,498. Barry, A. Oct. 17. Thermometers.-Thermometers for use in a system for transmitting temperatures to a distance electrically comprise (a) mercury thermometers 1 with a resistance filament 22 in the stem, short-circuited by the mercury as it rises, and with contact wires let into the stem for operating alarm circuits at predetermined temperatures, and (b) devices 2 with a diaphragm which is moved by the expansion and contraction of alcohol or the like in the chamber it closes and which closes contacts directly or operates the contact pointer 36.
Patent GB-191323708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Aeroplanes.
Inventor: SHORT HORACE LEONARD
IPC: B64C3/14
Filed: 1913-10-20
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 23,708. Short, H. L., Short, A. E., and Short, H. O. Oct. 20. Planes, arrangement an l construction of.-In a biplane or multiplane flying-machine, the upper surface B' of a lower plane is shaped similarly to the under surface A' of the plane immediately above, and the two planes are spaced at the same distance apart from front to rear. The lower surface of the lower plane B is convex at the forward end and concave towards the rear. In order to compensate for the decrease in velocity of the air in passing between the planes, the distance between the planes at the rear may be slightly less than the distance at the front. In a triplane, the chord of the middle plane may be shorter than that of the upper and lower planes, or the lowermost plane may have the shortest chord.
Patent GB-191326224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sifting Apparatus for Treating Potters' Slip, Powdered Substances and the like.
Inventor: LAWRENCE THOMAS
IPC: B07B1/22
Filed: 1913-11-15
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 26,224. Lawrence, T. Nov. 15. Washing-apparatus with screens. - A rotary sifter for potter's slip and the like comprises two sifter boxes A, B adapted to rotate together and arranged so that the inner box B may be withdrawn from the outer box A. The boxes each comprise a framework closed only at the ends b, lawn frames g, h being detachably secured to the sides of the boxes and the lawns h of the inner box being of coarser mesh than those g of the outer box. The knottings or tailings are removed by removal of the lawn frames, and the sifted material is received in a trough u. The boxes are carried by trunnions i, j adapted to be unbolted from the boxes to allow these to be removed, and the inner box is slid into position in slides e with metal faces e<1>, and retained in position by catches. The material is fed into the inner box from a box q by means of a pipe p, a guard w preventing the material from passing too far into the box. The boxes may be of cubical or other shape; a detachable box t is provided, in which the tailings and knottings y are collected during sifting.
Patent GB-191329557-A (GB)
Title: Improved Spring Wheel.
Inventor: VIETOR ALWIN
IPC: B60B9/00
Filed: 1913-12-22
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 29,557. ViÙtor, A. Dec. 22. [Addition to 16,811/12.] Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and metal springs other than helical and volute springs.-The wheel described in the parent Specification, in which two pairs of conical spring rings a, b, Fig. 2, are clamped between two tensioning-rings s, is, according to the present invention, modified by curving the inner parts of the disks where they engage the sliding members u with the object of keeping a greater area of the parts in contact. The outer parts of the disks are curved at Q and rest in curved seatings. Hemp packing H is fitted. The tension rings are preferably built up on an annular body x, Fig. 4, which may carry a half-ring s<2> screwed on at each side as shown; or one ring in two parts may be unserewable at one side only.
Patent GB-191401395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Methods of Protecting Electric Feeders & the like.
Inventor: WATERS ERIC GORDON
IPC: H02H7/26
Filed: 1914-01-19
Granted: 1915-01-19
Abstract: 1395. Waters, E. G. Jan. 19. Protective arrangements.-An arrangement for protecting an electric feeder c comprises a further feeder l, Fig. 3, or a pilot wire f, Figs. 1 and 2, connected in parallel with the feeder c by way of resistances d, e, d<1>, e<1> at each end, a relay g, h at each end in shunt with the resistances, connexions from a point in the resistances at one end to a source of power a and at the other end to a load or translating- device b, the points being so chosen that under healthy conditions no current flows through the relays, and circuit-breakers j, j<1> adapted to cut out the feeder at both ends on operation of the relays. The circuit-breakers j, j' may be in the supply and load circuits, as shown in Fig. 1, or in the feeder c, as shown in Fig. 2, in which case, auxiliary switches k, k<1> operated by the opening of the circuit-breakers cut out the pilot wire f when the feeder c is cut out. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the relays y, z are polarized and have a central zero position and discriminate between a leakage on the feeder c and a leakage on the feeder l. When the relays are operated by current in one direction, the circuit-breakers j, j<1> are opened and the feeder c cut out. When operated by current in the reverse direction, the relays open the circuit-breakers j<2>, j' and cut out the feeder l. The arrangements shown in Figs. 1 and 2 operate upon a leakage to earth or a breakage of the feeder c. The arrangement shown in Fig. 3 discriminates between the feeders c, l in the event of a leakage to earth, but does not discriminate if one of the feeders breaks and its parts remain insulated from earth.
Patent GB-191404393-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tin or Can Openers.
Inventor: GRIGIONI GIOVANNI
Filed: 1914-02-20
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 4393. Grigioni, G. Feb. 20. Opening by cutting.-A can-opener comprises a spindle 2 having a cranked and pivoted end 4, 6, a reversible double-edged cutting-wheel 1 adapted to slide on the spindle, and a shield 7 secured to the handle 5 and to the spindle. One or both edges of the cutting-wheel may be saw-shaped.
Patent GB-191407050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Winding Fabrics such as Laces, Lace Nets, and the like on Cards.
Inventor: MATHER ALBERT
IPC: B65H54/68
Filed: 1914-03-20
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 7050. Mather, A. March 20. Carding - machines; measuring. - Apparatus for winding lace and other fabrics on cards is provided with a supplementary card-holder J hinged to radial arms H on an axle G. The holder J is in two parts, between which the card is gripped, and is provided with openings which fit over lugs D' held in position by a pin D<2>. When the holder J is used, the ordinary clips C are removed. The axle B is frictionally driven through a spring S, the pressure of which can be regulated by nuts T, and the speed of the axle may be regulated by means of pulleys R, R' and a belt Q. A measuring-device U is mounted on the axle B. The Provisional Specification describes also a spindle to be fixed in the end of or substituted for the main driving-shaft, this spindle being adapted to hold bobbins or spools for winding material thereon.
Patent GB-191411726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Valve Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CLOUDSLEY JOHN LESLIE
IPC: F01L1/12
Filed: 1914-05-12
Granted: 1915-05-12
Abstract: 11,726. Cloudsley, J. L. May 12. Casings.-Valve-levers G and springs K, K', together with the cam-shaft, are enclosed in a chamber F at the side of the cylinders, provided with a cover-plate F<1>. Specification 11,728/14 is referred to.
Patent GB-191414031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Softening Skins.
Inventor: MORIN LOUIS PIERRE
IPC: C14B1/42
Filed: 1914-06-10
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 14,031. Morin, L. P. June 10. Rotating - t o o l machines.-A machine for softening skins consists of a rotary drum a with oblique parallel ribs b on its surface, the forward ends of the ribs being protected by a shield g, as shown in plan view in Fig. 2, to prevent them from damaging the skins. The shield may be attached to one of the flanges e of the drum. The ribs may consist of T-iron strips with their heads screwed to or keyed in the drum, and their working edges may be covered with leather to cushion the action on the skins.
Patent GB-191414221-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Reinforcing the Standards of Wire Fences and for Retaining the Wires therein.
Inventor: BROWNE ALEXANDER
IPC: E04H17/12
Filed: 1914-06-12
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 14,221. Browne, A., [Archer, E. W.]. June 12. Wire fencing; standards.-The standards 10, which are of curved or angular section and are slotted at their edges, are reinforced by an inner member 15, Figs. 2, 4. 5, and 6, which, on being driven down into the outer member, bears against, and holds, the wires 9 inserted in the slots. The top slots 13, 14 may be op. positety inclined. The inner member may also he slotted, and its slots 23 may be formed reversely to those 12 in the standards (see Fig. 9) ; in fixing. the parts are placed so that the mouths of the slots coincide for the insertion of the wires, and the inner member is then driven down to lock the wires. To heighten a fence, the member 15 can be extended upwardly, the wires engaging in slots therein, or, as shown in Fig. 13, in bends 20, where they are secured by rods 21 passing through holes in the bends. An horizontal member 17, formed with dovetails, may be used at the lower part of the standard to serve as a ground resistance device.
Patent GB-191415031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spark Gaps for Radio-telegraphy.
Inventor: GIRARDEAU EMILE
IPC: H01T9/00
Filed: 1914-06-23
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 15,031. Girardeau, E., and Bethenod, J. Feb. 25, [Convention date]. [Addition to 14,884/14.] Electric oscillations, producing; spark - gap apparatus.-The sparkgap described in the parent Specification, in which a tubular electrode T<1> and a plate P are mounted in a tube T<2> through which air is forced, is modified by the provision of a magnetic field perpendicular to the spark so as to ensure its rotation. The plate P is cooled by water circulation through the tubes B, D. The coil A surrounding the magnetic core F may be supplied with continuous current from the excitation current of the supply alternator, or with alternating current, or with high-frequency current from the oscillation or aerial circuit.