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Patent GB-191309100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cut-outs for Electrical Instruments, Glow-lamps and the like.
Inventor: DOWNES ALLAN JOHN
IPC: H01K1/70
Filed: 1913-04-17
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 9100. Downes, A. J., and Venning, J. April 17. [Cognate Application, 14,149/13.] Cut-out arrangements; leading-in wires. - The leading-in wires of series lamps are insulated from each other by a thin layer of the oxide of the metal of the wires, the insulation being broken down when a lamp fails. The wires F may be of copper twisted together as shown, and the oxide may be produced by heating the wires. The parts E of the wires are of platinum, and the parts D inside the bulb of nickel. In another arrangement, the wires are connected by a metal ring slipped over them, either the wires or the ring being coated with oxide; or several rings may be linked together. Specifications 5962/86, 12,315/86, [Class 38, Electricity, Regulating &c.], and 14,087/93 are referred to.
Patent GB-191309195-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Indicator for Indicating the Locked and the Unlocked State of Apparatus for Locking and Unlocking the Doors of Railway Carriages.
Inventor: WILSON JOHN
IPC: E05B41/00
Filed: 1913-04-19
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 9195. Wilson, J., [Wilson, J. H.]. April 19. Pneumatic semaphore signals.-In pneumatic apparatus for locking railway-carriage doors, the state of the fastening is indicated by apparatus of which one form is shown in Fig. 2 in vertical section, and in Fig. 3 in horizontal section on the line b-b. The tube b<5> communicates with the vacuum pip,e that operates the locks, and with a cylinder b containing a piston b<4> which operates the semaphore a. The semaphore is integral with a lug a<3>, which engages a roller b<2> mounted within the piston in a slot b<3>. The lug is curved at a<5> to prevent the piston from rotating even when vertical. Alternatively the apparatus may be so arranged as to work by pressure instead of vacuum. Specifications 6800/09, 19,959/12, [both in Class 118 (i), Indicators &c.], and 2123/13, [Class 44, Fastenings, Lock &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-191315433-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sharpening Devices for the Knives of Slicing Machines.
IPC: B24B3/46
Filed: 1913-07-04
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 15,433. Berkel & Parnall's Slicing Machine Manufacturing Co., [Woodington, J. C.]. July 4. Cutting-edges, treating.-A sharpening-device for the cutter of a slicing - machine comprises two sharpening-elements 20, 21 rotatably but non-slidably mounted on a shaft 19 and held spaced from each other by shoulders 23, 30 on the shaft. The shaft is longitudinally slidable in a sleeve 18 which is carried by a pivoted adjustable support 13, the support moving through an arc of a circle in a plane substantially parallel to that of the cutter. The sharpening-elements are arranged one on each side of the cutter 10 and when one is moved, by the longitudinal movement of the shaft 18, into contact with the cutter, the other is moved out of contact therewith. The shaft 18 is moved by a handle 38 with a slot 40 engaging a pivot pin 39, and having connexion with the shaft by a pin 41 projecting through a slot 42 in the sleeve. An offset seat 43 of the slot 42 is provided to receive the pin 41 and retain the sharpening-elements in the operative or in the inoperative position, and the weight of the handle may be employed to cause the pin to engage the seat. An adjusting-screw 36 is provided.
Patent GB-191315924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Steel and in the Subsequent Treatment thereof.
Inventor: CHURCHWARD JAMES
IPC: C21C7/00
Filed: 1913-07-10
Granted: 1914-07-10
Abstract: 15,924. Churchward, J. July 10. Drawings to Specification. Cast-iron processes. - Steel having a fibrous structure is produced by heating a combination of iron and carbon to about 3100‹ F., maintaining such temperature for a certain interval, and allowing the metal to cool. The astringent capacity of the carbon is stated to be removed by the treatment. The steel may be worked by usual methods, and the fibrous structure restored by re-heating and cooling one or more times, the re-heatings being to successively lower temperatures.
Patent GB-191318704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastening Devices.
Inventor: STEPHENS JAMES CHARLES
IPC: A44B9/18
Filed: 1913-08-18
Granted: 1914-08-18
Abstract: 18,704. Stevens, J. C., and Okell, J. Aug. 18. Catches for hinged pins.-Relates to securing means for the pins of brooches &c. of the type in which the pin is engaged by spring- pressed metal balls or rollers housed within a metal frame. The spring 2 pressing the balls 1 together is given a flat semicircular form. In a modification, several such springs suitably fastened together may be used.
Patent GB-191319360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Armour and Armoured Structures.
Inventor: WATKINS ARTHUR GEORGE
IPC: F41H5/02
Filed: 1913-08-27
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 19,360. Watkins, A. G., and Woodward, A. L. Aug. 27. Armour and armour-plating. -- Armour-plates are formed of two superimposed metal plates 4, 5 having corrugations or pointed projections on their outer surfaces, and are provided with a backing composed of two plates 6, 9 with fibrous material between them. In addition, intermediate plates 7, 8 are used between which fibrous material 14 and springs 12, 13 are situated. The pointed projections on the plate 4 are so disposed as to break joint with those on the plate 5. In a modified form, only a single plate is used, having a single backing- plate and springs and fibrous material between the armour and the backing.
Patent GB-191320653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ticket Issuing Means.
Inventor: GRAHAM EDWARD ALFRED
Filed: 1913-09-12
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 20,653. Graham, E. A. Sept. 12. Tickets and tokens, issuing; registering number of; printing-arrangements.-The tickets or checks are stored in a magazine a, beneath which is arranged a delivery plate c having a depression e to receive a ticket. In front of the magazine, and above the delivery tray x, is a printing-stamp k removably attached by a toe-piece g and lugs h, j connected by a pin i. Pins o on the movable member of the stamp k ride in grooves p<1> and serve to operate the slide e by means of a slotted bellcrank lever m connected by a link r to the pillar s. A full stroke is ensured by a rack d and a hanging pawl v. At the completion of the forward strokes, a pawl l drops into a recess w behind the ticket, which is then stamped ; on the return movement, the ticket is caught by the pawl l until the slide passes from under it, when it falls into the tray x. At each operation, a counter t is actuated by a spring-depressed lever u reciprocated by the end edge of the slide e. Actuation by a treadle is effected by means of a stirrup rod y attached to the pins o.
Patent GB-191324022-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sanitary Dry Closet System and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: DISS ALFRED
Filed: 1913-10-23
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 24,022. Diss, A. Oct. 23. Dry closets; straining-receptacles for; sanitary pails.-Beneath the hinged seat g is a straining- vessel a fitting inside a pail b. Before the closet is used, a disk of paper or fabric impregnated with disinfectant is placed on projections at the bottom of the vessel a and over the discharge holes. After each use of the closet, a disk is taken from the compartment k, in which the disks e are stored, and placed upon the soil. Urine collects in the pail b.
Patent GB-191324219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dynamo Electric Machines for Lighting Vehicles.
IPC: H02K23/18
Filed: 1914-04-27
Granted: 1915-04-27
Abstract: 24,219. Inrig, G., and Inrig, Ltd., G. April 27, 1914. Dynamos, regulating. -The brushes 11 of a reversible dynamo are carried on a ball bearing 10 and connected to a fibre ring 9 provided with magnetic projections 15 adapted to engage a projection 7 on a pole of the dynamo by means of which the brushes are held in their respective operative positions. Connexion with the external circuit is maintained by m e a n s of auxiliary brushes 13 and conducting strips 12.
Patent GB-191326084-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Treatment of Slimy Materials, Fats, and the like.
IPC: C11B13/00
Filed: 1913-11-13
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 26,084. Richter & Richter. Nov. 15, 1912, [Convention date]. Addition to 11,614/12, [Class 111, Sewage &c.]. Purifying saccharine liquids.-The process described in the parent Specification for purifying or draining waste water or waste-water slime is applied to sediment from defecation of beet juice and to other slimy and fatty substances. The substances are thoroughly mixed with the silicic acid clarifying-material described in the parent Specification, and then filtered, compressed, centrifuged, &c.
Patent GB-191326986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrenches.
Inventor: CASE OMER PITTS
IPC: B25B13/24
Filed: 1913-11-24
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 26,986. Case, O. P., and Gregg, O. C. Nov. 24. Sliding-jaw wrenches. -In wrenches in which the movable jaw is locked by wedge action on the shank, a roller 17 engages between the movable jaw 12 and the inclined surface of the wedge-key 16 engaging the shank 10. A spring 18 between the roller 17 and the projection 16<b> of the wedge causes the roller to exert a clutching action between the jaw and the wedge. The fixed jaw 11 and the jaw 12 are inclined so that the nut a engaged between them is at an angle to the shank, and does not exert pressure on the movable jaw close up to the shank.
Patent GB-191406655-A (GB)
Title: Slide Valve Gear for Four-stroke Explosion Engines.
Inventor: HUECKEL HUGO
IPC: F01L5/18
Filed: 1914-03-16
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 6655. H³ckel, H. March 16. [Addition to 15,994/12.] Valves; valve-gear.-The invention described in the parent Specificition is modified so as not to expose the valve v, which formed the end of the cylinder, and the valve gear to the high temperature and pressures of the working cylinder. A bottom u added to the cylinder between the parts v, w of the valve and shields the part w which has guides z<1>, z<2> connected by a bridge j. The eccentric strap c works between the parts w, j ; the parts v, w are united by the admission pipe p.
Patent GB-191407108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Labels and Fastening Means therefor.
Inventor: SIEGFRIED WILHELM
IPC: G09F3/12
Filed: 1914-03-20
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 7108. Siegfried, W. March 20. Label fastenings. - In labels of the kind wherein the point 5 of a wire fastening 3 is protected by a flap 2 of the label 1 and wherein the wire 3 is extended along the flap, the wire is secured to the flap by passing its end through or over the flap so as to impart firmness to the wire. This is bent as shown at 4, where it passes through the label. A number of such wires may be attached to each label, or two fastenings may be formed from a single length of wire. The wires on the face'of the label may be covered in known manner.
Patent GB-191407748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turrets for use on Turret Lathes.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
IPC: B23Q1/28
Filed: 1914-03-27
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 7748. Herbert, A., and Vernon, P. V. March 27. Turning.- The tool-holding slots of turrets have the section shown in Fig. 1 to aline the tool by an accurately machined surface C. The clamping-bolt K operated by a screw and wedge L engages a bevelled surface D.
Patent GB-191410017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fluid-pressure Relay Motors.
Inventor: CHORLTON FRANK OSCAR LEVI
IPC: G05D13/00
Filed: 1914-04-23
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 10,017. Chorlton, F. O. L. April 23. Fixed-abutment type; valves, distributing &c. -A fluid-pressure relay motor of the oscillating- vane type comprises two vanes C, C' co-operating with fixed abutments D<1> and secured to a sleeve B, which is provided with ports 1, 2, 3, 4 adapted to register with helical inlet and outlet passages 5, 6, 7, 8 formed in an axially-movable valve A. The inlet passages 5, 6 are in constant communication with the inlet pipe F by way of a channel E, and the outlet passages 7, 8 communicate with a casing G through valve passages 10, 11. Any upward or downward movement of the valve A produces a corresponding movement of the vanes C, C' in one direction or the other. By connecting the valve-rod A' to an engine governor, the sleeve B may be used to control the engine valve, oil under pressure from the forced lubricating system of the engine being utilized to actuate the vanes C, C'. The number of vanes and abutments may be varied.
Patent GB-191414963-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cleaning and Polishing Compound.
Inventor: CHALLIS CHARLES EBENEZER
IPC: A23N5/00
Filed: 1914-06-23
Granted: 1915-04-08
Abstract: 14,963. Challis, C. E. June 23. Cleansing - compositions. - A cleansing and polishing composition consists of kieselguhr, pumice, rotten-stone, emery or silicon carbide, Vienna or Neuberg chalk or precipitated chalk, colouring-oxide such as yellow ochre, rouge, roasted ferric oxide, or manganese oxide, oxalate of ammonia, a mixture of olive-oil soap, coco-nut oil soap, cotton-seed oil soap, and tallow soap, oleic acid, and Russian turpentine or other deodorant. It is preferably used in a polishing- cloth.
Patent GB-191415430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Producing Roving from Paper Pulp.
Inventor: TUERK GUSTAV
IPC: D02G3/08
Filed: 1914-06-27
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 15,430. Turk, G. June 27. Paper pulp, forming yarns and threads from. -In apparatus for producing roving from paper pulp, more than two sets of rubbing- devices 5 take the pulp from the upper roller 2 of a roller press. convert the strips of pulp into rotings and deposit them on to conveyers 13, 14, 15 moving synchronously with the rubbing-bands. The conveyers distribute the rowings to the series of coilers 16, 17, and 18. Specification 4261/92 is referred to.
Patent GB-191423357-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Starters more particularly for use on Motor Cars and the like.
Inventor: MIDGLEY ALBERT HENRY
IPC: B60C9/10
Filed: 1914-12-01
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 23,357. Midgley, A. H., and Vandervell, C. A. Dec. 1. Mechanically interconnected switches; pressbutton switches.-In an electric starter, a switch for controlling the circuits consists of a spring returned pedal which carries a contact h. On the downward movement of this contact, it connects a spring contact g in front of the contact h in turn with contacts g<1>, g<2> mounted on the back of the box q. The pedal also carries an insulated finger h<1>, which on the downward movement carries a contact i with it to connect contacts f, f<1>. At a certain point, owing to the inclined support of the contact i, it is released from the finger h<1> and then returned by a spring s<2>. The piece i<1>, with which the finger h' engages, being pivoted, allows the pedal to return freely.
Patent GB-191502979-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Siphons.
Inventor: BELL JOHN FORBES
IPC: C12L11/00
Filed: 1915-02-24
Granted: 1915-11-18
Abstract: 2979. Bell, J. r. Feb. 24. Siphons.-Relates to starting - apparatus for siphons of the type in which a cylinder B is attached to the long leg A of the siphon, and in which a piston D is attached to the tubular discharge rod C provided with an external cock E. The siphon is started by closing the cock E and drawing down the piston. The invention consists in fixing the long leg of the siphon A to the cylinder so that it does not project into the tubular piston-rod.
Patent GB-191504772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Folding Periscopes.
Inventor: WINDHAM FRANK
Filed: 1915-03-27
Abstract: 4772. Windham, F., and Norwall, G. March 27. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Periscopes.- A collapsible periscope comprises long front and back vertical members A, A', hinged to shorter transverse members B, which carry the mirrors M, so that it may be folded flat. The vertical members are provided with sight-holes S, and may be divided into two or more pieces connected by joints which permit the periscope to be folded sideways. A compass may be provided on the periscope.
Patent GB-191505520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Metal Disc Wheels for Toys and Perambulators.
Inventor: SALSBURY GERALD CARLETON
IPC: B60B3/08
Filed: 1915-04-13
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 5520. Salsbury, G. C. April 13. Disk wheels.-A sheetmetal disk wheel for perambulators and toys comprises two pressed metal blanks 4A, 4B having a circumferential groove for the reception of the tyre, the edges 1 of the disks being turned inwards so as to grip the tyre as the disks are drawn together. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 12,458/90, 24,337/03, 1747/09, 15,450/11, and 19,309/12.
Patent GB-191506199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Collection of Fume, Flue-dust and other Matter Suspended in Gas.
Inventor: PEARCE RICHARD FRANCIS
IPC: B01D47/02
Filed: 1915-04-26
Abstract: 6199. Pearce, R. F. April 26. [Addition to 24,509/16.] Washers.-Relates to the apparatus described in the parent Specification for collecting fume, flue-dust, &c. suspended in gas, by passing the gas through a tank a containing water and a submerged filtering-medium b. The passage of the gas through the apparatus is now effected by exhaustion, and each inlet pipe c is provided with a plunger i for removing deposit therefrom.
Patent GB-191507803-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Bolts.
Inventor: FRAUENHEIM JOSEPH ALOYSIUS
IPC: B21K1/44
Filed: 1915-05-26
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 7803. Frauenheim, J. A. May 26. Bolts and studs.-Relates to the construction of bolts or studs particularly adapted for use as boiler stays. A blank of the required length and diameter is heated and then has the part 5 punched out as shown in Fig. 3, after which the slot is closed and the body part reduced in diameter in dies or between rolls. It is then twisted through about 90 degrees and the ends threaded. A blank of sufficient length to form a number of studs may be slotted at intervals and finished as described above, after which it is divided to form separate studs. A blank of the size required for the body of the stud may be slotted without the removal of any material; the heads are then upset and the blank finished as described above.
Patent GB-191507887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing "Expression" in Mechanical Pianos.
Inventor: REQUILLART EDOUARD
Filed: 1915-05-27
Abstract: 7887. Requillart, E., and Contal, C. May 28, 1914, [Convention date]. Player-pianos; expression, controlling.-The stroke of individual hammers or groups of hammers is regulated by means controlled from one or more flexible bands. As shown in Fig. 7, felt-covered cams 1, mounted on a bar 2 behind the usual regulating-bar 29, are held in the short-stroke position, as shown by springs 6, and are retracted by steel tapes 7 attached to pulleys 8, from which tapes 9 are led over rollers 10, 11, 11<a>, 12, Fig. 2, to a bar 13 mounted in a yoke 23, Fig. 3. Twenty of these tapes each control from three to five hammers. The yoke 23 is jointed at 22 and can be depressed to retract all the hammers. The tapes 9 pass beneath a spring band 24, any part of which can be depressed to retract several adjacent groups of hammers; they also pass under keys 25 for individual operation. The frame 21 of the auxiliary keyboard is mounted in slots 26 in a bracket 14, so that after pulling forward the frame, it can be folded beneath the key-bed with the tapes tightened to retract the hammers. In modifications, a second more flexible band is used in place of the keys 25; felt rollers on arms are used to act on the hammers; and rods, levers, or pneumatic or electric connexions are used in place of the tapes 9.
Patent GB-191509350-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Wheels.
Inventor: PERSONE FRANCESCO
IPC: B60C7/12
Filed: 1915-06-25
Granted: 1915-12-23
Abstract: 9350. PersonÞ, F. June 25. [Addition to 22,077/14.] Spring wheels with sectional outer guided members. -The wheel described in the parent Specification, of the type in which radially-guided rocking tread members are supported centrally by spokes on a pneumatic hub, is modified by fitting the intermediate rubber bearing-members 25, witb caps 27 having wings 51, 52 forming a bearing and guide for unconnected lugs 28 on the ends of the members.
Patent GB-191511203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Sleighs.
Inventor: MILLER ERNEST EMANUEL
IPC: B62M27/00
Filed: 1915-08-03
Granted: 1915-11-11
Abstract: 11,203. Miller, E. E. Aug. 3. Sledges; propelling by means other than adhesion driving-wheels and racks.-A motor sledge is provided with a vertically-adjustable screw propeller between the rear runners, and with steering - runners in front. The propeller 15 is driven by a shaft 16 through a universal joint, and its bearings 18 slide in vertical guides 26 connected rigidly to the runners. The bearings are adjusted simultaneously by a lever 25 operating through wheels 21 and links 22, 20, 19. The runners 2 are connected to upper bars 10, which support supplementary runners or fender bars 13, Fig. 5, projecting laterally on both sides; these runners take part of the load in soft snow. The front springs 9 rest on the bars 10 and support the body 1 by means of hangers 7 pivoted at 8 to standards 6 on a crossbar 5, which is turned to steer the sledge. The rear runners and the adjusting- mechanism for the propeller can pivot about bolts 35, by which the springs 29 are connected to the body of the vehicle.
Patent GB-191516540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Batteries.
IPC: H01M6/44
Filed: 1915-11-23
Abstract: 16,540. Marks, E. C. R., [Interstate Electric Novelty Co.]. Nov. 23. Connexions.-A battery of the class used for portable lamps or gas - engine ignition, and particularly suitable for use in motorboats, aeroplanes, or automobiles, comprises a casing 1 containing two or more superposed dry cells 2, 3 joined in series by yielding connexions 7, the carbon of the upper cell being provided with a binding-nut 8 and post 9, while the zinc pole 10 of the bottom cell has permanently secured to it a flat rigid strip 11, which is insulated from the other cell or cells by a pad 16 and is furnished at its upper end with a post 13 and binding-nut 14. In a modified construction, the strip 11 is integral with the zinc 10.
Patent GB-191517205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Wheels of Transport Vehicles or the like.
IPC: B62C5/00
Filed: 1915-12-07
Abstract: 17,205. Laycock, Ltd., W. S., and Thomson, T. R. Dec. 7. Wheels with hooked or like attachments for applying turning-moment.-Wheels for gun carriages, limbers, transport wagons, or other vehicles are provided with laterally-extending hooks b secured to the felloe to provide abutments for a rope d attached to the axle or hub, for the purpose of applying an additional turning-moment to the wheel to assist it in passing an obstruction or help to retard its progress. Instead of the hooks, a pulley rim or the like with lateral slots may be provided.
Patent IN-2014DE03182-A (IN)
Inventor: KAYAMA MASAHIRO
Filed: 2014-11-04
Abstract: Influences of table roll cooling water on a strip temperature are suppressed while cooling a rolled strip (151). Timing of starting cooling of a plurality of table rolls (170) is determined from position information on a top end of a rolled strip (151) in a cooling process being conveyed on a run-out table made up of the plurality of table rolls (170) cooled by a table roll cooling apparatus (171) provided with a plurality of cooling water openinglclosing apparatuses (172) arranged along a flow direction of the strip (151). Next, the plurality of cooling water openinglclosing apparatuses (172) are opened at the determined timing of cooling according to priority for discharging cooling water by opening the plurality of cooling water openinglclosing apparatuses (172) when starting cooling of the plurality of table rolls (170) stored in an open mode priority storage section (105) and at a time interval under a certain condition.