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Patent GB-191212371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Apparatus for Signalling on and Stopping Trains Independently of the Driver.
Inventor: WITTLAKE ERNST
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1912-05-24
Granted: 1913-05-26
Abstract: 12,371. Wittlake, E. May 24. Track apparatus actuating signals on trains and for stopping trains.-A relay magnet 16 in a normally-closed circuit from a battery through fuses 10 and a switch 17 is short-circuited when the switch 4, 7 is closed by a track contact and drops its armature 15 to close the contacts 14, through which current passes to the audible and visual signals 12, 13 and the valve-controlling magnet 5. The closing of switch 4, 7 burns out the fuses 10. If the double-pole switch 17 is opened, the magnet 16 is de-energized and the brake magnet cut out of circuit, the signals 12, 13, however, being energized. A signal at danger may thus be passed but the signals 12, 13 remind the driver to reset the switch 17. The core 9 of the magnet 5 when resting on the stop 18 closes the openings of the train pipe 8 until it is lifted clear of them by the excitation of the coils.
Patent GB-191215171-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regenerative Devices for Apparatus for Producing Röntgen Rays.
Inventor: BAUER HEINZ
IPC: H01J35/20
Filed: 1912-06-28
Granted: 1912-12-19
Abstract: 15,171. Bauer, H. June 28. Actuating; liquid-seal valves.-A means for admitting small quantities of gas to a Rontgenray tube comprises a column of mercury or other liquid adapted to be moved by gaseous pressure so as to expose a device through which gas, but not liquid, can pass. In the arrangement shown, mercury is contained in a U-tube k sealed into a bulb i, which communicates with the R÷ntgen-ray tube a. A tube s attached to the tube k is fitted with porous stoppers t<1>, t<2> and contains gold beaters' skin, metal shavings, or other material adapted to detain particles of mercury or the like. The mercury normally covers the lower stopper t<1> but can be depressed by squeezing a flexible ball connected by a flexible tube q to one limb of the U-tube, the other limb of which encloses air or other gas.
Patent GB-191216373-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Circular Gas or Watertight Covers.
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1912-07-12
Granted: 1913-05-01
Abstract: 16,373. Callender's Cable and Construction Co., and Anderson, H. P. H. July 12. Covers.-Comprises improvements in gas or watertight circular covers, such as ships' sidelights &c. The frame A is provided with a screw-thread engaged by a locking-ring C provided with one or more holes for a lever by which it is turned. In place of the holes, a wheel E carried hy the ring engaging a rack F may be fitted. The ring C is constructed with spaces to admit lugs on the hinged frame so that it retains the hinged frame in its closed position. For facilitating ventilation the frame is fitted with a box K having a valve Q provided with springs S to retain on its seat, and a thumb-screw to lift it off its seat.
Patent GB-191216510-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Removing Moisture from Air and Gases.
Inventor: SCHOU PAUL
IPC: F26B21/08
Filed: 1912-07-15
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 16,510. Schou, P. July 15. Drying air and gases. -In drying air &c. by means of sulphuric acid &c., the acid is allowed to ooze through a partition of porous material such as bnrnt clay, compressed carbon. or porous metal, into a chamber through which the air passes. The acid may he contained in n chamber a with a porous bottom c, the air passing through a lower chamber b.
Patent GB-191219357-A (GB)
Title: The Production of Revivified Decolourizing Carbon to Adapt it for Re-use.
Inventor: WYNBERG ABRAHAM
IPC: C01B31/08
Filed: 1912-08-23
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 19,357. Wijnberg, A. Aug. 23. Carbon.-Relates to means for revivifying spent ' decolourizing carbon,' a trade product distinguished from bone - black and ordinary wood-charcoal. The spent product is first treated to a washing or extracting process to remove foreign matter, and is then treated with a hot or boiling solution of an alkali, alkaline compound, or alkaline-earth. The mass is filtered or allowed to settle, and any traces of alkali still remaining in the decolourizing carbon can be neutralized by an acid.
Patent GB-191221767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Ironing Shirt Fronts.
IPC: D06F71/32
Filed: 1912-09-24
Granted: 1913-09-24
Abstract: 21,767. Landgrebe, M., and "Hydorion" Internationale Wascherei-Maschinen- Gas. Sept. 24. Ironing - machines with reciprocating iron and stationary table. - In a shirt - ironing machine wherein the shirts are carried by boards swung into position beneath a rotarily - oscillated iron, pneumatic means are employed for reciprocating the iron and raising the boards. The boards 57 carried by arms connected to slidable and rotatable sleeves 55 on pillars 3 may be singly brought above a slide 16 mounted on a block 13 adapted to be raised by a piston 8 when a valve 11 is opened to admit air beneath it. As the slide 16 rises, a roller 21 travels up an inclined surface on a lever 22 and thus causes the board to move towards the front and force the neck-band against the periphery of the semicircular recess 38 in the iron 34. The iron is reciprocated by a slide 44 mounted on a bar 43 connecting pistons in cylinders 41, 42. The compressed air is distributed to the cylinders by slide valves 50, 50<1>, Fig. 6, working along admission and exhaust ports 106, 107 and operated by spring-controlled collars 53 engaged at each reciprocation by a sleeve 52 attached to the bar 43. The valve 11 controlling the supply of air for raising the piston 8 consists of an inlet 110, Fig. 14, and an outlet both communicating with a duct 118 and containing balls 112, 113 adapted to be raised by operating a pedal lever 29 on a shaft 116. When the inlet port has been opened, an arrangement of rods 130, 131 opens a valve 125 supplying air to the cylinders 41, 42. The pedal shaft 116 cannot be operated until a board is in position beneath the iron, because a gear-wheel on the shaft engages a rack on a rod 26, the upper end of which abuts against a lever 120 unless this is withdrawn by contact therewith of a bar 17 on the ironing-board arm. The iron and boards are heated by steam supplied and exhausted through hollow shafts and stuffing-boxes arranged on the pivotal axes. Each ironing-board carries a semicircular flange 103, Fig. 12, against which the neckband is stretched by means of a pair of blocks 67 slidable along inclined slots 66 and moved by links and a spring- controlled rod beneath the board. The neck-band is preliminarily stretched in place by a semicircular rim 69, Fig. 13, carried by a spring bolt 73-mounted in a forked sleeve adapted to be temporarily attached to a lug 68.
Patent GB-191222410-A (GB)
Title: Bead Sewing Machine.
Inventor: GROEBLI JOSEPH ARNOLD
IPC: D04D1/04
Filed: 1912-10-02
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 22,410. Groebli, J. A. Oct. 2. Sewing-machines; upper and lower shafts, connecting.-Consists of a machine for attaching strings of beads to fabrics in any direction by the bead-thread. The needle shaft 4 is driven from the shaft 3 by pin-pulleys and a belt, and carries a disk 13 a pin 14 on which works in a cam-slot in a sliding block 15 to reciprocate the revoluble needle-holder 11 carry ing the hook-needle 10. Chain-stitching. -Above the plate 2 is a tubular looper 25 through which the string of beads 26 is fed. The looper is turned in a casing 23 by a worm 27 engaging its screwed part 22. The worm 27 is carried on a shaft 28 reciprocated from an eccentric 33. Universal-feed sewing-machines.-An annular feeding presser-foot 35 is carried on a bar 36 doubly fulcrumed at 55, 56 to allow of feed in any direction. The presser is hung on a bar 58, Fig. 4, having a projection 59 engaging one arm of a cam-operated bell-crank lever 60 which thereby vertically reciprocates the presser. It is reciprocated horizontally by a pawl 52 mounted on a sleeve 51 splined on a shaft 37, the pawl acuating an arm 54. The other end of a pawl engages a cam-surface 41 on a splined sleeve 40 which is reciprocated by forked connexion to a bar 42 which has a projection 50, Fig. 4, operates by a cam-actuated bell-crank lever 49. For varying the direction of feed, a vertical hand-crank operated shaft 80 is provided, and carries bevels for turning the shafts 37, 28, 89, and 84 synchronously. The turning of the shaft 37 rotates the sleeves 40, 51 to alter the direction of feed, while the other shafts turn the looper, separator, and needle, respectively. Cords &c., attaching. - Between the presser 35 and looper 25 is mounted in a split bracket, an annular separator 66, Fig. 8, with a geared periphery 67. To a neck 72 is attached a partly circular plate 73 cut away between points 75, 76, between which points projects a depending plate 77 to complete the circle, the plate 77 having a point 79. The plates are spaced apart the length of a bead. When a stitch commences, the looper is over the point 74 and it rotates to the point 76, and on its return motion the lowest bead, which previously rested on the plates, drops down at the point 75 to be attached by the succeeding stitch.
Patent GB-191226302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Making Gas and Coke.
Inventor: NELSEN HEINRICH
IPC: C10B1/04
Filed: 1912-11-15
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 26,302. Nelsen, H. May 17, [Convention date]. Retort furnaces.-In connexion with vertical annular retorts, a recuperator or regenerator for heating the combustion air for the inner flues is arranged in the central portion of the retort structure. The products of combustion from the inner ring of heating-flues b escape through vertical conduits c, around which air passes on its way to passages g and the burners. The recuperators for supplying air to the outer ring of burners are arranged externally of the retort.
Patent GB-191226960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Footballs.
Inventor: MCCONNELL WILLIAM
IPC: F16K15/20
Filed: 1912-11-23
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 26,960. McConnell, W. Nov. 23. Balls.-In a football of the kind having a non-return inflating-valve, the inner air-container a has a strengthened or thickened portion a' of rubber, leather, or the like which is recessed or depressed so that only a small portion of the valve c projects, this portion being received within a suitable opening in the usual leather tongue f, f <1>. A button g may be provided to screw into the top of the valve.
Patent GB-191300335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shuttle Boxes for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
IPC: D03D43/00
Filed: 1913-01-06
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 335. Hollingworth E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. Jan. 6. Shuttle boxes; checking shuttles.-The top 1<1>, Fig. 1, the back 1, and the bottom 1<2> of a shuttle box are made in one piece of sheet metal, the back having longitudinal slots 1<a> and also slots through which are passed double tongues 4<a> formed on sheet-metal partitions 4, and the tongues being bent over and electrically welded. The front edges of the top, bottom, and partitions have similar double tongues secured in like manner to the mouthpiece 2, Fig. 7, and the guide-piece 3, Fig. 9, which are preferably made of malleable iron, Figs. 7 and 9 illustrating parts of a shuttle box at the opposite side of the loom. The bottom of the box is provided with a strengthening-plate 5 having an integral lug 5<1> and electrically welded to the bottom 1<2>. A guide-strip 6 having lugs 6<1> is electrically welded to the back of the box. The mouthpiece 2 has a rod 7, against which the free ends of the binders are adapted to bear. The rod passes through intermediate bosses 2<b>, rests in a hole in one terminal boss, and is secured by means of a screw 9 screwed into the other terminal boss ; or screws may be used at each end of the rod. The guide-piece 3 is provided with a continuous integral boss 3<b> and a rod 8, secured in the same manner as the rod 7, to form pivots for the binders.
Patent GB-191301446-A (GB)
Title: Driving Belt.
IPC: F16G1/04
Filed: 1913-01-17
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 1446. Scholtz, C. J. W., and Balashol Belting Co. Jan. 17. Drawings to Specification. Mixed fabrics. - A textile driving-belt of varying elasticity for ' quarter-turn driving is constructed of animal material from one edge to or about the centre and of vegetable material from the other edge to or abont the centre.
Patent GB-191303039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Tables.
Inventor: STEINGRUBER GEORGE
IPC: A47B1/02
Filed: 1913-02-05
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 3039. Steingruber, G. Feb. 5. Telescopic and expanding tables.-The two parts of the top of an expanding table are so connected together by ropes that, when one part is pulled outwards, the other is moved simultaneously in the opposite direction. Fig. 3 shows an elevation, and Fig. 4 a part sectional plan, of a table in which the two parts 4 of the top slide on a fixed rim 3 carried on crosspieces 2 supported on a pedestal 1. Each part 4 is provided with runners 6 bearing on rollers 15 on the frame 2 of the table. The runners 6 are forked at 6<a> and engage with rollers 13 on cross-bars 12 fixed to the rim 3. A continuous rope 16 is attached at 18 to the runners on the two parts 4 of the table top, the rope passing around pulleys 19 fixed to the bars 2 and imparting a simultaneous movement to the two parts of the table. The extra leaves are made in two parts hinged together, and are placed on the cross-bars 2 when not in use. Any suitable catch may be used for connecting them together when in use.
Patent GB-191303297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sieves having Cup-like Projections.
Inventor: BAUER ALOIS
IPC: A01F12/44
Filed: 1913-02-08
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 3297. Bauer, A. Feb. 8. Thrashing - machines. -In sieves for sifting thrashing products, the cup - like projections b over the sieve holes c are arranged in similarly or oppositely facing rows in troughs a, as shown, the troughs being arranged at right-angles to the direction of travel of the material being sifted or the direction of the shaking motion of the sieve. The inclined surfaces of the cups b and troughs are arranged to meet at the lowest points d of the edges of the sieve holes. Successive series of sieve holes are preferably staggered relatively to the direction of the shaking movement.
Patent GB-191305822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Crushing and Grinding Apparatus for Grinding Gravel, Sand and the like.
Inventor: EDWARDS JOHN
Filed: 1913-03-08
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 5822. Edwards, J. March 8. Disk and like mills.-In apparatus for crush ing or grinding gravel, sand, &c., comprising a pair of grinding-disks 1, 5 secured to members 2, 7 rotated in opposite directions by means of bevel-wheels 11, 15 gearing with opposite side: of a pinion 12 on the driving-shaft 13, the cap 7 is supported on the shaft 4 by a cotter 8, which engages in a recess 9 in the cap and bears or the convex bed 10 of a slot in the shaft, so thai the cap can tilt to one side to allow any foreign matter which may enter with the sand &c. to pass between the disks. The bed 2 runs on bal bearings on the stand of the machine, and has a sleeve 3 through which the shaft 4 passes. The water and sand &c. pass from a launder 18 through holes 17 in the cap to the bed 2, which is curved as shown at 19 and provided with an outwardly-extending rib to prevent the material from coming into contact with the shaft 4 Grooves 20 may be provided in the upper or lower disk, or in both disks, to direct the material between the disks, and one face of each groove is preferably inclined. For raising or lowering the upper disk, the lower end of the shaft 4 rests upon a thrust bearing 23 carried by a screw 24, which is vertically adjustable in a socket 26 in the bed-plate by means of a collar 24<a> and lock-nut 25. The wheel 15 is adjustable on the shaft 4, to keep it in gear with the pinion 12, by means of a nut 27 and locknut 28.
Patent GB-191318658-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Carrying Spare Wheels on Motor-vehicles.
Inventor: CHAMBERLAIN PERCY
IPC: B62D43/02
Filed: 1913-08-16
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 18,658. Chamberlain, P., and Shepheard, T. W. Aug. 16. Brackets for mounting or securing reserve tyres and wheels on vehicles are connected with the vehicle so that they swing out therewith when the doors are opened. Two modifications are described. In that shown in Fig. 2, the bracket is mounted to swing on a vertical standard B on the footboard and is connected with the door by a pin-and-slot device. A spare wheel is locked in the bracket by means of a hinged member H carrying a conical pin which enters the hole in the wheel hub. In another form, Fig. 5, the bracket is hinged at N to the side of the vehicle in a line with the door hinges, and is also attached to the door at O. O<1>.
Patent GB-191321956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automobile Torpedoes.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: F42B19/20
Filed: 1913-09-29
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 21,956. Schneider, E. Sept. 29. Generating by direct contact of combustion products. - Relates to torpedoes, the compressed air of which is heated and mixed with steam and combustion products in a combustion chamber on its way to the engine. According to the invention, the combustion chamber and the engine are scavenged at the beginning of the run by compressed air supplied through the "reduced - admission" valve, the water and fuel receptacles being kept closed by a valve which is opened simultaneously with the ' fulladmission ' valve after a predetermined number of revolutions of the engine; the operation of the ignition device is delayed to correspond with the opening of these valves. As shown in Fig. 1, a double-ported valve T, controlling the supply of water and fuel from receptacles 4, 5 to a generator 1, is connected by linkwork to the delay-action device described in Specification 21,950/13, [Class 9 (ii), Torpedoes &c.], and comprising a member H which is clutched to a member F by a rod I, when the lever L is tripped to the position L<1>. The member H is then rotated by a gear F<1> driven by the engine, and after a given number of revolutions of the engine, a hole h in the member H comes opposite the rod I, and the valve T and a full-admission valve A are opened by a balance lever B and rods b, I. When the engine is stopped by the device C, the valves are closed and the member H is returned by a spring to its initial position. The amount of fuel and water in the receptacles can be measured before and after the run to determine the consumption.
Patent GB-191322346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Method and Apparatus for Concentrating Ores.
IPC: B03D1/24
Filed: 1913-10-03
Granted: 1914-10-05
Abstract: 22,346. Minerals Separation, Ltd., [Ohrn, G. E.]. Oct. 3. Surface-tension separating processes and apparatus.-In an agitation-froth process of concentrating ores, a steam jet is utilized for effecting the agitation and the introduction of air. In the apparatus shown, the ore, either dry or in the form of a pulp, is fed to a hopper B, the outlet C of which is submerged in water in a spitzkasten A. Frothing-agent is fed to a tube E passing through a steam-pipe D, the arrangement acting as an injector to force the frothing- agent and air into the liquid. A cone G may be fixed under the hopper B, and a spray L may direct water on to the froth as it rises. The froth is discharged into a launder J and the tailings through an outlet K. The hopper B may have part of its edge on a level with the overflow H so that part of the froth passes into the hopper and is re-treated. The spitzkasten A may be divided by a partition extending nearly to the bottom, the concentrates overflow being on one side and an overflow for the water and gangue slimes on the other, and a baffle may be placed under the outlet of the hopper B to direct the ore towards the surface of the liquid. Specifications 7803/05, 26,712/05, 2359/09, 4911/09, 6896/10, 21,857/10, and 402/13 are referred to.
Patent GB-191326229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sliding Windows and Doors for Ships or other Structures.
Inventor: PATE GEORGE
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1913-11-15
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 26,229. Pate, G., and Kinniburgh, R. B. Nov. 15. Operating doors by toothed gear mechanism.- Vertically sliding doors which are balanced by a pair of weights e, connected by a bar h, and geared to the sash by pinions c engaging racks d, b on the weights e and door a respectively, are operated by a hand-wheel m carried by the spindle of one or each of the pinions c.
Patent GB-191328327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Stop Motions for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: BROOK FRED
IPC: D03D51/00
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 28,327. Brook, F., and Gartside, W. Dec. 9. Dobbies ; stop-motions acting on heald-cord failure. A series of tumbler or weighted levers 10 are loosely mounted on a spindle 8 supported in framing 9, as shown, each lever being connected by a flexible connexion to the lower operating-cord 5 of one of the healds 4. In the event of one of the cords 5 slackening, the corresponding lever 10 falls over, thereby rocking a cranked rod 12 and causing its upper arm 12<1> to move forwards ; a pivoted arm 14 is thus withdrawn from its position normally supporting a pivoted finger 15, which thereupon falls into the path of the crank-arm 3, or of a cam &c. on the crank or other shaft, so that the lever 16 that carries the finger 15 is actuated to operate a hand-lever 18, or equivalent means provided for disconnecting the dobby or head motion. The consequent non-operation of the picking-motion allows the weft-fork motion to operate to stop the loom. Similar means may be provided at each side of the loom.
Patent GB-191329432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spinning Spindles and the like.
Inventor: SOKAL SIEGMUND
IPC: D01H7/06
Filed: 1913-12-20
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 29,432. Sokal, S., [Schweinfurter Pracisions - Kugel - Lager- Werke Fichtel und Sachs]. Dec, 20. Spindle apparatus.- The ball bearings of a spinning-spindle or other high-speed vertical sbaft bear on a stationary pivot 1 that is free to move radially. A conical portion 22 rests with radial play on the edge of a bore in a sleeve 16, and is drawn downwards by a spring 20 which tends to keep the pivot in its central position.
Patent GB-191329799-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Warning an Engine-driver of his Approach to a Signal which is at Danger.
Inventor: FORRESTER JOHN
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1913-12-27
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 29,799. Forrester, J. Dec. 27. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Track apparatus actuating signals on trains.- A ramp 2 is mounted on cranks 3, 4 on cross-rods 5. arms 8, 9 of which are connected to the signal rod 10. The ramp, when raised, lifts a weighted roller on a pivoted contact-rod attached to a vertically-moving rod 18, which carries a campiece 20. When the rod is pulled down, the cam 20 actuates a switch 21 to close the circuits of a bell 24 and lamp 23; these circuits may be either in series or in parallel.