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Patent GB-191127399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Matrices for Electrotypes.
Inventor: PERSHKE FRANK FREDERICK
IPC: B41C3/08
Filed: 1911-12-06
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 27,399. Pershke, r. F., Rudd, E. H., and Matthews, W. Dec. 6. Electrotype.-Moulds for electrotypes are made from an absorbent or binding material such as blotting - paper, blanket material, shredded cloth, or paper pulp, and are then impregnated with wax or other material capable of retaining graphite, bronze powder, or the like. The conductive powder may be either mixed with wax or applied to the impregnated moulds. According to the Provisional Specification, the absorbent material may be mixed with the wax or the like before being formed into moulds; also flannel may be used as the absorbent material.
Patent GB-191129346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Purifying the Smoke from Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: MELLOR THOMAS
IPC: B01D47/06
Filed: 1911-12-30
Granted: 1912-04-04
Abstract: 29,346. Mellor, T. Dec. 30. Drawings to Specification. Feed-water, heating.-Water which has been heated by being used to purify smoke, is filtered, heated further in an economizer, and used as feed-water.
Patent GB-191200797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Blank Cartridges and the like.
Inventor: ALARD LOUIS
IPC: F42B8/04
Filed: 1912-01-10
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 797. Alard, L. Jan. 11, 1911, [Convention date]. Gun cartridges.-Relates to wads for blank cartridges, and consists in employing a metal thimble, the base of which projects inwards beyond the neck of the case and is deformed on explosion to prevent the ejection of the wad. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the wad b fits tightly in the neck of the case a. On explosion the walls of the wad collapse, creating a passage for the gases, and its base is flattened and engages the shoulders of the case a to prevent the wad from being ejected. In modifications, to render certain the retention of the wad, the rim of the case a is, in one example, turned down over the rim of the wad, additional support being given by indentations; while in another example, shown in Fig. 4, a device c, consisting of flexible arms adapted to spring away from one another after the insertion of the wad, is secured to the base. Specification 2639/12 is referred to.
Patent GB-191204492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Polishing or like Machines for Cleaning Cutlery.
Inventor: ANDREWS WALTER
IPC: A47L21/02
Filed: 1912-02-22
Granted: 1913-02-24
Abstract: 4492. Andrews, W. Feb. 22. Knives, cleaning.-In a polishing or like machine for cleaning cutlery &c. having a pair of spring-pressed cleaning-members a, b mounted in a frame A, a hand or power driven countershaft g journaled within the casing and gearing with spur-wheels on the cleaning-members, and provision for feeding polishing-material from a trough i by means of a spiral feed through the shaft of the cleaning-member a, a rotatably adjustable knife - rest and back - cleaner n is fitted, which is screwed into a boss at the front of the frame A.
Patent GB-191206814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fabric Dressings.
Inventor: EMILE THEODORE JOSEPH WATREMEZ
IPC: D06M11/57
Filed: 1912-03-19
Abstract: 6814. Watremez, E. T. J. March 20, 1911, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Impregnating-compositions. - The excess of strong acid in alum solutions for waterproofing fabrics is transformed into weak acid by the action of ammonium acetate or the like. A dressing that is not stained by water comprises a mixture of alum, gelatine, and ammonium acetate, with or without tannic acid or other weak acid the aluminium salt of which is insoluble.
Patent GB-191209547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: BANCROFT LOUIS FREDERICK
IPC: B64C1/00
Filed: 1912-04-22
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 9547. Bancroft, L. F. April 22. Planes, arrangement of; steering and balaneing.-In order to pres e r v e the horizontal position of an aeroplane when, in consequence of its forward movement being interrupted, it tends to fall, it is provided with longitudinally - extending side planes 7, 8 inclined towards each other, as seen in Fig. 4, and arranged to offer a minimum resistance to forward movement. These planes counteract lateral tilt of the machine by offering a greater resistance to downward movement on the lower side. To balance the machine longitudinally, the planes 7, 8 are provided with freely pivoted extensions 12, 13 normally resting upon the extended framework 11 of the planes 7, 8 but adapted to move upwards to an extent limited by adjustable cords when the machine begins to fall. The elevator E may be inclined at an angle corresponding to that assumed by the planes 12, 13 to increase the longitudinal stability. The machine is provided also with a main plane B and rudder D.
Patent GB-191211604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraph Systems.
Inventor: POPE EDWIN
IPC: H04L5/04
Filed: 1912-05-15
Granted: 1913-03-06
Abstract: 11,604. Pope, E. May 15. Drawings to Specification. Electro-magnetic interrupters.-A make-andbreak device comprises a vibrating weighted spring carrying a contact engaging with one on a fixed spring. The frequency of the spring may be adjusted by varying the point at which it is held, and magnets acting upon armatures carried by the weight or upon the weight itself serve to amplify the vibrations periodically.
Patent GB-191215453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Detecting Illicit Tampering with the Contents of Bottles and the like.
Inventor: ATKINS HERBERT CRANSTONE
IPC: B65D55/02
Filed: 1912-07-02
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 15,453. Atkins, H. C. July 2. Tampering with labels, preventing and detecting.-A strip of paper 4 sensitive to white light but not sensitive to light transmitted through a liquid of red or amber colour is placed beneath a label 3 on a bottle 1. The strip of sensitized paper changes colour as the bottle is emptied and thus acts as an indicator against fraud.
Patent GB-191216071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Hair Dressing Appliance.
Inventor: LAFFITTE LOUIS
IPC: A45D2/26
Filed: 1912-07-09
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 16,071. Laffitte, L. July 9. Hair - curling appliances; manicuring-appliances.-Relates to U- shaped hair-curlers of the type shown and consists in forming the handle as a shoe horn 6, glove or button hook, or the like. A number of such articles, including a nail file, or scissors, may be combined with the appliance.
Patent GB-191218331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a Phonograph Needle.
Inventor: STEINERT RUDOLPH
Filed: 1912-08-09
Granted: 1912-09-26
Abstract: 18,331. Steinert, R. Aug. 9. Styli. - A talking-machine stylus 11 is provided with a cupped resonator 12, the skirt portion of which may be bell - shaped. The resonator is made of metal, wood, ivory, or fibre, and is preferably secured to the stylus by a band or otherwise about threeeighths of an inch from its point, the skirt extending about five-sixteenths of an inch towards the point. Fig. 4 shows a wooden stylus 19 with a resonator 18 secured thereto by a set-screw 20. Fig. 5 shows a resonator 21 clamped tightly on a metal stylus 11 with an interposed felt lining 22.
Patent GB-191229567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Combined Water Heating and Sprinkler Systems.
Inventor: HAMMOND WILBERFORCE BEECHER
IPC: A62C35/00
Filed: 1912-12-23
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 29,567. Hammond, W. B. Dec. 23. Sprinklers, automatic.-In systems of the type in which automatic sprinklers are connected to the hot-water circulating-pipes of a heating-system, the sprinkler heads F on the ends of off-sets E are so arranged that their horizontal distance from the junction B with the circulation pipe A is greater than their vertical displacement therefrom, in order to prevent operation of the sprinkler by the heat of the water. Air trapped in the off-sets acts as an insulating-medium.
Patent GB-191229748-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Davits for Ships Boats.
Inventor: ROBERTSON ALEXANDER WINTON
IPC: B63B23/04
Filed: 1912-12-24
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 29,748. Robertson, A. W., and Tanner, F. Dec. 24. Davits comprise an arm C pivoted at C<Î> in a frame A and of such a length as to be capable of taking up a boat either from the ordinary position or one further inboard and carrying it outboard to a substantial distance from the ship's side. The davit is controlled in its swing- ing movement by inhaul and outhaul ropes D, D<1>, which are connected tc the upper portion of the davit by couplings having spring elements d. A winch E driven by worm gear G controls these ropes. The gooseneck C of the davit is rotatable and this part of the davit may be made telescopic being adjusted by a rope J wound around a wihch I and carried around pulleys J<1>, J<2> on the davit head and lower part of the telescopic portion respectively.
Patent GB-191313478-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedstead Corner Fittings.
Inventor: MOORE ARTHUR
IPC: F16B12/54
Filed: 1913-12-11
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 13,478. Moore, A. Dec. 11. Joints and connexions.-A corner fitting for a bedstead comprises a plate 1 secured to the pillar and having keyhole slots 2, and a plate 4 secured to the side rail 3 carrying bolts 5 having square stems which are adapted to engage the keyhole slots. The bolts are adjusted and secured to the plate 4 by nuts 6 having flanges 6<a> which are rotatably secured to the plate 4 by the inturned edges 4<a> of sockets in which they rest.
Patent GB-191313844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Measuring Instruments of the Moving Coil Type.
Inventor: PHILLIPS WILLIAM
Filed: 1913-06-16
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 13,844. Phillips, W., and Smith, L. W. June 16. Electro-magnetic current meters; power meters; power - factors, measuring. - The fixed coils of air-cored electrodynamometers have bent windings. A pair of such coils are mounted, as shown, to touch at the sides, but leaving gaps at the top and bottom for the passage of the supporting-members d for the moving coil or coils c. A more even scale is obtained.
Patent GB-191314854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Range Finders.
Inventor: MARINDIN ARTHUR HENRY
Filed: 1913-06-27
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 14,854. Marindin, A. H. June 27. Range-finders.-To enable the reading drum c to be seen and read from two positions, the casing b is provided with a side window b<2>, Fig. 3, as well as the upper one b', and the drum has a linear scale running between the graduated threads of the helix, the readings on this scale being about 90 degrees out of step with those on the other. There are accordingly two pointers, one e<1> as usual, and another on an extension e<3> reading on the line scale in front of the window b<2>. To provide space for this side window, the frame a is cut away and the wall d is extended in a concave part d<1>, which may be adapted to reflect light on to the scale. A shield, such as e<10>, is provided near each index to obscure the scale on which that index does not read.
Patent GB-191315514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sifting Apparatus for Treating Potters' Slip, Powdered Substances and the like.
Inventor: TEGGIN JAMES
IPC: B07B1/06
Filed: 1913-07-05
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 15,514. Teggin, J. July 5. Pressure filters.-Apparatus for sifting potters' slip comprises a frame a carrying one or more sifting-boxes b, each comprising a rectangular or polygonal framework in the sides of which are detachably mounted lawn-frames c. A vertical shaft k passes down the middle of the framework a and carries a set of vanes j adapted to rotate in each sifting-box and to force the material through the sides of the sifting-tox into a receiving box h, whence it may pass into the next lower sifting-box or to a collecting trough. The coarser materials which pass below the vanes are led off by a pipe or pipes s. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 16,590/92, 14,629/06, and 18,963/08, [all in Class 117, Sifting &c.].
Patent GB-191315760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Fuses of the Plug Type.
Inventor: PAISTE HENRY THOMAS
IPC: H01H85/62
Filed: 1913-07-08
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 15,760. Paiste, H. T. July 8. Fusible cut-outs. - A fuse-plug comprises a hollow body-part 1 carrying a screw-threaded contact-shell 4 with an inclined portion, and a separable part 10 loosely mounted in the shell and carrying a contact 15 to which a fuse wire 19 is connected, the fuse wire or a conductor connected to it extending through a hole 17 to the outer surface of the separable part so as to bear against the inclined portion of the shell 4. The shell 4 is secured to the body-part 1 by means of lugs or extensions 8 which engage recesses 7 in the body-part, the recesses 7 being in communication with notches 21 which permit the escape of gases when the fuse blows. The body-part 1 is provided with a mica or other cover 2 held in place by the flange of a metal ring 3 which is spun over a shoulder on the part 1. The end of the fuse wire 19 is bent into a recess 18 in the exterior of the body 10, and this recess and also the hole 17 may be filled with cement.
Patent GB-191317085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Locking the Keys in Coin-delivering Machines, wherein the Coins are Stored in Tubes.
Inventor: LENTZEN ERICH
Filed: 1913-07-25
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 17,085. Lentzen, E..July 26, 1912, [Convention date]. Money-delivering apparatus. - In an apparatns for locking the keys of a coin-delivering machine in which a lever bears against the lowest coins of a pile stored in a tube and enters the tube when empty and so locks the machine. the lever is directly connected with a locking slide which is thus actuated and locks all the keys when a tube is empty. The lever 7 is mounted on the pivot 9 and engages a slide 11 actuated by a spring 12 to move the slide 11 and the lever 7 when the coin tube 4 is empty, and so lock the keys 1 at the notches 14.
Patent GB-191318737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shoe and like Trees.
Inventor: BUCHNER HANS
IPC: A43D3/14
Filed: 1913-08-18
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 18,737. Buchner, H. Aug. 18. Trees.-The usual rounded ribs c of a hot-water tree are arranged to run transversely of the last, and are interrupted at intervals to form longitudioal ventilating-passages d.
Patent GB-191320030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ambulance Wagons.
Inventor: NAGEL HEINRICH
IPC: A61G3/00
Filed: 1913-09-04
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 20,030. Nagel, H. Sept. 4. Operating tables.-An ambulance wagon for military purposes is provided with a medicine chest containing another chest, for bandages &c., which can be converted into two operating- tables. The bandage chest has hinged flaps 26, 28, 30 on two of its sides which can be opened to form tables, each table having a central recess and a hole 27<a>. The flaps 26 are supported by hinged brackets, and the flaps 28 by legs 31. Each leg has a clip 35 for holding the flaps 30 and 28 together when folded, and a clip 33 for engagement with brackets on the flap 26. Folding lids 22 can be supported in a raised position by folding supports 22<a>. Drawers 19, 20, 21 are provided for bandages &c., and the chest is closed by doors 36.
Patent GB-191326173-A (GB)
Title: Improved Paving Material.
Inventor: FRANCIS JOSEPH HENRY
IPC: C08K3/08
Filed: 1913-11-14
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 26,173. Francis, J. H. Nov. 14. Metallic plastic compositions.-A paving-composition consists of natural asphalt, natural bitumen, and granulated iron or like metal. In an example, 128 parts of limmer asphalt, and 1 part of natural bitumen are melted together, and 32 parts of granulated iron or the like are stirred in. The material is laid, and the surface is dusted over with iron filings, sand, or cement.
Patent GB-191328389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Purifying Apparatus for Generator Gas, Water Gas and the like.
IPC: C10K1/02
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 28,389. Berlin-Anhaltische Maschinenbau Akt.-Ges. Dec. 11, 1912, [Convention date]. Purifying processes; materials for purifying; purifiers. - Generator gas, water gas, or the like is purified by being passed while hot through heated iron turnings in a retort - like vessel 8 having porous walls 5. The gas enters by a pipe 1, the porous walls keep back the soot in the gases, and the iron turnings heated by the hot gases in the annular space 3 remove the sulphur compounds, the purified gas leaving by the outlet 12. To maintain the retort at a high temperature, air may be admitted by a pipe 10 and a portion of the gas burned in the space 3.
Patent GB-191330049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Manhole Frames and the like.
Inventor: ROGERS SIDNEY STEPHEN
IPC: E02D29/14
Filed: 1913-12-31
Granted: 1914-10-15
Abstract: 30,049. Rogers, S. S. Dec. 31. Man-hole frames.-Consists in providing, between the sides a of the frame and the base-plate b, webs or brackets c, c which meet, intersect, or tend to intersect one another, so as to form pockets to hold the road material round the frame.
Patent GB-191403472-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Case, Cover, or Wrapper, for Silk, Cotton, Wool, and other Threads, for Embroidery, Darning, and similar purposes.
Inventor: KENT GEORGE GARRATT
Filed: 1914-02-10
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 3472. Kent, G. G. Feb. 10. Thread holders.-A case or wrapper for silk, cotton, or like threads for embroidery or similar purposes is provided at one end with a series of hooks 5, which may be of any desired form and which are secured either directly to the top of the case or to a strip of wood &c. attached thereto, the looped ends of the skeins 10 of silk &c. being passed around one of these hooks and the free ends being held beneath one or more clamping-bands 8 of elastic or non-elastic material secured in position by one or more hooks 9 or by spring eyelets, or beneath an arm hinged to the case and held down by a spring.
Patent GB-191407214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley or Collector Wheels for Electricity.
Inventor: MCREYNOLDS HUGH
IPC: B60L5/06
Filed: 1914-03-21
Granted: 1915-06-21
Abstract: 7214. McReynolds, H. March 21. Trolly pulleys.-In a trolly pulley having a pair of loose guides 4 running on flanges 3, the guides are recessed at 7 to prevent the wire from contacting with the joints between the guides and the tread 1, and from fusing them together. The guides 4 are retained by shoulders 6<a>, 6<b> on a flanged bush 6 and a cap 5 respectively.
Patent GB-191409472-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of Ureas of the Napthalene Series.
IPC: C07C309/51
Filed: 1913-06-21
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 9472. Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co. June 21. 1913, [Convention date]. 1:8-Aminonaphtholsulphonic acid derivatives. -Ureas are prepared by treating with phosgene the compounds obtained by condensing nitrobenzoyl halides or their substituted derivatives with 1:8-aminonaphtholsulphonic acids and subsequent reduction of the nitro group. By repetition of the condensation and reduction processes. acids containing several aminobenzoyl residues may be obtained. and then converted into ureas. The ureas have a. destructive action on blood parasites such as trypanosomes. and also have an affinity for cotton fibre. Azo dyes result by the combination of the above-described ureas with diazobenzene and other diazo compounds.
Patent GB-191417280-A (GB)
Title: Heating System for Automobiles.
Inventor: FEHRENBACH REINHOLD
IPC: B60H1/08
Filed: 1914-07-21
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 17,280. Fehreabach, R., Fehrenbach, A., and Fehrenbach, K. O. July 21. Heating vehicle. - A heating-system combined with the engine-cooling system comprises two longitudinal pipes 15, 16 arranged over the engine, heating - coils 24, 25 and three valves 27, 28, 30 simultaneously operated. When the heating-coils are in use, the valve 27 is closed and the other valves open. The heated water then rises from the cylinder jackets into the pipe 15, passes through the heating coils and returns through the pipe 16 to the radiator 11. When it is desired to shut off the water from the coils, the valve 27 is opened and the other valves closed so that the water rising from the cylinder jacket passes direct to the radiator 11.
Patent GB-191418429-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Melting Metals or the like.
Inventor: LOWDEN JOSEPH EARNEST
IPC: B41B11/82
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 18,429. Lowden, J. E. Aug. 6, 1913, [Convention date]. Metal-pots.-In means for maintaining a constant level, metal is supplied to the main metalpot 6 from an auxiliary pot 8 containing an ingot of metal 9 and heated by a burner 12, the gas supply to which is controlled by the level of the metal in the main pot. The molten metal drops through an opening 10 into the main pot 6. The gas-supply pipe 15 of the burner 12 leads to a pipe 16, which descends into the pot 6 and is surrounded by a tube 17, from the head of which a pipe 19 leads to the burner. A pipe 20 having a small passage communicating with the pipe 15 leads to a pilot light at the burner. The lower end of the tube 17 is always sealed by the metal, and the pipe 16 is opened or closed according to the level of the metal, so that the burner is lighted or extinguished as required.
Patent GB-191419085-A (GB)
Title: Double-loop-stitch Sewing Machine.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: D05B1/10
Filed: 1914-04-28
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 19,085. Fairweather, W., [Singer Sewing Machine Co.]. April 28. Sewing-machines; double-loop stitching.- The looper - shaft of stitch - forming devices such as are described in Specification 10,452/14 is caused to move axially as it oscillates, by means of a link 24 which is universally pivoted at 25 to a fixed bracket 27 and at 22 to an arm carried by the looper-shaft. The looper-shaft is oscillated by mechanism including two toggle sets in series.
Patent GB-191420153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Book Rests or Supports.
Inventor: HASLAM WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: A47B23/04
Filed: 1914-09-25
Granted: 1915-09-23
Abstract: 20,153. Haslam, W. H. Sept. 25. Book rests and holders. - Relates to a book rest or holder with angularly and vertically adjustable parts. The inclined arm c on which the book-holder a is held in adjusted position by a peg d<1> engaging holes c<1> and operated by a finger-piece d, is supported at the desired inclination by a block h sliding in guides f<3> on the base-piece g. To enable the arm c to be held in the hand it may be removable from a pivoted socket-like piece f or it may be attached to the base-piece by a removable pivot pin having a cranked end to enter a locking-slot in the base-piece. Cross-pieces k<1>, k may be clamped on the base-piece to enable it to be supported on the knees of the user, and the cross-piece k may be provided with sliding sleeve-like extensions. Pads h<4> are provided on the block h. When used with a broad inclined arm for supporting heavy books, the block h is provided with side extensions.
Patent GB-191503906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Opening Sealed Tins.
IPC: B65D55/08
Filed: 1915-03-11
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 3906. St. Olave's Curing and Preserving Co., and Streeton, G. W. W. March 11. Opening by tearing.-A tin is provided with a slit a along its periphery, and a strip B is soldered in position above the slit, the strip having a perforation b<1> in an end tab b adapted to be engaged by a hook, so that the strip may be torn off. The tin has ridges a' to form a channel to receive the strip.