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Patent GB-191301627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Musical Instruments with Mechanical Bowing Appliances.
IPC: G10F1/18
Filed: 1913-01-20
Granted: 1914-04-20
Abstract: 1627. Header & Ehlers. Jan. 19, 1912, [Convention date]. Stringed instruments; expression, controlling tremolo actions.-Relates to an automatic violin which, owing to its compact construction, is particularly adapted to be enclosed in the casing of a player-piano or other automatic instrument, the tune-sheet of which controls means for starting and stopping the motor driving the bow. The bow is of special construction and the speed of the motor driving it is also controlled by the tune-sheet. A tremolo device, means for applying resin to the bow, and means for lifting the bow from the strings may be similarly controlled. Fig. 10 shows a partlystrung bow comprising a flat ring 5 with four circles of holes 63 arranged in radial lines. Hairs are stretched symmetrically from each of the innermost holes to two holes in the same circle, so forming a circle 66. Hairs which are stretched from the other sets of holes 63 in a similar manner to form circles 67, 68, 69 are superposed on the circle 66 to form an inclined bowing surface. As shown in Fig. 1, the bow 5 is mounted over the bridge 4 and is driven by a belt passing over the pulley 14 and a pulley on a countershaft which is driven by belt from the shaft 6 of the vacuum motor 7. The bow sounds a single string arranged between two resonating strings. The motor 7 is connected to exhaust by the pipe 17 and is controlled by a governor-valve under the control of the spring- pressed bellows 18. The governor-valve may be adjusted by means of the nut 68. The governor-valve is in series with a valve which is adjusted by means of a bellows 22 controlled by the tune-sheet. The effective area of the port controlled by this valve may be manually adjusted by a valve controlled by the rod 23. The frame 30 carrying the bow 5 is normally in the position shown, its weight being partially balanced by the spring 31. Two pneumatics, controlled by the tune-sheet, are provided for rotating the frame 30 about its pivots. One pneumatic, as long as it is expanded, holds the frame so that the bow is out of contact with the string. The other pneumatic lifts the bow out of contact with the string each time it collapses. The pneumatic 53 is adapted to rotate a lever 55 until it bears at one end against the tail-piece 57. In this position, a projection on the lever 55 is engaged by a rotating disk having three large teeth 58 so that the tail-piece is oscillated and a tremolo effect is produced. A pneumatic, controlled by the tune-sheet, is adapted to raise a lever carrying resin into contact with the bow. Another pneumatic is adapted to move a mute carried by a lever into contact with the side of the bridge. The levers for stopping the string are operated by pneumatics arranged in two staggered rows.
Patent GB-191303559-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or relating to Automatic Gun Mountings.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A27/06
Filed: 1913-02-11
Granted: 1914-05-11
Abstract: 3559. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Feb. 11. Tripod mounts for machine guns.-Consists of an arrangement whereby, for firing at aerial targets, the cross-head carrying the gun is unclamped from the arm carrying the elevating-gear and swung laterally until the mechanism casing is above and between the front legs of the trail, as shown in Fig. 3. The cross-head B, in which the gun A is trunnioned, is rotatable about a vertical pivot c<2> relatively to the arm Bx which carries the elevating-gear B'. In the position for normal fire, the cross-head B and arm B<x> are clamped together, and the elevating-gear is connected to the mechanism casing of the gun in the usual mariner. The cartridge-belt box E described in Specification 3552/13, [Class 92 (ii), Ordnance &c.], may be used with this mounting.
Patent GB-191305745-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Brush particularly for use as Sparking Plug Cleaner.
Inventor: SWINNEY EDWARD
IPC: H01T21/04
Filed: 1913-03-08
Granted: 1914-03-09
Abstract: 5745. Swinney, E. March 8. Wire and like brushes.-A brush for cleaning sparking-plugs consists of straight metal wires C secured in canvas, cloth, leather, &c, B attached by screws, adhesive, &c. to a wooden or metal block A having its face curved at the ends. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 1253/78, 24,210/93, and 3358/11.
Patent GB-191305960-A (GB)
Title: A Process for the Preparation of Radiothorium.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
IPC: C01F15/00
Filed: 1913-03-10
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 5960. Justice, P. M., [Kn÷fler & Co., O.]. March 10. Radio-thorium, depositing. - Radio-thorium in a comparatively pure condition is obtained on a cathode consisting of platinum, silver, or other metal or alloy in the form of foil, sheet, wire, or the like. A platinum or carbon anode may be used. The electrolyte may be obtained by treating meso-thorium residues with acid and water successively. A current density of 2 to 6 amperes per square decimetre may he employed, the pressure being 3 volts.
Patent GB-191311628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Train Communicating Signals.
Inventor: ROBINSON HENRY ARTHUR
Filed: 1913-05-19
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 11,628. Robinson, H. A. May 19. Drawings to Specification. Signalling and communicating on trains, electrically. An open circuit is extended from an electric - bell on the locomotive to all the vehicles forming the train, and is provided in each vehicle with a switch by means of which it may be closed. Each switch is operable by a cord which extends from end to end of the vehicle carrying it. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 12,230/97.
Patent GB-191315086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Connections for Electric Tariff Meters.
Inventor: LUNDGREN CARL GUSTAF
IPC: G01R11/56
Filed: 1913-06-30
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 15,086. Lundgren, C. G. June 30. Rate, changing.-A meter for use in a threewire system is provided with several shunts which may be controlled from a central station so that the meter may register energy used for lighting, cooking, or heating at different rates, during certain periods. As shown, the meter M is used with lighting circuits B1 connected across one side of the system, and with cooking and heating circuits K1, W1 connected across the outers, the pressure circuit of the meter being connected across one side only. During the day period the switches S, S1 are connected with the contacts s, s1, so as to insert the resistances m2, m3, m4, m5 in circuit. During the night period, the switches engage with the contact s2 thereby cutting-out the resistance m3. During the evening period, the switches are maintained in the position shown so that the heating circuit W1 is cut out, the meter in this case registering all the energy supplied for lighting, and half the energy for cooking. The switches are operated electromagnetically by connecting a lead at the central station with the positive or negative side of the system.
Patent GB-191315123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ships' Telegraphs and the like.
Inventor: KNIGHT THOMAS LOONAN
IPC: G08B9/04
Filed: 1913-07-01
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 15,123. Knight, T. L. July 1. Drawings to Specification. Indicating and recording apparatus.-The stop valve of a ship's engine is connected, by means of pulleys and a cable or other suitable means, to a spindle mounted at the telegraph transmitter which carries a pointer indicating on the telegraph dial the position of the valve, and also an archimedean screw the nut of which carries a pencil recording the position of the valve on a graduated clock-driven paper strip.
Patent GB-191315706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: WILLIAMS EDWARD HOWELL
IPC: B62D7/14
Filed: 1913-07-08
Granted: 1914-07-08
Abstract: 15,706. Williams, E. H. July 8. Deflectable axle-ends and intermediate connexions therefor; non-reactive steering-mechanism for separately-pivoted wheels. - In a sixwheeled vehicle in which the wheels on two axles are mounted for steering, a plate h, pivoted at i and rotated by worm gearing k, actuates the front pair of wheels b through a link f, and the rear pair of steering - wheels m through pin-and-slot connexions y. The front wheels are connected by means of unequal arms d and a link e. The axles n of the wheels m are forked at their inner ends to engage the plate h, and are pivotally connected to the springs r by bolts w which pass through the springs and blocks p rotatable within boxes o secured to the axles. Balls t are interposed between the blocks p and the boxes o.
Patent GB-191317294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signal Detonators.
Inventor: DUTCHER FRANK
IPC: B61L5/20
Filed: 1913-07-28
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 17,294. Dutcher, F. July 28. Detonating signals.-Detonators are provided with a plate or clip 3, Fig. 3, to be secured to the underside of the detonator. Elongated openings 4 receive a spring clip 5 having two short U-shaped bends 6 adapted to be smashed by a passing train as described in Specification 8891/12. Additional openings 7 in the clip 3 are provided for the use of crossed lead straps when desired. In a modification, a single opening only is provided for the reception of a single U-shaped bend on the spring clip. In another form, adapted for round detonators, the openings 21, Fig. 10, for the lead straps are transverse to the openings 19 for the U- shaped bends on the spring clip. Another form of plate or clip shown in Fig. 11 provides for the reception of a spring clip 26 with a corresponding opening 23 or a lead strap through openings 24, while a further modified form has elongated openings 4', Fig. 12, for the U-shaped projection on the spring clip and other openings 28 for two crossed lead straps.
Patent GB-191322598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Trimming the Soles of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: CARTER GEORGE WASHINGTON
IPC: A43D27/00
Filed: 1913-10-07
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 22,598. Carter, G. W. Oct. 7, 1912, [Convention date]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Trimming.-The sole of a boot or shoe is trimmed by a rotary cutter of which the knives 15 project into an annular groove 51 in a rotating worksupport. The edge of the work-support enters the crease of the shoe and holds the shoe so that the knives 15 engage the sole at right-angles to its face. A number of interchangeable rests are provided to vary the amount of the cut. The cutter shaft 7, which is driven at a much higher speed than the rest shaft 22, can be moved longitudinally to adjust the cutter for the various work-rests.
Patent GB-191329550-A (GB)
Title: Improved Folding Chair, Table, or the like.
Inventor: SAZ ADRIAN VAZQUEZ DEL
IPC: A47C9/10
Filed: 1913-12-22
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 29,550. Del Saz, A. V. Dec. 22. Tripod stands.-Folding chairs, tables, &c. comprise a number of struts b1<1>, b2<1>, b3<1> forming legs which are pivoted to a central. block a, connected by links f1, f2, f3 to a block o and by folding links c1, c<1>1 to struts forming the supports of the table top or seat. The struts are made of channel section as shown in Fig. 6 so that the hinged links may fold between them, the upper struts folding over the lower.
Patent GB-191402203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gates or Closures for Docks and the like.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
IPC: B63B9/00
Filed: 1914-01-27
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 2203. Justice, P. M., [Fiat San Giorgio Soc. Anon.]. Jan. 27. Dock gates.-A dock gate comprises a floating structure which is so ballasted that, when in the upright position, its equilibrium is stable, but when horizontal, into which position it can easily be turned, its equilibrium is unstable. Spherical caps m are fixed to both sides of a cylinder c, the whole forming three compartments for ballast, preferably water. A transverse closed cylinder t ensures buoyancy. The edges of the cylinder c project beyond the edges of the caps m and form a flange provided with packing g, which bears against the gate frame. The cylinder c and gate frame are elliptical to allow the gate to be passed from one side to the other as required. In use, the gate is turned into an horizontal position, Fig. 3, and manipulated to the side of the dock required; when released, the gate automatically turns to its vertical position and is held against the dock by water pressure. In a modification, slots are formed in the gate frame, and corresponding lugs on the gate, so that by tilting the gate, the gate may be passed from inside to outside the dock.
Patent GB-191403164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Protecting Devices for the Points of Hat Pins and the like.
Inventor: JOHNSON FANNY MARY
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1914-02-06
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 3164. Johnson, F. M. Feb. 6. Point - protectors for pins. - Relates to brooches for securing point-protectors to hats, and consists in the provision of two oppositelyarranged hooks d, froni either of which the protectors may be suspended by chains b.
Patent GB-191408039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressure Regulators for Platen Printing Presses.
Inventor: ROCKSTROH MAX
IPC: B41F1/54
Filed: 1914-03-30
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 8039. Rockstroh, M. March 30. Tripping-arrangements.-In the eccentric pressure - adjusting and tripping mechanism of platen presses, the eccentrics b, instead of being formed with lateral lugs for the attachment of the bow a, are formed with flat faces c which can he finished completely on a lathe. The ends d of the bow a are attached to the eccentrics by bolts f, and the bow is prevented from turning relatively to the eccentrics by conical pins c.
Patent GB-191409764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Moving Picture Devices.
Inventor: PIERSON PAUL MELVILLE
IPC: G03B33/08
Filed: 1914-04-20
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 9764. Pierson, P. M., and Hochstetter, F. W. April 20. Kinematograph apparatus.-Relates to rotary shutters for use in machines for producing and exhibiting moving pictures in natural colours. The shutter mechanism is housed in a casing 10 secured to the front wall 15 of a camera or projecting- apparatus for exhibiting moving pictures, and carries a telescopic barrel 12 with the usual focusing-lenses. Within the casing 10 is mounted a rotary drum 20<a> having four or a larger number of radial apertures as 29, through which rays of light focused from the lenses 13, 14 may pass to the film 18. The drum is rotated by gearing 34, 35, 38 from a crank-shaft 19, which also drives the film - feeding mechanism. Transparent coloured glass plates 32 are secured in grooves 31<a> in the walls of the apertures 29 by means of clips 33. The gradual cutting-off of the light by the ends of the tubes 29 during the rotation of the drum tends to prevent the occurrence of marginal tints when pictures are projected on a screen.
Patent GB-191411647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pump Cylinders.
Inventor: GAGE BURT ORLANDO
IPC: F04B53/16
Filed: 1914-05-12
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 11,647. Gage, B. O. May 12. Cylinders.- The barrel a of a pump, especially a water pump, is provided with a liner or sleeve b of monel metal which has been subjected to pressure, as by hammering or rolling into the form of a sheet. The liner may be secured in the cylinder by a tapering key c, or it may have abutting edges to form a sleeve.
Patent GB-191413803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Couplings for Shafts.
IPC: F16D3/60
Filed: 1914-06-08
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 13,803. Albion Motor Car Co., and Murray, T. B. June 8. Universal joints; shaft couplings.-In universal joints and flexible couplings, flexible members E, F are connected to spiders C, D on the shafts A, B, and, at points at right-angles to their connexions to the spiders, are attached to rigid members G, H, themselves similarly connected by a flexible member J. The number of flexible and rigid members may be varied as desired. The flexible members may be of annular disk or polygonal form, or may each consist of a series of strips connected at their ends, or may be of chain or link form. They may be of steel, leather, &c., and may be laminated, in which case they may be built up of thicknesses of different materials. A ball K on the shaft B engages a socket on the shaft A to limit the flexibility given by the joint, or the shaft B may slide in the ball K to allow axial movement.
Patent GB-191414935-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Device for Planting Potatoes, Cabbages, Bulbs, and the like.
Inventor: BERRY FRANK
IPC: A01C5/02
Filed: 1914-06-23
Granted: 1915-05-27
Abstract: 14,935. Berry, F., White, C. F., and White, A. H. June 23. Branched handles.-A hand tool for planting potatoes &c., comprises handles 2,12 having handgrips 16, 17 at right-angles to one another.
Patent GB-191415621-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Driving of Screw Piles.
IPC: E02D7/22
Filed: 1914-06-30
Granted: 1915-06-30
Abstract: 15,621. Braithwaite & Kirk, Braithwaite, A. E., and Humphryes, J. H. June 30. Screw piles, driving and withdrawing.-Relates to capstans, for driving or withdrawing screw piles of the kind that carry their own power units and transmission gears, and consists in anchoring the capstan by guy-ropes attached to buoys or fixed points in such a way that changes of tension in the ropes on both sides of the capstan are automatically adjusted, and in the modification shown in plan in Fig. 1, the guyropes take up their new positions automatically when the drive is reversed. The guy-ropes pass between puueys o, o<1>, Figs. 1 and 3, over a gripping-device r, and then between pulleys p, p' but alternatively one of the pulleys in each pair may be omitted and they may be housed as shown in Fig. 3 with the strap y hinged for the insertion of the rope.
Patent GB-191501279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bedsteads.
Inventor: ALBRIGHT ALFRED BEAUMONT
IPC: A47C17/42
Filed: 1915-01-26
Abstract: 1279. Albright, A. B. Jan. 26. Folding bedsteads.-A bedstead of the kind which is mounted at one end on pivots so that it can be turned into an upright position is secured in that position by means of a cord-operated pivoted catch g mounted on a bracket arm h arranged so that the catch engages the end bar of the bedstead. At its other end, the bedstead may be detachably mounted by means of a pivot d engaging in a slot j in a bracket. A plate k is mounted on the face of the bracket by means of a pin o passing through an arcuate slot l in the plate, and can be turned by means of a handle n so as to bring a recess m into alinement with the slot j, thus permitting the pin d to be removed from the slot. A shelf p is fitted to the underside of the bedstead to serve as a seat.
Patent GB-191503501-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Measuring the Surface of Skins and other Materials.
Inventor: GRARD HENRI JEAN BAPTISTE
IPC: G01B5/04
Filed: 1915-03-04
Granted: 1915-11-25
Abstract: 3501. Grard, H. J. B. March 31, 1914, [Convention date]. Surface areas, computing.-In an apparatus for measuring the surface of skins &c. by summing rotations of co-axial measuring-wheels, the non-driven feed-wheels c are of larger diameter than the measuring-wheels d. These wheels coact with a drum b provided with loose and fixed rings b<2>, b<1>, and are mounted on a parallel-motion linkage c<2>, d<2>, a slot e' allowing the measuring-wheels to be lifted off the work by handles e<2>. The motion of the wheels d is transmitted by toothed gear to a pulley h', which operates adding-mechanism of the Sawyer type. Back-lash is prevented by a weight d<12> acting in conjunction with a stop g<4> on the gear g<5>, which abuts against the frame. In a modified construction, Fig. 6, the stop g<4> is dispensed with, and the wheel d carries a helical track d<13> in which runs a bowl carried by an arm d<15>; the pull on the belt h<3> causes the wheel d to turn until the end of the track comes against the bowl.
Patent GB-191505391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water Tube Generators.
Inventor: CANILAC GEORGES EUGENE
IPC: F22B17/10
Filed: 1915-04-09
Granted: 1915-11-18
Abstract: 5391. Canhac, G. E. April 17, 1914, [Convention date]. Water-tube boilers.-A water-tube boiler is composed of a number of detachable compound elements each formed of a number of forked Belleville elements 7, 8, 9 supplied by a collector 11 and surmounted by nests of water tubes 5, 6 connected to front and rear water chambers 3, 4. The chambers 3 are connected to a steam drum by tubes 2 over which are placed baffles 17. The last tube 14 of the series of Belleville elements is secured to the chamber 3 and the last tube 15 of the nest is secured to a pipe 16 carried by the upper part of the chamber 3.
Patent GB-191505727-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Attaching Electric Cables or Conduits to Switches and the like.
Inventor: ELLISON GEORGE
IPC: H01B17/26
Filed: 1915-04-16
Granted: 1915-12-23
Abstract: 5727. Ellison, G., and Anderson, J. April 16. Couplings.-For securing electric cables or conduits to the frame, base, or cover of an electric switch &c., a pair of hollow cones a, b are employed each formed with a number of annular grooves c to facilitate severing of the cones at the narrow ends by means of a hacksaw to suit the diameter of the cable or conduit over which the cones are placed. In the form shown in Fig. 1, one of the cones is inserted into a tapered aperture in the switch base or cover f, and the other cone is inserted through a similar aperture in a clamping-ring g. The cable between the cones is formed with an enlargement e, which may be a wiped lead bulge, a piece of split lead tubing j with collars k, Fig. 2, secured to the cable, or a winding of tarred yarn, serving as an abutment for the ones which are drawn together to clamp the cable by means of the bolts h. In the case of an armoured cable, a third cone b' is employed between which and the cone b the splayedout armouring is gripped. The larger ends of the cones may have collars m, Fig. 2, formed with lugs n which may be secured together by bolts o so that all the parts are electrically connected and earthing is facilitated.
Patent GB-191506455-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Chain-wheel or Belt-pulley Attachments for Bicycle Wheels.
Inventor: SANGSTER CHARLES THOMAS BROCK
IPC: B62M9/10
Filed: 1914-10-30
Granted: 1915-10-14
Abstract: 6455. Sangster, C. T. B. Oct. 30, 1914. Suspension-spoke wheels.-A chain-wheel or belt pulley a, for driving by means of an auxiliary motor attachment, is secured to the spokes of the rear wheel of a pedal cycle by means of an auxiliary clamping-ring b. Both of the rings are made in two parts divided diametrically, so that they may be placed in position without removing the road wheel from the cycle frame. The two parts are made to register with one another by dowel pins f, f<1>. The chain-wheel is centred by radial arms a<3> which bear upon the wheel hub. Fibre or like washers a<4>, b<4> are interposed between the rings and spokes. Specification 14,840/14,. [Class 79 (iii), Motor vehicles, Arrangement &c. of parts of], is referred to.