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Patent GB-191223781-A (GB)
Title: Push Valve.
IPC: F16K15/06
Filed: 1912-10-17
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 23,781. Thurber, E. J., and Thurber Rotary Starter Co. Oct. 17. Regulating rate of flow; locking; actuating; combinations of i n t e r d e p e n d e n t valves.-To adjust the maximum opening of a valve 10, Fig. 1, which is actuated by a stem 11 and push 22, the lower end of the stem 11 is threaded and carries a nut 17 capable of vertical motion only. A spring is interposed between a shoulder 18 on the nut 17 and the valve seat. When the nut 17 is in its lowest position, the spring is tightly compressed and the valve cannot be opened. Rotation of the handle 22 causes the nut 17 to travel upwards, whereupon the valve can be opened by pressing the handle 22. Fig. 6 shows the nut 17 and spring applied to a valve for controlling the supply of air from a pump to a reservoir and from the reservoir to a compressed-air motor. The pump is connected to the passage 29 and supplies air to a reservoir connected to the pipe 25. A valve 23 formed on the nut 17 controls the passage 29. A valve 10 connected by a threaded stem to the nut 17 and actuated by a push 22 controls the flow of air from the reservoir to the motor, which is connected to the passage 26. When the valves are in the position shown, the reservoir receives air from the pump. By pressing the valves 10, 28 downwards, the passage 29 is closed and air passes from the reservoir to the motor through the open valve 10. Rotation of the handle 22 causes the nut 17 and valve 28 to move vertically and so vary the extent to which the valve 10 can be opened.
Patent GB-191226221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Miners' Safety Lamps.
Inventor: BEST WILLIAM
IPC: F21L23/00
Filed: 1912-11-15
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 26,221. Best, W., Best, J. C., Best, A. E., Best, R. O., and Best, M. Nov. 15. Miners' safety l a m p s . - I n a miners' safety lamp of the type described in Specification 9847/11 in w h i c h the air supply passes between two concentric glass cylinders and in which the upper end of the inner glass cylinder is connected to a flue, the annular seating for the upper end of the inner glass cylinder 3 is resiliently mounted so that the joints between both the glass cylinders 3, 4 and the lamp frame are simultaneously rendered airtight on being tightened by screwing-up the following-up ring 2. The fixed part of the flue 7 is provided with an inner slidable sleeve 8 passing through a fixed guide 6<Î> and having at its lower end an annular seat 8<x> for the reception of the upper end of the inner glass cylinder 3, a spring 9 being inserted between the flange 6<y> on the fixed frame and a shoulder 8<y> on the movable sleeve. The sleeve is arranged so that, when screwing-up the ring 2, the inner glass cylinder 3 engages its slidable seat before the outer cylinder engages its fixed seat. The sleeve is connected to the flue by a pin-and-slot arrangement. The Provisional Specification also states that the downward movement of the movable sleeve may be limited by flanges on the sleeve and on the guide, and that the lower seating for the inner glass cylinder may be resiliently mounted.
Patent GB-191226907-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method and Means for Ascertaining the Height of Individuals.
Inventor: EDWARDS ROBERT
IPC: A61B5/107
Filed: 1912-11-22
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 26,907. Edwards, R. Nov. 22. Measures of length for height of persons. A scale is marked on a mirror, the zero point being below the platform or ground by 4“ inches, representing the normal vertical distance between the eyes and the top of the head. To use the device, the person looks directly into the mirror and notes the scale mark coincident with the centre of the eye. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 16,718/95.
Patent GB-191228464-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cabinet for Filing and Preserving Music, Documents, and the like.
Inventor: VANDY GEORGE EDWARD
IPC: B42F7/14
Filed: 1912-12-10
Granted: 1913-12-10
Abstract: 28,464. Vandy, G. E. Dec. 10. Cabinets; post fules; fastenings; cards.-A filing-cabinet for music, documents, &c. comprises one or more cabinet sections each provided with a drawer bottom or slide 3 carrying inclined posts 6 on which are filed index cards 2. A hinged front 4 adapted to fall into the plane of the bottom 3 carries an index sheet. To limit the inward and outward motions of the drawer stops 15, 14 on the cabinet base 1 co-operate with a stop 16 on the drawer bottom 3, and to hold the drawer in the open position, a tilt-lever 12 pivoted in brackets 13 on the underside of the drawer has its forward end raised by the lower edge of the turned-down front 4 so that its rear end engages the stop 14. Friction rollers may be provided on the drawer bottom 3 and cabinet base 1.
Patent GB-191229384-A (GB)
Title: Method of Reproducing Electric Variations.
Inventor: ARNOLD HAROLD DE FOREST
IPC: H03F3/02
Filed: 1912-12-20
Granted: 1913-12-22
Abstract: 29,384. Arnold, H. de r. July 15, [Convention date]. Low - pressure metallic - vapour apparatus.- Mercury arc apparatus used in the reproduction of variations in electric currents comprises a main chamber 1 with a horizontal branch 2 and a condensing chamber 3. The anode 5 is of carbon or other similar material, and the starting anode 6 and cathode 4 are of mercury. A source of current. 22 feeds the arc through a sustaining- circnit 23, 24, and the device is started by tilting it with the key 26 closed. Electrodes 7, 8 almost surround an electrode 9 on opposite sides thereof, the line joining them being arranged at rightangles to the arc stream and also to the axis of magnet coils 11, 12 used to produce movements of the arc. They are preferably placed about midway between the ends of the arc.
Patent GB-191300803-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Vehicles for the Collection of Street and other Refuse.
Inventor: ROWE GEORGE
IPC: B65F3/00
Filed: 1913-01-10
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 803. Rowe, G. Jan. 10. Tipping carts. - The body of a vehicle for collecting street or other refuse is mounted so that it can be tipped into a vertical position clear of the axle and the ground by screw mechanism. The bodv is trunnioned at J to the frame and is tipped by a screw F acting on a nut G which is connected by a pair of connecting-rods H to the rear of the body. The screw F is turned through bevel-gear operated by a cross-shaft E.
Patent GB-191301785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Supporting Gas Lamps.
Inventor: HUGHES GWYLIM ANWYL
IPC: F21V21/38
Filed: 1913-01-22
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 1785. Hughes, G. A., [trading as London Electric Firm]. Jan. 22. Supporting.-Relates to gas lamps provided with raising and lowering gear, with or without traversing gear, and with means for making and breaking a gas connexion by the act of moving the lamp into and out of position. A cylindrical chamber a is fixed to or carried by the bracket, span wire, or the like that is to support the lamp, and a hollow piston-rod cr plunger g connected to the lamp is adapted to be raised into or lowered from the chamber a, the piston f making a gas-tight joint with the wall of the chamber. In one form, Fig. 1, the lamp and plunger are raised by a rope b passing over pulleys c, i, and gas is admitted to the chamber a at the top or through a port e, and is carried over the pulley i by a pipe l. The piston f may be packed with resilient or metal packing k, or a cup-leather or the like, and the weight of the lamp may be taken by a ratchet and collar gear m such as is described in Specification 10,728/05, [Class .39, Electric iamps &c.]. In a modification, Fig. 3, the piston f is in two parts, arranged on either side of the gas inlet e, and the rope b is attached directly to the top of the piston. When the arrangement is employed in connexion with a central carrier, the attachment of the hoisting- rope thereto may be effected in the manner described in Specification 14,972/09, [Class 78(ii), Lifting &c.]. Fig. 4 shows a modification adapted for lamps having a pilot system, or requiring more than one gas supply. Two pistons f, p work in cylinders o, n, and the main gas supply enters the hollow piston-rod through ports q, while the second or pilot supply passes from the chamber n through a pipe r passing through both pistons. In a further modification, Fig. 5, the piston and cylinder are at the side of the ratchet supporting-gear, and a pulley x is provided below the plunger. A button z and a bridge-piece ! l on the stem may be arranged so that the button will lift the plunger just as the piston enters the cylinder. The laterally-arranged piston and cylinder may also be employed with a slotted guide tube and key guide stem. When applied to a span-wire arrangement, Fig. 6, the fixed parts, comprising the cylinder and ratchet collar, may be carried by a body portion s secured to the span-wire t, while the movable parts, comprising the piston, ratchet, and stirrup, are suspended from the trolly u. The trolly shown has a part u<1>, normally fixed. In any of the modifications, a ball valve or other non-return valve may be operated by the plunger to allow the flow of gas only when the lamp is raised; and a radiator plate may be interposed between the device and the lamp.
Patent GB-191304035-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Feeding or Transporting Bottles and the like.
Inventor: CHAMP JOSEPH HENRY
Filed: 1913-02-17
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 4035. Champ, J. H. Feb. 17. [Addition to 28,107/11.] Bottling. - Relates to devices for feeding or transferring bottles &c. one at a time to and from the members of a series of movable holders, forming part, for example, of a bottle-filling machine of the continuously rotating type such as that described in Specification 1746/06, and consists in an improvement on a similar device described in the parent Specification. According to one part of the present invention, the oscillating escapement or gate device 24, Figs. 1 and 3, which transfers the bottle from the conveyer belt 10 to the bottle holders 5, and is moved in one direction by the holders, is moved in the other direction by gravity-actuated means comprising a weight 27 adjustably mounted on a rocker arm 28 connected with the gate device by a lever 30 and connecting-rod 31. The gate device is formed with a concave portion 25, to receive and transfer a bottle, and a convex portion 26 to act as a stop to the remaining bottles, and is provided with an arm 32 carrying a roller 33 projecting into the paths of the bottle-holders. Two conveyer belts 9, 10 are provided running in opposite directions in the same plane, so that by means of rotary disks 21, Fig. 1, operated frictionally by the belts, and curved guides 20, the bottles can travel down on one belt 9 and back on the other belt 10. Between the two belts'and along the edges of the table are guides 19, the central guide forming a shelf, on which bottles, removed if necessary from the holders, can be placed. One part 34 of the guide is backed by a spring 36 and pivoted at 35, and is so shaped as to complete the feeding of each bottle into its holder and to prevent the remaining bottles from being pushed out of line. The belt 10 extends beyond the machine, and a spring-controlled finger 38 is provided to remove filled bottles from the machine and replace them on the'belt. This finger normally extends into the paths of the bottle-holders, and in the event of a bottle-holder not descending into the proper position for the bottle to be removed, the finger 38 meets an unyielding part and is thrown over into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, in which position it is locked by its spring 40. In this inoperative position, the finger engages the roller-bearing arm 32 of the gate device, and as the spring is strong enough to overcome the tendency of the weight 27 to operate the gate device, this is locked and the feeding operation suspended until the machine is reset.
Patent GB-191306750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Fire-arms with Fixed Barrel and with a Rectilinearly Moving Breech Mechanism Opened through the Recoil of the Fire-arm by a Movable Butt-cap.
Inventor: SCHMEISSER LOUIS
IPC: F41A3/32
Filed: 1913-03-19
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 6750. Schmeisser, L. March 19. Breech actions, sliding breech-block; stocks. -Relates to automatic guns of the kind that are operated by a movable butt plate, and consists in special locking and unlocking m e a n s. When locked, the rear end of the breech-block 3 engages a shoulder 9<a> on the gun frame and must be depressed to unlock it. During automatic action, this depression is effected by the engagement of a stud 24<a>, carried by a sliding bar 24, with an inclined surface 3<c> near the end of a groove at the side of the breech-block. The sliding bar 24 is connected to the butt plate 16 by a weighted lever 23 and links 22, 20, and 18. After the unlocking movement, the momentum of the heavy lever 23 carries the breech-block rearwards. The rear end of the breech-block is raised into the locking position by a pivoted member 8, Figs. 3 and 4, which is controlled by a spring-pressed slide 6. During hand-actuation, the breech-block is depressed to unlock it by the pivoted member 8, which is turned when the slide 6 is pulled back.
Patent GB-191306938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flush Tanks for Closets and the like.
Inventor: DREW WARREN FRANCIS
IPC: E03D1/30
Filed: 1913-03-20
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 6938. Drew, W. F. March 20. Valve-discharge water-waste preventers; overflow fittings.-When the knob a, Fig. 2, is pushed, a bent lever 35 is moved about its pivot b and a rod 37, connected to the valve-spindle 25 by a link 39, Fig. 1, is raised. The link is extended to form a foot 390, which, when the rod 37 is fully raised, rests upon a cross-bar 30 at the top of the guides 29 and so holds the valve 20 open. The tank is then discharged. The supply enters by a pipe 18, one end of which swivels on the valve 17 and the other carries a float 19. A latch 50 is adjustably secured to the link 39, and when the float has descended nearly to the bottom of the cistern, a trip 47 on the pipe 18 knocks the latch aside to release the link and close the valve. In this position of the pipe, the valve 17 is open and the cistern is refilled. As the pipe is raised by the float, the trip contacts with the pivot 38 of the link 39 and the valve 20 is opened for a moment to give an afterflush. In the highest position of the pipe the valve 17 is closed, but if leakage should occur, the trip engages an arm 60 adjustably secured to the rod 37 and holds the valve 20 open until the normal maximum level is again reached.
Patent GB-191310004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Incandescent Lamp Holders.
Inventor: WILKINSON HERBERT TATLOCK
IPC: H01R33/46
Filed: 1913-04-29
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 10,004. Wilkinson, H. T. April 29. Cleats.-In an electric incandescent lamp-holder the wires are gripped between two insulating parts A, B the wiring holes of which are out of alinement with each other, so that the wires pass along horizontal grooves H<1>, H. A rib F fits into a slot G to prevent relative rotation of the parts. The upper part may be divided along a plane passing through the holes E. The parts may be held together by a nut M.
Patent GB-191310795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stencil Printing Machines.
Inventor: BRUER CARL
IPC: B41L13/08
Filed: 1913-05-07
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 10,795. Bruer, C. May 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Stencilling-apparatus; tripping - arrangements.-In stencil printing-machines of the kind having an endless driving and stencil-carrying device running over rollers and an impression roller which is periodically brought into contact with the material to be printed and moved away therefrom, the endless driving and stencil-carrying device carries a series of projections for operating the sheet-feeding mechanism, and a device adapted to prevent the tripping of the impression roller for a certain period according to the length of sheet to be printed, and may also carry a sheet laying-on bar for use when the automatic feed is inoperative. The stencil is carried by the endless chains 3 passing around the large rollers 1, 2, and the printing is effected by the usual rotary colour band. The top sheet of the pile is fed forward at the proper time by the feeding rollers 13 mounted loosely on the shaft 14 and operated by the lugs 8 on the chain 3 through the toothed wheel 29, bevel gearing, and ratchet clutches on the shaft 14, said clutches allowing the feed rollers to rotate freely on the shaft when the sheet is drawn forward by the bite of the roller 2 and impression roller 7. The sheet stop-bar 20 is slidable vertically on a bracket 22 carried by the pile-support, and is connected by an eye 19, plate 18, and flat bar 17 to the slidable supports 16 of the bearings 15 of the feed-rollers 13, so that as the rollers descend with the feeding away of the pile the sheet stop-bar is maintained level with the top of the pile. The feed rollers are adapted to be raised for positioning a fresh pile by lifting- arms 25 carried on a shaft 24 fitted with a crank handle 27. The mechanism for enabling the machine to print one large sheet or two or more smaller sheets is as follows. The projecting end of the shaft 45 of the large roller 2 carries loosely a four-armed slotted lever 46, which is linked to the shaft of the arm supporting the impression roller 7, is provided with a pivoted switch 44, and is normally maintained in the position shown in Fig. 3 by the spring 53. With the switch in open position as shown in Fig. 3, the projection 9 on the chain misses the slide-surface 57 of the switch, and the cam 43 on the shaft 45 acts on the roller 52 and trips the impression roller at each revolution of the roller 2, thus enabling small sheets of the length of the periphery of the latter roller to be printed. With the switch in the closed position, the projection 9 strikes the surface 57 and displaces the lever 46, whereby the roller 52 is carried out of the path of the cam 43 and prevents the tripping of the impression cylinder, so enabling, supposing the chains to be double the length of the periphery of the main roller, sheets twice as long as the small sheets to be printed. By making the machine higher and arranging for three trips of the roller 7, a longer sheet or three short sheets may be printed during one rotation of the chains.
Patent GB-191319776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method and Apparatus for Producing Slat and Lath Fabrics.
Inventor: KJEKSTAD GUDBRAND
IPC: B27J1/00
Filed: 1913-09-01
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 19,776. Kjekstad, G., and Stensrud, K. Aug. 30,1912, [Convention date]. Beat-up motions.-In the manufacture of slat and lath fabrics, the slats 7 are secured to bearing- wires 12 by binding-wires 13 wound with alternate right and left handed twists. The bearing-wires are drawn through tensioning-heads mounted on a frame 1 pivoted at 3 and adapted to be raised and lowered by a link 5 and a crank 4 carried by the driving-shaft of the machine. A slat is placed on the frame each time it is lowered, and it is moved into position by a spring-retracted arm 6 mounted on a pedal-operated shaft 9.
Patent GB-191326157-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Acetylene Generators.
Inventor: BROWN DAVID ALEXANDER
IPC: C10H9/00
Filed: 1914-02-19
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 26,157. Brown, D. A. Feb. 19, 1914. Liquid raised up to solid. - An acetylene generator of the fixed bell' type, provided with an extension 4 to the bell, is fitted with means 6, 7 operable from the exterior of the bell for raising and lowering the carbidebasket 5. The extension is arranged so that the rate of increase in pressure is at first rapid, and diminishes afterwards owing to the water overflowing into the space above the extension.
Patent GB-191401968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephonic Receivers.
IPC: H04M1/03
Filed: 1914-01-24
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 1968. Western Electric Co., [Woodward, F. T., (acting for Western Electric Co.)]. Jan. 24. Welding.-The metal shell of a telephone receiver casing covered with insulating material is made by stamping out two semicylindrical halves and welding them together at their edges. As shown in Fig. 1, holes may be formed in the halves 5, 6 of the shell to receive keys 7, Fig. 3, of dumb-bell shape, which are then electrically spot welded in place. Or the keys may be formed integral with the half 6 and be welded into holes in the half 5; or connecting-strips may be laid in depressions in the two halves and welded to them, or projections may be pinched out on one half and electrically welded to the margin of the other.
Patent GB-191402525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combing Machines.
Inventor: KEELEY JAMES EDWARD
IPC: D01G19/16
Filed: 1914-01-30
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 2525. Keeley, J. E. Jan. 30. Combing-machines.-Means are provided for arresting the rotation of the feed-roll and to prevent the nipper frame from being forced down on to the comb when a broken sliver laps round the feed - roll. The fluted feed - roll 3, Fig. 2, is mounted on a shaft 4 journaled in open bearings 5, 6 and a bearing 7 with a spring-held top piece 8. The nipper arm 18 is provided with an adjustable stop-piece 25 provided with a bevelled face 24, and normally oscillates about the pivot a under the action of the rod 20. The nipper frame is provided with a pivot b and is held in position by a spring 27. When the sliver breaks and laps round the roller 3, the presser roller 2 is raised, and the stop 25 contacts with the arms 13 carrying the roller 2. Further movement of the rod 20 then results in the frame being moved about its pivot b, and the nipper knife being moved out of the way of the comb needles. The accumulation of sliver on the roller 3 lifts it in its bearings and raises the gear 11 out of mesh with the driving-gear 12.
Patent GB-191403461-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Ascertaining Disturbances in the Frost Wall when Sinking Shafts according to the Shaft Freezing Method.
Inventor: LEIMBACH GOTTHELF
IPC: E21D1/14
Filed: 1914-02-10
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 3461. Leimbach, G. Feb. 11, 1913, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Freezing ground.-When sinking shafts by the freezing method, faults in the frost wall are detected by producing electrical oscillations in a circuit wherein the freezing-pipes and the frozen earth form a condenser, faults being indicated by variation from the normal capacity of the circuit, this variation being detected by measuring the wave-length. The position of the fault may be found by energizing successive pairs of neighbouring pipes with different wave lengths, the defective portion of the frost wall then constituting a nodal point.
Patent GB-191413436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Rollers for Washing, Wringing and like Machines.
Inventor: WRIGHTHAM CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: D06F11/00
Filed: 1914-06-02
Granted: 1915-02-18
Abstract: 13,436. Wrightham, C. W. June 2. Drawings to Specification. Impregnating-compositions. - Two or more coats of a mixture of seven parts of paraffin and ten parts of petroleum jelly heated to approximately 104‹ F. are applied, by a brush or by dipping, to the surface of a concrete roller to render it acid-proof, each coat being applied to a dry surface.