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Patent GB-191217009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: VOLKMAR BERNHARD
Filed: 1912-07-22
Granted: 1913-01-02
Abstract: 17,009. Volkmar, B. Sept. 22, 1911, [Convention date]. Turning-gear.-The shaft 6 of an engine-turning device may be coupled to a sleeve 4, to which the spring is attached, either directly or through the medium of a epicyclic rewinding-device comprising a train of wheels on a plate 9, the first of which engages a wheel 14, carried by a hollow shaft 10, and the last of which is in gear with a wheel 21 on the sleeve 4. The spring is held when wound by a friction pawl 22. A double-faced toothed clutch is slid along the shaft 6 by a lever 27, 28 to connect the sleeve 4 to the shaft for starting. The same movement of the lever releases the friction pawl 22 through the medium of an arm 33. On release of the hand-operated cord 37, the spring 32 moves the lever 27, 28 over to engage the clutch. 8 with the hollow shaft to re-wind the spring. When the spring is wound, a cam 36 carried by a Geneva gear moves the lever 27, 28 to disengage the clutch. The lever 27, 28 is divided as shown to give a sudden release to prevent the teeth of the clutch from chattering during normal running.
Patent GB-191218370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Palm Oil Extracting Machines.
Inventor: PHILLIPS THOMAS KING EKUNDAYO
IPC: C11B1/00
Filed: 1912-08-09
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 18,370. Phillips, T. K. E., [Phillips, S. C.]. Aug. 9. Fatty oils, extracting. -The paim-oil extracting-machine described in Specification 9733/07 is modified by making the barrel 1 with a smooth inner surface, providing a sliding strainer 7 which can be removed for the discharge of the palm nuts, and designing the tines or heaters 16 so as to allow clearance for the nuts. the numhers and pitch of the tines being also reduced. The cover of the mill is formed by a water supply tank 19 fitted with hinges 5 and communicating through a valve 22 with a perforated water-supply pipe 21. The mixture of oil and water escaping through the strainer 7 is collected in an inclined tray fitted with a spout and strainer.
Patent GB-191218801-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Preparation or Composition for Rendering Coal and other Dust Non-explosive.
Inventor: ARNOTT JAMES
IPC: B61L23/16
Filed: 1912-08-16
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 18,801. Arnott, J., and Goodall, F. W. Aug. 16. Dust-laying compositions.-An incombustible dust-laying composition to be strewn in mines, flour mills, &c. consists of sodium chloride, kaolin, or other clay containing free alumina, and aluminium sulphate, with a little carbolic powder.
Patent GB-191224618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Power Transmission.
IPC: H02P9/06
Filed: 1912-10-28
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 24,618. Thomas, J. G. P., and Thomas Transmission, Ltd. Oct. 28. Electro-mechanical apparatus, arrangement and applications of. - Relates to transmission systems of the kind described in Specification 25,386/07, in which two dynamo - electric machines, one of them being on the driven shaft, are connected together and to the prime motor through differential gearing. According to the present invention, (1) the dynamoelectric machines are partly suspended from the vehicle axles so that their shafts are parallel thereto, and (2) by locking the differential gear and disconnecting the prime motor, both machines can be operated as motors from an external supply of electricity. The motor 12 drives, through a clutch 13, the planetcarrier 1 of a differential gear, the sun-wheels 5, 4 of which are respectively connected to a dynamo-electric machine 6, and, through gearing 8, 9, to the axle 10. The machine and gearing are carried by a casing 16 pivoted on the axle and supported by spring blocks. The other dynamo-electric machine is supported on and geared to another axle of the vehicle, the vehicle wheels and the track forming the mechanical connexion between the two machines. Both machines may, however, be mounted about one axle. By disconnecting the clutch 13 and locking the differential gear by means of a clutch 11, both machines 6 can be operated as motors from an external supply of electricity.
Patent GB-191229978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Mounted Motor Traction Vehicles.
Inventor: GAST BRUNO
IPC: B62D49/06
Filed: 1912-12-30
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 29,978. Gast, B. Dec. 30. Springs, arrangement of and mounting undercarriages on.-To enable the spring - supported frame of a two or three wheeled motor tractor for drawing ploughs to be adjusted to an horizontal position when one wheel is running in a furrow, guide - bolts f depend from the axle and pass through projections g on the frame, adjustable nuts h, i being provided at their lower ends to vary the initial tension of springs k, l surrounding the bolts f. The bolts f are pivoted beneath the axle, which carries plate springs d. The frame is suspended from the springs d by links c. A chain-stretcher x is provided. The rear-wheel axle slides in slots in a fork n. Guide-rods s bear on the axle p by means of eyes r and pass loosely through the upper part of the fork, springs t, surrounding the rods s, being placed between the fork and eyes r.
Patent GB-191301688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Dyeing Machines.
Inventor: FURNESS WILLIAM
IPC: D06B23/00
Filed: 1913-01-21
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 1688. Furness, W. Jan. 21. Hawking type.-In hawking and like machines for dyeing with indigo &c., means are provided whereby the usual pressing-rollers can be readily removed from and replaced in the supporting-arms. The arms C for supporting the roller bearings a, are pivoted to a shaft D traversing the vat E, and are made with open slots c for the bearings a, which are retained in position by end-caps c<2>, c<3> ; and the ends of the U-shaped stripperplates B, which embrace the pressing-rollers A in circumferential grooves thereof, guiding the piece being treated so that it does not wrap around the rollers, are secured to theirsupporting-members, fixed to the arms C, at such a distance apart as will enable the rollers to be withdrawn. One endcap c<2> has an adjusting- screw ,c' for regulating the position of the rollers A, while the other has an adjusting-screw c<5> and spring c<6> for determining the pressure of the rollers. The supporting-members are conveniently wooden rails b, and the space between each pair is closed by a plate b<1> having on one edge pins which enter recesses in one rail, and in the other holes by means of which it is secured with bolts to the corresponding rail b. On the shaft D is also fixed a toothed quadrant d engaging with a weighted arm d', loosely mounted on the shaft D, by means of a sliding pin d<2>; this device facilitates the raising and lowering of the arms C and the rollers A from and to their operative position.
Patent GB-191304016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adhesives or Cements for Leather.
IPC: C09J101/18
Filed: 1913-02-17
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 4016. " Ago " Lederkitt Industrie Ges. Feb. 15, 1912, [Convention date]. Adhesives.-The fluidity of celluloid solutions, such as solutions in acetone, used as cements for leather, is increased by the addition of oxalic or tartarie acid to the solvent, either before or after solution of the celluloid. In use, the inner fibres or tufts of fibres of each of two pieces of leather to be joined are tinctirved and frayed out by a mechanical, surface treatment, and the is applied and allowed to dry. The joint is then formed by moistening the surfaces with a suitable solvent and pressing them together. In preparing the cement the materials are stirred together for several hou s in an hermetically closed iron container.
Patent GB-191304294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Generators.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: C10J3/34
Filed: 1913-02-19
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 4294. Wade, H., [Ehrhardt & Sehmer Ges.]. Feb. 19. Grates.-A rotary stepped grate for a gasgenerator is provided at the centre with a stationary ash - discharge pipe E leading into the ash-pit E<1> and provided with a closing-plate F. The upper end of the pipe is provided with a knife-like projection G to assist the passage of the ashes. The grate is arranged within a closed chamber M supplied with compressed air at N. Air passes between the grate bars and through perforations O in the support P of the grate and perforations Q in the ash-discharge pipe and thence to the fuel. The grate is made up of two parts R, B, the upper part R being concentric with regard to the axis C and the lower part B being concentric with regard to the axis D but rotating about the same axis C as the part R.
Patent GB-191307256-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: ALEXANDER ERNEST STEVEN
IPC: B62D7/18
Filed: 1913-03-27
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 7256. Alexander, E. S. March 27. Forcing wheels off axles. - Wheels are forced off axles by a screw pin, Fig. 6, bearing against the end of the axle and working in a nut attached to the open end of the hub.
Patent GB-191308678-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Centrifugal Pumps.
Inventor: GERDAU BARTHOLD
IPC: F04D1/00
Filed: 1913-04-12
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 8678. Cerdan, B. April 12. Casings.-In a centrifugal pump comprising a disk a having blades b on its two faces coextensive in a radial direction with the disk, the blade - wheel being provided with a spiral delivery pipe e which increases in cross - sectional area towards the discharge end, the blades b are arranged to extend into the pipe e, and the annular plates c of the casing are also extended so that their outer edges j project beyond the ends of the blades to points near the centre of the cross - section of the pipe e.
Patent GB-191314309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Measuring Rules, and Gauges.
Inventor: SOMMER ALBERT
IPC: G01B3/20
Filed: 1913-06-20
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 14,309. Sommer, A. June 20. Angle-measuring appliances.-The end arm 2 of a folding calliper gauge carries a pointer 3 movable over a quadrant scale 4 on the beam 1. The arms of the gauge are of U-section so as to embrace the beam when folded.
Patent GB-191318681-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fuel for Internal Combustion Engines and Process of Making the same.
Inventor: GULICK WILLIAM READING
Filed: 1913-08-16
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 18,681. Gulick, W. R. Aug. 16. Oils and spirits for burning; lubricants. - Gasoline and crude petroleum or kerosene or other liquid distillate are combined for use as a motor spirit by spraying the petroleum through a pipe 3 into a closed chamber 1 containing the gasoline 2, which is acted upon by stirrers 5. The mixture is agitated for two hours and is then allowed to stand for several hours more. The composition is said to lubricate the piston &c., and to deposit only flaky carbon.
Patent GB-191321118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Feed Water Heating and Water Circulating Arrangements for Locomotive and like Boilers.
Inventor: WILLANS GEORGE HERBERT
IPC: F22D1/42
Filed: 1913-09-18
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 21,118. Willans, G. H., and Peacock, J. A. W. Sept. 18. Seats.-The seating of a check-valve s used in a boiler feed-water heating arrangement is formed on a tubular sleeve u secured to the valve casing by screwing.
Patent GB-191325131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Combs and the like from Celluloid and similar Materials.
Inventor: SCHUELMERS VINCENZ PAUL
IPC: B29C43/00
Filed: 1913-11-04
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 25,131. Sch³elmers, V. P. Nov. 4. Combs, hair.-Relates to celluloid combs with hollow backs and solid teeth, and consists in the use of two sheets of celluloid, the teeth being cut from one sheet, and the back being shaped from the other, by moulding and blowing operations. Figs. 1 and 2 show a blank adapted to form two combs and comprising three sheets of celluloid, the subsequent treatment being indicated in Figs. 4 and 6. The central thicker sheet is finally cut or sawn to produce the teeth.
Patent GB-191325947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Slide Rules.
IPC: G06G1/12
Filed: 1913-11-12
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 25,947. Cuntz, G. R. F. H., and Schacht & Westerich. Nov. 12. Slide-rules.-A logarithmic rule is provided with a number of scales by means of which the square and cube roots, the areas and circumference of circles, and the values of the sine and other trigonometrical functions can be ascertained ; these scales b are all set above the sliding member a, Figs. 3 and 4, and the square and cube root scales are extended in two or three lines in order to increase the length of the scales without affecting the length of the rule. The rule is provided, as shown, at the right and left hand ends, with marks which determine the position of the decimal point.
Patent GB-191400335-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Stopping and Starting Air Compressors in Accordance with Maximum and Minimum Air Pressures in the Compressed Air Reservoir.
Inventor: KRAYER STEPHEN SEBASTIAN
IPC: F04B49/02
Filed: 1914-01-06
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 335. Krayer, S. S. Jan. 6. Starting and stopping pumps automatically.- Belates to a device for stopping and starting aircompressors automatically in accordance with predetermined maximum and minimum pressures in the air reservoir, of the type in which compressed air is supplied to and exhausted from a piston or other movable abutment, for actuating a clutch, valve, switch, or other controlling-device of the compressor, by the aid of two separate valves controlled bv diaphragms and adapted to open at the desired maximum and minimum reservoir pressures, The invention resides in a particular construction wherein a diaphragm forms the movable abutment and a clutch forms the controlling-device. Pumps A, driven from a sprocket-wheel 1 through a clutch 7, 8, convey air through pipes 4, 5 to a reservoir 6. The reservoir pressure has access through pipes 16, 17 to diaphragms 21, 27 controlling needle valves 22, 26 respectively. At a predetermined maximum reservoir pressure, the valve 22 opens, and air from the reservoir is conveyed through a passage 23 and pipe 15 to raise a diaphragm 14 against the action of a spring 13 and thereby separate the clutch members 7, 8. When the reservoir pressure falls to the predetermined minimum, the valve 26 opens, the compressed air below the diaphragm 14 is exhausted to the atmosphere through a passage 25, and the spring 13 re-engages the clutch members.
Patent GB-191404808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuous Automatic Centrifugal Driers.
Inventor: WENDELL CARL AUGUST
IPC: B04B11/04
Filed: 1914-02-24
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 4808. Wendell, C. A. Feb. 24. Hydro - extractors.- The separating - basket 26 has a screening-surface 27 and is mounted on a sleeve 31 driven by gearing 32, 33. The central s h a f t 15 is driven at a slightly different speed by gearing 17, 18, 20, 21 and carries spouts 23 for delivering the material to be treated to the screens, and also a camring 24 for operating the solids - discharge valves 34 pivoted to the, basket at 35. Arms 36 on the valves h a v e rollers 37 engaging the cam-ring. Parts 30 on the basket assist the flow of material from the supply hopper 25 to the spouts 23. The screen 27 is built in sections arranged to project the dried material upon the valves. The separated water collects in a trough 14.
Patent GB-191407538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Ventilation of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: ALFRED GERHO D
IPC: A43B7/06
Filed: 1914-04-21
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 7538. Gerhold, A. April 21. Ventilating.-A ventilating-aperture through the shank of a boot or shoe is provided with a movable cover-plate located at or near the inner end of the aperture, but accessible from the exterior for manipulation. As shown, the aperture A<1> is fitted with a lining B secured by lugs B<1>, B<2>, which are passed through corresponding holes in the plates or washers C, C' and then clenched. The central part C<2> of the plate &c. C is formed with an aperture C<3> smaller than the aperture A', and has pivoted to it the cover-plate D<1>. The cover-plate has a depending finger-piece D<2>, by which it can be moved to open or close the aperture C<3>, as desired. When a loose metal arch-support is used, it is provided with a leather covering- piece, and through both are formed a large hole, substantially over the aperture A<1>, and a number of smaller holes.
Patent GB-191408876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Armour-piercing Projectiles.
IPC: F42B12/06
Filed: 1914-04-08
Granted: 1915-04-08
Abstract: 8876. Firth & Sons, T., and Strange, H. B. April 8. Projectiles.-Relates to armour-piercing caps, and consists in making them with an annular groove in their face forming a central protrusion surrounded by an annular protrusion of substantial proportions. The face of the protrusions may be flat, curved, or ogival; either protrusion may extend beyond the other; and either or both protrusions may be hardened. The cap may comprise two concentric portions, and a hollow false nose may also be provided. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the central protrusion B' is hardened and formed on a central cap B<3>, while the annular protrusion B<2> is not hardened and is formed on an outer cap B<4>, and a hollow nose D is screwed to the outer cap. Specification 17,453/08 is referred to.
Patent GB-191410198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Menthol Cones and the like.
Inventor: WHATMOUGH WILFRED AMBROSE
IPC: A61K47/44
Filed: 1914-04-24
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 10,198. Whatmough, W. A. April 24. Medicaments for external application.-The adhesive structure of moulded menthol and its power of adhesion to a holder are increased by adding to the liquefied menthol a natural wax, fat, or oil, or a fatty acid or its alcohol or ester. Examples given are stearin, synthetic glycerylester of stearic acid, and the alcohol corresponding to stearic acid. The moulded product is attached to a holder in the ordinary manner.
Patent GB-191410344-A (GB)
Title: Improved Inkstand.
Inventor: SCHIRM WILLY
IPC: B43L25/00
Filed: 1914-04-27
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 10,344. Schirm, W. April 27. Inkstands.-In inkstands of the type in which a floating body rests upon the ink in the pot, a light ball floating on the surface of the ink is arranged automatically to close the dipping- opening at the lower end of the floating body and to be pushed back by the nib when the penholder is inserted in the inkpot. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, a cylindrical floating body 4 guided in a tubular extension of the cover 2 is combined with a funnel 5 having at its lower end a dipping-aperture 7 which is normally closed by the floating ball 6. In a modification, the funnel 5 is arranged to float in a cylindrical guide which rests on the bottom of the inkpot and is provided with apertures to admit ink from the pot.
Patent GB-191410717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Sound Regulating Mechanism for Mechanical Pianos and the like.
Inventor: VILAR LUIS JOVELL
Filed: 1914-04-30
Granted: 1915-04-08
Abstract: 10,717. Vilar, L. J. April 30. Blowing and exhausting air; expression, controlling.-In an instrument of the kind in which the bass and treble actions are each connected to exhaust through governed and ungoverned passages, the ungoverned passage can be closed under manual control for soft playing, and can thereafter from time to time be opened under control of the music sheet to emphasize particular chords. The depression of a finger-key 65, Fig. 4, admits air to passages 6, 52, Fig. 2, and operates a pneumatic 48 which closes the ungoverned passage 44, so that softened playing is produced, the action trunk 32, Fig. 1, being then in communication with the exhaust box 45 only by way of the passage 28, which is governed in the usual way by a bellows 34, the movable board of which carries a spring 40 bearing on an adjustable nut 42. Still further softening can be effected by further depressing the key 65, so as to admit air to a passage 58, Fig. 5, to inflate a pneumatic 54, which partially closes the governor valve 30. When a chord is to be emphasized, a duct 67 is uncovered by the music sheet and inflates a purse 20, which cuts off the passage 52 from the duct 6 and connects it to the exhaust chest 45, thus deflating the pneumatic 48 and reopening the direct communication 44 between the exhaust chest and the action trunk.
Patent GB-191410878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grabs.
Inventor: BARNARD DUDLEY JAMES
IPC: B66C3/06
Filed: 1914-05-02
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 10,878. Barnard, D. J. May 2. Grab-buckets.-In a grab-bucket in which the grab sections are mounted on separate pins, their tendency to overbalance to one side or the other with consequent fouling against the hoisting-rope is overcome by providing them with co-acting means to prevent either of them from moving independently of the other, and means for checking or retarding the opening action are employed, these means being actuated by the rotative movement of the bucket sections. The operating-arms are similarly mounted on separate pins and are interlocked with each other. The sections 1, 2, Fig. 1, are journaled on two pins 8, 9, which, as shown in plan view in Fig. 3, form an extension of the beam 3 in which the drum is mounted. Toothed sectors 11, 12 formed on or attached to the rounded ends of the lugs 1<1>, 2<1> ensure joint movement of the sections, the extent of the opening being limited by the abutment of the faces 13, 14, and shock being prevented by an air dash-pot 15. This comprises a cylinder pivoted at 21 on an arm 19 integral with the beam 3, and a piston which is attached by links 22, 23 to arms 25, 26 seated on a squared part of the pin 8. The lug 1<1> of the grab section 1 is also seated on this squared part so that the arms 25, 26 turn with the section and move the piston out as the grab opens. The gears 11, 12 may be replaced by cams 37, 38, Fig. 7, at one side of the bucket and cams 39, 40 at the other side. The cam pairs are reversely inclined at the two sides, so that they have true rolling engagement, while preventing the bucket sections from moving independently. Alternatively, joint motion of the sections may be obtained by toggle-links 41, 42, Fig. 9, pivoted at one end to the lugs 1<1>, 2<1> and at the other to a sleeve sliding on a rod 44 rigidly attached to the beam or supported by the pins 8, 9. The operating-arms 5, Fig. 1, are pivoted on separate pins 30, 31 on a cross-bar, and they have teeth 32, or cams or toggles as shown in Figs. 7 and 9, to ensure joint motion. The pins 30, 31 carry two sheaves 34, 35 between which the rope 36 passes. Specification 23,670/12 is referred to.
Patent GB-191415156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Adjusting the Head-lights of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: FERDINAND FREIHERR VON ZSCHINS
IPC: B60Q1/124
Filed: 1914-06-24
Abstract: 15,156. Zschinsky, F. F. von. Nov. 6, 1913, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Vehicular lamps, directing.-In an arrangement for directing motor-vehicle head-lights from the steering-gear, each headlight is connected by means of linkage with the swivel of the corresponding front wheel axle. In the form shown, each head-light a is mounted on a vertical rotatable rod b, the lower end of which is connected by links e, f to a link g secured to the steering-swivel h of the front axle.