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Patent GB-191304994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Utilising the Energy of the Tides.
Inventor: REXROTH HERMANN
IPC: F03B13/26
Filed: 1913-02-27
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 4994. Rexroth, H. Feb. 27. Working-fluid supply.-Apparatus for utilizing tidal energy comprises a water space 1, Figs. 1 and 2, enclosed by walls 2 and the shore 3, within which is situated a float 4 carrying a turbine 6 and dynamo 7. Water passes from the external water space 1<1> to the turbine 6 by way of a siphon 10, one arm of which is made telescopic to allow the float 4 to rise and fall. In the external water space 1<1>, a similar float 4' carrying a turbine 6<1> is situated, and is provided with a similar siphon 10<1> communicating with the water space 1. The method of operation is as follows. Assuming the tide to be well up and the water in the space 1, low water is allowed to flow through the siphon 10 to the turbine 6. The water discharge from the turbine gradually fills the space 1, and the float 4 accordingly rises. When there is insufficient head to work the turbine 6, sluices are opened to fill the space 1 completely. On the tide falling, the water in the space 1 flows in a similar manner through the pipe 10' to the turbine 6<1>. The turbines 6, 6<1> are thus driven alternately. To avoid subjecting the float 4<1> to wave oscillations, an outer wall 2<1>, Fig. 1, encloses the water space 1'. The wall 2' contains openings provided with outer and inner check valves 13, 13<1>. The former can be positively closed by a hand-wheel 17 when the tide is rising so that additional head can be obtained in the space 1<1> from the wave action. In a modification the pipes 10, 10' are inverted, and in a further modification they are non-telescopic.
Patent GB-191305865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Refrigerating Apparatus.
Inventor: HAPGOOD CYRUS HOWARD
IPC: F25B1/04
Filed: 1913-03-10
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 5865. Hapgood, C. H. March 18, 1912, [Convention date]. Packing drums &c. - In a refrigerating- apparatus, especially adapted for household use, comprising a casing, an expansion coil, a rotary pump b, an electric motor c, and a condensing-coil d, the casing is provided with a removable cover f formed with internal and external shelves 10 ... 13 supporting the pump b and the motor c respectively. The pump shaft 16 passes through a stuffing-box 17 in the cover f, and is driven by the motor c directly or through gearing 21, 20. The casing contains lubricant, such as glycerine, to a level 45 above the top of the pump b and liquid refrigerant floats above the lubricant to a level 46. A sleeve 99 is fitted over the shaft 16 to prevent agitation of the lubricant which serves as a liquid seal. The pump discharge pipe 24 preferablv extends into the space above the level 46, where the vapour is condensed by the condensing-coil d.
Patent GB-191308544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus or Mills for use in the Reduction of Wheat and the like Grain into Flour.
IPC: B02C9/04
Filed: 1913-04-11
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 8544. Jackson, J. G., and Jackson, Ltd., J. G. April 11. Processes for reduction of grain.-In apparatus for the reduction of wheat &c. in which the reduction is effected by a series of successive grindings by means of rollers having surfaces of abrasive composition with intervening siftings, the grinding-rollers of each successive stage are made of increasing abrasive power. The grinding-surfaces of the rollers may consist of emery, carborundum, alundum, or composite abrasive, in combination with a binding- agent, and the abrasive material of the first rollers of the series may be comparatively fine, those of the second series may be coarser, and so on ; or a first series of two or more pairs may be fine, and each of the succeeding series of two or more pairs may be coarser, and so on. In some cases, the grinding-surfaces of the rollers of any or each pair may be of different abrasive power. The size of the particles of the abrasive material may increase or decrease in a regular or irregular degree in comparison with the size of mesh of the sieves used in the series.
Patent GB-191309772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Loose-leaf Filing Books or Binders.
Inventor: TRAEGARDH JOHN
IPC: B42F13/28
Filed: 1913-04-25
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 9772. Trõgardh, J. April 25. Post files; locking- followers; locks.-In a loose - leaf binder, two back sections 1, 2 hinged together, Fig. 2, carry curved filing - prongs consisting of two relatively sliding members 8, 9 spring - pressed apart. The free end of each prong bears against the opposite back section when the binder is closed. The spring- pressed member 9 of the prong is prevented from leaving the fixed member 8 by means such as a tongue engaging a slot. The prongs are preferably elliptical in cross-section, the major axis being parallel to the back 1, 2. A locking-device for holding the binder closed in a number of positions comprises a quadrant 6 on the section 1 engagable by a sliding bar 7<a> on the section 2. The bar 7<a> is bent to U-shape at its pawl end and is slid to engage teeth on the quadrant 6 by a spring. A notch 20, Fig. 10, on the bar 7<a> receives a tongue 18 of a plate spring when another tongue 19 thereof is pressed down by the quadrant 6, which occurs while the quadrant overlaps the bar 7<a>. The bar 7<a> is thus held in the disengaging position till the quadrant 6 is moved beyond its reach. In a modification, Fig. 13, the bar 7<a> is straight and is drawn away from the quadrant 6 by a rotatable cap 26 connected with a sleeve 24, rotatable but non- slidable on the bar 7<a>, and having cam-surfaces 23 which engage like surfaces 22 on a head 21 at one end of the bar. The end 30 of one camsurface 22 engages a notch on the other surface 23 to hold the bar 7<a> away from the quadrant 6, and can be freed only by pulling the head 21 outwardly. A spiral spring 28 acts on the cap 26 and sleeve 24 and a spring 26<a> on the head 21, both tending to push the bar 7<a> into engagement with the quadrant 6. The cap 26 may be fixed and a lock provided for the rotatable sleeve 24.
Patent GB-191311094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Forging, Hardening, Temperating, Annealing and similar Furnaces.
IPC: C21D9/00
Filed: 1913-05-10
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 11,094. Fletcher, Russell, & Co., and Fletcher, T. W. May 10. Open-hearth furnaces. - A gas, oil, or like heated furnace for forging, hardening, tempering, annealing, &c. consists of a hearth c of fire-clay with a metal shell d, supported on a pedestal a by a pivot b and balls e so as to be capable of rotation by means of a hand rail h. A cover j is supported at an adjustable height from the hearth c by set-screws o working in slots in connecting-pieces m. The articles to be heated are placed in the space between the cover and hearth, radial grooves p being provided in the hearth to receive them. A burner s passes through a central aperture in the cover j, or, in a modification, in the hearth c.
Patent GB-191315671-A (GB)
Title: Improved Fluid Pressure Motor.
Inventor: HAINES WALTER CECIL
IPC: F01B5/00
Filed: 1913-07-07
Granted: 1914-07-07
Abstract: 15,671. Haines, W. C. July 7. Driving-gear; engines with two or more parallel cylinders with axes perpendicular to main shaft; revolving-cylinder and reciprocating-piston type.-The cylinders 5 are secured to the opposite sides of a rectangular flat bedplate rigidly secured to the shaft, which rotates in bearings 2. Upon the shaft on both sides of the bed-plate are mounted double ratchetwheels 11. These wheels are connected to the engine cross-heads by links 13, and may engage linked spring pawls 14, 15 controlled by cams on hand-operated shafts 16, 17. The double wheels and pawls are provided for reverse working. Fluid is supplied to the motor through a passage in the shaft which is surrounded by a steam-box, Fig. 4, comprising a casing 23 provided with spring-pressed packing-strips 24 which rotate with the shaft.
Patent GB-191321212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Manoeuvring at a Distance Marine or Aerial Torpedoes or other Engines.
Inventor: OTTO MARIUS PAUL
IPC: F41G7/00
Filed: 1913-09-19
Granted: 1914-09-21
Abstract: 21,212. Otto, M. P. Sept. 21, 1912, [Convention date] Electric selectors.-In a method of selectively controlling torpedoes &c. by electro-magnetic radiations or by a single-line circuit, the controlling-station and the torpedo comprise clcckwork-driven arms D rotating synchronously over a series of contacts B<2>, B<3>, &c. connected at the controlling-stations to a series of keys 1, 2, and at the torpedo to a series of relays I controlling the propelling and steering motors, firing and signalling devices, &c. The controlling-keys 1, when depressed, close a circuit through a retaining-magnet G which keeps the key depressed until the distributer arm D closes a circuit through the wireless transmitter T and a winding G' which opposes the winding G and releases the key. The relays I controlling the motor circuits &c. have three windings, the circuit of the winding a being momentarily closed by the arm D so as to attract the armature which closes a holding circuit through a coil b so as to keep the relay energized until the circuit of the neutralizing- coil c is closed by the arm D, which occurs when the corresponding controlling-key is depressed. A pair of keys is thus necessary to start and stop each motor. Specification 20,798/13, [Class 40 (iii), Telegraphs, Electric], is referred to.
Patent GB-191322557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerial Propellers.
Inventor: LANG ARTHUR ALEXANDER DASHWOOD
IPC: B64C11/20
Filed: 1913-10-07
Granted: 1914-12-31
Abstract: 22,557. Lang, A. A. D. Oct. 7. Screw and like propellers.-Wooden propellers for aeroplanes, hydroplanes, &c. are sheathed in metal at their ends by first securing a strip c or wire in a groove running round the blade a, or round part of the forward edge, and then depositing by electrolysis a sheathing d of copper &c., which unites firmly with the strip. The strip may be packed in its groove with red lead, rubber, &c. Additional strips e or screws, studs, &c. may serve further to anchor the sheathing.
Patent GB-191328886-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stop-gear for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SOUHAMI LEONARD JOSEPH COPPING
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1913-12-15
Granted: 1915-01-15
Abstract: 28,886. Souhami, L. J. C. Dec. 15. Stop-gear.-The liquid-fuel supply to the carburettor of an internal-combustion engine is stopped on the failure of the lubricant supply. A piston G, which carries an arm I, is acted upon on one side by a spring J and on the other side by the pressure of the lubricant. When the pressure of the lubricant falls, the spring depresses the piston and closes the needle valve of the carburettor.
Patent GB-191328934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for the Cutting of Window Sash Bars and the like for Cross Joints.
Inventor: JOHZ PIETER VAN DEN BERG
IPC: B67C7/00
Filed: 1913-12-15
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 28,934. Berg, P. van den, Berg, D. van den, Berg, J. van den, and Berg, N. van den. Dec. 15. Circular-saw machines. -Relates to a machine for cutting bevelled parts 47, 48 and rectangular incisions 49, Figs. 7 and 8, in window sash-bars for cross joints. The sash - bar 28 is clamped in contact with a cross-piece 38 to a table 15 sliding on arms 17 on the main frame and is first fed to saws 8, 8<1>, each making an angle of 45 degrees with the horizontal, for making the cuts 47, 48. The saws 8, 8' are carried by oppositely inclined shafts 6, 6' mounted on horizonta-lly and vertically adjustable slides 4, 3 on plates 2 fixed to the main frame. The saws 8 are mounted slightly behind the saws 8<1> and carry milling-cutters which remove the wood between the saw cuts 47, 48. The incision 49 is then made by feeding the wood to vertical saws 31 adjustably mounted on a shaft 33, and having a milling-cutter arranged between them. The depth'of the incision is limited by the table 15 engaging one or more adjustable stops 37. The belts driving the saws 8, 8' pass over pulleys 11 on the shafts 6, 6' and through slots in the slides 3, 4 and plates 2. The work-clamping device consists of a fork 18 pivoted on brackets 20 on the table 15 and operated against the resistance of a spring 29 to engage the work by an eccentric 22 which can be pivoted at various heights on brackets 24 and is provided with a handle 25. The correct position of the work on the table 15 may be ascertained by means of an indicator 46 pointing to the middle of the saws 31. The indicator is secured to a slide 43 which is movably mounted in a groove in the fence 38. When a number of similar bars are to be cut successively, any suitable positioning-means may be employed.
Patent GB-191329925-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulley Blocks and the like.
Inventor: WHARTON HARRY
IPC: F16D59/00
Filed: 1913-12-30
Granted: 1915-03-01
Abstract: 29,925. Wharton, H. Dec. 30. Geared pulley - hoists. -In pulley-blocks of the kind in which the load is kept raised by friction due to the axial thrust of a worm shaft against a non-rotating surface, the worm shaft is fitted with an axial rod m capable of sliding so as to disconnect the pull-chain wheel h when required. The worm shaft is fitted with speed-regulating brake mechanism between the rotary disk g<2> and the fixed member g. The self - sustaining gear comprises a ratchetwheel c and leather friction washer c<3> prevented from revolving with the rotary collar c<2> during lowering operations. The initial movement of the controlling- lever o<4> moves the rod m relatively to the worm shaft, while the continued movement moves the shaft m and worm shaft in unison to relieve the friction in the self-sustaining gear to permit of lowering. The initial movement of the shaft m operates a peg j<2> in a slot j<3> until the peg abuts against an adjustable stop r. During this movement, the pull-chain wheel h is moved axially to disengage the clutch i through the medium of a rotary ring attached to the peg. Specification 22,363/06 is referred to.
Patent GB-191400179-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Pumps and the like.
Inventor: WINTERHOFF WILHELM
IPC: F16K15/04
Filed: 1914-01-03
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 179. Winterhoff, W. Jan. 3. Seats.-A resilient. seat 5 for a loose ball check valve of the type secured in position by an external rib 3 held in a groove in the casing by means of an internal metal ring has the ring 6 formed with a wedge-shaped ledge 7 at its upper end. The ledge is made smaller in diameter than the passage through the casing, so that while the ring cannot be pressed out in an upward direction, it may be pressed right through the seat in a downward direction to facilitate the reversal of the seat.
Patent GB-191406465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycle, Motor-cycle, and analogous Saddles and Seats.
Inventor: BROOKS BOULTBEE
IPC: B62J1/08
Filed: 1914-03-14
Granted: 1914-11-26
Abstract: 6465. Brooks, B., and Holt, J. March 14. Connexions and attachments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springsÀ-Consists in providing saddles for cycles and motor-cycles at each side with a forwardlydirected lever fulcrumed to the rear of the baseframe 1 and inclined upwards towards the front end 5, which is jointed to the top, a compression spring 11 being i n t e rposed between the lever and the top. The levers comprise laterally separated side members 2 connected together about midway between their ends by a cradle-piece 9, between which and the top the spring is disposed.
Patent GB-191407785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pins.
Inventor: WEATHERLEY STUART
IPC: A44B9/00
Filed: 1914-03-27
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 7785. Weatherley, S. March 27. Pins set point to point.-Relates to pins comprising a body portion provided at each end with a pointed member extending inwardly, and consists mainly in making these pointed members 2, 3, Figs. 1. 2, and 3, of different lengths. The points may touch the body member as shown in Fig. 2, and in addition the body may have recesses 11, 12, Fig. 3, to receive the points. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 27,023/97 and 5691/02, [Class 43, Fastenings, Dress].
Patent GB-191409193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Casting Concrete Walls and the like in situ.
Inventor: MILLS WALTER JOHN
IPC: E04G11/34
Filed: 1914-04-14
Granted: 1915-04-08
Abstract: 9193. Mills, W. J. April 14. Moulding walls in situ.-A mould for building concrete and like cavity walls in situ block by block, comprises side shutters 1 adapted to be clamped against ahead 9 carrying a core 8, by cam-plates 2 engaging catches 4. The core 8 is fitted with wheels adapted to run upon a rail supported upon bonding-bars formed by a recess 11 in the core and a loose end portion 13. To ensure a clean wall surface and to protect the shutters and core, these are covered with sheet zinc. The shutters 1 are also held by a clamp fitting between battens 19.
Patent GB-191409251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: SAINT-ROMAIN ALEXIS FRANCOIS D
IPC: G09F11/12
Filed: 1914-04-14
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 9251. Remain, A. F. de Saint-. April 14. Plates and the like travelling.-In an advertising apparatus, in which each of a series of panels is reversed by endless chains between two successive presentations, it is arranged for the panels to be engaged by the chains at both ends to prevent rubbing or injury to them. Chains B with hollowedout links carry fingers c<1> which actuate escapements E and enable rollers i and the panel H to glide down into the tooth-spaces of a pair of wheels, which are centrally pivoted with respect to the chain - wheels and rotate therewith. The tooth-spaces of the first pair of wheels are vertically coincident with the teeth of the latter, and these are hollowed so that, upon further rotation of the wheels, the rollers i are delivered into the hollows of the links B. The rollers i<1> also enter links in the chains B in the vicinity of toothed wheels B<2>, and so the panel is carried round to the back of the apparatus and inverted. On the way, the foremost rollers i<1> throw the long arms of the switches F<1> to the right, so that when the rollers i come round, they are thrown out of engagement with the chains by the long arms F<1> and restore the switches to the position shown in the drawing. Blocks G disengage the rollers i<1> from the chains B and deliver them to the wheels C, which in turn place them again upon the inclines D..
Patent GB-191410240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Convertible Vehicles, Chairs, Carriages or the like.
Inventor: SMALLWOOD ALFRED
IPC: B62B7/02
Filed: 1914-04-25
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 10,240. Smallwood, A. April 25. Adjusting height of body from ground.-The wheels of a two - wheeled perambulator, convertible into a chair, are pushed downwards from the body by means of an arm d<1> on the propelling-handle D when the handle is swung backwards on its pivot e, and are fixed in any desired position by spring catches h<1> engaging the end of the arm. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 6963/14.
Patent GB-191416113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicle Axles.
Inventor: HARTMANN ARTHUR ROBERT
IPC: B60B35/00
Filed: 1914-07-06
Granted: 1915-07-06
Abstract: 16,113. Hartmann, A. R., and Roessler, J. July 6. Guiding vertical play; springs, arrangement of and mounting undercarriages on. - Motor and other vehicles are provided with stub axles having housings which are adapted to slide over blocks secured to the main part of the axle, vertical movement being cushioned by adjustable springs. Fig. 3 shows a stub axle 2 secured to a housing comprising a plate 5, a rectangular frame 6, and a cover-plate 8, the cover-plate having a vertical slot to allow movement of the main part 1 of the axle, which is screwed or otherwise secured in a block 9. The block 9 slides vertically in the frame 6 and the movement is cushioned by helical springs 12, 17 placed side by side in the housing. The springs are adjusted by means of screws 15, 18 having plates 17<1>, 20 against which the springs bear. The upper screws 18 project into recesses in the block 9, as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-191418873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pocket Securing Devices.
Inventor: REDINGER CAMDEN
IPC: A41D27/20
Filed: 1914-08-20
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 18,873. Redinger, C. Aug. 20. Fastenings operated by tools. - A pocketclosing device comprises an internally-threaded socket 6 into which a screw shank 10 having a freely - rotatable head 11 is inserted. The shank can only be screwed into or unscrewed from the socket when the head is connected to the shank by means of a pin or key inserted through radial passages 19, 20. The base-plate 5 of the socket has a disk 16 hinged thereto, which, when lying flat upon the baseplate, is held by a spring catch. The disk 16 has a semicircular aperture adapted to receive the correspondingly-shaped end of the shank 10. The shank, when secured in the socket, cannot be unscrewed until the disk 16 has been swung away from the base-plate.
Patent GB-191419653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Actions for Musical Instruments.
Inventor: WRIGHT MORRIS SHELDON
Filed: 1914-09-10
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 19,653. Wright, M. S. Sept. 10. Lift valves.-A three-way lift valve for the. pneumatic actions of automatic musical instruments comprises a cylindrical casing 14 of sheet metal and a liner 17 curved to form a valve seat 20, which is removable by sliding, whereupon the valve 22 may also be removed. Ribs 21 are formed on the liner 17, or on an inner liner, to guide the valve and leave airways at the sides. The grooved valve body 22 has leather facings and a screwed stem with a pad resting upon a. plate on the operating-diaphragm 9.
Patent GB-191420791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Watch Cases.
Inventor: PIQUEREZ EMILE
IPC: G04B37/08
Filed: 1914-10-09
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 20,791. Piquerez, E. Oct. 28 1913, [Convention date]. Cases, watch.-The band of the case is made by bending a sheet-metal ring to a hollow annulus a with cylindrical centre d. The free edge b of the outer part overlaps the inner part, and the glass c is kept against it by an internal r i n g f which receives the pillar plate p of the movement g. A lid h forms the back of the case, and the edge b at the front may be grooved to take the glass.
Patent GB-191504224-A (GB)
Title: Improved System of Putty-less Glazing.
Inventor: MAUROY PHILIPPE FRANCOIS ARMAN
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1915-03-17
Abstract: 4224. Mauroy, P. F. A. March 19, 1914, [Convention date]. [Addition to 168b/13.] Glazing.-In an arrangement of the type described in the parent Specification, the glass is supported between inpendent mouldings a with flanges d and caps f . The caps are secured in position by clips i engaging under the flanges d, passing through holes therein, and bent when in position over the cap. The caps and mouldings are made in sections for free expansion, and the joints are covered by shaped pieces secured to one section and sliding over the other. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also a piece adapted to connect two adjacent sheets of glass and bent upon itself to form two flanges lying on the face of the sheets and a gutter to take away the products of internal condensation. Also an end-stop for the glass, comprising a piece slotted to engage the vertical web of the T-shaped bar and bearing on the turned-up end of such bar. The stop is bent to present a face at right-amgles to the direction in which the glass tends to move. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.