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Patent GB-191121352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Turning Over Sheets of Music.
Inventor: MUNSON MAUD CAMPBELL
IPC: B42D9/06
Filed: 1911-09-27
Granted: 1912-03-07
Abstract: 21,352. Munson, M. C. Sept. 27. Leaf-turners.-The pivoted arms of a musicleaf turner are provided with projecting fingers of varying lengths engaging successively with a spring-operated rotary bar. The arms 5, which carry clips 9 to engage the leaves, have concentric bearing - portions 6 mounted on a U- shaped piece 7. The turning-bar 13, which is operated by the spring 14, turns as a nut on.a fixed screw 12, arranged as shown, so that the projecting fingers 10 are successively in the path of the turning-bar. Release of this turning-bar may be effected by a pedal connected to a pivoted spring stop 17. The end of the spring 14 is connected to and slides on a'bar 15. Hinged clips 4 hold the music on the rest.
Patent GB-191205331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gun Mountings.
Inventor: DAWSON ATHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A27/06
Filed: 1912-03-02
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 5331. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. March 2. Mountings.-Relates to fine-and-quick elevating and training gears. According to the invention, the hand-wheel C of the fine gear is carried by the hand-wheel B of the quick gear, and is normally locked thereto by a worm-gear C<1>, B<1>. The worm C<1> is mounted in a bracket c' on the hand-wheel B and is geared to the hand-wheel C by bevel-wheels c<2>, c<3>. The wormwheel B<1> is keyed to the driven shaft b, and the hand-wheel B is rotatably mounted upon its boss b<1>. When the wheel B is operated, the shaft b is driven directly, but when the wheel B is held and the wheel C is rotated, the shaft b is driven by the worm-gear.
Patent GB-191213387-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Torpedo Net Defence of Warships.
Inventor: MCNAUGHT ALEXANDER
IPC: B63G9/00
Filed: 1912-06-07
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 13,387. McNaught, A., and Kemp, A. J. June 7. Torpedo nets.-Comprises means for brailing torpedo-nets simultaneously with the operation of housing the booms. The booms b are swung to the ship's side by the rope d operated by the capstan e. Brailing pendants c are secured to multiple sheave blocks k through which the brailing purchases i are passed. Topping lifts f of constant length secure the necessary lifting of the booms b as they are swung to their stowed positions. By means of the pendant c, the nets are brailed simultaneously with the stowing of the booms, and without the necessity of any deck gear. The nets may also be partly brailed to clear the submerged tubes.
Patent GB-191215398-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Moveable Top Boards for Wringing and Mangling Machines and the like.
Inventor: HORSEMAN SAMUEL HERBERT
IPC: D06F61/02
Filed: 1912-07-02
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 15,398. Horseman, S. H., and Paget, S. July 2. Mangles with top board variable inposition.-The top board A of a mangle or like machine is pivotally mounted on a crank rod C journaled on a stay bar B, so that the board may be placed either in its usual position or in the rearward position shown. Means are provided to prevent the board from turning over.
Patent GB-191217852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mortise Locks or Latches.
Inventor: CRADDOCK THOMAS FLEWETT
IPC: E05C1/16
Filed: 1912-08-01
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 17,852. Craddock, T. F., [Gregory, J. 1'.]. Aug. 1. Latches, sliding.-In a mortice fastening for railway and road vehicle and other doors and windows, the latch bolt 4 is provided with a rack 6 and is actuated by a weighted toothed segment 7 having a finger-piece 9 working in a recessed plate 13 let into the face of the door &c. The fastening is also adapted for use on shutters and trapdoors.
Patent GB-191218430-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Selector for Automatic or Semi-automatic Telephone Systems.
Filed: 1912-08-10
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 18,430. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Aug. 10. Automatic and semiautomatic exchange systems.-A relay selector consists of a chain of relays which are energized successively by a series of current impulses, each impulse energizing only one relay and preparing a circuit whereby the next impulse energizes the next relay. The selector may operate to effect a predetermined number of steps, or to find a line marked with a distinguishing potential, for instance the line connected to a depressed key 5. The contacts S, G having been closed and the key 5 depressed, the operations are as follows. The first impulse passes over the contact i of a relay J, interrupter U<2>, wire b, contact 43 of a relay E, relay I, and switch G. The relay I locks itself up over contacts 44, 45 and the switch S. The second impulse passes over the interrupter U<1>, wire a, contact 48, and relays II and E. The relay II locks itself up at contact 49 and unlocks the relay I at contact 45. The relay E opens the contact 43 to prevent the relay I from being re-enerized by the third impulse, which passes over wire b, contact 73, and relay III. It will be seen that the impulses pass alternately over the wire b and an oddnumbered relay and over the wire a and an even-numbered relay, and that each relay when energized locks itself up, unlocks the preceding relay, and prepares a circuit for the next relay. When the relay V, corresponding to the depressed key 5, is energized, a circuit is closed through the relay J, key 5, contact 71 and switch S, and the relay J cuts off all further impulses by opening the contact i. The circuits are restored by opening the switches G and S.
Patent GB-191221081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Leather for Waterproofing the same and Rendering in Non-slipping.
Inventor: MCLENNAN ALEXANDER
IPC: C14C9/00
Filed: 1912-09-16
Granted: 1913-11-17
Abstract: 21,081. McLennan, A. Sept. 16. Coating - compositions; impregnating - compositions.-Leather is rendered waterproof and non-slipping by treating it with a mixture of rubber solution, celluloid solution, and gum juniper and resin in ether and benzol &c. Specification 9870/09 is referred to,
Patent GB-191224639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Wet Carbonisation of Peat.
IPC: C10F5/06
Filed: 1912-10-28
Granted: 1913-10-28
Abstract: 24,639. Rigby, T., and Wetcarbonizing, Ltd. Oct. 28. Peat, preparing.-Peat pulp from wet-carbonizing or other heating-apparatus is supplied to filter-presses after being cooled in heatregenerators to a temperature above 60‹ C., pressing being difficult to effect below this temperature. The hot filtrate is used for heating the raw peat. This process is applicable to those described in Specifications 10,834/03, 6041/10, 17,610/11, 19,330/11, [Class 55(i), Coking &c.], and 17,427/12.
Patent GB-191224687-A (GB)
Title: Reducing Valve for Diving Equipments.
IPC: B63C11/02
Filed: 1912-10-28
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 24,687. Maschinen " Westfalia " Akt.- Ges., [formerly trading as Armaturen-und Maschinenfabrik " Westfalia " Akt.-Ges.]. Nov. 1, 1911, [Convention date]. Pressure - regulating valves. - A' reducing-valve for use with self-contained d i v i n gequipments comprises a hinged valve e actuated by a diaphragm c acting through a lever. The diaphragm is loaded by an adjustable spring d and is actuated by outlet pressure acting on one side and water p r e s s u r e admitted through holes f<1>, f<2> in the casing, on t h e other side.
Patent GB-191229505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of the Salts of Hydrastinine and its Homologues.
IPC: C07D491/04
Filed: 1912-12-21
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 29,505. Newton, P. A., and Mersey Chemical Works., [Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co.]. Dec. 21. [Addition to 29,901/10.] Hydrastinine and its homologues are obtained in the form of their salts by the action of condensing-agents upon acidyl derivatives of N- alkylhomopiperonylamines, and treating the resulting bases with acids. Formylmethylhomopiperonylamine is obtained by treating N-methylhomopiperonylamine with formic acid and dehydrating the resulting formate.
Patent GB-191300049-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Estimating the Temperature and Hygrometric Condition of Halls and the like.
Inventor: HILL LEONARD ERSKINE
IPC: G01N25/62
Filed: 1913-01-01
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 49. Hill, L. E. Jan. 1. [Cognate Application, 9809/13.] Hygrometric apparatus; thermometers. - A device for estimating the temperature and hygrometric condition of halls &c. comprises a thermometer 3 within a vessel 1 into which is introduced a known quantity of water at say 40‹ C. Surrounding a portion of the vessel is an absorbent surface 5 which is kept saturated with water from a graduated U-tube 7. The vessel is taken into the hall &c. and the time taken for the reading of the thermometer 3 to fall say three degrees is observed, as well as the volume of water evaporated from the U-tube. In a modification, two separate spirit thermometers are employed having large bulbs, one being a wet-bulb and the other a dry-bulb thermometer; the rates at which the readings of the two thermometers diminish are observed. Fig. 3 shows an automatic arrangement. The bulb 14 of the spirit thermometer is covered with absorbent 15 and contains a platinum resistance 17 connected in series with a meter 18, and an electro-magnet 19. In parallel with this main circuit is a circuit containing a constant resistance 21 and an electro-magnet 20. Between the electro-magnets 19, 20 is a pivoted arm 22 which normally rests on the contact 30 and so cuts the variable resistance 26 out of the circuit containing the resistance 17. When the resistance of 17 increases beyond a predetermined point, the arm 22 is attracted by the magnet 20 and the resistance 26 is thus thrown into circuit, with the result that the current through the coil 17 is diminished and further rise of temperature is prevented. The current required to maintain the constant temperature is read on the meter 18.
Patent GB-191307423-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spring Suspensions for Motor Cycles and other Vehicles.
Inventor: HEDSTROM CARL OSCAR
Filed: 1913-03-28
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 7423. Hedstrom, C. 0., and Gustafson, C. J. May 17, 1912, [Convention date]. Laminar springs. -Consists in a laminar suspension spring for motor and like vehicles, fixed at one end to the vehicle frame, and curved back upon itself at the other end, which is attached to a shackle straddling the main part of the spring and connected by suitable links to the wheel axle, the arrangement being such that light shocks are absorbed by the looped end of the spring, while heavy shocks cause the shackle to contact with the main part of the spring and transmit the shock directly to it. The arrangement may be duplicated so that there is one spring system on each side of the wheel. Fig. 1 illustrates the invention as applied to the front wheel of a motor-cycle. The laminar spring 13 is fixed at one end to the crown of the fork 2, and at the other end is bent back upon itself and secured to a bolt 12 mounted in a shackle 27 which straddles the main part of the spring and is rigid with a pair of links 10 pivoted to a pair of bell-crank levers 8 on the wheel axle. Light shocks are absorbed by the looped end of the spring. If the shocks are heavy, the bolt 12 of the shackle is forced upwards into contact with the main part of the spring, and the shock is thereby transmitted directly to this part. The upper leaf of the spring is rolled into an eye carrying a pin 17 which prevents the spring from being pulled through the shackle if the spring or the bolt 12 should break. The lower leaf of the spring terminates where the loop commences, and is secured to the rest of the spring by a clip 19. A rubber pad 20 is provided on the bolt 12, and a rubber cylinder surrounds the upper bolt 11 of the shackle. In a modification, designed for the rear wheel, a device as above-described is provided on each side of the wheel, and the shackles 27 are cross-connected.
Patent GB-191307637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hanger Straps or Passenger Supports, for Interiors of Tramcars, Railway Carriages, Motor Buses, and the like.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD JOHN
IPC: B61D49/00
Filed: 1913-04-01
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 7637. Whitehead, J., and Whitehead, H. J. April 1. [Cognate Application, 19,303/13.] No Patent granted (Sealingfee not paid). Hand-grips.-A hangerstrap for tramcars &c. is adapted to be readily fixed to the supporting- bar by securing at one end a buckle c through which the hand-loop f is passed, To prevent the strap from being readily detached and stolen, a short loop e may be provided, and this loop and the resulting extra thickness of material at the rivet d enables the handloop to be withdrawn through the buckle only with difficulty.
Patent GB-191308282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B60Q1/04
Filed: 1913-04-08
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 8282. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Hupp Motor Car Co.]. April 8. Brackets, lamp.-Each headlight of a motorvehicle and the corresponding mud-guard have a common supporting - bracket, and the mudguards are connected by a rod forming the lamp supports. In one form, the brackets D, Fig. 1, which carry the mud-guards C from the chassis frame, are connected by a cross-bar E passing in front of the radiator and provided with pairs of upwardly-extending arms H for carrying the headlights, the cross-bar being preferably connected to each bracket by means of studs G engaging sockets therein. In a second form, the cross-bar L, Fig. 2, is carried by vertical posts K from the chassis frame A, and is attached to the mud-guards at its outer ends, an extension M from each post K forming one of the supporting-arms for the lamp.
Patent GB-191308739-A (GB)
Title: A Two-legged Walking Toy Figure.
Inventor: MEIER NIKOLAUS
IPC: A63H11/18
Filed: 1913-04-14
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 8739. Meier, N. June 21, 1912, [Convention date]. Mechanical toys.-A two-legged toy figure, attached to a vehicle and with internal clockwork to impart a natural walking movement in which the leg levers d are operated by cranks c, has the fulcra of, and guides for, the leg levers provided by openings e formed in the lower part of the body casing, the edges of which openings closely embrace the levers.
Patent GB-191309043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Trouser-stretchers.
Inventor: RUNTE WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: A47G25/72
Filed: 1913-10-16
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 9043. Runte, W. J. Oct. 16. Combined presses and stretchers.-Relates to a trouser stretcher particularly intended for use with presses of the type described in Specification 7037/11. The stretcher consists of two rotatable rods F, on which the trousers are wound, attached to swinging arms D, D<1> pivoted to angle-pieces B, B<1> on the base-board of a press. The rods F are attached to two plates F<1>, F<2> pivoted to the arms D, D<1>, one pivot being provided with an operating-handle G, and one plate F<2> being provided with a ratchet engaged by a pawl H, to prevent rotation when the garment is stretched. Screws E, E<1> pass through the arms D, D<1>, and engage holes in angle-pieces C, C<1> secured to the baseboard to hold the arms in position.
Patent GB-191312514-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knitted Under-skirts.
Inventor: HILL FREDERICK
IPC: A41B9/10
Filed: 1913-05-29
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 12,514. Hill, F. May 29. Skirts; materials for wearing - apparel.- Sheath skirts are made from flat pieces of knitted lace openwork fabric of an elastic nature similar to that employed in making Shetland shawls, a part B with openings C for a tape being knitted of closer texture and of reduced width to take the place of the ordinary waist-band. The part below the point G is also reduced in width, and a band of work of a kind that has a restricted amount of elasticity may be introduced above the scalloped lower edge F. The two curved edges are seamed together.
Patent GB-191314311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pulling-over or like Machines.
IPC: A43D23/02
Filed: 1913-06-20
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 14,311. Darnill, W. W., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. June 20. Pulling - over. - The gripping-faces of the rear member C of each pair of side grippers in a pulling- over or like machine as described in Specification 12,304/03, in which the two members are mounted side by side in a single chamber B, are arranged in a plane at an angle to that in which the gripping-faces of the forward member B' are. Each gripper is then enabled to grip the upper substantially parallel to the side of the last. The gripping-faces may be detachably mounted on the jaws.
Patent GB-191314384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the Approach of Trains.
Inventor: GIBSON THOMAS
IPC: B61L13/04
Filed: 1913-06-21
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 14,384. Gibson, T., Farmer, G. A., and Read, E. June 21. Track apparatus actuating signals other than on trains.-For indicating to a signalman the approach of a train to a signal, a track contact consisting of a long bar of spring steel b is placed in advance of the signal. The contact is bolted at one end to a plate p and at the other slides in guides on a plate p<1>. When depressed by the wheel flanges, the bar b by means of a stud closes contact between two brass springs a<1> enclosed in a water-tight box a<2>. Wires lead from the springs to a battery, lamp, and bell in the signal box.
Patent GB-191315922-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pyrometers.
Inventor: CHURCHWARD JAMES
IPC: G01J5/60
Filed: 1913-07-10
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 15,922. Churchward, J. July 10. Pyrometers. - In an optical pyrometer for measuring the temperature of glowing solids, liquids, or gases, a semiopaque medium, such as lamp - black, platinumblack, or opal glass, the opacity of which does not essentially depend on the selective absorption of light, is used to reduce the colour of the rays emitted by the glowing bodies to a certain standard shade corresponding to a known temperature. The standard shade adopted may be that of the red rays emanating from a bath of aluminium at its melting-point, corresponding to a temperature of 625‹ C., but the substance and shade of colour used as the standard may be varied. A series of plates of different opacity are standardized by raising the temperature of the aluminium &c. to definite amounts measured by an electrical pyrometer &c., and varying the opacity of the plates until the standard red shade is obtained. The plates may consist of blackened glass or other material. The apparatus, which may be mounted on a tripod 20, consists of a slide 5, 6 operated by a rack and pinion to press the opaque plates 4 into contact with an opening in an asbestos hood 1 which is placed in proximity to the glowing body. The colour is observed through eye-holes in a pair of shields 17 carried by a cross-member connecting the uprights 6 of the slide. A drawer 19 may be provided beneath the base of the apparatus. The colour is reduced by inserting a number of plates of the same or different opacities or by replacing the plates by a single plate of greater opacity. A red medium matching the shade of the standard red rays ma be provided for purposes of comparison. For very accurate readings a set of plates standardized for the particular substance with which it is to be used are employed,
Patent GB-191316240-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Floating Discharge Pipes of Hydraulic Dredgers.
Inventor: FITZPATRICK HUGH DONALD
IPC: F16L27/053
Filed: 1913-07-15
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 16,240. Fitzpatrick, H. D., [Robinson, A. W.]. July 15. Articulated pipes.-In floating discharge-pipes of hydraulic dredgers, formed in sections connected by ball-and-socket joints, the floats B, B', C, C', secured to the pipe sections A, A' shown in plan, Fig. 4, have buffers s, s<1>, one or both of the buffers being provided with springs. Tension-chains v are also provided to limit the movement of the joint, and these chains may have a spring connexion, not shown, with the floats.
Patent GB-191320873-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Securing the Handles of Brooms, Brushes and the like.
Inventor: HARRY RICHARD
IPC: B25G3/00
Filed: 1913-09-16
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 20,873. Harry, R. Sept. 16. Lug securing - devices for socket fixings. - A device for securing the handles to broom heads &c. consists of a T- shaped plate A of thin metal, the lugs D, E of which may be readily bent by the pressure of the fingers to the shape of the handle B and stock C and then secured thereto by screws or nails. Specifications 8752/91 and 9162/00, [Class 19, Brushing &c.], and 21,112/05, [Class 89, Nails &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-191321109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Resistances.
Inventor: HAY CHARLES EDWARD
IPC: H01C3/02
Filed: 1913-09-18
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 21,109. Hay, C. E., and Sullivan, H. W. Sept. 18. Resistances with balanced inductive and capacity effects. High resistances for use in connexion with wireless telegraphy and telephony are formed by winding bifilar wires a, a<1> on a series of concentric tubes b, the ends of each layer being brought out through a slot in one of the cheeks c and connected in series. The spacing of the wires and of the layers is determined so that the complete coil is non-reactive, the excessive inductance of the inner layers being balanced by the excessive capacity of the outer layers.
Patent GB-191324576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: JONES JOHN
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1913-10-29
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 24,576. Jones, J. Oct. 29. Shuttles.-The wert is tensioned by passing between a number of interengaging projections c<1>, Fig. 1, arranged on the sides c<2>, c<3> of a channelshaped member c. The parts c<2>, c<3> may be capable of relative movement; so as to permit variation of the drag on the weft. The eye b, Fig. 2, is formed in a metal plate b<3> having integral horns b<1>, b<2>, round which the weft is drawn during threading.
Patent GB-191324788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Resilient Wheels.
Inventor: AMTSBUCHLER JOSEF
IPC: B60B9/06
Filed: 1913-10-31
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 24,788. Amtsbuchler, J., and Fischer, J. Oct. 31. Spring wheels with continuous outer . rigid ring and helical springs. -Inner and outer rims 2, 1, Figs. 1 and 2, are connected alternately by pairs of crossed springs 5 mounted in radial planes and by pairs of crossed springs 6 arranged circumferentially and obliquely from side to side.
Patent GB-191328809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: GORDON JAMES
IPC: F22G3/00
Filed: 1913-12-13
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 28,809. Gordon, J., and Sanderson, T. Dec. 13. Plates, walls, and other plane surfaces, jointing tubes to.-In steam-superheaters having looped tubes, the ends of the tubes are secured singly or in groups to the underside of boxes c, which are, in turn, secured to headers a by tee-bolts d. A projection or flat lug g on the inside of each box c engages a flat on the bolt d and prevents the bolt from turning when the nut f is screwed up. The headers may be round, as shown, or square in section.