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Patent GB-191215324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Attaching Electric Wires and Cables to Insulators.
Inventor: TAYLOR THOMAS
IPC: H01B17/22
Filed: 1912-07-01
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 15,324. Taylor, T. July 1. Suspending and supporting.-Electric conductors secured to insulators by draw-bolts or other fastening - means are provided with auxiliary supporting-means by passing, as shown in Fig. 1, a wire f in a loop round the insulator, twisting the ends together at the back and then returning the free ends f<2>, one on each side of the insulator and bending them round the live wire a as shown at f<3>.
Patent GB-191216142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Timing-devices for Operating Electric Switches and other Apparatus.
Inventor: CHIGER SIEGMUND
IPC: G04C23/20
Filed: 1912-07-10
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 16,142. Chiger, s. July 10. Alarm mechanism.-In a timing-device in which a controlling-member adjustably mounted on a clockwork-driven arm or cursor is caused to move into engagement with abutments placed in its path, the cursor is pivoted in such a manner that the engagement of the controlling-member with the abutments causes the cursor to swing about its pivot and operate the lever of an alarm bell. The cursor 4 is pivoted at 3 on a collar 2 carried by a clockwork-driven shaft 1 and carries at its free end a shaft 6, on which is mounted the controlling-member comprising a sleeve 7 with two sets of radially-arranged arms 10, 11. The abutments 15, 16, in the form of inclined surfaces lying in the paths of the arms 10, 11 respectively, are carried by a clamp 14 secured to the flange 13 of the casing 12. When the cursor is driven, the arm 10 or 11 which is in operative position engages the corresponding abutment and causes the cursor to tilt about the pivot 3, the arms being prevented from rotating by the engagement of a cam 8 on the shaft 6 with the wall of the casing 12. When the cursor is tilted, a sleeve 19 is moved against the action of the spring 20 and may release the hammer 22 of an alarm bell. The controlling- member is adjusted by the engagement of a gearwheel 9 on the shaft 6 with a toothed segment 28 placed opposite a widened part 27 of the casing. With a cam 8 having four projections, as shown, one of the arms 10 is always in operative position, but cams with a different number of projections may be used according as the device is desired to operate at each revolution of the shaft 1 or only after several revolutions.
Patent GB-191217130-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Electric Power Transmission.
IPC: H02K51/00
Filed: 1912-07-23
Granted: 1913-07-23
Abstract: 17,130. Thomas, J. G. P., and Thomas Transmission, Ltd. July 23. Dynamos and motors combined for transmitting power.-In an electro-mechanical power-transmission system comprising two dynamo-electric machines 18, 19 interconnected with each other and a prime mover through a balance gear 6, the three interconnected shafts 4, 16, 13 are arranged in line without any interposed flexible coupling, and the stationary parts of the dynamo-electric machines are rigidly connected together by an easily removable casing 20, 21, so that the whole may be readily suspended in a vehicle frame. The balance gearing 6 and a clutch 15 for freeing the load shaft 16, upon which the armature of one of the dynamoelectric machines is mounted at 17, are interposed between the two machines so as to be enclosed by the casing. The friction clutch 14 for locking the balance gear is interposed between the shafts which on the whole have the smallest torque between them, namely the shaft 4 which is driven through a flexible coupling from the prime mover shaft 1, and the shaft 13 which carries the armature of the dynamo 18 at 12. The dynamo-electric machines have bearings independent of the balance gear, so that, prior to assembly, each machine is complete in itself.
Patent GB-191218568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Computing Attachments for Typewriters.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
Filed: 1911-09-04
Granted: 1912-10-04
Abstract: 18,568. Fairweather, W., [Underwood Computing Machine Co.]. Sept. 4, 1911. Adding-apparatus; attachments to typewriters; selecting denomination.-In single-bank key-set motor-operated adding and subtracting attach. ments to typewriters of the kind described in Specifications 19,618/11 and 6545/12, and in which a master actuating-wheel without lateral travel engages in turn with internally toothed wheels upon the numeral wheels of several totalizing counters mounted for automatic lateral movement derived from the typewriter carriage, the master actuating-wheel shaft 62, pxojecting from one side frame of the machine, terminates just beyond the master actuating- wheel 63, and the pointed extremity 64 thereof takes within a hollowed end 138 of a supporting rod 137 projecting from the other side frame. This end fits within and receives support from the internal gears of the totalizer wheels, and the arbour is mounted in a slot 80 and normally pressed to the right by a spring 144. It may be withdrawn to the left to allow of removal or addition of totalizers 75, 76, 77, and is provided with a bevelled shoulder 139, which in conjunction with a similar shoulder adjacent to the master-wheel ensures the proper centering of the master-wheel as the totalizers pass.
Patent GB-191224193-A (GB)
Title: Improved Reed-relief Motion for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: SHAW THOMAS
IPC: D03D49/62
Filed: 1912-10-23
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 24,193. Shaw, T. Oct. 23. Loose-reed motions.-To the stop-rod B, Fig. 2, carrying the reed framework and working in bearings on the lay-swords, an angular lever D and brackets E carrying a rod F are fixed. A locking-part G on the rod F normally jams underneath the lay and exerts pressure on the lever D, which acts on the reed framework and thus holds the reed fast. Levers M on a third rod K are acted upon by the shuttle swells, and a lifting-piece L on the same rod K is normally caused to raise a part H pivoted to an arm on the rod F. If the shuttle is absent, the part H is not lifted, however, so that on the beat-up it engages an obstruction I. The rod F is thereby rotated and the locking- part G is moved from its locking position and releases the parts E, D, thus allowing the reed to fly out. A handle N may be used to replace the part G. in its locking position. In a modification, an inclined plane U- carrying a sliding piece V is fixed to the rod K, while a releasing- lever or projection T and a locking-part Rare fixed to the rod F. The part R normally jams under an iron plate S on the lay. If the shuttle is not properly boxed, the rod K is not rocked, and the part U does not raise the sliding piece V. On the beat-up, the piece V comes into contact with an obstruction W and is thereby caused to slide up the part V and. act on the projection T. The rod F is thereby rocked, and the locking part R is moved from its locking position. The spring in connexion with the rod B acts in the opposite to the. usual direction. Specification 10,088/87 is referred to.
Patent GB-191225436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bed-plates for Machinery.
IPC: F16F3/10
Filed: 1912-11-06
Granted: 1913-03-27
Abstract: 25,436. British Anti - Vibration and Noise Co., [Galvanische Metall - Papier- Fabrik Akt.-Ges.]. Nov. 6. Composite springs; vibration-reducing packing.-Relates to resilient bed-plates for machinery, of the kind described in Specification 11,892/10, and consists in providing a casing A, Fig. 2, in which is supported an inverted cupshaped member H resting on springs N' and on blocks M of elastic material such as cork composition. The springs N' and blocks M rest on plates L with curved bases, so as to be capable of rocking, and between the plates and the top of the casing resilient packing K is inserted. Similar packing is inserted between the top of the casing and flanges at the lower end of the cup-like part H, on the top of which the machine rests. Elastic packing E is placed beneath the casing. In a modified form, shown in Fig. 5, the springs N<1> and plates L are omitted,
Patent GB-191227762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Processes of Agglomerating Finely Divided Granular or Friable Materials.
Inventor: KROLL VICTOR ADOLPHE MARIE
IPC: C22B1/16
Filed: 1912-12-02
Granted: 1914-02-02
Abstract: 27,762. Kroll, V. A. M. Dec. 9, 1911, [Convention date]. Agglomerating processes; metals, powdered, obtaining coherent masses from.-In the agglomeration of finely-divided oxides, metals, or flue-dust, by sintering or melting the particles together, air and combustible material in gaseous, finely-powdered, or liquid state are introduced into the heated mass to produce an internal flameless combustion. The dust &c. is fed on to a layer of incandescent coke contained in a furnace-chamber A, and air and gas are supplied through the boxes E, D respectively; the chamber is closed at the bottom by a pair of movable rolls B. The combustion may be initiated by the use of burners located within the air-boxes E. The necessary condition for effecting the internal flameless combustion are ascertained by examining the combustion products, which escape through openings F2, and by observing the degree of incandescence attained by an iron bar which has been inserted into the mass undergoing treatment. Preferably, the mass is moistened, or agglomerants such as molasses, slags, fusible ores, or clay, may be added to the material. The sintered mass is discharged by means of the rolls B. In a modification, the mass to be agglomerated may be deposited on an endless belt. Specifications 18,338/03, [Class 51, Furnaces &c.], 29,430/09, 4362/10, 4364/10, [all in Class 51(i), Furnaces &c., Combustion apparatus &c.], 14,276/10, 14,431/10, and 27,524/10, and 625/11, [both in Class 51 (ii), Furnaces &c. for applying &c.], are referred to. , The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) mentions also the application of the invention to the manufacture of magnesia, and cement, and the sintering of phosphates &c. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191301169-A (GB)
Title: Device for Utilising the Waste Heat of the Cowper Apparatus in Blast Furnaces.
Inventor: PREGARDIEN JOSEPH
IPC: F27D17/00
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 1169. PrÚgardien, J. Jan. 15. Hot - blast stoves. Two sets of tubes are arranged in parallel in two branches of the waste - gas flue of a Cowper stove, one for heating the air for combustion in the stove, and the other for heating the blast which is passed through the stove. Fig. 3 shows the waste - gas flue divided into two branches by a partition 11, a damper 12 determining the relative heating of the two sets of tubes in them. The upper ends of the tubes extend, as shown in Fig. 1, into chambers 4, 5, in which are longitudinal partition walls (not shown), corresponding to the partition 11 in the flue, to separate the two sets of tubes.
Patent GB-191308002-A (GB)
Title: A Joint for Connecting Rods Operating Railway Points and the like.
Inventor: BUTLER THOMAS
IPC: B61L7/02
Filed: 1913-04-05
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 8002. Butler, T. April 5. Rod couplings for rods operating railway points and the like, are held together by a transverse bolt, the bolt being relieved of strain by the interengaging ends of the rods, comprising wedge-shaped portions ending in rounded projections which enter corresponding recesses as shown. The neck of the bolt may have a projection, to prevent rotation, or may be of ordinary form, the nut being held by a split key. According to the Provisional Specification the ends may be square.
Patent GB-191308850-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Covering Biscuits or other Rigid Articles with Chocolate or other Plastic Material and Improved Apparatus for Carrying Out the said Process.
Inventor: ROUSSEAU JULES
IPC: A21C15/00
Filed: 1913-04-15
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 8850. Rousseau, J. April 19, 1912, [Convention date]. Coating materials in long lengths.-Biscuits and other rigid articles o are covered with chocolate or other plastic material by traversing the articles on an inclined conveyor belt 1 under a nozzle 2 from which a continuous strip l of the coating-material is extruded, the strip being broken off at the edges of the article as it passes over the end roller 3 of the conveyer. When the biscuit &c. o reaches the position shown in Fig. 3, the strip l is broken at the front edge of the biscuit, and when carried a little further forward the strip l is broken behind the biscuit, which falls on to the shoot 4. The chocolate &c. adhering to the belt 1 is removed by a scraper and falls into the vessel 7. The coating-material is forced through the nozzle 2 by a worm, and the width and thickness of the strip are adjustable by means of screw-controlled sliding plates. The chocolate may be tapped or pressed on to the biscuit either before or after passing over the roller 3. Several narrow strips may be applied simultaneously to the biscuits, and the conveyer may be given a sideways movement as the biscuit is passing the nozzle.
Patent GB-191315411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boxes for Holding Accumulators and Battery Cells.
Inventor: WORSNOP CHARLES HENRY
IPC: H01M50/291
Filed: 1913-07-04
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 15,411. Worsnop, C. H. July 4. Cases.-A box suitable for holding alkaline accumulators is provided with dovetail grooves d in the sides and bottom, into which are fitted bevelled blocks c of non-conducting material, which support the cells, tongues c<1> on the blocks serving to separate adjacent cells.
Patent GB-191316796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for and Method of Making Bifocal Lenses.
Inventor: MENDELSSOHN HERMAN ELLASCHOV
IPC: C03B23/22
Filed: 1913-07-22
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 16,796. Mendelssohn, H. E. July 22. Spectacle lenses.-In making bifocal lenses by fusion uniting, the larger disk is clamped in position by a nut 14 with a flange 15 which spaces the disks to facilitate egress of air .during the union. The screw is secured in the counterbored base by a nut. In a modification, the lower disk is not clamped, and the upper disk overhangs it to reach the flange.
Patent GB-191327954-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Grading or Screening Apparatus.
Inventor: ENGELS JOSEF
IPC: B07B1/15
Filed: 1913-12-04
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 27,954. Engels, J. Dec. 21, 1912, [Convention date]. Fixed sieves. - In a grading or screening device having rollers a rotating in the same direction and formed with oppositely - situated contractions f through which material may pass, each successive roller is driven at a higher speed than that of the roller immediately above it on the inclined screen. The differential rotation ensures that the material to be screened passes automatically over the screen.
Patent GB-191407940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Printing Presses.
Inventor: BRETTELL FREDERICK GILBERT
IPC: B41F21/00
Filed: 1913-08-14
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 7940. Brettell, F. G., [Dittman, S. E.]. Aug. 14, 1913. Delivery apparatus. - In cylinder printing- machines, means are provided to move and adjust the position of the sheet-delivery mechanism and the delivery board simultaneously in relation to the inking-apparatus 11, 12, and also to effect the relative adjustment between the delivery mechanism and delivery board, if desired. In the preferred form, as applied to a delivery mechanism such as is described in Specification 18,472/13, the delivery mechanism 3 is raised or lowered by a rack-bar 13, operated by a pinion 14 and handle 15 and held in the adjusted position by a pawl 16. The delivery board 10 carries a pinion 18 engaging with the rack 13 and held by a pawl 20, so that the board 10, besides being normally moved and adjusted simultaneously with the mechanism 3, may be separately adjusted by turning the handle 19.
Patent GB-191412885-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Electrical Signals in Mines & Collieries.
Inventor: THEEDAM EDWARD CHARLES
IPC: B66B19/06
Filed: 1914-05-26
Granted: 1915-05-20
Abstract: 12,885. Theedam, E. C. May 26. Retractive switches with compound movement. A spring-controlled plunger switch used for signalling purposes requires a preparatory rotary movement of the handle before the plunger can be depressed, such rotary movement being utilized for momentarily closing another pair of contacts. The handle e of the plunger e' carries a bar f which normally engages a flange d<1> on a gland d bolted to the lid b of the box a containing the contacts &c The plunger carries a disk i with a cam projection i', which, during the preliminary rotary movement of the plunger against the action of a spring h, engages an arm k and momentarily closes the contacts l, m. As the bar f is then opposite a slot in the flange d<1>, the plunger may be depressed against the spring g, the inner end of the plunger engaging contacts at the base of the box. The spring g returns the plunger to its outermost position, and the spring h rotates it until the bar f moves over the flange d' and engages a stop d<2>. During the latter movement, the cam i rocks the arm k without closing the contacts l, m.
Patent GB-191416282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seed-sowing Machines.
Inventor: GRAY EDWARD ELISHA
IPC: A01C7/04
Filed: 1914-07-08
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 16,282. Gray, E. E. July 8. Seed distributors. - Relates to seed-sowing machines in which the seeds are drawn by suction from a receptacle against openings in a rotating member and are afterwards discharged by compressed air into a seed - tube. According to the invention, the rotating member comprises one or more wheels or disks provided with radial openings or ducts, the wheels or disks being placed adjacent to the mouth of the seed - receptacle and adapted to rotate upon a tube which is connected to suction and compression pipes. The disks c are mounted on a hollow shaft driven from the axle f by spur gearing. Within the shaft is a tube g divided longitudinally into two parts communicating respectively with exhaust and compression chambers, such as two cylinders l, the pistons of which are driven by a crank on the axle f. As the disks revolve, each duct or opening d communicates alternately with the two parts of the tube g and takes up a seed from one of the funnels b of the hopper a and drops it into a seed-tube m.
Patent GB-191416896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: WYNN ARTHUR ERNEST
IPC: F16T1/24
Filed: 1914-07-16
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 16,896. Wynn, A. E. July 16. Steam - traps. - Apparatus of the float type is made with a comparatively deep casing, so that the discharge valve is held against its seating by a coniderable fluid pressure. The float lever h is hinged to a bracket i near the top of the casing and is connected to the discharge valve f by a vertical link j. The valve f, conveniently of dovetailed section, fits loosely between correspondingly-shaped guides g.
Patent GB-191417325-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Recovering Metal from Ore and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: C22B19/04
Filed: 1914-07-21
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 17,325. Wade, H., [New Metals-Process Co.]. July 21. Distilling zinc and lead; dry processes of extracting metals. -In distilling metals from the ore, a charge containing lump fuel in great excess is subjected to the action of a downdraught, without the formation. of a slag, and the unconsumed solid fuel is separated from the gangue, and any non-volatile metal, and used again. The furnace A comprises a base portion 1 surmounted by a dome 2, and at the junction is provided an annular flue 3 through which pass the vapours to a condenser B; valved tuyeres 9 and water coils 10 are provided in the feed-hopper 7. The residue is discharged through lateral openings by means of a reciprocating slide 4. The vapours may be withdrawn from the condenser by a pump C which delivers them to a gas-holder D; or a stack 16 may be connected to the condenser. Refractory material such as lumps of silica may be admixed with the charge to assist in the isolation of parts of the ore.
Patent GB-191421133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Puttees.
Inventor: WINTER CHARLES JOSEPH
IPC: A41D17/04
Filed: 1914-10-17
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 21,133. Winter, C. J. Oct. 17. Puttees are provided with pipings or seams to counterfeit extra turns. The seams g are parallel with the concave edge c, the puttee being bellied in the centre and designed to be wrapped three times round the leg. For infantrymen, the seams run from the concave edge as shown, upwardly to the convex edge, but for cavalrymen vice versa. The lines of the cavalry puttee have also a greater curvature and the belly effect is accentuated by darts. Push-fastenings e, f are preferably employed to secure the ankle turn, and an anchoring-hook is provided near the end for engagement with the boot-laces, the ends of the laces being threaded through eyelets in the puttee.
Patent GB-191424142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Cylinders for Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F01L1/12
Filed: 1914-12-16
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 24,142. Napier & Son, D., and Rowledgre, A. J. Dec. 16. Cylinders, construction of.-The valves A are situated side by side in the head of the cylinder and are either parallel, or, as shown in Fig. 3, slightly inclined to the cylinder axis. They are removed by withdrawing them first into the cylinder and then through a port F in the cylinder wall, which is closed by a screw plug or a water-cooled cover F.
Patent GB-191500835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Film Pack System.
Inventor: CLAYTON MAURICE HENRY WILLIAM
IPC: G03B17/34
Filed: 1915-01-19
Abstract: 835. Clayton, M. H. W. Jan. 19. Change-boxes, self-contained.-Relates to a filmpack system wherein the films after exposure are withdrawn from the pack and wound upon a winding spool contained in the camera. The pack holder or adapter 1, which slides on to the back of the camera. is provided with a door 18, through which the pack is introduced, an aperture 2, through which the films are exposed, and a slot 6, through which the exposed films pass to a winding spool 10. A partition 4 provided with a rounded or roller lower edge 5 closes the aperture. The films 7 are carried on a protective strip 8, which is perforated between each pair uf films at 11, and provided with gummed portions 12, 13. The films may be arranged as shown in Fig. 1, or may be wound on an elongated spool having a roller at each end and the leading end of the protective strip is passed round the curved end 5 of the partition 4 across the opening 2 and through the slot 6 to the winding-spool and wound thereon until the first film is in position. After exposure, the film is wound on the spool 10 and the protective strip may be severed at 11 so that the exposed film and pack-holder containing the remaining unexposed films may be removed from the camera, the gummed strip 12 serving to seal the exposed film. The remaining end of the strip projecting from the pack-holder may then be attached to a fresh spool, or stuck by the gummed strip 13 to the protective band surrounding the exposed film. The films are contained in a receptacle 16 from which the free end of the protective strip 8 projects, and the threading of this round the partition 4 and through the opening 6 may be arranged to tear open the lower end of the receptacle.