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Patent GB-191208782-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Watch Wristlet.
Inventor: PUDNEY FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: A44C5/22
Filed: 1912-04-13
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 8782. Pudney, F. W. April 13. Watch bracelets.-A watch a, Fig. 2, has two loops b, b<1>, the loop b<1> being provided with a roller b<2>, and the loop b having attached thereto a strap c which is passed around the wrist and then through the loops b, b<1>, being finally adjustably fastened by a push-button d on its end engaging with sockets e. The push-button d is carried by a metal mount d<1> at the end of the strap. It may be secured at some distance from the end of the strap, Fig. 3, a loop f being then provided to secure the end.
Patent GB-191212039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Taximeters.
Inventor: KUHN MAX
IPC: G07B13/00
Filed: 1912-05-21
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 12,039. Kuhn, M. May 21. Fares, seat apparatus for registering; taximeters; flag mechanism.-To prevent the return of the flag to the 'free' position while the vehicle is occupied, means are provided for locking the flag in the ' engaged ' position, such means being operated by the depression of the seat. The flag-shaft 2 is provided with rollers 7. Fig. 5, between which a pawl 9 is adapted to enter when the flag is lowered and the seat depressed. The pawl 9 is mounted on a pin 10 and is connected to a lever 11, also mounted on the pin 10, by a pin and slot. The locking of the flag when in the free position is prevented by a bridge-piece 17 carried by two of the rollers, the pin-and-slot connexion allowing movement between the parts 9, 11. A spring 14, secured to the lever 11, tends to force the pawl 9 forward when the lever is lowered against the action of a spring 22 by the tension of a cord 21, which is so connected to each seat of the vehicle that the flag cannot be raised while any seat is occupied. The cord is led through a tube 24 to the main seat S, and then is divided into three sections, each of which is connected to one of the drop seats by means of an arm 28, Fig. 3, rigidly connected to the seat. The arm 28 is forked to engage pins 27, which are carried by the cord and project through slots formed in the surrounding tube 24. The main seat S is carried on a balancing lever-frame consisting of two frame-shaped levers 31, 31<a>, Figs. 10 and 11, suspended on knife-edges 32 mounted in bearings 33. The ends of one lever are produced to form a tongue 35, while the arms of the other lever engage pivots 37 on the first lever. The tongue 35 carries pivots 49 engaging the forked end of a spring-supported rod 47 connected to a bell-crank lever 51, the forked end of which engages the cord 21. The seat S is provided with four legs 42 notched to engage pivots 43 carried by the lever frame, so that whichever part of the seat is occupied the rod 47 will be depressed.
Patent GB-191217954-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Distillation or Dehydration of Hydrocarbons or Liquids likely to form Froth or Foam.
Inventor: ROSEN JEAN
IPC: C10G7/00
Filed: 1912-08-02
Granted: 1913-08-05
Abstract: 17,954. Rosen, J. Aug. 2. Film evaporators; separate heater and evaporator apparatus; evaporators and condensers in structural combination.-In distilling or dehydrating hydrocarbons such as coal tar or crude naphthalene containing water or gelatine solutions, or other liquids liable to froth or foam, the froth is directed by partition walls 13, baffles, or conduits towards heating-devices 4 in the vapour space, and is spread out in thin layers while in contact with the heating- devices 4 or after such contact, as on baffles 26. The liquid may be agitated as by passing a current of air or steam into it through perforated tubes 8, which may be so arranged as to aid in the formation of froth. Channels 27 are fitted on the top of the boiler to collect any condensation and to lead it into lateral collecting-tanks.
Patent GB-191217996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for the Shafts of Milk Separators and the like.
Inventor: MEYS JOSEPH
IPC: B04B9/12
Filed: 1912-08-03
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 17,996. Meys, J. Aug. 3. Spring supports.-A bearing for the vertical shaft of a centrifugal milk separator is siipported by a number of springs g, fixed to a ring f surrounding the bearing-cup d. The springs are shaped like flattened lyres, and their free ends rest against the wall h of the frame of the machine.
Patent GB-191222139-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Instrument for Registering the Profile of the Head of a Rail on Tramway or Railway Tracks and the like.
Inventor: MORRIS GRIFFITH
Filed: 1912-09-28
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 22,139. Morris, G. Sept. 28. Surface and outline gauges.-A device for obtaining a record of the cross-section or profile of railway and tramway rails or other objects consists of a frame composed of a cross-bar A and side-members B, C, secured to the rail-head by screws G, H and carrying flat blades, wires, bars, &c. J, K which are adjustable longitudinally to the shape of the railhead. The side members B, C are pivoted at D, E to the cross-bar A and are locked to it while records are being taken by tapered pins F. The adjustable flat blades may be provided with locking- means for securing them in position, and the blades on one or both sides of the rail may be dispensed with. In a modification, a central pivot is used instead of the two side pivots D, E.
Patent GB-191224777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sole Pressing and Welting Machines.
IPC: A43D35/00
Filed: 1912-10-29
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 24,777. Marks, E. C. R., [Welted Sole Co.]. Oct. 29. Sole blanks, machines for.-The middle portion of a sole s held within a sectional mould 19, 20 is compressed between a plate 14 on the lower member d of a press and a die 15 below the upper member c, so that the margin of the sole that is free from pressure is thickened by leather forced from between the pressing-members, outward expansion of the sole being prevented by the sides of the mould. The sole is thus given the cross-section shown in Fig. 3. The mould 19, 20 is mounted on a carrier 16 movable between guides 17 by a handle 23. The mould is adapted to be withdrawn by the carrier from its position between the pressing- members, and at the same time to be opened automatically for the discharge of the pressed sole and the insertion of a fresh blank. For this purpose, a strip 26, which holds the section 20 of the mould in the carrier, is separated from a bar 30 secured to the carrier by a bar 25 adapted to be moved transversely to the direction of movement of the carrier by a bell-crank lever 31, which is adapted, in the movement of the carrier, to engage stops 33, 34. The bars 25, 30 are provided with corresponding inclines 28, 29 such that, when the stop 33 is engaged, the section 20 can be drawn by springs 22 towards the bar 30, thus opening the mould. The engagement of the lever with the other stop causes the mould to be closed. A supporting-plate 18, for the sole blanks as they are placed in the mould, which is normally held by a spring-pressed lever 45 against the plate 14, is moved away from the plate, thus permitting the pressed sole to drop from the mould as the carrier is moved backwards by a bolt 52, which engages the end of a slot 53 in the plate 18. The bolt is lifted as the carrier approaches the sole-receiving position by a cam 58 on the lever 31, which engages a lever 54 to which the bolt is secured. The die 15 for the upper side of the sole is provided with lugs 35, which, as the die moves with the carrier from under the press member c, enter slots 41 in plates 40 supported on swinging arms 39 pivoted at 38 on the machine frame. The lugs 35 ride up the slots 41 until they reach stops 42 on the frame, at which time the arms 39 are raised to lift the die clear of the mould by cams 37 on the carrier. The die 15 is thus held behind free from engagement with the carrier as the latter finishes its movement to the sole-receiving position. After a sole has been inserted, the carrier is pushed back, and the lowering of the die as the arms 39 move down the cams 37 causes its lower edge to be engaged by the edge of the mould and so to move with the mould into position between the press members. The mould sections are detachable, and the die is preferably formed reversible.
Patent GB-191226820-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Kinematographic and Static Photographic Apparatus.
Inventor: MARSH JAMES
IPC: G03B37/04
Filed: 1912-11-22
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 26,820. Marsh, J. Nov. 22. Panoramic photography. - In apparatus for panoramic photography and kinematography, a series of lenses are combined to produce a series of contiguous images which merge to form a continuous panoramic image. Fig. 4 illustrates one method in which the pictures are projected on a curved film 13, and the rays 2 converge to any desired division point in the picture. Fig. 3 illustrates an alternative system of lenses in which the individual components of the adjacent lenses 11 are rectangular, and are so arranged that the edges of all of them and of the image lie on and within the boundary lines 14 of the angle of view. These lines 14 form a tapering pyramid converging to a centre O, from which point also the axes 16 of the lenses radiate. For kinematography the gate 29, Fig. 6, of the camera is curved cylindrically, and barrel-shaped sprockets 33 are used above and below the gate.
Patent GB-191307163-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Brick Cutting Machine.
Inventor: RUETZ KARL
IPC: B28B11/16
Filed: 1913-03-25
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 7163. Ruetz, K. March 26, 1912, [Convention date]. Stream-cutting machines.-In an automatic brickcutting machine, the continuously-moving clay stream 2 is severed into bricks by a cutting-wire 28 wound on a spring drum 27 and attached at its free end 80 to a rotary member 10, mounted upon, and periodically rotated by, a continuouslydriven pulley 9 mounted on ball bearings 8 on a casing 7 movable axially upon guides 4, 5. The member 10 comprises a split ring and is periodically coupled to and released from the ring 9 by a screwed clamping-member 16, which is normally turned into the clamping-position by springs 17 and is turned to disengage the ring by a curved member 70 carried by a lever 20. A cam a on the ring 10, acting upon a roller 18 slidably mounted upon a pin 25, turns the lever 20, against the action of a spring 35, into position to disengage the member 16. The clay stream 2 moving through the casing 7 impinges upon a striking plate 23 mounted upon rods 22 and moves these forward. A fork 24 on one rod 22 moves the roller 18 off the cam a into a groove b, allowing the soring 35 to turn the lever 20 and release the clamp 16 and causing the ring 10 to be driven. At the same time, a pin 32 on the rod engages with a cam groove c in the ring 10 and moves the cutting-apparatus forward with the clay. When the wire 10 has almost passed through the clay, the cutting-apparatus is given a further slight forward movement so that the p'ate 23 clears the severed brick, which drops on to a conveyer. A cam d on the ring a then engages with a fixed roller 30 and restores the apparatus to its initial position, the roller 18 passing from the groove b on to a low portion of the cam a.
Patent GB-191309193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hackling Machines for Flax and other like Fibres.
Inventor: GILLESPIE JAMES
IPC: D01B5/00
Filed: 1913-04-19
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 9193. Gillespie, J. April 19. [Cognate Application, 22,452/13.] Heckling-machines.-The ends of the stricks of flax or other fibres are broken by winding the end around a stud d, Figs. 4 and 5, carried by a bar D attached to the usual catch bar C, Fig. 5, of the main or cross channels, or by a bar F, Fig. 4, moving synchronously with the catch bar, and around a touch-pin E fixed to the framework of the machine or mounted so as to move in the opposite direction to the catch bar. The bar F is actuated as shown from the bell-crank lever g operating the catch bar. The touch-pin E, when movable, is actuated by a spring m<1> or by a weight and is carried by a lever pivoted at m and normally held against the action of the spring by a pivoted detent N which is actuated to release the lever on the movement of the catch bar C or bar F by a projection f attached to the part D or F. The parts'm, N are returned to their initial position by the shaft p<1>, which actuates the lifter P, described in Specification 16,010/01, for raising the top-plates of the holders, acting through the medium of the lever p<2>, slotted link p<3>, lever p<4>, shaft p<5>, lever p<6>, and link p<7>. According to the second Provisional Specification the parts m, N may be returned by hand or automatically by suitable cams, levers, and links, and the bar F, if used, may be actuated from a special cam motion. When short flax is being treated, the strick is wound around the touch-pin only.
Patent GB-191310367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Jars for use in Drilling Wells.
Inventor: PROSSER JOHN EDWIN
IPC: E21B17/05
Filed: 1913-05-02
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 10,367. Prosser, J. E. May 2,1912, [Convention date]. Bore-hole apparatus.- A swivel jar for use in boring wells, and particularly with apparatus employing wire rope, comprises a barrel 10 with a cylindrical bore 18 having a threaded lower extension 19 to receive the drill stem and a reduced upper extension 20 through which the rope 29 passes freely, a bevelled shoulder 21 being provided between the bores 18, 20, against which shoulder acts the conical end of a cylindrical piston 24 by which a blow may be given to raise the drill stem. The piston has an upper cylindrical bore smaller than the bore 20, and a lower conical bore to receive a clip or clips securing the end of the rope. The barrel 10 has grooves 16 for engagement with a fishing-tool and recesses 12 to receive a wrench &c., and may also have openings 23 at its upper and lower ends.
Patent GB-191311049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hair-curling and Waving Apparatus.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: A45D2/26
Filed: 1913-05-10
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 11,049. Thompson, W. P., [Fickert & Co., W.]. May 10. Hair-curling appliances.-Relates to doublepronged curlers with heating-rods, and consists in a pair of tubes a, b of ovoid, cross-section and with their narrower sides oppositely arranged, mounted on a springy base-piece c, and adapted to be heated by two rods e, f similarly shaped and mounted.
Patent GB-191312044-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Automatic Candle Extinguisher.
Inventor: BOWLING JOHN DOUGLAS
IPC: F23Q25/00
Filed: 1913-11-22
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 12,044. Bowling, J. D. Nov. 22. Extinguishing candles.-An automatic extinguisher comprises a split sleeve a having a slot at the upper end, perforated lugs c being formed by a portion of the material at each side of the slot; and an extinguishing-cover e having a depending tongue f with lateral trunnions g, which engage in the lugs c. One of the trunnions is extended, and carries a coilspring h, the ends of which are adjustably connected to the adjacent lug c and the hooked or slotted end of the trunnion. In use, the cover e is tilted back and the split tube is fitted over the candle. In a modification, Fig. 6, the lugs and trunnions are absent, and the spring h<1> is threaded through the tongue f at k and the tube a at j, the middle of the spring being held by a claw f<1> and the ends being clamped in holes i.
Patent GB-191319201-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combined Clocks and Talking Machines.
Inventor: HIERONIMUS FRANZ
IPC: G04B21/00
Filed: 1913-08-25
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 19,201. Hieronimus, F. Aug. 25. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Striking - mechanism.-Relates to a clock combined with a talking-machine which periodically announces the time. The disk-carrier 4 has a set of pins or stops 11 situated opposite to the plain parts of the endless groove in the record with which the reproducer engages. One end of a pivoted spring- controlled lever 12 is arranged in the path of the stops, the other end being under a vertical rod 14 which is normally raised by a spring and is adapted to be depressed by a hammer 17 under the control of the clock. The disk-carrier is thus allowed to rotate through the requisite fraction of a revolution each time the hammer is operated. The lever 12 extends through the casing of the apparatus so that it may be actuated by hand when necessary. To raise the sound-box arm 7, in order to disengage the stylus from the record when desired, a screw &c. 19 is provided. The disk may be secured to the carrier by a nut 5, or by means of a pin passing through a hole in the disk. Two or more endless concentric grooves may be provided on the record, preferably on both of its faces, so that when one groove has become worn, the reproducing point may be transferred to a fresh one.
Patent GB-191322786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to Means Employed for Securing or Locking the Covers and Doors of Openers and Scutchers or like Machines.
Inventor: SHAW HERBERT STOTT
IPC: D01G9/00
Filed: 1913-10-09
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 22,786. Shaw, H. S., and Shaw, W. H. Guards, controlling.-A guard device, for opening, scutching, and like preparing-machines, of the kind in which the covers are interlocked with a driving-pulley fast on the beater or like shaft, comprises a sliding bolt Oct. 9. 14 which may be moved to enter a hole< >l<1> in the beater cover, or a similar hole in the driving-pulley (not shown). In the latter position, the cover may be raised as shown, whereupon a plate 8 is raised by a spring 13 and locked by a spring catch 21 and impedes the withdrawal of the bolt 14. A hole 12 in the plate 8 is brought opposite the bolt 14 by closing the cover; this action also releases the lock 21 by means of an arm 1<2> projecting from the cover. The bolt 14 is further interlocked with the cage door 5 by means of a sliding bar 15 which must be moved to bring a hole 15<2> into register with the bolt 14 before the latter can be moved. In this position of the bar 15, the door 5 is locked by the hooked end of a lever 16, the other end of which engages with the bar 15; on opening the door 5 after releasing the lever 16, a spring catch 17 protrudes from the framing 7 and prevents the return of the lever 16 until the door 5 has been closed again.
Patent GB-191408764-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Supporting the Sleeve and Cuff Above the Wrist.
Inventor: DIECKMANN HANS JUERGEN
IPC: A41F19/00
Filed: 1914-04-07
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 8764. Dieckmann, H. J. April 7. Fastening wearing- apparel. - For supporting the shirt cuff and coat sleeve above the wrist when washing the hands &c., an elastic band a provided with one or more hooks &c. b is employed. The band is stretched over the forearm, and the cuff and sleeve, having been previously drawn up to the extent desired; are engaged in the hooks b. The appliance may be provided with a hanging-up loop c.
Patent GB-191419026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Feeding Sheets of Fabric to Winding Mechanism.
Inventor: DICKER STANLEY GORDON SINCLAIR
IPC: B29D30/16
Filed: 1914-08-24
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 19,026. Dicker, S. G. S., [Miller Rubber Co.]. Aug. 24. Tyres, elastic, special apparatus for making. -A device for feeding lengths of fabric in succession to winding- mechanism, particularly of the type employed in making pneumatic tyre covers, comprises a rotatable drum for a number of stock rollers and tensioning - means operating on the web as it is fed. The spindles 5 of the stock rollers 4 are carried in slots 6 in the drum ends 2. The fabric is led over rollers 16, 17 carried in brackets 11. The rollers 17 are provided with oppositely - directed helical grooves or flutings to effect a lateral stretching of the fabric. The shafts 15 of the rollers 16 are geared to a central annular gear 25 on the main shaft 1 by means of radial shafts 20 and bevel-gears 24, 19. The shafts are provided with clutches 22 which are controlled by spring - held levers 28, and each is thrown into engagement when the corresponding stock roller is in the position A by means of weighted levers 31 having lugs 30<a> for engagement with the levers 28. The main shaft 1 is provided with a pulley round which a weighted cord is wound, thus producing a constant tension in the fabric. The muslin between the layers of fabric is wound on rollers 37 carried on spring-controlled arms 38. The main shaft is carried on standards which can be traversed across the base by hand-operated worm gearing. The drum is held in position for feeding from the different stock rollers by the engagement of rollers 13 with a notched plate carried on a foot-operated spring lever.
Patent GB-191422096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cocks or Valves.
Inventor: TURNER WILLIAM
IPC: B67D3/04
Filed: 1914-11-06
Granted: 1915-11-08
Abstract: 22,096. Turner, W. Nov. 6. Regulating rate of flow; sliding tubular valves.-A push-actuated piston valve, of the type having a tubular member f closed at one end and provided with perforations g adapted to be placed on either side of a cup-leather or like packing e, has a regulating-sleeve f<1> screwed into the tubular member for obturating more or less of the perforations. The valve is held in the closed position by a bayonet-catch formed by a cap n, which is secured to the valve spindle j and formed with an angle slot o adapted to engage a pin p on the casing. The spindle is provided with a flange k which acts as a stop and as a support for a buffer l. The valve may be actuated by a quick-threaded screw or by a rack and pinion. According to the Provisional Specification, a solid plunger may be used in place of the tubular member, and the valve may be regulated by adjusting the distance through which the valve member is moved.
Patent GB-191422745-A (GB)
Title: Improved Steam Tight Joints for Superheaters for Locomotive and other Boilers.
Inventor: HOWELL SAMUEL EARNSHAW
IPC: F22G3/00
Filed: 1914-11-19
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 22,745. Howell, S. E. Nov. 19. Plates and other plane surfaces, jointing pipes and tubes to; overlap joints, fluid seal. - In jointing tubes to a header, a gasket or washer of lead or other material of low melting-point is placed in a recess in the header or flange. In the construction shown, a flanged washer L is placed in a recess J in the flange B, which is secured to the header A by the bolt C. A boss F is formed on the header and enters the recess J, but leaves a space for the washer L. The header and flange may be machined at M to prevent extrusion of the material when melted by the heat of the steam. The steam-pipes are shown at H.
Patent GB-191424598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Condensing, Scrubbing and Washing Apparatus used in the Manufacture of Gas.
Inventor: POOLEY HUBERT
IPC: B01D47/06
Filed: 1914-12-24
Granted: 1915-12-23
Abstract: 24,598. Pooley, H., and Fiddes, G. B. Dec. 24. Scrubbers and washers.-Gas scrubbing, washing, and like apparatus comprises a casing or shell 1 containing spaced and superimposed conical baffle-plates 2 with openings so arranged that the gas follows a tortuous course, water, steam, or other solvent &c. being sprayed on some or all of the plates, and a seal being provided between each pair of plates by a cylindrical flange 6 on the upper plate dipping into an annular gutter 5 on the lower plate. A lip or apron 9 is provided around each gutter to prevent the overflow therefrom from falling into the lower gutters. Alternate plates may have central openings 3, while the remaining plates have lateral holes 4, which may be surrounded by a flange 10; the latter plates may also have central apertures closed by removable caps 12. At the foot of the casing 1 is a tank 17 with an inclined floor 18, through which passes the gas-outlet pipe 21. The flange 8 on the lowest baffle-plate rests on brackets or joists in the tank.