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Patent GB-191301125-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Slipper for Braking or Facilitating the Starting of Vehicles.
Inventor: STANIER THOMAS
IPC: B60T1/14
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 1125. Stanier, T. Jan. 15. Skid; scotch blocks and scotching-appliances. - A slipper or scotch block for vehicles is combined with means for facilitating starting of the vehicle. The slipper A is fitted with a lever C controlled by one or more springs D. When the wheel engages with the slipper, the lever C is moved to the position shown in Fig. 4, and the spring is thereby stretched, so that when the slipper is placed behind the wheel to act as a scotch block, the lever and spring serve to facilitate starting in a forward direction. When placed in front of the wheel and connected to the vehicle by a chain F, the apparatus acts as a slipper brake.
Patent GB-191301955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Traps.
Inventor: DAVIDSON JOHN
IPC: F16T1/26
Filed: 1913-01-24
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 1955. Davidson, J. Jan. 24. [Cognate Application, 16,505/13.] Steam-traps.-A pilot valve actuated by a bucket to admit water under pressure to one side of a diaphragm or piston which opens the main outlet valve, is arranged in alinement with the latter at the lower end of a tube depending from the lid of the trap so that both valves are always under water. In the trap shown, the pilot valve b is actuated by a cup o on the bucket g to admit water through the main valve a and a tube k to a diaphragm h, which opens the main valve against a spring f. The tube k has one or more small holes r to allow escape of water from the top of the diaphragm h after the pilot valve b is closed. The bucket may have a guide-ring p at the top.
Patent GB-191302698-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Vehicles.
Inventor: POWER JAMES ALOYSIUS
IPC: B60T1/14
Filed: 1913-02-01
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 2698. Power, J. A. Feb. 1. Skid.-An emergency brake, particularly for motor-vehicles, and adapted also to assist in preventing skidding, comprises one or more spiked elements 1 which are normally held raised by a lever 5 connected thereto by cords 2, but are pressed into contact with the ground by springs 10 when the lever is released.
Patent GB-191303047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for Lathe and like Centres.
Inventor: SOKAL SIEGMUND
IPC: B23B23/04
Filed: 1913-02-05
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 3047. Sokal, S., [Schweinfurter Pracisions- Kugel-Lager-Werke, Fichtel & Sachs]. Feb. 5. Lathe and like centres.-A lathe or like centre is provided with radial and thrust ball bearings mounted in a separate casing 3, which is formed with a stem 4 adapted to be secured in the bore of a spindle. One race-ring of the thrust bearing 19 bears against a shoulder in the casing, and the other ring 18 bears against a flange 9 on a sleeve 10 separating the inner race-rings 8, 12 of the radial ball bearings. All the bearings are held on the spindle 2 of the centre 1 by a nut 11. The outer race-rings 13, 14 are free to move axially in the casing. Dust &c. are excluded by a packing ring 16 mounted in a closing-disk 15. In a modification, the thrust ball bearing is placed at the inner end of the spindle 2, the flanged sleeve 10 being between the ring 12 and the nut 11. Another sleeve on a conical portion of the spindle separates the inner race-rings 8, 13.
Patent GB-191312254-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Cooling the Fuel Nozzles of Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F01P3/16
Filed: 1913-05-26
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 12,254. Munktells Mekaniska Verkstads Aktiebolag. Dec. 6, 1912, [Convention date]. Cylinders receiving liquid fuel.-In engines with water-cooled injection nozzles, the nozzlejacket is connected to a circulation system the uppermost portion of which is at a higher level than the water-jacket of the nozzle, to improve the circulation at starting.
Patent GB-191312576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rocking Blotters.
Inventor: FERAUD PIERRE MARIUS JEAN BAPT
IPC: B43L17/04
Filed: 1913-05-29
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 12,576. Feraud, P. M. J. B. Nov. 5, 1912, [Convention date]. Blotting-appliances. - In rocking-blotters of the kind in which a continuous strip of blotting- paper is wound on a core and holding-means are provided which may be positioned on either side of the core, the holding-means are adapted to be passed from one side of the core to the other without being separated from the core. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, two shells 1, 2 are joined so as to form an oval core with a slot 3 in each of the flat end faces, and the holding-means, which comprise a knob or handle 8 and cap 7, are connected to a transverse axis 4 passing through the core and slidable in the slots 3. The holding - means are retained in a central position on either side of the core by means of transverse spring- pressed pins 9 engaging apertures 10 in the lateral faces of the cap 7. When a new surface of the blotting-paper 6 is to be presented, the pins 9 are disengaged from the cap 7, the axis 4 is moved to one end of the slots 3, the holding- means are rotated around the axis 4 so as to bring them to the opposite side of the core, and the axis is then moved back and secured in its central position. In a modification, the core is made solid and provided on its end faces with grooves which are engaged by pins located in the cap 7, and springs are arranged between the pins and the cap so as to cause the cap to bear on the blotting-paper. In another construction, the handle 8 is carried by a stirrup mounted on the axis 4, and the cap 7 is pressed upon the blotting-paper by means of a spring arranged between the cap and the stirrup. In a further modification, as shown in Fig. 8, the cap 7 is carried by a frame 20 rotatable with respect to the core 1<b> on an axis 21, the cap being hinged to one side member 22 of the frame, and yieldingly engaging the other sidemember 23. In this construction, the frame 20 can only be rotated after the cap 7 has been disengaged from the side-member 23.
Patent GB-191316466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Polishing Appliances.
Inventor: ROBERTSON JAMES PERCIVAL
IPC: A47L23/04
Filed: 1913-07-17
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 16,466. Robertson, J. P. July 17. Pads; hand-brush outfits. -In a polishing- appliance, a detachable cloth 10 is secured over a backing-pad 8 attached by adhesive &c. to a plate 7, preferably having serrated edges, by a band 11 flanged at 12 and locked by a piece 13, inserted from the opposite side and having spring catches engaging the band. The piece 13 is preferably hollow to receive a brush 17 carrying hard and soft bristles and a tin of polish.
Patent GB-191317449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Charging Refuse Destructor and other Furnaces.
Inventor: LEASK HENRY NORMAN
IPC: F23G5/44
Filed: 1913-07-30
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 17,449. Leask, H. N. July 30. Charging.-In apparatus for charging refusedestructors of the type described in Specifications 10,258/08, 11,017/10, and 16,237/10, comprising a container B for the charge closed by a door C which is withdrawn to allow the charge to drop into the furnace, means are provided for ensuring a tight joint between the edge of the container and the door despite any deformation due to heat &c. This is effected either by means of a rim of asbestos, wire gauze, or other yielding or resilient material secured to the edge of the container, or, as shown in Fig. 2, by means of a knife-edge strip b<1> secured to the container and adapted to engage a packing of lead or other suitable material c<1> filling a groove in the face of the door.
Patent GB-191325784-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: GERARD JOSEPH REAM
IPC: B60B9/28
Filed: 1913-11-11
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 25,784. Gerard, J. R. Nov. 11. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and helical springs.-Inner and outer over. lapping channel rims are fitted with a driving- connexion consisting of a pair of arms 32, Figs 1 and 3, secured rigidly to the outer rim, having pivoted thereto an arm 30 on a transverse bar 29, the ends of which move in alined radial slots 28 in the sides of the inner rim. The outer rim rests on rollers 39 carried by rods 36 guided ir hollow spokes containing springs.
Patent GB-191326020-A (GB)
Title: Feed Water Circulator for Boilers.
Inventor: TAIT JOHN
IPC: F22D7/00
Filed: 1913-11-13
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 26,020. Tait, J. Nov. 13. Water-circulation, apparatus for promoting. -In apparatus of the kind in which the feedwater enters the boiler through an injector and draws up water from the bottom of the boiler, the nozzle 9, Fig. 2, of the injector is formed with a flange 5 which fits in a recess in the body of the injector. The delivery pipe may be extended upwards and be provided with a flat tapering nozzle 12, Fig. 4.
Patent GB-191402162-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flue Pipes of "Geyser" Water Heaters, and similar Apparatus.
IPC: F24H9/20
Filed: 1914-01-27
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 2162. Richmond Gas Stove and Meter Co., St. Leger, A. A. H., and Pratt, J. P. Jan. 27. Flue pipes.-The lower part a of a flue-pipe for geysers &c., which slides telescopically within an upper fixed part b, is limited in its upward movement by a flange f or the like within the upper part. The upper part may be a plain tube or may have a draught screen c of larger diameter with perforations c'. An inverted cone d may be supported above the lower part a.
Patent GB-191404847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-starters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BROOKS BOULTBEE
IPC: F02N15/06
Filed: 1914-02-25
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 4847. Brooks, B., and Holt, W. Feb. 25. Turning-gear.-In turning-gear in which an axially movable pinion 7 is connected to the electric or other turning-motor through a screw device, the motor shaft 2 has a tubular extension in which a helical slot 4, groove, or screw-thread is formed and the pinion is formed on or attached to a spindle 6 carrying a projection 5 which coacts with the slot &c. in the tubular extension. A ball or a screwthread may replace the projection. The pinion is normally held out of engagement with the flywheel 8 by a spring 12 ; its inertia enables the screw to move it endways into gear. A buffer spring 13 or a compressed-air buffer cushions the inward movement of the pinion. Stops 11 limit its outward movement. Friction disks as described in Specification 23,977/13 may be used to assist in effecting the axial movement of the pinion.
Patent GB-191406239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
IPC: D05B3/24
Filed: 1914-03-12
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 6239. Singer Manufacturing Co., Corrall, H., and Heggie, J. March 12. Sewing-machines; presser-bars, lifting.-The presser-bar 1 is operated fram a cam 7 on the main shaft 9 through a hollow plunger 3 moving in bearings in the head of the machine and containing cushioning-material 5 and a loose plug 4 with which a bracket 2 clamped on the presser-bar is held in contact by the light spring 6. The cam 7 is so formed that the movement of the plunger takes place during a half revolution of the needle-driving mechanism. Specification 29,167/11 is referred to.
Patent GB-191406690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Printing Machine Delivery Mechanism.
Inventor: LEE HARRY
IPC: B65H29/04
Filed: 1914-03-17
Granted: 1915-03-17
Abstract: 6690. Lee, H. March 17. Delivery apparatus. -In. a sheet - delivery apparatus for a rotary printing - machine in which the sheets are fed to the top of the impression cylinder, the sheets are taken from the bottom of the impression cylinder by grippers on rotary arms or travelling chains and transferred to other grippers on endless chains which convey the sheets to, and deposit them printed-side up on, a delivery table placed beneath the feedboard and at a higher level than the point at which the sheets are taken from the impression cylinder. As shown, the sheet S, printed-side down, is taken from the impression cylinder B by grippers d<1> on rotary arms D and transferred to grippers G on bars g carried by a pair of endless chains F, which deposit the sheets printed-side up on the delivery table H. The arms D are mounted on short studs to allow the sheets to hang freely. The arms D may be replaced by endless chains. Instead of transferring the sheets direct to the chains F, the sheets may be first passed round a cutting- cylinder C and then delivered to the grippers G.
Patent GB-191407409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Facing or Re-facing Valve Seats and for like purposes.
Inventor: CROCKATT WILLIAM
IPC: B23C3/05
Filed: 1914-03-24
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 7409. Crockatt, W. March 24. Portable turning-apparatus.-Articles, particularly valve seats, are faced up by apparatus secured to the article by dogs b expanded by a sleeve g sliding on the spindle a, which has a tapered end a<2>. A retaining-spring c and releasing-spring r are provided. The cutter head is slidably and rotatably mounted on the sleeve g and is fed by a nut o against the action of a spring k. Ball races p, h are fitted, the race h abutting a shoulder on the sleeve. The cutter head is rotated either by its milled flange l or by a pin spanner n<1>. Specification 19,430/11 is referred to.
Patent GB-191409860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-ships.
Inventor: BOERNER ARNO
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1914-04-21
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 9860. Boerner, A. April 21. Aerostats; aerial machines with aerostats.-The aerostat of an air-ship comprises a longitudinal series of rows of compartments, each row consisting of a central chamber A<1>, Fig. 1, for the buoyant gas, a chamber B<2> for an inert gas such as nitrogen, and lateral chambers D, which are divided by longitudinal flexible partitions a<1>, b<1>, into three parts A<2>, B<1>, C. The parts A<2>, B<1> communicate freely with the chambers A<1>, B<2> respectively. The part C is filled with air by a pump and is provided with a relief valve. The gases in the chambers A<1>, B<2> expand into the compartments A<2>, B<1> whereby loss of these gases is prevented during rising or an increase in temperature. The loss of buoyant gas by diffusion is reduced to a minimum by the arrangement of the chambers containing nitrogen around the chamber A'. The nitrogen also reduces the danger of an explosion. In a modified form, the chamber 1, Fig. III, contains the buoyant gas, the chambers 2, 3, 6, 7 contain nitrogen, and the chambers 4, 5 form the air ballonets. The propeller may be used for vertical steering to avoid the use of ballast.
Patent GB-191409918-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of and Apparatus for Filtering.
Inventor: BUTTERS CHARLES
IPC: B01D35/16
Filed: 1914-04-22
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 9918. Butters, C. June 11, 1913, [Convention date]. Check lift valves. - Relates to non-return valves for use in leaf filters for filtering slimes and consists in the construction shown. A ball 26 is confined by guards 27 and seats on a rubber tube 24 clamped round a coupling 23.
Patent GB-191412036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gas Burners and Gas Rings.
Inventor: RASCH LOUIS
IPC: F23D14/06
Filed: 1914-05-15
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 12,036. Rasch, L., and Watkinson, F. May 15. Perforated-tube burners.-A gas burner or ring, the upper part b of which is detachable for cleaning purposes, comprises a perforated tube provided with one or more vertical ribs to divide it into separate parallel passages c, d, each having a separate gas supply and orifices o. The part b may screw on the fixed part a, or, according to the Provisional Specification, may be hinged thereto.
Patent GB-191415134-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Separators or Collectors.
IPC: B01D47/08
Filed: 1914-06-24
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 15,134. Robinson & Son, T., Robinson, C. J., and Stevenson, T. J. June 24. Dust-collectors; washing.-In a separator for removing dust &c. from granular materials, which is of the closed-circuit type as described in Specification 8592/06, a spray of water or other liquid is introduced into the dusty air current. The liquid is preferably introduced in the neighbourhood of the exhaust fan a, so that it is-well distributed. The liquid may pass in by a gravity feed e, or may be forced in by a pump g through a spraying-device.
Patent GB-191420224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Burial Cases.
Inventor: RANDALL VICTOR EMMANUEL
IPC: A61G17/00
Filed: 1914-09-26
Granted: 1915-05-20
Abstract: 20,224. Randall, V. E., Russell, H. E., and Massure, W. P. Sept. 26. Joint - making packing.-The body portion of a burial case is formed with a groove or channel 4 for the. reception of a yielding gasket 5 comprising a, band of ton- or strand or rope of asbestos &c. saturated with asphaltum. The gasket is cemented into position and is covered with waxed paper to protect the covering-cloth.
Patent GB-191500235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Frictional Transmission Gears, for example, for Motor Cars.
Inventor: MONTBARBON CHARLES MAURICE PHI
IPC: F16H13/10
Filed: 1915-01-06
Abstract: 235. Montbarbon, C. M. P., and Chedru, G. E. Jan. 26, 1914, [Convention date]. Change-speed gearing. - Comprises a transmission gear for motor-cars &c., of the kind having a friction disk and roller, and consists in providing means for applying the disk against the roller with increasingly greater force as the roller nears the centre of the disk. The disk and the roller are mounted on shafts b, d carried by a tubular frame a having a three-point support, namely, the rear forked members a<2>, a<3> in the side members of the vehicle frame, and the member a<1> in a transverse tube. Inside the tube a<1> is mounted the shaft b carrying the disk b<1>, and it, or a tube between it and the tube a', is arranged to have a slight longitudinal movement. The shaft b is connected to the crank-shaft by an elastic universal joint. The shaft d, mounted in roller bearings carried by the forked members of the frame a, carries the roller d<1>, which is moved across the face of the disk b<1> by an arm e pivoted at e<1> and a link e<2>. A second arm, connected by a ball-jointed arm e<3> to an arm on a transverse shaft f<2>, serves to transmit movement from the lever f on the shaft f<2>. The tube b<0> is provided with pins g<1> engaged by a fork pivoted at g, at which pivots a curved arm g<2>. A spring-pressed part pivoted at the centre of curvature of. this arm tends to pull it down and to move the shaft b so that the disk and roller are pressed towards each other. A link i connects the arm h<1> to an arm on the shaft f<2> so that, as the roller is moved towards the centre of the disk, the arm h<1> is moved to the left to increase the pressure between the roller and the disk. The other end of the curved arm g<2> is connected by a rod k<1> to an arm on a shaft rocked by a pedal. When the pedal is depressed, the arm g<2> is raised and the disk and the roller are thrown out of gear. They may be locked out of gear by a sliding rod l engaging under a projection on the pedal shaft. The rod l is moved by a lateral movement of the lever f' transmitted through links l<2>, l<3> pivoted at l<0>. Motion is transmitted on to the rear axle through a chain gear arranged in a tube j' pivoting on the back axle and on the shaft d, an eccentric j<2> being provided to tension the chain.
Patent GB-191501545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flashlight Advertising Devices.
Inventor: LEACHMAN EDWARD CLAUDE
IPC: G09F13/00
Filed: 1915-01-30
Abstract: 1545. Leachman, E. C., and Chamberlain, E. W. Jan. 30. Changing apparatus.-A flash-light advertising device comprises a number of differently coloured lamps or groups of lamps which are switched on and off in a fortuitous manner by a number. of thermo-electric contact make - and - break devices connected one to each lamp or group of lamps, the lamps being so coloured as to give harmonizing results in any combination. The thermo electric devices consist of two metal strips J, J<1>, Fig. 4, having different coefficients of thermal expansion, permanently in contact with one another, the lower one J<1> being surrounded by a heating-coil J<3>, which may be in parallel with part of the lamp circuit. The heating effect of the coil causes the strips to bend upwards and contact with a screw K<1> to complete the main circuits and light the lamp ; the drop of current in the coil then allows it to cool and cause the contact to be broken. The casing for the device has bars across the front with grooves on the upper and lower edges to receive the letters, slots being provided in the casing side for insertion of the letters. The letters forming the advertisement are separate, and each comprises two plates perforated to show a character and having translucent material secured between, one plate having its edges bent over the other. The face of the plates may be set back at one side to allow the contiguous plate to overlap.
Patent GB-191503696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Detecting the Passage of Submarine, Mine Laying, or other Vessels, and for Receiving Submarine Sounds.
Inventor: KING WILLIAM JOSEPH HARDING
IPC: G01S1/72
Filed: 1915-03-08
Abstract: 3696. King, W. J. H. March 8. [Cognate Application, 4016/15.] Locating subaqueous sounds; signals indicating proximity of vessels; subaqueous sound signals.-In means for detecting and locating submarine or other vessels, of the type in which submerged water-tight casings containing microphones connected to a receiving station are used, a number of such casings are distributed over an area, and means are provided at the receiving station to allocate a detected sound to the receiving microphone, so that the position and course of the submarine &c. may be known. The casings may be in the form of buoys submerged, if desired, by sinkers. Springs or rubber may be introduced between a buoy and its anchoring- cable, and elsewhere if necessary, to insulate the microphone from local disturbance. Floats may be used to mark the position of the submerged casings. Fig. 3 shows in plan a disposition of casings 1 off a coast, connexion being made with a shore station 11. Fig. 4 shows a selecting switchboard having contacts 13 corresponding in number and disposition to that of the casings. One lead from each microphone is connected to its corresponding contact, the other lead being earthed. A contact 17 in circuit with a telephonic receiver 16 can be run over the contacts 13 to detect and locate any sound affecting one or more of the microphones, grooves 14 being provided to facilitate passage from one contact to another. Alternatively, a separate switch may be provided for each microphone, whereby the area may be explored. In a modification, the microphones are connected to a buoy, which may be temporarily connected to a receiving station on board ship. Figs. 8 and 9 show a suitable coupling. One member 19 has spring- pressed plungers 22, to each of which a wire is connected. The other member has corresponding contact plates each connected to a wire. Any suitable means for securing register, and for holding the coupling-members together, may be employed. According to the Provisional Specification, a separate receiver may be provided for each microphone, the wall of the submerged casing may serve as a diaphragm, and a casing containing a microphone may be put overboard from a ship to serve instead of a sound-detecting device fixed to the ship.