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Patent GB-191224770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Hose-couplers.
Inventor: BRICKER EDWARD JOSEPH
IPC: B61H13/30
Filed: 1912-10-29
Granted: 1913-05-01
Abstract: 24,770. Bricker, E. J., and Reid, T. J. Oct. 29. Couplings, automatic.-Couplings for pipes on railway &c. vehicles in which the vehicle couplings serve to couple the pipes, are provided with a device which closes the ports to exclude dust &c. when the parts are uncoupled. The coupling described is of the kind in which engaging knuckles are pivoted on pins 4. The lower end of the pin is square to fit a corresponding hole in the lower jaw of the vehicle coupling, and a stirrup frame 19, 20, welded at one end 20<a> to the lower end of the pin, and connected at the other end 20b to the outside of the coupling jaw 3, carries the pipe-coupling head supported by springs 22. This allows vertical and lateral movement. The pipecoupling head comprises telescoping members 13, 15 having a pin-and-slot connexion 16. The member 13 is pressed forward by a spring 17, and the member 15 is connected to the frame 19. Each member 13 has plates 11, 12 and a segmental cam 26 to secure alinement by coacting with corresponding parts of the other head as shown. Flexible pipes 7, 8, 9 connect the train-pipes to ports in the plates 11 which register when the parts are coupled. The plates 11 mav be faced with rubber &c. to secure a good joint. Valves 10 are provided in the trainpipes, and the brake pipe 7 may have a flexible branch 30 fitted with an ordinary coupling- head 32 to allow connexion to a vehicle fitted only with ordinary couplings. A spring-pressed pivoted plate 27 covers the ports when the parts are uncoupled. The invention is shown as coupling the brake, signal, and steam pipes simultaneously.
Patent GB-191226230-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: TORBENSEN VIGGO VALDEMAR
IPC: B60K17/04
Filed: 1912-11-15
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 26,230. Torbensen, V. V. Nov. 28, 1911, [Convention date]. Brakes, arrangement and disposition of.- Relates to axles, gearing, and braking- mechanism in which a gear casing is located on one side of the vertical plane of the axle, and has a flange portion fitting a web portion of the axle. Fig. 1 shows a sectional plan of the axle and casing. The plate 12 at each end of the axle makes a running joint 26 with the internally toothed flange 28 and a similar joint 33 with the brake drum 32, both the flange and the drum being carried by the road wheel. This construction forms an inner closed space for the internal reduction gearing between the shaft 11 and the road wheel, and an outer annular space forms the internal expanding brake 34.
Patent GB-191227802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Furnaces of Steam Generators and the like.
Inventor: CASS ALFRED THOMAS
IPC: F23H3/02
Filed: 1912-12-03
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 27,802. Cass, A. T., and Isherwood, J. Dec. 3. Fire-bars and grates,-The back bearer of movable fire-bars is cooled in order to prevent burning of the rear ends of the bars by steam, air, &c., which, after leaving the bearer, is admitted to the fire to increase the draught. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the bearer f has cast within it a coil of pipe, and steam &c. supplied thereto is led either directly, or after passing through a coil in the flue, to the front of the furnace, where it enters the hollow fire-bars at h, and issues into the fire at openings b or elsewhere. In a modification, Fig. 5, the steam &c. is admitted to the hollow bars at a point k between their ends. Where the bars are solid the steam &c. is admitted near to or between them.
Patent GB-191229551-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Field Target.
Inventor: IVIMEY FRANCIS FAIRFAX
IPC: F41J7/06
Filed: 1912-12-23
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 29,551. Ivimey, F. F. Dec. 23. Targets.-Disappearing targets f are mounted on rock-shafts d operated by arms g connected by springs h or other flexible connexions to bell-crank levers e, which are provided with rollers e<1>, c<3> . engaged by cam disks b<l>, b rotated by spring motors &c. The targets are held in the exposed or hidden positions by lugs g<2>, g<1> engaging recesses in spring-connected pivoted arms l, k, which are operated to release the arms g by pins c<5> on the bell-crank levers. The cam disks may be provided with adjustable cams, and the rock-shaft d counterweighted. In a modification, a single cam wheel or a cam with a grooved face is employed to operate the bell-crank lever against the action of a weight. According to the Provisional Specification the starting, stopping, and varying of speed of the motor may be regulated from the firing point.
Patent GB-191229839-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Valve Tube Rectifiers.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: H01J17/26
Filed: 1912-12-27
Granted: 1913-12-29
Abstract: 29,839. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Caldwell, E. W.]. Dec. 27. Vacuum tubes.-In a rectifying vacuum tube of the Villard type, the cathode is arranged to produce a concentrated beam of cathode rays when the vacuum becomes too high to cause generation or admission of gas. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the cathode 62, which is perforated, focusses the rays on to a gas-generating substance spread on a holder 177, which has a weighted arm 61 and may be adjusted in a threaded support by rotating the tube. The substance may be sodium or potassium hydrate but is preferably dry sodium formate. The anode 58 is of small surface and is arranged in a restricted space. In a modification, the gas-generating substance is embedded in a ball of asbestos fibre or the like, held loosely in a spherical carrier so that fresh parts of the surface may be exposed to the rays. The cathode may consist of a coil of aluminium wire or the like carrying a focusing-cup at the end. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the tube is provided with a well insulated external electrode 66, connected to the anode, which deviates the rays so that they fall on the gas-generating substance 57. In further modifications, the rays fall on a body, which, when heated, allows admission of gas from outside ; or on a porous body normally covered with mercury which is removed by the heat of the rays. Specification 13,966/00 is referred to.
Patent GB-191301880-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sealing or Fastening Devices.
Inventor: TRIOU ANDRE
IPC: F16G11/10
Filed: 1913-01-23
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 1880. Triou, A. June 29, 1912, [Convention date]. Seal fastenings; yrips, sliding-wedge and roller type. - A self-locking device b for sealing bags of postal matter, or the doors of railway wagons, is provided with a hole b<1> to receive the end of a wire - strengthened cord or cable a, and with a longitudinal conduit b<2> in which the cord may slide. The cord is automatically locked in position by a spring-pressed ball d or wedge located in a passage c, the end of which is permanently closed by a plug b<0>. The whole arrangement forms a running noose which can only be unfastened by cutting the cord.
Patent GB-191307394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Door Springs and Checks.
Inventor: ADAMS ROBERT
IPC: E05F3/10
Filed: 1913-03-28
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 7394. Adams, R., and Adams, R. H. March 28. Operating d o o r s by springs; checks. - In a door closing and checking apparatus, particularly for use with floors of shallow depth, the link p transmitting the opening movement of the door to the spring action plate o is pivoted to an arm i of a bell crank lever at a point between the fulcrum k of the lever and the pivotal connexion of the end of the arm i with the piston-rod of the pneumatic or hydraulic check cylinder d. The other arm h of the bellcrank is connected by a curved link f to a pair of arms e on the door pivot b. To exclude water, the upper edge of the casing is preferably grooved to contain packing u, Fig. 2, and the pivot b is surrounded by a dished plate w containing a packing-ring. The casing cover is in two parts m, t, connected by a lap or tongue and groove joint as shown in Fig. 2. The bell-crank is preferably formed as two rigidly connected plates embracing the link f and the end of the link p is forked to embrace the arm i, but according to the Provisional Specification the link f is bifurcated to embrace the bell-crank lever.
Patent GB-191307646-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Sewing Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: D05B73/00
Filed: 1913-04-01
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 7646. Thompson, W. P., [Union Special Machine Co.]. April 1. Sewing-machines; feed by dog; loop-stitching. -The feed-dog and the looper are given all of their movements from two eccentrics, one of which raises and lowers the feed-dog and oscillates the looper into and out of the needle loop, and the other gives the feeding movements to the dog, and the lateral needle-avoiding movements to the looper. The first eccentric 27 is connected to two rock-shafts 29, 32 by a link 28 and a toggle system comprising forklevers 31, 34 and a link 35. The feed-dog 13, Fig. 5, which is supported on arms on a rockshaft 16, is raised and lowered by the shaft 29 acting through a connexion with the shaft 16 comprising an arm 38, a link 39, and a lever 40. The looper 9 is oscillated into and out of the needle loop by a bar 12 connected with the shaft 32 by a lever 37. The second eccentric 41 is connected with an arm 43 on a rock-shaft 20 which is linked to the feed-dog to give it the work-feeding movements and is connected to a shaft 11 for giving the looper its side shifting movements by an eccentric 23 and links 24, 26, Fig. 4. The link and eccentrics are arranged to give the desired movements to the dog and looper, and are easily adjustable.
Patent GB-191310520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-admitting Means for Internal-combustion Engines.
Inventor: WILSON DUDLEY JOHN
Filed: 1913-05-05
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 10,520. Wilson, D. J. May 5. Check valves.-A ball valve for admitting air to the induction pipe between the carburettor and the engine comprises a conical body 7 with gauze-covered inlet and outlet passages. The inlet is controlled by a ball 8 loaded by a conical helical spring 14, the compression in which is varied by adjusting a screwed sleeve 12, which carries a stem - piece 13 which supports the spring. The parts 12, 13 are locked by nuts 15.
Patent GB-191315322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means of Clamping Motor-cycle Engines to the Frame of the Cycle.
Inventor: DOUGLAS WILLIAM
Filed: 1913-07-03
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 15,322. Douglas, W., [trading as Douglas Bros.]. July 3. Motors, mounting or supporting.-The engine crank-case 6 is secured by means of V-shaped clamps 3, 5 to a platform 1, rigidly connected by brazing or otherwise to the tube 2 of the motor-cycle frame. The crank-case is adjusted on the platform by means of a screwed stud 8. which passes into a slot in the side of a lug 7 on the platform and is held by nuts 9, 10. The platform 1 may be made in two or more parts. A washer 13 in recess 14 prevents the stud from leaving the slot unintentionally.
Patent GB-191323164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Table and like Cutlery.
Inventor: ASH JOSEPH
IPC: B21D53/62
Filed: 1913-10-14
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 23,164. Ash, J., Ash, J., and Ash, W. H. Oct. 14. End handles; fixing by molten metal.-Relates to the manufacture of table knives, forks. &c. of the kind having hollow metal handles into which molten metal is poured through a hole at the end of the handle to form a filling therefor. The tang B of the blade A is loosely inserted in the hollow handle C, and the two are then placed in a two-part mould D having hollows conforming to the shape of the handle and a portion of the blade, so that the filling-metal G, consisting of aluminium or aluminium alloy, may be run in through a funnel E in the mould after this has been sufficiently heated. Soldering of the blade and handle at the bolster being dispensed with, cheaper and thinner metal shells for the handle may be employed.
Patent GB-191328529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fastening Devices for Hinged Windows, Fan-lights and the like.
Inventor: ZOTZ HUBERT
IPC: E05F9/00
Filed: 1913-12-10
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 28,529. Zotz, H., and Griessl, A. Dec. 10. Catches, gravity. - A fanlight, hinged window, or the like is secured by a pivoted gravity catch 5 having its counterweight 4 recessed at 12 to receive the cross-bar 13 of the operating-pole 15.
Patent GB-191329072-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Grinding or Surfacing Copper and like Rollers.
Inventor: COOK THOMAS
IPC: B24B5/04
Filed: 1913-12-17
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 29,072. Cook, T., and Durrant, G. Dec. 17. Disk and wheel apparatus; block, rubber and like apparatus.- Relates to machines for grinding and surfacing copper and like r o l l e r s of the kind in which a grinding-disk, rotating on an axis at right-angles to that of the roller and acting by its flat surface, is caused to move to and fro along the length of the roller. According to the invention, two or more disks 13 are mounted in a head which may be turned to present the disks in succession to the roller c. The head is carried by a tubular arm 15 which fits over an arm 14 pivoted in the carriage a. The head bears by its weight on the roller, and it may be lifted, by the handle extension 16 of the arm 15, and then turned, by the hand-wheel 17, about the axis of this arm ; a catch is provided to lock the tubular arm in the required positions. The carriage is traversed along rods b, fixed in side-bars k, and is moved by a nut therein engaging the screw d. The screw is geared to the shaft j, driven from the shaft e by belt and provided with a reversing-motion comprising three bevel-wheels and a clutch. The clutch is shifted by the contact of the carriage with adjustable tappets 11 on the slidable rod 2; the rod carries springs 5 interposed between fixed collars 3 and an arm of the reversing-lever which is normally locked in position by catches 7 drawn together by a spring. As the rod moves endways with the carriage, in one direction or the other, one of the collars first compresses its spring and then, by contact, trips the adjacent catch, allowing the compressed spring to throw over the reversing-lever with a quick action; the lever is then locked by the other catch. On the shaft j, and sliding with the carriage, is mounted a pulley from which motion is transmitted to the spindle of the disks by a belt 25 and worm gear. The side-bars k may be fixed to the main frame of the machine; or they may be pivoted and adjustable, by the hand-wheel 32 and screw 31, to vary the position of the disk transversely of the machine; or a rocking motion in the same direction may be imparted by eccentrics &c. The machine may be used without imparting rotation to the disks.
Patent GB-191329349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Piles of Paper and the like.
IPC: B26D7/02
Filed: 1913-12-19
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 29,349. Bautzner Industriewerk. Feb. 7, [Convention date]. [Addition to 9601/13.] Guillotine type. -The clamping-mechanism described in the parent Specification is adapted for a machine in which the tension rods 20 of the knife beam 21 are displaced approximately in the same direction as the beam. One end of the pressure springs 1 is pivoted at 2, while the other end is pivoted to a lever 3 connected by a toggle-joint 5, 6 with levers 7, 8, 9 for operating the press beam 12, this toggle-joint being actuated by crank-gear 13, 15.
Patent GB-191405590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Acetylene.
Inventor: WEATHERHEAD FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: C10H5/00
Filed: 1914-03-05
Granted: 1915-03-05
Abstract: 5590. Weatherhead, F. W. March 5. Regulating head of liquid directly. - The water-tank a of an acetylene-generator is provided with an extension d to receive the gasbell f adjustably secured by a thumb-screw d<1>. The carbide container n fits into the bell f and is held by a turn-button n<1> engaging a slot in a rod k passing through the bell. Water enters through the space between the rod k and a tube m carried by the container, and passes to the carbide resting on a plate p', and distributing-pipe p. A partition h at the top of the bell supports purifying-material.
Patent GB-191408595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Welding Machines.
IPC: B23K11/06
Filed: 1913-06-04
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 8595. Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges. April 4, 1913, [Convention date]. Angular bending; welding.-In an apparatus for electrically lap-welding tubes, an internal mandrel filling the bore of the tube conducts the current from the welding-roll to the supporting-roll. The strip is bent by rolls c and welded between rolls a, c, between which is inserted a mandrel b carried by an insulated support d.
Patent GB-191413234-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dirigible Balloons.
Inventor: MERKL RUPERT
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1914-05-29
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 13,234. Merkl, R., and Schnurr, G. May 29. Aerial machines with aerostats; aerostats; steering. -A rigid air-ship is fitted with an internallyarranged car 3, below which is a housing 6 to contain motors 4, 5 which drive propellers 47 surrounding the air-ship and lifting-propellers 12, 13, a pendulum being arranged to control the direction of rotation of the lifting-propellers so as to keep the air-ship on an even keel. Front and rear elevators 29, separately controlled through levers 41, 42, and a rudder 60 are provided for steering. Pontoons 63, 64 are connected by links 65, hinged at 66 to the side of the air-ship, so as to be raised or lowered by ropes 67. When the pontoons are fully inflated, the propellers 47 are maintained out of contact with the water. The air-ship is partitioned by bulkheads 2. Propelling and balancing.-The propellers 47 comprise blades fixed to rings 45, which run on rings formed as ball races and secured to the air-ship casing. Teeth 48 are formed on the rings 45 and mesh with chains 49, 50 driven from the shaft 7 through sprockets 51, 52 Clutches 53,.54 operated by levers 58, 59 connect the sprockets with the shaft 7. The lifting-propellers 12, 13 are driven through double friction cones 14, 15 which engage a cone 17 on the propeller shaft. The direction of rotation of each propeller depends upon which half of the double cone 14 or 15 is in engagement with the cone 17. A pendulum 23 comprising a tank filled with water, which can swing fore and aft only, is connected by cords 25, 26 to the cones 14, 15, and when the air-ship tilts, one cord is tensioned and the other is slackened, so that one cone is moved by the tensioned cord and the other cone is moved by a spring through the slackening of the other cord. By this means, the propellers are rotated in opposite directions to balance the vessel. When both cords 25, 26 are tensioned or slackened by the operator, the propellers are rotated in the same direction.
Patent GB-191414165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, the Filing of Records, Letters, and other Documents.
Inventor: VESTERLING AUGUST
IPC: B42F13/26
Filed: 1914-06-12
Granted: 1915-06-14
Abstract: 14,165. Vesterling, A. June 12. Claw files; attaching files to covers.-A looseleaf book &c. comprises tiltingly pivoted filing- claws a, b, more than one pair of which may be actuated by a longitudinal rotatable square rod q having eccentrically mounted thereon hinge pins g. Each pin g is journaled in blocks e, f carrying the filing- claws a, b, and furnished with guide-pins e' which move in slots e<2> in a cradle i. The cradles i may have depending screws or holes for receiving screws whereby they may be fixed to the book back l at any position longitudinally of the back, or they may be roughened on the under surface to engage the similarly roughened back l frictionally. The rod q is carried in bearing brackets m, also having depending screws or holes for receiving screws for attachment to the back l, and one bracket m has a stop pin s which engages a bayonet-like slot in the end of the rod q to allow of the withdrawal of the rod only when the claws a, b are open. The cradle i may be omitted, and only One claw need move, the claws being retained by the rod q passing through the other block e. Various forms of claw-holding blocks are shown. In a modification, the claws are tilted by longitudinally and laterally sliding flat members.
Patent GB-191420885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Producing Signals in and for Controlling Locomotives.
Inventor: EBBAGE CHARLES GEORGE
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1914-10-12
Granted: 1915-09-30
Abstract: 20,885. Ebbage, C. G. Oct. 12. Track apparatus actuating signals on trains and for stopping trains; recording signals.-A transversely sliding track ramp engages one of two train contacts to actuate a bell at a ' line clear ' signal, and the brakes and a recording- apparatus at a ' danger ' signal. A second operation of the danger mechanism gives additional movement to the device controlling the brakes. The track ramp 5 is moved across the casing 2 against the action of two springs 9 by a connexion to the cabin. The train contacts comprise vertically-sliding rods 17 forced downwards by springs enclosed in guide-tubes 15, 16, and carrying rollers 12, 13 at their lower ends. The ' line clear ' signal bell 27 is struck by a hammer on the spindle 24 which is rotated by the pinion 23 when the rack-rod 13<a> is raised. At a ' danger ' signal the rack-rod 12<a> is raised and rotates, the spindle 22 which carries a pinion driving the rack 29<a> and a bevelwheel 30 gearing with the wheel 31. The rack 29<a> moves the pressure-pad 59, the record band 39, and an inking-ribbon against the impression device 58, which has a resilient backing 60. The record-band is fed forward by the arm 51 at the return stroke as the roller 12 leaves the ramp. The wheel 31 is loose on the spindle 31<a> which it drives forward by means of a ratchet. This spindle is geared by pinions 50, 32 to a rack 33 which, through a fork 37, actuates the brakecontrolling member 38. In order to release the brake-controlling apparatus the pinion 32 is moved axially by a manually-operated pin 32<a>, and the rack is thus free for resetting.
Patent GB-191423632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway and like Hopper Wagons.
IPC: B61D7/06
Filed: 1914-12-07
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 23,632. Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon, & Finance Co., and Wigley, W. H. Dec. 7. H o p p e r wagons; doors, wagon. - In a hopper wagon provided with curved discharge doors, two side doors d are each operated through a link k from a shaft i disposed out of the path of discharge of the material, and two oppositely - swinging central doors e are operated from a single shaft l disposed away from the discharge opening. The shaft l carries cranks m, n connected by links o, p respectively to levers q, connected to the doors, which are carried by supports f pivoted at h to division or end plates b. The doors d are carried by supports f pivoted at g to the plates b. The lengths of the links k, p may be adjustable. Each shaft i, l is operated through worm and bevel gearing from a corresponding hand-wheel at the end of the wagon.