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Patent GB-191308238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Operating Mechanism for Pneumatically Actuated Musical Instruments, whereby Two or More Records can be Played from Successively.
Filed: 1913-04-08
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 8238. Frankfurter Musikwerke-Fabrik J. D. Phillips & S÷hne Akt.-Ges., and Phillips, A. April 8. Winding-mechanism; tracker-bars. - Two or more tracker-frames and tune-sheets are employed, the arrangement being such that when a tune-sheet is moving forward the trackerducts controlled by it are connected with the action, but when the tune-sheet is stationary or being rewound, the tracker-ducts are disconnected from the action. One tune-sheet can be played while another tune-sheet is being rewound. A long piece of music recorded on several tune-sheets can thus be played without appreciable interruption. Two tracker-frames a, a<1> are represented in Fig. 1; the tune-sheet in the frame a is driven through the wheels i, k for the playing movement, while the tune-sheet in the frame a<1> is driven by the wheels i, l for rewinding. As shown in Fig. 2, the wheels i are mounted on pivoted levers g, and spring- catches m are provided for holding these levers in the upper, middle, or lower positions. Two sets of pipes d, d<1> lead from the two trackerbars through ports controlled by diaphragms e, e<1> to a single set of pipes c leading to the action. To play a tune, the lever g is moved until the wheel i engages the wheel k to wind the tune-sheet. The movement of the lever g is transmitted through the connexion n to the valve h, causing it to connect the diaphragm c<1> to the exhaust-chest p, so that the pipes d<1> connect 'with the pipes c leading to the action. At the completion of the tune, the lever g is moved until the wheel i engages the wheel l to rewind the tune-sheet, the valve h being simultaneously operated to admit air to the diaphragm c<1> and close the connexion from the tracker-bar to the action. The lever g<1> can then be operated to engage the corresponding wheels i, k, and connect the diaphragm e to exhaust, so that the tune-sheet in the trackerframe a<1> is played. Bellows controlling valves may be substituted for the diaphragms c, c<1>. In a modification, one part of a tracker-bar is moved relatively to the other before rewinding, so that the tracker-ducts no longer register with the pipes leading to the action.
Patent GB-191308595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Trenches.
Inventor: NILSON JOHN BIRGER
IPC: A01B13/00
Filed: 1913-04-11
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 8595. Nilson, J. B. April 11. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Excavating.-A trench-excavator comprises a plough 3 with mould-board 4 delivering into an annular chamber in a wheel 1. The soil is retained by a plate 16 and raised by the wheel until it reaches a scraper 14 which directs it to a shoot 15 delivering clear of the trench. The normally fixed axle of the wheel has a pinion at each end engaging a rack 5 and turned by gearing from a hand - wheel 12, so that the plough may be raised and lowered. The front wheels may be raised and lowered together by screw-and-nut mechanism operated by a handwheel 22, and each wheel has auxiliary screw- and-nut mechanism so that one wheel may run on higher ground than the other.
Patent GB-191311392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Inducing Hypnotic Sleep.
Inventor: GUILHAUMON HERMANI EMILE
IPC: A61M21/00
Filed: 1913-05-15
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 11,392. Guilhaumon, H. E., and Ferrand, M. May 15. Sleep and hypnotism, inducing. - An appliance for inducing hypnotic sleep by means of an intermittently - appearing light comprises a casing a enclosing an electric battery and carrying an electric bulb b covered by an auxiliary casing c which is provided with a small aperture d. A second auxiliary casing e encloses clock - work provided with an anchor escapement g to which an arm i is attached so as to oscillate in front of the aperture d through which the light is seen.
Patent GB-191313241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Timing Devices for Electric Ignition in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KITCHELL WILLIAM CYRUS
IPC: F02P5/02
Filed: 1913-06-07
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 13,241. Kitchell, W. C. June 7. Rotary distributors.-In a timing-device for electric ignition in internal combustion engines, a rotary shaft 27 carries two rings of insulating. material 28 having extended rims 29' adapted to cover one or more metallic rings 29 mounted on the shaft between the insulating-rings, the rims being cut away at one portion to expose a lug 30<1> on the ring 29, which makes contact with a spring-pressed roller 25 when the shaft 27 is rotated. The roller 25 is carried by a shaft 21 which is slidably mounted in an insulating- sleeve carried by an arm 13 projecting from the timing-lever 10, which is rotatably mounted about the bearing 11 of the shaft 27. In a modification, Fig. 6, the timing-device is mounted on the end of the rotary shaft 33, and comprises a socket member 34 adapted to be secured to the shaft and terminating in a reduced stem 36 upon which the insulating-disks 45 and metallic disk 47 are mounted, the roller 55 being carried by a spring-pressed shaft 52 mounted in a sleeve 48 carried by an insulating- casing 39. The casing 39 is loosely mounted about the stem 36 and is rotated by a lever 43 for timing purposes. For multi-cylinder engines, a number of rollers are mounted in the casing 39.
Patent GB-191313802-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Door-closing and Arresting Mechanism for Vehicles.
Inventor: HOBOHM WILHELM
IPC: E05B65/20
Filed: 1913-06-14
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 13,802. Hobohm, W. June 14. Operating doors by springs and chain arrangements; stops.-A spring door-closing mechanism for vehicle doors, particularly those of passenger vehicles and railway carriages, is provided with means for arresting the door in a partly open position, if the door is not securely latched. The mechanism is enclosed in a casing 3 on the door adjacent to the latch casing 1 containing an ordinary latch 2. The arresting-device comprises a pawl 5 fixed to a block 4 in the casing and adapted, when the door is not fully closed, to engage a notch 6 in a sliding block 7 connected by a chain, steel band, or rope 19 to the door frame. When the door is closed, the pawl engages the plain face of the block 7. The block 7 is connected by a cross-bar 14 to springs 13 connected to a sliding carriage 8, to whicb, and to studs 10 on the casing 3 are connected springs 9 of greater power than the springs 13. A pair of spring arms 11 secured to the carriage 8 are formed with inclines 12 engaging when the door is closed with similar inclines 12<1> on the rear end of the block 7, so that, during the first part of the opening movement, the block 7 and carriage 8 move together, tensioning the springs 9 until inclines 15 on the arms 11 are forced outwards to engage inclines 16 on the ends of guides 17. During further opening, the carriage 8 remains stationary and the springs 13 are tensioned. The block 7 is held in its extreme position against the action of the springs 13 by means of spring fingers 22 on guides 21. In closing the door, the partial rigidity of the chain 19 overcomes the friction of the fingers 22 to allow the weak springs 13 to close the door slowly until the spring arms 11 again engage the end of the block 7 to allow the strong springs 9 to complete the closure. If complete closure is prevented by an obstruction, the pawl 5 engages the notch 6 to prevent opening of the door. The pawl 5 is prevented from engaging the notch 6 during the ordinary opening of the door, or is released from the notch 6 after engagement by means of a spring-controlled rod 23 connected to or butting against the latch bolt 2 so as to be operated by the latch handle 40, and provided at its inner end with a cam-plate 25 moving in a slot 26 in the block 7. The chain 19 is protected by means of a steel band 28 fixed to the door frame and controlled by a spring 27 arranged within a casing 30.
Patent GB-191314963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Buttonhole Sewing Machines.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: D05B37/02
Filed: 1913-06-28
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 14,963. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Mundlos & Co., H.]. June 28. Button-hole sewing machines. - Relates to machines in which the knife is actuated by mechanism comprising a pawl adapted to be clutched to a continuously reciprocating member, and consists in an improved construction of mechanism for controlling the pawl. The knife is mounted on a bar arranged parallel to the needle-bar, and operated by a lever k adapted to be clutched to the reciprocating rod g of the thread-drawing off device. The clutch consists of a pawl l pivoted on a sleeve h which is pivoted on a pivoted rod o. The pawl is normally held out against its spring by a bolt z pressed by a cam v<1>, Fig. 2, on the vertical feed-shaft v<2>. When the bolt falls down the step of the cam, the pawl is released and its nose m enters a recess r in the shaft g. The lever o is then depressed and operates the lever k. A bolt t, normally held back by a pawl, then enters the top of an inclined slot s in the pawl, and on the upward reciprocation of the shaft g, disengages the pawl l. The bolt t holds the pawl until the cam returns the bolt z, when a pin v on the cam retracts the bolt t.
Patent GB-191317927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Optical Pyrometers.
IPC: G01J5/52
Filed: 1913-08-06
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 17,927. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Aug. 6. Pyrometers.-In an optical pyrometer of the kind in which the luminosity of a glow lamp in the barrel of a telescope is varied by varying the resistance of a circuit containing a battery &c. and a current-meter, the resistance is arranged on the body of the telescope so that it may be regulated without removing either of the hands from the telescope. The battery leads are connected to a plug k entering a socket k<1> opposite the lamp socket g<1>, so that the lamp may be used in an upright position. The resistances consist of a number of wires t mounted on insulating-rings i on the body of the telescope and engaging springs or brushes f on flanged rings s, s<1> which are rotated so as to short-circuit or otherwise vary the resistance. One or both of the resistances in the rings s, s<1> are connected by wires f<4>, f<2>, springs f<1>, and strips m to the lamp and battery circuit. The resistances may be arranged in a direction parallel to the axis or otherwise. To obtain a larger range of comparison of shades of colour of monochromatic light, a yellow or green screen b carried by a cap a is used instead of a red screen in front of the eyepiece o, and a further cap c having a smoked or otherwise tinted glass screen d is fitted thereon to obviate undue intensity or glare.
Patent GB-191319783-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Preparation of Absorbents to be used in the Cells of Electric Dry Batteries.
Inventor: RABBIDGE PARNELL
IPC: H01M10/10
Filed: 1913-09-01
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 19,783. Rabbidge, P. Sept. 27, 1912, [Convention date]. Absorbents.-Vegetable fibre, such as copra from which most of the oil has been pressed, is bleached in an aqueous solution of permanganate of potash or soda and sulphuric acid. The fibre is washed, cleansed, and dried, steeped in the bleaching liquid for about 12 hours, then washed and dried. The bleaching-liquid may comprise 1 part of sulphuric acid, 1 part of permanganate, and 8 parts of water.
Patent GB-191319800-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Means for Balancing the Fly Wheels, Crank-shafts and Connecting Rods of High Speed Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1913-09-02
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 19,800. Avery, W. & T., and Brown, A. W. Sept. 2. Testing balance of pulleys, fly-wheels, &c.- An apparatus for testing the balance of flywheels, crank-shafts, &c., together with the cooperating connecting-rods &c. of high-speed engines, comprises a pair of knife-edged sleeves or mandrels in which the shaft &c. to be tested is mounted, the mandrels being attached to, and forming the pivots of a frame carrying all the elements to be tested; the mass required to balance the frame is then determined by means of an indicating-arm and scale, balance-weights &c. The fly-wheel 7, Figs. 1 and 2, is attached to a spindle, which is mounted in hollow mandrels 5 having knife-edges 6, Fig. 4. The mandrels are in turn mounted in a frame 4, Fig. 3, previously balanced by means of an adjustable weight 20 traversed by a screw 19. The connecting-rods, pistons, &c. are suspended together from links 11 supported by knife-edges 8, 10 carried by the frame and adjusted to positions relative to the axis of the fly-wheel, crank-shaft, &c., corresponding to those occupied in the assembled engine. The frame is supported by the knife-edges 6 which are placed upon members 3 carried by the standards of a frame. The frame 4 is prevented from overbalancing by means of india-rubber stops 17, Fig. 1. The amount required to balance the elements is determined by an indicating-arm 15 and a fixed scale 14, or by weights attached to the frame.
Patent GB-191322640-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Piano Players.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
Filed: 1913-10-07
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 22,640. Wade, H., [Stirckler, A. E.]. Oct. 7. Blowing and exhausting air; expression, controlling.-In a player-piano having separate reservoirs for the treble and bass notes, the reservoirs are of smaller capacity than the feeder-bellows and are provided with springs the tensions of which may be adjusted simultaneously. As shown, the reservoirs 4 are of smaller capacity than the bellows 3, which are operated by treadles 2. A reservoir 4 and bellows 3 are mounted on the wind trunk 5 at each side of a partition 23 having a port 24 controlled by a valve 25. The springs 10 are connected to a handle 20, which is adapted to engage one of the notches in the plate 22. The note-operating pneumatics are of less than the normal size.
Patent GB-191324624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Brakes for Railway Wagons and like Vehicles.
Inventor: PARKES SAMUEL ROWLAND
IPC: B61H13/02
Filed: 1913-10-30
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 24,624. Parkes, S. R., and Pilkington, F. D. Oct. 30. Hand actuation.-In an either-side railwaywagon brake, one hand-lever 3 operates a crossshaft 2 carrying arms 4 connected by rods 10 to the brake blocks of diagonally-opposed wheels by levers 8 mounted loosely on the axles and connected by rods 7 to the blocks 5. The other handle 3<a> operates a second cross-shaft 2a similarly connected to the blocks of the other two wheels. Rack-and-pinion gearing may replace the lever arms. Compensating for wear.-Turn-buckles (not shown) in the rods 7, and a series of holes in the rods 7, 10 are provided.
Patent GB-191326392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: SCHROEDER ALFRED
IPC: F01C1/356
Filed: 1913-11-17
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 26,392. Schroeder, A. Nov. 22, 1912, [Convention date]. Movable-abutment type; cooling parts; valves, distributing and cut-off; working-fluid supply. -In a rotary internal-combustion engine, fuel is fed by a pipe m into a chamber l which is heated by the explosions, and from the chamber l it passes through ducts n into ducts in an oscillating valve o, which registers with ports h in a hollow outwardly-sliding abutment d. Air is drawn in past check valves q by the flange 5 of the reciprocating abutment d and forced past check valves s into a chamber p, which supplies, through ducts t, the outer ducts h of the abutment d. These outer ducts h are elongated to admit a preliminary scavenging supply of air. To the perforated block u closing the abutment casing is secured a sparking-plug i which projects into the hollow abutment. The ignited gases flow through the ports h into the working-chambers e behind the piston heads c and finally exhaust through ports f. Each abutment d is forced inwards by a cam on the piston shaft actuating, through an arm y and a spring, an arm x connected to an arm w of the abutment; and the valve n is connected by a link 3 with the arm x. The piston drum and casing may be fitted with cooling-chambers, as shown. The exhaust ports may be formed in the side-wall of the casing and controlled by cheeks connected to the rotor. When steam is used as the motive fluid, it is admitted through all the ducts n, t, and the ports in the abutments are elongated. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the sliding abutments may be replaced by hinged flaps, and comprises also a modification in which the explosion chambers are formed in the rotor behind the vanes c, and the fuel is introduced through the hollow shaft, the abutments d being solid. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191326989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Apparatus for Causing the Extension and Contraction of Opera Hats and the like for Advertising Purposes.
Inventor: SANTER FLORENCE ANNIE
IPC: G09F19/10
Filed: 1913-11-24
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 26,989. Santer, F. A., [trading as Cuthbertson, C. J.]. Nov. 24. Moving and changing apparatus.-Opera hats and the like are extended and contracted for advertising purposes on a machine by an electric motor - driven system of links and levers. A motor drives one or more links, which oscillate levers h, Fig. 1, H, Fig. 3, and cause the rise and fall of rods c, C, C<1>, which pass through tubes b, upon which hats e rest, and are attached by lugs d to the crowns of the hats.
Patent GB-191327295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: BARLOW THOMAS REEVE
IPC: B61L3/10
Filed: 1913-11-27
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 27,295. Barlow, T. R. Nov. 27. Track apparatus actuating signals on and other than on trains; visual outdoor signals; miniature signals.-Danger and clear signals are given on a train by a polarized indicator energized by current received from spring plungers on the track, the circuit being controlled by commutators on the semaphores. A signal is also given in the cabin when a danger signal is passed by the train. Fig. 2 shows the cabin indicator and a commutator switch in the clear position. Fig. 3 shows the train signalling- device. Fig. 6 shows the construction of the plungers on the track. Pistons 17, normally raised by springs, are depressed by the skid on the train to make contact with a spring-supported conducting-plate 21 connected to the leads h, j<1>, h<1> so as to make a circuit, when the signal is clear, from earth, over contact 6, lead j<1>, plungers 17, skid wire f, magnets 12, bell 13, and battery 14. The magnets 12 move the polarized armature 10 to expose a green disk G at the aperture 16. When the signal is at danger, current passes from earth over one of the magnets 12<a> in the cabin, bell 13<a>, battery 14<a>, contact 5, lead h<1>, and the plungers and engine apparatus. The battery 14<a> is of greater electromotive force than the battery 14 and the current is reversed through the magnets of the train apparatus giving a danger signal. The contact 4 closes the circuit through the other magnet 12<a> of the cabin indicator as the signal moves to ' clear.' A mechanical latch for the armatures 10, 10<a> may he fitted to keep the signals exposed until manually released, and contacts made by the armatures close local bell circuits.
Patent GB-191328259-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wind Screens for Motor Cars and like Vehicles.
IPC: B60J1/04
Filed: 1913-12-08
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 28,259. Crosbee & Sons, T., and Rogers, T. S. Dec. 8. Pivot adjustments.-The pivot member e of a joint for the wind-screen of a motor or other vehicle is provided with a V-groove e<1> and engages a socket comprising two hingedly connected parts a<1>, a<2> of V-shape in cross-section so as to engage the V-groove of the pivot e. The parts a<1>, a<2> of the socket are drawn together to grip the pivot by means of a thumbscrew d passing through lugs a<3>, a<4>. The V- shaped part of the socket member a<2> may extend beyond the lug a<3>, the V-shaped part of the socket member a' being correspondingly cut away. Reference has been directed by the Comptrollcr to Specification 22,401/13.
Patent GB-191402605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for Heating Water and other Liquids.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
IPC: F24H1/14
Filed: 1914-01-31
Granted: 1915-02-01
Abstract: 2605. Berry, A. F. Jan. 31. Switches, combined with valves. The switchoperating handle l, Fig. 1, of an electric water heater is arranged to open a tap m and has contacts 1, 2 engaging with fixed contacts 3, 4, 5 for connecting the heating-circuits in series or parallel. A spring l<1> may be provided to bring the handle to the off position when released. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, a pin r on the handle l registers with a slot o on the tap handle, when the latter is in the full open position and the switch has been moved to the fullest extent in one direction. The switch may then be moved in the reverse direction to engage with other contacts 7, the tap being locked by the entry of the pin r into the slot o.
Patent GB-191404263-A (GB)
Title: Process for Accelerating the Vulcanisation of Natural or Artificial Caoutchouc or Caoutchouc like Substances.
Inventor: PEACHEY STANLEY JOHN
IPC: C08K5/00
Filed: 1914-02-19
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 4263. Peachey, S. J. Feb. 19. Vulcanizing - compositions. - Para - nitrosodimethylaniline or its homologues, such as paranitroso-methylaniline or para - nitroso - ethylaniline are employed to accelerate vulcanization. In an example 100 parts of rubber are mixed with 10 parts of sulphur and 0À5 part of the accelerating - agent, the mixture being heated for 20 minutes at a temperature of 135-145‹ C.
Patent GB-191406399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Roller Bearings.
Inventor: CARL OSKAR RYDBERG
IPC: F16C23/08
Filed: 1914-03-13
Abstract: 6399. Rydberg, C. O. Dec. 8, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Roller bearings.-A self-alining roller bearing has barrel-shaped rollers c running on curved races, the outer one b of which is spherical and the inner one convex. The roller may have a reduced cylindrical portion g running on a rib h on the inner race. The bearing-surfaces may consist of narrow ribs as shown at i, k. The curvature of the rollers may be slightly greater than that of the races, so that there is some looseness towards the ends of the rollers. In a modification, the inner race is spherical, and the outer one is convex, the rollers being larger at the ends than in the middle. The rollers may be confined in a cage consisting of a slotted sleeve l.
Patent GB-191406871-A (GB)
Title: Improved Starting Device for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: GREINER FRIEDRICH
Filed: 1914-03-18
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 6871. Greiner, F. March 18. Jet-wheels; driving and transmission mechanism, special applications of; regulating.-In a turbine used as engine turning-gear, the nozzle m is carried by a slide c which acts as a valve to the admission passage. The slide is connected to the inlet valve g for compressed air or carbonic-acid gas, and is moved by a lever f simultaneously with the inlet valve. Springs h normally hold the slide in a raised position. A controlling-valve l is placed between the inlet valve and the admission passage. In a modification, the turbine-wheel is carried in the slide and gears through friction wheels with the main engine fly-wheel.