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Patent GB-191314439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mechanism of Steam Boiler Furnaces, to be Employed for Facilitating the Combustion and the Prevention of Smoke.
Inventor: RAMSBOTTOM EDWIN
IPC: F23L1/00
Filed: 1913-06-23
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 14,439. Ramsbottom, E. June 23. Air supply, regulating.-Relates to apparatus of the kind described in Specification 21,195/11 for supplying air under control through a furnace fire-door or fire-bridge. A bell - crank sleeve u<1>, loose on the fire-door hinge pin, has its arms u, u<2> connected respectively to the air grid in the fire-door and to a slide q, Fig. 3, connected to the air-door in the fire-bridge. On opening the fire-door, a snug a' thereon turns the bell-crank u<1>, thus pulling the slide q forward until a catch q<1> thereon engages one of the supporting brackets r to retain the bell-crank u' in " open " position. Loosely mounted on the slowly rotating shaft c is a star-wheel c, normally coupled to the shaft by a clutch h. As the door opens, a cam m fast on the hinge pin engages the flange h<1> of the clutch, which is thus opened, and, on the further movement of the cam m, an arm connected therewith and carrying a roller p engages between the pins o of the star-wheel c, and thus correctly positions it for its succeeding action. On closing the fire- 'door, the sleeve u<1> is retained in its " open " position by the catch q<1> as described above, but the clutch h, being released by the cam m, again closes, and the star-wheel c thus rotates, and eventually one of its teeth d engages the flat end q<2> of the slide q, thus releasing the catch q<1> and allowing the air grid and air door to close. The cam m and the shaft e. together with the star-wheel c and clutch, may be dispensed with, and the catch q' is then released by hand.
Patent GB-191314483-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Cooling Multicylinder Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LENTZ HUGO
IPC: F01P5/08
Filed: 1913-06-23
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 14,483. Lentz, H. July 26, 1912, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Cylinders, cooling.-Rotary-valve engines, in which the contents of air jackets are withdrawn by the ejector action of the exhaust products, have the ejector extending over the exhaust ports of two or more cylinders in order to prodnce a more even current of air.
Patent GB-191316033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rubber Compounds.
Inventor: MONNOT JOHN FERREOL
IPC: C08K3/22
Filed: 1913-07-11
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 16,033. Monnot, J. F. July 11. Plastic compositions containing india-rubber. -A composition for the manufacture of tyres &c. consists of 15 parts of rubber, 1À8 parts of sulphur, 1À5 parts of litharge, 1À8 parts of carbonate of magnesium, 1À7 parts of whitening, 5 parts of oxide of zinc, and 3À2 parts of ' ruby arpax ' or ' telium.' The last-named material is a kind of corundum comprising alumina, and substances such as silica and ferrous oxide.
Patent GB-191317014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Veil Display Racks.
Inventor: FITZPATRICK MAE
IPC: A47F5/13
Filed: 1913-07-24
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 17,014. Fitzpatrick, M. July 24. Rack stands.-Veiling in the form of bolts or otherwise is displayed on a collapsible or adjustable stand consisting of two cross-levers 3 pivoted at 4 on the base 1, the spaced ends of the levers 3 being joined by pivoted links 5<1>, 5<11>, as shown in the reverse plan, Fig. 3. Three pillars 10 are carried in cup-shaped recesses 8 in each end link, these pillars being braced by pivoted cross-levers 12, which, together with the cross - levers 3, are provided with slots 14, 7 respectively for the pivots, to permit of the necessary adjustment or collapsing of the stand. The outside pillars 10 support rods 16 in recesses therein, and the inside pillars 10 support rods 19 for carrying the veiling.
Patent GB-191319025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vegetable Fibre-extracting Machines.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: D01B1/14
Filed: 1913-08-21
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 19,025. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Boeken, H. J.]. Aug. 21. Scutching-apparatus. - In a fibre-extracting machine comprising two flesh or pulp removing drums and a pair of bands &c. common to the two drums for conveying the material to be treated through the machine, the material is displaced laterally intermediate of the drums to expose all the unscutched part by two moving elements arranged parallel with, or obliquely to, the plane of the conveyor bands and having co-operating surfaces which grip the material and draw it through the bands. The material which is passed through the machine between the bands c, c', Fig. 1, is seized after passing the drum h between the band i and the pressure roller f. The band i is passed over rollers d, e at different heights, and the point of contact between the band i and roller f falls relatively to the bands c, c<1>, the material being drawn laterally through these bands. The band and pressure roller may be arranged obliquely to the bands c, c<1>, or the material may be gripped by a pair of rollers with screw-threaded surfaces to give the necessary travel to the material. The rollers may also be fluted.
Patent GB-191321629-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Water Gauges for Steam Generators.
Inventor: CAMPKIN WILLIAM ELLRINGTON
Filed: 1913-09-25
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 21,629. Campkin, W. E. Sept. 25. Gauge glasses.-To actuate the water and steam cocks simultaneously at a distance, the bar 8 connecting the two cock-levers 4, 7 is connected through a bell-crank lever 12, 13 to a long rod 14 terminating in a handle 15. A hand 23 on the bell-crank lever indicates on a quadrant-shaped plate 22 whether the cocks are opened or closed. The bar 8 is formed in two parts connected by a pin and slot, the parts being readily disconnected so that the cocks may be operated independently.
Patent GB-191322221-A (GB)
Title: Watertight Door.
Inventor: KEMP JAMES WILLIAM
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1913-10-02
Granted: 1914-10-02
Abstract: 22,221. Kemp, J. W. Oct. 2. Operating doors by lever mechanism and by movem e n t of interconnected door. -The water-tight doors used on board ship are of double formation, the two parts being adapted to move each other and to close by pressure applied to either of the two parts or by an inrush of water. The doors c, d are also further arranged so that under normal conditions they can be so placed that the passage way is not closed. The two doors c, d are connected by a flexible connexion so that each miy have a certain amount of independent movement, or the doors may be operated from the deck above by pivoted levers.
Patent GB-191322282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Suspension Mechanism for Mining Cages or the like.
Inventor: HORSLEY EDWARD JOHN
IPC: B66B5/26
Filed: 1913-10-03
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 22,282. Horsley, E. J. Oct. 3. Catch gear of minecage type. - Relates to safety-suspending apparatus for mine cages of the kind in which projections pivoted to the cage are thrown out when the hoisting-rope breaks so as to engage the transverse bearers disposed in the shaft, and comprises a pair or more of arms pivoted to the cage and connected by links to a cross-piece sliding in a slotted housing, the limits of this sliding movement determining the engaged and disengaged positions ot the arms. The upper part 5 of the cage 1 is formed as a housing for a slide 8 having crossarms 7 which engage slots in the housing. Arms 10 are pivoted at 11, and connected by links 12 to the slide 8. In the normal position, the tips of the arms are clear of the cross-bearers 4, but on failure of the suspensory means, which may be through an ordinary safety overwinding hook 15, the arms are thrust out, springs or weights being provided to assist this movement.
Patent GB-191322458-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ear Caps for use in Telephoning.
Inventor: MCGOWAN JOHN CREE
IPC: H04M1/19
Filed: 1913-10-06
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 22,458. McGowan, J. C. Oct. 6. Ear instruments; stethoscopes.-A sound excluding ear cap for use with telephones, stethoscopes, &c. is made of Para or other elastic rubber with extra covering where necessary and has a long slot B through which the ear can be inserted. The soundconveying attachment can be placed on or fixed to the neck A. Tubes may connect one or both of the ear-caps with a telephone receiver. One of the caps may be made blank to exclude all sounds.
Patent GB-191324538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Packing of Incandescent Gas Mantles.
Inventor: ROBIN JACOB IGNOT
IPC: F21H3/00
Filed: 1913-10-29
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 24,538. Robin, J. I. Oct. 29. Packing incandescent gas mantles.-To facilitate the packing of incandescent gas mantles, a tubular member b clamps the material c of the mantle between its outer surface and the inner surface of the holder a, acting as a support during storage and also improving the ultimate shape of the mantle.
Patent GB-191326008-A (GB)
Title: Adjustable Splasher, Table Top & Plate Rack for Cooking Stove.
Inventor: LEWIS GEORGE MINSHULL
IPC: F24C15/12
Filed: 1913-11-13
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 26,008. Lewes, G. M. Nov. 13. Screens; plate racks.-A combination table-top and splash-screen c for the hot-plate b of a gas cooking-stove is hinged to adjustable clamp-like securing - devices d, and is upheld by pivoted catches n or the like. The screen consists of two side bars e, Fig. 5, a front plate f of enamelled iron or the like, and a back-plate h of wood, asbestos compound, &c. Preferably, the back - plate h overlaps the bars e, as shown. When the screen is dropped so as to cover the hot-plate b, the backplate forms a table-top. It may be secured in this position by a padlock or other lock to prevent the unauthorized use of the stove. A plate-rack, consisting of side bars i and cross-bars j, is secured to the upper end of the screen.
Patent GB-191329505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Conveyors.
Inventor: BARENE OTTO ELIAS
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 1913-12-22
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 29,505. Barene, O. E. Dec. 22. Adjustably supporting endless-chain elevators. -The elevator chains pass over sprocket-wheels 19 carried at the upper end of a crane-like frame revoluble about a vertical axis. The lower ends of the chains pass around sprockets in a boot 23. The depending part of the elevator is adjusted by passing the chains over sprockets mounted on a carriage 28 running on the inclined boom 14. The carriage is adjusted by a cable 33 passing around a drum 34 and connected to a counterweight 32.
Patent GB-191330045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Pulling-off Overhead Electrical Conductors or Contact Wires.
IPC: B60M1/20
Filed: 1912-12-31
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 30,045. Siemens - Schuckertwerke. Dec. 31, 1912, [Convention date]. Suspending and supporting.-The pull-off gear for overhead electric conductors at curves in the line is arranged so that the pull-off member g for the inside conductor h is supported partly by the inside suspension wire i and partly, as shown in Fig. 1, by the outside suspension wire a. As an alternative, the pull-off member g for the inside conductor may be supported from the inside suspension i and from the pole, as shown in Fig. 3, by the members n, k<1>. The dispositions of the thrust and tension elements, shown in the drawings in double and single lines respectively, may be varied, and the system may be utilized on lines using more than three current conductors. The system gives double insulation between the leads, and by using a double insulator on the mast at k<1>, double insulation with regard to earth is obtained.
Patent GB-191400708-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Mercerising, Dyeing or Bleaching of Cotton in the Sliver or Roving.
IPC: D06B7/06
Filed: 1914-01-10
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 708. British Cotton and Wool Dyers' Association, and Robson, J. H. Jan. 10. Slivers and rovings, mercerizing. - In connexion with mercerizing, dyeing, or bleaching cotton slivers or rovings, the sliver or roving is enabled to withstand tension, during passage through the treating-machine, by being twisted or wrapped round a suitable stout or strong thread or string, or by winding, twisting, or coiling the thread a spirally around the sliver b. Alternatively, the sliver, roving, or rovings may be spirally plaited or otherwise twisted, coiled, or wrapped together with the string.
Patent GB-191400833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Sliding Windows for Carriages and the like.
Inventor: MUNDAY CHARLES EDWIN
IPC: E05F11/38
Filed: 1914-01-12
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 833. Munday, C. E. Jan. 12. Vehicle windows.-A sash or glass sheet l is balanced by a helical spring h on a transverse shaft i, and is held in any position by a pressing- frame operated by the shaft. In Figs. 1 and 2 a flexible hand k is shown secured hy a clip to the lower edge of the glass and is wound on a pulley j on the shaft i, which is moimted at the ends in sleeve bearings c, o adjustable laterally by screws o<2>, and is supported centrally within a tube a by ball bearings n. One end of the spring h is attached to the shaft i, and the other end to a plug b adjustably secured in the tube by a bayonet-joint. The sleeve pivots c carry pins d, which work in slots in a pressing-frame f, which is faced with velvet and connected to the window frame by screws r<1> carrying yielding springs r<2>, Fig. 6. The shaft i is rotated by a central handle a<1>. In Fig. 3 a pressure bar f' is shown secured to brackets f<2> fixed to the shaft, after the spring is wound, by screws i<2> screwed into hexagonal collars i<1>, and the flexible band k is wound on the tube. The glass is released by pulling the bar inwards by a handle f<3>.
Patent GB-191401556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Control of Moving Bodies by Radiant Energy.
Inventor: HAMMOND JOHN HAYS
IPC: F41G7/00
Filed: 1914-01-20
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 1556. Hammond, J. H. Jan. 20. Drawings to Specification. Actuating.-A rotary cylindrical valve used in a torpedo for controlling the supply of pressure fluid to starting, stopping, and steering- devices &c. is operated by an electro-magnet controlled from a distance by wireless electrical means. The electro-magnet operates through a hinged armature and ratchet-and-pawl mechanism. Provision is also made for operating the ratchet and the valve by piston fluidpressure apparatus.
Patent GB-191403322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Lapping Plaited Yarn used in the Manufacture of Soles for Shoes.
IPC: A43D29/00
Filed: 1914-02-09
Granted: 1915-02-09
Abstract: 3322. Power y Zabala, J., and Alpargatas (Power's Patents), Ltd. Feb. 9. Special kinds of boots and shoes, machines for.- A machine for making shoe soles of plaited yarn is adapted to form one or more, preferably four or six, soles at a time. The plaits are drawn, each from its own cam, between two vertical rollers 47 mounted on a spring-controlled carriage 48, one of the rollers being provided with a check pawl to prevent backward rotation. The winding of the plaits is commenced about three pins 6, which project above and rotate with the rotary table 3. A slotted slide 10 mounted in the table 3 holds a number of similar spring-controlled pins retracted ; but, as the winding proceeds by the rotation of the table 3, the slide 10 is moved by a series of eccentric cams 13, Fig. 5, to permit other pins to be projected through the slot in the slide, to assist in shaping the sole. The pins pass through holes in a box 5 fixed to the table 3, this box being provided with a pinion 38 in gear with pinions 32, 33 loose on their respective shafts 30, 31, which are driven continuously in opposite directionsfrom the driving- shaft 22, by the gearing 26, 25, 23, 24. The shafts 30, 31 are provided with arms 34, 35, and are actuated automatically by cams 42, 43 on the shaft 39, to bring one or other of the arms 34, 35 into engagement with the stud 36 or 37 on the respective pinions 32, 33, to effect the rotation of the table 3 and pins 6 in one direction or the other, as required. The shaft 39 is driven by changewheels from the shaft 22, thus enabling the time of reversal of the table &c. to be varied. The final action of the cams 13 on the slide 10 releases the lower pin 6<a>, Fig. 5, after which reversal occurs ; a further movement of the slide is then effected by the pivoted spring-controlled cam 13<a>, to release the upper pin 6<a>, and the winding is then completed. To retract the pins and allow the slide 10 to be returned to the starting position by the springs 11, a perforated plate 21, which rests on shoulders formed on the pins 6, is connected by rods 19 to a ring 20, which is fitted as shown in Fig. 3 within a second ring 16 connected by chains &c. 17 to a tread'e 15. The ring 20 is thus free to rotate in the ring 16 during operation, but, on the depression of the treadle, it is drawn down by the ring 16 and so retracts the pins. Different slides are used for the different sizes of soles.
Patent GB-191404987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chain Grate Stokers.
Inventor: HENRY ERNEST METCALF
IPC: F23H11/00
Filed: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 4987. Metcalf, H. E. Feb. 26, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Grates; mechanical stoking; doors.-A mechanical stoker adapted for use with internallyfired boilers comprises a travelling grate mounted on a frame 20 which is supported on legs 19, 13 having rollers 27 to facilitate the insertion or removal of the grate. The front legs 19 are adjustable in height, and the frame 20 carries front and rear shafts 8, 9 for supporting the travelling grate chains, the links 25 of which are carried by transverse rods 26. The bottom run of the grate is supported by rollers 24 and is arranged horizontally, but the upper run is in a slack condition and is curved at the front and rear ends. The grate is driven through gearing comprising a friction clutch which yields when the motion of the grate is obstructed. Fuel is fed on to the grate from a hopper 1 by a reciprocating ram 3 of variable stroke, in front of which is suspended a weighted valve 4 to prevent the admission of excessive quantities of fuel. A relief valve 23 is actuated by the valve 4 striking it in the event of a large piece of coal obtaining access to the chamber 2. The furnace door 5 is pivoted at its upper edge so as to open inwardly, and has hinged to its bottom edge one or more plates 6 which bear against a cover 16 enclosing the entire width of the front portion of the grate..The door 5 may be used for hand-firing. Scrapers 11 supported on a cross-bar 14 bear against the grate and serve, in conjunction with the ash-door 12, to prevent admission of air to the flue. Diverging fuel-distributing wings are arranged at the sides of the door 5 between the hopper and the grate.
Patent GB-191409939-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Mode of Charging a Blast Furnace and in the Construction of the Furnace for that Purpose.
Inventor: WRIGHT ROBERT
IPC: C21B7/18
Filed: 1914-07-04
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 9939. Wright, R., and Calderwood, J. July 4. Blast furnaces; charging.-In a blast furnace in which the fuel is introduced by separate shafts arranged round the central ore and flux shaft, the fuel is admitted above the combustion zone undecomposed and relatively cool. The fuel shafts b arranged around the central shaft a communicate at their upper ends by holes g, and cold air supplied as at h to one of them can thus pass through the fuel to keep it cool. The cooling is further ensured by making the upper parts f of the shafts of unenclosed sheet metal. The upper ends of the fuel shafts are fitted with closures such as j, k. The shafts b open into the central shaft in vertical alinement with a tuyere below, and their combined area must not be less than one and a half times that of the inner shaft. The central shaft is smaller in diameter than the hearth from its lower end upward for about one-third to not more than one-half its total length, and above that its walls slope outwardly.
Patent GB-191412506-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Cutting of Wedges and the like.
Inventor: MCKEOWN THOMAS JAMES
IPC: B27B25/10
Filed: 1914-05-21
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 12,506. McKeown, T. J. May 21. Sawing-machine tables and fences.-Comprises the combination with a saw bench of a movable, and, if desired, removable fence slidably supported and provided with an adjustable side edge which forms a gauge for cutting, and means for automatically returning the fence after each cutting operation. The fence a, Fig. 2, is slidably mounted on a guide-rail c<1> and is furnished with a side or edge d hinged at d<1> and adjustable by a member d<3> and bolt d' engaging a slotted extension of the fence. A guide a<0> is secured to the front end of the fence for the plank to bear against, and a scraper or brush k may be provided to clean the rail c<1>. After each cutting operation, the fence is returned by a compression spring f; or a tension spring g, Fig. 3, may be employed. A guard m prevents the cut wedge from rising during the return movement. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the adjustable side is in two or more sections n, n<1> which can be alined to deal with long wedges, or flexed as shown in full lines for cutting short wedges. The fence may strike against a stopper l on the return movement to throw the cut wedges clear of the fence or bench.
Patent GB-191412946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescopes with Variable Magnifying Powers.
Inventor: BECK CONRAD
IPC: G02B15/04
Filed: 1914-05-26
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 12,946. Beck, C., Beck, H. C., and Chapman, W. May 26. Telescopes; telescope systems.-A variablepower telescope comprises a fixed ocular g, a movable erecting-lens system d, and a reflecting-device e adapted to be moved relatively to the erecting-lens in such a way as to'render the image formed by the erecting-lens of a fixed object or primary image stationary. As shown, the invention is applied to a periscopic sighting-telescope comprising an upper prism a, an objective b, and a collecting-lens and graticule c, and the reflecting-device consists of a movable doubly-reflecting prism e and a fixed singly-reflecting prism f. In order to obtain the coordinated movements of the lens d and prism e, they are mounted to move longitudinally within a tube, their mounts being provided with rollers engaging straight slots in a fixed tube and camslots in a rotary adjusting-tube surrounding the fixed tube.
Patent GB-191413545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grids.
Inventor: DREOSSI MASSIMO
IPC: A47J37/06
Filed: 1914-06-03
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 13,545. Dreossi, M. June 3. Grilling-apparatus.-Comprises grilling-apparatus in which the roasting-pan is placed under the grid and the coal on top of it. Fig. 1 shows a simple form in which wire netting 1 is stretched on a frame provided with legs 3. Fig. 4 shows a form with adjustable legs so that the height of the grid above the roasting- pan may be varied. In this form, each leg is formed of a socket 6 hinged to the frame, and a sliding part 7, the position of which in the socket may be adjusted by a pin engaging any of a series of holes. The frame members are also hinged in the middle at 11, so that the apparatus may be folded up. The side members are made hollow and stiffened in use by bars 12 passed through them. In another modification, the inclination of the legs is adjustable by a pivoted serpentine bar which may engage a pin on the frame. Fig. 7 shows a form constructed from a sheet-metal plate bent at rightangles to form the sides and also folded to form inwardly-extending ridges 21. Stiffeners 19 are provided at the top and at the bottom if necessary. A metal ash-box 23 is provided, above which is a frame 25 carrying the roasting- pan. A frame 28 of wire netting is placed on the uppermost ribs 21. In a further modification, four iron feet are riveted at the top and bottom to frames. The grid is let into the top frame, and an ash-box is provided, the roasting- pan being placed on iron bars above the ash-box.