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Patent GB-191321013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Seats Exposed to Weather.
Inventor: BAYES JOHN RICHARD
IPC: A47C7/66
Filed: 1913-09-17
Granted: 1914-09-17
Abstract: 21,013. Bayes, J. R. Sept. 17. Reversible seats; covers for exposed seats.-A seat provided with a reversible back and a cover D adapted to be wound on a roller E comprises a seat proper B pivotally mounted at B<2> and supported by a spring B<3>. The seat back C is connected by a rod C<2> to a piston F3 working in a cylinder F and controlled by a spring F<2> which presses the back to one side so that the cover D is drawn over the seat. When the seat is occupied, the seat member B is depressed and moves a catch G, having a pivoted finger G<1>, into the path of a cross-bar H, thereby retaining the back member in position and preventing it from pressing against the back of the occupant.
Patent GB-191401546-A (GB)
Title: Driving Axles for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: TWOMBLY WILLARD IRVING
IPC: B60K17/16
Filed: 1914-01-20
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 1546. Twombly, W. I. Jan. 20. Brakes, arrangement and disposition of.-A resilient metal brake band 32 having pads 33 acts upon the drum 19 of the differential gear, and its ends are connected to a bent lever 37 by which the brake is applied. The band is normally held clear of the drum by means of a spring arm 34 connected to the drum by a stud 35.
Patent GB-191404214-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Fuel and Method of Making the Same.
Inventor: HICKMAN THOMAS MOORE
IPC: C10B57/06
Filed: 1914-02-18
Granted: 1915-05-18
Abstract: 4214. Hickman, T. M. Feb. 18. Materials and compositions for making coke. -An admixture for use in coking carbonaceous materials which possess little or no coking properties consists of natural or artificially prepared compounds of alumina and silica containing in chemical combination therewith alkalies, or alkaline earth metals, magnesium, or iron or metals isomorphous with iron. These compounds are sometimes contained in fire-clay, ball-clay, shale or red clay, gault, marl, and zeolites such as chabasite, phillipsite, and desmine; carbonaceous material may also be contained by the admixture. An infusible clay may be converted for use in the process by treatment in a furnace or antoclave with alkali or lime, and the alkali may be replaced by iron &c. by further treatment. The composition of the admixture is selected in accordance with the analysis of the ash of the carbonaceous material to be coked.
Patent GB-191407218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Impulse Transmitters and the like.
IPC: H04M1/23
Filed: 1914-03-21
Granted: 1915-03-22
Abstract: 7218. Betulander Automatic Telephone Co., and Bryant, G. H. March 21. Impulse transmitters for automatic exchange systems are made with rectilinearly-moving finger-hold devices, for instance with endless chains of which the links or cross-pieces 2 serve as finger-holds. The wanted number is transmitted by inserting the finger in the corresponding space, as indicated by the numbered plate 9, and drawing the chain down until the finger is arrested by the bottom of the slot in the casing 1. The impulse transmission takes place during the return movement, which is effected by a spring barrel on one of the pairs of sprocketwheels 4. The impulse contacts 14, 15 may be actuated by the links 2 through a roller 18 on a carrier 17, which is pivoted on an extension of the spring 14 so as to have a free ineffective movement in one direction; or they may be actuated from a cam 20, Fig. 4, on one of the sprocket-wheels 4. On its return to normal position, the chain is arrested by a detent link 5 engaging a stop 6, which is pivoted to operate a group of normal springs 11, 12, 13. The construction shown is specially adapted to be fitted to a pedestal telephone set.
Patent GB-191408028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Decolourised, or Bleached, Leather.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: C14C3/08
Filed: 1914-03-30
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 8028. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. March 30. Bleaching, processes and materials for. - Stained or discoloured leather is bleached or considerably decolorized by treating it with a synthetic tanning-agent of the aromatic series, described in one or other of the Specifications 8511/12, 24,216/12, 7137/13, 7138/13, or 18,258/13, [all in Class 2 (iii), Dyes &c.]. In examples: (1) leather impregnated with darkly coloured tanning-agents is suspended in a solution of the product obtained according to example (2) of Specification 7138/13 for a time sufficient to bleach or decolorize it, and is then washed, as by passing through lukewarm water, and dried slowly in the dark; (2) leather which has been well exposed to the air and dried is brushed with the solution of example (1) above, washed, and dried as before; (3) leather is suspended in a sumac extract to which has been added a solution of the product obtained according to example (2) of Specification 24,216/12 for some time, and then washed and dried in the dark.
Patent GB-191408863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and applicable to Mercurial Automatic Valveless Gas Controllers for Automatically Regulating Gas Supply to Gas-heated and Hand or otherwise Filled Boilers, Urns and other Gas-heated Apparatus and the like.
Inventor: BROOKMAN SYDNEY GEORGE GARDINE
IPC: G05D23/12
Filed: 1914-04-08
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 8863. Brookman, S. G. G. April 8. Actuating; liquid-seal valves.-In an automatic liquid-seal and thermal control device for regulating the supply of gas to gas-heatec boilers, urns, &c. the vessel a, Fig. 1, containing the mercury x is mounted in a chamber k fitted with the water inlet and supply pipes m, l, the one m, having a filling funnel m<1>, Fig. 3 this apparatus is disposed at the top of the boiler or urn. A screwed plunger h for adjusting the mercury level, and concentric gas inlet and supply tubes e, d are fitted in the top oi the mercury vessel. When the liquid in the boiler or urn reaches boiling-point, the heat of the steam escaping through the pipes l, m expands the mercury which rises and gradually covers the taper slot g in the inner tube c. The reduction of the supply of gas continues so as to maintain the liquid just at boiling-point. The introduction of cold liquid through the funnel m<1> and the chamber k immediately contracts the mercury and restores the full supply of gas until the liquid boils again.
Patent GB-191408930-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Printing Vignetted Photographs and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: BARBERIS GIUSEPPE SILVESTRO
IPC: G03B27/28
Filed: 1914-04-08
Granted: 1915-04-08
Abstract: 8930. Barberis, G. S. April 8. Printing apparatus with vignetting - masks. -In a printing - frame for printing vignetted photographs, the vignetting-opening is formed by several independent plates, such as 4, 4<1>, Fig. 1, which are associated to form a vignetting-mask and are individually adjustable into and in any plane parallel to the negative, in order to proportionate the degree of vignetting to the degree of transparency of different zones of the negative. The plates may be supplemented by additional strips 9 to. mask the edges of the opening not covered by the plates 4, 4'. The ends of the strips 9 may be bent down to facilitate adjustment. In one printing-frame, Figs. 4 and 6, a frame 14 with four uprights 10 and angle-pieces 11 is adapted on the printing-frame 12. The uprights 10 are shaped to accommodate vertically adjustable strips 13, between which the vignetting-plates are clamped and secured by set-screws 15. Additional spacing-strips 14' screen the openings between the upper strip 13 and the frame 14. An auxiliary sheet of parchment or other diffusing-sheet is clamped by resilient strips 17. Alternative constructional modifications are described for adapting the strips 13 and the vignetting-frame. In one modification, Fig. 7, the frame 14 carries pressure springs 19, the angle-pieces 11 are bent under at 11', the frame and strip are guided on bolts 18, and the spring strips 17 are hinged at one end. In another modification, Fig. 10, uprights guiding the spacing-strips are screwed down by screws 22, the strips 13 are pressed by springs 23, and the frame 14 for the diffusing-surface is independently mounted by resilient arms 24 and catches 25. The strips 9 may be formed with lateral extensions 9<1>, Fig. 6, and the bars 13 formed with channels 22<1>, Fig. 10, to accommodate these lateral edges, thereby preventing any admission of light between the bars 13. In another modification, the frame for supporting the vignetting-arrangements is self-contained and is adjustably attached to the printing-frame by screws 27, Fig. 12. Alternatively, the independent frame may be attached by pins and a resilient arm 29, Fig. 14.
Patent GB-191416899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Kinematograph Picture Films.
Inventor: THORNTON JOHN EDWARD
IPC: G03C7/22
Filed: 1914-07-16
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 16,899. Thornton, J. E. July 16. Kinematograph picture films; bichromated colloid processes.-Kinematograph picture films are made by the bichromated colloid process in monochrome or colours as follows : From an ordinary positive film having continuous tones, a printing-film with broken tones is obtained by reproduction through a half-tone screen. From this screen printing-film, a print is made on to a carbon or other bichromated colloid film. The film is printed right through to the base and developed from the front. To obtain colour films, separate screen printing- films representing component colours may be made from separate colour negatives or from an autochrome or other screen negative, and the positive film is resensitized and printed successively from these printing-films. In producing the screen printing-film, the position of the screen may be altered for successive exposures, so that the dots of successive pictures may come in a different place on the screen, thereby avoiding any grainy appearance. Specifications 9324/12, 14,340/12, and 26,827/12, [all in Class 97 (i), Optical systems &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-191417436-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Safe or Chest for Keeping Fish, Meat, Game and other Perishable Articles of Food.
Inventor: TEANBY WALTER
IPC: A23B4/08
Filed: 1914-07-23
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 17,436. Teanby, W. July 23. Refrigerators, domestic and like.-In a domestic refrigerator, the water draining from the ice placed on a perforated plate E, Figs. 1 and 2, collects in a channel F and escapes through an outlet G, the month of which is covered by a hood H projecting into the channel to prevent ingress of air. The chest is provided with a metal, porcelain, or like lining D, and with a rubber or similar seating D<1> for the hinged lid B. In a modification, Figs. 4 and 5. in which the ice is kept in compartments a<1>, a<2> separate from the food &c, to be preserved, the channel F serves to connect the compartments to a common outlet G.
Patent GB-191417604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weight-indicating Weighing Apparatus.
Inventor: BENTON WILLIAM ALFRED
IPC: G01G1/00
Filed: 1914-07-25
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 17,604. Benton, W. A. July 25. Loose-weight apparatus; indicating-mechanism.-In a weighing-apparatus of the kind described in Specification 4724/12 the operation of placing the requisite weights on the weightpan after the rough weighing, automatically deposits thereon at the same time an auxiliary weight equal in effect to, or a little in excess of, the device for weighing the fractional excess of the load above the complete units of weight. The load pulls down a rod a coupled to the main weighing-beam b, and connected by a link f to the rough-weighing beam d which is further connected to a pendulum-lever n. A selector arm o moving with the pendulum-lever carries an indicating segment p, a toothed segment p' and a movable stud q. By turning a handoperated shaft 4 arms or cams on the shaft (1) allow a wedge 8 to fall into a tooth of the segment p<1>, (2) press the stud q against one of a series of levers r thereby raising a corresponding bar s and causing the displacement of one or more pivoted bars 10 situated beneath weightlifting levers u, (3) lower the rod 16, thus allowing the weight-lifting levers u above the displaced bars 10 to fall and deposit their respective weights upon the weight-pan, the auxiliary weight v being also deposited independently of the selection made. The weightpan end of the beam then sinks owing to the excess weight added by the auxiliary weight v. the rod a is raised clear of the link f, and the fractional weighing-pendulum w is operated through a beam y and strap x, and indicates by means of a pointer a<2> the fractional part of the load on a scale p<2>, Fig. 6, on the casing. The units of load are indicated by the segment p, which carries several series of numerals so as to display two or more consecutive unit indications through windows z situated over the zero graduations of the fractional indications p<2>. In a modified construction, the auxiliary weight v is suspended directly from the end of the lever y whereby loads less than those provided for by the fractional weighing device may he weighed without the necessity for hand or foot operation.
Patent GB-191418154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Selecting Devices for Automatic or Semi-automatic Telephone Systems.
Inventor: BETULANDER GOTTHILF ANSGARIUS
Filed: 1914-07-31
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 18,154. Betulander, G. A. July 31. [Addition to 18,076/14.] Automatic exchange systems.-Relates to simplifications of the non-numerical relay selector described in the parent Specification. In this type of selector, an idle outgoing line is first found by a searcher, consisting of a set of selecting-relays individual to the different outgoing lines, and the incoming line is then connected to the selected outgoing line by a connecting-relay, the searcher being released for further service. In the searcher shown in Fig. 1, the selecting-relays 11, 12, 13 are of slow-release type, while the auxiliary relay 36 is comparatively slow to energize. When a call is to be extended, a contact 37 is closed to energize the selecting-relays corresponding to busy outgoing lines. After a moment, the relay 36 also becomes energized and closes a circuit over the wire 33 of the first disengaged line to energize a connecting-relay. The energization of the relay 36 opens the energizing-circuit of the selecting - relays, to prevent the energization of the relay corresponding to the line which is just about to be engaged; but the relays of lines which were already engaged remain energized for a moment because of their slow-release nature. In another modification, the selecting-relays are of quick-acting type and are arranged to open their own energizing- circuits and lock themselves in separate circuits. After all the selecting - relays of busy lines have become energized, an auxiliary relay is de-energized, which opens the energizing- circuits of the selecting-relays and completes the circuit to the selected connecting-relay.
Patent GB-191418266-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Mounting the Doors of Railway Carriages to Facilitate Release and Removal after Accident.
Inventor: BAKER JOHN
IPC: E05D7/00
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-08-09
Abstract: 18,266. Baker, J. Aug. 7. Striking plates for locks.-To facilitate removal of railway-carriage doors in case of accident, the striking- plate l of the door lock is detachably secured to the door jamb by means of a pin n, which passes through flanges l<1> on the striking-plate and through a nose m on a plug m<1> secured to the door jamb by means of a bolt o and plates m<2>, p. A prising-lug r is provided on the striking-plate to facilitate removal of the pin n.
Patent GB-191418723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gate Valves.
IPC: F16K3/314
Filed: 1914-08-17
Granted: 1915-03-18
Abstract: 18,723. Breeden & Co., J., and Breeden, F. V. Aug. 17. Sliding valves. - Relates to gate valves of the kind having two oppositely-disposed cylindrical valve members arranged in a tubular carrier with a central wedging-spindle or, according to the Provisional Specification, of the type described in Specification 6246/10. In the present arrangement, the tubular carrier b is made from plain cylindrical tubing without external projections, and the part a<2> of the valve casing is formed of approximately rectangular shape without guide webs or fins to receive and guide the valve when opened.
Patent GB-191419021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Securing Railway Rails to Sleepers.
Inventor: MCDERMOTT CHARLES K
IPC: E01B9/46
Filed: 1914-08-24
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 19,021. McDermott, C. K. Aug. 24. Sleepers, securing rails to.-Rails with flange bases are secured to sleepers by means of clamp fastenings. The metal sleeper on which the rail rests is provided with two slots 18, 19 of which the rear end of slot 19 is provided with a downturned tongue 21 forming either a vertical face or an inclined face, as shown, cut away vertically to form a seating for the bolt shank in the unsecured position. Two clamp plates 3, 4 are bent to interengage with one another and form the jaws 11, 16 for holding the rail flange and sleeper together. The parts are drawn together and locked by a bolt 7 having a wedge-shaped cross-head 2. When the tongue 21 is vertical the rear wedge face of the cross-head 2 is also vertical.
Patent GB-191423607-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: HELMOND WILLIAM FERDINAND
IPC: B41J19/64
Filed: 1914-12-05
Granted: 1915-10-07
Abstract: 23,607. Helmond, W. F. May 11, [Convention date]. Platen - roller couplings.-A friction clutch for coupling the linespacing wheel to the platen comprises two arms 14 w h i c h are mounted on a disk 11 secured to the platen shaft 2, and can be forced into engagement with a drum 15 secured to the line-spacing wheel 10, by means of levers or bell-cranks 20. The arms abut on a block 17 on the disk, and floating pins or rollers 21, 23 are interposed between the arms and the levers, the arrangement ensuring equal pressure on the arms and enabling the parts to be easily assembled. The block 17 may be formed with a slot adapted to receive a coned adjusting- screw 18. The drum is provided with a detachable cover 41. The arms are of cast iron or other rigid material, and the levers are of elastic material, such as spring steel. The levers are operated by a longitudinally movable cone 25 provided with a knob 26 co-operating with a latch, which locks the clutch when the knob is pushed inwards and is automatically released on withdrawing the knob. The knob is secured to rods 27, 28 which pass through the hub 29 of the thumb-wheel 30 and are provided with buttons 31 adapted to engage a flange 32 on the cone 25. On pushing inwards the knob, a latch 35 pivoted in the hub 29 snaps behind a rod (not shown), which passes through the hub and is provided with a neck engaging the flange 32. The latch then rests in a groove 40 in the rod 27, and on withdrawing the knob, the groove cams the latch upwards, and on engagement of the buttons on the rods 27, 28 with the flange 32, the oone is withdrawn. Platen-roller brakes. - In arrangements in which the release lever for the detent 46, Fig. 2, of the line-spacing wheel 10 serves, when in the release position, as a brake, by being pressed by the detent spring 48 against the platen shaft, the release lever 49 engages the hub of the clutch drum 15 by means of an arcuate bearing 50 and is thus adapted to be readily detached. A grooved roller 53 on the detent engages a cam-surface 51 on the release lever.
Patent GB-191505475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: COUFFINHAL AUGUSTE FREDERIC
IPC: F02M1/00
Filed: 1915-04-12
Abstract: 5475. Couffinhal, A. F. April 12. Spray carburettors; vaporizers, external.-A two-nozzle carburettor is supplied with fuel heated by an electric resistance, and each nozzle is provided with a filtering-bag and with an interchangeable cap having an air passage of the requisite size. The general arrangement of the carburettor is shown in plan in Fig. 2, wherein the induction pipe is shown at 5, the nozzle chambers at 1, 2, the float chamber at 4, and the fuel-heating chamber at 3. The nozzles 12, Fig. 3, are each provided with a cap 6 which, together with the nozzle, is secured by a screwed cap 15 and a flange 18. The inlet 8 of the passage in the cap is cylindrical and the outlet 9 conical, and a projection on the cap prevents it from rotating. For slow running, the throttle valve 29 is in the position shown in Fig. 3, the nozzle chamber 1 being alone in action through the passage 11<1> and past the chamfered edge of the throttle valve. The nozzle 12 comprises a tube 16, Fig. 6, provided with a flange 17, a groove in which supports a stud on the filtering-bag 18' of gauze or other material. The fuel-heating chamber 3 has a shoulder 22 which supports an insulating- block 23 of porcelain. This carries a resistance wire 24 which is connected to the source of current through a contact 25 and spring-pressed terminal 27. The block rests upon a spring 26.
Patent GB-191506974-A (GB)
Title: Vehicle Seats.
Inventor: STURGES GEORGE SANDERSON
IPC: B60N2/54
Filed: 1915-05-10
Granted: 1915-09-02
Abstract: 6974. Sturges, G. S. May 10. Spring mountings for seats.-The seats of vehicles, such as automobiles, are constructed in sections which are mounted on vertical springs 5, springs 6 being provided to limit the extent of the motion. The seat is enclosed within a false back and sides 11 carrying guides 12, which are engaged by brackets 7 on the seat. Rollers 8 are provided on the brackets to engage tracks 9 on the false back. The sections of the seat may be locked together by bolts 16 engaging staples 13, 14.
Patent GB-191507308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Switches.
Inventor: WEBB GEORGE
IPC: B60R16/03
Filed: 1915-05-15
Abstract: 7308. Webb, G. May 15. Centrifugal switches.-A switch arm 3, operated by a centrifugal governor 8 on the armature shaft of a generator, carries a main contact 10 to engage a fixed contact 9, and a carbon sparking-contact 11 to engage a spring-mounted contact before the maincontacts engage. The parts are arranged so that contacts are widely separated in the off position.
Patent GB-191507945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bed Rests or the like.
Inventor: GIBSON WILLIAM SAMUEL
IPC: A47C20/02
Filed: 1915-05-28
Granted: 1915-11-18
Abstract: 7945. Gibson, W. S. May 28. Bed-rests.-An invalid's bed-rest comprises a telescopic base frame 6, 7 to which is pivoted a backrest 9 having adjustable connexion 14 with arms 13 pivoted to standards 12, which are pivoted to the base frame. A table 16 is pivoted to one of the standards 12 and detachably connected to the other, and when in use is supported by struts 19. A foot-rest 21 is connected similarly to the table to the base frame, and is adjustable by means of quadrants 24. The back-rest is connected to the bedstead by means of an adjustable attachment 27, 28, 29.