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Patent GB-191224135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Signalling Devices.
Inventor: PAGE JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B61L13/04
Filed: 1912-10-22
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 24,135. Page, J. W. Oct. 22. Combined electrical and mechanical systems, automatic; track apparatus actuating signals other than on trains; visual outdoor signals.-An electrically-operated signal is set to dangerÀby closure of a switch in its operating-circuit by a train, and is reset by release of a trip lever. A passing train rocks the lever 10 about its pivot, and the camedge 9 depresses the rod 7 to make the circuit at the contacts 3, 4 from a battery 30 to a motor 14. The switch is opened by the springs 6, 12. The spindle of the motor 14 is arranged vertically and carries a flag 20, which covers one or other of two holes in a plate 18 in front of lamps. A trip 26 is lifted when the signal is at danger and is rocked by the train to replace the signal. By these means, a train protects the section of track over which it is about to pass.
Patent GB-191227840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Removing Dust from Carpets and for other like purposes.
Inventor: SMITH ARTHUR HENSLEY
IPC: A47L5/05
Filed: 1912-12-03
Granted: 1913-12-03
Abstract: 27,840. Smith, A. H. Dec. 3. Carpet - sweepers. - In a combined carpetsweeper and vacuum cleaner, the rotary brush H is mounted in a separate casing H' secured to the casing A of the cleaner. The brush axle H<2> is driven by wheels H<3> which normally contact with the travelling wheels F but can be disconnected therefrom by rocking the axle - carrying brackets J about pivots J<1> through the medium of a handle K. The brush is provided with pivoted trays M, M<1>, the latter of which extends under the main casing. In a modification, the casing carrying the brush and trays is slidably and detachably mounted in transverse guides underneath the cleaner casing. The brush can be driven by other kinds of gearing or by ground-engaging wheels at the end of the axle.
Patent GB-191302430-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Wind Screens of Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: BRITTAIN HENRY
IPC: B60J10/02
Filed: 1913-01-30
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 2430. Brittain, H. Jan. 30. Wind-screens. - Relates to the gutter, and to the strip of rubber &c., which are applied to the lower edge of the upper section of windscreens for motor-cars to prevent the entry of rain and draught between the meeting edges of the screen sections. According to Fig. 1, the gutter a<1> is formed in one with the protecting-channel a fixed to the edge of the upper screen section b, and a tubular member a<2> for the headed edge of the rubber or other strip c is brazed or otherwise attached to the member a. Either the gutter a' or the member a<2> with its strip c may be used without the other. Fig. 2 shows the member a<2> formed in one with the gutter a<1> and the strip c secured by a clip d. The clip d may replace the member a<2> and beaded edge c<2> in Fig. 1, and the beaded edge may be employed for securing the strip in the member a<2> shown in Fig. 2, instead of the clip d. The members a, a<1>, a<2> may all be formed from one strip of metal.
Patent GB-191304417-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gear Wheels.
Inventor: ROBERTS WILLIAM FREDERICK
IPC: F16N39/02
Filed: 1913-02-21
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 4417. Roberts, W. r. Feb. 21. Toothed wheels.-A gear-wheel is adapted to receive and contain a supply of fluid, preferably water, in a continuous flow, for the purpose of cooling the gearing surfaces in order to maintain the viscosity of the lubricant in use. The cooling-fluid preferably passes through passages in the shaft and a chamber or chambers in the gear-wheel in close proximity to the gear surface. The worm or other gear-wheel is preferably formed of a toothed rim bolted between a pair of side flanges or disks a<1> integral with bosses a, the enclosed space a<2> forming an annular chamber, which may be restricted more or less to the outer portion of the wheel. The shaft C to which the wheel is keyed &c. is supported in a bearing e and is formed with an extension c fitting into a fixed casing B. The cooling - fluid passes into an inlet b<1> in the casing, through a central pipe d in the shaft and a branch pipe d<1> into the chamber a<2>, whence it passes back through a second pipe d<4> and an annular bore c<1> in the shaft to an outlet chamber b<3> in the casing B. Suitable packings are provided to make the various joints fluidtight.
Patent GB-191306503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Generating of Acetylene.
Inventor: SMITH ELLIS
IPC: C10H5/00
Filed: 1913-03-17
Granted: 1914-03-17
Abstract: 6503. Smith, E. March 17. Purifying gases; liquid supply controlled by motion of gas-holder; generators supplied with liquid successively.-In apparatus for generating acetylene in which the generating-chambers a, b, Fig. 1, are arranged in pairs in a tank c, the purifier d which surmounts this is provided with perforated cross-pieces g, g<1> between which the coke or other purifying-substance is arranged. Water is supplied from the tank c to the purifier d and fills this to a predetermined height, and a connexion is made from the purifier to the tank w in which the water-supply valves k to the generating-chambers are placed. These valves consist of weighted parts k<1>, Fig. 5, connected to the gas holder bell by chains, and are adjustably mounted on extensions k<6> thereof by set-screws k<7> so as to allow either set of generators to be brought into use. The water is supplied through water-lute devices m, Fig. 4, provided with taps m<2>, Fig. 1, the opening of which serves to indicate which generators are in use. The gas is passed through pipes d from the generators to the bottom of the purifier d.
Patent GB-191307778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Combustion Engines.
Inventor: TIPS MAURICE
IPC: F02B57/08
Filed: 1913-04-15
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 7778. Wakefield, C. J. March 28. Scoring and marking apparatus.-Relates to a counting-apparatus for recording each break in billiards on a segmental scale and for mechanically adding it to the previous score and simultaneously indicating the total score on a circular dial. A pointer g<1>, Fig. 1, working in a graduated slot and carried by a lever c, Fig. 2, indicates the separate breaks, while the lever c through a pawl d and ratchet-wheel b operates a pointer a, Figs. 1 and 2, moving round a graduated dial. A pawl e prevents the wheel b from running back. To release the pawl d from the wheel, it is moved one tooth in the reverse direction, thereby causing a pin d<2> to ride into engagement with the enlarged end i of a flat spring h. On being returned to zero the end i engages a stop j, which releases the pin d<2> from the spring, the pawl being re-engaged with the ratchet-wheel by a spring d'. The hub of the ratchet-wheel is grooved and surrounded by a spring n, which acts against the forward rotation and so causes the teeth to bear against the pawl e, in order to hold the wheel in such a position as to be always engaged by the actuating - pawl d. In a modification, the pointer is operated from the ratchet-wheel by gearing, the increment scale in this case being eccentric to the circular dial. In this case, the arm h, instead of being formed with an enlarged end, is itself bent to form a knuckle above or below which the pin d<2> rests.
Patent GB-191313132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Suction Dredgers.
Inventor: LOBNITZ FRED
IPC: E02F3/92
Filed: 1913-06-06
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 13,132. Lobnitz, F. June 6. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for. - Sand, grit, and water are excluded from the bearings of the cutter shaft of a suction dredger by a strip of leather, rubber, &c. i wound around a flanged ring h, and bearing with its edge against a collar f fixed on the rotating shaft a. The strip i is secured by a clamping-strap j. The ring h is detachably secured to the hearing c.
Patent GB-191313339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriters.
Inventor: OLIVETTI CAMILLO
IPC: B41J7/02
Filed: 1913-06-09
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 13,339. Olivetti, C. June 9. Type-lever actions.-(1) The type levers 16, Figs. 1 and 3, are provided with links 12 which are carried by levers 14 and are connected between the ends to key-operated links 10. The keys 1 are preferably carried by stems 2 pivoted to levers 6 which are connected to the links 10. The levers 6 may be, as shown, of the third order, or may be of the first order. To prevent the setting-up of lateral strains, the links 12 of the type-levers at the sides of the segment 29 are each bent, as shown in Fig. 3, to bring the pivots 13, 11, 17 into alinement or into the same plane as that in which the associated link 10 moves. The levers 6 may also be each bent to bring the pivots 7, 5, 9 into the same vertical plane. Returning-springs 41 are connected to the links 12 and at points 40 which are in alinement with or are in the same plane as the associated pivots 13, 11, 17. (2) The links 10 are preferably connected to the links 12 by means of resilient lost-motion connexions, each consisting of a lever 34, Fig. 7, pivoted at 35 to a link 12 and formed with a slot 36 engaging a pin 37 on the link, a spring 38 normally holding the lever in the position shown. The arrangement softens the touch, the springs 38 serving as resilient connexions during the initial part of the stroke. (3) The pivots 9, 11, 13, 17 are spherical. The pivot 11 engages an eye in the link 12 and is formed with a lateral projection 11<a>, Fig. 5, which is riveted to one arm of a spring fork adjustably mounted on a threaded part of the link 10. The other arm of the fork is formed with an eye which engages a lateral projection 11<b> on the pivot, this arm being sprung when it is required to disconnect the links 10, 12. The pivot 9 may be arranged like the pivot 11 or may be riveted to the lever 6 and be formed with a head which engages the outside of the bearing-eye in the link 10. The links 14 may be constructed in the sime manner as the links 10. (4) To facilitate adjustment, the typelevers are each formed with a curved bendable part 23. (5) The impact of the type-levers is cushioned by a pad 31 of caoutchouc &c. which is carried by a trough 30 on the segment 29. The trough can be adjusted by inserting packing or by adjusting-screws.
Patent GB-191316894-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cattle Dipping Apparatus.
Inventor: RANDALL MARK
IPC: A01K13/00
Filed: 1913-07-23
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 16,894. Randall, M. July 23. Sheep and animals, dipping.-In a portable dipping - apparatus for sheep &c., a metal tank a is sunk in the ground and forms the foundation for the main tank which is built up of side plates h bolted together and having an overhanging lip k, an end plate l and inclined end plates m secured together. Exit and entrance plates q, pare secured to the plates m, l and are provided with ridges w to give the animals a foothold. Similar ridges are provided on the plate m. A roof hh is supported on iron stanchions ii mounted on the lip k on the plates h, and at the entrance and exit iron rails ll are provided to which gates mm are secured. Dip draining from the animals on the plate q is directed by a pipe x, Fig. 8, to an opening aa in a box z, where the liquid is filtered bv a removable strainer cc and returned to the trough by a pipe bb. The box z has a removable cover ff and is provided with a pipe ee for removing the solids therefrom. A gauge gg is provided in the tank.
Patent GB-191322617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for Cleaning Spoons or the like.
Inventor: JENSEN-NEE-TERP ENRY
IPC: A47G21/14
Filed: 1913-10-07
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 22,617. Jensen, [nÚe Terp], E. Jan. 9, [Convention date]. Spoons, cleaning.-An apparatus for cleaning the outer surface of the bowl of a spoon, and secured detachably to a plate, dish, or like vessel, comprises a bent arm secured to the side of the vessel by a spring clip &c., and formed with a stirrup a lined with roughened rubber at the upper end. After taking up a spoonful of the contents of the dish, the spoon is drawn through the stirrup in contact with the rubber to remove adherent matter from the underside of the bowl. The gripping-surfaces of the clip may be faced with rubber.
Patent GB-191324385-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Punching or Perforating Machine or Device for Leather, Fabrics, and the like.
Inventor: BRIDGEWATER JAMES WILLIAM
IPC: C14B5/00
Filed: 1913-10-27
Granted: 1914-10-27
Abstract: 24,385. Bridgewater, J. W. Oct. 27. Reciprocating-punch machines.-A device for perforating leather, fabric, &c., for example leather belts, comprises a member B furnished with a series of pointed projections b<2> and pivoted at C to a body part A adapted to support the work. The members A, B are composed of a number of plates a', b' spaced apart, the perforators b<2> being integral with the plates b<1> and adapted to pierce work supported upon shoulders a<2> of the plates a<1> and to enter between these plates when rocked by the handle B, which may be formed of bars b<3> interspaced with some of the plates b<1>. The device may be mounted upon a screw or other clamp d<1>, d<2>, adapted to support the work so that its end rests on the shoulders a<2>, by a member a<3> adapted to slide into a groove d<6> in the clamp. In the case where the ends of belts are joined together by spiral wires F, Fig. 5, engaged in the perforations and connected by a pin G, the perforations are made oblique by inclining the member B relatively to the member A as shown in Fig. 2. The operative movement of the member B is limited by a stop H. If the perforating-device is narrower than the belt, the slide a<3> is moved along the groove d<6> step by step, and the work is performed in stages.
Patent GB-191324459-A (GB)
Title: Circuit Arrangements for Telephone Installations with Semi-automatic Working.
Filed: 1913-10-28
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 24,459. Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges. Oct. 31, 1912, [Convention date]. [Addition to 6664/13.] Semi-automatic exchange systems.-In an orderwire system in which a call received from an A-operator at another exchange is completed by numerical selectors controlled by the B-operator, the ringing-up of the wanted subscriber is not only delayed, as described in the parent Specification, until the A-operator has connected the calling line to the junction line allotted by the B-operator, but is altogether prevented if the calling subscriber should have hung up his instrument in the meantime, the selectors in this case being at once released. The B - operator, receiving intimation of a desired connexion by means of an order-wire which is not shown, sets up the wanted number on her impulse-sender ZG, Fig. 1, which is already connected by a switch DW to an idle incoming junction line VL, and informs the A-operator which line to plug into, the proper line being indicated by the lighted lamp CL. The impulse-sender upon leaving its normal position energizes a relay T', which connects the impulse contacts II, III to the leads a', b<1>, and the group selector IGW and connector LW are then controlled in known manner to select the wanted line. Upon the impulse-sender returning to its normal position, the relay T' is de-energized and the contact 4 is closed to send the switch DW forward to the next idle junction line. In the third position of the connector side-switch, the closure of the circuit of the ringing-relay L depends on a relay HR, the circuit of which is controlled at the contact 11 by a relay C, which is energized when the A-operator plugs into the allotted junction line VL. The relay HR also energizes the side-switch magnets S<2> at the contact 48. When the called subscriber replies, the relay Y responds and energizes the supervisory relays R<4>, SR<2>, at the same time de-energizing the relay HR and magnet S<2> so that the side-switch moves to its fourth position and cuts out the ringing relay. If the calling subscriber hangs up his receiver before the setting of the connector is complete, or before the A-operator plugs into the line VL, the circuit of the relay C is opened at the contact 9. In this case, as soon as the relay R<2> is energized by the A-operator plugging into the line VL, or at once if she has already done so, a circuit is closed for the release magnet M<1> of the group selector, and for a magnet M which restores the impulse sender to normal. In a modification, the relay C controls the movement of the first selector side-switch from its third to its fourth position, and the contacts 10, 11 are replaced by contacts closed by the side. switch in its fourth position.
Patent GB-191326261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Road Sweeping Machines.
IPC: E01H1/04
Filed: 1913-11-15
Granted: 1914-11-16
Abstract: 26,261. Hill, J. H., and Hill's Patent Motor Vacuum Road Cleanser. Nov. 15. Sweeping-machines; taking up refuse for removal. -Relates to machines of the kind in which a cylindrical brush a is enclosed by, and rotates within, a casing b arranged between the road wheels, the brush sweeping the refuse round the casing into a receptacle f on the machine. The invention consists in forming the frame of the machine from pressed or rolled metal bars c of suitable section, preferably channel section steel, the frame extending from the front part of the machine rearwardly only as far as the front wall of the brush casing, to which it is attached, for instance by fish-plates d. The receptacle f may be provided with a hinge g for tipping purposes.
Patent GB-191328635-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Built Up Pulleys and the like.
Inventor: GARSIDE EDMUND
IPC: F16H55/44
Filed: 1913-12-11
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 28,635. Garside, E. Dec. 11. Pulleys.-Relates to pulleys, particularly of the kind described in Specification 6409/11, wherein the arms consist of a pair of T-shaped members. For connecting the rim to the arms, angle brackets are used consisting of a flanged part d fitting against the rim, and a part c having flanges e to fit against the flanges of the arms and a central rib to fit over the T-shanks.
Patent GB-191403571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescopic Sights for Machine-guns with Protecting Shields.
IPC: F41G1/38
Filed: 1914-02-11
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 3571. Optische Anstalt C. P. Goerz Akt.-Ges. Feb. 15, 1913, [Convention date]. Telescope systems.-Relates to telescope sights for machine guns with protecting-shields, and consists in the use of a telescope of which the entrance pupil is in a plane 11 situated some distance in front of the telescope, and in arranging the protecting-shield so that the sight-aperture therein coincides with the position of the entrance pupil. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that, with the above arrangement, a telescope with a large objective may be used ; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191405028-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arrangements of Atmospheric Gas Burners.
Inventor: MADGE WILLIAM THOMAS
IPC: F23Q9/00
Filed: 1913-05-22
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 5028. Madge, W. T., and Warren, F. May 22, 1913. Burners, arrangements of.-Atmospheric gas burners of the kind described in Specification 5029/14 for reducing stereo metal, and having burner mouths of the kind described in Specification 11,993/13, are arranged in sets A, B, C, &c. of series of different denominations, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, and more, in the known manner with each group of the series controlled by a separate cock. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, each group of burners is duplicated. The pilot light comprises two small burners d controlled by a single tap.
Patent GB-191408471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Inking Mechanism of Printing Machinery.
IPC: B41F31/30
Filed: 1914-04-03
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 8471. Ellsworth, T. F., and Mann & Co., G. April 3. Inking-apparatus. - In a printing-machine having groups of two inking or distributing rollers d and a rider roller m carried in bearings c on adjustable sockets k pivoted at l, the sockets are provided with runners g engaging in guides in a radially sliding piece t operated by a rotating cam z engaging a runner x to lift the sliding piece t and thus move the inking or distributing rollers d from the cylinder c. The sliding piece is constrained in its radial movement by a pin v and the runner x, this runner operating in a groove in the fixed part y of the machine. When applied to a flat horizontal surface, in place of the cylindrical surface c, the cam z would be given a sliding movement parallel with the surface.
Patent GB-191409965-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw-clamps.
Inventor: GRAY EDWARD ELISHA
IPC: B25B5/10
Filed: 1914-04-22
Granted: 1914-09-10
Abstract: 9965. Gray, E. E. April 22. Clamps.-A screw clamp is provided with a nut chamber having its interior formed by two surfaces each eccentric to the screw and providing at their meeting line a projection 7<e>, by means of which surfaces and the projection, the half-nut 9 is held in or out of engagement with the screw 8. The nut 9 is adjusted by means of a radial projection 9<a> extending through a slot 7<d> in the nut chamber. The threads of the nut are of full depth on one side and gradually diminish in depth towards the other side. An opening 7<c> enables the nut to be removed when the screw 8 has been withdrawn from the nut' chamber.
Patent GB-191412441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepayment Mechanism for Gas Meters and the like.
IPC: G07F15/02
Filed: 1914-05-20
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 12,441. Hansford, J., and Hansford Meter Co. May 20. Gas, supplying by meter.-An internallythreaded sleeve h is caused to traverse a screwed spindle j in reverse directions to open and close the supply valve o by the rotation of the sleeve by the coin mechanism and of the screwed spindle by the meter. A disk i on the sleeve opens and closes the valve by engaging pins n', n<2> on a valve lever n. The hollow spindle of the operating-handle t serves to receive the travelling sleeve h and contains a spring s for maintaining the threaded portions of the sleeve h and spindle in engagement. The apparatus may be set for use as an ordinary meter by removing the handle t and the coin mechanism, screwing the sleeve h off the screw j until a.hole in the sleeve is exposed, and then inserting a retaining pin in the hole; in this position of the parts the valve o is held open. Coin action, mechanical-connexion.-The coin, resting in a carrier a on the handle t, during the rotation of the carrier engages a pin b<1> on an arm b secured in one or other of the peripheral notches of a price-change disk c, which is then compelled to accompany the carrier in its movement, a pawl f on the price-change disk simultaneously rotating a ratchet-wheel d and with it the sleeve h; the carrier strikes a fixed stop a<2> and the coin escapes through a slot a<5>. During the return movement of the parts, the carrier engages a pin g on the price-change plate and returns it to the normal position. By disposing the coin insertion and discharge slots adjacent to the fixed stop a<2>, about seven-eights of the circumference of the disk c is available for price-change. Fraud, preventing.-Below the coin-insertion slot a<3>, a discharge slot a<6> is formed for the rejection of small coins, and in order to prevent a correct coin from jamming in the slot, the cylindrical surface of the guide-chamber a' is curved outwardly to form a recess a<4> adjacent to the slot a<6>.