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Patent GB-191314614-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Number Dial for Automatic and Semi-automatic Telephone Systems.
IPC: H04M1/34
Filed: 1913-06-24
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 14,614. Siemens Bros. & Co., and Petithory, E. A. June 24. Impulse transmitters.-An impulse transmitter for automatic telephone systems is constructed with a lost-motion gearing between the dial and the impulse wheel, so that the first impulse of a set is not sent until the dial has traversed a space greater than twice that between adjacent finger-holes. The distance between the first finger-hole and the finger-stop is also greater than twice that between adjacent finger-holes. The number dial 1 is mounted on the shaft 3 with a wheel 2 which is provided with teeth 6 on its outer circumference and ratchet teeth 16 on its inner circumference. The impulse wheel 9 is geared to the wheel 2 through a disk 4, Figs. 3 and 6, which is loosely mounted on the shaft and is provided with a pawl 5 coacting with the teeth 16, and a slot 17 in which plays a pin 10 on the wheel 9. When the finger dial is rotated in a clockwise direction the disk 4 is rotated until the pin 10 reaches the edge 40 of the slot 17, but the impulse wheel is not moved. On the return of the dial, the pawl 5 gears with the teeth 16, and the disk 4 and wheel 2 move together. The impulse wheel 9 does not move, however, until the pin 10 reaches the edge 39 of the slot 17, and this interval is arranged to be such that the dial moves a distance greater than twice that between adjacent finger-holes; in the example shown, it is four times the distance. The wheel 9 gears with a wheel 29 which rotates an insulating arm 31 to break contact between springs 32 to send the impulses. The wheel 2 gears with a wheel 19 which is mounted on a shaft with a worm-wheel 21 and a spring 22. The spring is fixed at one end to the worm-wheel and wound around the shaft so that it unwinds when the number dial is being set, but when the dial returns the spring tightens and drives the wormwheel 21, which gears with a governor device to control the speed.
Patent GB-191316305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pencil-cases.
Inventor: CHIGER SIEGMUND
IPC: B43K29/06
Filed: 1913-07-15
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 16,305. Chiger, S. July 15. Pencil-holders; pencilsharpeners.-In pencilholders of the type comprising an adjustable lead 1 and spring- pressed sharpening-jaws 14 arranged at the lower end of the holder 7, the lead is sharpened by being rotated and pressed against the sharpening - jaws by means of a spring 32 acting upon a screwthreaded lead-supporting bush 23, and the lead is projected for use by means of a cam-actuated pawl 36 and rack-bar 29. The sharpening-jaws 14 having filing-surfaces 16 are carried on a plunger 18 which is slidable longitudinally in the casing 7. Connected rotatably with the plunger 18 is the lead-supporting bush 23, which comprises a part 23<1> having a non-cylindrical lead-passage, an outer annular flange 26 having a screw-thread 27 engaging an internal thread of the casing 7, and an inner annular flange 34 forming a cam-surface 33. The rack - bar 29 which advances the lead 1. is slidable but not rotatable in a cap 30 closing the casing 7. A non-rotatable disk 31 having cam-surfaces 35 corresponding with the cams 33 is pressed forward directly by the spring 32 and supports the pawl 36, which is displaceable longitudinally against the action of a small spring 37. Spring yokes 38 fixed in the bush 23 are adapted to engage the rack 29 so as temporarily to hold it fast. The sharpening and subsequent projection of the lead is performed by pressing the forward end of the device on a firm surface and afterwards gradually releasing the pressure. At the commencement of the first action, the lead 1 is pushed inside the jaws 14, and the rack-bar 29 is forced slightly backwards together with the pawl 36 against the action of the spring 37. Then the plunger 18 takes up the pressure, and, on being forced into the casing 7, causes the bush 23 to revolve; the yokes 38 grip the rack 29, and the cam-surfaces 33, 35 cause the disk to retract against the action of the spring 32 and to slide the pawl 36 backwards over one or more teeth of the rack. When the pressure is released, the yokes 38 cease to grip the rack, which is then gradually advanced by the return of the disk 31 and pawl 36 to their normal position; during this action, the lead 1 is sharpened by being pressed against the jaws 14 and being rotated with the bush 23, the final projectionof the lead taking place by the contraction of the spring 37. In a modification, the disk 31 is fixed and the pawl 36 is allowed to engage directly with the cam-surfaces 33.
Patent GB-191317266-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Recording of the Movements or Indications of Measuring Instruments, and to Apparatus therefor.
Filed: 1913-07-28
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 17,266. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. July 28. Modifying scale of records.-In apparatus for recording at a distance the reading of the pointer z of a manometer or other measuring- instrument, the recording-instrument M is connected in circuit with a resistance W formed of closely-wound coils, intermittent contact with which is made by an arm c connected with the pointer. The wire is wound on an annular or other shaped core, the cross-section of which may be adapted, as shown at h, to compensate for variations in the graduation of the measuring-instrument. The pointer is connected by means of a spring f with a hub b loosely mounted on the spindle. The contact is mounted on a piece of iron e, which is spring- mounted on the hub and forms the armature of an annular electro-magnet m, the circuit of which is closed periodically by a clock. The wire and contact may be of platinum or gold, or an alloy of gold and silver.
Patent GB-191320750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F02M63/00
Filed: 1913-09-15
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 20,750. Baker, Ltd., F. E., and Baker, F. E. Sept. 15. Controlling - apparatus, arrangement of foot gear in conjunction with. - In an internalcombustion engine having horizontal valves and change-speed gear in the crank case, the clutch q is moved by a rock shaft and foot-levers v. A spring - pressed bolt enters recesses in the boss b of the foot-levers for locking purposes.
Patent GB-191324741-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Two Stroke Cycle Explosion Motors.
Inventor: PILAIN FRANCOIS
Filed: 1913-10-30
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 24,741. Pilain, F. May 15, [Convention date]. Two - stroke - cycle engines; driving - gear; cylinders, arrangement of ports in. - A ported sleeve valve I carries an annular pump piston J working in a part of the cylinder N of enlarged diameter for withdrawing the combustion products from the working cylinder after a preliminary exhaust has been effected through ports M. The sleeve valve and pump - piston I, J are worked from a small crank on the crankshaft by a connecting-rod attached to the piston J at a point P out of line with the axis. On the down-stroke of the working piston and sleeve-valve, ports L in the valve open first to the exhaust ports M, and afterwards to the vacuum pump N while ports K in the valve register with the inlet ports C. On the upstroke, the new charge is compressed in the working cylinder, while the exhaust gases in the pump are discharged through port G and piston valve R.
Patent GB-191328286-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrodes for Search-lights.
IPC: H05B31/10
Filed: 1913-12-08
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 28,286. Siemens & Co., Geb. Dec. 7, 1912, [Convention date]. Arc-lamp electrodes.-A positive electrode for a search-light has a soft core, the cross-section of which does not exceed one-thirtieth of that of the electrode, so that the luminosity of the crater is substantially uniform. To avoid irregularity and shortening of the arc, the negative electrode may also be provided with a soft core, preferably having its axis above that of the electrode. The conductivity of such a negative electrode may be increased by one or more copper-plated hard cores. A positive electrode having a number of thin cores is mentioned.
Patent GB-191400224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Coaches for Railways and like purposes, and in the Manufacture of the same.
IPC: B61D17/08
Filed: 1914-01-05
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 224. Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon, and Finance Co., and Wigley, W. H. Jan. 5. Sides and framing; doors for passenger vchicles. - Railway and like coaches are made of pressed-steel flanged plates of the kind described in Specification 22,095/06, in which the panels are so assembled that no rivets, bolts, &c. are visible on the exterior of the body. The improvements comprise an arrangement of the flanges of the doors, and a construction of the openings in the doors or panels for the windows. The side panels 1, Fig. 1, are stamped out in one piece with inturned flanges 2, 4, 5, a ventilation opening 7, and a window opening 6 with a ridge 8 upon which the window rests when it is closed. The flanges 4, 5 are secured respectively to the cant-rail and sole-bar of the frame, and the side flanges 2 are connected directly to the side flanges of adjoining panels, or they are connected indirectly through T or other irons. The panels adjacent the doors are provided with inclined flanges 3, Fig. 4, against which the door abuts. Fig. 7 shows a sectional plan of the door panel. The flanges 2 are prolonged by further flanges 11 projecting inwards, so that distance-pieces 9 may be inserted to receive runways for the window and blind.
Patent GB-191400573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Lamps and Stoves.
Inventor: O'BRIEN THOMAS FRANCIS IGNATIU
IPC: F23D3/00
Filed: 1914-01-08
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 573. O'Brien, T. F. I. Jan. 8. Wick burners, flame - regulating in; wicks; flame spreaders. - Comprises, in lamps and stoves, the combination with a central-draught wick-holder 11 of a perforated cap 12 adapted to cover the upper edge of the wick 15 and to admit air above the flame, and of a combined flameregulating sleeve 14 and perforated globesupport 19 adapted to admit air below the flame. The flame-regulator engages by a screwthread with the opening 13 of the oil-reservoir 10, so that the flame is regulated by rotating the sleeve 14. The wick is provided with a removable tip 16, which is thrown away when charred.
Patent GB-191403302-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Garment Hooks.
Inventor: GALT WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: A44B13/02
Filed: 1914-02-07
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 3302. Galt, W. J. Feb. 7. Hooks and eyes.-The end of the wire 8, which forms a spring stop to prevent disengagement of the eye 9<a> from the hook 5, is bent downwards and formed into a loop as shown at 9, 10, 11, 12. By this construction, a stop is formed for the sewing- threads 15, preventing displacement of the hook, and, at the same time, the threads are protected by the bend 10 from abrasion by the eye.
Patent GB-191403581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feeding Devices for Roasting Furnaces.
Inventor: STOUT HARRY HOWARD
IPC: F27B9/24
Filed: 1914-02-11
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 3581. Stout, H. H. March 7, 1913, [Convention date]. Roasting-furnaces; charging; charges, agitating.-In roasting-furnaces of the kind comprising superposed floors over which the charge is moved by horizontal rabble arms secured to a vertical rotary shaft, the highest floor which constitutes the roof being utilized as a hearth for drying the ore previous to roasting, ore is fed from a hopper 12 to a support 13 having an adjustable extension 15, which enables the area of the support 13 to be adjusted to suit the angle of repose of the material under treatment. The extension 15 is preferably so arranged that the base of the pile of ore is barely supported, so that a slight disturbance of the pile precipitates part of the ore on to the roof 2. The vertical shaft carrying the rabble arms 6, 7, 8 is double walled for the purpose of facilitating cooling by the circulation of air in the manner described in Specification 22,022/10. One or more of the rabble arms 6 are provided at their extremities with angularly-disposed wipers 17, 17<1>, which, during the rotation of the arms, sweep the ore from the support 13 on to the roof 2. The teeth 6<1> of the arm 6 gradually move the ore towards the annular hopper 19, from which it falls through a spout 20 provided with a vertically adjustable extension 21 on to the floor 3 below. The hopper 19 is secured to the shaft 5 and the ore contained within it forms a seal.
Patent GB-191404829-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Illuminating Gas.
IPC: C10B57/18
Filed: 1914-02-24
Granted: 1915-02-24
Abstract: 4829. Compagnie Francaise du Centre et du Midi pour l'Eclairage au Gaz. Feb. 24, 1913, [Convention date]. Gaseous mixtures.-In a process of making illuminating-gas by the fractional distillation of coal the hydrocarbons of high illuminating power which are first evolved are separately collected and may be mixed with carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The poorer gases which are subsequently evolved are mixed with carbon monoxide and hydrogen and treated catalytically by passage over heated nickel, the resulting gas being mixed with the hydrocarbons first collected. The condensible vapours in the first fraction may be converted into gas in a chamber containing heated refractory material, and the gas so obtained mixed with the other gases.
Patent GB-191405146-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Sea-weed Products.
IPC: C09J105/04
Filed: 1914-02-27
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 5146. Norsk Tangsyndikat. March 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Alginates are obtained from the stalks of seaweeds, by removing the outer skin by grinding, cutting, or other mechanical means, cutting the stalk into small pieces, leaching with warm water, bleaching, and finally extracting the desired substance with chemicals in the known manner.
Patent GB-191405754-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin-freed Delivery Apparatus.
Inventor: MATEROZZOLI CARLO
IPC: G07F11/16
Filed: 1914-03-06
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 5754. Materozzoli, C. March 6. Fastenings operated by tools.-The hinged cover a<1> of a coin-freed sale apparatus is secured by means of hooks u which snap into engagement with a spring-controlled plate v sliding in a cap w mounted on the top of the casing. To unlock the cover, a rod x<1> is inserted through an aperture in the casing and screwed into a lug y projecting from the plate v, and the plate is then drawn out of engagement with the hooks.
Patent GB-191412929-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pile Shoe for Wooden and Concrete Piles.
Inventor: JOHNSTON RALPH
IPC: E02D5/54
Filed: 1914-05-26
Granted: 1915-05-26
Abstract: 12,929. Johnston, R. May 26. Piles.-A pile shoe 1 is provided with slots 2, 3 through which straps 4, 5 are passed. The sides of the shoe are recessed so that the straps will lie flush. The upper ends of the straps may be bent and perforated for connecting reinforcing-rods. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 22,310/07.
Patent GB-191414896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Lubrication of Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F01M1/06
Filed: 1914-06-23
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 14,896. Kimberley, F. A., and James Cycle Co. June 23. Channels in engine crank casings.-To lubricate internal-combustion engines for motorcycles &c., oil is pumped to an annular chamber a formed in the upper part of the crank-case casting and passes through openings f to the cylinder walls and through ducts or pipes h to the crank-shaft bearings. One or more radial holes l in the crank-shaft communicate with ducts m, n, through which the oil passes to the bearings of the big end of'the connecting-rod.
Patent GB-191417727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Spikes.
Inventor: FISCHER ZACHARIUS OTTO
IPC: E01B9/12
Filed: 1914-07-27
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 17,727. Fischer, Z. O. July 27. Spikes, barbed, serrated, and like.-A railway spike is provided with a locking- member 10, pivoted at 12 in a recess 9. After the spike is driven home, the member 10 is caused to project by driving a pointed and headed rod 14 into a bore in the spike. The rod engages a rounded portion 11 of the member 10.
Patent GB-191421280-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Horizontal Telemeters.
Filed: 1914-10-21
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 21,280. Zeiss, C., [Firm of]. Nov. 27, 1913, [Convention date]. [Addition to 15,815/13.] Range-finders.-In a telemeter provided with the deflecting - devices described in the parent Specification, any losses of adjustment of the telemeter due to mechanical imperfections in the mechanism for jointly operating the deflecting- devices are corrected by means of a cam, the setting of which is altered simultaneously with that of the deflecting-devices. The cam may effect a displacement of the range-scale or its index, or may act upon one of the deflecting- devices or upon an additional deflecting-device. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, an additional deflecting-device consisting of a glass wedge m is mounted in one of the entrance openings of the telemeter in front of the primary deflecting-device b, and is rotated in its own plane by means of a tappet l<0> engaging a cam i, which is actuated by worm gear g, h from the shaft f operating the primary deflecting-devices through worm gear e, c<1>. In another form, in which each deflecting-device is rotated by means of a worm gear, an alteration in the setting of the cam causes a displacement of one of the driving-worms in the direction of its axis, for the purpose of bringing about an additional rotation of one of the deflecting-devices.
Patent GB-191421976-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Purification of Sewage and analogous Liquids.
IPC: C02F3/12
Filed: 1914-11-04
Abstract: 21,976. Jones, W., and Jones & Attwood. Nov. 4. Aerating; tanks.-Relates to purifying sewage by aerating it in presence of bacterial sludge, which may be obtained by passing air in small bubbles through raw sewage and aerating the sludge obtained in presence of further quantities of sewage, or by aerating sewage in presence of humus obtained from filter-beds. The sewage is aerated in presence of 1/3 to 1/3 of its volume of sludge for 1 to 5 hours. After settling, the clear liquid is withdrawn from the surface, and any excess of sludge is removed. The aeration is carried out by forcing air through porous bodies, such as porous earthenware, textile fabrics, coco-nut fibre, or lead wool. The tank, shown in plan in Fig. 1, is divided by a longitudinal partition 1. is supplied by a pipe 2 in the upper part of the tank and causes circulation of the sewage through the tank. Air-diffusers 4 t are placed at the back of transverse walls 5, which do not reach the base of the tank, and in front of raised portions of the floor, so that injection of air promotes the circulation. The base of the tank slopes towards the end 2 from which sludge is removed by a pipe 7. Pipes 10 embedded in the floor serve for the passage of the sludge towards the outlet end. Slots in the partition 1 serve to keep the liquid at the same level on both sides of the partition. The process may be carried out in closed tanks, and air after passage through one tank may be passed through the others in series. Sewage containing abnormal quantities of trade waste be passed in succession through a series of tanks. The sewage may be warmed to temperatures above 46‹ F.
Patent GB-191502074-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Staging for use in Repairing, Re-building and Pointing Chimneys and like Stacks.
Inventor: HORTON GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: E04G3/20
Filed: 1915-02-09
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 2074. Horton, G. W. Feb. 9. Scaffolding and staging. - An adjustable staging for chimneys comprises a pair of battens b clamped against the sides of the chimney k by rods a formed with slots f at one end to receive keys, wedges n, m and formed with screwed portions g at the other end to receive nuts h, and planks d, e supported upon the battens b.
Patent GB-191505690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cooled Pistons for Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KILBURN BERTRAM EDWARD DUNBAR
IPC: F02F3/00
Filed: 1915-04-15
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 5690. Kilburn, B. E. D., [Bie, A.]. April 15. Pistons, cooling.-A cooling chamber 8 is formed by securing a plate 2 on an extension of the piston wall. The plate is supported towards the centre by ribs 7. In the piston-body is formed a second cooling-chamber 3 which may communicate with the upper one 8, or the two chambers may be separated and may contain different media supplied by separate connexions.
Patent GB-191505919-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Invalid's Adjustable Bed-rest and Bed Lift
Inventor: MITCHELL MARY LOUISE
IPC: A47C20/02
Filed: 1915-04-20
Abstract: 5919. Mitchell, M. L. April 20. [Cognate Application, 14,786/15.] Bed rests and lifts.-A bed rest and lift comprises a strip of material a adapted to pass round the back of a patient and connected to the lower end of the bedstead by means of straps b, b<1>, c, c<1>, attached to the top and bottom corners of the material and passed round a bar d of the bedstead frame. The material is sloped backwards as shown at a<1>. A seating-flap e may be provided.
Patent GB-191506815-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating and Feeding Sheets of Paper, or the like, from a Pile.
IPC: B65H1/10
Filed: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 6815. Rose H., and Rose Bros. May 6. Pile tables for sheet feeds; separators; carriers; dropping-roller feeds; gripper mechanism. -Relates to apparatus for separating and feeding sheets from the top of a pile, raised automatically as by a counterweight, by one or more suction nozzles which are moved to take the top sheet and convey it to grippers which carry it between forwarding-rollers or to a belt. A fixed knife point may be arranged to penetrate the top sheet of the pile and prevents a second sheet from feeding off with it. The pile rests on a table 3 on a support 1 slidable on guides 2 and bears against an adjustable rear fence 4. The support is intermittently raised by a rack 5 thereon gearing with a pinion 6 on a spindle 7 driven by ratchet gear from a bellcrank 11, 12 oscillated through links and levers 22, 21, 20 from a cross-head 19, reciprocated in one direction by link 18 and lever 17 from a cam on the shaft 14, and in the other direction by a spring on the link 20. A hand-wheel 8 provides for rapid raising and lowering of the support. The toothed and ratchet lifting- mechanism may be replaced by a counterweighted lever so arranged that the weight has a less effect as the pile is raised. The forward part of the top sheet is lifted by nozzles 26 carried by the reciprocating cross-head 19 and connected by a flexible tube 28 with a pump comprising a fixed piston 29 and a moving cylinder 30, pressed upwards by a cam 32 on a shaft 33 and returned by a spring 31 between the piston and cylinder. To prevent more than one sheet from being lifted, one or more fixed knife points 35 penetrate the lifted top sheet and press against the second sheet. The lifted sheet is taken by grippers 50 and drawn between forwarding-rollers 37, 38, the roller 37 being fixed on the driven cam shaft 14, and the roller 38 carried by a pivoted arm 39 oscillated through a spring-pressed arm 40 and bowl 54 by a cam 41. The grippers 50 are carried on oscillating arms 36 sleeved on the shaft 44 and operated against the action of a spring 47 through an arm 48 and bowl 46 from a cam on the shaft 14. The movable gripper jaws are opened against a spring by hook-ended arms 52 fixed to the shaft 44, which is oscillated through a spring-controlled lever and bowl from another cam on the shaft 14. Sprocketwheels and a chain connect the cam shaft 14 with the main shaft 33. According to the Provisional Specification, each nozzle end is fitted with a rubber disk or cup 27 perforated in the middle and sprung over a beading round the nozzle.