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Patent GB-191209308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Displaying Advertisements and the like.
Inventor: FRANCOIS REMI LOUIS MASSON
IPC: G09F13/24
Filed: 1912-04-19
Abstract: 9308. Masson, F. R. L. April 21, 1911, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Moving and changing apparatus.-In a decorative or advertising apparatus, either illuminated or not, coloured or colourless liquid drops, separated by gaseous bubbles, are circulated through transparent tubes f, Fig. 6, or passages b<3>, Fig. 7, shaped in such a manner as to present a design. One or more reservoirs with cocks are employed, and can be regulated or opened or closed periodically so as to vary the length of the liquid and gaseous columns. The supply valve may be a rotatable pipe f with an opening j, which periodically engages supply-pipes h', h<2>. Where the designs are formed of passages b<3>, Fig. 7, in a plate k, they may be closed by a back-plate n and fed by pipes b<4>, which may be hidden from view by suitably-apertured front-plates.
Patent GB-191210277-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Tobacco-pipes.
Inventor: SCHWIEGER ADOLF
IPC: A24F3/00
Filed: 1912-04-30
Granted: 1912-07-11
Abstract: 10,277. Schwieger, A. April 30. Tobacco pipes are provided in their stems with recesses adapted to serve as match receptacles. The upper part and sides of the stem b are cut away to form a receptacle which is covered by a rotatable sleeve d having a slot to allow the withdrawal of a match g. When the sleeve is rotated so as to close the receptacle a striking surface is exposed on a longitudinal rib e of the stem.
Patent GB-191216064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Speed Indicators and Odometers
Inventor: FROST SYDNEY ARTHUR WILLIAM
IPC: G01P3/12
Filed: 1912-07-09
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 16,064. Frost, S. A. W. July 9. Accelerometers.-The apparatus comprises a clock-driven disk B, over which a friction roller D is moved by a pendulum C when the speed of the vehicle changes, the roller being normally situated at the centre of the disk when the vehicle is stationary or moving at a uniform speed. The roller D is mounted on a squared shaft d, from which a pointer E is rotated, through pin and spur gearing, the forward or backward rotation continuing so long as the roller D is not in the centre of the disk. Sudden movement of the pendulum is prevented by an air dash-pot K, in which moves a piston carried by a rod c attached to the pendulum. One or more inverted conical weights c', mounted on inclined arms c<3>, are provided to render the pendulum more sensitive. The clock is automatically rewound by the engine fly-wheel O or by some vehicle - driven part when the main spring N, in expanding, lifts a lever n and removes a hook n<2> from a catch p, thus allowing a pivoted arm P to fall and bring a friction wheel p<4> into contact with the wheel O. The wheel p<4> drives the winding - spindle through gearing p<1>, and, when sufficiently rewound, the engagement of the spring with a fixed pin p<5> raises the lever P into re-engagement with the catch. Odometers.-The distance run is shown on a counter H, which is operated by a second friction roller F engaging the opposite side of the disk B or a separate clock-driven cone. The roller is mounted upon a squared shaft f which drives the counter through bevel gearing. Adjustment of the roller to correspond with the speed-indicating hand E is effected by a rack G, which is operated by gearing from the shaft if the indicating hand is provided with a tail g serving to move the roller F.
Patent GB-191229071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Systems for the Engines of Automobiles or the like.
Inventor: KETTERING CHARLES FRANKLIN
IPC: F02N3/04
Filed: 1911-12-22
Granted: 1913-03-25
Abstract: 29,071. Kettering, C. F. April 17, 1911, [Convention date]. Interlocking and guarding against wrong movements.-To prevent a power turning-gear such as described in Specification 28,903/11 from being connected to the engine while the latter is in gear with the road wheels, a rod 6, pivoted on the pedal 1 used for connecting the turning-gear to the engine, enters a slot 8 in a plate 7 attached to the change-speed lever 3, when the latter is in the neutral position and the pedal is depressed. With the lever 3 in any other position, the pedal cannot be moved.
Patent GB-191229231-A (GB)
Title: Improved Sliding-window particularly for Railway Compartments.
Inventor: EISELE THEODOR
IPC: B61D25/00
Filed: 1912-12-19
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 29,231. Eisele, T. Dec. 19. Vehicle windows. - Sliding windows are balanced by an arm d, which is fixed to a spring barrel b mounted on a spindle a and carries a grooved disk e bearing against the lower edge of the sash f. When the sash is in the raised position, the end of the arm d engages an abutment h on the garnish rail g and prevents the sash from giving way to pressure from the outside.
Patent GB-191300794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Swabs and the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR WILLIAM
IPC: A47L13/11
Filed: 1913-01-10
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 794. Taylor, W. Jan. 10. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Squeegees.-A swab for use in cleaning floors, walls, &c., comprises a rigid base-piece and a number of spaced arcuate strips of rubber or the like projecting therefrom. In the form shown in under-plan in Fig. 2, the rubber strips b are secured in grooves by metal strips c and nails f. The base overhanging in front at e prevents dust from rising, and the angular projecting ends d of the rubber strips facilitate the cleaning of corners. In a modification, the rubber strips are clamped by bolts between curved blocks screwed to the base-piece. Any form of handle may be added. The strips b may be of different rigidity.
Patent GB-191302091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fireproof Windows.
Inventor: WOTTON BERTRAM CHARLES
IPC: E06B3/68
Filed: 1913-01-25
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 2091. Wotton, B. C. Jan. 25. Right to Patent relinquished. Window frames.-Relates to metal windows constructed of bars preferably of H-section. One series of parallel bars a having slots a<1> in their webs are secured to an outer frame-bar d by tongues a<2>. After the insertion of a row of panes, a cross-bar b, having its flanges cut away at b<1>, is inserted sideways through the slots a', and is then turned up again and slid into engagement with the row of panes. Each bar b is prevented from moving in the slots by a subsequent row of panes the last row of panes being secured by an outer frame-bar d. Outer bars d are also secured by tongues b<2> to the bars b.
Patent GB-191305285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrically Heated Apparatus.
IPC: A47J31/053
Filed: 1913-03-03
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 5285. Marks, E. C. R., [Landers, Frary, & Clark]. March 3. Fusible cut-outs.-A fusible connector in the circuit of an electric heater comprises a tubular plug of lead or other metal mounted on an insulating-lining 15 in a screwed tubular bushing 14 and clamped thereby against two terminals 1, 10. When the connector melts, the terminals become disconnected. The bushing 14 is mounted in a tubular hub 13 carrying the terminals.
Patent GB-191308355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Deep Sea Diving.
Inventor: HEYL GEORGE EDWARD
IPC: B63C11/36
Filed: 1913-04-09
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 8355. Heyl, G. E., and Musker, A. April 9. Diving. - A diving- chamber a open to the atmosphere through an extensible tube b, built up of sections b<1> carried upon a pontoon is suspended also from cables y and stayed by cables d passing over winding- drums on shafts g. Objects may be raised from the sea bottom by means of grabs p suspended from travellers p<1> running on pivoted crane - arms q. The travellers p<1> are operated by cables rand pneumatic cylinders s, the plunger of each of which carries two plunger rods one on each side of the plunger. Material picked up is dropped into trays u, pushed into position by forks w and suspended from cables u<1> passing through guides x on frames x<1> which are raised with the chamber a or with the trays u. In a modification, the crank - arm may be pivoted upon a central post q<1>, Fig. 3, in the bottom of the chamber so that it may be swung through a complete circle. The chamber a may be provided with air-locks a<1> for gaining access to the exterior.
Patent GB-191310049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-waste and Air-fittings for Closet Basins.
Inventor: VITTORI CESARE
IPC: E03D9/05
Filed: 1913-04-29
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 10,049. Vittori, C. April 29. Closets flushed with waste water.-An inlet pipe 24 for waste water connects the basin with a union-piece 23 which has lateral branches leading to lavatories &c. The waste pipes of these are ventilated by a pipe 28.
Patent GB-191313511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Paper Pulp Strainers.
IPC: D21D5/06
Filed: 1913-06-11
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 13,511. Dickinson & Co., J., and Peacock, J. W. June 11. Rotary strainers for paper-pulp are provided with one or more disks mounted within the strainer on a reciprocating axial shaft so as to leave an annular space between the edges of the disks and the drum and give a suction effect to draw the pulp inwards. The strainer drum A has end plates with trunnions b, b<1>, extending through stuffing- boxes in the walls of the vat, the trunnion b carrying a worm-wheel d by means of which the drum is rotated and the trunnion b<1> serving as outlet for the strained pulp to a discharge chamber g. The reciprocating shaft a which carries the pumping-disks j is connected by a link k to an adjustable crank on a main shaft F. The connexion is made by means of a lever o the fulcrum p of which can be moved to give an additional means of adjustment. A spray - pipe t which delivers cleansing-liquid upwards against the strainer is supplied from an inlet s<2> through a sleeve s which surrounds the shaft a. Spray water which falls within the strainer is collected by a trough u, supported on the disksj, and discharged by a pipe t<1> and a second sleeve s to outlets in a collar s<1> at the end of the shaft. Spray water passing through the strainer and matter removed from the outside are caught by a trough w which has longitudinal inlet apertures formed by curved walls x, y. The stuffing-boxes and journals are carried in plates D, D' removably attached to the end walls of the vat, so that the drum and its connexions can be readily removed. The bottom of the vat slopes from both ends towards a central outlet E.
Patent GB-191315384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ladders.
Inventor: TURNER ALFRED
IPC: E06C7/48
Filed: 1913-07-03
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 15,384. Turner, A. July 3. Ladders.-To enable workmen to fix and repair roof gutters, and to do painting and other work, the upper ends of ladders are supported away from the building by struts c, which are pivoted at the lower ends to frames a hooked on to the rungs of the ladders, and are retained in position by pivoted looped bars d engaging in notches e in bars f secured to the struts. The frames a and struts c are connected at the upper ends by pivoted links o and notched bars p engaging pins q on the frames a. U-shaped releasing-bars g are pivoted to the struts and are operated by a chain k to disengage the bars d from the notches c. The upper ends of the struts may be provided with rollers m, and the bottom hooks b of the frame a may be adjustable.
Patent GB-191317889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Lamp Casings.
Inventor: HIRSCH HIRAM HARRY
IPC: F23Q25/00
Filed: 1913-08-05
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 17,889. Hirsch, H. H. Aug. 5. Supporting.-A miner's electric safety lamp is clipped to a leather bracket 5 on the miner's cap 1, Fig. III, by a hanger plate 14 and a spring finger 20. The finger 20 passes through an aperture 21 in the bracket 5, which has also an aperture 8 for the hook of an ordinary miner's lamp. The leads 17, 18 are held on the cap by a strap 42 having a snap fastening 43. In a modification, shown in Fig. V, the socket portion 138 of the lamp is secured on the miner's cap 146 by a bracket 144, which detachably engages a bracket 145 on the cap.
Patent GB-191321001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Mixing and Calendering Rolls for India Rubber and other Plastic Materials.
Inventor: GRAY CHRISTIAN HAMILTON
IPC: B29B7/62
Filed: 1913-09-17
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 21,001. Gray, C. H. Sept. 17. Rollers or cylinders, or hollow. - In a roller or cylinder for mixing and working india - rubber &c., of the type in which a casting a is formed with surface grooves c covered by a thin shell e for the circulation of heating or cooling fluid, the casting a is formed with one or more pairs of helical grooves c, d, whereby fluid can be circulated from both ends of the cylinder; also the bearing-blocks b<1> are provided with coils b<2> for the circulation of heating or cooling fluid. Fluid is supplied to the cylinder through a pipe h<3>, a central cavity g, and ports c<1>, d<1> to the grooves c, d, and passes away through outlets c<2>, d<2>, into a pipe g<1> leading to an outlet j. The fluid may be supplied from either or both ends of the cylinder.
Patent GB-191324477-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Valve Gears for Reciprocating Engines Working without Expansion more particularly applicable to Water Motors Driving Apparatus for Pumping Gases, especially applicable to Petrol Gas Plants.
Inventor: SMITH HUBERT ELWELL
Filed: 1913-10-28
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 24,477. Smith, H. E. Oct. 28. Spring gears operating in both directions.- Relates to valve-gears for reciprocating engines working without expansion, of the kind in which the valve is snapped over by a pair of springs, alternately stressed but prevented by means of catches from operating the valve until the end of the stroke. The invention is particularly applicable in connexion with water motors for driving gas pumps, for example such as are employed in petrol-gas plants, and is illustrated in connexion with the piston slide valve 25, 26 of a double-acting water motor which drives a bell pump 1. The piston slide valve may, however, be replaced by any other form of slide valve, or by a rotary valve. According to the invention, the slide valve is connected to a rocking lever 28 connected by a pair of springs 31, 32 to a second rocking lever 30, which is operated from a reciprocating part of the motor and is provided with spring-pressed catches 34, 35 adapted in turn to engage and retain an arm 33 rigidly connected to the rocking lever 28. In the form shown, tension springs are employed, the upper ends of the springs being movable in slots in the rocking lever 28 in order to adjust the tension. At the end of each piston stroke, the arm 33 is released from the coacting catch, whereupon the valve is snapped over by the retraction of the spring which has been extended during the stroke. In a modification, compression springs are employed instead of tension springs.
Patent GB-191327297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Couplings.
IPC: F16D1/04
Filed: 1913-11-27
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 27,297. Arter, A. M., Arter, E., and Arter, Ltd., M. Nov. 27. Shaft couplings.-In rigid shaft couplings, one shaft 1 has a sleeve 3 engaging the other shaft 2 to preserve alinement, pins 5, 6 passing through the sleeve and shaft to prevent end movement, and a pin 4 engaging a hole in the sleeve and a slot in the shaft for transmitting torque. The sleeve 3 may be separate from, and secured to, the shaft 1 by pins 5, 6, and a dowel engaging slots in the shaft-ends may replace the pin 4.
Patent GB-191400910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for the Production of Stains or Colours on Iron or Steel for Sclerometric Purposes.
IPC: G01N33/20
Filed: 1914-01-13
Granted: 1914-12-31
Abstract: 910. Rudge - Whitworth, Ltd., and Heathcote, H. L. Jan. 13. Etching.-In comparing surface-hardnesses of hardened iron or steel articles, the articles are collectively stained by means of etching - solutions and the stains then compared. The etching-solutions should be non-ignitable at ordinary temperature and capable of removing grease from the articles; suitable solutions are mixtures of an etching - acid, such as nitric, picric, chromic, sulphuric, sulphurous, or acetic acid, with methylated spirit and water in stated proportions. The action of the etching-solution may be restrained if necessary, for instance, by addition of a solution of iodine in methylated spirit. The Provisional Specification mentions also the use of gases or vapours for producing the stains.
Patent GB-191401352-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Crank Mechanism.
Inventor: LUMSDEN THOMAS
IPC: F16C3/28
Filed: 1914-05-20
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 1352. Lumsden, T. May 20. Cranks, adjustable-throw.-A variable crank mechanism comprises a bush b keyed to the shaft a and having its axis inclined to that of the shaft, a sheave g mounted on the bush and having its axis coincident with or parallel to that of the shaft, and means whereby either the bush or sheave may be moved axially of the shaft. Around the sheave g is secured the usual eccentric strap h of a connecting-rod &c. j. For purposes of reversing, the bush may be extended in both directions from the point of intersection k of its axis with the axis of the shaft a. The usual lead is provided by fixing the bush b so that its axis is inclined to the axis of the shaft in a plane which is inclined at 90 degrees plus the angle of lead to the plane passing through the axes of the shaft and the crank-pin.
Patent GB-191402849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Insulators.
Inventor: KANDO KALMAN VON
IPC: H01B17/20
Filed: 1914-02-03
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 2849. Kando, K. von. Feb. 3. Insulators, particularly for contact-lines on electric railways, have the bolt which carries the contact-wire secured in the porcelain body by means. of fusible metal, such as Rose's alloy. The porcelain body 1 is enclosed in a metal shell 5 having a restricted neck 6, so that should the porcelain break, the enlarged head 2, 4, of the bolt 3 will prevent the bolt from coming out of the shell. The fusible metal, on solidification, contacts and provides a small space between itself and the porcelain, and thus furnishes space to allow of thermal expansion without bursting the insulator.
Patent GB-191403638-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Circular Calculators.
Inventor: FOWLER WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: G06G1/04
Filed: 1914-02-12
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 3638. Fowler, W. H., and Fowler, H. Feb. 12. Slide-rules.-In a circular rule. the operating-spindles of the dials or pointers are mounted in a fixed boss, and each spindle is provided with a spring and bearing - piece or spring bearing-piece so as to facilitate the setting of the dials or pointers, whereby overthrow or incorrect setting is avoided. In one arrangement, shown in Fig. 1, the spindles A, B are provided with springs L, M, which bear at one end on the casing E and at the other end on the bearing- piece N so that the springs, which are slightly coiled up on rotation of the spindles, have no tendency to turn the dials after the setting. The springs oifer a frictional resistance to the turning of the spindles and thereby secure a dead-heat movement of the dials. The pinions J, K are kept in engagement with the driving- wheels of the dials by means of the springs. Various arrangements are described for producing the frictional resistance.
Patent GB-191405735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Selective Piano Player Mechanism.
Inventor: GOOLMAN FRED ROOT
IPC: G10F5/06
Filed: 1914-03-06
Granted: 1914-09-10
Abstract: 5735. Goolman, F. R. March 6. Winding - mechanism; trackerbars. - An automatic p i a n o , which is specially suitable for accompanying kinematograph entertainments or for use as a coin-freed instrument, is provided with a number of trackerboxes, each containing a tunesheet which is always in position for immediate use. By operating one of a series of switches, the driving-roll in the corresponding trackerbox is clutched to the driving-mechanism, and the tracker-bar is uncovered, the driving-roll previously in use being simultaneously declutched and the corresponding tracker-bar covered. Fig. 6 shows three tracker-boxes 2 containing endless tune-sheets 7, which are moved over the tracker-bars 3 by the driving- rolls 6, against which the tune-sheets are pressed by the rollers 8. The tune-sheets 7 are tensioned by the flanged spools 12. A sprocket-wheel 23, Figs. 2 and 5, is provided for each driving-roll 6, and a chain 26 drives the sprocket-wheels 23. When it is desired to change the music, the desired switch 55 is operated to energize the corresponding electro-magnet 46, which operates a valve 44 to exhaust the corresponding pneumatic 38. The pneumatic 38 collapses and operates a clutch member 27 through a link 40 and lever 28, so that the sprocket 23 is clutched to the spindle 22 of the roll 6 which drives the required tune-sheet 7. The arm 28<a> on the lever 28 simultaneously operates through a link 20, lever 18 which is pivoted at 19, and link 17, to raise a valve 13 which normally covers the tracker-bar 3 and is carried by arms 14 pivoted on standards 15. The lever 28 also moevs an arm 42 on a shaft 37 carrying a similar arm for each tracker-box. These arms operate through links 35 on bell-cranks 34, the extremities 33 of which act as detents for the levers 28. The rotation of the shaft 37 therefore permits the previously-operated lever 28 to return to the position shown under the action of the spring 31, so declutching the corresponding sprocket-wheel 23 and closing the trackervalve 13. As the pneumatic 38 expands, a spring connected to a crank on the shaft 37 rotates the shaft in the opposite direction, permitting the detent 33 to engage the lever 28 and prevent it from declutching the sprocketwheel 23.
Patent GB-191406496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Date Block Calendars.
IPC: B42D5/06
Filed: 1914-03-14
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 6496. Manifoldia, Ltd., and Plant, J. P. March 14. Calendars and date indicators.-In tear-off arrangements of the kind described in Specification 15,324/13, the loose tangs or prongs a for securing the sheets to a metal plate b attached to a backing pass through slots in the plate b running in the direction of the length of the plate, the metal of the prongs thus being in a corresponding plane, and the ends of the prongs are turned over in the direction in which the paper is naturally moved in the tearing-off process.
Patent GB-191408062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protective Casing for Electric Cables.
Inventor: MCGEOCH ROBERT
IPC: H02G3/06
Filed: 1914-03-31
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 8062. McGeoch, R. March 31. Conduits and casings. -Conduits are made of sheet metal a, preferably steel, rolled to form corrugations 1, 2 and adapted to be attached to a wall &c. by such means as screws c between the corrugations. The curved or bent portions are constituted by stampings.
Patent GB-191411855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stud and Socket Fastenings.
Inventor: KJELDAAS OSCAR
IPC: A44B17/00
Filed: 1914-05-13
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: .11,855. Kjeldaas, O. June 17, 1913, [Convention date]. Press-button fasteners.-In a fastening of the press-button type, in which the socket is formed of spring wire, the ends 4<a> of the wire, forming extensions of the attaching eyes 7, are bent so as to lie on the outside of the socket proper 5. This enables the socket to be more readily located when the stud is being engaged therewith. In a modification, the extensions 4<a> are doubled.