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Patent GB-191304695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Railway Sleepers.
Inventor: SCHISLER FRANK JOSEPH
IPC: E01B3/18
Filed: 1913-02-24
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 4695. Schisler, F. J. Feb. 24. Sleepers, metal, and securing rails thereto.-Metal sleepers are formed by an inverted V-section body 1 and a base 6, with tongues 3 turned in to contact and form rail seats. Fingers 4 are turned in to engage the heads H of bolts securing the clamps P. The base 6, Fig. 4, may be modified as shown in Fig. 5 for bridges, and is retained by end plates 9 having holes 11 engaged by indentations 5 in the body 1. Each plate 9 has a projection 12 engaging the ballast.
Patent GB-191304955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bakers' Ovens.
Inventor: BAKER GEORGE SAMUEL
IPC: A21B3/07
Filed: 1913-02-26
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 4955. Baker, G. S. Feb. 26. Ratchet and like step-by-step conveyers. - A device for removing baked goods from the travelling sole of a baker's oven comprises two series of alternately-arranged fingers o, which are oscillated by eccentrics to give a step-bystep motion to the goods. The front and rear ends of the fingers are operated by separate sets of eccentrics p, q, the latter being adapted to move the fingers through a smaller range than the former. The front eccentrics are mounted on a pivoted frame p<2> which can be adjusted to vary the position of the front ends of the fingers relatively to the sole-plate.
Patent GB-191307733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spoons for Administering Liquids.
Inventor: LAWSON KATE MARION
IPC: A61J7/00
Filed: 1913-04-02
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 7733. Lawson, K. M. April 2. Spoons. - Relates to flanged and spouted spoons for administering medicines, and consists in making the spout B inclined continuously upwards so as to avoid spilling of the contents.
Patent GB-191307962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for the Distribution of Inflammable Liquids at Various Points of a System of Piping.
Inventor: ROLLAND JEAN FRANCOIS
IPC: B67D7/32
Filed: 1913-04-04
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 7962. Rolland, J. F., and Mauclere, P. A. P. April 30, 1912, [Convention date]. Combinations of interdependent valves. - Inflammable liquids are distributed at various points of a single system of piping leading from a reservoir in which the liquid is stored under pressure of an inert gas, by means of a number of cocks so constructed that, when all the cocks are closed, the liquid in the pipe runs back into the reservoir, thus avoiding danger of fire caused by breakage of the pipe. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of the apparatus, and Fig. 1 shows one of the cocks. The draw-off valve D of each cock is normally held closed by a spring arranged beneath it, and is opened by the descent of a tail-piece g carried by a valve B which can be depressed by a lever f. A spring d normally maintains the valve B in its upper position in which a thorough communication is established between various sections of a gas pipe X. When all the valves are shut, the compressed gas in the reservoir R has free communication through the pipe X with the end of the liquid pipe Y, which therefore remains empty of liquid, but as soon as any one of the draw-off valves is opened, the communication through the pipe X is interrupted, and the compressed gas forces liquid up the pipe Y to the particular draw-off cock that has been opened.
Patent GB-191311809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Explosives.
Inventor: HERZ EDMUND
IPC: C06B31/32
Filed: 1913-05-21
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 11,809. Herz, E. May 21. Explosives.-Consists in the use of pentaerythrite tetranitrate in combination with ammonium nitrate, with or without combustibles, aromatic nitrocompounds, and alkaline salts, to form explosives safe against fire-damp. One example contains 73À6 per cent of ammonium nitrate, 12À6 per cent of pentaerythrite tetranitrate, 7À8 per cent of trinitrotoluene, and 4 per cent of potassium nitrate.
Patent GB-191312967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hack-saw Frames.
Inventor: MURCHEY DAVID LAWRENCE
IPC: B23D51/14
Filed: 1913-06-04
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 12,967. Murchey, D. L. June 4. Saws.-A hack-saw is provided with swivelling members 14 rotatably mounted on the frame and each having a pair of lugs 13 engaging recesses in opposite edges of the saw blade. One of the swivelling disks is carried by a screwthreaded shank 18 passing through one of the drop arms of the saw frame and is adjusted by a handle 19 screwing upon the shank.
Patent GB-191313509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Measuring and Packing Powdered Material.
IPC: B65B1/36
Filed: 1913-06-11
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 13,509. Soc. Menier. June 19, 1912, [Convention date]. Moving-chamber apparatus for granular materials. - Powdered chocolate &c. is measured by means of buckets which are moved past a flexible scraper to remove excess material and inverted to discharge into a funnel leading to the packet, box, &c. The hopper distributing the material to the buckets has one or more walls mechanically or pneumatically vibrated in order to prevent adherence or conglomeration of the powder, and vibrations are also imparted to the overturned buckets and discharging-funnels. The measuring-buckets 1 are mounted on a shaft 4 in a travelling carriage 2 adapted to be reciprocated by a cam 9. When the carriage moves from the charging position shown in Fig. 1, the buckets pass beneath a flexible scraper 15 and then pinions on the shaft 4 engage fixed racks 19 so that the buckets turn over to discharge into funnels 20. The supply hopper 10 has a wall 11 jigged by a cam 13 and its outlets are controlled by a shutter 16 actuated by the carriage 2. While the buckets are inverted, they and the funnels 20 are vibrated by rods 21 and cams on a shaft 25. The walls of the hopper B may be formed as bags of flexible material alternately inflated and deflated to prevent adherence of the powder. The buckets, hopper, funnels, and co-operating parts may be duplicated, so as to render the apparatus double-acting.
Patent GB-191316035-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Recovering Zinc Metal from Zinc Ores.
Inventor: HERTER EMIL
IPC: C22B19/00
Filed: 1913-07-11
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 16,035. Herter, E. July 15, 1912, [Convention date]. Distilling zinc. - In the distillation of zinc from the ore in an electric furnace, a vacuum is applied at the beginning only of the process, in order to exhaust the air from the distillation chamber. Condensation may be effected in the furnace itself, which is preferably in the form of a long and low chamber, or in separate condensers.
Patent GB-191318947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stamp Cancelling and Obliterating Machines.
Inventor: VITTY THOMAS HARRY
Filed: 1913-08-20
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 18,947. Vitty, T. H. Aug. 20. Sheet - separators. - In a postmarking - machine, the retaining- devices that prevent more than one letter from being fed at a time are provided in duplicate one above the other in order to act more efficiently on letters of large size or varying thickness. The retaining - devices a are mounted on rods d sliding in guides e and pressed by independent springs b, which may he adjustable and which bear against a cross-head c pressed by an adjustable spring h acting uniformly on both devices a Rollers a<1> are provided at the ends of the retaining-devices a to prevent the letters from being torn.
Patent GB-191320935-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Continuous Ring Spinning Frames.
Inventor: COLIN MAURICE
IPC: D01H13/08
Filed: 1913-09-16
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 20,935. Colin, M. Sept. 16. Tension arrangements; twist tubes; thread-guides. - In continuous ring spinning frames, wherein twist tubes are provided between the delivery rollers and the traveller, means are provided whereby the tension in the length of yarn between the rollers and the twist tube is maintained approximately constant by varying the drag applied to it in accordance with the diameter at which winding is taking place. The yarn is engaged by a grooved pin 10, Fig. 2, or a guide 15, Fig. 4, mounted on the twist tube, and is braked by a tongue 12 or a block 18. The tongue 12 is arranged so that the contact of the yarn therewith is automatically varied by the tension of the part B in order to maintain an approximately constant tension in the part A. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, a guide 20 is reciprocated by cam-and-lever mechanism so arranged that the arc of contact of the yarn with the brake 18 is greater or less according as the yarn is being wound on a small or large diameter. A fixed guide 16 is provided or the twist tube is so arranged that the yarn passes directly from the nip of the rollers without making an are of contact with the lower roller.
Patent GB-191325995-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas-fired Furnaces.
Inventor: PRIEST CHARLES FREDERICK
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1913-11-13
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 25,995. Priest, C. F. Nov. 13. Doors; blast apparatus; gaseous-fuel furnaces. -In a combined furnace and gas-producer, the ash-pit door carries an elbow pipe 3, the outer end of which, when the door is closed, is opposite a steam jet 7, by which means air and steam are supplied below the producer grate. A passage 11 controlled by a hit-and-miss slide 12 supplies heated secondary air. A bracket 6 on the end of the pipe 3 is formed with a notch to engage the jet 7 when the ash-pit door is closed, and a sliding plate 8, fitted to the end of the pipe 3 and having a central opening 8<a>, controls the supply of air. Plates 8 with openings of various sizes are provided. The invention is described in connexion with a furnace 10 in which the hot gases pass through flues running beneath the sole from back to front, then through the interior of the furnace from front to back, and, finally, through flues above the furnace from back to front.
Patent GB-191400503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ventilating Devices.
Inventor: SMARTT JOSEPH PERCY
IPC: F24F7/00
Filed: 1914-07-08
Granted: 1914-12-31
Abstract: 503. Smartt, J. P. July 8. Ventilators, terminal.-Vertical, inclined, and horizontal plates F carried by an adjustable plate B in front of a wall opening are partly surrounded by a casing A leaving openings behind the plate B for the passage of air. The wall opening may have a lining D and a removable grating E at its outer end, and may be of uniform section throughout or be enlarged as shown at its inner end, so that the plate B, when fully drawn out, does not project beyond the wall face. The edges of the plate B extend beyond the edges of the wall opening, and means such as a slot in the casing A engaging the head of a screw H may limit its movement. Gauze or the like G may cover the air openings behind the plate B. Specifications 2281/81 and 19,816/04 are referred to.
Patent GB-191408411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Repairing Patches, and Repairing Material for Pneumatic Tyres and the like.
Inventor: FARR FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1914-04-03
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 8411. Farr, F. W. April 3. Drawings to Specification. Punctures, apparatus for closing.-A tyrerepairing material consists of a sheet of chrome or other leather with a sheet of unvulcanized rubber secured to one face by a cold vulcanizing-fluid, the meeting surface of the leather being levelled and roughened by buffing.
Patent GB-191409722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stopping Devices for Railroad Trains.
Inventor: MONTERASTELLI BUANAFEDE
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1914-04-20
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 9722. Monterastelli, B., and Murray, E. J. April 20. Track apparatus for stopping trains.-A rotary valve, having ports controlling the steam supply and the brakes, is operated by engagement of a lever on its spindle 5 with a track contact 16, and is held in its operated position by a pawl 22 engaging in ratchet teeth on a disk 20. The track contact consists of an inclined member 16, with a cushion member 19, pivoted on a rock-shaft 10 and supported in its raised position by an arm 17 on a rock-shaft 11. Ropes connected to the signal cabin are wound round drums on the two rock-shafts, which are rotated simultaneously to raise and lower the member 16.
Patent GB-191411035-A (GB)
Title: Combined Bed and Side-board.
Inventor: IGLESIAS LUISA
IPC: A47C17/58
Filed: 1914-05-05
Abstract: 11,035. Landa [nÚe Iglesias], L. May 5. Cabinet bedsteads.-In a cabinet bedstead comprising a combined bed and sideboard in which the folding bed 11, 12 is pivoted by slots 9 on pivots and the lateral walls of the lower part of the sideboard are closed by doors 6, these doors are formed with open-work panels for ventilation purposes.
Patent GB-191412429-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Checking the Backward Movement of and also for Assisting the Re-starting of a Vehicle.
Inventor: BORASTON CHARLES ALBERT
IPC: B62B5/04
Filed: 1914-05-20
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 12,429. Boraston, C. A. May 20. Energy of moving vehicle, storing and utilizing. -Backward movement of a vehicle is checked, and starting is facilitated by means of a spring f secured at one end to the vehicle and at the other end to a rod g pivoted to a rod i which carries a pawl j engaging with a ratchet-wheel a secured to the wheel hub, and the device is adapted to be put out of action by lifting the rod i by operation of a T-headed screwed rod m.
Patent GB-191413706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Centrifugal Governors for the Internal Combustion Engines of Vehicles having Electric Power Transmission Mechanism.
IPC: G05D13/10
Filed: 1914-06-05
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 13,706. Sulzer Geb. Sept. 16, 1913, [Convention date]. Centrifugal governors for the internal-combustion engines of vehicles having electric 'power transmission mechanism are provided with additional centrifugal weights which are brought into operation when the vehicle is stationary, so that the number of revolutions of the engine is reduced. The main pair of centrifugal weights,f operate, through bell-crank levers the inner ends of which are provided with rollers e<2>, upon the disk c which is integral with the cylinder h of an oil brake, the member k of which is fixed to the rotatable spindle a. The cylinder h is connected to a rod l connected by a sleeve to the throttle lever. Between the disk c and an upper abutment, which is shown adjustable, is located a helical spring d. When the vehicle is in motion, the main weights f<1> only operate on the disk c, but the mechanism for stopping the vehicle raises a slotted rod g, which releases two additional centrifugal weights f<2> so that they also act upon the disk when the vehicle is stationary.
Patent GB-191414826-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Generators adapted to be Heated by Means of Liquid Slag, Incandescent Coke or the like.
Inventor: SEMMLER CARL
IPC: F22B1/04
Filed: 1914-06-20
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 14,826. Semmler, C. June 20. Generating by hot slag and the like.-The hot slag, coke, or the like is placed in receptacles in the lower drums of a boiler consisting of upper and lower drums connected by tubes. The lower drums U', Fig. 1, containing slagreceptacles T are connected by tubes S to an upper drum O. The lower drums may be arranged in parallel rows or in a circle, and are connected to each other by tubes V. Separate downcomer tubes S<1> may be provided. The upper drum may be adapted for the storage of low-pressure steam by providing it with a bell top as in a gasometer. In modifications, the cooled slag &c. may be removed from the bottom of a drum, and the water space of a drum projects downwards into its slagreceptacle.
Patent GB-191416701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: MUELLER FRITZ
IPC: B41J1/32
Filed: 1914-07-13
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 16,701. M³ller, F. July 13. Type - plate actions; toy machines.-Relates to machines of the kind having a sliding flexible type-carrier moved first for character selection and then for impression, the action including a toothed quadrant geared to the type-carrier and connected to a lever rocked by the key-levers. and consists in a simplified construction intended more particularly for amusement and instruction of children. In the machine shown in Figs. 2 and 4, a flexible type-hand 2 is carried by a slide 3 movable for character selection in a runway 3<x>, which is provided with transverse guides 35, 36 and is carried by a slide 11 reciprocated in guides 11<x> for impression. The gear quadrants 9, one on each side of the machine, are mounted on a cross-bar 13 on the slide 11 and co-operate with a rack 4 on the type-band slide 3 through gear-wheels 8, 7, 6, 5 also mounted on the slide 11. The quadrant 9 is connected by a link 14 to the inner end of a simple lever 15 pivoted at its outer end 16. The lever 15 is rocked by means of arms 20 pivoted on a cross-shaft 20<x> and connected by links 21 to bell-crank key-levers 18. Projections 22 on the arms 20 co-operate with stop-lugs 23 on the slide 3 to arrest the character-selection movement; in the impression movement on the further depression of the keylever, the projection 22 slides over the lug 23. Returning-springs are connected to the levers 15 and the arms 20. The arms 20 are guided by means such as a comb-plate 25, which prevents any bending or lateral displacement of the arms. In the impression movement, an abutment 30 pivoted on an arm 32 on the slide 11 is tripped behind the type-band by engagement of a weighted arm 33 with the cross-shaft 20<x>. Pad inking-arrangements. - Inking-pads are provided on the paper-guide.
Patent GB-191418601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Purification of Soluble Salts.
Inventor: NEWBY JOHN ALEXANDER
IPC: C01G1/00
Filed: 1914-08-12
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 18,601. Newby, J. A., and Montgomery, C. J. Aug. 12. Surface-tension separating processes and apparatus; wet-separating.-Salts are purified by treating with a saturated solution of the salt to be purified, and during this treatment, the salt is subjected to the action of surface tension by injecting air. The impure salt is treated in a series of vessels 1, 1<a> with a circulating current of saturated solution, which enters at the bottom by a pipe 2, overflows through the vessels 1<a>, each of which is provided with a partition reaching nearly to the bottom, and thence passes to a filter 5 and returns by a sump 7, pump 9, and pipe 10 to the pipe 2. An agitator 15 on a shaft 11, which may be operated by hand or power, is arranged in the vessel 1, and air is injected into each vessel by a nozzle 19 served by a pipe 17 having branches 18.
Patent GB-191420170-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Portable Filters.
Inventor: RICHARDSON CHARLES JAMES
IPC: B01D29/00
Filed: 1914-09-25
Granted: 1915-05-13
Abstract: 20,170. Richardson, C. J., and Knight, r. Sept. 25. [Cognate Application, 21,679/14.] Liquids, purifying; bag filters; camp filters; tap filters; filtering-media.-A filter comprises, within a single casing 1, a cloth filter 18 and a container 12 for precipitate-forming chemicals which is situated adjacent to but out of the direct path of the liquid entering by the inlet 23. The liquid upon entering the filter dissolves the chemicals and deposits the precipitate upon the cloth, the precipitate thus forming the filtering- medium. The chemicals may have a sterilizing action and may consist of aluminium sulphate and sodium carbonate together with bleaching-powder or of a mixture of alum and bleaching-powder. The cloth, preferably a canvas made from Belgian hemp, is supported by a squirrel-cage frame 15. The filtrate outlet is constituted by a spigot-andsocket joint 19 provided with a packing-ring 20. The filter is clamped into position by means of a hollow cover 3 and hinged screws 4 and fly-nuts 5. The chemical-container 12 consists of a gauze box and is detachably secured to a perforated diaphragm 10 in the cover 3 by a perforated metal cap 11 fitted with a bayonet-joint. The cover 3 is formed with passages 9, and with distance-pieces 13 bearing against the end wall 14 of the filter cage 15. The liquid thus has access from the annulus between the cover and the casing to both sides of the container 12. Notches 14<a> in the wall 14 provide passages for the liquid to the filter. In a portable filter, the liquid-supply pump 21 is fixed to the casing 1. The apparatus is applicable to filters for tap use.
Patent GB-191420199-A (GB)
Title: Closure Locking Means for Gas Retorts.
IPC: C10B25/08
Filed: 1914-09-25
Granted: 1915-09-27
Abstract: 20,199. Carpenter, H. A., Warner, A. W., and Riter-Conley Manufacturing Co. Sept. 25. Retractive switches. - A switch used in a circuit adapted to release the locking-means of one of the doors of a gas - retort after the other door is opened comprises contact plates 35, 36 and a connecting-arm 37 mounted on a bolt 38. One end of the arm is in constant engagement with the plate 36 and the other end is pressed by a spring 39 towards the plate 35, contact with which is prevented by an insulated shoe 41 until this shoe is withdrawn by the opening movement of the door 12.
Patent GB-191423024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery for Winding Yarn or the like into Pirns and like Bodies.
Inventor: KERSHAW GRINDROD
IPC: B65H54/14
Filed: 1914-11-25
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 23,024. Kershaw, G. Nov. 25. Winding-machines; spindle-driving apparatus; stop-motions.-In cone winding-machines of the kind shown in Fig. 1, the spindle which slides in the socket c is driven therefrom by reason of a roller h in the socket engaging with a groove in the spindle. The socket rotates upon a fixed sleeve l and is driven by friction between the upper surface of the loose wharl k and the lower face of the socket, a suitable washer being interposed between the friction surfaces when desired. The wharl is provided with a projecting sleeve p which takes within the lower part of the socket. The upper bearing a of the spindle is pivoted as shown at d, Fig. 1; or a ball bearing, as shown in Fig. 2, is provided. To determine the position on the spindle at which winding shall begin, and also the distance to which an empty pirn shall be slid thereon, collars 2, x on the spindle are provided with split shanks 3, y which are screwed to receive clamping-nuts 4, z. For the purpose of relieving the weight upon the winding-cone in the early stages of the winding operation, the spindle is partially supported when in its lowest position by a spring 22 situated between the collar x and the bearing a. Beneath the spring is a loose sleeve 1. For winding fine yarns, the stop-lever q is mounted upon centre pins v, one of which is fixed in the lever q and the other is adjustably secured in it by means of a setscrew w. The pin carrying the cone 9 is mounted obliquely upon a frame 11 which can be adjusted about an axis 10 passing through that part of the edge of the cone which is nearest to the spindle. In Fig. 1, the frame 11 is mounted on bracket 12, being pivoted at one side on a fixed pin and at the other on a pin sliding in a slot. Lateral adjustment for the purpose of bringing the axis 10 into proper position is obtained by means of a set-screw 16 which bears against the side of the frame 11, and vertical adjustment by means of a set-screw 13 which bears beneath it. In a modification, lateral adjustment of the frame 11 is obtained by means of a set-screw engaging with the sliding pivot; and in another modification, one or both of the pivots are mounted eccentrically in hushes which may be rotated for adjustment. Specifications 3632/93, 22,306/00, 26,675/03, 20,404/04, and 23,543/06 are referred to.
Patent GB-191503078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Notice Boards or Indicators.
Inventor: LORD SMITH NEHEMIAH
IPC: G09F7/10
Filed: 1915-02-25
Granted: 1915-12-16
Abstract: 3078. Lord, S. N. Feb. 25. Boards for notices.-In a notice board or indicator of the type having adjustable slides or shutters to enable certain figures or words to be brought into view or shut off from view, the guides a are arranged above and below the figures &c., and separate horizontally moving slides b, equal in number to the number of separate figures &c., can be moved to cover up any of the figures. Enough room is left for all the slides b to be moved to uncover all the figures.