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Patent GB-191305249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrical Impulse Transmitting Devices.
IPC: H04M1/272
Filed: 1913-03-01
Granted: 1914-03-02
Abstract: 5249. Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Co., [Automatic Electric Co.]. March 1. Drawings to Specification. Spring power-storing mechanism.-A spring motor has in its train a cam-wheel periodically closing contacts to energize magnets, which, by a ratchet arrangement, serve to wind up the spring and so keep it in tension.
Patent GB-191309558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brackets or Clips for use in connection with Display Stands, Shop Window Fittings and the like.
Inventor: TERRY CHARLES
IPC: G09F3/16
Filed: 1913-04-23
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 9558. Terry, C. April 23. Brackets and racks, adjusting and securing; clip, ring, and like brackets.-A bracket or clip for use in connexion with display stands consists of two parts, a part a adapted to embrace an upright b, and a clip member c having a tubular socket c<1>. The member a is held frictionally in any position on the upright b by springy projections a' engaging within the socket c<1>.
Patent GB-191309674-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Playing an Improved Table Game of Skill.
Inventor: GLASS WILLIAM
Filed: 1913-04-24
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 9674. Glass, W. April 24. Table games.-Relates to apparatus for playing table games in which disks are projected upon a smooth playing-surface. The projecting- device consists of a bow f pivoted at its middle, by means of a clip i, to a plate h which may be clamped to the edge of the table. The bow may be made of wood and provided with an elastic strip g, or it may be made of thin metal and provided with an inextensible strip. With the latter construction, the bow may consist of two metal arms fitting into sockets on the clip i. The disks l have knobs m which engage the strip g. The bow, being pivoted at its middle, may be turned to project the disks in various directions. The playing area may be marked out on a sheet which is mounted on a roller. The axle of the roller rests in slots x in clips d, Fig. 5, the ends y of the clip being bent as shown to hook on to the edge of the table. The clip may be in the form of a bent wire.
Patent GB-191309778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: YORDON PETER
IPC: E01B11/24
Filed: 1913-04-25
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 9778. Yordon, P. April 25. Rail joints, scarf ; rail joints.-Rail joints in which the web at each end is reinforced on both sides, and recessed on one side to receive the adjoining rail, are provided with fish-plates 6 having recesses slightly longer than the reinforcement to allow for expansion of the rails. The outer fish-bolts 8 pass through the edges of the reinforcement.
Patent GB-191310502-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spring Grip Dumb-bells.
Inventor: HARDACRE JOHN HENRY
IPC: A63B21/072
Filed: 1913-05-05
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 10,502. Hardacre, J. H. May 5. Gripping-devices. - A spring grip dumb-bell is fitted with a bow spring C, the ends D of which are attached to one half B and the middle F to the other half A. In a modification, two springs are used.
Patent GB-191315955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of Soldering Solid Concatenated Links.
Inventor: BEK ERNST GIDEON
IPC: B21L11/00
Filed: 1913-07-10
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 15,955. Bek, E. G. July 10. Drawings to Specification. Soldering. - Concatenated chain-links for making jewellery, watch-guards, mail fabrics, &c. and formed of solid wire, are united by solder fed in continuous form to the joint either in a liquid state, under pressure if desired, or in the form of a wire or strip, the unsevered extremity of which is fused by any suitable source of heat such as by a blow-pipe or by electrical means. In the latter case, the solder may form one terminal of the electric circuit and the link the other terminal. The solder is applied to the link at the position at which it has been formed. The joint is fluxed previous to applying the solder, which may consist of silver or an alloy.
Patent GB-191316134-A (GB)
Title: A New Appliance or Device for Advertising Purposes applicable also to other purposes.
Inventor: FRESHWATER CHARLES JOSEPH
IPC: G09F19/08
Filed: 1913-07-12
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 16,134. Freshwater, C. J., and Martin, S. C. July 12. Mechanical toys.-A pictorial mechanical toy comprises a hoop or other flexible support, or a rigid frame, having secured thereto at one or both faces a textile fabric bearing advertising &c. matter, so arranged that the flexible support or the edges of the fabric may be pulled or compressed or otherwise distorted so as to distort the matter displayed. The fabric may be exhibited at an opening in a rigid, figured surface. A flexible hoop 1, Fig. 9. may be secured by abutments 16, 16<1> to rods 10, 10<1> which oscillate through brackets 9 under the action of a rotated crank 13 and distort the fabric on the hoop intermittently. A rotary eccentric disk 23, Fig. 11, may oscillate arms 17, 19 about pivots 18, 20 with the same result; or a rod 26, Fig. 14, oscillating within a hollow handle 29 under a finger grip 27 may change the shape of the elliptical hoop 1 against the restraining influence of an india-rubber cord or spring 30. A pair of similar crank-shafts 36, Fig. 15, interconnected by sprocket gearing, have connecting-rods, joined up to the edges of a fabric 2 so that when one of the shafts 36 is rotated the surface of the fabric has a longitudinal wavy movement. A lever 54, Fig. 25, rocking about a pivot 55 on one of a set of spaced fixed laths 43, 45, 47, 49 has a slot and pin connexion 57 to enable it to oscillate a lath 44 in the opposite direction to that in which it oscillates a lath 46. A lever 58, pivoted to a fixed lath 47, conveys motion from the lath 46 to the lath 48. All the laths move against the restraining action of springs and produce a longitudinal wavy movement on the fabric 2.
Patent GB-191316789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Construction of Bodies for Motor and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BUCH MAX
IPC: B62D27/02
Filed: 1913-07-22
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 16,789. Buch, M. July 22. Mouldings. - Bodies for motor and other vehicles built up of flanged metal panels have beaded strips E inserted at the joints to make a neat finish. The strips, which may be of aluminium, are curved at the neck, as shown, to draw into the edges of the joint, and are held in position by the bolts or rivets that secure the flanges together.
Patent GB-191319063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Driving and Reversing Gear for Engine Shafting.
Inventor: FERGUSON WILLIAM
IPC: F16H3/00
Filed: 1913-08-22
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 19,063. Ferguson, W., and Ferguson, D. R. Aug. 22. [Addition to 22,759/09.] Reversing-gearing. - Relates to reversing- gearing, suitable for marine propulsion, of the type comprising a coned clutch member C secured to a driving-shaft B and connected to a toothed gear E', a corresponding member D secured to a driven shaft A and connected to a gear E, and planetary gears E<2> meshing with the gears E, E<1> and connected to a coned member H adapted to engage a coned surface J<1> inside a casing J. Instead of, as in the parent Specification, moving the shaft A longitudinally to bring the member D into engagement with the member C, for direct driving, or the member H into engagement with the member J<1>, then fixed, for reversed driving, the casing J is slid longitudinally relatively to the gearing on fixed guide bars M. The casing J is moved by a hand-wheel, a screw, springs, and a lever. The shaft A and the gearing are held in place by bolts S extending from fixed brackets N through the casing J to a thrust bearing O. Alternatively, the casing J may be fixed, and the gearing and shaft A may be slid longitudinally by means of the bolts S and bearing O.
Patent GB-191321881-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Sheet Metal Boxes.
Inventor: READ WILLIAM ARTHUR
Filed: 1913-09-29
Granted: 1914-09-24
Abstract: 21,881. Read, W. A. Sept. 29. Corner joints; boxes made from special blanks. -Sheet-metal boxes have the adjacent edges at the corners formed with teeth which are intermeshed until their roots abut and are then pressed down against the sides of the box. The blank may be of the form shown in Fig. 2, and the teeth of the forms shown at 1, Fig. 3, or 2, Fig. 6, or 6, Fig. 7. The spaces may exactly correspond in size with the teeth, or they may be larger than the teeth. The spaces 4 between the roots of the teeth may be narrower than the enlarged ends of the teeth 2, or, in a form not shown, the spaces between the roots of the teeth may be narrower than the roots of the teeth themselves so that in the finished joint the teeth are wedged together. The teeth may be curled or corrugated, so that, when the joint is finished, they are expanded and wedged in place. The teeth of any edge may be disposed on alternate sides of the adjoining edge, as shown at 5, 5<a>, Fig. 7. The joints described above may be combined with wires, strips, &c., round which the teeth may engage.
Patent GB-191324165-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in the Manufacture of Sparking Plugs.
Inventor: GUINNESS KENELM EDWARD LEE
IPC: H01T13/38
Filed: 1913-10-24
Granted: 1914-10-26
Abstract: 24,165. Guinness, K. E. L. Oct. 24. Sparking-plugs.-The insulation 5 is composed of mica washers exposed on their edges to the hot gases and held compressed by the steel casing 1 of the plug. In one method of manufacture, the casing is lined with. a mica or other wrapping 4, the mica disks are placed in the casing with a washer 6 on the top, and a steel bolt is passed through the central openings of the disks. The disks are then compressed by means of the plunger of an hydraulic press, bearing on the washer, and while the pressure is applied, a nut on the centre bolt is tightened up. The casing is then rolled over at 10, the bolt is removed, and a conical hole is reamered out in the disks to receive the central electrode. This comprises a nickel point 20 united to a copper or other good heat-conducting outer part 12, the lower ends of this being rolled over the nickel part. The other sparking-point comprises a ring 21 of nickel or the like with a tongue 22, or the ring may be dispensed with, the lower end of the nickel point, of the centre electrode being bent over to within sparking distance of the lower end of the plug casing. A copper block 15 with fins 16 is provided at the outer end of the electrode to assist in radiating the heat, the block and the electrode being retained in position by means of a nut 17 screwing on the electrode and bearing on a spring washer 18. The electrode may be surrounded, outside the casing, by a steatite or other sleeve 24, Fig. 1, or by a wrapping 13 of mica and washers 14, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191324521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Radiators.
IPC: F28F1/32
Filed: 1913-10-29
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 24,521. Shelley, R. T., and Shelley, Ltd., R. T. Oct. 29. Gills for tubes.-In radiators of the gilled tube type, especially those adapted for use on motor-vehicles, the gills are made in strips or sheets of metal of waved or corrugated form and are secured together in such a manner as to form a succession of cells which may be circular, as shown in Fig. 1, or of any angular formation. The radiator tubes b are connected at the top and bottom to a header a and pass through holes f in the waved gill plates d having abutting troughs and crests c. The holes are arranged on the crests and in the hollows of the waves alternately, as shown in Fig. 3, and are formed by splitting the metal in directions at right-angles and punching the tongues g, Fig. 5, formed thereby up or down to act as bearing-surfaces for the tubes.
Patent GB-191327566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks or Fastenings for Trunks, Portmanteaux and other purposes.
Inventor: BEDDOES JOSEPH GEORGE
IPC: E05B65/50
Filed: 1913-12-01
Granted: 1914-10-08
Abstract: 27,566. Beddoes, J. G. Dec. 1. Staple and slotted plate fastenings; hasp fastenings; hasp locks.-In a hasp fastening for trunks, portmanteaux. &c., the hasp staple into which the bolt 1 shoots is further engaged by a spring - pressed sliding or pivoted catch 6, operable separately by a sliding knob. In a modification, both the main and auxiliary catches can be locked by the same or separate keys.
Patent GB-191401365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shock Absorbing Devices for Vehicles.
Inventor: RIBIS GEORGES
IPC: B60G11/56
Filed: 1914-01-17
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 1365. Ribis, G. Jan. 28, 1913, [Convention date]. Helical and hydraulic springs; connexions and attachments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs.-Relates to shockabsorbers intended to replace the usual vehicle springs, and consists in providing on the vehicle frame a liquid chamber formed of horizontal cylinders of large diameter hydraulically connected with vertical cylinders of small diameter, pistons directly connected with the vehicle axles being adapted to move in the small cylinders under the action of road shocks and hydraulically transmit movement to pistons in the large cylinders against the action of helical springs. In the example shown, the vehicle frame carries a fitting comprising horizontallyarranged cylinders b and a vertical cylinder c. Helical spring systems i, h are mounted between adjustable abutments k, l and pistons moving in the cylinders b, and a piston e moving in the cylinder c is operated upon by a rod f connected, say, by a universal joint with the vehicle axle. The space a between the pistons d, n is filled with liquid through a plug z.
Patent GB-191402014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Housings for the Conning Tower, Periscopes and Ventilating Shafts of Submarines.
Inventor: HAY MARLEY FOTHERINGHAM
IPC: B63G8/06
Filed: 1914-01-26
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 2014. Hoy, M. F. Jan. 26. Submarine vessels ; hulls.-For the purpose of reducing the resistance to propulsion when submerged, the projecting parts of submarine vessels, such as conning - towers, ventilating-shafts, and periscopes, are provided with housings tapered to a vertical edge at both ends. The housing B for the conning-tower A is of the usual height forward and, on the after side, is extended to the full height of the conning-tower. A second housing G upon the housing B encloses the major portion of the periscopes D, E and the whole of the ventilating- shafts H, J.
Patent GB-191403762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Means for Drying and Heating Sand, Stone, Grit or other Materials.
Inventor: ANDREWS FRANK MILLS
IPC: F26B17/00
Filed: 1914-02-13
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 3762. Andrews, F. M. Feb. 13. Spreading solids, apparatus for.-In a machine for drying and heating stone, grit, &c., in which the material is spread by a rotary disk i such as that described in Specification 3761/14, the hot gases are supplied by a pipe 2 which is flared beneath the disk so that the gases escape through a circular peripheral opening into the path of the falling material. A deflector 1 may be arranged on the rotary member. Perforations may be made in the rotary member so that hot gases may pass directly upwards. Hot gases may also be led in above the rotor. The discharge door 8 is mounted so that the material is shot clear of the slideways. The feed-hopper s may be arranged eccentrically to the shaft.
Patent GB-191406781-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking together Concentric Tubes.
Inventor: WHITLOCK CHARLES HART
IPC: F16B7/04
Filed: 1914-03-17
Granted: 1915-03-17
Abstract: 6781. Whitlock, C. H. March 17. Fastenings operated mechanically from a distance.-A fastening and releasing means for concentric tubes b, s, applicable to bomb-dropping in aerial warfare, comprises a transverse bolt g moved by an N-shaped slide f passing through a slot therein. The slide f is operated by a Bowden wire m against a spring k. A spring-pressed ball mounted in the wire tube may engage an aperture in the outer tube for positioning the tubes. In the application to aerial warfare, the tube b is attached to the fuselage of the air-craft and forms a director for the bomb r.
Patent GB-191410568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Folding Machines.
IPC: B65H45/14
Filed: 1913-10-27
Granted: 1914-10-27
Abstract: 10,568. Marks, E. C. R., [Cleveland Folding Machine Co.]. Oct. 27, 1913. Folding paper. - A folding-machine of the kind described in Specification 24,301/13 is constructed with an improved stop-device on the folder plates which co-operate with the buckling-rollers, the stop-device comprising a plate secured to one of the folder plates and provided with one or more projections constituting guides for the sheet. The sheets to be folded are fed by a pair of folding-rollers between slotted folder plates 2, 3, Fig. 2, fitted with a stop-plate 4, adjustable in position along the top plate 3 and fitted with a bent guide-portion 6 which engages the advancing sheet and guides it against a heel 8 on the plate 4, whereby the sheet is arrested and caused to buckle into the folding-roller. The plate 4 is set by the aid of a scale and is held in its adjusted position by a screw 10, Fig. 4, preferably encircled by a spring, engaging a nut 11 shaped as shown and provided with lugs 14. The nut 11 binds against a slot in the plate 2 upon screwing up of the screw 10. In a modification, Fig. 5, the sheets are stopped in the folder plates by means of a bar 36 fitted with guides 38. The bar 36 is arranged between the folder plates and clamped to the upper one by a bar 37, arranged outside the plates, and screws 39.
Patent GB-191414042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Solutions of Acetyl-cellulose.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: C08J3/09
Filed: 1914-06-10
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 14,042. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin and Soda Fabrik]. June 10. Acetates. - Solutions suitable for lacquering and for the production of artificial silk or of films are prepared by dissolving acetone-soluble acetylcellulose in a fully hydrogenized monocyclic ketone, particularly cyclohexanone or methyl cyclohexanone, with or without another solvent or diluent, such as alcohol, acetone, ethyl acetate, or benzene.
Patent GB-191418872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Mercury Switches.
Inventor: BUMA GERARD JACOBUS VAN HAERSM
IPC: H01H29/22
Filed: 1914-08-20
Granted: 1915-08-19
Abstract: 18,872. Buma, G. J. van H. Aug. 20. Mercury switches; electro-magnetic actuation. -In electric mercury switches suitable for hightension current and in which the switching operation is performed electro-magnetically by means of low-tension current, the hollow insulating-member D containing the mercury, and the low-tension operating-parts are mounted in a single casing R and separated from each other by an insulating-partition Q through which passes an axle H on which the member D and the armature C of the operating-parts are mounted. The armature is moved in opposite directions by energizing one of the electromagnets B, K, the soft-iron cores of which are provided with flat tapering outwardly-curved extensions A so as to cause the attraction of the armature to take place gradually. The brackets G, which serve as bearings for the axle H, are connected each with one of the cores of the coils. In the position shown, the hightension circuit is closed by a globule of mercury in the member D ; but on energizing the electromagnet B, the member D with the leading-in wires M, N is rotated, and the circuit is thereby broken. In order to control several circuits simultaneously, the member D may be cylindrical and divided into several compartments, each containing a drop of mercury.
Patent GB-191420615-A (GB)
Title: The Manufacture and Production of Diamino-diaryl-ketones and N-alkyl Substituted Diamino-diaryl-thioketones.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
Filed: 1914-10-06
Abstract: 20,615. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Oct. 6. Samples furnished. 4:4<1>-Diaminodiarylketones are obtained by treating primary 4:4'-diaminodiarylmethanes with polysulphides; examples are given of the production of 4:4<1>-diaminobenzophenone, 4:4<1>- diamino -3:3<1>- dimethylbenzophenone, 4:4<1>-diamino-3:3<1>-dichlorbenzophenone, and 4:4<1>-diaminobenzophenone-3:3<1>-dicarboxylic acid. N-Alkyl-4:4<1>-diaminodiarylthioketones are obtained by treating N-alkyl-4:4<1>-diaminodiarylmethanes with polysulphides; examples are given of the production of 4:4<1>-tetramethyldiaminothiobenzophenone, and 4:4<1>-dimethyldiamino- 3 : 3<1>-dimethylthiobenzophenone; 4: 4<1>-tetraethyldiaminothiobenzophenone is also specified.
Patent GB-191501356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Medicinal or Surgical Compresses.
IPC: A61F7/02
Filed: 1915-01-27
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 1356. Karplus & Herzberger. Jan 29, 1914, [Convention date]. Bandages and d r e s s i n g s.-Substitutes for plasters &c. are prepared by impregnating furs with the required medicament. Suitable furs are rabbit, hare, cat, and the fleece of small lambs. Medicaments stated to be employed are salicylic acid, capsicum, mustard oil, camphor, and menthol. The medicaments may be applied in the form of solutions in volatile solvents, or may be added to the solutions in which the skins are tanned. Subsequent treatment of the skins includes stretching, fulling, and softening, and smoothing the hair and flesh sides. Fastenings, such as buckles &c., may be attached.
Patent GB-191503410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Exhausting Lamp Bulbs and other Articles and Testing the Vacuum therein.
IPC: H01J9/38
Filed: 1915-03-03
Abstract: 3410. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 3. Vacuum gauges.-A machine of the type described in Specification 12,732/06, [Class 8, Air and gases, Compressing &c.], for exhausting electric lamp bulbs and other articles is provided with means for testing automatic. ally the degree of exhaustion. Before the lamps are removed from the machine, their ends are connected with the terminals of a hightension electric circuit, the appearance of the discharge indicating the degree of exhaustion. A device for automatically performing this operation consists of an arm 154 pivoted in a spider 104 and having chains suspended from its outer end, which chains, when the arm is lowered, as shown, by a cam 164<1> engage the tops of the lamps. The arm and the manifold 45 which holds the lamps are connected to the secondary circuit of an induction coil, the primary circuit of which is made when the arm is lowered, and broken when it is raised.
Patent GB-191504485-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Marking the Lines of Lawn-tennis Courts and the like.
Inventor: LEAN CLEMENT
IPC: E01C13/00
Filed: 1915-03-22
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 4485. Lean, C. March 22. Laying down lines for lawn-tennis courts and the like.-The lines of lawn-tennis courts &c. consist of T-irons d bolted to the bifurcated ends of pipes c which are cemented within clay or cement tubes b. The tops of the T-irons are flush with the layer f below the topmost gravel layer e, and the tubes b are embedded in the ground at a sufficient depth to avoid the detrimental influence of frost. The bolt-holes in the T-irons are elongated to permit of expansion and contraction due to the influence of heat.