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Patent GB-191306633-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and in connection with Apparatus for Stripping or Cleaning the Card Surfaces of Carding Engines.
Inventor: WILSON THOMAS EDWARD
IPC: D01G15/76
Filed: 1913-03-18
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 6633. Wilson, T. E. March 18. Cleaning machinery pneumatically.-In pneumatic apparatus for stripping or cleaning the card surfaces of carding-engines, of the kind in which the waste from the drum and doffer and from the revolving flats is separately collected, the waste is collected in filtering-chambers connected up to a single exhausting-plant. Each carding-engine may be provided, as shown, with a filtering-chamber 3 for collecting the waste from the drum 1 and doffer 2, the waste from the flats being collected in a filtering-chamber (not shown) common to a group of carding- engines and interposed in the vacuum main 4. The invention is not limited to any particular form of pneumatic or combined mechanical and pneumatic stripping-device; thus, as shown, a suction nozzle 18 is arranged, below the usual vibrating comb 7 for stripping the flats, a hood 16 enclosing a stripping-brush is applied to the drum, and a traversing suction nozzle 6 is applied to the doffer. Valves such as 21, 14, for regulating or cutting-off the vacuum, may also be provided in the flexible connexions 16 between the filtering-chamber and the stripping- devices for the drum and doffer, but preferably the chamber 3 is provided with cut-off slides 22 to which the flexible connexions are attached, the slides being provided with operating-knobs 25. The chamber 3 preferably consists of a cylinder fitted with a curved sieve 11 and provided with a removable end - cap 9. Where carding - engines are operating on different grades of cotton, each may be provided with two filtering-chambers, or a single chamber such as 3 may be divided into separate halves.
Patent GB-191308855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Selecting Devices for Coin-actuated Apparatus.
Inventor: BURTON FRANK
Filed: 1913-04-15
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 8855. Burton, F. April 15. Testing coins.-The apparatus is adapted to be used in connexion with coin-freed apparatus generally but is shown attached to the receiving- box 25 of a telephone pay-station. It comprises two members 1 secured face to face so as to form an upper chamber 6 having a lateral aperture 33 through which large coins are rejected, and a lower chamber 10 provided with a lateral aperture 26 through which coins of correct size are ejected into the collecting box, and with a second aperture 29 in the base through which small coins fall. The coin is inserted into the upper chamber through a slot 5, which is adapted to pass a coin slightly larger than that with which the apparatus is designed to work, and, if of the correct size, passes through a slot 7 into the second chamber and is supported in the gauging-slot 13 of a lever 12. A coin that is too large is retained in the slot 7 while a small coin falls through the slots 13, 29. On rotating an external handle connected to the lever 12, the lever is raised and an ejector 19 pivoted to it and co-operating with a projection 9 serves to eject a correct coin from the gauge lever 12 through the aperture 26, or a large coin from the slot 7 through the aperture 33.
Patent GB-191309625-A (GB)
Title: An Indicator of Speeds of Rotation.
IPC: G01P3/36
Filed: 1913-04-24
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 9625. Soc. Anon. des TÚlÚgraphes E. Belin & Masson, J. April 24. Fluid speed indicators. -In apparatus of the type in which air currents produced by a fan 10 driven by the prime mover affect the position of a spring - controlled vaned member 19 connected with the pointer 18, the fan has bent blades 11 which cause the air to circulate as shown by the arrows so as to impinge on obliquely-set vanes 20 on the member 19, and to re-enter the fan compartment through a circular series of apertures 14 in a partition 12.
Patent GB-191313383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose-leaf Books and Folios.
IPC: B42F1/00
Filed: 1913-06-10
Granted: 1914-06-10
Abstract: 13,383. Jackson, T., Bentley, P., and Jackson Bros. June 10. Clamping - devices.- A spring clip for use on loose - leaf books &c. is adapted to be opened by two coins. The clip is formed with slots, Fig. 1, or turned - up e n d s or projections, Fig. 2, for engagement by the coins.
Patent GB-191315467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Drawers, Lockers or Bins, for Furniture and the like.
Inventor: SMITH WALTER FREDERICK
IPC: A47B77/16
Filed: 1913-07-04
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 15,467. Smith, W. F., and Smith, H. G., [trading as Smith Bros.]. July 4. Cabinets; drawers.-Drawers, bins, &c. are mounted in their casings on pivoted arms or links which suppoit the drawer during movement, rollers being provided to ease or guide the drawer. In the arraugement shown, the drawer C is supported in the casing or cabinet H by arms A pivoted at E to the drawer and at D to the casing, rollers being provided at B. Additional arms and rollers may be used, and metal or other roller races may be fitted.
Patent GB-191315499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for use as a Clutching, Coupling, or Locking Device and the like.
Inventor: PEUCH EMILE
IPC: F16D15/00
Filed: 1913-07-04
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 15,499. Peuch, E., and Arbey, A. March 7, [Convention date]. Pivot adjustments.-Relates to means for frictionally clutching and locking parts together, such means being applicahle to goniometers and geodetical instruments and the like, to windscreens, windows, doors, mirrors, &c. The device comprises a member c, Figs. 1 and 2, with notches of any suitable shape carrying balls a which engage one or more ball races in a second member b. The notches are slightly inclined to the axis so that when the member c is pressed axially by a spring d, the balls a are forced outwards to engage frictionally the surface of the ball race, thus locking together the parts b, c. For disengagement, the part c is returned by a lever. The movement of the part c to create locking may be in a rectilinear, circular, or other direction, and the parts b, c may move together in a straight line, a circle or other direction. The balls may be inserted through a hole a<1>. The ball race may be on the inner member and the notches on the outer part. The parts c may be moved by hand, springs, gravity, fluid pressure, electro-magnetic means, screws, cams, or a flexible transmission device. Fig. 6 shows means for locking windscreens or other rotatable members such as doors, windows, mirrors, panels, and the sighting and indicating members in goniometers, optical and geodetical instruments and the like. The parts are normally locked to a fixed framing b by a spring d but are disengaged by pulling on the cable g and compressing the spring. The two cables to the opposite ends of a wind-screen may be operated simultaneously by a rotary piece g<1>, Fig. 7, or by a simple grip device,
Patent GB-191319956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brushes or Brooms.
Inventor: ALEXANDER JEAN ALFRED
IPC: A46D3/00
Filed: 1913-09-03
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 19,956. Alexander, J. A. Sept. 3. Reversible handles with clamping retaining- devices for brushes.-Brushes of the kind in which the back c carrying the handle g is connected by a central pivot screw d to the stock a so that the stock may be reversed when the bristles at one end become worn are provided on each side of the pivot with clips h having lips or projections j engaging in recesses k in the stock a in such manner that the two parts are still held together should the pivot screw d become loosened or drawn out.
Patent GB-191322385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Fires.
Inventor: AIRD KENNETH
IPC: F24C3/04
Filed: 1913-10-04
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 22,385. Aird, K. Oct. 4. Gas-fires.-A burner with parallel tubular parts 2, 3, 5 is arranged close to the hearth in a casting 7 adapted to fit over the ordinary bottom grate 8 of a fire-place from which the front grate has been removed. The casting 7 has an upwardly inclined extension 9 for supporting the fire-bricks 10, 11 and the fuel 13, 14. A loose front 17, broad enough to support utensils &c., is fitted.
Patent GB-191400591-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Treating the Interior of Metal Vessels, such as Beer Casks and the like.
IPC: B05D3/04
Filed: 1914-01-08
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 591. Wick³ler-K³pper-Brauerei Akt.- Ges. Feb. 19, 1913, [Convention date]. Japanning. - The lacquer on the inside of metal vessels, such as beer casks, is burnt on by supplying hot compressed air. The air, which may be heated in a coil b set in a furnace c, is supplied by a pipe d which passes through an aperture e in the downwardly-directed cask f. The cask is surrounded by a hood g carrying a thermometer i, by means of which the temperature inside the cask may be estimated empirically. When several casks are treated simultaneously, a single hood may be used. The temperature inside the cask should be above the melting-point of tin when the cask is tinned, so that the tin unites with the lacquer. If any pores are found in the lacquer after cooling, a second lacquering may be given and burnt on as above described.
Patent GB-191401426-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding, or Guiding, Fabrics more especially intended for use with Stentering Machines.
Inventor: LIVESEY ANDREW
IPC: D06C3/00
Filed: 1914-01-19
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 1426. Livesey, A. Jan. 19. [Cognate Application, 3988/14.] Registering webs.-A device for the transverse registering of webs fed to stentering-machines &c. comprises sets of two or more rollers A adjustably mounted on spindles b, c carried on arms D, which are reciprocated in opposite directions by means of links E connected to crank-disks F. Some or all of the rollers may be provided at one or both ends with springs i and may be parallel and smooth as shown, or they may be conical, grooved, or serrated, and may be covered with some material such as india-rubber or leather.
Patent GB-191402465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Show-cases and the like.
Inventor: SHELDON JOHN ECCLESTON
IPC: A47F3/00
Filed: 1914-01-30
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 2465. Sheldon, J. E., a n d S h e a d , W. Jan. 30. Brackets, adjusting and securing.- S upporting-ledges 6 for connecting shelves 7 of a show case to standards 1 are secured to the standards by lugs 8 engaging a series of pins 3 at one end and held by a setscrew 9 engaging one of a series of holes at the other end.
Patent GB-191403170-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ball and Socket Joint for Pipes.
Inventor: WINDEMULLER JAN HENDRIK
IPC: F16L27/06
Filed: 1914-02-06
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 3170. Windemuller, J. H. Feb. 8, 1913, [Convention date]. Ball-and-socket joints. -A ball joint, particularly for gas pendants in which one side of the packing-space is formed by a separate member 11, has a flange-like enlargement 12 on this member, which fits and is pressed against the ball 4 under the pressure of the packing 13, adjusted by a nut 9. In a modification, the nut 9 is omitted and is replaced by an inturned flange at the mouth of the socket. The packing is compressed indirectly by a ring bearing against the upper side of the ball and screwed into the other end of the socket, which is internally cylindrical throughout.
Patent GB-191403675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Revolving Members for Blowers.
Inventor: NEUMANN CHRISTIAN
IPC: F04D29/28
Filed: 1914-02-12
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 3675. Neumann, C. Feb. 12. Disk-supported-b lade fans; impeller blades.- An impeller for centrifugal fans comprises two flat rings 5 between which are mounted main paddles 6. Between each pair of main paddles is a series of auxiliary paddles 10, decreasing successively in radial length. Tapered deflectors 11, 14 are fitted to the rear faces of the main and auxiliary paddles respectively.
Patent GB-191408908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reels for Elastic, Tapes, Ribbons and like Haberdashery.
Inventor: PEGG WILLIAM GEOFFREY
IPC: B65H75/14
Filed: 1914-04-08
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 8908. Pegg, W. G. April 8. Rolls of fabric; rollholders, winding-devices for; hand winding-appliances. - A reel for elastic, tape, &c. comprises a barrel a with shoulders b rotatably mounted in apertures in the flanges c and secured thereto by washers d having teeth e passing through the part b into the material of the barrel. The shoulders are disks which may be those formed by cutting or punching the apertures in the flanges. One of the washers is provided with a handle f by which the barrel may be rotated relatively to one or both of the flanges. Barrels of different lengths to suit the width of the material may be used with the same flanges and washers. The reel may be arranged in a box having a slot for the passage of the material and an aperture permitting access to the handle ; or the flanges may be formed by the sides of the box.
Patent GB-191409010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Typographical Casting Machines.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR HENRY
IPC: B41B11/00
Filed: 1914-04-09
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 9010. Walker, A. H., [Mergenthaler Linotype Co.]. April 9. Matrices for type-bar making machines. To facilitate t h e passage of the matrices from the distributor to the magazine, and also the insertion of spacers &c. in the assembled line, the upper ends of the matrices, including the upper ears a<1>, a<2>, are bevelled or chamfered. The matrices may also be bevelled at the lower ends on the opposite side, as heretofore.
Patent GB-191416914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Chain Grate Stokers.
IPC: F23H11/00
Filed: 1914-07-16
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 16,914. Babcock & Wilcox, and Metcalf, H. E. July 16. Grates; fire-bridges.-In a steam-boiler furnace, the grate consists of a central travelling endless chain 2, Figs. 1 and 2, inclined upwards from the front towards the rear and disposed between side grates formed of stationary or rocking bars 14, shown in Figs. 2 and 6, which may be plain or curved and inclined or horizontal. The fuel is fed from the hopper 8 on to the front portion of the chain grate and is moved rearwardly thereby. The fuel on the side grates remains stationary and is added to continuously by the central chain grate. The ashes at the rear end of the chain grate are spread on to the side grates by a wedge-shaped bridge 13. The forward end of the upper run of the chain grate is below the level of the top of the side grates, while the rear end is approximately at the same level. The chain grate is driven through a train of interchangeable spurwheels, and a friction clutch. Specification 75.54/06 is referred to.
Patent GB-191418690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Inventor: BELL FREDERICK JOHN TURNER
IPC: D05B57/14
Filed: 1914-08-15
Granted: 1915-08-16
Abstract: 18,690. Bell, F. J. T., Bell, H. C., and Brandwood, J. Aug. 15. Sewing-machines; lock-stitching by shuttles. -In lock-stitch sewing-machines of the two-reel type, the rotary hook is in the form of a hollow truncated conical case cut away at one part to form the hook A<1>, Fig. 4, and provided with an inclined plate A<2> which acts in conjunction with an inclined plate J<1>, Fig. 16, on the bobbin-case J to assist in passing over the loop of needle-thread. The hook-case may have a detachable hook, or may be made in separate pieces, and may have a hard steel bearing-ring round the base. The race B, Fig. 1, is inclined to the driving-shaft and is formed integral with the arms B<1> and the bearing B<2> for the driving-shaft and is closed after insertion of the rotary case by a ring E held by undercut projections on the face of the race and by a screw Z, a hard steel ring being interposed between the ring E and the face of the race. The driving-pins G, Fig. 15, are bifurcated and carry a dished protecting-plate H to prevent fouling of the thread with the pins, a plate D on the back of the race also preventing the ballooning of the thread. The bobbin-case J has a tubular sleeve K, which is mounted on the pin Lcarried by the hook-case and is held thereon by a spring-latch engaging a groove L<1> in the pin. The bobbin is mounted on the sleeve K with interposed springs O flattened at the central parts. The thread from the bobbin is passed through a slot P into a curved slot P<1> and under a barb P<2> which is substantially at the centre of curvature of the slot P<1>. Thence it is led along a groove on the outside of the casing under an adjustable tension device on the front thereof and accessible from above the cloth-plate, into a channel M having a curled delivery end M<2>, Fig. 18. Rotation of the bobbin-case is prevented by engagement of the end M<2> with a recess in the cover-plate E.
Patent GB-191419985-A (GB)
Title: Improvement connected with Pocket Books, Portemonnaies and the like.
Inventor: WEINTRAUD ALFRED
IPC: A45C1/06
Filed: 1914-09-19
Granted: 1915-09-09
Abstract: 19,985. Weintraud, A. Sept. 19. Pocket-books and letter-cases.-Pocket-books, portemonnaies, &c. are provided with clips for securing letters and papers without placing them in the pockets of these articles. The clip C may be formed on or attached to a plate A of solid or skeleton formation arranged inside a pocket B outside which the clip projects.
Patent GB-191421606-A (GB)
Title: A Hydraulic Transformer for Ship Propulsion by Means of Steam Turbines.
Inventor: LENTZ HUGO
IPC: F01D15/02
Filed: 1914-10-27
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 21,606. Lentz, H. Nov. 11, 1913, [Convention date] Balancing moving parts; driving and transmission mechanism, special applications of.-A steam turbine is arranged to drive the propeller shaft of a ship through hydraulic transmission gear constructed to have a one - sided action so as to produce an upward d thrust balancing the weight of the turbine shaft, and the end thrust on the turbine shaft is balanced by hydraulic pressure from the transmission gear. Hydraulic pumps A, A<1> mounted on the turbine shaft D' drive a motor B on the propeller shaft F<1>, the liquid passing ont from the pumps at h, Fig. 2, and through the valve K and passage N to the motor, from which it returns by passage P, valve L, and passages Q, h<11>. The speed of the propeller shaft is varied by turning the valve K in a clockwise direction, thereby reducing the passage N and by-passing some of the liquid around the pump by the passage Q<1>. The propeller is reversed by placing the valves K, L in the positions shown by dotted lines. A pipe S. Fig. 1, conveys pressure from the hydraulic gear to a piston device at the end of the turbine shaft D'. The valve K is made in two independent parts corresponding to the pumps A, A', so that it may cut in or out the pump A or A<1> or both. Casings.-A projecting part G<1> of the turbine casing is secured to a corresponding part C<1> of the casing of the hydraulic transmission gear, so that the temperatures of the two casings can equalize. The part G<1> serves also to support the shaft bearing a'.
Patent GB-191422449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Water and Gas Taps for Geysers and other Gas Heated Hot Water Supply Apparatus.
IPC: F24H9/20
Filed: 1914-11-13
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 22,449. Breeden & Co., J., and Breeden, F. V. Nov. 13. Interlocking.-A device for interlocking the gas and water supply valves of a water-heating apparatus, so that the water tap must be turned on first and off last, comprises a lever f pivoted to the water-valve casing and actuated by a hook e<2> secured to the gas-valve handle. The gas tap can only be turned on when the boss h<1> on the water-tap spindle has been raised sufficiently to permit the arm f<2> of the lever f to pass under it. The plug of the main gas cock carries a pilot burner and cock so arranged that the actuating-handle k<1> of the pilot cock engages a projection d<2> on the casing to prevent the main cock from being opened before the pilot cock. The pilot burner is so arranged that the movement of the main cock in opening brings the pilot burner into the required position for igniting the main burner.
Patent GB-191423485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Secondary Batteries or Accumulators.
IPC: H01M10/16
Filed: 1914-12-03
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 23,485. Ward, J. C. A., and Pape, Ltd., R. Dec. 3. Supports for electrodes; connexions.-Concentric electrodes F, M, and a tubular separator E, Fig. 1, stand upon a shock-absorbing support B made of rubber or the like, shown separately in Fig. 4. A central annulus J on this support is shaped to take a correspondingly-shaped end of the central electrode F; upstanding projections D sustain the outer electrode M; and a groove between the two receives the separator E. Feet C are provided, and circulation is allowed by the spaces between them, and by those between the projections D, in conjunction with grooves L, Fig. 4. In combination with the support B are used lug-joints at the lid formed by flanged sleeves A of rubber or the like. Specifications 5140/87 and 105/08 are referred to.
Patent GB-191506251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Scroll Guards for Spinning Mules.
Inventor: CALDWELL THOMAS
IPC: D01H3/04
Filed: 1915-04-27
Granted: 1915-12-02
Abstract: 6251. Caldwell, T. April 27. Guards.-Guards a, for the backscrolls band guide-pulleys c, d of spinning-mules, are provided with a sliding shutter or door f consisting of laths or strips pivoted together at their edges f <1>. The lateral edges of the shutter slide in the grooved sides a<1> of the casing, a handle f<2> being provided for lifting. Stops f<3> on the shutter strike fixed stops a<3> at the end of its travel. The shutter may be secured in its closed position by a nut f<5> or a lock. A hinged door g may be arranged over the pulleys c, d. The lower part a<5> of the casing may be formed separately, the two parts being adjustable. The upper part a' of the casing may pivot, for adjustment, on its edge a<4> and be secured in position by a screw and slot device.
Patent GB-191507099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for the Manufacture of Volatile Acids from their Salts.
Inventor: FRISCHER HERMANN
IPC: B01D3/08
Filed: 1915-05-11
Abstract: 7099. Frischer, H. May 11. Acids, distilling; bulk evaporators. - Apparatus for making nitric and other volatile acids from their salts comprises a retort having a number of vapour-discharge pipes arranged at different points, the vapour-discharge pipes being connected singly or in pairs to separate coolers, and joining together towards the end of the cooling system after most of the vapour has been condensed.
Patent GB-191507370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Railway Vehicle Buffers.
Inventor: ROSE HUGH
IPC: B61G11/18
Filed: 1915-05-17
Abstract: 7370. Rose, H. May 17. Buffers.-In an adjustable buffer of which the shank is formed with a screw - thread engaging a, nut bearing on the buffer spring, means are provided for rotating the shank manually to effect the adjustment. Fig. 2 shows one construction in which the buffer head is fitted with a hand-wheel 30, and the shank may be locked against rotation by a removable key 19 engaging a groove 20 in the shank. The spring 16 is disposed between the nut 13 and a bridge-piece 14 carried by bolts 15 secured to the headstock. In another arrangement, Fig. 5, the rear end of each buffer shank is formed with a groove 25 engaged by a feather on a worm-wheel 23, and the two worm-wheels are rotated simultaneously by worms on a transverse operating-shaft 27.
Patent GB-191508787-A (GB)
Title: Improved Floats for Saving Life in case of Disaster at Sea.
Inventor: BUCHANAN ROBERT DICK
IPC: B63C9/08
Filed: 1915-06-15
Abstract: 8787. Buchanan, R. D. June 15. Buoys.-An apparatus for saving life in case of disaster at sea consists of two concertina-like floats A connected by flexible bands D and held apart, when in use, by rods E, as shown. These rods are hinged at H and connected by fastenings F. When not in use, the apparatus is folded, as shown in Fig. 4, the rods E lying on the floats. The floats have air vents fitted with stoppers K, and a band J is provided to support the occupant. The apparatus may be constructed to support more than one person, and it may be used along with a waterproof suit.