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Patent GB-191229566-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Adjusting Electric Meters.
Inventor: BLATHY OTTO TITUS
IPC: G01R11/10
Filed: 1912-12-23
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 29,566. Blathy, O. T. June 20, [Convention date]. Magnets.-A permanent magnet for use as a brake magnet in an electric meter is adjusted by means of one or more magnetic shunts of predetermined dimensions, which are applied to the magnets at the corners of the limbs. The shunts a, Fig. 6, may be of nickel or alloy of low permeability, and may be shaped with bent-over ends b, or may be formed with shoulders to fit the limbs, and holes may be stamped out. Springs may be used to secure the shunts. In another arrangement, wires of uniform size are placed in a grating of non-magnetic metal fixed to the limbs, the wires being held iii place by the attraction of the magnet. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 11, wires a are placed iii slots o and secured by a spring q. Shunts of various sizes may be sorted by means of automatic scales.
Patent GB-191229890-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
IPC: B61L21/06
Filed: 1912-12-28
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 29,890. Tyer & Co., Firth, H. W., and Leake, F. W. Dec. 28. Combined electrical and mechanical systems, non - automatic ; track apparatus actuating signals other than on trains; locking. - A signal is actuated in the cabin when a train arrives at a signal at which it must wait by a switch on the track actuated by the driver or automatically by the train, this signal continuing in action until the lever for the signal in the rear of the train is put to 'danger,' in which position it is locked until the train passes and closes a switch on the track after passing the signal at which it stopped. Fig. 1 shows an arrangement with two switches operated by a train. The switch 3 is opened by the train after passing the starting signal 6 to wait at the advance starter 5, which is at 'danger.' The circuits through the magnet 7, switch 3, contacts 10, 12, and battery 8 is thus broken. The armature 9 of the magnet 7 opens contacts 11, 12 and de-energizes the indicator 15 which shows ' locked '; at the same time the circuit from the battery 8 through the contact 18 and the bell 14 is completed and the bell rings until the lever of the signal 6 is replaced to ' danger,' the tappet 19 then allowing the latch 20 to fall and open the contacts 18 and lock the tappets 19 until the magnet 21 is energized. The lever of the signal 5 when pulled off for the train to proceed opens the contacts 16. The train passing the contact 2 energizes the magnet 7 by current from the battery 1 thereby restoring the armature 9 to the position shown and the indicators 4, 15 show ' free.' The lever of signal 5 is then replaced, closing the contact 16, and the lever of the signal 6 may be pulled when required, the circuit to the magnet 21 being completed by contacts 17 on the trigger rod of the lever. A modification is described in which a switch and an indicator are provided on the signal-post at which the train waits. The switch being closed, an indication is given on polarized indicators at the post and in the cabin, and a bell is rung in the cabin which continues to ring until the signalman has pressed a push which controls a reply signal to the train driver and has also replaced the lever for the rear signal, which is locked at ' danger ' until the train passes a track contact beyond the advance starting-signal.
Patent GB-191302400-A (GB)
Title: Motor-plough.
Inventor: CHAMPONNOIS PAUL LOUIS
IPC: A01B3/66
Filed: 1913-01-29
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 2400. Champonnois, P. L. June 15, 1912, [Convention date]. Power cultivation; ploughs.-In a motor oneway plough which hauls itself along a rope anchored at both ends, the rope is passed around horizontal rope disks on the plough and through a special guide-block which is movable transversely for steering purposes. The plough comprises an oscillating frame 5 and a fixed frame 1 mounted on three adjustable wheels. The horizontal rope disks 7, 8 are under the frame and are driven from the motor. The guide-block 12 comprises two disks 13, 14 and four vertical drums 15, 16, 17, 18. It is moved by turning two screws 19, 20 by means of a hand-wheel. When there are two seats on the oscillating frame 5, the shaft of the handwheel may be jointed. The rope 21 passes through the block 12 under the disk 13, three turns around the disk 7, back through the block 12, three times around the disk 8, and back again through the block under the disk 14, as shown. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the engine may also drive the travelling wheels, and that the plough carriage may have two, three, or four wheels, and may be fitted with rakes, harrows, mowers, binders, extirpators, grainsowers, manure-distributors, rollers, &c., and may be used as a semi-fixed engine. It describes also a special arrangement of the rope in the field, a modified form of plough carriage, and means for oscillating the frame to raise and lower the ploughs. The rope is fixed at its ends at opposite corners 1, 3, Fig. 1 (Cancelled), and at intermediate points, such as 6, 7, and 12, 13, in the ends of the field. The modified plough frame is supported on two wheels 19, 20, Fig. 3 (Cancelled), and comprises a platform 14 and end parts 15, 16. It oscillates about an axle and carries the rope disks 23, 24, which are provided with means for keeping the rope in place on them. A plough frame may be oscillated at the end of a bout by pulling on a rope 52, Fig. 9 (Cancelled), and thus tilting a fork 46 carrying a wheel 44. The fork 46 and two rods 49, 50 form a triangle to the point of which the rope 52 is attached. This rope may be operated by hand or by power. The anchored rope passes over a roller 48 on the axle of the wheel 44. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191303120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Soles and Heels of Boots, Shoes, and the like, and in Metal Protectors therefor.
Inventor: HOPKINS JOB
IPC: A43B13/24
Filed: 1913-02-06
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 3120. Hopkins, J., and Lewis, O. Feb. 6. Nails, studs, and the like, metallic.- Countersunk holes are formed in the sole or in the top lift of the boot heel, and metal protectors having enlarged stud heads b<1> corresponding in shape and size with the recesses are inserted in the same. The holes are not sufficiently deep to penetrate the leather, and may have parallel or tapered sides. Each protector is provided with a single central spike for driving into the boot. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 2156/88, 8736/95, and 7094/99.
Patent GB-191304800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cutting Off Machines.
Inventor: KUWALD KARL
IPC: B23Q5/54
Filed: 1913-02-25
Granted: 1914-03-25
Abstract: 4800. Kuwald, C. Feb. 25. Feed-motions.-The feed-screw of the tool-rest of a cutting-off machine is driven through a clutch d, which separates against the pressure of an adjustable spring i if unusual resistance is encountered, and is held in the disengaged position by a detent l which is reset by pushing- in the slide m.
Patent GB-191305651-A (GB)
Title: Miners Cartridge Safety Box.
Inventor: KORNOWSKI AUGUST
IPC: B65D6/16
Filed: 1913-03-06
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 5651. Kornowski, A. March 6. Lined boxes; lids and covers.-A box for miners' cartridges comprises a body with inner and outer metal walls 13, 14 and inner and outer hinged covers. Packings 16, 17 of asbestos and sheet rubber respectively are placed between the walls 13, 14, a wire 18 and a rib 15 retaining them in position. The wall 13 is bent inwards to form a bead 21 and ledge 20 covered by the sheet rubber 17, which is held by a wire 24, and the inner ends of the wall and rubber are secured by a strip 22. The inner cover consists of metal plates 27, 31, 34, asbestos 28, 33, and rubber sheets 30, 32, secured' together by rivets 35. The openings through which the rivets pass are provided with rubber sleeves, and the heads of the rivets are covered by rubber caps 37, asbestos caps 38, and metal caps 39. The outer cover is provided with a rib 43 engaging the inner cover, and with asbestos packing 44, 46 and rubber packing 45.
Patent GB-191307564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Double Door Latches.
Inventor: BANKS EDMUND HERBERT
IPC: E05C9/04
Filed: 1913-03-31
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 7564. Banks, E. H. March 31. Double - bolt fastenings. - Two bolts for fastening the top and bottom of a door are arranged to be operated simultaneously by means of a push-button on the door. The push-button 26 has a pin 25 on its inner end which engages slots in two bell - crank levers 21, pivoted at 22 to the plate 23 within the door, the outer arms of the bell-crank levers being connected through links 20, 18, 17 to the spring-pressed bolts 15. These bolts have bevelled ends and slots 16' in their flattened ends 16 engaged by pins 17<1> on the links 17 to permit slamming of the door ; the springs 34 abut at one end against the enlarged heads 14 of the bolts and at the other against fixed plates 32. The link 18 is threaded at each end to allow of adjustment in length. Specification 13,388/01, [Class 103, Railway &c vehicles], is referred to.
Patent GB-191310577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Clutches.
IPC: F16D13/16
Filed: 1913-05-05
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 10,577. Cook, Sons, & Co., J., and Pluse, J. May 5. Clutches, friction. - In segmental friction clutches operated by double-acting screws, the screws c engage nuts f, formed integral with the segments d or retained by plates g, and carry a central plate t provided with holes or slots w. Arms m<1> operated by links o and a sliding-sleeve q are also provided with holes v, spaced differently from the slots w, and bolts u passing through the holes and slots are employed to connect the parts adjustably together.
Patent GB-191310598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Letter and Numeral Outliners.
Inventor: HACKES SIDNEY
IPC: B05C17/06
Filed: 1913-05-05
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 10,598. Hackes, S. May 5. Curve - describing instruments; rulers. - A device for the use of sign-writers, store-keepers, &c. by which any letters of the alphabet or numerals may be marked out quickly consists of a sheet of celluloid or the like cut out substantially in the form of a letter H but with the open spaces between the upright arms closed by horizontal members 2, 3 and with a loop attached thereto. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the upright 4 is also extended at 5 to enable this edge to be used as a rule of sufficient length to mark out such letters as A,' ' V,' and ' W,' while in the form shown in Fig. 2 this long edge is provided by the upright 1 and part of the loop. Fig. 5 illustrates the method of manipulating the device, the parts 8, 9, 10, 11 of the letter ' S ' being produced in the four positions e, f, y, h respectively.-
Patent GB-191313332-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mechanism for Shifting the Paper Roller in Typewriters.
IPC: B41J1/14
Filed: 1913-06-09
Granted: 1914-06-09
Abstract: 13,332. Wanderer - Werke vorm. Winklhofer & Jaenicke Akt.-Ges., and Buschmann, T. E. June 9. Platen-shift mechanism; shift-key actions.-The mechanism for transmitting the movements of the shift-key to the platen comprises two toggles which are arranged to limit the shift-movements of the platen and to hold or lock it in the two end positions. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the shift-key 7 is connected by links 8, 9 to bell-crank levers 10, 13 which are pivoted on the framework 3 and are connected respectively to levers 11, 12 which are pivoted at 6 to the shift-frame 5, the levers 10, 11 and the levers 12, 13 constituting toggles. When the shift-key is depressed, the toggle 10, 11 is bent and the toggle 12, 13 is straightened, the latter toggle acting, when fully straightened, to arrest and hold the platen in the upper case position. On release of the shift-key, the toggle 12, 13 is bent and the toggle 10, 11 is straightened and acts to arrest and hold the platen in the lower-case position shown. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the lower toggle 13, 17 is connected by a link 18 to the shift-key 7 and the member 17 is formed with a heel 19 which engages the member 11 of the upper toggle 11, 16. The pivots of the toggles may be formed eccentric to facilitate adjustment. In some cases, subsidiary mechanism may be provided for locking the platen in the upper-case position, this mechanism being adapted to permit independent return of the shift-key and being released by a connexion to the universal bar on operation of a character key.
Patent GB-191313503-A (GB)
Title: Cultivator.
Inventor: TANCZER JOSEF
IPC: A01B33/00
Filed: 1913-06-11
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 13,503. Tanczer, J. June 11. Cultivators.-In a motor cultivator in which the shanks of the cultivating-tools are pivotally mounted on a rotary drum, special means are provided for supporting the shanks and limiting their movements, for making them flexible laterally, and for facilitating the penetration of the tools into the ground. The. drum is mounted on a pivoted frame and is driven from the motor by a chain. It consists of two disks 5, Fig. 6, connected by rods 7 on which the tool shanks 8 are pivotally mounted. The shanks are yieldingly held in position by pivoted bolts 10 passing through angle-bars 12 and provided with adjustable springs on both sides of the bars. The backward movements of the shanks are limited, and the tools positively forced into hard ground, by the bars 12, or by adjustable or interchangeable bars 21 attached to them. The depth of work is regulated by means of a broad adjustable roller. The cultivating-tool shown in Fig. 2 is rigid in the direction of movement, and consists of blades 24 fixed on a laterally flexible plate 23 which is pivoted at 24<1> between two plates 22 projecting from a sleeve 9. The plate 23 is slotted at 27 to pass the joint pin 26 of the spring bolt 10, and is secured by a wooden pin at 28, which breaks when the resistance is excessive. Plate springs 29 may be employed to strengthen the plate 23 laterally. In a modification, the plate 23 is double and carries a cutting-wheel to facilitate penetration into the ground.
Patent GB-191317244-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lifeguard for Motor Buses and other Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: KNOTT WILLIAM
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 1913-07-28
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 17,244. Knott, W. July 28. Wheel-guards and obstruction-removers.-A life-guard for motor-vehicles comprises one part fixed to the vehicle and another part hinged to the fixed part and adapted to be lowered by springs when released by the driver. The fixed frame comprises upper and lower bars a, c and side bars d, and the lower-frame side bars e are pivoted on the bar c. The side bars d, c have ratchet teeth formed on their bosses c', Fig. 5, or have separate ratchet sleeves fixed to them, a spring n forcing the ratchets into mesh. The lower part of the guard is normally folded against the upper part where it is held by catches i, which are withdrawn by the driver. When this has been done, springs m connected to the side bars d, e pull down the lower part of the guard until the wheels g touch the ground. The ratchets prevent the guard from being accidentally raised. In order to fold up the guard, the side bars d, e are displaced along the bar c until the ratchets are out of mesh. The guard is covered by a net h. The wheels g are cushioned by springs or rubber arranged above their bearings.
Patent GB-191323181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torpedo-tubes for the Broadside Launching of Torpedoes.
Inventor: ROSENBAUM BEDRICH
IPC: F41F3/10
Filed: 1913-10-14
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 23,181. Rosenbaum, B. Oct. 14. Launching torpedoes. -Consists in making broadside torpedo-tubes with a lateral enlargement b, Fig. 1, so that, as the torpedo emerges from the tube and becomes subjected to transverse pressures, it may swing about a point i at or in the mouth of the tube, while the tail moves into the enlargement. In a modification, Fig. 4, the enlargement b extends all round the tube, and a spherical joint k is provided in the mouth of the tube to support the torpedo in its swing. Torpedoes, locomotive. - The torpedo is provided with four tail-ribs j, Figs. 1 and 3, to guide and protect the tail of the torpedo during discharge from the tubes described above.
Patent GB-191328173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air-conditioning Apparatus.
Inventor: JOSEPH EDWARD LIONEL
IPC: F24F3/12
Filed: 1913-12-06
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 28,173. Joseph, E. L. Dec. 6. Air, treating.-Relates to apparatus for treating air, for example washing, drying, humidifying, heating, cooling, ozonizing, &c., of the kind comprising several chambers through which the air is drawn or forced, and each of which is furnished with independently variable means for regulating the treatment carried out therein. According to the invention, air-conditioning apparatus of the above kind comprises a preliminary heater e, a washing-chamber g divided into two compartments by a vertical wire-gauze screen k upon which water is directed from nozzles j, a humidifying-chamber furnished with wateratomizing nozzles p, a drying-chamber q containing a solid hygroscopic substance on the floor or on shelves or containing atomizing nozzles or trays by means of which a hygroscopic liquid is sprayed or distributed in thin films, heating and cooling coils u, v respectively, and a collecting-chamber w containing a fan x adapted to draw air from the preceding chambers and deliver it under slight pressure to an air-distributing trunk y, this fan being provided with a separate inlet adapted to be put into communication with an ozone-generator z<1>, z<2>. The relative arrangement of the chambers is immaterial. Means such as the counterweighted doors b, o, n, r, t shown enable the amount of air treated in any chamber to be regulated, and assist in enabling one or more operations to be entirely eliminated.
Patent GB-191402079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamp-holders.
Inventor: KREIDLER EDWARD
IPC: F21V35/00
Filed: 1914-01-26
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 2079. Kreidler, E. Feb. 28, 1913, [Convention date]. Supporting.-A holder for gas, oil, or electric lamps is provided with a handle in the form of a pair of clamping-jaws 8, 10, which can be locked in either the vertical or horizontal position by catches 15, 13 respectively. Perforations 12 are provided near the ends of the jaws, by which the holder may be supported by a pin, and by forcing apart the jaws, they may be made to grip the sides of a shelf &c.
Patent GB-191406006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Closures of Milk Churns, and other Vessels.
Inventor: ROGERS WILLIAM ALFRED
IPC: B65D55/10
Filed: 1914-03-10
Granted: 1915-03-10
Abstract: 6006. Rogers, W. A., and Stanley, E. March 10. [Addition to 16,714/13, Class 125 (iii), Stoppers &c.] Pneumatic dispatch apparatus. -The invention relates to a number of detail improvements in the apparatus described in the parent Specification, and refers to the lids of churns and carriers for pneumatic tubes. The lid a, Fig. 9, of a carrier is fitted with the usual expanding ring, and is hinged at j to a sliding ring h on the neck of a receptacle e. Perforations h<2> on a flange on the ring h register with perforations e<1> on a flange on the receptacle so that the sealing wire can be passed through both. In another modification, the lid a, Fig. 11, is made to rotate on a pivot k attached to the hinge plate j<1>. Studs k<1> attached to the lid a and an upper plate l travel in slots j<2> in the hinge plate.
Patent GB-191407475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Pipe Line Couplers for Cars.
Inventor: KUEHN GEORGE WASHINGTON
IPC: B61G5/08
Filed: 1914-03-24
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 7475. Kuehn, G. W., and Kuhn, R. March 24. Couplings, automatic.-Automatic pipe line couplers for use on railway vehicles are carried in a frame A, bolted to the bottom of the car coupling head, having upper and lower arms 9, 10, and to which vertical guides 19 are secured. A pipe line supporting head 11 carrying the pipe sections 6, 7, 8 is mounted on these guides.
Patent GB-191407891-A (GB)
Title: Improved Garment Fastening.
Inventor: ROEHRIG JACOB
IPC: A44B13/00
Filed: 1914-03-28
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 7891. R÷hrig, J., and H÷hn, C. March 28. Hooks and eyes.-The hook A and eye B are made from wire bent into the shape shown, the beak a of the hook and the loop d of the eye being separated from the converging limbs b by laterally-extending arms c bent so as to form acute angles at the points g. The members are attached to the parts to be fastened by forcing the limbs b, which may be pointed, through the upper part of the folded fabric, the bends g bearing against the material and serving to prevent it from receding from the members when they are interlocked.
Patent GB-191408281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Brushing Hat Bodies.
Inventor: BOEHM VIKTOR
IPC: A42C1/08
Filed: 1914-04-01
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 8281. Bohm, V. April 15, 1913, [Convention date]. Pile or nap, producing; brushing-apparatus. -In machines for brushing hat bodies, there is relative movement between the cone on which the body is mounted and the brush in a direction parallel to a generatrix of the cone periphery. The brush may be mounted in a fork 18, Fig. 3, so that the direction of its axis may be altered in the vertical plane. This may be done by hand or by a ratchet device wormdriven from the shaft 14 that rotates the brush, In another form, the spindle 26, Fig. 1, of the cone is slidably connected by a feather to a driving-sleeve 29, so that the cone may be raised vertically by a cam 27 acting on the supporting-table 28; the brush carrier 31 is simultaneously displaced laterally by a tappet rod 30. The cam is so shaped that the ratio of the speed of rotation of the cone to the feed velocity remains constant. Flat circular brushes may be used instead of cylindrical, these being oscillated either continuously or intermittently. For treating the apex, a cylindrical, flat, or specially shaped brush, as shown in Fig. 6, is arranged as indicated. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also various other modifications. The body cone 1, Fig. 1 (Cancelled), is supported by a bearing 5 adjustable on a carrier 2, which is arranged to slide in a guide 4 and to gear by means of wheels 10 with a rack 3. The carrier is moved downwards, against the pull of a weight 9, by a cam acting on transverse rods 8, this motion serving to rotate the cone by means of bevel-gearing 11, 12. The wheel 12 is interchangeable to allow for adjustment of the bearing 5, so that the generatrix of the cone in contact with the rotary brush 13 may be parallel with the guide 4. Instead of moving the cone, the brush may be shifted along a generatrix of its surface. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191409272-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bridle-bits.
Inventor: GREEN CLYDE WILLIAM
IPC: B68B1/06
Filed: 1914-04-14
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 9272. Green, C. W. April 12, 1913, [Convention date]. Bits.-A bit, by means of which a team of horses can be connected side by side and guided by two reins attached to the outermost bits, and by which the reins are held away from the corners of the horse's mouth and a direct pull obtained, comprises a bar 10 formed integrally with plates 11 provided with openings 12 for the attachment of the head-stall, and with outwardly bent apertured portions 13 for the attachment of the reins. Immovably fixed in the projecting ends 15 of the bar 10 are rings 16, which are provided with reinforcing-ends 17 and serve for the attachment of the crosscheck for connecting the horses abreast.