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Patent GB-191217011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Registering Weighing Apparatus.
Inventor: HAULTAIN HERBERT EDWARD TERRIC
IPC: G01G11/02
Filed: 1911-07-31
Granted: 1912-09-02
Abstract: 17,011. Haultain, H. E. T. July 31, 1911. Counters affording several rates of actuation. - Relates to registering - apparatus for totalizing the intermittent loads of a weighing- machine, the power for actuating the totalizer being derived from the movement of the load on to and from the platform of the machine, and the rate at which the totalizer is actuated being determined bv the weight measured. A record of the loads is also made upon a clock - driven paper web. For weighing railway trucks &c., the load is gradually applied to and taken off the machine by means of a depressible section of the railway track 1 consisting of pairs of rails 2 adapted to tilt about their outer ends and similarly supported at their inner ends on a bolster 4, which is suspended by a rod 5 from one end of a weighing-lever 10. A pendulum arm 8 balancing the load and an arm 12 for operating the rate-changing mechanism are rigid with the weighing-lever. An oncoming truck engages fingers 23 on a chain 17, and by intermediate mechanism rotates an horizontal disk 13 through a constant angle. At the same time, the movement of the weighing-lever and arm 12 displaces a frame 15, which carries a pair of totalizer-actuating rollers 16 resting on and rotated by the disk 13, and the displacement of the frame alters the relative speeds of the rollers and thus the extent of the actuation transmitted by differential gearing to the totalizer (not shown). At the opposite side of the arm 12 is carried a pencil 45, which records the loads on a clock-driven band of paper 46. Specification 17,409/11, [Class 106(iv), Indicating &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-191218186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Label Holders and the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR PERCY FRANK
IPC: A45C11/18
Filed: 1912-08-07
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 18,186. Taylor, P. F. Aug. 7. [Cognate Application, 25,379/12.] Envelopes.-Envelopes A adapted to serve as labels for goods in transit and to enclose an invoice are provided with an aperture B, through which the invoice is visible, so that its absence is apparent to the dispatcher, such aperture being too small to permit damage to the invoice. According to Provisional Specifications, the invoice-holder may be provided with large apertures to disclose the address and other information written on the invoice itself, and the invoice is provided with a metal fastener or with tongues by which it is secured to its holder.
Patent GB-191222034-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway and Road Passenger Vehicles.
Inventor: ROWNTREE HAROLD
IPC: B61D13/00
Filed: 1912-09-27
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 22,034. Rowntree, H. Sept. 29, 1911, [Convention date]. Ingress and egress of passengers, controlling ; hand-grips.-A reversible passenger car has a platform at each end with an entrance and an exit at both sides of each platform, and doors or barriers are provided at each side, those on one side being operated from the front of the platform, and those at the other side from the centre of the platform. Fig. 1 shows the arrangement of the front of the platform when both the driver and conductor are stationed at that end. The car floor extends over the platform, which is at a lower level, so as to form a wedge-shaped step 20 on which the conductor stands. Vertical stanchions 17, 18, 19 are provided at each side of the platform, a pillar 24 having a handle 23 for controlling one set of doors is provided at the apex of the step 20, and a backrest 22 for the conductor is placed at the entrance to the car body. A reversible rail 28 dividing the entrance and exit passageways may be pivoted to the pillar 24 so that it can be brought into engagement with either of the stanchions 18 and secured by a spring bolt in its end. When the car is arranged as shown, only the doors operated by the motorman from a handle 27 are used, the others at both ends remaining closed. When the conductor is stationed at the rear, he controls the doors on one side of that end and the motorman the doors on the same side at the front end, the connexions to the handles 23, 27 being reversed on the two platforms.
Patent GB-191227858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Driving Mechanism of Cycles and the like.
Inventor: HOLDEN EDWIN
IPC: B62M1/24
Filed: 1912-12-03
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 27,858. Holden, E. Dec. 3. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Treadle mechanism. - Relates to driving- mechanism for cycles, of the kind in which the cranks have a reciprocating movement only, controlled bv cords attached to the cranks and to a two-armed rocking-lever, a clutch mechanism being employed to produce continuous rotation of the crank axle. According to the invention, the rocking-lever h is pivoted in a support f clipped to the diagonal tube of the frame near the cycle pedals, the wire cables, chains, &c. i passing over grooved quadrants a<1> fitted upon the cranks a, b, and serving to raise one pedal as the other is depressed.
Patent GB-191229688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway Vehicles.
Inventor: AYERS TRAVERS GLYNN IVON
IPC: B61H9/00
Filed: 1912-12-24
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 29,688. Ayers, T. G. I. Dec. 24. Hand actuation.-In brakes for railway &c. vehicles in which the blocks are operated by screwed rods h engaging sleeve nuts f, the sleeves are rotated from either side of the vehicle by wheels e fixed thereon and formed with inclined teeth gearing with similar wheels d fitted on a transverse shaft a having hand wheels c or levers. Instead of two sets of gearing as shown, a single set may be provided at the middle of the shaft a.
Patent GB-191302985-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball-cocks.
Inventor: HOCKINGS ALFRED
Filed: 1913-02-05
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 2985. Hockings, A. Feb. 5. Lift valves; plug lift valves; actuating.-Relates to ball and float valves fixed within and near the bottom of a cistern whereby the water in the cistern may flow back through the valve and supply-pipes for use at the ordinary house taps, sanitary fittings, &c. during the time that the main water supply is cut off or where it is intermittent. The supply branch A is forked and terminates in two valve seatings B controlled by a valve D which is guided at I to slide on the supply branches K. The spindle E, which is tubular, is guided at the upper end in a tube F, and at the bottom in a socket H. The valve D and float C are both adjustably screwed on the spindle E so that the float may be adjusted, and the valve may be closed on its seats by rotation of the float and valve spindle. A modification is shown in which the float is cup-shaped, and washered conical valve members are formed on the valve plate D in conjunction with conical seats; the side guides I are replaced by guide stems on the valves sliding within the seat openings. According to the Provisional Specification, two or more floats may be applied to one valve stem, and a check valve is used in the cistern supply-pipes below the house service taps to prevent the emptying of the cistern when the supply fails at the mains.
Patent GB-191308652-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lifting Hook.
Inventor: MAWLE EDWARD ERNEST
IPC: B66C1/34
Filed: 1913-11-11
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 8652. Mawle, E. E., and Wass, T. Nov. 11. Hooks, safety. - A sister hook such as that shown in Fig. 1 is provided with studs E, E', Fig. 3, one on each hook and entering a hole in the other when the hooks are closed.
Patent GB-191311007-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flywheel Storage Arrangements such as used in the Electrical Driving of Hauling or Winding Machinery.
IPC: B66B1/34
Filed: 1913-05-09
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 11,007. S i e m e n s Schuckertwerke. May 10, 1912, [Convention date]. Equalizing load on generator; regulation, automatic systems and apparatus for.-In a fly-wheel motor-generator set supplying the motor of hauling or winding plant, the fly-wheel is reduced in size, and the regulator of the driving - motor is adapted to operate with current of lower value in the supply mains during the retarding and rest periods of the working motor, than during the accelerating period of this motor, thereby decreasing the load fluctuations on the supply mains. The regulator is under the control of the controlling- lever of the working motor ; or it may be independently controlled by mechanical or electrical means. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, the driving-motor a is an induction motor, the speed of which is varied by a slip resistance f under the control of a regulator g fed from the secondary winding of a currenttransformer h. The controlling-handle n of the working motor is provided with a cam q adapted to close a switch m against the action of a spring s when the handle n is moved from its neutral position. The switch m controls the circuit of a solenoid operating a switch l adapted to put resistances k in parallel with the regulator g. When the handle n is moved from the position shown to accelerate the working motor, the resistance k is inserted in parallel with the regulator g, so that it operates with larger currents in the primary winding h during this period of working, than when the handle is moved to the position shown during the retardation and rest periods of the motor e when the resistance k is cut out. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the current-transformer is divided into two parts, one of which is rendered inoperative by means of the switch l during the accelerating-period of the motor e. The cam q is also modified so that, for small displacements of the handle n when manoeuvring at the pit-head, the switches m, l are not operated. The switch l may be operated by a current relay or by the lag and advance of a small fly-wheel connected to the shaft of the motor e through a spring operating in the manner described in Specification 27,588/11 [Class 35, Dynamo-electric generators &c.]. In a further modification, the restraining- force applied to the regulator g is varied by the movements of the handle n.
Patent GB-191313349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wrenches.
Inventor: BAILEY JAMES FRANKLIN
IPC: B25B13/16
Filed: 1913-06-09
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 13,349. Bailey, J. F. June 9. Wrenches.-A wrench of the type in which the adjustment of the jaws is effected by means of a rotatably-mounted internally screw-threaded handle engaging a screw-threaded stem controlling the jaws is provided with a fixed sleeve 1 with arms 25, 26, a rotatable sleeve 2 embracing the fixed sleeve 1 and connected to a rotatable internally threaded portion 18 within the sleeve 1, and wrench jaws 7, 8 pivotally-monnted within the arms 25, 26 and having cam-faces 11 adapted to be engaged by corresponding faces 31, 32 on a stem 28 having a screwed end engaged by the rotatable portion 18. In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the stem is connected rigidly to a sliding jaw B coacting with a fixed jaw 7.
Patent GB-191314122-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arrangements for Converting Continuous Currents of Electricity into Isochronous Undulatory Currents.
IPC: H02M7/62
Filed: 1913-06-18
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 14,122. Soc. des TÚlÚgraphes Multiplex (SystÞme E. Mercadier H. Magunna). June 21, 1912, [Convention date]. Commutator switching-arrangements.-A continuous current is converted into a pulsating current by means of contacts one of which is fixed, and the other carried by a tuning-fork, the vibration of which is maintained bv friction with a band of leather &c. The band may actuate several forks placed side by side. A fork and contacts connected in parallel with a condenser may be connected in a transformer circuit with a key and battery in a system of harmonic telegraphy. The number of transmitters may be increased, as shown in Fig. 22, the forks 57, 58 being connected with transformer primaries 66, 65, while the secondaries 59, 60 are connected to the primary 61 of the transformer 62.
Patent GB-191316631-A (GB)
Title: A Rotary Explosion Engine Capable of being Easily Converted into a Compressor.
Inventor: DUPONT PAUL
IPC: F01B13/04
Filed: 1913-07-19
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 16,631. Dupont, P. Oct. 19, 1912, [Convention date]. [Addition to 2771/13.] Movable-abutment type; starting; valves, distributing.-Relates to modifications in rotary internal-combustion engines &c. having one set of vanes secured to a rotary disk and the other set secured to a rotary cylinder, the cylinder and disk being geared together by coupled cranks m, n rotating in opposite directions. The cranks. m, n which are coupled by a link o, are, according to this invention, provided at their opposite ends with teeth a<3>, Fig. 3, to ensure correct motion on starting, a starting- handle b<3> being provided to operate a semicylindrical member q<3>, Fig. 2, engaging the pin p<3> of the crank n. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also the following subject-matter. The rods j<3> operating the distributing valves are actuated by two stationary 8-shaped cam grooves h<3>, Figs. 5 and 6 (Cancelled), having each one cam lift l<3>, so that the rods j<3> are lifted once every two revolutions. These cam-grooves may be formed in the interior of a fixed cylindrical ring and arranged to bear directly on rollers secured to the valve stems. Lubricating-channels c<3>, d<3> in the rotary members are supplied by a rotary channel e<3>, Fig. 3 (Cancelled), secured to the shaft and arranged in a feeder f<3> connected to the oil-reservoir. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191317161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Washing or Rinsing Bottles, Jars and like Receptacles.
Inventor: TURNER ARNOLD
IPC: B08B9/28
Filed: 1913-07-26
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 17,161. Turner, A. July 26. Bottles &c., washing. - Rinsing-apparatus for bottles &c., of the kind in which two sets of rinsing- nozzles mounted on an intermittently-rotated horizontal frame are supplied alternately with water for rinsing the interior of the bottles, is provided with rinsing-nozzles for the exterior of the bottles, which are mounted on an overhead sliding frame. To rinse the bottles, these nozzles, which are enclosed in a hood p and are mounted on a sliding counterweighted frame, are lowered until the guides q contact with adjustable stops s. This movement opens the water-valve k through the medium of the adjustable lever n and also lowers the hood over the tops of the bottles to prevent splashing. The reverse movement cuts off the rinsing-water and raises the hood so that the bottles can be removed. As each set of bottle-holders on the rotatable frame c is moved in turn into the right-hand position, the nozzles a are supplied with water through the valve d. The sliding frame is mounted so that the one set of bottles is rinsed internally and externally at the same time, thus allowing the other set to be removed and replaced by other bottles.
Patent GB-191317314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Ink-ribbon Mechanism for Typewriters.
IPC: B41J33/40
Filed: 1913-07-28
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 17,314. Puch, Erste Steiermarkische Fahrradfabriks Akt.-Ges., J. Aug.20, 1912, [Convention date]. Ink-ribbon mechanism; ribbon-key actions.-Relates to arrangements in which the ink ribbon is reversed by means of a spring-controlled key which is always s actuated in the same direction. A member v, consisting of side-arms 2, 4 and a middle arm 3 formed with a trip-weight k, is pivoted at 1 to a lever q which is pivoted at f to the frame and is connected to rerersing-mechanism such as a longitudinally-movable gear-shaft n. The reversing- key p is pivoted at 10 to the frame and is provided with pins 7, 9 adapted respectively to engage surfaces 6, 8 on the arms 2, 4. The play of the member v on the lever q is limited by stop-pins 5 on the member v. When the key is depressed, the member v and the lever q are rocked in an anti-clockwise direction and the shaft n is moved to the right to reverse the ribbon. On release of the key, it is lifted by a spring x, and the member v, having been rocked beyond its mid-position by the depression of the key, is rocked over by the trip-weigbt k until the right-hand stop-pin 5 engages the lever q. The surface 8 is thus brought into engagement with the pin 9, and on the next depression of the key the member v and the lever q are rocked in a clockwise direction, and the shaft n is moved to the left to reverse the ribbon. To provide for a snap-action, the tripweight k may be formed with inclined surfaces 14 engaging a knife-edge u on a spring-pressed lever z; further, the lever q may be formed with inclined surfaces 12 engaging a roller or knife-edge y on a spring-pressed lever w. The surfaces 12 are formed with stop notches 13 at the ends.
Patent GB-191319062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Flying Machines.
Inventor: BELL ISAAC
IPC: B64C1/00
Filed: 1913-08-22
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 19,062. Bell, I. Aug. 22. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement and construction of; propelling; steering.-The propelling, steering, and supporting p l a n e s or blades of a flying-machine are mounted on their supporting-frames so as to be free to rotate about an axis substantially at right-angles to the plane passing through or near to its centre of pressure, whereby the front edge of the plane or blade can take up a position at right-angles to the resultant air-current. In one arrangement the main supporting-planes 3, 4, Fig. 3, are provided with a vertical sleeve 9 mounted on a shaft 1 secured to the body of the machine. Rearwardly-directed vanes 16 are secured to the planes in order to swing them at right-angles to the air-current. The movement of the planes may be limited or controlled by springs. In a monoplane, the stay-wires are connected to the shaft 9, which is extended above and below the plane. The rearwardly-direoted vanes may be connected to the shaft. The planes may be rearwardly directed in order to assist the action of the vanes. The planes may be mounted about transverse axes and provided with controlling planes or devices, as described in Specification 26,635/12, in order to maintain a positive angle of incidence. The rear elevator 17 is mounted about a vertical axis, and the operating-cords pass along the vertical axis so as not to be affected by the side movements of the elevator. As applied to propellers, the blades 57, Fig. 14, are freely pivoted and the incidence is controlled by springs 61. The shafts 59 of the propellers are forwardly inclined. In another form, the freely-mounted planes 68, 71, Fig. 18, are carried on the ends of oscillating arms 68<a>, 70<a> mounted on a forwardly-inclined shaft 72.
Patent GB-191404435-A (GB)
Title: A Process of and Apparatus for the Addition of Predetermined Quantities of Substances to a Uniform or Variable Flow of Liquid.
Inventor: HINMAN BERTRAND CHASE
IPC: C02F1/68
Filed: 1914-02-20
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 4435. Hinman, B. C., and Robey, E. W. Feb. 20. Liquid - meters. - A water - softening plant, shown in Fig. 1, and having a proportioning- box, as shown in part section and plan n in Figs. 2 and 3, is adapted to measure the water passing t h r o u g it. The main flow of water enters a weir 3 through a pipe 1, and the bulk passes to the m a i n mixing-tank 6 over a water - wheel 5, which actuates a stirrer 63 in the chemical tank 49. A constant proportion is caught in a cup 7 and is led through an inlet 15 to a compartment 10, Fig. 3, in the glassfronted proportioning- box 14. The wall 19 of the compartment has a weir 20, Fig. 2, over which the liquid flows into a trough 21 divided into two parts 22, 23. The part 23 has a cover 39 adjustable by means of nuts 42 so as to allow any desired proportion of the main flow at 1 to be transmitted to a float chamber 43 through a pipe 44. The part 22 leads through a channel 27 to a compartment 12 having an outlet 50 to the chemical tank and the extent of its opening to the water coming over the weir 20 is determined by a sliding cover 28, which, together with the cover 39, deflects the non-intercepted water to a compartment 11 from which it passes, at 48, to the main bulk in the tank 6. The cover 28 is coupled by a lug 29 to a carriage 30 running on rails, and it is caused to open the catchment trough 22 and admit water to the chemical tank and displace its contents in increasing proportioh to the main flow. This is effected by actuating the carriage from a groove 37 of increasing pitch on a cylinder 32, which is turned by a cord 46 attached to the float 45. As the rise of level in the chamber 43 is proportional to the main flow at 1, the chamber may be calibrated to measure the flow. Alternatively, a pointer 12 on the carriage and graduations 73 on the drum 32 may be used for the same purpose, or the cover 28 or the weir 20 may be calibrated.
Patent GB-191414781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Running Out Telescopic Springs of Guns with Recoiling Barrels.
IPC: F41A25/10
Filed: 1914-06-19
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 14,781. Rheinische Metallwaaren-und Maschinenfabrik. Aug. 26, 1913, [Convention date]. Recoil apparatus. -- Relates to telescoping running-out springs, and consists in removable stop-devices which prevent derangement of the apparatus should the inner spring break. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, a displaceable pawl m normally projects through the wall of the cradle b in front of the movable abutment e of the outer spring d, which bears at its rear end upon a fixed abutment c. In a modification, the stop is a removable plate, slotted to receive the recoiling buffer-cylinder h and supported by lugs on the inside of the cradle b.
Patent GB-191501940-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing Machines.
IPC: D05B27/18
Filed: 1914-04-15
Granted: 1915-05-17
Abstract: 1940. Singer Manufacturing Co., and Heggie, J. April 15,1914. Double-loop stitching machines.-In a machine having a work-supporting pillar for stitching gloves with a piquÚ seam of double-loop stitches, the upright looper spindle mounted within the pillar is oscillated by means of a crank 21 upon its lower end, carrying a pin 20, which enters a cam-slot 19 in a lever 18 oscillated by a crank and pitman connexion 17.
Patent GB-191503155-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Locking Nuts.
Inventor: BOWEN RICHARD
IPC: F16B39/10
Filed: 1915-02-27
Granted: 1915-10-07
Abstract: 3155. Bowen, R. Feb. 27. Locking nuts.-Two or more nuts, in a fishplate joint for instance, are locked by a device such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which is designed for two nuts only. A washer a has bolt-holes at the ends and a part a<2> stamped out and bent forwards to receive the locking- piece c, which is bent up at c<1>, c<2> to rest on the sides of the nuts. The part a<2> may be embossed at a<4> to engage with a hole c<4> in the locking-piece to prevent its being shaken out of place, especially when used to lock nuts in a vertical joint. When used to lock more than two nuts, a locking-piece is placed between each pair of nuts. In a modification, Figs. 4 to 7, the washer is bent outwards at its central part a<2>, and the locking-piece has a part c<6> to pass hehind the raised part a<2> of the washer, and is hent up at c<2>, and if desired at. c'‹ also, to engage the sides of the nuts. It is further bent forward at c<5> to facilitate its removal.