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Patent GB-191314895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Heating of Boiler Feed Water.
IPC: F22D3/00
Filed: 1913-06-27
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 14,895. Vulcan-Werke Hamburg und Stettin Akt.-Ges. May 28, [Convention date]. Feed-water, supplying. - In a system transmitting power from a steam plant by hydraulic gear, for example of the Fottinger type, means are provided whereby water in the transformer tank, which is warm by reason of conditions of working, is transferred to the feed - water tank and a deficiency made up, for example from the cold condensate from the condenser. In the example shown partly diagrammatically in Fig. 2, the level in the transformer tank 6 can be varied to suit conditions of forward or reverse running, or stoppage, by putting one of the three tubes 8<a>, 8<c>, 8<b> in communication with an ejector device 9 operated by water driven by a make-up pump from the tank 6 through the tube 1. If the level is too low, air is drawn through one of the tubes 8<a> ..., and the suction exerted by the device 9 through the tubes 12, 12<a> leading above the pistons 10, 13 is but slight; the pressure of the spring 17 then keeps the valve 14 shut and the valve 19 open. In this position, cold water passes from the tank 4 fed from the condenser by the pipe 3 by way of the pipes 20, 21 to the tank 6. If the end of the particular tube 8<a> ... is submerged, the resistance offered by the water increases the vacuum obtained by the ejector 9 by reason of a restricted nozzle in the piston 10, and the valves rise against the pressure of the spring 17, opening the valve 14 and closing the valve 19. Warm water from the make-up pump drawing from the tank 6 now passes through pipes 11, 15 and tank compartment 16 to the feed-water tank 5. In place of a restricted nozzle 11, a throttle valve 23 or a loop 24 may be employed, in which case a partition 22 is used in the chamber under the piston 10.
Patent GB-191315271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Devices for Automatically Cutting-off the Discharge of Gas from Gas-holders.
Inventor: HANAPPE EDMOND
IPC: F17B1/14
Filed: 1913-07-02
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 15,271. Hanappe, E. July 2. Liquid-seal valves.-A safety device for preventing back-firing from burners to a gas-holder when the pressure therein is low, comprises a tube T closed at its upper end and arranged over the end of the outlet pipe S from the gasholder. The tube is supported by a float B and is provided with openings 0 communicating with the outlet pipe except when the bell descends and presses on the pipe T forcing the float below the water. A rope may connect the device with the top of the bell so that high pressure in the holder may not prevent the rising of the float and tube.
Patent GB-191316278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Holding Spare Wheels or Rims on Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: KLEINERT JOHANNES GEORG
IPC: B62D43/02
Filed: 1913-07-15
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 16,278. Matthews, F. E. July 14. Balls.-Polymerised styrolene is used for the manufacture of golf balls, which are rendered opaque by pigment and are of less specific gravity than water.
Patent GB-191316668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Puncture-proof Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: WAPSHARE RICHARD
IPC: B60C19/12
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 16,668. Wapshare, R. July 21. Jackets and covers.- A protective band for pneumatic tyres comprises plates b of glass, porcelain, earthenware, &c., or papier mÔchÚ &c., having interengaging convex and concave edges. Each plate may have two convex and two concave edges, or all the edges of some plates may be convex or concave. In the form shown, the plates are arranged between layers of the tyre fabric, the side plates being bevelled and bearing against rubber strips c. The plates may be sewn to the tyre fabric or to a fabric band, which is placed between the airtube and the cover. According to the Provisional Specification, the plates may be of metal.
Patent GB-191319265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Propelling Agricultural Machines.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: A01B3/68
Filed: 1913-08-25
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 19,265. Wade, H., [Debrcczeni Mezogazdasagi Gepgyar Reszvenytarsasag]. Aug. 25. Steam and other power cultivation of land. -An agricultural machine or implement, such as a balance or other plough, a rotary cultivator, or a harvester, sower, or beetroot digger, is hauled towards an engine by a cable connected directly to the machine, and is propelled away from the engine by means of an independent cable 6 wound on a drum 1 connected with a travelling wheel 4 of the machine by gearing such that the peripheral speed of the drum 1 is more than twice that of the wheel 4. The drum 1 is rotated by winding the cable 6 on to a drum 7, which is mounted on the engine and driven by it. Disconnectible change-speed, spur, chain, belt, or friction gearing may be used to connect the drum 1 with the wheel 4. The engine is provided with two independent drums, one for winding the cable 6 and the other for winding the cable connected directly to the plough. Two ploughs may be worked by'one engine, one on each side of it. Two engines may be employed to move one balance plough &c., so that, while one engine draws the plough towards it, the other assists it by unwinding a cable.
Patent GB-191319538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Ventilators for Ships and the like.
IPC: B63J2/10
Filed: 1913-08-29
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 19,538. Mechan & Sons, and Moyes, J. Y. Aug. 29. Ventilating-shaft tops.-Two or more series of spaced vertical or steeply inclined channelled members are provided in ships' ventilators to prevent entry of water. The members A of each series are arranged behind the spaces between the members of the series in front, as shown in Fig. 1,. and may be of the section there shown, or as in Figs. 2, 3, or 4. Fig. 5 shows the members A applied to a shaft top having a vertically adjustable dome D. The members A are secured at the top to the dome, and at the bottom to a ring E which may be flat or slope upwards or downwards to the members and may have draining holes. Alternatively the bottoms of the members A may be turned so as to terminate near the shaft, or similar approximately horizontal members may be provided. Additional protection may be provided by a ring F or an inner series of channelled members depending from the dome, or the members A may depend from a ring such as F. In a shaft top having a fixed dome, the members A may slope in either direction across the space between the dome and the shaft, and a flat plate within the dome and above the shaft may be operated by a screwed spindle from above the dome to close or open the shaft outlet. As shown in Fig. 8, the members A depend from a dome D which surmounts a shaft C and is surrounded by a trunk H having a laterallydirected outlet H'. Drainage apertures may be provided at the base of the trunk H. The members A may be permanently or removably mounted at the mouth of a shaft top having a laterally-directed outlet.
Patent GB-191322760-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Two-stroke Cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ENRICO MARIOTTI
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 1913-10-08
Abstract: 22,760. Mariotti, E. Oct. 9, 1912, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Section 91 of the Act]. Cam - actuated pumps; stroke, varying.- The liquid-fuel pump N of an internal-combustion engine is actuated from a shaft E by a cam p which engages a hinged arm s secured to the p u m p plunger. The stroke of the pump is adjusted simultaneously with the lift of an air-injection valve of a fuel spraying device by a cam u on the shaft F, the cam varying, through the medium of a rod t, the position of the hinged arm e. The stroke of the pump may also be varied by a hand-operated wedge d carried by shaft M and inserted below the arm s.
Patent GB-191327091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Frogs used on Looms for Weaving Woven Textile Fabrics.
Inventor: GOTT HORACE
IPC: D03D49/58
Filed: 1913-11-25
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 27,091. Golt, H., and Wilkinson, S. Nov. 25. Stop-motions, shuttle frogs.-The frog is provided with a detachable reversible and adjustable wearing-piece o, Fig. 3, of rhombic or rhomboidal shape extending right across the stepped portion c<2> of the frog and mounted in bearings formed in bars q adjustably secured to the sides of the frog c. In a modification, one of the bars q is replaced by a projection cast or otherwise formed on the frog. The frog is used in conjunction with stop motion mechanism nf the type comprising a stop-rod finger j, Fig. 1, a swell finger g, and a shuttle-easing lever k having a bowl adapted to engage a camsurface m.
Patent GB-191328309-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shaker Conveyor for use in Mines.
Inventor: BRAMALL VINCENT
IPC: B65G27/00
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-12-09
Abstract: 28,309. Bramall, V. Dec. 9. Jigging conveyers.-The light metal troughs A, which are secured together by bolts or clips, are supported upon cranked axles B kept in position by straps C. The ends of the axle are carried by stands D riveted to transverse angles E.
Patent GB-191401430-A (GB)
Title: Improved Constructional Toy.
Inventor: LAWRENCE JOHN THOMAS
IPC: A63H33/10
Filed: 1914-01-19
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 1430. Lawrence, J. T. Jan. 19. Mechanical constructions, details for building up.-Elements for constructing toys consist of rigid socket pieces C, Figs. 8, 10, and 14, connecting spring split tubes A, Fig. 1, and clips D, Fig. 14, attachable to the tubes to support sheet material G representing buildings or other devices. The tubes A are sprung into the sockets as shown in Fig. 10, or, as shown in a modification, Fig. 13, are placed over a socket piece and prevented from turning by a catch F on the socket piece. The tubes may be tapered or bent, and various sheets of material may be used to represent house-walls, sides of railway carriages, &c.
Patent GB-191405398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rock Cutting Apparatus.
Inventor: LOBNITZ FRED
IPC: E02B3/02
Filed: 1914-03-03
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 5398. Lobnitz, F. March 3. Vertically-driven rock-breakers.-In apparatus of the type in which a heavy rock-cutter is dropped on to the rocks, to avoid spinning of the cutter, and consequent opening out and fraying of the suspending ropes, the cutter is suspended by two or more parallel ropes. One rope may be used to give a double suspension by passing the middle of the rope 1 round bollard portions 2, 3, 4 on the winch 5, the halves 1<a>, 1<b> then passing round the winch in the same direction. The ropes 1<a>, 1<b> may be secured to the cutter e in the manner described in Specification 15,852/06.
Patent GB-191407079-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket and other Electric Flash Light Batteries.
Inventor: MANDER JAMES WILLIAM
IPC: H01M2/00
Filed: 1914-03-20
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 7079. Mander, J. W. March 20. Connexions.-In a flash-lamp battery, an adjustable centre contact is attached to a tube 6 on a carbon electrode, and consists of a bent spring 8, one end of which is formed as a slit tube 9 fitting into the tube 6, or is secured thereon by a keyhole slot and stud, and the other is inserted in a recess 14 on the cover of the usual case. A short contact 10 attached to a zinc electrode projects at one end of the cover. The recess 14 is formed by fastening two side pieces and a top piece on the cover by metal clips. Each cell is filled up with wax.
Patent GB-191412224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pumps.
Inventor: DAVEY HENRY
IPC: F04B1/00
Filed: 1914-05-18
Granted: 1914-11-26
Abstract: 12,224. Davey, H. May 18. Actuating by gas-engines. -In pumping - installations of the type in which water is raided by one set of pumps from a well and is forced to a further elevation by another set of pumps a single two-throw c ank-shaft with the cranks at an angle of 180 degrees is employed to operate four pumps, one pair of pumps being placed at right-angles to the other. The crank-shaft is driven through reducing-gearing from an internal-combustion or other engine. Fig. 2 shows a double set of such pumps. Two sets of internal-combustion engines a a, only one of which is shown, drive the crank-shafts d, d through reducing-gears c, c. Each crank-shaft has two cranks at an angle of 180 degrees, and each crank drives a vertical pump e in the shaft well and an horizontal pump f at the ground level. The pumps e raise water to tanks from which the pumps f draw.
Patent GB-191415258-A (GB)
Title: A New Improved Lattice-like Framework of Laths or the like more especially intended for use in the Construction of Slabs, Ceilings, Walls or Partitions.
Inventor: HERDMAN GEORGE ALBERT
IPC: E04F13/04
Filed: 1914-06-25
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 15,258. Herdman, G. A. June 25. Metal-skeleton slabs.-A lath fabric to be used as a base for plaster or cement in the construction of slabs, consist, of laths or rods of wood, metal, or cane, forming the weft, and wires yarns, cords, &c. forming the warp. The wires &c. c are interwoven from border to border of the fabric and are returned along a line spaced laterally from the first. Fig. 1 shows one form in which short wires are interwoven with laths a, a<1>, &c., each wire passing once across the fabric and back. The ends d of the wires may be secured by twisting or by nailing to the lath a, or may be merely cranked or hooked over the lath a. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which rods or canes a*, a<1>* &c. are interwoven with a continuous wire &c., the strands of which are spaced apart laterally.
Patent GB-191415464-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Starting Devices for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BENAULT LOUIS
IPC: F02N15/04
Filed: 1914-06-27
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 15,464. Renault, L. July 12, 1913, [Convention date]. Epicyclic gearing.-An electric motor used to turn an engine drives through an epicyclic gear comprising an eccentric plate 5 fixed on the armature shaft and carrying, through a ball bearing, a wheel 6 having two sets of teeth 7, 8. The teeth 8 engage with a fixed internally toothed wheel 9 and the teeth 7 with a second internally toothed wheel 10 which has on its exterior surface a further set of teeth 11 for transmitting the motion either direct or through a pinion 13 to a wheel 12.
Patent GB-191415522-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Projection.
Inventor: ATHERTON REGINALD
IPC: G03B23/14
Filed: 1914-06-29
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 15,522. Atherton, R., Jones, D. B., and Engelke, W. June 29. Reel and web apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for automatically projecting a series of pictures on a screen with a dissolving effect. In the apparatus shown, the pictures are on an endless band A. Two projection lamps c, c<1> are alternately used and are gradually cut in and out by a rotating controller E, E<1>, the section E controlling the resistance D, and the section E' the resistance D<1>. During the dissolving action, the film is stationary. As soon as one lamp, say the lamp c, is cut out, the slide B is moved to change the picture of the lantern C. After the next dissolving action when the lamp c<1> is cut out, the slide B' is operated to change the picture of the lantern C<1>. The film is shifted by ordinary claw feed mechanism from the motor shaft g through the slides B, B<1>, connecting-rods b<1>, and crank-arms b, the arms b being in continuous rotation. Two films may be used in lieu of a single film A, or a series of pictures may be mounted on the band or bands.
Patent GB-191416114-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rock Drills.
Inventor: JENKINS HAROLD CARNEGIE
IPC: B25D17/08
Filed: 1914-07-06
Granted: 1915-04-08
Abstract: 16,114. Jenkins, H. C., [Soc. GÚnÚrale Outillage Pneumatique et de Sauvetage (partly)]. July 6. Loose tools and bits, retaining.-The muzzle spring a of a hammer or other rock drill b is formed with eyes c, preferably V- or pearshaped, in which is hinged a tool-engaging stirrup d. The tool e can be inserted or removed without detaching the spring by lifting the stirrup.
Patent GB-191423546-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vessels and in the Method of Unloading Cargo therefrom.
Inventor: REID JOHN
IPC: B63B35/30
Filed: 1914-12-04
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 23,546. Reid, J. Dec. 4. Vessels modified for unloading; floating cargoes out of ships' holds.-To enable ships carrying buoyant cargoes such as pulp and other woods,' to be quickly unloaded, the hold is divided by transverse bulkheads into compartments adapted to be flooded to float the cargo up to the top of the hold, and ballast tanks are provided for careening the ship to direct the cargo overboard and also to shoot the deck load overboard. The hull 15 is fitted fore and aft with buoyant chambers, and along the sides with ballast chambers 1, 13. To remove the deck load 8, the posts 2 are removed by knocking out the pins 3, and the tanks 1, 13 are successively filled. To remove the hold cargo, the hatch coverings 4, if used, are removed, one of the tanks 1, 13 is partly filled, and the hold compartments successively flooded. A tilting deck may be used for discharging the deck load.
Patent GB-191424757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding the Bobbins of Twist Lace Machines.
Inventor: JARDINE ERNEST
IPC: B65H67/048
Filed: 1914-12-30
Granted: 1915-12-30
Abstract: 24,757. Jardine, E., Swindall, J. W., Rostance, F., and Montgomery, H. Dec. 30. Bobbins, winding.-A number of winding-spindles 1, 2 are mounted in arms 3 carried by a shaft 4 in such a manner that they -can be brought into operation successively. When in operative position, the spindles aline with a driving-spindle provided with an eccentric pin adapted to engage with a driving-pin 11, Fig. 9, on the winding-spindle. Each spindle is mounted in ball bearings 14, 15, of which the bearing 15 is mounted in a sleeve 16 and is movable against the action of a spring 18 to release one end of the spindle for the removal and insertion of the bobbin 13. Filling and emptying of the spindles may be facilitated by employing a rod of suitable section adapted to engage the end of the spindle, the bobbins being slid from the rod to the spindle, or vice versa. The end collars 19, 20, for retaining the bobbins may be formed with bemispherical surfaces adapted to engage with corresponding recesses in washers 21. To introduce the threads 29<a> into empty bobbins as these are brought into position by the rotation of the shaft 4, a movable sley is employed comprising a series of points 22, Figs. 3 and 4, mounted upon a bar 23 carried by arms 24 on a shaft 25, which is rocked by a lever and cam on the shaft 4. The points 22 have their upper ends bent towards the bobbins and pointed or provided with projecting nebs so as to enter between the rounded edges of the bobbins, and the threads are lowered into the empty bobbins by a bar 30 mounted behind the points. When bringing a new spindle into action, the threads from the full bobbins are delivered into the empty bobbins before severance. A fixed sley 31 may also be provided. When a thread breaks in front of the tension roller 32, it is also broken off behind the same to prevent it from being wound thereon. The threads are passed through eyes 41, 42 in needles 33, 34, arranged respectively behind and in front of the roller 32, the corresponding needles being connected by levers 39 pivoted at 40. On breakage of a thread, the needle 34 drops, causing the dropping of the corresponding lever 39 and needle 33 and the trapping and severing of the thread behind the roller. The threads are pressed or flattened prior to winding by rollers 50, 51. A trough 53 containing water or other damping-liquid may be arranged beneath the roller, to which the liquid is transferred by an adjustable pad 54. The threads are drawn from cops or pirns 56, wound as described in Specification 10,746/13, and arranged more or less horizontally on a frame 57. The threads pass around thread bars 57 furnished with ferrules and wire guides 60 as described in the above-mentioned Specification. Tension levers or lingoes 61 carried by the stalks of the guides 60 bear upon the threads where they pass around the bars.
Patent GB-191501878-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Superficially Hardening Steel.
Inventor: SANDBERG CHRISTER PETER
Filed: 1915-02-05
Abstract: 1878. Sandberg, C. P. Feb. 5. Hardening.-Carbonsteel articles, other than rails, are superficially hardened by cooling the surface moderately quickly by air, steam, or other elastic fluid or vapour from a temperature above the critical temperature to such a temperature below the critical temperature that the surface will not be again raised to the critical temperature by redistribution of the heat remaining in the article. For example, a wheel or tyre A may be placed within or surrounded by one or more perforated pipes B delivering jets of air; or it may be mounted on a rotating table so as to present its periphery to one or more fixed jets of air. The surface may be cooled by the jets from 750 to 510‹ C. Specification 18,972/14 is referred to.
Patent GB-191502944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rising and Falling Windows or Shutters for Railway or other Vehicles and the like.
Inventor: MILNES WILLIAM HERBERT
IPC: B61D25/00
Filed: 1915-02-23
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 2 9 4 4. Milnes, W. H., and Coleman, H. G. Bethel-. Feb. 23. Window-shutters; vehicle windows; sashes balanced by weighted racks and pinions; sashlifts.-Relates to vehicle windows or shutters of the kind in which the window A has racks D, or plates 0 having holes, gearing with pinions C, which gear with racks E connected by a weighted cross-bar F. In order to ensure that the angles between the bar F and the racks E are right-angles, the bar and racks are tongued and grooved together as shown at P, Q, Fig. 7, or there are two grooves R, into which a key of metal, wood, &c. is inserted, or molten metal is poured in; the parts are then connected by bolts S. The angle may be made adjustable, as shown in Fig. 4, by means of bolts S and curved slots T in the racks, through which pass screws engaging the bar. Fig. 6 shows a handle K and an automatic spring L-shaped catch L for holding the window &c. closed. A panel of the casing is readily removable to allow access to the gearing.
Patent GB-191505861-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boilers for Locomotive Steam Engines.
IPC: B61C1/00
Filed: 1915-04-19
Abstract: 5861. Crosti, P., Prandoni, E., and Soc. Anon. Brevetti Caldaie a Vapore. April 19. [Addition to 24,207/13.] Locomotive - type boilers. - In locomotive boilers of the kind described in the parent Specification, the fire-box crown is curved and serves as a tube-plate for a number of metal tubes b, c arranged radially to the drum d, which receives their lower ends. The large tube c, fitted with man-hole openings, extends past the crown and is secured to the shell e. Expansion is allowed for by corrugating the parts g of the fire-box or by cutting in these parts slots h which are covered by caps. More than one water drum d may be placed in each fire-box.