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Patent GB-191301004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Photographic Plate and Film Envelopes and Carriers.
Inventor: BROOKS ARTHUR AUGUSTUS
IPC: G03B17/34
Filed: 1913-01-14
Granted: 1914-01-14
Abstract: 1004. Brooks, A. A. Jan. 14. Dark-slides for plates in envelopes.-An envelope for holding and exposing sensitized cut films or plates in a camera, and adapted to be received within a carrier, comprises a body 1 of stiff non-actinic paper provided at each side of its mouth with flanged metal stiffeners 4, and a cap 6 provided with a stiff metal or other tongue 8 having small tongues 9 at its free end for engaging the films or plates, which are placed one on each side of the tongue 8 and are separated by one or more non-actinic partitions. In the case of a doubled flexible film, the tongues 9 are made to pierce the flexible material to hold the film in position. The cap is provided with a flange 7 abutting against the flanged mouth of the envelope. When the envelope is inserted in a carrier, the ends of the flange 7 are engaged in notches in the carrier, and thus the cap is retained in position within the carrier with the plates or films when the envelope is withdrawn for exposure. The carrier itself is provided with a spring having a projection adapted to engage a hole in the back of a frame which has means for securing it to the camera, though the carrier may be used without the frame.
Patent GB-191306448-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Starting and Stopping Handles of Selfacting Mules and Twiners.
Inventor: SYKES ALBERT
IPC: D01H3/00
Filed: 1913-03-15
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 6448. Sykes, A., Etchells, T. E., and Evans, W. March 15. Mules and twiners.-To prevent accidental starting of a mule or twiner, the starting- handle is provided with a nose d and a pin e, which, when the belt is on the loose pulley, engage with the starting-handle bracket and with a slot f respectively, so that before the handle can be moved to shift the belt on to the fast pulley, it must first be partly withdrawn to free the nose and the pin and then raised so as to allow the pin to pass freely through an enlarged part g of the slot of the bracket.
Patent GB-191312376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Explosive Compounds.
Inventor: DIPPEL CHARLES FREDERICKE
IPC: C06B29/08
Filed: 1913-05-27
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 12,376. Dippel, C. F. May 27,'1912, [Convention date]. Explosives.-Consists of a mixture of potassium chlorate (2 parts), sugar (1 part), and denatured alcohol (1 quart to 1 gal. for each 100 lb. of the powder). The alcohol may be denatured by an addition of petroleum benzine.
Patent GB-191313500-A (GB)
Title: Improved Ball Cock.
Inventor: YOUNG JOHN
IPC: F16K31/26
Filed: 1913-06-11
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 13,500. Young, J. June 11. Ball and float valves.-Relates to ball and float valves of the kind in which the valve is retained in the open position until the float has become partly submerged whereupon the float releases the retaining-means and the valve closes quickly by the water pressure. The valve shown in Fig. 2 is adapted to be fitted in the side of a tank or cistern near the bottom thereof, and comprises an enclosed seating washer f, a valve head j, and a flattened stem i secured to a sliding member h which is slotted at l and m. A quadrant o is pivoted on the same pin n as the float lever q, both quadrant and lever having spurs p, r engaging respectively in the slots l, m. When the liquid level falls, the spur r opens the valve; at the same time the float lever, acting on the stop s of the quadrant, places this member in position for engagement by the slide h in a notch w whereby the valve is locked in the open position. The float subsequently rises and is arrested by the adjusting-pin t on the quadrant until it is partly submerged, whereupon it disengages the quadrant and allows the valve to close quickly by means of the water pressure behind it.
Patent GB-191315910-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Tires.
Inventor: SPELSHOUSE HOWARD FREDRICK
IPC: B60C7/12
Filed: 1913-07-10
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 15,910. Spelshouse, H. F. July 10. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and rubber-ring and like cushions.-In wheels of the kind in which an annular elastic suspension-member such as 10 connects inner and outer rigid rims, the edges and centre of the member, in the form of annular ribs, are secured by expansible and contractible seating- rings. The outer metal rim 9, of arched section, has lateral grooves 12 in which the ribs 19 are secured by twin rings 20, 21. The inner split ring 20 is at first expanded by the tool shown in Fig. 4, and kept in that condition by a filling-piece 28, but finally the outer ring 21 takes the strain and keeps the ring 20 in tension around the rib. The central rib has embedded rigid pins 49 and is held between a continuous grooved ring 34 and a split expansible and contractible grooved ring 37 secured to the felloe. The rubber tread 13 has in each edge an embedded split circumferentiallyadjustable wire 15 lying inside the canvas insertion 14. The coupling 16 is accessible through a gap 17.
Patent GB-191317776-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typewriters.
Inventor: LOY ALOIS VAN
IPC: B41J1/60
Filed: 1913-08-02
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 17,776. Loy, A. van. Ang. 2. Index machines with types upon spherical surfaces. -The type-carrier 11 is pivoted to an arm 8 rotatably mounted on a stud 5 pivoted at 4 to the framework 3 of the machine, and is set by an index-stylus 9 pivoted to the end of the arm 8, and connected to the type-carrier by a link 15. Impression is effected by depressing the stylus 9, which is provided with a spring-pressed telescopic end 9<a>.
Patent GB-191319184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes of and Devices for Die-cutting Wood and other Materials.
Inventor: WILDER EDWARD BLISS
IPC: B44C3/10
Filed: 1913-08-23
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 19,184. Wilder, E. B., and Wilder, A. B. Aug. 23. Cutting-out apparatus; press knives.-A die specially adapted for cutting pieces of intricate pattern for inlay work from sheets of wood, fibre, leather, rubber, &c. comprises a plate 9, to which are secured one or more thin blades 10 and a layer 12 of resilient compressible material, such as sponge rubber, having a number of air or gas-filled cells. The blade 10 is positioned in a slot in the plate 9, in which it may be held by tacks, and is so arranged that the layer 12 is compressed to some extent before the blade contacts with the work 16. The layer 12 may be faced by a layer 13 of inelastic substance and a laver 14 of sheet rubber. In order that the lateral pressures on both sides of the blade may always be equal, the layer 12 may vary in thickness. The blade may be mounted on a separate carrier and reciprocated through the resilient layer 12, in which case it may work through a sheath embedded in the layer.
Patent GB-191325971-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Carbamic Acid Ester of alpha-dichlorhydrin.
Filed: 1913-11-12
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 25,971. Beckmann, B., and Beckmann Chemische Fabrik Ges., B. Nov. 12. alpha-Dichlorhydrincarbamic ester is produced by treating alpha-dichlorhydrin with carbamic chloride. The product is useful as a narcotic.
Patent GB-191403562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trusses.
Inventor: HOLBEIN AMBROSE HANS
IPC: A61F5/24
Filed: 1914-02-11
Granted: 1914-12-31
Abstract: 3562. Holbein, A. H. Feb. 11. [Addition to 12,805/13.] Trusses.-In the surgical truss described in the. parent Specification, the plate A is slit to form three tongues 1, 2, 3, and the outer tongues 1, 3 are bent to form springs to which the pad is attached. A sliding strip 4 is attached to the middle or outer tongues to vary the flexibility of the latter. The leg strap K is attached to the tongue 2 and is provided with a rubber ring 7 to make it elastic. The back portion 6 of the belt is formed of stiff flexible material covered with padding.
Patent GB-191405279-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Window Sash Fasteners.
Inventor: PERHAM GEORGE EDWARD
IPC: E05F11/00
Filed: 1914-03-02
Granted: 1915-03-02
Abstract: 5279. Perham, G. E. March 2. Screw fastenings.-Window sashes B, C are secured open or closed by a screw E passing through an aperture d' in a plate secured by screws to the extension C, Fig. 2, of the side rail of the lower sash, or by means of an anglepiece d<2>, Fig. 3, to the meeting rail. The screw E then engages one of a series of tapped holes a<1> in a plate secured by screws a to the side rail of the upper sash, as shown in Fig. 3, the plate either overhanging the rail, or the rail being bored to accommodate the screw, as shown in Fig. 2. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 21,275/00, 21,072/02, [Class 20, Buildings &c.], and 3724/08.
Patent GB-191405864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flexible Disk Harrowing and Cultivating Implements.
Inventor: SHEMWELL HAROLD
IPC: A01B21/08
Filed: 1914-03-07
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 5864. Schemwell, H. March 7. Draught appliances.-In a flexible and reversible disk cultivator or barrow, the drag bars 13 at each end of the implement are threaded on the end shafts 1 and are held in the inclined position shown by the engagement of lugs 12 with links 2. They are connected together by cross-bolts 16, and provided with eyes 15 for the connexion of the chains 14.
Patent GB-191406841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Preservers.
Inventor: FRID CARL JOHAN
IPC: B63C9/105
Filed: 1914-03-18
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 6841. Frid, C. J. March 18. Body attachments, buoyant.-In a life-saving suit 1, provided with a flexibly attached life-belt 7 and a head-piece 9, the ventilator 13 attached to the head-piece by a band 14 is provided with air apertures 18 and downwardlyinclined passages 19, and a pipe 15 disposed within the ventilator and headpiece conducts any water entering the passages to a bag 16 disposed within the suit. The bag is emptied through a valve 17. The head-piece has a window 12, and is carried by a wire frame 10 on the neck band 11. The arms of the suit have water-tight wristbands, and the front of the suit and the other closures have overlapping edges provided with elastic insertion and securing bolts and wing-nuts 2. Water-tight pockets 5, 6 are provided for food.
Patent GB-191407331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telephone Systems.
Inventor: GRAHAM EDWARD ALFRED
IPC: H04M9/00
Filed: 1914-03-23
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 7331. Graham, E. A. March 23. Direct call systems.-In systems in which the transmitter at one station is in series with the receiver of the other station and the circuit is supplied with current from a main supply through inductance, a condenser is connected across the supply as a shunt to the speaking circuit. Fig. 4 shows a system in which a bell call or a voice call can be made. When the switch i is depressed at one station, the circuit of the bell j at the other station is completed. When the switch h is opened and the switch a<1> closed, a voice call can be made, a circuit from the main d being made through the inductance d<2>, transmitter a, lead f, receiver, to main e. A shunt to this circuit is formed by the condenser c. The condensers c may be placed at a central position, or inside the telephone boxes at the stations. A resistance may be connected in series with the condenser to balance the impedance of the speaking circuit. The current may be fed from the supply mains through repeating coils, and the invention may be used in exchange systems. Specification 3935/07 is referred to.
Patent GB-191408825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fastener Inserting Machines or Implements for use in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: MERRICK FRANK WOODWARD
IPC: A43D5/12
Filed: 1914-04-07
Granted: 1915-07-07
Abstract: 8825. Merrick, F. W. April 7. Nailing, hand-toods for; slugging; wirestitching.-A machine or implement for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes, of the type in which a combined feeding, driving, and cutting tool is used to cut fasteners from wire and to insert them in the work, is constructed, preferably, in the form of a hand-tool for use in lasting, and is used to wipe the upper round the last and then to secure it to the insole or sole by means of fasteners cut from fine soft wire, so that they may be left in the shoe permanently and without danger of damaging the awl or needle of the sewing-machine used in a subsequent operation. The tool comprises opposing jaws 1, 2, of which the jaw 2 is adapted to wipe the upper round the last, and a combined feeding, driving, and cutting tool 6 mounted in a carrier 7, which is pivoted about the same pivot 8 as the jaws. The anvil jaw 1, Fig. 6, is formed with a projecting lip 1<b> to bite into the work, and a concavity 1<a> to deflect the wire back towards the material through which it has been driven and to clinch its end. The jaw 2, Fig. 4, is formed with an eccentric wire-guiding groove 3, into which the wire is guided and then frictionally held by a spring strip 4. Springs 11, 12 control the movements and relative positions of the carrier 7 and the jaws, while the movement of the tool 6 towards and away from the back wall of the groove 3 is effected by the straightening and breaking of a toggle 14, 15 effected by pins 18, 19 on a rearwardly-extending side arm 2<c> of the jaw 2. Fig. 2 shows the tool with the jaws 1, 2 and the tool-carrier 7 in their relative open positions, and with the tool 6 projected forwards so as to bite partly into the wire d. When the grip handles 10 are closed, the jaw 2, carrier 7, and tool 6 swing together until the work is pinched between the jaws, when the carrier 7 swings relatively to the jaw 2 to cause the tool 6, Fig. 4, to feed the wire and to force it through the work. Owing to the eccentricity of the groove 3, the tool 6, as it feeds the wire. continues to bite into it more and more, until finally the wire is severed. This takes place before the tool reaches the end of its downward movement, and during the remainder of this movement, the toggle 14, 15 is broken, and the tool 6 withdrawn ; the end of the tool, however, remains in contact with the severed fastener and bends its end down against the work, as shown in Fig. 6. A spring 24 is provided to prevent the tool 6 from jarring forward prematurely, while an adjustable abutment arm 17 connected to one arm 15 of the toggle 14, 15 provides means for initially setting the tool with relation to the groove 3.
Patent GB-191411146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising & Displaying.
Inventor: WATSON HENRY
IPC: G09F11/34
Filed: 1914-05-06
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 11,146. Watson, H. May 6. Plates and the like, travelling.-In an advertising apparatus in which successive display screens travelling in a closed circuit are raised by endless bands, and return under gravitational action, each screen is held in view for a suitable time by means of a retaining-gate operated by the elevating - mechanism. The screens A are mounted on rods a fitted with rollers a<2> which traverse a guide-channel D. Each screen is raised by sloping fingers c<1> on the endless bands C to the topmost point of the channel, where the rod slips off the fingers and rolls down the incline d<5> until checked by a projection f on a lever F. The screen is pushed beyond this projection by a bell-crank lever G actuated by the following screen, the first screen then travelling until it meets the bent end h of a weighted lever H, the rear end h<2> of which is raised by following screens. The retaining-gate E is pivoted at e and held in position by a lever j; it is released by the movement of the lever F and allows the screen to fall from view down the vertical channel d<6>. The fall is retarded by a counterweighted lever K and a dash-pot device L. Screens brought to a standstill in the curve d<7> are driven forwards by a lever 1\1. actuated by the rising screens. A lighting-circuit is broken during the fall of a screen by means of a contact-piece attached to the gate.
Patent GB-191413438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Systems suitable for Shops and the like.
Inventor: MACFADDEN BERNARR
IPC: B65G1/04
Filed: 1914-06-02
Granted: 1915-06-02
Abstract: 13,438. Macfadden, B. June 2. [Cognate Application, 16,500/14.] Arrangements of passenger tracks and lifts.- Relates to a railway system in which cars are traversed around one floor of a building and then by means of a lift raised or lowered to another floor, and after completing the circuit of all or certain floors, the cars are returned to the starting-floor. Provisional Specification 13,438/14 describes the system as operating by gravity, the tracks being slightly inclined on each floor, and Provisional Specification 16,500/14 describes an electrical method of operation. The Complete Specification particularly describes a system in which electrically operated lifts raise the cars through the height of a floor, separate lifts being employed for each pair of floors, while a single return lift lowering the cars step by step from the top to the bottom is shown. The arrangements of the lifts may be varied, rising and descending lifts connected to alternate floors being described ; or a common double lift serving for both ascending and descending cars may be employed. The electric track is described as continuous on each floor, but may be in sections. The track is provided with spaced treadle contacts t, in which the treadle bars are raised or lowered by the action of solenoids u, u<1> so as to open or close the motor circuits of the cars. A pivoted stop N is also provided in front of each lift, and is removed by the lift platform acting on a bellcrank lever L when the lift is in position to receive a car. The lift is raised by cords g running over overhead pulleys, and is also supported by balance-weight cords h. Below the platform of the car, the ends of the cords g are connected to loose pulleys g‹ locked together and to a disk k<1> by a detent 0. The disk k' is connected by rods n<1> to the centre points of four toggle-links connected to levers m, which carry at their upper ends eccentrics l<1> for gripping the guide-rods f in case of damage to the lifting cords. The lifting is performed by electric motor through a winding drum, and the necessary contacts and circuits are arranged for starting the motor only when the car doors are closed, and for stopping the motor when the lift reaches the end of its traverse. The return lift is constructed with a series of platforms, and is provided with the necessary switches and contacts to ensure the requisite starting and stopping at the required positions and intervals.
Patent GB-191414582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrode-making Machines.
Inventor: CASELLA SECONDO LOUIS
IPC: H01M4/10
Filed: 1914-06-17
Granted: 1914-10-15
Abstract: 14,582. Casella, S. L. July 3, 1913, [Convention datc]. Drawings to Specification. Electrodes for Leclanche cells are made by machinery. A charge of depolarizing material, such as manganese dioxide, mercuric oxide and pulverized carbon mixed with electrolyte, is compressed in a mould, and is then perforated axially to receive the carbon rod and discharged.
Patent GB-191423065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Rubber Soles and like Furnishings for Footwear.
Inventor: POULDEN FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: A43B13/12
Filed: 1914-11-25
Granted: 1915-09-02
Abstract: 23,065. Poulden, F. W. Nov. 25. Drawings to Specification. Protectors, construction of; small patches, externally-applied. - Rubber heel pads or tips have embedded in them a reinforcing-plate of sheet metal, such as zinc, which can be pierced by the usual fastening-means. The edge of the plate does not extend to the edge of the pad, &c.
Patent GB-191423431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Photographic Printing Frames.
Inventor: SWARBRICK FREDERICK
IPC: G03B27/28
Filed: 1914-12-02
Granted: 1915-12-02
Abstract: 23,431. Swarbrick, F., and Aitken, W. Dec. 2. [Cognate Application, 7179115.] Contact printing-frames; printing-apparatus with bordering-masks.-The base f has a recess or recessed mask q holding the negative k with its upper face flush with the upper'surface of the base, and on the surrounding edges of the frame movable clamping-pieces are adjustably mounted for clamping loose mask pieces in position. In one construction, the sides of the frame consist of four loose pieces c, Figs. 1 and 2, overlapping at the corners and clamped at the corners by bolts t, so that masks m, m<1> can be slipped in between the sides c and the face of the negative and clamped in position by the nuts t. The pressure back b is secured by the sides c. The sides of the frame may be fixed, and the under edges spaced from the frame, leaving room for additional pieces c, Fig. 3, to clamp the masks in position. Metal angle-pieces h may be used if the frame is of wood. Other alternative constructions for movable pieces are described. Masks formed by two L-shaped pieces m, m<1>, Fig. 5, may be used, and their sides m<3>, m<3> dimensioned so that a rectangular opening is obtained. Alternatively, a rectangular block w may be used for this purpose. To obtain a determined width of border, an additional mask or piece v may be used for positioning the printing-paper. A projecting finger v<1> keeps the paper steady. For circles and extensions of circles, a mask as shown in Fig. 6 is used, consisting of two U-shaped pieces with the limbs overlapping. To avoid a double thickness of mask at the printing edge, the limbs of one of the pieces are cut back.
Patent GB-191500077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Aerial Propellers.
IPC: B64D27/00
Filed: 1915-01-02
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 77. Sunbeam Motor Car Co., and Coatalen, L. Jan. 2. Propelling.-Variable-speed gearing for the propellers of aircraft is arranged in an extension of the engine crank casing. On an extension A of the crank-shaft are loosely mounted two pinions D, E, either of which can be made fast to the shaft by a clutch F. The pinions gear with wheels M, L keyed on the propeller shaft G, which is fitted with ball and thrust bearings.
Patent GB-191503070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Ejecting Liquid for Fire Extinguishing and like purposes.
Inventor: READ HARRY VAUGHAN RUDSTON
Filed: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 3070. Read, H. V. R., and Campbell, R. H. Feb. 25. Direct air, gas, and steam pressure apparatus, non-automatic.-Relates to liquid ejecting-apparatus for fire-extinguishing &c., of the type in which a capsule or reservoir of compressed gas and a liquid discharge valve are opened simultaneously by a single operating device. The threaded valve spindle f carries a cam j or other device for forcing the piercer m against the capsule d.
Patent GB-191506185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telescopes.
Inventor: CULVER EDWARD
IPC: G02B15/02
Filed: 1915-11-26
Abstract: 6185. Culver, E. Nov. 26. Telescopes.-One or more divergent lenses are mounted in a telescope between the object-glass and its focus in such a manner that any of them may be turned into the beam. As shown, one double-concave lens g is carried by an apertured disk e, which is rotatable by a rod i so that either the lens or the aperture may be placed in the beam. The disk e is mounted on the end piece d of a tube c, and the object-glass a is carried by a tube b, both tubes being axially adjustable by rotating a tube n having cam-slots o, o<1> engaging pins on the tubes b, c. The disk e may carry a number of dissimilar lenses and may not be adjustable axially. An erecting - prism system k may be inserted between the disk e and the eyepiece l, which may be a Ramsden eyepiece.
Patent GB-191506778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Annealing Furnaces.
Inventor: KUGEL CARL
IPC: C21D9/00
Filed: 1915-05-06
Granted: 1915-12-02
Abstract: 6778. Kugel, C. Aug. 20, 1914, [Convention date]. Muffle furnaces.-In a muffle furnace for annealing &c., transverse bulges or corrugations x are formed in the muffle between the walls b of the heating-flues.