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Patent GB-191219577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Window Cleaners.
Inventor: WHITAKER FREDERICK ELLSWORTH
IPC: A47L1/02
Filed: 1912-08-27
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 19,577. Whitaker, F. E., and Cox, T. H. Aug. 31, 1911, [Convention date]. Windows and the like, cleaning.-Comprises a combination of parts forming a special window-cleaning apparatus of the kind in which a cleaning - device is reciprocated in adjustable guides extending from the top to the bottom of the window. The apparatus comprises a V- shaped scraping and cleaning bar 16 mounted on a rock shaft, which is carried in sliding brackets 13 and has cranked ends connected to endless cords 23. The sliding brackets are mounted on rods 2 which are carried by slotted cylindrical supports and are pressed towards the window pane by springs adjustable by screws 8 and lock-nuts 9. Similar rods 3 on the inside of the window are formed with eyes 10 which are adjustable on fixed pegs 11. The cords 23 pass over guide pulleys mounted in slots in the window frame to sliding brackets 21 on the inner rods. The brackets 21 are connected by an operating-bar. When the operating-bar is lifted, the V-shaped bar is tilted downwards so that its lower edge contacts with the glass and forms a scraper for removing hard deposits thereon. Two laterallyprojecting wiping-strips mounted on the bar also contact with the glass and remove the remaining moisture from the scraped surface. On the return stroke, the bar is reversed so that its longer upper edge serves as a scraper.
Patent GB-191221027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telemeters.
Inventor: KOENIG ALBERT
Filed: 1912-09-16
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 21,027. K÷nig, A. Sept. 16. Range - finders with elevated entrance-openings as described in Specification 8973/10, have the auxiliary reflectors q<1>, q<2> rigidly mounted in a tube l yieldingly journaled in an outer tube k, a suitable form of such journaling being described in Specification 7366/11. The objective reflecting - systems q<4> may also be carried by the inner tubes. They may also be cemented to or form one piece with the adjoining prism of the auxiliary reflecting system.
Patent GB-191221088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in "Knock-down" Boxes.
Inventor: SURMANN JOHANNES
Filed: 1912-01-29
Granted: 1912-11-28
Abstract: 21,088. Surmann, J. Jan. 29, [Convention date]. Knock-down boxes are composed of two seperate strips of corrugated cardboard &c., each scored to form five parts or panels and arranged, as shown, so that the half-panels d of one strip lie over the centre panel b of the other. To set up the box, the sides a, c of the lower strip are raised and the half-panels d are tucked under the centre part of the upper strip. The corrugations of the cardboard run lengthways of the strips, and any openings between the parts at the edges of the box are closed by a label or labels.
Patent GB-191223467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to LUbricators.
Inventor: OHLSSON OLOF
IPC: F16N7/12
Filed: 1912-10-14
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 23,467. Ohlsson, O. Oct. 14. Multiple-delivery piston pumps; suction reservoirs. -A lubricator for the bearings &c. of motors comprises a number of piston pumps arranged side by side in an oil reservoir 1, from which oil is forced through valves 3 to a number of outlets 2. The oil is conveyed to the suction ports 5 of the pumps by wicks 7 mounted in tubes 6. The pumps are operated simultaneously by a cross-bar 9, which lies in lateral recesses 12 in the upper ends of the pistons 4, and is reciprocated vertically by a crank or eccentric 11 on a shaft 10. The driving- parts are readily detachable. The bar 9 either slides lengthways in the recesses 12 with the motion of the crank, or it has a slot in which a block on the crank slides.
Patent GB-191225466-A (GB)
Title: A Slide Rule for Calculations in Measuring and Pricing Timber.
Inventor: JONES EDWARD
IPC: G06G1/12
Filed: 1912-11-06
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 25,466. Jones, E., [trading as Dring & Fage], and Weale, J. A. Nov. 6. Slide-rules.-Relates to a logarithmic rule for calculating cubic contents of timber and for making computations of price according to the St. Petersburg standard. Fig. 1 shows a portion of one side of the rule, with a doubleradius scale a for linear feet, and an inverted line d for size. Upon the corresponding side of the slide S is a double-radius scale b, c for amount or for price per standard. The reverse of the rule bears a double-radius scale A, Fig. 2, for length, and an. inverted line D for depth. Upon the slide is a double-radius scale B, C for contents and width.
Patent GB-191303435-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Helmets.
Inventor: AYRES JOHN
IPC: A42B3/12
Filed: 1913-02-10
Granted: 1913-05-01
Abstract: 3435. Ayres, J. Feb. 10. Accessories; helmets.-An attachment for insertion in a helmet for lessening the force of a blow consists of a hollow or solid annulus a of rubber &c., which, if hollow, may be inflated. Bands or tubes b, b<1> are fixed diametrically across the ring a. If bands are used, they are preferably made of two thicknesses sewn together at c, embracing the ring a, and again united outside, tabs d being preferably left for attachment to the helmet.
Patent GB-191304846-A (GB)
Title: Spring Wheels.
Inventor: HANCOCK WINFIELD SCOTT
IPC: B60B9/26
Filed: 1913-02-25
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 4846. Hancock, W. S., and Mitchell, A. V. Feb. 25. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and metal springs other than helical and volute springs.-Relates to various hub and rim attachments for spokes formed of two curved members and having the shape of an elongated ellipse. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, each spoke member 3 has a tapered head 4. The two heads have registering grooves 5 to receive a transverse bolt 6 passing through two fixed hub flanges. The felloe 7 has a rib with recesses 11, Fig. 3, over the whole of which fits a two-part metal channel 10, Fig. 6, with corresponding depressions 11. Each recess has bevelled ends, and the two ends 12 of each spoke, which may abut, Fig. 3, or overlap, Fig. 4, are secured by a U-shaped plate 13 fixed by a transverse bolt 15. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the inner part of the spoke is continuous and fits around a wedge-shaped block 18 secured in the hub by a transverse bolt 19. In the form shown in Figs. 10 and 12, the sub-members 35, 36 are separate, are formed near the hub with undulations 39, and terminate in converging parts with feet lying under the block 26. The hub 21 is formed with a flange 22 carrying pins 25 which hold the blocks and enter apertures in the detachable plate 24. Successively-reduced screw-threaded parts 30, 32 carry two nuts securing the plate 24. With a chain drive, the chain box 28 is secured by bolts 29 passing through extensions 27 of the blocks fitting against the curves of the spokes. The spoke members may, in addition, be separately secured to the blocks by pins lying circumferentially of the hub. Fig. 14 shows a rim attachment in which the two ends of each spoke, after being broadly curved, lie parallel and are screw-threaded. A nut 47 on the outside of the metal rim secures the spoke, and there may be another nut 43 on the other side of the rim. In the form shown in Fig. 17, the two overlapping ends lie within a clamp 56 independently secured to the face of the rim. A radial bolt 58 also passes through clamp, ends, and rim. Fig. 21 shows a form in which the outer end of the spoke is a continuous loop secured in a shallow recess by a U-shaped clamp 77.
Patent GB-191310249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Sintering Ores.
Inventor: GREENAWALT JOHN EKERT
IPC: F27B21/06
Filed: 1913-05-01
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 10,249. Greenawalt, J. E. May 1. [Addition to 28,441/12.] Roasting - furnaces. - Relates to a form of burner together with oil-supplying means, for use in the ignition hood of ore-sintering apparatus as described in the parent Specification, which projects a number of streams of fuel under pneumatic pressure in all directions in a plane parallel to the surface of the charge. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, two burners B are provided in the ignition hood H, each of which serves to ignite half the charge. Each burner consists of two sections a, b, Fig. 3, the former of which is of hollow cylindrical form, a slotted disk 18, Fig. 8, being interposed between them. A spray nozzle 24 in the chamber c is supplied with oil from a tank T on the hood, the oil being kept under pressure by air from a supply-pipe 11 having an air valve 12. A strainer 9 is placed in the oil-supply pipe. Air is also supplied from the tank through a reducing-valve or the like 15, a pipe 16, and a strainer 9<1> to the chamber c, being preferably introduced tangentially. The pressure of this air is sumciently reduced to enable the spray nozzle 24 to discharge into the chamber c, the atomized oil being delivered to the slots s, s<1> in the disk 18 by the air pressure in the chamber, an inflammable sheet of atomized fuel being thus formed. As shown, the slots may be of unequal widths in order to obtain a sheet of flame of the desired shape. A conical spreader 19 is secured over the disk 18, and a gutter 21 catches any unatomized fuel. Gaseous or pulverulent fuel may be used instead of liquid fuel.
Patent GB-191314036-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Aerial Machines.
Inventor: RIOTTE FRIDA
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1913-06-17
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 14,036. Riotte, F. June 17. Floats for aerial machines. - A series of flexible tubes h containing gas for inflating the aerostats of an air-ship is arranged around the car and serves to float the ship on water.
Patent GB-191315865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: BOAK CHARLES FREDERICK
IPC: F22B37/22
Filed: 1913-07-09
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 15,865. Boak, C. F. July 9. Water-tube boilers; feed-water, supplying. - - A boiler consists of upper and lower drums connected by straight generating - tubes and by return tubes curved in the form of an are of a circle. In the two-drum boiler shown in Fig. 1, the drums are flattened to receive the generating-tubes 1, and a superheater 9 formed of nests of straight tubes joined up in parallel, or in series, or in series-parallel is placed between the generating-tubes and the return tubes 4. Feed-water is supplied through concentric perforated pipes 12 extending through the upper drum, the perforations in the respective pipes being on opposite sides. In a modification, the boiler has one upper and two lower drums.
Patent GB-191317569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Land-levelling Appliances.
Inventor: EVERSHED HARRY
IPC: A01B31/00
Filed: 1913-07-31
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 17,569. Evershed, H. July 31. Scraping - apparatus. -A land-levelling machine comprises a pair of skids 1, a scraper 11, and means for raising and lowering the scraper so as to allow the desired quantity of removed earth to be discharged from the lower edge of the scraper during the forward travel of the machine. The scraper, which has a detachable working edge 14 and side plates 16, is carried by side arms 9 mounted on pivots 8, and is suspended by chains 23 wound on a shaft 22 on which is a spur-wheel gearing with a pinion rotated by a crank handle to adjust the height of the scraper. A ratchetwheel secured to the pinion retains the scoop in its elevated position. Two scrapers 11 may be provided, facing in reverse directions so that one will operate in either direction of travel. A rack and pinion may be substituted for the lifting-chain 23.
Patent GB-191318650-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Typewriters or like Machines.
Inventor: RIDGWAY ALFRED DOUGLAS
IPC: B61L25/06
Filed: 1914-01-20
Granted: 1915-01-20
Abstract: 18,650. Ridgway, A. D. Jan. 20, 1914. Counting-apparatus.-Relates to apparatus of the kind in which the counter is connected to a pivoted frame B arranged under the key-levers and adapted to be engaged at the front by the space-key levers c and at the rear by the character key-levers d, the frame being rocked idly in one direction by the space-bar C and being rocked in the opposite direction to operate the counter on the next operation of a character key. (1) The rear bar B<2> of the pivoted frame B is provided with the usual notches B<3> to prevent certain keys from operating the counter and is detachably secured, as by screws, to the frame so as to be replaceable by another rear bar having a different arrangement of notches. The frame is held in the set position by a friction spring b<4> or, aocording to the Provisional Specification, by a weight. (2) The pivots of the frame B are arranged so that the frame can be inserted in machines from below without dismounting existing parts of the machine. The pivots consist of a pill b secured to one of the side members A of the machine, and a pin b<1> secured to a clamp b<2> which is fitted on the other side member from below and is secured by a screw. The pin b may be replaced by a clamp similar to the clamp b<2>. According to the Provisional Specification the frame may be pivoted on a rod provided with clamps which are adju-table to fit different machines. (3) The counter E is actuated by a slotted arm e<1> engaging a pin e<3> on a lever e<4> connected by a link e<6> to the frame B, the counter being movable laterally on the support e<8> to carry the arm e<1> away from the pin e<3> and thereby to silence the counter. Instead of the pin-and-slot connexion e<3>, the lever e<4> mav be provided with rollers engaging a solid arm e'. The frame B is provided with a key B' for actuating the counter independently of the key-levers ; or a separate key connected to the counter may be provided for this purpose.
Patent GB-191325517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Field Gun Carriages.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A23/32
Filed: 1913-11-07
Granted: 1914-12-07
Abstract: 25,517. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Nov. 7. [Cognate Application, 12,365/14.] Field carriages with divided trails. Consists of means for locking the rear part of the gun or cradle to the trail beams or members, to relieve shocks on the elevating and traversing gears when travelling. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the gun or cradle has projections D' which, when the trail beams Bare swung together, enter recesses in the beams. In modifications, (1) lateral stops are formed on the trail beams against which projections on the gun or cradle are locked by stops pivoted to the trail beams; and (2) sliding bolts in the trail beams enter sockets in the gun or cradle. The Provisional Specifications state also that both gun and cradle may be locked to the trail beams.
Patent GB-191326295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Sheet Metal Culverts.
Inventor: BRETTELL FREDERICK GILBERT
IPC: E01F5/00
Filed: 1913-11-17
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 26,295. Brettell, F. G., [American Rolling Mill Co.]. Nov. 17. Culverts are made in corrugated sheet-metal sections 2, 3 adapted to nest for transport. The sections are connected at longitudinal joints by strips consisting of strips 5, 6 fastened together by rivets 7 having a shoulder or washer 8 between the strips. The edges of the sections rest loosely in the grooves between the strips. The two sections and the two strips are all arranged to break joint
Patent GB-191327653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nozzles.
Inventor: JOSSE EMIL
IPC: F04F5/46
Filed: 1913-12-01
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 27,653. Josse, E., and Gensecke, W. Dec. 21, 1912, [Convention date]. Nozzles.-In a convergent-divergent expansion nozzle a for turbines, the issuing jet is set in rotation after it has exceeded the critical velocity (the velocity of sound) by means of a star-shaped member placed in the divergent portion.
Patent GB-191407870-A (GB)
Title: Improved Channel Cooling Tower.
Inventor: WILHELM VEDDER
Filed: 1914-03-28
Granted: 1900-01-01
Abstract: 7870. Vedder, W. March 29, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Cooling-towers.-The water to be cooled is distributed through nozzles b from a trough e, surrounding the lower part of a central draught chimney, on to perforated plates, from which it falls on to spraying-devices h arranged in horizontal air passages a. The water collects on the base of the air passage, which is preferably of corrugated metal and may be upwardly inclined at the inner end, and is again distributed through nozzles on to similar perforated plates and spraying-devices beneath. The number of spraying-devices and the length of the air passages increase towards the base, as shown. The flow of air into the passages may be increased by means of jets of water directed horizontally into the passages, and " blinds " may be fitted at the entrances of the passages to prevent the falling water from being deflected by strong air currents; or the nozzles may be carried through the perforated plates. The chimney is preferably made of a bad conductor of heat, and the water-cooling parts are preferably arranged around the base, so that similar parts may he added to increase the capacity of the apparatus.
Patent GB-191415499-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Wheels for Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
IPC: B60B3/18
Filed: 1914-06-29
Abstract: 15,499. Larminier & Co. June 30, 1913, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Detaching from, and attaching to, permanent hubs.-The permanent hub 4, in the arrange ment shown in Fig. 1, has a tapered hexagonal part 4<1> on which fits a correspondingly-shaped part of the removable hub 5. The lattar is secured by a nut 8, Figs. 1 and 2, screwed on to the end of the permanent hub and locked by a pin 13 which is held by springs 15, in one of a number of holes 12 in the permanent hub. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, the driving- means consists of inclined keys 18 on the permanent hub fitting in corresponding keyways in the outer hub. The keys are so inclined that the outer hub is pressed towards the flange 17 on the inner hub.
Patent GB-191416753-A (GB)
Title: Mixing Machines.
IPC: A47J43/10
Filed: 1914-07-14
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 16,753. Marks, E. C. R., [Landers, Frary, & Clark]. July 14. Stirrers with compound motions; driving and actuating mechanism. - Relates to mixing- machines in which a beater is mounted on an inclined axis which is simultaneously rotated and moved round the receptacle. The cover c of the receptacle carries a standard 2 to support the driving-mechanism. The crank-handle 6 actuates a double bevel-wheel, the outer teeth 10 of which gear with a pinion 20 carried by a sleeve 21 through which the shaft 22 passes, and the inner teeth 11 gear with a pinion 12 on a vertical axis 13. The axis 13 carries a head 14 provided with an eccentric socket with which the end of the shaft 22 engages. A sleeve 24 secured to the shaft by a set-screw has a square part which engages the square upper part of the sleeve 21. The beater is of the form shown and is loosely connected to its shaft as shown in Fig. 4, so that it always rests on the concave bottom of the receptacle. A funnel h is fixed to the cover to permit the introduction of oil &c.
Patent GB-191418561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Making Grooves, Mortises, Slots and the like.
Inventor: WAKEHAM WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: B27F1/00
Filed: 1914-08-11
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 18,561. Wakeham, W. G. Aug. 11. Mortising; slotting.-A number of circular saws or cutters 3 are adjustable vertically and horizontally so that they can be set into positions corresponding to those which slots, grooves, or mortices are to occupy in the work, for example in the panelling described in Specification 19,596/12, [Class 20 (iv), Floors &c.], and all the cutters are caused to act upon the work substantially simultaneously. The work is placed in a recess 18<a> in a member 17 adapted to slide upon a table 15, and the member 17 is either moved about a pivot 19, Fig. 3, or is carried by a slide actuated by a lever-pulled rope 25, Fig. 8. In either case, the member 17 may be movable longitudinally to enable elongated grooves to be made. The cutters are rotated by driving- pulleys on their spindles,
Patent GB-191422260-A (GB)
Title: Swivel Caster.
Inventor: CHESNUTT JOHN LOUCIEN
IPC: B60B33/00
Filed: 1914-11-09
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 22,260. Chesnutt, J. L. Nov. 9. Castors.-Relates to ball-bearing swivel castors for furniture, trucks, &c. The castor wheel 15 is mounted in an inner frame 10, between which and the outer frame 17 are arranged bearing-balls 24, 25 retained between flanges 26, 23 and a plate 18. The inner frame 10 is preferably reinforced at the front and rear of the castor wheel 15. The upper row of balls 24 takes the vertical pressure, and the lower row of balls 25 takes the lateral pressure.
Patent GB-191424746-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraphic Transmitting Apparatus.
Inventor: WECHSLER SAMUEL
IPC: H04L15/16
Filed: 1914-12-29
Granted: 1915-12-23
Abstract: 24,746. Wechsler, S. Dec. 29. Keyboard transmitters comprise a type-writer keyboard adapted to control a number of contact levers to energize successively a number of code contacts, beneath which a rotary drum is adapted to rotate intermittently, thereby sending signals to line. The keyboard may simultaneously operate a type-writer, while the levers are so arranged that the signal circuit is closed during the whole of the period that each lever is removed from its normal position. In the arrangement shown, each of the key-levers a. moving between combs b, is adapted to engage an inclined projection g on the blade f of a contact lever e carrying a contact i mounted on an insulating-block h. The contacts i of the levers e are adapted to engage fixed contacts k connected to a source of potential j<1> through a bus-bar j. The levers e are held in their normal positions by means of springs l, which act as conductors to fixed contacts k<1>, from which conductors lead to a series of contacts o (only one of which is shown) carrying code projections o<1>, o<2> adapted to engage rows of contacts n. mounted on a drum m and connected to the line p. The drum is intermittently rotated by a motor when the keys are operated by means of a detent v the position of which is controlled by a magnet w' controlled by contacts w<2> and a bus-bar w<2> on the keyboard. The circuit of the magnet w<1> contains a fixed contact x<1> and a contact x on the detent v, in order that the circuit of the magnet may be broken when the detent is raised, to ensure that the drum may only advance one step for each depression of a key. In a modification, the contacts o are mounted on the drum m, and the contacts n are stationary.
Patent GB-191502154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Racks for Washing and Drying Crockery.
IPC: A47L19/04
Filed: 1915-02-10
Granted: 1915-05-20
Abstract: 2154. Staines Kitchen Equipment Co., and Wallis, C. J. Feb. 10. Plate, dish, and like racks.-A crockery rack, of the kind comprising an open rectangular frame a with cross-bars b, is provided with open semicircular wire members d projecting above the body of the rack and each above a bar b, and with two upwardly projecting handles c at opposite corners of the two ends of the rack, so that the device may be immersed without immersing the hands. A tray may slide beneath the bars b.
Patent GB-191504480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Soap Tablets.
Inventor: LANNOU PIERRE
IPC: C11D17/04
Filed: 1915-03-22
Granted: 1915-09-02
Abstract: 4480. Lannou, P. March 22. Soap tablets.-Single-user tablets consist of an inert support or core 1 with undercut grooves or recesses 1<a>, 1<b>, 1<c> for retaining a thin layer of soap, or with holes 2, 3 for studs of soap or materials impregnated with soap, or they may consist of a support impregnated with soap throughout or in places. The support is of wood pulp, vegetable or mineral refuse, lint, felt, cardboard, or other inexpensive material; it may be hollow, soluble, absorbent or spongy, supple, or easily crushed to powder.