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Patent GB-191326592-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Hand Lamps.
Inventor: SCHRADER ANTON
Filed: 1913-11-19
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 26,592. Schrader, A. Nov. 19. Battery lamps, hand. The circuit is closed by gripping the casing at any point of its circumference. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a battery of cells b is enclosed in an insulating- sleeve a which is surrounded in succession bv a metal sleeve c flanged at its lower end, a metal sleeve e insulated by rings d and carrying a lamp f, and an outer flexible casing l. The sleeve e screws or is otherwise fastened to a stand j housing a spring k which abuts against an insulating - washer i and presses the sleeve c against the battery and the battery against the lamp f. A number of resilient longitudinal tongues h stamped out of the sleeve e are adapted to be pressed against the sleeve c to close the circuit temporarily by gripping the casing l which is provided with an indentation x opposite each tongue. A switch m carried by the stand j may be screwed permanently against the battery. In other forms, the sleeve a is shortened so as to leave the lowest cell uncovered for direct engagement with the tongues h, or an outer flexible sleeve which carries the lamp may be pressed into direct contact with the sleeve c without the intervention of tongues h. In the form shown in Fig. 6, a sleeve l<1> rests on a number of levers p which are pivoted at s to an inner sleeve c<1>; the sleeve l' is lifted against the lamp-holder and the circuit closed when the levers are gripped. A sliding ring may be provided to retain the levers in the collapsed position,
Patent GB-191329853-A (GB)
Title: Child's Folding Crib and Settee.
Inventor: CHAWORTH-MUSTERS MARY ANNE
IPC: A47D7/00
Filed: 1913-12-29
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 29,853. Musters, M. A. Chaworth-. Dec. 29. Folding bedsteads; bedsteads convertible into seats.-A combined folding cot and settee comprises a bottom a to which are hinged legs d mounted in pairs and a back b. The ends c are preferably hinged to the back by means of tapering intermediate strips b<1>, which allow the back to incline outwards when erected, but permit the ends to be turned over and folded behind the back when this has been folded down on the bottom. The ends and a removable front are held in position by pin- and-socket connexions and catches c<1>. The legs, when folded, are held by a spring lath a'.
Patent GB-191400142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Evaporating Devices for Scent and other Liquids.
Inventor: WEILL ROBERT SIMON
IPC: A61L9/12
Filed: 1914-01-02
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 142. Weill, R. S., and Freudenberg, W. Jan. 7, 1913, [Convention date]. Vaporizers, a t m ospheric. - A vaporizer for scent or antiseptic liquids consists of an ordinary collapsible tube b fitted with a detachable stopper e, the outlet passage of which communicates with a pad of absorbent material f enclosed in a cover g of fabric or doeskin. The vaporizer is suspended in an inverted position by means of a loop i. In a modification, the absorbent pad is replaced by a wick engaged in the stopper e.
Patent GB-191402967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loom Shuttles for Facilitating the Threading of the same.
Inventor: MOSSOP JOHN
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1914-02-05
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 2967. Mossop, J. Feb. 5. Shuttles.-The shuttle eye a is carried by a post b so mounted that it may be raised and turned into a positior which enables the eye to be readily threaded by hand. Specifications 24,671/01, 26,826/02, and 5258/12 are referred to.
Patent GB-191404220-A (GB)
Title: A Support for the Heating Conductor of Thermic Telephones, and a Method for its Manufacture.
Inventor: LANGE PIETER DE
IPC: H04R23/00
Filed: 1914-02-18
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 4220. Lange, P. de, and Fischer, O. Sept. 8, 1913, [Convention date]. [Addition to 4184/14.] Hot-wire receivers are provided with supports for the filaments, each comprising concentric metal rings 1, 2 with a ring 3 of insulation between them. Radial slots 4. 5 are formed in the.rings 1, 2, into which the flattened ends 6 of the filaments 7 fit detachably. The filaments 7 comprise Wollaston wires which are treated by immersing them in an acid bath, as described in the parent Specification. Plugs 8, 9 are screwed into the rings 1, 2 and fit into metal sockets 10, 11 screwed into a block 12 of insulating - material in a casing 13. The part 17 screws on to the casing 13 and holds the perforated cover 20 for the filaments 7 against the block 12. The telephone illustrated is of very small size and is adapted for use hy persons with defective hearing. The rings 1, 2, 3 are cut from a tube built up of conducting and insulating layers, and the radial slots are snbsequently formed by milling
Patent GB-191404744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Cleaning and other Treatment of Sheet or Strip Metal.
Inventor: PLAYER WILLIAM
IPC: B08B1/02
Filed: 1914-02-24
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 4744. Player, W., and Brace, W. Feb. 24. Cleaning.-Sheet metal is cleaned by drawing between a series of blocks of wood and felt or like material arranged to press on opposite sides of the sheet, and is then straightened by passing over, under, or around, one or more bars. The metal roll, after pickling, is placed in a water-bath 1 and passes over a partition 11, under a roller 10, and through a clamp 13, to the cleaning-apparatus. The spindle 2, carrying the roll of metal, and the roller 10 are mounted in swing-bars 3, 8, pivoted to the tank and also to an horizontal bar 6, which is operated by a lever 16 to bring the spindles to the surface, and open the clamp. The cleaner comprises two plates 18<a>, 18<b> pressed together by springs 20, and the blocks are so arranged that felt &c. 21<a>, 21<b> coacts with wood 22<a>, 22<b>; the plates may be separated by means of cams 25 connected to a hand-lever. A pair of rubber blocks 23a, 23<b> clean the sheet before it reaches the blocks of wood and felt, and rubber blocks 24<c> on the entrance jaws 24<a>, 24<b> tend to straighten the sheet. After leaving the cleaner, the metal is submitted to the action of the straightening-bars 31, 34 and is polished by brushes 26, 27.
Patent GB-191405152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Sighting Apparatus of Ordnance.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: F41G1/44
Filed: 1914-02-27
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 5152. Schneider, E. Feb. 27. Sights and methods of sighting. - Consists in a device for correcting for inclination of the trunnion axis without crosslevelling the sight-support, wherein the pivot about which a transverse spirit level is rocked for levelling is adjustable so as to vary the radius of adjustment in accordance with the range, and the gearing for rocking the level is coupled to a worm gear which simultaneously adjusts the sight laterally relatively to its support tbrough the proper angle. Fig. 1 is a rear elevation, and Fig. 3 a sectional plan of the device in the normal position, and Fig. 6 is a rear elevation showing the sight-support inclined and the correction effected. A panoramic sight A is rotatable in the sight-support B, around a vertical axis, by a worm gear H, a'. The support B is formed with a lateral horizontal guide M for a slide-block K, which supports the pivot i of the carrier D of the spirit level C. The pivot i is formed on a block I, which is adjustable by a screw gear j, J in a slot d in the carrier D, and has a reader i<1> for a rangescale formed on the carrier. The carrier is also supported by a pivot pin e on a toothed sector E, which sector is adjustable in guides b<1> in the sightsupport B by a pinion F on the spindle G of the sight-rotating gear g, H, a'. When, the trunnion axis of the gun is inclined, the pivot i carried by the block I is adjueted by the screw J in accordance with the range, and the level carrier D is then rocked about this pivot by the gearing g, F, E until the level is horizontal. The worm gear H, a<1> effects a simultaneous rotation of the sight A in the carrier B and deflects the line of sight through the proper angle to effect the necessary lateral correction.
Patent GB-191406451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pulley Blocks.
Inventor: CHRISTOPHERSEN HANS CHRISTIAN
IPC: A62B1/08
Filed: 1914-03-13
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 6451. Christophersen, H. C. B., and Johansson, C. A. March 19, 1913, [Convention date]. Window appliances. - Consists of a pulley furnished with means for retarding the descent of the load, and suitable for use as a fireescape. The load may be attached to either of the two ends of the lowering-line and, as soon as the load is removed from one end, the apparatus is ready for lowering another load on the other end of the line. The free descent of the load is hindered by oscillators D, D<1> mounted on pivots in the pulley frame A and furnished with projecting parts c, c<1> which engage with cam-shaped recesses in the opposite faces of the pulley C. The oscillators carry at their lower ends small rollers f, k, and on the frame are mounted similar rollers h, round which the lowering-line is passed in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The effect of the oscillators is to give a check to the movement of the pulley at every eighth or quarter of a revolution, the line being at the same time nipped between the pulley and the rollers k so as to prevent it from slipping.
Patent GB-191406517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Tubes for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: HENDERSON ROBERT IRWIN
IPC: B60C5/04
Filed: 1914-03-14
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 6517. Henderson, R. I. July 2, 1913, [Convention date]. Air tubes and chambers. - Relates to air-tubes of the type in which the tread is thickened and held in compression. The rubber tube 1 is removed in its green state from the straight mandrel on which it has been rolled, and is placed upon an annular mandrel 2. A strip 3 of less elastic material, such as woven fabric, is then placed on the outer peripheral face of the tube and a rubber band 5 built over the strip 3. The whole thus formed is vulcanized and removed from the mandrel by turning inside out, so as to form an airtube in which the interior of the tread part is held normally in a state of compression both laterally and longitudinally, while the outer part of the tube is comparatively free from stress.
Patent GB-191408300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gauges for the Permanent Way of Railways and Tramways.
Inventor: BARNHILL JOHN JAMES STEWART
IPC: E01B35/02
Filed: 1914-04-02
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 8300. Barnhill, J. J. S. April 2. Clinometers.-In a combined distance and superelevation gauge for railway and like rails, the super-elevation is shown on a graduated a r c N carried on a pivoted spirit level K adjusted by a screw M engaging a nut R, Fig. 5, having a lug F held in a fork W on the body of the gauge.
Patent GB-191409688-A (GB)
Title: Sewing Machine.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: D05B85/06
Filed: 1914-04-20
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 9688. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. April 20. Blind - stitching machines. - The horizontally reciprocating needle 11 and the oscillating loop-taker 12 are mounted in a frame 5, which has a single horizontal trunnion supported in the machine frame, and about which it is oscillated once for each two stitches by the rotation of an eccentric pin 48, in order to move the needle alternately into a work-penetrating position and a work-avoiding position. The work is held between a presser-plate 109 carried by the frame 9 and feed-wheels 60 on a shaft 59, which is mounted in a frame 76 pivoted upon a feed-shaft 42 and pressed upward by a spring 72<1>. A portion of the work is bent upwards through a slot in the presser-plate by a bender 65, which is reciprocated once for each two stitches by a lever 67 actuated by the eccentric pin 48. The needle-bar is reciprocated by a pitman 26, 27 and a crank on the main shaft. The end of the needle-bar carries a cross-head 31 screwed to engage a worm 19 secured on the loop-taker shaft, and by the reciprocation of the cross-head the loop-taker is oscillated. The presser-plate 109 is pivoted upon a spring-pressed rod 108 carried in a tube having a trunnion 113, which is free to slide axially and oscillate in its supporting-socket under the control of a spring 116. The position of the feed-wheels is adjusted by means of a nut 72 and lock-nut 74. The feed-wheels and the bender are lowered for the insertion of work by means of a treadle-lever 88, 92. The feed-wheel shaft 59 is driven by one or other of two bevel-wheels slidingly mounted on the feed-shaft 42, and the feed is reversed by means of a treadle connexion which determines which of the two wheels is in gear.
Patent GB-191410285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Facilitating the Coupling and Uncoupling of Driving Chain Links.
IPC: F16H7/24
Filed: 1914-04-25
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 10,285. Baumann, G., and Renold, Ltd., H. April 25. Chain strainers.- Apparatus for coupling- the ends of heavy driving-chains comprises a light hand - chain attached near the ends to be coupled and passing round pulleys so that the necessary mechanical advantage may be obtained and the ends to be coupled may be drawn together by a direct hand-pull on the light chain. For coupling a silent chain a, Fig. 1, hinged clamps b, d, fastened in place by nuts f and carrying pulleys h, are attached near the ends of the chain a. These clamps have projections c to prevent canting and carry a table i hooked to one clamp and sliding on the other so as to support the ends of the chain to be coupled. A hand-chain g, carrying a pulley-block l with pawl m at one end, is passed round one of the pulleys h and held in place bv a catch or snug n, Fig. 4. The other end of the chain passes round the second pulley h and round the pulley on the block l. A direct pull on the handle o attached to the hand-chain brings the ends of the chain a together, and the catch m, prevents running back when the handchain is released. Additional purchase may be obtained by adding detachable pulley-blocks p, having hooks q to engage the links of the handchain and provided or not with catches m. For use with a heavy roller chain, the clamps and table are dispensed with. The hand-chain g is threaded between the links of the chain r, Fig. 5, the rollers of which take the place of the pulleys h on the clamps. The snug or catch n is shaped differently from that shown on Fig. 4 and bears against rollers on the chains g, r respectively. The snug is turned back while the hand-chain is being threaded through the chain r. In modifications, the hand-chain may be attached to the driving-chain by frames provided with claws, the gravity catches m on the pulleyblocks may be replaced by spring-actuated catches, and the single hand-chain may be replaced by two or more parallel chains.
Patent GB-191410771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Loom-shuttles.
Inventor: DUFRESNE JOSEPH
IPC: D03J3/04
Filed: 1914-05-01
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 10,771. Dufresne, J., and Joly, S. May 1. Shuttles are provided with a tubular eye 2 set obliquely and formed with a slot 3. The shuttle is threaded by a special device, which, after the weft has been laid in a groove 6, pushes the thread into the slot 3, the thread being then drawn through the eye 2 by a. hook with which the device is furnished.
Patent GB-191411069-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Rendering Pictures Plastic.
Inventor: RUNGE ALFRED
IPC: B44F11/02
Filed: 1914-05-05
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 11,069. Runge, A. May 5. Pictures.-A plastic effect is obtained in pictures by coating portions of the picture with an adhesive, such as varnish, gum, &c., and then applying powdered or granular material, such as sand, sugar, salt, &c. The applied material may be dyed or coloured. The degree of fineness selected varies. according to the nature of the parts of the picture. Soluble substances not injurious to health, such as sugar or salt, are preferably used.
Patent GB-191411846-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps.
Inventor: JACK JOHN HENRY
IPC: F04B53/14
Filed: 1914-05-13
Granted: 1915-04-08
Abstract: 11,846. Jack, J. H., [White, G. E., and Freeze, S. H.]. May 13. Single-acting bucket pumps.-Comprises improvements in details in bucket pumps for deep wells &c. Liquid enters the suction casing by the strainer 10 and passes to the cylinders 14 by the non-return valves 18. Each bucket 15 is provided with a non- return valve 22 at i s base, and its tubular rod has a valve 25 which is opened and closed by the stops 28 at the ends of the stroke. The tubular rod is open at the top. The valves 25 are open on the upward stroke and closed on the downward stroke of the buckets.
Patent GB-191415442-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Water Concentration of Ores and more particularly Slimes.
Inventor: MARTIN WILLIAM MORLEY
Filed: 1914-06-27
Granted: 1915-04-22
Abstract: 15,442. Martin, W. M. June 27. Buddling-apparatus; rotary washing-apparatus; stationary-vessel washing-apparatus.- Ores are concentrated on a frosted or fluted or frosted fluted surface of glass or other material, such as brick tile or porcelain. When a fluted surface is used, it is stationary or has a continuous movement in the direction of the flow of the pulp. The apparatus may comprise a wheel a, one side of each compartment of which is provided with a lining b of fluted or frosted glass. The pulp is fed to the wheel so as to rotate it, and the gangue flows off the surface into a trough c, while the values are retained by the flutes and pass into a trough d.
Patent GB-191418795-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the De-acidification of Milk.
IPC: A23C9/144
Filed: 1914-08-18
Abstract: 18,795. Berna Milk Co. Aug. 18, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Liquids, treating.-Milk is subjected to electrolysis in order to remove acidity. Aluminium electrodes are employed and may be kept in motion during the treatment.
Patent GB-191420879-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Dentifrice.
Inventor: RHODES FRANCIS JOSEPH
IPC: A61K8/23
Filed: 1914-10-12
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 20,879. Rhodes, F. J. Oct. 12. Dentifrices.-Dentifrices in powder, paste, or liquid form contain potassium or other alkaline sulphocyanide in conjunction with media of a substantially neutral character. A powder dentifrice may consist of 1 part of potassium sulphocyanide, 14 parts of precipated chalk, together with essential oil flavourings. Glycerin of tragacanth may be added to this powder to form a paste. For a liquid dentifrice, 1 part of the sulphocyanide is dissolved in 7 parts of spirits of wine. Potassium sulphocyanide may be formed by digesting together 3 parts of potassium cyanide, 6 parts of water and 1 part of sulphur, then adding 3 parts of water, filtering, evaporating, and crystallizing.
Patent GB-191421404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cleaning Boots and the like.
Inventor: BANBURY ARTHUR SYDNEY
IPC: A47L23/02
Filed: 1914-10-22
Granted: 1915-05-27
Abstract: 21,404. Banbury, A. S. Oct. 22. Boots and shoes, cleaning and polishing.-Relates to boot-cleaning machines of the kind in which a flexible band carrying a brush face is mounted on pulleys and arranged to conform to the shape of the boot, separate portions of the brush being adapted to remove dirt, apply polish, and polish the boot. Fig. 1 shows the apparatus in plan. The flexible band 12 is attached by springs 13 to an endless chain 1 which passes round pulleys 3, disposed in the neighbourhood of the boot rest 15 so that the band follows the contour of the boot. The band is inclined as shown in Fig. 3, the springs being of different lengths. The chain 1 is driven from a hand-wheel 4 through bevel and chain gearing. The bristles over a portion of the brush face 17 are made longer than in other parts in order to pick up polish from a shallow container 18. In order to prevent the laces of the boot from being soiled with polish, a guard in the form of a flexible strip 19 is provided.
Patent GB-191505567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Rail Connecting Means, and in Tie Bars for use therewith.
Inventor: MUELLER JOHN GOTTLIED
IPC: E01B5/16
Filed: 1915-04-13
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 5567. Mueller, J. G. April 23, 1914, [Convention date]. Chairs with adjustable or separate jaws ; chair plates ; tie-bars ; rail joints.-A chair is arranged with a movable jaw, the clamping action of which may he controlled by a tie-rod coupling two similar chairs. A chair plate 4 s formed with lugs 7 on one or both edges to form grips 8 for the rail flange, and a crossflange 14 against which the flange abuts. Under the ings 7 and depending below the plate 4 are perforated lugs 9, through which the bolts pass; these may extend nearly to the centre of the rail. The movahle jaw corresponds with a soleplate jaw and is arranged to slide on the soleplate, so that the rail rests through the whole of its width on the sole-plate. Two such chairs may he connected by a tie-rod, on which a tube is placed to act as a gauge. Insulation may be placed round the rail and bolts. The jaws may be extended upwards to act as fish-plates. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also the employment of a central clamping-lug when used with a fishplate, and also the formation of the fish-plates without the chair plate. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191506475-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Attaching Heels to Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: JOHNSON JOSEPH EDWARD
IPC: A43D79/00
Filed: 1915-04-30
Granted: 1915-09-16
Abstract: 6475. J o h n s o n , J. E. June 20, 1914, [Convention date]. Heels, machines for.- Heel blanks are loaded with double-ended attaching nails, and are attached by the usual types of machines, except that the drivers are recessed, as shown, to receive the ends of the nails.
Patent GB-191507460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Sprinkler Heads for Fire Extinction.
Inventor: MEADOWCROFT JOHN ROBERT
IPC: A62C37/12
Filed: 1915-05-18
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 7460. Meadowcroft, J. R. May 18. Fusible sprinkler heads with fusible struts and valves. The strut consists of a main member e provided at the top with a bearing and detent device f affording a seat for the central flange h of the yoke, a throw-off lever m offset at the lower end, and a key-plate o the top of which engages the lip i of the member f, the parts being united by a single portion of solder x. The strut members are provided with interengaging projections and recesses for positioning purposes. The valve is concaved on its underside and is provided with an upwardly-projecting diametral rib 7, which is recessed at 8 for the reception of the foot of the strut member m. The valve seat consists of a flexible diaphragm having an upwardly-sprung oentral portion provided with an opening having a turned-in edge 6 and a silver gasket 12 to prevent corrosion.