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Patent GB-191320917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal-combustion Rotary Engines.
Inventor: CONKLIN BRUCE
IPC: F02B53/00
Filed: 1913-09-16
Granted: 1914-09-16
Abstract: 20,917. Conklin, B. Sept. 16. Fixed-abutment type; packing drums, vanes, etc.; regulating; working-fluid supply.-Relates to rotary internal-combustion engines of the kind in which an outer cylindrical member carries a number of inwardly projecting abutments which co-operate with recessed rotary vanes mounted on an inner drum member. The outer member 6, Fig. 1, may be the rotor and the inner member 9 the stator or vice versa, according to the desired direction of motion. The drum 9 carries two rotary members 10, 11 which are rotated by internally-toothed wheels secured to the outer member 6 and gearing with pinions mounted on the spindles of the vanes. The member 9 being fixed, the member 6 rotates and its abutments 21 draw in fuel supply through passages 25, 27 and compress the charge past a non-return valve 16 into a chamber 15 which transfers it to the interior of the rotary valve 10 through ports 19 in the member 9 and a port 13 in the vane. The port 13 is provided with spring - pressed pivoted packing pieces 14 engaging the abutments 21 as they enter the port 13. The valve 10 transfers the charge behind the abutment 21 when this has passed the valve 10, and ignition takes place, the gases exhausting through outlets 28, 26. The degree of compression may be varied by providing valve-controlled ducts 29 through which part of the fuel supply may be returned to the inlet 25; alternatively, the periphery of the drum 9 may be provided with pockets normally closed by yielding members. In a modification, Fig. 4, the compressed charge is transferred from one side of the rotary vane 11 to the other through hollow rotary valves 10 carried by the outer member 6 and driven by chain-and-sprocket gear. The valves 10 communicate with a common storage chamber 36. The abutments 21 are provided with spring- pressed packing-strips 23; the recesses housing the vanes 11 may be fitted with packing-strips d. The outer member 6 may be provided with cooling - fins, and cooling - water is circulated through the drum 9.
Patent GB-191322451-A (GB)
Title: Ladies Hat Fastener.
Inventor: GRAVILL HAROLD
IPC: A42B7/00
Filed: 1913-10-06
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 22,451. Gravill, H. Oct. 6. Hats, securing to head.-A lady's hat fastener consists of a comb-like device a having prongs bent up from wire and sliding along pressbuttons &c. b secured on the hat so as to guide the prongs when they are pushed into the hair. The prongs are bent outwards at e in order to grip the buttons when in their final position. One, two, three, or more prongs may be used, and they may be bent so as to cause the ornamental top of the device to be against the hat brim, as at c, or against the hair, as at c'. The tips are bent at d to enter the hair without hurting the head, and the prongs as a whole are bent, as shown, to conform to the curvature of the head. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 11,756/90, 25,252/96, [Class 131, Toilet &c.], 14,356/06, and 16,149/06.
Patent GB-191322691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frictional Driving Gear for use upon Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: SHACKLOCK SYDNEY
IPC: F16H15/10
Filed: 1913-10-08
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 22,691. Shacklock, S., and Shacklock, C. Oct. 8. Motors and gear-boxes, mounting or supporting. - The engine and friction - disk variablespeed gearing are mounted in a rectangular frame which can be readily fitted to motorcycles. The frame comprises three members A secured to the engine crank-case B, the fourth side of the frame being completed by the engine. The chain-stays N of the cycle are secured to the end member of the frame. The gearing may be enclosed by aluminium or other plates secured to the frame A.
Patent GB-191325382-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Cutting Tools for use in Lathes and the like.
Inventor: GARDNER JOSEPH
IPC: B23B29/04
Filed: 1913-11-06
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 25,382. Gardner, J. Nov. 6. Turning.-In a lathe means are provided on the tool post to ensure that the tool always occupies the same position. The tool c, Fig. 3, is carried by a carrier d on which it is adjustable, and the carrier is mounted on the tool post a, a projection on the carrier engaging a corresponding groove c in the post. The carrier is drawn against projections b on the back of the post by a screw and bridgepiece g. In a modification shown in Fig. 7, the bed on the post is inclined, and the bottom surface of the carrier is also inclined, so that when the bolt h is tightened, the carrier is forced against the projections b on the post. Specification 24,418/08 is referred to.
Patent GB-191329986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Compartment or Bulkhead Leakage Indicators for Ships and the like.
Inventor: BLOCH GEORG
IPC: G01F23/24
Filed: 1913-12-30
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 29,986. Bloch, G. Dec. 30, 1912, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Indicators, alarm and signal.-In connexion with apparatus for indicating electrically the height of water in the compartments of a ship in which the water in rising progressively short-circuits resistance in an indicator circuit, the closure of the circuit upon the first entry of water also operates a relay to give a lamp signal.
Patent GB-191330076-A (GB)
Title: Process for Obtaining Oxygen by the Fractional Distillation of Liquid Air.
Inventor: SIMON LEO
IPC: F25J3/04
Filed: 1913-12-31
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 30,076. Simon, L. May 28, [Convention date]. Separating gaseous mixtures by liquefaction. - In separating liquid air into its constituents by fractional distillation, the air undergoing distillation is heated by a portion of the separated nitrogen. The air passes from a nitrogen chamber c down tubes e to an oxygen chamber a containing a coil f for cooling the compressed air to be liquefied. The evaporated oxygen is passed through' a pipe j inside a coil h, down which the evaporated nitrogen passes. A portion of the nitrogen is taken by a valve k from the coil h and passes through a casing b containing the evaporating- pipes e.
Patent GB-191400894-A (GB)
Title: Improved Front Mud Guard for Automobile and like Vehicles.
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1914-01-12
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 894. Soc. en nom collectif Carrosserie van den Plas. Jan. 11, 1913, [Convention date]. Mud-guards. - In mud-guards for the front wheels of motor-vehicles, of the kind in which the side wall of the guard is in part flat and in part bulged inwardly to allow angular movement of the wheel, the horizontal edge d of the guard, which is fitted to the girder q of the chassis, is extended rearwardly to the corresponding rim r of the foot-plate s, and the rear portion t of the guard is curved downwardly to join the foot-plate, thereby forming with the foot-plate a continuous surface which masks the girder.
Patent GB-191407660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flying Machines.
Inventor: RITTBERGER WERNER
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1914-03-26
Granted: 1915-11-18
Abstract: 7660. Rittberger, W. March 26. Planes, arrangement of.-An aerop'ane is supported on two parallel, arrow-shaped, superposed surfaces a, b displaced relatively to one another in the direction of flight.
Patent GB-191408364-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Grinding and Disintegrating Mills.
Inventor: WOLTERSDORF JOHANNES
IPC: B02C11/02
Filed: 1914-04-02
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 8364. WoltÚrsdorf, J. April 2. Impact pulverizers; mills and apparatus.- Grinding and disintegrating apparatus comprises a cylindrical chamber 2, 3, Figs. 1 and 2, two opposed pressure worms 4, 5 for exerting pressure on the grist in the chamber, a number of star-like members or beaters 9 which pass between inwardly-extending stationary adjustable members or pins 10, and a spring or weight controlled door 6 in the periphery of the chamber for discharging the grist radially. The members 9, 10 are preferably smooth and without unrecessed portions or flutings so as to reduce friction, and may be of conical form and of the same conicity, so that when the pins 10 are adjusted, the lines bounding the spaces between the beaters and the pins always remain parallel. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which flat unfluted beaters 9<a> work between the unfluted projecting teeth 10<a> of combs 11. The combs are adjustable towards or from the axis of the worms by means of set-screws &c., and the spaces between the teeth 10<a> are adjustable by means of distance-pieces.
Patent GB-191409081-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Metal Reinforcement of Celluloid Cylinders for Tyre Inflators.
Inventor: COLLINS HARRY
IPC: F04B33/00
Filed: 1914-04-09
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 9081. Collins, H., and Tailby, N. April 9. Celluloid and the like, treatment of.-In order to incorporate a metal disk a with one end of a celluloid or like cylinder c of a cycle tyre inflater, the periphery of the disk is formed with a number of notches, grooves, or recesses which are filled with celluloid. This is tilled in either before or after the disk is inserted in the cap d, and on hardening secures the cap to the cylinder.
Patent GB-191409215-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hand Threaded Shuttle for Weaving Looms.
Inventor: WHITTALL CLEMENT DOWNS
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1914-04-14
Granted: 1914-09-17
Abstract: 9215. Whittall, C. D., and Kermode, S. J. April 14. Shuttles.-A hand-threaded shuttle has a slit evepiece C which is made of compressed fibre and is inserted in the side of the shuttle. A guide-pin B prevents the weft from getting between the wood of the shuttle and the material forming the eyepiece. Part of the upper surface of the eyepiece is cut away so as to follow the course of the threadslot D.
Patent GB-191414230-A (GB)
Title: A Gas-tight Membrane and Method of Producing the same.
IPC: C14C13/02
Filed: 1914-06-12
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 14,230. Deutsche Gasgluhlicht Akt.- Ges. (Auerges). Aug. 6, 1913, [Convention date]. Compound fabrics and sheet materials.-Gastight membranes consisting of oiled or varnished sheets of bacteria, hyphomycetes, or other micro-organisms may be combined with fabrics in known manner to strengthen them. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states that the material can be used for gas-meter membranes, ' fuse ' membranes, ballonets, and the like. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191416065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loom Shuttles.
Inventor: BROCKLEHURST RICHARD VINCENT
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1914-07-06
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 16,065. Brocklehurst, R. V. July 6. Shuttles.-A threading-plate arranged to direct a loop of weft through the shuttle eye comprises a vertical part 6 lying in a narrow longitudinal groove 2, and a lateral part 7 lying in a groove 3 running to the shuttle eye. The part 6 has an inclined edge 6<a> and is provided with a slot 6<b> leading to an aperture 6<c>, through which the weft runs during the normal working of the shuttle. The threading-plate has an extension 8, which projects into a recess at the side of the groove 2 remote from the shuttle eye. A vertical pin 12 arranged behind the aperture 6<c> takes the rub of the weft during the working of the shuttle.
Patent GB-191417831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters.
Inventor: COWAN HENRY WARRINGTON
Filed: 1914-07-28
Granted: 1915-07-28
Abstract: 17,831. Cowan, H. W. July 28. Filter-beds; filters, cleansing.- In a filter, which is cleansed by returnflow and comprising an open compartment 34, which receives the water, a layer 35 of granular material s u c h as sand, charcoal, -or crushed quartz, and a lower compartment 38 which receives the filtered water ; the compartment 34 is formed with its upper part 32 of reduced area, in order that, while retaining the requisite bead for the filtration, a less quantity of water has to be run away by the cock 30 when the filter is to be cleansed.
Patent GB-191422309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves and Valve-gears for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: JACKAMAN SIDNEY ROWLAND
IPC: F01L7/06
Filed: 1914-11-10
Granted: 1915-08-26
Abstract: 22,309. Jackaman, S. R. Nov. 10. [Cognate Application, 6901/ 15.] Valves; valve-gear; regulating. -The valvegear for an oscillating disk valve is provided with means to reduce friction between the valve and its seat during motion, means to enable the valve to remain shut in the event of a back-fire, and with adjusting - means to vary the time and period of opening of the valve. The valve spindle b is formed in two parts. the lower part having dogs b<1> adapted to be driven by dogs d', Fig. 6, on a contact-piece d carrying a lateral projection, which is engaged by the swell c of a cam c<1> driven through gearing from the crank-shaft of the engine. The contact-piece is connected to the valve spindle by a spring t, which returns it to its normal position after it has been rotated backwards by the cam c<1> during a back-fire. To regulate the time and period of opening of the valve, the cam c' is adjustable to and from the valve spindle by means of a screw c<2> and spring n. To relieve the friction of the valve on its seat, the contact-piece is provided with a helical under face which interacts with a similar face on the fixed bearing to raise the valve off its seat during rotation. The valve spindle is rotated to close the valve by a spring m, which also serves to keep the valve normally on to its seat. A stop p is provided to limit the rotary motion of the spindle.
Patent GB-191422611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces.
Inventor: HANSON ALBERT S
Filed: 1914-11-16
Granted: 1915-09-09
Abstract: 22,611. Hanson, A. S. Nov. 16. Steam-generator furnaces; combustion products, returning to furnaces; air, supplying; grates; fire-bridges. -The gases are withdrawn from the fire, mixed with fresh air in a chamber above the fire, and returned to the fire, by fans arranged in the chamber above the fire. The furnace shown comprises a reciprocating grate 6 surmounted by a fuel chamber with top, front, and rear air conduits 21, 22, 23, fuel being supplied through the door 32. Fans 42, driven by chain gearing which, by means of a worm- and-wheel gearing 46, 50, 51, also reciprocates the grate, draw in air by the conduit 2, and draw from the fire and through the conduit 22, combustion gases, which mix with the air and are returned to the fire by the conduit 23, The air supply may be shut off by the valve 3. The grate consists of an imperforate centre 6 connected by bars 8 with edge-pieces 7. It is reciprocated by rack-and-pinion gearing 9 on a crank-shaft 10 oscillated by a connecting-rod 53, 54 with an extensible part 55. In a modification, the grate is moved in a direction at right-angles to that indicated. The grate-moving gearing may be disconnected by means of a clutch 65. Air is also supplied from the ashpit to the space behind the fire-bridge or partition 14, a hit-and-miss air-supply regulator 17 being fitted as shown.
Patent GB-191424467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Capping Machines.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1914-12-22
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 24,467. Jacks on, W. J. Mellersh-, [Progress Machine Co.]. Dec. 22. Capsules, applying.- Telescnpic bottle-rests for capsuling - machines are provided with friction means which yield under excessive pressure and are readily accessible for adjustment. A bottle-rest 15 slides in a tube 41 and is normally supported by a device 59 bevelled at its lower end to rest against a bevelled surface 60. Excessive pressure forces the surfaces to slide apart, and the bottle-rest descends, but is brought back again, after the pressure is released, by a strong spring 47. This spring is strong enough to give ordinary capsuling- pressure. The device 59 is automatically reset as the spring rises. Adjustment of the device 59 is made by a screw 52 and a rod 54 provided with a knife-edge engaging an arm 56 on the part 59. The screw 52 is readily accessible through a central opening 160.
Patent GB-191503442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Manufacture of Carbon Electrodes.
IPC: C04B35/532
Filed: 1915-03-03
Abstract: 3442. Mendheim, G., [Firm of]. March 4, 1914, [Convention date]. Gaseous-fuel furnaces. -Ovens or retorts used in making carbon electrodes from non - bituminons material agglomerated with tar are heated by conveying to the flues the tar vapours evolved during the carbonizing process. The ovens a are arranged in pairs covered by gascollecting channels e, which connect with the heating-flues b, c. by pipes p, q.
Patent GB-191503513-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Heating Element.
IPC: H05B3/16
Filed: 1915-03-04
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 3513. Cable Accessories Co., and Reeves, F. H. March 4. [Addition to 24,565/13.] Resistances for heat. ing. A wire or ribbon b is wound around prujections i on one side of a reflecting - support a and is kept taut by a roller c, bearing against the wire and moving laterally or transversely with relation to it, as described in the parent Specification. The roller may be mounted in inclined slots d in brackets e and may be grooved, the movement being assisted, if required, by springs. The projections may be cut away at the edge, and may be made of T-shape to retain the wire. The reflecting- support may be in two parts bolted together, and may be reinforced by metal rods.
Patent GB-191508173-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vapour Electric Rectifier Systems.
IPC: H02M7/06
Filed: 1915-06-02
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 8173. British Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., [Assignees of Conrad, F., & Simmon, K. A.]. July 11, 1914, [Convention date]. Vapour and vacuum or low-pressure apparatus, arrangements of. -A rectifying system for supplying current to the motors of electrically-propelled vehicles comprises a source of alternating current, a number of vapour rectifiers, a number of voltage taps on the source, means for connecting any one or all of the rectifiers to the source through the taps, and means for varying the voltage applied to any rectifier by connecting an anode of the rectifier to a tap of the desired voltage before the working anode is disconnected from the tap of lower voltage. The voltage taps 1<a> ... 16<a> are provided on the secondary 23 of a transformer 18 and are connected to switches 1 ... 16, which are connected in groups as shown to double-pole double - throw switches 25 ... 28 and to busbars 29, 30, 31. The bus-bars are connected to the centre contacts of a triple - pole doublethrow switch 32, the upper contacts of which are connected to the anodes 33, 34, 35 of a rectifier 36, and the lower contacts to the anodes 37, 38, 39 of a rectifier 40. Between the anodes 37, 38 and the switches 27, 28 is placed a double-pole double-throw switch 41, the right-hand contacts of which are connected to the bus-bars 29, 31. The motors 44 are connected to the cathodes 42, 42a of the rectifiers and to the middle point of the winding 23. In order to start the motors from the rectifier 36, the switches 25 ... 28 are thrown to the left, switch 41 to the right, and switch 32 is thrown up. On closing switches 1, 2, tho bus-bars 29, 31 and the anodes 33, 35 are sup plied with current from the taps 1<a>, 2<a>. In order to accelerate the motors, the switch 3 is closed, whereupon the bus-bar 30 is raised to the voltage of the tap 3<a>, and the anode 34 comes into action, the arc from the anode 33, which is at a lower voltage, being extinguished. The switch 1 is then opened and switch 4 closed, and the operations are repeated in the sequence indicated by the numbering of the switches until the full voltage of the winding 23 is impressed on the anodes 33, 34. By throwing down the switch 32, the entire load may be carried by the rectifier 40; or both rectifiers may be operated simultaneously by throwing the switches 25 ... 28 to the right, switch 41 to the left, and switch 32 up. In order to distribute the voltage strain, the point 47 of inrtermediaite potential is connected to the ground through a resistance 48. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also a modification in which the point 47 is connected to ground through a fuse which is shunted by a winding adapted, on blowing of the fuse, to close through a relav the circuit of the coil of an automatic circuit-breaker in the main supply circuit; this subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191509175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Playing Mechanism for Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1915-06-22
Abstract: 9175. Marks, E. C. R., [Auto Pneumatic Action Co.]. June 22. Sluice valves.-A slide valve used for changing the connexions of passages 70, 71 from one set of pipes 65, 66 to another set 67, 68 in an automatic musical instrument, has a plurality of separate valve faces 73 connected to a common bar 72 by pins 74 and springs 75. Each valve-member has four grooves controlling the connexions for two adjacent notes.
Patent GB-191514048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Receptacles for solid, Granular, Powdered or Semi-liquid Materials and in Covers therefor.
Inventor: PASCALL FRANK
IPC: A47G19/30
Filed: 1915-10-04
Abstract: 14,048. Pascall, F. Oct. 4. Cruets and condiment receptacles; sugarbasins.-Lids b, Fig 1, for receptacles for sugar, confectionery, preserves, and other solid, granular, powdered, or semi-liquid materials are provided with means for removing the contents, consisting of a lazy-tongs device held in the position shown by springs k but capable of being extended so that claws, prongs, or equivalents j can grip a part of the contents. In a modification, the lid is provided with finger-grips q, Fig. 3, and the device is operated by a spring- controlled push-piece n<1>.
Patent GB-191514603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Aeronautical Machines.
Inventor: LAWSON WILLIAM
IPC: B64C23/00
Filed: 1915-10-15
Abstract: 14,603. Lawson, W. Oct. 15. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Aerial machines with aerostats; a e r o s t a t s ; planes, arrangement of; propelling. - An aerial machine comprises an aeroplane with gas-holding vessels detachably attached to its planes. Fig. 2 shows a machine with gas-holding vessels a secured to the plane b, which forms a deck on which may be mounted one or more guns and a windlass for lowering bombs. The plane b may have sliding or pivoted planes on its under surface to vary the area. Two pairs of pro pellers e and lifting-propellers f are driven from an engine d through clutches and, if desired, through reversing-gear. The gas-holding vessels are surrounded by bands v formed at their lower ends into fingers, which are engaged by cranked parts of rods w, Fig. 10, so that the vessels a may be detached by turning the rods w. The vessels a have internal chambers containing compressed gas, or are seated in external chambers q, Fig. 5, so that the gas in the vessels a may be replenished or pumped back into the chambers as required. When external chambers q are used, they may be detachable from the vessels a. The plane b may be composed of tubes holding compressed gas. One or more of the planes may also be provided with a permanent holder for compressed or uncompressed gas at the forward end The vessels a may be divided into compartments, those near opposite ends being interconnected in pairs so as to preserve the balance should one compartment be destroyed. Fig. 8 shows the driving-gear for two of the propellers e. The engine d drives a shaft u<1> through gearing u, and wheels t on the shaft u and on the engine shaft drive, by friction, a disk s mounted on a transverse shaft geared to the propellers.
Patent GB-191515673-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Chimney Pot or Ventilator.
Inventor: BROOKER GEORGE
IPC: F23L17/10
Filed: 1915-11-06
Abstract: 15,673. Brooker, G. Nov. 6. Chimney and ventilating-shaft tops.-The uptake b contains a transverse chamber f with an open top and with hinged flaps h near its open ends. The flaps h are preferably such as not to close the outlets completely. Baffles i and curved head and floor plates j, k may be arranged as shown.