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Patent GB-191209197-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Meters.
Inventor: KENT WALTER GEORGE
IPC: G01F3/18
Filed: 1912-04-18
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 9197. Kent, W. G. April 18. Liquid-pressure meters.-A liquid-meter comprises a series of single-acting cylinders the pistons of which actuate a ' wobbler ' or swashplate. The motion of the swash-plate causes the movement of a valve controlling the flow of liquid to the cylinders. Figs. 1 and 2 show the meter casing a, to which liquid is fed by a pipe a<1>. Across the upper part of the casing extends a plate b carrying the cylinders c. The rods c<2> of the pistons c<1> actuate the swash-plate d, which has a hemisphere d<1> bearing on the seating e extending from the lower end of a tube b<1> carried by the plate b. The thrust between the plate d and the seating e is taken by a renewable ring d<2>. A shaft d<4> transmits the motion of the plate d to the shaft g actuating the eccentric h, valve i, and the counting-mechanism m. As described in Specification 5994/01, the valve face has two sets of ports j, k on it. The set k opens into an annular passage k<1> leading to the outlet a<3>. When a cylinder is opened to the port k, the piston therein is moved upwards, and the piston in the opposite cylinder is balanced by being open at the top to the inlet pressure and is thus free to descend. The wobbler may carry rollers f working in guides f<1>. In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the ball d<1> is carried by the tube b<1> and the socket l is carried by the wobbler.
Patent GB-191211990-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Rotary Pumps.
Inventor: WALLIS EUSTACE FREDERIC
IPC: F04C2/344
Filed: 1912-05-21
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 11,990. Wallis, E. F. May 21. Fixed-abutment type; compensating for irregularity of flow.-The outwardly-sliding vanes c of a rotary pump are arranged to slide one against the other in a diametral slot of the rotor c, and are pressed outwards by a spring f, Fig. 5, which is housed in apertures e<1> arranged in the vanes so as to be always out of alinement with one another. The forward edges of the vanes may be rounded off or bevelled, so that, in the event of the pressure becoming excessive, the liquid may force the vane inwards and escape back.
Patent GB-191219899-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Armoured Motor Vehicle Provided with Machine and other Quick Firing Guns.
Inventor: SAUTEIRON CHARLES DE
IPC: F41H7/00
Filed: 1912-08-31
Granted: 1913-01-16
Abstract: 19,899. Sauteiron, C. de. Aug. 31. Armour - clad vehicle mountings.-Comprises a motor-vehicle, the armoured sides of which are movable, together with light guns mounted thereon, into any desired position relative to the chassis of t h e vehicle. Fig. 2 is a plan and Fig. 3 a sectional elevation of the vehicle. The front of the vehicle, containing the motor and the driver's seat, is protected by fixed armour L ; the sides E and back N are also armoured, the sides being pivoted at E<1> so that they can swing from the position shown on the right of Fig. 2, through any angle up to 180 degrees. The left-hand side in this Figure has moved through 90 degrees from its normal position. Fig. 6 shows a side moved through 180 degrees. The sides, which are provided with wheeled supports which may be raised when not required for use, carry platforms G, on which light guns S, T are mounted. Other guns R are mounted at the ends of the vehicle, and ammunition and tools are carried in boxes I, K. In a modification, the sides are pivoted at their front ends.
Patent GB-191225892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Sliding Windows for Vehicles.
IPC: E05F11/38
Filed: 1912-09-13
Granted: 1913-10-13
Abstract: 25,892. Deutsche Neverfail Patentkurbelfenster Ges. May 2, [Convention date]. Vehicle-window opening and closing apparatus. -Relates to lazy-tongs operating-apparatus combined with means for forcing a holding-frame against the sliding sash 1. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the spindle of a rotary handle 46 carries a disk 64 and a wedge-shaped arm 69, which arm, in the vertical position of the handle, engages a lug 72 depending from the holding- frame and presses the frame against the sash. Loosely mounted on the spindle 62 and connected to the disk 64 by a pin 65 and slot 70, is a toothed disk 66 carrying an arm 66<a> which is connected by a link 42 to one of the joints of a lazy - tongs sash - supporting mechanism. The handle 46, owing to the pin-and-slot connexion, may be placed in the vertical position after the sash has been adjusted to its required position, and a recess 71 in the disk 64 allows a pawl 67 to engage the toothed disk 66. In a modification, the periphery of the disk 64 is formed with curved teeth engaged by the pawl 67. The arrangement is such that, when the the pin 65 comes to either end of the slot 70, the curved teeth of the disk 64 lie opposite the spaces between the teeth of the disk 66, so that the pawl 67 is held free. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the holding-frame is pressed against the sash by the engagement of lugs 75 on the holding-frame with curved projections 74 on a sliding bar 77. The sliding bar carries a plate 76 formed with slots 76<a>, two curved and one straight, which are engaged by three pins 65 on one side of a disk 73 carried by the spindle 62. A pin 65<a> projecting from the other side of the disk engages the lever arm 66<a> loosely mounted on the spindle 62, and connected to the lazy-tongs. When the handle 46 is returned to the vertical position, the pin 65<a> engaging the straight slot operates the sliding bar 77, the curved slots serving to hold the plate 76 stationary if the pin leaves the straight slot when the handle is rotated for operating the sash.
Patent GB-191301734-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Tube Corrugating Machines.
Inventor: BRINKMAN LOUIS HERMAN
IPC: B21D15/04
Filed: 1913-01-21
Granted: 1914-04-21
Abstract: 1734. Brinkman, L. H. Jan. 21. Corrugating; bending dies and formers. - In an apparatus for making helical corrugations in metal tnhes of any length and great flexibility and radiating- snrface, the tube is pressed upon along a helical line, relative rotation is produced between the tube and the pressing-means and means co-operate with the pressing-means to produce a localized twisting of the metal at a progressively shifting short length of tube. The tube 8 and mandrel 9 are clamped to a shaft 4 rotated by belt gear; and the radially-adjustable dies 15 are carried in a slide 11 traversed by a screw 12 and change speed gear from the shaft 4. The twist of the tube may be produced by friction against the die or by rotating the other end of the tube at a different speed from the front end by the use of a hollow tail shaft 30 operated by gearing 34 from the screw 12. The dies are provided with helical grooves which deepen and decrease in pitch towards the end 35 so that a groove is initiated by the projections 36 of such pitch and depth as to mark out along the tube a sufficient length of metal to form a finished corrugation of desired depth and pitch. The diameter of the grooves is equal to the diameter of the tube to he corrugated. The distance between the points 36, 37 is equal to the length of the curved outline between points 38, 39. The mandrel may be of such size that the bottom of the corrugation comes in contact therewith on leaving the last convolution of the dies or soon after leaving the dies, so as to prevent distortion of the tube and to localize the twisting force to the neighbourhood of the dies and to prevent crowding together of the corrugations after formation. The pitch of the corrugations may however be reduced after they come into contact with the mandrel, by increasing the twisting force. Specification 19,040/93 is referred to.
Patent GB-191308331-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Nickel Copper Alloys.
Inventor: DOUGLASS PETER JOHN ARCHIBALD
IPC: C22C19/00
Filed: 1913-04-09
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 8331. Douglass, P. J. A. April 9. Alloys.-A nickel-copper alloy comprises 67 parts of nickel and 33 parts of copper, with either 2 to 8 parts of ferro-manganese, 5 parts of aluminium and 6 to 10 parts of tin or 5 to 15 parts of ferro-silicon and 1 to 8 parts of chromium. 3 to 5 per cent of tungsten may be added to either alloy. The product is non- magnetic, takes a high polish, and may be formed into efficient cutting-tools, which should be tempered.
Patent GB-191316135-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Loading and Unloading Merchandise.
Inventor: VANDEVELDE ALEXANDER
IPC: B65G65/28
Filed: 1913-07-12
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 16,135. Vandevelde, A. July 16, 1912, [Convention date]. Granaries; storage bins. -In connexion with the loading, unloading, and storage of material, a structure 1 is provided comprising outer hoppers 2 with superposed inclined outlets 20 passing through the walls of the structure, and inner vertical hoppers 3 with outlets 21 in the bottom of the structure. Tracks 4, 6 for trucks are provided above and beneath the structure, which also carries travelling cranes 14. Means 17 are provided whereby the inclined outlets 20 may communicate with the outlets beneath. Warehouses 18 may be provided beneath the inclined hoppers.
Patent GB-191324470-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Producing Expanded Metal.
Inventor: ELLIS GEORGE BELOE
IPC: B21D31/04
Filed: 1913-10-28
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 24,470. Ellis, G. B., [Bliss Co., E. W.]. Oct. 28. Expanded metal is formed from a sheet having portions with staggered rows of longitudinal slits, Fig. 1, with transverse slits a<1>, and intermediate unslitted portions B and unslitted bands a<10>, by a succession of bending operations. The first operation by rolls bends the rows a<4> at each side of the slitted portion into the form shown in Fig. 5, and two more sets of rolls convert the sheet into the form shown in Fig. 9, in which form it may be used. The V-portion may be bent into the plane of the sheet. This may be effected in one form by converting the unslitted portions into ribs, obtaining the form shown in Fig. 18. The fabric may be laterally extended.
Patent GB-191327637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Iron Wheels for Vehicles, Hand Cars and the like.
Inventor: SOUZA MANUEL BOTELHO DE
IPC: B60B1/00
Filed: 1913-12-01
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 27,637. Souza, M. B. de. Dec. 1. Spokes, securing; hubs.-In wheels of the type comprising a tyre C, Fig. 3, mounted on a metal rim D of U- section, and divergent spokes F, F<1> of tube or rod form, the outer ends of which fit into blocks E secured in the rim. while the inner ends are clamped between the flanges of the hub A, Fig. 4, and plates B, which have juxtaposedrecesses forming sockets for the spokes, the hub is formed with recesses on each side to receive ball bearings G which are retained in position by the plates B. A lubricator H enables lubrication of the bearings to be effected from the exterior of the hub.
Patent GB-191329521-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition for Impregnating Cement Sacks and the like.
Inventor: MASON GEORGE
IPC: D06M15/15
Filed: 1913-12-22
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 29,521. Mason, G. Dec. 22. Impregnating-compositions. - A composition comprising gelatine, black molasses, alum or chrome alum, and petroleum product is used for impregnating cement sacks. The gelatine is heated with water, the molasses are added, and subsequently chrome alum. The heating is then stopped, and the petroleum product added.
Patent GB-191401544-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Utilising Wave Power.
Inventor: MELANDER AUGUST WILHELM
IPC: F03B13/18
Filed: 1914-01-20
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 1544. Melander, A. W. Jan. 21, 1913, [Convention date]. Actuating by wave mills.-A wave motor comprises a box float 5 attached to a channelled frame 3 pivoted to a fixed structure A and to the pistonrod 7 of an oscillating pump, which in the form shown draws and delivers water through a hollow trunnion, and is provided with suction and delivery valves 13, 14. In a modification, instead of the liquid being drawn and delivered through a hollow trunnion, the stand-pipe 11 is connected to the piston by a flexible hose.
Patent GB-191404179-A (GB)
Title: Coin-freed Stamping Apparatus.
Inventor: HILTON FRED
IPC: G07F17/26
Filed: 1914-02-18
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 4179. Hilton, F. Feb. 18. Franking or postmaking letters; coin action, mechanical-connexion.-Relates to the apparatus described in Specification 3956/09 in which a reciprocating stamp-bar is adapted to be coupled to a reciprocating handle-bar by the inserted coin, and consists chiefly in the provision of a detent device adapted to hold the stamp-bar in the lower, or stamping position, irrespective of the thickness of the packet, until the handle-bar has been returned sufficiently to permit the discharge of the coin. The stamp-bar A and handle-bar B are arranged side by side, and a locking-dog F is loosely pivoted on a pin F<2> in a recess in the handlebar by means of a slot F<1>. A spring-controlled lever G tends to force the dog F into engagement with the stamp-bar, but in the normal position of the parts, the lever is held in the inoperative position by means of a rod H connected to the arm C' of the handle C. A coin J having been inserted into a recess x formed in the bars A, B, the handle C is turned, whereupon the arm C' depresses the bars against the action of springs or weights by engaging a pin B' on the bar B. Simultaneously the arm H frees the lever G, which thereupon moves into engagement with the. handle-bar so as to prevent any upward movement of the parts. When the stamp has reached the letter, the lever G engages the dog F and forces it against the stamp-bar, the downward movement of the stamp-bar being temporarily arrested until the pin F<2> engages the upper part of the slot F<1>, whereupon the bars again move down together and the stamping is effected. As the handle C returns, the slot F' permits sufficient upward movement of the bar B to permit the coin to escape, after which the rod H raises the lever G and frees the locking-dog F, permitting the bars A, B to be returned by their springs. Fraud, preventing. - The coin is inserted through a slot K, Fig. 1<a>, between pawls L, L' pivoted to a slide M, which is then pushed in. the pawls turning into the position shown and thrusting the coin into the recess x.
Patent GB-191409868-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Toy or Implement for Making Furrows or Trenches on a Sand Beach or the like.
Inventor: BOWER GRACE MARY
IPC: A63H33/32
Filed: 1914-04-21
Granted: 1914-10-08
Abstract: 9868. Bower, G. M., and Ewen, C. L'E. April 21. Garden implements and moulds for sand.-A toy for making furrows in sand, and also adapted for use as a bucket or spade, comprises a handle f and a bucket-like receptacle a, the bottom of which is formed or provided with a cutting-edge g which may be extended to form a shovel or spade.
Patent GB-191412047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Self-propelled Vehicles.
IPC: B60L3/00
Filed: 1914-05-15
Granted: 1915-05-17
Abstract: 12,047. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 15. I n t e r l o c k i n g and guarding against wrong movements and the like. -Relates to electricallypropelled vehicles driven by storage batteries or other source of power on the vehicle, and the object is to provide for the interlocking of the controller, running switch, and braking- mechanism in such manner as to guard against improper operation. In Fig. 3, the controller is shown at 15, the running switch at 29, and the service and emergency brake pedals at 1, 2, operating respectively through the rods 4, 5. (i) An arm on the controller shaft is connected to a lever 42. through the medium of which, on the operation of either of the brakes, the controller is brought into the off position. The brake rods act on the lever 42 through abutment members 11, 12, which slide on the brake rods, but are connected to them by compression springs (not shown) so that the operation of the brakes is not unduly interfered with by the connexion with the controller. (ii) The handle of the running switch is adapted to be removed only when the switch is open. A cam 30 on the shaft of this switch co-operates with a vertically sliding rectangular frame 31. This is connected through the shaft 38 with a detent arm 39 capable of engaging with a ratchet sector 8 by which the emergency brake, if applied when the running switch is open, is held in the on position, and cannot be released until the running-switch handle has been replaced and the cam 30 turned so as to raise the frame 31. A spring connexion between the frame 31 and rod 33 still, however, permits the brake to remain on until released by means of the pedal. (iii) The running switch is correlated with the controller so that, when it is turned to the off position, it cannot again be put in the running position until the controller is off. This is effected by stops 46, 47 and a cam 21. The stops 46 can pass the stop 47 in one direction, but not in the other; but when the controller is moved to the off position, the cam 21, through the arm 49, moves the stop 47 out of the way and thus removes the obstacle to the return of the running switch to the active position.
Patent GB-191414421-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Preparing Bamboo and Kindred Material for Pulp Extraction.
Inventor: JARDINE JAMES LOCKHART
IPC: D21B1/06
Filed: 1914-06-16
Granted: 1915-04-22
Abstract: 14,421. Jardine, J. L., and Nelson, T. A. June 16. Preliminary treatment of materials.-In apparatus for preparing bamboo and kindred material for the production of pulp, the stems fall successively from a casing A on to a conveyer C, by which they are fed through a rotating brush cylinder D, Fig. 5, having internal bristles, to grooved cracking- rolls H, J having spikes in the grooves. The cracked stems are split by a knife K, and the upper part is laid flat on a conveyer M with the inner surface uppermost, by means of a plough or share part L. The material then passes between crushing and disintegrating rolls N having a grooved roll in each pair, the grooved rolls being arranged alternately at the top and bottom. The material is finally cut up into convenient lengths between a fixed knife P and rotary blades Q.
Patent GB-191415267-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Metal Adsorptions.
IPC: B01J13/00
Filed: 1914-06-25
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 15,267. Elektro-Osmose Akt.-Ges. (Graf Schwerin Ges.). April 29, [Convention date]. Colloidal elements; catalytic agents, preparation and treatment of.-Metal adsorptions are obtained by reducing metals to dust in presence of suspension colloids; scattering the metal, for example nickel, by means of an electric arc in presence of a colloidal suspension of say, silicic acid, is the preferred methods. Suitable colloids are carborundum, clay, finely divided carbon, kaolin, or amorphous silicic acid. The metal adsorptions, particularly nickel adsorbed by silicic acid, are suitable as catalysts, for example in hardening fats. Specification 29,049/12 is referred to.
Patent GB-191417672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottle Capping Machines.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B67B1/10
Filed: 1914-07-25
Granted: 1915-02-18
Abstract: 17,672. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Sanitary Dairy Machine Co.]. July 25. Stoppering.-Relates to detail improvements in suction devices for applying disk closures to a number of bottles simultaneously. Different numbers of disk-applying heads are arranged on detachable plates so that different numbers of bottles in crates can be dealt with. Automatic valve apparatus controlling the suction is provided, and a valve is set in each of the disk reservoirs to prevent more than one disk from being raised at a time from each reservoir. A number of plates G, Figs. 1 and 2, carrying different numbers of disk-applying heads g<3> are made attachable by wing-nuts g<6> to a vacuum head D, which is arranged to swing by parallel motion d from disk reservoirs c, Fig. 1, to bottle heads B<1>, Fig. 1. The motion d is operated by a handle d, Fig. 1, pivoted at d<2> and connected by an arm f<4> with a link d<4>, a curved arm d<6> pivoted at d<5>, and a link d'. The lowering of the arm d' raises a bottle crate B to the disk-applying plungers g<3> by an arm e and pivoted lever e<2> &c. The disk-applying plungers consist of tubes g' connected with the vacuum head D and carrying air-tight spring- pressed collars g<3> to make joint with the disk reservoirs c or bottle necks B<1>, Fig. 1. The disk reservoirs are each provided with a spring valve L, Fig. 9, opened to the air by the passage of a disk, so that only one disk is taken at a time. Vacuum is provided by a tube h, Fig. 7, and controlled by a rotary valve H, which, in the position shown in Fig. 2, opens the head D to vacuum, but in the position shown in Fig. 1, opens the head to air by passages h<4>, h<5> after the disks are in the bottle recess. The valve is operated by adjustable screws i<2>, i<3> striking a pivoted tappet i<1> carrying a lever i connected with a handle h<2> connected to the valve H. The screws i<2>, i<3> are carried on the parallel motion d, Fig. 2, and the tappet i is pivoted thereto.
Patent GB-191417894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Motor Control.
IPC: H02P1/06
Filed: 1914-07-28
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 17,894. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Hastings, H. C. July 28. Electro - magnetic switches. - A contactor switch, which is operated by a magnet 5 and maintained set by a retaining-circuit, but is not fitted with auxiliary interlocking switches, is provided with springs to assist its closing movement. By this means the contactor is in its proper position when a simultaneously operated contactor fitted with interlock switches establishes the maintaining-circuit. The tail 7 of the contactor shown carries a bracket 8 which supports two rods 9 moving freely in flanged sleeves 12 in a bracket 14. Collars 10, 11 are fixed to the rods, and springs 13 are arranged between the sleeves 12 and the collars 10 so as to be compressed when the contactor is in the open position. When the electro-magnet 5 is energized, its action in closing the contactor is assisted by the springs 13 until the collars 11 reach the sleeves 12. After this, the sleeves 12 move down with the rods 9. The springs 13 thus assist their contactors in the same manner as the interlock springs assist their contactors, and the springs may be made interchangeable. In a modification, the springs may be arranged between the bracket 14 and collars 10; they will then assist the operating-coil during the whole time of the closing movement.
Patent GB-191420794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LAURIN LAURENTIUS
IPC: F02M63/00
Filed: 1914-10-09
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 20,794. Laurin, L. Oct. 11, 1913, [Convention date]. Eccentric-actuated pumps; multiple-delivery piston pumps.-The water-circulating pumps 3 and the air-compressing pumps 4 of an internalcombustion engine are arranged in pairs on opposite sides of a crank-shaft 2 from which the pump pistons are actuated through an eccentric 6, 6<1>. The air and water pumps are cast together in pairs. The air, after compression, is passed through a cooler 5.
Patent GB-191502779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rock-drilling and other Pneumatic and like Tools.
Inventor: MACADAM JAMES HAMILTON ANSTRUT
IPC: E21B1/30
Filed: 1915-02-20
Abstract: 2779. Macadam, J. H. A., and Thirlwell, J. Feb. 20. Percussive drills.-In a percussive rock drill, a tube 13 screwed into the piston 6 is rifled and passes through a nut 14, which is correspondingly rifled and non-rotatably mounted in a ratchet-wheel 15 controlled by pawls, so that, during movement in one direction, the tube 13, piston 6, piston-rod 11, and tool are rotated. T h e cylinder has a recessed projection 4 to carry the feed-nut for the feed-screw.