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Patent GB-191227873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Locks for Railway Carriage and other Doors.
Inventor: KNAPTON WILLIAM ARTHUR
IPC: E05B47/06
Filed: 1912-12-03
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 27,873. Knapton, W. A. Dec. 3. Electrically-operated fastenings.-In a locking-device for railway-carriage and other doors, a gravity catch 1, sliding in vertical guides on the side of a box 3 located in the door-jamb, is adapted to engage a notch 10 in the door latch 9, the catch being held in the inoperative position by a counterbalanced lever 5 pivoted at 6 and being released therefrom by the influence of an electro-magnet 11 upon the lever 5. The circuit through the electro-magnet may be made and broken by means of a centrifugallyoperated switch, preferably of the type described in Specification 27,854/12, [Class 38 (v), Electric switches &c.]. In a modification, the connterbalanced lever 5 is replaced by a flat spring secured to the wall of the box 3 opposite to that containing the aperture 8 and engages, as described above, the projection 4 on the catch 1. The latch 9 is bevelled to permit of locking after the electro-magnet has been excited.
Patent GB-191301182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Centrifugal Air Compressors.
IPC: F04D29/46
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 1182. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 15. Regulating centrifugal fans. Surgings due to variations of pressure in the discharge vanes at low loads are prevented by causing an inverse pressure variation in the blast-pipe. Specification 12,858/10 is referred to. Fig. 1 shows a steadying-device comprising a throttle valve 3 in the conical intake 6, the valve stem 4 having a dash-pot 5, and a cam - plate 8 engaging the vertical arm 12 of a bell-crank lever having an adjustable weight 15. The area at the intake 6, the cam 8, and the weight on the bell-crank lever are so designed that the throttling effected at different volumetric outputs causes the normally unstable portion of the characteristic curve of the compressor to become horizontal and stable.
Patent GB-191302402-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Batteries.
Inventor: GALLOWAY CHARLES DOUGLAS
IPC: H01M50/35
Filed: 1913-01-29
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 2402. Galloway, C. D. Feb. 1, 1912, [Convention date]. Gas exits for accumulators. Several passages leading from the gas space open directly into the air, and have their inlets and outlets near opposite sides of the cell. In one form, Fig. 2, two oppositely - sloping passages 9, 10 extend along the same diagonal of the cover, the inlet of one being above the outlet of the other. Each passage may extend around two sides, instead of straight across. In another form, Fig. 7, shown in plan, four passages 16, 17, 18, 19 each extend around three sides of the cover, so that there is an inlet and an outlet at each corner. Similar symmetrical arrangements may be applied to round cells.
Patent GB-191305896-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastenings for Doors, Gates, and the like.
Inventor: WINSER ARTHUR LOWE
IPC: E05C3/16
Filed: 1913-09-10
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 5896. Winser, A. L. Sept. 10. Latches, swinging.-In the form shown in Fig. 1, a swinging latch C controlled by a spring G is operated by a handle E mounted on the latch pivot and can be locked by a turn-bolt H actuated by a key. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the latch has a rearward extension D, which carries a transverse spindle L with a fingerpiece at each end, so that depression of the spindle withdraws the latch nose. In a third form. the latch is connected by a link to a lever on the handle spindle.
Patent GB-191307690-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastening Devices for the Ends of Watch Wristlets and the like.
Inventor: BETTS SAUL
IPC: A44C5/14
Filed: 1913-04-01
Granted: 1914-04-01
Abstract: 7690. Betts, S April 1. Watch bracelets; buckles.-A fastening-device for the ends of wristlets which are adapted to carry watches, ornaments, &c. consists of a plate provided with one or more prongs having one or more enlarged heads, the prongs being passed through a band forming the wristlet in such a way that the free ends of the band are hidden behind a portion of the plate. Fig. 3 shows one form of the device, having inwardly-directed prongs b arranged within openings c in a plate a, and Fig. 6 shows the method of applying a watch e to a wristlet d fastened by means of this device. Fig. 9 shows a modified form having T-shaped projections b<2>. One end of the band may be permanently attached to the fastening-device. Various methods of arranging the prongs or projections on the plate are mentioned. According to the Provisional Specification, the prongs may be folded over, and are not necessarily provided with enlarged heads.
Patent GB-191312830-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Appliance or Clip for Attaching Hose or other Flexible Tubing to Metal or other more Flexible Tubes or the like.
Inventor: HUMPHRIS FRANK
IPC: F16L33/04
Filed: 1913-06-02
Granted: 1914-06-02
Abstract: 12,830. Humphris, F. June 2. Clips, band.-In a clip for attaching flexible to metal tubing &c., the fixed or hinged frame d for the screw c, and the bar e in which the end of the screw works, are secured to the band a by tongues f<1>, g<1> thereon interlocking with slots f<3>, g<2> respectively, the extension a' serving to cover the gap between the ends of the band.
Patent GB-191313588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Sunk Electric Switches, Wall Sockets, and Brackets.
Inventor: MEIKLEJOHN JOHN BLACK
IPC: H01B3/08
Filed: 1913-06-12
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 13,588. Meiklejohn, J. B. June 12. Drawings to Specification. Couplings. - The conductors running from a conduit end into a wall-sccket &c. are protected by threading thereon beads or short sections of insulator so as to constitute a flexible insulation.
Patent GB-191315675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Checking any suitable Predetermined number of Calls at a Telephone Call Box or other place.
Inventor: PINTER JOSEF
IPC: H04M15/30
Filed: 1913-07-07
Granted: 1914-07-07
Abstract: 15,675. PintÚr, J. July 13, 1912, [Convention date]. Couplings. - A plug 10 for connecting a portable telephone set to a wall socket may be of the flat shape shown in Fig. 8, with side notches to receive the ends of guard springs 15. The springs 15 prevent the contacts 14 from being connected by the mischievous insertion of knife blades &c.
Patent GB-191319058-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Containing Medicaments, Anti-septics and the like and Facilitating the Application of the same.
Inventor: NEWMAN EDWARD CHARLES
IPC: B65D23/08
Filed: 1913-08-22
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 19,058. Newman, E. C. Aug. 22. Packing medicaments &c. - Medicaments, antiseptics, &c. are enclosed iu a frangible container a which is weakened at c and rolled up in a covering of lint &c. d. The covering is completed by bandage cloth e, fastened up as shown in Fig. 1. The portion h serves to apply the contents to a wound when the container is broken, and the portion i is waxed to prevent the operator's hands from becoming soiled.
Patent GB-191319485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cake Stands and the like.
IPC: A47F5/04
Filed: 1913-08-28
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 19,485. Anstey & Wilson, and Anstey E. H. Aug. 28. Rack stands.-Relates to stands mounted in tiers on collapsible supports, and consists in securing and positioning the tiers by the separable sections of the supports, which are connected also to the base and handle. In the preferred forms, the sections comprise flanged tubes, Fig. 1, each tube having a tapped hole 6 and projecting screw 5, or plain flanged tubes, Fig. 7, through which passes a central wire, Fig. 6, connecting the handle to the base.
Patent GB-191321191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Illuminators or Reflectors applicable to Electric and other Advertising Signs, and the like.
Inventor: GOULTON HELEN
IPC: G09F13/16
Filed: 1913-09-19
Granted: 1914-09-21
Abstract: 21,191. Goulton, H. Sept. 19. Signs; name and number plates, letters, numerals, and the like. - Reflectors, suitable for grouping and building up into signs &c., each consist of a solid disk, the face a' of which is provided with marginal or peripheral projections a', a<8>, Fig. 2, with a concave ribbed surface between them. The reflecting- material a<3>, Fig. 10, may be covered with a plate of glass B with a thin projecting edge b<4>, which can be fused to a thin projecting edge a<4> on the front piece of glass A. The reflectors may be supported by surface D, Fig. 12, and the lamps, displayed within the reflectors, may be carried by a rearwardly-disposed board C.
Patent GB-191328601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Road-contouring Apparatus.
Inventor: WAINWRIGHT WALTER HEPBURN
IPC: G01C7/02
Filed: 1913-12-11
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 28,601. Wainwright, W. H. Dec. 11. Road-contouring apparatus.-A carriage c travelling on a frame laid across the road carries a spring-pressed rod d having rolling contact on the ground and tracing, by means of a pen d<3>, a record on a drum e, which is rotated by the travel of the carriage, by means of a fixed rack f on the frame engaging a pinion g<2> and so driving worm-andwheel gear g, e<2> on the drum spindle.
Patent GB-191404702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: IGNAZ KNOPFELMACHER
IPC: F02B9/10
Filed: 1914-02-23
Abstract: 4702. Knopfelmacher, I. Feb. 23, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] [Addition to 4700/14, Class 7(iii), Internal-combustion engines, Carburetting-apparatus &c. for.] Incandescent igniters.-Vaporizers of the kind described in the parent Specification have the partition which separates the spaces b, i made of a catalytic material of high melting-point, and adjustable in position to ensure ignition when fuels of different densities are used.
Patent GB-191404971-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Pressing Scrap Metal into Blocks.
IPC: B30B9/32
Filed: 1914-02-26
Granted: 1915-02-18
Abstract: 4971. Summers & Sons, J., and Summers, H. H. Feb. 26. [Cognate Application, 20,152/14.] Scrap, consolidating. -Presses for consolidating scrap metal are provided with yielding devices to avoid breakage due to excessive strain. The scrap metal is introduced through openings 1 below the ram a, which is moved down by screws b and guided by the distance - pieces x with its fixed and yielding spring - mounted guides z, y, Fig. 3. The yielding sides d, e of the container are attached to the fixed aides f, g by bolts l and springs u compressed by screwnuts. The side d may be in two parts d<1>, d<2> having engaging tongue and groove parts. When the plunger a has completed its stroke the plunger c advances, and to avoid excessive lateral strain springs v are interposed between the screws b and the plunger a. The product is ejected through a door o locked by a catch q. The springs v, u consist of a series of dished metal disks.
Patent GB-191408285-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of, and Means for, Strengthening Wooden Boxes and the like.
Inventor: TORNYAI ALOIS
Filed: 1914-04-01
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 8285. Tornyai, A., and Csete, G. April 1. Spiked plates.-In order to strengthen boxes and to prevent tampering with the contents, U-shaped clamps having one limb corrugated and the other flat and toothed are secured between the sides and the top or bottom of the box. The corrugated limb may have a bent-over part 4, Figs. 3 and 5, to secure an endless corrugated strip 1 driven into the side walls, the teeth of the other limb being driven into the top or end of the box. Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 show modified forms of clamp laid out flat, in which the corrugated limb 5 is comparatively long and the other limb is in the form of teeth 6. After the clamps are secured, a headless pin may be driven through the corrugated limb and one of the teeth.
Patent GB-191409806-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Cleaning Window Panes and the like.
Inventor: LAMOUILLE EMILE
IPC: A47L1/08
Filed: 1914-04-21
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 9806. Lamouille, E. April 21. Mops and squeegees; reservoir and self-feeding arrangements.-An appliance for cleaning windows includes a detachable washing-device 15 fed with liquid from a drip cock or other adjustable device 3 mounted upon a tank 1, which also carries a wiper such as a squeegee 10 in a metal sheath 11 having an enlarged heel adapted to be held in a clip 12. The tank is provided with a filler cap 2, and mounted upon a handle 14. The washing-material consists of a spongy substance such as cotton wicks or strips of chamois leather secured to a twisted wire, and held in place against a trough 4 by a thumb-screw 6, 8, and a wire loop 5.
Patent GB-191414583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Records for Kinematograph and like Apparatus.
Inventor: ROGERS HAROLD ALFRED
IPC: G03B35/00
Filed: 1914-06-17
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 14,583. Rogers, H. A. June 17. Kinematograph apparatus. - A kinematograph record comprises two series of pictures such as alternating stereoscopic pairs L<1>, R<1>, L<2>, R<2>, &c. and L<1x> , R<1x>, L<2x>, R<2x>, &c., Fig. 1, arranged in two rows side by side, the pictures of one series being intercalated with those of the other series. Fig. 2 shows two rows of pictures such as are shown in Fig. 1 arranged on two separate films. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement wherein the rows of pictures forming the record are arranged on a single sheet, the rows being inclined to the edge of the sheet and each picture canted to lie squarely with the line of its row, so that on joining the edges F, G of the sheet a record in strip form can be cut off.
Patent GB-191415106-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Printing Designs in Various Colours on Fabrics.
Inventor: ORLOFF IWAN
IPC: D06P5/00
Filed: 1914-06-23
Granted: 1915-06-23
Abstract: 15,106. Orloff, I. June 23. Printing in several colours; inkless printing by chemical reaction; resist printing. - Multicoloured designs are printed on fabrics by partially or completely superposing two patterns so that the outlines of the pattern or design are not interrupted and are sharp and uniform. Fig. 3 shows a design obtained by completely superposing the two partial patterns shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The pattern in Fig. 1 is in four dischargeable colours and is produced from four engraved rolls. The black portion of Fig. 2 shows the engraved portion of a roll for applying a discharge or resist to the fabric. The design shown in Fig. 3 may also be produced by printing the design shown in Fig. 1 in tannin colours, and, with a roller having its engraved part as shown white in Fig. 2, applying tannin to the fabric, subsequently washing out the unfixed colours. Fig. 6 shows a design with a shadow effect on a coloured background obtained by partially superposing two exactly similar partial patterns, each printed by a roller engraved as shown by the black portions of Fig. 5, the fabric being coloured with a dischargeable dye or colour. The first pattern is printed with a dischargeable colour, and the superposed pattern with a discharge which destroys the colours of the background and of the first pattern. Other designs may be obtained from the same rollers as that used in the production of the design shown in Fig. 6 by (1) printing the first partial pattern in a non-dischargeable dye or colour, (2) printing the first partial pattern in a partially dischargeable dye or colour, (3) printing as in (2) but on the undyed fabric and finally covering the discharge with a non dischargeable colour, (4) printing the first partial pattern on a two-colour background, Fig. 11, with a discharge, and the second partial pattern with a mordant which strengthens the colours of the background, this same design being also obtainable by printing the second partial pattern with a half discharge but with a roller in which the engraved portion is that shown white in Fig. 5, (5) printing the partial patterns on a two-colour background with a discharge and a reagent which respectively destroys and changes the colours of the background. A shadow effect as from a source of light within the pattern may be produced by the superposition of two similar designs of unequal size. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 3550/94, [Class 15, Bleaching &c.], 13,000/96, [Class 101, Printing other than letterpress &c.], 3775/98, [Class 15, Bleaching &c.], 15,793/99, [Class 101, Printing other than letterpress &c.]. 3778/03, 3709/06, 13,896/08, [all in Class 15, Bleaching &c.], and 7734 j 09, [Class 15 (ii), Dyeing, Processes &c. for].
Patent GB-191415555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drum Brakes.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON WILLIAM SANFORD
IPC: F16D51/04
Filed: 1914-06-29
Granted: 1914-10-15
Abstract: 15,555. Hutchinson, W. S. Nov. 15,1913, [Convention date]. Band; blocks and the like acting on drums; covers and protectors for brakes.-In automobile and other brakes comprising a band 13, or a number of shoes, adapted to be expanded within a drum 10, the band is provided at intervals with crossed links 27, 28 formed with slots 31 sliding on stationary pins 29, so that when the band is expanded, either the links 27 or 28, according to the direction in which the drum is rotating, act as stops against which the sections of the band are wedged. The pins 29 may be carried by a cover-plate 25 to the drum, and may be connected to the band by springs 30. The free ends of the band may be connected by a spring 15 and may be operated by a bent lever 17, which is connected at 18 to one end of the band and by a link 19 to the other end, and is connected by a link 20 to an operating-crank 21.
Patent GB-191418189-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Spinning Waste and Short Staple Textile Fibres from Condenser Bobbins.
IPC: D02G3/00
Filed: 1914-08-01
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 18,189. Lord Bros., and Redman, J. Aug. 1. Processes.-Cotton waste and other short staple fibres are passed through a condenser carding-engine, and the ends obtained are wound in groups, each comprising not more tha n six ends, on to sectional bobbins; the spinning is effected from these sectional bobbins in a ring or flyer frame. Fig. 2 shows the ends a being drawn from sectional bobbins e resting upon a rotating drum h and passing through a set of three pairs of rollers to a ring or flyer spindle. Reference has been directed by the Controller to Specifications 1022/88, 22,837/96, and 9806/10.
Patent GB-191418313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Prepayment Attachments of Gas Meters.
Inventor: THORP FRANKLIN
IPC: G07F15/02
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 18,313. Thorp, F., and Thorp, H. T. Aug. 7. Gas, supplying by meter.-The apparatus is arranged so that it can be readily set by an official to take a coin of one of two values, for example a penny or a shilling, the invention being shown in connexion with the prepayment attachment described in Specification 20,991/12 but being applicable to attachments of other types. The quantity - mechanism is set forward to the same extent by coins of either value, but is adapted to be rotated by the meter through the intermediary of one of two gear trains. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, the wheel 61 of the quantity-mechanism is driven from the meter through gearing 60, 36 as shown, if a penny is to be inserted; to set the apparatus to take a shilling, a distance-piece 62 is removed and placed beneath the gear 61, which is then driven through the reducing-train 37, 38, 39, 40, 35. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6, the pinion 49 is adapted to be driven through the train 51, 52, 53, 54, as shown, or by placing the distance-piece 56 on the righthand side of the gear 52 through the train 51, 52, 55. Other arrangements of gearing are shown. A plate 57, Fig. 6, provided with separate slots for the insertion of a penny and a shilling is attached to the wheel 53 so that the requisite slot is automatically brought into position behind the insertion slot in the casing. Coin action, mechanical connexion and multiple-coin.-A penny projecting from a rotary carrier 4, Fig. 8, rotates a wheel-2 through, the space of one tooth as described in Specification 20,991/12. To enable a shilling to produce the same effect as a penny, a making-up piece 6 is attached to the framework, by means of a screw 7, Fig. 8, or the carrier is provided with separate slots s, s<1> for the penny and shilling, Fig. 10, the shilling being shown in position. The making-up piece 6, Fig. 8, may be attached to the plate 57, Fig. 6, so as to be automatically brought into position.
Patent GB-191418865-A (GB)
Title: Means for Dispensing Colored Liquids to Gauges for Indicating the Level of Liquids particularly applicable to Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: TRIST ARTHUR RONALD
Filed: 1914-08-20
Granted: 1915-08-20
Abstract: 18,865. Trist. A. R. Aug. 20. Gauge glasses.-Relates to means for supplying colouring-liquid drop hy drop to the gauges of steam-boilers &c. According to the present invention, the delivery orifice for the colouring- liquid is controlled by the cone f having a spindle e, which is provided with two flats g<1>; the upper end of the spindle is screwed into the tube b<1>. To prevent thermal changes in the reservoir a for the colouring-liquid, insulating- material is inserted in the connexion between the reservoir and the tube b<1>, and gills k are provided on the outside of the reservoir.
Patent GB-191419450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Steam Generator Furnaces.
Inventor: ROBERTSON WILLIAM AFFLECK
IPC: F23D11/10
Filed: 1914-09-04
Granted: 1915-05-20
Abstract: 19,450. Robertson, W. A. Sept. 4. Liquid-fuel fittings; smoke, preventing and consuming; fire-bridges. -To consume smoke and provide additional heating-means in steamgenerator furnaces heated by solid fuel, liquid fuel is sprayed over the fire by steam jets through a slotted fire-bridge, or through slotted conical members which may be arranged on the furnace grate, the fuel-supply nozzles being arranged in proximity to, but independently of and externally to the steam nozzles. Fig. 2 shows the invention applied to a firebridge in which air is directed over the fire by steam jets a disposed in a recess behind the grid-like member b. Oil is supplied from a pipe c through branches d each terminating adjacent to a steam jet, so that the steam jets draw oil through the branches d and spray it over the fire. The steam jets also induce air from the ash-pit to flow over the oil pipes and thus maintain their temperature sufficiently low to prevent carbonization therein. Fig. 3 shows one of the slotted conical members for use upon the grate. It comprises a slotted dome l supported on a lower slotted part f, each part being hollow for the passage of air and reception of the steam and oil pipes. Steam is supplied through the annular passage g and oil through the pipe i, the steam and oil issuing through apertures a and nozzles k respectively. Steam nozzles m are preferably provided to assist the passage of air through the members.