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Patent GB-191317860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combined Spring and Friction Shock Absorbers particularly applicable to Vehicles.
Inventor: SOWDEN CHARLES NEVILLE
IPC: F16F7/04
Filed: 1913-08-05
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 17,860. Sowden, C. N. Aug. 5. Laminar springs; vibration - damper.-Relates to shock - absorbers particularly applicable to vehicles, and of the kind in which combined spring and friction elements are arranged between arms connected, for example, to the frame and axle of the vehicle, the friction elements being brought into operation progressively as the flexure of the spring increases. The invention consists in employing friction disks rotatable with one of the arms and having spaces of varying lengths in their peripheries, which spaces are successively engaged by a projection carried by a drum-like member surrounding the disks and carried by the other arm. The progressivelyacting friction joint is arranged between a lever 15 connected with a vehicle axle by a link 16 and levers 10, 11 pivotally connected with the vehicle frame 14 by a pin 13. A central hub 21 formed in two parts meeting on a central line 21<a> is mounted freely upon a pin 17 which passes through the hub 20 of the lever 15 and through end-plates 18, 19 carried by the levers 10, 11. The friction elements comprise inner rings 27 fixed to the hub sections 21 by recesses engaging corresponding projections 21<b> on the hub, and outer rings 26 mounted freely on the rings 27 and having peripheral slots 1, 2, 3, 4 of progressively varying length adapted to be engaged by projections 29 on the levers 10, 11. Friction material 28 is placed between the rings 26, 27. Between the hub parts 21 is arranged a U-shaped laminar spring 23, the ends of which bear upon the lever 15 by means of shoes 24 pivoted to the inner laminations of the spring. The spring is held in the hub 21 by a bolt 25<a>. Light shocks are taken by the spring 23, the friction-elements offering sufficient resistance to allow the spring only to operate. When heavy shocks occur, the resistance of the spring is overcome and the hub 21 is moved, and with it the friction-elements 27, 26. The element 26 having the shortest slot is then arrested by the projection 29, and the increased resistance causes the spring to be compressed further until this resistance is overcome, whereupon the next element 26 is arrested and so on.
Patent GB-191321688-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Shed for Air-ships.
IPC: E04B1/346
Filed: 1913-09-25
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 21,688. Luftschiffbau-Zeppelin Ges., and Dornier, C. Sept. 28, 1912, [Convention date]. Shelters for housing aerial machines.-Rotary air-ship sheds comprise central towers mounted on rails c and pivots f, and walls supported by cantilevers o attached to the towers d and strengthened by diagonal tension members n. The sheds are floorless to reduce weight and cost of construction. Stresses due to wind are taken up by means of a system of bracing m, and by the provision of horizontal girders k arranged close to the ground and supported on wheels i. The structure may form a central turntable device for a radiallyarranged system of fixed sheds, and may be covered with sailcloth to be dismantled when the shed is not in use. The shed may be strengthened by means of detachable crossed tension members l.
Patent GB-191321724-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Candle Extinguisher.
Inventor: YOUNG ROSE
IPC: F23Q25/00
Filed: 1913-09-26
Granted: 1914-09-28
Abstract: 21,724. Young, R. Sept. 26. Extinguishing candles. - An automatic extinguisher comprises a split tube E adapted to be placed on a candle at any point, and a pair of sliding plates, which are secured to the tube by springs C, and have each a hole A adapted to fit over the candle. One plate slides in grooves B in the edge of the other, and, when the candle burns down, the plates are drawn apart by the springs C into the position shown in Fig. 2. Their complete separation is prevented by a stop F on one plate, which engages the edge of the hole in the other plate.
Patent GB-191321758-A (GB)
Title: Electric Signalling Apparatus for Ships Telegraphs and the like purposes.
Inventor: STOCKS HARRIS LAWRENCE
IPC: G08B9/00
Filed: 1913-09-26
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 21,758. Stocks, H. L. Sept. 26. Signalling disagreement of controlling-gear and the like with order telegraphs.-Relates to alarm apparatus, specially suitable for ships' telegraphs, of the kind in which the circuit of an electric bell i is completed, when the telegraph and weigh-shaft are out of agreement, through contacts d on the telegraph spindle, contacts e or f on the telegraph dial, and contacts f<11> or e<11> associated with the wiper p which moves with the weigh-shaft t. In the present invention, the stationary contacts may be plate springs as shown at e, f, or segments as at e<11>, f<11>. The dial contacts e, f are mounted on an insulating-block v carried by a resilient spring w. The wiper p is borne by the end of the weigh-shaft, which is insulated at z and connected to the bell circuit by a wiper l.
Patent GB-191321788-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Supply of Air to Boiler and other Furnaces.
Inventor: DAVISON MATTHEW
IPC: F23L9/00
Filed: 1913-09-26
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 21,788. Davison, M. Sept. 26. Fire-bars and grates; air, supplying; firebridges.-For increasing the draught and consuming smoke in boiler and other furnaces, air is forced by one or more injectors from a pipe u, Fig. 1, into a chamber d in the dead-plate a and through hollow firebars e, preferably of the construction shown in Fig. 6, into a chamber l, m in the fire-bridge. The chamber l, m is provided with a cover q having perforations r through which air passes to the combustion chamber. Air is also supplied from a pipe v by one or more injectors to a transverse box c situated beneath the dead-plate and is delivered through inclined holes f in the rear of the box to beneath the grate.
Patent GB-191325974-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Adjusting Mechanism for Self-propelled Agricultural Implements.
Inventor: WYLES ALBERT
IPC: A01B63/18
Filed: 1913-11-12
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 25,974. Wyles, A. Nov. 12. Ploughs; motor implements; adjusting parts of implements. - In motor-driven agricultural implements, such as ploughs, the reaction of the driving-mechanism is used for adjusting the wheel or wheels relatively to the frame. In the plough shown, the land-wheel is mounted on a bell-crank lever 2 pivoted on a shaft 3, which is driven from the motor 5 by chain and spur gearing and drives the wheel through a pinion 11 and an internal spur-wheel 12. The land-wheel may be mounted and driven as described in Specification 4930/12. A screwthreaded rod 14 is jointed to the lever 2 and screwed into a sleeve 15, which passes through a bracket 16 and is provided with a hand-wheel 17 and buffer spring 18. The land-wheel is held in position by the engagement of one of two spring pawls 22, 23 with ratchet teeth on a segment 20 on the lever 2, the pawls being controlled by means of a connecting-rod 33 and a lever 29 bearing against extensions 31, 32. When the pawl 23 is disengaged, the reaction of the pinion 11 on the wheel 12 raises the frame 50 relatively to the land-wheel, the pawl 22 coming into engagement to hold the frame in the raised position. The frame falls by its own weight when the pawl 22 is disengaged and the motor stopped or unclutched, the movement being limited by the engagement of the adjustable hand-wheel 17 with the bracket 16. Dash-pots may be employed to absorb the shocks. The land-wheel may be raised by hand, and the furrow wheel may be mounted on a bell-crank lever and adjusted by hand by means of a screw and hand-wheel. The plough beam 35 is pivoted at the front and adjustably held in position by a clamp at the rear, as described in Specification 26,500/12. The wheel axle may be mounted in a slot. The Provisional Specification describes modifications in which gravity or spring pawls engage racks on the rod 14, or on a vertical rod working in guides, and the arm carrying the wheel is provided with a fixed guide and has its movements limited by a stop adjusted by means of a screw and a hand-lever.
Patent GB-191326653-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor or Steam-driven Tractors and in the Combination therewith of Ploughs and Land Pressers.
Inventor: WALLIS FRANCIS ASHBY
IPC: A01B49/02
Filed: 1913-11-20
Granted: 1914-12-21
Abstract: 26,653. Wallis, r. A. Nov. 20. Agricultural tractors. -In a steam or motor plough which may be used as a tractor or as a motor for driving machinery, the front wheels are adjustable laterally and one of them may be set to run on the ploughed land and may be replaced by a presser-wheel or fitted with a removable rim for pressing the soil. The single driving-wheel E runs in the furrow and is driven from the motor B through a friction clutch C, a gear box D, and chain or other gearing F. The front axle K is adjustable laterally in brackets J<1>, J<2> and carries steering-wheels M<1>, M<2> coupled together by a rod N and steered by means of a worm spindle P, a toothed quadrant O, and a coupling-rod X, which may be adjustable in length. The wheels may be carried by an adjustable frame or forecarriage. The wheel M<2> may be replaced by one or more presser wheels adapted to act on one or more furrows. A pilot wheel U runs in a furrow and is carried by a pivoted triangular frame connected to the lifting-lever by a chain running over a pulley on a bracket V. The pilot wheel and plough are removed when the tractor is used for driving machinery, hauling, &c. A driving-pulley W is provided. The axles may be spring mounted.
Patent GB-191326691-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves for Controlling the Passage of Gases or Vapours.
IPC: A61M16/00
Filed: 1913-11-20
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 26,691. Weller, F. W., and Ash, Sons, & Co., C. Nov. 20. Mixing-valves; indicating - apparatus. - A hollow rotary valve for use in apparatus for administering one or more gases for producing anaesthesia &c. comprises a casing having separate admission ports b', c<1> for the two gases and a common delivery port d' and a valve e, preferably cylindrical, having two corresponding admission ports b<2>, c<2> leading through the valve to two triangular delivery ports formed by a diagonal separating partition e'. This arrangement ensures that the area of the delivery port d<1> available for one gas increases as the area for the other gas decreases and vice versa. An air-port f is provided in the casing for the administration of air only. The hollow rotary valve is secured in its casing by a sliding stop-plate k secured on the end of the valve by a clamping-screw l. In order to indicate readily the relative proportions of the gases passing, a dial g is provided with two scales graduated in opposite directions with pointers thereto projecting into a gap h<1> in a plate h turning with the valve.
Patent GB-191400660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Airships.
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1914-01-09
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 660. Vickers, Ltd., and Dawson, Sir A. T. Jan. 9. Aerostats.-In an air-ship of the non-rigid or semi-rigid type, the aerostat or hull comprises an outer envelope A containing a series of gas-bags B separated from each other by flexible transverse partitions C, each gas-bag being provided with a separate discharge valve b. The space below the gas-bags is filled with air under pressure which is admitted along the pipes e at or near the ends of aerostat. By suitably arranging the valves e', air may be admitted at oue end of the aerostat and discharged from the other end to clear away any leakage of hydrogen from the gas-bags into the space a. Fabric bulkheads of fire-proof material may be arranged between any of the gas-bags so as to form gas-tight compartments. In one form, the bulkheads are arranged to form end compartments to one or other of which air under pressure may be admitted in order to trim the air-ship. The gasbags in these end compartments are interconnected, as by the supply-pipe b<Î>, so that as air is admitted to one compartment the gas-bags therein are collapsed and the gas is transferred to the gas-bags in the other end compartment of the aerostat. The valves b are arranged in the upper side of the bags B and envelope A and are operated by Bowden cables or by pistons actuated by compressed air. The upper side of the bags may be connected by lacings f<1> to the envelope as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-191401575-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Varnish.
Inventor: GIRZIK EDUARD
Filed: 1914-01-20
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 1575. Girzik, E. April 10, 1913, [Convention date]. Fatty oils; fatty oils, purifying. - In preparing a linseed-oil substitute from semi-drying oils, such as train oils &c., free fatty acids contained in the oils are saponified by addition of alkali or lime, and the soap formed is allowed to settle out. The purified oil is boiled with or without siccatives at about 300-400‹ C. Traces of soap in suspension may be removed before the boiling by addition of acid.
Patent GB-191402298-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Applying the Brakes of Railway Vehicles Independently of the Driver.
Inventor: KELWAY-BAMBER WALTER
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1914-01-28
Granted: 1914-12-31
Abstract: 2298. Bamber, W. Kelway-. Jan. 28. Track apparatus for stopping trains. - A brake-controlling valve for operation by a track contact is arranged so as to ensure the brakes being applied in a gradual manner. The trip arm 12 on the engine lifts, by means of a cam 11, a stem 8 carrying a valve 9, which is adapted normally to close the port 5 of a chamber 2 communicating with the brake pipe. Above the chamber 2 is a dash-pot device comprising a piston 20 slidably mounted on the stem 8 under a collar 24 and controlling a helical series of ports 22 in a cylinder 3. The cover 18 of the cylinder 3 is provided with a series of exhaust ports 25, the total effective area of which can be varied by means of an adjustable ported plate 26. The lifting of the valve 9 by the arm 12 allows the pressure fluid from the brake pipe to escape by way of the port 5 and passage 6 so as to act on the dash-pot piston 20 and lift it more or less slowly, thereby uncovering a gradually increasing number of exhaust ports 22. The driver can reset the device by actuating a lever 34 bearing on the upper end of the stem 8. A protective cover 31 is arranged as shown.
Patent GB-191406657-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Kite.
IPC: B64C31/06
Filed: 1914-03-16
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 6657. Fox, R., and Dean's Rag Book Co. March 16. Kites, balancing.-A kite is made of approximately rhomboidal shape with a central stick C and two lateral flexible sticks H which are held in sockets D on the stick C, and in sockets F at the tips E of the fabric. Intermediately the sticks H pass through loops G ; they are longer than the distance between the pockets D,. F so as to become distorted and stretch the fabric. Cords J, L connected to the points B converge and meet a cord K secured to the stick C at I and the usual kite cord is connected to the junction of the cords J, K, L. A freely-mounted propeller R is mounted on the cord K and serves to maintain the stability of the kite when it is rotated by the wind. The foot of stick C is counterweighted.
Patent GB-191410058-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mechanical Roasting Furnaces.
Inventor: CLAUDE JOSEF
IPC: F27B1/20
Filed: 1914-04-23
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 10,058. Claude, J. May 7, 1913, [Convention date]. Charges, agitating.- Comprises modifications in agitating-mechanism of the kind in which rabble arms 7 attached to a central rotarv shaft 6 operate over the superposed hearths 2 of a roasting-furnace. The shaft 6 is hollow for the circulation of cooling- air, and can be adjusted vertically relative to its bearing and to the driving pinion 5 by the screw 13, operated through openings 9 in the body 8 of the pinion. The shaft is secured in the desired position by the set-screw 15. The upper end of the shaft forms an oil seal 55, and two inlets 56, 58 for air are provided, the former of which may be closed, when desired, by a valve 57. A separate channel 68 controlled by a valve 61 is provided for the supply of air to each rabble arm, and the hot air is delivered through openings 69 at the lower end of the shaft to the chamber 70. The rabble arms are detachable and are secured in position by connecting- means situated within the interior of the arms. In the construction shown in Fig. 4, the arm consists of concentric tubes 16, 20 the outer of which fits in a socket on the shaft against a seat 18, and the inner in a socket 22 on the outer. The arm is secured bv a drawbolt 24, the head 25 of which engages a flange formed on the shaft, while the nut 29 works against a seating 28. The head 25 consists of a cross-bar, and is inserted into the shaft through a suitably-formed opening and then rotated until it contacts with stops 27, in which position it engages with the retaining-flange on the shaft. In a modification with a partition instead of the inner tube 20, the bolt is short, and the nut is engaged by a tool inserted through the outer end of the arm. In another modification, Fig. 7, the arm is secured by a screw 46 having a collar 43<a> which forces the arm from its socket when the screw is loosened. Each scraper tooth 49, shown in plan in Fig. 10, is formed with a flange 50 to engage a socket on the rabble arm, a tearing-edge 51 for breaking up crusts on the hearth, and an inclined face 52. Roasting - furnaces; air, supplying. - The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also a muffled roasting- furnace in which the air from the collecting- chamber 70 is supplied through wall flues 74, Figs. 12 and 14 (Cancelled), to a combustion chamber 71 provided with radial partitions 76, 77 and situated beneath the lowest hearth. Gas is admitted through conduits 75, and the products of combustion escape through wall flues 78 to a. flue 79 above the hearth 72, passing thence through flues 80 to a chamber 81 beneath the drying-floor 83. A portion of the air from the chamber 70 is further heated in the flue 73 and supplied to the hearth 72. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191411665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Suspending and Drawing Means for Curtains and the like.
Inventor: PORTER FRANCIS HERBERT
IPC: A47H5/032
Filed: 1914-05-12
Granted: 1915-04-01
Abstract: 11,665. Porter, F. H. May 12. Curtains, drawing and suspending.-A device for drawing and suspending curtains comprises a member 3 with an upper eye or loop 5 to receive a draw-cord 6, and a lower loop 7 for suspending the curtain, the shank carrying a ball 4 which is slidable along a groove 2 in a supporting-board 1, with armoured edges 10, as shown. Balls 17 or tubes or like devices on the draw-cord may be provided for spacing the suspending-devices when they are drawn together. The armouring of the slot 2 may be extended more or less down the sides. The suspending- devices are described for the operation of two or more pairs of curtains simultaneously and for various shapes of windows, and the curtains may be arranged to overlap.
Patent GB-191412514-A (GB)
Title: A Twisting Device for Curling Spun Yarn.
Inventor: CLOUGH JOHN PERCY
IPC: D02G1/00
Filed: 1914-05-21
Granted: 1915-02-18
Abstract: 12,514. Clough, J. P. May 21. Spinning and twisting machines with twisting arrangements at delivery; spindle apparatus.- In a twisting-device for curling spun yarn such as is used in the manufacture of astrakhan and like curled fabrics, a cage carrying a bobbin 14 is rotated by means of a belt on a pulley 9, and yarn passes through an eye 23, guiderollers 24, oblique passages 17, 16, and along a hole 15 in the spindle 13. A catch plate 20 maintains the spindle in position, and a pin 18, engaging a slot in the bush 11, maintains passages 15, 16 in register. The bobbin 14, which is loose on the spindle 13, is braked by adjusting screws 22. Loops and spirals are produced in the yarn by driving the cage at a speed greater than that required merely to twist the strand. Two twisting-devices may be arranged in parallel, and driven from the same shaft, the material being drawn forward from the hollow spindles 13 by drawing-rollers.
Patent GB-191412764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screws.
Inventor: FOREMAN ERNEST JAY
IPC: F16B25/00
Filed: 1914-05-23
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 12,764. Foreman, E. J. May 27, 1913. [Convention date]. Wood screws.-The threaded portion of the shank is formed with one or more longitudinal grooves 5, each having one radial face 6, and the other face 7 sloped off spirally. The groove offers no resistance to the insertion of the screw, but resists its withdrawal, the face 6 engaging the wood fibres that have entered the groove.
Patent GB-191412787-A (GB)
Title: Locking and Unlocking Apparatus for Railway Carriage Doors.
Inventor: KELLEHER JOHN
IPC: E05B65/36
Filed: 1914-05-25
Granted: 1915-04-08
Abstract: 12,787. Kelleher, J. May 25. Fastenings operated or controlled mechanically from a distance.-Locking and unlocking apparatus for railway-carriage doors comprises a series of bars 1 sliding in brackets 17 beneath the footboards and connected by detachable sockets 3, the bars having cams which operate vertical rods 6 connected to the handles 8 of the latches on the framing of the carriage. The bars 1 are connected to an operating-lever 9 in the guard's van, and the end bars have slotted portions 14 connected by brackets 12 to the buffers 10, so that in the event of a collision, the bars 1 are actuated from the buffers to raise the rods 6 and unlock the doors.
Patent GB-191417914-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Carburettor for use in conjunction with Internal Combustion Engines using Petrol or kindred Spirit.
Inventor: BRITTAIN FREDERICK
IPC: F02M9/08
Filed: 1914-07-29
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 17,914. Brittain, F. July 29. Oscillating cylindrical valves. - The petrol valve s of a carburettor comprises a rotatable plug kept fluid-tight by a spring u and arm w. Petrol enters the plug axially, and its flow is controlled by a tapered groove 7 in a separate block 4. The outer surface of this block comforms in shape to the surface of the valve casing, and the block is pressed to its seat by a spring 6.
Patent GB-191421977-A (GB)
Title: Improved Exhaust Silencer for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: SCLATER ARTHUR WILLIAM
IPC: F01N1/08
Filed: 1914-11-04
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 21,977. Sclater, A. W. Nov. 4. Exhaust-silencers.-The gases enter a cylindrical; spherical, spheroidal, or like silencing- chamber a by a tangential pipe b, and leave through two axial outlets c. The walls of the chamber may be ribbed or corrugated to give a large cooling-surface.
Patent GB-191422735-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Miners Safety Lamps.
Inventor: BEST WILLIAM
IPC: F21L23/00
Filed: 1914-11-19
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 22,735. Best, W. Nov. 19. Miners' safety lamps. - The inner glass 7 is supported by a recess in a metal fitting comprising a perforated wall 5 and a burner cone 6.
Patent GB-191500645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Looper Actuating Mechanisms for Chainstitch and Double-loop-stitch Sewing Machines.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: D05B1/14
Filed: 1915-01-15
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 645. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. Jan. 15. Sewing-machines; chain-stitching and doubleloop stitching.-In looper mechanism of the kind described in Specification 339/14, in which a looper-bar 34 slides within a socket arranged obliquely on an eccentric sheave 32, the looper 35 is carried at the upper end of the bar 34. The lower end of the bar 34 may have a pivotal connexion with the sliding and rocking sleeve 38. Multiple-needle machines. - Several loopers may be carried by one looper-bar