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Patent GB-191230092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Signalling Apparatus Operated from a Distance.
Inventor: FRANCHIMONT EUDORE
IPC: G08B5/02
Filed: 1912-12-31
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 30,092. Franchimont, E., and Yseboodt, G. Dec. 31. Locking mechanism and devices.-Consists in a method of operating signals &c. by a number of levers, wherein a single wire is alternatively displaced by the levers and is so connected by coupling-links to the signal rods, that, on each of the levers being displaced, the appropriate operation both of the signal and of a locking- device is effected. By employing counterweights, one wire may operate two signals, one directly, and one indirectly. One arrangement is shown in Fig. 1, in which two levers a, b on sheaves operate semaphores A, B. When the lever a is moved as shown, a wire 3<a> is forced down, pulling a link f and a wire 2<a>, which passes around on the recessed disk d of a locking-device c, d. The semaphore A is thus raised, and the locking-device prevents operation of the semaphore B. By different combinations and arrangements of these contrivances, different signalling problems may be solved. The sheaves may be replaced by means such as bell-cranks or balance levers operated by a motor or other suitable means. Fig. 7 shows the application to a switch. On moving the lever a to the position a<1>, the tongue A is displaced, and the tongue B unlocked, by the pull on the wire f which actuates the wire 2 and rotates the disk d. On further movement of the lever a, the pull is transferred to the wire 2<a> which moves over the tongue B and again locks the device c, d. To retain the lever a, a shooting locking-bolt Z may be provided between the sheaves. A spring is mounted on the sheave b to prevent injury to the points if the bolt Z is not shot and the points are not set, should a train pass, for instance in the direction shown. The tongue A is moved over by the leading wheel, thus pulling on the link e, turning the spring sheaves b moving the connexion f, and unlocking the device c, d. The other wheel then forces up the tongue B, and also pulls on the link e through the sheave b to the wire f pulling up the wire 2<a> to open fully the tongue B and to lock the device c, d.
Patent GB-191300092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drawers, Knickers, and like Garments.
Inventor: BULEY OLGA EMILIE
IPC: A41B9/04
Filed: 1913-01-01
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 92. Buley, O. E. Jan. 1. [Addition to 19,887/11.] Drawers, combinations, &c.-The supporting-band of the dropflap, which, according to the parent Specification, is made of elastic and with disconnectible fastening - means at the front, is, according to the present invention, made without such fastening - means, it being either endless and wholly or mainly elastic, or of inelastic material and provided with a lever clip, sliding buckle, or other means whereby it can be varied in length. In either case, when it is desired to lower the flap, the band is stretched or lengthened so that it can be passed downwards over the hips. The adjusting-means of the inelastic modification also enables the band to be adapted to figures of different sizes. The invention is applicable to drawers or knickers, knickers combined with undervests or corsets, men's or children's underwear, or bathing or sleeping costumes. As shown in Fig. 4, the knickers may be provided with a front flap f, as well as the back flap c, both flaps being supported by the endless elastic band g. Or, instead of the front flap, the knickers may have a front opening adapted to be secured by buttons &c.
Patent GB-191302437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Non-conducting Jackets for Boilers.
Inventor: HUTSEL ROBERT
IPC: F22B37/36
Filed: 1913-01-30
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 2437. Hutsel, R. Jan. 30. Seamed joints. - Non-conducting casings or jackets for boilers are built up of plates of sheet iron, to the inside of which are attached hair felt, asbestos cloth, &c. To secure the plates together, their edges are turned up and engage appropriately-shaped slips of metal. Fig. 1 shows a boiler A enclosed in a casing built up of plates B lined with insulating- material C and secured together by metal slips E. Figs. 4 and 5 show details of the joints. The edges of the plates B are turned back as shown at D and engage the turned-in edges e, c<1> of the slip E. The joint may enclose a stiffening-member F as shown in Fig. 6, or the slip E may be formed of two angle-irons as shown in Fig. 7.
Patent GB-191315355-A (GB)
Title: Improved Percussion Safety Fuse for Ammunition.
Inventor: LAIRD CHARLES WILLIAM
IPC: F42C1/04
Filed: 1913-07-03
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 15,355. Laird, C. W., and Menteyne, P. M. July 3. Projectiles fuses.-Relates to percussion fuses provided with radially-guided centrifugal safety segments, and consists (1) in holding the segments together by a lead ring which yields to centrifugal force during flight; (2) in locking the hammer to the segments and the segments to one another by a transverse shear pin; and (3) in preventing the rebound of the hammer after its set back on discharge by a split ring gripper from which the hammer slips forwards on impact. As shown in Fig. 1, the segments 14 have tenons 17 fitting in radial grooves 9 in the body of the fuse, so that rotation is imparted to the segments while they are left free to move outwards by expanding a lead ring 15. The segments and the hammer 11 are locked together by a transverse pin 19, which is sheared on discharge when the hammer sets back; and a split ring 10 in a groove 8 then grips the hammer until the impact, when the hammer fires a percussion cap 3.
Patent GB-191316392-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Dinner or Service Lifts.
Inventor: HODGSON FREDERICK
IPC: B66B9/02
Filed: 1913-07-16
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 16,392. Hodgson, F. July 16. Electric plant.-An electrically-operated service or dinner lift comprises a motor driving through the medium of a clutch and reduction gearing a vertical screw carrying the lift cage, and also comprises means for controlling. As shown in Fig. 1, the shaft of the motor a is coupled at b to the clutch shaft, the drive being transmitted by a worm and worm-wheel to the vertical screwed shaft. A nut m on this shaft is integral with an arm n carrying the cage which is balanced by a weight p. Upon the clutch shaft is arranged a centrifugal governor, the springs f<1>, f<2> of which are of different strengths and abut against collars f<3> on the shaft. One sleeve of the governor is formed in part as a contact ring d and in part as an insulating-ring e. The other sleeve is attached to a conical sleeve g which forms part of a friction clutch and slides on the shaft j inside the worm which has a conical bore and is keyed to the shaft, as shown in Fig. 2. A reversing switch s is operated by the nut engaging stops r<1>, r<2> on a vertical rod. Supposing the cage in the position shown, it is started upwards by moving the cage switch to contact at 2, 3. Current then passes from the mains 1, 12 through the starting coil 9 via contacts d, c and also through the running coil of the motor. As the motor speeds up, the spring f<1> being the weaker, the sleeve e is moved to cut out the starting coil, and afterwards the other sleeve clutches in the worm and the cage moves upward until the stop r<1> is encountered whereupon the switch s is moved to break circuit and reverse the connexions, the motor stopping and the clutch being thrown out. On making contact at 2, 20 the cage is moved downwards in a similar manner. Fig. 3 shows a different form of governor and clutch. The governor has leaf springs and is provided with sleeve members 2, 3 adapted to engage collars 6, 5 on the worm shaft. A long sleeve 4 forms a bearing for the shaft and for the sleeve 3, and the motor shaft is slotted to allow movement of the sleeve 2.
Patent GB-191317214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Grain.
Inventor: SAMUELSON ERNEST
IPC: B02B1/08
Filed: 1913-07-28
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 17,214. Samuelson, E., and Backhouse, J. July 28. Conditioning grain; processes of treating grain.- Grain is moistened, before milling, with a solution of phosphates or other improving-agents and then heated to 130‹ F. without drying in apparatus such as described in Specification 28,609/12. The solution or the grain, or both, may be heated prior to moistening, and different kinds of grain may be treated before mixing.
Patent GB-191320000-A (GB)
Title: Improved Billiard Chalk Holder.
Inventor: BLIGHT WILLIAM FREDERICK
IPC: A63D15/16
Filed: 1913-09-04
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 20,000. Blight, W. F. Sept. 4. Billiards, c h a l kholders for.-Relates to vertically-slitted cups b of metal, celluloid, &c. for holding billiard chalk a and consists in making the entrance c to the cup narrower than the inside so that the chalk is gripped by a line contact 'extending substantially all round the chalk.
Patent GB-191320868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Indicators for Indicating Average Rates or Speeds.
Inventor: KNIGHT ROBERT MAXWELL GRENFELL
IPC: G01P11/00
Filed: 1913-09-16
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 20,868. Knight, R. M. G., and Baillie, G. G. S. Sept. 16. Differential speed indicators.-The average speed of a vehicle, engine, &c. from the moment of setting the apparatus is indicated by the height of a fluid &c. supplied to a chamber at a rate proportional to the speed, the chamber being caused to increase in capacity at a constant rate. In Fig. 1, the chamber is shown constituted by a box 2 provided with a movable side or partition 1 moved outwardly by clock-work 4. A piston 8, moved into the vessel 5 by gearing driven from the vehicle, forces liquid therefrom into the chamber, and the average speed is denoted by the height of liquid as read against a scale 14. A pump and reservoir may be used in place of the piston and vessel 5. In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a spiral chamber 7 is formed in a cylinder 16 rotated by clock-work, and a radially movable but otherwise stationary partition 17 is arranged in the chamber. The liquid is pumped into the chamber tbrough the axle 25, and a float 20<b> effects the indication by means of a pointer 22. An annular chamber may be used, and either the chamber or the piston may be moved. Gas or sand &c. may be substituted for the liquid.
Patent GB-191322430-A (GB)
Title: Devices for Improving Moving Pictures.
Inventor: WIRTZ LUIS
IPC: A63J25/00
Filed: 1913-10-06
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 22,430. Wirtz, L. Oct. 6. Drawings to Specification. [Cognate Application, 10,939/14.] Kinematograph apparatus.-An auxiliary device for enhancing the life-like effect of kicematograph exhibitions comprises a moving transparent element bearing lines, dots, facets, or other marks interposed between the source of light and the screen.
Patent GB-191326495-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Supply of Electricity.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
IPC: F24C7/08
Filed: 1913-11-18
Granted: 1915-01-18
Abstract: 26,495. Berry, A. F. Nov. 18. Switchboards; interlocked switches.-Relates to the system of electric supply described-in Specification 16,040/13, wherein supply mains are connected to a switchboard panel the switches of which are provided with devices to prevent more than a limited number of the circuits from being connected to the supply, so that a predetermined maximum supply cannot be exceeded. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, each of the switch panels a, a' . . . a<6> is provided with a main switch g, a fuse or circuitbreaker, and a socket r<1> to receive a plug r on the distributing leads. Two shutters p slide in a frame p<1>, so as to prevent the closing of any two of the switches g, thereby ensuring that no more, in the example shown, than five of the seven consumption circuits can be supplied at the same time. By this arrangement, also, should one of the conductors b, c fail, the corresponding plug r may be withdrawn, the switch g opened, one of the slides p moved so as to cover that switch, and the plug connected to a fresh socket, the switch of which can then be closed. In a further modification, electric heating devices are controlled by tumbler switches provided with slides, as above described, so that only a certain number or certain parts can be heated to a high temperature although the others may be heated to a low temperature.
Patent GB-191401044-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Printing and Producing Cheques, and the like.
IPC: B41M3/14
Filed: 1914-01-14
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 1044. Whitehead, Morris, & Co., Morris, P., and Bryant, J. O. Jan. 14. Printing processes; inking-apparatus; printing-surfaces.-The safety ground of cheques &c. is printed with an aqueous solution of dye or ink, for example one of the well-known proprietary writing-inks without alteration, to avoid fraudulent differential treatment of the ground and the written matter. Where the ground is printed in several separate colours, these are so chosen as to present a natural tint and one colour is printed in an aqueous ink. To facilitate applying ink to the forme, a vibrator with a plush or other absorbent surface oscillates between the distributing-drum and an inking-bed, on which the ink is spread by distributors having a plush, composition, rubber, or like surface. A glass fountain and glass inking- bed may be employed, and metal printing-surfaces may be coated with platinum, to avoid modification of the ink.
Patent GB-191407536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Brush Ware.
Inventor: GROSSLAUB CARL RICHARD
IPC: A46D3/00
Filed: 1914-03-25
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 7536. Grosslaub, C. R. March 25. Bristles, fixing; brush stocks.-Brushes are made by placing in grooves e in the stock f, a tissue band folded along the middle and consisting of warp threads a with which the bristles b are interwoven as weft threads to stand perpendicular to a thick central thread or wire c of the warp. A binding- thread d is wound round the warp and weft threads in a zigzag fashion. Spacing-pieces g may be inserted between two such stocks f and the grooves e filled with glue or pitch. In one modification, the bristles project only from the upper and lower parts' of a double brush, the intermediate weft threads w to x being omitted. For cylindrical brushes, the tissue is wound in helical grooves in the stock,
Patent GB-191410395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Electric Lamp Supports.
Inventor: ALFRED FORNANDER
IPC: F21V27/00
Filed: 1914-04-27
Abstract: 10,395. Fornander, A., and Green, W. R. Aug. 5, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Supporting.-The flexible conductor is wound upon a reel carried by the support; the lamp can be adjusted to any angle; and means are provided to clamp the support to a chair &c., or hang it upon a hook, or fix it on a flat surface such as a mirror. The reel 11 is mounted upon the central stem 12 of the base 7, in which is an opening 18<a> for the cord, the other end of the cord passing through an opening in the reel into the stem 12. This stem is partly cut away at 13, where it is hinged, at 15, to the lamp socket screw 14. A split sleeve 19 maintains the parts in position. A circular bail 20, provided with spring ends 21 bearing against and fixed to the inside of the base, can be pulled out by means of a finger-piece 23, when it serves as a clamp for fixing the support to the back of a chair, Fig. 6. The finger-piece also serves as a means for suspending the support from a hook or nail. By means of a suction cup 25, pivotally secured to the reel 11, the support can be held against a flat surface, such as a mirror.
Patent GB-191411879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Rigging and Folding Cloth.
IPC: B65H45/101
Filed: 1914-05-14
Granted: 1915-05-14
Abstract: 11,879. Whiteley & Sons, W., and Harris, H. H. May 14. Cuttling. - In machines for rigging and cuttling fabrics, in order to prevent irregularities in the plait due to the tension of the fabric, reciprocating eccentric grippers H, H' are adapted to grip the cloth and move it on their downward motion at the time when the folding knives are returning after laying the cloth on the table. The grippers are carried on levers A mounted on a shaft B rocked from a cam G through a bell-crank lever F, a rod E, and a lever D on the shaft B. In order to allow of better handling of the last folds of cloth, a foot starting and stopping device is provided, comprising a foot-lever connected by links to a shaft adapted to operate the strap fork.
Patent GB-191413369-A (GB)
Title: A Dismountable Folding Bed.
Inventor: MISSOGENIS GEORGES
IPC: A47C17/78
Filed: 1914-05-30
Granted: 1915-05-31
Abstract: 13,369. Missogenis, G. Oct. 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Mattresses.-A dismountable folding bed comprises a frame composed of articulated sections 1, 2, 1<1>, 2<1> preferably formed of stamped metal and having jointed thereto at each end arms 4 forming legs and supports for a bed bottom 5. The arms 4 are stayed in open position by means of wires 6, and the sections of the frame by wires 7 passing over struts 9. The bottom 5 is supported by the horizontal stay-wires 6 and is tensioned laterally by levers 13, supported by arms 14 and controlled by springs 15. Longitudinal tension of the wires 6 is obtained by means of a harness-hook device, shown in Fig. 4 and comprising a lever 12 held in position by a sliding ring 13<1>. A head-rest comprising flexible material 16 supported by a frame 17 is connected to the bed by stay-wires 19.
Patent GB-191413662-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Injector Devices particularly applicable to Respiratory Apparatus for use in Unbreathable Atmospheres.
Inventor: SPICKETT JAMES EDWARD
IPC: A62B9/00
Filed: 1914-06-05
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 13,662. Spickett, J. E. June 5. Blast and aspirating apparatus, injector.- An injector for producing a flow of mixed gases, particularly suitable for breathing-apparatus, such as that described in Specification 18.932/12, [Class 81 (ii). Medical &c. appliances], consists of a tubular body 1 in the end of which is screwed a tubular pin 3 with a fine bore 4. A conical extension 6 provided with perforations 7 is screwed on to the body 1. The injector is screwed into the upper end of a tubular casing 10 connected by a pipe 12 to a supply of one of the gases under pressure, and provided with a lateral passage 9 for the other gas, and with a tubular exit 11 for the mixed gases.
Patent GB-191414087-A (GB)
Title: Improved Thermometer.
Inventor: SIEBERT CARL
IPC: G01K5/26
Filed: 1914-06-11
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 14,087. Siebert, C. June 11. Thermometers.-In a thermometer of the type in which adjustment can be made in order to take accurate readings, as distinct from the ordinary coarse readings, the thermometer tube consists of two portions, the lower portion a having a smaller bore than the upper portion b, and the two portions being provided respectively with a precision scale f and the ordinary scale d. Adjustment of the mercury thread for precise readings is effected by heating or tilting the thermometer until the thread reaches the mark on another scale e indicating the initial temperature at which the experiment or measurement is to be carried out, whereupon the upper part of the thread is detached by a jerk, assisted by a separating-device fused into the tube at the junction c of the two portions a, b, and the detached portion is allowed to flow into a receptacle h by inverting the instrument. The scales are so arranged that the residual mercury thread then falls to the zero of the scale f.
Patent GB-191414119-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Accumulators.
Inventor: DININ ALFRED
Filed: 1914-06-11
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 14,119. Dinin, A. June 11. Electrodes of lead accumulators. Charged negative electrodes are completely dried away from the air, and can then be kept or transported in air without'loss of charge; before use, they require only to be put in the ordinary electrolyte. Drying may take place in vacuum chambers, warmed to 30-40‹ C., or after immersion of the electrodes in a volatile liquid such as alcohol.
Patent GB-191415310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Drills.
Inventor: BEVERIDGE JOHN
IPC: E21B10/44
Filed: 1914-06-26
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 15,310. Beveridge, J. June 26. Drills, particularly those for use by miners have the cutting-portions C, D, Fig. 2, detachable from the shank and secured by lugs E, Fig. 4, on the cutters engaging the sides of box-like lugs B formed on the shank and by a wedge J. Figs. 4 and 5 show, modified forms of cutters.
Patent GB-191415439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheel Tires.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
IPC: B60C7/18
Filed: 1914-06-27
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 15,439. Howorth, F. W., [Brown, E. B.]. June 27. Metallic-spring bodies and cores. - Radial helical springs are seated in open - sided pockets 14 fixed to a detachable retainer-band 11 sprung on the rim. The sides of the pockets are closed by ring-plates 17 against which the beaded edges of the cover are clamped by the rings 10. The outer ends of the springs are covered, without positive attachment, by caps 19, each of which has a stud 21 seated in a metal socket built in the tread of the cover. All, the caps are connected at the sides by pivoted links 26. A spring plate 22 supporting the tread is secured to each. cap by the stud and maintains the sides of the cover spaced from the caps.
Patent GB-191416275-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Feed Devices for Lathes and like Machine Tools.
Inventor: ATKINS HARRY FREDERICK
IPC: B23Q5/34
Filed: 1914-07-08
Granted: 1914-10-01
Abstract: 16,275. Atkins, H. F., and Cohen, J. E., [trading as Colchester Lathe Co.]. July 8. [Addition to 20,092/11.] Turning.-The traversing and surfacing motions of a lathe or like machine tool are driven from an horizontal worm instead of from a vertical worm as described in the parent Specification. The worm, in two parts a<1>, a<11>, is carried by a pivoted support l adapted to be held in one of three positions by a plunger k. In one position, the surfacing- feed f is driven by the worm a', and in another, the rack pinion h of the traversing-feed is driven through gearing from the worm a<11> and worm-wheel g. A projection on the worm support co-operates with a projection on one of the half-nuts to prevent engagement with the lead-screw except when the worm is in its central inoperative position. While the halfnuts are closed, the worm support cannot be moved.
Patent GB-191417069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tents.
IPC: E04H15/00
Filed: 1914-07-18
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 17,069. Davies, S., and Edgington & Co., J. July 18. Tents; tent poles.-The rafters b and tent poles a of a collapsible tent are'enclosed in tubular sheaths c formed on the tent covering and are detachably and movably jointed at d by ball-and-socket or other suitable joints, Cords or the like f, having knots on opposite sides of poles a through which they pass, are attached to the covering at g, and by pulling the free end through a ring i and tying, the parts b, a are held in contact. Loops j are provided for guy-ropes. The joints may be of metal, and the poles may be shod with spikes and lengthened with additional parts like fishing-rods.