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Patent GB-191228300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Variable Speed Hydraulic Transmission Gear particularly applicable to the Electric Lighting Systems of Railway Carriages or other Vehicles.
Filed: 1912-12-07
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 28,300. Variable Speed Gear, Ltd., and Robson, J. Dec. 7. Clutches.-Variable-speed hydraulic gears for use with mechanism to be driven at an approximately constant speed comprises a governor secured to, say, the pump shaft, which alters the stroke of the motor pistons as the speed of the pump shaft varies. The apparatus is used in the electric lighting system of vehicles in which the dynamo is driven from the axle or other rotating part of the vehicle. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a gear of the swash-plate type. The shaft of the pump element A drives a centrifugal governor E which causes the movement of the rod El. This rod actuates the shaft D, controlling the position of the tilting box of the motor element B, through rack - and - pinion gearing. The motor element operates the shaft C of the dynamo. In order to lessen the internal fluid resistance of the apparatus when the element A. is starting from rest, that is, when the tilting box of the element B is in the zero position, the valve plate may be provided with a by-pass valve, the stem f of which carries a plate f<1>, Fig. 2. This plate is moved by a projection e<IX> on the rod E'. The valve is thus opened during the final movement of the rod after the speed has fallen below a predetermined limit and is closed when the speed of the pump exceeds this limit. During the time the by-pass is open and before it is closed, the movement of the rod E<1> causes an appreciable stroke to be given to the motor pistons, thus lessening the starting resistance. Fig. 3 shows the application of the apparatus to a lighting system for trains. The pump shaft is operated from the axle by belt gearing, and the shaft C drives a dynamo F. The necessary switch for placing the storage batteries into and out of operation can be worked simultaneously with the operation of the by-pass valve. As an alternative to the pump pistons having fixed stroke, the motor pistons may have fixed stroke and the position of the pump tilting-box may be varied.
Patent GB-191301174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: LAKE CHRISTOPHER JOHN
IPC: B64C3/38
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 1174. Lake, C. J. Jan. 15. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement and disposition of.-The machine is built about a rigid body portion having the form of a triangular pyramid with its apex in front, a lower central edge 2, and two upper edges 1. The sloping sides 3, 4, Fig. 5 (which is a section on the plane y, y, Fig. 1), are covered with fabric to form lifting and steadying surfaces ; the upper side and the base are left open for the passage of air. Adjustable lifting-planes 8, 9, 10, 11, Figs. 1 and 2, are mounted above the machine, a triangular floor plane 46 is suspended by curved flexible rods 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and there may be adjustable upper and lower balancing-planes 54, 55. Planes, construction of.-The upwardly and rearwardly diverging planes 3, 4, Figs. 1 and 5, form two sides of a triangular pyramid. The floor plane 46 is triangular in plan but rounded at the front, and is slightly concave underneath both transversely and longitudinally. The adjustable lifting-planes 8, 9, 10, 11 have diverging side edges so that a plan view of the series is approximately triangular, Fig. 2 ; each plane is concave transversely, and also from front to rear except near the rear edge at 12. Steering and balancing. - The lifting - planes 8, 9, 10, 11 are pivoted on the upper edges 1 of the pyramidal framework, and can be adjusted in inclination by cords 14 connected to their front edges. The cords from the rear plane 11 wind on drums 21, 22, Figs. 1 and 11, and those from the planes 8, 9, 10 on drums 24, 25 ; and the two pairs of drums can be operated together or independently by worm gear on concentric shafts carrying handwheels 28, 29. For lateral balancing, planes 54, 55, pivoted about axes in the direction of flight, can be inclined in opposite directions, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, by the aviator pushing with his shoulders against pivoted rods 60, 61, Figs. 1 aud 5, or automatically by the swing of a suspended weight. The upper or lower plane may be used alone. For steering, a front plane 89, the front ground wheel 50 which is covered in with fabric, and the hollow vertical-sided casing 81 through which the exhaust gases from the motor are discharged, are turned simultaneously from the hand or foot operated post 52. Framework; shock of landing, deadening.-The platform plane 46 is suspended on flexible curved rods 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, which intersect, as shown in Fig. 5, and help to form the lower sides of the triangular pyramid 1, 2. Propelling.-The propeller 75 is driven from a motor in an open-ended casing 79 suspended from the pyramidal framework 1, 2. The exhaust from the motor is discharged through an open-ended vertical-sided casing 81, and draws a current of cooling-air over the motor which also assists in propulsion. The casing 81 is adjustable as a rudder. Wheels &c., arrangement of.-The front wheel 50 is covered to act as a rudder in the air, and is turned from the steering-post 52 with the rudders 81, 89.
Patent GB-191302001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wire Drawing.
IPC: H01K3/02
Filed: 1913-01-24
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 2001. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 24. Lubricants. - For lubricating wire during drawing, lubricating - material combined with organic binding-material is applied to the wire and the binding-material is carbonised to cause the lubricant to adhere to the wire. A suitable lubricant is made by incorporating glucose or cane sugar with graphite, or with the material known under the trade mark ' aquadag,' mixed with water. Preservatives such as a solution of mercury bichloride may be added. Specifications 23,499/09, 8031/10, [both in Class 82 (i), Metals, Extracting &c.], and 17,722/11 are referred to.
Patent GB-191302850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pumps.
Inventor: LOUD GEORGE DESHORN
IPC: F04B17/05
Filed: 1913-02-04
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 2850. Loud, G. D. Feb. 5, 1912, [Convention date]. Actuating by gas engines; diaphragm pumps.- Comprises a compact motor-driven pump having the motor and pump elements combined in a single unit with reducing-gearing to effect the drive of the pump from the high-speed shaft of the motor, and with means for cooling the motor by a portion of the water pumped. The pump is of the diaphragm type as shown in Fig. 3, and is driven by a crank 25, 27 sleeved upon the main driving-shaft 4 of the engine 1 and attached to the slowest member 34 of a series of reducing-gears 33, 31, 30. The sleeve 35 is journaled in the main framing of the pump, and thus serves as a bearing for the shaft 4. The half-speed shaft of the engine 1 is driven from the spur-wheel 31. The water to be pumped enters through the suction valve 11 and passes through spring-controlled delivery valves 10 to a chamber 40, communicating with the cooling-jacket of the engine 1 by ports 42 in a partition 41, so arranged that the jacket will remain full of water even after the pump has ceased working. The engine crank and reducing-gearing work in a casing which is partly filled with oil and having a removable door 38 for inspection of the parts. The pump diaphragms 12 are formed of single sheets of rubber having layers of fabric moulded therein, and are clamped between plates 17 carried by the pump cross-head 15.
Patent GB-191303600-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Delivery Stopping Mechanism for Spinning and Doubling Frames.
Inventor: HARRISON FRANK ALLISON
IPC: D01H13/18
Filed: 1913-02-12
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 3600. Harrison, F. A. Feb. 12. Delivery, stopping.-Two toothed quadrants D, D<1> are pivoted behind the drawing-rollers C, C<1> of a spinning or doubling frame, the upper quadrant carrying a guide-eye C<2>. When the yarn breaks, the quadrant D falls into contact with the quadrant D' and the two quadrants grip the yarn, one or both sets of teeth being made eccentric to their axes for this purpose. A bracket A, carrying the quadrants, is attached by a bent clip a to the cap bar B, and may carry auxiliary brackets or extension pieces F to which arms G are pivoted. A rod or wire g extending along the frame is adapted to be moved into position to hold the upper quadrant out of engagement with the lower quadrant when the machine is stopped. The rod or wire g may be pivoted on brackets separately mounted at the ends of the frame. Fig. 6 shows an arrangement with outwardly turning rollers C, C<1> in which a counterweight W is attached to the quadrant D, and Fig. 7 shows an arrangement applied to a " Scotch " wet doubling-frame.
Patent GB-191313329-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Amusement Devices.
Inventor: NAVARRO LEON DE VARGAS
IPC: A63G7/00
Filed: 1913-06-09
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 13,329. Navarro, L. de V. June 8, 1912, [Convention date]. Railways for recreation. - Relates to an amusement device in which a car 4 representing a submarine boat is suspended from trollies 15 which run on a cable 16 and is drawn backwards and forwards by cables 20 and suitable winding-devices. The cable 16 is attached at its end to suitable supports, but its middle portion is submerged so that the car, during part of its journey, passes under water. The car is provided with seats 12 and side windows and with a hatch 13 which can be hermetically sealed, for the admission of the passengers. For safety, the ends of the car are closed by bulkheads 23 forming air-chambers, and the upper portion of the car is enclosed by a bulkhead 25 which is provided with a number of openings 26 closed by suitable valves. A hollow mast 8 admits air to the car, and can be closed if necessary by a valve 10 operated by a hand-wheel 11 within the car.
Patent GB-191316187-A (GB)
Title: Improved Arrangements for Controlling the Quantity of Heat Supplied to Heating Radiators.
Inventor: ARNDT MAX
IPC: G05D23/275
Filed: 1913-07-14
Granted: 1914-07-14
Abstract: 16,187. Arndt, M. July 15, 1912, [Convention date]. Recording particular operations.-The movements of a lever 4<b>, which forms part of a coin-freed device for supplying heat in measured quantities, are recorded on a drum 29 by means of a pen 31. The drum is turned by a pawl 27 attached to the lever 4<b>, which also carries the pen 31. To prevent the pen from leaving a continuous trace on the card it is held off the card by a projection 30 on the pawl 27 so that it only touches the card as the pawl reaches the end of its movement.
Patent GB-191322367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Clothes Hanger Supports for Wardrobes and the like.
Inventor: BRENNER JOHN GEORGE
IPC: A47B61/02
Filed: 1913-10-04
Granted: 1914-10-05
Abstract: 22,367. Brenner, J. G. Oct. 4. Garment racks.-A rack for supporting garmenthangers, such as are described in Specification 21,687/12, [Class 141, Wearing-apparel], comprises a carrier which is automatically moved into and out of a wardrobe &c. on fixed guides by closing and opening the doors to which it is mechanically connected. Figs. 1 and 2 show in elevation and plan a guide-rail a supporting the carrier b, b<1> which is mechanically connected to the door e by a link f and slotted arm g. Rollers c are arranged as shown. When the carrier bar b<1> extends on each side of and at rightangles to the guide-rail, its ends are bent backwards and fitted with wheels to run against the top of the wardrobe. According to the Provisional Specification, the carrier may be operated by a handlever.
Patent GB-191322544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Resinous Condensation Products.
IPC: C08G63/48
Filed: 1913-10-06
Granted: 1914-10-06
Abstract: 22,544. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 6. Impregnating-compositions.-Esters of polyvalent alcohols with a mixture of polybasic and monobasic acids, or esters of polybasic or mono- . basic acids, containing free hydroxyl groups, are heated with an oily ester, such as castor oil, to increase the flexibility of the final product. Suitable mixed esters are prepared by treating glyceryl phthalate having a free hydroxyl group with oleic, benzoic, palmitic, or salicylic acid, and suitable simple esters are glyceryl phthalate having a free hydroxyl group and similar esters prepared from glycol and mannitol or from camphoric, citric, or cinnamic acids respectively. The products may be used in the fused state or in solution as impregnating-liquids for fabrics, paper, &c. Prolonged heating renders the esters infusible. Specifications 12,807/84, [Class 95, Paints &c.], and 9985/13, [Class 70, India-rubber &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-191324014-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tabulators for Typewriters.
IPC: B41J25/18
Filed: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 24,014. Wanderer-Werke vorm. Winklhofer & Jaenicke Akt. - Ges., and Buschmann, T. E. Oct. 23. [Addition to 8414/12.] Tabulating mechanism; tabulating - key actions.-(1) The stopbar casing 6 is now adjusted by means of a crank-disk 10 actuated through bevel-gearing by a shaft 14 rotated by a knob 15 provided with a pointer 16 moving over a scale 17. A spring clamping-ball 13 engages notches in the crank disk 10 to act as a detent. (2) The tabular keys 5 are guided by combs 20, 20<a>, and are provided with pins 19 engaging slots 18 in the stop-bars. (3) The stop-bar casing 6 is guided at its upper end by a frame 22 attached to the carriage support 24.
Patent GB-191326581-A (GB)
Title: Starting Device for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: JACKSON ROBERT REYNOLD
IPC: F02N3/04
Filed: 1913-11-19
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 26,581. Jackson, R. R. Nov. 19. Drawings to Specification. Motor-starting devices, applications of.-In a pedal actuated rack-and-pinion starting-device, the pedal is arranged at the side of the vehicle so that it may be depressed as the driver enters the vehicle.
Patent GB-191327377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Surgical Injecting Syringes.
Inventor: COURNAND JULES
IPC: A61M5/20
Filed: 1913-11-27
Granted: 1914-11-27
Abstract: 27,377. Cournand, J. Nov. 27. Syringes.-In an injection syringe, the piston 22 is actuated by mechanical means comprising a worm 7 and worm-wheel 9 and a piston-rod 6 provided with a screw-thread which engages a corresponding thread on the interior of the wheel 9. The shaft 8 of the worm 7 is in a plane parallel to the plane of the longitudinal axis of the rod 6 and is at right-angles to that axis ; it is driven by a flexible shaft connected to it by a right-angle gear. The casing of the flexible shaft is detachably connected to the shaft 8 by means of a loose sleeve on the shaft 8 provided with an opening opposite to which the end of the flexible shaft is forced on to the shaft 8 and held thereon by turning down an angular piece pivoted on the loose sleeve. A plate pivoted on the end of the casing of the flexible shaft engages a circular groove in the shaft 8 and is held in place by a pin on the pivoted angular piece. The piston 22 has one or two peripheral grooves 23, and is loosely connected to the rod 6 by a pin 24. Part of the screw-thread on the rod 6 is cut away to provide flat surfaces 19 on which a scale is mounted. The rod passes through a correspondingly-shaped opening 16 in a sleeve 15.
Patent GB-191404795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Invalid Lifting Devices for Beds.
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 1914-02-24
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 4795. Everall, W., Powell, H. J., and Hospitals and General Contracts Co. Feb. 24. Bed-lifts. - An apparatus for lifting invalids from beds comprises four upright telescopic rods a which are mounted on spindles c, secured to the bed frame by brackets n, so that they may be folded under the bed when not required. Bars c' connect the spindles c and support a spindle h, rotatable by a handle e and worm gearing g, which carries winding-drums i to which cords j are secured. The cords j pass over pulleys b at the top and bottom of the rods a and are connected to a frame k supporting canvas sheets.
Patent GB-191406088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbine Plants.
IPC: F22B1/18
Filed: 1914-03-10
Granted: 1915-03-10
Abstract: 6088. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 10. Plant; working-fluid supply.-The heat of the exhaust gases from a turbine driven by combustion products is utilized in generating steam for a steam-engine, preferably another turbine. which may drive a compressor for supplying air or air and gas to the combustion chambers. The combustion-product turbine 4, driving an electric generator 5, is fed with gas from combustion chambers 2 into which crude oil, gas. &c. and air are introduced. The air or air and gas is supplied by a centrifugal compressor 31 driven by a steam turbine 30 fed from a generator of the water-tube type. The lower ends of the generator tubes are subjected to the intense heat radiated by a wall of highgrade fire-brick rendered incandescent bv the traverse between the interstices therein of the exhaust gases from the turbine 4. Where a mixture of air and gas is supplied to the combustion chambers by the compressor, the ratio of gas to air is kept constant by the throttle valves 42, Fig. 2, disposed in the air and gas intake pipes 40, 41 of the compressor, the valves 42 being simultaneously controlled by a volume governor comprising a float 43 located in the intake pipe 39 and suspended by a spring 46. In connexion with the air and gas supply also, the delivery pipe of the compressor is provided with one or more gauze screens to prevent backward rush of flame through the pipe.
Patent GB-191406107-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Shaping the Heel Ends of Boots and Shoes.
IPC: A43D8/04
Filed: 1914-03-10
Granted: 1915-04-12
Abstract: 6107. Ricks, F., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. March 10. Uppers, machines for.-To enable the upper to be positioned more accurately on the inner mould of a machine for shaping the heel end of the upper of a shoe &c., there is provided a finger-gauge E projecting from a depending portion of an arm E<2>, which is clamped upon a sleeve E<5> surrounding a rod F ; a screw E<3>, passing through the gauge and contacting with the inner mould B, provides means for adjusting the height of the gauge above the mould. The sleeve E<5> is formed with a cam-slot E<6>, which is engaged by a roll F<1> on the rod F, the rear part of which is connected by rack-and-pinion gearing to a rod D<3>, Fig. 1, pivoted to the wipercirrying carriage D' ; the arrangement is such that the gauge is automatically withdrawn from operative position as the carriage moves forward over the inner mould. The inner mould B is supported during the moulding operation by the engagement with a depending portion B', Fig. 1, of a headed screw G' adjustably secured in a pivoted rod G', which also carries a positioning-member G'. The rod G' is normally held in the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, by a spring G<5>, but is adapted to be swung into operative position by yielding connexions G<6>, G<7> to a treadle, prior to the clutch of the machine being thrown into gear. To prevent the back seam from being nipped between the two parts C, C<1>, Fig. 2, of the outer mould during closing, the part C is formed with an offset portion C<3> projecting laterally towards the other part, which is formed with a corresponding recess C<4>. The end wiper D<2> of the machine is furnished with a projection D<5>, Fig. 7, to engage the back seam before the upper on either side is engaged ; this prevents " bunching-up" of the upper over the back seam.
Patent GB-191409779-A (GB)
Title: Sheet Printing Presses.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
IPC: B41F21/05
Filed: 1914-04-20
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 9779. Haddan, H., [United Printing Machinery Co.]. April 20. Cylinder machines; rotary machines; gripper mechanism.-Printing-machines are constructed so as to print a number of similar impressions from the same printing-surface on a single sheet, which is carried by a rotary impression surface and is shifted relatively to the printing- surface between successive impressions. As applied to a two-revolution cylinder machine, the sheets to be printed are fed from a table 18 to grippers on an impression cylinder 22 formed with a raised impression surface 23 and with a reduced part 24. The gripper mechanism comprises grippers 25 on a bar 26 which is oscillated by pin-and-tumbler mechanism to move the grippers to and from a bar 27 when a sheet is to be taken. The bars 26, 27 are supported by arms 28 on sleeves 29, which are freely mounted on journals 11 of the cylinder, and when a sheet is taken, the grippers are maintained in the position shown in Fig. 3 by means of arms 30 fixed to a shaft 33, which is freely mounted in the journals 11. The grippers remain in this position while the first part of the sheet is printed, and then, prior to the next forward movement of the bed, the grippers are moved to the position shown in Fig. 4, so as to cause the second impression to be produced on the unprinted part Y of the sheet. This movement of the grippers is effected by an arm 31 which is adjustably secured to the shaft 33, the shaft 33 receiving motion relatively to the cylinder by means of a cam 39 which rocks a toothed segment 35 engaging a pinion 34 on the shaft 33. The cam 39 is driven by a pinion 12 on the same shaft as the pinion 8 which drives the cylinder 22, the cam being driven faster than the cylinder.
Patent GB-191412370-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Picture Displaying Apparatus.
Inventor: GREEN HENRY WILLIAM
IPC: G09F11/29
Filed: 1914-05-19
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 12,370. Green, H. W. May 19. Reel and web apparatus.-In rollers, round which pictures are guided, and operated so as to cause one picture to appear gradually in the place formerly occupied by another, the gap between the appearing and disappearing pictures is diminished by travelling rods or thin rollers over which the picture bands pass from their storage rollers, one end of each picture being connected to its storage roller and the other end fastened to the frame in which the storage roller is mounted. A driven shaft operates chains 15 with transverse bars 17 for causing a reciprocating movement of a frame 12, and carrier 10 having lugs 11, which pick up rods 7 from recesses 8 in disks 3. in which the spring rollers 4 of the pictures are pivoted. The rods 7 draw out a picture between its spring roller and a rod 6, mounted between the disks 3, and allow the previously displayed picture to withdraw upon its spring roller. When a rod 7 has been returned to the disks 3, a projection on the chain 15 strikes a spring-controlled pawl, which rotates the shaft 2 and disks 3 so as to bring the next rod 7 on the disks 3 into the position for engaging the carrier 10. Any undesired movement of the disks 3 is prevented by spring-urged, pivoted plates 31 engaging pairs of pins thereon. The gap between the pictures is hidden by a lath 34, held so as to have a limited vertical slide movement on the carrier 10 and adapted to be restrained by stops from obstructing the rotation of the carrierdisks 3.
Patent GB-191414006-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Electric Contact Conductors for Railway Tracks and the like.
Inventor: COLAS JOSEPH ERNEST
IPC: B60M1/30
Filed: 1914-06-10
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 14,006. Colas, J. E. June 20, 1913, [Convention date]. Conductors for electricity.-An electric contact conductor for railway tracks consists of a hollow cast or stamped part a supported at its ends by inclined parts c which facilitate the engagement of the collector. A small container i closed by a cover j made in one or more pieces contains absorbent material saturated with petroleum, glycerine or other greasy substance adapted to exude to the outside whereby the formation of a non-conducting layer on the upper surface of the contact is prevented. The contact is earthed through the contacts q, o and wire n. The inside of the contaet can be examined through a hinged door r.