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Patent GB-191226585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Aerial Ropeway Systems.
Inventor: PRAETORIUS ALFRED CHRISTIAN WI
IPC: B61B12/02
Filed: 1912-11-19
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 26,585. Practorius, A. C. W. E. Nov. 19. Single-rail and suspended vehicles.-The travelling members for carrying suspended loads in an aerial ropeway are provided with means whereby they may pass one over the other when using the same track. In the construction shown, the travellers are provided with curved members 8, 9 pivoted at 10 and having their outer ends shaped to fit the rope. The leading end of one of the members 8 is preferably weighted by a roller 12 or otherwise held in close contact with the rope, the trailing end of the member 9 on the other carrier being similarly weighted whereby the leading end is slightly raised. In a modification, the members 8, 9 may be replaced by a single member pivoted to the carrier. The buckets 1, 2 are preferably arranged with their suspension brackets on opposite sides of the rope, one bracket being longer than the other. A curved guard 15 is attached to the bucket 1 to enable it to push aside the other bucket.
Patent GB-191303519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Floats and Boats.
Inventor: SHORT HORACE LEONARD
IPC: B63B13/00
Filed: 1913-02-11
Granted: 1914-02-11
Abstract: 3519. Short, H. L., Short, A. E., and Short, H. O. Feb. 11. Life-boats; floats for aerial machines. - The floats of hydro-aeroplanes, and the water-tight compartments of boats are provided with inspection covers and means for relieving the interiors of undue air pressure and of water. In the case of floats for hydro-aeroplanes, bulkheads 1 divide them into a number of separate compartments 2 each fitted with a manhole 4 and a pipe 7 extending to the bottom and after end of the compartment. The outer end of the pipe 7 is provided with a nozzle 8 having a cap 9 with holes 11 permitting air and water to escape and preventing water from entering. Wire gauze 10 is also fitted and is kept in place by the cap 9. When rising to a considerable height, the difference of pressures internally and externally will cause any accumulated water to be expelled. The nozzles may be grouped over one compartment and the pipes 7 carried through the bulkheads 1. The inspection covers 4 are fitted with dome-shaped covers forced on to packing on the deck by a screwed spindle. Similar arrangements are stated to be applicable to boats.
Patent GB-191304513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Photographic Toning Baths.
IPC: D01H5/14
Filed: 1913-02-21
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 4513. Chemische Fabrik auf Action (vorm. E. Schering). Oct. 3, 1912, [Convention date]. Toning.-For toning prints with selenium, a bath is used containing a salt of an acid which contains selenium, such as selenium sulphuric acid or selenium trithionic acid.
Patent GB-191305528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Centrifugal Fans.
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
IPC: F04D17/16
Filed: 1912-01-18
Granted: 1913-04-18
Abstract: 5528. Davidson, S. C. Jan. 18, 1912. Multi stage centrifugal fans. - In a multistage centrifugal fan, as shown in Fig. 2, the second fan A<1> is of the type described in Specification 1476/12, and the fan A may be of the type described in Specification 5527/13. Blades g<2>, g<5>, g and a partition z are provided to give the inward and induced flow respectively. In a modification, guides are provided within the impeller A'. Specifications 4609/98, 7050/04, and 21,891A/04, [all in Class 8, Air and gases, Compressing &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-191305934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self Contained Steam Heated Radiators.
Inventor: RYDE ALBERT EDWIN
IPC: F24H3/00
Filed: 1913-03-10
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 5934. Ryde, A. E. March 10. Gas and oil stoves; heat radiators; guards and screens.-A radiator of the type comprising a sheetm e t a l radiating- vessel heatel by a lamp underneath is provided with a hinged fire-guard and a fume-collector. The radiator is mounted on a stand consisting of two end-pieces d, and to the radiator is hinged at h<1> a wire-net guard h provided with spring hooks h' which engage with beadings on the edges of the pieces d. A piece of metal j bent into the form shown and provided with a chimney j<2> serves as a fume-collector. The piece of metal j may be continued downwards and serve as a guard on the side opposite to the guard h.
Patent GB-191312848-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Garments.
Inventor: FORTUNY MARIANO
IPC: A41D1/22
Filed: 1913-06-02
Granted: 1914-06-02
Abstract: 12,848. Fortuny, M. June 2. Dresses; fastening wearing-apparel. - Relates to garments of the kind described in Specifications 16,638/12 and 16,639/12. The garment is made openended from one or two pieces of thin pleated material. A V - neck opening a is cut at the back and front, and a length b is left open on the shoulder and fastened by lacing, buttons, &c. d. The sleeves c are made in a similar manner and are attached to the garment, and the upper edges may be joined as shown, or left open and fastened by lacing. The garment is adjusted around the waist by an inner cord e running through a slide within the garment, the ends being brought through openings to the front. An outside cord g is passed through loops and fastened in front. The cord g is fastened at the back to a bead h, to which is also secured a cord with which the neck opening is edged to take the strain. The sleeve openings may be corded and weighted.
Patent GB-191316703-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Foundry Moulding Machines.
Inventor: RUDMAN HUBERT
IPC: B22C15/10
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 16,703. Rudman, H., Lancey, H. T., and Craven, J. E. H. July 21. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Moulding-machines.-The tab!e of a jarring machine is raised by cams 13 and drops on to wooden or similar buffers 3, 5. Worm and screw-operated lifting rods are provided to raise the mould from the pattern. The table is guided by the box frame 7.
Patent GB-191317082-A (GB)
Title: Mechanical Display Device.
Inventor: WARD DAVID HENRY
Filed: 1913-07-25
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 17,082. Ward, D. H. July 25. Rotary hinged leaves and the like.-A display mechanism comprises a reel 28, Fig. 11, rotatably mounted within a casing, and a series of resilient display cards or leaves 2 pivoted to the flanges of the reel. The reel 4, Fig. 5, has retaining-grooves 7 for engaging clips or loops 5, which pass across cuts in the flange and over a recess 10 on the rim 4, and loops attached to the leaves engage the clips 5. The leaves may be urged forwards from behind by a spring 9, clipped on to the rim 7, Fig. 5. The leaves may be folded into two unequal parts with the shorter part forward. The folded sheet may be replaced by a couple of sheets, joined up by a hinge-connexion, Fig. 13, or a flexible connexion. The flanged reels may be replaced by a pair of co-axial, spaced disks 28, Fig. 10, with holes 29 and slots 11 for the reception of the wire-clips 5, Fig. 5. A motor may give the reel 28, Fig. 11, a slow, continuous movement, or a loose arm on the shaft 12 may be oscillated by means of a cord, and a pawl on the arm may rotate the reel 28 intermittently. The leaves slide along the casing 14, or along wheels 23, fixed inside or projecting into the casing, until they reach the edge of the display aperture when they slip forward successively, the front sheet of a folded sheet or pair of hinged sheets falling before the back one.
Patent GB-191322012-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Apparatus for Pumping or Raising Liquids.
Inventor: MELLISS HUGH JOHN
IPC: F01L23/00
Filed: 1913-09-30
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 22,012. Welliss, H. J. Sept. 30. Momentum apparatus.-Comprises a method of raising liquids wherein a column of liquid, extending from a point below the level of the liquid to be raised to a point above such level, is caused to oscillate by the intermittent application of pressure at or near its upper end and the alternate compression and expansion of an elastic body at or near its lower end, such oscillation effecting the intake and delivery of the liquid to be raised and also controlling the intermittent application of pressure. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a valve 12, controlling the application of pressure fluid from a pipe 6 to the top of a vertical column of liquid 1, is about to open so as to cause the column to descend compressing air in an air-vessel 2. Owing to the momentum of the column, the pressure in the vessel 2 becomes very great and ultimately brings the column to rest and effects a return swing thereof. At the commencement of the upward movement, the piston 13 and valve 12 are raised, opening the ports 9 and allowing the liquid to flow through the delivery pipe 10 and valve 11. Owing to the expansion of the air in the vessel 2, the pressure at the foot of the column ultimately falls below that of the liquid to be raised and fresh liquid then flows in through the valve 4. When the liquid comes to rest, the pressure of the delivery liquid acting above the piston 13 forces the piston 13 and valve 12 downwards, whereupon the cycle of operations is repeated. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the pressure of steam or air from a pipe 21 acting on a ram 19, 18 imparts the downward movement to the column of liquid 1. In the position shown, the piston 18 commences to descend by its own weight, but as soon as a tappet 34 presses a catch 30 to the right, a valve-rod 24 rises under the action of a spring 27 so as to admit pressure fluid from the pipe 21 to the spase above the piston 19. Exhaust is effected by the engagement of a tappet 28 with a stop 26 at the end of the downward stroke. In a modification adapted for raising liquids to great heights, the delivery ports 9 are arranged as shown in dotted lines, and the piston is held locked in its lower position until the end of the delivery stroke. Excessive expansion of air in the vessel 2 may be prevented by a float valve 35. In a further modification, compressed air or steam acts directly on the surface of the column of liquid, and the supply is cut off early in the stroke by a floatoperated valve so as to give expansion working.
Patent GB-191328449-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Granular and like Materials.
Inventor: CORNELIUS JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 28,449. Cornelius, J. W. Dec. 9. Feeding-appliances.- Apparatus for discharging and feeding finelydivided material such as ground, crushed, or sifted products that are required to be fed together in fixed proportions comprises a hollow drum D', Figs. 2 and 3, mounted on a shaft S<1> at the bottom of a compartmented hopper H' and provided with spring - pressed flights F<2>, which are caused to project beyond the surface of the drum as their ends pass over adjustable stationary shoes S<4>, the feed-gate G<1> being adjusted simultaneously with the shoes S<4>. The flights F<2>work in longitudinal slots in the drum D<1> and in radial slots d<2> in the ends D<2> of the drum, and are connected at their inner ends by springs S<2> to the hubs of the ends D<2>. The shoes S<4> have curved upper surfaces, and are adjustable vertically by means of cams or eccentrics C<2> loose on the bearings B' of the shaft S'. The cams are formed in one with spur-wheels S<3> gearing with racks R<4> on the upper edges of frames R<1>, which are coupled together by a rod C' operated by a handwheel W' and screw R<2>. The shoes have tongues S<10> to ride in grooves in the cams C<2>, and are secured to rods S<5> working in bearings B<3> on the hopper. The gate G<1>, which is raised or lowered by means of arms A' fixed to the rods S<5>, is curved at its lower end to fit over the drum D'. An agitator T in the hopper is driven by chain gearing C<3> from the shaft S'.
Patent GB-191328479-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters for Vertical Boilers.
Inventor: SUGDEN THOMAS
IPC: F22G1/00
Filed: 1913-12-10
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 28,479. Sugden, T. Dec. 10. Casings; U-tube superheaters. - Relates t o superheaters a r - ranged in the uptake or funnel of vertical boilers, and consists in providing the uptake or funnel with a longitudinal opening, t h e lower part of which is closed by the header of the superheater when in place, and the upper part by a separate removable plate. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement, the bent superheater tubes extending a considerable height in the uptake, and being supported at their upper ends by a transverse bolt L. The sides of the opening in the uptake are flanged outwards and strengthened by a frame, to which the header E and the removable plate O are separately secured.
Patent GB-191329605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Fastenings for Railway Carriage and like Doors.
Inventor: WOODBURN ARCHIBALD WILLIAM
IPC: E05B65/42
Filed: 1913-12-23
Granted: 1914-12-23
Abstract: 29,605. Woodburn, A. W. Dec. 23. Railway-carriage doors and the like, fastening automatically.-Consists of a circular segment 1, Fig. 1, or a disk-cam 1, Figs. 5 and 6, which, when turned to the right or left in a casing 3, protrudes beyond the straight open bottom of the casing and overlaps the top of the carriage door or applies a pivoted finger 15 thereto. In the latter case, a second cam 17 resets the finger to the disengaged position when the main cam comes to the central position again. The cams are normally kept in the central position by gravity, with or without the provision of counterweights 13<a>, but they are turned when the train travels, by wind-pressure on vanes 14. They can, however, be operated by hand from a convenient position, and a series may be connected together. The device may be applied to the side of the door if the vane is set at rightangles to the position shown. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 6864/85, 16,314/91, 27,216/02, 17,582/08, and 24,427/12.
Patent GB-191400409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Fan-light Openers and the like.
Inventor: SHOWELL CHARLES
IPC: E05F11/14
Filed: 1914-01-07
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 409. Showell, C. Jan. 7. Fan-light opening and closing apparatus.- Relates to apparatus comprising a worm or pinion mounted on the fan-light &c. and engaging a rack f which is carried by. the fixed frame and is kept in engagement with the worm or pinion by a gnide e formed on the bracket a on which the worm &c. is mounted. According to the present invention, the rack and worm or pinion b are kept in engagement by a screw g, or by means of a cam,. mounted on the bracket a, there being sufficient clearance. between the back of the rack f and the underside of the guide c to permit the rack to be disengaged from the pinion &c. b, when the screw g or cam is withdrawn. The pinion b is normally prevented from running off the rack by a stop h. In a modification, the top portion of the guide e may be hinged to turn back so as to, permit the disengagement 'of the rack from the pinion.
Patent GB-191404688-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Process of and Apparatus for Washing Coal and Clarifying the Wash Water used therein.
Inventor: BURNETT CUTHBERT
IPC: B03B5/54
Filed: 1914-02-23
Granted: 1915-02-23
Abstract: 4688. Burnett, C. Feb. 23. Decanting and settling; pressure filters; strainers. -In a plant for recovering fine coal from coalwashing water, the settling-tank is extended above its overflow to a height sufficient to enable it to contain all the water in circulation in the washing- troughs and the pipes, and means are provided for delivering all the water in excess of the normal quantity collected in the tank into the pump-well, whereby starting the washers is facilitated. Two or more tanks may be arranged for alternative use, in order to allow complete precipitation in the resting tanks. A tank b and pump-well e are shown in section in Fig. 1, and in Fig. 2 is shown a transverse section of two tanks along the line 1-1, Fig. 1. The wash-water enters any of the tanks from a trough a, settlement being aided by weirs c, and the precipitated coal being removed by a scraper conveyer d. The pump-well e supplies the washing-water and receives the surplus from each settling-tank for use over and over again, the well and tanks being connected by valves g. Each tank extends to such height above the normal water-level that it can contain the whole of the water circulating in the washing-troughs and pipes. and when it is desired to stop the washing, the valve g is closed to retain the water in the tank. On starting up again, the circulating-pump is set in motion, and the valve is opened so as to run the head of the water in the tank into the well for supply to the pipiog. In a multiple-tank plant, one tank only would work, the others meanwhile standing idle to give complete precipitation. For extracting water from the coal separated by the conveyer d, pressing members, such as rollers p, Fig. 3, or weighted wipers q, are mounted so as to act on the coal at a part of the conveyer arranged above a straining-member, 'such as a series of spaced bars j. The expressed water passes into a container n and through a pipe o to the tank.
Patent GB-191409832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Clocks.
Inventor: REID FREDERICK TREEBY
IPC: G04C3/04
Filed: 1914-04-21
Granted: 1915-04-21
Abstract: 9832. Reid, F. T. April 21. Electric clocks.-An impulse is given to a balance or pendulum when an oscillating armature is being pulled away from the poles of an electromagnet by a spring or weight. The hands are driven during the attraction. Fig. 1 shows the invention in connexion with a balance. The roller B on the s t a ff of the balance A has a tooth C, a silver or platinum pin D, and an adjacent ruby pin E. When the roller is turning in the direction of the arrow, the metal pin D completes the circuit of the electro-magnet N S by contact with a terminal spring F, and as the armature H comes to the position shown, a hook J extending from an arm I advances the ratchet-wheel K in train with the hands. When the pin D leaves the contact-spring F, the armature is pulled away from the poles by the spring, and a pawl L on the arm I gives the impulse through the tooth C, but is guided out of the path to allow return, by a pin M. In the reverse swing of the balance, the ruby pin E sweeps the contact-spring away from the metal pin D. A spring O keeps the hook J up to the ratchet-wheel K, and a finger Q projecting from the arm I prevents overdriving. Alternatively, the ratchet-wheel may be magnetized to hold the hook against itself. In a modification, the contactspring with the stiffening-arm G may be carried by the armature. Fig. 4 shows the invention applied to a pendulum P. The roller bearing the pins D, E and tooth C is a large disk oscillating with the crutch C', and the impulse pawl L and driving- hook J are attached direct to the armature H of the electro-magnet N S, while a weight N' replaces the spring. The spring contact F G and ratchetwheel K remain as before. Escapements.-For banking, Fig.3, the staff carries a fast boss U with radial pin, and a loose arm Q with longitudinal pin V in the path of the radial pin, by which the loose arm is thrown against the banking-pin.
Patent GB-191409974-A (GB)
Title: Process of Obtaining Nitrogen simultaneously with Oxides of Nitrogen.
IPC: C01B21/26
Filed: 1914-04-22
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 9974. Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning. April 22, 1913, [Convention date]. [Addition to 3662/13.] Nitrogen.-According to the process described in the parent Specification ammonia is burnt in air with the aid of a catalytic agent, the proportions of ammonia and air being such that only nitrogen and nitrogen oxides are found in the resulting product. In the present process, part of the air is replaced by oxygen, the proportion of ammonia being still such that, after combustion, no excess of oxygen remains. Elevated pressures may be used in the process.
Patent GB-191411108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lasts for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: HURLEY WILLIAM MORRIS
IPC: A43D3/02
Filed: 1914-05-05
Granted: 1914-10-08
Abstract: 11,108. Hurley, W. M. Jan. 8, [Convention date]. Lasts.-To increase the height of the instep portion of a. last, the usual removable instep block 12 is adapted to be fitted with an extension strip 14, which is sprung into place and frictionally held by converging pins 20. The strip is moulded from leather, leather-board, or other flexible material, and is chamfered at both sides and also at its lower end 18.
Patent GB-191412269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connexion with Furnace working-openings through which Hot Gases are Discharged.
Inventor: ROCKWELL WALTER SHUPE
IPC: F23M11/02
Filed: 1914-05-18
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 12,269. Rockwell, W. S. May 18. Screens for intercepting heat. - Consists of means for utilizing the heat escaping from a furnace working opening and at the same time protecting the operator. For this purpose, a set of air-pipes or an air conduit is supported in the path of the issuing waste gases, and the air-pipes or the conduit may themselves act as a screen for the operator, or may be combined with a plate forming a screen. In the form shown, the air-pipes 4 extend between headers 5, 6 above the working opening 2 of the furnace. Air is supplied to the header 5 by the pipe 9, and pipes 10 take the heated air to the liquid or gaseous fuel burners 11. A plate 7 secured in front of the pipes to the headers, and not shown in Fig. 3, forms a screen for the operator; but in another form, the pipes 4 are placed sufficiently close to one another to act themselves as a screen. A blast-pipe 19,. connected to the pipe 9, directs air upwardly on the gases issuing from the opening 2, to drive them into the space behind the screen. In a modification, the air conduit is formed by a hollow chamber with internal baffles, which also acts as a screen.