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Patent GB-191312163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Filters.
Inventor: HERZBRUCH HUGO
IPC: B01D37/00
Filed: 1913-05-24
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 12,163. Herzbruch, H. May 24. Filters; filters, air supply for; supplying liquid in connexion with filters ; filtering-media.-Apparatus for filtering water comprises a layer of granular material such as sand of substantially uniform thickness resting on a porous support that will not allow the granular material to pass through interconnected cavities in or beneath the support permitting free discharge of the water from the whole area of the bottom of the filter. The apparatus illustrated comprises a number of chambers a placed side by side and supplied with water from a channel c at one end. The filter layer n slopes towards the supply end, and is supported on drain pipes o communicating with chambers b from which the filtered liquid is withdrawn through a suction pipe f and pump. Hollow tiles may be used instead of the pipes h or the floor may be formed of porous bricks. The liquid passes into the filter chambers from the channel c over weirs at successively higher levels so that it is only delivered to the latter chambers when the inability of the earlier chambers to deal with the supply has caused a corresponding rise in level. Weirs p over which the unfiltered water passes to a shaft e are provided at a common level at the other end of the filters, the chambers thus acting as settling-tanks when together they are unequal to filtering the water supplied. Boards m will retain floating matter. Air, which enters through vent shafts k and transverse conduits i, acts upon the water in the pipes h, or ozone or other sterilizing or deodorizmg agent or other chemical may be supplied to the pipes. A grid o of wood or other non-rusting material is placed on the filtering layer to facilitate the removal of mud therefrom.
Patent GB-191314273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Firelighters.
Inventor: KRUGER EDWIN CHARLES
IPC: C10L11/02
Filed: 1913-06-20
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 14,273. Kruger, E. C. June 20. Lighting fires.-An incombustble tube A packed with asbestos or the like B, and open at one or both ends only, is soaked in oil and placed horizontally beneath the fuel to be ignited, and a light applied to one end or to an attached cord. The tube A may be of metal, of oval or other section, and may have a handle C, whereby it can be removed from the fire.
Patent GB-191315115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pawl and Ratchet Wheel Mechanism.
Inventor: VICARS THOMAS
IPC: F16D41/12
Filed: 1913-07-01
Granted: 1914-07-01
Abstract: 15,115. Vicars, T., Vicars, J., Vicars, E. L., and Hounsfield, F. C. July 1. Ratchet gearing.-In ratchet mechanism of the kind described in Specification 2778/04, additional means are provided to lock the pawl d out of action, a guard or cover e for the pawl is also provided on the pawl lever a. The locking-device c, which engages a part 15 on the frictionally-mounted lever b to hold the pawl d out of action, is itself held in this position by a three-armed lever f<1>, f<2>, f pivoted on the pawl spindle and having a turn-buckle i adapted to engage a loop or catch on the cover e. The arm f is connected to the part c, and the device is normally held in inoperative position by a spring g connected to the arm f.
Patent GB-191322709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters.
Inventor: POUPART WILLIAM
Filed: 1913-10-08
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 22,709. Poupart, W. Oct. 8. Portable filters. -A filter for milk &, is provided with adomed regulating- plate B having a series of holes near the edge through which the liquid is directed on to the filter cloth C, the cloth being held in position by a heavy ring B<4> attached to the regulating-plate and serving to strengthen it. As shown in Fig. 1, the regulating-plate rests on a flange A<1> in the vessel A, which serves as a container for the unfiltered liquid, but another form of apparatus is described in which the container and plate are constructed as one piece which rests on a flange in a funnel. The cloth C may be prevented from sagging by means of wire mesh A<4>.
Patent GB-191326532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Drying Clothes and the like.
Inventor: LONGSDON HENRY CROFTS
IPC: D06F58/10
Filed: 1913-11-19
Granted: 1914-09-17
Abstract: 26,532. Longsdon, H. C. Nov. 19. Drying clothes. - An apparatus for drying clothes in which a rotary sectional clothes-horse is employed, arranged so that any one section may be stripped of and refilled with clothes without escape of hot air from the chamber in which the other sections remain. This chamber has an air-heating chamber beneath it and a fan chamber above it, all three being connected so that continuous circulation takes place. As shown in Fig. 4, a cylindrical chamber a is formed within an outer structure by walls a<1>, and within this chamber a vertical rotatable spindle b carries doors b<1> on which are fixed hoops c<1>. Clothes supports c, c2 are mounted on the hoops and doors. In the form shown a quadrant is open to the operator and shut off from the chamber at any time. Above the chamber, a fan f within a chamber d directs air downwards through openings a<2>, Fig. 4, in the top of the chamber a. The air passes down through this chamber to a chamber g below, wherein it is heated by a coil h, and then passes upwards to the fan. An inlet and outlet k, m are provided for renewing the air. The base of the apparatus may be non-conducting.
Patent GB-191327180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanding Means for Train Stopping Devices.
Inventor: HUDSON ALBERT EDMUND
IPC: B61H11/00
Filed: 1913-06-20
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 27,180. Hudson, A. E. June 20. Sand, distributing on wheel tracks.-Train sanding-devices are automatically operated when the fluid-pressure brakes are applied, by a differential piston valve 78, the larger end of which is acted on by train-pipe pressure through a pipe 77, and the smaller end by reservoir pressure through a pipe 75. The valve is normally in the position shown, but moves to 'the right when the train-pipe is vented to apply the brakes, thereby uncovering a passage 73 through which reservoir air passes to the pipe 70 leading to the sanding-device. A valve 71 is provided for operating the sander by hand.
Patent GB-191329780-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Variable Speed Gear.
Inventor: FULTON ALEXANDER BOYD
IPC: F16H29/16
Filed: 1913-12-24
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 29,780. Fulton, H. B. Dec. 24. Ratchet gearing comprises levers k, the inner ends of which are oscillated and have friction ratchet connexion at their outer ends with flanges i upon driven disks c. The ratchet grips may comprise loose semicircular parts or ' divided pins ' l. To prevent lost motion, arms n, Fig. 2, projecting from the levers k may carry plungers q pressed by springs o against the flanges i.
Patent GB-191401832-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Gear for Motor Driven Vehicles.
Inventor: SPURRIER HENRY
IPC: B62D19/00
Filed: 1914-01-23
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 1832. Spurrier, H. Jan. 23. Axles and axle structures. - In vehicles in which the torque tube and axle casing are bolted together, the axle casing G is formed with a removable upper part or cover J which is provided with a detachable plate M, by removing which the worm K and its shaft mav be withdrawn axially. The cover J is bolted to the torque tube B at 1 and the casing G at 3, and the plate M carries a thrust bearing for the worm shaft A<1>. The propeller shaft A is connected to the worm shaft by a slidable coupling L which enables the worm to be readily removed. When the cover J has been disconnected from the torque tube and the worm shaft has been removed, the axle casing can be rotated in the direction of the arrow so as to enable the differential gear to be conveniently inspected or removed. The propeller shaft A is provided with two universal joints F, one within the universal coupling C of the torque tube. Specification 16,919/03 is referred to.
Patent GB-191411599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Portable Electric Safety Lamps for use in Mines or other Places.
Inventor: BRISTOL LARS
Filed: 1914-05-11
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 11,599. Bristol, L. May 11. Seal fastenings.-The hinged cover of an electric safety lamp is locked by a screw f and provided with additional locking-means, such as a sleeve j sealed by a lead rivet; a screwed ring q is locked when the cover is closed by engagement with a slide t of a pin s on the rim and a pin y fixed to the case and projecting through a hole in the cover. In modifications, the sleeve is dispensed with, the rivet extending across the keyhole or through separate lugs on the cover and case.
Patent GB-191417843-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sackshaking Machines.
Inventor: STACHOW FREDRICK WILLIAM CHARL
IPC: D06G1/00
Filed: 1914-07-28
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 17,843. Stachow, F. W. C. July 28. Cleaning sacks.-The machine shakes the sacks by throwing them repeatedly by centrifugal action from a revolving inner drum or cage against the walls of a revolving outer drum, which is preferably provided with projecting arms to lift and then drop the sacks on to the inner drum again; the dust being removed meanwhile by suction through the hollow axle of the inner drum or cage. Fig. I shows one construction of outer drum and Fig. V one construction of inner drum. In this case, the two drums are driven by spur gearing 10 so that the outer drum rotates slowly in one direction while the inner drum rotates at a higher speed in the opposite direction. The outer drum is mounted in a dust-proof casing 1 and comprises a built-up polygonal frame fitted with bent arms 4 which pick up the sacks at the lowest point during the rotation and release them near the highest point. The falling sacks are received by the blades 6 and wire netting 7 fixed round the inner drum and are thrown outwards into the path of the arms 4 for the repetition of the operation. The blades are in proximity to the suction openings 5<b> in the hollow shaft through which the dust is drawn off by an external fan or pump. Wires 8 connect the adjacent blades to stiffen the structure. A perforated rotary casing with or without blades such as 6 may be substituted for the inner member shown, and in some cases may rotate in the same direction as the outer drum.
Patent GB-191418825-A (GB)
Title: Torpedo Pilot Boats for Automobile Torpedoes.
Inventor: DANENHOWER SLOAN
IPC: B63G8/32
Filed: 1914-08-19
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 18,825. Danenhower, S. Aug. 19. Submarine vessels. - Relates to submersible pilot - boats for automobile torpedoes carrying the torpedo upon guides for directing it, when released, to proceed under its own power to the target, and having a helmet portion for the escape of the operator and means by which the motor of the torpedo can be employed to assist in propelling the boat; and consists in so arranging and dimensioning the helmet that it may be released from a single point, and will rise to the surface with the operator, carrying a supply of air. The craft is preferably of the catamaran type, having a single central control chamber. The preferred construction comprises two portions 5, 6, Fig. 6, mounted upon a beam 7 beneath which is located the torpedo 2, having ribs 12 in engagement with guides upon the fin-keels 14, 15, and a stud 11 guided in a groove 10 in the beam. In the normal position, the ribs 12 extend bevond the grooves and are held by a chain 17, Fig. 8, to a hook 18 releasable by gearing 22, 23, &c. from a hand-wheel 30. A handle 33, Fig. 4, and connexions 34, 35 operate the lever 38 to start the motors of the torpedo, which, until the torpedo is released by the hook 18, assist in the propulsion of the boat. Each pontoon carries an engine 8, Fig. 1, preferably of the internal-combustion type, and is divided by transverse bulkheads in a compartment 40 containing liquid fuel for the engines, a compartment 41 carrying containers of compressed air to supply the operator and the engines and to blow out the ballast tanks 46, 47, a control compartment 31 which extends across both pontoons, an engine compartment 43, and a tiller compartment 44. The compressed air from the air-flasks in the compartments 41 is led through main air-pipes 89 passing into the control compartment, where valves are fitted to allow the ballast tanks to be blown out and to supply air to the engines when running submerged. In normal working on the surface, induction takes place through a rising pipe 93, to which the exhaust pipe 95 is secured as shown in Fig, 1. The main and auxiliary ballast tanks are not quite sufficient for total submersion, which is effected dynamically by the use of diving-rudders 52, Fig. 1, operated through connexions 54 from a lever 113, Fig. 6. A steering-wheel 110 controls the vertical rudders 57. The engines are controlled by pedals located in extensions of the control chamber and connected by rods to suitable reverse clutch gears.
Patent GB-191418910-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Delivering and Counting Printed Sheets as they come from a Printing Press.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR HENRY
IPC: B65H29/70
Filed: 1914-05-11
Granted: 1915-05-11
Abstract: 18,910. Walker, A. H., [Wood, H. A. W.]. May 11. Delivery apparatus. - In apparatus for delivering single or folded sheets, or newspapers from a printing-press, in counted batches, of the kind in which the sheets drop from the press against a fixed guide and on to the curved vanes of a rotating flyer which deposits them in an overlapping condition on a travelling endless band and in which a device is periodically caused to move a sheet further up on to the preceding sheet so as to separate the batches, the fixed guide is formed with a concave surface at the part first engaged by the sheet and with a convex surface following the concave surface so that buckling of the sheet by direct dropping on to the flyer is prevented. The device for separating the batches comprises a series of rotating circular disks having cam projections on their peripheries to engage and push forward the last sheet of each batch. The sheets y pass in an inclined path from the rollers 569, and strike the concave surface 677<a> of the guide 677 and drop on to the vanes 672 of the flyer at a point approximately opposite to the convex surface 677<b> of the guide. The sheet is thereby curved in the reverse direction and is deposited on the band 673 with its rear edge against the periphery of the counter 682. The flyer, guide, counter, and band each consist of a number of similar members arranged in line with each other and acting together. The counter comprises a series of disks 682 provided with cam projections 683 which push forward the last sheet of a batch to separate the batches. The flyer, band, and counter are driven together by the gearing shown. The lower end of the guide 677 is brought close above the band 673 to prevent the rear edge of the sheets from riding up over the disks 682.
Patent GB-191504562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tipping Troughs Mounted on Automobile Vehicles.
Inventor: RENAULT LOUIS
IPC: B60P1/10
Filed: 1915-03-23
Abstract: 4562. Renault, L. May 28,1914, [Convention date]. Driving auxiliary parts, adapting vehicle driving- gear for.-A tipping trough or hopper mounted on a motor-vehicle is actuated from the vehicle engine by a device which gives it a translatory and tipping movement, and means are provided for auto - matically disengaging the driving - mechanism at the ends of the body travel. In the form shown, the body 1, Fig. 1, moves on rollers 29, on rails 30 on the chassis under the action of a link 3 pivoted to a nut 5, which is traversed by a worm 19, as shown in detail in Fig. 2. Power is derived from the engine through a pinion 16 and shaft 13 rotated by a wheel in the change speed box 11 through a sliding pinion 10. This pinion is controlled by a hand-lever 6, and the drive is transmitted to the worm by a wheel 17 feathered on an extension of the worm and normally resting disengaged, as shown in dotted lines. It is thrown in gear with the p nion 16 by a fork 24 carried on a sliding rod 23 controlled by a hand-lever 7. In the position shown, the worm and link 3 are about to move the body backwards and tip it. At the end of the rearward stroke, an arm 25 carried by the nut abuts on a collar 26 on the shaft and, by sliding the shaft and fork, brings the wheel 17 to the dotted-line position, so as to stop the traverse of the body. To bring the body back, the lever 7 is moved so as to engage the wheel 17 with a wheel 27 on a lay shaft and thus give the worm a reversed rotation. Abutment of the arm 25 on a collar 28 on the shaft automatically disconnects the drive when the body is restored to position. A stop 35 bears in notches 32, 33, 34 in the shaft to retain it at the positions for tipping, rest, and returning. At the end of the backward traverse, the inner end 42, Fig. 1, of a pivoted door-retaining arm strikes a stop 46 on the chassis and lowers the hook 43, leaving the door 44 free to swing about the hinge 45.
Patent GB-191506538-A (GB)
Title: Fluid Pressure Cushioning Mechanism.
Inventor: GRUSS LUCIEN ROBERT
IPC: B60G15/12
Filed: 1915-05-01
Granted: 1915-09-30
Abstract: 6538. Gruss, L. R. May 1. Drawings to Specification. Equalizing load on wheels and springs.- Vehicles fitted with a special hydro-pneumatic cushion at each corner may have the air chambers of the cushions connected by pipes to a single pressure-gauge on the dash-board so that the load may be ascertained.
Patent GB-191509077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Skate Cycles.
Inventor: PORTASS STANLEY MOORE
IPC: B62M1/00
Filed: 1915-06-21
Abstract: 9077. Portass, S. M. June 21. [Cognate Application, 11,002/15.] Converting reciprocating into rotary motion.- Skate cycles are provided with a foot-operated rack-and-pinion driving-gear. As shown in Fig. 1, the gear may have ratchet teeth, so that the reciprocating rack is operative only on the forward stroke. In order to ensure that the rack shall remain in engagement with the pinion during the driving stroke, it may be suspended by links 4, 4<a>, Fig. 1, which may be either of considerable length, or of short length and-controlled by stops 12, 12<a>, the upper bar being held down by a pin 8 with or without a roller.
Patent GB-191510520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Elevators.
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 1915-07-20
Granted: 1915-12-30
Abstract: 10,520. Suisted's Patent Coal Elevator, Ltd., and Robinson, C. July 20. Conveying and elevating apparatus.- An elevator for coaling ships or for like purposes, of the type consisting of a single endless bucket-chain carried on a framing on two pontoons spaced apart and delivering its contents on to an extending conveyer, is mounted on pivots so that it may have lateral movement across the barge from which it takes coal and be adjusted also in a fore- and-aft direction. The arrangement is shown in end and side views respectively in Figs. 1 and 2. The framing c on the pontoons a straddles the barge b and carries at the top a gimballike frame of which one pair of pivots supports the e n d - less bucket elevator d so that it may swing laterally, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The elevator terminates in a downturned. outlet d<1> mounted on the other pivots f of the gimbal frame so as to allow a fore-and-aft swing under the action of a motor h and tackle g, as shown bv dotted lines in Fig. 2, while maintaining the outlet at a substantially constant distance from the conveyer for all positions of the conveyer and elevator. The outlet d' feeds a side conveyer e pivoted at m, adjusted by a rope n and motor o, and having a bifurcated outlet Fig. 4, the two pivoted shoots s of which are independently adjustable by cables t. The side conveyer may be used for deck loading by means of a conveyer p, or for port-hole loading.
Patent GB-191511156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Massage Appliances for the Gums.
Inventor: VERNON-WARD GUSSIE
IPC: A61H13/00
Filed: 1915-07-31
Abstract: 11,156. Ward, G. Vernon-. July 31. Massage.-Massage appliances for the mouth and gums, of the type in which massaging - rollers are carried by a handle, are constructed so that the supporting pin or axle of the rollers and the adjacent parts of the handle are not liable to contact with the surface under treatment. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the end of a tapering and somewhat flexible handle 3 is bent into a loop 4 to grip an axle pin 5. The massaging-rollers project beyond the ends of the axle and above the loop 4. In a modified construction, the pin 5 is formed as a bolt and nut, so that the rollers are detachable from the axle. In some cases, the pin 5 only projects on one side of the loop, and the appliance is fitted with a single roller. The rollers may be formed of the same material throughout or may be fitted with metal bushes 6 as shown, and may be covered with material impregnated with medicaments or chemicals. The handle may be formed with joints to assist in applying the rollers to the surface under treatment. For combined massage and electric treatment, the rollers may act as one contact device for passing an electric current through the body from an external source, the other contact being held in the spare hand of the patient. In other cases, the handle of the appliance may be constructed to act as a weak electric battery.
Patent GB-191512311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Coating of Metal Plates with Tin, Terne or other Metal or Alloy.
Inventor: TAYLOR PERCY BRAINE
IPC: C23C2/08
Filed: 1915-08-26
Abstract: 12,311. Taylor, P. B. Ang 26. Tinning and coating by dipping.-In apparatus for coating metal plates with tin, terne, &c. the top pair of a finishing-set of rolls arranged in the flux is of a tinning material, and one or more of the lower rolls are of such a material that they do not coat with tin &c., or do not take such a coating as is necessary for satisfactory finishing, or that they permit the coating-metal to drain away quicker than do the top rolls., In a modification, the rolls on one side of the plate are dissimilar in character from those on the other side. so as to produce different qualities of coatings on the two surfaces of the plate which has been coated on both sides in the bath. The tinning-rolls may be of mild steel, the others being of glass, china, stone, enamelled iron, asbestos fibre, aluminium, which may be hardened, aluminium alloys, iron or steel alloys, such as those with silicon, cast iron, which may be chilled, &c. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1. the bath of tin extends to the level e-e, the finishing-rolls being arranged in a superposed flux bath. The rolls a are of tinning material, and one or more of the rolls b, c, d are of dissimilar character. In modifications, three pairs of rolls are used, the upper pair or upper two pairs being in contact with, and driving frictionally, or by gearing, tinning or other cleaning rolls. A trough for molten metal may be arranged beneath these cleaning-rolls or the rolls next to the top pair. The top pairs of rolls may have asbestos or like wipers or metallic brushes, and the lower rolls are preferably grooved spirally. Also the rolls of the top pair may be unequal in tin-carrying capacity. Specification 14,228/14 is referred to.