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Patent GB-191310300-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing and other Machines.
IPC: D05B3/06
Filed: 1913-05-01
Granted: 1914-05-01
Abstract: 10,300. British United Shoe Machinery Co.., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. May 1. [Addition to 1722/11.] Blind-stitching machines; stopping-gear, non- automatic.-In the machine claimed in the parent Specification, the work-bender lever 73 is connected to the feed-bar 145 by means of a pin 362 on the lever and a slot 364 in the bar. The presser-bar 97 which is pivoted on the pin 74 is provided with a wedge-shaped extension 374 positioned so that it separates the thread tension disks 376 when the presser is raised. The stop-gear is provided with a snap fastening which when the machine is started holds the belt-gear in driving position until the heel of the driving treadle is depressed. The snap-level 330 is pressed upon a pin 326 by a spring. When the starting-lever 316 is moved upwards by the head of the treadle rod, the pin 326 moves with it and the lever 330 snaps underneath. The lever 330 is removed to permit the stopping operation by depressing the treadle rod so that a shoulder upon it pulls the snap-lever away from the pin 326. The machine is stopped in a predetermined position by means of a cam 52 and a spring-pressed brake plunger 54. After the plunger 54 has ridden over the highest part of the cam and dropped into the depression 342, any further movement of the machine brings against the plunger a part 346 of the cam which is so steep that it will cause the machine to run back and come to rest with the plunger in the depression 342. A part 348 of the cam beyond the part 346 forms a positive stop to overrunning. At the beginning of the stopping operation, the plunger engages a part of the cam at the side of the stop 348 which part gradually increases in width as the stop 348 is passed. A thrum-gatherer consisting of a spring-plate having converging up-turned edges is provided on the work-plate for gathering the buttonhole cords into position to be stitched over. The needle is supported on its underside as it enters the fabric by a needle-guide 400 mounted on a cam-actuated shaft 404.
Patent GB-191312355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Marine Engine Governors.
Inventor: RAMSAY ALLAN
Filed: 1913-05-27
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 12,355. Ramsay, A., and Jackson, T. May 27. Fluid governors combined with pendulum governors. A marine-engine governor having a gravitycontrolled tiltable device a for controlling, through fluid-pressure transmission mechanism, the throttle valve of the engine according to the inclination of the ship, as described in Specification 29,078/10, is combined with a fluid-operated device for positively tilting the member a on excessive speed of the engine. A pump operated by the engine supplies fluid to a device j consisting of a loaded piston l within a cylinder having a by-pass h. Upon excessive speed of the engine, the piston is raised by the pressure below it, and operates the tiltable device a, adjustment being effected by controlling the extent of opening of the by-pass controlling the discharge of fluid from the cylinder. A cylinder and piston as described may be arranged at each end of the tiltable device a and either may be made operative by a three-way cock m.
Patent GB-191313762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combs.
Inventor: FASSMANN JOSEF VIKTOR
IPC: A45D24/24
Filed: 1913-06-13
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 13,762. Fassmann, J. V. June 18, 1912, [Convention date]. Combs, hair. -These are provided with a longitudinal groove 1 extending through the back into the teeth for the purpose of receiving absorbent bodies impregnated with liquid, or substances such as pomatum &c., for application to the hair or to fibres.
Patent GB-191314729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Loud Speaking Telephone Stations.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: H04M1/18
Filed: 1913-06-25
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 14,729. Wade, H., [Elektrizitõts Akt.-Ges. Hydrawerk]. June 25. Telephones, mounting and supporting; mouthpieces and ear-pieces.- A loud - speaking telephone receiver T and microphone M a r e mounted in a recess in the masonry outside a house &c., and are provided with S - shaped funnels t1, t2 attached to the removable front plate P by screws. The funnels are shaped so that all moisture drains away and no instrument can be inserted to damage the diaphragms. The microphone and telephone may be fixed to the front plate by rigid rods, or may be mounted on a sounding-board W attached to the brickwork by pins w.
Patent GB-191314879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-tight Doors for Ships Bulkheads and the like.
Inventor: GREENWOOD ROBERT
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1913-06-27
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 14,879. Greenwood, R. June 27. Bulkhead doors.-In watertight doors for ships' bulkheads of the kind in which the door slides and is pressed on to its seat by the co-operation of wedge-surfaces on the door and inclined faces on the frame of the door, the top corners of the door are fitted with wedge-pieces l which engage, when the door is closed, with cut-away portions m on the door frame to ensure correct closure.
Patent GB-191318031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed Apparatus for Bucket Conveyors or Transporters.
Inventor: SOCIETE BURTON FILS
IPC: B65G67/00
Filed: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 18,031. Soc. Burton Fils. Oct. 26, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Feeding-devices for endless-chain conveyers.- The buckets of a conveyer are fed automatically during their travel from a longitudinally displaceable hopper. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the hopper travels on rails g and is provided with an outlet closed by a door h carried by a pivoted arm h<1>. Rollers l on the bucket trunnions engage a swinging arm k geared through pinions j, i to the arm h<1>. In a modification, Fig. 4, the arm k is centrally pivoted and is connected by a link o to a part p projecting from the arm h<1>.
Patent GB-191319790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: F22G7/00
Filed: 1913-09-01
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 19,790. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Power Speciality Co.]. Sept. 1. Hand-hole doors.-An aperture in a partition 17 between the wet and dry steam chambers of a superheater is closed by semicircular plates 28, 29, which are bolted around their curved edges to the partition and along their straight edges to a stiffening-plate 30. The parts cf the closure may thus be readily removed through the steam-outlet opening 34.
Patent GB-191319937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Toothed Gearing.
IPC: F16H3/08
Filed: 1913-09-03
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 19,937. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Curtis, C. G.]. Sept. 3. Toothed gearing for transmitting heavy loads, such as in marine propulsion by steam turbines or high-speed engines, consists of a number of intermeshing gear-wheels transmitting motion from one shaft to another, and equalizing-devices on both shafts permitting relative self-adjustment of the gear-wheels to distribute the load. The shaft 1 carries eight pinions 3 meshing with eight gearwheels 4 mounted loosely on the shaft 2. The gears 4 are connected together in pairs by primary equalizers comprising bars 5 pivoted at 6 to each wheel. The primary equalizers are connected together in pairs by secondary equalizing-bars b, which are pivoted to the primary equalizing-bars 5, and also at 21 to sleeves 22 secured to the shaft 2. This arrangement permits relative self-adjustment of each set of four gear-wheels. The pinions 3 on the shaft 1 are arranged in corresponding sets of four, and are secured to sleeves 17 loosely mounted on the shaft 1 and connected thereto, so as to permit of relative self-adjustment, by bevel-wheels 18 on the adjacent end of the sleeves both meshing with pinions 19 mounted on studs 20 secured to the shaft.
Patent GB-191321376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Regulating the Gas Supply to Gas Fires.
Inventor: RASCH LOUIS
IPC: C08B3/24
Filed: 1913-09-22
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 21,376. Rasch, L. Sept. 22. Valves closing after predetermined interval or flow.-A valve device of the type opened by hand and closed by the fluid flow acting on a fan-wheel, and particularlv applicable for controlling the supply to gas-fires, is fitted with a fan-wheel of the type described in Specification 21,375/13, [Class 54, Gas distribution]. The valve r is opened by a cam - surface 6 on a member 4 secured to a plug cock 3 taking under the end of the valve spindle and under a pivoted member 2, which is adapted to move a cam m clear of a slot v. A further movement of the member causes a cam-surface 8 to engage a pin t on the spindle and to rotate the spindle, thus moving a pin s into the slot v, which holds the valve in the open position. To close the valve, the pin s is forced out of the slot v by the cam m, which has a pin-and-slot connexion with a disk rotated by the fan-wheel acting through two worms and worm-wheels.
Patent GB-191405743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or connected with, the Filing of Records, Letters and other Documents.
Inventor: VESTERLING AUGUST
IPC: B42F13/40
Filed: 1914-03-26
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 5743. Vesterling, A. March 26, 1913. Covers.-Loose-leaf books or files of the kind having one or more rings or retaining-devices upon which the leaves or papers are filed are provided with leaf-lifting devices comprising members hinged together and linked up with one or more of the leaf-retaining rings and adapted to lift and push the papers along the rings so as to prevent damage to the papers when the book or file is being opened and closed. According to the construction shown, the leaflifting devices comprise inner and outer strips, levers, covers, or flaps 13, hinged together at 14 and provided with perforations 15 for the passage of the rings 7. The inner flap 12 may either rest against ridges 6 at the back of the book, or may be permanently or detachably hinged to the book. Instead of having two rows of perforations, the flaps 12, 13 may be provided with a single row of slots, in which case, the flaps are retained on the rings by means of wires passed through the rings and through loops on the flaps.
Patent GB-191406087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Nut Cracking or Breaking Machines or Apparatus.
Inventor: BOX ALFRED EBENEZER
IPC: A23N5/00
Filed: 1914-03-10
Granted: 1915-03-10
Abstract: 6087. Box, A. E. March 10. [Cognate Application, 6508/14.] No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Cracking-nuts; vibrating-hammer apparatus. -A device for cracking nuts comprises a hammer head b resiliently attached to a rocking shaft e and co-operating with an anvil h, or with a pair of anvils, one on each side of the shaft e, the nuts being fed to and held on the anvil and then carried to wedges t which enter the fractured shell and remove it from the kernel in the manner described in Specification 13,335/13. The hammer and anvil may be provided with chisel edges b<1>, h<1> to form notches in the shell into which the wedge can enter, and the chisel edge b<1> may be adjustable, being formed as a disk with sharp edge secured between two plates forming the hammer head. The head mav be connected to the rocking shaft by a flat spring c or by a spiral spring with guides to prevent lateral motion, or by a rigid arm resiliently secured on the shaft e. A pinion r and rack p give a reciprocating motion to the rods o carrying pawls s, by which an intermittent feed motion is given to conveyer chains i. Cups l mounted on the chains hold the nuts u either under the action of springs n or of spring-pressed guides which cause the chains i to converge. The cups l hold and centre the nuts on the anvil h, or alternatively the hammer head may be provided with rigid or spring-mounted lateral flanges to centre the nuts, or the anvil may support the nut at its ends only. According to Provisional Specification 6087/14, a feeding-ring or wheel having slidable nut-holders may be employed, or a disk having apertures and moving over a ribbed surface may carry the nuts between centring- fingers over the anvil.
Patent GB-191410047-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Infuser and Douche or Irrigator.
Inventor: WEINBERG SALOMO
IPC: A61M3/02
Filed: 1914-04-23
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 10,047. Weiaberg, S. April 23. Irrigators and like appliances.-A douche can is adapted to be used for making an infusion. The can is provided with hinged legs i to support the can horizontally during the heating. The upper end d is closed, and a lid f is formed in the side wall. The outlet leading to the pipe c is fitted with a strainer.
Patent GB-191410980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Eletrolytic Manufacture of Alkali Metals and Alkali Metal Compounds.
Inventor: ASHCROFT EDGAR ARTHUR
IPC: C25C3/02
Filed: 1914-05-04
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 10,980. Ashcroft, E. A. May 4. Alkali metals and their compounds, obtaining.-A fused mixture of an alkali hydrate and an alkali cyanide, with or without other salts, is used as electrolyte with an anode of an alkali-metal alloy, prepared in another cell. Suitable proportions are-60 parts of sodium hydrate and 40 parts of sodium cyanide, or 63 parts of sodium hydrate, 30 parts of sodium cyanide, and 7 parts of sodium carbonate or chloride. With 100 kilograms of electrolyte, a current of 10,000 amperes may be used. The lead alloy may contain 5-10 per cent. of sodium. Both the electrolyte and the alloy are kept in motion. Specifications 1001/12, 1002/12, 1003/12, 1005/12, and 25,144/13 are referred to.
Patent GB-191418388-A (GB)
Title: Resilient Tyres for Wheels.
Inventor: HARRIGAN JOHN JOSEPH
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 18,388. Harrigan, J. J., and Wrenn, J. C. Aug. 7. Metallic-spring bodies and cores; tread projections.-Two sets 13, 14 of arched spring plates arranged as shown are secured yieldingly to the rim 11 by setscrews 29, 30 passed through slots in the plates. Anti - skid devices, which may be fitted to some or all of the plates, consist of a canvas or like backing 31 fitted with projecting metal studs 3.
Patent GB-191418412-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Penstock and like Valves.
Inventor: WALLER BERTRAM BRAUND
IPC: F16K3/02
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 18,412. Waller, B. B., and Falfree, E. Aug. 7. Sluice valves.-A pullactuated sliding valve is provided with means for automatically jamming the valve member against its seat when the actuating-handle is released. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the actuating - handle is pivoted to a weighted lever k provided with a cam o adapted to engage the valve member b to press it against its seat, or a projection n to release it therefrom. The lever k is pivoted to a bridge-piece a running on guides f and having holes adapted to take over pins c secured to the back of the valve member. In a modification, the cam is formed on a spindle working in slots formed in a pair of lugs on the back of the valve member and adapted to engage one pair of a series of recesses formed in the guideplates.
Patent GB-191418773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BUFFUM HERBERT HOWARD
IPC: F02M9/12
Filed: 1914-08-18
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 18,773. Buffum, H. H., and Pierson, R. M. Aug. 18. Fluids, regulating volume of flow or pressure of.-A carburettor choke-tube is formed by a series of thin overlapping plates or strips which are normally extended to give the choke-tube its greatest diameter, diminution of the diameter being effected by endlong pressure on the plates. The choke-tube 19 is formed by normally flexed thin spring-steel or bronze strips 20, Fig. 3, the ends of which are preferably let into notches in rings 21 and secured by solder. The rings are surrounded by tubes 26, 27, Fig. 1, the upper ring being depressed to vary the size of the choke-tube by a cam 28 actuated by a lever 30.
Patent GB-191424013-A (GB)
Title: Prepayment Electricity Meters.
IPC: G07F15/00
Filed: 1914-12-14
Granted: 1915-12-09
Abstract: 24,013. Landis & Gyr, Soc. Anon. Dec. 17, 1913, [Convention date]. Electricity, supplying by meter; registering. -In prepayment attachments for electricity meters, a counter b registering the total number of coins inserted is provided in addition to the counter a for registering the consumption in electric units. The counter b may be driven from the-meter or from the coin mechanism i. A pivoted flap c supported by the money-box g normally covers the counter, but drops into the position shown in full lines when the box is withdrawn. To render the contents of the till inaccessible when the main cover e is removed, an inner case f is provided having a slot for the passage of the coin.
Patent GB-191501075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Generators.
IPC: F22B9/12
Filed: 1915-01-22
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 1075. Hazell, R. L. K., and Davey, Paxman, & Co. Jan. 22. L o c o m o t i v e - type boilers; shells; fireboxes. - A locomotive boiler built in sections to facilitate transport has a fire-box arranged at one end of and exterior to the boiler proper, and a boiler shell formed in sections which are secured together by bolts passing through external flanges. The fire-bricks lining the roof of the fire-box are supported by bars which engage with the firebricks without passing through them. One of the shell sections a, Fig. 1, carries the smoke-box c, and other sections carry the connexion d for the steam drum e, the man-hole fitting f, and the mud-hole fitting f The fire-box m is built up of metal plates and is provided with a flange m<1>, by means of which it is bolted to the back of the boiler shell. The furnace door o and the ashhole door r are arranged at the sides of the fire-box. The fire-bricks v<1> are supported by triangular cross-bars w engaging with the bevelled edges of the fire-bricks.
Patent GB-191503920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Safety Appliances for Attache Cases and the like.
Inventor: HARBEN NORMAN
IPC: E05B65/52
Filed: 1915-03-12
Abstract: 3920. Harben, N., and Harben, N. R. March 12. [Cognate Application, 7890/15.] Fastenings for cases, &c. - An attachÚ case, dressing-case, trunk, bag, box, or the like is secured against accidental opening by a hook E, Fig. VI on the lid A which, on closing, springs past a hook B on the side of the case and on opening, interlocks with the hook B. This safety catch may be supplementary to the ordinary fastening, or may be combined with it, as shown, in Fig. 11, wherein the hinged hasp plate M engaging the lock L carries a safety hook G. Instead of interlocking hooks, slotted plates, and projections may be employed.
Patent GB-191506523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boots, Shoes, and Slippers.
Inventor: HOWARD JOHN
IPC: A43B13/28
Filed: 1915-05-01
Granted: 1915-12-23
Abstract: 6523. Howard, J., and Howarth, S. May 1. Connecting uppers to insoles and soles.-In attaching soles of vulcanized fibre to boots, shoes, or slippers, the sole A is formed with an undercut or other groove to receive the stitches b, which are preserved by subsequently filling-in the groove with wax or cement a<1>.
Patent GB-191506854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distilling and Concentrating Apparatus.
Inventor: ANDERSON WILLIAM
IPC: B01D3/02
Filed: 1915-05-07
Abstract: 6854. Anderson, W., and Meikle, J. May 7. Progressive evaporators; separate heater and evaporator apparatus.-Plant for distilling or concentrating liquids consists of a number of evaporators resembling the steamgenerator described in Specification 11,564/13, [Class 123 (ii), Steamgenerators], connected so that the liquid flows through them in series, and all heated by a single furnace, the heating of each unit being under separate control. The evaporator, Fig. 1, comprises a heating-drum 2 traversed by fire-tubes 3, together with a superposed vapour-separating drum 1, the drums being connected by a central downflow and external upflow pipes. The combustion gases pass up through the evaporators in parallel and thence through dampercontrolled flues into a common flue.
Patent GB-191506857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Forming Insulation and like Tubes.
Inventor: SCHULTZ GEORGE
IPC: B31C1/00
Filed: 1915-05-07
Abstract: 6857. Schultz, G. May 7. Paper and fibrous pipes and tubes. - Relates to apparatus for forming insulation and like tubes in which a band of paper, mica, &c., with or without an additional layer of insulating-material, is wound on to a mandrel 1 by the coaction of the mandrel with two driven heated rollers 2, 3 which effect the rotation of the mandrel, a pressure roller being provided also, and the tightness of the material itself forming a substitute for any outer pressure mould. According to the invention, the pressure roller 4 is also positively driven so as to assist in rotating the mandrel, and is preferably heated and arranged overhead so as to act by virtue of its weight. The material is unwound from rolls 5, 6 provided with means for tightening the material and with braking- mechanism 14, 17, then passes over a table 7 to the heated roller 3 which together with the roller 2 is driven from the main shaft 38. and thence to the mandrel 1, where it is further pressed by the rollers 4, 2. The roller 4 is driven from the shaft 38 through bevel-gearing 61 rotating a shaft 56 having a keyway 59 in which slides a worm 57 for driving the wormwheel 58. The roller 4 is supported by chains 52, which can be raised by operating a control shaft 54. The mandrel 1 can be raised for interchanging by actuating levers 42 from a control shaft 25, which simultaneously operates the braking-mechanisms 14, 17 of the two or more rolls 5, 6. In addition to the gas-pipes 40 for heating the rollers 2, 3, a stationary gas-pipe 48 may be provided for heating the roller 4.
Patent GB-191508672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Alternating Current Motors of the Commutator Type.
IPC: H02K27/04
Filed: 1915-06-11
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 8672. British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., [Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co.]. June 11. Alternating-current commutator machines.-An alternating - current motor, having an exciting- winding 2, Fig. 1, and a compensating winding 3 and connected to an auto-transformer 4 or other source, is started with its stator windings and armature 1 in series with a resistance 5, and with its armature shunted by a non-inductive resistance 8. The compensating-winding 3 is next connected across a portion of the source 4 by way of the tapping 9, and afterwards the shunting-resistance 8 is disconnected.
Patent GB-191508766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Gas-scrubbers.
IPC: B01D47/06
Filed: 1915-06-14
Abstract: 8766. Miles, T. V., and Newton, Chambers, & Co. June 14. Scrubbers.-In a gas-scrubber of the type having horizontal grids 2 over which water is circulated, the upper end 3 of the tower is provided with a ring of valve - -controlled steam nozzles 10 converging beneath the gas inlet 4. Water is supplied to the grids 2 from horizontal pipes 11 provided with sprinklers and controlled by valves 13.
Patent GB-191512694-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Heating and otherwise Treating the Air Supply to Buildings and the like.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
IPC: F24H3/04
Filed: 1915-09-03
Abstract: 12,694. Berry, A. F. Sept. 3. [Cognate Application, 3193/16.] Treating with liquids in apparatus having wetted perforated partitions.-Air heated by electric heaters for buildings is conditioned, by lowering its temperature, moistening, &c. Fig. 1 shows apparatus wherein the attemperated air is moistened by a damped screen w of fabric fitted in the hood g. In a modification, Fig. 9, the cool air is conditioned by an absorbent material 18 stretched round rods 17 as shown.