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Patent GB-191211265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Devices for Indicating and Recording the Speed and Drift of Ships.
Inventor: DILLBERG GUSTAF
IPC: G01P5/14
Filed: 1912-05-11
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 11,265. Dillberg, G., and Petersson, C. May 11. Logs.-An apparatus of the current-meter type for indicating or recording the speed of a ship or the direction and magnitude of a current acting thereon, is provided with a tube communicating with the sea which thus has access to a rigid chamber in which is supported a closed resilient vessel containing fluid adapted to transmit the movements thereof to a similar vessel operatively connected to an indicating or recording pointer. A tube c having a hole e of approximately the diameter of the tube projects beyond the hull of the ship at a suitable position, and is connected by pipes f, g to the rigid chamber i situated below the loading-line of the ship. In the rigid chamber is suspended a resilient vessel l which communicates by a pipe k with a similar vessel m, the pipe and vessels being filled with a non-compressible liquid, preferably kerosene. The deformation of the vessel m is caused, by means of an arm n, to actuate a recording-pencil p, which makes a record on a clock-driven strip or drum. When ascertaining the current, the tube c is removed and the water enters directly through the hole in the hull of the ship. One such apparatus is provided for each side of the ship, and the ship is manoeuvred to the position of maximum difference of indications.
Patent GB-191213205-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Producing Peculiar Luminous Effects on Stages and the like.
Inventor: SAUBERMANN SIEGMUND
IPC: B44F1/00
Filed: 1911-07-09
Granted: 1912-09-26
Abstract: 13,205. Saubermann, S. June 9, 1911, [Convention date]. Theatrical appliances.-Objects on stages &c. are rendered luminous by coating them with fluorescent substances and causing invisible ether impulses, such as ultra-violet rays, Rontgen rays, &c., to fall upon them.
Patent GB-191214632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Steam Generators.
Inventor: COOPER ARTHUR WILLIAM
IPC: F22B37/22
Filed: 1912-06-22
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 14,632. Cooper, A. W. June 22. [Addition to 1819/12.] Hand-hole doors.-In the water-tube boiler described in the parent Specification, the orifices in the drums opposite the ends of the tubes are closed by caps B, which are machined to the exact size of the orifices and are secured by a tube-expander. Flanges C on the caps prevent them from being blown out.
Patent GB-191217854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Cartridge Belts for Machine Guns.
Inventor: WOLF WILHELM
IPC: D03D3/00
Filed: 1912-08-01
Granted: 1913-01-09
Abstract: 17,854. Wolf, W. Aug. 1. Fashioned fabrics; strengthening-cords, fabrics with; tubular fabrics.-Relates to belts constructed of two strips of fabric joined together at equal intervals along their length to form cartridge pockets, and consists in weaving the strips together so that the complete belt, furnished with pockets, may be produced by a single operation in a loom. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, strips of fabric a, strengthened at the edges by woven-in cords b, are woven together at equal intervals by strands c to form a series of pockets for cartridges f. The strands c may diverge at the ends to fit the tapering fronts of the cartridge cases.
Patent GB-191222283-A (GB)
Title: Safety Appliance for Flying Machines.
Inventor: KENDIG JULIAN HENRY
IPC: B64D17/72
Filed: 1912-10-01
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 22,283. Kendig, J. H. Oct. 1. Mountings for pneumatic guns.-Consists in a parachute device and a pneumatic gun for firing the same upwards from an aerial machine, to act as a safety device when the machine is in danger of falling. The folded parachute is arranged as the projectile of the gun, which can be elevated at will. The projectile comprises a casing 18, on which the parachute is folded and which is always outside the gun barrel 7, and an inner reservoir 12 filled with compressed air which fits inside the gun barrel. Trunnions 9 carry the gun, which is rotated into the firing position by springs 50, Fig. 1, connected to cranks 52. The gun is locked in the lowered position by a spring pawl 53 and by a pawl which abuts under each crank 52. The pawls are released simultaneously when the release rod 64 is moved by a pull on a cord 69. The gun is locked in the firing position by fingers 131 which slip into notches 144, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191228466-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fire Escape and the like.
Inventor: ARNOTT PATRICK RAMSAY
IPC: E06C9/14
Filed: 1912-12-10
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 28,466. Arnatt, P. R. Dec. 10. Weight-actuated lowering-apparatus.-In fireescape lowering-apparatus in which an endless ladder is suspended from a drum which is braked automatically with a force proportionate to the weight on the ladder, the braking-effect is produced by passing the descending side of the ladder over a roller at the end of a pivoted brake arm. The ladder a is engaged by projecting members c on the drum d, which prevent it from moving without rotating the drum, and passes over the roller p on a shaft connecting two pivoted brake arms n which apply band brakes to drums at opposite ends of the main drum, as shown in Fig. 3. Guard-plates q, r prevent the users of the apparatus from being caught in the mechanism. In some cases, the whole of the mechanism may be enclosed in a casing. Fittings for exteriors of buildings.-One end of the drum and one member n are carried bv the vertical bar g forming the outer member of a four-sided swinging frame hinged to the wall of the building. The other end of the drum is carried by an intermediate vertical stay on the frame. A gallery or landing may be constructed on the building in proximity to the apparatus so that people from all parts of the building may reach the apparatus.
Patent GB-191229878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Reclaiming of Waste Rubber.
Inventor: WHEELER ORRIN ARTIMUS
IPC: C08J11/16
Filed: 1912-12-28
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 29,878. Wheeler, O. A., Loewenthal, E. D., and Loewenthal, B. Dec. 28. Devulcanizing waste rubber; plastic compositions containing india-rubber and cellulose compounds.-India-rubber containing fabric insertions is devulcanized, the fibrous material being converted into a tenacious mass which remains in the rubber, by treatment with an alkali and carbon disulphide. Cut-up scrap is treated with a strong solution of caustic soda, and allowed to stand for 3-5 hours. The material is placed in a digester with about one part of carbon disulphide to 10 parts of waste. Water is then added, and the digester is heated by steam at a pressure of about 100 lb. The cellulose is thus rendered insoluble, and the sulphur which combines with the alkali can be washed out. New rubber or gums such as pontianac, acra flake, quayule, and also sulphur, may be added to the product.
Patent GB-191302123-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Locking and Unlocking Doors of Railway Carriages.
Inventor: WILSON JOHN
IPC: E05B51/02
Filed: 1913-01-27
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 2123. Wilson, J. Jan. 27. Pneumatically - o p e - rated fastenings.-In an apparatus for locking and unlocking railway carriages, of the kind described in Specification 23,332/12, a retainer a on the doorjamb is arranged in front of the door latch a<2>, which is of the kind described in Specification 4031/11, and is adapted to be rotated to permit unfastening of the door except when locked in position by means of a pneumaticallyoperated piston or diaphragm. For this purpose, the retainer a, maintained in locking position by a spring a<4>, has a projection a<6>, Fig. 6, which is normally free to move within a gap of the piston-rod b<2>, but is held in locking engagement with the lower end b<4> of the pistonrod when the piston b<1> rises in the cylinder b. In the form of apparatus shown, the piston is raised by the formation of a vacuum in the cylinder b, which is connected with the trainpipe by a pipe b<5>; but in a modification in which the cylinder is inverted, compressed air may be employed. The spring a<4> may instead be of the uncoiling type, or may be replaced by a weight. As shown in Fig. 1, the latch a<2> may be combined with a spring-pressed latch-lock e, as described in Specification 12,815/12; and the whole apparatus is adapted for an emergency unlocking and for accelerated unlocking, as described in Specification 28,346/12.
Patent GB-191310212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Proportional Drawing Instruments.
Inventor: BERSANO ANGELO
IPC: B43L13/10
Filed: 1913-04-30
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 10,212. Bersano, A., and Bersano, C. Q. April 30. Proportional-drawing instruments.-A device for copying drawings on an enlarged or reduced scale by plotting points in succession consists of a body part a pivoting about a centre c in line with a straight-edge t of the body part a and a part g sliding in a straight line and carrying adjustable arms h, i with straight-edges directed to a centre so situated on the sliding part g that the straight lines described by the centre j passes through the centre c about which the body part a is pivoted. The distances c u, c v are in a constant ratio for any particular angular setting, by set-screws s, of the arms h, i so that points of the copy may be found by setting either u or v to coincide with a point on the drawing to be copied.
Patent GB-191317431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Centrifugal Compressors.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: F04D29/30
Filed: 1913-07-29
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 17,431. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Ingersoll-Rand Co.]. July 29. Impeller blades.-Centrifugal fan blades are made up of two parts, the inner part 3 being of sheet metal with bent flanges riveted to the supporting-disks, and the outer part 6, which is subject to most wear, being of stronger material milled to shape. The part 6 is secured by rivets passing through flanges or through the part itself, and may have strengthening-ribs 10.
Patent GB-191322795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supporting Temporary Platforms or Centering to Carry Concrete Floors.
Inventor: TOMKINSON CHARLES
IPC: E04G17/18
Filed: 1913-10-09
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 22,795. Tomkinson, C., and Williams, J. T. Oct. 9. Centering for floors.-Floor centering consists of beams B shorter than the distance between the flanges of adjacent floor-supporting girders A and supported by wedges E, F, which engage opposite sides of the lower flanges of the girders and are inserted between the beams and abutments provided on stirrups C suspended on the beams. The abutments consist of bolts D inserted in holes in the stirrups, or of horizontal parts continuous with the stirrups. In a modification, the ends of the beams B are supported on flanged plates G secured to the girder flanges by lugs on bolts H, which are slotted to receive wedges I, J, or are screw-threaded to receive nuts, to clamp the parts together.
Patent GB-191324108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Automatically Exhibiting Letters, Signs and other Representations for Advertising and the like purposes.
Inventor: COUDURIER JOSE
IPC: G09F9/37
Filed: 1913-10-24
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 24,108. Coudurier, J. Oct. 24. Monogrammic signs.-Relates to a monogrammic device of the kind in which a board is provided with openings adapted to be covered by movable lids. The lids are operated by means of a ptrforated band 11, on which rest a number of vertical bars 6, on the ends 7 of which rest pins 8 in the lids 4, so that when a perforation comes under a bar, the bar falls and the corresponding lid opens. The rods 6, the ends of which are bent round to be equidistantly spaced, are raised again by a camroller placed beneath the band 11, into the grooves of which they fall. In a modification for giviug a fixed display, the bars 6 are moved by hand and held by a catch. At the back of the board 1 is a lamp 19 for night use, the board 1 and the lids 4 being painted white for daylight display.
Patent GB-191324630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Chesterfields and Chairs having Adjustable Backs or Sides.
Inventor: WILKIE JOHN
IPC: A47C1/03
Filed: 1913-10-30
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 24,630. Wilkie, J., and McErlane, D. Oct. 30. Seat adjustments. - In chesterfields, or chairs having adjustable backs or sides so formed that they are flush with the frame when in the normal top position, an adjustment is provided comprising a rack bar C pivoted to the frame, passing through a slot in a bracket member G, and engaged adjacent to this member by a spring-controlled detent I. The member G and the detent I are mounted on the hinged back or side P, and the detent is operated to release the rack by means of a lever L baving a handle M moving in a slide N. In a modification wherein the detent is operated by a cord Q, Fig. 5, passing over a pulley R, the cord is attached to the lever L, which is also connected by a bar to the further end of the detent.
Patent GB-191328294-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Treating Cheeses, Cops and similarly Wound Forms of Woollen and Worsted Yarn Preparatory to Warping.
Inventor: HEYMANN HARRY
IPC: D06B23/00
Filed: 1913-12-08
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 28,294. Heymann, H. Dec. 8. Fats, extracting by solvents. Woollen and worsted yarn, in cheese, cop, or similarly wound form, which has been formed from wool dyed before spinning, is degreased in this condition by means of a volatile solvent and then warped or wound into the desired form for weaving as usual. The volatile solvent is caused to percolate through or into the cop or cheese &c., or it is forced into or through the cop &c., and subsequently expelled centrifugally. The solvent may be further expelled by evaporation. The apparatus used for carrying out the invention may be that described in Specification 19,522/13.
Patent GB-191401494-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Arresting Pit Cages, Lifts, & Hoists should the Haulage Rope Break.
Inventor: KING THOMAS
IPC: B66B5/24
Filed: 1914-01-20
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 1494. King, T. Jan. 20. Catch gear of mine-cage type.-Safety-catch gear for pit cages as shown in Fig. 2 comprises guide-levers A engaging the guide-ropes o which are acted upon by weighted forked levers G so connected to the hoisting-rope, that on this rope breaking, the guide-levers are thrown upward to kink the guide-ropes. The guide end D of the lever is slotted as shown in Fig. 4 so that it may engage the guide-rope without threading the rope through the lever, and provision is made to permit slight slackening of the guide-rope without bringing the apparatus into play. Both levers A, G are carried on the same pin F in a bracket B fixed to the cage. The forked end of the lever G engages a pin I carried by the lever A, but the lever A is not operated until the bottom jaw of the fork engages the pin. Springs in addition to weighted levers may assist to apply the apparatus.
Patent GB-191404863-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: RENO EMILE VICTOR
IPC: F01L5/04
Filed: 1914-02-25
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 4863. Reno, E. V., and Bois, J. A. C. Feb. 26, 1913, [Convention date]. Valves; valve-gear.-A split valve 4 in the combustion chamber, controlling inlet and exhaust, is connected by a bayonet-joint to a sleeve 12 mounted in the cylinder, so that the frictional resistance to movement of the valve is balanced by the pressure on the sleeve as described in Specification 23,909/12. The valve is worked from the rod 30 by means of the lever 27, and an eccentric 25 pivoted to the sleeve at 24.
Patent GB-191406347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Couplings.
Inventor: TRAEGER HERMANN
IPC: F21V35/00
Filed: 1914-03-12
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 6347. Trõger, H., and Weiss, J. April 21, 1913, [Convention date]. Grips, friction. - A socket joint or coupling applicable for securing a tool in a handle or holder or for coupling two rods &c., of the type in which an eccentric tubular member or socket such as b mounted to rotate in a handle or holder &c. a receives the tang or end f of a tool &c. and secures it by a rotary movement of the socket b on or against a projection such as d, has the hole in the holder a eccentric so that, when the eccentric socket b is turned to the locking position, Fig. 2, the tang &c. f is concentric with the body of the holder &c. a. The socket b has a slot c engaging the end of the projection d, and when the socket is turned to lock the tool &c. f, the projection enters a recess g therein. The projection may be on the end of a screw as shown. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the invention is applicable, among other things, to joints for furniture and other structures, for connecting sections of tent and flag or like poles, tubing, diopters of guns, for securing wheels and cranks on shafts &c., and fixing gas brackets, gaseliers, &c., and for holding dental instruments &c. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191413407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricators.
Inventor: BAILEY ALFRED JOHN
Filed: 1914-06-02
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 13,407. Bailey, A. J., Bailey, F. M., and Dale, W. B. June 2. Relief devices; indicators. - In a force-feed lubricating-pump, a relief valve is fitted in the pump plunger, which is hollow, and the outlet from the relief passage is arranged to be visible through a sight glass. In the arrangement shown, the plunger h of a suction-valveless pump is provided with a spring-controlled relief valve n, which comes into action when the ordinary discharge pipe p is choked. Fixed to the plunger is a discharge pipe h' for the escape of oil visible through the sight glass b, which also serves for the observation of the usual drip feed. The plunger is operated by a lever reciprocated from an external rocking-arm.
Patent GB-191415660-A (GB)
Title: Means for Preventing the Deflation of Pneumatic Tyres when Punctured.
Inventor: CHAPPELL DAVID JOHN
Filed: 1914-06-30
Granted: 1914-09-10
Abstract: 15,660. Chappell, D. J. June 30. Jackets and covers; air tubes and chambers.- Covers or air-tubes are lined with a puncturesealing device consisting of a rubber honeycomb structure a, Fig. 5, having cells with undercut walls a' filled with a sticky material b obtained by just melting finely cut or ground caoutchouc or slightly vulcanized rubber and stirring-in more of the same material. For lining a cover, a canvas backing c, Fig. 1, is used which, in the case of application to an old cover, has also a layer of rubber. For lining an air-tube, the canvas backing is in two parts c, c<2>, Fig. 4, and the air-tube is made in two overlapping parts e, e<1>, vulcanized together at c<3>. The sticky material is described also in Specification 7288/14.
Patent GB-191417569-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incandescent Gas Flash Light Apparatus.
Filed: 1914-07-24
Granted: 1915-07-26
Abstract: 17,569. Svenska Aktiebolaget Gasaccumulator. Aug. 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Incandescent gas burners; gas supply.-In automatic flash-light apparatus involving rapid increases and reductions of flame employing an incandescent gas burner, unequal amounts of completely combustible gas are supplied in succession to the burner. In one arrangement, part of the completely combustible gas and air supply passes direct to the burner through a by-pass 5, Fig. 1, instead of through the automatic valve apparatus 1; or the valve of the automatic valve apparatus is provided with a by-pass or may be arranged so as not to close completely. In a second arrangement, a storage chamber 7, Fig. 2, closed by a diaphragm 9, is connected to the mixing-tube of the burner by a pipe 5 having, in some cases, a throttling- device, so that a combustible mixture of gas and air is supplied from the chamber at a lesser rate when the valve apparatus closes. A non-return valve 11 in the mixing-tube prevents the gaseous mixture from escaping through the air inlets 8 when the valve apparatus closes. In this, gas alone reaches the flash-light apparatus 1 by the supply pipe 4.
Patent GB-191422720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating and Sterilizing Liquids.
IPC: C02F1/02
Filed: 1914-11-18
Granted: 1915-11-18
Abstract: 22,720. British Electric Heater Co., and Kratt, C. Nov. 18. Water supply and delivery.-A tank 1 surmounted by a boiler 6 provided with an electric heater 8 is supplied with water or other liquid to be sterilized from a tank 3 with a ball cock, through a pipe 2 with a non-return valve 5. The boiler is discharged by a siphon tube 9 brought into action by the steam generated by the heating. The liquid passes through an open tank 11 and through coils 12 in the tank 1 to an outlet 13. The coils 12 may be provided with valves so that one or more may be cut out. Specification 12,129/13 is referred to.
Patent GB-191423749-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Protective Arrangements for Electrical Systems.
IPC: H02H7/22
Filed: 1914-12-08
Granted: 1915-12-02
Abstract: 23,749. Watson, J. F., Waters, E. G., and Callender's Cable and Construction Co. Dec. 8. Protective arrangements.-In protecting cable sections against faults or leakage, each section is provided with two or more cut-out switches and two or more auxiliary or protective conductors and relays, so arranged that when one of the auxiliary conductors receives current by leakage, a relay is actuated which, in addition to controlling a cut-out switch, also directs current into the other protective conductor or conductors and relays, thereby causing the other cut-out switch or switches to be opened at more remote points of the cable section. According to the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, a cable section A is provided with an auxiliary conductor b connected through a relay winding to earth e, and a second auxiliary conductor c connected through a relay winding to earth f. Either relay, when excited by current leaking into the corresponding conductor, closes a local circuit containing a trip-coil and opens a circuit-breaker k situated at one end of the cable section. The relay also, by means of an extra contact, connects the second auxiliary conductor and relay to the local circuit, and thus brings about the opening of a circuit-breaker situated at the remote end of the cable section. Each local circuit may contain a battery s or other source of current having one pole earthed. In a modification, each relay has a third contact so that the response connects the relays in parallel. In a further modification, each of the relay windings is connected to earth through the corresponding battery. In addition to the effect already described, this last arrangement provides for the energization of both relays and consequent opening of both circuit-breakers, in case the two auxiliary conductors should touch each other without a core fault. Modifications adapted for tee-shaped cable sections, employing three auxiliary conductors and three relays, are also described. Specifications 23,449/13 and 13,933/14 are referred to.
Patent GB-191501078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Point or Switch Operating Devices.
Inventor: JOEST ANDERS JULIUS
IPC: B61L11/02
Filed: 1915-01-22
Granted: 1915-10-07
Abstract: 1078. Joest, A. J., and Hansen, P. Jan. 22. Weight control; locking-bars, connexions of. -Railway point tongues 1 are retained in or moved to either of their extreme set positions by the interaction of an inverted V-shaped member 9 on a roller 11 carried by the point-operating rod 2, the member 9 being pressed against the roller by the action of a weight 10 and safety bar 12 carried by the other arm of the lever 5. The roller 11 is prevented from rising by a pivoted catch 30 and another roller 29, which are carried by a plate 28. The safety bar 12 is adjusted vertically by the bolts and supporting-plates 13, 14 and maintained in an horizontal position during its vertical movements by the pivoted arms 17, 18 and rollers 19. To permit the safety bar to incline without breakage, strong springs 22, which cannot come into action until the enclosing-member 35 is broken, are inserted in the connecting-links 21, 20. The links 21 may be quickly disconnected at the interlocking-hooks 24.