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Patent GB-191219642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fuse Devices for Electric Circuits.
Inventor: TUCKER JOHN HENRY
IPC: H01H85/20
Filed: 1912-08-28
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 19,642. Tucker, J. H. Aug. 28. Fusible cut-outs.-In a bridge-carrier fuse the base and holder are constructed with walls, abutments, or the like disposed at their ends and sides, so as to protect the operator's hand from live metal. A rectangular porcelain base a has raised ends b extending towards the middle as walls b<1> disposed on respectively opposite sides of the central line of the base. The stationary contact-slips d lie in sunk recesses with central elongations f, the movable contact tongues e being made of such a size that they will only enter the recesses along the central line. The tongues are carried by wings e<1> of the porcelain bridge-carrier c, the wings being disposed on opposite sides of the central line and fitting close up to the ends b opposite the walls b<1> so as to form complete enclosures for the tongues and clips. The middle part of the bridge carrier is shaped to fill up the intervening spaces at the sides of the base, and the interior is hollowed out to carry the fuse-wire.
Patent GB-191222579-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Ironing Table and other Linen.
Inventor: BRADFORD WILLIAM LITLER
IPC: D06F67/06
Filed: 1912-10-04
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 22,579. Bradford, W. L. Oct. 4. Ironing-machines ivith rollers rotating against concave surfaces.-In a Decoudun machine having endless tapes A for conveying the articles from one bed to the other, the tapes pass around curved guides B flanked by straight flanges C<1>. which ensure the articles leaving the tapes. Balls C resting in sockets prevent the tapes from following the articles. Tension is placed on the tapes by causing them to pass through apertures in weighted levers F.
Patent GB-191223860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrical Heating Devices.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
IPC: H05B3/06
Filed: 1912-10-18
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 23,860. Berry, A. F. Oct. 18. Heating by electricity; resistance ovens.-A heater contains a strip or wire of high resistance wound in one layer, enclosed between mica or other thin insulating sheets, which are held between metal coverings forming an open structure, special means being provided for bringing both ends of the resistance to one end of the heater. In the form shown, a core consisting of a split tube b is fitted over, and optionally soldered or brazed to an inner tube a, so as to leave a longitudinal groove, and is covered with mica. A resistance strip d is laid along the groove and wound back, the two ends being connected to terminals on a support f, which may be screwed into a kettle, oven, or other apparatus. The resistance is covered with thin sheet-mica, over which strip copper or other metal h is wound. The turns of the strip h are joined by soldering or otherwise, or a thin metal tube i may be fitted over it and deformed to fit tightly between the wrappings h. A tube j, having a flange j' at one end and an aperture k at the other, may be inserted into the heating- element to promote fluid circulation, or the heating-element may itself have apertures for this purpose. Alternating current may be used, the heating being in this case partly by currents induced in the tubular parts. Specification 23,861/12 is referred to.
Patent GB-191226141-A (GB)
Title: Billiard Cue Tip Fastener.
Inventor: SIMMONDS EDWIN THOMAS
IPC: A63D15/12
Filed: 1912-11-14
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 26,141. Simmonds, E. T. Nov. 14. Billiards, cues for.-Relates to a device for securing an ordinary leather tip on the end of a billiard cue. A tube or ferrule B screwed for part of its length is fastened on the end of the cue by any suitable means and in such a position that a short length d of the cue end protrudes beyond the ferrule, as shown. A ferrule C which screws on to the ferrule B, has an inturned flange c<1> at its end and which holds the tip E. The tip is inserted in the ferrule C, and the latter is then screwed on to the ferrule B until the tip is pressed tightly against the end of the cue.
Patent GB-191305761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Mincing Machines.
Inventor: BARKER ROBERT CHARLES
IPC: B02C18/00
Filed: 1913-03-08
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 5761. Barker, R. C. March 8. M i n c i n g.-The feed - hopper of a mincing - machine is provided with a vertically - reciprocating plunger for pushing t h e meat into the machine, the meat being moved into the path of the plunger by a conveyer belt. The pusher or plunger c reciprocates in an extension of the hopper b, and is operated by a connecting-rod h from a crank-pin e on the spur-wheel f by which the machine is driven. The rod s of the pusher c has a buffer connexion p with the crosshead o. The meat is placed in a trough x, and is fed forwards during the upward strokes of the pusher by a conveyer belt y driven with a step-bystep motion by a ratchet gear 4 and a rod 2 attached to the cross-head o. The trough may be attached to the sides of the hopper b by hooks 8. An auxiliary feeding-conveyer may be attached to the side of the trough x. As shown in Fig. 2, this comprises an inclined box 10, the width of which corresponds to the length of the trough x, carrying a feeding-conveyer 11. The conveyer pulley 16 is driven from the cross-head o by a rod 12, ratchet gear 14, and spur-wheel 17 having teeth on only a small portion of its rim. The meat in the box 10 is divided into sections by a curved knife 20 carried on a pivoted arm 22 and controlled by a spring 21 and a cam 23 on the shaft of the spur-wheel 17. The gearing is arranged so that blocks of meat of a width equal to the width of the belt y are cut off and fed forward on to the belt y, at such intervals as will allow for the complete discharge of the previous block into the hopper b. The auxiliary feeding-device is specially suitable for re-mincing meat that has previously been through the machine.
Patent GB-191307488-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Hexa-amino-arsenobenzene.
IPC: C07F9/74
Filed: 1913-03-29
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 7488. Boehringer & Soehne, C. F. April 1, 1912, [Convention date]. 3 : 4 : 5 : 3' : : 4<1> 5<1>-Hexaminoarsenobenzene, which has therapeutic properties, is obtained by treating 4-amino-3:5-dinitrophenylarsonie acid with an acid reducing-agent.
Patent GB-191307777-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathes specially adapted for Turning Railway Tyres and the like.
IPC: B23B5/28
Filed: 1913-04-02
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 7777. Maschinenfabrik E. Dania & Co. April 2, 1912, [Convention date]. Turning.-In a lathe for machining curved surfaces, such as railway wheel tyres, the guidebed is set at an angle to the axis of the work, and two tool-holders are mounted upon the bed and are controlled by feed-mechanism without the use of templets. The tool-holder A, Fig. 2, carries a tool which starts cutting at the point a on the surface, Fig. 5, and moves without transverse movement until the point b is reached, a b being parallel to the guide-bed; a ratchet lever 11 then comes into action to operate the transverse feed-screw, which causes the portion b to be machined at a greater inclination. The longitudinal movement is obtained from a shaft 7 and gearing 8, 9, which operates a nut on the screw 10. The shaft 7 is operated by an oscillated ratchet lever 2, which carries a projection 14 adapted to operate the ratchet lever 11 when the ratchet lever is allowed to drop by a stepped guide-bar 13. The tool-holder B is controlled so as to first cut the portion a d and then the portion d e of the surface. It is operated by two ratchet levers 18, 19; the first operates the nut for producing longitudinal movement and also the screw for effecting the transverse feed movement, while the second ratchet lever operates the transverse feed-screw in the opposite direction. The ratchets are controlled by guard-shoes 27 operated by cams which combine so as to give the required path to the tool.
Patent GB-191309467-A (GB)
Title: Improved Cloth Steaming Device.
Inventor: DANNEMANN WILHELM
IPC: D06F87/00
Filed: 1913-04-22
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 9467. Dannemann, W. April 22. Ironing, steaming-apparatus for.-A steaming- apparatus for renovating cloth consists of a portable casing a enclosing a lamp f and a steamgenerator b which has a spout c containing an adjustable spring-controlled valve d.
Patent GB-191309718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fittings for Controlling or Regulating the Supply of Gas and Air to Gas Stoves and Heaters.
IPC: F23D14/48
Filed: 1913-04-25
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 9718. Harper & Co., J., and Retallack, C. April 25. Atmospheric gas burners.-In a burner for a gas stove or heater in which the nipple is moved relatively to a fixed pin by means of a stud engaging an inclined slot, the nipple and air regulators are connected together preferably by an adjustable connexion so that the mixture of air and gas remains substantially constant for any position of the nipple regulator. In one form, the stud C, Fig. 1, is connected to a longitudinally-slidable air-regulating sleeve F preferably by a bar G secured respectively to the stud C and the sleeve F by a clamping-nut g<1> and a clamping-screw g. In order to allow the sleeve F to be adjusted relatively to the stud, the opening in the bar G through which the stud or the screw passes may be in the form of a slot g<2>. A shield f, Fig. 5, may be secured to the stud C to prevent dust from passing through the slot d.
Patent GB-191310718-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Toothed Gearing for the Transmission of Rotary Movement.
Inventor: ALLARD MICHEL JOSEPH ERNEST
IPC: F16H61/02
Filed: 1913-05-06
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 10,718. Allard, M. J. E. May 6, 1912, [Convention date]. Toothed gearing comprising an epicyclic train and a friction device is adapted to couple rotary. parts so as to turn solid normally, and to yield or slip on encountering too great a resistance. In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2, power is transmitted through the gearing from a belt-driven pulley c to a load shaft b<1>. Interengaging planet-gears d, d<1> mesh respectively with a loose gear a and with a gear b secured to the shaft b<1>. The friction device is a spring- pulled brake-band e carried by the pulley c and bearing on a drum e' secured to the gear a. The effect of obstructions &c. to the motion of the shaft b<1> is to cause the band e to slip on its drum and to allow to the gears relative motion In a modification, friction shoes are pressed by links against drums secured to the planetary elements. The invention is applicable upon agricultural machines, upon crushing, scutching, washing, and calendering machines, and upon classifiers, pumps, and dynamos.
Patent GB-191315281-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheel Guards.
Inventor: BUCKINGHAM EDWARD JOHN
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 1913-07-02
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 15,281. Buckingham, E. J. July 2. W h e e l - guards, obstruction-removers, and like safety appliances.- A wheel guard for motor omnibuses &c. is provided with a safety roller at the rear, and is mounted to yield laterally, rearwardly, and upwardly, and also to turn with the steering-wheels. The guards B, B<1> of the front wheels are pivoted at b<1> to arms E clamped to the steering - posts F, and are normally held in position by springs b2. The arms E are made in two p a r t s pivoted together at e<4> and controlled by a spring e<2>. The guards are also made in two parts B, B' pivoted together at b so that the lower part B' may move inwards against the pressure of a spring b<4> when the guard d strikes a kerb &c., rollers b<3> being fitted to avoid injury to the guard. Spring-mounted rollers H carried by the parts B<1> are pressed backwards into contact with the wheels when an obstacle is encountered. Similar guards may be attached to blocks mounted on the rear axle. A front guard D, composed of slats with a ledge d<1>, is pivoted at d to the vehicle frame.
Patent GB-191320471-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Waterproofing or Applying Rubber or Rubber Compounds to Canvas and other Fabrics.
Inventor: HIGHAM WILLIAM ADOLPHUS
IPC: D06B3/10
Filed: 1913-09-10
Granted: 1914-09-10
Abstract: 20,471. Higham, W. A., and Skelton, H. Sept. 10. Coating webs.-Canvas &c., before being coated with rubber dough, is impregnated with rubber solution. Fabric 1 passes over an adjustable roll 4 and a fixed roll 5 to the usual dough-spreading device 3. Between the rolls 4, 5 is situated a doctor 6, which depresses the fabric into a pocket 9 in which rubber solution 10 is placed. The rubber solution is prevented from running out at the sides by side checks 14 carrying pivoted angle-plates 11, which are adjusted to support the edges of the fabric. A plain or ribbed roll may be placed in the pocket 9 to bear upon the fabric and open the interstices thereof.
Patent GB-191322469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Upholstering the Bodies of Motor Cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BUCH MAX
IPC: B60R13/02
Filed: 1913-10-06
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 22,469. Buch, M. Oct. 6. Padded upholstery, securing in position. - Upholstery for the bodies of motor-cars and other vehicles is provided with a specially prepared edge D, and is clamped by means of a clamping - strip F to a panel A having a web B at right-angles to the panel surface. The edge of the upholstery is preferably formed as a strip D provided with one or more ribs E. Specification 5438/12 is referred to.
Patent GB-191322532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chains.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: F16G13/14
Filed: 1913-10-06
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 22,532. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [American Chain Co.]. Oct. 6. Oval-link chains. - In chains in which the ends of the round iron or other material forming the chain-link is first flattened and bent inward, like hooks, and then bent sideways in opposite directions so as to form two interlocking pieces, the joint being subsequently compressed, the flattened ends 7, 8 are extended in such a manner that the overlapping pieces 2, 3 enclose three-quarters of the neck of the adjacent link end. The overlapping pieces constitute reinforcements on the inside of the link, and form a V-shaped wearing-notch 4 into which the next link in the chain is guided, preventing any lateral displacement thereof. The twisted link ends are preferably swaged to a substantially uniform section, and portions of the interlocked ends may be welded together.
Patent GB-191323702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Double Walled Cooking Ovens.
IPC: F24C15/08
Filed: 1913-10-20
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 23,702. Marks, E. C. R., [Siemens- Schuckertwerke]. Oct. 20. Casings; joints.-A double-walled cooking-oven is formed by frames a having ribs b to which the walls c1, c2 are secured with a layer of heatinsulating material d between them and the ribs, there being thus no metallic contact between the walls. The air space h may be divided up by strips of insulating-material to prevent internal air currents.
Patent GB-191323863-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Deodorizer.
Inventor: NEGREPONTE PAUL JOHN
Filed: 1913-10-21
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 23,863. Negreponte, P. J. Oct. 21. Deodorants.-A deodorant for perspiration, to be applied in the form of powder to the body or to clothes, consists of sodium bicarbonate, starch, and talc.
Patent GB-191329416-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Piston for Two Cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MARTIN WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: F16J1/16
Filed: 1913-12-20
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 29,416. Martin, W. E. Dec. 20. Channels in pistons and connecting-rods.-In a piston for a two-stroke-cycle internal-combustion engine, a spring-pressed scraper e<3> picks up oil, which passes by passages e<5> to the wearing-surfaces of the gudgeon. Oil is also collected by the surfaces a<5> of the piston, and passes to a groove a<6>.
Patent GB-191400809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pocket Knives, Folding or Pivoted Cork Screws, Manicuring Instruments, and like Folding or Pivoted Articles.
IPC: B26B5/00
Filed: 1914-01-12
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 809. Nagle Re-Blade Knife Co., and Yerzley, W. A. Jan. 12. Manicuring-appliances. -Relates to folded manicuring-instruments where the blades are adapted to be interchanged or renewed and are of the type in which the root or tang is formed with a slot obliquely extending towards the point of the blade and engaging a pivot joint fixed in the handle. According to the invention, the pivot pin 7, Fig. 1, is cut away at 12 and a shoulder 20 is provided at the junction between the slot 10 and hole 11 to keep the blade in position. The pivot pin may be cut away to a greater extent, and the junction between the slot 10 and hole 11 may be made still narrower by an additional shoulder 25, Fig. 3. The corner 18 of the tang may be rounded and the cut-away portion of the pivot pin may have a convex or concave surface. The pivot pin may have lugs 30, Fig. 8, preferably parallel faced, which enter similar openings in the knife handle to prevent the pivot from turning and hold the sides of the handle spaced apart; the pivot may be held in position by a screw passing lengthways through the bore 28.
Patent GB-191401184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fence Posts, Droppers and Struts.
Inventor: HUTCHINSON GEORGE
IPC: E04H17/10
Filed: 1914-03-15
Granted: 1915-03-15
Abstract: 1184. Hutchinson, G. March 15. Fencing - posts and standards; securing-stays; droppers.-Fence posts, droppers, and struts, constructed so that their cross-section decreases in both directions from the ground or centre line, are formed from sheet-metal blanks of the shape shown in Fig. 7 and bent into V-section, the line formed by the apex of the V being either straight, as shown in Fig. 8, or bent as shown in Figs. 14 and 15. In a third form, the blanks are bent so that both edges and the back bend out from the median line. The edges 9 of the V may be made parallel as shown in Fig. 15, and holes 5, arranged as shown m Fig. 7 or 13, may be made in the edges to facilitate the fastening of the wires. The struts 57 are secured in position by wire ties 58 passed through holes 59, Fig. 2, formed in the back of the post, a concave thrust-plate 62 being provided to receive the buried end of the strut. To prevent sinking, a triangular plate 65, Figs. 1 and 5, through which the post passes, is employed, and a plate 63, secured to the post by a wire tie, may be used to resist lateral pressure.
Patent GB-191402410-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Dividing into Portions, Weighing and Wrapping Up Butter or like Substances.
Inventor: RAAP SALOMON VAN
IPC: G01G13/00
Filed: 1914-01-29
Granted: 1915-01-29
Abstract: 2410. Raap, S. van. Jan. 29, 1913, [Convention date Apparatus fitted to moulding-machines. -Relates to a machine for cutting-off, weighing and wrapping-up butter or the like and comprises a cylinder from which the butter is forced through an outlet on to the scale-pan in predetermined quantities and is subsequently cut-off and wrapped in paper. Before extruding the butter, a web of paper 9 is drawn over the outlet 5 and is nipped between the scalepan 82 and the lower edge 44 of the outlet, the scale-pan being pressed upwards by spring-pressed levers 110. The extruded butter carries the paper with it on to the scale-pan, whereupon the operator by pulling a hand-lever 51 brings down a knife 53 and cuts-off the butter. The knife in its descent carries with it the web of paper which is automatically severed by an auxiliary knife co-operating with the knife 53. After cutting-off the butter, the knife 53 engages and places out of operation the levers 110 so as to permit of the weighing operation. The weight of butter severed is balanced by a spiral spring within the pillar 7, and the indicating-pointer is rotated in the forward direction by a flexible band and is returned to zero by a spring encircling the axis of the indicating-pointer.
Patent GB-191402665-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Testing Liquids and other Materials.
Inventor: BELA SAGI
IPC: G01N35/00
Filed: 1914-02-02
Abstract: 2665. Sßgi, B., and Sßgi, J. Feb. 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Mixing solids and liquids in definite proportions.-Relates to machines for automatically delivering measured quantities of liquids or solids, and reagents to test-glasses. The machine shown is adapted for the testing of urine, which is collected in a basin B1, and the measured quantities separated in inclined buckets C1. Actuation of the starting-handle K, releases a tank R connected by cords to drums O1 on a shaft 0, and in falling the tank rotates this shaft, and the shafts M, L connected to it. The frame carrying the buckets C1 is connected by cords to drums on the shaft M, and is raised by the rotation of this shaft. The buckets, which move into an upright position when being lifted, are tipped by engaging a stop when in a raised position, and discharge their contents into funnels D1 leading to the test-glasses A1. The shaft L carries a series of cams, and some of these are arranged to open the feed-valves of reagent-vessels F1 so as to discharge measured quantities of reagents into the glasses A1. After the test is completed, the valves a1 at the bottom of the. glasses are opened to empty them, by cams on the shaft L, and a further cam on this shaft actuates the cock V2 on the pipe V, supplying flushing- liquid to the glasses A, and basin B1. A valve r<7> in the bottom of the tank R is opened when the latter reaches its lowest position, so discharging its contents. The empty tank is then raised by its connected weights r<2> until it .engages a catch r6 connected to a valve s8 forming part of a discharge siphon of a tank S. By this arrangement, the tank R is again filled, but is retained in a raised position by a catch k1 connected to the starting-handle K1, and the machine is ready for a renewed actuation.
Patent GB-191409723-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Swimmers' Foot Paddles.
Inventor: GOODENBERGER JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: A63B31/14
Filed: 1914-04-20
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 9723. Goodenberger, J. W., and Mayer, L. April 20. Swimming-appliances.-An appliance for attachment to the swimmer's foot comprises a paddle 1 hinged by ears 10 on a rod 8 extending between downwardly-projecting lugs 7 on a U-shaped frame 4 integral with the longer arm 3 of an L-shaped support. The arm 3 is curved to conform to the user's leg and is secured thereto by a strap 17 attached to slots 16 in a curved cross-piece 15 and encircling the leg. The back of the heel rests against a plate 19 projecting from the shorter arm 18 of the support, and the heel is secured between the arm 3 and a plate projecting upwardly from the end of the arm 18, by a strap 23 passing through a slot in the plate and across the foot to a slot in a projection 25 on the arm 3. A spring 11, the ends of which engage the paddle and arm 3, is coiled about the rod 8 between the ears 10 and normally holds the paddle inclined to the support ; the outward movement of the paddle is limited by the arms 5 of the frame 4.