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Patent GB-191224663-A (GB)
Title: A Hair-drying Comb.
Inventor: STRUVE IDA
IPC: A45D20/48
Filed: 1912-10-28
Granted: 1913-10-28
Abstract: 24,663. Struve, [nÚe Hoffmann], I. Oct. 28. Combs, hair.-Relates to combs for supplying heated air to the head for drying the hair, and consists in arranging the source of heat in the back of the comb. In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, air is fed by an electric fan 7 through the electric-resistance heater 2 and out through the holes 5, the electric supply being controlled by a switch 10. In a modification, the fan 7 and motor 6 are separately mounted, and supply the air current by means of a tube. In the form shown in Fig. 5, air in the chamber 1 is heated by the flame from a benzine wick carried in the removable flask 14. The base 11 is removable.
Patent GB-191227003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Elastic Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: BELDAM GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: B60C11/18
Filed: 1912-11-23
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 27,003. Beldam, G. W. Nov. 23. Tread bands, projections, and surfaces.-A non-skid device adapted to be embedded in the tread of an elastic tyre. comprises a base-plate b having a projecting stud or studs a arranged substantially midway between the ends of the plate. To increase the adhesion with the rubber of the tyre, the plain portions of the base are perforated, as at f, and textile cord may be wound around the base; further, the projections a may be corrugated or otherwise roughened.
Patent GB-191307820-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hinge for Field Gates.
Inventor: HARRISON FREDERICK GATHERCOLE
IPC: E06B11/04
Filed: 1913-04-03
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 7820. Harrison, F. G. April 3. Hinges readily separable about hinge pin.- In a gate hinge of the type in which the socket is formed on a screwed bolt passing through the hanging-style of the gate and provided with a pair of nuts, one on each side of the style for adjusting the gate to take up sag, a pair of wrought-iron clasps E are arranged between the adjusting-nuts A, B and the style to strengthen and prevent splitting of the woodwork.
Patent GB-191321320-A (GB)
Title: Cutting Tool for Linoleum and like Material.
Inventor: BAKER CHARLES
IPC: B26B5/00
Filed: 1913-09-22
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 21,320. Baker, C. Sept. 22. Cutting-appliances.-A tool for cutting linoleum &c. comprises a holder B provided with a shoe portion b adapted to pass under the material and an inclined blade A clamped between the holder B and a cover-plate C. The portion of the holder that carries the shoe is cut away so as to form a downwardly-inclined guide b adapted to depress the portion d being severed away from the remainder D, to facilitate the cutting operation. The end a of the blade may be sharpened for use in cutting corners, curves, &c. The tool may be adapted for a push stroke.
Patent GB-191322254-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for Removing Impurities from Yarn.
Inventor: PREIN EMIL
IPC: D06C19/00
Filed: 1913-10-02
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 22,254. Prein, E. Oct. 3, 1912, [Convention date]. Yarns, mechanically treating. - Yarns a are freed from straw and other vegetable fragments by passing them in close contact with a series of freely-suspended rough bodies f. The cleaning - bodies are preferably formed of wood or other light material, and covered with some hard substance such as Naxos emery &c. The cleaning-bodies may be suspended in a liquid such as water, through which the yarns pass, and they may be weighted to prevent floating. The yarns may be shaken by looped levers, or passed over rollers which are caused to move about.
Patent GB-191325110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Expansion Joints for Steam and other Pipes and the like.
Inventor: DREWRY THOMAS
IPC: F16L27/12
Filed: 1913-11-04
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 25,110. Drewry, T. Nov. 4. Expansion joints.-An expansion joint comprises two sleeves A, B machined to slide one within the other so as to fit accurately without a gland or packing. Screwed ends may replace the connecting-flanges C, D, and guard bolts E are fitted in lugs F provided for the purpose. For connecting pipes from opposite sides of a partition, such as a ship's bulkhead, a cylinder is fitted in the bulkhead, and sleeves on either side are machined to slide within it.
Patent GB-191326075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grapnels for Submarine Cables.
Inventor: DAVIS HARRY LILWALL
IPC: H02G1/10
Filed: 1913-11-13
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 26,075. Davis, H. L. Nov. 13. Grapnels.-The shank of a grapnel for recovering submarine cables is provided with a stock b having its arms bent rearwardly. The shank a is forked and between the two parts a block c is pivoted on a bolt f. The block c carries the flukes d, which may be turned through a right-angle for use as a kedge anchor, and is secured by bolts g passing through it and the shank a. Should one of the flukes engage a rock, the bolts g will be sheared, permitting the block to turn and release the fluke.
Patent GB-191327903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating Pressure Reducing and like Fluid Pressure Valves.
Inventor: GRAHAM JOHN
IPC: G05D16/18
Filed: 1913-12-04
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 27,903. Graham, J., and Graham, A. Dec. 4. Packing.-An annular lift valve for use in pressure-reducing and like valve devices has the tubular guide packed by means of a flexible annular plate which is bolted to the casing and is adapted to bear on the end of the guide. The valve e has a pair of concentric working faces f, g and is formed with a tubular guide h adapted to slide in a socket d formed on the valve seat. The packing-plate i is bolted to a flange j on the socket d and bears against a bead k formed on the end of the guide.
Patent GB-191401359-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tools for Manipulating Detachable Rims for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: FUNK RICHARD WILLIAM
Filed: 1913-04-29
Granted: 1914-05-29
Abstract: 1359. Funk, R. W. April 29, 1913. Tyres, elastic, and tyre covers, tools for removing and replacing.-A device for manipulating a transversely-divided rim, in assembling &c. the tyre, comprises jaws 6 having pins 12 engaging holes in one end of the rim, and links 20, 21 with pins 23, 24 engaging holes in the other end of the rim. The links are carried on an hexagonal or like pin 22 having a tight fit in the link 20 and provided with a square end 22, to receive a spanner.
Patent GB-191402313-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Pressing or Finishing Linoleum and similar Materials.
Inventor: SCOTT CHARLES HERBERT
IPC: D06N3/00
Filed: 1914-01-28
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 2313. Scott, C. H. Jan. 28. Calendering and pressing. - Relates to apparatus of the type described in Specification 20,565/00 for pressing and finishing linoleum. A hollow chilled iron roll a is mounted in antifriction bearings f carried by brackets g secured to pillars c. On diametrically opposite sides of the roll are hollow pressing - plates e, h, the former being secured to the top member b, and the latter carried by a vertically slidable platen j carried by the ram l of an hydraulic cylinder k. The material is fed intermittently between the operations of the hydraulic cylinders, and one part is pressed between the plate h and the roll a; the roll a, being raised bodily, presses another part of the material between it and the plate e. Instead of the hydraulic cylinders, toggle-links may be employed, and the roll a and plates c, h may he heated.
Patent GB-191402314-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Aromatic Mercury Compounds.
IPC: C07F3/12
Filed: 1914-01-28
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 2314. Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning. Jan. 29, 1913, [Convention date]. Organo-mercuric compounds are prepared by treating aromatic arsenoxides or the corresponding halogen compounds containing the group As(Hl)2 with mercuric oxide or mercury salts, arsenic being thereby-replaced by mercury. In examples the preparation is described of compounds from 4-aminophenylarsenoxide, 3-amino- 4-oxyphenylarsenoxide, 3-acetylamino-4-oxyphenylarsenoxide, and the hydrochloride of plenylglycinearsenious chloride. The 3-acetylamino compound described is also obtainable by acetylation of the corresponding 3-amino compound. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also the use of other aromatic arsenic compounds containing trivalent arsenic, such as sodium arsenophenylglycine. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191404010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Electrotype Matrices.
Inventor: MULLALY JOSEPH HENRY
IPC: B41D1/00
Filed: 1914-02-16
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 4010. Mullaly, J. H. Feb. 16. Electrotype. - In making electrotype matrices of wax or other material, the molten wax &c, is cast on to the forme, which is covered by a layer of paper, and after removal of this layer, the forme is pressed into the solidified wax &c. The type 33 is locked up in a chase 34, and this is secured inside a frame or galley 1 with a steel base-plate 4. Hinged to the end of the frame 1 is a locking-member 5, the hinges being constructed to allow of vertical movement to accommodate the insertion or removal of a thin spacing plate or member 15. The plate 15 is held in position by pins 21 on the member 5. The plate 5 is recessed to receive a plate 27 of lead or tin which is covered and held in place by a plate 29 with a flared mouth 30. In operation, the forme is covered with a sheet 36 of fabric, paper, &c. and a sheet of lead or tin foil 37, which are rolled or beaten into the forme. The member 15 is then inserted between the frame 1 and the member 5, the member 5 is closed down thereon, the plates 27, 29 are clamped thereon by clamps, and the whole is placed in the position shown in Fig. 4, so that the molten wax &c. may be run in between the plate 27 and the forme. The spacing-member 15 and the sheets 36, 37 are then removed and the mould again closed and pressed, so that the type is forced further into the wax cast and makes a clean impression.
Patent GB-191404311-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or pertaining to Curtain Pole Fixtures.
Inventor: HOBSON JOHN HENRY
IPC: A47H1/122
Filed: 1914-02-19
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 4311. Hobson, J. H., and Lackner, W. F. Feb. 19, 1913, [Convention date]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Brackets, adjusting and securing; clip, ring, and like brackets; curtain poles and rods.-A device for supporting a curtain pole and a roller for a shade, which can be fixed to the upper corner of a projecting window frame without the use of nails &c., consists of a plate 1 having top and side flanges 2, 3 at right-angles to the plate 1, the flanges 2, 3 being turned out again at right-angles at 4, 5 to fit against the wall. Portions 7 are stamped out of the flange 2 to form spikes adapted to be pressed into the top of the window frame. Pivoted at 12 on the plate 1 is a lever 11, to one end of which is pivoted at 10 a depending member 9 bent at right-angles at its lower end 9<a>. The lever 11 passes through an opening 14 in the plate 1, and its handle 15 engages a rack 16 stamped up from the plate 1. By lowering the handle 15, the member 9<a> is raised to grip the underside of the window frame and so hold the device in position. Fixed to the flange 5 is a bracket 21, shown in side elevation in Fig. 3, supporting a curtain-pole ring 29 formed at the end of an arm 22. The ring 29 is in two parts, one sliding over the other by means of a clip 30. The arm 22 is slidable on the bracket 21 and is held frictionally in any position as shown in Fig. 6 by two slidable sleeves 24, 26 anda bend 25 in the arm 22. A second bracket 35 with bearings 36 for a roller is slidably mounted on the plate 1 by a rib 34 and groove 32, the bracket being secured in any position by a nut 38. A pole for use with the bracket 29 is shown in end elevation in Fig. 8. The pole has a groove 40 for receiving the curtain, which is retained in position by a correspondinglyshaped member 41 secured by end caps 42.
Patent GB-191406377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Twist Lace Machines and in the Method of Making Lace thereon.
Inventor: CHOLERTON GEORGE
IPC: D04C5/04
Filed: 1914-03-13
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 6377. Cholerton, G., and Benson, H. W. March 13. Lace - machines. - Instead of moving the bobbins and carriages through the warp threads, they are held stationary and the warp threads are moved round them. The carriages are held by gripping bars 6, 7, 13, 14, which are alternately caused to hold the carriages as shown on the left in Fig. 1, and to release the carriages and move away as shown on the right in Fig. 1. The bars 6, 7, 13, 14 are operated by means similar to those in use in the ordinary machine. An extra pair of lower points 34, 35 alternately push the warps out of the median plane as shown to enable them to slip past the bobbins. The bobbins may be given a slight movement in order to minimize the transverse movement of the warps.
Patent GB-191406754-A (GB)
Title: Connecting Devices for Ropes and Straps.
Inventor: COWELL MARCUS RYA
IPC: B68B5/00
Filed: 1914-03-17
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 6754. Cowell, M. R. March 17. Clips, lever.-A connecting-device for ropes and straps used in harness or for hitching animals comprises a supporting-member 1 having a ring or loop 2 at one end and an aperture 3 at the other end, the end wall of the aperture having pivoted to it an eye 4<1> provided with a cam-projection 4. As shown in Fig. 1, one end of the tubular rope or flat strap 6 is attached to the eye 4<1>, and the other tapered end is passed into the aperture 3, where it is securely gripped by the cam-projection 4 as soon as a pull is exerted. Pivoted locking-dogs 10, 11 acted on by a spring 11' press against the edges of the rope or strap, in which notches 6' may be provided. In a modification, the rope or strap is not attached to the member carrying the cam-projection 4, and the eye 4<1> is therefore dispensed with. In this form, the strap &c. may be fastened at one end to a support, or may be free, as when used for a halter, to enable it to be grasped by the hand or hitched to a post etc.; the other end of the strap &c. is gripped as described above.
Patent GB-191407727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: PEARSON JAMES STOTHART
IPC: F02M17/28
Filed: 1914-03-27
Granted: 1914-09-24
Abstract: 7727. Pearson, J. S., and Pearson, F. S. March 27. Spray carburettors, in which the combustible mixture is caused to pass through textile fabric or like absorbent material, have the fabric 2 mounted on a tube 1 with relatively large perforations, and separated b y a n annular space 4 from another tube 3, the perforations in which are relatively small. T h e tube 3 serves to maintain uniformity in the composition of the mixture and to prevent damage to the fabric due to backfiring. A ring 10 supports the choke-tube 15 and the tubes 1, 3, which tubes are further united at their upper ends by disks 11, 12 and screw 13. The choke-tube 15 is adjustable relatively to the spraying-orifices 8 either by screwing or by varying the thickness of the washer 17. In a modification, the tubes 1, 3 are shorter and conical. The fabric has loosely twisted warps about one-eighth of an inch in diameter and wefts of thin strands of cotton or the like.
Patent GB-191411113-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Demonstrating Apparatus for Teaching Number.
Inventor: SLEEMAN ELIZABETH
IPC: G09B19/02
Filed: 1914-05-05
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 11,113. Sleeman, E. May 5. Teaching arithmetic.-A device for teaching numeration of the kind provided with shelves or tiers upon which objects for demonstrating number are manipulated, comprises a rectangular collapsible portable frame 1, 2, hinged at 13 and provided with removable shelves 2<1>. The top and bottom portions 2 of the frame and the shelves 2' are channelled, to retain balls 5 or similar objects, and are provided with cups 6, having holes 7 to retain single pins 3, and with recesses 14 to receive bundles of ten pins; the cups 6 and recesses 14 also form resting- places for the balls 5.
Patent GB-191411591-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Drawing Binding or Shirring Threads into Fabric in the Manufacture of Mantles for Gas Lighting by Incandescence.
Inventor: COHN SAMUEL
IPC: D05B1/02
Filed: 1914-05-11
Granted: 1915-03-18
Abstract: 11,591. Cohn, S. May 11. Incandescent-lamp mantle sewing-machines; running-stitch machines.-The mantle is clamped between flat jaws b, c grooved at d, e. Needles s having spiral ends are given a screw motion and pass through and through the fabric as shown. They are threaded and withdrawn, carrying the thread in the form of a running stitch through the mantle fabric. The needles are carried by screwed needle-bars running in correspondingly screwed bearings and are moved axially by levers which engage sleeves upon the needle-bars.
Patent GB-191411841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Control Apparatus for Electric Lighting Systems on Motor Cars.
Inventor: WILSON FRANK ERNEST
Filed: 1914-05-13
Granted: 1915-05-13
Abstract: 11,841. Wilson, F. E. May 13. Controlling handles or levers associated with hand steering-devices.-A control apparatus for the electric lighting systems of motor-cars comprises a set of switches mounted in a cylindrical casing attached to the steering-column of the car.
Patent GB-191414823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Seats of Motor-cars and other Vehicles.
Inventor: AUSTER ARTHUR COLLINS
IPC: B60N2/08
Filed: 1914-06-20
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 14,823. Auster, A. C. June 20. Seat adjustments.-A means for securing the sliding seat of a moter-car or other vehicle in adjusted position comprises a lever 4 pivoted to the seat and engaging a series of holes 17 in a strip 7, the lever being c ntrolled by a spring plunger 9 and actuated by a cam 15, having two flat faces at right-angles, which is operated by a handle 14.
Patent GB-191414936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable Speed Mechanism.
Inventor: THONGER JOHN ROBERT
IPC: F16H15/22
Filed: 1914-06-23
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 14,936. Thonger, J. R. June 23. Variable-speed friction gearing suitable for motor-vehicles comprises an expanding friction pulley with movable bevel-faced flanges 1 engaged by a friction ring 17. Either element may drive the other and either is movable towards and from the other to vary the speed. The flanges 1, which slide on feathers 3 on a sleeve 2, are pressed inwards against the ring 17 by springs 7. The sleeve 2 can slide on a shaft 4 so as to accommodate the pulley as a whole to the ring 17. Sprockets 6, 22 transmit power to and from the gearing. The flanges 1 may be separated to stop the drive by rods 9 slidable within the shaft 4 and operable by rods 14. Pins 10 carried by the rods 9 engage the flanges 1.
Patent GB-191416878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Firn Winding Machines.
IPC: B65H54/14
Filed: 1914-07-16
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 16,878. Stubbs, J. H., and Stubbs, Ltd., J. July 16. Winding-machines.-In a pirn-winding machine, the winding-spindle E is rotated and traversed by a cam D. The cam is provided with two or more grooves to allow for adjustment of the traverse. The bowl H<1> which engages the grooves is carried by a piece H pivoted on the shaft E, and having an arm engaged by a rod passed through holes in the gear-box C. Oil thrown up by the gearing is collected in a channel-shaped framing J extending round the wire faces of the gear-box, and is conducted to the gears at the rear end of the box.
Patent GB-191418906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Travelling Flat Carding Engines.
IPC: D01G15/36
Filed: 1914-08-21
Granted: 1914-10-15
Abstract: 18.906. Hetherington & Sons, J., and Muir, W. Aug. 21. Carding-engines. --In a flat carding-engine, a driving-arrangement is provided which connects and drives the taker-in, doffer, and flats from the main cylinder and which, when the cylinder is reversed for grinding in the usual way, can be quickly changed over to give the correct grinding direction to the doffer and flats at their normal working speeds. In one method, a rope drive is provided which passes from the cylinder pulley A', round the taker-in pulley B', the pulley F for driving the flats, an idler pulley E, a pulley C for driving the doffer D, and thence back to the main cylinder pulley A' as shown. When the main cylinder is reversed for grinding, the drive between the main cylinder and the taker-in is merely uncrossed to drive the taker-in, doffer, and flats in the proper direction. In another method, the taker-in, doffer, and flats are connected by a rope or belt drive, and the main cylinder and the taker-in are connected by a separate crossed rope or belt. When the cylinder is reversed for grinding, it is only necessary to uncross the separate rope drive.
Patent GB-191421778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flexible Joints for Pipes.
Inventor: IRVING JOHN SAMUEL
IPC: F16L27/107
Filed: 1914-10-30
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 21,778. Irving, J. S. Oct. 30. Junction-pieces; overlap joints with outer pipe gripping by elasticity of material; overlap joints with yielding outer pipe compressed.-A flexible rubber or like connexion Z, Fig. 2, for coupling metal pipes &c. is provided internally with a closelywound spring D which projects beyond the rubber at one or both ends. In making the coupling, the ends of the spring D are inserted into the ends A<2>, A<3> of the pipes, and the ends of the rubber piece Z are sprung over the ends of the pipes or of metal sleeves attached thereto, the pipes or the sleeves being beaded as shown at C. Each end of the rubber piece Z may be held by clips K. When two pipes of different bore are to be connected, an adapter J, Fig. 4. is added, the ends of which are connected respectively by means of two flexible connexions G, H to the ends of the two pipes.