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Patent GB-191221358-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines or Devices for Straightening Flexible Metal Strips.
IPC: B21D1/02
Filed: 1912-09-19
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 21,358. Spirella Co. of Great Britain, [Spirella Co.]. Sept. 19. Straightening. - In a machine for straightening flexible metal strips such as flat wire for forming garment stays, the strip is passed between two pairs of spaced rollers having the rollers of each pair arranged opposite to each other, between which is arranged an adjustable deflecting-member around which the strip passes. The strip A is passed to the rollers 5, 6, 3, 4, through a guide 32, formed between a bar 33 fixed to the standard and a pivoted cover-plate 38, which is fixed by a latch 41 and may be removed so as to facilitate insertion of the strip. Both pairs of rollers may be driven but in the form shown the rollers 5, 6 are idle, the rollers 3, 4 being connected together by spur wheels and being driven by a belt 14, chain or the like on the pulley 13. The roller 3 is adjustable by a screw 30 and spring 29. The deflecting-member consists of a pin or roller 18 fixed to a plunger 19 which is pressed upwards by a spring 27 and is adjusted by a hand lever 20 engaging its bifurcated end. The lever is mounted, preferably between friction disks 64 on a bolt 21 to which it is clamped by a nut 26 and is given a slight tap either upwards or downwards in order to adjust the plunger 19. The strip is drawn through these rollers by a pair of rolls 44, 45 driven by a belt &c. 51 from the pulley 13. The upper roll is adjustable by a spring 55 and screw 56. The strip is guided into the rolls 44, 45 by an aperture 60 in a stud 61 clamped to the roll housing 47.
Patent GB-191222174-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Head Covering, Leggings and the like.
Inventor: MOORE ANNIE
IPC: A41D3/06
Filed: 1912-09-30
Granted: 1913-09-30
Abstract: 22,174. Moore, A. Sept. 30. Coats, overcoats, etc.; leggings.-Sou'westers or other head gear, and leggings, are provided with push-fasteners c', Fig. 2, and attached to the inside of a waterproof, overcoat, or other coat ready for use when required. The souwester may be attached flat as at d, or folded as shown at d<1>. The legging has a draw-string g, Fig. 4, and a velvet band h to prevent it from slipping when on the leg. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 3708/08.
Patent GB-191225944-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus or Mechanism for Displaying Advertisements or other Indications.
Inventor: KENNEDY-MCGREGOR JOHN ALEXANDE
IPC: G09F21/04
Filed: 1912-11-12
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 25,944. McGregor, J. A. Kennedy-. Nov. 12. Moving and changing apparatus; reel and web apparatus. - Advertising means, such for example as the blinds described in Specification 22,935/12, are operated from a source of power by a pneumatic system, which automatically connects the display device with the powermember after this has operated for a predetermined time. A pump a is driven from a vehicle axle, and its stream of air escapes at a conduit c until a ram d, operated by a small pump e also driven by the axle, or by a double-acting pump a, closes the conduit c and causes the air to pass by way of the conduit b to the display device. Escape valves h, i may be employed in the conduit b and cylinder d<1>, and a regulating escape valve in the cylinder d<1> for the purpose of arranging when the display device is to be actuated. The source of power may be the motor of a fan, which is adapted to be started and stopped by a clock or the equivalent.
Patent GB-191230075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flag-poles.
Inventor: BUCKLEY JOHN JOSEPH
IPC: B63B15/00
Filed: 1912-12-31
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 30,075. Buckley, J. J. Dec. 31. Cleats.-A cleat on a rotatable truck carried on a flagstaff is supported on a stem which is pulled downwards by a spring 48 so as to yield in the event of the halyards shortening.
Patent GB-191300596-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flying Machines.
Inventor: FOKKER ANTHONY HERMAN GERARD
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1913-01-08
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 596. Fokker, A. H. G. Jan, 8. Aerial machines without aerostats; planes, arrangement of.-In order to promote the stability of a flying - machine, the sustaining-planes a, bare arranged so that the centre-lines of the lifting- pressures on the planes are inclined upwards and rearwards relatively to the longitudinal axis of the machine, and the masses, such as the engine and passengers, are arranged so that the centre of gravity of the machine is situated above the line c, c<1>, joining the centres of pressures T<1>, T<2> of the planes a, b.
Patent GB-191307732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Ventilation of Bowler and other Hats.
Inventor: RATCLIFFE LEONARD
IPC: A42C5/02
Filed: 1913-04-02
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 7732. Ratcliffe, L. April 2. Bands, external; ventilating. - Hats formed with perforated bodies and sweat-bands are provided with inextensible outer bands c of open woven formation. The outer band may be made inextensible by arranging the warp and weft threads of the inner part c or outer parts f, or both, respectively parallel and at rightangles to the edges, or by providing the edges with twisted cord. The ends of the band may be joined together by snap fasteners, or the band may be an endless one.
Patent GB-191308890-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Hydrogen Peroxide.
IPC: C01B15/029
Filed: 1913-04-15
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 8890. Henkel et Cie., and Weber, W. Jan. 29, [Convention date]. Hydrogen peroxide is prepared by causing oxygen under pressure to act on hydrogen in the presence of water and suitable hydrogen transmitters, such as palladium, platinum, or nickel. Continuous supplies of oxygen and hydrogen are furnished, and the hydrogen peroxide is withdrawn continuously, a corresponding amount of water being added. It is not necessary to use pure gases, provided they do not contain contact poisons. In an example, a porous clay pipe impregnated with a hydrogen transmitter such as palladium is immersed in water in a vessel in which oxygen is maintained under pressure. Hydrogen is forced into the pipe, and combines with the oxygen dissolved in the water forming hydrogen peroxide.
Patent GB-191312057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brake Hubs for Cycles and the like.
Inventor: SACHS ERNST
IPC: B62L5/00
Filed: 1913-05-23
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 12,057. Sachs, E. May 25, 1912, [Convention date]. Back-pedalling brake arrangements.-A device for securing the stationary part of a brake hub to the cycle frame by means of an anchoring- arm h secured to the frame at g is characterized by the provision of a rearwardly-opening slot in the anchoring-arm which takes over a boss f on the stationary brake part a, the outer edges of the forked ends i of the anchoring-arm being engaged also by bosses d on the stationary brake part. The construction allows the rear wheel to be detached from the anchoring-arm when it is slipped rearwards out of the back fork ends.
Patent GB-191318413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas-generators.
Inventor: FONTAINE THEODOR DE
IPC: C10J3/34
Filed: 1913-08-13
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 18,413. Fontaine, T. de. Aug. 13, 1912, [Convention date]. [Addition to 24,611/09.] Grates. -Relates to a rotary grate for gasproducers of the kind having helical excrescences in the ends of which blast apertures k<2> are provided as shown in Fig. 1. The surfaces B, Fig. 4, of the excrescences of the lowest section of the grate are so constructed that they become less helical as they approach the base, and finally assume a cylindrical form at the base.
Patent GB-191318490-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Anti-frictional Mounting of Shafts.
Inventor: HOLLICK ARTHUR JOHN
IPC: F16C35/06
Filed: 1913-08-14
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 18,490. Hollick, A. J., and Kneen, W. Aug. 14. Spring and other yielding supports.-A shaft is supported at a number of points along its length by ball or other bearings carried by bearers that are arranged to move in one direction only under abnormal loads against spring, pneumatic, or hydraulic devices. The shaft 1, Fig. 1, is supported by a number of bearings, each consisting of two concentric rows of balls 6, 7, mounted on bearers 4. Each bearer is supported at one end by a fixed vertical rod 8, and at the other end by a spring 11, compressed on a rod 12 between nuts 13, 14. The tension on the spring exceeds the normal load on the shaft, so that the bearer 4 is pressed upwards against the nut 14 except when the load is abnormal. In a modification, each bearing consists of three rollers or antifriction wheels mounted in a bearer 4, two on one side of the centre of the shaft, and one on the other side, the bearer being supported by springs at both ends. The nuts 14 may be dispensed with, each spring being confined by two plates connected together by bolts, by means of which the initial tension is placed on the spring. A modification is described in which each bearing is suspended from a spring confined in an adjustable retaining-casing.
Patent GB-191318637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chain Grate Furnaces.
Inventor: BENNIS EDWARD
IPC: F23H11/00
Filed: 1913-08-16
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 18,637. Bennis, E. Aug. 16. Grates.-Relates to rotary drums for driving and supporting the chain grates of furnaces, and consists in forming the driving-drum in one or more lengths extending to the full width of the furnace, and in providing it with a longitudinal groove a, Figs. 1 and 2, which is adapted to engage with key pieces b mounted on the sprockets B bolted to the drum by screws b<2>. The drum may be cast with internal stiffening- ribs or annular flanges. A shaft or axle C may be arranged within the drum as shown in Fig. 6, and provided with ribs c throughout its length or nt intervals. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the drum is built up of two or more lengths and mounted on three or more shafts, bars, or bolts E. In the modification shown in Fig. 9, the drum is formed in two or more parts mounted on a shaft C of increasing diameter towards the centre of the drum. The sprockets B may be cast in two parts and bolted together on the drum. An ' idle ' drum similar to the driving-drum but without sprockets may be used to support the grate at the rear. The idle drum is preferably hexagonal in crosssection.
Patent GB-191323361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Connecting Flexible Cables used for Respiratory Apparatus and similar purposes.
IPC: B63C11/02
Filed: 1913-10-15
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 23,361. Drõgerwerk, H. & B. Drõger. Nov. 19, 1912, [Convention date]. Couplings.-A device for connecting flexible cables to respiratory, diving, and other apparatus so as to avoid damage due to tensional or bending strains at the point of attachment comprises a flexible clamping-tube g, which is secured by wire &c. h to the cable k at some distance from the connecting-piece or plug a, and is connected with the part a by a universal joint consisting, for example, of members c<1>, c<2>, c<3> pivotally connected together. The clamping - tube g is secured to the member c<3> by a collar e engaging a flange f, and the member c<1> is attached to the part a either rigidly or pivotally. In a modification, the universal joint consists of two spherical members engaging a hollow spherical part.
Patent GB-191324551-A (GB)
Title: Improved Appliance for Holding Crochet Balls.
Inventor: KENT GEORGE GARRATT
Filed: 1913-10-29
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 24,551. Rent, G. G. Oct. 29. [Addition to 22,169/12.] Spool &c. holders.-A holder for crochet balls comprises a wire formed with a half-round band b and with legs a shaped as shown, the free ends c being loosely hinged to a base-piece c by being looped through holes d, d<1> therein.
Patent GB-191326724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Indicating the Speed of Ships.
Inventor: CUMMINGS HENRY HAVELOCK
IPC: G01P5/04
Filed: 1913-11-20
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 26,724. Cummings, H. H. Nov. 20. Logs.-Water flows through a passageway in the skin of the ship and deflects a paddle or like 145 having an adjustable fulcrum 146, the inner end 150 transmitting motion through an arm 168, rockshaft 174, arm 179, and bracket 180, to a contact member 185 rolling over a series of contacts and also to a shaft 182. This shaft is connected to a recording-pen giving a permanent record on a travelling sheet, and the contact member is adapted partly to close one of a series of circuits, which is completed by the depression of a push-button 135 in the revoluble indicator 14. Completion of the circuit energizes the electro-magnet 128 to arrest the member 14 and so to give an instantaneous reading of the apeed.
Patent GB-191328436-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Joints between the Front Mud-guard and the Footboard and Chassis Plates of Motor Vehicles.
IPC: B62D25/16
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 28,436. Van den Plas "Soc. en nom Collectif." May 30, [Convention date]. Mud-guards.-A metal box or casing is fixed upon the footboard c of a motor-car to mask the junction of the mud-guard a and the chassis plate d. The device may be used as a tool-box or merely as a cover for the lever controlling the steering-bar. The top of the box or casing is level with the upper edge of the longitudinal girder p of the chassis and is rounded along its front edge and fitted with a hinged lid g.
Patent GB-191329060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: THUROT JEAN LOUIS THOMAS
IPC: F02M11/10
Filed: 1913-12-16
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 29,060. Thurot, J. L. T. Dec. 30, 1912, [Convention date]. Spray carburettors.-A single throttle valve controls, so as to bring into action in succession, three nozzles, two of which act as sprayers, the third being constantly flooded to provide a surface carburettor. The throttle has a transverse partition 11 which controls the main sprayer 4<1> and two end ports which control the auxiliary sprayer 4 and the submerged nozzle 4<11>. The air supply to the nozzle 4 is controlled by a screwed sleeve 30, and that to the liquid surrounding the nozzle 4<11> by a screwed bell 13. The nozzle 4 is first brought into action, then the surface apparatus leading to the port 9<1> and finally the main nozzle 4<1>.
Patent GB-191401087-A (GB)
Title: Improved Mudsplash Guard for Vehicles.
Inventor: MOORE WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1914-01-15
Granted: 1915-01-15
Abstract: 1087. Moore, W. G. Jan. 15. Lateral-splash guards for vehicles are formed of a brush a which has its bristles arranged at an angle to the plane of the wheel such that their lower extremities are spaced from the - side of the tyre a distance of at least three inches, the brush being supported by a spring-controlled mechanism permitting it to rise and to move rearwardly. The mechanism consists of a square or diamond shape arrangement of links c controlled by a diagonallyfitted tension spring h disposed horizontally, the brush being pivoted to the mechanism and controlled in its movement by springs f. The mechanism is also pivoted to the part d by which the guard is mounted, and its motion about this pivot is controlled by springs e secured to extensions c' of the upper pair of links. To facilitate the replacement of the brush, the top may be held by a carrier member b in the form of a clamp. According to the Provisional Specification, the guard consists of rows of fine steel wire preferably sheathed with rubber, and the ends of the links on the horizontal line are provided with stops.
Patent GB-191406318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Devices for Submarine or Submersible Boats.
IPC: B63G8/18
Filed: 1914-03-12
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 6318. Swan, Hunter, & W. Richardson, and Peacock, E. L. March 12. Rod couplings.-Relates to a safety fastening for the steering-rods of submarines. The rod c, Fig. 2, carries a centring - pin g and hinged jaws h which are pressed together by the ring j slid over the part d of the rod c<1> by the lever l. Small screws k normally connect the ring to the jaws, and these screws are sheared in opening the fastening.
Patent GB-191406705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Feed Plates or Tables of Slicing Machines.
Inventor: BERKEL WILHELMUS ADRIANUS VAN
IPC: B26D7/06
Filed: 1914-03-17
Granted: 1914-10-15
Abstract: 6705. Berkel, W. A. van. March 17. Cutting slices in succession.-The meat-plate of a slicing-machine is constructed in two or more sections, one of which carries the meat clamp and is readily detachable, and the sections, when in position for slicing, form together a substantially continuous surface. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the feed-table proper a is cut away at b to receive the detachable section f, which is fitted with spikes g and with two posts i, k for the clamp bar. One of these posts i is placed over a vertical rod c, while at the opposite side a ridge L fits into a vertical groove formed in a bracket d, the rod c and bracket d being secured to the feed-table a.
Patent GB-191406731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cooling Lower Electrodes for Electrical Smelting Furnaces.
IPC: F27D11/00
Filed: 1914-03-17
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 6731. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Dec. 13, 1913, [Convention date]. Furnace details.-The outer end of a rodshaped electrode, let into the hearth of a furnace, is surrounded by a chamber D<1> through which a cooling-liquid passes, and the electrode is connected to the supply conductor at a point between the cooled part and the headpiece. In the form shown, the electrode is provided with a flange d<5> which is connected to the frame, together with the cooling-chamber and bronze supply conductors F, by bolts. The cooled end of the electrode is provided with a helical rib.
Patent GB-191407089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Coin-freed Liquid Delivering Apparatus.
IPC: G07F13/02
Filed: 1914-03-20
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 7089. Frost, A. E., and Dairy Outfit Co. March 20. Measured-quantities apparatus; stirring liquid in supply reservoir.-The apparatus is of that type, adapted to deliver a measured volume of milk or other liquid after the insertion of a coin, in which mechanism is provided for stirring the liquid in the reservoir simultaneously with the delivery of the contents of the measuring-vessel. The stirrer comprises spirallyarranged blades b connected to a collar e on the upper end of a spindle E, which passes through an open tube A<1> soldered to the bottom of the reservoir A. The spindle is driven from a sectoral disk K on the hand-actuated spindle C through bevel-gearing H, G, the inlet port of the valve N of the measuring-vessel being simultaneously closed and the outlet port opened; the return movement of the shaft serves to reverse the position of the ports. The valve N is controlled by a slot K<2> on the disk K, which co-operates with a pin M<2> on a lever M connected by a link M<1> to the valve spindle N<1>.
Patent GB-191414709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with or appertaining to Looms for Weaving Tufted Fabrics.
Inventor: HOLLINGWORTH EDWARD
IPC: D03D39/06
Filed: 1914-06-19
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 14,709. Hollingworth, E., [Crompton & Knowles Loom Works]. June 19. Pile-fabric looms; creel-frame arrangements. -In a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, the feeding of the yarn through the tubes 20, Figs. 2, 3, and 5, is retarded by U-shaped members 21, each embracing one side of each two adjacent tubes, and having depending portions convexly curved at their lower ends to engage the yarns. The members may be retained in position by a bar 22, Figs. 2 and 3, or they may be provided with enlargements 23, Fig. 5, engaged by the outwardly-bent upper ends 24 of the tubes. End gudgeons on the spool 11, Fig. 2, are supported in recesses in arms 12 on the carrier 10 which is detachably secured to the carrier chain by spring arms 13. Other spring arms 14 support disks 15 which frictionally engage the ends of the spool, and spring 'plungers 16 mounted in arms 17 are forced against the disks 15 as the carrier is lowered.
Patent GB-191416536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Joining Photographic Films.
Inventor: EVANS HENRY RIEGEL
IPC: G03D15/04
Filed: 1914-07-10
Granted: 1915-08-10
Abstract: 16,536. Evans, H. R. July 10. Coating-machines.-In machines for joining kinematograph and like films, one eud of a film held by a hand-traversed carriage is passed over an adhesive-applying roller H which is caused to rotate in a tank Q by a rack travelling with the carriage. A cover Q<1> encloses the tank, and its lid Q<6> rises on guide-pins Q<7> to allow the film to pass beneath it. A groove along the top of the cover allows the film to pass without adhesive being scraped from it, and the lid Q<6> is shaped to fit into this groove to prevent evaporation.
Patent GB-191416867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Projection of Coloured Motion-pictures.
Inventor: EVANS HENRY RIEGEL
IPC: G02B27/10
Filed: 1914-07-15
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 16,867. Evans, H. R. March 28, [Convention date]. Kinematograph apparatus ; three-colour and like systems.-Relates to a natural-colour kinematograph in which a film having alternate pictures in complementary colours is moved at the same rate as in an ordinary kinematograph, each picture being projected twice so that it is superposed on the screen first with the preceding picture and secondly with the succeeding picture. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the film 4 is fed by an intermittent sprocket 3 past a double-aperture plate 5, and the pictures are projected through prisms 10, 11, objective lenses 8, 9, a colour-filter shutter 20, and an opaque shutter 21. The upper window in the plate 5 is adjustable vertically by means of a hand lever and the carriages 12, 13 of the lenses 8, 9 are adjustable vertically by means of a thumb-nut 17 operating a right and left handed screw 14 so that the images may be correctly superposed. The lens carriages are also adjustable laterally on pivots on the focussing-slides. The shutter 20 makes half a revolution for every movement of the film and consists of an upper half of one colour and a lower half of the complementary colour. Fig. 7 shows a colour-filter shutter with complementarily coloured parts 22, 23 for rotation about an axis lower than the objectives 8, 9. The colour filter shutter may be dispensed with, the pictures being stencilled with flat red or green dyes. The prisms 10, 11 comprise refracting-surfaces 34, 35 parallel to the film, inclined silvered reflecting-surfaces 30, 31, and a roughened or blackened absorbing-surface 36 cut so that all rays from the surface 30 impinge on the surface 31. The prisms may each consist of two subordinate prisms, one of which may be pivotally mounted so as to render unnecessary vertical adjusting-means for the objectives. In a further alternative, the prisms are replaced by pivoted mirrors linked together so as to move through the same angle when adjusted. The mirrors are arranged so that the rays that on first reflection pass most closely to the film are substantially parallel thereto or diverge outwardly. Separate tension pads are preferably used for holding the film in position during exposure. The apparatus may be used for showing black and white pictures.
Patent GB-191417216-A (GB)
Title: A Novel or Improved Ruler for Office Use Generally.
Inventor: UPTON WALTER
IPC: B43L7/00
Filed: 1914-07-21
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 17,216. Upton, W. July 21. Rulers.-Two cylindrical or regularly prismatic bars are rigidly secured together to form a ruler. As shown, cylindrical bars u, b are cut to form surfaces which may be placed in contact, and are secured together at their ends. One of the bars may be graduated.