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Patent GB-191125870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Concrete Railway Sleepers.
Inventor: FERGUSON WALTON
IPC: E01B3/38
Filed: 1911-11-20
Granted: 1912-04-18
Abstract: 25,870. Ferguson, W., and Buel, A. W. June 5, [Convention date]. Sleepers, composite and metal, and securing rails thereto; sleepers and parts, arrangements of.-Sleepers extend throughout a rail length and comprise metal stringers A, Fig. 3, connected at intervals by metallic members B, C and embedded in concrete to form an integral structure Fig. 7, to be laid on ballast. The stringers A may project from the concrete, and have external flanges F for the rails which are secured by clamps J, Fig. 8. The stringers have holes in their webs for the concrete, and project beyond the concrete at one end for engagement with a recess, Fig. 5, in the adjacent end which is provided with fish-plates S. The members B, C are bolted to the stringers A, and outside members P may be used; while in a modification, I-beams extend at intervals between the stringers A, which have clamped to them external arched reinforcement. The rails may be laid along the sleepers, or may break joint with them.
Patent GB-191128319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buffers for Railway, Tramway, and the like Vehicles.
IPC: B61G11/10
Filed: 1911-12-16
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 28,319. Platts & Co., G. T., and Hewitt, F. Dec. 16. Buffers.-To allow the removal of the plunger from its casing without detaching the casing from the vehicle, the inner end of the plunger is provided with an external helical collar b and the outer end of the casing with an internal helical groove d to correspond. To prevent the plunger from working out by rotation, a loose coiled spring e, Fig. 5, may be turned into the vacant grooves d when the plunger is in working position, the outer end of the spring being sprung into a notch in the casing. Or a sleeve g, Fig. 9, in halves, with external helical threads may be screwed into the groove d; or a washer with internal helical threads may be placed loosely in the casing, and the plunger, having been placed in working position, screwed into it. As a further modification, the plunger may be formed with a rod i, Fig. 7, of square section which is prevented from rotating by engaging a notch in a plate j fixed to the rear of the casing. Or the rod i may be formed with an enlarged end behind the plate j to prevent its working forwards,
Patent GB-191203459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gunscopes, Periscopes, and other like Optical Apparatus.
Inventor: ALDIS ARTHUR CYRIL WEBB
IPC: G02B23/08
Filed: 1912-02-12
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 3459. Aldis, A. C. W. Feb. 12. Periscopes; optical systems; telescope systems. -In periscopes, apparatus for examining the interior of guns, and similar apparatus in which the length of the device is desired to be variable, the usual arrangement of two telescopes in afocal adjustment is employed in such a way that an image can be transmitted down a tube for any length without appreciable loss of light. Fig. 1, which illustrates a device for examining a gun-barrel, shows a system comprising, as usual, two eyepieces c, g and a telescopic objective d, but between one of the eyepieces, as g, and the lens d a series of erecting-systems can be introduced, each consisting of a condenser e, h and an objective f, i. The condenser is placed at the focal plane of images coming through the other eyepiece c, and the objectives on either side of it are conjugate with respect to it. The last eyepiece is placed at g, g<1>, or g<2>, according as two, one, or no additional systems are used. Supports k hold the instrument in position, and means are provided for illuminating the interior. In periscopes, the apparatus is so designed that dry air can be passed into the inner and outer tubes.
Patent GB-191209966-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lubricating Pumps.
IPC: F16N13/10
Filed: 1912-04-26
Granted: 1913-05-26
Abstract: 9966. Vickers, Ltd., and Bourcier, G. April 26. Regulating dedivery of two combined pumps. -In lubricating-apparatus of the type in which two pumps are arranged to work in unison, one of which A draws oil from a reservoir and delivers it to the bearings, while the other B draws oil from the bearings and returns it to the reservoir, a by-pass c controlled by a valve c<1> is provided in order to regulate the delivery of the pump. The invention is stated to be applicable to rotary pumps.
Patent GB-191210528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Oil Break Electric Switches.
Inventor: BARBOUR RALPH HENRY
IPC: H01H33/55
Filed: 1912-05-03
Granted: 1912-08-15
Abstract: 10,528. Barbour, R. H., and Travis, T. G. May 3. Oil switches; switches, locking.-In a switch or motor-starter &c. of the type in which the contacts are situated within a chamber containing oil &c., the movement of the movable contacts to close the switch is prevented automatically if the depth of the oil becomes insufficient to immerse the switch contacts completely. The movable contacts Z are mounted upon the shaft 2 operated by the handle 1 and are adapted to engage with the fixed contacts Z<1>. The normal level of the oil is indicated by the dotted line. Secured upon the shaft 2 is an arm 8 provided with a wedge-shaped tooth 9. A locking-bar 10 is pivoted to the side of the casing at 11 and is provided with a shaped tooth 9' corresponding with the tooth 9. Normally, the float 12 which is attached to the bar 10 raises the bar clear of the tooth 9 but if, from any cause, the level of the oil falls sufficiently, the two teeth are brought into engagement and the switch is locked so that it cannot be put in the on position. If the switch is already in the 'on ' position when the level of the oil falls it can be brought into the off ' position, the inclined edge of the tooth 9 serving to raise the locking-bar 10.
Patent GB-191213073-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flanged Enamel Gas Stove Cover and Wall Screen.
Inventor: UPTON GEORGE VINCENT
IPC: F24C15/12
Filed: 1912-06-04
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 13,073. Upton, G. V. June 4. Gas cooking-stoves; hot-plates; guards and screens.-The hot-plate E of a gas cooking-stove has hinged thereto at R a flanged enamelled sheet-metal cover C, which, when the stove is in use, is turned up and serves as a wall screen.
Patent GB-191215892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clocks amd Marking Boards for Billiards.
Inventor: BENSON LESLIE BERNARD
Filed: 1912-07-08
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 15,892. Benson, L. B. July 8. Time checks.-Relates to apparatus for recording the use of billiard tables hired by time. The apparatus is designed to close an electric switch at the commencement of a game so as to ring a distant bell &c. to indicate the number of players engaged, the rate of hire per halfhour, the amount due for the game at any time during play, the total amount due for a number of games, and the duration of the game. An alarm bell rings at the end of the game, the electric switch is again closed, and the marking-board is placed out of action. At the beginning of a game, the attendant sets a disk 104, Fig. IV., by means of a key applied to a spindle 142 with which the disk 104 is connected, so as to indicate the number of players and the rate of hire at holes 5, 4, Fig. I, respectively. He also sets a hand 10 to the time the game is to last and then. pulls a tape 74. This winds up the alarm, sets the clock going, and closes an electric switch 90, 94 momentarily so as to ring the distant bell. The hand 9 of the clock then moves round the dial until it coincides with the hand 10, whereupon a projection on the hand 10 enters a notch in the boss of the hand 9 and allows the hand 10 to come forward under the influence of a spring. This releases the alarm, which rings a bell 72, operates the switch 90, 94 to ring the distant bell, and also turns the rollers 20, Fig. 1, of the marking board so as to conceal the figures. The counting-wheels, 110, 113, which indicate the amount due, are operated step by step by a pin 123 connected with a lever 135, which engages one of several ratchet-wheels 153 driven at a uniform rate by the clock. The wheels 153 have different numbers of teeth so that the number of impulses given to the counting-gear in a certain time, and hence the price indicated, depends upon which of the wheels 153 engages the lever 135. An arm 140 on the spindle 142 is connected by a link 138 to a slide 134 carrying the lever 135 and is arranged so that the lever 135 is moved on to the wheel corresponding to the rate indicated on the disk 105. An ordinary Veeder counter 157 indicates the accumulated total.
Patent GB-191217291-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Splash-guard for Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: CAMP FRANCOIS VAN DEN
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1912-07-25
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 17,291. Camp, F. van den, Thuysbaert, W., and Weerd, J. F. van den. Feb. 6, [Convention date]. Lateral-splash guards for the wheels of vehicles are rigidly attached to a member having the shape and appearance of a truncated wheel, the whole being freely mounted upon the hub of the road wheel and held in normal position by springs. The truncated wheel C, carrying a metal frame A and flexible sheet B, is mounted by ball bearings upon a centre-piece screwed on to the casing of the nave of the road wheel and is controlled by springs E attached to lugs D or to nipples fixed on the spokes and to one or two eyelets G on the chassis, splash-board, or body of the vehicle. In order to deaden shocks when the splash-guard encounters an obstacle, the frame A carries rollers F rotatable about axes 4, 5. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) comprises also an arrangement in which the splash-guard is in one piece with the truncated wheel. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191217530-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Cigarette Case.
Inventor: VENABLES FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: A24F15/14
Filed: 1912-07-29
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 17,530. Venables, F. C. July 29. Contents, delivering &c.-A cigarette case of the kind having a hinged cover on to which, when opened, a single cigarette will roll is provided with a swinging regulator or shutter A mounted on the side opposite the hinge, the shutter being held back in the inoperative position when the case is closed by a projecting part on the lid. In a case for two layers of cigarettes, a check-piece E is employed to hold back the top row. When the hinge is inside the case, as shown, an inclined piece F is provided to enable the cigarettes to roll over the hinge.
Patent GB-191219086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Glass Articles.
Inventor: STUTZ CHARLES CHRISTIAN
IPC: C03B7/20
Filed: 1912-08-20
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 19,086. Stutz, C. C. Aug. 20 Delivering m o l t e n metal; blowing. - Relates to apparatus for charging the moulds of automatic moulding- apparatus, particularly of the kind described in Specification 17,059/11, by means of a series of ladles which convey the molten metal from the discharge spout of a furnace to the individual moulds. Each ladle 1 is filled at the point A and then moved to one of the moulds M, by a conveyer 7, where it is stopped automatically and raised by a compressed-air cylinder 35 so as to facilitate charging the mould, as described in the above-mentioned Specification. The empty ladles are carried to the end of the conveyer 7, transferred by an elevator 19 as described in Specification 19,085/12 to a conveyer 29 which carries them to an elevator 30, by which they are returned to the filling point. The empty ladles are inverted and sprayed with cooling- liquid during their return to the point A. To insure the introduction of clear glass only into the moulds, the stream of molten metal from the spout 50, Fig. 14, is arranged to enter the ladle 1 near the side so as to avoid disturbing the glass in the centre where the mould is introduced. The moulds are on the same level, instead of on different levels as described in Specification 17,059/11 and, to avoid interference, the racks 43, Fig. 3, which operate adjacent moulds 34, are placed out of line with one another.
Patent GB-191221424-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aerial Machines.
Inventor: JAMES RUPERT EDWARD
IPC: B64C3/52
Filed: 1912-09-20
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 21,424. James, R. E., and Thompson, F. A. Sept. 20. Planes, construction of; steering and balancing.- The flexible rear edge b of the supporting-planes of an aeroplane is bowed upwards for steering and balancing, or for facilitating rising, by movement of the tip c of the plane horizontally inwards. The upper surface of the rear part of the plane when bowed upwards presents a negative incidence to the air current. The plane may be of triangular shape as shown, and the front part a is rigid.
Patent GB-191227572-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Soap and Process of Making same.
Inventor: BILLING CHARLES
IPC: C11D9/16
Filed: 1912-11-30
Granted: 1913-12-30
Abstract: 27,572. Billing, C. Nov. 30. Soaps, materials for making.-Monoborate of potassium or ammonium, or a mixture of the two, is added to soap. If a large addition is made, and the soap ' opens,' it is made smooth by the addition of a relatively small amount of potassium carbonate.
Patent GB-191302883-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicle and other Carriage Bodies.
Inventor: MADDOX GEORGE
IPC: B60J7/12
Filed: 1913-02-04
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 2883. Maddox, G. Feb. 4. Hoods. - Relates to arrangements of links for holding the hoopsticks in position during the folding operation. The hoop-stick 11 above the central pillar 4, Fig. 1, is of the type in which each downturned end d i s connected by links 13, 15 to the front and rear cant-rails 1, 6 respectively, and to hold the hoop - stick in position during folding, a third link 18 pivoted to the rear cant-rail is provided. Each downturned end of the rear hoop-stick 29, Fig. 4, is pivoted at 21 to the rear folding pillar 9, which is pivoted at 8 to the rear cant-rail 6, and a link 23 is pivoted at 24 to the cant-rail 6 and at 22 to the end of the hoop-stick.
Patent GB-191316555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Windows, Doors and the like.
Inventor: TEWSON EDWARD GEORGE
IPC: E05D15/50
Filed: 1913-07-18
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 16,555. Tewson, E. G. July 18. Hinges arranged to act alternatively at either side of a door etc.; hinges readily separable about hinge pin.-Doors, casements, &c. may be opened about either stile by means of hinges comprising pins c, carried by plates d, fixed at each side of the door or like frame, and plates a with slots b fitted to both stiles of the door &c., the edges of the door stiles and posts being so shaped that a slight opening of the door &c. at one side prevents disengagement of the pins c and slots b at the other side. The edges of the stiles e and the corresponding edges of the plates a are semicircular in plan, and a rim g is formed on the frame plate d to engage the plates a; and pins h on the plates d may be provided to engage curved slots i in the plates a. Instead of arranging the hinge members at the top and bottom of the door as shown, they may be mounted in recesses in the door stiles, between the top and bottom thereof.
Patent GB-191317415-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clamping Devices suitable for Racket Presses, Clothes Presses and the like.
Inventor: SMITH FREDERICK BEDFORD
IPC: A63B60/44
Filed: 1913-07-29
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 17,415. Smith, F. B. July 29. Presses; trouser presses. - Trouser and like presses are clamped by means of U-shaped pieces 4 hinged to the frame members and 'adapted to coact with inclined surfaces 7 formed on or attached to the press.
Patent GB-191320106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Pigments.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: C09B51/00
Filed: 1913-09-05
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 20,106. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Sept. 5. Lakes..- Pigments are prepared by mixing 3-nitro-4-aminobenzophenone, 3-nitro-4-aminobenzosulphone, or substitution products of these compounds, with substrata, such as alumina, blanc fixe, china clay, heavy spar, &c. The products are yellow and are suitable for use in colouring paper, or printing, or as oil paints or lithographic colours. The following parent materials are specified:-3:3<1>-dinitro-4:4<1>- diaminobenzosulphone, 3: 3<1> - dinitro - 4:4'- diaminobenzophenone. 3 :3<1>-dinitro-4-amino-4<1>- chlorbenzophenone, or a mixture of these two bodies, 3:3<1>-dinitro-4-amino-4<1>-chlorbenzosulphone, 3: 3<1>-dinitro-4-aminobenzophenone, 3:4<1>- dinitro-4-aminobenzophenone, 3-nitro-4-amino- 4<1>-methoxybenzophenone, 3-nitro -4-amino-4<1>- chlorbenzophenone, 3-nitro-4-amino-2<1> :4<1>-dichlorbenzophenone. Nitroaminobenzophenones; nitroaminobenzosulphones.-The above-described compounds are prepared by the action of ammonia on the corresponding halogen compounds ; for example, 3: 3<1>-dinitro-4 : 4<1>-diaminobenzophenone, or a mixture of this body with 3: 3<1>-dinitro-4-amino- 4'-chlorbenzophenone, is obtained by treating 3:3<1>- dinitro -4:4<1>- dichlorbenzophenone with aqueous or alcoholic ammonia; 3-nitro-4-aminobenzosulphone is obtained by condensing 3-nitro- 4-chlorbenzenesulphochloride with benzene by means of aluminium chloride, and replacing the chlorine atom by the amino group; 3:3<1>-dinitro- 4-aminobenzophenone is obtained by dinitrating 4-chlorbenzophenone in concentrated sulphuric acid and proceeding as above ; 3:4<1>-dinitro-4- aminobenzophenone is obtained by condensing 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride with chlorbenzene by means of aluminium chloride, nitrating the product, and replacing the chlorine as above; 3-nitro-4-amino-4<1>-methoxybenzophenone is obtained by condensing 3-nitro-4-chlorbenzoyl chloride with anisol by means of aluminium chloride, and replacing the chlorine atom as above.
Patent GB-191321494-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Canvas Shoes.
IPC: A43B13/22
Filed: 1913-09-24
Granted: 1914-09-24
Abstract: 21,494. Frankenburg & Sons, I., Frankenburg, S., and Betteridge, F. H. Sept. 24. Connecting uppers to insoles and soles.-A canvas shoe for athletic purposes is formed with a canvas upper A, an insole a of woven fabric, a laver a<1> of thin canvas impregnated with vnlcanizable rubber composition, and a sole composed of one or more plies of woven fabric, impregnated or treated with balata, guttapercha, rubber, or caoutchouc. Preferably, the sole is made of two layers b, b<1> impregnated with balata or. rubber and coated with rubber capable of being vulcanized. The various layers or plies are placed successively in position and rolled or pressed together to cause them to adhere, after which the shoe is placed in an oven and subjected to a heat sufficient to vulcanize the rubber compounds.
Patent GB-191322151-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Treatment of Seed Grain.
Inventor: WOLF CHARLES EDWARD DE
Filed: 1913-10-01
Granted: 1914-10-01
Abstract: 22,151. Wolf, C. E. de, and Fry, H. E. Oct. 1. Germination, assisting; electric treatment.- Grain and seeds are treated before sowing by immersing them in a solution or suspension of organic or artificial manure, through which a current of electricity is passed. The grain is placed in a tank of wood &c., at the ends of which are electrodes of broken carbon or coke enclosed by a perforated celluloid sheet, the terminals being attached to carbon plates embedded in the broken carbon. A solution of sodium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, nitric acid, &c. is added, the current is passed for several hours, the liquid is drained off, and the grain &c. is spread and turned on a drying-floor. Pneumatic drying-apparatus may be used.
Patent GB-191322160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Guards or Obstruction Removers for Vehicles.
Inventor: SIMPSON HENRY THOMAS PINCKNEY
IPC: B60R21/34
Filed: 1913-10-01
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 22,160. Simpson, H. T. P. Oct. 1. [Addition to 236/13.] Wheel-guards and obstruction-removers of the type described in the parent Specification. The end units are carried by members adapted to move with the swivelling axle-ends, and the inner units are pivotally supported by the main axle, and are connected with the steering- mechanism so as to turn with the steering- wheels. Each end unit a, Fig. 4, is pivoted at h<4> to brackets carried by the depending arms g<2> of a plate g<1> secured to a vertical pin g, which turns with the swivelling movement of the axle-ends, Arms i integral with the arms g<2> are connected by the transverse steering-bar i<1>. Each inner unit a, Fig. 3, is pivoted at c to a frame that is pivoted at c<3> to a bar d clamped beneath the main axle e<2>. The frame is extended beyond the pivot as shown at j<2> and is jointed to a bar j', which is pivoted to a curved bar clamped to the steering-bar i<1>. Springs k<2>, g<Î> are provided to hold the units a normally clear of the ground, and each unit is provided with a pivoted extension b fitted with a roller x along its forward edge. The end units a may be shaped to extend in front of the wheels; or separate guards for this purpose may he carried by the arms g<2>.
Patent GB-191324241-A (GB)
Title: Shunters Hand Actuated Air Brake Valve.
Inventor: COLBORNE ROBERT FRANCIS
IPC: B60T15/42
Filed: 1913-10-25
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 24,241. Colborne, R. F. Oct. 25. Actuating; rotary sector valves. - The triple valves of railway and tramway brakes are provided with an additional valve adapted to be operated by hand from the side of the vehicle for applying or releasing the brakes. The hand - valve comprises a rotary disk P which controls ports I, J leading respectively to the brake cylinder and auxiliary reservoir and is operated by an external lever Q, which may be turned to contact with stops Q<4>, Q<5>, Fig. 4, respectively, to open partly or fully the port I through which train - pipe air flows to apply the brakes, or to a stop Q' to open the port J to admit reservoir air to move the triple valve to release position. The lever Q is retained in its normal position by spring arms Q<2>, Q<3> arranged on opposite sides of the lever and of a stop K<1>, so that when the lever is moved in either direction one or other of the spring arms is strained. The lever Q is operated by a rod S connected to an arm S<1> on a cross-shaft T, which is provided at each end with levers U connected at each side of the vehicle to similar levers U<1> by operating- ropes V fitted with handles V<1>.
Patent GB-191324945-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Advertising Devices.
Inventor: CAMPBELL CHARLES STUART
IPC: G09F11/12
Filed: 1913-11-01
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 24,945. Campbell, C. S., Gordon, L. L., Widdess, R. W., and Simpson, J. Nov. 1. Clutches, claw. - A rotary clutch comprises a semicylindrical piece 33, which occupies a cylindrical hole, formed partly in a bevel-wheel and partly in a shaft which carries the bevelwheel. A projection on the piece 33 is connected by a coil-spring 35 to a stop 36 on the shaft. When a cam 39 moves the spring-controlled arm 37 from engagement with the clutch 33, the clutch is rotated by the spring 35 and locks the bevel-wheel and shaft together. After a complete revolution of the shaft, the projection 34 again engages the trip 37, and the shaft and gear wheels are thrown out of gear.
Patent GB-191328783-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spades, Shovels, Forks and other Agricultural, Drainage or like Tools.
IPC: B25G3/02
Filed: 1913-12-13
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 28,783. Titley, T. J., and Yardley & Co. Dec. 13. D-handles.-Handles for spades, shovels, forks, and other agricultural, drainage, and like tools, of the kind having tubular metal hafts, are provided with a cast D-handle h formed with flattened enlargements m at the extremities of the curved parts l to receive a wooden or other cross-piece n, and with a stem portion k secured in the end of the tubular haft i by rivets j, which are preferably crossed as shown.