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Patent GB-191203231-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Locomotives.
IPC: B61F5/16
Filed: 1912-02-08
Granted: 1913-01-02
Abstract: 3231. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Feb. 8. Axlctrucks and bogies. - The cab E of a locomotive is mounted through two pivotal connexions 7 on the two running - gear sections A, B, each of which is provided with two trucks D, C, the inner trucks C being rigidly attached to the section frames and the end trucks D pivotally connected thereto. An articulated joint may connect the running- gear sections, in which case one of the pivotal connexions 7 is adapted to allow longitudinal movement. The frame 2 of each of the end trucks D, Fig. 4, is supported on its axle-boxes by springs 15, links 16, and one equalizing- lever 17, while the middle trucks C are provided with an equalizing-lever on each side.
Patent GB-191204747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shock Absorbers.
Inventor: LAWTON BURTON LEONARD
IPC: B60G11/02
Filed: 1912-02-26
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 4747. Lawton, B. L. Jan. 4, [Convention date]. Composite and laminar springs; vibration - dampers; connexions, attachments, and adjustments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs.-Relates to vehicle shockabsorbers of the type in which a cam on one of two pivotally connected arms is adapted to stress springs carried by the other, and consists in mounting the springs in a holder which is capable of being adjusted relatively to the cam to suit varying loads without the necessity of disconnecting the shock - absorber from the vehicle. In the form shown in end elevation in Fig. 2 and in section in Fig. 3, the duplicated arms 1, mounted, for example, on the vehicle axle, are bolted to a shaft 3 on which is mounted a cam 6 engaging laminar springs 7 arranged in triangular form in a ring 8, and held in position by riveted plates 9. The ring 8, which is enclosed in a box-like casing 4, filled with grease and mounted between the extremities of the duplicated. arms 2 connected to the body of the vehicle, carries a bolt 10 which is adapted to slide in a slot 14 in the casing 4. The position of this bolt in its slot may be so adjusted, when the shock - absorber has been fixed in position that, when the vehicle is normally loaded, the springs 7 rest upon the low parts of the cam 6. The nut 11 is then tightened up, and, pressing the dust-plate 12 on the casing 4, locks the ring to the casing.
Patent GB-191207446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hollow Bricks.
Inventor: HEIDRICH OTTO
IPC: E04B5/44
Filed: 1912-03-27
Granted: 1912-08-22
Abstract: 7446. Heidrich, O. March 27. Blocks, special shapes of; ceiling blocks.- Hollow ceiling blocks with the under surfaces ribbed for plastering are formed with tongued and grooved ends c, f and with the sides g, h shaped as shown.
Patent GB-191209309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Cables.
IPC: H02G15/14
Filed: 1912-04-19
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 9309. Western Electric Co., [Western Electric Co.]. April 19. Resistances, inductive.-Coils 4, Fig. 3, for loading submarine cables are placed in moistureproof containing cases, and are inserted between the sections of the cables as these cables are being laid. Associated with each end of the case are cable studs 8, 9, connected to the coils 4 and with the cable sections 12. The plugs 10, 11 are screwed and welded to the case 1 and are recessed at 19 to enable the wiped joints 17 to be protected, as by a water jacket or asbestos sleeve, during welding. A longitudinally-split cylinder 30 is provided for each end of the case 1 and is adapted to enclose the splices 36, 37 between the projecting coil stubs and the cable sections and also to form a support for the conical collar devices 25 adapted to grip the cable armouring 27. Moisture-proof compounds 24, 41 fill the chambers within the case 1 and the cylinder 30. In the modified construction shown in Fig. 4, the case 47 for enclosing the loading- coils 48 is in the form of a tube, and the interior is filled with a moisture-proof insulating compound which solidifies. The coils and splices are enclosed in a metal container with its ends gradually tapering, and the interior is preferably filled with insulating compound through openings closed by screw plugs 66.
Patent GB-191225375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Desks, Tables, Easels and so forth.
Inventor: HAGREEN HARRY WILLIAM OWEN
IPC: A47B97/04
Filed: 1912-11-05
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 25,375. Hagreen, H. W. O. Nov. 5. Easel stands.-A desk, bed-table, easel, &c. comprises a top or slope adapted to be attached to the back of a chair, the end of a bed, or other support, but also adapted to be erected on a table for use as a table-desk or easel. It may also be used as a bed-rest. The top or slope a has at the top, projections a<1>, pivoted arms a', and cross-bars a<3>, to engage the chair-hack &c., and is held at the desired inclinations by folding adjustable struts b. The slope may be supported in an inverted position, when the pivoted arms a<2> may serve as ledges to retain papers &c., on the slope. The inclination of the struts b may be adjusted by a cord c, arranged as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, or having its ends passed over pins on the struts. Instead of using cords, racks may be provided on the struts to engage a cross-bar bearing against the chair &c., or the struts may engage toothed racks pivoted to the slope. As shown in Fig. 5, pins b<1> on the strut b engage holes i<1> in a pivoted bar i. In another modification, the pivot connecting the struts to the slope has a clamping- device at the end having co-acting surfaces with radial teeth or serrations. The ledge e is secured to the slope by pins and slots e<1> and is adjusted by eccentrics f.
Patent GB-191225386-A (GB)
Title: Improved Engine Starting and Lighting System for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: ENTZ JUSTUS BULKLEY
Filed: 1912-11-05
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 25,386. Entz, J. B. March 11, [Convention date]. Starting prime-movers, dynamo-electric machines and control circuits for. - A dynamo - electric generator for battery-charging and lighting purposes on motor-vehicles which may run as a motor to start the engine, is provided with series and shunt field windings which assist each other to produce a strong field when the machine is running as a motor, and oppose each other when the machine is running as a generator. The connexions are not altered when the function of the machine is changed. The contacts 19<b>, 19<c>, 19<d> of the switch 19 are so arranged that, when the battery 12 and armature 10 are disconnected, the shunt field winding is also disconnected. The series winding 15 is divided into two parts so that part only may be used. One side of the lamp circuit 11 is connected to a point between the series winding and the armature.
Patent GB-191228377-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Aerating and Drawing-off Liquids.
Inventor: PEIN HUGO HANS HERMANN VON
IPC: B67D1/04
Filed: 1912-12-09
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 28,377. Fein, H. H. H. von. Dec. 9. Aerating chambers and fittings. - In apparatus for aerating liquids during drawing-off, in which the liquid is passed from a pipe c through an atomizer c into a chamber d, supplied with gas from a pipe h, the air contained in the chamber passes through a non-return valve into a small chamber i, from which it escapes through a valve m<1>, adjusted to open at a pressure about the same or slightly above the pressure at which gas is supplied to the chamber d. The compressed-gas cylinder that supplies the chamber d may be used also to supply gas under slightly higher pressure to force the liquid into the chamber.
Patent GB-191300365-A (GB)
Title: A Device for Guarding against Hirsute Animals Entering or Breaking Out of Defined Areas and Enclosures.
Inventor: MAGERLE EDMUND
IPC: H05C1/00
Filed: 1913-01-06
Granted: 1914-01-06
Abstract: 365. Magerle, E., Martinek, H., and Petschnig, A. Jan. 9, 1912, [Convention date]. Guards for preventing access of vermin and the like.-Hirsute animals are prevented from entering or breaking out of defined areas and enclosures by the lines or fields of force emanating from electric conductors arranged around the boundaries of the enclosure.
Patent GB-191306967-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Straps for Wrist Watches and the like.
Inventor: BLACKLOCK ROBERT
IPC: A44C5/16
Filed: 1913-03-22
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 6967. Blacklock, R. March 22. [Cognate Application, 17,436/13.] Watch bracelets.-A leather strap a, Fig. 2, for wrist watches is provided at one end with a fixed metal clip b having a hook c and at the other end with an adjustable clip d having a hook e, the hooks c, e being adapted to engage the watch loops j, k. The clip d has a second hook g to engage with one of a series of holes h in the strap. In a modification, Fig. 5, each end is provided with a thin metal plate l bent to form a hook and is then passed through a loop of the watch and doubled back, so that the hook l engages with a metal pocket m attached some distance from the end of the strap. A series of pockets is provided at one end to allow the length of the strap to be adjusted. In another form, Fig. 8, the hooks l engage with one or more slits n formed in the inside ply of the strap which is made in two or more ply.
Patent GB-191316704-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Feed Mechanism for Drilling Machine and like Spindles.
Inventor: BIRD WILLIAM WARREN
IPC: B23Q5/32
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 16,704. Bird, W. W., and Rawson, L. W. Aug. 8, 1912, [Convention date]. Drilling - machines.- A drilling-machine having a sensitive feed, has means whereby, on the drill encountering resistance, the hand feed is changed to a power feed automatically. The drill spindle is fed through a rack 11 and pinion 13, one end of the pinion having a nut 15 thereon adapted to be frictionally locked to the pinion by a spring ball 18 engaging a recess. The spindle is fed by rotating the nut by a handle 16, and. when a resistance is encountered, the nut is screwed along the pinion to press outwards a plate 25 adjustably fixed to the spindle 14. This spindle carries at its other end a clutch member 30 adapted to coact with a continuallydriven power member 31, so that as the handle 16 is further turned, this clutch is automatically engaged, the spring ball 18 riding up out of the recess and disengaging the hand feed. When hand feed only is required, the nut is connected to the pinion by a pin 17.
Patent GB-191319317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Combination Bench Stops and Cramps.
Inventor: DODD JOSEPH
IPC: B25B27/00
Filed: 1913-08-26
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 19,317. Dodd, J. Aug. 26. Bench stops; cramps.-A combined bench stop and cramp has the head 5 constituting the stop 7 and cramp 20 projecting at right-angles to the sliding shank 8, and the hole 9 in the bench is larger than the head, so that no debris can collect beneath. The bracket 11 in which the shank slides is attached to the lower surface of the bench, and the adjusting-screw 17 may be arranged for operation from below, as shown in Fig. 1, or above the bench, as shown in Fig. 5. The shank slides against one side of the hole in the bench and against recessed guide-strips 13 on the bracket.
Patent GB-191322587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to a Process for Preserving Bananas.
Inventor: HEINE WILHELM HEINRICH
IPC: A23B7/022
Filed: 1913-10-07
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 22,587. Heine, W. H. Oct. 7. Preserving bananas.-Bananas are pared, dried, and hermetically sealed in receptacles with syrup, honey, &c., or a gas such as carbon dioxide. The bananas, and the liquid if desired, are sterilized.
Patent GB-191323333-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Indicating Deflections of Rails or Beams when Subjected to Transverse Stress.
IPC: B61K9/08
Filed: 1913-10-15
Granted: 1914-10-01
Abstract: 23,333. Sykes Interlocking Signal Co., W. R., and Tarrant, R. W. Oct. 15. Retractive switches operated by the passage of a vehicle over a line of rails. The apparatus consists of a pair of arms 14 securely attached to the rail and having strained between them a tension member 15 formed of a loop of wire attached to a control block 26 and oppositely twisted at opposite sides so that relative displacement of the arms 14 cause rocking of the block 26. The block carries an insulated forked contact arm 27 adapted to close the circuit between a pair of contacts 28, 29. The tension member is supported at the ends by square plugs 18 sliding in recesses in the arms 14 and adjusted by screws 19 protected by caps 23 which may be sealed. A protecting casing in two parts 34 is fitted on the arms 14 and held by bolts 37 locked by a bar 39. A distancepiece 30 carried between the arms 14 enables the apparatus to be correctly attached to the rail. In an alternative form for use when more sensitive apparatus is necessary, a link 45, Fig. 5, pivoted to one arm 14 at 21, is pivoted at the other end to the short arm of a lever 43, the long arm of which supports an end of the twisted tension member 15, the other end of which is attached to the former arm. In this case, the centrally mounted rocking member 46 consists of a cylindrical block of insulating material with a conducting strip to make contact between the members 47, 48.
Patent GB-191325437-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Recording or Counting Telephone Calls.
Inventor: DENBIGH ARTHUR REECE
IPC: H04M15/30
Filed: 1914-05-05
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 25,437. Denbigh, A. R. May 5, 1914. Meters; telephones, mounting and supporting.- The subscriber registers a call and at the same time connects a buzzer to indicate to the operator that the registration has been made. The spring 7 normally holds the arm 4 to the left so that the conversation circuit is completed through the contacts 8, 9. When the nut 3 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, the call is registered and the buzzer is connected in circuit over the contacts 10, 11. The register may be fitted in a sealed case 14 on the subscribers' instruments as shown in Fig. 2. The subscriber may also operate a register at the exchange.
Patent GB-191326163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Registering and Counting Mechanism, more particularly for Ticket Printing Machines.
Filed: 1913-11-14
Granted: 1914-11-16
Abstract: 26,163. Regina Machine Co., and Spooner, J. D. Nov. 14. Counting - apparatus; numeral - bearing elements; zeroizing - mechanism. - Relates to mechanism for registering the number and value of each kind of ticket issued by ticket printing and issuing machines, comprising a number of tapes actuated each time a ticket is issued, and bearing on one side a series of consecutive numbers and on the other, totalized amounts indicating the value of the tickets issued. The number of tickets issued and the total value are visible through two apertures. The plates 17 for printing the tickets are stored in magazines G, H and are locked by bars 18. Each plate 17 carries a lug 19 projecting through the bottom of the magazine into engagement with a ratchet-wheel 10 on a spool 7 to which one end of the tape 12 is connected The other end of the tape is wound on a spring drum 6, and as each ticket is printed, the tape is drawn over guides 13, 14, the ratchet 10 being held after each movement by a pawl 11. The number of tickets issued will appear through the aperture 16 and the total value through the aperture 15, as shown in Fig. 3. The various registering - mechanisms G', H' are mounted in a frame 20<1> which is pivoted at 20, and can be turned down to facilitate the reading of the record. All the registering-mechanisms are reset at zero through the replacement of the frame 20<1> in its operative position, by bars 23, which are rocked by fixed cams into engagement with lugs 31 on each of the pawls 11, thus releasing all the pawls from the ratchet-wheels 10 and allowing the spring drums 6 to rewind the tapes.
Patent GB-191329110-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Ostrich Feathers.
Inventor: BUSH ALFRED JAMES
IPC: A41G11/00
Filed: 1913-12-17
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 29,110. Bush, A. J. Dec. 17. Feathers.-To make a wide ostrich plume, the quill of a feather A is split, and the two parts of the quill are bent round and sewn on to an insertion B of silk &c. at the dotted lines a. Other feathers with split quills may be attached to the insertion by sewing at the dotted lines b, c.
Patent GB-191329978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Picking Motions for Weaving Looms.
Inventor: ZIPPER EMIL
IPC: D03D49/24
Filed: 1913-12-30
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 29,978. Zipper, E. Dec. 31, 1912, [Convention date]. Picking-motions; pickers; shuttle boxes; checking shuttles and pickers.-A spring picking-motion, mounted entirely on the lay, comprises a pivoted drum or cylinder 28, Fig. 1, having a cam-web 29 adapted to engage a roller projection 31 on a picker 25, to move it against the action of an adjustable helical spring 21 mounted in the shuttle box. The cam-web has a pitchless part 30 adapted to hold the picker until the roller 31 slips off the end of the web to allow the pick to take place. The cylinder is operated from the treadle shaft, or other rotary part of the loom, by means of short shafts connected by universal joints ; or the drum may be oscillated. The picker is formed with two rods 26 adapted to slide in an air-tight manner in holes 27 in the shuttle box, the open ends of the holes being restricted by valves or other means to check the motion of the picker. When the shuttle 36, Fig. 3, enters the box, it moves a lever 39 against the action of a spring 40 until it is entirely in the shuttle box, whereupon the lever again turns to lock it in position. The lever is mounted on a spindle 42, Figs. 1 and 3, having an arm 43 in the path of a projection 45 on a disk 44 mounted on the cylinder shaft. Just before picking, the spindle 42 is rocked to release the shuttle.
Patent GB-191402126-A (GB)
Title: Trouser-press Fittings for Wardrobes.
Inventor: EVERITT JAMES
IPC: A47G25/72
Filed: 1914-01-27
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 2126. Everitt, J. Jan. 27. [Cognate Application, 5782/14.] Trouser presses.-A trouser press w is attached to a wardrobe door y in such a manner that it can be raised into the horizontal position or slid downward into a vertical position. The press is carried by bars a, c encircled by buffer springs i, j and engaged by the forked ends d, c of a tubular spindle f passing through bearings g, h on the press. Bolts n, o operated by handles t slide in the spindle and are adapted to engage slots n<2>, o<2> in the bars a, c when the press is raised to the horizontal position, the outer end of the press resting on a slidable bar l. In order to retain the press in the vertical position, a spring catch u<2> is provided which engages with a projection u<3> on the spindle f when the press is moved back against the door.
Patent GB-191405267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Weighing Machines.
Filed: 1914-03-02
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 5267. Pooley & Son, H., and Dobson, J. March 2. Pendulum-weight apparatus. - Relates to a machine wherein the load is balanced partly by a pendulum weight and partly by loose weights applied to the weights-pan and the invention comprises means for obtaining equal movements of the indicating-pointer for equal increments of load. The weights-pan 2 is coupled to a weigh-beam 11, which is rigid with a pendulum lever 13. An arm 16, also attached to the beam 11, carries a roller 15 which works within a suitably curved jaw 18 attached to a weighted indicating pointer 4 pivoted on a knife-edge 6. The sides of the jaw 18 are so curved that the pointer is moved over its scale 5 equal distances for equal increments of load.
Patent GB-191406031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Guards for Slubbing, Intermediate, Roving and the like Frames.
Inventor: JAGGER FRANK
IPC: D01H1/242
Filed: 1914-03-10
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 6031. Jagger, F. March 10. Slubbing, intermediate, and roving frames. - A plate a covering the space below the bobbin rail c is suspended from the rail by a clamp d, e or a clip. The guards i covering the back skew - wheels are carried by curved arms k secured to the plate a. The plate a may be bolted to angular projections h on the clamp d, e or may slide into hooks formed on these projections. The guard i may be suspended in hook fashion as described in Specification 14,373/13, [Class 80 (iv), Mechanism &c.].
Patent GB-191408339-A (GB)
Title: An Arrangement for Imparting a Continuous Movement to Rolling or Sliding Bodies.
Inventor: EDMUND MAGERLE
IPC: G04C1/02
Filed: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 8339. Magerle, E., Martinek, H., and Voglmayer, A. Sept. 23, 1913, [Convention date]. Addition to 6165/14. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Rotary and reciprocating machines; electromagnets.-In an arrangement for imparting movement to a rolling or sliding body d by means of a solenoid a, the electrical circuit of the solenoid and battery m is made and broken at the contacts k, l. The ball or the like d is received in a pocket n in a lever c pivoted at b, and thus depresses the lever c, against the action of a spring e, so that a spring-pressed brush i carried by the lever is moved on to the conducting-segment l.
Patent GB-191411781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Wrist Watches and the like.
Inventor: RABONE WALTER HAYES
IPC: A44C5/14
Filed: 1914-05-13
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 11,781. Rabone, W. H., Rabone, F., and Horton, G. A. May 13. Watch and purse bracelets.-A wrist watch, purse, or the like is attached to a bracelet by means of a ball-and-socket connexion. In the construction shown, the socket c is attached to a pivot pin b provided in the end of the bracelet, and the ball d is mounted by means of a sleeve f on a hinge-pin g at the side of the watch &c.
Patent GB-191417701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Inflatable Boats, Rafts and the like.
Inventor: SMITH DAVID JOSEPH
IPC: B63B7/06
Filed: 1914-07-27
Granted: 1915-09-02
Abstract: 17,701. Smith, D. J. July 27. Collapsible boats. - Relates to boats of the type in which acetylene supplied by a generator containing calcium carbide is employed to distend or inflate them when immersed in water. The boat is provided with a collapsible frame, a flexible receptacle or envelope, and a gasgenerator so arranged that the distension of the envelope expands the frame and so opens out the boat or raft. Fig. 5 shows a boat which has two flexible skins O<1>, O<2> forming a gas receptacle O<3>, a collapsible frame comprising longitudinal members M<1> .. M<4>, pivoted at their ends to the member M, and an acetylene or like gas-generator A<6>. The boat may have a light cover O<4> for keeping out water. A suitable gas - generator, Fig. 2, has a wateradmission recess D with holes E covered by a non-return flap valve F. A perforated receptacle J for carbide or the like is held in place by a gas-tight cover G secured by a nut H and bolt I. The generator, if not embodied in the boat, has an outlet tube K for connexion to the boat &c. by a flexible tube, and is fitted with a gas-tight cover B when not in use. A modified water-admission valve, Fig. 4, consists of a disk F pressed on its seat by a light spring F<4> and having a stem F<2> slidable in a guide F<3>. The Provisional Specification states also that the frame of a collapsible boat, which may be single-skinned, may be expanded by means of piston-rods working in cylinders connected to the gas-generator.
Patent GB-191418700-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coin Actuated Machine for Vending Chocolates Cigarettes and the like.
Inventor: HILLARY ALBERT ERNEST
IPC: G07F11/18
Filed: 1914-08-15
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 18,700. Hillary, A, E. Aug. 15. Sale apparatus; delivery mechanism; coin action, weight.-The coin inserted through aslot H' in a fixed plate H, Fig. 6, into a slot E in the drawer B tilts a pivoted detent C fr.om engagement with a rack G depending from the drawer, permitting the drawer to be pulled out. The plate H serves to retain a window M in position. A plate H<2> on the drawer fits closely against the plate H in the closed position of the parts.