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Patent GB-191311559-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Meat Slicing Machines.
Inventor: BERKEL WILHELMUS ADRIANUS VAN
IPC: B26D1/143
Filed: 1913-05-19
Granted: 1914-05-19
Abstract: 11,559. Berkel, W. A. van. May 19. Cutting slices in succession. - Relates to meatslicing machines of the kind described in Specifications 5567/98, 22,168/99, and 19,872/08, and comprises modifications in the means for holding the meat and in the means for feeding it forwards intermittently. Fig. 2 is a plan of the machine, and Fig. 6 a detail view showing the feed-nut and the detachable meat-plate. The reciprocating carriage 2 is traversed across the face of the rotary disk knife 9 by a crank 6 and coupling-rod 5 operated from the hand-wheel 8. A rod 24 pivoted to the coupling-rod 5 is attached at its other end to a helical plate 21 pivoted on a pin 23 to the lower side of the carriage 2. The helical plate 21 engages a single roller or between a pair of rollers 19 on a lever 18 coupled by a link 15 to the feedoperating pawl, the link 15 being in tension during the feed - stroke of the pawl. The feed may be regulated by means such as are described in Specification 19,872/08. The segmental nut 25 for feeding the transverse slide 36 across the carriage is arranged beneath the feedscrew 10, which is placed slightly below the level of the slide 36, and is carried in bearings 11, 11<a> on the carriage, the bearing 11<a> containing a compression spring 52 for taking up wear. The nut 25 is supported in a bracket 25<a>, and is raised and lowered by links 29, 30 and a shaft 28 connected to a hand-lever 27. By grasping the lever 27 and a fixed post 27<a>, the nut is lowered out of engagement with the screw, and may be so held by a spring locking-pin controlled by an auxiliary press-lever pivotally mounted on the lever 27. The transverse slide or table 36 is mounted in guides on the carriage 2, springs 38 pressing the guides into contact and taking-up wear. The meat-plate 54 carrying the usual clamp 55 is detachably mounted on the slide 36 by means of ball-headed pins 33, carried on the slide or on the plate, engaging sockets 51, and locked by spring pins 34. As shown in Fig. 6, the sockets 51 form part of standards to which the lifting-handles 31 are secured. The ball-headed pins may be slit so as to give a certain amount of spring and so prevent rattling.
Patent GB-191318100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Machines for Decorticating Vegetable Fibrous Matter.
Inventor: VINCENT WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: D01B1/30
Filed: 1913-08-08
Granted: 1914-08-10
Abstract: 18,100. Vincent, W. J. Aug. 8. Breaking and scutching apparatus.-Fibrous leaves and stems of plants &c. are decorticated in a machine comprising a drum provided with radially-disposed comb plates which protrude above the surface of the drum to cooperate with a compressor to act upon the material and then recede beneath the surface of the drum. The material is fed through the feed-box 1, Fig. 1, by an apron 2 and is delivered by rollers 3 to the drum 5, which is provided with rows of teeth 6 sliding in radial slots 7 in the drum. The material passes over the drum and is pressed into the teeth by a compressor roller 8. The material is delivered on to another portion of the apron 2 and, after passing under a squeezing-roller 9, is delivered into a rotary receptacle 11. The juices expressed from the material are collected in a tank of water 12 The liquid in the tank is pumped up to an horizontal tube 14 above the drum 5, from which it is delivered on to the roller 8 and finds its way back into the tank 12. When the liquid in the tank is sufficiently concentrated, it can be drawn off and the gums &c. extracted. The drum 5 is mounted upon a central boss shaped to eject any material which may fall into the drum, and the gear for operating the rows of comb teeth is situated outside the drum. The rows of teeth 6, Fig. 3, are mounted upon reversible bars and. are connected by rods 21 to an eccentric sheave strap 22 running on antifriction bearings 23; they are thus moved in and out of the slots 7, which extend completely across the drum. A number of fixed arms 24, with elongated slots at the ends which engage pins 19 on the ends of certain of the rods 21, prevent the rods from getting out of their allotted positions. The drum 5 is provided with recesses 26 to engage teeth 27 on the compressor roller 8, the blades 8<a> of which are thus caused to work in the spaces between the rows of teeth 6. An auxiliary apparatus may be employed when it is required to decorticate material of large diameter. This comprises two or more rows of revolving knives 44, 45, Fig. 6, and crushing-rollers 50, 51. These are mounted in a frame 48, which can be secured to the feed-box 1, the belt 2 passing underneath. The material is passed from the knives to the crushing-rollers over a guide 52. The liquid pressed out of the material in the auxiliary apparatus may be collected in a tank and passed to the main tray 12. The surface of the drum 5 is cleared by a scraper 15 mounted upon curved members 57 bolted to the frame of the machine.
Patent GB-191322306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pumps, Motors and the like.
Inventor: PROETT CARL
IPC: F01B3/00
Filed: 1913-10-03
Granted: 1915-08-19
Abstract: 22,306. Pr÷tt, C. Oct. 3. Cam-actuated pumps; stroke, varying; valves, arrangement of.-In pumps and motors of the type having a number of cylinders arranged parallel to the driving-shaft with their pistons connected thereto by drunken-disk mechanism, the mechanism is adjusted by means of toothed segments actuated by racks on the shaft which are controlled from outside the casing, and a distributing-valve is provided having external and internal packing to enable the pump or motor to be reversed without leakage. The drunken disk 9, Fig. 1, is supported by roller bearings upon a member 5 having a convex cylindrical surface engaging with a corresponding concave cylindrical surface formed on a member 6, which is bolted to the shaft 3 and supported by roller and ball bearings W, 7. The pistons 17 are connected to the drunken disk by rods 16, and the disk is prevented from rotating by pins 12 working in fixed guides 13, 14. The inclination of the drunken disk is varied by means of a toothed segment 20 on the member 6, which engages with teeth 22 on the member 5 and is operated by a rack 25 mounted on a sleeve 24 on the shaft 3, the position of the sleeve being controlled by a shaft 27 passing outside the casing. The adjustment of this shaft serves either to vary the stroke of the pistons, or to reverse the direction of flow of the fluid when the drunken disk is turned past the dead - point. The distributing- valve 50 is operated by an eccentric pin 54 on the end of the shaft 3 and is formed in two parts 51, 52 pressed apart by springs 57, 58 and having two packing-rings 56, so that the valve is fluid-tight in whichever direction the pump or motor is running.
Patent GB-191323087-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Resilient Non-slip Cushion for Pedals.
Inventor: SURRIDGE ROBERT
IPC: G05G1/00
Filed: 1913-10-13
Granted: 1914-03-26
Abstract: 23,087. Surridge, R. Oct. 13. Pedals.-A footgrip for a pedal is formed of a cambered mass a of india - rubber &c. having a correspondingly c ambered spring plate b embedded therein. The grip is secured to the pedal by screws, which pass through holes c in the cushion and enter holes in the pedal. The screws are threaded to engage corresponding threads in the boles or to receive nuts adapted to bear against the lower face of the pedal. The screws are tightened up to flatten the cambered portion wholly or partly, thus holding the end d of the grip in firm contact with the pedal.
Patent GB-191325176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grapnels for Raising Submarine Cables.
Inventor: BERNER CORREZE AAGE OSCAR
IPC: H02G1/10
Filed: 1913-11-04
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 25,176. Berner, C. A. O., and Lisle, H. W. T. de. Nov. 4. Grapnels.-Comprises improvements in grapnels of the kind described in Specifications 11,913/88 and 8272/06. The hinged arms b by which the cable is gripped are normally retained in their extended position by a slide e<2>, which engages lugs b<3> on the arms. This slide is held in place by a spring d' which is compressed by the strain on the lifting-rope when the cable is hooked, the slide e<2> having lugs e<3> which are engaged by the cable and pressed downwards, carrying the slide e<2> with them. When released, the arms b close and grip the cable. In addition to the slide, the arms may be held open by a bolt which breaks under the strain on the cable.
Patent GB-191406110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Undergarments.
Inventor: WENTWORTH EDWARD FITZGERALD
IPC: A41B9/08
Filed: 1914-03-10
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 6110. Wentworth, E. F. March 10. Combinations; skirt parts. - A combined undervest and drawers is cut from cylindrical fabric and is slit up the front and back, both slits being covered by aprons 12 sewn along lines 16. The lower edges of each divided part are sewn together within the aprons, and the crutch is formed from two pairs of flaps 30, 31, the lower edges of each pair being sewn together so that the pairs telescope together. The long edges 22, 22' of each pair are sewn to the edges of one divided part, and the short edges of the same pair to the edges of the other divided part.
Patent GB-191407810-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Radial Cylinder Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FLETCHER WILLIAM
IPC: F02M59/00
Filed: 1914-03-27
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 7810. Fletcher, W. March 27. Two-stroke-cycle engines; frames; cylinders, covers for.-In a twostroke - cycle engine having stationary radial cylinders, side covers are secured to a frame 1 which is flattened at 5 to form the heads of the cylinders. Adjacent air-inlet ports 23 are connected to a common supply passage 25
Patent GB-191409970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Retrievers for Trolley Collectors on Electric Traction Systems.
Inventor: WASSON FRANK ALVIN
IPC: B60L5/14
Filed: 1913-11-25
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 9970. Wasson, F. A. May 12, 1913, [Convention date]. Arresters for collectors.-Relates to an arresting or cushioning device for collectors, and more particularly collectors controlled by a retrieving-device such as is described in Specification 27,163/13. In the construction shown, the trolly pole 1 pivoted at 2 is connected to a cup-shaped pistoa 10 working in the cylinder 9 of a fluid-pressure retrieving- device. The cylinder is provided with a flange 35 forming a pocket or dash pot within which the piston passes towards the end of its stroke. A passage 41 and flap valve 40 control the admission of air during the reverse movement.
Patent GB-191416216-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Flying Apparatus for use on Stages of Theatres and the like.
Inventor: KIRBY GEORGE THOMAS
IPC: A63J5/12
Filed: 1914-07-07
Granted: 1915-04-22
Abstract: 16,216. Kirby, G. T. July 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Theatrical appliances.-Relates to lifting- apparatus of the kind described in Specifications 8559/98 and 8875/02, [both in Class 20, Buildings &c.], and consists of an apparatus whereby the operation of " looping the loop " in an aeroplane may be imitated. A frame 1 provided with a seat 2 has grooved disks 3 adjustably secured to its sides. Ropes 7, 8 are wound in opposite directions around the disks 3, the ends of the ropes being secured to the disks. Safety ropes 10 are secured to brackets 11 and planes are also secured to the brackets 11 or to other part in order to make the whole structure resemble an aeroplane. The device is raised by the ropes 7, 8 and is made to rotate on a transverse axis by slacking one rope while continuing to lift with the other.
Patent GB-191419801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Bearings.
IPC: F16C29/10
Filed: 1914-09-15
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 19,801. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri, et Cie. Jan. 26, [Convention date]. Elastic structures other than composite springs.-Relates to bearings for rotary shafts formed of segmental blocks d, and consists in distributing the pressure uniformly by seating the blocks upon a yielding bed consisting of a framework of balls or links as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 2. As shown in Fig. 8, the balls g are seated in sliding shoe-pieces u and are connected by links t. Fig. 15 shows the balls arranged without links. The blocks d are supported by cylindrical bolts, each of which rests on a ball. A projection v prevents rotation of the balls as a whole. The upper row of balls may engage directly the recessed or plane undersides of the blocks d, each block resting on one, two, or more balls. A flexible strip may be placed between the blocks and the balls. Distance-pieces free to slide may be arranged between the balls of the lower row, and distance-pieces may also project from the underside of the blocks d. Fig. 19 shows the blocks d supported upon pairs of small balls resting in the spaces between large balls. Fig. 6 shows a chain of links g instead of balls.
Patent GB-191422020-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Incendiary Shells or Bombs.
Inventor: ROSS WALDO ASA
IPC: F42B12/44
Filed: 1914-11-04
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 22,020. Ross, W. A. Nov. 4. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Projectiles; projectile fuses.-Relates to projectiles provided with a reservoir of compressed air and an igniter for causing the ignition of balloon gases, and consists mainly in arranging the reservoir at the front end of the projectile. As shown in Fig. 1, this reservoir 3 is closed by a plug 7 in line with a central passage 14 containing an igniter 15 and connected to inlet and outlet spiral passages 13, 20. The igniter comprises fuse windings 11, Fig. 4, around a honeycombed structure 17 or 18; and these fuse windings and a small explosive charge 7<b> within the plug 7 are both connected by 'fuse trains 9 to a base detonator 12, which is ignited by the gun gases or by a trigger of a bomb-dropping gear. Thus, during flight, the plug 7 is destroyed and the igniter 15 set alight, so that when the projectile strikes a balloon, the balloon gases pass through the inlets 13 into the passage 14, where they mix with the oxygen issuing from the reservoir 3 and are ignited by the igniter 15, the products of combustion escaping through the outlets 20 and causing the ignition of the surrounding balloon gases
Patent GB-191501602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combination Locks.
Inventor: MCDONNELL EUGENE
IPC: E05B37/00
Filed: 1915-02-01
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 1602. McDonnell, E. Feb. 6, 1914, [Convention date]. Locks, permutation; padlocks.-A permutation padlock or other lock comprises a casing 1 in two parts, in the centre of which is rotatably mounted a disk 18 recessed at 19 to carry a spring-controlled pawl 20, which operates a hooked locking-catch 33 engaging the end 31 of a shackle 7. One end of the disk 18 is cut away to form a flush operating-piece; and the disk is surrounded by a rotatable band 22, Fig. 7, having a large hole 23 and, on either side, small holes 24 separated by an unperforated part 25. An internal flange 12 of the casing has similar holes 28, 26, and in releasing the catch 33, the holes 23, 28 are brought into alinement, whereupon the pawl 20 passing through them bears upon the tail 35 of the catch and can move it against the spring 36. This unlocking position is reached by the rotation of the disk 18 by definite amounts in first one and then the other direction, these amounts being respectively determined by the clicking of the pawl 20, and the end 39 of the spring 36, over the holes 24, counting being from the blank portion 25. The combination may be varied by altering the position of the hole 23 and the arm 39.
Patent GB-191504070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Operating Plants for Extraction by Means of a Volatile Solvent.
Inventor: DOWNS CHARLES
IPC: C11B1/10
Filed: 1915-03-15
Granted: 1915-12-09
Abstract: 4070. Downs, C., and Bellwood, R. A. March 15. Volatile solvents, recovering. - In apparatus for extracting by volatile solvents, for example in extracting oil from seeds, after the solution of oil &c. has been transferred from the extractors A to a vacuum evaporator G, the solvent remaining in the treated material is evaporated by heat, as by passing steam from coils B through the material, and the hot vapours resulting therefrom are led by a pipe L to heat the evaporator G to evaporate the solvent from the solution therein. Solvent resulting from condensation in the evaporator G of vapour from the extractors is run into a tank M, any uncondensed vapour passing to a condenser H', from which the condensate runs to a tank K. Vapour produced in the evaporator G is drawn through a condenser H by a vacuum pump F, and the condensate passes to the tank K. If there is insufficient hot vapour to evaporate the solution, steam is passed into the evaporator by a pipe O, and if there is an excess of vapour, some of it is passed directly by a pipe N to the condenser H<1>.
Patent GB-191504357-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Spring Link, Spring Bar, or Spring Connection for Absorbing Tractional Stresses and for other purposes.
Inventor: LACAMBRA FRANCOIS
IPC: A44B11/00
Filed: 1915-03-19
Abstract: 4357. Lacambra, F. March 19. Connexions and attachments applicable generally for compressive springs. -A spring link applicable to bottle stoppers, buckles, &c., and, according to the Provisional Specification, to single-trees, consists of two rods 1 having flat juxtaposed faces 2, and each provided at one end with a notched plate 3 against which the spring 5 bears; the other end of each rod is bent on to an attachment eye 6 which also serves as a stop to limit the movement of the adjacent collar 3. When applied to bottle stoppers, the links may be applied between the stopper and the usual pivoted bail, or between the stopper and a saddle C, Fig. 9, which seats beneath a neck D on the bottle.
Patent GB-191504868-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Cleansing and Decorticating of Wheat.
Inventor: FRIEND ORLANDO MOLANCHTON
IPC: B02B3/08
Filed: 1915-03-29
Abstract: 4868. Friend, O. M., and Friend, S. E. March 29. Conditioning grain; damping and st@eaming grain; process of treating grain; hulling, husking, and decorticating; scouring and polishing.-Relates to the washing, conditioning, heating, and hulling of wheat, and consists in frequently agitating moistened wheat while heating it, and transferring it by a force-feed device direct to a decorticating-device in which the wheat is treated under pressure. The apparatus is similar to that described in Specification 4867/15 and consists of a casing provided with two sets of agitators with a helix between them dividing the casing into two chambers and producing pressure in the second chamber, water and steam pipes leading into the first chamber. The wheat, fed by a worm 51 into the chamber 11, passes over a counterweighted flap pivoted on the spindle 20 and connected through a lever 40 with valves on the steam-pipe 30 and water-pipe 27, so that the flow of grain controls the water and steam supplies. The convex surfaces of the agitators 13 are inclined and provided with ribs 16 to subject the wheat to friction and feed it towards the worm 9, which forces it into the chamber 12 against the pressure of the outlet valve 59, to which a weight 62 is attached, and the agitators 14 remove the hull. A partition 10 fitting to the helix 9 separates the two chambers. The water supply is visible passing from the pipe 27 to a cup 25. From this apparatus, the grain passes to a suction separator by which the hulls &c. are removed, and may then be polished in a second machine of the kind described, without the introduction of water or steam.
Patent GB-191504996-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tea, Coffee and the like Pots or Receptacles.
Inventor: BARTHOLOMEW MARY JANE
IPC: A47J36/14
Filed: 1915-03-31
Abstract: 4996. Bartholomew, M. J. March 31. Pots and jugs.-In a tea, coffee, or like pot or receptacle with a threaded removable spout f as shown, the strainer i is clipped between the end of the spout and the shoulder d of the socket c, and is made of resilient material or with a resilient rim, so that it also acts as a fluid-tight washer.
Patent GB-191509487-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Artificial Legs.
Inventor: BONE ALFRED
IPC: A61F2/60
Filed: 1915-06-29
Granted: 1915-12-02
Abstract: 9487. Bone, A. June 29. Limbs, artificial. - In an artificial leg, tension members are connected to the foot both behind and in front of the ankle pivot, the upper ends of either or both being attached above the knee, so that the rear tension member is slackened when the knee joint is bent, and the toe thus raised. A tension member f<4> is connected to the heel at f<5> and bears by an adjustable spring f<6> on a plate f<2> supported by a rod f bent into a loop to pass through holes a' in the thigh member a. A tension member g bears on an abutment b<3> by an adjustable spring g', passes through a tapering slot g<4> in the foot c, and is provided with an enlarged head to rest in a cavity under the instep. The downward motion of the foot is limited by a corresponding abutment and depression in the bearing-surface b<4>. The knee pivot a<1> passes through forked portions of the thigh and a tongue b<1> of the calf between them. A tube a<3> fixed in the thigh passes through a slot b<2> in the tongue b<1> and has attached to it a rod e connected to the calf at e<3> by a spring e<2>. The tension members may be formed of gut, to the ends of which metal sockets are pinned, the whole being covered by washleather &c. A hinged door may be provided on each side. The toe-member d is pivoted at d' and is pressed downward by a spring h in compression. In the case of legs not extending above the knee, the tension member f is attached to a device passing around the wearer's leg.
Patent GB-191513488-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tea Preparation.
Inventor: IRWIN MADELAINE BLANCHE HASTIN
IPC: A23F3/14
Filed: 1915-09-22
Abstract: 13,488. Irwin, M. B. H., and Irwin, B. F. H. Sept. 22. Tea preparations.-A tea preparation consists of a mixture of about 25-50 per cent of the shell or husk of the cocoa bean and 75-50 per cent of tea.
Patent GB-191513801-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Regulation of Dynamo-electric Machines in Continuous-current Supply Systems for "Series" Operation.
Inventor: THURY RENE
IPC: H02P9/36
Filed: 1915-06-16
Abstract: 13,801. Thury, R. June 16, [Convention date]. Exciting.-In a constant-current series system, an exciter G<2> for the main generator G', or for a motor supplied from the mains, is differentially excited by means of windings I<2>, J, the winding I<2> being supplied with current from a source of substantially constant voltage, such as a sub-exciter G<3> or an accumulator, and the winding J carrying the line current. The exciter G<2> has, in addition, a compounding - winding K shunted across the main machine G<1> in series with an adjustable resistance R'. To prevent surges in the line current, a stabilizing - transformer T may be provided, with its primary winding T' connected in series with the line, and with its secondary winding T' in series with the winding I<2> or with the exciting-winding I' of the main machine. The main machine G' may have an additional field-magnet winding carrying the line current, or the exciter G<2> may be connected in parallel with this winding, the winding I' being omitted. Automatic regulators may be employed for varying the resistances R', R<2>.
Patent GB-191514742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchange and like Plugs.
Inventor: MARR ALEXANDER
IPC: H01R24/58
Filed: 1916-04-19
Abstract: 14,742. Marr, A. April 19, 1916. Couplings.-A cord grip for telephone and like plugs consists of an abutment F with a conical bore secured to the plug and a complementary conical sleeve G of rubber on the cord.