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Patent GB-191213912-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Treating or Softening Water.
Inventor: WILSON JAMES
IPC: C02F1/52
Filed: 1912-06-15
Granted: 1913-01-09
Abstract: 13,912. Wilson, J. June 15. Liquids, purifying; decanting and settling.-Settling-apparatus for the treatment of water, as in houses where small quantities are drawn off at irregular intervals, comprises a tank divided into compartments a, b by means of an horizontal diaphragm c, the compartments communicating by means of a pipe d which extends above the diaphragm and the tank being provided with a cock e for the withdrawal of the water from the upper part of the lower compartment. As shown, the compartments communicate by means of a conical pipe d shielded by an inverted cup or baffle g. The reagent is supplied to the compartment a by hand when the compartment is to be filled with water. Precipitation takes place mainly in the compartment a, but the compartment b may be provided with a cock f for the discharge of any sludge that passes into it. The apparatus may be fitted with float and valve mechanism for the automatic supply of water and reagent, the mechanism being such that, when operated, the valve is suddenly and completely opened or closed. Nuts r<11> on the float rod engage with a lever s, the other end of which engages with pins or a weighted tumbler t provided with other pins which operate a lever v to open and close a valve o connected to the water-main. The water passing through the valve o is divided between pipes n, n' having valves or adjustable nozzles, and leading respectively to a mixer m and a reagent-container l. Reagent from the container l overflows to the mixer.
Patent GB-191215216-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in a System of Electrical Welding by Means of Induction Current.
Inventor: SOKOLL WILHELM
IPC: B23K13/04
Filed: 1912-06-29
Granted: 1913-06-12
Abstract: 15,216. Sokoll, W. June 29. Welding.-Tubes are heated by currents induced longitudinally in the tubes by transformers, and are then welded by a hammer h and supporting block W. In making an end weld the two parts R, R<1> with a wedge-shaped ring k are pressed together axially during welding.
Patent GB-191219586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Handle Bar Mechanism for Pleasure Railways.
Inventor: MILLER JOHN AUGUST
IPC: A63G7/00
Filed: 1912-08-27
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 19,586. Miller, J. A. Feb. 15, [Convention date]. Railways for recreation. - Relates to a handle bar which is locked in position after the passengers are seated in the car. Each seat S is fitted with a handle bar H, pivoted at 16 and arranged so that when it is moved from position A to position B a detent 21 falls and engages the lower end e and locks the bar H. The detents 21 are connected to a bar 23 coupled to a lever 28 which strikes an abutment at the end of the journey and unlocks the bars H. The detents 21 may be connected to the bar 23 so that they are held out of engagement until the last handle bar has been swung over its seat, thus releasing the last detent.
Patent GB-191220842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Woven Wire Mattresses for Bedsteads and the like.
Inventor: LILLY WILLIAM OTTO
IPC: A47C23/145
Filed: 1912-09-12
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 20,842. Lilly, W. O. Sept. 12. Mattresses. - Wovenwire mattresses are provided with one or more woven - wire transverse bands f, the ends of which are connected to the side frames a, and which lie below the mattress d, so as to control its sagging.
Patent GB-191221368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Solutions of, or containing, Nitrocellulose.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: C09D101/18
Filed: 1912-09-19
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 21,368. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Sept. 19. [Cognate Application, 23,544/12.] Lacquers consist of nitrocellulose or a resin dissolved in a ,fully hydrogenized monocyclic ketone containing five or six carbon atoms in the ring such as cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, and homologues of these bodies. Benzene, ligroin, colours, &c. may be added. In examples, nitrocellulose is dissolved in cyclohexanone, or a mixture of this with ligroin; damar, copal, or pine resin is dissolved in cyclohexanone, to which linseed oil may be added to reduce the brittleness of the skin obtained.
Patent GB-191222077-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Treatment of Refractory Complex Zinc Lead Ores.
Inventor: FRENCH ANDREW GORDON
IPC: C22B11/02
Filed: 1912-09-28
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 22,077. French, A. G. Sept. 30, 1911, [Convention date]. Sulphatizing; treating ores to remove undesired constituents.-Complex zinc ores are roasted in a reverberatory furnace at a temperature not exceeding 700‹ C. until the sulphur is driven off, whereupon a small quantity of sodium bisulphate is added to the charge. After withdrawal from the furnace, the charge is cooled with a spray of sodium bisulphate solution, and drenched with water, and is leached in a solution of sodium bisulphate for the recovery of zinc and manganese. The residue may be smelted to obtain lead and silver.
Patent GB-191223061-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dismountable Shelves.
Inventor: HELDT FRITZ
IPC: A47B57/40
Filed: 1912-10-09
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 23,061. Heldt, F. Oct. 9. Shelves and shelf fittings.-In dismountable shelving comprising side walls supporting between them detachable shelfsupporting bars, the side walls are formed with beaded edges 2 in which are stamped holes 3, 3<a> to receive the supporting-bars 4. The holes 3, 3<a> are engaged by the hooked ends of successive bars in a range of shelving. The stamping in the walls 2 are made symmetric so that any wall may be inverted without the necessity of inverting another, or may be employed on either side. The shelves 6 have turned-down edges to engage the bars.
Patent GB-191303054-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus and Appliances for Making Bread and for like purposes.
Inventor: LUNT GEORGE
IPC: A21B5/00
Filed: 1913-02-05
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 3054. Lunt, G. Feb. 5. [Cognate Application, 13,462/13.] B a k e r s' o v e n s. - Batches of tins are transferred automatically from a prover of the conveyer type to a continuous baking-oven, and are discharged automatically from the oven to a conveyer which carries the l o a v e s through a cooling-chamber to the bread room, the proving and cooling conveyers being arranged on a portable frame or frames so that they may be moved away if required from the oven mouth. Fig. 1 shows the general arrangement of the apparatus, and Fig. 3 shows the transferring - devices in detail. The frame 1, which may be on the wheels 2 or may be fixed, encloses the two conveyers, the lower one 4 for proving the loaves and the upper one 10 for cooling them after baking. The loaves are brought from the moulder by chains 8, from which rows of tins 6 are suspended on trunnions 14. The tins are transferred to the chains 4 by swinging arms, and the loaves are proved while passing through the lower half of the chamber 1, being then transferred by arms 17 to the oven conveyer 9. The arms 17 carry V-shaped blocks for supporting trunnions 15 on the tins, and are suspended from arms 18 on an intermittently-rotating shaft 19. After the loaves are baked, they return towards the frame 1, and are picked up by oscillating arms 21, which are mounted on a rock-shaft 22 and are operated by a slotted cam 24. The conveyers 4, 10 and the arms of the transferring-devices are driven from the shaft 48 of the oven conveyer 9 through a clutch 42 and mutilated spur gearing 36, 37. When the frame 1 is on wheels, it is traversed to the moulder to receive the loaded tins and is then brought to the oven and secured thereto by catches 30, 31. The oven may be of the type in which the discharge is effected at the opposite end tn the charging, and in this case the delivery conveyer and the proving-conveyer are arranged on independent frames.
Patent GB-191304369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Sheet-feeding Devices for Printing Machines and the like.
Inventor: SCHOMBURG AUGUST
IPC: B41F21/06
Filed: 1913-02-20
Granted: 1914-04-20
Abstract: 4369. Schomburg, A. Feb. 20. Sheet-separators. - In order to prevent the pressure in the suction pipe of sheet-feeding apparatus from exceeding atmospheric pressure in the event of the reversal of the rotary pump a driven from the printing - machine, a relief valve e is fitted in the suction pipe d. The valve comprises a casing k in which are two valve disks f, g resting respectively on seatings h<1>, i. The valve is covered by a plate l having an opening n to the atmosphere covered by a screen o. During the normal working of the pump, the disks f, g close the valve. Should the pump a be reversed, the pressure in the pipe d lifts the disks and the air escapes to the atmosphere.
Patent GB-191308821-A (GB)
Title: A Receiving Arrangement for use in Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: H04B1/22
Filed: 1913-04-15
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 8821. Thompson, W. P., [Ges. fur Drahtlose Telegraphie]. April 15. Vacuum tubes.-An ionized gas relay for use in wireless telegraphy comprises an oxide cathode c, heated by a battery b, a main anode d, and an auxiliary anode e, preferably in the form of a net or grid.
Patent GB-191315390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chimney and Ventilating Shaft Tops.
Inventor: GRAHAM ALFRED ERNEST
IPC: F23L17/02
Filed: 1913-07-03
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 15,390. G r a h a m, A. E. July 3. Chimney and ventilating- shaft tops.-Two inverted hollow conical baffles d, e are disposed inside two wind shields in the form of truncated cones a, a', as shown.
Patent GB-191315550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Protective Devices for Electric Distribution Systems.
Filed: 1913-07-05
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 15,550. British Thomson-Houston Co [General Electric Co.]. July 5. Protective arrangements.-Electric transmission systems are protected from dangerous oscillatory discharges, a which may result from unduly high voltages, by providing a discharge path between the conductor and another conductor or the earth, such discharge path having a lower insulating value than the general insulating value between the conductors &c., and having a resistance value approximately equal to the cri ical resistance of the system to be protected. The critical resistance is calculated upon the inductance and capacity of the system, and renders any discharge aperiodic. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to an overhead conductor 5. An ordinary arcing ring 6 is mounted on the insulator 3, and is connected through a resistance 7 of the critical value to the arm 2 of the mast 1. As applied to underground cables, Fig. 2, the metal sheath 10 of the cable is insulated from general connexion with the earth, but is connected thereto at intervals through resistances 11 of the critical value. The sheath may be divided into sections by insulation 13, in which case each section is provided with one or more discharge paths. It is stated that the actual values of the resistances may be somewhat higher than the critical values, or they may be substantially lower than, "even less than one-tenth of," the critical values. Specification 6164/13 is referrel to.
Patent GB-191317519-A (GB)
Inventor: CARL FOHR
IPC: C10L5/22
Filed: 1913-07-30
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 17,519. Fohr, C., and Kleinschmidt, E. Aug. 2, 1912, [Convention date]. Composition fuel. - Pitch is melted and sprayed through nozzles or the like on to the material to be briquetted, such as coal. The cooling due to the expansion of the spraying gas and to the surrounding air converts the spray into a soot-like dust, which is incorporated, the product being pressed in the ordinary way.
Patent GB-191320906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Leggings.
Inventor: MOLON LOUIS
IPC: A41D17/02
Filed: 1913-09-16
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 20,906. Molon, L. April 22, [Convention date]. Leggings are provided with a hook a which engages the edge c of the boot and prevents chafing between the boot and legging.
Patent GB-191321728-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners.
Inventor: WOOD WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: F23D14/30
Filed: 1913-09-26
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 21,728. Wood, W. H., and Edwards, A. N. Sept. 26. [Addition to 14,137/11.] Anti-vibration devices. - In inverted incandescent gas burners of the kind described in the parent Specification, a spring F, Fig. 3, may be placed between the top of the mixing- chamber E and a shoulder F<1> on the nipple to absorb vertical vibrations.
Patent GB-191322766-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for the Purpose of Curling Hair, Horsehair, Wool, Fibres, and the like.
Inventor: SUMNER ROBERT
IPC: D06C29/00
Filed: 1913-10-08
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 22,766. Sumner, R. Oct. 8. Twist tubes and like twisters. - In apparatus for curling hair, horsehair, wool, and other fibres, the material is fed in the raw state at one end, carded, formed into a sliver, twisted, curled, and delivered on to a bobbin at the other end of the apparatus ready for subsequent treatment. The twisting-device comprises three pairs of rollers 23, 24, 25 mounted in a rotating box 22 driven by a shaft 31 and bevel-wheels 30, 36 from the shaft 15. The rollers, which are grooved at 26 to form the sliver, are arranged in parallel planes, and the axes of each pair are at right-angles to the axes of the following pair. The sliver passes from the rollers through a twist tube 27, rotated in the opposite direction to the box by bevel-wheels 30, 29, and is delivered to a hollow coned spindle 42 upon which the twisted strand is curled. The rollers 23, 24, 25, which are all geared together and driven from a bevel-wheel 37 mounted within the box 22 and keyed on the spindle 27, are removable and may be replaced by others having differentially-sized grooves to form slivers of different thicknesses.
Patent GB-191329273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Chains.
Inventor: BRAMPTON ARTHUR
IPC: F16G13/06
Filed: 1913-12-19
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 29,273. Brampton, A., and Wadhams, G. Dec. 19. Driving and like chains with, separate joint Pins.-In driving-chains having slightly extensible links, each alternate pair of joint pins is connected by a spring member a, Figs. 2 and 3, which is cut away to surround rollers b. Alternatively, a spring member a, Fig. 9, may be arranged centrally with rollers b on each side of it, or may be shaped as shown in Fig. 10 to receive two rollers b<1> at one end, and a single roller b at the other. Each pin is preferably surrounded by a hardened steel bush which is prevented from rotating with respect to the spring and side plates either by securing it to the spring by ears c<1>, Fig. 12, or by fitting it in non-circular holes in the side plates. In all cases, the connexions between the bush and side plates allows slight -relative movement between the pins. Specification 22, 193/13 is referred to.
Patent GB-191407438-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Liquid-seal Rotary Pumps.
IPC: F04C19/00
Filed: 1914-03-24
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 7438. Siemens-Schuckertwerke. June 24, 1913, [Convention date]. Centrifugal Sprengel pumps. - In pumps of the kind in which a rotating vane-wheel dips in an eccentric liquid annulus, the hub or the vanes of the rotor, or the casing, or both the rotor and the casing, are so shaped that the compressing action of the pump begins at a point axially remote from the outlet in the end cover or covers, and gradually extends towards said outlet as the pump rotates. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, where the inlet and outlet ports d, e are formed in one end cover b of the casing a, this result is obtained by giving a conical shape to the hub g of the vane-wheel h. In pumps having an inlet and outlet on both sides, the largest diameter of the hub g is in the middle of the vane-wheel, and the smallest at the two sides. Modifications are described in which the same result is obtained by giving the vanes a suitable inclination or by giving the casing a a varying cross-section, Fig. 6.
Patent GB-191412523-A (GB)
Title: Motor Valve Gear.
Inventor: BUGATTI ETTORE
IPC: F01L9/10
Filed: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 12,523. Bugatti, E. May 21. Valve-gear; regulating.-In a liquid-transmission gear, a plunger i is actuated by a crank l on a countershaft, and forces liquid through a pipe g to act upon a plunger f in contact with a valve-spindle c. The pressure in the chamber o may be atmospheric or above atmospheric to ensure contact between the parts c, f. The position of the holes p determines the time of operation. The valve lift is regulated by adjusting the cylinder h. A tank connexion u prevents disturbances should the valve stick. Permanent contact between the plunger f and stem c may be assisted by a spring x, Fig. 2. To prevent knocking, an air recess z is provided in the plunger i. Doubleacting plungers may operate twice the number of valves.
Patent GB-191413641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Safety Brakes and Guards of Tram Cars, Railway Engines and other Locomotives.
Inventor: DAMPIER ROBERT FREDERICK
IPC: B61F19/08
Filed: 1914-06-05
Granted: 1914-09-10
Abstract: 13,641. Dampier, R. F. June 5. Obstruction-removers. - A safety brake and guard for tramcars and railway and other locomotives comprises a skid adapted to be dropped on to the rails under the wheels or to be raised therefrom by winding-gear, and carrying at its front end a life-guard adapted to pick up an obstruction on the line. Fig. 3 shows the skid a and guard f in the raised position carried by a link a<1> terminating in a slotted disk mounted on a bolt on the car frame. The skid and guard are raised by winding-gear d' operated by a handle d<2> and connected by a chain to a drum on the centre of a shaft d, which has two other drums connected by other chains to the guard at opposite sides of the car. The handle d<2> carries a catch, which serves to hold the skid and guard raised by engaging with the top gear-wheel while the handle d<2> bears against a fixed stop as shown in Fig. 3. When the handle d<2> is moved backwards as shown in Fig. 1, the catch is disengaged and the skid and guard allowed to fall. The guard f is formed of a steel plate bent into U-shape and filled in with netting, the two limbs of the U being secured to the skids at the two sides of the car. The plate is continued rearwards to form a guide p which works between the sides of a cross-guide m secured to the car, as shown in Fig. 7. The skids at each side are also fitted with guide-plates r connected by a crossrod H and working between guide - plates e fixed to the car. In railway locomotives, a handle may be arranged near the driver and connected by a rod to the handle d<2>.
Patent GB-191414369-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Governing Mechanism for Rotary Compressors and Pumps.
IPC: F04D27/02
Filed: 1914-06-15
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 14,369. Akt. - Ges. der Maschinenfabriken Escher, Wyss, et Cie. July 18, 1913, [Convention date]. Regulating.-The valve 5 in the steam-pipe of the driving-turbine of a compressor is controlled by a speed governor 1 and a device responsive to pressure or volume variations. The floating lever 8 is connected to the governor at one end and to the collar 10 controlled by the pressure or volume responsive device at the other end. The lever actuates the pilot valve 2 of a servo-motor 3 on the rod 4 of the main valve 5. The pressure or volume responsive device comprises a spring-pressed piston 12 to which fluid is admitted by a pipe 11 from the air main or from a Venturi device. The piston 12 operates a floating lever 15 which displaces the pilot valve 16, 19 of a rotary servo-motor 21. The rotary motion is communicated to the collar 10 by gears 24, 26, 27, the gear 27 being internally screwed to work on the screw 9 on the rod 4. The lever 15 is pivoted on a nut 30 on the rotating shaft 25 in order to obtain a follow-up action for the pilot valve 16, 19.
Patent GB-191415862-A (GB)
Title: Registering Devices for Sheet Feeding Apparatus.
IPC: B65H5/06
Filed: 1914-07-02
Granted: 1915-07-02
Abstract: 15,862. Story, W. B., and Story Co., W. B. July 2. Sheet-registering devices; feed-tables; guides; dropping-roller feeds.-Relates to registering- devices for sheet-feeding apparatus of the kind in which the sheet is fed to gauging-means and is then fed to printing or other mechanism by forwarding-means which starts from rest and gradually accelerates to deliver the sheet at substantially the same speed as the printing or other mechanism. A forwarding-roller is employed which is alternately rested and rotated at a gradually increasing speed, a second roller, or rollers, being provided which is moved into engagement with the first roller during its period of rest to grip the sheet, while simultaneously the front gauging-means are moved out of the path of the sheet. The sheets are fed by known devices along a table 4 to the front gauge 10, which is adjustably carried on a rock-shaft 31 and is raised to release the sheet by a cam on a shaft 21. By means of a second cam on the shaft 21, a drop roller 7 carried on a shaft 28 is lowered to engage the feedroller 6. The feed-roller 6 is rotated with a gradually accelerated speed by a spur-wheed 13, which is rotated from a spur-wheel 16 by a Geneva stop arrangement comprising a slotwheel 15 carried by the spur-wheel 13 and engaged by a pin 18 on the spur-wheel 16. The wheel 16 carries a segmental wheel 19, which locks the wheel 13 when the pin 18 is not in engagement with the slot-wheel. The grippers are carried on a shaft 41 provided with a bellcrank 42 actuated by a cam against spring action. A stop 9 is mounted on the blanket clamp 49 which is carried by a spring-controlled shaft. The forwarding-roller 6 is provided with grooves 56 into which flexible curved fingers 57 on the rear table 5 project. The front of the gauge 10 engages apertures in the rear table. Guides 61 are provided for holding the sheets down on the rear table.
Patent GB-191418501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hot Water or Heating Boilers.
Inventor: TOMSETT CHARLES
IPC: F24H1/28
Filed: 1914-08-10
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 18,501. Tomsett, C. Aug. 10. Boilers.-A saddle-shaped boiler has its inner and outer walls arranged closely together, the distance between the walls being say half inch in small boilers and one inch in large boilers, and has enlarged channels along its lower edges and at its top. The channels b, Fig. 1, along the lower edges of a boiler enable the return water entering through a pipe c to distribute itself equally, and provide room for the collection of sediment. The hot water collects in the top channel d and is taken off by a pipe c'. In a wet-back boiler, the wet back is formed with a channel opening into the channels at the lower edges of the saddle. Water walls h, i, Fig. 5, may be provided inside a saddle to form return flues j.
Patent GB-191421601-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production of Openwork Knitted Goods.
IPC: D04B1/10
Filed: 1914-10-27
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 21,601. Schubert & Salzer Maschinenfabrik Akt. - Ges. Jan. 22, [Convention date]. Knitted fabrics.-In order to produce open-work fabrics in which the holes look circular, the loops a on certain of the needles 1, 3, 5, &c. are placed over the shanks of the needles 2, 4, 6, &c. in a known manner. When the next thread b is laid, the needles 2, 4, 6, &c. onlv are pressed, and a course as shown in Fig. 5 is knitted. At-the next course a, all the needles are pressed as shown in Fig. 6. A notched presser-wheel is used when making the course shown in Fig. 5.