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Patent GB-191308261-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Can-openers.
Inventor: GREVELLE VINCENT HARRY
Filed: 1913-04-08
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 8261. Grevelle, V. H. April 8. Opening by cutting.-The arm a, Fig. 4, of a can-opener is stamped from sheet metal or cast, and is formed of V-section to be embraced by a cutter having inclined sides f, f<1>, Fig. 5, and a struck-up cutting-prong g. The arm is provided with a piercing-point d and a handle part c having a perforation i, by means of which the can-opener can be suspended from a nail &c.
Patent GB-191311852-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electrostatic Apparatus forSeparating and Cleaning Grits, Grain, Seeds or the like.
Inventor: KRAUS JAKOB
IPC: B03C7/04
Filed: 1913-05-21
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 11,852. Kraus, J. April 30, [Convention date]. Electrostatic separators.-Electrostatic separators, of the kind in which the field is produced by friction of a dielectric endless band which serves to remove the attracted particles, are constructed so that the endless band 8 is, as shown, arranged approximately horizontally. The material to be separated is carried under the dielectric band by a vibrating table 5 or a conveyer band.
Patent GB-191312208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electrolytic Cells.
IPC: C25B9/19
Filed: 1913-05-26
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 12,208. Marks, E. C. R., [Hooker Electro- Chemical Co.]. May 26. Clips.-Covers 13 are held against the sides of electrolytic cells by clamping-levers 14 passing through slots in channel-irons 15 and operated by cams 16,
Patent GB-191315686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Variable-speed Dynamo-electric Machines.
Inventor: BROOKS BOULTBEE
IPC: H02K23/38
Filed: 1913-07-08
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 15,686. Brooks, B., and Holt, W. July 8. Exciting.-A self-regulating reversible variable-speed dynamo for giving a practically constant current-output is provided with shortcircuiting connexions e, f, g on the armature c, with or without interposed resistances e<1>, f<1>, g<1>, which give rise to a cross-field received by unwound poles situated between shunt-wound field-magnet poles a. The external current is taken off by brushes d, and sets up a field opposing that of the poles a and reducing the flux of these poles as the speed increases. Instead of using salient auxiliary poles j, the sides of the magnet frame may serve as auxiliary poles. The invention is applicable to multipolar dynamos. A few series turns may be placed upon the poles a or j to regulate the output.
Patent GB-191320062-A (GB)
Title: Covers and Aprons for Exposed Seats.
Inventor: WALSH JOSEPH MICHEAL
IPC: B60N2/60
Filed: 1913-09-05
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 20,062. Walsh, J. M. Sept. 5. Covers for exposed seats and occupants.-A cover and apron for exposed seats is supported on metal frames C, B, hinged together at H and provided with cross-bars at R. The frames B are hinged at E to fixed brackets A, which also carry hinged rods D with ends working in slots F. The cover may be fastened to a curved sheet-metal end-piece G to prevent water from running on to the seat as the cover is unfolded. The framework, which is shown in folded position in dotted lines, may be operated by hand, or a sliding rod W carrying pins P may be provided to operate a number of covers simultaneously.
Patent GB-191401145-A (GB)
Title: Process or Producing Sulphite Cellulose.
Inventor: OEMAN ERIK
IPC: D21C11/02
Filed: 1914-01-15
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 1145. Oman, E. Feb. 6, 1913, [Convention date]. Pulp, preparation of; waste products, treatment and utilization of.-Sulphite liquor may be used for the digestion of three or four charges of wood, especially for the production of half-cellulose, by treating it after each digestion with lime, or magnesia, or alkali and sulphur dioxide. Part of the waste liquor is used for the recovery of organic and inorganic substances, either by fermenting and distilling off the alcohol and then concentrating, or by removing part or the whole of the non-fermentable substances and then fermenting and distilling. For digestion, a suitable quantity of washing-water, with or without other pure water, may be added.
Patent GB-191402159-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Modifying the Trajectory of a Projectile.
Inventor: ALARD LOUIS
IPC: F42B10/50
Filed: 1914-01-27
Granted: 1914-10-08
Abstract: 2159. Alard, L. Feb. 24, 1913, [Convention date]. Projectiles. - Consists in modifying the trajectory of a projectile by means of wings or baffles, detachable or not, and extensible or not, and having a diameter substantially equal to or, when extended, even greater than the diameter of the gun barrel. In the form shown in Fig. 1, wings b pivoted to a ring a screwed to the nose of the projectile are normally held in the closed position by a weak tie round a groove c, but during flight, the tie is broken by centrifugal force and the wings extend to the position shown in dot-and-dash lines. In a modification, shown in Fig. 7, a cup-shaped baffle b is held to the nose of the projectile by means of a spring snap e.
Patent GB-191404103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coffee-making Machines.
Inventor: READ JOHN CHARLES CRAMPIN
IPC: A47J31/16
Filed: 1914-02-17
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 4103. Read, J. C. C., and Godfrey, W. H. Feb. 17. Pots; urns.-Apparatus for making coffee comprises a vessel a adapted to be closed, as by a screw cap f, and to be violently moved or shaken in a stand d to agitate the contents. Ii may be rotated on a transverse or longitudinal axis b by a removable handle e, or it may be oscillated or reciprocated. Baffles may be provided, which may consist of disks g carried by the cap f or of a ring carried by the axis b. The cap f can be replaced by a spout i provided with a strainer k. The vessel a may have a vacuum jacket. According to the Provisional Specification, the axis of the drum is preferably in the form of a tube which can be slipped on to a rotatable spindle.
Patent GB-191404758-A (GB)
Title: Electric Lamp Stand.
Inventor: GOLBY FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: F21V21/02
Filed: 1914-02-24
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 4758. Golby, F. W., [Wizard Electric Lamp Co.]. Feb. 24. Stands. - Relates to portable electric lamp stands of the kind provided with a cord-winding chamber in the base, and adapted to be secured in various positions or used as a stand. The stand comprises a casing 22 and a tube 12 movable longitudinally therein, the casing and tube having extensions, and a spring 13 within the tube tending to draw the extensions together, so that the stand can be clamped to a table or other support. In the form shown, the middle portion of the casing 22 fits the tube 12 closely, and the upper end of the casing is fitted with a strip 23 of yielding material to avoid scratching the tube. The spring 13 presses at its lower end on a thimble 14 resting on the central flat portion of a conical plate 16, which has arcuate slots allowing it to slide vertically on the slotted tube 12. The edge of the plate 16 rests on a rubber ring 17 pressed by a spring 18 against the flange 19 of the casing 22. Above the plate 16 is a similar plate 24 having a central hub 26, and the lamp cord can be wound between the two by rotating the tube 12 within the casing 22. Within the tube is a stem 29 secured at its lower end to a thimble 33 having a flange between a pair of plates 35, 37 having interfitting flanges at their outer edges. A felt cover 39 is secured between the flanges, and prevents scratching when the stand is placed on a table, or when the edge of a table &c. is gripped between the plate 37 and the rubber ring 17. The lamp 1 is pivotally connected to the upper end of the tube 12, the neck 3 of the lamp - holder being screwed into an horizontal ferrule 4 embraced by the vertical sides of a union 6, in which it is clamped at the desired angle by a bolt 7 and a thumb-nut 8. The leads 2 are retained in channels 9 in the union by a U-shaped piece 10, and the union is secured to the tube 12 by a nut 31 on the rod 29.
Patent GB-191405027-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clothes Washers.
Inventor: ROGERS GEORGE PURVIANCE
IPC: D06F15/00
Filed: 1914-02-26
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 5027. Rogers, G. P. Feb. 26. Washing-plungers and circulators comprise a bead 1 with a perforated base 22, and a crown 11 attached to a threaded part 5. Apertures 12 in the crown are controlled by a valve plate 13 with holes 14 which can be made to register with those in the crown. A perforated disk extends across the middle of the head 1. For use as a clothespounder, a handle is screwed into the sleeve 18 and the valve plate adjusted to regulate the amount of compression of air upon the down-stroke. For use as a circulator, an attachment 26 is screwed to the external threads 30, and the valve plate is adjusted so that the passages 14, 12 are open. The appliance is kept in position by a weighted collar 31.
Patent GB-191407019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Signalling on Trains.
Inventor: BENN WILLIAM ERNEST
IPC: F16B12/56
Filed: 1914-03-19
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 7019. Benn, W. E. March 19. Signalling on trains.-Electric conductors are encased in the brake-pipe and connexions made between vehicles by insulated parts on each member of the coupling. Bells, batteries, and pushes are suitably arranged. The wires 5 are connected to separate jaws 1, 2 of the coupling separated by insulation 4; the parts are secured by a clamp 3.
Patent GB-191407226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Braiding Machines for Braiding Annular Tires and analogous Articles.
Inventor: DUNKERLEY WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: D04C3/00
Filed: 1914-03-21
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 7226. Dunkerley, W. H., and Arnold, T. J. March 21. Braiding-machines.-Articles of annular form, such as tyres, are produced by braiding on a removable annular core M, which is hinged at M' as shown and is mounted during the braiding operation upon three wheels E', B', B'. To impart a slow traversing motion to the core, the wheels B<1> are driven from a worm shaft D through worms and worm-wheels D<1>, B<3>. To allow the core to be placed on the wheels E', B', the wheel E' is made vertically slidable. To permit the core with the braided fabric thereon to be removed from the machine, a sector A<3> carrying its part of the raceways and traversing-mechanism is made detachable. The braided fabric is removed from the core for subsequent treatment by slitting it along the inner line of the annulus. The shaft D is driven by bevel-wheels D<3>, G<3>, G', F'. The wheel G<2> is slidable on a vertical shaft G and is supported in the working position by a lever H having an upwardly-extending arm H<2> terminating in a hook H<3> engaged by a swinging dog J pivoted at j. The disengagement of the dog J from the hook H' to stop the machine may be effected by hand, or automatically on the breaking of a carrier yarn, by the corresponding tension weight striking the dog J.
Patent GB-191409620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing-receptacles for Fruit and other Goods.
Inventor: MONRO GEORGE JUNIOR
IPC: B65D5/46
Filed: 1914-04-18
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 9620. Monro, G. April 18. Lids and covers.-A 'packing-receptacle for the transit of fruit &c. comprises a grooved cardboard blank a bent to form the sides, bottom, and lid and nailed or stapled to wooden end pieces b. The lid portion has a slot d to enable it to pass over a bent wood handle c, and a flap a<x> adapted to be nailed to the end pieces b.
Patent GB-191411175-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Steering Mechanism of Motor Road Vehicles.
Inventor: REICHSTEIN CARL
Filed: 1914-05-06
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 11,175. Reichstein, C. May 6. Adjusting steering-columns. - The steering- column c is universally jointed at its lower end so that its inclination can be readily adjusted. It is retained in any desired position by means of a spring-pressed sleeve l having teeth k which engage notches in a fixed bracket h. The sleeve l is carried by a sleeve e having end abutments i, m, so that by screwing the abutment m on to the sleeve e, the sleeve l can be locked on the bracket h and the column thereby positively secured against accidental movement. In a modification, the sleeve e carries a pin which engages holes in a fixed bracket, positive locking-means being also provided in this case.
Patent GB-191413367-A (GB)
Title: Arrangements of Rotary Machine Elements Bearing one against the other upon their Shaft.
IPC: F01D5/06
Filed: 1914-05-30
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 13,367. Vereinigte Dampfturbinen-Ges. May 31, 1913, [Convention date]. Rotors.-Rotary machine elements, such as turbine rotor parts bearing against each other and subjected to heating more than is their shaft, are yieldingly clamped between at least two points on the shaft. As shown in Fig. 1, spring washers h may be arranged between the rotors d. In a modified arrangement, the hubs of the rotors e may be formed in segments, alternate segments being resilient and extending slightly beyond the rigid segments. In a third form, the rotor hubs are formed with yielding projections bearing against the hubs of the adjoining rotors.
Patent GB-191414227-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coin Freed Automatic Machines.
IPC: G07F17/38
Filed: 1914-06-12
Granted: 1915-05-20
Abstract: 14,227. Mancini, J., and Cresset Automatic machine Co. June 12. [Cognate Application, 20,608/14.] Tivoli billiards and the like.-The player projects rings 4 up a channel 2 by means of a plunger 3 and then endeavours to catch them on hooks 6 carried by interconnected slides 7, which can be oscillated by means of a pull-bar 8; before reaching the hooks, the rings pass between displacing- pins 5. Each time a ring is caught on a hook, all the hooks are depressed and a link 21 connected to one of the hooks removes a detent from a delivery mechanism, the operation of which by the player effects the delivery of a token and the discharge of the ring from the hook. The slides 7 may move horizontally across the board, Fig. 1, or diagonally, or in a curved path. The hooks 6 are pivoted at 16, Fig. 7, in brackets 17 mounted on the slides 7, and the slides are coupled by a lever 12 operated by the pull-bar. A link 20 guided in plates 23 connects the hooks 6 so that they turn together. To obtain use of the rings, a coin must be inserted, the coin tilting a counterweighted lever and raising a stop g, Fig. 1, permitting the balls to pass to a platform n from which they are passed one at a time to the striker by means of a finger j operated from an external handle k. The rings are made of bone, aluminium, &c., and to render them resilient, a coiled spring is disposed around the circumference.
Patent GB-191415666-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flesh Rubbers.
Inventor: RINDSKOPF HENRY PALTHAZAR
IPC: A47K7/02
Filed: 1914-06-30
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 15,666. Rindskopf, H. P. June 30. Massage. - Relates to flesh-rubbers in the form of a flexible strap having an openwork soap-pocket, and consists in forming the pocket with an extension 11 adapted to be turned down to secure the soap, and in utilizing the strap as the inner side of the pocket.
Patent GB-191417016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BOUTEILLE JOSEPH
IPC: F02M69/00
Filed: 1914-07-17
Abstract: 17,016. Bouteille, J. July 19, 1913, [Convention date]. Four-stroke-cycle engines.-In a continuous -'combustion engine, air drawn into the working cylinder through a valve 9 during the suction stroke is compressed on the return stroke into a chamber 6 in which slides a piston 7 secured to the main piston 2 by a rod 8. Fuel is admitted through a pipe x as the air reenters the cylinder during the expansion stroke. According to a modified construction, the piston 7 is driven from the crank-shaft and reciprocates in a cylinder located at one side of the main cylinder.
Patent GB-191419245-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Producing Sodium Carbonate.
Inventor: SPAZIER MORRIS
IPC: C01D7/35
Filed: 1914-08-29
Granted: 1915-08-26
Abstract: 19,245. Spazier, M. Aug. 29. Crystallizing. - Apparatus for producing soda crystals from soda ash by the process described in Specification 29,827/13, [Class 1 (ii), Inorganic Compounds other than &c.], consists of open tanks 6 in which the soda ash is dissolved in cold water, drainage hoards 12, 13, and reservoirs 7 for receiving the mother liquor from the tanks. Galvanized-iron hangers 19 are supported in the tanks 6 by cross-bars 18, and the drainage boards are provided with side panels 14, 15 and adjustable end panels. The soda ash is preferably fed to the tanks 6 through a screen. The tanks are preferably used alternately, the crystals from one being removed to the drainage hoard, and the mother liquor to the reservoir 7 while crystallization proceeds in the other tank. The liquor drains back from the board 12 or 13 to the same tank, the liquor is returned from the reservoir 7 through one of the openings 10, 11 closed by screw plugs 8, 9, and water is added from one of the taps 20, 21.
Patent GB-191420958-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Electric Fuse.
Inventor: JOHNSON OSCAR
IPC: H01H85/28
Filed: 1914-10-14
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 20,958. Johnson, O. Oct. 14. Fusible cut-outs.-Relates to automatic replacement fuses of the kind in which one fuse is connected to a spring- controlled contact lever, the lever serving to place a second fuse in the circuit when the first fuse blows. According to the invention, the automatic fuse comprises a fibre base l<2>, P covered with a sheet of asbestos l upon which the various terminals and contact lever b<2> are mounted, a fibre cover, Fig. 3, with a spy-hole X through which the position of the contact lever, which also serves as an indicator, can be observed, hooks wand pins z, z<2> for securing the base and cover parts together, and cut-away portions r at each end of the cover for the main leads
Patent GB-191422063-A (GB)
Title: Process and Apparatus for the Production of Fire-work Fountains.
Inventor: BROCK ARTHUR
IPC: F42B4/30
Filed: 1914-11-05
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 22,063. Brock, A. Nov. 5. Pyrotechnic apparatus.-Consists in producing fireworks fountains by supplying carbon or metal particles to the chimney of a burner so arranged as to heat the particles and throw them up in the air, where they burn with the oxygen of the air, producing a fountain of sparks, the form of which depends upon the nature, size, and shape of the particles, the dimension of the chimney, and the pressure of the burner gases. Mixed particles may be used to produce mixed effects. In the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, the particles are placed in a chamber 7 provided with an agitator in the form of a rotary wire 48, and are allowed to fall through a door 6, which is opened by a rack and pinion 11, 12 and a handle 14, on to a belt 17, which conveys the particles to a shoot 18 leading to the chimney 26 of a Bunsen burner 30. Air inlets 33 are provided in the chimney, and openings 34 are made between the bottom of the chimney and the burner, the burner being shaped as shown to allow any particles that may fall down the chimney to slip out without clogging the bottom of the chimney. Access to the chamber 7 is had by a door 56 secured by a spring snap 57. The agitator and the belt are driven by hand or by an electric or other motor 4. The bearings 38, Fig. 3, of the upper belt pulley 16 are guided in dovetailed rails 35 and are connected together by a cross-bar 38<a>, which is worked by a screw 40, gearing 42, 43, and handle 45 to adjust the tightness of the belt. The belt 17 is notched as shown in Fig. 4, or provided with metal clips 24, 25, Fig. 5, to carry up the particles. When liquid fuel is used for the burner, it is vaporized in a tube coiled round the burner and connected at its lower end to the fuel receptacle and at its upper end by a downward branch to the burner, and the fuel is fed from its receptacle by air pressure.
Patent GB-191505208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Composite Blanks and in Pouches, Bags and the like made therefrom.
Inventor: PETERSON JONATHAN
IPC: B65D65/42
Filed: 1915-04-06
Abstract: 5208. Peterson, J. April 6. Compound sheet materials.-Bags, pouches, and containers are made from sheet material consisting of a sheet of foil a, and a paper or other backing b united as described in Specification 17908/15 by a substance, such as rubber compound, which is capable of adhering, when dry, with a like substance on being submitted to pressure.
Patent GB-191505775-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Horse Shoes.
IPC: B21K15/02
Filed: 1915-04-17
Abstract: 5775. King, W., and Scottish Iron and Steel Co. April 17. Forging dies and punches for use in finishing horseshoes are shown in Figs. 15 and 19. The dies partly form the nail-holes by renewable projections i, and a removable piece i<1> assists in forming the toe-clip when required. While the shoe is still hot, the nail-holes are punched through at the desired inclination by the series of punches k<1>.
Patent GB-191506645-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Christmas, Birthday and like Greeting Cards.
Inventor: CURTAIN JENNIE
IPC: B42D15/02
Filed: 1915-05-04
Abstract: 6645. Curtain, J. May 4. Greeting-card.-A greeting-card 1 has the greeting, quotation, &c. applied to a carrier 3 which is separate from the card and is in the form of a ribbon or tape. The carrier is attached to the card by being passed through suitable holes or slits, and may be used to bind an inner sheet 2 to the outer card.
Patent GB-191512468-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Pump.
Inventor: POWNALL PERCY EDWARD
IPC: F04B43/02
Filed: 1915-08-30
Abstract: 12,468. Pownall, P. E. Aug. 30. [Cognate Application, 2572/16.] Actuating by hand power; lever-actuated pumps; air vessels; mountings; diaphragm pumps.-A pump specially designed for working in confined places such as trenches, culverts and mines, comprises a shallow drum 1 of large area closed at the top by a diaphragm 8, which is reciprocated by one or two lever handles pivoted at 15 to a tubular extension 10 of the diaphragm plate 12. The tube 10 is guided by a rod 11 inside the drum. The drum is mounted on two rods 20, which are bent outwards at the ends to form handles by which the pump may be carried. In a modification, a guide-rod is attached to the extension 10 of the diaphragm plate and works through a hole in a bridge over the diaphragm. The lever 17 is pivoted on this bridge and is linked to an arm 18 pivoted to the pump casing and to the extension 10. Near the delivery valve, an air-tube, carrying a seat 27 for the operator, is mounted. The carrier-bars 20 have footrests 29.
Patent GB-191514197-A (GB)
Title: Safety Railway Facing Points.
Inventor: WOODARD FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: E01B7/02
Filed: 1915-10-07
Abstract: 14,197. Woodard, F. W. Oct. 7. Point - tongues, construction o f. - The point tongues of railway facing-points are provided with an extension at the tip which is adapted to fit in between the head and flange of the stock rail. Fig. 1 shows, in section, the extension a engaging the stock rail.
Patent GB-191514611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shuttering or Mould Plates for use in Building Construction.
Inventor: BAS EDWARD LE
IPC: E04G17/04
Filed: 1915-10-15
Abstract: 14,611. Le Bas, E., Garvie, K. T., and Evennette, C. T. Oct. 15. Casting and moulding in situ.-Metallic shutterings or mould plates are provided with clips or tongues b, Fig. 2, which are punched up from the plates and lie parallel thereto and engage with the supports c, d; or clips b<1>, Fig. 4, interlock with the plain portions b<2> on adjacent plates; or clips b<7>, b<8>, Fig. 10, project on opposite faces of one plate a and receive between them the plain edge of an adjacent plate k. Fig. 6 shows clips b<3>, b<4> which interlock with opposite plain portions b<5>, b<6>. The plates may be dished to strengthen them, or stiffening-bars may be secured to the centre or at intervals on the plates by clips formed as described. Plain plates may alternate with, and be supported by, clipped plates. The plates mav be flat or curved and may be used for the moulding in situ of floors, ceilings, arches, columns, sewers, bridges, &c.