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Patent GB-191329087-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus to Facilitate the Handling and Measuring of Petrol, Ether and similar Volatile, Inflammable, or Corrosive Fluids.
Inventor: POORE CHARLES THOMAS
IPC: B67D7/16
Filed: 1913-12-17
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 29,087. Poore, C. T. Dec. 17. Actuating. - In apparatus for delivering measured-quantities of petrol, ether, &c., the opening of the discharge valve 8 of the measuring-chamber is effected by a spring 81 acting on an arm 84 which is released from a catch 83 by a loose handle 82. The arm 84 is returned by a projection 85 on the handle. Locking.-An arrangement for locking the valve in the open position until all the liquid has been discharged comprises a float 74 carrying a rod 77 which is raised into engagement with a notch 78 in a disk 79 on the valve so long as the flow of discharged liquid through a chamber 75 continues.
Patent GB-191329987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Production of Sodium, and other Metals, from Compounds thereof by Electrolysis.
Inventor: MCNITT ROBERT JOSEPH
IPC: C25C3/02
Filed: 1913-12-30
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 29,987. McNitt, R. J. Jan. 2, [Convention date]. Sodium and other metals, obtaining.-Metallic compounds are electrolyzed while subjected to pressure exceeding 1 lb. per sq. in. The pressure may be produced either by gas or by a column of 'liquid, which may consist wholly or partly of the electrolyte. In the sodium furnace shown, pressure is obtained initially by forcing in nitrogen or other gas through a pipe M and subsequently by hindering the escape of chlorine through a pipe P and valve P<1>. A cathode C entering the cell from above or below is separated from a surrounding graphite or other anode A by a perforated screen K extending downwards from a sodium-collecting bell Z. This bell is connected to a sodiumreceiver 0 and to a branch from the gas-supply tube M. A pressure gauge is provided. Solid or molten salt is fed in by a tube Q dipping into the electrolyte and provided with a cover. The cell is built of refractory brickwork within a steel casing lined with asbestos. In another furnace, the walls are extended upwards above the electrodes to contain a column of electrolyte producing the requisite pressure, and the elongated stem of the bell is connected to the sodium-receiver by an horizontal pipe above the top of the furnace, the gas-supply pipe M being dispensed with.
Patent GB-191400854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Spare Wheel Dishes for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: LUDLOW HENRY WALTON
IPC: B62D43/02
Filed: 1914-01-12
Granted: 1914-11-26
Abstract: 854. Ludlow, H. W. Jan. 12. Stands for mounting reserve tyres and wheels on vehicles.-Shett-metal spare-wheel dishes which are let into a recess in the top of the running-board of a motor-vehicle are constructed in one piece without joint or seam from a sheet-metal blank by stamping in dies. The dish shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is substantially of U-section throughout its length, and is formed with a flange 6 around the top to rest on the running-board.
Patent GB-191401486-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifting Jacks.
Inventor: HORACE SENIOR
IPC: B66F13/00
Filed: 1914-01-20
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 1486. Senior, H. Jan. 20. Jacks.-A jack for lifting one axle of a vehicle comprises a pair of levers pivoted to a frame which is forked to engage the axle, and supported upon wheels carried by the levers which are raised and lowered by hand to lift the axle, the other axle being lifted by tipping-levers of known type. These tipping-levers comprise forked levers A, Fig. 2, pivoted at b to a base-plate B. Abutments a<2>, a<3> determine the vertical and inclined positions of the lever. The length of the lever is made adjustable by making it in two parts connected by a slot and bolts, the surfaces in contact being serrated. The vehicle axle is moved over the prong a<1> in the inclined position of the lever, and engages the other prong, forcing the lever to an upright position and raising the axle. The rear axle is lifted by frames D, to which are pivoted levers C, C<1> at d. The ends of the levers support a shaft c carrying at its ends wheels c<1>. Legs c<3> are pivoted to the levers. The frames are connected by cross-braces D<2>. The forked leg of the frame is made adjustable as in the case of the tipping-levers. The device is placed with the fork under the axle, and the levers C, C' raised to lift the axle, which is held in the raised position by the legs c<3>. In a modification, these legs may be dispensed with and the levers moved past the vertical position to secure the same end. Specification 5565/03 is referred to.
Patent GB-191403689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Alining Metal and like Sheets.
Inventor: STEELE LAWRENCE CARR
IPC: B23Q3/18
Filed: 1914-02-12
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 3689. Steele, L. C. Nov. 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Sheet-registering devices. - In a device for alining sheets or packs of sheets, sets of gauging- devices 10, 32 are moved simultaneously to centralize the sheets upon the machine tables. The apparatus is described with reference to a folding-machine comprising tables 1 pivoted at the centre and coacting with a pivoted folding- lever 6, and the application to shearing- machinery is outlined. The distance apart of the gauges 32 is rendered adjustable by means of a rack 43, to which the operating-lever is adjustably connected. The gauges 10 are yoked together by links 21, 24, and the gauges 32 are similarly connected by a link 45 operated from a hand-lever 50. The movement of the lever 50 operates all the gauges through a common belt. 53, so that the gauges automatically come in contact with the work irrespective of its relative dimensions.
Patent GB-191404821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ear Protectors.
Inventor: MALLOCK ARNULPH
IPC: A61F11/08
Filed: 1914-02-24
Granted: 1914-09-24
Abstract: 4821. Mallock, A. Feb. 24. Ear instruments.-An appliance to be inserted in the ear to protect it from acoustic shocks consists of a body portion 1 fitted with a diaphragm comprising a vibratory membrane 5, wire-gauze stopplates 3, 7, thin celluloid spacing-washers 4, 6, and celluloid guard rings 2, 8. The elements of the diaphragm are cemented together by means of a celluloid solvent so that the whole forms a single unit which may readily be inserted in the tube 1.
Patent GB-191406406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cinematographs.
Inventor: NORMAN NORMAN JOHN
IPC: G03B1/18
Filed: 1914-03-13
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 6406. Norman, N. J., [Kuckarski, S.]. March 13. Kinematograph apparatus. - The intermittent movement of the film is obtained from a member displaced by the tension on a part of the film. A movable wire frame e acted upon by a spring g surrounds the objective ; the film a passes over the frame e and, in the position shown in Fig. 1, is engaged by a retaining device such as claws k ; as the film is continuously drawn by the winding-on spool c it imparts an upward and rearward movement to the frame e disengaging the claws k whereupon the frame e returns to its original position, the film being moved on during this latter movement of the frame until the claws k engage the next set of perforations ; there is one set of perforations to each picture. The action of the spring g may be assisted by an electro-magnet. The shutter s may also be actuated by the frame e.
Patent GB-191410208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Foundry Riddles.
Inventor: BEACH EDWARD WELLS
IPC: B22C5/00
Filed: 1914-04-24
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 10,208. Beach, E. W. Aug. 14, 1913, [Convention date]. Hand sieves.-A foundry riddle comprises a mesh disk C and a cylindrical sheetmetal wall A having inclined corrugations H, which are preferably so arranged as to form a truss structure. The wall is provided with an outwardly and downwardly bent fold D adapted to grip the edge of the disk C, the lower part of the wall being bent outwards under the lower edge of the fold and around a ring F to form a broad hand - hold E. Crosswires J for supporting the disk C are passed through holes in the wall, the ends of the cross-wires being bent to hold them in position.
Patent GB-191410287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for the Manufacture of Artificial Corundum and the like.
Inventor: GERBEL-STROVER ERICH
IPC: C01F7/38
Filed: 1914-04-25
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 10,287. Strover, E. Gerbel-. April 25. Electrode furnaces for fusing alumina &c. A number of receptacles adapted to be connected column-wise, are arranged so that the lowest section may be removed to expose a. part of the solidified material, which is then broken off, the apparatus being worked continuously. The material is first fused in a receptacle which may be a metal vessel a of the form shown in Fig. 3, having a bottom b, a hinge f, and flanges g, so that it may be removed to expose the solidified material, When the first vessel is full, a cylindrical section a, similar to the first but without a bottom, is secured upon it by flanges c and bolts d, and fresh material is added until the desired number of sections have been used. The second section is then supported vertically, for instance by semicircular pieces n on rods m, the ram i supporting the bottom section is removed, then the bottom section is opened and removed, the exposed end of solidified material is laterally supported by a device o, and the end is broken off by a ram, hammer, or the like. Then the column is lowered, and another section is added at the top, the operation being continued as before. The fusion is effected by three electrodes h arranged symmetrically about the central axis of the column and supplied with three-phase current, so that one electrode may be removed and replaced without stopping the process. The electrode carrier is rotated or oscillated about the central axis to stir the material to ensure uniform fusion. Instead of using a ram i to support the column, the column may be suspended by wires, chains, &c., so as to be movable vertically in relation to the electrodes. Each section a may be externally cooled; the Provisional Specification mentions water-cooling by means of a perforated waterpipe and a trough to collect and run off the water.
Patent GB-191415686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Condensing Steam Engine Plant.
IPC: F01B25/00
Filed: 1914-06-30
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 15,686. Warwick Machinery Co., [Vereinigte Dampfturbinen Ges.]. June. 30. Drawings to Specification. Driving-mechanism.-In a condenser system for steam turbines &c., the contrifugal condensing- pump is mounted below the level of the condenser on a vertical shaft which is driven by a worm on the main engine shaft, the same worm driving also the governor shaft, which may be formed integral with the pump shaft.
Patent GB-191417327-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Concentration of Ores.
IPC: B03D1/001
Filed: 1914-07-21
Granted: 1915-07-21
Abstract: 17,327. Minerals Separation, Ltd., [Chapman, G. A.]. July 21. Surface-tension separating processes.-In a froth-flotation process of concentrating ores containing colloidal gangue slimes, there is added at some stage in the process a small quantity of an electrolyte which either has a low dissociation constant, such as a weak organic acid, or is a salt of such an acid, for example argol. The treatment may be combined with any of the known flotation processes, Specifications 14,273/12 and 18,937/13 being referred to.
Patent GB-191418791-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Apparatus for the Settlement or Settlement and Classification of Finely Divided Ore or other Solid Substance Suspended in a Liquid.
Inventor: WRIGHT FRANCIS HAROLD
Filed: 1914-08-18
Granted: 1915-04-01
Abstract: 18,791. Wright, F. H. Aug. 18. Decanting and settling. -Apparatus for settling ores suspended in liquid, of the kind consisting of a conical or like vessel to which the liquid is supplied at the top and from which the settled material is withdrawn at the bottom, is provided with means for preventing the adhesion of masses of solid material to the inner surfaces of the vessel. The vessel is formed with double walls for the whole or part of its depth, the inner walls A being formed of porous material, such as canvas or earthenware, spaced from the outer walls B. The space C is in communication through a pipe D with a supply of liquid at a greater head or pressure than that in the vessel, so that liquid percolates through the porous walls A from the space C to the interior of the vessel.
Patent GB-191418917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Resilient Wheels.
Inventor: BOULT WILFRID SWANWICK
IPC: B60B9/10
Filed: 1914-08-21
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 18,917. Boult, W. S. Aug. 21. [Addition to 11,481/13.] Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and rubber-ring and like cushions.-The solid rubber cushions described in the parent Specification which were vulcanized through intervening layers of vulcanite to metal bushes are now vulcanized to non-metallic bushes of fibre, woodite, celluloid, &c. The bushes and connecting-pins are held so as to be non-rotatable.
Patent GB-191420016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Gas and Ammonia by Gas Producers.
Inventor: HEINRICH KOPPERS
IPC: C10B57/18
Filed: 1914-09-21
Abstract: 20,016. Koppers, H. Sept. 19, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act]. Producers.-To increase the yield of ammonia and producer gas, a combustible gas such as hydrogen is supplied to the producer with the steam; coal gas, evolved in the final stages of the distillation, may be employed.
Patent GB-191500730-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sewing Machines.
IPC: D05B15/06
Filed: 1915-01-16
Abstract: 730. British United Shoe Machinery Co., [United Shoe Machinery Co.]. Jan. 16. Boot-sole sewing-machines; welting and turnshoe.-In welt-sewing machines such as are described in Specifications 2135/07, 4058/12, and 20,731/12, means are provided for automatically slackening the welt between the supply and the sewing point during the forward feed of the shoe. The welt passes from the supply through a slot in a guide 20 and over a guide-roll 14 mounted on a shaft 24, and the slackening- means consist of a pull-off roll 16 projecting from a rocking-arm 18, which is formed on the end of a sleeve 22 surrounding the shaft 24 and is operated, through the link 26, by the feed-slideoperating lever 28.
Patent GB-191504176-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Mechanism of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: POWELL JOHN EVAN
IPC: F02D1/00
Filed: 1915-03-17
Abstract: 4176. Powell, J. E., and Powell, J. W. March 17. Drawings to Specification. Starting.-The automatic air-inlet valve on the cylinder head is opened by a hand-lever to relieve compression at starting.
Patent GB-191504858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mechanical Feed Lubricators.
IPC: F16N13/22
Filed: 1915-03-29
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 4858. Daimler-Motoren-Ges. April 9, 1914, [Gonvention date]. Multiple-delivery piston pumps; suction reservoirs; valves, arrangement of.-A multipledelivery lubricating-pump comprises a pump barrel p in an oil reservoir o, a piston valve d actuated by an eccentric on the driving-shaft a, and a rotary distributing-valve m provided with a number of ducts n corresponding to the number of parts to be lubricated. The ducts n are arranged one behind the other in the axial direction of the valve and are uniformly distributed around the valve, so that they are brought successively into register with a corresponding number of channels i connected to the pump delivery, and with an .equal number of channels 1 connected to the parts to be lubricated. During the suction stroke of the plunger c, the valve d uncovers the port c<1>, and during the delivery stroke, it passes below it, so that the oil passes through the passages c', g to one of the channels i and one of the channels n.
Patent GB-191506586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Thermic Telephones and Microphones.
IPC: H04R23/00
Filed: 1915-05-03
Abstract: 6586. Lynden, R. A. Baron van, and Naamlooze Vennootschap de Nederlandische Thermo-Telephoon. May 3. [Cognate Application, 12,256/15.] Hot-wire transmitters and receivers. - The heating-conductor of a thermic telephone or microphone is laid or formed upon a support which is a partial conductor of heat but is practically a non-conductor of electricity. In Figs. 1 and 2, the heating-conductor E is shown in the form of an extremely thin S-shaped metallic ribbon or strip laid between terminals F on a support D of marble or like material. The conductor may be electrolytically deposited on the support, and may be formed to a.ny suitable shape by etching; or the conductor may be drawn, painted, or printed upon the support by a suitable metallic pigment or a carbon, blacklead, or metallic pencil. In another modification, the support is of metal covered by a film of oxide, sulphide, or other compound; or a thin laver of enamel, varnish, or the like may be applied to the support. In this case, the leads to the terminals F are led through insulating-sleeves. In all forms, the support serves to absorb the heat generated in the conductor F, but does not short - circuit it. A sound chamber C is superposed over the support D and is held down to a base B by a cap A forming an earpiece.
Patent GB-191510485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro Magnetic Recording Apparatus for Telegraph Circuits.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
IPC: H04L15/32
Filed: 1915-07-19
Abstract: 10,485. James, R. W., [Annand, A. H.]. July 19. Selective punching machines.-A threepunch recorder R for an electric signalling-system consists of a punching-lever 201 operated by a magnet 200, a setting-lever and block 202, 113 operated by a magnet 101, spring-controlled punches 110, 111, 112, a paper-feed roller q, and a spring- controlled surface-plate 120 adapted to be removed from the paper by a finger 121. The armatures 104, 105, of the magnets 100, 101 are connected to the levers 202, 203 by rods 103, 102; while the levers 202, 203 are connected to the blocks 113, 114, by rods 116, 117. Normally the central punch 111 is operated by the magnet 200. When the magnet 100 is energized, the block 113 is moved opposite the punch 110 when both punches 110, 111 are operated; and when the magnet 101 is energized, the block 114 is moved opposite the punch 112 when both punches 111, 112 are operated.
Patent GB-191512771-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Shuttle Stop-motions of Looms for Weaving.
IPC: D03D49/58
Filed: 1915-09-07
Abstract: 12,771. Woods, H., and Whittle & Turner. Sept. 7. Stop-motions, shuttle.-The tongue D, Fig. 2, on the stop-rod is held out of line with the frog E, while the loom is being turned over, by means of a lever A hinged to and connected by a spring a' to a plate a fixed to the back of the shuttle box B, a notch or ledge a<2>, Fig. 3, on the lever engaging a projection c or recess of the swell-finger C when the lever is depressed. Should the operator fail to release the lever before re-starting the loom, the release is effected automatically through the action of the shuttle at the. first pick. In existing looms, a plate may be riveted to the swell-finger to form an engaging surface for the lever.
Patent GB-191513546-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Disintegrating and Loading Hard Pitch or the like Material.
IPC: C10C3/18
Filed: 1915-09-23
Abstract: 13,546. Still, C., [Firm of.] Oct. 2, 1914, [Convention date]. Scrapers delivering to shoots.-Pitch, after being cast in a tray, is disintegrated by withdrawing a sinuously embedded chain and removing the pieces into a track by moans of scrapers. Fig. 2 shows a plan of the tray in which a chain k is laid in a sinuous form and the pitch allowed to set thereon. One end of the chain projects at the front and is connected to the driven shaft d by which it is withdrawn. Scraper boards a are placed in the tray either before the pitch is cast or after disintegration. The boards a are connected by ropes b, which, after the pitch is disintegrated, are wound up on drums c on the shaft d, thus discharging the pitch by a shoot r into a truck v similarly to the removal of coke from the quenching-bench as described in Specification 7364/15.
Patent GB-191513973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sound Detecting and Measuring Systems.
IPC: H04B11/00
Filed: 1915-10-02
Abstract: 13,973. Western Electric Co., and Nash, G. H. Oct. 2. Audible signals; sounds, measuring intensity of.-In microphonic sound-detecting arrangements, particularly for detecting subterranean noises and having a variable resistance in shunt with the receiver to vary it sensitivity, the resistance cut out of the shunt circuit is switched into the main circuit in series with the receiver. Specification 27,889/10 is referred to. By adjusting the shunt resistance until a detected sound becomes inaudible, the distance of the sound source may be estimated from the adjustment necessary by means of charts previously prepared experimentally for different kinds of soil and other conditions. As described, any one of a number of microphones such as 3 (only two shown) can be switched into series with a battery 30, resistance 29, and telephone receiver 16. Resistances 25 .. 28 may be included in series with the receiver, either singly or in combination to give different ranges, by means of keys 32 .. 35. Two variable resistances 18, 19, one high and one low, are provided, and either may be used at will. By means of rotatable contact-arms 23, 24, an adjustable amount of the variable resistance in use can be placed in shunt with the receiver 16, the remainder of the resistance being in series therewith. The position of the contact-arm is indicated by a pointer 20 moving over graduations, which may, if desired, be experimentally calibrated to give distance readings, without the use of charts. According to the Provisional Specification, the detector described in Specification 12,869/15 may be used with the above-described arrangements.
Patent GB-191514101-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Cellulose Acetates and Conversion Products.
Inventor: DREYFUS HENRY
IPC: C08B3/06
Filed: 1915-10-05
Abstract: 14,101. Dreyfus, H. Oct, 12, 1914, [Convention date]. Acetates.-In the production of cellulose acetates insoluble in chloroform but soluble in alcohol-chloroform, employing sulphuric acid as condensing-agent, the acetylating-mixture is subjected to prolonged cooling prior to the introduction of the cellulose, and the temperature during acetylation is regulated by cooling; the acetylation is stopped when a test portion shows the required insolubility in chloroform and solubility in alcohol-chloroform; the proportions of acetic anhydride and sulphuric acid used are similar to those described in Specification 20,977/11. If glacial acetic acid is used as diluent, the crystallization produced by cooling is advantageous. The products are soluble in acetone or dilute acetone and may be transformed into products having other solubilities for example in alcohol or dilute alcohol, by the methods described in the above-mentioned Specification and an Specification 20,852/12. Specification 21,628/01 also is referred to. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) refers also to the use of other condensing-agents, and states that, in this case, the temperature is regulated in accordance with the condensing-agent used, the reaction mixture being in some cases heated; it states also that the cellulose may be introduced into the mixture of acetic anhydride and acetic acid before adding the sulphuric acid, and that the process may be carried out in the presence of benzene, toluene, &c. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.