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Patent GB-191223842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Devices for Operating Double Doors.
Inventor: WEGNER CHARLES HENRY
IPC: E05F17/00
Filed: 1912-10-18
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 23,842. Wegner, C. H., Sleepack, H. F., and Wegner, A. C. Oct. 18. Operating doors by movement of interconnected doors and by springs and lever mechanism.-A pair of doors 11, 12 are connected together for simultaneous movement by two rods 14, 16 pivoted together and to the doors. One of the rods is also connected by a rod 24 to a spring carried in a casing 19 on the door frame, so that as the doors are opened the spring is wound up and serves for closing the doors. To retain the doors in the open position, the rod 24 is provided at its end with a spring 27, Fig. 6, carrying a bolt 33 passing through a hole 32 in the rod 24 and adapted when the doors are almost fully open to pass over and engage the opposite side of the rod 16, Fig. 2. The bolt 33 is released by further slightly opening the door 11. The rods 14, 16 are provided with a number of holes 18, 30 to receive the pivots 17, 28 respectively, so that the relative effective lengths of the rods 14, 16, 24 may be varied. The doors are locked in the closed position by the rods 38, 39 on the door 12 engaging recesses 50, 51 in the door frame.
Patent GB-191224129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Plaited Hats.
Inventor: TANIMURA KIYOYE
IPC: A42C1/08
Filed: 1912-10-22
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 24,129. Tanimura, K. Oct. 22. Tape is formed of a number of vegetable fibres such as cotton, hemp, or Japanese paper twisted into a yarn, and treated with a solution of nitrated or collodion cotton in alcohol, ether, acetone, castor oil, and zinc white. The fibres A are soaked in the solution so as to stick together, and are then dried in the form of strands B, which are plaited to form a tape.
Patent GB-191225398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Lamps.
Inventor: ANGUS JOSEPH
IPC: F21L19/00
Filed: 1912-11-06
Granted: 1913-12-08
Abstract: 25,398. Angus, J. Nov. 6. Hand lanterns.-According to the Provisional Specification, the flame is arranged endwise towards the lamp front, and within the limits Y, Z of the foci from which the curvature of the reflector is developed.
Patent GB-191226376-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Power Driven Capstans.
Filed: 1912-11-16
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 26,376. Variable Speed Gear, Ltd., and Robson, J. Nov. 16. Capstans.-A capstan is actuated by a motor which is worked by a pump supplying liquid to the motor at varying rates of flow. The pump and motor are preferably constituted by the pump and motor units of a variable transmission gear. This may be of the kind having a cylinder barrel provided with parallel cylinders for the reception of pistons provided with piston-rods pivotally connected to the pistons and to a plate carried by a tilting box, which, in the case of a pump unit, is displaceable to vary the direction and flow of the liquid. As shown in Fig. 1, a prime mover C<1> drives the pump C of the hydraulic transmission gear, the motor B of which drives the capstan shaft through worm gear. The tilting box is controlled by hand from C<2>. In a modification, the motor shaft carries two spur-wheels driving two spur-wheels on the worm shaft, a clutch being provided to clutch either of the latter wheels to the worm shaft. In another modification, shown in Fig. 4, two or more capstan heads are driven from the same prime mover C<1>. The single pump unit C is in this case in communication with each of the motor units B, suitable valves C<X> distributing pressure liquid to the motor units as required. Instead of this arrangement, each motor unit may have a pump unit, the pump units being driven by a single prime mover. Dangerous pressure in the system may be avoided by providing a relief valve in the valve plate of the pump unit.
Patent GB-191229180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Machinery Employed in the Manufacture of Paper Tubes, Barrels or the like.
Inventor: WHITE CHARLES MELBOURNE
IPC: B31C1/00
Filed: 1912-12-18
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 29,180. White, C. M., [Jackson, P. T.]. Dec. 18. Paper pipes and tubes. - In a machine for winding paper to form tubes, a collapsible mandrel is used consisting of parts 39, 40, Fig. 5, carried by fixed heads 41 and movable supports 44 respectively, the supports 44 being adapted to be moved in inclined dovetailed ways 43 to expand or contract the mandrel by means of a handle 48. One end of the mandrel spindle 30 is mounted in a carrier 26, Fig. 1, pivoted by means of pins 28, and is connected to its operating-shaft 23 by an universal joint. The other end is supported by a socket in a longitudinally-movable block 51. The paper roll 74 is secured on its shaft 75 by adjustable sleeves 76, and the shaft 75 is connected to a shaft 59 by means of a key 81, Fig. 8, secured to the shaft 75, a socket 79 secured to the shaft 59, and a collar 83. The shaft 59 is driven from a shaft 62 having a hand-wheel 65, and is provided with a disk 66, around which passes a strap, one end of which is fixed while the other is attached to a shoe adjustable by means of a shaft 71. The paper passes from the roll and around a roller 88, Fig. 3, resting on a roller 89 dipping into adhesive. The roller 88 is carried by arms pivoted at 92 and may be raised by a cam acting on a surface 93 so that one or more layers of paper may be wound without adhesive. When the paper on the mandrel reaches a predetermined thickness, a finger 110 having a shoe 119 bearing against the paper is moved so that its upper end is freed from a notch 109 in a collar 108 fixed on a rod 100. A spring 101 then moves the rod 100 to the left and a double cone 18 is moved along the driving-shaft 6. An arm 15 pivoted to a collar 16 fast on the shaft is thus operated to clamp a friction band on to one of the shaft bearings, and a similar arm 12 releases a friction band, that was formerly clamped on to the hub of the loose driving-pulley 7.
Patent GB-191303371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trolley or Collector Wheels for Electricity.
Inventor: ANDERSON JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B60L5/06
Filed: 1913-02-10
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 3371. Anderson, J. W. Feb. 10. Trolly pulleys.-A trolly-wheel for electric railroads is built up from two sheet-metal oilchambers 1, a tread portion 2, and a hollow bushing 3. The oil-chambers are freely revoluble on the extensions 6 of the tread portion and provided with oil-rings 8. The tread portion is shaped on its peripheral faces 10 to fit snugly against the inner walls of the chambers 1. Two or more bushings 3, having different bores, may be provided with each wheel to adapt it to different harp spindles.
Patent GB-191306687-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Applying Abrading Material to Grinding Mechanism.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B24B57/00
Filed: 1913-03-18
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 6687. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Hitchcock, H. K.]. March 18. Drawings to Specification. Supplying abrading - materials and fluids. - A method of handling abrasive, for the purpose of grinding, consists in supplying a mixture of the particular grade of abrasive and a liquid from a grading - receptacle to the grinding- mechanism, and returning the mixture to the receptacle in an uninterrupted cycle, while maintaining the other grades of abrasive in suspension in the liquid, and simultaneously circulating such other grades to a position removed from the receptacle and back to their original position in the receptacle. The apparatus employed in carrying out this process forms the subject - matter of Specification 6663/13.
Patent GB-191310184-A (GB)
Title: Egg Opener.
Inventor: MEYER JOHANN
IPC: A47G19/28
Filed: 1913-04-30
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 10,184. Meyer, J. April 30. Eggs, opening.- A tool for removing the tops of eggs comprises two rings 3, 4 adapted to be turned upon each other by two handles 1, 2, thereby displacing radially a series of segmental toothed cutters 9. The ring 3 carries a number of pins 5, which are guided in circumferential slots 6 in the ring 4 and also engage radial slots 12 in the cutters 9. A further series of pins 11 secured to the ring 4 engage oblique slots 10 in the cutters, so that relative movement of the rings 3, 4 results in a limited radial movement of the cutters 9. In operation, the rings are placed over the top of an egg, and the handles 1, 2 pressed together until the cutters penetrate the shell. A spring 8 may be provided for returning the rings to normal position.
Patent GB-191312309-A (GB)
Title: Containers for Adhesive Plaster and the like.
Inventor: SCHULZ OTTO CARL
IPC: A61F15/00
Filed: 1913-05-27
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 12,309. Silisteanu, M. B. May 22. Dominoes.-Each piece of a set for playing games similar to dominoes is marked with one of two patterns, and is further distinguished by bearing a symbol, n, a numeral, and coloured spaces o. Five symbols, ten numerals, and four colours are used, and the pieces of each pattern bear on their faces combinations of these elements.
Patent GB-191314296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckles.
Inventor: ROTHSCHILD MOSES LEOPOLD
IPC: A41F11/12
Filed: 1913-06-20
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 14,296. Rothschild, M. L. June 20. Buckles.-A buckle for use with suspenders, garters, &c. is formed from one piece of metal, and comprises a plate 2, Figs. 1 and 3, having a r e a r w a r d l y and downwardly inclined deflecting-flange 3, which may have a serrated edge 4, and a pair of fingers 5 spaced apart from and parallel with the plate 2, the fingers being disposed beneath the flange 3. The webbing, having a stitched loop 7 formed thereon, is passed between the flange 3 and the fingers 5, and then through a tab loop 8, the loop 7 being finally attached to the fingers 5 as shown in Fig. 3. Instead of a pair of fingers, the buckle may have a continuous bar 11 as shown in Fig. 6, and the buckle may also be formed of several pieces which are rigid with relation to one another.
Patent GB-191316307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Metallurgical Furnaces for use chiefly in the Metallurgy of Copper.
Inventor: ADDICKS LAWRENCE
IPC: F27B3/00
Filed: 1913-07-15
Granted: 1914-07-15
Abstract: 16,307. Addicks, L., and Brower, C. L. July 15. Drawings to Specification. Dry processes of refining copper. - Copper is refined in a basic-lined furnace having a hearth of magnesite brick, and a roof, or both roof and walls, of chrome brick. In dealing with pure material, such as copper cathodes, the charge when molten is covered with a layer of coke or other material with low ash content, and the firing is arranged so as to avoid the carrying-over of ash into the furnace. Any cuprous oxide formed is reduced by poling. The furnace may be worked continuously.
Patent GB-191316669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Detachable Rims for the Wheels of Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: CHALLINER CHARLES SMITH
IPC: B60B23/02
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1914-07-21
Abstract: 16,669. Challiner, C. S., and Challiner, J. A. July 21. Tyre attachments to rims.-In transverselydivided rim, the ends of which form an inclined lap-joint, a plate p, Fig. 12, secured to one end is formed with a tongue q to engage a recessed plate r secured to the other end. To prevent expansion of such a rim in use, a plate e, Figs. 4 and 5, secured to one end of the rim has an elongated hole f adapted to engage a stud &c. g on the other end. A cap k, filling- up the slot f, is secured by a set-screw j.
Patent GB-191319465-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Glazing.
Inventor: MELLOWES FRANK WILFORD
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1913-08-28
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 19,465. Mellowes, F. W. Aug. 28. Glazing.- Sheathed glazing- bars are provided with cushioning flanges D spring- ing from the inside of the water channels C. The usual flanges B<1>, B <2> for dressing down on the upper surface of the glass are provided, and cushioning ribs E for the edges of the glass may be formed on the sheath.
Patent GB-191323321-A (GB)
Title: Theatrical or Stage Illusion.
Inventor: MCCORMICK LANGDON
IPC: A63J5/02
Filed: 1913-10-15
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 23,321. McCormick, L. Oct. 15. Theatrical appliances.-Relates to apparatus for representing a fire on the stage, and consists of a device for representing the burning - down of an object, particularly of a tree. The trunk is made in telescoping sections 1, 2, 3, and has in its interior a shaft which also is made in telescoping sections 4, 5, 6. Each section of the shaft has about its upper end a ring a carrying streamers of ribbon or the like b, the ring on each section being somewhat larger than the one above it and its streamers longer, as shown. Inside the portion 3, an air blower c directs a current of air upwards through the trunk to blow the streamers upwards to imitate flames, and lamps g are used to illuminate the streamers. The sections are lowered by any suitable means, and the section 2 as it moves downwards strikes a projection i and pulls down a portion j so that the trunk is made to appear to be burning inside, the effect being enhanced by lamps k and streamers l. In a modification, only one ring a is employed, carrying sets of streamers of different length which are released one after another by pulling strings.
Patent GB-191324422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sockets for Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: VETTER CLARENCE ALPHONSE
IPC: H01R33/955
Filed: 1913-10-28
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 24,422. Vetter, C. A. Oct. 28. Holders with switches. In a holder having a wired part swivelled for switching purposes to a part carrying the lamp, the wired part is provided with a spring-pressed contact to engage teeth on and prevent rotation of the lamp part while the lamp is being screwed into position. In the arrangement shown, a screw socket 19 is fixed by screws 18 to an insulating- disk 3 rotatably connected to a porcelain, fibre, or other insulating-block 2 by a central bolt 4. The block 2 carries a plunger 10 movable in a bushing 11 against a spring 12 abutting on an adjustable screw 13, the plunger 10 being adapted to ride over two inclined teeth, Fig. 6, on the face of the disk 3. Each tooth consists of a conducting part 16 and insulating - parts 20, 21. The parts 16 are connected through the screws 18 to the socket 19. The bolt 4 secures a contact 9 and is connected to a terminal 7 carrying a binding-screw for one supply wire, the other supply wire being connected to a terminal 15 located in an annular recess in the block 2. The casing a<1> has a number of bayonetslots which engage inwardly extending lugs on the top a; inwardly projecting lugs on the casing also engage shoulders on the block 2. A spring catch 27 fixed to the casing a<1> engages registering openings 29 in the casing and top a, and also a slot 2<1> in the block 2. In a modification having means for unlocking the lamp, the disk 3 is formed with a slot 3<11>, Fig. 8, and the casing with an opening 31 adapted to be closed by a plug 33 operable only by the end 35 of a key, Fig. 9, the end 30<1> of the key being inserted in the opening 31 to engage the slot 3<11> and prevent rotation of the socket while the lamp is unscrewed.
Patent GB-191327235-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Apparatus for Filing Documents, Letters, Invoices and the like.
Inventor: EAGLES JAMES
IPC: B42F13/12
Filed: 1913-11-26
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 27,235. Eagles, J. Nov. 26. Spiked-prong and like perforators; fastenings. -A filing-device for documents &c. comprises a wire frame A having filing-prongs C and a fixed longitudinal member forming a hinge, all in one piece. A one-piece metal flap D of channel form is hinged to the longitudinal member, holes d being provided in the lower ply of the flap to receive the ends of the prongs C and perforate the documents. The upper ply of the flap rests on the prongs and forms a stop to limit its downward movement. Means are provided for holding the flap closed, consisting of a catch E which may assume various forms and be pivoted to the flap D, or at an end of the frame A, or to a base-plate B on which the frame A is mounted for attachment to a cover. When the catch E is pivoted at the end of the frame A, it is provided with a transverse member e which may enter the channel of the flap. In all forms, the catch is so shaped and pivoted as to be clear of the documents when they extend to the back or beyond the ends of the device.
Patent GB-191404990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ventilators.
Inventor: BROWN SUMMERS
IPC: B63J2/10
Filed: 1914-02-26
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 4990. Brown, S. Feb. 26. Ventilators, terminal.-A ventilator, more particularly for ships or motor-boats, comprises an inner cone or the like b which has an open base and lateral openings d near the base surrounded by an outer cone a closed by a baseplate c and open at the top. The inner cone may have a fluted surface with the openings d on the ridges. surrounded, if desired, by flanges. Openings f may be formed in the outer cone between the openings d.
Patent GB-191407015-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Check Delivery and Registering Machines.
Inventor: WOODHOUSE JOE
Filed: 1914-03-19
Granted: 1915-03-19
Abstract: 7015. Woodhouse, J. March 19. Counters actuated by reciprocating mechanism.-The counter of a ticket-issuing device is operated by a plate 7 on the issuing slide which is provided with an inclined slot 15 adapted to engage a pin 13 carried by the arm of the counter.
Patent GB-191409706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pipe Couplings.
Inventor: PARKER LEVIN STEPHENSON
IPC: F16L27/053
Filed: 1914-04-20
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 9706. Parker, L. S. April 20. Ball-and-socket joints.-In a coupling particularly suitable for pipes of large diameter, such as pontoon pipes for dredgers, one member B, Fig. 3, is flared to form a bearing for the curved surface of the other member C, and the joint is completed by a ring D of wedge-shaped section, the ring being secured by bolts E carried by the flared member and so formed that partial rotation disengages them from the ring to allow disconnexion of the coupling. The lugs f which carry the bolts may be formed on a ring F riveted to the flared element, as shown at f<1>; or they may be formed integrally with the flared element. The ring D may bear on a rubber or other gasket G and have an annular shoulder d, forming a bearing for the member C; or, as shown in Fig. 7, it may bear directly on both coupling-elements. Alternatively, the bearing-shoulder d may be replaced by a separable ring of brass.
Patent GB-191413422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Confectionery.
Inventor: WAUGH EDWARD HAGH
IPC: A23G3/02
Filed: 1914-06-02
Granted: 1915-06-02
Abstract: 13,422. Waugh, E. H., and Swartz, W. J. June 2. Saccharine solutions, concentrating; evaporators and condensers in structural combination.-In a machine for the manufacture of confectionery, the confectionery is cooked in a pair of chambers 51 extending across the machine and fitted with heating-coils 91. These chambers communicate, through openings controlled by hand-operated valves 54, with two other chambers 50 into which the raw sugar and water are fed. The chambers 51 are sealed and are fitted with trap-grooves 56 to collect condensed water which, under the steam pressure, passes through openings controlled by spring valves 53 into the chambers 50 and assists in melting the next charge.
Patent GB-191419702-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Metal-sheathed Propellers.
IPC: B64C11/20
Filed: 1914-09-11
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 19,702. Etablissements De Dion Bouton (Soc. Anon.). Dec. 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Screw and like propellers.-An electro-deposited sheath of metal is firmly secured upon a propeller of wood or other non - conducting material for aircraft &c. by employing metal projections such as wires secured to the propeller before the metal is deposited. Fig. 2 shows a section of a blade with copper wires 4 in holes 3. The whole blade is covered with black lead &c., and the metal deposited in the usual way. The wires may form one electrode in depositing the metal. Instead of wires, blocks or strips &c. of metal may be secured to the blade by screws or rivets, but in such a way as not to be recessed therein.
Patent GB-191421851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Concrete Piles, Pillars, Beams and other Concrete Structures.
Inventor: STEWART WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: E02D5/30
Filed: 1914-11-02
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 21,851. Stewart, W. J., and Woolcock, J. Nov. 2. Reinforced concrete. -The reinforcing- bars of concrete piles, pillars, beams, &c. are bonded in sets of three by means of wire ties a, Figs. 3 and 5, the ends c of the wire being twisted together to tighten the loop b on the middle bar of the set as shown in Fig. 1, and the extremities being formed into a fork. The ties may be opened out as shown in Fig. 8 to support the bars at shorter distances. Struts such as flat bars h, k, Fig. 1, may be used between the main bars. According to the Provisional Specification, the ties may be bent completely around each bar and may embrace more than three bars.
Patent GB-191501088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Methods of Exhausting Incandescent Lamps or similar Glass Receptacles.
IPC: H01J9/38
Filed: 1915-01-22
Granted: 1915-12-02
Abstract: 1088. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Jan. 22. High vacua in lamp bulbs, obtaining. - During the evacuation of lamp bulbs &c. composed of glass of relatively high melting-point, they are heated first to a temperature near the point of deformation, and afterwards to a considerably lower temperature. With a sodium magnesium boro-silicate glass known as low expansion glass, the first temperature is from 550 to 600‹ C., and the second from 400 to 500‹C.
Patent GB-191504146-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Flexible Material or Fabric.
Inventor: SCOTT ALFRED ANGAS
IPC: A47C4/30
Filed: 1915-03-16
Abstract: 4146. Scott, A. A. March 16. Mats.-A flexible fabric which may be employed for mats &c. is built up from rings of leather, fabric, reinforced rubber sheeting &c., which are folded in half and interlaced in the manner shown in Fig. 1. The rings may be of circular, oval, polygonal, or other shape. The end rows of the fabric are attached by lacing c to cross-bars d, and the side links are held in position by leather strips e, which are passed through the free loops at the edges of the fabric and over the bars d, the ends being passed back through the loops for a short distance.
Patent GB-191504856-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Treating Hydrocarbon Oils for the Production of Bodies suitable for use in Lieu of Gasoline or Naphtha.
Inventor: FORRESTER HAROLD JOSEPH CHARLE
Filed: 1915-03-29
Abstract: 4856. Forrester, H. J. C., [New Process Oil Co.]. March 29. Hydrocarbon oils, cracking. - An apparatus for treating kerosene and heavier oils for the production of hydrocarbons suitable for use in lieu of gasolene or naphtha comprises a retort B supplied with a mixture of oil and water through a pipe C, a condenser L receiving the vapours through a pipe N and terminating in a closed receiver O whereby the requisite pressure is formed and maintained in the retort and the condenser, and a manually-operated valve P or other device in the pipe N by which a higher pressure can be maintained in the retort than in the condenser. A pressure of 3-10 atmospheres is used in the retort. The temperature varies with the oil under treatment and may range from 600‹ F. to 1900‹ F. A safety-valve S is fitted to the retort, and the receiver O is provided with a relief valve o.