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Patent GB-191229221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Method of and Means for Preventing the Working Faces of Washing and other Machine Rolls and the like from Coming in Contact.
Filed: 1912-12-19
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 29,221. Bertrams, Ltd., and Gillespie, R. F. Dec. 19. Washing-machines with rollers.-In machines of the kind comprising two or more rollers a, one roller having a greater peripheral speed than the other, means are provided for preventing the working-surfaces from coming in contact. These means comprise rings or projections b, Fig. 1, formed on the rollers a and having their diameters so proportioned that rolling contact takes place between them, the grooved surfaces of the differently-speeded rotors being at the same time kept apart. Grooves c between the grooved surfaces and the ends b are formed to clear the tool while grooving. Alternatively, rings d, Fig. 2, may be secured in any suitable manner to the rollers a, or they may be left loose thereon, their diameters being proportioned as above.
Patent GB-191300041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottles and Jars.
Inventor: TILSTON EDWARD
IPC: B65D1/06
Filed: 1913-01-01
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 41. Tilston, E. Jan. 1. Dentifrices; shaving-appliances.-Relates to extruders for viscous substances constructed as shown, and consists in closing the hole m by paper or cork to prevent access of air until such time as it is desired to remove the contents. When the device is used for tooth pastes, a groove q, Fig. 5, is formed in the top for the reception of the toothbrush. Fig. 7 shows the invention applied to the shaving-pot described in Specification 6669/13.
Patent GB-191305078-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Direct Heating Geysers.
Inventor: TOWNSEND WILLIAM WALTER
IPC: F24H1/12
Filed: 1913-02-28
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 5078. Townsend, W. W. Feb. 28. Heating water.-In an apparatus for heating water by direct contact of hot gases from burners f the receptacle b is formed as a detachable unit, the outer wall a forming the wall of the geyser at that part and being connected to the body e<1> of the geyser above and to the stand e below by simple socket joints h, d.
Patent GB-191309432-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reflecting Devices for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: DOSSETTER WILLIAM JAMES
IPC: B62J6/20
Filed: 1913-04-22
Granted: 1914-04-22
Abstract: 9432. Dossetter, W. J. April 22. Road-vehicle reflector signals.-A reflex lamp for road vehicles comprises a liquid lens suitably mounted. The clear or tinted liquid may be contained between two concave glasses a, b, Fig. 1, united by a rubber or other elastic band d. Alternatively the lens may be formed as a bottle e, Fig. 2, the usual casing g having a flange i bent over to clasp the periphery of the bottle. The cork comprises a rubber or like sleeve k pierced by a bolt j fitted with a nut l, by screwing which the rubber k may be expanded to grip the interior of the bottle neck f. The bolt j also serves to attach the device to the vehicle.
Patent GB-191310198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Drying of Wood and other Substances.
Inventor: WIART ERNEST
Filed: 1913-04-30
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 10,198. Wiart, E. April 30. Drying wood; chambers; gases, supplying. -Relates to apparatus for drying, by dry steam, wood, cereals, forage, fruit and vegetables, bricks, celluloid, cement, &c. The " water " gasifier " d supplying dry steam is arranged in the middle of the chamber, the steam issuing from a number of jets e, and, as shown, between stacks of wood c. The chimney of the gasifier is divided into branches f<1>, the beat ot which prevents condensation. Pipes g discharge the moister vapours, their lower ends opening into trenches h in which water collects; this water is removed by siphons i or by valves or cocks. Wood to be dried is stacked tightly, to avoid deformation, and without exposing a large horizontal surface, as shown in Fig. 3, by gripping between pairs of notched planks j. Planks of wood may be held, as shown in Fig. 5, between plates m, m<1> on rods l passing through vertical stay-rods k.
Patent GB-191310238-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Auxiliary Air Inlet Valves of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WHALLEY SYDNEY
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1913-05-01
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 10,238. Whalley, S. May 1. Cylinders, pipes for. -In an auxiliary-air valve in which the valve body is formed with a flange b for securing the valve between the flange d of the carburettor e and the flange c of the induction pipe f, the port g leading from the valve to the bore h of the flange is made radial with the flange bore. The valve is operated by means of a Bowden wire r. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 16,672/12.
Patent GB-191311219-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method and Apparatus for the Electrostatic Separation and Cleaning of Grits, Grain or the like.
Inventor: KRAUS JAKOB
IPC: B03C7/04
Filed: 1913-05-13
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 11,219. Kraus, J. April 29, [Convention date]. Electrostatic separators.-Electrostatic apparatus for separating and cleaning grits, grain, or the like comprises a repelling electrode 3 serving also as a conveying and distributing device, attracting electrodes 2 arranged above the same, and a dielectric band 7 which serves to remove the attracted particles. The field may be produced bv the friction of the dielectric band on the electrodes.
Patent GB-191313413-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Articles having Parts of Iron which are Permanently or Temporarily Subjected to High Temperatures.
Inventor: CLEMENS PASEL
Filed: 1913-06-10
Abstract: 13,413. Pasel, C. Oct. 15, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Alloys.-Iron alloys containing from 15 to 25 per cent of chromium, which may be partly replaced by nickel, are substituted for iron in making articles required to withstand high temperatures under oxidizing conditions. With 36 per cent of nickel, the chromium percentage may vary between 5 and 15, such alloys being suitable for fusing into glass.
Patent GB-191324255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stamp Affixing Devices.
Inventor: FISCHER ADOLF
IPC: B65C11/04
Filed: 1913-10-25
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 24,255. Fischer, A. Oct. 25. Stamp-applying. - Relates to stamp-affixing machines wherein the stamp strip 15 is fed by a rotatable prism 3 which also severs and affixes the end stamp, and consists in special feeding, severing, and affixing devices. The sides 4 of the prism are depressible by the turned-over ends 20 of the side plates of the operating-plunger 18 against the action of springs 5, and teeth 7 on the sides 4 coact with teeth 6 fixed on the body of the prism to tear the end stamp from the strip as the sides descend to affix it, the stamp having been moistened by a pad on a swinging lever 31 operated by a pin 21 on the plunger. The teeth 6, 7 feed the strip when the prism is rotated by a ratchetwheel 27 and a pawl 26 on a lever 24 rocked by the pin 21. A spring catch 29 holds the lever 24 in its rocked position until the pin 21 rises and lifts it. A toothed spring 14 keeps the strip 15 in engagement with the teeth 6, 7. The spool 8 which receives the strip 15 is held frictionally upon a roll 9 by an internal spring. The water-tank 38 is hinged at 39 to provide access to the prism.
Patent GB-191326439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Measuring Vessels.
Inventor: BAER JEAN
IPC: B65D3/06
Filed: 1913-11-18
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 26,439. Baer, J. Nov. 18. Measures of capacity. -Collapsible measures are made from circular blanks of paper, cardboard, &c., from which a sector is removed. The blank is creased radially so as to allow the creased flaps to be pinched together to form a handle. No adhesive is employed.
Patent GB-191328052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Planetary Power-transmitting Mechanisms of the Frictional Type having Cylindrical Rolling Surfaces.
Inventor: MATTEUCCI RAFFAELE
IPC: F16H15/50
Filed: 1913-12-05
Granted: 1914-12-07
Abstract: 28,052. Matteucci, R. Dec. 5. Friction gearing comprising an inner gear member 2, an outer annular member 1, and intermediate or planetary gears 4 is modified so as to maintain frictional engagement by contracting the member 1, as shown in Fig. 1, or by expanding the member 2, as shown in Fig. 4, the resulting pressures varying automatically with the power transmitted. In each case, the modified member is a split ring with a fulcrum at or near each end coacting with a lever mechanism, which is operative for driving in either direction. The member 1, Fig. 1, is regarded as fixed, and the member 2 may drive a cage 3 carrying the gears 4, or vice versa. Levers a, a' are pivoted near the edges of the cut C in the member 1, and are connected by tie-rods b, b<1>, each lever with the pivot of the other. A fixed abutment M projects between the outer ends of these levers, and the action is such that, as the member 1 tends to turn, one or other of the levers, according to the direction of motion, becomes operative to contract the member 1. The member 1 maybe used to transmit power, in which case the abutment M is carried by a revoluble driving or driven member. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, a single lever E is used, which pivots about one edge B, or another edge B<1>, of the member 2 according to the direction of motion, the inner end of the lever E engaging a driving- member O. Modifications are described, in some of which a split-ring tread member is interposed between the contracting or expanding ring and the intermediate gears. An adaptation as a variablespeed device is described.
Patent GB-191402990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Curve Devices for Drawing Office and other purposes.
Inventor: BROTHERTON HARRISON
IPC: B43L13/22
Filed: 1914-02-05
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 2990. Brotherton, H. Feb. 5. Flexible strips. - A flexible curve-drawing strip a is fixed at the ends of two compass legs which may be pivoted together at their opposite ends, or pivoted respectively to the ends of an intermediate link p<1> as in the construction shown. The strip is clamped in slots b, Fig. 4, of rotatable studs c which are formed with conical shoulders e engaging countersunk portions f on the ends of the legs p and secured by screws j and washers k, m. The stud is D- shaped at one part engaged by a turning- handle i provided to rotate the stud. As the screw j is tightened, the slot b is closed to clamp 'the strip. Auxiliary telescopic or rigid arms r may be fitted and provided with adjustable fittings t to grip the strip at any point.
Patent GB-191405167-A (GB)
Title: Means of Carrying Off and Radiating the Surplus Heat Generated in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KITCHIN FREDERICK HARCOURT
IPC: F02F1/08
Filed: 1914-02-28
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 5167. Kitchin, F. H. Feb. 28. [Addition to 4515/14.] Cylinders, cooling.-Plates of aluminium, or of an alloy of which aluminium is the principal ingredient, are attached to the ribs of air-cooled engines by means of bolts, screws, or rivets.
Patent GB-191409522-A (GB)
Title: Sewing Machine.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: D05B57/14
Filed: 1914-04-17
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 9522. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. April 17. Sewing-machines; lock-stitching by shuttles. - The shuttle thread is pulled off, as the shuttle oscillates, by an eccentrically-situated pin 73, Fig. 3. The pin 73 is carried by a lever 74 mounted by means of a trunnion 75 in the boss of the shuttle driver 68, 70, so that the lever can be turned and the pin 73 be moved periodically forward into its effective position, in which the tip of it enters a slot 95 in the back of the shuttle spool-case. A spring 85 contained within the shuttle-driver shaft presses the lever 74 towards its effective position when not resisted by a stop 93 on a lever 88, which is pivoted to turn in the plane of the shuttlerace. Near the end of the counter-clockwise or backward movement of the shuttle, the lever 88 is stopped by a pin 96 in the shuttle-race frame 98, and the lever 74 is released and moves into its thread-engaging position. At the completion of the forward movement, the wedgehead 100 of the lever 74 engages with a roller 101, so that the lever is pushed back into its ineffective position and releases the shuttle thread previously drawn off.
Patent GB-191409871-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adding Machines.
Inventor: BURRIDGE LEE SPEAR
Filed: 1914-04-21
Granted: 1915-05-21
Abstract: 9871. Burridge, L. S. April 21. A d d i n g - apparatus with operating-means; printing - mechanism.- Multiple-bank lever-operated machines are set by means of sliding keybars 102 formed with finger depressions in which the numerals are placed. An adjustable stop 115<a> is provided for the operator's finger, and also serves as an index bar. Vertical type-bars 105 are operated from the slides by bell-crank levers 104, the slides being supported by a pin 107 engaging slots 105‹ and held away from the platen 108 by spring-pressed rollers 114 engaging the bars below the pivoting point. The type-bars are locked in position and the printing-hammers are operated upon rotating the main operating-shaft 117 by means of an external handle. Movement of this shaft to the right causes a pawl 125 on an arm 124 to engage a projection 129<a> on toggle-levers 129, 130 and force a knife-edge 131 into justifying-slots 105d in the type-bars. Simultaneously, printing is effected by a pawl 118<a> on an arm 118 rocking a curved arm 119<a> in engagement with a similar arm 120 on the printing-hammer shaft 121, which has secured thereto a universal bar 122<a> engaging all the hammers. The pawls 125, 118<a> may be adjusted by eccentrics 125<b>, 118<c>. Actuation of the adding-wheels 140 is effected by racks 103 on the under surface of the setting-slides when these are returned, the wheels being raised from toothed transfer members 154 functioning as detents into engagement with the racks 103. Return of the levers 104 is effected by a universal bar 153<b> during the forward movement of the shaft 117, through a link 152 connected to an arm 151 on the shaft and to the pivoted arm 153 of the bar 153<b>. The shaft 141 of the adding-wheels is mounted in two plates 142 adapted to be reciprocated on supporting-screws 142<b> by toggle-levers 145, 144, the second of which is pivoted to the plates 142 at 143. Movement is imparted to the toggle-levers by pawls 148, 149 carried by a link 147 connected to an arm 147<a> on the shaft 117. A pin 148<b> on the lever 145 is engaged by the pawl 148 on the forward movement of the shaft 117, to raise the shaft 141, and by the pawl 149 on the return movement to lower it. Before engagement by the wheels 140, the racks 154 are rocked against a spring 154<b> and momentarily retained by a universal bar 156 rocked by links 155<b> and 155<a> from the part 153.
Patent GB-191410929-A (GB)
Title: Device for Lifting Corn Stacks or the like.
Inventor: OGILVIE FRANZ
IPC: B66F7/12
Filed: 1914-05-04
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 10,929. Ogilvie, F. May 4. Rack - and - pinion platform load - handling machines. - Comprises apparatus for stacking corn, hay, &c. The frame is made up of beams to form a middle part and two triangular end parts. The floor 10 of the middle part, upon which the hay-wagon rests, is movable vertically, and each of the three parts is provided with hand-rails 5. The post 11 upon which the floor of the middle part is mounted is made telescopic at its lower end and connected to the driving- shaft 6 by rack-and-pinion gearing (not shown). Crank-handles are provided on the ends of the driving-shaft, and a ratchet-wheel and pawl 13 sustain the apparatus in the lifted position.
Patent GB-191413034-A (GB)
Title: Explosion Motor having Cylindrical Slide Valves.
Inventor: VERNAZ MARCEL
IPC: F01L5/06
Filed: 1914-05-27
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 13,034. Vernaz, M., and Pictet, P. May 27, 1913, [Convention date]. [Addition to 24,225/13.] Valves; valve-gear.- The loose ring or segment described in the parent Specification is used in connexion with a sleeve valve. It may be situated in a recess in the cylinder head or as shown at b, Fig. 2, in the sleeve valve s. It may control only the admission port t, or the ports may be arranged so that a single ring controls both, or each port may be controlled by a separate ring.
Patent GB-191414701-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Optical Squares and in Processes for the Manufacture of the same.
IPC: B24B13/005
Filed: 1914-06-19
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 14.701. Zeiss, C., [Firm of]. June 23, 1913, [Convention date]. [Addition to 6917/10 and 16.509/13.] Reflectors.-Relates to a method of making the optical squares claimed in Claim 2 of the parent Specification 16,509/13. To a mould, the material of which allows of its being given a polish at the surfaces corresponding to the reflecting-surfaces, metal, such as copper, is applied in a finely divided form, for example by eleccrolysis or by squirting on molten metal, and the body of the optical square thus formed is separated from the mould. A mould of glass or quartz may be employed, in which the surfaces corresponding to the reflecting- surfaces are silvered before the application of the metal.
Patent GB-191418055-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Dog Spike and Application thereof.
Inventor: BAEHNER WILHELM
IPC: E01B9/06
Filed: 1914-07-30
Granted: 1915-07-30
Abstract: 18,055. Bõhner, W. July 30. Spikes, barbed, serrated, and like.-A spike for securing railway rails to sleepers has a tapered shank and a point barbed at one side, which causes the spike to be deflected when driven. The barb b<1> anchors the spike in the sleeper. Additional barbs may be formed on the shank. The head a is thickened at d to increase its resistance against bending. To allow the rail to be removed without withdrawing the spike, the rail is clamped by a filling-piece g secured by a screw h, and bearing against a flange f on a foot-plate d<1>, which is slotted at e to allow it to be passed over the head of the spike.
Patent GB-191418305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Feeding Cups for Invalids and Others.
Inventor: DICKINSON HERBERT
IPC: A47G19/14
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 18,305. Dickinson, H. Aug. 7. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Drinking-vessels.-Feeding-cups of the type having a spout c and partial cover b are provided with a drip receptacle e, which may have a lip f.
Patent GB-191423136-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Electric Incandescent Lamps.
IPC: H01K1/14
Filed: 1914-11-26
Abstract: 23,136. Westinghouse Metallfaden Gl³hlampenfabrik Ges. Nov. 29, 1913, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Section 91 of the Act]. Drawings to Specification. Filaments of metal are wound into close helices and again wound into one or more further helices. The turns of the initial helices may be separated by a distance less than or equal to their diameter, and those of the subsequent windings also are close together. Such filaments may optionally be used in an indifferent gas such as nitrogen.
Patent GB-191500085-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Discharging Coke Hoppers or the like.
Inventor: DUCKHAM ARTHUR MCDOUGAL
IPC: B65G65/00
Filed: 1915-01-02
Granted: 1915-12-30
Abstract: 85. Duckham, A. M. Jan. 2. Hopper wagons. - A coke hopper is discharged by a rotary shoot set at such an angle that the discharge is only effected when the shoot is in rotation. In the apparatus shown, for dealing with coke from gasretorts, two hoppers a are mounted on a travelling framework b, and discharge through the shoots d and the filler q on to a bucket conveyer s. The mouths r of the filler come in turn into operative position simultaneously with the buckets of the conveyer. The shoots d are mounted on rollers e, f and are driven, together with the filler q, from the conveyer through the toothed rings k, belt pulleys o, bevel-gearing p, and the belts q. The rings k are secured to the filler q and are supported by rollers m on the framework.
Patent GB-191500420-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chairs for Railway Rails.
Inventor: MEARS JOSEPH ERNEST
IPC: E01B9/54
Filed: 1915-01-11
Abstract: 420. Mears, J. E. Jan. 11. Chairs with adjustable or separate jaws. - A chair is formed with a fixed jaw and a cylindrical recess to receive a cylindrical block, Fig. 6, which is cut away at one portion to receive the base and engage with the web of the rail. The block is partially rotated, and the rail is placed obliquely against the recessed portion. On turning the rail to the vertical position, the block acts as a chair jaw. The block has a slot perforation C to receive a crosspin.
Patent GB-191504639-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spray Producers.
Inventor: FRENCH ALFRED WILLIAM
IPC: B05B11/00
Filed: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 4639. French, A. W. March 25. Buckets; double-acting bucket pumps; handpumps; valves, arrangement of.-A spray-producer of the kind adapted to be fitted in a bottle by mounting it in a cork &c. 3 is made double-acting by connecting the interior of the bucket plunger 4 to the space between the barrel 1 and the plunger by means of one or more holes 10. The movement of the suction valves 6 is limited by a pin &c. 8, and the movement of the bucket valve 12 is limited by indentations 20 in the plunger, so that the appliance can be used in an inclined or horizontal position. The plunger is also indented at 23 to bulge out the metal to form stops. The plunger works in a stuffing-box formed of a collar 14 on the barrel, a boss 17 screwed on to the collar, and a packing 19 between the boss and the collar. The plunger is formed into a loop 22 above the cork and is provided at the end with a spraying-nozzle 5.
Patent GB-191505898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cartridge-feed Belts for Machine Guns.
Inventor: SANGSTER CHARLES THOMAS BROCK
IPC: F42B39/08
Filed: 1915-04-20
Abstract: 5898. Sangster, C. T. B. April 20. Cartridge belts.-Relates to belts formed of metal links hinged together and each provided with clips to receive a cartridge, a rearward movement of the cartridges being necessary to withdraw them from the belt. The invention consists in forming the belt of a series of interchangeable flat metal links hinged together by cotter pins arranged in the same plane as the flat links, each link having two or more pairs of integral clips which hold and position each cartridge. Fig. 1 shows a belt suitable for a Maxim or Vicker's gun, in which the links are formed of sheet-metal blanks or stampings each provided with clips b for the body c<1> of the cartridge, and smaller clips c for the bullet f, jointing-knuckles d, d<1>, d<2> on the links being united by split-pins e. To ensure the proper positioning of each cartridge, the end of the cartridge case abuts against the clip c.
Patent GB-191510370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Centrifugal Compressors.
IPC: F04D29/30
Filed: 1915-07-16
Abstract: 10,370. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. July 16. Impeller blades.-In centrifugal compressor impellers having entrance buckets for directing the fluid to the vanes, means are provided for preventing vibration of the outer ends of the buckets. The buckets 14 have dovetailed bases fitting in diagonal grooves in a ring 12, which fits on the hub 9 of the impeller 8. The tops of the buckets 14 have ears 15 riveted to the main vanes 7, and extensions 16, 17 butting against one another to form a continuous ring. This ring is grooved to take a binding-wire 19. Instead of providing extensions 16, 17 and a binding-wire, a ring may be shrunk over the tops of the buckets. The base-ring 12 is secured by a shrunk-on ring 21. This construction allows each part to be made of the most suitable material.