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Patent GB-191225530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Wrought Metal Wheels for Road Vehicles.
Inventor: CHALLINER CHARLES
IPC: B60B9/26
Filed: 1912-11-07
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 25,530. Challiner, C. Nov. 7. [Cognate Application, 26,034/12.] Compression-spoke wheels; disk wheels; spokes, securing and adjusting.-The rim a, Fig. 1, is expanded to secure an inextensible tyre or tyrecarrying rim by wedges driven into one or more bridge-shaped recesses b, preferably tapered, and having the crown d of thinner metal than the sides ; or the sides may be hinged together. The spokes may be detachably connected to the rim by means of split washers g, Fig. 6, having conical surfaces h, j coacting with similar surfaces k, m on the rim sockets f and spokes, respectively, under the action of nuts n, clearances o, p being provided so that, when the nuts are slackened, the rim may collapse on the ends of the spokes. One of the pairs of coacting conical surfaces may be dispensed with. The spokes may be permanently secured to the rim and be of sinuous or corrugated form, as shown at q, Fig. 9, or twisted corkscrew fashion to allow of a limited amount of distortion. The inner ends of the spokes may be secured in hollow sockets r, which may be placed around the hub and welded or otherwise secured thereto and together, or may themselves form the hub.
Patent GB-191225577-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Collector-poles for use with Aerial Conductors.
Inventor: DELACHAUX CLARENCE LEON
IPC: B60L5/16
Filed: 1912-11-07
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 25,577. Delachaux, C. L. Dec. 4, 1911, [Convention date]. Releasing-devices for collectors.-Relates to a collector of the type in which the controlling- springs are connected to a shaft carrying rollers engaging centrally a cam surface on the rotary pole socket and, at the sides slots formed in the bifurcated bracket pivoted on the pole socket and carrying the trolly-pole, and consists in modifying this arrangement whereby the pole is supported when automatically uncoupled and a positive lifting movement under the action of the springs obtained after re-engagement. Figs. 2 and 3 show the collector pole i in its abnormally low and raised positions respectively. The shaft f carrying the rollers is now connected to the supporting-springs d by members m, one on each side of the rotary socket b, having depending arms m<2> adapted when the pole is lowered to engage V-shaped supports b<5>. Normally the rollers engage the part j<1> of the slots, but when the pole " jumps " the overhead conductor as shown in Fig. 3, the upper portion of the cam surface g engages the central portion of the rollers, whereupon the oblique action of the springs cause them to pass into the part j. The pole then falls under its own weight until the arms m<2> engage the supports b<5>. To again raise the pole to its normal position, it is pulled down into the position shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the rollers pass back into the part j<1> of the slots, and the pole is raised to its working position by the springs.
Patent GB-191226005-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process of Improving and Preserving Yeast.
Filed: 1912-11-12
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 26,005. Malz &. Nõhrprõparate Ges. Dec. 13, 1911, [Convention date]. Preserving yeast. - Persalts, preferably such as have an alkaline reaction, for example sodium percarbonate, are added to moist yeast in order to improve and preserve it.
Patent GB-191228425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saddles, Strips or Supports for Earthenware and the like.
Inventor: EDWARDS WALTER PROCTER
IPC: F27D5/00
Filed: 1912-12-10
Granted: 1913-12-10
Abstract: 28,425. Edwards, W. D. Dec. 10. Saggers. - Saddles, strips, and the like, for supporting earthenware vertically in saggers, are formed with indentations or recesses b cut away at the sides c so that the ware rests on separate short knife-edges and is prevented from slipping. The strips are preferably of triangular section, but strips of pentagonal or other suitable section may be used. In modifications, strips having knife-edges at the top are provided with upstanding rectangular or saw-toothed projections formed with knifeedges. In another modification, the indentations consist of two inclined knife-edges of saw-tooth or V-formation. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 28,197/10 and 826/11.
Patent GB-191306762-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for Straining and Cooling New Milk.
Inventor: TARR ARTHUR HENRY
IPC: A01J9/04
Filed: 1913-03-19
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 6762. Tarr, A. H. March 19. Cooling milk.-In an apparatus for straining and cooling milk, adapted to be supported on a churn, a vessel A provided with a muslin strainer attached at B receives the milk, which then flows through a removable strainer C and a number of holes D into a lower vessel F. This vessel has ventilating-holes G and a perforated base H through which the milk escapes and falls upon the exterior of a suspended ice-box K before passing into the churn. The apparatus is supported by means of legs M adapted to be sprung at variable heights upon the churn rim.
Patent GB-191306897-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for the Production of Copper by Electrolysis.
Inventor: PERREUR-LLOYD MARCEL
IPC: C25C1/12
Filed: 1913-03-20
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 6897. Lloyd, M. Perreur-. March 22, 1912, [Convention date]. Copper, depositing; electrodes. - A solution obtained from copper ores and charged with sulphurous acid is electrolyzed between an horizontal rotary cathode and an anode of perforated lead, carbon, or other insoluble material, completely surrounding the cathode at a uniform distance. Local formation of copper sulphide on the cathode is thus avoided. A high current density, say 4 or 5 amperes per square decimetre, is employed, so that the solvent action of ferric salts is negligible. In the arrangement shown, a rigid cathode cylinder C is supported by three spiders a' on a shaft and adjusted so as to be exactly co-axial with a surrounding anode B. The anode, which is mounted in wooden frames D, comprises a lower semi-cylindrical portion and two upper portions, the upper edges of which are bent over inclined boards d. Between these boards fits a bar E faced with lead so as to complete the anode surface. When it is required to strip the sheet copper from the cathode, the bar E only is removed. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 845/10.
Patent GB-191307758-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Tapped Turbines.
IPC: F01D1/02
Filed: 1913-04-02
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 7758. Bergmann-Elektricitõtswerke Akt.-Ges. April 4, 1912, [Convention date]. Plant. -Turbines in which the steam is tapped at an intermediate stage for other purposes are controlled by a speed - governor r and a pressure-governor d, operated by the pressure in the tapped stage, which simultaneously and independently control the high and low-pressure valves h, u in the same sense by means of the rods c, c, f, g, while the pressure governor d also adjusts the valve u, or alternatively the valve h, in the opposite sense through the lever b, the pivot p being adjustable in position. The construction is designed to keep the output substantially constant with variable withdrawal of steam, and vice versa. Instead of direct control as shown, servomotors may be employed.
Patent GB-191316654-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for and Method of Cutting the Pile of Velvets, Velvettens, or other similar Fabrics.
Inventor: FLETCHER JOHN
IPC: D03D39/24
Filed: 1913-07-21
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 16,654. Fletcher, J. July 21. Pile, cutting.-The cutting-knife is given a rotary movement during the relative longitudinal movement of the knife and cloth to vary the cutting position. The form of cut may be varied, and the movement may be intermittent .or sustained. Fig. 1 shows the invention applied to a knife mount as described in Specification 14,674/12, the roller rest c<1> having an inclined groove c<2> with which engages a projection d from the knife haft b. The movement may be arrested by depressing the spring-supported stop h<1> into one of the holes h in the roller. A scale e shows the angle of cut. The roller may have a compound movement imparted to it as shown in Fig. 5, where the roller c<3> does not contact with the cloth and is mounted loose on the double reverse screw-threaded shaft i fixed in the frame. The end rollers c' run on the cloth and drive the roller c<3> through gear and friction wheels i<1>, i<2>. The roller c<3> has castors, k engaging the screw-threads, thus driving the roller laterally and reversing it at the ends. The rotary movements may be given from a separate part, such as an oscillating disk m, Fig. 6, sliding on a shaft n and connected to the knife haft by a rod o and a nip o<2>. A rod l imparts the longitudinal motion of the knife to the disk m. A cam-groove may be used instead of an oscillating disk. In a modification, the motion is alternately imparted by two grooved rollers geared together, each engaging a separate pin d. The pins are mounted on sleeves on the haft which are alternately clutched to the haft as one of the rollers revolves in contact with the cloth. The haft may also be continuously rotated by a worm driven from the roller.
Patent GB-191317554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Punching and the like Machines.
IPC: B21D28/26
Filed: 1913-07-31
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 17,554. Cameron, M. H., and Cameron, J. July 31. Punching; punches. - Metal sheets are fed and adjusted longitudinally in a punching, shearing, or like machine by means of rollers operated by hand or by power and controlled from any position in front of the machine. Fig. 2 shows the invention applied to the punching-machine described in Specification 28,027/12, the rollers h being driven by an electric motor 12 through a train of gearing including a reversing gear. The gears 7, 8, Fig. 4, loose on the shaft 13 rotate in opposite directions, and either one can be clutched to the shaft 13 by moving a member 9 towards it. The members 9 are operated by link-work 14, 16, 15 connected to the hand-rails 19, which extend across the machine and are pivoted to the operator's platform 17. When the handrails are in their mid-position, the rollers h are stationary and, to prevent damage, this position is automatically maintained, during the operation of the punch, by a cam 34 which through the link-work 32, 31, 30, 27, 28 moves the slides 25, 26, engaging projections 21, 22 of the pivot 20, in opposite directions. When the punch a is prevented from operating by the removal of the gag 39<Î>, the automatic safety device may be put out of operation by sliding the cam 34 along the shaft 35 by means of a lever 38<Î>. The rollers h each have a fixed flange l and a flange m, Fig. 8, urged towards the other by a spring-pressed or weighted lever o, which is pivoted to an adjustable slide p. The rollers may be rotated by the hand-wheel 39, Fig. 2, or the like. In a modification, the rollers and the punch and die slides are operated by reversing motors 47, 46, Fig. 8, controlled by switch boxes 53, 54 connected to bars 55, 56 having handles 68, 58, 69 and 66, 57, 67. The handles 57, 58 are pivoted in a projection 59 of the slide c, and can move along, but not turn on, the rods 55, 56.
Patent GB-191320821-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vapour Electric Apparatus.
Inventor: DARMOIS EMILE EUGENE
IPC: H05B41/06
Filed: 1913-09-15
Granted: 1914-09-10
Abstract: 20,821. Darmois, E. E., and Leblanc, M. A. E. Sept. 15. Low-pressure metallic-vapour apparatus.-In a mercury lamp, rectifier, &c. having electrodes disconnected when inoperative, starting is effected wholly or partly by a heater for the electrodes, which is arranged so that, on temporary cessation of working, it is not brought into action until the apparatus has cooled below a temperature at which spontaneous re-starting may occur. Prolonged delay in re-starting is thus avoided. A switch in circuit with the heater may comprise a thermal actuating-device placed near the vapour apparatus and consisting of a wire, a bimetallic strip 8, Fig. 5, or a closed vessel 9, Fig. 3, resembling a differential air thermometer and provided with leading-in wires in series with the heater 2. A switch opened by an electro-magnet in series with the vapour. apparatus, but retarded by a dash-pot or fan, may otherwise be used. The heater may be a coil 2, Fig. 5, wound around adjacent parts of a lamp between the lower ends of a looped lighting-tube 16 and sealed electrode-receptacles 18. Short inclined condensing-tubes 20 may communicate with the lighting-tube at its ends, which may be constricted. A high electric pressure may be applied at starting. According to the Provisional Specification, the invention is applicable to apparatus in which starting is effected by heating a column of mercury connecting the electrodes.
Patent GB-191321516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Locking Devices for Railway Carriage and other Vehicle Doors.
Inventor: BLACKBURN JOHN HENRY
IPC: E05B65/42
Filed: 1913-09-24
Granted: 1914-09-17
Abstract: 21,516. Blackburn, J. H. Sept. 24. Railway-carriage doors and the like, fastening automatically. - Relates to a device for automatically locking railway - carriage and other doors and for instantly returning the lock to the locking position if any unlocking takes place while the carriage is in motion, Three latches 1 are spring-mounted on a plate 2 pivoted at 3, the plate 2 being rotated by means of a lever 6 with pawl 7 which engages a ratchet-wheel 4 on the same pivot 3. To open the door, the lever 6 is lowered to the horizontal position and raised again to the position shown in Fig. 1, when the pawl 7 engages a tooth 8 and rotates the plate 2 to an unlocking position for the latch 1. The plate 2 is held in the operative or inoperative position by means of the engagement of spring- pressed members 13 with recesses 14 in a detent wheel 11 also mounted on the shaft 3. For locking the door when the vehicle starts, a lever 15, pivoted at 17 near the door and provided with a pawl 16 which engages the ratchet teeth 8, is arranged to be reciprocated by means of an eccentric 23, Fig. 3, on the wheel-axle 24, a spring-pressed lever 20 and a rod 18 alongside the carriage. The rod 15 is constantly reciprocated, so that if, at any time, the lock is withdrawn, it is immediately closed by the reciprocating rod and pawl 16. In a modification, a horizontal rod alongside the carriage is reciprocated, and by means of a spring-urged projection intermittently rotates a vertical rod which transfers its motion through bevel-wheels to the rotating plate.
Patent GB-191322782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bells or Gongs.
Inventor: NICHOLAS RICHARD
IPC: G10K1/066
Filed: 1913-10-09
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 22,782. Nicholas, R. Oct. 9. Gongs; plate vibrators. -A gong or plate vibrator comprises a metal plate A freely suspended by cords B from screws G adjustably secured in the front portion of a soundbox or resonating case C containing the striking- mechanism E. The plate is spaced from the cosing all round its periphery as shown at D.
Patent GB-191326391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Starting Mechanism for Explosion Motors.
Inventor: FILLETTAZ EDMOND
IPC: F02N3/00
Filed: 1913-11-17
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 26,391. Fillettaz, E. Nov. 17. [Addition to 6484/12.] Clutches, claw.-A claw clutch is formed by recesses in a sleeve on a driving shaft 33, corresponding recesses in a second sleeve on a driven shaft and interposed balls 45, which under centrifugal force fly into the recesses on the second sleeve when the speed of the driven shaft rises. The parent Specification is referred to.
Patent GB-191328588-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Patch Pockets of Garments.
Inventor: NEWMAN MORRIS
IPC: A41D27/20
Filed: 1913-12-11
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 28,588. Newman, M. Dec. 11. Pockets.-In a patch pocket, the sides and bottom edge of the pocket back A are connected to the garment B by a pleat C of one or more folds. The edges of the pleat may be doubled over so as to form the part D of the pleat of double material.
Patent GB-191328757-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Radio-active Solid Bodies.
IPC: G21G4/04
Filed: 1913-12-12
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 28,757. Radiomen Ges. Dec. 13, 1912, [Convention date]. Radio-active substances.-A radio-active body comprises a container of, porous inert material enclosing radiothorium. The body is used by placing it in a liquid in which the radiothorium is insoluble, but which is capable of dissolving the decomposition product, thorium-X, the mother substance of the emanation. A suitable liquid is a very weak solution of sodium chloride and carbonate, preferably slightly acidulated with hydrochloric acid.
Patent GB-191406493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: F02B57/08
Filed: 1914-03-14
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 6493. Thompson, W. P., [Berliner, E.]. March 14. Four-stroke-cycle engine.s; cylinders, construction of; exhaust-silencers. - The engine has radial cylinders which revolve. A large beat valve in the cylinder head is held open by cams 14, 15 during the exhaust and the beginning of the suction strokes; towards the end of the suction stroke, a vacuum tends to form in the cylinder and a combustible charge enters in consequence through a port 17, Fig. 8, when it is uncovered by the piston. The port 17 is closed by a valve 22 worked through a lever 28 by angularly adjustable cams 31, 32. By doubling the speed or the number of the cams 31, 32 the valve may be made to open the port 17 to an exhaust-silencer which has internal baffles, Fig. 6, or is in the form of a plain cap 33, Fig. 8, with a deeply notched lower edge 34 and directs the gases on to the admission pipe 26.
Patent GB-191406825-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus to be Fixed to Windows for Hoisting Furniture and other similar Objects into Buildings.
Inventor: LEROUX JEAN BAPTISTE HENRY
IPC: B66C23/22
Filed: 1914-03-18
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 6825. Leroux, J. B. H. March 18. [Addition ,to 9144/12.] Window appliances. - The horizontal bars 24 described in the parent Specification are provided with one or more cam - actuated clamps instead of with screw clamps. Fig. 2 shows a construction in which the inner clamp is cam-actuated and the outer one secured by a screw clamp 10. The rotation of the cam 19 forces the member 17 downwards until a projection 23 engages one of a series of notches 24. A projection 22 on the cam-actuating lever prevents the fingers of the operator from being squeezed between the lever and the bar. A similar cam-actuated clamp may replace the screw clamp 10.
Patent GB-191410041-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
Inventor: TURNER PERCY STUART
IPC: H01H19/10
Filed: 1913-06-18
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 10,041. Turner, P. S. June 18, 1913. Contacts.-Relates to switches constructed with shafts on which rotary movable contacts are mounted, and consists of means for readily removing the contact-carrying shafts from their bearings. By first removing a hooked filling- piece 28 from the journals 25 at the right-hand ends, the shafts can be slid longitudinally so as to free the journals 24 at the other ends, both shafts together with their cranks and operating-links 27 being then completely removable from their bearings. The further construction of the switches may be as described in Specification 14,112/13, relating to interlock switches for multiple-unit motor controllers.
Patent GB-191418605-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for Recovering Products from Acid Sulphates.
Inventor: HUNNYBUN GERALD
IPC: C01B17/50
Filed: 1914-08-12
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 18,605. Hunnybun, G., [Stanes, F. J., and Roge, G. S.]. Aug. 12. Sulphur dioxide is prepared by heating sulphur with sodium or other acid sulphate in the absence of free oxygen. A residue of monosulphite remains, and this may be converted into bisulphite by treatment with sulphurous acid.
Patent GB-191505533-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Coin-freed Apparatus for Testing Manual Strength of Pull, and Electric-circuit Endurance.
Inventor: KEAST WILLIAM
IPC: G07F17/04
Filed: 1915-04-13
Abstract: 5533. Keast, W. April 13. Strength - testing apparatus.-The strength is tested by raising an arm b against the action of a spiral spring g, and is indicated on the dial d of a clock-work train D by a pointer d' on a spindle d<2>. The arm b is connected by levers h, h', h' to a sliding rod f and through links h, h<3> to the spring g. A sliding rod e, adapted to be coupled to the rod f by the inserted coin, is connected by a chain d<4> to the spring drum of the clock-work. A hammer l strikes a bell m when a predetermined pull is obtained, and a prize may also be delivered through a door a'. Electricity, administering.-The apparatus is also adapted to administer an electric shock, the intensity of which is indicated by the same pointer d' and dial d. The terminals of a coil d<10> are connected to gripping-handles c, c<1>, and the handle c is connected to a second sliding bar f<1>. A second sliding bar e<1>, connected by a chain d<5> to the spring drum of the clock-work, is coupled by the inserted coin to the second sliding bar f<1>, the coin simultaneously bridging a gap in the circuit. A lever d<8>, connected to the core d<9> of the coil d<10> and by a cord d<7> to a pulley d<6> on the spindle d', moves down with the chain d<5>, so that the intensity of the shock is indicated by the pointer d'. Coin action, mechanical and electric connexion.- The coin r, Fig. 5, connects the bars e, f or e<1>, f<1>, Fig. 5, showing the connexion in the case of the bars e, f, and also serves to bridge the gap in the electric circuit, the terminals o being connected to the insulated casing i.
Patent GB-191506482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Evaporation of Solutions, Salts and the like to Dryness.
IPC: B01D1/00
Filed: 1915-04-30
Abstract: 6482. Winn, G. W., and Metals Extraction Corporation. April 30. Bulk evaporators.-In evaporating concentrated salt solutions and salts containing water of crystallization to dryness, and particularly in dehydrating the concentrated zinc sulphate solution obtained as described in Specification 21,737/14, [Class 1 (iii), Oxides &c., Metallic], the trays or other receptacles employed are lined with a thin covering of a carbonaceous substance, such as paper or other fabric, tar, tarred paper, greased paper, bitumen, or Brunswick black, in order to prevent the salt from adhering to the surface of the trays. When tar or Brunswick black is employed the lining is baked or charred before the tray is used. In treating zinc sulphate, the trays are heated to 300-500‹ C. for 35-40 minutes. The trays may be carried through a furnace or oven by an endless travelling chain.
Patent GB-191506513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or conneced with Automatic Weft Replenishing Looms.
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1915-05-01
Granted: 1915-12-16
Abstract: 6513. British Northrop Loom Co., [Northrop Loom Co.]. May 1. Shuttles, changing bobbins and other weftcarriers in, automatically.-In weft-replenishing mechanism with an intermittently rotating magazine 3, the movable abutment 15, which serves as a guide for one side of the bobbin 4 during transfer, is arranged to prevent the operation of the mechanism upon failure of the feeder properly to position the bobbin. The shank 16 of the abutment slides in guiding-lugs 13, 14 and is pressed outwards by a spring 17, its inward movement being limited by a stop 18. A latch 19, pivoted to the end of the shank 16 and held vertically by a spring 20, engages an adjustable lug 21 on the dog 11 of the transferrer 9, and holds it out of the path of the bunter on the lay until the abutment 15 'has been slid into a position properly to guide the bobbin 4 into the exhausted shuttle.