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Patent GB-191214475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatically Operated Musical Instruments.
Filed: 1912-06-20
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 14,475. Hennig, K., and Hupfeld Akt.- Ges., L. June 20. Expression, controlling; blowing and exhausting air.-Two or more throttling-devices or governors are arranged in series, so providing vacua of different tensions for sounding notes of varying loudness. The action may be divided into two or more sections, and valves controlled by the tune-sheet connect the various sections to high or low tension exhaust. In Fig. 1, the chamber x is connected to exhaust, and the pipes q, r lead respectively to the bass and treble sections of the action. The port between the chambers x, a is controlled by a valve b connected by a cord d to a lever f and the moving-board of the bellows e. The valve b is adjusted either by the lever f or by means controlled by the tune-sheet. Springs g, h control the bellows e and valve b respectively. The port between the chambers a, i is controlled by a valve k connected to the moving-board of the bellows l. A bellows m is coupled to the bellows l and connected by a pipe n to the chamber a. A spring of adjustable tension may be substituted for the bellows m. Valves o, o<1>, p, p<1> may be operated by pneumatics o<3>, p<3> controlled by the tune-sheet to connect the pipes q, r to either the high-tension chamber a or the low-tension chamber i. The valves o', p' may be loose on their spindles, in which case they are operated by the air pressure. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, a pneumatic f<1> is mounted on the lever f and connected by a cord t, passing around pulleys u, s, to the moving-board of the bellows l. The pneumatic f<1> is controlled by the tune-sheet, but a lever pivoted on the lever f may be substituted for it. Springs control the movements of the valves b, k and the bellows l. Several secondary throttling-valves, such as k, may be arranged in parallel.
Patent GB-191219942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spraying Devices for Agricultural, Horticultural and like purposes.
IPC: B05B15/25
Filed: 1912-09-02
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 19,942. Benton & Stone, and Taylor, J. R. Sept. 2. Hand-pumps.-A spraying-device of the knapsack type comprises a tank a, Fig. 1, carrying on one side a pump c and on the other an airvessel b. An agitating-plate i is connected by a rod o, p to the lug r on the piston-rod h. The pump is operated by a lever secured to the forked end g of the rod h.
Patent GB-191301108-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hot Water System.
Inventor: TURNER MILES STANLEY
IPC: F24D17/00
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 1108. Turner, M. S. Jan. 15. Heating water.-Relates to a hot-water supply system and consists in the use of a small hot-water store cylinder for purposes r. quiring a small supply of very hot water in combination with a large hot-water store cylinder for general uses, an improved form of three-way diverting-valve being used to alter the connexions from one store cylinder to the other, as required. In the arrange ment shown, a single cylinder is used divided by an internal partition 17 with connexions so that the upper compartment can be used alone, or the upper and lower compartments together as a single large cylinder. The three-way diverting-valve is indicated at 14, the supply from the cold-water cistern at 11, the supply to the boiler at 16, and the return from the boiler at 15. The valve 4 is a double-sided lift valve guided by tongues and grooves 7 to prevent rotation during operation by the screw 10. The casing is in two parts with a screwed joint 8 so that it facilitates right or left hand connexions. A back or wall plate may be cast therewith for convenience in fixing to a wall.
Patent GB-191304278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Margarine and the like.
Inventor: SCHOU EINAR VIGGO
IPC: A23D7/02
Filed: 1913-02-19
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 4278. Schou, E. V. Feb. 19. Butter and butter substitutes.-Relates to an improvement in the process described in Specification 12,561/07. Margarine or like liquid fats or emulsions are cooled in thin layers on a cooling-surface, the thin scales are then scraped off, and instead of kneading them they are warmed to a suitable uniform temperature and pressed into a mass.
Patent GB-191307019-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Joints for Bedsteads and other Articles of Furniture.
Inventor: ADIE FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: F16B12/56
Filed: 1913-03-22
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 7019. Adie, F. C., and Blackmore, A. E. March 22. [Addition to 8182/11.] Joints and connexions.-In a bedstead joint of the type described in the parent Specification in which a screw pin d secured to the angle-iron c is engaged by a nut f permanently retained in the corner block b, the screw pin is so connected to the angleiron rail that it is capable of a slight angular movement. This may be effected by making the bolt with a square end d' having a loose fit in the opening in the rail and locking it by means of a pin e or by a split wire ring engaging a groove. The nut is attached by means of a split ring g. A gap b<2> is provided in the bracket b.
Patent GB-191312360-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Detaching and Drawing Away Single Paper Sheets or the like of Rhombic Shape from a Stack of Sheets.
IPC: B65B41/02
Filed: 1913-05-27
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 12,360. Sapal Soc. Anon. des Plieuses Automatiques. June 1, 1912, [Convention date]. File tables and supports for sheet feeds; sheet separators and guides. - In apparatus for feeding sheets such as labels of rhombic or diamond shape from the bottom of a pile 4, the labels are supported on a sliding plate 6, having a wide slot 11 through which a label can pass, and a narrow slot 10 through which a separating-member, such as a rubber finger 18 on a revolving shaft 16, acts to buckle one corner of the lowest sheet, and pass it through the slot 11 while the plate 6 is moving from right to left. On the return movement of the plate 6, which is reciprocated by a lever 7, the lowest sheet is further separated, and falls on the guide 23, so that on the next forward movement of the plate 6 the front corner is directed between rolls 24, 25 which complete the separation. The shaft 16 is rotated intermittently during the forward movement of the plate 6 by a spring-controlled rack 12 pivoted to the plate 6 and engaging a toothed wheel 15. A spring-pressed finger 20 serves to support the front end of the pile when the plate 6 is in its rearmost position. A pawl 17 prevents backward movement of the shaft 16. A fixed ledge 1<1> projects a short distance under the rear corner of the pile.
Patent GB-191314229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchange or other Switching Systems.
Filed: 1913-06-19
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 14,229. Telephon Apparat Fabrik E. Zwietusch & Co. July 5, 1912, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Automatic and semi - automatic exchange systems.-In a method of connecting one of a number of lines to an extending line, all such lines may simultaneously seize the extending line but only one line will remain in connexion therewith. The invention is shown applied to the means for connecting a selector trunk to an operator's equipment in a semi-automatic system, which is identical with part of the system described in Specification 15,952/12, wherein a calling subscriber is connected by first and second line-finding switches to an idle first-selector trunk, and thence by a lateral connexion through a distributing-switch to an idle operator who enquires the wanted number and writes it down on a key set, the connexion being then completed automatically through numerical selectors. Each first-selector trunk is provided with a relay having two windings, the first or exciting winding being energized over a back contact of a relay individual to the operator, the latter relay energizing in series with the holding-winding of the former relay. If several selector trunks should be trying simultaneously to connect themselves to the same operator, their respective relays will at first all be energized, but when the operator's relay becomes energized and opens the circuits of the exciting-windings of the trunk relays, the holding-windings, which are not so highly wound, will not receive enough current to energize more than one of them, and the armatures will drop back until only one of the trunk relays is left in circuit. Specifications 20,840/09, 16,867/11, and 16,151/12 are also referred to.
Patent GB-191316258-A (GB)
Title: Storm-lantern with Air-circulating Pipes.
Inventor: MUECHLER FRITZ
IPC: F21L19/00
Filed: 1913-07-15
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 16,258. M³chler, F. July 15, 1912, [Convention date]. Tubular lanterns. - The lower ends of the airpipes 1 of a storm lantern are secured to the reservoir by screw bolts 4 and wing-nuts 5, the bolts being soldered to the inner side of the cover of the reservoir and passing through vertical perforations in the air-pipes 1. The airpipes 1 are soldered to the air-chamber 3.
Patent GB-191316830-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wrench Combined with other Tools.
Inventor: POST WILLIAM EDWARD
IPC: B25F1/00
Filed: 1913-07-22
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 16,830. Post, W. E. July 22, 1912, [Convention date]. Pliers. - A combination too comprises a wrench having the toothed shank of the sliding jaw adapted to be locked by a spring-pressed block 17 which is in turn locked in engaging position by a nut 29 on the spring - pressed sliding bolt 22 engaging the bottom of the recess 30 in the body of the tool, a pair of pliers formed by a jaw 33 at the end of the shank remote from the wrench and a complementary jaw 34 formed on a separate shank 35 which is adjustably and detachably pivoted to the main shank, a pair of cutters 41, 42 formed at the base of the jaws of the pliers, and a screwdriver 46 formed at the end of the detachable shank 35.
Patent GB-191321224-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Centrifugal Fans or Pumps.
Inventor: DAVIDSON SAMUEL CLELAND
IPC: F04D29/28
Filed: 1913-09-19
Granted: 1914-09-17
Abstract: 21,224. Davidson, S. C. Sept. 19. Shallow overhung - blade fans; casings.-Relates to centrifugal fans and pumps o f the kind described in Specification 1476/12, and consists in the provision of an improved casing. The casing a, Fig. 1, is curved as shown, terminates on the intake side in a lip a<4> of greater diameter than t h e impeller b, and projects inwards over the blades p at their intake ends. The centripetal action of the intake end of the blades, described in the above - mentioned Specification, is thereby utilized to induce a flow of fluid through an annular space c as indicated by arrows. In a modification, the axial dimensions of the casing are increased as shown in Fig. 3. In a further modification, a double intake fan is described.
Patent GB-191324781-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Stopping Trains Independently of Driver when the Section is Occupied.
Inventor: ASHTON ALBERT
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1913-10-31
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 24,781. Ashton, A. Oct. 31. Mechanical systems, automatic; track apparatus actuating signals on and other than on trains; approach of trains, alarm apparatus for warning of. - A counterweighted r o c k shaft E carrying a plate E<1> is rocked, so as to set the plate E<1> in or out of position to actuate engine apparatus, either by the signalman or by a train passing a treadle A which is thereby rocked on hinges a and through links b, B, draws a wire or other connexion C against the action of a spring C<1>. The treadle A and plate E<1> are locked by a spring latch D until the next treadle A is passed. Fig. 7 shows a portable contact device E' for temporary use to protect a train or a working party on the track. It is fixed to the rails by screw clamps G.
Patent GB-191326194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Appliances for Shearing Metal.
Inventor: MONTGOMERY CHARLES ROBERT
IPC: B23D19/04
Filed: 1913-11-15
Granted: 1915-01-15
Abstract: 26,194. Montgomery, C. R. Nov. 15. Shearing; metal-sheet feeds; shear-blades. - In a rotary shearing-machine, one cutter is driven and is provided with a milled or like edge to grip and feed the work relatively to the machine. In the machine shown in Fig. 2, the cutters 1, 5 have edges detachable for renewal, and are mounted in plates 2, 3, 7, 8 adjustably secured to a frame 4, which is stepped as shown in Fig. 3 to allow the passage of the cut sheet 12. The lower cutter 1 is driven through bevel-gear 21, 20, 18, 17 and a belt pulley 15. In the portable device shown in Figs. 8 and 9, cutters 39, 40 having two pairs of cutting-edges are used, so that a strip 62 is cut out of the sheet 61 to allow the passage of the frame 43, which in this case is not stepped. The apparatus is guided by a handle 45, and the upper cutters are rotated by a handle 56, pawls 54, and ratchets 53. The plates 42 carrying the upper cutter 39 may be vertically adjusted by means of a block 49 to which they are pivoted, a nut 50, and a screw 51 secured to the frame 43. By the release of a catch (not shown), the plates 42 may be turned on their pivots to release the work. In addition to the milled or like edge on the cutters 39, 40, 'a milled surface is provided between the edges of the cutter 39 and on a ring 41 loose on the cutter 40. A portable device with a single pair of cutting-edges may be employed; but in this case the frame must be stepped as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191328450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Tin and Terne Plates and other like Metal Coated Plates or Sheets and in the Machinery or Apparatus Employed in the said Manufacture.
Inventor: THOMAS RICHARD BEAUMONT
IPC: C23C2/40
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-12-09
Abstract: 28,450. Thomas, R. B., Thomas, H. S., and Davies, W. R. Dec. 9. Cleaning; pickling; tinning and coating by dipping. - Tin, terne, and other metal-coated plates are manufactured by passing the plates separately through a machine comprising a pickling-bath, a swilling - bath or other swilling-device, a tin or like pot, a grease pot, and branning or dusting apparatus, the spaces between the various parts of the machine being occupied by guides, rollers, or other transferring - mechanism which renders unnecessary the employment of hand-labour between the introduction of the plates into the machine and their removal therefrom. A mechanical feeding - device may be employed for feeding the plates from a pile and introducing them singly into the machine. The feeding-device preferably consists of a lever a, Fig. 1, carrying a sucker as described in Specification 14,851/13, which delivers the plates singly to an inclined series of rollers c leading to a pickling-bath d, through which they are carried by counterbalanced pushing-arms e. As the plates leave the pickling-bath, they are transferred to a swilling-bath g by pivoted arms f, which are operated when pins e<2> on the arms e strike tail-pieces f<2>. The plates are pushed through the swilling-bath by arms h and then pass over rollers i to the coating-bath k, in front of which is a timing-device comprising a stop i<2>, which is raised in the path of the plate by a weighted lever l and is depressed, at the proper interval to allow a plate to enter the bath, by means of a sliding bar n which is operated by rotating cams p, the plate then entering the feed-rolls t and being carried through the bath by pushers s. The plate is carried through the grease pot at a slower speed than through the coating-bath, and is discharged, preferably by apparatus of the kind described in Specification 12.601/13, and passes to a branning-machine. In a modified arrangement, the plates are fed singly from a pile to a platform 1, Fig. 2, which is tilted periodically to allow the plate to fall into the pickling-bath, through which it is carried by disks or wheels e having a flat e<1> at one side. The plate is swilled by a row of water jets 7 adjacent to the rolls 8, which carry it to the coating-bath k through which it is pushed by arms s<1> and discharged on to a platform 9, which is tilted to allow the plate to pass into a bran trough 12 through which it is pushed by fingers 13. The plate then passes to the dusting-machine 17, the finished sheet being received on an inclined shelf 18.
Patent GB-191329968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Hops or the like.
Inventor: PONNDORF WILHELM
IPC: B30B9/12
Filed: 1913-12-30
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 29,968. Ponndorf, W. Dec. 30. Filter-presses.-A press for hops &c. comprises a tubular casing containing a conveyer screw and partly heated by a fire-grate. As shown, a sieve 3 is arranged within the press casing, through which the moisture drains, and the sieve extends into an extension 1 in which a drain connexion 6 is provided. A bar 10 at the end of the conveyer screw prevents the mass from revolving with the screw. For cleaning purposes, the sieve has a removable portion 8, Fig. 2, attached to a cover 7 on the extension. Above this portion, the furnace has a covered aperture. The delivery end is connected with an upwardly directed discharge pipe 13. The pitch of the screw may be diminished towards the discharge end, or a separate flight of low pitch provided. Steam may be injected through a pipe between the sieve 3 and the casing or extension, or through the shaft of the screw.
Patent GB-191401937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam and other Elastic-fluid Turbines.
Inventor: BONOM ALFRED
IPC: F01D1/28
Filed: 1913-01-24
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 1937. Bonom, A. Jan. 24, 1913, [Convention date]. Radial - flow (bladed) type balancing moving parts; reversing; leakage-preventing devices.-A reversible elastic - fluid turbine comprises an inner drum 16, Fig. l, carrying flanges 15 and an outer drum 12 carrying flanges 11. The flanges 15, 11 carry alternating rows of blades, and are so arranged that the passages A ... E increase successively in size from the inlet 9 at each end of the turbine to the annular exhaust space K at the centre of the turbine. The shaft 1, to which the inner drum 16 is secured, or the sleeve 13, to which the outer drum 12 is secured, may be locked to the driving-shaft 34 by means of a sliding clutch-ring 36 having teeth 38 adapted to engage either with a toothed wheel 32 secured to the shaft 1 or with a toothed wheel 33 secured to the sleeve 13. The drum 16 or 12 that is not locked to the driving-shaft 34 is held against rotation by a sliding block 26, Fig. 2, having teeth 27 adapted to engage a toothed wheel 30 on the sbaft 1 or a toothed wheel 31 on the sleeve 13. Leakage of steam &c. between the two drums 16,12 and between the drum 12 and the outer casing 7 is prevented by interengaging grooves 43 and ribs 44, annular spaces being arranged between the end faces of the ribs 44 and the bottoms of the grooves 43. The bushes 46 of the bearings have spirally-arranged grooves and slots 47 to distribute the oil, which is supplied under pressure through pipes 48, excess oil escaping through pipes 49. Holes are formed in the sleeve 13 to enable oil to enter the inner bearing 2.
Patent GB-191405069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Switches.
IPC: H01H19/06
Filed: 1914-02-27
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 5069. St. Helens Cable and Rubber Co., and White, J. C. Feb. 27. Cases and covers; handles.-Relates to waterproof or gas-tight electric switches. According to the invention, a socket 5, together with the terminals 6, 7, for connexion to the leads, is enclosed in a small casing 1 and the operating- member 17 for transferring motion from outside the casing is formed with a cylindrical wall 20 which depends into an oil-filled annular recess 21 in the lower cover 4 so as to form a liquid seal of the dip-and-recess type. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the casing is divided into two compartments by the partition 2 and the terminals 6, 7 are located in the upper compartment, which is closed by a screwed cover 3 provided with cross-ribs 33 whereby it may be turned. The leads enter through side members 14, 15, shaped to prevent water from dripping into them, and pass over the partition 12, Fig. 3, before being secured to the terminals. If the partition is sufficiently high, the terminals may be completely covered over and embedded in sealing-compound which may be a solid or a liquid, alternatively, if the partition 12 is only just higher than the top of the apertures through which the cables enter, then the sinuous path of the leads may be partly filled with sealing-compound. In the lower compartment is located the switch 5, which is of the tumbler type, the tumbler knob 16 engaging loosely in a slot in a. link 25 pivoted on a post 26 and having at its other end a pin 29 working in a slot and projecting into a circular recess in the inner wall portion 20 of the operating- member. The pin 29 may be fixed in the link 25 and work within a slot in the wall portion 20. In a construction in which a metal casing is employed, the walls of the casing surrounding the terminals are lined with insulating-material, the lower end of the casing projects inwardly, 36, Fig. 4, and the lower cover extends round it so that the liquid seal for the stem conveying rotary motion from the outside of the casing serves also as a seal for the lower end of the casing. The seal in this form may serve also for the cables, which may enter between the casing and the lower cover, pass through the liquid seal, and be connected to terminals placed below the partition 2, which in this case serves as the top of the casing. The casing may be provided with a single outlet so formed as to accommodate a conduit carrying the leads. The number of projecting cylindrical walls constituting the dip-and-recess seal may be varied.
Patent GB-191407574-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Mud Guards for Vehicles.
Inventor: KLOTZMANN KUESIEL
IPC: B60B7/00
Filed: 1914-03-25
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 7574. Klotzmann, K., and Klotzmann, B. March 25, 1913, [Convention date]. Mud-guards carried by wheels. - M u dguards care clamped between the rim b or felloe and a ring d, preferably of conical form, which has a cylindrical extension and is held by hinged members f<1>, g<1>, h<1>, the member f<1> being secured to the rim or felloe, and the member h<1> being adapted under the action of bolts l<1> and nuts k<1> to engage apertures in the ring d and draw it tightly against the mud-guard. The device may be applied to any kind of mud-guard with or without the ring d.
Patent GB-191409528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spring Buffers for Ships Steering Gear.
Inventor: TAYLOR CHARLES WILLIAM ALEXAND
IPC: B63H25/52
Filed: 1914-04-17
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 9528. Taylor, C. W. A. April 17. Dash-pots; connexions, attachments, and adjustments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs.-Relates to spring shackles for use with the chains of ships' steering gear, and consists in employing, within a cylinder containing oil, a spring-pressed piston screw-threaded on its rod so that the chains may be adjusted by turning the rod from outside the cylinder, the piston being prevented from rotating by suitable means. In the form shown in section in Fig. 1, a cylinder A filled with oil is mounted on wheels B so that its centre of gravity lies below the axles of the wheels. It is fitted at its closed end with an eye G for a cable, and at its open end with a stuffing-box F through which passes a piston-rod D carrying a cable-eye H. A piston C fits the cylinder loosely and is prevented from rotating therein by the pin M. The piston is mounted as a nut upon the piston-rod D sc that the distance between the eyes G, H may readily be adjusted to tighten the chains. Any separation of the eyes G, H which occurs during actual working of the steering-gear is cushioned by a helical spring E.
Patent GB-191412069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regulating Means for Explosion and Internal Combustion Engines and the like.
Inventor: WEYLAND JONAS ALBERT
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 1914-05-15
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 12,069. Weyland, J. A. May 15. Regulating.-The valve lever 2 carries another lever 5 which is moved more or less into the path of the cam 4 by a cam 9 keyed to the shaft on which the lever 2 turns.