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Patent GB-191230072-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Cellulosic Materials to Obtain Fermentable Sugars and the like therefrom.
Inventor: TOMLINSON GEORGE HERBERT
Filed: 1912-12-31
Granted: 1913-12-31
Abstract: 30,072. Tomlinson, G. H. Jan. 29, [Convention date]. Glucose.-Fermen table sugars are produced from sawdust &c. by first treating with steam at a temperature below that of decomposition, for example, steam at 20-30 lb. pressure, next admitting acid &c. at a lower temperature and preferably in small quantity and in the form of spray, so that it penetrates the sawdust, and then digesting with steam. The preliminary heating yields turpentine &c. in the case of resinous woods. The acid may be in the form of a gas. The apparatus comprises a rotary digester 1 lined with acid-proof bricks set in a cement such as litharge and glycerine. An axial pipe 9 admits steam, and vapours are discharged through pipes 23, 20, the former being joined to, but sealed from, the pipe 9 by T-connexions 21, 24. Acid is sprayed in through a nozzle 34 upon a pipe 33 placed within the pipe 23. In operation, steam is first admitted through pipes 12, 9 and exhausts to a condenser through pipes 23, 20, 27. A valve 29 is then closed, acid is sprayed in, and the material is digested under steam pressure. Preferably, a number of digesters are connected so that vapours may be blown off from one through pipes 18,15,14 into another digester through pipes 16, 9. The vapours may also blow-off through a cock 4 and pipe 5. The valve 29 is provided with a by-pass fitted with a safety-valve.
Patent GB-191302473-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Wrapping Toffee, or other Sweetmeats, Substances, or Articles.
IPC: B65B51/00
Filed: 1913-01-30
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 2473. Rose, H., and Rose Bros. Jan. 30. Packeting by wrapping-up.-In apparatus of the kind described in Specification 27,220/08, the gripper that rotates the. partly wrapped tablet is modified, one jaw 2, Fig. 1, having the gripping-surface 1 concaved, and the other jaw 3 being of less width. In a modification, Fig. 5, the upper jaw 2 has two gripping- surfaces 5, 6 at an angle to each other.
Patent GB-191304374-A (GB)
Title: Horse Drawn Tipping Waggon.
Inventor: CHRISTENSEN PETER CHRISTIAN VI
IPC: B60P1/14
Filed: 1913-02-20
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 4374. Christensen, P. C. V. Feb. 20. Tipping wagons.-The tipping is effected by the operation of a chain l, fixed at one end to the underframe and at the other end to the drum e upon which it is wound, and bearing intermediately upon a pulley n carried by the lower end of a link m pivoted to the wagon body. The drum e is rotated through spur gearing from a crank handle j, and backward rotation is prevented by a ratchet-wheel and pawl. The body is supported in its raised position by a pair of toggle levers o.
Patent GB-191306349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Endless Track Carts or Vehicles.
Inventor: VITTURI PIETRO GENERINI
IPC: B62D61/00
Filed: 1913-03-14
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 6349. Vitturi, F. G. March 14. Portable-track wheels.-A cart or vehicle provided with an endless track, for conveying heavy goods over rough or soft ground, comprises a broad hoop 1 fitted internally with two parallel annular rails 4 forming a track for one or more small wagons. A toothed rim within the hoop is engaged by a toothed wheel 6 driven from a motor 8 on one of the wagons. The hoop may be fitted with removable spokes, or the spokes may be omitted and the hoop strengthened by a suitable frame. A double shaft or bar 11, provided with eyes 12 for connexion to a road motor or for animal traction, may be fitted, and a friction brake 9 or drag brake 10 may be provided.
Patent GB-191307310-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Supplying of Injection Air to the Fuel Nozzles of Oil Engines.
IPC: F02M67/02
Filed: 1913-03-27
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 7310. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. March 27. Pressure-relieving devices for fluids.-To pre. vent the bursting of compressed-air bottles that supply spraying-air to the fuel-injection nozzles of oil engines, a safety device 12, which is shown in section in Fig. 3, is placed between the nozzle 5 and the bottle 7, so that excessive pressure due to combustion in the nozzle is prevented from reaching the bottle by a non-return valve 20 but is relieved by rupturing a copper or like diaphragm 16.
Patent GB-191311484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tachometers or Speed Indicators.
Inventor: HARDING THOMAS WALTER
IPC: G01P13/04
Filed: 1913-11-03
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 11,484. Harding, T. W. Nov. 3. Speed indicators.-Combined speed and revolution-direction indicators for marine engines are modified to give indications on both sides of a bulkhead by providing a duplicate dial and indicating-hands contained in a second casing which projects through a hole in the bulkhead. The second casing K<1> is secured to the steel plate E to which the main indicator casing K is attached, and the plate is afterwards bolted over the hole in the bulkhead. The duplicate revolution-direction and speed-indicating hands C<1>, A<1> are carried by extensions of the shafts D, B and move over the duplicate dial J<1>, the driving- shaft G of the speed indicator being made hollow to carry the shaft B. Specifications 1444/77, 21,311/93, and 12,421/94 are referred to.
Patent GB-191314869-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hat Pins.
Inventor: JUNIPER WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1913-06-27
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 14,869. Juniper, W. J. June 27. Pin heads.; point-protectors for pins.-Relates to hat - pins of which the heads are adapted for use in protecting the points of other pins. According to the invention, the cushion in the head b is formed of a layer of india-rubber c backed with cork d.
Patent GB-191315704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fire Grates and Fuel Holders.
Inventor: BIRTWISTLE JAMES HENRY
IPC: F23H13/02
Filed: 1913-07-08
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 15,704. Birtwistle, J. H., and Innes, G. D. July 8. Grates.- Relates to fire-grates of adjustable width of the type described in Specification 7929/11. The side standards a are provided with collars or sleeves b in which are fitted loosely the ends of the front bar c of the front grate d. This is made up to any width desired by the addition of extension pieces d', formed with checked ends d<6> so as to ensure firm engagement, and strung on bolts d<2> which connect the sides of the bottom grate d to the side standards a. These bolts pass through slots, the centres of which are the sleeves b, so that the inclination of the grate d may be adjusted. Trivets i are fitted in the standards. In a modification, the grate d is supported by L-shaped brackets e, Fig. 7, which are passed through suitably formed extension pieces d<1> and are bolted to the slotted standards a and the grate d. Fig. 13 shows an extension f bolted at f<2> to the slotted grate d and connectible by means of a stud d<2> to the slotted side standards. The bottom grate may have central extensions or insertions d' similar to those described above.
Patent GB-191316990-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Envelopes.
Inventor: BENEDICT CHARLES LEWIS
IPC: B65D27/04
Filed: 1913-07-24
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 16,990. Benedict, C. L. July 24. Envelopes are provided with a transparent strip through which the address, written on the enclosure, is displayed. To secure the transparent strip in position more securely than by adhesive alone, the strip is made of greater length than the envelope, the ends being folded over along with the side flaps. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the transparent strip 3 is further provided with apertures 4 through which the side flaps adhere to the back 1 of the envelope.
Patent GB-191328097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Salt Bath Furnaces.
Inventor: BRAYSHAW SHIPLEY NEAVE
IPC: C21D1/44
Filed: 1913-12-06
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 28,097. Brayshaw, S. N., and Brayshaw, E. R. Dec. 6. Melting-pot furnaces; doors, lids, and covers; observation devices.-Consists of an improved salt-bath furnace for treating inter alia articles of high-speed steel. The combustion chamber containing the melt pot B widens out at the bottom and is there provided with a tangential burner opening C and at right-angles thereto, an inspection opening a<1>, at the same level on one side, and a tap-hole a<2> and plug D<1> on the opposite side, but a little lower. A flange a<3> round the upper part of the combustion chamber causes the hot gases to surround the melt pot fully before entering the flue E. The furnace is closed by a cover F in which is an opening closed by a conical plug G hung from a balanced belt-crank arm w pivoted to a swivelling pillar g', Fig. 3. The plug D for the inspection opening is carried by a bracket d running on guide-rods d<1>, d<2> of unequal length so as to allow the plug to swing clear of the opening; the plug is secured in place by a screw d<5> abutting against a cross-plate d', engaging necks on the rods d<1>, d<2> and adapted to be disengaged by a partial turn about the screw, as indicated in Fig. 3. The burner or mixing- chamber for the gaseous fuel is of the kind described in Specification 11,117/10, [Class 75 (i), Burners &c.]. An auxiliary chamber H is heated by the hot gases from the flue E, or independently, and is preferably fitted with sliding doors K, Fig. 1, such as are described in Specification 23,066/11.
Patent GB-191404779-A (GB)
Title: Aluminium Alloy.
Inventor: MCADAMS WILLIAM ALBERT
IPC: C22C21/00
Filed: 1914-02-24
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 4779. McAdams, W. A. Feb. 24. Alloys. - An aluminium alloy contains also silver, and cadmium or titanium, or both, all in comparatively small proportions.
Patent GB-191406634-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rails.
Inventor: BREWSTER LEE
IPC: E01B5/08
Filed: 1914-03-16
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 6634. Brewster, L. March 18, 1913, [Convention date]. Rails, metallic built-up; chair plates.-Relates to rails formed of two parts each comprising a head 1, web 2 and base flange 3, the head extending on both sides of the web and the base flange on one side only, and the parts being secured on a base-plate 8 having a lug 9 between the rail webs ; and consists in forming the lug of a height equal to the thickness of the base flanges of the rails. The rails break joint and are secured to the base-plate by bolts 11. The joints of the sections are further secured by fish-plates 13. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the lug 9 may be omitted and the base flanges extended beyond each rail web into contact, as with the heads 1. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191407428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines suitable for Making Ice.
Inventor: GRANT CHARLES DE VERE
IPC: F25C1/22
Filed: 1914-03-24
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 7428. Grant, C. de V. March 24. Ice-cream and like freezers.-Apparatus for making ice in moulds comprises a double-walled insulated tub &c. A, an inner chamber F<1> containing freezing-mixture, and an air-pump B by which compressed air is forced through an annular reservoir D' and a perforated pipe D<2> so as to agitate the freezing-mixture and promote rapid freezing. The mould F is supported clear of the walls of the inner chamber F<1> by means of lateral supports G, and a lid A', which may be fitted with an air-relief valve, is pro- , vided. A pressure gauge E and a regulating- valve may he fitted to the pump connexion D.
Patent GB-191413164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Hat-pins.
Inventor: HUDSON SARAH JANE
IPC: A44B9/06
Filed: 1914-05-28
Granted: 1914-09-24
Abstract: 13,164. Hudson, S. J. May 28. Pins, dress and like, kinds of; retaining-devices for pins. -Relates to hat-pins which are combined with eyelets secured to the hat and which are prevented from escape therefrom, and consists (1) in forming the pin with two prongs of unequal length, and (2) in permanently mounting the hat eyelet c on the longer prong.
Patent GB-191415362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, the Launching of Boats from Ships.
Inventor: SNELLING JOHN CHARLES
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1914-06-26
Granted: 1915-05-27
Abstract: 15,362. Snelling, J. C. June 26. Davits.-A device for launching ships' boats comprises a platform fitted with a pair of turntables each provided with an independently-controlled derrick adapted to lift boats stored in various positions on the ship's deck and to launch them on either side of the ship as occasion demands. The derrick;, arms b, b<1>, preferably formed of steel tubing, are bifurcated at the edges, the lower members f, f<1> being pivoted at h, h<1> to the turntables c, c<1>, while the upper members are joined by crossbraces i, i<1> adapted to carry shackles for the boat falls. The turntables are supported by central pivots and circumferential rollers. The lifting - tackles for the derrick arms are connected to struts p coupled together by a tie-rod r, and to a common mast o by tie-rods q. The derrick arms and other parts of the structure can be strengthened by wire stays or tie-bars.
Patent GB-191417195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Journal Jacks.
Inventor: ALYEA EMERY TONY
IPC: B61K5/00
Filed: 1914-07-20
Granted: 1915-04-22
Abstract: 17,195. Alyea, E. T., and Alyea, G. G. July 20. Jacks.-A lifting-jack, more especially for car journal-boxes, comprises a ratchet-driven screw-jack fitted with a clamp for securing the car wheel to the rail while the journal-box is being lifted. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the cylindrical jack body is formed with a neck 8 and is provided with a handle 9. The screw 13 is journaled in a foot bearing 14 and engages a nut in a sleeve depending from the jack-head 18, which is prevented from rotating by a setscrew 20 engaging a slot in the sleeve. A plate 23 bolted to the jack casing carries a roller bearing for a shaft 24, which is geared through bevel-wheels 26, 15 to the screw. A bevel reversing-gear comprises wheels 27, 28 loose and pinned to the shaft 24 respectively, and pinions 29 loosely journaled within a casting surrounding the shaft 24. Ratchet-wheels 32, 33 are keyed to the shaft 24 and to the hub of the wheel 27 respectively, and are engaged by pawls 34 mounted on the same pin, which is carried in the bifurcated end of the lever socket 36 which finds a bearing upon the shaft 24 and upon the hub of the wheel 27. A spring finger 38 is provided to keep either pawl out of engagement, and an up-and-down motion of the lever-bar 37, which is connected to the socket 36 by a bayonet-joint, causes the jack to be raised or lowered. The jack is primarily intended for lifting axle-boxes, and is thus provided with a clamp 41, 42 for securing the wheel against lifting from the rail. The part 41 engaging the wheel has a T-head guided in slots in the jack-frame, and the part 42 engaging the rail passes through a hole in the part 41, a spring 48 around the latter forcing the parts into engagement. The bite of the clamp may be varied by passing the end of the spring through any of a series of holes in the shank of the piece 42. In a modification, the driving-shaft has only one indented wheel and no ratchet or reversing-gears, the reverse being accomplished by a reversing-pawl. In this form, a modified. clamp is described in which the member engaging the wheel flange slides on the notched shank of the rail member, which is connected to the jack body by a round-headed pin sliding in guides on the jack.
Patent GB-191418973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Grinding Wheels or Tools.
Inventor: ASHBY SYDNEY GUY
IPC: B24B41/00
Filed: 1914-08-22
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 18,973. Ashby, S. G. Aug. 22. Disk apparatus.-The attachment comprises a frame or carrier A formed with a gear-box D at one end, and a spigot C at the other end adapted to be centred in the loose headstock of the lathe. In the gear-box is journaled a spindle F carrying a spur-wheel G and projecting through the detachable side E of the box so as to be secured in a chuck or the like on the fixed headstock of the lathe and to be driven thereby. In the box is a second spindle H, carrying inside the box a pinion J adapted to be driven by the spur-wheel, and outside the box a grinding-wheel B. Intermediate gear-wheels may be used; a grinding-wheel may be fitted on each end of the spindle H.
Patent GB-191422833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Liquid Fuel Reservoirs for use with Internal Combustion Engines and for other purposes.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
IPC: B60K15/077
Filed: 1914-11-20
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 22,833. Justice, P. M., [Fiat-San Giorgio (Soc. Anon.)]. Nov. 20. Tanks; submarine vessels.-A liquid-fuel tank, particularly applicable for submarine vessels, is divided into a series of water-tight compartments C', C<2>, C<3>, C<4> connected by pipes t<1>, t<2>, t<3>, the last compartment C<4> being connected by a pipe t<4> to a water pump D. The water displaces the fuel through all the compartments to the delivery pipe A, but is in contact with it in one compartment only.
Patent GB-191423511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Chain or Flexible Saws.
Inventor: FARRER WILLIAM CHARLES
IPC: B27B33/14
Filed: 1914-12-04
Granted: 1915-09-02
Abstract: 23,511. Farrer, W. C. Dec. 4. Saws.-In chain-saws, the links A that are pivoted at D to, and connect together, the sections B of the saw are of the section shown in Fig. 2 and straddle the sections of the saw. Bending of the saw in one direction is limited by the squared corners of the links A contacting together, or by the bend of the links engaging the back edges of the saw sections. Saws of the kind in which the sections are connected together by pairs of side plates are referred to.
Patent GB-191500731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Lasting Boots or Shoes and for Inserting Stitches or other Permanent Fastening Devices therein.
IPC: A43D75/00
Filed: 1915-01-16
Granted: 1915-12-02
Abstract: 731. Ricks, F., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Jan. 16. Boot-sole sewing - machines. - Machines for lasting and simultaneously inserting stitches or other permanent fastening-devices in the Veldtshoen construction of shoes, such as those of the type described in Specification 4058/12, are provided with an auxiliary member which beds the upper into the crease, and also feeds unfastened upper material towards the fastening- devices. The needle 1, awl 2, pincers 3, presserfoot, work-support, and other parts operate substantially in the same manner as is described in the above-mentioned Specification. The auxiliary member is shown at 6, and is mounted on the same pivot 7 of the feed-frame 8 as the oscillating awl-carrier 9. The member is slotted at 16 to serve as a rand guide, and is normally held with its work-engaging face 10 substantially in the same plane as that of the work-support, by a spring 11 connected to pins 12, 13 projecting respectively from the frame 8 and the member 6; the spring holds the pin 13 against a face 14 on the feed-frame. As the awl 2 approaches the end of its stroke, the carrier 9 lifts the member 6 and causes a sharply-formed edge 15 of its face 10 to bed the upper firmly into the crease, while the projecting sole margin is also bent upwards. The member 6 then moves with the awl 2 during the feed, and operates both as a means for retaining the upper in its bedded condition, and as a work-feeding device for the unfastened upper. The member 6 may be used instead of, or in conjunction with, the device for preventing the sole margin from being bent towards the last described in Specification 20,047/14.
Patent GB-191501198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Incendiary Bullets, Shells and the like.
Inventor: BUCKINGHAM JAMES FRANK
IPC: F42B12/44
Filed: 1915-01-25
Abstract: 1198. Buckingham, J. F. Jan. 25. Projectiles.-Consists in filling the whole interior of a hollow projectile with an incendiary composition which is melted by the explosion of the propellant cartridge, causing the incendiary contents to flow out at the rear and there to become ignited. In the form shown in Fig. 1, a hole D is formed through the projectile A to admit air to the composition B, which, when melted, escapes at the rear; the front end of the hole is normally closed by a plug of resin, which is blown out when the projectile is fired. The composition preferably consists of phosphorus absorbed in gauze. In modifications, the central hole is dispensed with, and outlets for the composition are made in the sides of the projectile.
Patent GB-191502283-A (GB)
Title: Improved Signalling Device for use with Cycle Lamps and the like.
Inventor: BOULT VOLKERT DE VILLENEUVE
IPC: F21S13/00
Filed: 1915-02-12
Granted: 1915-09-09
Abstract: 2283. Boult, V. de V. Feb. 12. Lamp and flash signals.-An attachment for a cycle or like lamp comprises a focusing-lens and movable shutters. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a casing a provided with a lens b is secured to the lamp d by a split ring e, and a pair of semicircular shutters h is adapted to be swung, by means of a spring-controlled tapper k, to expose the light.
Patent GB-191502413-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Atomising Metals in a State of Fusion and Projecting them onto the Surface of a Body of any kind for the Purpose of Forming on such Bodies Adherent or Detachable Metallic Films.
Inventor: UCAR FLORENCIO COMAMALA
IPC: B05B7/22
Filed: 1915-02-15
Abstract: 2413. Mear, F. C. Feb. 15. Coating.-In spraying metal forming one or both electrodes of an arc, for the purpose of obtaining adherent or detachable films, the blast directed against the electrodes a to be atomized does not reach the are itself. The are is formed without preliminary contact between the electrodes; and is maintained automatically by the means described in Specification 2349/15, [Class 38 (ii), Electric currents, Converting &c.].
Patent GB-191503767-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bearings for the Inking Rollers of Printing Machines.
Inventor: BELL THOMAS
IPC: B41F31/30
Filed: 1915-03-09
Abstract: 3767. Bell, T. March 9. Inking-apparatus. - Relates to bearing-forks for inking and distributing rollers, of the kind provided with means of adjustment and with pivoted fingers for retaining the rollers in the fords, and comprises an adjustable forked bracket having an offset on one wall forming a roller-rest and one or more spindles in this wall on which the pivoted fingers are mounted. The fork comprises side walls 3, 4 in the space between which the shafts 29, 31 of the rollers 28, 28<a> run, and a stem 2 adjustable in a block 35, Fig. 3, by a screw 41 and a set-screw 33 engaging in an elongated recess 32 in the stem. The roller shafts are retained in the fork by pivoted fingers 30 in a slot in the wall 4. These fingers are of the form shown in Fig. 5, and are on shafts 15, 16 having ratchet-wheels on their ends, engaged by pawls 18, 19 pivoted on a stud 17 and rotatable by a thumb-piece 20. The pawls are disengaged when it is desired to lift out the rollers. A rest 6 is formed on the wall 4 to support the rollers when lifted out. With the double-finger arrangement described, the fork is adapted for an inking- roller 28 and distributor 28<a>, but one finger 30 only may be used.
Patent GB-191505696-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Switching Apparatus for Electrically Illuminated Signs and the like.
Inventor: SAVOYE ELIE
IPC: G09F13/00
Filed: 1915-04-15
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 5696. Savoye, E. April 30, 1914, [Convention date]. [Addition to 823/15.] Make - and - break switches, mechanical.-The oscillating ball switch described in the parent Specification is modified in the following respects. (i) The balls do not themselves constitute electric contacts but act by pressing contact springs o' against stationary contacts x. (ii) A quick-acting rotary switch z worked by the cam-axle l<1> is placed in series with each contact x so as to break the respective lamp-circuit before the bill leaves the spring o'. (iii) The ball-box a is pivoted in the middle and has sets of contacts at both ends. (iv) The box is divided by longitudinal partitions a' into compartments each containing a ball.