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Patent GB-191203209-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Seat for use upon Vehicles and other Conveyances.
IPC: B60N2/54
Filed: 1912-02-08
Granted: 1913-02-10
Abstract: 3209. Iden, W. J., and London General Omnibus Co. Feb. 8. Spring mountings and supports for seats.- A vehicle seat, of the kind in which a plunger works in a cylinder so as to be supported by an air-cushion, comprises a seat member A supported on a tube C which enters a cylinder D mounted on a base E. The lower and open end of the plunger carries a piston F and cup-leather F', beneath which is arranged a spring J. In the neck B' of the casting B is fitted a non-return valve G, and a similar valve H' is provided in a duct H communicating with the bottom of the cylinder D and the part above the piston. In use, oil is poured into the cylinder to the level of the top of the casting E, and the plunger is then inserted through the stuffing-box D'. When a weight is applied to the seat, the plunger is lowered until the cushioning effect of the trapped air together with that of the spring J supports the weight. When the weight is removed, the spring returns the seat to its original level, so that air will enter the valve G if any has leaked out, and any oil that has leaked past the piston will return by the valve H<1> to the bottom of the cylinder.
Patent GB-191205855-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for the Electrolytic Refining of Iron.
Inventor: TISCHENKO GEORG
IPC: C25C1/06
Filed: 1912-03-08
Granted: 1913-03-10
Abstract: 5855. Tischenko, G. March 8. Electrodes.-In apparatus for refining scrap iron, such as turnings, filings, horseshoes, or sheet or plate cuttings, the cathode and a perforated receptacle for the scrap are co-axial vertical cylinders arranged so that they can be removed independently. When removed from the vat, the anode receptacle may be washed by a jet of water, to detach carbon. The anode receptacle may be of iron, steel, or copper, and may be coated with lead. In one arrangement, the cathode is an annular vessel surrounding the anode receptacle 16 and heated internally by steam to 35-70‹ C. A lining of lead facilitates removal of the deposited iron. The cathode rests on a ledge in a vat of concrete or reinforced concrete, as described in Specification 5853/12, and is provided with two eye-bolts 7 and four current terminals 11<a> distributed around its upper edge. A projection C on the bottom of the vat supports an iron block 19 in which rests the head of a bolt 14 attached to an eye 10 for lifting the anode receptacle. The bottom of the receptacle is coated with concrete. Four plates 9<b> radiating from the bolt 14 convey current to the scrap. In another arrangement, the anode receptacle surrounds the cathode, which has a central stem terminating in an eye and in a conical boss entering a socket in the central projection from the bottom of the vat. Copper cables distribute current from the central stem over the cathode surface. The anode receptacle is perforated through its inner wall only, and may contain a thin copper cylinder for conveying current to the scrap. In the manufacture of low-grade iron, the electrolyte may be heated instead of the cathode.
Patent GB-191217561-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire Bound Boxes.
Inventor: STURROCK ALEXANDER
Filed: 1912-07-29
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 17,561. Sturrock, A. July 29. Folding boxes; corner joints; straps, bands, and battens, strengthening.-In a folding wirebound and cleat-reinforced box, the ends 17, Figs. 6 and 7, are provided with vertical cleats 18 having a projecting undercut portion 22, which engages with a similar portion 11 of cleats 6 secured to the sides, when the ends are slid into position. When the ends are in position, finger spaces are left under the ends of the cleats 18.
Patent GB-191220279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Operated Shears, Forging Presses and the like.
IPC: B23D23/00
Filed: 1912-09-05
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 20,279. Davy Bros., and Holmes, T. E. Sept. 5. Shearing; forging-machines. - In a poweroperated shears, forging-press, or the like having a falling table adapted to descend with the severed or displaced portion of the work, this movement is transmitted through the medium of an hydraulic column from the press-head, but only during the active portion of the downstroke. As applied to an hydraulically - operated shearing-machine, the table 22 is normally held up by hydraulic pressure below the pistons 23 derived from an accumulator 26, but is moved down by water forced out of the cylinders 38 and through pipes 39, 39<a>. During the inactive part of the down - stroke however, the valve 42 is held up as shown by the accumulator pressure in the cavity 63, so that the water expelled from the cylinders 38 passes into the tank 40. When however the blade 14 encounters the resistance of the billet 11, the pressure rises to effect the cut and the increased pressure acting in the cavity 46 forces down the valve 42 and effects the lowering of the table 22. The idle movement of the cutter 14 may be effected by water from the tank 40 passing the non-return valve 50, and after the cut, the piston 16 is returned by means (not shown), while the pilot 58 is held open to allow the excess water in the cylinder 17 to return to the tank 40. The valve 42 allows the loss from the cylinders 38 to be made up. A fixed gauge stop may be employed, and the table may be arranged to fall rather more than the cutter 14, so that the constantly moving rollers 21 will at once carry away the severed portion below the stop. The cutter may be operated by gearing driven by steam, hydraulic, or electric power, arranged in each case to close the valve 42 during the active part of the stroke only. The link-work 29, 30, 33, 34, 35 prevents the table from tilting.
Patent GB-191222375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Resistances.
Inventor: HAY CHARLES EDWARD
IPC: H01C3/02
Filed: 1913-03-18
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 22,375. Hay, C. E., and Sullivan, H. W. March 18, 1913. Wires and separate non-metallic threads, fabrics with.-A ribbon composed of wires a and a weft b of silk, cotton, &c. is used in the construction of special electric resistances. The wires may be bare.
Patent GB-191223582-A (GB)
Title: Process for Making Ribbed Sheet Metal.
Inventor: WHITE HERBERT EUGENE
IPC: B21D13/04
Filed: 1912-10-15
Granted: 1913-05-01
Abstract: 23,582. White, H. E. Oct. 15. Corrugating; drawing; drawing-dies; physical or molecular structure, altering by mechanical treatment.-A process for the manufacture of ribbed sheet metal for use in making expanded metal for reinforced concrete by which there is no waste as described in Specification 23,581/12, consists in the progressive development throughout the entire sheet of corrugations, and subsequently shaping alternate corrugations into ribs and flattening the intervening corrugations, the ribs being hardened during the process. The process is carried out in a machine comprising feeding, shaping, and delivery mechanisms. The feeding-mechanism consists of corrugated rolls 1, Fig. 10, which corrugate the metal and force it into other dies which further corrugate it, and then between rolls to a series of roller dies 8, Fig. 13, the corrugations in the dies being slightly convergent to allow for the natural contraction of the sheet. The passes in the corrugations of the rolls 8 are made smaller than the thickness of the metal so that the walls of the grooves are hardened. The metal then passes on to further rolls 3 wherein the corrugations to form the ribs are made deeper while the alternate corrugations are made wider and shallower, Fig. 14. The main shaping- mechanism A, Fig. 15, to which the blank next passes consists of a number of guiding die units 16 having die passes 17 conforming to the V-shape of the ribs, and the marginal units having passes conforming to the angular bend or bead b. The sheet, as it passes through the die A, is uniformly contracted laterally, and the bowed web between the corrugations is quite prominent as it leaves. The delivery mechanism to which the blank next passes consists of a pair of rolls 19, Fig. 16, which initiate the final set of the ribbed product, and a stationary finishing - die 21, Fig. 17, having tapered passes to fold in the side walls of the ribs and to flatten the bulges. The marginal dies 25, Fig. 19, also have tapered die passages 26 to close up the edge. The blank then passes to a pair of delivery rolls.
Patent GB-191300098-A (GB)
Title: Household Dustpan.
Inventor: CREES RICHARD PEPLOW
IPC: A47L13/52
Filed: 1913-01-02
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 98. Crees, R. P. Jan. 2. Dust-pans. - The lid d wholly or partially covering the well of a dust-pan, having a well b and scoop a, has a handle e with a ring f situated on either side of the centre. Or two handles joined by a rod may be used. A spring to close the lid may be provided.
Patent GB-191301533-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Making Ready in Letter-press Printing.
Inventor: PAUL ALBERT VICTOR
IPC: B41B5/08
Filed: 1913-01-20
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 1533. Paul, A. V., and Pollard, H. Jan. 20. Overlays and underlays, for making ready in letterpress printing by means of stereotype plates &c., are produced by grinding a sheet of stout paper or other suitable material while in contact with the printing-surface so as to thin the material to compensate for variations in the level of the printing-surface. The Figure shows the make-ready sheet c tightly stretched over and secured to a curved printing-plate a mounted on a cylinder b, which is then rotated against a revolving emery-wheel e, whereby the sheet is ground away opposite the high portions of the printing-plate and escapes grinding at the parts opposite the lower portions d. The grinding may be effected in various other ways, such as by simply rubbing the make-ready piece against the abrasive surface.
Patent GB-191305368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Process and Apparatus used in Extracting Fats or Oils from Bones, Seeds and other Oleaginous Substances.
Inventor: SCHMIDT WILHELM
IPC: C11B1/10
Filed: 1913-03-03
Granted: 1914-03-03
Abstract: 5368. Schmidt, W. March 3. Fats and fatty oils, extracting by solvents. In apparatus for extracting fat and oils from bones, seeds, &c., and simultaneously drying the residue, the vapours of benzine or other solvent are led from the extractor A, Fig. 1, to a countercurrent surface condenser formed with compartments C<1>, C<2>, C<3>, C<4> from each of which the condensate is collected in a hot condition and returned to the extractor, in order to minimize the loss of heat. The condenser is shown in plan in Fig. 5. The vapours flow through nests of horizontal tubes B<1>, B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, separated by partitions C, and extending at their ends into partitioned headers. The cooling-water flows from the inlet 2 around the tubes to the outlet 1. The condensates are removed from the compartments of the header by separate pipes K<1>, K<2>, K<3>, K<4> fitted with gauge-glasses, and flow through an hydraulic seal or a water trap or separator D, Fig. 1, to a reservoir E, from which they return to the extractor A by a pipe I.
Patent GB-191305665-A (GB)
Title: A Model for Demonstrating the Composition of Substances.
Inventor: DARBISHIRE FRANCIS VERNON
IPC: G09B23/26
Filed: 1913-03-06
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 5665. Darbishire, F. V. March 21, 1912, [Convention date]. Models for demonstrating the composition of chemical and other substances consist of coloured blocks d placed one above the other. The blocks are perforated or slotted to engage a rod b on a support a, or are provided with tenons and mortises so that they can be built up one above the other. If the blocks bear designating letters or figures, either the rods are suitably shaped, or the blocks bear subsidiary tenons and mortises, to ensure that the letters or figures are placed in alinement.
Patent GB-191306450-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Delivery Valve or Inlet Valve for Air Compressors and the like.
Inventor: MOULD JOSEPH ENOCH
IPC: F16K15/12
Filed: 1913-03-15
Granted: 1914-04-15
Abstract: 6450. Mould, J. E. March 15. Check lift valves.-A non-return delivery or inlet valve for air-compressors &c. comprises a series of concentric rings f channel-shaped in cross-section, seating over annular grooves c communicating with holes d or air passages. Supported above the valve, as shown, is a beater or guard h having guide-fingers i disposed between the valve rings f and resting on the valve seating. A series of helical springs j, located in holes formed in radiating arms of the beater, rest in the channels of the valve rings and press them to the valve seating.
Patent GB-191310705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Speed Indicators and Package Droppers for Airships.
Inventor: PEEL FRED PARDINGTON
IPC: G01P5/00
Filed: 1913-05-06
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 10,705. Peel, F. P. May 6. Transferring articles 'to or from conveyances in motion.-A device for dropping a package at zero velocity from an aerial machine in motion comprises means for projecting a carrier in a rearward direction, and a speed indicator which is adapted to release the package &c. from the carrier when it has attained the speed of the machine. The speed indicator comprises a shaft 6, which is influenced by two opposing turning-moments, one depending on the power of the engine and produced by a fan 14 acted on by the air current from a blower 10 driven ' from the engine shaft 2, the other depending on the wind resistance and produced by a fan 15 exposed to the wind. A spiral spring 16 also acts in opposition to the fan 14. The index 9 is secured to a nut or runner 7 which travels on the screwed shaft 6. The package &c. 26 is suspended from the carrier 17 by a pair of pivoted fingers 30 engaging a recess 29 in the package. The carrier is projected along a rail 4<a> by a spring 21 and connecting-rod 18 upon the release of a clutch 23, and, as it passes the runner 7, dependent arms 7<a> thereon disengage the fingers 30 and release the package, which may be projected by a spring 33. The spring is so constructed and the parts so arranged that the velocity of the carrier increases in accordance with the characters on the scale 8.
Patent GB-191400593-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combination Garments.
Inventor: POTTERF ORLYSTIS MADISON
IPC: A41B9/08
Filed: 1914-01-08
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 593. Potterf, O. M. Jan. 14, 1913, [Convention date]. Combinations. -Combination garments are made to open completely down the front, and also at the back from the pleat 8 to the bottom. A closed crutch portion 4 is sewn to the edges of the rear opening and is passed through the legs and buttoned at any desired height to the body of the garment. By engaging buttons 3<a> on the front edges of the combinations with button-holes 2<a>, 2<b> on the front edges of the crutch, the nether parts are closed round the legs. Instead of passing the crutch part through the legs, it may be suspended behind by buttoning it to the body part, the whole of the front edges of the garment being buttoned together.
Patent GB-191405926-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Railway Sleepers.
Inventor: HARRIS WILLIAM WALTER
IPC: E01B3/24
Filed: 1914-03-09
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 5926. Harris, W. W. March 9. Sleepers, pot ; tie-bars ; platelayers'tools.-Sleepers have a flat inclined plate to deflect or compress the road-bed when oscillated or revolved. The plates B, D, Fig. 4, may coact with projections P, Fig. 3, on an outer cylinder E, or may be integral with the cylinder, which may have a serrated edge S. The plates may have a central hole T or cylinder F, Fig. 9, and the rails are secured by hook-bolts H engaging the plate or cylinder, one of the bolts also securing a tie-bar L. The tie-bars, which may be canted, may be secured to the top or sides of or through the outer cylinder. A tool K, Fig. 5, is used with recesses on the outer cylinder E to rotate the sleeper. The edges of the plates B, D may be serrated. The rails may be placed slightly off the centre of the cylinder.
Patent GB-191406001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Counting Mechanism.
Inventor: SCHOLES JOHN
IPC: G06M1/04
Filed: 1914-03-10
Granted: 1915-03-10
Abstract: 6001. Scholes, J., Wolstenholme, C., and Barton, R. J. March 10. Transfer mechanism.-Counting-apparatus is provided with transfer mechanism of the deepnotch type in which the pawls E are formed in one piece of differing depths and are reciprocated by a bell-crank lever. Detent mechanism. - Spring - controlled straight-edged friction pawls T are provided to limit the movement of the wheels. Zeroizing-mechanism. - The shaft carrying the numeral drums is notched at S and the drums are provided with spring-pressed plungers P adapted to engage therein during zeroizing.
Patent GB-191406636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathe Driving-chucks.
Inventor: WEISS WILLARD ARTHUR
IPC: B23B31/12
Filed: 1914-03-16
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 6636. Weiss, W. A. March 16. Lathe drivers and carriers.-In a lathe driver and carrier of the type in which jaws are pivoted to a flanged back plate and partly enclosed by a relativelyrotatable flanged overlapping front plate, the rim of one plate has a peripheral groove with a slot leading therefrom through which is passed a lug on the other rim to form a bayonet-joint. The jaws 11 are pivoted on pins 12 projecting from the back-plate 1 into a groove 23 on the front plate 5 and actuated by pins 15 on the front plate engaging grooves in the outer ends of the jaws. Lugs 8 on the front plate pass through the bayonet-slots 9 in the backplate and pins 10 are then screwed into the backplate to prevent the lugs from leaving the groove 4 and to act as stops to the rotation of the front plate. Springs 18 stretching between pins 16, 17 secured to the plates actuate the front plate to close the jaws. The front plate may be retained in any adjusted position by means of a pawl 21 pivoted in a recess under the backplate, and frictionally engaging the front plate.
Patent GB-191408202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Levers (or Tumblers) of One Lever Locks.
Inventor: CROSSLEY WILLIAM
IPC: E05B21/00
Filed: 1914-04-01
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 8202. Crossley, W., [trading as Tuckley, T.], and Knowles, C. V. April 1. Lock mechanism, lever-type.-The spring D controlling the lever A of a one-lever lock is passed round projections a<2>, a on the rear end of the lever, its end being preferably hooked to engage a notch in the projection a.
Patent GB-191418062-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: WOLFF JOHN FREDERICK
IPC: B61L1/00
Filed: 1914-07-30
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 18,062. Wolff, J. F., [Fielding, G. B.]. July 30. [Addition to 5321/14.] Rods for operating signalling-apparatus.- The slide 1 controls the operation of a signal and is locked by a track treadle device as described in the parent Specification. The slide is connected to the lever 4 by a pin 3 and a slot 7, and a compression spring 11 is interposed between the lever and a projection 12 on the slide. When the lever is turned by the pull of the wire 10 from the cabin, the spring 11 is compressed and remains so until the track treadle releases the slide 1. Then the spring assists the usual counterweight to move the signal arm over.
Patent GB-191421557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Rail Joints.
Inventor: COOK JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: E01B11/26
Filed: 1914-10-26
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 21,557. Cook, J. W. Oct. 26. Rail joints, scarf and like; chairs with adjustable or separate jaws.-A rail joint is made by forming the ends 1, 2 of the rails with oblique scarf tapers, the web being thickened as at 5 so as to continue the taper to the edge of the flange. The faces of the taper are provided with corresponding inclined slots and tongues. so that the rail ends are drawn together by downward pressure. Chairs 12 are formed with one inward curved jaw 13 for gripping over the flange, and a second upstanding guide 14 against which the other flange of the rail bears. The guide 14 is slotted to receive an internal wedge 16 which engages over the flange. The chair is secured by spikes of which the spike passing through the wedge 16 is arranged to bear against the end of the chair.
Patent GB-191500186-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Airships or Dirigible Balloons.
Inventor: MACMECHEN THOMAS RUTHERFORD
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1915-01-05
Abstract: 186. Macmechen, T. R., and Fox, E. M. Jan 5. Aerostats.-The buoyancy of dirigible balloons is controlled by a mixture of air and motor exhaust gases in regulatable proportions admitted to spiral passages arranged in the space between the gas-bags and the envelope as described in Specification 2103/15. The mixture is supplied to the passages by a rotary blower b having an outlet b<1>, connected to the passages, and an intake b<x> connected to the exhaust box b' of the motor c and to the atmospheric inlet branch b<3> under the control of the damper b<5>. A second branch b<0>, having a damper b<10> coupled to the damper b<5>, serves for passing the exhaust to the atmosphere when it is cut off from the intake b<x>.
Patent GB-191505363-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slides for Optical Projection Lanterns.
Inventor: TRAVERS STANLEY
IPC: G03B21/64
Filed: 1915-10-08
Abstract: 5363. Travers, S. Oct. 8. Lantern slides.-In slides in which the subject is printed ou mica by intaglio or relief printing and the printed surface protected by a cover plate of mica or varnished, aniline @nk is used, the slide being heated to harden the ink. The ink may consist of gum dissolved in petroleum or naphtha and coloured by grinding in the pigment.
Patent GB-191512747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Protective Devices for Electric Systems.
IPC: H02H3/20
Filed: 1915-09-06
Abstract: 12,747. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Sept. 6. Protective arrangements. - A protective device for use in systems where the load and an electrondischarge tube are connected in series across an alternating current supply consists of an auxiliary electron - discharge tube connected in parallel with the main device but in series with the winding of a relay which acts on a predetermined current rise to de-energize the discharge tubes. The load 2 is supplied from the transformer 3 with current rectified by its passage through the main tube 1 with an anode 7 and cathode 6. The auxiliary tube 12 is similar to the main tube, but, owing to the arrangement of its parts, the range over which the current varies with the voltage is much greater than the range of the main tube. The cathodes 6, 13 of the tubes are heated to incandescence by batteries 8, 15, the circuits including contacts 11, 18 on the relay 19, the winding 20 of which is in series with the tube 12. Under normal conditions, the parts are in the positions shown, but with a sudden decrease in the load resistance, the voltage across the tube 1 and the parallel path including the tube 12 and winding 20 becomes large enough to cause the winding 20 to raise its core. This opens the cathode circuits at the contacts 11, 18 to de-energize the tubes, and closes a circuit at the contact 23 to maintain the relay in its up position by connecting the winding 20 to the battery 15. The relay can be reset by opening the switch 24. When the tubes 1, 12 are made, the bulbs are exhausted and submitted to an electric discharge alternately, until no gas is liberated at the electrodes during a highvoltage discharge.