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Patent GB-191303523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Means for Regulating the Combustion in Closed Ashpit Stoves.
Inventor: HODGES FRANK WILLIAM
Filed: 1913-02-11
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 3523. Hodges, F. W. Feb. 11. Air supply, regulating. -For a u t o m a t i c a l l y regulating combustion in closed-ashpit stoves, a straight compound metallic strip is attached to the wall of the stove so that it extends parallel thereto, its free end being adapted to operate a valve controlling the admission of air to the ashpit. The fixed end may be connected to the stove by a bar of goodconducting metal, and the whole may be enclosed in a casing. As shown in Fig. 1, the free end of the strip 5 is provided with a spring 7, having an adjustable screw 8 which tears on the tailpiece of a hinged valve 4. In Fig. 3 the strip is shown directly attached to a disk valve 4. Its upper end is fixed to an arm 10 which is pivoted to the wall of the stove, and adjustment is effected by a cam-piece 15 having a belical groove engaging the end of the strip. Other forms of valve may be employed. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 899/13.
Patent GB-191307953-A (GB)
Title: A Process of and Apparatus for use in Manufacturing Zinc.
Inventor: THIERRY CHARLES VICTOR
IPC: C22B19/00
Filed: 1913-04-04
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 7953. Thierry, C. V. July 19, 1912, [Convention date]. Distilling zinc.-Zinc vapours escape from a reduction furnace through narrow joints or openings f in the walls or floor of the furnace, in which openings they condense, so that liquid zinc escapes outside from the joints or openings, and may be collected in cups or grooves provided on the furnace. The joints or openings may be formed by omitting the mortar in making the walls &c. of the furnace, or narrow slot-like openings may be made through the furnace walls &c.
Patent GB-191309656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spring Operated Clips.
Inventor: JENSEN CHRISTIAN ALBERT
IPC: G09F1/10
Filed: 1913-04-24
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 9656. Jensen, C. A., [McCaskey Register Co.]. April 24. Clamping - devices.- A spring paper or like clip is made from a single piece of wire bent to form a coil 2, a lug 4<a>, and a clip arm 3. The free end 4<d> of the wire and the lug 4<a> pass through openings in the supporting-plate or leaf and hold the clip thereto. The portion 4<c> of the wire joining the free end 4d to the lug 4<a> passes through the coil 2, and the coil extends substantially the whole distance between the openings in the plate. The arm 3 is bent at 3<a> so that the papers rest on the coil 2.
Patent GB-191309812-A (GB)
Title: Automatic Stop-motion for Paper Making Machine Wires.
Inventor: GIBLIN JAMES
IPC: D21F1/36
Filed: 1913-04-26
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 9812. Giblin, J. April 26. Paper-machines.-An automatic stop motion for stopping the paper machine when the wirecloth runs unduly to one side is operated electrically, or by compressed air or other fluid pressure. The electrical arrangement comprises an electric circuit broken by a gap between a contact-maker e and the wirecloth A. A contact-maker is adjustably mounted on each side of the wire in slotted supports d fixed to the side bars or longitudinal rails b. Wires e<4> connect the contact-maker to a battery or other source of energy which is also connected to an electro-magnet f, Fig. 3, secured to any suitable part of the metallic framework'of the machine. A projection g<2> on a flexible or pivoted armature g<1> adjacent to the magnet normally supports one arm of a trigger h and so holds a weighted lever i in position. When the wirecloth moves out of its path sufficiently to touch one of tha contact-makers e, the electric circuit is completed, the armature g' is drawn to the magnet and the trigger h released. The lever i then falls and pulls a chain j, Fig. 8, which rotates a shaft i<2>, and a grooved cam or snail thereon, acting through a bowl k<1> and lever k disengages the clutch l and so stops the machine. The lever k may be operated by a sliding shaft, to which the chain j is attached. To prevent stoppage of the machine by projecting strands in the wirecloth, a thin flexible shield may be fitted over the contact-maker e. Such a shield resists the pressure of the strands, but yields to the pressure of the wirecloth. The details of the electric mechanism may be modified, or, in the use of compressed air or fluid pressure, a valve may be opened by the movement of the wirecloth, and a piston operated to lift such a plate as g', Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191315089-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Type Bar Segment for Typewriters.
IPC: B41J7/24
Filed: 1913-06-30
Granted: 1914-06-30
Abstract: 15,089. Allgemeine Elektricitõts Ges. July 1, 1912, [Convention date]. Type-lever machines.-The type-lever segment a is cast integrally about the striking-rail b, this being preferably of U- or T-section, and being formed with slots into which the material of the segment can enter and secure the rail on cooling. The segment is preferably formed by the diecasting process.
Patent GB-191316818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pneumatic Spring Systems, particularly applicable to the Suspension of Vehicles.
Inventor: BERNAT RAOUL
IPC: B60G11/27
Filed: 1913-07-22
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 16,818. Bernat, R. Aug. 12, 1912, [Convention date]. Composite and pneumatic springs.-Relates to pneumatic springs, particularly applicable to the suspension of vehicles, but stated to be applicable to cushions, seats, saddles, cycles, mattresses, and buffers, and of the kind that permits free compression and extension of the spring in each direction away from the normal position, while braking the return to that position. The invention consists in providing two superposed flexible air-containers which are connected with an air-reservoir through a distributing-device in such a way that air can pass freely from one container to the reservoir but can only return through a restricted passage, while air can pass freely from the reservoir to the other container, its return being restricted. Figs. 1 and 2 show the air-containers 1, 2, which are mounted between plates 4, 3 connected with a vehicle frame and axle respectively, and which are connected by pipes 8, 9 with a distributing - box 10 shown in detail in Fig. 5. The distributing-box 10 is connected directly to an air-reservoir 7 by a pipe 11 and indirectly thereto by passages 14, 15 and regulatable screw valves 16, 17. Non-return valves 12, 13 are also arranged in the box 10 between the pipe 11 and the pipes 8, 9. When the axle 5 moves towards the vehicle frame, air passes freely from the container 2 to the reservoir through pipe 9, valve 13, and pipe 11, the return of air to the container 2 during rebound taking place through the restricted passage provided by the adjustable valve 17 in the passage 15. When the wheel drops into a cavity, air passes freely from the reservoir into the container 1 through the pipe 11, valve 12, and pipe 8, the return of the air during the upward movement of the axle being restricted by the adjustable valve 16 in the passage 14.
Patent GB-191316899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Printing of Late News in Newspapers and the like.
Inventor: CRABTREE CHARLES HENRY
IPC: B41B1/08
Filed: 1913-07-23
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 16,899. Crabtree, C. H., and Crabtree, A. E. July 23. Late news, means for printing; inking- apparatus. - In a machine for printing late news, the pile of newspapers is supported on a table F which carries rollers H movable in vertical guides I, and is raised as the papers are removed by a link G, a lever E and an arm B carrying an adjustable pin B<2> to which an adjustable spring C is connected. The papers are fed off one by one by pins on heads Y carried by rods X connected to levers V oscillated about a shaft S by a crank on a shaft U. The papers pass between a guide K and a gauge Z, which allows only one paper to pass at a time to rollers M which feed the papers between tapes N or between fixed guides to the printing-couple O, Q, of which the printing-roller O carries one or more fudge boxes O<2>. The type is inked by a roller J<1> working in contact with a reservoir roller A<1>. The surface of the roller A<1> is half concentric and half eccentric, and in the eccentric part is located a roller F' rotated continuously against a blade R<1> by a pinion E<1> engaging a fixed pinion D<1>. The roller F<1> supplies ink to a distributing-roller G', which spreads it over the roller A', but does not contact with the inking-roller J<1>, which receives its ink supply from the surface of the roller A'. The machine is driven by hand or power.
Patent GB-191317135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Paper-carriages for Typewriters.
Inventor: SHOLES ZALMON GILBERT
IPC: B41J11/22
Filed: 1913-01-25
Granted: 1914-01-26
Abstract: 17,135. Sholes, Z. G., and Lawrence Manufacturing Co. Jan. 25. Paper - carriages. - In machines in which the carriage and its bed-plate can be readily removed, the top plate A of the machine is provided with headed studs A<1> which pass through apertures in the bed-plate B and are adapted to be engaged by the ends B<2> of finger-levers B<1> pivoted on the bed-plate.
Patent GB-191322065-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Fabrics such as those used for Outer Covers for Pneumatic Tyres and Envelopes for Balloons.
Inventor: LIAIS LUCIEN
IPC: B29D30/38
Filed: 1913-09-30
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 22,065. Liais, L. Oct. 9, 1912, [Convention date]. Waterproofing; waterproof fabrics.-In the manufacture of waterproof fabrics for pneumatic tyres, balloon envelopes, &c., the weft threads are impreguated with rubber solution and woven while the solution is wet. The fabric is afterwards vulcanized. The threads may be impregnated by winding them on-cops, preferably thos.e unwinding from the inside outwards, placing the cops in a basket, immersing the basket in the solution, and applying pressure to the solution. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that (1) all the threads used in making the fabric may be treated, and may be coated as well as impregnated, (2) the impregnating-solution may be heated, and (3) in the manufacture of tarpaulin fabric, oil or tar may be used instead of the rubber solution. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191325656-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus or Means for the Prevention of Sea Sickness.
Inventor: STANJER EMILE
IPC: A61F13/12
Filed: 1913-11-10
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 25,656. Stanjer, E., [M³ller, H. & G.]. Nov. 10. Coupling.-A sliding clip for adjusting the size of a looped elastic cord a consists of two troughshaped ports b pivoted together at d and engaging the cord by lever action when the loop is under tension.
Patent GB-191326472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vapour Burning Stoves and Lamps.
Inventor: STEPHENS RICHARD HENRY
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1913-11-18
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 26,472. Stephens, R. H. Nov. 18. Overhead incandescent lamps.-A casing 38, preferably conical or pyramidal, encloses the vapour burner and is provided with outlets 39 for combustion products and an opening 43 through which liquid fuel is supplied to the inturned lower end 42 and ignited for preheating purposes. The liquidfuel supply pipe 41' supporting the lamp is sufficiently long to prevent overheating of the reservoir 36<1>.
Patent GB-191326950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cinematograph Target Apparatus.
IPC: F41J9/14
Filed: 1913-05-28
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 26,950. Life Targets, Ltd., Harris, A. W., and Corbin, D. H. May 28. Targets.-In kinematograph target apparatus as described m Specification 29,08i/11, additional means are provided to arrest the motion of the film spool boxes or reels 16 at the same time as the brake 6 is applied to the beater shaft 1. The shaft 1 is driven by a motor 2, belt 3, and magnetic clutch 4 and carries an electric contact-making drum 9 partly covered by an insulator 10. When the part 11 of the drum comes in contact with a switch arm 12, circuits are completed through electro-magnets 8, 15, and a spring contact 13 and armature shunt circuit 7, and the brakes are applied. In one modification, the brake is applied to the spool box by a pivoted armature, and in another modification, by a coil and disk. Specifications 24,329/09, 8241/10, 28,522/10, 15,031/12, and 17,536/12 are also referred to.
Patent GB-191327260-A (GB)
Title: Combined Arrangement of Apparatus for the Automatic Manufacture of Vinegar.
Inventor: MENEGAULT ATHANASE
IPC: C12J1/10
Filed: 1913-11-26
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 27,260. Menegault, A. Nov. 26. Vinegar.-The rotary acetifying - vats A are arranged to be given a complete revolution on their supporting-rollers 2, either when desired, or at periodic intervals of time, or when the temperature reaches a certain limit, generally 37‹ C. A driving - rope 8 attached at each end to a winding-roller 9 is wound round a ring with a helicoidal groove placed round the central part of each vat, and round a pulley 14. The roller 9 is driven by an electric motor 17 through speed-reducing gearing 21, 22, 25. The roller 9 also operates a reversing - switch J, when the vats have made a complete revolution, so that the vats are turned in the opposite direction when the circuit is again completed. The circuit is completed either by a pressbutton I, or by a clock L, or by thermometers 32 in the vats provided with adjustable rods 34 arranged to make contact through the mercury of the thermometer when a certain temperature is reached. A bell S is rung when the circuit is completed and the rotation of the vats commences.
Patent GB-191406292-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Production of Cinematograph Films.
Inventor: JERNE HANS
IPC: G03D15/00
Filed: 1914-03-12
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 6292. Jerne, H. March 12. Transferring designs, pictures, &c.-A process for producing kinematographic picture films consists in preparing from the negative a photomechanical printing-surface, making prints on well clayed and surfaced paper, and transferring when required the printed impression on to a celluloid film the face of which is softened by a solvent such as acetone. The printing-surface may be fine-etched for printing in several colours. To make colour films, colour negatives are taken through colour filters, separate colour printing-surfaces are made, and colour impressions are taken in superposition on the paper.
Patent GB-191407439-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Devices for Attaching Guide Rails to Transverse Sleepers.
Inventor: PASEL CLEMENS
IPC: E01B5/18
Filed: 1914-03-24
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 7439. Pasel, C. April 30, 1913, [Convention date]. Rails, guard ; chairs with separate jaws ; chairs, securing to sleepers.-Guard rail supports D, having a hook d<2> engaging under the foundation plate B, are secured to the plate B by a yielding attachment comprising a hook bolt G, nut G<1>, and spring washer H. The aperture in the support D receives the shank g<2> of the bolt G with only a small amount of clearance.
Patent GB-191409724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vaporizers for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CARPENTER CLARENCE ROBERT
Filed: 1914-04-20
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 9724. Carpenter, C. R., and Vavirka, C. April 20. Vaporizers, external.-Liquid fuel is supplied to a semicircular chamber 7 applied to the exhaust pipe 5. The body plate 6, which closely fits the exhaust pipe, has longitudinal webs 10 in staggered relation, and flanges 9 for attachment to straps 19 passing round the exhaust pipe and to the cover 12, which is provided with inlet and outlet ports. The body plate has also transverse flanges at each end, to which the cover is attached.
Patent GB-191413743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Engines.
Inventor: CONKLIN BRUCE
IPC: F01C1/36
Filed: 1914-06-06
Granted: 1915-06-07
Abstract: 13,743. Conklin, B. June 6. Fixed-abutment type with rotary vanes. The outer rotary casing is mounted in a roller bearing 6 in a stationary bracket 7 and a roller bearing 8 upon the inner stationary drum. The drum is supported by a bracket 3 and a roller bearing 4 within the rotary casing. The rotary vanes 24 carried by the inner drum are geared to a wheel 15 upon the rotarv casing. Steam is admitted to the hollow of the stationary drum by an axial way 2 and passes by valve ports 9 in the periphery of the drum to ports 10 in the stationary casing which lead to the working chambers 11'. The exhaust is similarly led to passages 21 in the drum and thence to the pipe 23. The vanes are lubricated by oil distributed from an inlet 34 by way of channels 35. The drum is packed by pairs of rings 28, 29, which are pressed inwards by wires 30, Fig. 5, under the influence of springs 33. In a modification, the drum rotates and the casing is stationary.
Patent GB-191418712-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Woven Wire Bed Mattresses.
Inventor: ARMSTRONG ALBERT ARTHUR
IPC: A47C23/145
Filed: 1914-08-15
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 18,712. Armstrong, A. A. Sept. 2, 1913, [Convention date]. Mattresses.-A reinforcing-means for a woven wire spring mattress comprises a band P of woven wire mounted on pillows arranged centrally on the side bars of the mattressframe so that the band passes immediately beneath the mattress and any strengthening- bands that may be incorporated therein. The pillows, which may be of iron or wood, are mounted on upward projections F on the side bars.
Patent GB-191419882-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Cable.
Inventor: BEAVER CHARLES JAMES
IPC: H01B9/02
Filed: 1914-09-17
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 19,882. Beaver, C. J., and Claremont, E. A. Sept. 17. Cables and compound conductors.-In electric cables insulated with tapes of paper or woven fabric, in order to minimize the effect of irregular contact between the insulation and the conductor or the metal sheath causing local variations in the potential gradient in the dielectric, the surface of the layer of insulation adjacent to the conductor or conductors is coated with a conducting-substance such as metal powder, foil, &c. The coating of the paper, fabric, &c. may be effected in various well-known ways.
Patent GB-191512519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Knitting Machines.
Inventor: SCOTT ROBERT WALTER
IPC: D04B1/26
Filed: 1915-08-31
Abstract: 12,519. Scott, R. W. Dec. 31, 1914, [Convention date]. Circular machines.-Consists in the provision of automatic devices for controlling an auxiliary knitting-cam, web-holder cam, and yarn feed for the production, at predetermined times, of double-course fabric, for example mock-rib, tucked, or plain, and is illustrated in connexion with the machine described in Specifications 12,722/13, 6533/14, and 6534/14. Auxiliary knitting-cams 2<c>, 2<d>, Fig. 5, are movable radially above a recess 11 in the cam-ring 271 by pattern mechanism, and co-operate respectively with the jack needles and those without jacks. The jack needles are elevated by the jack cam 366 to clear, take yarn from an auxiliary feeder 51, and knit at the cam 2<c>; the other needles do not clear and are depressed by the cam 2d without taking the additional thread. All needles are subsequently elevated at the slope 12 and knit at the main cams 6, 7. Mock-rib fabric is thus produced. For tuckwork, the cam 2<d> is removed. By the provision of a further cam 2<x>, Fig. 20, all needles are raised to clear and are then depressed by the cam 2<c> to knit, thereby producing double-course plain fabric. The auxiliary cams 2<c>, 2<d> are carried on a radial slide operated by a lever 20, Fig. 1. The auxiliary yarn-guide 51 is carried by a lever 50 mounted upon the pivot pin 554 of the main yarn-guides F, and, in action, it is accommodated in a gap in the latch ring 550, Fig. 6, which may be bridged by a gap-closer 565 when the yarn-guide is idle. When idle, the float of yarn from the guide 51 is clamped and severed by the main clamping and severing mechanism. The auxiliary web-holder cam comprises a cam 88, Figs. 1 and 7, carried by a lever 85 and adapted to be entered through a slot 90 in a direction transversely to the movement of the web-holders 292. The lever 85 is normally held out of action by a spring plunger 87. The yarn-guide 51, knitting-cams 2<c>, 2<d>, and webholder cam 88 are brought into operation simultaneously by a thrust-bar 26 controlled by a cam 517 on the pattern drum 120; a cam 26<a> on the bar engages the lever 20, and the upper end of the bar elevates a spring lever 71 connected by an arm 72 to the lever 50 and provided with a spring plunger 75 bearing upon an extension of the lever 85. To ensure accurate operation, the auxiliary devices are brought into operation in two stages. Cam 2<x> is mounted upon a lever similar to the lever 20 and is operated by a thrust-bar similar to the bar 26.
Patent GB-191513158-A (GB)
Title: Machine for Opening Envelopes.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
IPC: B43M7/00
Filed: 1915-09-14
Abstract: 13,158. Justice, P. M., [Lightning Letter Co.j. Sept. 14. Vertical - cutter type for cutting sheet material in direction of feed.-In a machine for opening envelopes, the envelope is fed along a guide to the cutting-mechanism and is simultaneously moved on its contents so as to avoid damage to the contents during cutting. A pile of envelopes is placed on an inclined guide-bar 40 on a removable table 2 with their edges resting against a fixed support 39 and projecting over an endless feed-band 22, which passes round pulleys 9, 23. On rotating the pulley 9 by means of an external handle 12, the lowest envelope is fed forward by the band beneath a spring-controlled presser device or shoe 25, Fig. 5, and simultaneously is moved laterally by the band towards a fixed vertical guide-plate 3, the pulleys being disposed as shown in Fig. 2 with their axes inclined to one another. The belt is formed of an india-rubber or other strip of circular cross-section, which may be twisted before the ends are joined. The shoe 25 is formed with an internal groove 27, the outer edge of which is inclined to the guide-plate 3 so as to co-operate with the belt in moving the envelope laterally against the guide-plate. One part 28 adjacent the entrance to the groove 27 extends below the rest of the shoe so that the envelope, during the first part of its movement, tends to pivot about this part and swing inwardly to the guide-plate. The effect of the lateral movement is also to bulge the envelope and separate it from its contents in the direction of the guide-plate. A spring finger 38 presses the envelope against the inner part 30 of the shoe, the outer edge 29 of which is cut away to relieve the pressure on the outer edge of the envelope while the inner edge is passing between converging lugs 37 formed by turning outwardly part, of the edges of the guide-plate 3; the contents of the envelope are caused to move slightly away from the flattened inner edge by the passage between the lugs 37, and this edge is then severed by co-operating rotating blades 4, 6. The lower blade 4 is rigidly connected to the shaft 10 of the handle 12 and serves to drive the upper blade, which is pressed against it by means of a shaft 13, ball 16, adjustable nut 17.