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Patent GB-191227747-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Artificial Illumination for Photographic Purposes.
Inventor: ADAMS ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G03B7/16
Filed: 1912-12-02
Granted: 1913-12-02
Abstract: 27,747. Adams, A. C., and Adams, M. A. Dec. 2. Lighting, systems of.- In apparatus for the artificial illumination of studios in which the light is filtered by blue glass screens, the glass screens are replaced by a composite screen C,Fig. 1, of white and blue, or bluishgreen, open net or meshed material loosely disposed in sinuous formation. The white screen c is nearest the arc lamps a and is of a cross-barred texture, Fig. 3<a>, which is heavier than that of the blue screen c<1>; but both screens may be of this texture, or the screen c<1> only. The screen C is suspended from a rod d, and its lower end is looped up to a rod e so that direct light cannot pass to the floor within the area to be illuminated. The lamps a are preferably arranged in L- shaped formation, and are carried by a frame b which is suspended by cords g having counterweights h. A reflecting surface k preferably of bluish-green colour is placed behind the lamps. Alternatively, the screen C may be composed of two glass members of a roughened or grooved pattern similar to Muranese glass.
Patent GB-191228500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Photographic Apparatus.
IPC: G03B7/16
Filed: 1912-12-10
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 28,500. Soc. Internationale de LumiÞre Froide [ProcÚdÚs Dussaud]. Dec. 11, 1911, [Convention date]. Cameras combined with flashlights and like apparatus.- For the purpose of lighting a lamp and then releasing a pneumatic shutter by a single movement, a V-shaped clip consisting of two plates a, a' hinged together is used as an electric switch and as a compressor for an air-bulb d. Contacts g, g<1> fitted to the plates a, a<1> as shown close an electric-lamp circuit when the bulb d is compressed. The contact g<1> is composed of a flexible metal strip l having at its lower end an insulating-strip l'. The switch is connected to the lamp by the wires j, j', and when the plates a, a' are pressed together against the action of the spring c, the circuit is closed and the shutter operated. When the plates a, a<1> have been nearly brought together, the contact g reaches the insulating- strip, whereby the circuit is interrupted, extinguishing the lamp. In a modified form, the switch comprises a spring-loaded piston which closes the electric circuit at the end of its stroke and is operated by an ordinary bulb. When the piston reaches the top of the cylinder under pressure of air from the bulb, it passes a port leading to the shutter permitting the pressure of air in the bulb to operate the shutter.
Patent GB-191300894-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Cleaning of Furnace Gases.
IPC: B01D50/00
Filed: 1913-01-11
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 894. Bocking & Cie, erben Stumm- Halberg, und R. Bocking & Cie, R. Jan. 11. Impurities, separating from gases.-Relates to the method of and apparatus for cleaning furnace gases described in Specification 29,933/10, in which the gases are passed through textile filters at a uniform temperature by first cooling them to about the dew-point, the gases being moistened, if necessary, and then reheating them somewhat. According to the invention, a hygrometric instrument is arranged in the path of the gas, preferably on the delivery side of the filter, whereby the cooling, moistening, and re-heating are regulated by hand or automatically in accordance with the humidity of the gas. The instrument preferably consists of a number of hair fibres or a hair rope which expands or contracts on change of humidity. As shown in Fig. 2, the instrument k is arranged in the path of the gas on the delivery side of the filter g, and is adapted to control automatically the water supply to the cooler and moistener b and the supply of heating-medium to the re-heater e by operating a switch arm x, which opens and closes the circuits y<2>, y<3> and y<1>, y<3> of electric motors 1, 2 operating valves o, p through the medium of cords and pulleys 5, 6. The instrument may be connected to a humidity recorder, or adapted to operate an audible signal, such as a bell, whistle, &c., the valves o, p being operated by hand.
Patent GB-191300940-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of 1 3-butyleneglycol.
IPC: C25B3/25
Filed: 1913-01-13
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 940. Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co. March 16, 1912, [Convention date]. 1 : 3 - Butyleneglycol, obtaining. - Aldol is reduced electrolytically. In an example, 160 parts of acetaldehyde are mixed first with ice and 40 parts of water and then with 2À5 parts of potash dissolved in 25 parts of water. The mixture is stirred for 14 hours at 10 C., and the aldol solution thus obtained is acidified with sulphuric acid of 25 per cent strength and then made up to 750 parts with similar acid. After treatment for 24 hours in the cathode compartment of a cell, with a current density at the leaden cathode of 2 amperes per square decimetre, the liquid is neutralized with chalk, filtered, and fractionally distilled. The yield of 1:3-butyleneglycol is more than 50 per cent of the theoretical, and more than 30 per cent of the original aldehyde is recovered as ethyl alcohol and may be re-oxidized. Specification 17,259/11, [Class 2(iii), Dyes &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-191302755-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Horse Shoes.
Inventor: BURKE PATRICK FRANCIS
IPC: A01L1/04
Filed: 1913-02-03
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 2755. Burke, P. F. Feb. 3. Bar shoes; sole-plates; fixing; renewable and integral calks, treads, and hoof-fitting surfaces. -A shoe for horses having flat feet, corns, or drop soles due to founder, has an adjustable and expansible pad or web removably secured thereto to protect the hoof. The body 1 of the shoe, which inclines downwards on the inside, is provided with a flange 2 thickened and roughened at the toe and heels to form calks, and connected to it on the side under the outside of the hoof by lugs 4 suitably disposed. Similar lugs 5 arc connected to the body on the side under the inside of the hoof but spaced from the flange to permit of the flange being struck in if necessary to suit horses which walk "close." The pad or web consists of two pivotally connected plates secured to the underside of the body by studs or rivets 20, 21 and slots 16, the studs being struck over after the application of washers. Notches 15 are provided for the lugs 4 and 5. The plates are slidably and pivotally connected to each other by rivets secured in the slots 19. A heel plate or bar consists of two members 23, pivoted to the heel, and having overlapping parts joined together by a rivet passing through a slot in one member and a hole in the other. The upper surface of each member 23 is inclined so as to lie in the plane of the upper surface of the body part of the shoe, and the lower surface is provided with spurs 32, the pointed ends of which lie in the plane of the lower edge of the flange; the pad or web may if desired be formed with similar spurs to prevent slipping. The body of the shoe may be formed as in Fig. 6, the nails being driven into the outer part of the body, and the studs 20 being preferably turned over towards the inside.
Patent GB-191305039-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Boxes.
Inventor: DAVIDSON JOHN EDWIN
Filed: 1913-02-27
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 5039. Davidson, J. E., Nightingale, J. T., and Hood, A. N. Feb. 27. Drawings to Specification. Lumber.-A material for making boxes consists of sheets of veneer permeated and united by cement.
Patent GB-191309570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Evaporating Pans or Surfaces for Brine and the like.
Inventor: STEIN RICHARD
IPC: C01D3/06
Filed: 1913-04-23
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 9570. Stein, R. April 23. Incrustation, preventing. - Evaporating surfaces or pans for salt works &c. are composed wholly or partly of the asbestos composition or artificial asbestos wood known as ' Fama ' asbestos composition, and consisting of magnesite, magnesium chloride, asbestos fibre, and other mineral and non-combustible materials such as talc, infusorial earth, &c. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the pan b, which is composed of sheet or cast iron, cement, or sandstone, is provided with a protective lining a of ' Fama ' composition extending upwards at the edges and reinforced with fibre or metallic wires or gauze a'.
Patent GB-191311578-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Construction of Wings of Flying Machines.
Inventor: BATSON MATTHEW ARLINGTON
IPC: B64C3/00
Filed: 1912-10-18
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 11,578. Batson, M. A. Oct. 18, 1912. Planes, construction of.-The supporting-planes of a flying-machine are substantially L-shaped in plan, and the parts 104, Fig. 2, forming the short arms of the figure are arranged adjacent to each other and directed rearwards. The part 103 forming the long arm of the figure extends laterally and is directed slightly forwards. The under surface of the plane is concave so that the air is directed inwardly along the part 103 to the part 104 whence it escapes to the front edge of the following plane. The planes may be arranged as shown in Specification 23,830/12. The under surface of the wing is shaped as a parabola. The ribs comprise two parts 110, 109. The part 110 is of laminated wood or fibre and is attached at 111 to the part 109 formed of a tapering rod of wood. The ribs 110 are secured to a tapering spar 107 which has a downwardly inclined bifurcated end portion 108 secured to the innermost rib 121. A strip of fibre is attached to the front member of the fork 108, to the front end of the ribs 110 and to the tip of the spar 107. The rear ends of the ribs are supported by a cord 106<1>. The part 104 is braced by rods 117, 118.
Patent GB-191321678-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction of Electric Switch.
IPC: H01H19/62
Filed: 1913-09-25
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 21,678. Aldous & Campbell, and Archer, C. F. Sept. 25. Switches, quick-action.-A trigger pivoted to a moving contact member is displaced by a hand-operated cam, and a spring is distended until the trigger escapes past the nose of the cam, whereupon the spring produces a quick closing of the contact-member. The spring remains sufficiently strained to produce a quick opening movement when the cam is moved back to allow the trigger to take up its original position. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the cam 8, operated by a member 7 having a fixed or loose handle displaces the pivoted trigger 3, carried by the contact member 2 which is pivoted at 2<x> and distends a spring 5 connected to the trigger and to a fixed point on the base. When the trigger escapes the nose of the cam the spring causes the trigger to ride along the top of the cam as shown in Fig. 2 and produces a rapid closing action of the contact member. On the return movement of the cam, the trigger is pulled into its former position by the spring 5, which causes a quick opening of the switch. The spring may be replaced by a weight adapted to be put in power in a similar manner, and a double-acting switch is described in which the weights for producing the rapid closing and opening movements form an integral part of the pivoted triggers. The operating cam may be constructed so as to be operated only by a detachable key as in an ordinary lock. Retractive switches.-A retractive push-button switch with similar quick action is shown in Fig. 3, the hollow push-button 9 being guided by the pin 12 and having upon it a camformation 8 co-operating with the trigger 3 as' described above. A separate spring 13 returns the push-button to its ' off ' position when released.
Patent GB-191327537-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Ornamenting of Fabrics.
Inventor: WIGGIN JOSEPH NEIL
IPC: D06Q1/04
Filed: 1913-11-29
Granted: 1914-11-30
Abstract: 27,537. Wiggin, J. N. Oct. 23, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Coating-compositions.-Consists in coating an unbleached dyed-fabric, preferably burlap, with a composition comprising mica and metallic powder together with a binding-agent. In an example, the composition contains aluminium bronze as the metallic powder and a mixture ef glue and starch as the binding-agent. The composition may also contain tragacanth. An additional mixture of bronze and lacquer, such as soluble cotton dissolved in amyl acetate, may be applied to the tops only of the threads by a printing-machine.
Patent GB-191402214-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spark Gap Devices for Wireless Telegraphy.
Inventor: GOLDSCHMIDT ROBERT
IPC: H01T9/00
Filed: 1914-01-27
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 2214. Goldschmidt, R. Jan. 27, 1913, [Convention date]. Spark-gap appparatus.-In a spark - gap for wireless telegraphy comprising a number of gaps arranged in series, two sets of electrodes are employed arranged in the form of truncated cones or pyramids. The cones or pyramids are cut longitudinally to form the several electrodes, and one cone fits adjustably into the other. The electrodes of one set are staggered relatively to the electrodes in the other set, the arrangement being such that there is considerable overlap between the electrodes of the two sets so that the oscillations are highly damped by the Foucault currents generated. The cones A, B are cut along their generators to form the two sets of electrodes A', A<2>, A<3>, A', and B', B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, the relative positions of which are shown in Fig. 2. The oscillations pass from a to b along the zigzag path indicated in dotted lines. A hand-wheel V is provided with a nut engaging the screwed spindle T, for varying the length of the gaps by adjusting the position of the cone B. For grinding the electrodes, the cone B is lowered into contact with the cone A and then rotated. For cooling the electrodes, air flows into the case S through the orifice O<1> and escapes through the orifices O<2>. A number of these multiple spark-gaps may be arranged in series, means being provided for adjusting all the cones simultaneously. According to the Specification as published under Section 91 (3) (a), plate electrodes in staggered rows may be employed, or the electrodes in each set may be arranged as cylinders. A number of multiple spark-gaps may be arranged in parallel. When the cones are cleaned by grinding together, a pad may be placed between the cones. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191405274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Air-ship Sheds.
IPC: E04B1/346
Filed: 1914-03-02
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 5274. Luftschiffbau - Zeppelin Ges., and Dornier, C. March 2, [Addition to 21,688/13.] Shelters for housing,aerial machines.-A rotary air-ship shed entirely or partially open at the bottom is not made with cantilever sidewalls supported on a central rotary tower as described in the parent Specification and in Specification 22,467/13, but is supported at each side by four wheels or sets of wheels or carriages which run on suitable circular rails arranged in two narrow concentric channels b, c, the upper surfaces of which lie at the ground level. A floor d fixed to the ground is laid out in a direction determined by local conditions, or in the direction of the prevailing wind.
Patent GB-191408558-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drawers or Pants.
Inventor: BROWNING THOMAS MCGLENN
IPC: A41D1/06
Filed: 1914-04-04
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 8558. Browning, T. M. April 4. Drawers and pants.-To enable the length of the waistband to be adjusted, the usual suspending - tapes d are permanently secured to the waistband at their front ends e and are adjustably secured at their other ends by a buttonhole h adapted to be engagedwith one of two or more buttons i. As shown, the tape passes behind a stay f, which may be formed from, or suitably attached to, the waistband.
Patent GB-191414050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Transversely Cutting Webs of Paper and other Fabrics.
Inventor: ROMMENEY ALBERT
IPC: B26D5/22
Filed: 1914-06-10
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 14,050. Rommeney, A., and Kathe, G. June 10. Feeding webs. - Relates to machines for cutting paper or fabrics transversely in which the web is fed from a roll continuously and is intermittently stopped at the cutters during the cutting operation, and comprises intermittently acting feed-rollers near the cutter and a positively - operating looper. The web or webs p pass from one or more rolls 19, between slitters 20 if required, and over a roller 21 to the looper bar or roller 9 in arms 8 oscillated positively by an arm 7, rod 6, and an adjustable crank-pin 10 on the shaft 4 driven by eccentric gears 2, 3, or by elliptical gears, from the main shaft 1. After passing round the looper 9, the web passes between feed-rollers 14, 18 which are geared together, and thence to the cutter 23. An adjustable crank-pin 11 on the shaft 1 is connected to and reciprocates a rackbar 12 gearing with a wheel 13 loose on the shaft of the feed-roller 14. The wheel 13 drives this roller intermittently in the forward direction through clutch or ratchet gear 14. The downward movement of the looper 9 is so timed that the feed of the web is continued while the rollers 14, 18 are at rest, and the speed of its up and down movements are so regulated, by the eccentric or like gears, in relation to the feed-rollers that the web is drawn from the roll or rolls 19 continuously and at constant speed. The arms 8 may be operated bv cam or other suitable mechanism instead of by eccentric or elliptical gearing.
Patent GB-191416374-A (GB)
Title: Stoking and Fuel Feeding and Distributing Apparatus for Furnaces.
Inventor: TICHONOFF IWAN
IPC: F23K3/10
Filed: 1914-07-09
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 16,374. Tichonoff, I. July 9. Mechanical stoking; fire-bars and grates.- In a mechanical underfeed stoker of the kind comprising a central fuel-trough with a reciprocating base the motion of which is communicated to moving fire-bars arranged on each side of the trough, special means are provided for communicating motion to the base and from the base to the fire-bars. The central fuel-trough 3 is provided with a reciprocating base 9 driven by a pin 26 engaging with a slot 50 in the base and attached to a worm-wheel driven by a motor 2. The base is provided with an arm 48 adapted to engage with fixed stops 27 and an adjustable stop or nut 56 on a screw spindle 55 when the base is reciprocated, to transmit a reciprocating movement to the piston 10, which feeds the fuel from the hopper 1 into the trough 3. Oppositely inclined cams 35, 36 are mounted on the base and transmit a rocking movement to an arm 32 on a longitudinal shaft 6. This shaft is provided with arms 37, 38, 39, which are connected to rods 40, 41 adapted to transmit a rocking motion to bars 7 connected to lugs on the fire-bars. The base 9 is provided with lugs 46, 47 to distribute the fuel and is guided by rollers 51. The trough 3 is provided at the sides with removable slotted members 11 for the supply of air.
Patent GB-191417972-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Artificial Respiration.
Inventor: CHRISTIANSEN CHARLES
IPC: A61M16/00
Filed: 1914-07-29
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 17,972. Christiansen, C. July 29, 1913, [Convention date]. Respiration, appliances for promoting.-Apparatus for producing artificial respiration consists of an oxygen cylinder a connected to an injector i mounted in a plug h, which is rotated by clockwork through a pin g. Suction is caused in the mask l and pipe d by gas passing through the bores f<2>, e<2>, and alternately with this, air sucked in through the bores e<1>, e<3> is forced with the oxygen through the openings f<2>, e<4> and pipe d to the mask.
Patent GB-191419720-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Reinforcement for Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: PATRICK MAXTON
IPC: B60C9/16
Filed: 1914-09-12
Granted: 1915-08-26
Abstract: 19,720. Patrick, M. July 23, [Convention date]. Jackets and covers.-A cover consists of a layer of canvas 2, strengthened by having bent wires 1 threaded across it, an outer rubber covering 5 of the usual form, and a lining 6, of rubber and fabric. The ends of the wires may be looped over circumferential wires 4, Fig. 2, or they may be bent as shown at 7, Fig 5, the wires being placed at 4.
Patent GB-191423956-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulley Blocks.
Inventor: BANKS MARY GEORGINA
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1914-12-12
Granted: 1915-11-25
Abstract: 23,956. Banks, M. G. Dec. 12. Pulley-blocks. - The lower one of a pair of boat lowering pulleyblocks is constructed with its upper part light and its base heavy, so that it is not liable to entanglement in the ropes. The binding- member D and the spacers C between the partitions B are made of heavy metal, and hard wooden pieces H, shown in plan view in Fig. 3, are provided at the flat top of the block to guide the ropes by means of holes I. The spaces between the pieces H and the upstanding partitions B may be fitted by wooden spacers K, or they may be left open or covered by a metal plate. A metal band G of halfround section is shrunk and screwed on to the top of the block. Alternatively, a half-round bar may be embedded in the side cheeks and partitions so as to extend across the top of the block and leave space for the ropes on each side of it.
Patent GB-191424356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Moulding Machines for Foundry and like use.
Inventor: CRAVEN JOHN ERNEST HOLDSWORTH
IPC: B22C15/10
Filed: 1914-12-19
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 24,356. Craven, J. E. H. Dec. 19. Moulding-machines of the jarring type have the body of the machine raised by fluid pressure to act as a floating anvil during ramming, subsequent lowering effecting the drawing of the pattern. Pressure admitted at 7, Fig. 1, lifts the body 4 until cut off by the termination of the groove 8. Pressure admitted at 22, Fig. 2, raises the differential valve 19 and admits pressure at 24 to the table ram 10. The valve 18 connected to the table is moved to uncover a port 23, causing the valve 19 to descend, and connects the port 24 to exhaust at 25. The table falls, and the body, temporarily relieved of its weight, rises until impact occurs at 13. Pins 15 prevent relative rotation. Oscillatory reciprocation of the body after impact is prevented by holes 29 connecting the space below a piston 26, prevented from rising by a plate 28, with the space below the ram 3 supporting the body. In case the valve 19 should stick, ports 30, 31 prevent the table from being lifted too high. The machine may be provided with means for inverting the flask prior to withdrawing the pattern.
Patent GB-191503210-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Valve Gear of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FESSL FERDINAND
IPC: F01L7/02
Filed: 1915-02-27
Granted: 1915-11-18
Abstract: 3210. Fessl, F. Feb. 27. Valve-gear.-A rotary valve for a four-strokecycle engine is driven at a variable speed by a driving-wheel a having two or four arms to engage and drive a four-armed wheel b on the valve spindle, according to whether the wheels themselves give the 2:1 ratio required, or whether this ratio is effected between the crank and the driving-wheel.
Patent GB-191507391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Foundry Moulding Machines.
Inventor: ROE HERBERT
IPC: B22C19/04
Filed: 1915-05-17
Abstract: 7391. Roe, H. May 17. Moulding-machines.-The flask support e and pattern support bare connected, as by chains c pa-sing over pulleys d. so that, during drawing, the flask and pattern move simultaneously in opposite directions.