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Patent GB-191328496-A (GB)
Title: Inexplodible Storage Vessel for Inflammable Liquids.
Inventor: MASONI LUIGI VASARI
IPC: B64D37/32
Filed: 1913-12-10
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 28,496. Masoni, L. V. Dec. 11, 1912, [Convention date]. Fires, preventing in receptacles for inflammable liquids. - Relates to a protective jacket and to safety discharge fittings for storage receptacles for inflammable liquids. The jacket consists of vertical overlapping sheetmetal strips 21, 22, the narrow slits between which allow the circulation of air and escape of vapour, but do not permit the passage of flame. The cylindrical storage vessel 1 is adapted to rotate about a vertical axis under the control of a spring surrounding the inlet plug at the top. One of the strips 21 of greater width than the others is provided at its lower end with a hinged door or shutter 23 connected by a chain 24 to the discharge cock 25 located under the base of the vessel 1, so that when the door 23 is opened, the vessel 1 rotates, and the cock moves to the position shown in dotted lines, its operating-lever 26, which also forms the discharge nozzle, being turned by a stop 27 to the position shown at 26<1>, thus opening the cock. At the same time, a projection on the plug of the cock opens a valve 33 against the action of a spring 35. When the door 23 is closed, the vessel 1 rotates back under the action of the spring, and the cock 25 and valve 33 are automatically closed.
Patent GB-191405865-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Frames for Motors with Cylinders Disposed in Star Formation.
Inventor: HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER JACOB CHRIST
IPC: F02F7/00
Filed: 1914-03-07
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 5865. Ellehammer, J. C. Hansen-. March 7, 1913, [Convention date]. Cylinders, mounting; frames. - Three radial cylinders 11, 12, 13 are secured in position by tie bolts 5. A second set of cylinders behind the first set are similarly held in position.
Patent GB-191406617-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Manufacturing Sulphuric Acid.
Inventor: LOTJENS JACOB
IPC: C01B17/84
Filed: 1914-03-16
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 6617. Lutjens, J. March 16. Sulphuric acid.-The supply of nitric acid or other reagent supplying nitrous gases in the chamber or tower processes is controlled automatically by a thermometer in the chamber or tower, so as to maintain the reaction constant, and thereby enable smaller chambers &c. to be employed. In the diagram shown, the thermometer l is electrically connected to a device 3 controlling the opening of the valve 2 through which nitric acid is supplied to the Glover tower b.
Patent GB-191408503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wave Motors.
Inventor: LAWRENCE HENRY JONATHAN
IPC: F03B13/18
Filed: 1914-04-03
Granted: 1915-03-18
Abstract: 8503. Lawrence, H. J. April 3. Wave energy, utilizing. - A wave motor comprises one or more shafts 1 journaled in bearings 2 and carrying frames 6, 10. The frames 10 carry V- shaped plates 14 which receive the impact of the waves; while the frames 6 have connected to them cables 24 which pass around transmitting-gear and thence over a pulley 25, the free end being provided with a counterweight 26. The transmitting- gear oomprises a series of ratchet pulleys which allow the impact members 14 to rise freely but transmit power on their fall. The bearings 2 are mounted on cement or stone foundations 3 which are held by cables 4 anchored as shown at 5. In place of these foundations, piling or cement or stone pillars may be employed.
Patent GB-191408605-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Propulsion of Ships by Steam Turbines and Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: B63H23/00
Filed: 1914-04-04
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 8605. Vulcan-Werke Hamburg und Stettin Akt.-Ges. Nov. 14, 1913, [Convention date]. Plant; driving and transmission mechanism, special applications of. - Internal - combustion engines are clutched by hydraulic clutches of the Fottinger type to the turbine shafts of a propeller installation, hydraulic or mechanical gear reductions being used. The central shaft 8, Fig. 1, is driven by a turbine 2 through reversible hydraulic clutches 5; while the internal - combustion engines 10 can drive by either of the gearings 12, 13 through the hydraulic clutch 11. Declutching is effected by emptying the clutch casings. In a modification, all three propeller shafts may be driven by the two sources of power.
Patent GB-191410564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machinery employed in the Process of Washing, Steaming, Bleaching, Dyeing and Drying Yarn.
Inventor: HEAP ROBERT SMITH
IPC: D06B5/18
Filed: 1914-04-29
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 10,564. Heap, R. S. April 29. Drying cops, hanks, &c.-Rotary perforated beam machines for circulating fluids through yarn wound thereon in drying &c., such as are described in Specification 27,731/09, [Class 34 (i), Drying gases &c.], wherein the fluid - leading pipes are connected to the beams by arranging intermediate flanges between the ends of the beams and the beam-stand frame, and the delivery nozzles are forced against these intermediate flanges at the ends of the beams by screws, are provided, between the clamping - screw and the part or member with which it coacts to clamp the beam and connect up the fluid-leading pipes thereto, with a spiral or other suitable spring or resilient contrivance. This spring &c. h is conveniently arranged in a chamber or recess j in a stem f on an intermediate flange c arranged between the end of the beam b and the beam-stand frame a, so transmitting the thrust of the screw e to the flange c. The intermediate flange c is provided with a ball bearing d between the flange c and a member m, which is preferably furnished with a convex head n fitting into a corresponding seat fashioned in the end of the beam b, for the purpose of centring the beam and making a fluid-tight joint therewith. The fluid-delivery nozzle is situated at the other end of the beam b.
Patent GB-191414296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shaft Turning-gear for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: F02N3/00
Filed: 1914-06-13
Granted: 1915-09-30
Abstract: 14,296. Wade, H. [Reichstein Brennaborwerke Geb.] June 13. Turning-gear.-The engine shaft g is turned by a handle a which acts through a rack b and pinion c ; the pinion carries the pawl d of a one-way clutch, the ratchet-wheel of which is fixed on the shaft. With the handle in the rest position, the pawl bears on an adjustable stop i and is held out of the way of the ratchet-wheel.
Patent GB-191415641-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Instrument for Indicating Direction at Night.
Inventor: TILNEY WILLIAM ARTHUR
IPC: G01C21/02
Filed: 1914-06-30
Granted: 1915-11-18
Abstract: 15,641. Tilney, W. A. June 30. Stellar compasses.-An instrument for indicating a direction at night comprises a protractor a and three adjustable radial pointers e, f, g, which are set so that the pointer e indicates the desired direction when the pointers f, g are directed to stars the positions of which are known. The arms and the protractor are preferably coated with a luminous composition.
Patent GB-191417711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steering Axles for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: PITTEVIL ALOIS
IPC: B62D7/16
Filed: 1914-07-27
Granted: 1915-07-27
Abstract: 17,711. Pittevil, A., and Duquesne, R. July 27. Deflectable axle-ends; steering - gear. - The wheel axle 4 is formed integral with the steering pivots 6, 7, which work in bronze sockets 8, 11 secured in the fork of the main axle 1. It is pierced at the central part to admit a single lever 14 connected on one side at 16 to the steering control rod and on the other at 17 to the usual coupling- rod 25 to the other wheel. The arm 14 is secured in the axle 4 by means of a conical part 30 and a nut 31. A ball 19 on the end 17 is passed through an opening in the link 25 and is engaged by two bearing-blocks pressed together by a spring 23. A lubricator 29 is fitted over the ball joint 19, and the steering pivots are lubricated by means of a conduit 13, the top of the socket 8 forming a grease-cup covered by a cap 10.
Patent GB-191418270-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Expressing Oil from Seed, Meal and the like, and simultaneously Producing Cattle-feeding Cake.
Inventor: BENSON CHARLES
IPC: B30B9/04
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 18,270. Benson, C. Aug. 7. Fatty oils, extracting by pressure. An oilpress is provided with a series of elements each consisting of a mouldbox 1 and a seed-container or mould 15. The mould - box 1 has a thickened top 5 and long walls 8, 9 on three sides, the wall 6 at the front being shorter or omitted altogether. The mould-boxes are fitted with eyes 25 engaging the columns of the press. The moulds 15 consist of a base-piece and a separate frame which is constituted by walls 11, 14, &c. and which is secured to the basepiece by hinges 16 at the front. The moulds 15 are filled with seed, meal, &c. and are then slid into the press. Upon applying pressure, the walls 11, 14, &c. of the mould enter recesses 4 formed in the mould-box between the walls 6, 8, 9 and the top 5. When the operation is complete, the moulds are removed and the hinged frame 11, 14, &c. is turned up to allow the cake to be removed. As bagging is not employed, the surfaces 10, 23 between which the seed is compressed are made of aluminium, tin, tinned iron, or other light-coloured metal, and are scratched or cut to represent the texture of bagging. The upper surface 10 is constituted by a ribbed plate attached to the top 5. The base of the mould 15 has a ribbed upper surface covered with wire gauze 22 supporting the metal sheet 23. An opening is left in the gauze 22 and the sheet 23 at the point where the brand plate is situated. The sheet 23 may be omitted, or the lower pressing-surface may be constructed like the upper surface 10. The walls 11, 14, &c. are covered inside with sheets of aluminium &c. and provided with holes 18 for the escape of the oil.
Patent GB-191419604-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Vehicles.
Inventor: LOW ARCHIBALD MONTGOMERY
IPC: B62D23/00
Filed: 1914-09-09
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 19,604. Low, A. M. Sept. 9. Frame construction. -A combined body and undercarriage for vehicles such as cyclecars consists of two longitudinal side beams a of angle-iron braced by transverse members b, hoops or ribs c shaped to the outline of the body being secured to the beams a at intervals to support strips or sheets of steel, aluminium, multiple-ply wood, canvas or other material forming the body covering. In the vehicle shown, the beams a are obtuse-angled in cross-section and are curved convexly outwards in plan to conform to the shape of the body. The engine and front springs are carried by two longitudinal beams j attached to the beams a and to one of the transverse members.
Patent GB-191420277-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in or connected with Water Heaters.
Inventor: STOTT VERNON HEYWOOD
IPC: G05D23/02
Filed: 1914-09-28
Granted: 1915-09-28
Abstract: 20,277. Stott, V. H., and Schofield, L. Sept. 28. Fluid-actuated valves.-In water-heaters in which a float or inverted cup is used for regulating the gas supply, the float is formed with or has attached thereto a lip which projects outsido the heater and contacts with a tappet lever operating the gas valve. The inverted cup or float 3 of an urn 4, Fig. 1, has a lip 1 on the crown 2, the lip engaging a long spindle 6 of the gas valve 5. A spring 7 tends to hold the gas valve in the closed position, and a relief valve 14 is fitted in the crown 2. The rise and fall of the float automatically controls the burner so that the water is brought to boiling- point and so maintained. In a modification, a rod attached to the lip acts on a short valve spindle, and the spindles or tappets may be suitably enclosed. In another form, the lip acts on a rocking lever which in turn acts on the valve spindle. For use with kettles, the valve box 5, Fig. 3, is raised, a plate 9 shielding it from the burner 10. When shallow boiling- vessels are used, an enlargement 11 is formed to take up the volume of expansion with a small rise of the float, and a shoulder is formed to prevent the united pressure in the float at the moment of boiling from forcing water over the edge.
Patent GB-191500921-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrapping or Labelling Machines.
IPC: B65B11/32
Filed: 1915-01-20
Abstract: 921. Day & Sons, J., Day, C. H., Day, A., Hadcock, J., Bingham, A. and Naylor, W. H. Jan. 20. [Cognate Applications 1449/15 and 9882/15.] Labelling.-Consists in a machine for labelling jam jars, bottles, and other articles which must be kept in an upright position. The jar, with a label or wrapper in front, is pushed into a pocket in an horizontal intermittently rotating wheel and the vertical seam sealed. Paper from the roll 52, Fig. 2, is fed over a pasting- roller 57, a measuring-roller 58, and intermittently over the top of the machine through the feed-rollers 62, 63 vertically downward. An horizontal guillotine knife 100, Fig. 24, cuts off a blank which is simultaneously gripped by jaws 117 and lowered in front of the jar. The jars are placed in a stationary trough 204, Figs. 1 and 5, fixed at the side of the table band fed along intermittently by arms 218 fixed to a rod 206. The rod periodically oscillates to turn the arms away from the trough and is secured to a parallel rod 205, both rods being reciprocated in bearings 208. When a jar arrives opposite an opening 229 in the side of the trough the paper blank simultaneously is lowered and a pusher 230 pushes the jar and wrapper into a vertical pocket y, Fig. 7, of an horizontal intermittently rotating wrapping- wheel x lying over the table. During its transmission, the jar is supported on an oscillating conveyer 231 carried by an arm 232 pivoted to the table. The wrapping-wheel x is driven intermittently from gearing r, Fig. 2, underneath the table. Each pocket has a movable side z carried by a lever 1 pivoted to the wheel at 2 and opened fully to receive a jar by a cam lever 26 periodically oscillated by the mechanism 35, 31, Fig. 6. The movable side carries also a T-shaped member 18, Fig. 7 b, oscillating in a vertical plane so as to press the wrapper closely against non-cylindrical bodies. Both sides of the pocket contain spring-pressed rollers 7, 8. After the jar is inserted, the movable side leaves the cam 26, is closed by the spring 12, and the vertically pasted edge of the wrapper is pressed down, first by contact with cam surfaces 255, and then by spring-pressed rollers 264, both carried by a cam-actuated lever 256. After further operations in the case of wrapping the top and bottom of the jar, or without these in the case of labelling only, an ejector-plate 40 in each pocket is now operated by the lever 47, Fig. 6, to push the jar on to a platform 365, Figs. 1 and 5, from which it is moved by the pusher 369 back into the trough to be carried on by the arms 218.
Patent GB-191503208-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Nitric Acid.
Inventor: RASCHIG FRIEDRICH
IPC: C01B21/42
Filed: 1915-02-27
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 3208. Raschig, F. Feb. 28, 1914, [Convention date]. Acids, distilling; progressive evaporators.-In distilling nitric acid from saltpetre and sulphuric acid, the operation is effected in a continuous manner in an apparatus comprising a vacuum pan a and a condenser d evacuated by an air-pump i, barometric pipes k, m, e being provided for the inflow of the raw materials, the outflow of bisulphate, and the discharge of the distilled nitric acid respectively. The vacuum pan is of cast iron, is fitted with partitions providing a zigzag path for the liquid, and is heated to 170‹ C. by a fire or by steam coils cast in the bottom of the pan. The pipes k, m are of cast iron. The pipe m is cast in one with a pipe by which heat is applied to prevent solidification of the bisulphate. The cooling-coil d is of earthenware, and the pipe e of aluminium. The pump i is fed with milk of lime to neutralize the acid vapours.
Patent GB-191504030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for the Blades of Safety Razors.
Inventor: TWIGG ARTHUR CHARLES
IPC: B24D15/10
Filed: 1915-03-15
Abstract: 4030. Twigg, A. C., [trading as Twigg & Sons, G.]. March 15. Razors.-A device for holding safety-razor blades for stropping purposes, or for use in shaving as with an ordinary razor, comprises a blade clamp b, Fig. 1, introduced endways and from either end, at choice, into a handle a consisting of a length of tubing slotted at a<1>. The blade clamp consists of a spring-steel or other metal blank folded upon itself to produce the U-form shown in Fig. 4, the tubular or beaded part b' sliding into the handle a, and the spring wings b<2>, b<3> becoming closed, by the action of the handle, upon a blade c that has been inserted between them. Positioning-bosses on the clamp-sides are adapted to engage with the usual holes in the blades.
Patent GB-191507011-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Means for Removing or Stripping Metallic Capsules from the Necks of Bottles and the like.
Inventor: WHITFIELD FREDERICK GEORGE
IPC: B08B9/08
Filed: 1915-05-10
Abstract: 7011. Whitfield, F. G., and Asquith, H. May 10. Cutting and breaking appliances for capsules. -In a machine for removing metallic capsules from the necks of hottles &c., particularly from the necks of empty wine bottles, in which pivotally and resiliently mounted rotating cutters or like tools are adapted to engage the necks of the bottles, the holders f carrying the cutters f<1> are pivoted at their rear ends f<2> to peripheral lugs e<1> on a disk e, and have inwardly-projecting radially-arranged arms which are adapted to move inwardly when a bottle is placed in the machine, thus causing the holders f to turn on their pivots and bring the cutters f<2> into contact with the neck of the bottle. The holders f are pivoted at their inner rear ends by projections f<3> to radial lugs on a ring g, which is loose on the axially-movable shaft h and pressed outwardly against the nose-piece h<1> by a spring j. A spring k presses the disk e forwards and holds an inner clutch member d out of engagement with the clutch surface c<1> on the driving-pulley c. On pressing a hottle against the nose-piece h<1>, the shaft h is moved rearwardly and the spring j compressed, causing the cutters f<1> to move inwards on to the capsule; further movement of the shaft h compresses the spring k and puts the clutch d into engagement. The fragments of metal foil fall down a shoot at the bottom of the guard l. Should a bottle break, the pressure is at once released from the nosepiece h<1> and the parts become disengaged and assume their normal stationary position. The shaft h is prevented from rotating, and its forward movement is limited, by a transverse pin h<3> engaging in slots b<3> in the end of the fixed sleeve b. The cutters f<1> are arranged side by side in the holders f with their cutting-edges f<4> extending in line longitudinally over the nosepiece h<1> and are capable of separate radial movement under the action of springs f<5>. The nose-piece h<1> may be made removable so that it can be taken off when the machine is used for removing capsules from bottles which have not been previously opened.
Patent GB-191507452-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Facilitating the Navigation of Vessels in Fog, Heavy Rain, Snow or the like.
Inventor: SAWYER FREDERICK LEWIS
IPC: G01S11/16
Filed: 1915-05-18
Abstract: 7452. Sawyer, F. L. May 18. Protractors.-In a signalling system to facilitate navigation in fog, wherein the distance of one vessel from another, or from a fixed station, can be found from the time-interval between the receipt at one vessel of two signals simultaneously transmitted from the other, and having different velocities, preferably Hertzian waves and sound impulses, a device is provided to determine the relative positions of the two vessels from two distance observations taken at a known interval, and combined with the known courses and speeds of the vessels as communicated by signal. The device comprises two slotted and graduated arms 170, 171 pivoted at the centre 140 of a compass card 172 and respectively carrying graduated arms 175, 176 pivoted by clamp devices 145, 146 which can be adjusted along the slots. The arms 170, 171 are adjusted to positions, as indicated by the card 172, to correspond to the courses of the receiving and sending vessels, and the distances of the pivots 145, 146 from the centre 140 are adjusted to correspond with the distances covered by the vessels in the known interval between the two distance observations. An adjustable stop 178 is clamped to the arm 176 so that its distance from the pivot 146 corresponds to the first distance observed, and an adjustable stop 177 is clamped to the arm 175 so that its distance from the pivot 145 corresponds to the second distance observed. The arms 175, 176 are then swung round until the stops come together, giving two points 146<a>, 146<b>, one of which shows the position of the sending vessel at the second distance observation, the receiving vessel being at the point 145. Lines 142<a>, 142<b>, parallel to the arm 171, and equal in length to the distance between the pivots 140, 146, give points 140<a>, 140<b>, one of which shows the position of the sending vessel at the first distance observation, the receiving vessel then being at 140. Which of the two solutions should be adopted can be determined from the approximate direction of the sending vessel as found by suitable sound or " wireless " direction-finding means. The device can be used also to find the dangerous rate of approach of the vessels, at which collision is probable assuming the vessels to maintain their courses and speeds. This is the resultant of the two speeds. The arms 170, 171 are adjusted to correspond with the courses of the vessels, as abore, and the distances of the pivots 145, 146 from the centre 140 are adjusted to correspond with the respective speeds. The resultant 143 can be measured by either of the arms 175, 176.
Patent GB-191510595-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Calcium Nitrate.
IPC: C01F11/40
Filed: 1915-07-21
Abstract: 10,595. Smith, S., and Ammonia Soda Co. July 21. [Cognate Application, 1059/16.] Calcium nitrate.-In the production of calcium nitrate by the reaction of calcium chloride on sodium nitrate in solution, the calcium chloride is employed in excess, for instance an excess of 10-20 per cent, and the mixed solution is evaporated, for instance until its boiling-point is 130-140‹ C., and then cooled or allowed to cool, for instance to 60‹ C., the sodium chloride which separates during these operations being removed; then the solution is diluted, for instance until its boiling-point would be about 128‹ C., and is then further cooled, whereupon calcium nitrate crystallizes out and is washed with water or calcium nitrate solution and, if desired may be recrystallized. In recrystallizing, a solution of a boiling-point of about 121‹ C. may be employed, and the mother-liquor may be used for washing the crystals first obtained or for diluting the original solution prior to the first crystallization.
Patent GB-191513497-A (GB)
Title: Detachable Reinforced Concrete Flooring.
Inventor: MOLOTILOFF NICOLAI
IPC: E04B5/06
Filed: 1915-09-22
Abstract: 13,497. Molotiloff, N. Sept. 22. Floors of reinforced-concrete girders side by side; reinforced-concrete beams.-Ribbed, hollow, or flat ferro-concrete beams with inter. locking tongues and grooves are laid side by side without cemented joints so as to be removable. The tongues and grooves may be continuous, as shown in Fig. 6, or toothed grooves may be used, as shown in Fig. 11. Both forms may be used with any shape of beam, those shown in Figs. 4, 6, and 11, or flat slab-like beams, being examples. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications, 25,374/08 and 10,296/09.