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Patent GB-191301442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Supports for the Filaments of Incandescent Electric Lamps.
Inventor: ROUX JEAN MARIE
IPC: H01K1/18
Filed: 1913-01-17
Granted: 1914-01-19
Abstract: 1442. Roux, J. M., and Sanchez, J. Jan. 17. Filaments; filaments, supports for.-A support for a helical metal filament consists of a number of converging or diverging rods, each rod being concave outwards. In one form, three parabolic rods 1, Fig. 1, are spaced symmetrically and converge at the lamp foot 4; the rods may be stepped. In other forms, the rods may be connected to a central stem, or their spaced ends may be strengthened by radial bars optionally connected to a central stem; they may be in the form of ares of hyperbolas, ellipses, or circles. The filament may engage hooks on the rods, or may be threaded through holes in flat rods of glass or the like. A helical filament as described above may be combined with a filament of any other form, as shown for example in Fig. 6. According to the Provisional Specification, (1) the rods may be replaced by tubes, or by radial metal or insulating- anchors. (2) The supports may have hemispherical, polygonal, or pyramidal side members; they may consist of crystal or enamelled glass. (3) A glass frame having rectilinear side members and semicircular or parabolic ends bent downwards and provided with notches for fixing supporting-hooks may be used. (4) The filament may lie on a cube, parallelopiped, or prism.
Patent GB-191301962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Book or like Covers.
Inventor: HARE FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: B42F13/40
Filed: 1913-01-24
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 1962. Hare, F. C. Jan. 24. Books with integral means for standing in open position; book-markers.-Book or like covers comprise a front flap 1, Fig. 2, folding on itself and provided with projections or pins 3 for engagement with eyelets in the back flap 5. A line-indicator consists of a side rail 6, Fig. 3, having a pivoted sliding cross-bar 7 thereon, the under surface of which is roughened.
Patent GB-191302618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cans or like Vessels.
Inventor: INGALLS ALLEN GARDINER
Filed: 1913-01-31
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 2618. Ingalls, A. G., and Cotton, C. M. Jan. 31. Opening by tearing.- The tearing - strip is strengthened by a number of corrugations parallel to, and between, the weakening-lines 13. The tearing-strip may be arranged on the side wall or on the end of the can &c., and in the latter case a plate 11 is soldered beneath the free tongue provided for engagement with the key.
Patent GB-191304559-A (GB)
Title: Feeding Mechanism for Blanking and Forming Machines for Paper, Paste-board and the like.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
IPC: B65H20/18
Filed: 1913-02-22
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 4559. James, R. W., [Union Paper Co.]. Feb. 22. Cutting-out apparatus. - A staggered-feed mechanism for a continuous strip of material comprises a cam drum for giving the transverse feed and reciprocating clamping-mechanism for gripping the strip and feeding it towards the cutter, a supplementary clamping-mechanism being employed to grip the strip during the return stroke of the main clamp. The chaindriven cam drum 12 has a shuttle cam path for giving the staggering effect, this cam being engaged by a shoe 62 carried by a frame 17 which runs along roller guides upon the bed of the machine. The main clamps 35, 36 are arranged at the side of the machine upon transverse rods 24, 25, and the projecting portions 34 of the movable lower jaws are operated by arms 38 on the ends of shafts 21, these shafts being oscillated by a roller running along a track. The front horizontal rod 19, to which the frame 17 is connected, has an extending crank-arm 31 which is connected by a link 32 to the casting 33 carrying the jaws, so that an oscillatory movement of the rod 19 moves the sheet towards the punch; the oscillation of the rod 19 is effected by a roller running along a track. The jaws are released during the return movement of the casting 33 by a spring 65 and during this period the paper is gripped by supplementary jaws, of which the upper stationary one 47 is carried by the rod 25 and the lower one is operated by a roller running along an irregular track. The roll 56 of stock is supported on a shaft 57 and there is enough slack in the piece 55 to allow the strip to follow the transverse movement of the carriage. The irregular tracks controlling the clamps are arranged so that the supplementary clamps come into operation during the return movement of the main clamp.
Patent GB-191306123-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Means for Freeing Smoke from Soot and like Material.
Inventor: BOMHARD KARL
IPC: B01D46/20
Filed: 1913-03-12
Granted: 1914-04-14
Abstract: 6123. Bomhard, K. March 12. Impurities, separating from gases. - In the separation of solid particles from smoke &c. passing through an expansion chamber a from which deposited particles are removed by a conveyer e, the conveyer is worked at approximately the same speed as that of the smoke in order to prevent the deposited particles from re-uniting with the purified smoke. The particles are conveyed to a chamber g which can be isolated from the expansion chamber by a damper h. The conveyer may be arranged in a chamber separated from the expansion chamber by a partition i, Fig. 3, resting on transverse blocks of masonry k, the base of the expansion chamber sloping towards the conveyer.
Patent GB-191307952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lamps.
Inventor: PRINTER RUSTAM HORMASJEE
Filed: 1913-04-04
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 7952. Printer, R. H. April 4. Extinguishing wick burners.-A spring- operated extinguisher is normally held out of action by a hook I connected by a cord or chain to the lever C of the extinguisher and engaging a part of the lamp in such a manner that a shock will release the hook. A spring D is arranged to act on the lever C and operate the extinguisher when the lamp is upset or dropped. In one arrangement in which pivoted shutters fall by gravity over the flames of a duplex burner when a frame carrying the shutters is raised, the extinguisher is normally held out of position by the hook I engaging a ring wire frame H, which may carry the reflector.
Patent GB-191309142-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Packing Bananas for Transport.
Inventor: WIGG CHARLES
IPC: B65D85/34
Filed: 1913-04-18
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 9142. Wigg, C. April 18. P a c k i n g bananas. - Bananas are packed in cylindrical cases 1, 3 having ventilating apertures, having b e e n previously wrapped in corrugated paper 4, straw being used as a filling.
Patent GB-191312729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fuel Spraying Devices for the Carburetters of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MCMAHON PETER VALENTINE
IPC: F02M9/00
Filed: 1913-05-31
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 12,729. McMahon, P. V. May 31. Spray carburettors.- The fuel charge is supplied to a spraying- device d comprising a nozzle, the base of which has a number of holes through which air is induced, the area of the holes being varied in accordance with the requirements. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the holes through which the air passes are closed by valves c having adjusting-nuts j and controlled by a lever h, the adjustment being such that the valves are opened in succession. Alternative means for varying the area of the air-orifices comprise a plate adapted to slide under a grid on to which the fuel is delivered, and a grid between the members of which pass sliding bars adapted to close more or less the passages through the grid.
Patent GB-191315898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Vacuum Cleaners.
Inventor: PEEL JAMES
IPC: A47L5/04
Filed: 1913-07-10
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 15,898. Peel, J. July 10. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus of the type in which the suction devices are actuated from the travelling wheels comprises a casing divided by an inclined partition c into front and rear compartments d, e. The compartment d is closed by a detachable nozzle o which secures the frame m of the dust bag n. The driving-wheels are chain-geared to a shaft v formed with cranks v<2>, v<3> connected to the moving boards of bellows by links w, x. The bellows exhaust the chamber d through valves g<2> in the partition c. The wheels can be raised from the ground by a pair of props 8, in which case the nozzle o is replaced by a simple closing-piece fitted with a flexible hose and nozzle, and the bellows are actuated by turning the shaft 2 by means of a key applied to its end.
Patent GB-191318409-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: BLAKENEY ROBERT
IPC: G09F19/00
Filed: 1913-08-13
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 18,409. Blakeney, R. Aug. 13. Moving and changing apparatus.-An arm connected to the advertising part through toggle levers g, h, Fig. 2, gives it movement, and this arrangement is especially applied to that type of apparatus in which the advertising parts are immersed in an opaque liquid and are moved alternately towards and away from a transparent side of the container. A rising and falling float or piston may be the primary motor, or electrical means may be employed. A number of floats d, Figs. 2 and 3, are connected by levers e and links i to toggle levers g, h, which operate advertising plates l on pivots k, near a transparent side b<2> of a vessel b. The apparatus has holes in the partitions b, covered with india-rubber -sheets, which permit of the emptying only of the cells through the holes. Water is admitted to the first cell and operates its float d, and then flows over the partition a into the next cell, and so on from cell to cell. When all are full, the water rises and proceeds to fill a siphon in a compartment, connected up with the first cell, whereupon the siphon empties the cells by way of the rubber-covered holes in the partitions. The cells, Fig. 3, are connected up to a pipe t, provided with one-way valves u. Water is admitted at an opening m and fills the cells as alreadv described. The partition a forming the side of the cell of a float d<1> is higher than the other partitions, causing that cell to be filled only after the others are full. In rising, the float d<1> opens' the valves r<1>, r<2> and the water flows out of the vessel b to the pipe s. According to the Provisional Specification compressed air may operate the device.
Patent GB-191320597-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutch Mechanism.
Inventor: SIEURIN PAUL WILHELM
IPC: B66D1/08
Filed: 1913-09-11
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 20,597. Sieurin, P. W. May 13, [Convention date]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Operating clutches.- Relates to clutch-operating g e a for use especially with windlasses provided with two winding - drums, each put i n t o action by a clutch, the gear being so arranged that only one clutch .can be disengaged at a time. The clutches 4, 5 are operated by levers 8, 9 connected by toggle-links 21, 21<1> and a link 19 to a lever 13 secured on a shaft 12, which is operated by a rod 10 and hand-lever 1. Also secured on the shaft 12 is a lever 13<1>, carrying a pawl 14 engaging a loose ratchetwheel 15 secured to a toothed disk 16, so arranged that, when a rod 17 on the lever 8 is opposite a tooth, a rod 18 on the lever 9 is opposite a recess, and vice versa. For disengaging a clutch, the lever 1 is moved to the right, thus lowering the toggle-links and disengaging one clutch, the other being held by its rod engaging the disk 16. When the lever 1 is returned, the clutches are re-engaged, and the ratchet-wheel 15 is rotated by the pawl 14 to reverse the positions of the teeth and recesses of the disk 16, so that, when the lever 1 is again moved to the right, the other clutch is disengaged. The lever 1 is formed in two parts connected by a spring 22 to prevent violent disengagement of the clutches.
Patent GB-191321138-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Automatically Regulating Temperature in Rooms or the like.
Inventor: FRANK HERMANN
IPC: G05D23/275
Filed: 1913-09-18
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 21,138. Frank, H. Sept. 18. Thermal switches.- Two or more metal wires or threads are secured at the ends and loaded at the centre by a weight or spring, expansion of the wires causing the weight or spring to operate a switch. As shown in Fig. 1, the weight b is secured to several wires a and to a lever d engaging with a projection e on a tilting mercury switch h, which is loaded by a weight, and is mounted on a pivot f adjustable in a slot by means of a screw m. In a modification, the weight b is suspended from the wires by means of a rider n, Fig. 5, on which is mounted a box p having a contact t engaging with a contact s on an adjustable bell-shaped part p<1>, which dips into mercury in the box p to form a seal. The box may contain hydrogen to prevent sparking. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, two sets of wires a are connected together by a third wire y supporting a rider c with adjustable loading springs j and a contact r engaging with a fixed contact adjustable by means of a screw z.
Patent GB-191324451-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Wheels.
Inventor: SYMMONDS THEOPHILUS
IPC: F03B7/00
Filed: 1913-10-28
Granted: 1914-10-28
Abstract: 24,451. Symmonds, T. Oct. 28. Current motors.-The motor comprises a hollow revoluble drum provided with paddles which are withdrawn into the interior of the drum when not in operation. The drum 4 is revolubly mounted upon a stationary vertical shaft 7, and is placed in a masonry casing 1 situated at the side of or in the middle of a stream. When the motor is not in operation, a gate 2 can be lowered. The drum contains a number of paddles 13 to be projected from or withdrawn into the drum by compressed-air servo-motors 22. The compressed air is taken from a common supply pipe 24 communicating with a reservoir 23. Air is compressed and forced into the reservoir by a pump 27 driven off a standing bevel-wheel 32 through suitable mechanism. The valves 26 of the servo-motors 22 are operated periodically by cams 54, so that as each paddle approaches the open side of the casing 1, it is projected into the stream and is afterwards withdrawn. The cam 54 can be raised out of action when required by hand-wheels 59. The upper part of the drum is provided with gearing 37, meshing with a pinion 36, connected by suitable gearing with the horizontal power shaft 40. The drum, cams, and pinion 36 are all capable of limited vertical movement with the rise and fall of the stream. Means are provided for rendering the openings through which the paddles project water-tight during working, and additional means are provided for use when repairs to the interior of the drum are in progress. Regulating.-To stop the motor, a band brake 42 is provided.
Patent GB-191326955-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Valve Mechanism of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MACKENZIE-HUGHES EDWARD SINCLA
IPC: F01L1/12
Filed: 1913-11-06
Granted: 1914-11-06
Abstract: 26,955. Hughes, E. S. B. Mackenzie-. Nov. 6. Check lift valves.-In an internal-combustion engine, an automatic admission valve C is closed by a spring D acting through a chain, cord, &c. A passing over a wheel B in the inlet pipe. Specification 25,308/13, [Class 7 (ii), Internalcombustion engines, Arrangements &c. of], is referred to.
Patent GB-191411012-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sewage Distributors for Filter Beds.
Inventor: LAVENDER WILLIAM
IPC: C02F3/04
Filed: 1914-05-05
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 11,012. Lavender, W. May 5. Splashing - apparatus.-A baffle for use on sewage-distributors for filter-beds comprises a strip of metal 1 having punched out of it a tongue 4, which is bent outwards as shown. The strip is bent round to clip the distributing- pipe and fastened by means of a bolt and nut 5. The sewage passing out of the hole 7 impinges against the tongue 4, by which it is spread and aerated.
Patent GB-191421562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hammocks.
Inventor: GODDARD FRANK
IPC: A45F3/24
Filed: 1914-10-27
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 21,562. Goddard, F. Oct. 27. Hammocks.-A collapsible support for a hammock comprises a pair of frames a<1>, a<2>, a<3> and b<1>, b<2>, b<3> the end members of which are detachably connected together by fittings d<4>, d<4Î>, while the members of each frame are detachably connected together at an obtuse angle by fittings a', a<5>, b<4>, b<5>. A hammock is slung from hooks on the fittings d', d<4Î>. In another form, the members of each frame are connected by stop-hinges a<6>, a'. The terminal fittings may support a cover for the hammock fitted with a cord by which the occupant may draw it.
Patent GB-191507523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Starting Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BROOKS ALFRED EDWARD
IPC: F01L13/08
Filed: 1915-05-19
Abstract: 7523. Brooks, A. E. May 19. [Addition to 7463/11.] Starting.-In the means for starting described in the parent Specification, the valve for relieving the compression is dispensed with, and the inlet valve is retained open, for this purpose, by the provision of a fork D on the valve lever F, which engages the' free end of the lever B, formerly used for depressing the inlet valve stem f<2> by hand while the spring latch a was placed in position.
Patent GB-191510333-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Aiding the Handling of Fishing Rods and other Implements.
IPC: A01K97/10
Filed: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 10,333. Hardy, J. J., Hardy, L. R., and Hardy Bros. July 15. Equipments for carrying purposes.-Means for facilitating the handling of fishing-rods, guns, and other implements comprises a backing or board a adapted to be worn on the user's chest and provided with a socket b to receive the extremity of the implement and a pivoted hooked arm c adapted to engage it at a higher point. The arm is normally turned back, against the action of a spring in a journal c<1>, into an upright, downturned, or horizontal position against the user's chest, but is released therefrom by operating a trigger e, either, as shown, by pressing the implement on a pivoted floor d, or, in an alternative form, by manual operation, in which case the socket b is replaced by one mounted on a universal joint. The board a may be secured on the person by shoulder and body straps. The forked end of the arm c projects upwards when the apparatus is used as a gun support.
Patent GB-191512056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Inventor: MORRIS JAMES
IPC: F16K5/20
Filed: 1915-08-21
Abstract: 12,056. Morris, J. Aug. 21. Rotary spherical valves. -In a rotary ported spherical valve operating on two trunnions against the end of an inner seating sleeve or tube, the trunnions are arranged eccentrically so as to press the valve tightly against its seat e' when closed, and the seating sleeve E is held in position by a resilient packing e which forms a cushion between the cap or hose coupling D and the sleeve. The packing is wholly enclosed, as shown, by a flange on the sleeve, and the operating-handle H is of stirrup form secured on both trunnions. The valve may, however, be operated by a wire or rope from a distance.
Patent GB-191515637-A (GB)
Title: Press for Testing the Bases of Artillery Shells and the like.
Inventor: DECAUVILLE EMILE
IPC: G01N3/10
Filed: 1915-11-05
Abstract: 15,637. Decauville, E. Nov. 5. Presses, cylinder-and-piston. - Relates to apparatus for testing the strength of artillery shells, and consists mainly in the use of hydraulic pressure directly against the shell. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the press body a is filled with water from a tank e, the shell c is then placed in the body a where it is surrounded by a water-tight ring b, the bed m, l counterbalanced by a weight n is attached by a bayonet joint to the body a, the valve f is closed to shut off the tank e, and pressure is applied by screwing a plunger g into a cylindrical cavity in the base of the body a. In a modification, the bed m, l swings about trunnions on the body a, and hydraulic pressure is obtained from a pamp or accumulator. In another modification, the bed is movable laterally on rails, and a step-up piston is used beneath the press body to transmit the hydraulic pressure.
Patent GB-191516102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cigar Wrapping Mechanism.
IPC: A24C1/32
Filed: 1915-11-15
Abstract: 16,102. International Cigar Machinery Co., [Assignees of Hansen, V. E.]. April 30, [Convention date]. Cigar-making machines.-In cigar-making machines, wrappers are delivered to the wrapping-mechanism by a support that is rocked at the end of the delivering movement so that the wrapper is retained upon it until completely wound about the head of the cigar. A heading- device is combined with the wrapper support. The wrapper support comprises a perforated plate 10 on a suction chamber 9 connected by a swivelling slide 11, 12 to a hollow post 13 carried by an arm 15, which imparts the required movement to the delivery device. A pipe 16 connects the post 13 to an air-exhausting device. The chamber 9 is tilted into the position shown in Fig. 5, at the end of the wrapper-delivering movement, by a rod 22 adapted to be depressed against the action of a spring 18 by a camoperated lever 27. The heading-device comprises a suction chamber 39 at the end of the chamber 9, containing an annularly-concaved perforated disk 40 adapted to support the flag end of the wrapper and to form the head of the cigar simultaneously. The disk 40 is carried by a spring-pressed shaft 42 and is rotated by contact with the cigar. To prevent the suction in the chamber 9 from being destroyed all along it when a part of the plate 10 is uncovered, it is divided into a number of sections by automatically-closing valves 48, Fig. 3. A device 52, Fig. 2, nicks the flag end of the wrappers as they are applied to the cigars.