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Patent GB-191220950-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the Electrical Treatment of Gases and Vapors.
Inventor: HOOFNAGLE WILLIAM THEODORE
IPC: B01J19/08
Filed: 1912-09-13
Granted: 1913-09-15
Abstract: 20,950. Hoofnagle, W. T. Sept. 13. Gases and vapours, treating electrically.-In apparatus for the electrical treatment of gases or vapours, the rarefied gas &c. is intermittently drawn through the treating- chamber, and is subjected to the electrical treatment while practically stationary. The apparatus may be used for the combination of nitrogen and oxygen in air, or for the decomposition of water vapour. In the construction shown, two treating-chambers B, B<1>, Fig. 1, are used connected at their lower ends to the opposite sides of the piston of the vacuum pump. Each chamber consists of a dielectric tube 5 surrounded by an electrode 17 and an inner dielectric tube 6 containing a conductive liquid 6<a>. Three-way valves 12 at the top put the chambers into communication 'with inlet valves 13 for air, adjustable so as to control the degree of vacuum, or with a closed chamber C containing liquid, the vapour of which is to be treated. The electrodes 6<a>, 17 are in circuit with contacts f, f<1>, g, g<1>, actuated by cams 18 on the pump shaft and arranged so that the electric discharge is passing in the chamber from which the pump is not drawing gas. To keep the products cool, coils 8 are arranged in the lower parts of the treating-chambers. The gases pass to a receiver R. When dissociating water vapour, the gases are passed to a condenser S before separation of the mixed gases. Gases, separating mixtures of; diffusion apparatus for gases.-The gas-separator consists of a pipe bent several times in an horizontal plane, and provided along the parallel portions with connected jackets d, d<1>, d<2>, Fig. 2. The portions of the tube within the jackets being of a material through which gas will diffuse. After passing through these jackets, the pipe extends in a reverse direction through a similar series of jackets d<9> in the lower part of the apparatus, and then to the pump O, Figs. 1 and 2. The jackets d, d<1>, d<2> are connected to a pump 27, Fig. 2, the gas from which is passed to a pipe 23<a> bent, to a zigzag form, the parallel portions being enclosed in jackets d<3>. These are connected to a pump 30, Fig. 2, from which gas is delivered to another bent pipe 23<b> also provided with jackets d<6>, and these jackets are connected to the jackets d' and the latter to the pump H, which with the pump O deliver the hydrogen and oxygen respectively. The porous portions of the tube are constructed with an internal thread 23<e>, Fig. 4, and projections 23 are formed at intervals in the recesses to divert the gas away from the sides, and so mix the heavier gases which accumulate there with the lighter gas. A core 34 is pro vided so as to form a spiral passageway in conjunction with the thread 23<e>.
Patent GB-191225222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sundials.
Inventor: HANSARD ARNOLD GREAVES
Filed: 1912-11-04
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 25,222. Hansard, A. G. Nov. 4. Sundials. - Relates to the type of sundial described in Specification 1103/61 which comprises a dial 1, and a rotary gnomon 4 with a pin-hole 8 and a fiducial line 9. A middle plate 10 is provided as well as the indicating-plate 13 with a minute-scale 16. The .dial is graduated distinctively for both hemispheres, to be read with the aid of a reversible plate of numerals 20, and a wedge equation scale, Fig. 3, is supplied. With the gnomon fixed by a pin in a hole 26, the middle plate can be clamped thereto with the indicating- plate reading solar time, either local or standard ; while to read mean time, the indicating-plate is set on the middle plate by inserting the wedge between pins 17 and 18 or 19 thereon. The edge of the wedge is also graduated for setting the dial to the latitude ; it is hooked by the notch 23 on a pin on the pedestal and applied to the lower edge of the dial.
Patent GB-191225681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Stationery Distributing Cabinets.
Inventor: NEDDO RICHARD
IPC: B65H1/04
Filed: 1912-11-08
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 25,681. Neddo, R. Nov. 8. Nests of drawers.-A stationery-distributing cabinet comprises a series of casings 1, each of which consists of a top and three outwardlyflanged sides secured by rivets &c. to a base-plate 6 and contains a drawer. Four such casings may be mounted one above another, forming a tier holding two sizes of paper and corresponding envelopes.
Patent GB-191302396-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Copper Oxide Plate for use in Electric Batteries and Process of Producing same.
Inventor: ENGLE GEORGE SEELEY
IPC: H01M6/06
Filed: 1913-01-29
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 2396. Engle, G. S. Oct. 8, 1912, [Convention date]. Electrodes of cupric oxide mixed with some cuprous oxide are made from flakes obtained by spraying a hot copper bar with water and scraping off the blisters produced. These flakes consist of cupric oxide containing some copper, and they are first freed from grease by boiling in water. They are then mixed with a binder composed of two parts of sugar dissolved in one part of boiling water, the sugar used being clarified by bone - black and free from ultramarine blue. The mixture is pressed into plates, which are heated in an oven up to 500‹ F., the sugar being carbonized, and are then baked in a second oven at 1200‹ F. until the carbon is burnt out and the metallic copper is converted into cuprous oxide, the plates finally being compressed while red hot, and allowed to cool in air. Such electrodes will begin action without shortcircuiting or surface-reduction.
Patent GB-191312071-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carpet Cleaners.
Inventor: HAWTHORNE ELLSWORTH ADAM
IPC: A47L5/05
Filed: 1913-05-23
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 12,071. Hawthorne, E. A., and Klumpp, G. May 23. Carpet - sweepers. - In a combined carpetsweeper and vacuum cleaner in which bellows are mounted on the top of the sweeper casing, a rotary brush is provided which is depressed from a normal raised position into contact with the carpet by positioning the travelling wheels 19. In the position shown in Fig. 4, the brush is raised owing to the spring 26 forcing the upper ends of the pivoted brackets 20 outwards and thus bringing the wheels 19 towards one another. To lower the brush, downward pressure is exerted on the handle 27, thus moving the wheels 19 further apart. This movement allows the pivot pins 21 on the casing to move downwards in the slots 22 on the brackets and thus allows the whole casing to be lowered. The suction nozzle 28 surrounding the brush is provided with extensions overlapping the inner edges of the dust paus.
Patent GB-191314080-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pistons.
Inventor: HIND JAMES ALEXANDER
IPC: F16J9/06
Filed: 1913-06-18
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 14,080. Hind, J. A. June 18. Sinuous and strip springs. - Relates to packing-rings of the kind described in Specifications 2013 / 77, 9981 / 94, 5788 / 98, and 18,932/00, [all in Class 122, Steam engines], which are expanded by flat springs given a sinuous form by means of projections secured by sleeves on the springs, and consists in forming the projections a<2> and sleeves a' in one piece from a tube or from a flanged bar of steel. The combined sleeve and projection shown in Fig. 3 is formed from a length of tube, Fig. 10, having reduced ends formed by flattening it to the form shown in Fig. 11 and cutting away the part a<3>. The double form for two springs b shown in Fig. 5, in which a gap d for holding a wave spring e is cut in the projection, is formed in the same way. The methods of forming the sleeves and projections from flanged bars, of the cross-section shown in Fig. 17, are illustrated in Fig. 19, which shows a length of the bar with reduced ends g<3>, bent to the form shown by the dotted lines and welded together; in Fig. 26, which shows a length of bar with reduced ends bent to form two sleeves, having parts g<14>, g<15> which have to be cut away; and in Fig. 29, showing a bar without reduced ends bent to a form requiring the removal of the part g<21>. The combined sleeves and projections are secured on the springs b by rivets, which may pass through the ends of the sleeves only, or through both the sleeves and the projections.
Patent GB-191314331-A (GB)
Title: A Mechanical Fuse for Ordnance Projectiles.
Inventor: FABER ERNST
IPC: F42C9/04
Filed: 1913-06-20
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 14,331. Faber, E. June 20. Escapements.- The escapement wheel 31 of a clockwork projectile fuse has au outline in the form of an harmonic oscillation curve representing six oscillations, and the balance lever 32 has two projections, one of which is on a crest when the other is in a hollow of the curve.
Patent GB-191316773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Absorption Brakes.
Inventor: LEASK HENRY NORMAN
IPC: G01L3/20
Filed: 1913-07-22
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 16,773. Leask, H. N., and Walker, G. H. July 22. Dynamometers, rotaryabsorption.-Apparatus of the "water-brake" type comprises a rotor B upon the shaft C with vanes b &c. adapted, as usual, to rotate within a stator A having vanes a. The stator A is, however, fixed instead of being permitted to have a small oscillating movement between fixed stops, and is not provided with the usual spring or weight-controlled measuring - arm. The supply of liquid to the apparatus may be varied provided the stator is kept filled. With a constant head of water, the power absorbed is in a constant fixed relation to the speed of rotation and can be determined by reference to a curve. The rotor may be employed to return the water passing through the outlet E to the supply-tank; the water may be passed through a cooler in order to maintain it at a constant temperature.
Patent GB-191317339-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Toy or Advertising Device.
Inventor: CHESNEY MADISON REECE
IPC: A63H3/08
Filed: 1913-07-28
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 17,339. Chesney, M. R. July 28. Mechanical toys.-A toy or advertising device consists of duplicate animal or other forms in cardboard, paper, &c., united top to top, or back to back, by a cloth or like hinge a, the two parts being connected at some distanþe from the hinge by a rubber or like band c passing under flaps b cut in the two halves of the toy and more or less slack when the toy is unfolded. On turning the device inside out and then releasing it, one half will fly over the other, and the whole will jump about and then come to rest in a vertical position.
Patent GB-191318117-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Milling and Boring Machines.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B23Q1/70
Filed: 1913-08-08
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 18,117. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Deutsche Niles-Werkzeugmaschinen-fabrik]. Aug. 8. Spindles for milling and boring machines are mounted in an outer driving-sleeve so that they can be disconnected and separately driven to p e r m i t of obtaining higher driving speeds than those within normal limits. The spindle a is freely mounted in the outer sleeve b by a pair of ball bearings, one of which is shown at f. Fig. 2 shows the spindle arranged for separate driving. The ring y is employed to clamp the spindle when adjusted for milling. To couple the spindle a to the sleeve g, the ring y and plate x are first removed; a key is then inserted in holes in a sleeve n, through slots in the plate p, to screw the sleeve axially in the sleeve o and press the member c to engage recesses h with keys i and engage the coned portions k, l to centre the spindle independently of the ball bearings. To permit the sleeve c to move, the confining sleeves m, u of the bearing are separated by the right and left handed threads engaging the sleeve n. The sleeves m, u are keyed together and are anchored to the plate p by pins q.
Patent GB-191319400-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Detecting Devices for Watchmen and the like.
Inventor: WHITE ALFRED ERNEST
IPC: G07C1/20
Filed: 1913-08-27
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 19,400. White, A. E., [Newman Clock Co.]. Aug. 27. Watchmen's clocks; indicating particular readings. - A device for indicating whether a watchman performs his daily rounds comprises a pedometer provided with means for indicating the distance that ought to be traversed by the watchman. In the form shown adapted to be attached to the lid of the watchman's portable " clock," the pedometer comprises a train of gearing 30 driving a pointer 18 and actuated by a ratchet-wheel 27 and a pawl 34 on a weighted rectilinearly-guided rod 33. A pivoted arm 38 connected to the weight 37 is under the influence of a pair of spring arms 40, 41. The reciprocations of the weighted rod under the walking movements of the watchman may be limited by screws 45 adapted to abut against the guide-posts 35, 36. The distance that should be indicated by the pointer at the conclusion of the watchman's rounds is previously set on the dial by means of loose rings 20 having index projections 21. These rings are surmounted by another ring, held against rotation during the screwing-on of the cover 11 by interlocking with the casing at 24. The whole device is carried by a disk 43 loosely pivoted at 44 to the lid of the clock in order that the weighted rod shall be horizontal irrespective of the plane in which the clock is held.
Patent GB-191321739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Regenerators or Means for Heating Air for Furnaces.
Inventor: NIEWERTH-NEE-VLIEX ANNA
IPC: F28D19/02
Filed: 1913-09-26
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 21,739. Niewerth, [nÚe Vliex], A. Sept. 26. Heating air.-Apparatus of the kind described in Specification 23,126/98 for heating air for furnaces comprises a shaft having a number of superposed perforated floors and chambers through which falling sand passes and is first heated by hot waste-gases or gases produced by direct combustion and subsequently transfers its heat to air that is passed over it. The sand passes from the reservoir 3, Fig. 1, into the upper system of chambers through holes or tubular passages 11 in the floors where it is heated hy the hot gases entering at C and finally leaving at D after circulating over the conical heaps of sand which accumulate on the floors. From the upper system of chambers the sand passes into a reservoir or sealing-chamber 7 separating the upper system of chambers from the lower systems. The air to be heated enters the lower system at A and after circulating over the hot sand escapes at B. A reservoir for sand is arranged below the lowest floor of the lower system of chambers from which the sand is removed by a screw 8 and conducted by an elevator 9 to a rotary sieve 10 above the reservoir 3. The tubes in the floors may be superposed or staggered and may be bent as shown in Fig. 3. The tubes may also be made circular or square or any other shape. Instead of sand, any other suitable material such as brick-dust, siliceous particles, or gravel-like substances may be used.
Patent GB-191326554-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Means for Locking Handles to the Covers of Entree Dishes and the like.
Inventor: COTTON HERBERT
IPC: A47J45/07
Filed: 1913-11-19
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 26,554. Cotton, H. Nov. 19. Bayonet-joint fastenings. - A handle g, Fig. 6, of an entreedish or like cover A, Fig. 5, has a hollow boss having a bayonet connexion with a recess formed in the cover or in a mount a secured to the cover. As shown, a disk h having a flange i and bayonet slots j<1>, j is permanently .secured to a disk f brazed or otherwise secured to the handle. The cover A or the mount a is provided with a recess b having inwardly-projecting parts e to co-operate with the bayonet slots in the boss on the handle. In a modification, the bayonet slots are formed in the recess in the mount or cover, the projections being formed on the hollow boss on the handle.
Patent GB-191329002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tyre Protectors for the Wheels of Road Vehicles.
Inventor: SIEGENBERG LEWIS
IPC: B60C27/16
Filed: 1913-12-16
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 29,002. Siegenberg, L. Dec. 16. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and pneumatic cushions.-Relates to tyreprotectors of the kind consisting of a rigid annular track of larger diameter than the tyre fitted with antifriction devices which offer yielding resistance to transverse movement of the protector. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, groups of flexible fingers k secured to the side walls f of the protector bear against the tyre or the wheel, or the fingers may be secured to the wheel and bear against the walls. The fingers may be replaced bv rotary bodies l, Fig. 5, carried by the walls and bearing against the sides of the tyre. The protector consists of a bent wood ring a, an enclosing-ring b of vulcanite or fibre, lateral rings d having radial depressions, stirrups c for holding these members together, and an outer hard or soft tread band c. The inside wall f or a disk carried thereby may be split as shown at q in order to attach it without taking the wheel off the axle. The protector may be widened by fitting washer-rings between one side and a wall f.
Patent GB-191329312-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Press Box for Oil-presses and the like.
Inventor: BROWN NIMROD WASHINGTON LONG
IPC: B30B9/04
Filed: 1913-12-19
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 29,312. Brown, N. W. L. Dec. 19. Fatty oils, extracting by pressure. To facilitate the removal of oilcake or other compressed cake, the press-boxes are fitted with levers 16, on pivots 15 in lugs on the side of the boxes. The lever 16 is operated, so as to depress the inner end 17 into the box, by a bar inserted into a hole 21 in the outer end. The lever is weighted at its outer end so as to return after release.
Patent GB-191329611-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Fixing Clasps.
Inventor: BLUMENTHAL ALEXANDRE
IPC: B65B13/34
Filed: 1913-12-23
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 29,611. Blumenthal, A., and Blumenthal, J. Dec. 23. Attaching spiked plates, strips, and the like; nailing and stapling, hand-tools for.-In a machine for fixing pronged clasps on paper bags, cardboard boxes, and other packets, the anvilbearing bracket a, Fig. 1, is removably fixed to the framing b so that it may be replaced by other brackets of different shapes. The end a<2>, Fig. 2, is dovetailed to fit in a correspondingly shaped slot b' wherein it is held by a set-screw b<2>. The clasps are inserted in the packets and have their prongs closed against recesses a<1> in the bracket a by a hinged block c provided with a spring-controlled plunger c<1>. A plate e<4> for supporting the bottom of the packets is carried by an adjustable slide c, which is secured in any desired position on the standard d by a screw and nut e<3>, e<2>. In the form shown in Fig. 5, for use as a hand tool, the frame b is curved in the shape of a neck and the plunger c<1> is operated by a swinging lever c<5>.
Patent GB-191400294-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Respirators.
Inventor: TRAVERS CARL
IPC: A62B23/02
Filed: 1914-01-05
Granted: 1915-10-21
Abstract: 294. Travers, C. Jan. 5. [Addition to 22,944/13.] Respirators.-A respirator which is a modification of that claimed in the parent Specification comprises nostril plugs c on containers a<2> of removable gauze or like frames m which are covered with wet flannel or the like o and have passages b for air that has been partly cleansed by the sieves or filters h. It is secured to the head by a strap k.
Patent GB-191400476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
IPC: C10J3/80
Filed: 1914-01-07
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 476. International Nitrogen and Power Co., and Lucas, O. D. Jan. 7. Charging.-In a gas producer for use with moist fuel such as peat, the fuel is fed to the top of the producer through a pipe d, within which is a feed worm e. The pipe terminates in a hopper from which the fuel passes into the producer through an air-locked feeding device h. The gases leaving the producer pass through a pipe n surrounding the fuel feed pipe, thereby heating the fuel and driving off its moisture, air being simultaneously drawn through the fuel by a fan to carry off the moisture. A rotary scraper n<1> feeds any tar which is deposited in the pipe n to a trap p. In a modification, the fuel feed pipe is rotated, the fuel feed worm being dispensed with.
Patent GB-191402740-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Producing Electric Impulsive Discharges.
Inventor: GALLETTI ROBERTO CLEMENS
IPC: H03B11/02
Filed: 1914-02-02
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 2740. Galletti, R. C. Feb. 2. Electric oscillations, producing.-In a method of producing unidirectional impulsive discharges, a primary circuit containing a discharger, such as those described in Specifications 10,639/11 and 2739/14 in which the potential of the gap during discharge is approximately equal to the potential on the working condenser, is coupled tightly to a secondary circuit, and the constants of one of the circuits are varied until the oscillatory discharge is transformed into a unidirectional impulsive discharge. The primary, secondary, or supply circuits are further varied until the ratio of the currents in the secondary and primary circuits is a maximum, within the range of unidirectional discharge, this point being ascertained by ammeters in the two circuits or by the note of the discharge.
Patent GB-191405039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Gramophones.
Inventor: HESS HARRY WEIR
Filed: 1914-02-26
Granted: 1915-02-26
Abstract: 5039. Hess, H. W. Feb. 26. Horns, arranging and supporting; sound boxes; tool arms and mountings; feed motions.-A compound resonator carrying the diaphragm 10 and the stylus 37 comprises an inner shell 18, outwardly concave, an outer shell 19 outwardly convex, and a covering-shell 20 which directs the sound forwardly to join the direct vibrations emitted through the piece 23. A tone-clarifying plate 14 slotted at 15, and preferably having the slotted portions 16 bent alternately up and down, may be fitted between the diaphragm and a perforated plate 12 as shown. The whole is mounted upon an arm 33 pivoted upon a support 31 so as to traverse the record, which may be slightly inclined to the horizontal to facilitate the feed. The stylus 37 is under the torsional control of one or two wires 42, Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191405089-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Baths for Galvanizing Wire, Sheets and other Products.
Inventor: TURNBULL NICHOLAS KING
Filed: 1914-02-27
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 5089. Turnbull, N. K. Feb. 27. Galvanizing.-In a galvanizing-bath in which zinc is superimposed on a heavier metal, such as lead, and is wholly heated thereby, two dividing-members D are secured to the bottom of the bath and extend to a level below the top of the bath to form three compartments. The centre compartment is filled, and the outer compartments partly filled, with lead so as to provide a substantial depth of zinc over the outer compartments. The wire, tube, sheet, or other article W being galvanized passes into and out of the bath in an inclined position and close to the dividing-members D, so that the impure zinc formed by the article falls away from the path of the article and accumulates in the outer compartments of the bath. An additional barrier R is preferably inserted across the bath near the dividing-member D on the exit side of the bath, to prevent any dross which may be floating on the lead in the central compartment from reaching the article passing out of the bath. The bath may be lined and heated as described in Specification 9815/13 to prevent formation of dross from the metal of the bath.