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Patent GB-191218583-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Brake Dynamometers.
Inventor: FOETTINGER HERMANN
IPC: G01L3/20
Filed: 1912-08-13
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 18,583. F÷ttinger, H. Aug. 23, 1911, [Convention date]. Dynamometers, rotary-absorption.-In reversible dynamometers of the water-brake type, the rotor 2 consists of a pair of dishes connected by webs or vanes, and adjustable throttling-means or baffles are placed in proximity to the peripheral discharge openings of the rotor so as to prevent as far as possible the distortion of the side-walls of the casing due to the high pressure developed within. In Fig. 1, the throttling-means comprise pivoted baffle-plates 6 connected at their inner ends to rings 10 by means of which their inclination can be adjusted. These baffle-plates are described in Specification 18,586/12. Modifications of the throttling-means are shown in Figs. 2, 5, and 6. In Fig. 2, an adjustable " gridiron" slide-valve 11, 12 is provided co-operating with a similar annular member 13, 14 fixed to the casing, or as in Figures, the valve 11, 12 may be arranged concentrically to, but outside, the fixed member 13, 14. In Fig. 6, the throttling-means comprises a pair of axially movable annuli 17 controlled by righthanded and left-handed screws 18. Various means of operating these throttling means so as to vary the power absorbed by the apparatus are described.
Patent GB-191219309-A (GB)
Title: A Divisible Wheel for Motor Cars, Motor Waggons and the like, and or for Motor Cycles, Trailers, Tricars and the Landing Chassis of Aeroplanes and the like.
Inventor: PADDON WILLIAM
IPC: B60B3/08
Filed: 1912-08-23
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 19,309. Paddon, W. Aug. 23. Disk wheels; hubs. - Wheels of the type divided in a plane perpendicular to the axis into two parts a, b, Fig. 1, which are in driving connexion with each other through the medium of teeth or the like m on central bosses k, l, are mounted on sleeves c which are detachably secured to a driving disk e and from which the wheel parts are capable of separate detachment or the wheels may be removed from the axle in one part. The part a of the wheel and the sleeve may be secured to the driving disk by bolts f, the other part of the wheel being held by a nut g on the outer end of the sleeve. Or the bolts may be replaced by studs, the nut g serving to hold the parts of the wheel together and the whole wheel on the axle. The peripheral parts of the wheel may be held by light bolts p, or interengaging projections r, Fig. 3, or by both. A tyrecarrying rim may be detachably secured between the wheel parts.
Patent GB-191220608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wrist or Arm Rests for Clerks.
Inventor: HANAN JOHN
IPC: B43L15/00
Filed: 1912-09-10
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 20,608. Hanan, J., and Sturrock, A. F. Sept. 10. Facilitating writing.-A hand or wrist rest or support for use in writing in ledgers &c., of the type in which an adjustable platform or rest is adapted to move in planes parallel to a base, comprises an upper board or rest 1 connected to a lower board 2 by means of four parallel arms 3, the upper board having a hinged leaf 5 which engages one of a set of serrations 4 on the lower board so as to retain the upper board in any desired position.
Patent GB-191227886-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fire Escapes.
Inventor: WEAVER JAMES ALBERT
IPC: E06C9/12
Filed: 1912-12-03
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 27,886. Weaver, J. A., and Dunnigan, W. J. Dec. 3. Overhead travellers.- In fire - escapes of the kind comprising a ladder &c. suspended from a carriage running on a rail along the outside of a building, the carriage consists of a pair of spaced hangers 14 provided with rollers 16 running on a track 13, and is traversed by manipulating an endless cable 38 passing over pulleys 37. Ears 23 engaging the lower edge of the track prevent the carriage from jumping therefrom. In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the two hangers 57 are adapted to turn about vertical shafts 63, so as to facilitate the travel of the carriage on curved portions of the track. In order to traverse the carriage, the rollers 58 running on the track 39 are rotated through bevel-gear and vertical shafts 63 from an horizontal driving-shaft 44 provided with looselymounted pulleys 45, 46, which have endless chains 74, 75 passing over them, and are adapted to be clutched to the shaft 44 by friction clutches 48 operated by means of endless chains 73, pulleys 72, and screw-and-nut mechanism.
Patent GB-191228816-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Lamps for Mines.
Inventor: JORIS HUBERT
Filed: 1912-12-14
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 28,816. Joris, H. Dec. 14. Battery lamps.-In a miner's lamp having the lantern rotatable for switching purposes. a casing 1 for an accumulator has a removable cover 3 formed with a raised annular flange threaded for engaging the base 5 of the lantern, so as to form a switch chamber 20 which is cut off from outside gases and those arising from the accumulator. A disk 7 of reinforced ebonite is clamped in the base by a screw ring 9 and supports a lamp-holder 8 and a glass cylinder 6 closed gas-tight by two reflectors 10 and rubber washers. Two terminals 11 mounted in the disk adjacent to each other and connected to the lamp-holder terminals by the conductors 12, are adapted to make or break contact with a pair of studs 15 fixed in insulating-bushings in the cover 3 so as to abut against the battery terminals 14. The terminals 11, 14 may consist of spring-pressed balls movable in outer metal tubes. A second pair of spring balls 13 is adapted to ride over a curved piece 16 on the cover to balance the pressure of the terminals 11. A screw 19 fixed in the cover may engage a curved slot in the base 5 or other means may he provided to limit the rotation of the lantern.
Patent GB-191300654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Guards for Ring Spinning, Doubling and like Machines.
Inventor: SLACK DAN ROBERT
IPC: D01H1/16
Filed: 1913-01-09
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 654. Slack, D. R., and Faulkner, H. Jan. 9. Interconnecting guard with starting-gear.-A plate guard for a ring spinning or like machine is of the kind interlocked with the belt-fork and is carried by links d one of which is attached to a shaft b carrying a handle, by turning which the guard plate g is raised or lowered in a vertical plane parallel to the axis of the rollers. A ratchet-wheel h is carried by the shaft b and contains a slot in which works the end of a rod n connected to the belt-fork. The position of the slot is such that when the guard is down, as shown, the belt is locked on the loose pulley, and when the guard has been raised and the belt shifted to the fast pulley, the guard is thereby locked in its raised position.
Patent GB-191302274-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Envelope Closing and Stamp-affixing Machines.
Inventor: HOFFMAN FREDERICK CHARLES
IPC: B43M5/04
Filed: 1913-01-28
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 2274. Hoffmann, F. C., and Hoffmann, F. E. Jan. 28. Damping-machines.-In machines for affixing stamps and closing envelopes, an envelope is laid, flap upwards, on an inclined table 13 pivoted at 52, the edge being pushed between a roller 6 and the edge of the table up to a stop 39, Fig. 4<a>, thereby rocking a hooked lever 40 to release a pin 38 on the operating-lever 11 to allow this to be operated. When the lever 11 is raised, a link 29 pushes a slide 30 forwards, and a roller 35 on this raises the table 13 to an horizontal position and the flap of the envelope is raised by the edge of the table and the roller 6 as shown in Fig. 4<a>. A damping-roller 7 carried by a slide 4 mounted on a guide 1 is brought beneath the flap by a link 12 connected to the lever 11, and a pawl 9 on the slide 4 then springs into a notch 10 in a slide 5, which carries the roller 6 and locks the slides 4, 5 together. The lever 11 is then depressed, the rollers 6, 7 move outwards together, and the roller 7 damps the flap. An incline 19 then permits the pawl 9 to release the slide 5, and this is returned by a spring 8. Water is supplied to the roller 7 by a flexible pipe 53 from a bird-fountain trough 26. A stamp strip is fed along a guide 45 by a pawl 14, and the end stamp of the strip is damped by a sprayer, fed by a pump 22, Fig. 1, actuated by a triplever 23 and pin 24 on the lever 11. A cut-off 32 of the pump 22 can be operated by a handle 37 when stamps are not to be affixed to the envelopes.
Patent GB-191311526-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Planes.
Inventor: NORRIS THOMAS JAMES
IPC: B27G17/02
Filed: 1913-05-17
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 11,526. Norris, T. J. May 17. Planes.-A plane is provided with a threaded spindle d adapted to coact with a nut e, which is pivoted to the body of the plane, and the spindle is rotatably connected with the plane iron by means of a cup-shaped block j engaging the head k of the blade screw. The portion of the spindle coacting with the block is of reduced diameter, and the screw-thread thereon is in the opposite direction to that on the part of the spindle which coacts with the nut e. The screw threads on the. two portions may be in the same direction but of different pitch; or the end of the spindle may be revolubly connected with the block j. The cut of the plane is adjusted by rotation of the spindle, and the, angular position of the plane-iron is corrected by an angular or side movement of the spindle about the pivoted nut e.
Patent GB-191327150-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of Extracting Cobalt or Nickel and Copper from Cobalt or Nickel Bearing Copper.
Inventor: BURLET LOUIS JOSEPH GHISLAIN D
Filed: 1913-11-25
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 27,150. Burlet, L. J. G. de. Nov. 25. Sulphatizing.-A process for extracting cobalt or nickel from the natural silicate or the slag produced when smelting cobalt or nickel-bearing copper consists in fusing the material to extract the greater portion of the copper, comminuting the residue and treating it with dilute sulphuric acid, heating the pasty mass to 150 to 200‹ C. in a current of air, treating the dry mass with hot water and filtering, adding calcium carbonate to the liquid to precipitate iron and the greater portion of the copper, removing the remaining copper by electrolysis, and treating the solution with ammonia to obtain an ammonia - cobalt or nickel compound from which the cobalt or nickel is finally removed by electrolysis.
Patent GB-191328324-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Drafting Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON CHARLES HENRY
IPC: B43L13/06
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-10-01
Abstract: 28,324. Thompson, C. H., and Mavitta, W. Dec. 9. Draughting-machines.-In order to increase the range of action of a draughting-machine comprising main parallelograms g, f carrying a graduated set-square a and coupled by a ring h, the parallelogram g is connected to an anchoring-member i attached to the drawing-board by a supplementary parallelogram j. The anchoring-member is preferably of T-section and bears against the top edge and the drawing surface of the board, to which it is secured by screws. The set-square a is angularly adjustable on a pivot pin d in a protractor housing c -on the parallelogram f, and can be locked in any of the positions corresponding to the main working angles of the square by a spring pin e engaging one of a series of holes or depressions e<3> in the housing. A securing-nut d<2> on the pivot pin d serves as a knob or handle for manipulating the instrument.
Patent GB-191329344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pendant Switches for Electric Circuits.
IPC: H01H15/06
Filed: 1913-12-19
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 29,344. Jaeger Geb. Nov. 27, [Convention date]. Switches, quick-action. - Relates to pendant switches of the Pressel type having a snapaction for the switch body. According to the invention, a sliding switch body k is mounted upon a guided rod n, the movement of which compresses a coiled spring q arranged within the body and acting to throw it from one position where it is retained by the grip of a pair of spring contacts g', h<1>, to an opposite position where it is similarly retained by a second pair of contacts e', f'. The switch body consists of an insulating-block inlaid with a conducting-strip l. A spring-seated ball detent s assists to hold the switch body securely in its positions of rest and yields under the operating- force. The mechanism is enclosed in a pearshaped insulating-casing composed of a middle part a and top and bottom caps c, d screwed into the middle part.
Patent GB-191400864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: RAHN HERMANN
IPC: F02M29/04
Filed: 1914-01-12
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 864. Rahn, H. Jan. 12. Mixing-valves; plug cocks.-A rotary cylindrical throttle valve of a carburettor is provided with a cavity which forms a mixing- chamber, the side walls d of the cavity being flared and enclosing a mixing screen s. The screen or gauze s is attached to the diametral wall k and facilitates mixing and the separation of foreign matter from the air.
Patent GB-191407746-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Combined Dynamo Electric Generator and Electric Motor.
Inventor: FOX WILLIAM
IPC: H02K23/52
Filed: 1914-03-27
Granted: 1915-05-27
Abstract: 7746. Fox, W. March 27. Dynamos, regulating; rotary machines.-A dynamoelectric machine for starting internal - combustion engines, and for lighting and ignition purposes, comprises a revolving field magnet c, a r i n g armature f having an internally collecting commutator w, and gearing between the field magnet and armature consisting of a sun-wheel p mounted o n t h e field-magnet shaft e by a free - wheel clutch, and planetpinions on a stationary base i and gearing with the sun-wheel and with internal teeth u on a ring h carrying the a r m a t u r e f. The yoke a carrying the field magnets b is of such a weight that it takes the place of the ordinary fly-wheel. It may be secured directly to the engine shaft, or the machine may form a separate unit and be driven by suitable gearing. Friction pawls n secured to the base i check the rotation of the armature in the same direction as the field magnet, but allow it to rotate freely in the opposite direction. The pressure of the friction pawls may be adjusted by screws, springs, &c. so as to allow the armature to rotate in the same direction as the field magnet, and so regulate the voltage of the machine when the engine is running at a relatively high speed. The sun-and-planet gearing may be dispensed with and the friction pawls only used, or the armature may be rigidly fixed.
Patent GB-191409566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Paper Sheet Delivery Mechanism.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B65H29/52
Filed: 1914-04-17
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 9566. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Cleveland Folding Machine Co.]. April 17. Delivery apparatus. -Folded sheets or signatures are delivered from folding-machines, printing-presses, &c. on to a moving table, above which is a retaining-member which keeps back the top sheet or sheets until the succeeding sheet is delivered on to the rear end of the top sheet, thereby preventing the folded products from becoming inserted one within another. As shown, the signatures &c. d are delivered by rolls a, b and guides e, e<1> on to a band f, which passes over rollers g, h. The roller g is intermittently rotated by an oscillating lever l, actuated by a cam k and provided with a cam m engaging a ratchet-wheel i on the shaft of the roller. The extent of motion of the roller is controlled by an adjusting-screw n to which the lever l returns under the action of a spring o. The sheets are arrested on the band f until at least one succeeding sheet has been delivered on the top thereof, bv means of an abutment u on an upright s carried by links r on a block q, which is longitudinally adjustable on a rod p carried by a laterally adjustable block w. A curved guide t is carried by the upright s, and this directs each sheet as delivered towards the abutment u. If the sheets are sufficiently thick, only one will be retained by the abutment, this sheet being released as the next sheet acts on the guide t. If thin sheets are employed, several will be retained by the abutment.
Patent GB-191409986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Screening Apparatus for Ores and the like.
Inventor: MEGRAW HERBERT ASHTON
IPC: B07B1/18
Filed: 1914-04-22
Granted: 1914-09-17
Abstract: 9986. Megraw, H. A. May 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Washing-apparatus with screens.-A cylindrical or polygonal ore-sizing screen is rotated on rollers 15 by worm gearing 17. The mixture of ground ore and water is supplied by an inclined launder 20 extending through the screen and formed with means, such as a series of holes 21 associated with a number of adjustable vanes within the launder, for distributing material uniformly along the screen. The undersize material falls into a chamber 26, while the oversize is lifted by longitudinal shelves to an inclined discharge launder 23, to which water may also be supplied. The screen is cleared of particles caught in the mesh by means of water jets supplied from pipes 25. A number of screens of progressively finer mesh may be placed in line, and the material passed through them in series.
Patent GB-191411096-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motors.
Inventor: BERTHE DEMONT
IPC: F02B33/14
Filed: 1914-05-05
Abstract: 11,096. Demont, B. May 8, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Cylinders; pistons. -The cylinder and piston are made of the form shown, so that an annular working chamber E results, The engine shown is doubleacting, but the invention is equally applicable to singleacting engines.
Patent GB-191416627-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving Belt Fasteners.
Inventor: SINCLAIR FINLAY
IPC: F16G7/00
Filed: 1914-07-13
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 16,627. Sinclair, F. July 13. Belt-fastenings.-Relates to belt-fastenings particularly applicable to belts formed with a canvas or like core and an outer vulcanized covering of india-rubber compound. Figs. 2 and 3 show the fastening as applied to a belt made according to Specification 16,626/14, in which the core is formed of warp threads, without weft threads or with very few weft threads. Each end of the belt is fitted with a clamp made in two parts A, B of trough shape in section. The outer cover D of the belt is removed some little distance from the belt end, and the trough-shaped portions grip the sides of the core C. The parts A, B are connected by bolts 4, and each part is provided with a plate 10 perforated for the passage of the joint pin 8 or adapted for other suitable connexion. The ends of the belt form collars or shoulders which project through holes in the plates 10. The inner surfaces of the parts A, B may be tapered, as shown, to obtain a better grip and to compress the warp threads of the core firmly together. In modifications, the parts A, B may be connected on the underside by a hinge-pin or by a T-shaped projection on one part passing through a hole in the other part. A wedge-piece, separate from or integral with the clamp parts, may be driven into the end of the belt.
Patent GB-191422021-A (GB)
Title: Clockwork Controlled Valve Apparatus for Lighting and Extinguishing Gas Burners.
Inventor: CANOVA VINCENT
IPC: F23Q9/02
Filed: 1914-11-04
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 22,021. Canova, V. Nov. 4. [Cognate Application, 1416/15.] Actuating; liquid-seal valves.--In a clock-work apparatus for actuating gas valves, tappets d<1>, d<2> adjustably attached to a rotating dial D with a notched edge engage a roller e<2> on an arm e<1> of the lever E, directly connected at one end with a mercury-seal valve. When the lever E is lifted by the tappet d<1>, a spring- pressed pawl F engages a pin e' to hold the lever and valve in the raised and open position respectively. Subsequently, the tappet d<2> and its projection d' lift the lever and disengage the pawl from the pin e<4>, and the lever falls, thus closing the valve.
Patent GB-191508118-A (GB)
Title: Improved Construction or Formation of Children's Toys and the like.
Inventor: DEAN HENRY SAMUEL
IPC: A63H3/02
Filed: 1915-06-01
Abstract: 8118. Dean, H. S. June 1. Animals, dolls, puppets, and figures; inflatable toys. - Dolls, puppets, figures, toy animals, and similar articles consist of inflatable and uninflatable portions enclosed within a fabric or other cover shaped to the outline of the complete article. As applied to a doll, a rubber bladder 1 inflated by a valve 6. occupies the head and body portion, the legs and arms being stuffed or formed of solid or moulded material. The outer cover 2 consists of printed fabric, and the face portion is preferably formed of moulded or stamped material.
Patent GB-191509498-A (GB)
Title: Window Cleaner.
Inventor: CRANSTON ARTHUR
IPC: B60S1/02
Filed: 1915-06-29
Abstract: 9498. Cranston, A. June 29. Windows and the like, c l e a n i n g . - Relates to wiping - apparatus for windows and screens, of the kind in which a centrally pivoted wiping-arm is rotated in contact with the glass, and consists in (1) the provision of an operating - handle which does not project substantially beyond the remainder of the appliance, and (2) forming the wiper-carrying arms integral with the circular hub constituting the bearing-member on which the arms rotate. Fig 3 shows one construction in which the glass immediately surrounding the hole is engaged by flanged and plain washers 7, 8 respectively. Perforated rubber washers 9 are interposed between the washers 7, 8 and the glass. The wiper-carrying arms are formed integral with the hub 11, which passes through the washers 7, 8 and is positioned by a nut 18. A folding handle, connected to a polygonal operating-shaft 22 is secured in position by a cap 20, which also clamps the washers 7, 8 against the glass. In this construction, two wipercarrying arms are provided, one of which carries a squeegee, while the other is formed with a metal edge to clear away snow or sleet. In a modified construction, the shaft 22 does not extend beyond the end of the nut 18. In a further modification, the whole clamping and turning actions are obtained by the use of a square bolt passing from the handle right through the appliance. The head of the bolt is adjusted by packing-strips, and rests in a recess in the outer face of the wiper-carrying arms.
Patent GB-191511879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buffer, Draw, and other Springs Constructed of India Rubber.
Inventor: SPENCER FRANK
IPC: F16F1/40
Filed: 1915-08-17
Abstract: 11,879. Spencer, F. Aug. 17. India-rubber springs. -Relates to buffer, draw, and like springs of the kind comprising pads of india-rubber adapted to be compressed between compression or abutment plates or members. To prevent corrosion and reduce wear, (1) when the rubber pads bare provided with a plain or perforated plate or ring a moulded therein to act as a confining member, a layer f of vulcanite or other comparatively hard rubber is interposed between the pad and the plate or ring, (2) the removable confining-members, if employed, and the compression or abutment plates are covered at parts or wholly with vulcanite or other comparatively hard rubber. The parts of the pads adapted to bear against the compression, or abutment plates may be faced with vulcanite &c. as described in Specification 11,413/14. Specifications 7806/96 and 7806A/96 also are referred to.