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Patent GB-191310125-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Travelling Toys.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
IPC: A63H29/06
Filed: 1913-04-30
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 10,125. Thompson, W. P., [Lehmann, E. P.]. April 30. Mechanical toys.-In a self-propelled toy arranged so that when it is lifted from the surface on which it travels the driving gear is automatically stopped, the driving-wheel axle a has one only of its bearings in the frame elongated to permit the corresponding end of the axle to be raised and lowered, an eccentric portion b of the axle being arranged in proximity to the elongated bearing and adapted to engage a stop when the axle moves to the lower end of the slot that it occupies when the toy is lifted. The eccentric portion of the axle may be a crank and the stop formed by a recessed portion d of the inturned edge e of the frame. The driving-mechanism consists of a coiled spring f and the driving-gearing being located close to the side of frame remote from the elongated bearing the wheels do not come out of gear when the toy is lifted.
Patent GB-191311390-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reverberatory Furnaces.
IPC: F27B3/00
Filed: 1913-05-15
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 11,390. Soc. Franþaise d'Exploitation de Fours Speciaux Ó Haute Temperature. June 18, 1912, [Convention date]. Reverberatory furnaces. - Fireplaces F, F<1>, and regenerators H, H', H<2>, H<3> are arranged at each end of the furnace as shown. The hearth is divided into a number of basins by hollow partitions B through which air passes, and is separated from the sole E by refractory blocks D. During one period of working, air, directed by reversible dampers P, P<1>, passes along passages n, n<3> at the sides of the furnace to the regenerators H, H<3>. It enters the furnace by passages J, J<1>. The waste gases pass into chambers O, O<1> at the centre, and on each side, of the furnace, and are directed by the dampers P, P<1> to the passages n<1>, n<2> leading to the regenerators H<1>, H<2>. On reversing the dampers P, P<1>, and the dampers controlling the communication between the regenerators and the flues and the air passages J, J<1>, the regenerators are reversed. Air circulates through spaces I, I<1> above the roofs of the fireplaces to cool them.
Patent GB-191314924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Four-gun Turrets.
IPC: F41A23/24
Filed: 1913-03-06
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 14,924. Compagnie des Forges et Acieries de la marine et d'HomÚ- court. April 4, 1912, [Convention date]. Turrets.-Relates to turrets having four guns arranged in an horizontal plane in pairs in twin cradles, as described in Specification 5598/13. According to the invention, the turret is divided longitudinally by a partition H of thick sheet metal, as shown in plan in Fig. 4. At its front end, the partition is doubled to form a chamber h for the man who controls the rotation of the turret, and, at its rear end, a chamber h<1> is formed for the gun captains and range-finder. Observation openings h<3> are provided in the walls of the chamber h<1>.
Patent GB-191325693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automobiles, particularly directed to the Construction and Arrangement of Framework and Chassis of a Light Motor Car.
Inventor: HORSTMANN SIDNEY ADOLPH
IPC: B62D23/00
Filed: 1913-11-10
Granted: 1914-11-10
Abstract: 25,693. Horstmann, S. A. Nov. 10. Frame components, applying and combining; axle structures.-The side frame members 1 are braced together by (1) one or more upper transverse members 4 secured to brackets fixed to the top of the frame members, (2) lower transverse members 3 carried from the main frame by hanger brackets and extending beyond the width of the frame to carry the running boards 44, and (3) a casting 5 forming the lower part of the crank case and serving as a base carrying the engine cylinders 29, radiator 28, steering-gear 33, and the pedals and other controlling-gear. The casting 5 also carries the pins 37 of the fork 8 secured to the forward end of the torque tube 9. The fork 8 carries the axle stays 23, the forward ends of the rods operating the axle change-gear 10 and the pedal starting-gear described in Specification 21,609/13, [Class 7 (v), Internal-combustion engines, Starting &c.], and having a worm 15 located within the fork 8. The casting 5 carries or is formed with four transverse passages for a trough system of lubrication of the engine. Specifications 21,607/13, [Class 35, Dynamoelectric generators &c.], 21,608/13, [Class 7 (vi), Internal-combustion engines, Valves &c. for], and 25,692/13, [Class 79 (v), Motor-vehicles, Steering &c.], also are referred to.
Patent GB-191328437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Snout Boring Machines.
IPC: B23B29/034
Filed: 1913-12-09
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 28,437. Wigglesworth & Co., F., and Wigglesworth, F. Dec. 9. Cutter-bars; turning.-Snout boring-machines are adapted for facing by providing the bars with two. cutters or sets of cutters, one of which has both circumferential and end cutting- edges, and mounting them so as to be capable of eccentric adjustment after completion of the boring. The bar b, Fig. 1, is carried by a slide on a rotary tool - head and has the cutters c, f secured at a distance apart equal to the width of the part g to be faced. When the distance between the cutters exceeds such width, each end may be faced separately, the slide h being traversed between the two operations.
Patent GB-191400867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Aeroplanes for Stabilising and Steering them while Flying at Slow Speeds.
IPC: B64C13/00
Filed: 1914-01-12
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 867. Soc. Anon. Ateliers d'Aviation L. BrÚguet. Dec. 15, 1913, [Convention date]. Steering and balancing; propelling.-In an areoplane having a single propeller of large diameter driven at a slow speed through rejucing - gear, auxiliary stabilizing surfaces or sails are arranged at or near to the front or rear edge of the main supporting-planes in the path of the current of air from the propeller, in order to increase their efficiency. In one form, the horizontal planes b<1>, Fig. 1, are arranged between the leading edges of the upper and lower planes and are adjusted about transverse pivots either together or separately. Vertical adjustable planes b<2> are arranged centrally of the machine near the forward edges of the planes. As applied to a monoplane, the adjustable planes b<1>, Fig. 6, are hinged to the rear edge of the main plane c<2>, which may itself be adjusted about the transverse axis j<1> ; in this case, the operating- cords h<1> of the planes b<1> pass over pulleys i<1> coincident with the axis j<1>.
Patent GB-191401962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Mechanism for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: WARE RAYMOND
IPC: F01L5/10
Filed: 1914-01-24
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 1962. Ware, R. Jan. 24, 1913, [Convention date]. Bed-plates.-The crank-shaft has an intermediate bearing formed by a bracket L and a cap m which is secured by the long holding- down bolts n of the cylinders.
Patent GB-191406835-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressure Gauges.
IPC: G01L7/00
Filed: 1914-03-18
Granted: 1915-03-18
Abstract: 6835. Saunders & Co., H. T., and Hill, G. W. March 18. Elastic-diaphragm pressure gauges for the petrol or oil tanks of motor-cars comprise a flexible diaphragm 4 carrying a knife-edge 6 which engages one link 7 of a bell-crank lever A, the other limb 8 engaging the short limb 9 of a second bell-crank lever moving in a plane at right-angles to that of the first. Motion is communicated to the indicating-hand by a crank on the spindle thereof being connected to the limb 10 of the second lever. To allow adjustment, the bracket bearing the lever A and the indicating-hand are secured by slotted connexions.
Patent GB-191407045-A (GB)
Filed: 1914-09-11
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 7045. Kimberley, F. A., and James Cycle Co. Sept. 11. Locking nuts.-In a detachable wheel hub for motorcycles, side-cars, &c., in which the hub is bored to a non- circular form to fit over a detachable live axle of similar section, the wheel is retained in position by a nut 12 which is provided with a spring-controlled locking-pawl 13 adapted to engage grooves in the axle; the application of a spanner to the nut releases the pawl.
Patent GB-191407203-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Microphones.
Inventor: STILLE CURT
IPC: H04R21/02
Filed: 1914-03-21
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 7203. Stille, C. March 21. Microphones. - The diaphragms f are supported by thin sheets e, of mica, celluloid, or gelatine which are held between the rings bl, b<2> and the casing a. The carbon granules are held in cavities d in the carbon block c.
Patent GB-191409346-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Ascertaining Graphically the Power of Engines.
Inventor: SNAMENSKY NICHOLAS
IPC: G01L3/24
Filed: 1914-04-15
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 9346. Snamensky, N. April 15. Drawings to Specification. Time-revolution recorders.-The speed of a shaft is measured throughout each revolution by mearis of a pencil, mounted upon a disk fast to the shaft, and adapted to mark upon a record-sheet moved transversely to the shaft at a uniform speed. Uniform rotation gives rise to cycloidal curves, and according to the invention means are provided for loading the shaft eccentrically aud thereby producing departures from the cycloidal form that are functions of the power transmitted.
Patent GB-191409388-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Matrix Setting and Type Line Casting Machines.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: B41B11/18
Filed: 1914-04-15
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 9388. Wade, H., [Typograph Ges.]. April 15. Assembling matrices.- Relates to means for assembling three - character matrix-bars in machines having matrix-bars guided on wires. The released matrix - bars e engage a rotating toothed roller b, by which they are raised and projected towards the assembling- point. When ordinary type is to be set, the matrix-bars are permitted to fall again into the lowest position. When the intermediate characters are required, a plate d is advanced into the path of the matrix-bars, and when the lowest characters are required, the roller b and the plate d are raised.
Patent GB-191410782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: URIE ROBERT WALLACE
IPC: F22G7/06
Filed: 1914-05-01
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 10,782. Urie, R. W. May 1. Plates and other plane surfaces, jointing tubes to.-Relates to a fire-tube superheater in which the superheating-elements are connected to a series of parallel distributing and collecting pipes connected to saturated and superheated steam headers arranged above and below the elements, and consists in connecting the elements to the pipes and the pipes to the headers by bolts and nuts, all arranged at the front of the superheater. The alternately-arranged distributing and collecting pipes E, E<1> are connected to the headers D, F by means of flanges c. The superheating-tubes are secured to the pipes by hollow bolts secured to the ends of the tubes and passing through the pipes, communication between the pipes and the tubes being established through apertures in the bolts, as described in Specification 10,781/14. Alternatively, the elements may be secured by means of flanges on the ends of the tubes.
Patent GB-191411989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cooling or Refrigerating Apparatus for Cold Storage Chambers.
Inventor: MCCANEY JOHN PETER MCCANEY GEN
IPC: F25B39/02
Filed: 1914-05-15
Granted: 1914-09-24
Abstract: 11,989. McCaney, J. P. May 15. Cold-storage rooms.-A modified form of the refrigerating-apparatus described in Specification 12,648/01, for cooling cold-storage chambers &c., comprises a tank (t for containing freezing- mixture, cooling-cylinders b, a tank c in which the resulting brine accumulates, and an auxiliary cooling-vessel d connected directly with the cylinders. b. The brine gradually accumulates until it reaches the level of the vessel d, from which it may be drawn off through pipes f, h. Cleaning-apertures h', j, and a draw-off pipe k from the tank c are provided.
Patent GB-191414699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Printing Stamps.
Inventor: ADNITT WILLIAM DANIELS
IPC: B41K1/42
Filed: 1914-06-19
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 14,699. Adnitt, W. D. June 19. Hand-stamps; number-printing apparatus.- -A hand-stamp for printing a series of names, numbers, &c. comprises a chain D of channelshaped type-carriers mounted on rollers C, C<1> carried on a frame B and adapted to be fed on the reciprocation of the frame by means of a spring pawl c<2> and ratchet-wheel c<1>. The pawl is carried by a lever b, the end of which engages a cam-plate a which can be adjusted for printing more than one impression from a line of type. The chain may be endless, as shown, or wound from one roll to another.
Patent GB-191416570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Typographical Composing and Distributing Machines.
IPC: B41B11/06
Filed: 1914-07-11
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 16,570. Linotype & Machinery, Ltd., [Mergenthaler Setzmaschinen-fabrik Ges.]. July 11. [Addition to 2730/12.] Magazines for type-bar-making machines. In multi-magazine arrangements in which the magazines are movable curvilinearly in relation to the assembler entrance and maintain constant relation with their respective distributors, as described in the parent Specification, modified guiding-arrangements, comprising fixed non- arcual curvilinear guides co-operating with rollers on the supporting-frames of the magazines, are provided for effecting the movements of the magazines collectively, independently, or in groups. Fig. 1 shows a pair of magazines 1, 1<a> on a frame 7 adjustable as a whole. The frame 7 is provided at each side with lower rollers 8 engaging in cam guides or grooves 11, and with upper rollers 9, 10 travelling along curved tracks 12; in modifications, (1) the upper tracks are replaced by grooves, (2) the lower groove is extended to receive two rollers, (3) a single roller engages in the upper track or groove, and (4) a central roller and track replaces one of the side pairs. Fig. 5 shows a pair of magazines 1, 1<a> on separate frames 7, 7<a> movable relatively to each other; these frames are guided by rollers and guides or tracks 8 ... 12 and 8<a> ... 12<a> respectively, and are adjusted by means of a frame or lever 19 provided with side members 21 engaging rollers 22, 23 on the frames 7, 7<a>; in a modification, the member 19 is dispensed with, and the frame 7 carries side members engaging rollers on the frame 7<a>. Fig. 7 shows three superposed magazines 1, 1<a>, 1<b>, the two lower magazines adjustable as a whole on a frame 7 provided with guides 8 ... 12, and the upper magazine on a separate frame 7<a> provided with guides 8<a> ... 12<a> and also with rollers 23 bearing on the magazine 1<a>. A similar arrangement is used for four magazines, the upper magazine 1<b> being replaced by a pair adjustable as a whole; the upper frame is in this case not supported on the second magazine, but by links connecting it to the lower frame; in a modification, the lower pair has a truly arcual movement upon pivots just below the corresponding distributors, and in this case, the upper frame is provided with rollers bearing on the second magazine.
Patent GB-191416764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Drilling or Boring Apparatus for Boring in the Earth's Strata.
Inventor: MCNAMARA ALEXANDER
IPC: E21B7/02
Filed: 1914-07-14
Granted: 1915-07-14
Abstract: 16,764. McNamara, A. July 14. Overhead supports.-In connexion with apparatus for boring earth, a folding derrick is described. The derrick is braced by members 111 and is in sections 107, 108, 113 adapted to fold over for transport, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-191417584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reversing Regenerative Furnaces.
Inventor: KNON LUTHER LOUCINE
IPC: F28D17/00
Filed: 1914-07-24
Granted: 1915-07-26
Abstract: 17,584. Knox, L. L. Sept. 4, 1913, [Convention date]. Open-hearth furnaces. - Comprises modifications in the port structures of open-hearth furnaces of the kind in which the gas port is surrounded by the structure of the air uptakes and air port, and in which cooling means are provided for the nose end portions of the gas port. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a removable hood 6 is provided for connecting the gas uptake 7 with the nose portion of the port. The hood is mounted on wheels 9 and is formed with water-cooling boxes 28, 29, the latter of which is rectangular, and encloses a block 30, removable to allow inspection of the port. The chamber for the hood formed between the air uptakes 5 and beneath the air port 4 is sufficiently large to leave comparatively wide spaces 11, 12 at the sides and top of the hood for the circulation of cooling-air, and a passage 16 is also provided beneath the forward portion of the hood. The cooling-box for the nose end of the gas port is of inverted U-shape, and is formed at the front with an inturned flange 22 for protecting the lining 23, and at the rear with a cross connexion 19 and an upwardlyextending flat box 18. Passages 25 between the air uptakes 5 and the end wall of the furnace proper allow air circulation around the rear portions of the cooling-box. In a modified construction shown in Figs. 9 and 12, the hood consists of a hollow water-cooled shell which supports the necessary refractory material. The shell comprises side walls 33 with inturned extensions 37, a bottom frame 38, rear cross connexions 34, an arched front portion 36, and a front bottom portion 35, offset to form the passage 16<b>. Water is preferably supplied through the pipe 43, and after circulating through the shell is withdrawn through arched pipes 41 in communication with an exhaust pipe 42. In this construction the cooling-box 17b is formed with a bottom 32 so that it wholly surrounds the nose end of the gas port.
Patent GB-191501810-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Apparatus for Temporarily Raising or Removing Bedridden Persons from their Beds when Required.
Inventor: GREENAWAY ALICE
IPC: A61G7/10
Filed: 1915-02-04
Granted: 1915-12-30
Abstract: 1810. Greenaway, A. Feb. 4. Bed-lifts.-A bed-lift comprises standards a, b arranged at both ends of the bed and supporting spindles c, d, on which are mounted pulleys or rollers on to which are wound lifting-ropes &c. e,f attached to a support l. One of the spindles is actuated by a handle g and is prevented from running backwards by a pawl h' engaging a ratchetwheel h. The spindle c is connected to the spindle d by means of sprocket-wheels and chains passing beneath the bed. The standards are secured in place by means of sockets a<4> let into the floor. In a modification, the spindle c is turned by wormgear, and a wooden frame, not secured to the floor, may be employed.
Patent GB-191502512-A (GB)
Title: An Appliance for use in connection with Gramophones and other Sound Reproducing Machines.
Inventor: WAITE GEORGE THOMAS
Filed: 1915-02-17
Granted: 1915-12-02
Abstract: 2512. Waite, G. T. Feb. 17. Dampers for sound modifying.-A sound-damper for use with gramophones &c. comprises a spring- influenced lever or other movable part adapted to bear on the stylus lever with a pressure controllable pneumatically. The lever 1 is pivoted in a lug 2 carried by a strip-metal frame 4 secured diametrically across the face of the sound-box 5. The inner end of the lever 1 carries a wooden block 7, lying over an axial portion of the stylus bar 8 and normally withdrawn from contact therewith by a spring 12. The outer end of the lever 1 rests on a bulb or plunger 11 coupled by flexible tubing 10 to a control bulb 9, by which the pressure of the block 7 on the stylus bar is regulated. A sliding plunger may act directly on the stylus bar, the lever 1 being dispensed with.
Patent GB-191505395-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Batteries.
Inventor: THOFEHRN HERMANN GEORGES CHRIS
IPC: H01M4/56
Filed: 1915-04-09
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 5395. Thofehrn. H. G. C. April 9. Electrodes of lead accumulators contain insoluble radio-active substances mixed with the lead oxide paste. For instance, radium barium sulphate may be added to red lead or litharge in the proportion of 0À2 x 10-<6>gram to the pound.
Patent GB-191506317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lawn Tennis Markers.
Inventor: HIRST ROWLAND RUSHWORTH
IPC: A63C19/08
Filed: 1915-04-28
Granted: 1915-12-23
Abstract: 6317. Hirst, R. R., and Hirst, A. April 28. Lawn-tennis markers. - In a lawn-tennis marker of the kind wherein the marking-liquid is transferred from the tank 1 to the marking- wheel 5 by means of a liquid-wheel 6 and a carrier-wheel 11, a scraper device 4<1> is fixed to or formed integral with a U-shaped frame 4 projecting from the tank and carrying the marking-wheel, and the spindle 7 of the liquidwheel 6 is supported in holes or slots extending through the sides of the tank, the spindle being prevented from endlong movement by the presence of the handles 3. The face 4<3> of the scraper is arranged at an inclination to the marking-wheel, so as to form a cavity wherein grass &c. picked up by the wheel may collect and form a pad. Lugs 12 prevent lateral displacement of the carrier-wheel 11.
Patent GB-191506410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boot and Shoe Lasts.
Inventor: NICHOLS CLAUDE
IPC: A43D3/02
Filed: 1915-04-29
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 6410. Nichols, C. April 29. Lasts.-A last for use in the manufacture of shoes for persons afflicted with bunions comprises separate foot members 1, 2 cut away to receive an instep member 3, to which is screwed a plate 11 formed with tapering-prongs 12 adapted to engage recesses in the members 1, 2, Fig. 1. An inclined screw 14 passes through the instep member 3 and through a hole formed by semicircular recesses in each of the meeting faces of the members 1, 2, and engages a threaded lug 18 in a countersunk plate 8, Fig. 4 ; this plate is screwed to the member 1 and is formed with a tapering stud 9 entering a socket in the member 2. A cover-plate 24 screwed to the member 2 covers the top meeting edges of the members 1, 2, and similar plates cover the meeting edges on the sole. The member 1 carries rounded projections 6, 28 at the bunion location, while a foundation 25 provides means for building up another projection on the top surface of the last by means of pieces of leather. Recesses 19, 20 are formed in the foot members to receive a hook, by which they may be removed from the shoe after the removal of the screw and the instep member.
Patent GB-191509143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Feed Water Heaters of the Jet or Contact Type.
Inventor: BAUMANN KARL
IPC: F22D1/30
Filed: 1915-06-22
Abstract: 9143. Baumann, K. June 22. Condenser systems.-Relates to a feedwater-heater, applicable also as a condenser, in which steam at a pressure below that of the atmosphere is employed, and in which the heated water flows through a barometric leg to a seal well. A pipe 19 leading from the discharge pipe 13 of the lift pump 11 to the seal well 10, is provided with a float-controlled outlet 20 for maintaining the desired level of the water in well. The pump 11 draws water through a pipe 17 from the barometric leg 9, provided at its lower end with a non-return valve 18. A pipe 15 leading from the pump to the heater allows air bubbles to escape from the pump.
Patent GB-191510742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Boots, more particularly Army Boots.
Inventor: KING WILLIAM
IPC: A43B3/02
Filed: 1915-07-24
Abstract: 10,742. King, W. July 24. Designs of boots and shoes; fastening.-In a lace boot of the kind in which the vamp B is extended to form an outside tongue A, the usual inside tongue is dispensed with, and the lace is arranged to pass through a less number, preferably three only, of the usual eyelets C. The ends of the lace are passed through eyelets D in the tongue to hold this in position. In wear, the action of the foot causes air to circulate through the sides of the tongue and around the foot.
Patent HN-2000000290-A (HN)
Title: Recipiente plegable
Inventor: OVERHOLT TRENTON M
IPC: B65D6/00
Filed: 2000-12-26
Abstract: LA PRESENTE INVENCION SE REFIERE A UN RECIPIENTE PLEGABLE PARA USOS MULTIPLES, ADAPTADO PARA GUARDAR, TRANSPORTAR Y EXHIBIR PRODUCTOS AGRICOLAS Y OTRAS MERCANCIAS.