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Patent GB-191104339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Circular Knitting Machines.
Inventor: RAVEN WILLIAM
IPC: D04B17/00
Filed: 1911-02-21
Granted: 1912-02-08
Abstract: 4339. Raven, W. Feb. 21. Circular machines. - Automatic means for cutting-off predetermined lengths of fabric as it is being knitted comprise a rotary cutter 3 mounted on slides 4 and drawn towards or away from a hardened steel ring let into the cylinder by links and levers and rods 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14, the end of the lever 14 running on a pattern-wheel 16. A spring 18 interposed between the rod 11 and lever 12 causes the cutter to bear on the cylinder in a yielding manner. The rear arm of the lever 9 is slotted at 23 to allow the apparatus to be thrown up about the pivot d.
Patent GB-191105522-A (GB)
Title: A Combined Watch and Mirror.
Inventor: BAGLEY CHARLES JOHN
IPC: G04B37/12
Filed: 1911-03-06
Granted: 1912-02-29
Abstract: 5522. Bagley, C. J. March 6. Watches fitted with mirrors.-The mirror b is fitted into a bezel a<1> at the back which is similar in every way to the front bezel which holds the glass covering the dial, so that if the glass is broken the mirror may be substituted for it.
Patent GB-191106872-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Shuttles for Weaving.
Inventor: TOWNLEY ANDREW
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1911-03-20
Granted: 1912-01-18
Abstract: 6872. Townley, A. March 20. Shuttles.-In order to facilitate the threading of shuttles in which the weft is delivered from the top, they are provided with a weft guide or eye normally occupying a position within the shuttle but capable of being displaced to enable the weft to be passed through the eye, which is then returned to its normal position. A slotted eye a, Figs. 1 and 4, is formed in a plate A hinged in a recess C in the shuttle and held in the vertical or horizontal position by means of a coil or other spring B. Pins a<5> and projecting parts a<4> on the plate are adapted to take into holes c<2> and recesses c in the shuttle, in order to guide the weft. A groove or recess c<3> for the weft is formed on each end of the shuttle. The pins a<5> may carry a friction device a' of flannel, india-rubber, &c., or a small flat spring, to produce a drag on the weft.
Patent GB-191107383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Step by Step Transmitting Gear.
Inventor: POLLEN ARTHUR HUNGERFORD
IPC: G05D3/12
Filed: 1911-03-24
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 7383. Pollen, A. H., and Isherwood, H. March 24. Order and order-type apparatus.-Electric step-by-step apparatus for copying reversible movements, applicable particularly for operating charting-tables in connexion with rangefinders, comprises a transmitter arm P rotatable over three fixed contacts A<1>, B<1>, C<1>, which are wired to brushes A, B, C spaced around a rotatable commutator drum at the receiver. The commutator has two conducting segments 6, 7, which are connected by means of slip rings to the windings of oppositely-rotating clutches 1, 2, which co-operate with an armature 3 on a shaft 4, which is geared to the commutator. When the apparatus is at rest, the insulating space 8 between the segments 6, 7 is under the brush to which the battery is at the moment connected by the transmitter arm P. If the arm P is moved in either direction, so as to energize a different brush at the receiver, current passes through one of the clutches and the commutator is turned in the same direction as the transmitter until the insulating-space 8 is again brought under the energized brush. Instead of the clutches 1, 2, a motor with reversible field excitation may be employed.
Patent GB-191110045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Impedance Coils for Telephony and like Systems.
Inventor: GRAHAM EDWARD ALFRED
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 1911-04-25
Granted: 1911-11-23
Abstract: 10,045. Graham, E. A., and Rickets, W. J. April 25. Reactances, iron-cored. -A reactance for use in telephone systems to prevent cross-talk has a core and air - gap of such dimensions that a maximum magnetic change occurs with a minimum variation of current. The core consists of two sets of laminae a, b, Fig. 1, with an air-gap c between tongues c located inside a coil d, the magnetic path exterior to the coil being continuous, and of such cross-section as never to be saturated. Fuseholders h are fitted. In a modification shown in Fig. 3, the reactance is constructed as a relay. The two sets of laminae are pivoted at j, and one set b is movable against the action of a spring m, and carries a roller k, which causes a spring contact n to engage with a fixed contact o.
Patent GB-191111062-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Variable Speed Gearing for Motor Cycles.
Inventor: LURIE CHARLES
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1911-10-03
Granted: 1912-06-27
Abstract: 11,062. Lurie, C. Oct. 3. Variable-speed toothed gearing for motorcycles comprises a disk J with three rings of teeth K, L, H secured to the hub of the driving road wheel. Bevel-pinions D, F loose on a driving-shaft A are constantly in mesh with the gears K, L, respectively, and are adapted to be engaged alternatively by an intermediate double-ended dog clutch E sliding on a feather &c. on the shaft A. For the lowest speed, power passes to the gear H through a pinion C, which is slidable into and out of mesh therewith upon a square or feathered sleeve B screwed upon the shaft A.
Patent GB-191126474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grates for Refuse Destructors.
Inventor: LEASK HENRY NORMAN
IPC: F23H13/00
Filed: 1911-11-27
Granted: 1912-11-14
Abstract: 26,474. Leask, H. N. Nov. 27. Grates.-Refuse-destructor grates of trough section having an outer air jacket and passages, such as are described in Specification 22,137/09, are provided with one or more hollow projections upon the trough bottom for the purpose of supplying air to the centre of the fire. In Fig. 1 is shown a trough grate A with the upwardly-projecting structure C, the air supply to which is either from the jackets D or independent of the lateral air supply. The structure C may supply air for a portion or for the whole of its length, or it may be divided into compartments having separate air supplies. Its sides may be cooled in the manner described in Specification 22,137/09, or otherwise. It is preferably inclined downwards to the front of the grate to facilitate the removal of clinker, and it may be made capable of vertical movement, being moved upwards as clinker forms. Draw - bars T, with or without draw - plates T', are placed in the grate bottom, or, as shown in Fig. 3 a draw-bar may be placed in the structure C, its end projecting through a slit c' in the top. Its sides are notched to allow passage of air, and, not being embedded in the clinker, it may be returned after withdrawal for re-use.
Patent GB-191128947-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Printing and Issuing Tickets.
Inventor: BREMENTHAL LOUIS DAMIEN
Filed: 1911-12-22
Granted: 1912-08-01
Abstract: 28,947. Brementhal, L. D. Dec. 22. Printing on tickets.- A machine to be used by the conductors of trams &c. for issuing tickets on lines divided into sections, the fares being proportionate to the n u m b e r of sections travelled, is constructed with a number of disks carrying a series of blocks indicating journeys commencing at different sections, each disk carrying blocks corresponding to a particular fare. All the disks are carried on a shaft which is rotated partially by the conductor at the end of each section, and the apparatus is so constructed that a door, flap, or lever must be operated before the ticket strip is released from a stop which engages perforations in the web, the movement of this door &c. also serving to actuate the printing-mechanism. As shown, a number of printing-disks, as 12, with printing-blocks 11, are mounted on a shaft 13 operated by a ratchet 25 and spring- controlled pawl 26 to change the blocks 11 at the ends of sections. The ticket strips are unwound from rolls 5, and are guided by guides 6, 7 to positions beneath a block 11, and, in the normal position of the apparatus, each strip 5 is held by a stop 17 on a lever 15, the stop engaging a perforation in the strip. Access to the rolls may be obtained by opening the hinged top 2, normally closed by a lock 4. Access to the end of the strip is permitted by a cut-away part 8 of the guides 6, 7, but can only be obtained by moving a door or flap 21 against the action of a spring 22, and this movement, through rods'20, 19, raises a plunger 9 carrying an impression pad 14 so as to produce an impression from a block 11 through an ink-ribbon, and the lever 15 is moved so as to depress the stop 17 to permit the strip to be drawn out. The strip is cut off by hand against the chamfered edge of the door 21. Windows 52 are provided in the casing. A modification, in which two series of printing-disks, for printing two different inscriptions on the tickets simultaneously, is shown in Fig. 7. The apparatus is operated in this case by a lever 29 pivoted at 30, which, when depressed, first of all raises a lever 31 connected by a rod 34 to a stop which engages perforations in the strip. The lever 29 by a pin-and-slot connexion 45, 46 actuates a pawl 44 and ratchet 47 which drives a friction roll 48 for feeding the strip, and by a pin and slot connexion 36, 37, a bar 38 is moved so as to cause connecting-rods 40 to rotate cams 41 which lift plungers 9 to effect the impression. Dials and pointers are provided to indicate the positions to which the printing-wheels have been adjusted.
Patent GB-191215523-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes.
Inventor: AILION ALFRED
IPC: A24F1/08
Filed: 1912-07-03
Granted: 1912-10-03
Abstract: 15,523. Ailion, A. July 3. Tobacco pipes.-In tobacco pipes of the kind in which a trapped cooling and condensing tube or chamber is fitted within the enlarged bore of the stem, the detachable chamber, preferably of glass, is made in two parts A, B centrally jointed and fitting closely within enlargements of the bore of the stem. Traps D are provided at the ends of the chamber as shown.
Patent GB-191221035-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pump-bucket and the like Piston-ring Packings.
Inventor: CLEGG ALFRED
IPC: F04B53/12
Filed: 1912-09-16
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 21,035. Clegg, A. Sept. 16. Piston packing. -The outward expansion due to wear of a packing - ring for a pump bucket &c. is limited, in order to avoid jamming of the bucket by the ring when worn thin. For this purpose, the ring 1 is formed with flanges 1<x>, 1<y>, which are received by recesses 2<x>, 3<y>, in the junk ring and body, the radial expansion permitted being less than the thickness of the ring 1.
Patent GB-191225214-A (GB)
Title: An Automatic and Accurate Regulator of the Temperature of the Egg-drawers of Hot-water Lamp and Hot-air Incubators.
Inventor: ROLLS EDWARD JOHN
IPC: A01K41/02
Filed: 1912-11-04
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 25,214. Rolls, E. J. Nov. 4. Thermostats.-A pair of parallel levers a, b with a damper d and' counterpoise f are pivoted to a bracket which is readily attachable to an incubator, the lever a being operated at c by the ordinary capsule - actuated lever, from which the damper is removed. An adjustable block g having a short curved steel wire bears against the part c.
Patent GB-191225740-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus used for Grinding and Truing the Bare Cylinders and Doffers of Carding Engines.
Inventor: DRONSFIELD JAMES
IPC: D01G15/38
Filed: 1912-11-09
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 25,740. Dronsfield, J. Nov. 9. Disk and wheel apparatus.-In apparatus for grinding and trueing the bare cylinders and doffers of carding- engines, the bearings f for the splined grinder shaft b and for the right and left handed traversing - screw d are mounted on swivelling centres k in the adjustable end slides g, so that when the end slides are moved up separately to adjust the grinder to the work the bearings may accommodate themselves to strains in the shafts due to faulty adjustment. The screw shaft d is driven by a chain and chain-wheels from the grinder shaft, which is belt driven from the carding-engine.
Patent GB-191306374-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Lubrication of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: NEUTE LOUIS MODESTE
IPC: F16N7/40
Filed: 1913-03-14
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 6374. Neute, L. M. March 14. Channels and reservoirs in engine crank casings.-In a. combined force-feed and splash lubricating system for the internal-combustion e n g i n e s of motorvehicles &c., a lubricating-pump is supplied with a mixture of oil and air, the relative proportions of which are varied in accordance with the power developed by the engine. The crank chamber 1 communicates with a lower oil reservoir by an opening controlled by a piston valve 9, and the reservoir 2 communicates with a suction chamber 10 by an opening 18 controlled by a piston valve 11, the position of which determines the rate of flow of oil into the chamber 10, and therefore the oil level in that chamber. The suction pipe 21 of the lubricating - pump is formed with a number of holes 22, the highest of which is slightly below the level of the reservoir 2, and the pump sucks a mixture of oil and air, the proportion of oil being dependent upon the oil level in the chamber 10. The valves 9, 11 are coupled together by a lever 16,' pivoted at 14, and are operated by the accelerator pedal 13 of the carburettor. When the pedal 13 is depressed, the valve 9 descends, checking the flow of oil from the crank chamber 1, and the valve 11 opens, raising the level of the oil in the chamber 10, both the splash and the forced lubrication being thus increased. A stepped stop 42, adjusted by a handle 43, limits the upward movement of the valve spindle 12, a spring 41 allowing the pedal to complete its downward movement. A catch 45 holds the lever 13 in its normal position; when this catch is lifted by the driver's foot, the pedal 13 is forced upwards by a spring, and the valves 9, 11 are fully opened and closed respectively. This causes both the splash and forced lubrication to be suspended, which may be desirable to stop the issue of smoke with the exhaust. All the oil runs into the reservoir 2, and is available for forced lubrication upon again depressing the pedal 13, if the supply of oil is low. The invention is particularly applicable to the engine described in Specification 5722/13, [Class 12 (iii), Lubricators and lubricating &c.].
Patent GB-191308854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Dressings for Wounds and the like.
Inventor: RILEY LOUIS JOHN
IPC: A61L15/00
Filed: 1913-04-15
Granted: 1914-04-15
Abstract: 8854. Riley, L. J. April 15. [Cognate Application, 14,619/13.] Coating-appliances, hand.-An instrument for spreading a solvent or adhesive mixture in the application of a surgical dressing consists of a glass rod, the end of which is flattened and bent to an angle of 135‹.
Patent GB-191311252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vacuum Cleaning Machines.
Inventor: MACLEAN RICHARD ALEXANDER
IPC: A47L9/16
Filed: 1913-05-14
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 11,252. Maclean, R. A. May 14. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-In a device of the type in which the suction device is driven from the travelling wheels, an horizontal centrifugal pump 4 is employed and is driven by a speedmultiplying gear and a ratchet arrangement. In a modification, one floor wheel 6 actuates the pump, while the machine is pushed in one direction, by means of wheels 7, 9 connected by a belt 8 and by wheels 10, 12 connected by a belt 11. The wheel 12 is secured on a spindle 13 which drives the pump shaft 5 by a bevel-wheel 14. As the machine is pulled in the reverse direction, the pump spindle is rotated in the same direction as before from the other floor wheel 16, Fig. 3, which drives a gear-wheel 19 through a bevel-wheel 18. The wheel 19 drives the pump shaft through a pinion 20. Ratchet arrangements are fitted for both drives. The dust sucked in through the nozzle 1 is discharged by the fan into the annular chamber 23, and thence into the dust chamber 24, which contains a rotating filter 25 mounted on a spindle 26 having a pulley 28 driven by contact with the rear travelling wheels 27. The filter is open atone or both ends.
Patent GB-191315021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Truck Frames for Bridge Girders of Overhead Cranes and the like.
Inventor: GOLBY FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: B66C7/00
Filed: 1913-06-30
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 15,021. Golby, F. W., [Brown Hoisting Machinery Co.]. June 30. Overhead travellers and transporters.-A truck frame for carrying the ends of the girder or bridge 10 of a travelling crane is formed with a slot 3 in the upper surface to accommodate the web, and a surface 5 on which the lower flange rests. The girder 10 is secured against longitudinal displacement by a dowel pin 14 and by bolts 13. In a modification, two girders are accommodated upon the truck frame.
Patent GB-191318160-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Telephone Locking System.
Inventor: MORSE WALTER ALDEN
IPC: H04M1/70
Filed: 1913-08-09
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 18,160. Morse, W. A., and Morse, A. M. Aug. 9. Party-line systems.-When a line is in use by a subscriber, the switch-hook 4 of any other subscriber on the line is locked down by the armature of a magnet 7. The locking-magnets at all the stations on the line are in series in a special circuit, which is independent of the speaking - connexions, and are energized by a battery 43 at the station using the line, the battery being cut into circuit at the contact 23 when the switch-hook rises. If the wanted subscriber is on the same line as the calling subscriber, the battery 43 at the calling station is cut out of the locking-circuit by operating a spring plunger 25, so that the locking-magnets are deprived of current until the called subscriber lifts his receiver. The plunger 25 has a stop 28 which prevents its movement when the switch-hook 4 is in its depressed position. The armatures of the locking-magnets are made in two parts 10, 11 connected by a spring hinge 12. The lower part yields when the armature is attracted at a station at which the switchhook is in its raised position.
Patent GB-191319560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Detachably Fixing Articles for Sale or otherwise on to Show Cards.
Inventor: PANNETT EDWARD CHARLES
IPC: G09F5/04
Filed: 1913-08-29
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 19,560. Pannett, E. C., Neden, W. P., and West, R. Aug. 29. Cards for displaying. -Articles are detachably affixed to a card &c. by means of flanges 3 perpendicular to the face of the card and adapted to grip the sides of the articles which are pressed within them. The flanges may be provided with bases 5, Fig. 2, which are stuck to the card, or tongues, Fig. 5, engaging with slots in the card; or they may frictionally engage perforations in the card, Fig. 7,
Patent GB-191401598-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Winding Yarns and Threads.
Inventor: MOORE ALFRED HOWARD
IPC: B65H54/42
Filed: 1914-01-21
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 1598. Moore, A. H. Jan. 21. Winding-machines; spindle-driving apparatus.- In a machine for winding yarn &c. from two or more bobbins &c. on to a single bobbin &c., or in other machines involving a doubling process, contact is ensured between the friction gear c on the bobbin spindle b and the driving friction gear d by a vertically-acting adjustable spring g, which is carried in a clip e attached to one of the brackets and presses a block j down upon the end of the spindle b.
Patent GB-191406525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Labelling Bottles, Cans, Canisters and the like.
Inventor: STOKER ALFRED WASHINGTON
IPC: B65C3/14
Filed: 1914-03-14
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 6525. Stoker, A. W. March 14. Coating-machines.-In machines for labelling bottles, cans, &c., pickers o<4> convey labels from a box p to the stopper of the bottle &c. and are pasted by a roller r which is carried by a slide r<1> reciprocated horizontally by a rod r<4>. A roller r<12> rotating in a tank r<13> supplies paste to the pickers. A similar device working at right-angles to this and carrying two pasting- rollers is employed in the mechanism for labelling the sides and neck of the articles.
Patent GB-191408261-A (GB)
Title: Filter or Strainer.
Inventor: GASSER MATHIAS
Filed: 1914-04-01
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 8261. Gasser, M. April 1. Strainers.-A strainer for milk &c. consists of a cylinder d, Fig. 1, having vertical slots e and enclosing a cylinder of fine wire-gauze f. The cylinder d fits near one end of the receptacle a in a socket b having a tap c. For use in a deep receptacle, the cylinder d is closed at the top.
Patent GB-191410823-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electro-magnetic Apparatus for Controlling Electric Circuits.
Inventor: WELLS CHALMERS PENFIELD
IPC: H01H50/20
Filed: 1914-05-02
Granted: 1915-04-01
Abstract: 10,823. Wells, C. P. July 9, 1913, [Convention date]. Electro-magnetic actuation.-In a solenoid switch of the type having pairs of arms 5, 6, 7, 8 closed successively by rollers 14 on a bracket 13 carried by the core, loose magnetic pins 15, 16, 17 of different lengths and having supporting shoulders 15<a>, depend through the magnetic bracket 3<a> into the core space. The pins are raised in succession as the core rises and cause the solenoid to give a constant and stable pull on the core at each stage. A normallyclosed push-button 20 and a normally-open button 19 in parallel with a resistance 21 admit of the core being raised and lowered in definite stages. A dash-pot retards the falling of the core when the solenoid has been de-energized by opening the button 20. The arms in closing, abut against a conductor 10 connected to one main, and short-circuit steps of resistance 12 to which they are connected.
Patent GB-191411582-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Explosive Compounds.
Inventor: BURROWS FRANK REEFER
IPC: C06B31/16
Filed: 1914-05-11
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 11,582. Burrows, F. R., and Burrows, J. G. May 11. Granulating.-Molten aluminium is poured over a rapidly revolving wheel, which dashes the aluminium in a spray into cold water, thus yielding comparatively large particles having very sharp edges or points, rendering the material susceptible to rapid ignition for use in explosives.
Patent GB-191413763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Lighting Means employed for Fishing Buoys and the like.
Inventor: RASMUSSEN CHRISTIAN
IPC: A01K75/02
Filed: 1914-06-06
Granted: 1915-06-07
Abstract: 13,763. Rasmussen, C. June 6. Drawings to Specification. Cases for accumulators in buoys. A double walled casing is used to prevent freezing; the interspace is filled with glycerine or other heatinsulating material.
Patent GB-191413789-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clothes Racks or Driers.
Inventor: ENELL OTTO EDWARD
IPC: D06F57/12
Filed: 1914-06-08
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 13,789. Enell, O. E. June 8. Suspended racks.-A clothes rack or drier comprises arms projecting laterally from a support which spans a gap between opposite posts, such as the jambs of a window casing, and includes a flexible strut holding the support tight. The support shown comprises a bar 1, slotted at one end to receive the flexible strut 10, which is held therein by a bolt 11 and has prongs 13 at its end straddling the sash line and embedded in the frame. The other end of the rod 1 is tapered and enters a socket formed by a pair of jaws 5 also bearing against the frame, one of which carries a bracket 14 from which the arms are supported. These arms are disposed in two sets of three, held between disks 31, 32, 33, which are adjustably held together by bolts 34, 35 and a ferrule 44 slipped over the bolt 35. The middle member of each set of arms is provided with flat hinge-pieces 45 secured thereto by unsymmetrically arranged deep and shallow flanges 46, 47. The hinges 53, 55 of the remaining twc arms of each set are cut down around the bolt 34, so that they may rest one above the other between the disks 45. The nut 38 on the bolt 34 allows the arms to be moved into any position and there held tight.