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Patent GB-191211459-A (GB)
Title: Improved System of Fire Control for Self Propelled Torpedoes.
Inventor: SHONNARD HAROLD WALDRON
IPC: F42B19/01
Filed: 1912-05-14
Granted: 1913-05-14
Abstract: 11,459. Shonnard, H. W. May 14. Gyroscopic apparatus.-Relates to gyroscopic torpedo steering-gears of the kind in which the spinning of the gyroscope is independent of the ejecting and propelling of the torpedo, and consists mainly in making the functions of spinning and unlocking the gyroscope mutually independent. As shown in the drawing, the gyroscope 1, Fig. 2, is driven by an electric motor 28, Fig. 4, placed outside the torpedo tube and coupled to the gyroscope driving-gear 2, 3 by a square-headed shaft 18, which fits into a square socket at the end of a shaft 13 clutched to the shaft 4 of the gear-wheel 3. The first few turns of the shaft 13 unscrew it from screwthreads 16, and the mechanism is then ready for the unlocking action. This is brought about by a pull on a lever 39, which withdraws a locking-bolt 37 and allows a spring 40 acting on a lever 41 to withdraw the shaft 18 from the torpedo. When this happens, compressed-air behind a piston 10 is able to force this piston to the right, and a cross-pin 11 on the piston draws the shafts 4, 13 to the right and the wheel 3 out of gear with the pinion 2 of the gyroscope, and also withdraws the locking-bolt 5, thus unlocking the gyroscope. The handle 39 may be worked (1) by hand, (2) by a collar on the rod which usually couples the starting- lever and the torpedo locking-bolt, or (3) by a compressed-air piston controlled by a valve.
Patent GB-191213539-A (GB)
Title: Improved Pneumatic Wheel with Non-elastic Inner Tube or Air-chamber.
Inventor: FOSSI MARQUIS GIORGIO
IPC: B29D23/24
Filed: 1912-06-10
Granted: 1912-08-15
Abstract: 13,539. Fossi, Marquis G. June 10, 1911, [Convention date]. Air tubes and chambers.-The air-tube a is reinforced with linen or canvas in the form of helically-wound strips. The wound tube is inflated and vulcanized under heat. Tyre attachments to rims.-The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the detachable flange of the wheel rim described in Specification 13,867/11 may be modified by omitting the tongue from the side face of the flange. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191214764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Filtering Apparatus.
Inventor: FIORONI ALBERT CHARLES
IPC: A47J31/06
Filed: 1912-06-24
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 14,764. Fioroni, A. C. June 24. Funnels.-A filtering-funnel a is provided with inner funnels b, c, d, of decreasing size, which are supported one within another by flanges g resting on shoulders f, so as to leave intermediate drainage spaces j, j<1>, p. The funnel d and the exposed portions of the funnels b, c are perforated, and the flanges g have holes h corresponding with similar holes h<1> in the shoulders f. Lugs on the flanges engage with notches in the shoulders. The Provisional Specification refers also to a modification in which only a single inner funnel is used.
Patent GB-191220820-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of a Product especially suitable for Soap-making and the like, from the Fatty Acids of Whale Oil and Herring Oil.
Inventor: GOLDSCHMIDT SVEN HARALD
IPC: C11C1/08
Filed: 1912-09-12
Granted: 1913-06-19
Abstract: 20,820. Goldschmidt, S. H., and J÷rgensen, C. Sept. 12. Fatty acids, purifying etc.; soap, materials for making.-The fatty acids of whale and herring oils are deodorized by treating them with a solution of a hypochlorite such as sodium hypochlorite. The purified product, which contains a little soap produced by reaction between the fatty acids and the free alkali in the hypochlorite, may he used for making soap.
Patent GB-191227090-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Reverse Current Cut-out Arrangments for Electric Circuits.
Inventor: ACKERMAN PAUL
IPC: H02H3/00
Filed: 1912-11-25
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 27,090. Acherman, P. Nov. 25. Protective arrangements, - Alternating-current feeders A<4>, A<6>, A<8> are provided with means for cutting-out whichever feeder becomes faulty. Any one feeder A<4> is provided with a circuit-breaker E, having an opening-coil F<6> in series with two normally-open switches 13, 14, each of which is acted on by two balancing-coils energized from series transformers H, H<1>, H<2> in the three feeders. The transformer H in the protected feeder supplies one coil of both balancing pairs. The transformers in the second and third feeders respectively supply the remaining coils. A fault on the feeder A' reverses the energization of two coils, one in each pair, and closes both the switches 13, 14, thus leading current from a source such as a battery F through the opening coil of the circuitbreaker and cutting the feeder A<4> out. A fault on either of the feeders A<6>, A<8> reverses the energization of one coil only and only one of the switches 13, 14 relating to the feeder A <4> will be closed, so that the circuit of the opening- coil F<6> of the feeder A<4> is not completed. The switches 13, 14 may be operated by any device depending on reversal of one of two separate current-elements, instead of by balancing coils. Each of the feeders A<6>, A<8> is provided with a circuit-breaker having an opening-coil controlled in the same way as the coil F<6>. The invention is applicable to four or more feeders and to polyphase circuits.
Patent GB-191301658-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Forming Clay Blanks Employed in the Manufacture of Insulators and other like Articles.
Inventor: PODMORE WILLIAM
IPC: B28B5/08
Filed: 1913-01-21
Granted: 1914-01-21
Abstract: 1658. Podmore, W. Jan. 21. Rotary-mould-table machines; feeding and measuring.-A machine for moulding clay insulator blanks &c., comprises an horizontal pug-mill A having its discharge end fitting closely against a vertical mould-wheel b which is revolved intermittently by ratchet teeth i engaged by a pawl h operated by a lever g and cam f. The material is compressed against a plate k or plunger n and the moulded blanks are discharged by a plunger m operated by a lever q and cam s ; or they may be discharged manually. The cams f, s are mounted upon the main shaft c which drives the pug-mill shaft through spur gearing. The pug-mill is provided with a pipe t fitted with a loaded piston u to permit escape of surplus clay, which returns to the pug-mill by a shoot u<2>. If desired, the wheel b may rotate through a heating-chamber to dry the blanks.
Patent GB-191303853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Leakage Telegraphy or Telephony.
IPC: H04B13/02
Filed: 1913-02-14
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 3853. Signal Ges. Feb. 17, 1912, [Comvention date]. Drawings to Specification. Leakage telegraphy.-To avoid the difficulty due to the short-circuiting by the ship's hull of the receiving circuits in telegraphing by leakage currents, in the sea, the telephone or other receiver is connected to the secondary of a transformer the primary of which is connected to the submerged collecting plates in a circuit of very low resistance. The primary may be connected between the two plates, or two transformers may be used each with its primary connected between one of the plates and the ship's hull. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also the use of a telephone of very low resistance; this subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191306492-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Liquid Fuel spraying Devices.
IPC: F23D11/38
Filed: 1913-03-15
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 6492. Babcock & Wilcox, [Babcock & Wilcox C'o.). March 15. Jet nozzles.-A device for spraying liquid fuel into a furnace, which may be applied to the spraying - device described in Specification 12,628/09, [Class 75 (i), Burners &c.], comprises a nozzle cap A integral with an annular extension A<1> having an inwardly - projecting rim D, which forms a substantially urn-shaped recess E beyond the fuel-orifice C.
Patent GB-191310187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ski-bindings.
Inventor: LYNCH STEPHEN FREDERICK BLOSSE
IPC: A63C9/24
Filed: 1913-04-30
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 10,187. Lynch, S. F. B. April 30. Skis.-Relates to the application of a known type of buckle to the heel strap of skis. One end of the strap is attached at c to a link a which is pivoted to a toggle lever b. The other end of the strap is fixed to a metal strip having teeth &c. d. The pivot pin e is engaged with one of the teeth d and the end f of the lever b is swung over so as to tighten the strap.
Patent GB-191315287-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Expression Controlling Means for Automatic Musical Instruments.
Inventor: BROWN THEODORE PARKER
Filed: 1913-07-02
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 15,287. Brown, T. P. Jan. 6, [Convention date]. Player - pianos; expression, controlling; tracker-bars; blowing and exhausting air; tune-sheets.-In order to make use of tunesheets with or without accent perforations, some of the tracker-ducts may be connected either to the action or to accenting-means. As described, a tracker-bar with 76 note-holes and 19 accent-holes can be arranged to suit ordinary 88-note tune-sheets by moving a switch valve 27, Fig. 6, so as to connect 12 holes to the action valves M instead of to accenting-valves N, and leaving 7 holes inoperative. A pedal-controlling hole is provided. The valves N connect high or low tension, as described in Specification 12,113/02. The high-tension chamber 18 is connected directly to the exhausters G, Fig. 9; the low-tension chamber 20 is connected to a box divided from the wind trunk I by a partition 10. A passage 38 is controlled by a governor bellows, the action of which is regulated by means of a handle 48 connected to the spring 42; an ungoverned passage 39 is controlled by a valve 40, arranged inside the governor and operated from a push-button 69 by means of a pneumatic 54 and cranked lever 52. A stop 50, Fig. 10, limits the collapse of the governor bellows. The valve 40 is normally closed for playing from tune-sheets with accent perforations, or normally open for ordinary tune-sheets according to the position of a slide valve 59 with a handle 64. The valve has passages connecting the pipe 57 to either of two ports 62, 63, Figs. 12 and 14, which are closed and opened respectively by spring valves 65, 66 by depression of the push-button 69.
Patent GB-191317779-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Absorbing Ammonia from Producer Gas.
Inventor: MOND EMILE SCHWEICH
IPC: C01C1/12
Filed: 1913-08-02
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 17,779. Mond, E. S. Aug. 2. Tanks and cisterns.-A washer for absorbing ammonia from producer gas &c., of the type in which dashers revolving in a long vessel containing acid liquid spray the liquid into the passing gas, is built up of steel framework b, c supporting sheet-lead sides f and roofing l by means of lead straps g, Fig. 5, burnt on to the sheets and lapped round horizontal members c, k of the framework. The floor of the vessel consists of lead sheets d laid on steel plates and autogenously soldered to the sides f. The dashers (not shown) are carried on shafts m, the bearings of which are supported on foundations separate from the framework. Each bearing is carried by a cast-iron vertical plate n faced with lead and bolted to a flanged lead tube p burnt on to the side of the vessel.
Patent GB-191318268-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Firing Projectiles from Air Craft.
Inventor: PUMPHREY HUBERT
IPC: F41A21/00
Filed: 1913-08-11
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 18,268. Pumphrey, H., [Ordnance Development Co.]. Aug. 11. Ordnance breech mechanism; ordnance design; riflings.-Relates to guns for use on aerial machines in which the breech-block is replaced by a second projectile or counterweight discharged rearwardly so as to eliminate shock to the machine, as described in Specification 23,512/11. According to the invention, the gun is made in two parts, adapted to be locked together or to swing apart, preferably around an axis parallel to the bore such as that of the spindle 9. In the form shown, the spindle 9 is pivotally mounted in journals carried by bands 5, 8, on the forward section or barrel of the gun, and it carries bands 12, 13 in which the rear section 10 is rotatably held. To unlock the breech, the handle 14 is operated in a cam-groove 17, Fig. 2, in the band 12, and thus releases and withdraws the interrupted screw-threads which normally lock the breech section to the barrel 7. The breech section is then swung aside against the stop 18 carried by an arm 19 mounted on the fixed band 8 as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The extractor mechanism comprises an arm 40, Fig. 10, mounted in the heel of a lever 44, both hinged to the band 8 by the bolt 46. The lever 44 is operated by the cam 47 when the part 10 is swung aside. The gun is preferably formed of vanadium steel, and the pedestal 2 of an aluminium alloy. The two sections of the gun may be of unequal length when a heavier or lighter counterweight is employed. If the barrel is rifted, it is preferred to use a solid counterweight and to rifle the breech section in the opposite sense to that of the barrel; but in other cases the compensating mass may be composed of disintegrable material 33 as shown. The cartridge illustrated is fired electrically, and the case is beaded at 20a to engage with the extractor.
Patent GB-191322699-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reversible Folding Baby Carriages.
IPC: B62B7/10
Filed: 1913-10-08
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 22,699. Richards, O. O., and Birming- ham Patents Syndicate. Oct. 8. Push-bars adapted for propulsion of a folding perambulator from either end. Each end of the handle frame d is fitted with a guide-piece c adapted to slide along a rail a fixed to the frame b of the perambulator, and jointed stays k are used to connect the frame b to the handle frame d in both the forward and rearward positions of the handle. Plates e carried by the ends of the handle frame are provided with V-shaped notches which are adapted to engage brackets h, i at the front and rear of the frame respectively.
Patent GB-191326800-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sock Supporters.
Inventor: HARRIS ERIC WHITEHEAD
IPC: A41F11/16
Filed: 1913-11-21
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 26,800. Harris, E. W., and Pyke, A. Nov. 21. Fastening wearing- apparel.-A device for supporting socks comprises a garter a encircling the ankle and carrying a strut c of strip metal or the like, at the upper end of which is a clip e engaging the upper edge of the sock. The device is worn beneath the sock.
Patent GB-191330095-A (GB)
Title: Animal Trap.
Inventor: LONGENBAUGH GEORGE MYERS
IPC: A01M23/04
Filed: 1913-12-31
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 30,095. Longenbaugh, G. M. Dec. 31. Animal traps.-In an animal trap with a tilting platform, the platform 10, Fig. 1, is made T-shaped, the head 13 engaging the edges 14 of a U-shaped guide or hood 4 surrounding the opening in the cover 2 of the receptacle 1, to limit the movement of the platform. The hood 4 is detachably secured over the opening in the cover 2 by means of a flange 6 and lugs 7, 8, which bear against the under and upper side, respectively, of the cover. Fig. 7 shows a modification with two trap-doors 4<a>, 5<a>, the bottom of the U-shaped guide being partly cut away to form the opening 3<a> through which the mouse &c. is deposited, and the edges of the opening being turned down to form lips 12<a> for limiting the movements of the doors. The pivot rods 7<a> pass through ears 6<a> on the doors and through openings in the walls 2<a> of the guide, and are situated nearer the inner ends of the doors, so that the outer ends serve as weights to hold the doors in the normal position.
Patent GB-191400562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Covers for Vehicle and other Out-door Seats.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOSEPH
IPC: B60N2/60
Filed: 1914-01-08
Granted: 1914-04-16
Abstract: 562. Williams, J., and Conway, C. F. Jan. 8. Covers for exposed seats and occupants.-An adjustable cover for a vehicle or like seat comprises a sliding sleeve e provided with ball bearings e<1> and connected by the rod h to an arm f which supports the apron g. A series of such covers may be provided, the sleeves sliding on a bar or tube a and being normally held against the brackets l by the springs k. Each bracket l may have ball bearings o<1>, p in the lower and upper flanges to assist the longitudinal motion of the arms f. The covers can be operated by hand, or a suitable system of cords and pulleys may be employed.
Patent GB-191400996-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Humane Snare Trap for Animals.
Inventor: MITCHELL JOHN
IPC: A01M23/34
Filed: 1914-01-14
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 996. Mitchell, J. Jan. 14. Animal traps. - In a spring-noose trap, the noose A is partly covered at B with rubber, and the movable end is wound round and secured to a drum D mounted on a pin E in a box C, which is embedded in the ground and secured by a chain to a peg T. A coiled spring F is mounted in the drum D, 'being secured to the pin and the box, the pin being secured by a pawl and ratchet J, K mounted outside the box. When a pin, trigger, or plate S, mounted on a bracket R having a catch M engaging a ratchet L, is depressed by the animal, the spring winds up the cord on the drum, the rubber-covered portion B encircling the animal's neck and holding it.
Patent GB-191401978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fluid Meters.
Inventor: BROWN WILLIAM LAIRD
IPC: G01F15/06
Filed: 1914-01-24
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 1978. Brown, W. L. Jan. 24. Gas-meters.-A leakage-detector comprises an arm 28 universally jointed to the flag arm 3, its other end being guided in a slot 29 so that it reciprocates in front of a scale behind an aperture in the dial of the meter.
Patent GB-191402386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Steam Superheaters.
Inventor: THOMSEN PETER
IPC: F22G7/06
Filed: 1914-01-29
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 2386. Thomsen, P. Aug. 21, 1913, [Convention date]. Fire-tubes, arrangements of superheating- tubes in.-In a superheater having elements inserted in parallel-rows of at least three firetubes, the withdrawal of any element in a row of fire-tubes without disturbing all the other elements in the row, is provided for by dividing the elements in each row into two independent groups arranged out of alinement with each other preferably on the two sides of the central plane of the row of fire-tubes, and securing the elements to their headers by fastenings accessible from the front of the superheater. In a set of four elements, Figs. 1 and 2, consisting of two-loop U-tubes arranged in a row of four fire-tubes, the ends of the two upper elements d are bent to the left, and the ends of the two lower elements e are bent to the right. In a modification, each element consists of two U-loops in the same plane, one loop being placed in each of two adjacent fire-tubes. In another modification in which each set of elements are arranged in a row of three firetubes, the ends of the two upper elements are bent to the left and the ends of the lowest element are bent to the right. Figs. 7 and 8 show a set of four elements connected to headers a, b, which are both situated above the firetubes. Each element consists of two U-loops placed in each of two adjacent superposed firetubes, each tube containing two loops belonging to different elements.
Patent GB-191404773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Seat Supports for MOtor Cycles.
Inventor: GRANT ANDREW SILAW
IPC: B62J1/06
Filed: 1914-02-24
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 4773. Grant, A. S. Feb. 24. Helical springs; vibration - dampers; connexions and attachments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs. - Consists in carrying the seat 5 of a motor-cycle on a support 8 at the upper end of a telescopic member 7 supported on a spring 13, in which is arranged a secondary spring 14, one arm 4 of a bell-crank lever pivoted to the machine frame at 3<a> being attached to the ends of the support 8 by links 11. The other arm 4<b> of the lever is acted on by an adjustable spring 6 attached to the side bar 3 of the frame, and at the end of the arm 4 of the lever is a disk 4<a> bearing on a disk 11<a> formed on the link 11, the friction between these disks being adjustable by means of a bolt 12.
Patent GB-191404876-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating the Combustible Charges of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LEEKE WILLIAM HENRY
Filed: 1914-02-25
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 4876. Leeke, W. H., and Wilesmith, A. J. K. Feb. 25. [Cognate Application, 18,850/14.] Drawings to Specification. Cylinders, pipes for.-A number of closely disposed thin metal truncated cones with epical orifices gradually decreasing in diameter are situated in the admission pipe between a vaporizer and the cylinder to mix the charge.
Patent GB-191411663-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Saws.
Inventor: COLLER EDWARD JAMES
Filed: 1914-05-12
Granted: 1915-05-12
Abstract: 11,663. Coller, E. J. May 12. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Saw handles.--In saws of the type adapted to have one or more blades adjustably attached thereto for cutting channels of a given width and depth, the mount a, provided with a handle b, has its sides of such a thickness that when the saw blades d are secured thereto by bolts c, they are correctly spaced for cntting channels of the required width and depth. By removing all the blades but one, the tool can be used as an ordinary saw.
Patent GB-191417667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vertical Retorts for Carbonising Coal or the like.
Inventor: DUCKHAM ARTHUR MCDOUGAL
IPC: C10B27/00
Filed: 1914-07-25
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 17,667. Duckham, A. M. July 25. Retorts; coking.-In a vertical retort for gas-making or coking, the gases are withdrawn from several zones through ports b into a flue c divided by dampers d into compartments each having its own off-take e. Heating or cooling flues may be arranged adjacent to the flue c, and may heat or cool it as a whole or its compartments separately.