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Patent GB-191227202-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Compressing Gas.
Filed: 1912-11-26
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 27,202. Brewster, A. O. French-, and Atlas Non - Puncture Inner Case Syndicate. Nov. 26. Compound piston pumps.-Relates to compressing - apparatus of the kind described in Specification 860/12, and consists in means for arresting any impurities that may flow with the compressed fluid past the outlet ball valve 9. The valve chamber is provided with a screen of gauze or the like 14 secured to a perforated diaphragm 12 which carries the spring of the ball valve, and with one or more similar screens, each mounted in a ring constituting a distance - piece. The diaphragm and rings are preferably held in place between an annular shoulder of the valve chamber and a ported ring 17 communicating with the outlet 18, by a screw-cap 20. The outlet may, however, be located in the cap 20,
Patent GB-191228090-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for use in Cleaning Kitchen Utensils and the like.
Inventor: CLEGG MARIE
IPC: A47L13/06
Filed: 1912-12-05
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 28,090. Clegg, M. Dec. 5. Tools. - A device for cleaning kitchen utensils comprises a handle a provided with a bladeshaped extension b, to which is connected a piece of flexible metallic fabric c preferably of chain - mail formation. The blade b may be provided with projecting points.
Patent GB-191303733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wheel Constructions.
Inventor: THOMPSON NORMAN ARTHUR
IPC: B60B3/08
Filed: 1913-02-13
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 3733. Thompson, N. A. Feb. 13. Disk wheels.-Disks or the like c, f are provided with flanged bosses a, b and secured to the rim. The wheel is then centred, and the bosses trimmed out true and secured, as by a screw-thread, to a central sleeve h, provided with plain brass bushes i, or ball bearings. The method of construction is stated to be applicable to the wheels described in Specification 6461/12.
Patent GB-191305105-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Device for the Prevention of the Slipping of the Occupants of Beds from Desired Positions therein.
Inventor: BARTHOLOMEW ELLEN
IPC: A47C20/02
Filed: 1913-02-28
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 5105. Bartholomew, E. Feb. 28. Bed &c. rests.-An arrangement for preventing the slipping-down of the occupant of a bedstead comprises a board 7 on which the feet of the occupant rest connected by telescopically adjustable members 2, 3, 8, and 9 to a base-board 1 having a downward extension 6<a> which is introduced between the end of the mattress and the bedstead frame. The adjustment of the parts is obtained by means of bolts having clamping-nuts engaging slots in the members 2, 3, 8, 9.
Patent GB-191307840-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrical Dynamo Machines.
Inventor: PEUGEOT JULES
IPC: H02K23/10
Filed: 1913-04-03
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 7840. Peugeot, J. April 3. Exciting.-A variable-speed dynamo-electric machine for use with a battery to produce a constant potential on a load connected across the brushes has its pole-pieces composed of two cores n<1>, n<2> and s', s<2> respectively, the two cores of each pole being wound equally with a thin wire shunt winding f<1>, f<2> and unequally with a thick wire winding F<1>, F<2> in series with the battery alone, whereby the neutral axis is displaced when a current traverses the series winding in either direction. The series winding may be wound on one core only of each pole.
Patent GB-191308742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with the Stiffening of Hat Bodies.
IPC: A42C1/08
Filed: 1913-04-14
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 8742. Lang (Inhaber G. P. Nieland), H. Jan. 11, [Convention date]. Materials, preparation of; bodies, forming.- A hat body is made of such material as buckram impregnated with a gum so that the covering of silk &c. is caused to adhere by moistening the gum.
Patent GB-191312056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pivot Fittings of Swing Looking Glasses and the like.
Inventor: SQUIRE HENRY ALEXANDER
IPC: A47G1/24
Filed: 1913-05-23
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 12,056. Squire, H. A. May 23. Pivot adjustments.-The pivot of a looking- glass or similarly pivoted article is constructed so as to have some ftexibility to improve its grip in the socket and is formed by pressing-up from the sides of an attachment plate a pair of lugs, which are brought towards each other centrally in front of the plate to form a neck and are then turned outwards, the outwardly-turned portions being approximately semicircular in shape to form the bearing-portion of the pivot. The semicircular portions are preferably cupped, or they may be pressed to form the two halves of a ball-fitting. A spring may be provided to increase the flexibility of the pivot. The socket a, Fig. 1, is of the usual tapered form. In the form of pivot shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, the bearing-part of the pivot comprises a pair of semicircular lugs f which may be provided with stop lugs g to limit the turning movement. Figs. 7, 10, 13, and 16 show pivots with cup-shaped parts f. In Fig. 7, a strip spring i is provided, and in Fig. 10, a disk j is arranged between the parts f. In Fig. 13, a coiled spring p is held in position by a disk q and pin r. In Fig. 16, a strip spring i engages two semicircular plates s inserted in the parts f.
Patent GB-191318467-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Repairing Cracked or Damaged Pipes.
Inventor: CLAY JAMES RICHARD
IPC: F16L55/175
Filed: 1913-08-14
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 18,467. Clay, J. R. Aug. 14. Repairing leaks.-Means for preventing leakage from a cracked pipe comprises a cylindrical box having an internal flange to grip the pipe flange and a gland to compress stuffing within the box on both sides of the pipe flange. A box c is made in two or more parts bolted around the pipe a, cracked at x, by means of flanges c<1>, so as to grip the pipe flange b<1> by an internal flange c<2>. Packing f, h is compressed by a gland d.
Patent GB-191319500-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Filters.
Inventor: FREUND ERNST
Filed: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 19,500. Freund, E., and Freund, E Aug. 28. Filters with horizontal filtering-layers; filtering-media, charging and compressing in place. -Relates to portable filters of the kind employing powdered media. The casing a is formed with a shoulder k on which rests a sieve b. The medium is compressed between an upper sieve d and the sieve b by means of a wing-nut f<2> on a central bolt f, for which a tubular housing is provided. Between the upper sieve and the cover g, which screws upon the pin f, and between the sieve band the casing, are grids e, c respectively, the webs of which are perforated or notched to allow of the circulation of liquid in relation to the inlet a<3> and outlet a<4>. Porous distance pieces or rings may be used instead of the grids e, c. When pressure is applied, the medium is forced on to the ledges a<1>, a<2>, the thickness being greater round the bolt and at the periphery than elsewhere. In a modified construction. the nut f<2> is at the lower end of the bolt, and the bottom of the casing is made concave to receive it. In charging the filter, a special pan, Fig. 9, is filled with the medium, such as kieselguhr, and the surface made plane with the edge of the pan with a revolving straightedge. Upon this are placed, in order, an asbestos pad, the sieve b bottom-up, the grid c also inverted, and then the filter case a. The whole is then inverted and the pan removed. An asbestos pad is placed on the exposed medium. The filter is then completed and the nut tightened.
Patent GB-191320109-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lasts and to Methods of Manufacturing the same.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: A43D3/02
Filed: 1913-09-05
Granted: 1914-09-03
Abstract: 20,109. Wade, H., [Fitz-Empire Double Pivot Last Co.]. Sept. 5. Lasts.-Each one of a number of interchangeable foreparts adapted to be used with one heel part of a last is manufactured from a block 2, which is first cut to form the abutting face that the forepart is ultimately to have. The block is then bonded to a standard or master-beel part 6 by a large dowel 8 and three pins 10 projecting from the face of the heel part, and the forepart is then turned in the usual manner. After the last is taken from the lathe, a pattern is laid upon it to mark where the nub at the toe end should be cut off, the standard heel part enabling the pattern to be laid with accuracy. The nub is cut away, and the forepart, still bonded to the master heel part, or else bonded to the heel part with which it is to be used, is scoured and finished, the heel part serving as a guide during the operation. A forepart turned in the usual manner may be bonded to the standard part for the finishing-operation only. The standard heel part is made of metal. Heel parts may be manufactured by bonding them to standard foreparts. The parts of collapsible or hinged lasts may be similarly manufactured.
Patent GB-191320855-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Safety Devices for Steam Condensing Plants wherein the Air is Exhausted from the Condenser by Means of an Air Ejector of the Water-jet Type.
Inventor: MUELLER PAUL HERMANN
IPC: F01B25/00
Filed: 1913-09-16
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 20,855. M³ller, P. H. Sept. 16. Aspirating-apparatus, ejector; starting and stopping, automatic.-In a condensing-system in which an ejector of the water-jet type exhausts a condenser, an air-admission valve is arranged on the ejector side of the non-return valve and is controlled by the water pressure The non-return valve i is arranged within a casing k, on the top of which is mounted a cylinder a containing a piston b subjected below to the water pressure of the ejector and above to the pressure of the spring c. As the water pressure falls the piston falls, and, by uncovering openings in the cylinder a, admits air. The piston is raised as the pressure attains its normal value and closes the openings; at the same time, the upper edge f of the piston is pressed against a valve seat g. A downwardly extending flange h enters a cavity within the piston which is filled with liquid. The pivots of the valve i are arranged to have a small horizontal play to facilitate seating.
Patent GB-191325378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Applying Plastic Material to Surfaces or Objects to Ornament the same.
Inventor: FICHSEL GUSTAV
IPC: B44B1/00
Filed: 1913-11-06
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 25,378. Fichsel, G., and Hoffmann, G. Nov. 6. Ornamenting.-Consists in an appliance for applying surface ornaments of plastic material to various objects and surfaces such as cakes and biscuits, pottery, and glass. The appliance comprises (1) a casing a, containing the plastic material, fitted with a screw-operated ejecting piston e and a removable end f on which is mounted a gauge chamber g adapted to receive an interchangeable pattern plate 30, and (2) a holder h, for the object to be ornamented, supported upon a carriage q normally held by a pawl device and adapted to be rapidly withdrawn by a spring n to sever the ornament. The chamber g may be divided by partitions into compartments adapted to receive differently coloured material, the piston c being correspondingly shaped. Pattern plates of curved or undulated form may be employed.
Patent GB-191328983-A (GB)
Title: Ice Chest or Refrigerator.
Inventor: PIAZZA CELSO
IPC: F25D23/06
Filed: 1913-12-16
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 28,983. Piazza, C. Dec. 16. Refrigerators, domestic and like.-An ice-chest or refrigerator is formed with double walls B, B'. the space between which is packed with granular charcoal D with an intermediate sheet C of cardboard coated on the inner side with a mixture of tar and nitre.
Patent GB-191404481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Grinding Machines.
Inventor: CRANDALL JAY ELLIS
IPC: B24B19/00
Filed: 1914-02-20
Granted: 1915-02-22
Abstract: 4481. Crandall, J. E. April 10, 1913, [Convention date]. Disk and wheel apparatus.-Relates to apparatus for grinding tempered articles such as stays for corsets in order to produce a. stay tapering gradually towards one end and having an enlarged head at that end, and consists in a machine comprising a pair of grinding-wheels 31 mounted upon adjustable heads 17, 18, one 18 of which is carried by an arm 20 pivoted at 19 and is urged towards the other by a weighted lever. The stay to be ground between the two wheels is held at one end in a holder 38 on a table 14 moved to and fro by a crank and worm-wheel, driven alternately in opposite directions by a worm on a shaft 43. The reversal of the table movement is brought about by the movement of a lever 62, 65, pivoted at 63, causing a clutch 49 splined to the shaft 43 to engage alternately with oppositely-driven wheels 44, 46. The lever is moved by the handle 64 to throw the clutch into engagement with the wheel 44; it is held in position against the pull of a spring 66 by a catch 69 until this is tripped by an adjustable tappet 78 on the table, whereupon the lever is thrown over, carrying the clutch into engagement with the wheel 46. As the table is traversed, a templet 54 thereon engages a cam on the head 18 and causes the grinder to swing about the pivot 19 and to approach or recede from the other grinder, whereby the stay is shaped to the templet; the forward stroke of the table causes the stay to be ground, and on the reverse stroke it is polished. Steady rests 75 are mounted near the stay to prevent it from vibrating during the operation. These form the subjectmatter of Specification 1362/15. A stream of water is projected upon the work through a pipe 71. The machine may be constructed so that both grinding-wheels are moved by templets during the traverse of the work table.
Patent GB-191407193-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Dental Chairs.
IPC: A61G15/00
Filed: 1914-03-21
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 7193. Dental Manufacturing Co., Sonnex, R. W., and Betts, C. F. March 21. Dental seats; seat adjustments; rests, arm. - A dental chair is pivotally mounted on a base 1 upon which it may be collapsed for transport without disconnexion. The legs 3, 4 are pivoted to supports 2 and to a frame 6 and are so proportioned that the legs 3 may be folded beneath the legs 4, the seat bottom lying between them. In order to retain the parts in erected position, a latch 12 is provided having pivotal connexion with the legs 3 and engaging screwed pins 13 on the seat frame. The seat proper is pivoted at the rear to members 18, telescoping in the legs 4 and locked by screws 19, and is supported in front by a pawl 20 engaging a series of notches 21. Folding arm-rests 24 are mounted on parallel links 23 pivoted at 45 to members 46 pivoted at 47 so that the rest may be inverted in position. Pawls 22 are employed to retain the arm-rests in the erected position. Detachable arm-rests 33 may also be employed, and these are formed with an offset stem 34 for engaging a socket 35, so that the width between them may be varied. The folding back member is held in position and adjusted by means of a pivoted rack 29, which may be engaged by a handleoperated pawl 30. A head-rest 37 is adjustably mounted by means of a cylindrical clamp on a sliding rod 32. A foot-rest 7 is pivotally mounted on a spindle 8 journaled in a pair of split sleeves 9, and carries arms 10 which engage shoulders 11 on the sleeves and compress the sleeves when pressure is brought to bear on the foot-rest, thus clamping it in position.
Patent GB-191415864-A (GB)
Title: Delivery Mechanism for Printing Presses.
IPC: B65H29/04
Filed: 1914-07-02
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 15,864. Story, W. B., and Story Co., W. B. July 2. Delivery apparatus.- In delivery mechanism for printing-presses of the kind comprising a pair of endless travelling carriers arranged end to end between the printing-mechanism and the receiver, one of which h receives t h e printed sheet and delivers it to the other, which transfers it to the receiver and travels at a variable speed, both sets of carriers are provided with grippers and the pulleys round which the carriers pass are enclosed by cages for preventing the grippers from leaving the pulleys by centrifugal force; the cages are connected by guiding tracks for the grippers and the carriers are formed of metallic belts having spaced blocks engaging notches in the pulleys. The sheets are fed from a pile feeder 2, Fig. 1, arranged between the printing- couple and the receiver, and are taken from the printing-couple by the carrier 4 which is supported on pulleys 8, 9 driven by a shaft 10 from the transfer cylinder shaft. The sheets are transferred to the second carrier 6 which is supported on pulleys 16, 17 and is driven at a variable speed from a gear-wheel 27 driven at constant speed from the transfer cylinder; the gear-wheel 27 is provided with pins 28 successively engaging notches in a gear-wheel 30 which drives the shaft 18 of the pulley 16. The grippers 37, 38, Fig. 4, comprise a frame 39 combined with one of the blocks 14 on the bands. Pivoted to the frame is a bell-crank lever 41, one end 42 of which forms the gripping- finger. The other end is provided' with a roller 43, which engages a fixed cam to open the gripper; the gripper is normally held closed by a spring 48. The grippers are supported between the pulleys by means of flanged tracks 55, with which projecting lips 56 on the grippers engage. The pulleys are enclosed by cages 58, Fig. 6, connected to the tracks 55, the cages being provided with flanges round which wheels 59 on the grippers roll.
Patent GB-191506307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Slabs or Blocks for Ceilings, Walls and Wall Coverings or Plating.
Inventor: POWIS GEORGE
IPC: E04C2/06
Filed: 1915-04-28
Abstract: 6307. Powis, G. April 28. S l a b s ; facing-slabs; ceiling-slabs.-Slabs with V-grooves on their edges are provided with a bond a of cinvas, wire, &c., which is cast or embedded in the slab and projects into the grooves to strengthen the joints. The slabs may be made of plaster &c., and may be used for walls, ceilings, and wall plating, the joiots being filled with the same kind of materi as the slabs. R e f e r e n c e has been directed by Comptroller to S p e c i f i c a t i o n s 1@,103/93, 6325/05, 15,149/06, 1619/09, and 1197/14.
Patent GB-191508269-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Friction Clutches.
Inventor: SIEURIN PAUL WILHELM
IPC: F16D13/04
Filed: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 8269. Sieurin, P. W. March 13, [Convention date]. Clutches, friction and claw.-In friction clutches of the type in which a band is expanded by the action of a rocking lever, the lever is connected to a loose member carrying a cone or claw clutch part which may be engaged with a corresponding clutch part turning with the driven member. The driving-shaft 1, Fig. 1, carries a plate 4 to which is attached a split band 5 adapted to engage the driven drum 3 when expanded by a lever 8 bearing between the band ends. The lever turns on a pivot x on a loose ring 7 with a clutch cone 12, which may be engaged by an axially movable cone 13 connected by arms 15 and pins 14 to the drum 3. Engagement of the clutch 12, 13 retards and rocks the lever and expands the band 5. The cone surface 13 may be formed directly on the drum 3. The clutch may have claw-engaging parts. The drum 3, Fig. 4, instead of itself forming the driven part may be loose and be pivoted to a second lever 8<1> adapted to expand a band 5<1> carried by the driven drum 3<1> into engagement with a flange 4<a> on a plate 4<1> keyed to the driving-shaft 1.
Patent GB-191509291-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hydraulic Pressing Apparatus.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: B30B15/16
Filed: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 9291. Schneider, E. June 24. Presses, producing part of stroke of, by liquid at lower pressure.-Relates to hydraulic-press tools in which the approaching movement is effected by low-pressure liquid, and the final pressing movement by high-pressure liquid. The crossmember A carries the tool B and is integral with the piston C, D working in the cylinder E. The space e<1> communicates with the high-pressure circuit or the suction well through a pipe F and non-return valve f. The pipe G is always in communication with the low-pressure circuit, and the valve g is kept open by the spring h. A movable weight H and an adjustable stop g<2> are provided on the valve-rod. The downward stroke of the piston C may be effected by connecting the space e<2> with the low-pressure circuit through th pipe I, so that the high-pressure liquid contained in this space from the previous ascending movement is transferred, with resulting economy in power, to the low-pressure circuit. When the weight H is taken off the valve-rod by the fork a', the valve g closes, and the final movement of the tool B is effected by placing the chambers e<1>, e<2> in communication with the high-pressure circuit, the water in e<2> being transferred to that circuit. The complete ascending movement is effected by connecting the space e<6> with the suction well, the chamber e' being still connected with the highpressure circuit. When the weight H is lifted, the valve g opens, and the water in space e<1> is returned to the low-pressure circuit. Alternatively, the forward movement may be obtained by connecting the pipe I with the suction well, the lowpressure liquid which enters the chamber e' being returned on the upward stroke.
Patent GB-191509360-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Shingle Cutting Device.
Inventor: NEELY CHARLES
IPC: B26D5/10
Filed: 1915-06-25
Abstract: 9360. Neely, C. June 25. Guillotine type.-A device for cutting shingles from asbestos or asbestos-composition sheet comprises a base 5 to the ends of which are fixed blocks 6 with spaced vertical arms 7, between which the verticallv movable cutterbar 8 carrying the blade 9 is guided. The blade tapers from one end to the other and has its cutting-edge very slightly bevelled transversels ; the blade cooperates, to effect the cut, with a metal strip 12 secured to the base. The cutter-bar is adapted to be moved by means of two levers 14, 17, the lever 17 being extended to form a handle and having a bolt thereon carrying a roller working in a slot 16 in the lever 14; the levers are pivoted to the arms 7 and are connected to the cutter-bar by links 20 adjacent the pivot poipts of the levers. A gauge 21 for the shingles is provided.
Patent GB-191510144-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for De-attaching Bombs or other Devices from Flying Machines and Attaching them to other Objects.
Inventor: DUGRO FRANCIS ANTHONY
IPC: B64D1/04
Filed: 1915-07-12
Abstract: 10,144. Dugro, F. A. July 12. Transferring articles to or from trains and other conveyances in motion.-In a device for releasing a bomb or parcel from a flying- machine and attaching it to a submarine, another flying-machine, or other object, the bomb or article 12 is connected to a chain 30 adapted to be detached from the flying-machine by engagement with for example the periscope of a submarine. The chain 30 is attached to the flying-machine by rods 26 held by spring fingers 29 in sockets 19 jointed at 18, 18<1> to the machine, pins 29<a> adapted to be withdrawn by the aviator prevent accidental withdrawal of the rods 26. A second chain 28 connects the upper ends of the rods 26, and a third chain 32 attached to the other two is fastened to the bomb 12, which may be supported upon a hinged platform 13, the securing-bolt 15 of which is withdrawn to allow the bomb to fall, by a cord 36 connected to the chain 28. The bomb may be given a rearward impulse at the moment of release, in order to avoid undue strain on the members 26, 28, 30, 32, by a spring 12<a>, a fixed lug 11<a> being provided to retain the bomb on the platform 13 before release; or the rearward impulse may be effected by charge of explosive. The bomb may be ignited by the tightening of a cord 41 attached to the timefuse of the bomb. Grapples 42 may be provided as a means for engagement additional to the chain 30.