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Patent GB-191325254-A (GB)
Title: Safety Device against Non-authorized Handling of Explosion Motors for Automobiles, Flying Machines and the like.
Inventor: FISCHER GUSTAV
IPC: B60R25/042
Filed: 1913-11-05
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 25,254. Fischer, G., and Fischer, M. Nov. 5. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Locking.-A valve for shutting off the fuel supply to an engine on a motor car, boat, Hying machine, &c., is fitted with a lock comprising levers i mounted between disks a<1>, a<2>, which form part of a rotating bolt a, which actuates the plug cock d in the fuel supply pipe or in the compressed air inlet to the fuel reservoir. The key is inserted at l, Fig. 4, turned through 90 degrees to raise the levers and through a further 90 degrees to turn the bolt, and is withdrawn from the opposite keyhole l<1>. By this arrangement one or other of the keyholes l, l<1> is closed by the disk a<1> of the bolt, thus indicating whether the fuel supply is on or off. The kevholes are formed in an eccentric disk q which can be rotated through 180 degrees to bring the aperture into the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 4, thus providing a dust-proof closure. The fuel ducts e<2>, e<3>, in the casing of the cock are arranged parallel to the axis of the plug so that the pipe connexion can be made before the lock itself is fixed in position, Apertures d<2>, d<3>, Fig. 8, are provided in the base of the lock casing by means of which any slackness of the plug can be detected.
Patent GB-191400558-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of an Improved Form of Flour and Apparatus for use therein.
Inventor: VERNON THOMAS THORNYCROFT
IPC: A21D6/00
Filed: 1914-01-08
Granted: 1915-02-08
Abstract: 558. Vernon, T. T. Jan. 8. Treating flour and meal with sprayed liquids; coarse grains and pellets produced by aggregation. -A coarse-grained flour is produced by causing wheat, maize, or oat flour or the like to aggregate, without forming a paste or dough, by moistening it with drops of water or other liquid, which may be warmed, and subsequently drying the aggregates. The flour is fed on to a plate c, Fig. 2, over which is fixed a trough d, in which the liquid is maintained at a constant level. Through openings in the base of the trough d project grooved points d<3> preferably of wood, adjustable by nuts d<5> to regulate the flow. Drops of liquid falling on the flour cause adhesion, and the aggregates are separated by a sieve e from the flour which is returned to the feed-shoot. The aggregates are dried on a series of travelling bands over which warm air is passed and again sifted. In another form of apparatus, the flour is distributed by a fan s, Fig. 7, on the surface of a cone n where it receives drops of liquid from a nozzle p. The liquid used may be water, milk, or solutions, yeast may be added, and two portions of flour may be treated with tartaric or other acid and a carbonate respectively, and after drying may be mixed together to form a self-raising flour. According to the Provisional Specification, strings may replace the needle-points d<3>, the flour may be spread on a moving band to receive the drops, and the drying may be performed by one or more heated rollers having grooved surfaces which receive the aggregates and which may be cleaned by a vacuum apparatus.
Patent GB-191400816-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of Operating or Actuating Audible Alarms.
Inventor: GRATZE EUGENE VICTOR
IPC: G10K9/10
Filed: 1914-01-12
Granted: 1915-01-12
Abstract: 816. Gratze, E. V. Jan. 12. Diaphragm horns.-A diaphragm horn comprises a rack which is adapted to vibrate the diaphragm directly or indirectly and is operated by one or more solenoids or electro-magnets. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the diaphragm b is mounted in a casing a in the form of a gun and is vibrated by a rotary striker c operated by the rack f attached directly to the core g of the solenoid h. A spring i restores the parts to their initial position when the solenoid is de-energized. In a modified construction, the teeth of the rack act directly on the stud of the diaphragm. The rack may be connected to the core of the solenoid or armature of the electro-magnet through a step-up gear ; or the solenoid and electro-magnet may be movable, and the core and armature fixed.
Patent GB-191403696-A (GB)
Title: Fuse Device for Electrical Circuits.
IPC: H01H85/38
Filed: 1914-02-12
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 3696. Schweitzer, E. O., Conrad, N. J., and Schweitzer & Conrad Corporation. Feb. 12. Fusible cut-outs.-A fuse device is provided with means restrained by the fusible element and operable on the melting thereof to project a stream of liquid into the space occupied by the arc formed on the melting of the fuse. The fuse wire 9 is connected by a link 54 to a crossbar 55 mounted in a conical liquid-director 56, and is normally maintained in tension by a spring 58. When the fuse melts, the director 56 is drawn through the liquid, preferably carbon tetrachloride, filling the fuse casing 1, and a stream of liquid is thereby directed on to the end of the link 54 which forms one of the terminals to which the fuse is connected. The other end of the fuse wire is connected to a wire 7 which may be soldered to a plate 24 forming one end of the casing. The upper part of the casing is surrounded and reinforced by a ring of metal 20 to which the plate 24 is lightly soldered, and the wire 7 may be secured to the ring 20, as shown in Fig. 6, instead of to the plate 24. The plate 24 is provided with a cut 26 forming a lip 27 which can be turned back in order to introduce liquid into the tube; the lip is then returned to position, and the cut is sealed by solder 28. The fuse wire 9 is preferably mounted in a cork plug 10.
Patent GB-191406628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic or Semi-automatic Telephone Installations.
Filed: 1914-03-16
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 6628. Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges. June 18, 1913, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Automatic and semi - automatic exchange systems.-In systems of the sort described in Specification 16,538/13, in which there are separate routes for setting up the wanted connexion and for speaking, a distributing-frame is arranged between the terminal banks of the connectors of the setting-route and the selectors of the speaking-route.
Patent GB-191407290-A (GB)
Title: Compressed Air Apparatus for Raising Liquids.
Inventor: MARIOTTI ATTILIO
Filed: 1914-03-23
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 7290. Mariotti, A. March 31, 1913, [Convention date]. Direct air p r e s s u r e (apparatus, automatic. - Relates to direct airpressure apparatus for raising liquids of the type in which compressed air is supplied alternately by an air-compressor to two liquid - forcing chambers immersed in the liquid to be raised, and consists in providing the compressor with a quick-acting reversing - chest for distributing and re-using the compressed air. Figa. 4 and 6 show sectional plans of the air - compressor and reversing- chest respectively. The compressor a is of the double-acting type, drawing air through valves l, m and a suction pipe n from the liquid - forcing chamber which is being filled with liquid; and forcing air through valves o, p and a delivery pipe q to the l i q u i d - forcing chamber from which liquid is being expelled. The pipes n, q are put into communication alternately with the two liquid-forcing chambers by means of two quick-acting double-beat valves v, w, Fig. 6, working in a valve-chest b mounted on the bedplate of the compressor, the end chambers r, u of the valve-chest being in communication with the two liquid - forcing chambers respectively. The valves v, ware operated by springs 3, 4 and a stepped cam z, which is rotated by worm gearing x, y from the driving-shaft of the compressor. In the position shown in Fig. 6, both springs 3, 4 are compressed, and the pin 2, holding the spring 4, is about to be released by the stepped cam so as to change over the positions of the valves v, w, while the pin 1 remains in the position shown until the cam z has rotated through 180 degrees, when it will be released in turn, thus reversing the valves. The number of teeth on the wheel x is arranged so that the wheel completes half a revolution during the time taken for one of the liquid-forcing chambers to empty of liquid and the other to fill. At starting, when both chambers are full of liquid, air is drawn into the compressor through an auxiliary valve 16. When the apparatus is to be employed for raising liquids from great depths, a two-stage compressor may be used, and the cylinders may be cooled by the liquid which is raised.
Patent GB-191410185-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Casings and Mounting of Speed Indicators.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
IPC: G01P3/495
Filed: 1913-09-30
Granted: 1914-09-30
Abstract: 10,185. Haddan, R., [Stewart Warner Speedometer Corporation]. Sept. 30, 1913. Speed-indicator casings are hung upon the shaft the speed of which is to be indicated, and the mechanism is driven from the shaft by means of a gear-wheel secured thereto. As shown applied to the crank-shaft 1 of a cream-separator, the casing consists of two parts 2, 3, the latter of which is hollowed to enclose a wormwheel 4 fixed to the shaft. This worm-wheel drives through a worm 5 a magnet 6, adjacent to which is an eddy-current disk marked on its flange with the speed readings. The casing is prevented from rotating by means of an arm held stationary by a pin and slot.
Patent GB-191411131-A (GB)
Title: New or Improved Hand Tool or Appliance for Punching Belts used in the Transmission of Power.
Inventor: STEVENSON WILLIAM HOUSTON
IPC: C14B5/04
Filed: 1914-05-06
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 11,131. Stevenson, W. H. May 6. Pliers.-A hand-tool for use in punching motor-cycle and like driving-belts comprises a head a having an aperture b for the belt and a guide a' for a tubular punch i, and a pair of hand levers d pivoted to the head at e, e' and connected by links f to the block h in which the punch i is fixed. A block of fibre may be fixed in the head for the upper end of. the punch to engage when projected through the belt. Supplementary guides l pivoted as at e<1> to the head are provided, having apertures m for belts smaller than the aperture b in the head.
Patent GB-191412115-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Universal Joints.
Inventor: EDWARDS EUGENE PERRY
IPC: F16D3/84
Filed: 1914-05-16
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 12,115. Edwards, E. P. May 16. Universal joints.-In universal joints of the type in which the ball end b of one shaft a carries a transverse pin b provided with rollers d engaging slots l in a double socket member f, g on the other shaft, the socket carries ball bearings i, k, the latter being adjustable by means of a screw sleeve h. A dog 2 engages teeth on the periphery of the sleeve h in order to secure the sleeve against accidental rotation.
Patent GB-191412314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Multi-cylinder Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ALDER STANLEY
IPC: F02B75/24
Filed: 1914-05-19
Granted: 1914-10-15
Abstract: 12,314. Alder,- S. May 19. Compression engines; driving- gear.-One large cylinder is arranged opposite to two small interconnected cylinders, the area of the large cylinder and the weight of the large piston. connecting - rod and crank webs being equal to the combined areas and weights of the small cylinders&c. The impulses occur simultaneously in all the cylinders.
Patent GB-191412890-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Grinding, Polishing, and Similarly Treating Small Articles.
Inventor: MOORE HOWARD PERCIVAL
IPC: B24B27/00
Filed: 1914-05-26
Granted: 1915-04-22
Abstract: 12,890. Moore, H. P., and Griffiths, F. H. May 26. Disk apparatus.-A machine for grinding and polishing pearl buttons and other small articles comprises a revolving table a running on ball bearings on the frame c and forming a carrier for a number of separately rotated verticallyarranged spindles g. These spindles are fitted with expanding chucks or work - holders g<5> adapted automatically to grip the work during the part of the revolution of the table that the chuck is passing under a rotating grinding-disk v mounted in bearings v<2> on the frame. Each spindle is supported in bearings g<3>, g<4> on a slide h mounted on a saddle i carried by the table, and each carries a pinion g<10> engaging a rotary or fixed annular gear-wheel j, whereby the spindles are rotated. The table a has a projecting sleeve a<2> supported by a ball a<4> on a central shaft f and adapted to be driven by a bevel - wheel a<3>. This bevel - wheel and the bevel - wheel m<2>, formed on the annular spur-wheel, are driven through gearing from belt - pulleys s. The expanding chucks have each a chuck - rod g<6> and spring g<7>, the chuck-rods being acted on by a fixed cam g<8> carried by a part c<2> of the frame, so that when the rods rest on the cam, the chucks are open and the articles can be placed therein, but when the rods slide over the cam end g<9>, the chuck closes on to the article. The grinding-wheel bearings are supported on a saddle v<4> adjustable in a slide v<5>, and provision may be made to allow the face of the grinding-wheel to be canted. More than one grinding-disk may be used; friction gearing may be used for rotating the spindles.
Patent GB-191413424-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of and Means for Finishing Twine.
Inventor: POLLITT SAMUEL
IPC: D07B5/00
Filed: 1914-06-02
Granted: 1915-06-02
Abstract: 13,424. Pollitt, S. June 2. Cleaning; smoothing; finishing.-In apparatus for finishing twine &c. by alternately washing, sizing, drying, and polishing, the polishing is accomplished by bearer brackets having each a double row of teeth and a metal roller between the rows, and the drying by a gas-heated chamber, cylinder, or segmental cylinder. Fig. 1 shows apparatus in which the twine d is arranged in endless bands over a grooved power-driven roller a at one end of the rope-walk, and a second grooved roller b mounted on a movable carriage c at the other end of the walk. The twine passes through a drying-chamber e of metal or wood, preferably lined with asbestos, and provided with openings for the admission of air, and for inspection purposes. Bunsen or other gas burners f are arranged below a wire-gauze or like plate g. At each end of the chamber at h<1>, and also at distant points h<2>, are provided bearer brackets constructed as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Each bracket has a double row of teeth i<1>, i<2>, and the upper and lower rows of twine pass between the teeth either above and below a metal roller j as shown, or both above the roller. Water and size baths k, l are provided. The twine is first washed by passing it through the water-bath k, being also dried by the chamber e, and is then sized and dried in a similar manner by passing it through the sizebath l instead of the bath k. After each washing or sizing operation, the twine is dried thoroughly by passing it repeatedly through the chamber e. The drums a, b may be hollow and internally heated. The chamber e may be replaced by an internally gas-heated rotary drum or cylinder around which the twine is passed, or by one or more fixed segmental drums or cylinders heated from beneath by gas, and in this connexion the twine may be unwound from a bobbin, passed through the baths, and wound upon a second bobbin, instead of being arranged in endless form.
Patent GB-191416794-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Carburettors for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CLOUDSLEY JOHN LESLIE
Filed: 1914-07-14
Granted: 1915-07-14
Abstract: 16,794. Cloudsley, J. L. July 14. Check or non-return valves.-A number of air passages B', Fig. 1, in a carburettor are opened up in succession according to the engine suction by a resilient ring-shaped flap valve C, cut as shown in Fig. 4 and secured at one end by screws C'. This valve may serve as the inlet valve of a pump.
Patent GB-191416817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Lifting Jacks.
IPC: B66F3/04
Filed: 1914-07-15
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 16,817. Lake, A. E., and Lake & Elliot, Ltd. July 15. Jacks.-A worm-driven rack-and-pinion jack, of the type in which a combined worm-wheel and pinion is used having the worm-wheel disposed centrally on the pinion, is provided with a body formed of a single casting. The rack B is of channel section to receive the wormwheel D, the pinion teeth D' on either side of the worm-wheel engaging the racks. The body A is in one casting with a hole in the back for the introduction of the worm-wheel and pinion, and a hole in front through which the worm E is inserted. This hole is closed by a bush F. In a modified form, the rack may be made of two racks connected together at the top by a distance-piece forming an extension of the crutch.
Patent GB-191500548-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Burners.
Inventor: YATES HARRY JAMES
IPC: F23D14/04
Filed: 1915-01-13
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 548. Yates, H. J., and Davy, J. F. Jan. 13. Atmospheric gas burners.-The outlets of gasfire and other heating-burners are provided with a converging nozzle d screwed or otherwise secured to a tube a, closed at one end, provided with groups of narrow closely-arranged slots b, and strengthened by annular continuous bands c, the whole detachable device ensuring silent burning. Making burners.-The tube a is drawn from a circular sheet-metal blank.
Patent GB-191503833-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hydraulic Means suitable for Operating and Controlling Valve Reversing Gear, Steering Gear and other Apparatus.
Inventor: TIBBITTS LEONARD
IPC: F15B15/14
Filed: 1915-03-10
Abstract: 3833. Tibbitts, L. March 10. Actuating ; rotary disk v a l v e s . - R e l a t e s to a fluid-pressure operating- mechanism with an alternative manual operation by screw mechanism for locomotive and other valve reversing gear, ship steering-gear, and other apparatus, the position of which requires to be changed from time to time. The reversing or like rod a is operated by the piston b in one direction under the control of a rotary disk valve f which has a spring- pressed pin f<1> to retain it on its seating. The piston-rod is made of two portions v, t screwed one into the other, the outer member t carrying the piston. On rotating a hand-wheel x, the inner member v is screwed out of the member t through the medium of a key 1, the outer member being locked against rotation and reciprocation, for example by means of a fixed guide disposed laterally of the piston-rod, a lateral projection on the piston-rod, and a cotter 4 for locking the two together. The spindle w is preferably grooved at w<1>. An indicator 13 moving over a scale 14 shows the position of the reversing or like gear.
Patent GB-191506349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ball and Socket Joints.
IPC: F21V21/14
Filed: 1915-04-28
Abstract: 6349. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 28. Rod couplings.-In ball-and-socket joints, the ball 19 is made in two or more sections adapted to embrace the part 20 carried thereby, for example the lamp standard of a head-light or search-light, and the socket member is made in two parts 18, 15, one, 15, of which is adjustable to clamp the ball sections. By this construction, the part 20 has longitudinal adjustment in addition to the universal movement. The socket frame 11 is shown attached to a head-light casing 10, and has the member 15 located in a transverse opening 12, and the lamp standard 20 extending through an upper opening 13 in the frame and into a bore in the member 15. The member 15 screws into a lower opening 13 in the frame and is adjusted by means of a toothed edge 16 and a wrench. Screws 26, 27 attached respectively to the parts 11, 20 project between the ball sections and prevent relative rotation of the sections and the parts. In a modification, the socket frame extends through the bead-light casing, the adjustable socket member is disposed externally and provided with a hand-wheel, and the lower end of the lamp standard projects externally.
Patent GB-191506714-A (GB)
Title: Improved Lock.
Inventor: HENDERSON WILLIAM
IPC: E05B63/12
Filed: 1915-05-05
Abstract: 6714. Henderson, W. May 5. Latches, sliding - A door with bevelled edges, as described in Specification 14,312/14, [Class 20 (iii), Doors &c.], is secured by a latch 1 with a hooked end 2 engaging an inclined plate 3, with an eiongated slot, on the door frame 4. The latch is controlled by a spring 8 and operated by a follower 7, which may be locked by a sliding block 5. A suite bolt 6 may be added.
Patent GB-191508386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BRICE JOHN FRANCIS
IPC: F01L5/06
Filed: 1915-06-05
Granted: 1915-10-07
Abstract: 8386. Brice, J. F. June 5. Two-stroke-cycle engines. -An engine with crankchamber compression, and in which a cushion of air is supplied to the transfer pipe to be admitted to the cylinder before the mixture, has the mixtureadmission ports uncovered before the air-inlet ports to the crank chamber, and is provided with rings of ports so as to get a good port area. The piston F3 has an extension F' adapted to slide over a fixed head C in the upper end of the combustion space, and has a ring of inlet ports c at its lower end and a ring of exhaust ports b at its upper end. The mixture-inlet ports a to the crank case are opened during the upstroke of the piston before a groove L in the piston places the transfer passages K into connexion with air-inlet ports e, so that the suction acts first on the mixture supply, air being subsequently added through passages K to render the volume of supply to the combustion space constant, regardless of the position of the throttle. The exhaust ports b are also adapted to open just before the inlet ports c admit the scavenging-air followed by the mixture. In a modification, a hollow trunk on the piston slides in an extension of the cylinder. The trunk is closed at the end and has a ring of ports which coincide alternately with two rings of ports in the cylinder extension and admit air to the crank chamber and the compressed charges to the cylinder. The diameter of the working chamber in each case is less than the diameter of the piston, so that the fluid displacement in the crank case ensures a complete scavenge and refilling of the combustion space. Specification 8385/15 is referred to.
Patent GB-191512720-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Inflating Valve.
Inventor: DEVLIN JOHN HENRY
IPC: F16K31/58
Filed: 1915-09-04
Abstract: 12,720. Delvin, J. H. Sept. 4. [Addition to 222/15.] Tyre and like inflating- valves.-In order to dispense with the set-screw in the valve nozzle described in the parent Specification, the depending sleeve b of the nozzle is provided with a collar a having a flange a<1>, or projections, which engage under a shoulder on the valve stem. The collar a can be secured by screwing, or by a bayonet-joint or a spring grip, to the lower end of the depending sleeve b, as shown. In a modification, the sleeve b may be integral with the collar a and screwed to the mouthpiece.
Patent GB-191516459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Motor Vehicles.
IPC: B60K3/00
Filed: 1915-11-22
Abstract: 16,459. Clayton & Shuttleworth, Robson, P. W., and Bretherton, F. J. Nov. 22. Fore-carriage turning-arrangements; springs, arrangement of.-Relates to a motor-vehicle fore-carriage of the type in which the front axle is centrally pivoted for steering, and in which a resilient member and a universal joint are provided between the axle and the chassis. The fore-part of the chassis is supported on a spring d carried by one member c of a universal joint, which member is connected to the chassis by radius-rods f, the other member b of the joint being mounted directly on the axle.