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Patent GB-191211719-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shuttles for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: HAYDOCK HENRY
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1912-05-17
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 11,719. Haydock, H., and Parkes, D. May 17. Shuttles. -- The longitudinal threading-slot d is cut in the shuttle at the side of the thread passage a, and is connected thereto by an approximately horizontal threading-slot e. The transverse threading-slot f may be similarly arranged with respect to the transverse thread passage. Pins b<1>, h<1> are arranged to guide the yarn through the horizontal threading-slots and to prevent unthreading. A curled wire eyelet or a pair of upright pins may be arranged at the outer end of the shuttle eye.
Patent GB-191214131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pulley Blocks.
Inventor: ANDERSON ANDREW
IPC: B66D3/06
Filed: 1912-06-17
Granted: 1912-12-23
Abstract: 14,131. Anderson, A. June 17. Boat-disengaging gear. - A hook device for releasing the boat falls is shown in Fig. 9. A hollow shell G, which fits over the eye-bolt provided at the end of a boat for use in lowering, is slotted to receive a hook I pivoted at J. When the shell is placed over the eye, the hook is pushed out and falls back under gravity to engage the eye.
Patent GB-191215446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Collar Supports.
Inventor: BOULT ALFRED JULIUS
IPC: A41B3/06
Filed: 1912-07-02
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 15,446. Boult, A. J., [Schneeli & Rappaz]. July 2. Stiffeners.-Bent wire stiffeners are provided at the ends with safetypins. As shown in Fig. 1, the stiffener 1 and safety-pin 3 are formed from the same piece of wire, which is bent at 2 to hold the point. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the stiffener 1 is separate from the safety-pin 4, and they are joined together by a cap 6, which serves to hold the point.
Patent GB-191215670-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Processes and Means for Preserving Hams.
Inventor: JOERN PAUL
IPC: A47J27/20
Filed: 1912-07-04
Granted: 1913-07-04
Abstract: 15,670. J÷rn, P. July 4. [Addition to 5025/12.] Preserving hams. - The process of cooking hams set forth in the parent Specification is carried out in a vessel 1 having a detachable cover 4, so that the ham can be easily removed and the vessel used again. A flange upon the lid fits into a packed groove 2, the flange and groove being strong enough not to become deformed during the process. The lid is held by pivoted bolts 6. The vessel is exhausted through a cock 9 protected by a grid 10.
Patent GB-191218603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Vapour Alternating Current Rectifiers and similar Apparatus.
IPC: H01J13/50
Filed: 1912-03-04
Granted: 1913-03-04
Abstract: 18,603. Hartmann & Braun Akt.-Ges. June 6, 1911, [Convention date]. Low-pressure metallic-vapour apparatus.-A rectifier or other metal-vapour apparatus having metal walls g in electrical connexion with the cathode has several anodes a<1>, a<2>, a<3> &c. introduced la;terally aud projecting into a screen o which guides the several arcs to the cathode. The anodes may have protecting-hoods r<1>, r<2>, r<3> &c. The screen o may be extended downwards to an insulating tube m confining the cathode spot, as shown, or may be united with the tube m. The anodes are placed further up, the higher the working voltage. In a modification the anodehoods project above the screen instead of through it. In another modification there are two or more sets of anodes at different levels, and the container has a widened dome serving as a condensing chamber. The anodes may be connected in parallel, wholly or in groups, or may be connected to the separate phases of a polyphase system.
Patent GB-191218980-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Switches.
Inventor: PAGE ALFRED
IPC: H01H3/24
Filed: 1912-08-19
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 18,980. Page, A. Aug. 19. Pneumatic actuation. - Relates to a pneumatically-operated contact device attached to an ordinary hand-switch for enabling the circuit to be opened or closed from a remote point of a room without working the switch handle, and consists in a modification of the device of the character described in Specification 6129/11, whereby the opened or closed condition of the circuit is maintained without the necessity of keeping the pneumatic operating-bulb compressed. A frame b of insulating-material mounted on the back of the tumbler switch supports a rotary contact device comprising a star-wheel d having conducting-surfaces in each alternate recess and metal cross-connecting pieces d<1>. Spring contacts e<2>, e<3> are adapted to enter the recesses and become electrically bridged in each alternate position, so as to close and open the circuit by successive steps. A ratchet-wheel c attached to the axle of the starwheel is actuated by a pawl f which is moved by the expansion of a small bellows g connected to a hand-pressure bulb through a tube g<1>. In a modification, a spring piston and striker replace the bellows and pawl. A spring-retracted rod is provided to allow the device to be directly actuated by hand.
Patent GB-191219003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Hydrogen from Metals and Water.
Inventor: BERGIUS FRIEDRICH
IPC: C01B3/06
Filed: 1912-08-19
Granted: 1913-07-31
Abstract: 19,003. Bergius, F. July 15, [Convention date]. [Addition to 19,002/12.] Hydrogen. - In the process of producing hydrogen by the action of liquid water at a moderately high bemperature on a suitable metal &c., use is made of an apparatus c o mprising a reaction vessel a heated to about 300‹ C., containing the said materials, a cooled gas chamber b in which the steam rising with the hydrogen is liquefied and drips back into t h e vessel a so that the hydrogen collects under pressure in the upper part of the chamber, whence it can be drawn off dry under control of a valve c. The vessel a is preferably made of compressed steel, and the water therein may contain an electrolyte.
Patent GB-191219575-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reinforced Concrete Floors and Columns.
Inventor: WUNDER JOHN
IPC: E04B5/43
Filed: 1912-08-27
Granted: 1913-05-01
Abstract: 19,575. Wunder, J. Aug. 27. Reinforced-concrete floors and colunms.-In reinforced-concrete floors and columns which are cast together as a monolithic structure, the columns A, Fig. 1, are formed with footings B, C which are reinforced with straight rods 2, 3, 5 and rings 4, 6. Short rods 8 project from the footing C and through a metal plate 7 and the floor D, and form a connexion for the column. Vertical bars 9 with helical binding are then placed in a temporary mould, and the column is cast in situ; the bars 9 rest on the plate 7 at the bottom, and project at the top through a flanged plate 11, having a central aperture through which the concrete is poured, and with its lower face flush with the ceiling. The floor slab reinforcement consists of the bent bars 15, Fig. 10, over the column, and groups of bars as shown in Fig. 9, the ends of which may be anchored to beams or girders 21, Fig. 3, in the side walls. Wooden nailing-strips are embedded in the floor slab, and are temporarily supported by short standards 26 or twisted wire.
Patent GB-191221051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Flying Machines with Boat-shaped or Bird-shaped Bodies.
Inventor: EUGENE-JEAN-BAPTISTE GANGLER
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1912-09-16
Abstract: 21,051. Gangler, E. J. B. Sept. 16, 1911, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Cars; planes and the like, construction of; steering.-At the forward end of the bird or boat shaped body of an aerial machine, a beaklike member a is mounted to turn on a vertical axle b for lateral steering. The surface at the joint of the beak with the body is rendered continuous by providing a flexible neck part h comprising strips of whalebone secured to the body and entering the beak. The body framing comprises the side longitudinals x and bottom member y bent upwards to join with the members x at each end.
Patent GB-191300814-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing and other Force Measuring Apparatus.
Inventor: SIMONSSON WILHELM
IPC: G01G1/00
Filed: 1913-01-10
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 814. Simonsson, W. Jan. 10. Pendulum-weight apparatus.-In a weighing or other force-measuring apparatus wherein two pendulum levers 7 are suspended by flexible bands 18 and are caused to roll on curved fulcra by the action of the load on flexible bands 12 passing over curved surfaces 14 on the levers, the flexible bands 12 below the contact points with the levers are maintained, owing to the curvature of the surfaces 14, actually or approximately in contact with each other throughout the rocking movement of the levers.
Patent GB-191300929-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and   connected with the Wheels of Cycles, Motor Cars, and other Vehicles.
Inventor: BLAKOE ROBERT
IPC: B60B9/26
Filed: 1913-01-13
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 929. Blakoe, R. Jan. 13. Spring wheels with continuous. outer rigid ring and metal springs other than helical and volute springs.-The hub is supported in the rim by one or more endless curved blade springs A which are unsecured, the apexes of the loops resting against brackets B on the rim and inhollows in the hub. As shown, the spring has three loops, but the Provisional Specification describes also a form with only two.
Patent GB-191302594-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Tyre Cover.
Inventor: RUWET REMI
Filed: 1913-01-31
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 2594. Ruwet, R., and CarrÚ, V. Feb. 8, 1912, [Convention date]. Jackets and covers; tyre attachments to rims. -A tyre cover is pressed and stamped out of a single piece 1 of leather, the edges being reinforced by sections 3 of hard material. The tread may be. fitted with a plain rubber band 4 or with non-slipping means.
Patent GB-191314030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distributors for Liquid Soap and the like.
Inventor: HODISTER GUSTAVE
IPC: A47K5/13
Filed: 1913-06-17
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 14,030. Hodister, G. June 17. Soap and like holders. -Relates to tilting receptacles for liquid soap and the like, and consists in the use of a stopper having one orifice only, adapted to deliver a limited quantity of the liquid owing to the lack of an air inlet. A tilting-handle 9 is provided.
Patent GB-191315585-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo-electric Machines.
IPC: H02K23/20
Filed: 1913-07-07
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 15,585. Brolt, Ltd., Brooks, B., and Holt, W. July 7. Exciting.-Relates to self-regulating dynamos which are driven at varying speeds or with a varying resistance across the terminals and are provided with main brushes d and supplementary brushes d<1> connected through resistances e. The invention consists in connecting one end of each of the excitation coils g on the main poles a to a main brush d and the other end of the coil to a supplementary brush d', as shown. Supplementary poles b may be provided for receiving the armature cross-magnetization, or the sides of the magnet yoke may be brought close to the armature. The output of the machine may be regulated by varying or shortcircuiting the resistances e, which may be of the temperature-coefficient type. Series turns may be placed on the main or supplementary poles, and the number of auxiliary poles may be half that of the main poles.
Patent GB-191318654-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Luggage Racks.
Inventor: LEVICK JOHN
IPC: B61D37/00
Filed: 1913-08-16
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 18,654. Levick, J. Aug. 16. Luggage racks. - A luggage rack of grid formation for use in railway carriages, ships' cabins, &c. is built up to any required length by threading or mounting a series of transverse members upon longitudinal members carried by brackets. The outer and inner ends of the brackets 1 are formed as sleeves 3, 10 respectively within which are supported ferrules 4, 11 which receive longitudinal tubes 5, 12. Short rods 6, 13 with screwed outer ends are riveted and brazed within the ends of the tubes 5, 12, and are fitted with nuts 7, 14. Transverse bars 16 forming the grid have their ends 17 threaded upon the tubes 5, 12, and are spaced by ferrules 18, 19.
Patent GB-191322051-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machine for Applying Mouthpiece Material to Cigarettes.
Inventor: FOWLER PRESTON LE ROY
IPC: A24C5/58
Filed: 1913-09-30
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 22,051. Fowler, P. le R., and McClea, J. S. Sept. 30. Cigarette-tipping machines comprise means for holding the mouthpiece material against the underside of the cigarette before the material is cut, means for lifting the free ends of the material when cut independently and alternately, so that the ends may be engaged by an oscillating wiper, which folds them down on the cigarette, and other features of construction. The cigarettes are fed to an intermittently rotating carrier and held by a clamp with one end projecting over a strip 13 of mouthpiece material, which is fed or drawn by means of a gripper 14. Under the strip is arranged a support 21 carrying an independentlymovable presser 28. This presser rises and presses the material against the underside of the cigarette, after which the gripper 14 releases the strip, which is also cut into a single tip length by cutters 17, 18. The support 21 then rises to support the cigarette end and hold the material against it. Lifting-pins 32, independently operated by means of a cam, lift up the free ends of the material alternately, the free ends being folded down on to the cigarette end by an oscillating wiper 45.
Patent GB-191323249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Apparatus for Circulating Hot Cleansing Liquid through Beer Pipes and the like.
Inventor: DECK MAX
IPC: B08B9/02
Filed: 1913-10-14
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 23,249. Deck, M. Oct. 14. Cleaning, fluid-pressure processes for.-In apparatus for simultaneously cleaning a number of beer pipes or fittings by means of a cleansing-solution, a hollow member a of double conical form, to which the pipes &c. may be connected, is provided. The member a is provided with a valve through which collected particles of dirt may be expelled. Cleansing-solution is forced by pressure stored in a gas-cylinder l, from a receptacle k to a chamber 3 connected to one end of the member a, and thence to the pipes f. When the action of the solution is completed, particles of dirt &c. collected in the member a may be expelled through a valve t by momentarily increasing the pressure. Rinsing- water is then passed through the pipes from a pipe 6, through a chamber 2 connected to the other end of the member a. The water is heated by surrounding coils of the pipe 6 with calcium carbide, on to which water is dropped from a supply 9. The heat generated serves to heat the water. The acetylene generated is burnt at a jet 10. The chambers 2, 3 have openings 4 to allow addition of cleansing-material, for example soda, if desired. The valve t is of conical form, held on its seat by a spring u, always acting, and by a spring v, the action of which may be regulated by screwing a sleeve x further on or off. The Provisional Specification describes a form in which the member a is not of double conical form, has no valve, and is connected directly first to the vessel k, and afterwards to the water supply. The rinsing- water may also be heated by gas-flame.
Patent GB-191325964-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Separating Dust or other Foreign Matter from Air.
Inventor: VIOLA EMERICH OTTO FRANK
Filed: 1913-11-12
Granted: 1914-11-12
Abstract: 25,964. Viola, E. O. F. Nov. 12. Dust-collectors; washing.-Relates to apparatus for separating dust from air, of the kind in which a vacuum chamber b is connected to a pump d by means of a pipe c into which the pipe a conveying dust-laden air projects, the arrangement being such that air is drawn away by the pump without entering the chamber, while the dust falls into the chamber. According to the invention, the pipe a projects into an enlargement g of the pipe c and terminates in close proximity to the mouth of the vacuum chamber, both pipe and enlargement being made convergent in the downward direction. As shown, the vacuum chamber comprises upper and lower parts, the upper part being preferably integral with the enlargement g of the pipe c. The lower part is pressed against a rubber packing-ring on the underside of the upper part by means of a cam n acting through a plate o on pivoted levers m, which are arranged at 120 degrees apart and support a table k, the vertical movement of which is guided by rods l. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the vacuum chamber is closed by a water seal, a supply of fresh water being maintained by a spray-pipe t, so that dust is continuously carried away by the water to a drain r. The pump is of the kind comprising a number of fans arranged in series on a vertical shaft rotated by an electric motor e above.
Patent GB-191327510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FORD ALAN
Filed: 1913-11-29
Granted: 1914-11-26
Abstract: 27,510. Ford, A. Nov. 29. [Cognate Application, 28,979/13.] Spray carburettors.-A number of nozzles are brought into action by lifting a perforated plate by suction. In a modification, the plate may be replaced by a number of balls. The nozzles 2 are surrounded by choke-tubes 11, the outlets from which are normally obstructed by the imperforate portions of the plate 19. When this plate is lifted mixture passes through the perforations and a series of heating-tubes 23 arranged in a chamber 24 through which water, exhaust or like heating-means passes. The total supply of air is controlled by the valve 30. Auxiliary air controlled by valves similar to the valve 19 passes through chambers (not shown in Fig. 2) between the tubes 23 and the carburettor casing, and the final mixture is controlled by the sliding valve 28. The carburettor body is in three portions 7, 8, 9. The flow of fuel may be controlled by a cock 6. The plate 19 may lift merely against its own weight or may be loaded by springs 21. In the modification, each choke-tube forms the seat for a ball valve, the balls preferably being of different weights. The plate 19 may have portions 33 projecting into the choke - tubes. The Provisional Specifications state also that the mixture may impinge against the heated tubes, that the plate may be lifted by a Bowden wire and, if desired, proportionately to the throttle opening, and that the atomization of the fuel may be facilitated by either wire-gauze placed over the jets or by a porous plate adjacent the jets. It is also stated that the heating-chamber may be formed of a coiled tube and that the plate, which may be raised by a screw-thread, may be provided with a series of small ported tubes fitting into the choketubes. A pilot-jet may also be provided.
Patent GB-191406355-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coupling Chains.
Inventor: HINE CHARLES WILLIAM CRESSWELL
IPC: B61G1/36
Filed: 1914-03-12
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 6355. Hine, C. W. C. March 12. Couplings, non-automatic.-Chain couplings for railway and like vehicles comprise three weldless links of chrome or other high-tension steel, the intermediate link being formed of two parts d, f, one of which is of shackle form, adapted to be connected together as by a rivet g, after they have been separately engaged with the end links c, a. These may comprise respectively an oval link and a D-shackle. According to the Provisional Specification, the ' eyes j of the part f may be separated by a washer threaded on the pin g, and more than three links may be used.
Patent GB-191411547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ceiling Protectors or Smut Catchers.
Inventor: MOSSMAN GEORGE
IPC: F21V37/00
Filed: 1914-05-11
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 11,547. Mossman, G. May 11. Ceilings, protectors for. A ceiling-protector or smut-catcher consists of a glass plate decorated on the inner face and fixed to the ceiling over a gas jet with cement or screws with rubber washers
Patent GB-191413748-A (GB)
Title: Lubricating & Cooling Tools & Work in Metal Cutting Machine Tools.
Inventor: HERBERT ALFRED
IPC: B23Q11/00
Filed: 1914-06-06
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 13,748. Herbert, A., and Vernon, P. V. June 6. Lubricating and cooling tools and work.-The gutter on the work-table of a machine-tool delivers the lubricant or suds against a splashguard leading to the sump, thus avoiding the use of pipes liable to stoppage. As applied to the vertically adjustable table of a drilling- machine, a curved splash-guard D is fixed in a slightly inclined position and is of such a length that in all positions of the-table an open spout C delivers on to it.
Patent GB-191413978-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for use in Operating Railway or other Switch Points.
Inventor: SMETHURST FREDERICK HOWARD
IPC: B61L5/02
Filed: 1914-06-10
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 13,978. Smethurst, F. H. June 10. Ground levers.-The control lever c connected to the points through a bell-crank e is provided with a roller or the like f adapted to co-operate with a V-shaped or similar projection on the loaded lever i, whereby the points and handlever are constrained to assume one or other extreme position. In a modified arrangement, the hand-lever carries an inverted V-shaped projection and the loaded lever a roller or the like. The projection is arranged so that, when the hand-lever is in its intermediate position, a vertical line passing through its pivot b intersects one of the inclined faces of the projection, thus ensuring the lever against remaining in this position.
Patent GB-191416267-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Connecting-rods for use in Loom and other Mechanism.
Inventor: SHAW FREDERICK
IPC: D03C1/16
Filed: 1914-11-09
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 16,267. Shaw, F., and Duke, C. W. Nov. 9. Driving-arrangements.-The crank-shaft B, Fig. II, which is driven by means of fast and loose pulleys, 'is connected to the tappet shaft E by means of a connecting-rod K, Fig. III, and crank disks H, H<1>. In order to initiate and produce one complete oscillation in the shaft E for every two revolutions of the crank-shaft and to prevent shock, one or both ends of the connecting - rod are provided with a revoluble bush L<1> having an eccentric bole M<2> for engagement with its respective crank-pin. The connecting-rod may be applied to machines other than looms in which it is required to convert rotary motion into oscillatory motion.
Patent GB-191417235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Grease Cups or Lubricators.
IPC: F16N11/02
Filed: 1914-07-21
Granted: 1915-04-01
Abstract: 17,235. Ewarts, Ltd., and Vaughan, E. July 21. Grease-cups. - In a grease-cup or lubricator of the kind in which accidental rotation of a screwed cap 1 is prevented by spring arms 3 engaging vertical grooves 4 in the cup, the arms 3 are integral with or fixed to a circular attachment plate 5, which fits into a recess in the cap 1, and is secured hy burring or spreading the edges of the recess over the outer face of the plate. In a modification, each arm 3 has a separate plate 5, the plates being superimposed in the recess, or each arm may have a semicircular plate fitting into one half of the recess. The plate 5 may carry one, two, three, or any suitable number of arms.