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Patent GB-191315211-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rope Pulleys.
Inventor: FROOD HERBERT
IPC: F16H7/18
Filed: 1913-07-02
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 15,211. Frood, H. July 2. Pulleys. - A grooved pulley is provided with a textile covering B at the bottom of the g r o o v e. The pulley flanges C, C<1> are removable, and may also be covered. The ring B may be an endless piece, or a wound strip, or may be built up of sectors with or without small gaps between them. The outer surface of the ring may be slightly grooved. Instead, of being placed directly against the bottom of the groove, a wooden ring F may be interposed. The textile material may be composed of a solid woven fabric, such as cotton, impregnated with a cementitious, enamelling, or like composition. It may consist of woven asbestos fibre, or may have wires incorporated with it. It may be stored, and may be compressed to such a degree that the pressure of the rope produces no further compression.
Patent GB-191317379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vacuum Cleaners.
Inventor: REEVES EDWIN ARTHUR
IPC: A47L5/04
Filed: 1913-07-29
Granted: 1914-07-29
Abstract: 17,379. Reeves, E. A. July 29. Vacuum cleaning apparatus; valves and cocks, arrangement of.-Hand-operated apparatus comprises two cylindrical sections 1, 2 separably secured together. The lower section is closed by a plate 39 having two screwed flanges 38, 40 and a conical piece 42 through which the nozzle tube 41 extends into the interior of the dust-bag 31. A collar 33 threaded into the flange 38 is provided with corrugations 36 against which the mouth of the bag is held by a corrugated band 35. The pump is separated from the filter-bag chamber by a flap-valve 19, and consists of a piston head 7 screwed on to a rod 6 and having ports 9 closed on the suction stroke by a freely moving washer 10 having a head 11 and flange 12. A disk 14 imparts rigidity to the washer, both being centrally perforated to allow the air to escape on the pressure stroke. Pins 16, 17 act as stops for the washer and the piston-rod respectively. The slot 28 in the nozzle 23 has a lip 30 forming an edge of a flat portion 29 which receives the dust that would otherwise drop back at the end of the suction stroke.
Patent GB-191319599-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pressure and Level Gauges for Steam Boilers.
Inventor: QUIGLEY MARTIN GRIFFIN
IPC: G01L7/04
Filed: 1913-08-29
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 19,599. Quigley, M. G. Aug. 29 Indicators actuated by pressure of head of liquid.-In a pressure and level gauge for steamboilers, means are provided within a single casing for ascertaining and checking the pressure of steam in the boiler and for determining the water-level therein. As shown in Fig. 3, the casing of the gauge is fitted with two pipes 12, 16 which lead through valves to points above the highest, and below the lowest, water-levels in the boiler respectively. The pipe 12 communicates with three Bourdon tubes 20, 21, 23, and the pipe 16 with a tube 35. The free ends of the tubes 21, 23 are connected to segments 26, 27; the segment 26 gears with a pinion on the spindle 29 and actuates a pointer 30, Fig. 2, and the segment 27 gears with a pinion on a sleeve to which is attached a pointer 33. The pointers 30, 33 move in opposite directions over scales 35, 35<Î> and serve as a check for the accuracy of the gauge. The free ends of the tubes 2u, 35 are connected to the opposite ends of a pivoted link 37 which through links and a segment 41 actuates a pointer 44 which indicates the water-level. The steam pressure may also be obtained by closing the valve in the tube 12 and thus actuating the pointer 44 through the tube 35 alone.
Patent GB-191322763-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process of and Apparatus for Charging Coke Ovens.
Inventor: PUSCHMANN WILHELM
IPC: C10B31/04
Filed: 1913-10-08
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 22,763. Puschmann, W. Nov. 22, 1912, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Coke ovens.-A battery of coke ovens is charged by means of hopper wagons, which run on parallel tracks on the charging-floor, and can be stopped automatically both above the oven to be filled and beneath the storage-bin. The stopping can be effected either by switching-out the motors at the required point, or by disconnecting the supply of current to the section of the track above the oven to be charged, or by removable stops inserted in the track.
Patent GB-191322790-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydrometers.
Inventor: LUCAS JOHN GEORGE
IPC: G01N9/12
Filed: 1913-10-09
Granted: 1914-10-08
Abstract: 22,790. Lucas, J. G., and Smart, E. V. Oct. 9. Hydrometers. - In instruments in which the reading is taken above the water - level by means of a pointercarrying float, the float consists of two tubes 4 connected by end-plates 5 and by a central perforated plate 9. Two side members 6 carry the pointer 7. The bulb 1 is disk - shaped. In a modification, the scale is carried on the float and the pointer on the stem 2.
Patent GB-191322924-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Production of Lime in Block Form.
Inventor: NEUMERKEL FRITZ
IPC: C04B2/00
Filed: 1913-10-10
Granted: 1914-03-05
Abstract: 22,924. Neumerkel, r. April 14, [Convention date]. Moulding lime.-In the production of lime blocks, completely burnt lime is cooled to a temperature of 8-10‹ C. before applying pressure. To facilitate removal of the blocks from the moulds, means are provided to allow the block to expand, such as the employment of two oppositely-disposed plungers, or a table, cross-beam, platen, &c., movable in the direction of pressure. Lime dust is first formed into blocks under a low pressure and then reduced to pieces of suitable size, before applying the above process.
Patent GB-191327664-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Life Preservers or like Life-saving Devices.
Inventor: EDMONDS SAMUEL PRESTON
IPC: B63C9/115
Filed: 1913-12-01
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 27,664. Edmonds, S. P. Dec. 7, 1912, [Convention date]. Body attachments, buoyant.-An appliance of the kind comprising a casing having two similar buoyant rectangular pillow - like compartments connected by an intermediate shoulder portion with a narrow transverse slot to receive the head of the wearer, has the intermediate parts of the two compartments 1 connected by straps 7 near the waistline, so that on immersion the entire buoyant body rises to concentrate its sustaining-force about the head and shoulders of the wearer, as shown in Fig. 1. The straps 7 are adjustable and engage buckles 8 on the compartments and, when the appliance is in use, engage under the armpits of the wearer. The compartments are tilled with kapok and serve as a pillow when folded and enclosed in a casing ; or they may be used as a mattress or cushion.
Patent GB-191327815-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Butchers Block.
Inventor: ROW SAMUEL JOSEPH HODDER
IPC: A22C17/00
Filed: 1913-12-03
Granted: 1914-10-01
Abstract: 27,815. Row, S. J. H. Dec. 3. Boards for hand cutting.-A butcher's block is built up of wooden planks A joined together side by side with the edge uppermost. The planks are held together by bolts or rods B, and wooden strips C may be fitted into grooves in the vertical faces of the block.
Patent GB-191329316-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Meters.
Inventor: KENT WALTER GEORGE
IPC: G01F1/28
Filed: 1913-12-19
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 29,316. Kent, W. G., and Hovenden, E. W. Dec. 19. [Cognate Application, 4818/14.] Mixing liquids in definite proportions.-Relates to Venturi and like apparatus and consists in the provision of a secondary obstruction in the pipe line, the movement of which controls the recording- mechanism or the mechanism for introducing a reagent into the pipe or both. Fig. 1 shows a Venturi tube a, the upstream and throat pressures being led off through pipes b, c respectively. The secondary obstruction d is suspended by links e, g, the link g and arms i, n being fast on the spindle h. A notched quadrant j is also carried by the spindle h and is engaged by the spring-pressed roller m. The arm n controls a four-way cock q to which liquid is supplied by the pipe s. Pipes t lead to a cylinder u, the movements of the piston v altering the reagent control or the recorder, by auxiliary power if required. The pressure pipe s and the exhaust pipe w are put in communication with the two sides of the piston v alternately. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the secondary obstruction is in the form of a disk d which can be swung out of the pipe line by an increase of flow. In this case the piston v must connect and disconnect the pipes c, w to the recorder or the reagent control or both. The Provisional Specification 4818/14 mentions also the use of a throat liner as a secondary obstruction in place of the torpedo-shaped body shown in Fig. 1.
Patent GB-191400530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Starch.
Inventor: MOORE CHARLES CHILTON
IPC: C08B30/04
Filed: 1914-01-08
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 530. Moore, C. C. Jan. 8. Fruit and vegetable preparations are obtained from succulent vegetable materials, such as starchy tubers and roots, like potatoes, cassava, sweet potatoes, artichokes, yams, &c., and starchy fruits, such as bananas, breadfruit, &c., in connexion with the treatment thereof to obtain starch. The main treatment consists in drying them, usually after a preliminary comminution or subdivision, and then dry grinding and treating by wet methods to obtain starch milk and to recover starch therefrom. With dry, very fine material the amount of water required is much diminished, and, correspondingly, the concentration of the waste effluent from the starch tables is much increased, rendering easier its concentration for human or animal food. A short steep, preliminary to making the milk, is sometimes desirable, particularly with potatoes; the steep liquor may be drawn off and concentrated, to serve as a raw material for making human food. The steep liquor, or effluent from the tables, or both together, may be evaporated down directly, or be filtered, the clear liquor concentrated to a syrup, the insoluble matters added, and the whole dried.
Patent GB-191401450-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: AYRAULT JEAN ERNEST ADOLPHE
IPC: B60C5/00
Filed: 1914-01-19
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 1450. Ayrault, J. E. A. Jan. 23, 1913, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Jackets and covers.-A pneumatic-tyre cover is formed from chrome-tanned leather which is first cut into the form of an annulus and then stamped or pressed to the required cross-section with the beaded edges formed thereon. Specifications 288/06, [Class 83, Metals, Cutting &c.], and 9963/12 are referred to.
Patent GB-191403017-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Chain Mesh.
Inventor: EYNON WILLIAM HUBERT
IPC: B21F31/00
Filed: 1914-02-05
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 3017. Eynon, W. H. Feb. 5. Making metal fabrics; coiling; b e n d i n gformers; s h c a r i n g; shear-blades.-In a machine for making chainmesh, particularly for flexible armour f o r tyres, a wire helix is formed and then engaged with a previous row of links by traversing it through a groove in one or more members and is then cut and formed into rings, the mesh being fed through an aperture in the member or members. The wires may be fed alternately from either end of the machine by pairs of rolls 8, each provided with a pair of grooves 8<a> so that they may be reversed when worn. The wire passes through a guide 21 before reaching the rolls and is coiled into helical form by passing through a sleeve 24, in which is mounted a mandrel provided with a longitudinal groove terminating in a helical groove. The helix then traverses a groove 28, Figs. 3 and 8, in a two-part guide 27, each part of which carries a toothed cutter 29. The helix passes through the last completed row of links, which is suspended through the throat 27<b> of the guide and is then severed by the cutters into links, the ends of the links being forced slightly beyond the registering position so that the elasticity of the wire causes them to register when the cutters are retracted. The cutters are reciprocated in opposite directions by a hand-lever 40 provided with stops 52, which turns a shaft 39 carrying projections 38 engaging recesses in the cutter slides 32. The guides 33 for the cutter slides may be adjusted by screws 35 and bolts 34. The mesh is fed through the throat by a ratchet lever 62 oscillated between a pair of adjustable stops 64 through toothed gear 58, the gears 58 engaging pins 59 on the ends of a pair of rolls preferably covered with felt, between which the mesh is passed on to the plate 56. The outer roll is mounted in a bracket pressed by a spring towards the inner roll. The feed-rolls, which are driven by spur and bevel gear from a shaft 17, are connected to the driving-mechanism by hand-operated clutches 41 which are automatically disconnected by springs 43 when the desired length of wire is coiled. The clutches are normally held in engagement by spring catches 44. Fig. 11, which are disengaged by counterweighted blocks 50 engaging bevels 44<a> on the catches. The blocks are traversed bv screws 46 driven by spur gears 48, 49 from the roll shafts and are raised from contact with their screws to return them to their initial positions in contact with the stops 68. The coiling may be performed at one end of the machine only. and the guide-members 27 may be in one piece and formed with a slot to permit the reciprocation of the cutters.
Patent GB-191404213-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Filling Cans with Liquid.
Inventor: CERRUTI ANTONIO
IPC: B67C3/26
Filed: 1914-02-18
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 4213. Cerruti, A. Feb. 18. Bottling.-Relates to a machine for filling cans with liquid, and particularly for supplying previously-packed cans with syrup. The apparatus is a revolving one, a central tank A, Fig. 1, being connected by a series of flexible conduits, one of which 20, is shown in Fig. 3, to combined filling-nozzles and temporary can closures 15. The can supports 9 are rocked so as alternately to flood the can with syrup and then allow the excess to drain back to the central tank. The can supports are carried by rocker arms 7 and are rocked by rollers 11 travelling over an undulating cam-track 12. The closures 15 are operated through link-work by arms 26 and other rollers 28 engaging a second cam-track 29. Within the closures 15 is a perforated plate 17 to allow syrup to pass into the cans, a tight joint with the cans being made by a packing-ring 17<1> to prevent syrup from flowing over the outside of the cans. Each closure is provided with a vent pipe 21. In operation, cans are fed automatically on to the supports in an upright position. In the rotation of the machine, the closures are first lowered and locked upon the cans, the locking being effected by the toggle lever 27 passing beyond its dead-centre. The can supports are then rocked as above described and finally the closures are raised to release the cans, which are discharged in an upright position. To prevent waste of syrup if a can is omitted from the machine, one portion of the cam-track 12, Fig. 1, is formed with an auxiliary portion 37 situated above the depressed portion e, which effects the flooding of the cans. The part 37 is on a level with the portion g of the track which maintains the can supports in normal position and is connected thereto by an horizontally-swinging spring-controlled gate 38. The opposite end of the track portion is provided with a gravity-controlled vertically-swinging gate 40. The gate 38 is adapted to be opened by link-work so arranged as to be engaged by a can when in position on its support, so allowing the corresponding roller to enter the depressed part of the track and to emerge at the gate 40. If no can is present, the roller travels over the raised section and so keeps the support in level position and the closure above the liquid-level in the tank.
Patent GB-191404535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Kinematograph Projectors.
Inventor: KAMM LEO
IPC: G03B1/18
Filed: 1914-02-21
Granted: 1915-02-22
Abstract: 4535. Kamm, L. Feb. 21. Kinematograph apparatus.-Means are provided whereby the film-feeding mechanism can be arrested or disconnected from its drive at any moment during the running of the apparatus without the shutteroperating mechanism being arrested or disconnected from its drive. The invention is shown as applied to apparatus of the kind described in Specification 7325/13, wherein the film is kept cool by means of a fan-shaped shutter or other fan projecting a current of air upon the film. The film-driving spindle g, Fig. 3, is connected with the pulley e driving the shutter mechanism, by a spring-pressed pin f, which can be withdrawn to disconnect the film-driving mechanism by means of a lever f<2> operated by hand or by means of an electro-magnet h, Fig. 8, with independent switches h<2>, h<3>. The roller h<4> is arranged to complete the circuit of the electro-magnet when the film b breaks. A safety shutter j, Figs. 3 and 5, is raised into position for allowing light to pass, by means of a ring j<6> pivoted by trunnions j<7> on a sliding sleeve j<1> keyed on the rotating shaft j<2>. The rotating ring j<6> is normally tilted as shown in Fig. 3, but, when rotating at a sufficient speed, assumes the position shown in Fig. 5, bearing against a pin j<8>, fixed on the shaft j<2>, so as to move along the shaft j<2> and clamp the shutter j between a friction disk j<5> mounted on the ring-carrying sleeve j<1> and a friction disk j<3> carried by a rotatable but not slidable sleeve j<4> loosely surrounding the spindle j<2>. The shutter mechanism may be connected to picture-centring mechanism as described in Specification 7816/10. Film-centring means, which automatically adjusts the shutter shown in Figs. 2 and 9, comprises a lever t, which carries the film feedroller u and is pivoted concentrically with the disk t<2> actuating the Maltese cross u<1>. The lever t is connected by the linkage shown to a yoke-piece t<4> pivoted co-axially with the gear-wheel e<1> driving the pinion e<2> of the shutter, the shutter being mounted in the end of the yoke - piece t<4>, so that adjustment of the lever t for centring the film turns the yoke-piece t<4> and carries the shutter pinion e<2> planet-wise round its driving gear-wheel e<1>. Independent adjustment of the shutter is obtained by means of an adjustable eccentric v, Fig. 2, interposed between the link v<2> (connected to the centring-lever t) and the yoke t<4>. The gate and lens mount are constructed as described in Specification 21,969/13.
Patent GB-191406591-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means and Mechanisms for Jigging and Classifying Ores, Coal and the like.
Inventor: HARRIS WILLIAM ALFRED
IPC: B03B5/24
Filed: 1914-03-16
Granted: 1915-03-16
Abstract: 6591. Harris, W. A. March 16. Jigs.-In an arrangement of jigs for treating coal, ores, &c., water is supplied intermittently to a series of compartments through pipes the outlet ends of which are directed vertically downwards, adjacent compartments being successivelysupplied. Water is admitted to a pipe F arranged above or below the bed A and is distributed by revolving or reciprocating valves G to pipes C directed downwards, or in some cases both downwards and upwards, into the compartments I, an air vessel N being placed on the pipe F beyond the last valve G. When reciprocating valves are used, they may be driven automatically by the pressure of the water supplied. Means may be provided for adjusting the reciprocating valves with respect to the length of time during which they are open per revolution of the driving-shaft. The water supply described may be combined with jigs having plungers or reciprocating screens, the pulsations being timed to assist or reduce one another as desired, and in the case of plunger jigs, closed air chambers may be placed over the plunger compartments.
Patent GB-191407422-A (GB)
Title: A New Method of, and Appliance for, Combining the Sections of Collapsible Horse-boxes, Vans, and similar Vehicles, Boxes, Cases, and the like.
Inventor: HALL SIDNEY
IPC: E04B1/344
Filed: 1914-04-25
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 7422. Hall, S. April 25. Hinge pins; hinges readily separable about hinge pin.-In a vehicle, hut, box, or case of the type in which the roof or top and the'sides and ends are each detachable, the parts are connected along the edges by hinges comprising two flaps each in the form of a continuous length of metal carrying two or more tubular turnovers. connected by a rod which is slid through the turnovers and is provided with means for preventing it from sliding out again either by providing a stop o on the framework against which the cranked or handle end of the pin n bears, or by forming the pointed end of the pin with a screw-thread to receive a retaining nut. In a modification, Fig. 6, each edge is fitted with two or more of the hinges provided with either a single long rod or separate short rods.
Patent GB-191408385-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Rotary Converters provided with Boosters.
Inventor: ROSENBERG EMANUEL
IPC: H02K47/10
Filed: 1914-04-02
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 8385. Rosenberg, E. April 2. systems depending on the use of two or more machines.-A rotary converter 11 coupled with an alternating-current booster 9 is started by disconnecting the phases of the transformer 6 and closing part of the winding of each phase locally through the corresponding winding 7 of the booster armature. In this way, although no appreciable current circulates through the windings of the converter, the stationary armature of the booster receives sufficient current to pull its rotary field 8 into synchronism. At this moment, the switch 16 which closed the auxiliary circuit is opened, and both the booster and converter which it has started are supplied with the full transformer voltage by closure of the switch 15. A single double-throw switch may control both circuits, and the rotary may be disconnected from the booster while this is acting as a motor. As applied to six-phase machines, fractions B B\ E<1> E, Fig. 3, of each transformer phase winding are connected across each of the booster armature phases by moving the switch 23 so as to close circuits at the contacts b<1>, e<1>, d<1>, a<1>, f<1>, c<1>. This causes the field and core of the booster to start up by induction, and on reaching synchronism, these circuits are broken and the complete phases established at the contacts c<3>, a<2>, c<2>. Specification 9644/12 is referred to.
Patent GB-191413553-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Vehicle Lighting Plants Working with Dynamo and Storage Battery.
IPC: H02J7/22
Filed: 1913-07-11
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 13,553. Ges. f³r Elektrische Zugbeleuchtung. July 11, 1913, [Convention date]. Systems of charging and discharging galvanic batteries; protective arrangements.-In a lighting- system for vehicles, in which the lamps are supplied from a battery b or a dynamo a, pressure-limit switches are provided to prevent overcharging and to protect the lamps. The actuating-windings n, m with their adjustable series resistances p, o are connected across the dynamo brushes, and the switch r that puts them in circuit is mechanically connected to the lamp switch e. When the lamps are on, the pressure-limit switch n cuts the resistance h into the dynamo field circuit if the voltage reaches a value dangerous to the lamps. When the lamps are off, the switch m permits the voltage to rise to a higher value, before inserting the resistance i in the field circuit to reduce the dynamo voltage. In a modification, only one switch is used to control the resistances h, i, and the actuating-winding is connected to resistances p, o according as the lamps are on or off. The switch r may be replaced by a relay actuated by the lighting-current.