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Patent GB-191115323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Targets.
Inventor: WHITNEY ASA NORMAN
IPC: F41J7/04
Filed: 1911-06-30
Granted: 1911-11-09
Abstract: 15,323. Whitney, A. N. June 30. Targets.-Consists in electrical apparatus, Figs. 1 and 2, for first depressing, and then raising drop targets B, when hit; mechanical apparatus operated d from the firing point for controlling drop or disappearing targets B, Fig. 3, and whitewashing-apparatus for cleaning the surface of such targets. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the target is pivoted at a<2>, and is connected by a slotted link d<3> to a worm - wheel d driven by a worm d<1> and motor D in an electric circuit, which is closed when the target is forced back against a spring contact lever f<5>, adjustable by a cam f<4>. A spring brake d<7> is withdrawn by an electro-magnet d<6> when the electric circuit is closed. In a modification, Fig. 2, a primary circuit is completed through wires f<7>, f<8>, coils c<3>, c<4>, a wire f<9>, a spring lever f, and an arm f<1> of the target. The coil c<3> attracts the arm f<1> to prevent the circuit from being broken until the wormwheel has made a complete revolution. The coil c<4> draws down a, core c<5> and completes a secondary circuit through contacts c, c<7> and the motor. In the form shown in Fig. 3, a pivoted drop or disappearing target is controlled by a spring lever b<2> and cords F, F' from the firing point, and a whitewashing-brush E or pad is operated electrically, or by a cord. The target is adjustable by a screwed stop b<4> bearing against an arm b<3> on the target shaft.
Patent GB-191120372-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: GARTNER WALTER
IPC: F22B9/12
Filed: 1911-09-14
Granted: 1912-04-25
Abstract: 20,372. Gartner, W. Sept. 14. Steam-generator furnaces.-Relates to furnaces in which the fuel is fed from hoppers arranged at the side of the grate, and is shown applied to one in which the combustion chamber is arranged below the internal boiler flue and communicates therewith through a longitudinal opening. The refractory partitions E separating the combustion chamber from the side coking-chambers are formed with air passages for the purpose of cooling the backs of the partitions to prevent premature coking and ignition of the fuel. There are two passages in each partition, one F at the back delivering through openings F<2> into a second and central passage F<1> having outlets E' to the combustion chamber. A special air supply at the sides of the grate is provided by damper - controlled passages K. The outlets from the hoppers G in which the main supply of fuel is contained are controlled by a swinging valve G' operated by a handle G<3>.
Patent GB-191120440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Punt or other Poles.
Inventor: GALLOP TOM
IPC: B63H16/04
Filed: 1911-09-15
Granted: 1912-09-16
Abstract: 20,440. Gallop, T. Sept. 15. Wooden rods and bars.- Poles are provided w i t h strands of wire a, Fig. 1, sunk in recesses. The wires are passed over the upper end of the pole and secured by a ferrule b, and at the lower end the ends of the wires are secured under the shoe c. The wires are stapled at intervals.
Patent GB-191121860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cable Operated Vehicles.
Inventor: LAGERLOEF ARTHUR
IPC: B61B9/00
Filed: 1911-10-04
Granted: 1912-03-28
Abstract: 21,860. Lagerl÷f, A. Oct. 4. Winding and paying-out apparatus on portable engines and motor-vehicles.-The locomotive shown in plan propels itself entirely by hauling on a stationary cable R, which is coiled several times round the drum B driven by the engine. Means may be provided for preventing slack in the part of the cable leaving the drum. In a modification, a drum is mounted on a motor road vehicle.
Patent GB-191124476-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Process and Apparatus for the Removal of Projecting Hairs, Fibres and the like form Wools Threads.
IPC: B65H63/06
Filed: 1911-11-03
Granted: 1912-05-02
Abstract: 24,476. St÷hr, O., and Erste Deutsche Garnveredelungs-Ges. Nov. 3. Threads, mechanically treating and polishing. -An apparatus for removing the projecting hairs &c. from wool threads comprises a number of shearing-devices 2 mounted on a bed-plate 1, cach device consisting of a pair of concentric tubes 3, 4 having serrated cutting-edges 6, 5 and arms 7, 8 respectively. The arms are connected by rods 9, 9' respectively which are vertically reciprocated through the medium of a crank, pivoted connecting-rod 11, and links 10, so that the cutting-edges are given a rapid to-and-fro motion in opposite directions to shear off the projecting hairs &c. on the thread 16 passing through the device. Before passing through the shearing-device the thread unwound from a drum &c. 17, passes around a grooved tensioning-pulley 18 between the pulley and a spring-controlled brake-block 21 the thread leaving the pulley 18 tangentially and passing centrally into the cutting-tubes. After leaving the shearing-devices the thread is led to a fixed or revoluble heating member 19, which polishes the thread.
Patent GB-191126366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Holders for Cigarettes and the like.
Inventor: WRIGHT WILLIAM FREDERICK
IPC: A24F13/22
Filed: 1911-11-25
Granted: 1912-02-22
Abstract: 26,366. Wright, W. F. Nov. 25. Cigarette holders.-In a cigarette or like holder of the type which is combined with a finger-ring, one arm b of the holder is formed integral with the ring a, while the other arm c is pivoted at d to the first arm near its junction with the ring. The arms cross each other, a reduced portion e on the arm c passing through a slot f in the arm b. A spring k is provided, preferably in a groove or in the interior of the arms if these are hollow.
Patent GB-191216624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Railway Safe-running Devices.
Inventor: ANGUS ARTHUR REGINALD
IPC: B61L3/10
Filed: 1911-05-11
Granted: 1912-08-12
Abstract: 16,624. Angus, A. R. May 12, 1910, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Electrical systems, automatic ; track apparatus actuating signals on trains.-Signalling and trainstopping devices on a train and on the track comprise means whereby, when a train comes successively into contact with two track ramps, it normally secures the location, in two corresponding opposite extreme positions, of the armature of an electro-magnetic device of a corresponding switching-instrument, by operating which the train protects itself by means of track ramps, and corsequently when the train is in contact with each track ramp, a current of a predetermined strength passes through the ramp and an indicating-device. If, however, the armature is not properly located, the strength of the current obtaining differs from the predetermined strength, and the indicating- device is operated accordingly. The apparatus described as embodying the invention, which includes, inter alia, polarized and other electromagnetic switches, is identical with that described in Specification 11,452/11.
Patent GB-191219927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Siliceous Material applicable as a Heat Insulator and for other purposes.
IPC: C04B28/26
Filed: 1912-08-31
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 19,927. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 31. Silica.-An intumesced alkali silicate for use as a heat insulator preferably prepared as described in Specification 243/13, [Class 1 (iii), Oxides &c., Metallic], is treated with an acid such as gaseous or dissolved hydro - chloric acid or with hydrofluosilicic acid in order to produce a more refractory substance (silica) having the same form as the intumesced alkali silicate. The product may be washed to remove the soluble products of the reaction.
Patent GB-191222091-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Transmission Mechanism for Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: PINSON WILLIAM CHARLES
IPC: B62M25/00
Filed: 1912-09-28
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 22,091. Pinson, W. C., and Blaxley, W. R. Sept. 28. Clutches, friction; variable-speed epicyclic gearing.-A clutch comprising a number of conically-formed members 13, 16 is combined with transmission mechanism for motor-cycles &c. of the kind wherein the hub is in two parts 3, 4, the part 3 carrying the road wheel, and the part 4 forming the driving-pulley and enclosing an epicyclic train of gearing such as is described in Specification 21,480/11. The clutch members are keyed alternately to the hub 3 and to a member 10 carrying the planetary pinions 11, which mesh with the sun-wheel 6 and the internal gear-wheel 5 fixed to the driving-member 4. The sun-wheel 6 is slidable and is formed with teeth on either side so that it may engage corresponding teeth 9 on the planet-carrier 10 for the direct drive, or teeth on the disk 12 anchored to the framework for a reduced speed. The conical clutch members 13, 16 are pressed into engagement by springs 21.
Patent GB-191225913-A (GB)
Title: Method for Enabling Liquid Fuels that are not Readily Inflammable to be Utilized in Oil-engines, and Apparatus therefor.
IPC: F01N5/00
Filed: 1912-11-11
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 25,913. "Weser" Akt.-Ges. Feb. 28, [Convention date]. Cylinders receiving liquid fuel ; heating charge.- To facilitate the use of heavy oils, both the oil and the spraying-air are highly heated before injection. Heavy oil is stored in a reservoir k and conveyed to the cylinder by a pump c to the jacket i of which hot water is conveyed from an annular chamber h surrounding the exhaust pipe d. Spraying-air is heated by passing through a pipe f in the path of the exhaust-gases. A light fuel is stored in a reservoir l, for starting, to facilitate which by filling the supply-pipes the light fuel is turned in just before the engine is stopped. The heavy fuel may be heated before or after it reaches the pump ; or steam generated by the heat of the exhaust gases may be used as a heating-agent for the contents of the pump. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the spraying-air is heated to above 100‹ C. and the fuel to over 40‹ C. The air may be heated to a maximum temperature of 300‹ C. and the fuel to 100‹ C. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specifications accepted.
Patent GB-191229156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Linen Collars.
Inventor: MASDING WILLIAM HENRY JAMES
IPC: A41B3/00
Filed: 1912-12-18
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 29,156. Masding, W. H. J. Dec. 18. Collars, linen and like. - A double collar is made up of four layers of material A<1>, A<2>, A<3>, A<4>, Figs. 1 and 4, each of which is cut as a single piece, and a strengthening-strip C attached to one of the interlinings near the fold. In a modification, the collar is made up of three layers of material, a fourth layer extending from the fold to the bottom of the collar being inserted in the inner band; while in another modification, this fourth layer is provided with extensions near the ends to strengthen the corners.
Patent GB-191229924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Heel Protectors for Boots and Shoes and an Improved Screw Locking Device for same.
Inventor: WALLACE WALLACE HENRY
IPC: A43B21/40
Filed: 1912-12-30
Granted: 1913-09-25
Abstract: 29,924. Wallace, W. H. Dec. 30. Protectors, securing.-A revolving heel pad 3 of leather or the like, secured to a metal disk 4 by screws, nails, or the like, or sewn or attached by cement, is provided with a central hole through which passes a screw 8 having a squared portion 14 a short distance below its head. After the pad has been secured in position by inserting the screw in the heel, the screw is locked by pushing in a key 6, which is provided with a hole through which the screw passes while being inserted, and a slotted portion leading from the hole which is wide enough to pass the squared portion of the screw without permitting it to turn. A screw 11 holds the key in place. A disk 5 is positioned between the heel and the protector. The disk 4 may have its rim flanged downwards, and the pad may be studded with rivets or the like. The heel is preferably shaped to correspond with the pad.
Patent GB-191302571-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Facing Valves.
Inventor: PEARN HAROLD WALKER
IPC: B24B15/04
Filed: 1913-01-31
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 2571. Pearn, H. W. Jan. 31. Portable t u r n i n gapparatus.-Valves are re-faced by a cutter or grinding-block b having an integral or detachable sleeve c containing rings of balls controlled by cones f and a nut h. More than two rings of balls may be employed, the stems being then straightened.
Patent GB-191312258-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hat Pin Guards.
Inventor: NUTTER WILLIAM HINGHAM
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1913-05-26
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 12,258. Langer, L. May 20. Billiards, chalk-holders for. - Consists in the combination of a known form of chalkholder with a bracket which permits the holder to be adjusted in any desired direction. The chalk holder is of the kind in which the cue tip is pressed against the chalk so that the screw 3 carrying the chalk is forced through a nut in the casing 1 and rotated. The casing 1 is held in a clip 14 pivoted to an arm 15 which is secured to a support 12 by means of a thumbscrew. A curved adjustable wire arm 16 has one end formed into a loop 18 which embraces the casing, while the other end passes through a hole 17 in the arm 15 and is secured in position by a setscrew 19.
Patent GB-191313528-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reversible Couplings.
Inventor: STOFFEL SIMON HENRY
IPC: F16H35/00
Filed: 1913-06-11
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 13,528. Stoffel, S. H., and Janssen, H. J. J. June 11. Reversing-gearing. - Relates to reversing- gearing in which a housing 3 carries a shaft 5 supporting a sliding member 6 having pins 7 provided with rollers 8 engaging eccentric recesses 9 in the heads of the driving and driven shafts 1, 2. Plate clutches 12, 13 are arranged between the ends of the shafts and the housing, and the housing has a conical member 16 adapted to engage a fixed cone 17. By sliding the shaft 2 in one direction, the clutches are brought into engagement for a direct drive, and by sliding the shaft 12 in the opposite direction, the cones 16, 17 are brought into engagement to hold the housing and obtain a reversed drive. A crescent-shaped packing-piece may be inserted in either of the recesses 9 to compensate for irregularities due to wear &c. When used for propelling ships, the thrust of the propeller serves to keep both the clutches and the brake in engagement.
Patent GB-191315731-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Sash Fastener and Silencer.
Inventor: RISON ALBERT JAMES
IPC: E05F11/00
Filed: 1913-07-08
Granted: 1914-07-08
Abstract: 15,731. Rison, A. J., Rivers, J. D., Hartshorn, F. C., and Morrison, J. July 8. L a t c h e s, s l i d i n g ; clamps, sliding-jaw. - Sliding sashes are secured by a spring- pressed sliding bolt 22 engaging sockets 32 and slotted to receive the end 30 of an operating- lever 26, which rides over and is locked by an inclined stop 34.
Patent GB-191319016-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Mouthpiece Material for Cigarettes.
IPC: A24C5/56
Filed: 1913-08-21
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 19,016. Fischl, A. B., [Firm of]. March 28, [Convention date]. Cigarettes.-Known material consisting of sheets of tissue paper pasted over with slit, flattened, and parallelly-arranged straw stalks is made flexible transversely of the length of the stalks by being passed through the machine shown in Fig. 3, the sheets being subsequently formed into a continuous strip by adhesive strips of paper. The sheets are passed under a bar 8 which is pressed down by a treadle so that one edge presses into a rubber-covered roll 1 and the other edge into a similar roll 2 rotating faster than the preceding roll so that the sheets are subjected to a stress. The sheets are jointed together by means of strips c, Fig. 5, to form a continuous strip, in which the straw fibres run longitudinally, which is then wound on to a reel f. The continuous strip may be cut to the desired width before, during, or after winding on a reel.
Patent GB-191319567-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boots or Shoes.
Inventor: ROUSE GEORGE LEWIS
IPC: A43B13/08
Filed: 1913-08-29
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 19,567. Rouse, G. L. Aug. 31, 1912, [Convention date]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Clogs.-A boot or shoe is formed with a sole of wood, fibre, leatheroid, pulp, &c. divided into three sections 4, 7, 5, the sections having bevelled ends 6 where they meet. The sole sections are secured by pegs 9, 10 to a thin sole 2 of leather or waterproof material, to which the upper is sewn. The sections may be faced with caps 14, 15, 16 of metal &c.
Patent GB-191320616-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Saddles for use upon Cycles, Motor Cycles and the like.
Inventor: SHEPHERD TIMOTHY
IPC: B62J1/26
Filed: 1913-09-12
Granted: 1914-09-14
Abstract: 20,616. Shepherd, T. Sept. 12. Connexions, attachments, and adjustments applicable generally for tensile springs. - Consists in pivoting the top of a cycle saddle at the peak to a fixed base member 5 which is extended to points beneath the rear end of the top for the connexion of tension springs 8 attached at the front to a pair of legs 19 depending from about the middle of the top. When the saddle is in use, the top turns about the pivot 22 and the rate of extension of the springs 8 increases the more the top is depressed towards the base member. A bolt 24 engaging a slot 23, and provided with a nut 25, limits the motion of the top, and notches in the legs 19 facilitate adjustment of the springs. The lugs 12 of the member 5 are partly embraced by shoes 15 provided with a serrated face to engage corresponding faces on the clip 16, the square bolt 13 passing through all these parts. The legs 19 are carried by a plate 17 secured at 18 to the base-plate 1 of the top which is of the form described in Specification 23,293/11. According to the Provisional Specification, (1) in order to obtain as low a position as possible for the saddle, the top turns on two bolts or rivets. at the peak which is cut away or made U-shaped and the front end of the member 5 is left open to clear the cycle frame tube, (2) the rear ends of the meniber 5 are connected by a stout pin or plate, (3) two projections on the plate 17 come into contact with the part 5 to limit the motion of the top, and (4) the part 5 comprises one or two stout pieces of steel on edge.
Patent GB-191320989-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clamps or Presses for Slicing Machines.
Inventor: BERKEL WILHELMUS ADRIANUS VAN
IPC: B26D7/02
Filed: 1913-09-17
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 20,989. Burd, E. M. Sept. 17. Flower - holders. - Relates to fastenings in the form of eyes combined with a safety or other pin, and consists in forming the eye 3 integral with a bar 4 to which the pin is attached. The bar may be set at any angle and may carry several eyes.
Patent GB-191321532-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coupling for Railway Air Brakes.
Inventor: DMITRIEFF ALEXIS
IPC: F16L37/256
Filed: 1913-09-24
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 21,532. Dmitrieff, A. Sept. 24. Couplings, disconnectible; with valves and cocks.-A coupling for railway air - brake pipes has arranged within it the cocks for opening and closing the pipe, the cocks being actuated by turning the parts of the coupling through a certain angle. Each half 1, Figs. 2 and 4, of the coupling encloses a truncated cone or cock 2 provided with packing-rings 3 and with two projections 4, 5. Projections 6, 7 are also provided on the parts 1, the projection 7 of one part fitting under the projection 6 of the other part; flanges 6<1>, 7<1> are provided on these projections to prevent uncoupling. Each cock 2 has a valve opening 8. The projections 7 are fitted between the projections 4, 5 of the cocks 2, so that, when the parts 1 are turned to close the coupling, the cocks 2 are turned and the train pipes opened or disconnected. The rotation of the parts 1 is restricted by stops 11 engaging projections on the cone-rods 9. To prevent the rotation of the cocks 2 through a large angle when the parts 1 are not in proper relative position, spring catches 12 on the projections 7 rest in recesses 14 on the cocks 2, these catches being released by the flanges 6<1> of the projections 6.. The parts 1 are prevented from being uncoupled except by hand by means of spring catches 18 on the projections 6 having hooks 19 which enter recesses 20 in the projections 7. The catches are released by hand pressure upon their projecting knobs 22.
Patent GB-191324148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Masts for Wireless Telegraphy and like purposes.
IPC: E04H12/34
Filed: 1913-10-24
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 24,148. Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., and Gray, A. Oct. 24. Aerial masts; erecting and removing posts.- Posts for aerial masts are formed from a number of semicylindrical sections which are bolted together with a disk interposed between successive pairs of sections. The disk c is formed in halves and has a hole in the centre as shown at c<1>, Fig. 3, to take a pole d which is supported by a pin e passing transversely through the pole. To erect the mast, a cradle f is lowered by means of the tackle f<1>, f<2> till the pin e can be reached by the men in the cradle, the pole is then slightly raised by the tackle d<2>, g<2>, g, g<3>, and the pin e is then withdrawn through holes e<1>, Fig. 3. The pole and cage are then raised together, the pin is then passed through the hole above the erected section, the rope g is slacked, and the bracket g<1> and pulley g<2> are removed. Two half-disks c and two new semi-cylinders raised by the gear h, h<1> are then placed above the sections already erected and are bolted down. The fittings g<1>, g<2> are then placed on the new sections and the process is carried on as before.
Patent GB-191327094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Puttees.
Inventor: LUPTON OLIVER
IPC: A41D17/04
Filed: 1913-11-25
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 27,094. Lupton, O. Nov. 25. Drawings to Specification. Puttees.-To prevent wear, the lower end of either a straight or shaped puttee is folded on itself and sewn.
Patent GB-191403321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: ALSTON CHARLES HENRY THOMAS
IPC: F01L5/06
Filed: 1914-02-09
Granted: 1915-02-09
Abstract: 3321. Alston, C. H. T. Feb. 9. Cam-actuated pumps.-In an internal-combustion engine, mechanism for imparting an oscillating movement to the piston comprises a palm e, Fig. 2, or a part-annular plate e, Fig. 11, which gives to a block o a slight axial movement on the crank-pin. This movement is utilized to actuate the plunger q of a lubricating-oil pump. The plunger is secured against rotation and the supply and discharge of the oil is controlled by ports and passages in a bush p and the plunger. The distributing ports are brought into register by the rotation of the crank-pin.
Patent GB-191404305-A (GB)
Title: Metal-racket.
Inventor: LIDY GEORGES
IPC: A63B51/12
Filed: 1914-02-19
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 4305. Lidy, G. Feb. 19. Rackets. - In a metal racket of the type in in which the tension of the strings can be regulated, the frame and handle consist of a metal tube first bent to the required shape and afterwards split longitudinally. At the shoulders, the tube is left unsplit. The handle is strengthened by metal plates, and the frame and handle are covered with wood, cork, or india-rubber. The longitudinal strings are passed round grooved rollers 7, Fig. 6, placed in the frame, and round rollers 19, Fig. 10, carried by a wedge 18. The wedge is connected by a rod 19<1> and loop 22 to a screw 24, whereby the stringing may be tensioned. At the sides of the racket, the strings pass round grooved bearing- pieces 10, Fig. 7, attached to the frame. The ends of the strings are clamped to the frame by means of plates.