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Patent GB-191120545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: WOOD SYDNEY PRESCOTT
IPC: B61L13/04
Filed: 1911-09-16
Granted: 1911-11-30
Abstract: 20,545. Wood, S. P. Sept. 16. Track a p p a r a t u s actuating signals other than on trains. - An electric contact - maker used in the actuation of an electric bell or other signal at a crossing or elsewhere comprises a metal contact - bar 3 supported on spring arms 5, 5<a>, which are clamped to base-plates 6 secured to the sleepers. Porcelain insulators 8 and insulating washers 11 and bushes 12 insulate the spring arms 5, 5<a> and the contact-bar 3. Covers 20 are secured to the baseplates 6 by pins 21 passing through holes in the covers and holes in lugs 13, 14 projecting from the base-plates. The pins 21 are secured by padlocks. Wooden stops 19 limit the motion of the spring arms 5, 5<a>. The flange of a train wheel connects the bar 3 to the track rail 1, and so connects it to earth, and a circuit is closed from earth through the positive side of a battery 31, Fig. 1, a contact 35, and the magnets 28 of a polarized relay to earth. The weighted armature 27 is thus moved over to touch a contact 36 and remains in this position owing to the weighting of the armature. A local circuit is thereby closed including a battery 33 and a bell 25, which continues ringing until the circuit is broken at the contact 35. Another circuit is simultaneously closed at the contact 38 including the battery 33 and the relay magnets 28, through which the current flows in a direction opposite to that when the train closed the relay magnet circuit. The armature 27 is thus attracted to its normal position shown in the drawing, and remains in this position. Fig. 3 shows a form of relay in which the bell circuit is mechanically broken at the armature contact 36 by pressing the spring-controlled rod 45 to remove the end of one arm 43 of a weighted bell-crank lever from beneath a projection 40 on the armature, which then falls and breaks the bell circuit. When the rod 45 is released, the weighted bell-crank lever tends to return to its original position, but is prevented by the projection 40 until the magnet 28 of the relay is again energized. Stops 52 limit the motion of the bell-crank lever.
Patent GB-191126184-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallurgical Furnaces.
Inventor: STOBIE VICTOR
IPC: F27B3/00
Filed: 1911-11-23
Granted: 1912-11-25
Abstract: 26,184. Stobie, V. Nov. 23. Open-hearth furnaces.-An ordinary electric steel-melting furnace is provided with means for heating by oil or illuminating-gas which do not require any considerable space for the development of the flame. The oil or gas is supplied through a suitable burner E, and is used for example for preparing the hearth. A neutral atmosphere may be maintained during the electric heating by supplying a small quantity of gas or oil.
Patent GB-191127335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-skidding Motor-tyres and the like.
Inventor: GOBBETT WILLIAM CLARKE
IPC: B60C11/16
Filed: 1911-12-06
Granted: 1912-12-05
Abstract: 27,335. Gobbett, W. C. Dec. 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tread bands, projections, and surfaces.-Non- skid devices comprise flanged sockets holding spirals made from notched metal ribbons a having turned-down parts a' or indentations a<3> to keep them spaced apart. The ribbons may be wound so that the edges at one part stand higher than at other parts, and the ribbons may be tapered for this purpose. The spirals have pins b passing through them, the projecting ends of which engage in bayonet-joint slots, or are riveted through holes in the sockets. One or more sockets are mounted on a base plate, which is embedded in the tyre or a tread band, so that the flanges c<1> of the sockets bear against the outer surface thereof.
Patent GB-191216977-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hydraulic and like Packing.
IPC: F16J15/22
Filed: 1912-07-20
Granted: 1913-02-06
Abstract: 16,977. Walker & Co., J., and Walker, J. July 20. Cup-leather packing.-Packing for hydraulic machinery &c. is made from wire-and-fibre fabric, cut on the bias and wound or folded into strips having oblique ends, which, are formed into rings of U-section. The wire-and-fibre fabric is impregnated with a solution of para rubber containing oxide of lead, oxide of zinc, and sulphur, and the rings are vulcanized under pressure in moulds. The wire of the fabric is preferably brass.
Patent GB-191218083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Adjustable Atomizers.
Inventor: BAKER WALTER DAVIS
IPC: B05B11/06
Filed: 1912-08-06
Granted: 1912-09-12
Abstract: 18,083. Baker, W. D. Aug. 6. Air-pressure sprayers.-In a spray-producer, of the kind in which an air-tube 14 and a liquidtube 10 at right-angles to one another are provided, a flexible connexion 17 is fitted to the two tubes so as to afford a means for varying the angular relation between them. In this way, the spraying can be regulated, and the tubes are always returned to their normal position.
Patent GB-191224120-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Chucks for Rock Drills.
Inventor: VAUGHT JAMES CHARLES HOSKINS
IPC: B25D17/08
Filed: 1912-10-22
Granted: 1913-05-08
Abstract: 24,120. Vaught, J. C. H. Oct. 22. Percussive drills.-In a self-tightening rockdrill chuck, a gib F, having an inclined outer face e<4>, is forced inwards on the shank by a sliding sleeve E, which is retained in position bv a key G having an inclined face g<1>. A coiled spring l bears on the key and sleeve and prevents the sleeve from sliding when it has been pushed back for changing drills. In a modification shown in Fig. 12, a curved spring H is interposed between the key and the chuck body A, and a stop-piece P is attached to the spring to prevent the sleeve from backing off from the chuck body. In this modification is shown an adjustable bushing formed by screws S having concave lower faces. Another form of stop shown in Fig. 17 comprises a spring b<111>, which is arranged in an annular groove in the chuck body and engages with an annular groove e<111> in the sleeve. The sleeve is, as shown in Fig. 2, formed with internal grooves e, a<111> to receive the gib and key and with external grooves c<4> to permit the bit to be inserted more readily in the hole.
Patent GB-191229675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: ANDERSON LYCURGUS
IPC: B60B9/26
Filed: 1912-12-24
Granted: 1913-03-20
Abstract: 29,675. Anderson, L. Dec. 24. Spring wheels with sectional outer guided members. - The tread consists of rigid shoes 2, hinged together at 3, and formed with recesses 15 containing roller bearings engaging extensions 14 on the ends of telescopic spoke members, Shoulders 16 formed around the extensions engage the internal faces of the shoes, and there is also a pin- and-slot connexion 25. The tubular parts of the spokes 6 are fixed to the hub, and the bore is stepped to provide spaces for two helical springs 8, 9. Short telescopic cushions 7 are arranged between the spokes. The inner casing is formed with a reduced part 7<c>, which passes through a ring 18 and is secured by a screwed cap 22. The ring 18, Fig. 2, is in two parts with complementary semicircular recesses secured together by screws 19 so as to brace together the telescopic members. Inside the ring is a wooden rim 24 to which -are secured two side plates 28. Sectional side plates 29 with stepped overlapping ends 31 are secured by screws to each tread shoe and overlap the plates 28. Inside the plates is a flexible apron (not shown) secured to the rim and the tread and there are holes in the plates 28 so that dirt may fall out.
Patent GB-191300337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Devices for use with Pictures or the like Articles Hung on Walls.
Inventor: FRANCKLIN EDWARD
IPC: A47G1/16
Filed: 1913-01-06
Granted: 1913-04-24
Abstract: 337. Francklin, E. Jan. 6. Buffers or protecting-pads.-A buffer for preventing pictures from coming into contact with the wall consists of a piece of cork or wood coated on one face with gum for fixing the buffer to the picture.
Patent GB-191310446-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Multi-colour Printing Machinery.
Inventor: NELSON IAN THEODORE
IPC: B41F3/42
Filed: 1913-05-03
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 10,446. Nelson, I. T., and Murray, J. May 3. Rotary machines; set-off, preventing; driving printing-machines.-Relates to apparatus for printing in several colours on a web of paper of the kind comprising several rotary machines through which the web is passed in succession, register being effected by pins engaging perforations in the web. The web is unwound from a reel and passed up and down around rollers to air it, and to a perforator for punching a central row of perforations. The web then passes to a number of rotary machines alternating with a series of rollers around which the web is directed for drying the impression before it passes to the next machine, and is finally either cut up or rewound. The web passes from the reel around tension bars 26 carried by gear-wheels 27, which can be turned to adjust the bars to any required angle by gearing from a shaft 30 operated by worm gearing. The web then passes between rollers 32, 33 to a series of rollers 34, 39 in a frame 35, the rollers 32, 33 and the first of the rollers 34 being driven by chain gearing from a shaft 17 driven by worm gearing from a shaft 12 from which all the printing-machines are operated. On leaving the frame 35 the web is centrally perforated by rollers 40, 41 and is then led around rollers 44, 45 to the first printing-machine, which is driven by a dog-clutch from the shaft 18. The impression roller is furnished with a ring carrying a series of pins which enter the perforations in the web, the ring being adjustable by means of a spindle passing down the hollow roller shaft and operated by worm gearing. The impression cylinder is carried in ball-bearing eccentric bushes, which can be turned to trip the cylinder by gearing from a shaft 77 turned by a handle 78. The impression cylinder can be turned by hand by means of a hand-wheel 79. The rollers 45, 51 are carried on weighted levers, the weights on which can be adjusted to obtain the necessary tension. After leaving the machine the web passes to a series of rollers to dry the impression and then to the second printing-machine and so on, and is finally either rewound on a reel 99 resting on driving-rollers 68, or is led out between rollers 70 and cut up into sheets by a shear cutter 71 operated by links 72 from a shaft 21 driven by worm-gear from the shaft 12.
Patent GB-191311624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Seat and the like Cushions.
Inventor: COPE BENJAMIN GEORGE
IPC: A47C7/42
Filed: 1913-05-19
Granted: 1914-03-12
Abstract: 11,624. Cope, B. G. May 19. Cushions.-A cushion for seats &c. is formed of two complementary parts a, b detachably fastened together by press-buttons, straps, &c. c, d in such a manner that they may be secured together around the whole of their periphery, or along one side only, or so that they may be completely detached. Handles e, f are provided, one of which may be passed through the other. A pocket g may be provided in one of the cushions for carrying articles. A. third cushion h may be employed as a head-rest. The cushions are attached to a seat by straps fastened with buckles. The cushions may be made of leather, leather cloth, Willesden canvas, or other waterproof material, and may be stuffed with hair. down, felting, etc.; or they may be provided with removable stuffed or inflatable cushions which may be secured by snap fastenings.
Patent GB-191317129-A (GB)
Title: Improved Track System for Railways and the like.
Inventor: FERNANDEZ MANUEL GARCIA
IPC: B61F9/00
Filed: 1913-07-25
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 17,129. Fernßndez, M. G. July 25. Guide and retaining wheels, arrangement of. -The side wheels 4 of vehicles 3 have a semicircular section of larger radius than that of the semi-cylindrical head of the rail 2. The vehicles also have rollers 5, which engage the central rail 1 to prevent derailment on curves.
Patent GB-191320655-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Rolls, Buns and the like.
Inventor: HENKEL HENRY JUSTUS
IPC: A21C5/00
Filed: 1913-09-12
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 20,655. Henkel, H. J. Sept. 12. Rolling-machines.-In a machine for moulding dough lumps, of the type in which a cellular frame c containing the dough has a circular motion imparted to it to move the dough about rigid pins r which enter the individual cells from below, means are provided for simultaneously raising the frame c and lowering the pins r at the conclusion of the moulding operation, so that the work plate a with the dough lumps can be readily removed and replaced by a fresh work-plate. The frame c is supported upon, and operated by, crank-disks f mounted upon spindles g, which are driven through bevelgearing h<1> and are movable vertically by pins i on levers m engaging grooves k. The levers m are pivoted at l, and are also connected to the pin plate q by pins o engaging supports p. One lever m has an extension formed with a guide-slot s to receive a crank-pin t mounted upon a spindle furnished with a hand-wheel, by operating which the levers m are deflected and the frame c and pin plate q are respectively raised and lowered.
Patent GB-191324540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lattice-work Framings for Supporting Ceiling and Wall Plastering or the like.
Inventor: NILSSON SVANTE WILHELM
IPC: E04F13/04
Filed: 1913-10-29
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 24,540. Nilsson, S. W. Oct. 31, 1912, [Convention date]. Lathing.-A lathing or wire lattice foundation for plaster on a ceiling or wall consists of braces 5 which are formed into loops 6, 7 at opposite ends and supported upon rods 4. The rods are suspended on hooks inserted in the ceiling joists or wall, and the loops 7 are hooked on to the rods 4 from below and enter between the ends of the loops 6 of the adjacent brace, the loops 6 being hooked to the rods 4 from above. The end braces are secured by nails or staples 8. Thatching or other forms of lathing may be attached to the wires prior to plastering.
Patent GB-191330057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Admitting Air or Fuel to the Induction Pipes or Internal-combustion Engines.
Inventor: BRETTELL FREDERICK GILBERT
IPC: F02D9/00
Filed: 1913-12-31
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 30,057. Brettell, F. G., [Lydon Manufacturing Co.]. Dec. 31. Starting.-Fuel is admitted to the induction pipe of an engine through a perforated nozzle. The nozzle 3 is carried by the screwed portion 5 provided with an hexagonal enlarged part 6 into which is screwed a plate 7 having air-admission ports 8. The nozzle is perforated in such a manner as to produce radial streams in all directions. The ports 8 are controlled by a ported disk 11 actuated through a flexible connexion from a distance. A nozzle 9, which may be closed when required by a cap 14, enables fuel to be admitted to the induction pipe either alone or simultaneously with the air.
Patent GB-191400367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Deodorizing Oils and Distilling and Vaporising Liquids.
Inventor: BATEMAN JAMES THOMAS
IPC: C11B3/14
Filed: 1914-01-06
Granted: 1915-01-06
Abstract: 367. Bateman, J. T. Jan. 6. Fatty oils, purifying.-Means for deodorizing vegetable, fish, and like oils, comprises apparatus of special construction wherein the liquid is treated with steam or other vapours or gaseous heating-medium, with or without a preheater for the liquid. The apparatus may take the form of a column-still, and consists of one or more chambers g, each provided with a perforated dome i, on the exterior of which are mounted open conduits h, preferably perforated, by which the oil is brought into contact with the steam &c. issuing from the perforations in the dome. The oil is fed to the top of the dome i by a pipe m. The course of the steam &c. is regulated by a dome-shaped cover l. A fixed worm or a fan n separates any liquid that is carried over bv the steam &c. and directs the separated liquid into a funnel o. The liquid is preheated in tubular heaters by the steam &c. escaping from the column.
Patent GB-191408822-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Shelving.
Inventor: HEERDT ADOLF
IPC: A47B47/02
Filed: 1914-04-07
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 8822. Heerdt, A. April 9, 1913, [Convention date]. Shelves.-Sheet-metal shelving is formed of a series of shelves a threaded on slotted tubular supports b and supported at the desired distance apart by partitions c which engage in the slots of the supports. In order to increase the rigidity of the shelves, their edges may be bent so as to form rims d, e, Fig. 2.
Patent GB-191410077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Jar Moulding Machines.
Inventor: LEWIS WILFRED
IPC: B22C11/04
Filed: 1914-04-23
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 10,077. Lewis, W. Jan. 9, [Convention date]. Moulding - machines of the inverting-flask type, for example those described in Specification 10,070/14, have a special arrangement of mouldraising mechanism. In the mould-receiving position, a main supporting- member J, Fig. 1, and a u x i l i a r y relativelyadjustable members K project above the surface of the table A to enable the mould to obtain a p r o p e r bearing. The member J is pivoted to a cross-head I carried by a ram P, Fig. 6. The members K are adjusted by wedges L, Fig. 5, sliding on inclines H<2> of arms carried by the cross-head, and normally held in contact with stops H<3> by springs 0 surrounding ram and cylinder members connecting the wedges and operated by the admission of pressure fluid to separate the wedges and render the members inoperative. Rotation of the cross-bead is prevented by a guide-pin I<2>, and an auxiliary cylinder B<2> may have a quantity of actuating-liquid trapped in it to act as a stop for the descent of the table. End beams A<2> of the table proper rest on arms F<1> of rocking frames, pivoted at G and brought into operation at the close of the lift by stops F<3> engaging the underside of a flange B<3>. The table then engages the members J, K and brings all level with the floor of the moulding-pit. Moulds.-In the case of wheeled bottom boards, a rib U<2>, Fig. 3, is engaged by the members J, and the members KK carry rails. In the raised position, the rails track with the shop rails, and the rib U<2> is raised as shown.
Patent GB-191410100-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Storage Batteries.
Inventor: FORD BRUCE
IPC: H01M50/627
Filed: 1914-04-23
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 10,100. Ford, B. May 21, 1913, [Convention date]. Levels, regulating. -- In an electric accumulator, a filling tube 5, acting as a liquid seal to prevent overfilling, has a closure which operates a shutter to cover a vent-hole when the filling tube is open, and conversely. As shown, the tube 5 contains a rotatable liner 8 with holes 9 corresponding to vent-holes 4 in the tube, the liner being turned for instance by a square, part 14 on a cap 6 to bring the holes into and out of register. In the use of the cell, gas passing through holes 4, 9 may escape through a pin-hole in the cap 6, or if the cell is ventilated, as in submarines, through an exhaust pipe 10 containing perforated washers 13, air-inlet pipes 12 being provided; these pipes 12 may dip below the liquid, which is thereby agitated.
Patent GB-191411562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Production of Coke Poor in Sulphur.
Inventor: FINGERLAND ANTONY
IPC: C10B57/06
Filed: 1914-05-11
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 11,562. Fingerland, A., Jndra, A., and Lissner, A. June 5, 1913, [Convention date]. Coking processes.-A coke poor in sulphur is obtained by mixing metals, oxides, hydroxides, or salts with coal, heating the mixture to a temperature at least sufficient to effect complete coking of the coal, and thereafter subjecting the incandescent coke, either in the coking-chamber or in other apparatus, to the action of gases or vapours such as chlorine, acid vapours, water vapour alone or mixed with air, hydrogen, or gases containing hydrogen.
Patent GB-191412675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Making Boxes from Scored Blanks.
Inventor: JAGENBERG EMIL
IPC: B31B3/46
Filed: 1914-05-22
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 12,675. Jagenberg, E. May 22. Machines for making boxes from scored blanks are provided with devices for stripping the boxes from shaping-blocks 23 on a conveyer 16, comprising arms h mounted loosely on a spindle d on each side of the conveyer and carrying pivoted levers i provided with rotatably - mounted spring - controlled projections k. The arms h are rotated in the same direction as, and faster than, the pulley 18 round which the conveyer passes, by means of gearing from the shaft f, which is driven from the shaft d, the speeds being such that, when the block 23 reaches the highest point of the pulley 18, the projections k ride over inclines on the block and engage the edges of the box thereon. As the movement continues, curved bars r act on rollers p on the levers i to ensure that the projections k move exactly in the longitudinal direction of the block 23.
Patent GB-191418206-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Opening Envelopes.
Inventor: WASHBURNE JAMES VERNON
IPC: B43M7/00
Filed: 1914-08-01
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 18,206. Washburne, J. V. Aug. 1. Rotary and oscillating type for cutting rectilinearly. - Relates to an envelope-opening machine of the type comprising a rotary cutting- cylinder and a loosely-mounted work-support having a cutting-edge spring-pressed against the cylinder, and consists in the provision of a stop for keeping the stationary blade against the cylinder, the stop being adjustable for wear, means for lubricating the cutting-cylinder, a tray for the collection of the trimmings, and an actuating-lever with lugs to determine the movements of the cutting-cylinder in both directions. The envelope is placed on a steel plate 8 resiliently pressed against the cutting-cylinder 3 grooved to provide an oblique cutting-edge 7 adapted to coact with the edge of the plate 8. This plate is kept in its shearing position by a stop 15 screwed to a support 10 of the plate 8. To provide for wear of the cutting-edge of the plate 8, the stop 15 is adapted to be tilted forwards at its top about its screw 17 by the engagement of a screw 19 with its lower end. The periphery of the cutting-cylinder is lubricated through a housing 33 provided with fibrous material 36. The journals of the cylinder are also suitably lubricated. The cylinder is actuated by a spring-controlled cam-lever on the cylinder shaft, provided with lugs adapted to engage a fixed stop to limit the movement of the cylinder in both directions. A detachable tray 21 is provided to collect the trimmings.
Patent GB-191500689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Guards for Exposed Edges, and to Drying Racks for Boots or the like.
IPC: A43D25/10
Filed: 1915-01-15
Abstract: 689. Hall, H., and British United Shoe Machinery Co. Jan. 15. Drying during manufacture.-A device applicable generally for guarding any exposed edge is described as being particularly applicable for use in forming a readily removable guard for the edges of the toe-receiving apertures B<2> of the heating-chambers B of the boot-drying rack described in Specification 13155/10 and shown in Fig. 1, and consists of a strip C, Figs. 2 and 3, of protecting-material, such as felt, wrapped round a retainer D in the form of a slotted tube bent to the shape of an aperture B<2> The edges of the felt &c. are tucked into the slot in the retainer, which is then slipped or sprung into place over the edge to be protected, Fig. 3; the walls B' of the apertures may be cut away as shown at B<3>, Fig. 2, to permit the gruard to be readily placed in position. The retainer may consist of a number of short tubes, to enable the guard to be applied to an edge of irregular shape.