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Patent GB-191225986-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Recording Gauges, Indicators, and other Measuring Instruments.
Inventor: DUGON ALEXANDER LAMONT
Filed: 1912-11-12
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 25,986. Dugon, A. L. Nov. 12. Thermometers. - Apparatus for indicating and recording pressure, temperature, speed, &c. are provided with a removable back or base plate adapted to receive any one of a number of sets of pressure-recording and like mechanism of varying range; and the base-plate can be readily mounted in casings of different form and finish. In the pressure gauge, shown in Fig. 2, a casing l supports the detachable base-plate a connected by screws k to the casing. The base-plate is provided with a number of holes by which any desired clock-work b adapted to rotate the record - disk d can be attached; the coiled Bourdon tube f is also detachably secured to the base-plate by screws h and can be replaced by others covering various ranges. The base-plate may be of any desired form and may be attached to any one of a number of casings. The recording-pointers g of the various instruments are jointed at j to allow of their being adjusted to the zero position.
Patent GB-191228156-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metal Packing Rings for Stuffing Boxes.
Inventor: HUHN GUSTAV
IPC: F16J15/26
Filed: 1912-12-06
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 28,156. Huhn, G. Jan. 20, [Convention date]. Packing, metallic.-Gaps between the segments of a segmental packing-ring are avoided by making one end of each pair of abutting ends with thin edges which are readily worn away as the packing is compressed. Fig. 1 shows bevelled-ring packing consisting of hollow segmental rings 1, preferably of white metal, alternating with solid segmental rings 2, 3 of hard metal, the rings being pressed axially by a spring 6. One end of each segment 7, 8, Fig. 2, of the hollow rings is formed with thin edges 9, which may be tapered as shown, or otherwise reduced; or one segment may be reduced at both ends, and the other have normal ends. The segments contain lubricant, the ends of the segments being closed by plugs 12. The working faces of the segments are perforated.
Patent GB-191304407-A (GB)
Title: Improved Hooks and Eyes.
Inventor: WHITTALL ALFRED
IPC: A44B13/00
Filed: 1913-02-21
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 4407. Whittall, A. Feb. 21. Hooks and eyes.-Hooks and eyes are made of wire in the form of staples as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. They are attached by being inserted at the edge of the garment and waved into the fabric, or they may be passed between the layers of fabric and have their points 1, 2 brought to the surface and then turned down and clinched.
Patent GB-191304686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electric Fuses.
IPC: H01H85/20
Filed: 1913-02-24
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 4686. Appareillage Gardy (Soc. Anon.). Feb. 25, 1912, [Convention date]. Fusible cut-outs. - In bridge-carrier fuses having coupling-members of the pin-and-socket type, the fuse-carrier and the base are each provided with a pin and a socket, and one of the sockets is surrounded by an insulating- sleeve. A pin e and socket f are mounted on metallic plates arranged with some play in grooves of a base a. A pin c and socket f protrude from the fuse-holder d<1>, and an insulating-sleeve g surrounds the socket on the holder, so as to prevent accidental short-circuiting. The metallic plates carry terminals for the attachment of the leads.
Patent GB-191306181-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Valves.
Inventor: DREW WARREN FRANCIS
IPC: F16K5/02
Filed: 1913-03-12
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 6181. Drew, W. F. March 12. Plug cocks.-In a plug cock of the type comprising a hollow plug 21 with lateral discharge ports to an exit through the casing at an angle to the previous direction of flow, the plug is formed conical, preferably, for a portion of its length but cylindrical, as shown, at its larger end, and is formed thereat with a reverted flange 24. The annular groove thus formed is provided with packing 26 against which the end of the casing rotates under the compression of the retaining washer and nut 50, 51. A cap 60 screwing on the casing encloses the nut 51 and holds grease to lubricate the cock.
Patent GB-191309367-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hooks and Eyes.
Inventor: ESSLINGER SARAH
IPC: A44B13/00
Filed: 1913-04-21
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 9367. Esslinger, S. April 21. H o o k s and eyes.-In hook-and-eye fastenings in which the male portion is formed from a single piece of wire bent at the middle to form a T-shaped loop and the female portion is in the form of an open armed hook, the male portion is provided with backwardly extending lugs 1<a>, 2<a> on each of the arms 1, 2 of the T.
Patent GB-191309927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Buckets.
Inventor: HUTCHINS JOHN BARRY
IPC: A45F3/20
Filed: 1913-04-28
Granted: 1913-09-18
Abstract: 9927. Hutchins, J. B. May 1, 1912, [Convention date]. Measures of capacity. - A collapsible bucket has a bottom section 1, a top section 2, and intermediate sections 3, the sections being provided exteriorly with quantity-designating marks, so that by observing to which section liquid in the vessel extends, the quantity of this liquid may be determined.
Patent GB-191311960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Electrical Connectors of the Plug and Socket Type.
Inventor: LUNDBERG ANDREAS PETER
IPC: H01R13/648
Filed: 1913-05-22
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 11,960. Lundberg, A. P., Lundberg, G. C., Lundberg, P. A., and Pegg, G. May 22. Plug couplings. - The earthing-pin 1 of a plug-and-socket coupling is formed with a plate 2 at one end and is passed through a hole in the insulating carrier-plate 3 of the plug. A second plate or bridge 4, adapted to clamp the metallic sheathing and earthing-wire of the cable 6 against the plate 2, is secured by screws 5, which pass also through the carrier-plate and the plate 2, and thus serve to secure the earthing-pin to the carrier-plate.
Patent GB-191316756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Grinding or Sandpapering Machines.
Inventor: PEPYS-GOODCHILD GEORGE WILLIAM
IPC: B24B21/18
Filed: 1914-01-21
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 16,756. Goodchild, G. W. Pepys-, and Macnab, T. P. Jan. 21, 1914. Band apparatus.-In a grinding-machine of the kind wherein an endless abrading-band runs over a driving-pulley and over a guiding and tensioning-pulley, this pulley is mounted so as to be spring-pressed and also to be swivelled about an axis in the direction of length of the belt so as to compensate for unequal stretching of the belt and to be locked in the. swivelled position. The tensioning- pulley J is mounted on ball bearings H' on a shaft H carried by the two arms F<1> of a fork, the stem F of which passes through guides G and is pressed outwards by a spring G', being retained, when the belt is to be removed, in its innermost position by a lever L, a pin F<2> in the end of the stem engaging in a notch L<3> in the end of the lever. One end of the shaft H extends beyond the fork arm and is engaged by a slot M<1> in a plate M, Figs. 4, 5, pivoted to the frame A on a screwed stud 0 and adapted to be rotated about the stud, to swivel the pulley, by the eccentric part P<1> of a pin P engaging a slot M<2> in the plate; a nut O<1> on the stud 0 is tightened to lock the plate in position. In a modification, Fig. 3, the forked end of the stem F is replaced by a neck F<4>, the pulley K being in halves, between the edges of which a gap is left to clear the neck.
Patent GB-191319541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Appliances for Cleaning Knives, Plate and other Articles.
Inventor: WINEBERG REUBEN
IPC: A47L21/04
Filed: 1913-08-29
Granted: 1914-06-11
Abstract: 19,541. Wineberg, R. Aug. 29. Knives, cleaning.-A knife 6 is inserted at one end of a trough 3 and is rubbed by a reciprocating hand rubber 1 having a ridged or ribbed face 2. The rubber in one form has a rebated portion engaging freely between guide rails 4, while in another construction it is slotted to embrace one or more guide-rails. A pocket 7 retains the polishing-powder in the trough. Various arrangements of ribbed faces for the hand rubber are described, including sector, spiral, and circular formations and also straight line, U-shaped, and star formations.
Patent GB-191322384-A (GB)
Title: Improved Automatic Axle Lubricator.
Inventor: BURRILL PETER
IPC: B60B35/00
Filed: 1913-10-04
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 22,384. Burrill, P. Jan. 23, [Convention date]. Channels and reservoirs in vehicle axle bearings.-An automatic lubricator for a roadvehicle wheel comprises an oil reservoir 1 fixed to the axle 10, with an outlet 3 passed through a hole in the axle-collar 11. A pin valve 5 in the outlet 3 bears against the end of the axle-box 9.
Patent GB-191323565-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Exchange Systems.
Filed: 1913-10-17
Granted: 1914-10-19
Abstract: 23,565. Western Electric Co., [Woodward, F. T.]. Oct. 17. Drawings to Specification. Automatic and semi-automatic exchange systems.- The circuits of hunting-switches, such as callfinders and group selectors, are organized so that after the response of the test relay a definite interval of time elapses before the switch is incapacitated from a further testing-movement. A momentary energization of the test relay, such as might be due t) an accidental ground, or to two switches simultaneously testing the same line, or to the switch overrunning a selectable line, does not therefore prevent the switch from continuing its testing-movement. An arrangement is described in which the circuits concerned in the testing- movement of a selector are closed in the eighth as well as the seventh or normal testing position of the associated sequence switch, and the sequence switch is only moved through these positions by the continued energization of the test relay, so that if the relay is momentarily energized in the seventh position, owing to any of the abovementioned causes, the sequence switch merely moves into the eighth position and the testing- movement is resumed.
Patent GB-191323762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Certain Kinds of Upholstery Nails.
Inventor: TOWNSEND ARTHUR PERCY
IPC: B21G5/02
Filed: 1913-10-20
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 23,762. Townsend, A. P. Oct. 20. Nails.-An upholstery nail formed from steel wire with a solid domed head, as described in Specifications 17,120/02 and 23,301 / 04, i s covered by sheet brass &c. 3 pressed on the head in dies.
Patent GB-191324163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Alighting Indicators for Flying Boats or other Aerial Craft.
Inventor: BILLING NOEL PEMBERTON
IPC: G05D1/06
Filed: 1913-10-24
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 24,163. Billing, N. P. Oct. 24. Sounding - apparatus. -An alighting-indicator and sounding-device for air - craft comprises a member pendent from an air - craft to a predetermined extent and connected with indicating-means on the aircraft. In the construction shown, a float C<1> is attached to a wire C passing through a pivoted tube D to a paying- out drum B', which is controlled by means of a lever B<6> serving to release the drum B<1> to pay out the wire C and to control the rate of paying - out. The inclination of the tube D, due to the float C' being impeded by dragging on the surface of the earth, causes indicating-means to be actuated on the air-craft. A rack D<3> carried on an arm of the tube D gears with a pinion E mounted on a shaft E<1> carrying a disk E<3>, which bears a translucent screen E<4> and a small strip E<5> of insulating- material. Upon rotation of the disk E<3> by inclination of the tube D, the strip E<5> is moved away from the contact-pin G<8>, so that the electric bell F is operated and an electric lamp lighted under the translucent graduated screen E'. In order that the strength with which the bell is struck may diminish as the inclination of the tube D increases, the belf circuit includes a brush G<3> and resistance coil G<5> carried on the shaft E<1>. Alternatively, a mechanical connexion may be provided between a rotating portion and a finger moving radially across the gong to alter the note. A thin rod may be employed instead of the wire, the rod being preferably mounted on a universal joint. Instead of operating an indicating-device, the pendent member may be caused to operate the elevators or other stabilizing-surfaces or wing-members, or it may be employed to control the engine. The float C<1> may be replaced by a number of small cups distributed along the wire to give an increasing pull on the wire as the air-craft descends and so actuate a spring-controlled indicator. The float may be adapted to be variably weighted with small shot.
Patent GB-191325407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Working Watertight Doors.
IPC: B63B19/00
Filed: 1913-11-06
Granted: 1914-11-06
Abstract: 25,407. Harland & Wolff, and Armstrong, W. E. Nov. 6. Operating and controlling doors electrically and by floats, weights, and toothed gear mechanism; checks. -Retates to bulkhead doors of the kind which are opened by a worm and worm-wheel acting through a clutch, and closed by gravity when the clutch is released. The door a is opened by a rack d and pinion e on a shaft f. The shaft f is turned by means of a worm n on a shaft o engaging a worm-wheel g, which is loose on the shaft f, but normally operatively connected thereto by a clutch h<1> held in gear by a weighted lever j, the end of which engages a slot in a vertical rod r. The rod r may be lifted so as to release the clutch h<1>, (1) by means of a solenoid t connected by a link s to the rod and operated from a distant point, (2) by a hand-lever u engaging a collar v on the rod, or (3) by a bilge-float x, the lever w of which engages a collar y on the rod, the solenoid, hand lever, and float acting independently of each other. The float is provided with holes z, so that when submerged, it slowly fills so as to put the clutch again into gear. The fall of the door is checked by two cataract cylinders c.
Patent GB-191326161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Shuttles for Looms for Weaving.
Inventor: MIDDLETON WILLIAM
IPC: D03J5/24
Filed: 1913-11-14
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 26,161. Middleton, W., and Middleton, J. Nov. 14. Shuttles.-Slots 4, 5, 6 are cut in a shuttle, thus forming a tongne 7 round which the weft is drawn. A wire 10, fixed across the eye 3 and secured to the tongue 7, causes a loop of weft to assume such a position that the weaver can readily withdraw the free end of the yarn through the shuttle eye. The slots 4, 5, 6 may be formed in the bottom of the shuttle, in which case a bridge-piece 12 is fixed across the end of the cop cavity to prevent ballooning of the weft.
Patent GB-191326475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Supporting Piles.
Inventor: GERMAIX FERDINAND PAUL VICTOR
IPC: B66C23/28
Filed: 1913-11-18
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 26,475. Germaix, F. P. V. Nov. 26, 1912, [Convention date]. Jib cranes.-A dismountable structure, more particularly applicable for supporting cranes, comprises a central post and a surrounding sleeve, both formed of superposed elements, which are placed in position by hoisting-apparatus carried thereby. Fig. 5 shows a stage in the creation of the structure by a crane e carried at the upper end of the superposed sections a<1> of the central post. The sleeve is formed of sections b' which are placed in position by the crane supported temporarily by tackle f. When the section b<1> has been fitted on top of the lower section, the crane is allowed to rest on the sleeve and the central post is hoisted up by the tackle f to permit the insertion of a post section in the aperture d in the lowest sleeve section. When the structure is completed, the aperture d is closed by bracing. The. arrangement may be such that the sleeve elements are inserted at the bottom. The sleeve may consist of a single element.
Patent GB-191402675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Hollow or Tubular Metal Bodies.
Inventor: HOWARD JOSEPH
IPC: B21C37/14
Filed: 1914-02-02
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 2675. Howard, J., and Downing, I. Feb. 2. Welding.-Hollow or tubular metal bodies such as pipes, pipe fittings, gas-bottles, gasburners, &c. are made by welding a pair of metal strips, sheets, plates, or disks at certain parts so that the intervening parts are free to bulge by the forces set up during welding. A straight pipe is made by welding the edges of superposed strips so as to allow the intermediate portion to be free to bulge. In the case of a pair of integral parallel pipes, welding is also performed on the central line. The pipe is completed by shaping by a punch and die or drift. A gas ring may be formed by welding superposed disks at the centre and edges and subsequently trimming. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 3, pipe bends d are made by welding disks a between recessed press-tools b, c at the centre e and at the edges and then cutting along the lines x, removing surplus metal and expanding to shape. Tee-pieces are made by welding the strips along the centre e, I'ig. 4, and at the parts f of the edges, then severing along the lines x<1>, x and then completing as in the previous form. Pipe-elbows are similarly made except that alternate parts f extend right across the strip. Crosses are made in a similar manner except that there is no longitudinal weld along the centre-line. Teepieces may also be made by bending a single strip into U-shape and then forming welds as at f, or may be formed by welding a pair of superposed disks at the centre e and along the edges at f, Fig. 13, and then severing along the lines x, subsequent treatment being as in the other forms except that the curved portion of the Tee is straightened by a drift or the like. The shaping of the tubular portions may be effected while the parts are in the welding dies by means of drifts g, i, Fig. 16. The welding may be effected by gapped rolls or disks. and mandrels may be placed behind the rolls for expanding the longitudinal bores, plugs being provided for the lateral bores.
Patent GB-191402914-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: FAIRFAX JOSEPH SINCLAIR
Filed: 1914-02-04
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 2914. Fairfax, J. S. Feb. 4. Two- and four-stroke cycle engines; driving- gear; cylinders, cooling.-Two revolving sets of parallel cylinders are arranged at an angle to each other and each piston b' of one set is connected with a piston of the other set. The cylinder sets may be connected by bevel and worm gearing f, f<2> with the drive shaft, and the pistons may be single or double acting. In a two-stroke engine, single-acting pistons may serve as pumps, or the bottom end of each cylinder may be used for this purpose, the pistons controlling exhaust ports and transfer passages from the pumps. Charge is admitted to the pumps through an automatic valve and ports in the fixed casings a and the cylinder castings. In a four-stroke engine, the exhaust is through ports in the casing a and the cylinder casting and past a beat valve which with the admission valve is operated by a face-cam e<1> at the rear of each cylinder set and driven at half the speed of the cylinder casting. Single-acting pistons may be used for circulating cooling- water and lubricant. Several sets of cylinders may be arranged around one shaft f<1>. Specification 13,805/84, [Class 80, Mechanism &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-191403554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Joints and Couplings with Valves for Pipes and Tubes.
Inventor: CALTHROP EVERARD RICHARD
IPC: F16L29/00
Filed: 1913-08-15
Granted: 1914-08-17
Abstract: 3554. Calthrop, E. R., and Churchill, R. Aug. 15, 1913. Lift valves; actuating; casings.-In pipe couplings of the kind comprising a two part casing held together by a locking-lever and provided with externally-operated valves, the valves abut when seated to obviate loss of fluid or entrance of air during the coupling and uncoupling operations. The lever 10 pivoted at 11 to the coupling member 1, has a nut with a hand-wheel 13 adapted to bear against a socket 12 formed on the member 2. Screwdown valves 5 operated by hand-wheels 9 by screws operating in nuts, supported as shown; the valves abut as shown when seated. The valve seats 4 screw into place, and serve to retain packing-rings 14 which make a tight joint between the members 1, 2. Interlocking fingers (not shown) are provided to secure alinement of the parts 1, 2.
Patent GB-191404505-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Street Gully Grates.
Inventor: LEATHER CHARLES LONG
IPC: E03F5/06
Filed: 1914-02-21
Granted: 1914-11-26
Abstract: 4505. Leather, C. L. Feb. 21. Gratings. - Relates to gully gratings which are reinforced in the process of casting by steel or wronght iron, and consists in employing longitudinal parallel reinforcing-bars near the outside edge of the grating. Fig. 1 shows a grating cast in sections a, b, c, d with reinforcing-bars e. In some cases, cored holes g are made in casting, the reinforcing-bars being afterwards fixed in position. The invention may be applied to gratings cast in one piece.
Patent GB-191409351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-Magnetic Compass.
Inventor: KLAHN EMIL
Filed: 1914-04-15
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 9351. Klahn, E. May 12, 1913, [Convention date]. Gyroscopic compasses.-The vertical axle is wholly or partly supported in the vertical direction by air under pressure passing through tubular frame members 13 and tubes 33 and out through ducts 31, and impinging upon a dome 30 secured to the axle 15 by which the frame member 14 carrying the gyroscopic member is pivoted in the frame members 13. The air escapes through the space between the inner wall of the dome and the periphery of the plate 32 in which the ducts 31 are formed. The gyroscopic member is provided with a dial 25 co-operating with a sight 26 on the frame 14 to indicate the inclination of the axis of spin.
Patent GB-191410191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Colouring Cinematograph Films.
Inventor: FRIESE-GREENE WILLIAM
IPC: G03D15/00
Filed: 1914-04-24
Abstract: 10,191. Greene, W. Friese-. April 24. Stencilling.-To colour kinematograph films having a recurring series of pictures taken through colour screens the film b is fed over a plate m and under a templet c having holes d at one or more picture spaces apart. The templet is mounted on vertical rods connected by a rod k and can be lowered against the raising action of springs h by a lever f. The film is fed by the sprocket n, each turn of which by the handle brings a fresh set of pictures under the templet. The colour is applied by means of a sponge or otherwise and when all the (say) red pictures have been coloured the film is passed through the machine to colour another series. An adjustable roller s is provided to register the pictures of the film with the templet c.
Patent GB-191414692-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cabinets for Polo Outfits.
Inventor: CEZAR ISAAC DE OLIVEIRA
IPC: A47B61/00
Filed: 1914-06-18
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 14,692. Cezar, I. de O. June 18. Cabinets.-A cabinet for a polo outfit comprises sides B, C, D hinged to a back A which is fixed to a base, which may be a box E. The sides B, C, D may be folded out as shown and are provided with clips or leather strips for supporting various articles and the back A is fitted with brackets K for supporting saddles. The sides, bottom, and a lid F are provided with dowels for engagement with corresponding sockets when the cabinet is closed. The cabinet is locked by hasps H engaging staples and secured by a padlocked rod, and by a hasp J and staple secured by a padlock.