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Patent GB-191304584-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Selective Electric Signalling.
Inventor: HARRISON HARRY HUGHES
IPC: H04Q5/08
Filed: 1913-02-22
Granted: 1914-02-23
Abstract: 4584. Harrison, H. H., and Jacobs, C. M. Feb. 22. Party-line systems are arranged with two polarized relays at each substation, and the contacts of these relays are interconnected with the line terminals and the bell contact so that a station can be selectively called by applying positive or negative current to one or other or both line wires, and then applying ringing current to one or other of the lines. With the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, station 1 is selected by applying positive current to line L<1>, thus bringing the armature of relay a on to its right-hand contact and connecting the line L<2> to earth through this contact and the ringer c. The station is called by applying alternating current to the line L<2>. Station 2 is selected bv applying positive current to line L', and then applying ringing current to the same line. Selection can be made of one of sixteen stations by the different arrangements of positive and negative current on one or both lines, and further selection can be made by the use of different ringing currents, as by alternating or pulsating currents of different frequencies. In a modified form, the relays a, b are placed in the lines and are shunted by condensers to take the speech currents. Telephone instruments may be connected across the lines, the secondary of the induction coil having the middle of its winding connected to earth. The central station may be called from a sub-station by earthing one of the lines. Fig. 4 shows a commutator arrange. ment for applying the selecting and ringing currents to the lines L<1>, L<2>. The bars j<1> ... j<8> may be arranged radially on a disk, raised portions being provided to connect the contacts k<1> ... k<4> in the proper way. The ringing- generator M is applied to the lines by the switches o, p, and the inductances l, m prevent the leakage of the ringing current on to the second line.
Patent GB-191306680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Cooling Glass-melting and like Furnaces.
Inventor: GOBBE OLIVIER
IPC: C03B5/44
Filed: 1913-03-18
Granted: 1913-05-15
Abstract: 6680. Gobbe, O. Aug. 19, 1912, [Convention date]. Cooling.-One or more courses of the walls of a tank or like furnace for melting glass are formed of recessed blocks c, arranged as shown in Fig. 1, and into the recesses of the blocks air is supplied from a pipe a by means of tuyeres b for the purpose of keeping the walls cool. To the bottom ends of the recesses in the blocks, plates d of refractory material may be applied, as shown in Fig. 3, to prolong the life of the blocks. Instead of air, atomized water or steam may be employed, in which case the recesses in the blocks are lined with metal to prevent deterioration.
Patent GB-191306731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Eyeglasses.
Inventor: WHEWAY FRANCIS HOWARD
IPC: G02C5/12
Filed: 1913-03-19
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 6731. Wheway, F. H. March 19. Eyeglasses.-In eyeglasses having plaquets f on spring-controlled pivoted arms g which project forward so that they can be manually operated, the springs h are arranged to lie in alinement with the edge of the lens or lens frame b. The spring h, Fig. 1, may be soldered or otherwise secured as at m to the front of the frame b, or in the rimless type the spring h<1> may be secured to the lug n and be U-shaped as shown in Fig. 4.
Patent GB-191315630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wrenches.
Inventor: GUESDON FERNAND OVIDE
IPC: B25B13/20
Filed: 1913-07-07
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 15,630. Guessdon, F. O. July 7. Sliding-jaw wrenches.-The movable jaw of a wrench is provided with a shank 17 of T-section sliding in yokes 13, 14 on the fixed jaw, and is locked in adjusted position by rocking arms or bars 22 pivoted at one end in V-shaped recesses 19 in the fixed jaw and adapted at the other end to engage with and bind against the projecting flanges of the shank 17. The arms 22 are normally forced into engagement with the shank by means of leaf springs 24.
Patent GB-191318108-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Union Suits.
Inventor: HENDERSON MARK MITCHELL
IPC: A41B9/08
Filed: 1913-08-08
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 18,108. Henderson, M. M. Aug. 8. Combinations. - A union suit of non-elastic material comprises a body part and drawers connected to a waistband b and having fullness only at the back and front above and below the waistband at c, d, e, f. The body is made in two parts sewn together at the sides i and has a front opening j. The drawers are also made in two parts joined at the sides and one leg has a side opening h.
Patent GB-191319946-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Confectionery.
IPC: A23G3/20
Filed: 1913-09-03
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 19,946. Packer & Co., H. J., Walker, H., and Hay, R. B. Sept. 3. Coating bakers' and confectioners' goods.- Confections are delivered from a coating- machine on to a long travelling band, which may be formed of aluminium and may be artificially cooled; the goods are cooled thereon or allowed to set, and are transferred to trays by gravity in such a manner that they completely fill the area of each tray. The goods are delivered from a chocolate-coating machine 1 on to a table 3 having side members 3<a> supported by stanchions 3<b>. Travelling over the table is an endless conveyer 4 preferably formed of thin sheet metal such as aluminium, which may be embossed with any name, device, or data to be impressed on the goods. The table is curved at the end, and the conveyer passes over a roller 5 at a sharp angle. The lower run of the conveyer passes between friction driving-rollers 6, 7 and also between a pair of friction rollers 8, 9. The rollers 6, 7 are driven through a clutch and worm gearing from the coating-machine. The side members of the table are extended and inclined downwards at the end 27, and a board or table 29 with an abutment 30 is pivoted at 28 to the extension. A stripping-member 23 supported on a pintle 25 is arranged tangentially to the curve of the table. A tray is placed on the board 29 and the chocolates slide down over the member 23 on to the tray. A second tray is mounted ready on a slightlyinclined roller path 35, and abuts against the first tray so that when the first tray is full it is removed and the second one slides into its place, the board 29 being raised into line with the roller path for this operation and adjusted by the toothed quadrant 31 and pawl 32. Cold water or brine may be contained in a tank or coils disposed below the conveyer for cooling the goods, or cold air may be used.
Patent GB-191320176-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Removing Moisture from Apparatus for Vending Postage Stamps and similar Objects Coated with Gum or Glue.
Inventor: WEDELIN CARL ROBERT
IPC: F26B21/08
Filed: 1913-09-06
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 20,176. Wedelin, C. R. Sept. 6. Drying-agents or desiccants. - For removing moisture from apparatus for vending postage stamps and the like, a receptacle 2 within the apparatus contains a water-absorbing salt such as calcium chloride, and has an outlet tube 3 for leading off any solution formed, the lower end of the tube being in the shape of a gutter as at 5, Fig. 1; or as an alternative, a screwed end piece 6, Fig. 2, may be provided having a funnel-shaped opening at the bottom.
Patent GB-191320192-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Shaping, Graduating or Calibrating Tubes of Glass or the like.
Inventor: KUEPPERS KARL
IPC: C03B23/055
Filed: 1913-09-06
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 20,192. K³ppers, K. Sept. 6. Shaping glass tubes.- Relates to the manufacture of glass tubes of special longitudinal or cross-section. A mandrel c, d of the required shape is placed inside a cylindrical glass tube a, b which is closed at one end and exhausted. The tube a, b is then progressively heated by an electrically - heated ring n or otherwise, which causes it to collapse upon the mandrel as shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the tube are cut off and the mandrel extracted. The mandrel c, d mayÀ be engraved with graduations which are reproduced upon the finished tube. The mandrel may be divisible into several parts to facilitate extraction. The softened tube may be pressed mechanically upon the mandrel instead of by atmospheric pressure.
Patent GB-191320257-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Knife Sharpener for Chaff Cutters and like Machines.
Inventor: BENTALL EDMUND ERNEST
IPC: B24B3/40
Filed: 1913-05-13
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 20,257. Bentall, E. E., and Bingham, G. C. May 13. Cutting-edges, treating. - Apparatus for sharpening the blades of chaff-cutters comprises a grinding-wheel, or reciprocating or oscillating abrasive agent c mounted in a holder a adapted to be guided along the edge of the knife to be sharpened by means of a guide, or of rollers g constructed to run on the edge of the knife but free of the actual cutting-portion thereof. The arrangement allows the abrasive agent to vary the position of its grinding-face about an axis which moves with the holder a and is approximately perpendicular to the plane of the knife edge. The grinding-spindle may be movable endways.
Patent GB-191325576-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Golf Caddies.
Inventor: NASH JOHN PETER
IPC: A63B55/04
Filed: 1913-11-08
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 25,576. Nash, J. P. Nov. 8. Golf clubs, bags for.-A support for golf caddies &c. comprises a metal tube A removably attached to the bag by a spring grip B, and an eyed lug D entering a fixed socket F. A rod M normally projecting from the tube carries a lug L working in a longitudinal slot in the tube, and this lug is connected by pivoted flexible metallic arms K to wooden legs J, which are attached to plates I pivoting on ears on a lug G on the tube. When the bag is placed on the ground, the rod M slides with respect to the tube, and the legs J open outward, a tripod support being thus formed. When the bag is lifted, the legs may be pressed in against its side, and may be secured in position by a lug N on the rod fitting in the hooked end of a spring O on the lug G. In a form in which the legs automatically close on lifting the bag, the tube is cut away at the bottom, and a clip on the rod carries straps &c. forming a cradle in which the bag rests, the cradle being connected to the rod by a flexible strap adapted to pull it down. The attachment may be permanently secured to the bag, and, according to the Provisional Specification, this may be done by stitching.
Patent GB-191326936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Strainers for use in the Manufacture of Paper.
Inventor: THIRY LEON
IPC: D21D5/06
Filed: 1913-11-22
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 26,936. Thiry, L. July 24, [Convention date]. Rotary strainers.-A vibratory motion is given to the rotary drum C of a pulp strainer by means of variable unbalanced pulleys p which rotate on a shaft A mounted on the levers L on which the trunnions of the drum rest. The supports m, n are of wood, fibre, &c. and their position is such that the vibration causes the rotation of the drum, for instance, the block m may be on the line joining the centres of the drum D and the pivot B of the lever L, and the block n spaced 135 degrees from it. The free end of the lever L is supported on an adjustable spring F.
Patent GB-191328581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Cleaning Rollers in Self-acting Mules or Spinning or like Machines.
Inventor: GREEN EDWARD
IPC: D01H5/64
Filed: 1913-12-11
Granted: 1914-08-20
Abstract: 28,581. Green, E. Dec. 11. Rollers and roller heads. - The bottom roller is cleaned by means of a rod or lath 5 of wood &c., covered or not as desired, and carried by spring brackets 6 on the bar 4. The pressure may be adjusted by bending the brackets, or the brackets may be adjustably secured as by pins and slots to the bar 4. To remove the bar from contact with the roller, it may be tilted as shown in dotted lines.
Patent GB-191328798-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pit Prop Drawing or Hauling Apparatus.
Inventor: DAVIS JAMES
IPC: B66D3/02
Filed: 1913-12-13
Granted: 1914-09-24
Abstract: 28,798. Davis, J. Dec. 13. Lever load-handling appliances.-In lever- and-ratchet hauling-apparatus for removing pit props, special means are provided for preventing the load chain from moving backwards while the ratchet box and lever are readjusted on the ratchet bar to get a fresh grip on the load chain. A three-sided box is secured to, or formed on, the end of the ratchet bar B<2> and supports four guide-pegs H for the load chain F, a peg D carrying a spring-pivoted pawl E, and a second peg C for anchoring both ends of the spring G. As the chain is drawn to the left during the hauling operation, the pawl is raised by the vertical links and falls again to engage each horizontal link so as to prevent movement of the chain in the reverse direction. The pawl may be raised by the lever E<1> to draw the chain back to engage another prop.
Patent GB-191402366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Heating by the Circulation of Hot Water.
Inventor: BOND LEONARD
IPC: F24D3/00
Filed: 1913-06-04
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 2366. Bond, L. June 4, 1913. [Cognate Application, 2367/14.] Boilers. - A boiler for heating water for incubators &c. is of conical shape with an internal heating space 36. The return pipe of the heating system opens into a cross pipe in the space 36.
Patent GB-191403527-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Needles and other Small Pointed Articles.
Inventor: JENKINSON WILLIAM GEORGE HARRY
IPC: B21G3/04
Filed: 1914-02-11
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 3527. Jenkinson, W. G. H., and Woodfield, V. Feb. 11. Needles and the like, pointing.-Gramophone needles and other small pointed metal articles are pointed by carrying them past grinding- wheels w, w<1>, w<2> and rotating them on their axes as they pass the grinding-wheels. The needles, before pointing, are fed into notches in the peripheries of two carrier-plates n, n<1> secured to, and rotated by, a spindle v and rest on the periphery of a disk r free on the spindle and rotated by means of epicyclic pinions s carried by the carrier-plate n<1>, one of the pinions engaging a fixed pinion t on the frame of the machine, and the other engaging a pinion u on the disk r. The needles are held in the notches in the carrier-plates as they pass the grinding-wheels by a stationary band p, which also, in conjunction with the rotary disk r, serves to rotate the needles on their axes; tension in the band is maintained by means of a spring q or a weight. Endlong movement of the needles during grinding is prevented by a guard z; when the pointed needles reach the end of the guard, they fall out of the carrier at x into a discharge hopper. Discharge is ensured by a fixed blade y lying between the carrier-plates. The needles may be pointed at both ends if desired bv suitable additions to the machine. The Specification also describes a wire straightener b, two reciprocatory grippers c actuated by cams f to feed the wire a, from which the needle blanks are cut, to shears d through a guide m, and a spring plate o for directing the severed wire blanks into the notches in the carrier-plates.
Patent GB-191409493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Windows and Casements.
IPC: E06B3/44
Filed: 1914-04-16
Granted: 1915-04-29
Abstract: 9493. Crittall, V. G., and Crittall Manufacturing Co. April 16. Window frames. - A window having metal frames which slide up and down in metal jambs comprises a vertical T-iron a, Fig. 3, fixed in each side wall and carrying, for the upper sash or casement, a flange or angle-iron a' and an angle-iron g laterally adjustable by means of slots and screws, and for the lower sash or casement, a clamping-strip h and an adjustable angle-iron n,. The casements are of the kind described in Specification 7185/11. The sliding frames c, j are provided with rollers f, m, and bronze strips a<3> c<1>, h<2>, j<1> are fitted to the wearing-edges of the sliding frames and guides. The sashes balance each other and are fitted with meeting-plates q, Fig. 2; a cast-iron sill r. bolted to the lower ends of the T-irons, is formed with a draining-hole r<1>.
Patent GB-191410143-A (GB)
Title: Improvements appertaining to Card Motion Mechanism for Change Box Looms.
Inventor: WILKINSON STEPHEN
IPC: D03D43/00
Filed: 1914-04-24
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 10,143. Wilkinson, S. April 24. Change-box motions.-In pattern mechanism for change box motions, wherein three or more cylinders are used, two or more cylinders 2, 3, Fig. 1, are mounted on a stud 4, the cylinder 2 being rotated by a ratchet 9<c> carried by a lever 9 controlled by the cylinder 3, while the cylinder 3 is rotated by a ratchet 9<d> on a lever 9<b> controlled by the cylinder 2 as usual, the lever 9, however, being provided with a pin 9 , Fig. 4, whereby it may be controlled indirectly from an additional cylinder 12 mounted on' a shaft 12<a> on the top rail. The cylinder 12 is rotated by a spring - controlled ratchet 10<a> on a lever 10, which is raised by a fork 13, its descent being permitted by a groove x in the cylinder 2 when the operative card has not a part projecting over the groove, so that the cylinder 2 controls the rotation of the cylinder 12. A projection 14<a> on a pattern chain 14, carried by the cylinder 12 and an adjustable cylinder 16, raises a lever 15 and a rod 15<a>, so that, through a lever 15<b>; a sliding p'ece 11 is moved from under the pin 9<a> and the ratchet 9<c> is allowed to assume the operative position. In a modification, an oscillating piece is substituted for the piece 11. The cylinders 2, 3 have spring-actuated levelling- devices 5<a>, 5, the device 5a for the outer cylinder being easy of access for the operative to actuate this cylinder by hand. According to the Provisional Specification, the superposed cylinder may carry cards with pegs.and be arranged with its axis parallel to those of the other cylinders.
Patent GB-191411067-A (GB)
Title: Feeding Mechanism for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: D05B27/02
Filed: 1914-05-05
Granted: 1914-10-15
Abstract: 11,067. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. May 5. Sewing-machines; feed by dog.-A feed-bar 24 is actuated by eccentrics, the straps 28, 34 of which have pin-and-socket connexions 29, 30 and 32, 33 with the rocking frame 17 and feedbar 24 respectively. The boss of the eccentric 28 is carried by a slide 7 which can be moved transversely in a block 5 by means of a screw 11, the worm of which engages teeth on the slide.
Patent GB-191417706-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Variable Speed Gears for Self-propelled Vehicles.
Inventor: ODDIE FRED ALBERT
IPC: F16H61/02
Filed: 1914-07-27
Granted: 1915-07-27
Abstract: 17,706. Oddie, F. A. July 27. Automatic speed control. - Variable-speed gears, described in connexion with self-propelled vehicles, are automatically changed in accordance with the speed of the driven shaft and the load on the engine, bv means of a centrifugal governor, the speed of which is proportional to that of the driven shaft. The arrangement is such that, whereas the change - speed gear is automatically actuated at certain predetermined speeds of the shaft, no change takes place between these speeds. This is effected by trip mechanism which operates the change-speed gear in certain definite steps. A driving-shaft A rotates the driven shaft B through changespeed gear, comprising gear-wheels C, C', C<2> for first speed, second speed, and reverse respectively, in mesh with wheels D<3>, D<2>, D<4> on the countershaft D driven from the wheel E on the driving-shaft A. The wheels C, C', C<2> are fitted with internal friction clutches Cx, C'x, C<2>Î moved radially to effect engagement by plungers F' operated by an enlarged portion G' of a sliding shaft G. Direct drive is effected through the clutch F<3>, and when the enlarged portion G<1> brings this clutch into operation, the recessed portion G<2> is opposite the clutch E<Î>, which is then inoperative. The axial movement of the shaft G takes place under the action of an arm H through a pin G<3>, the arm projecting from a cylindrical casing H<1> carried in guides J. Within the casing H<1> is a spring - loaded piston connected to a rod L actuated by the governor N<3>. The casing H<1> carries pawls H<2>, H<3> engaging teeth on the guides J, on each side of the central position corresponding to the number of gears. The arm H is thus locked in any position into which it has been moved until the governor rod L moves sufficiently in one or other direction against the action of the springs M to raise one of the pawls H<2>, H<3>, by means of the rollers K<2> on the pin K<1>. The springs M will then move the rod G and automatically change the gear. This change may take place in either direction. The initial movement of the gear at starting may be effected by a hand-lever R actuating the arm H through a pivoted fork P. The governor N<3> is driven off the driven shaft B and fitted with a free-wheel device to avoid strain when overrunning. In the event of the shaft G jamming and the rod L consequently sliding further than is required to release the pawls H', H<3>, means are provided for short-circuiting the engine, comprising a projection H<5> on the pawl H<2> which contacts with the roller K<2> and raises the pawl to touch the insulated rod T connected with the ignition circuit. This will effect the release of the clutch and free the shaft G. The governor rod N is arranged so as to be axially movable to adjust the tension of the spring N<6> so as to permit the drive through a gear other than that which would normally be determined by the actual speed of the driven shaft.
Patent GB-191417931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Atmospheric or Power Hammers.
Inventor: SLEE JOHN
IPC: B21J7/24
Filed: 1914-07-29
Granted: 1915-08-30
Abstract: 17,931. Slee, J., Trevor, R. E. B., and Johnson, H. W. July 29. [Cognate Application, 1462/15.] Power hammers.-Beam hammers have their opposite ends connected to the tup and to the actuating eccentric, cam, or crank through pneumatic cushions and their pivots adjustable by hand-controlled power, The tup 1, Fig. 1, is carried by pistons 11 connected by a flattened rod 14, Figs. 5 and 6, passing through a stuffing-box between two open-ended cylinders 12. The cylinders have a series of ports 17, one of which in the desired position in each cylinder being left unplugged and also non-return inlet valves 16 preferably arranged in the adjustable blocks 18. In a modification, a single piston working in a closed cylinder with inlet valves at each end is employed. The cylinder is reciprocated in guides 8 by a beam 6, which is reciprocated by a 'clutch-driven crank 48, Fig. 2, through adjustable pistons 60 having inlet valves and working in openended cylinders 61 connected to the beam 6. The pivot 7 of the beam is adjusted vertically by mounting it eccentrically on a disk 22, Fig. 1, rotated in either direction by a belt 53 through friction drums 51, 50 brought into gear by an eccentric mounting 52 and hand-lever 54, bevels 31, 29, 30, worm and wheel 26, and gears 24, 23. Either bevel 29 or 30 can be clutched to its shaft by means of a treadle-operated lever 32. The movement of the disk 22 is limited by stops 37, on a bar 36 connected to the wheel 26, engaging the lever 32. The disk 22 is counterbalanced by a weight 39 and steadied by a continuous spring brake 56. In a modification, the pivot 7 is mounted on a slide-rack 41, Fig. 2, operated by a pinion 43 and worm gear &c. as before. In other modifications (not shown) the pivot 7 may be adjusted by hand gear or by pneumatic or hydraulic pistons, the tup 1 may be connected to the cylinder and the piston to the beam, or the cylinders of a pair may have a different cross-section.