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Patent GB-191406396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Locomotive and like Boilers.
Inventor: TREVITHICK FREDERICK HARVEY
IPC: F22D1/42
Filed: 1914-03-13
Granted: 1915-03-15
Abstract: 6396. Trevithick, F. H. March 13. Feed-water, heating.-In a locomotive, marine, or other boiler having a feed-water heater carried by the smoke-box door, as described in Specification 28,019/11, the heater is supported by one or more brackets secured to the inside of the door. A heater, supported upon brackets c, Figs. 1 and 2, secured to a locomotive smoke-box door b, is built up of five sections, each of which consists of straight tubes connected to side headers formed by bolting together cast-iron or like plates e, f provided with webs or flanges on their inner faces. The sections are secured at one end by a strip l bolted to the bracket at the top and at the bottom and engaging with lugs on the headers. At the other end, the sections are secured by an adjustable strap n engaging with lugs on the headers and with a stop p at the top of the bracket. The lugs are formed with passages placing the header chambers of different sections in communication with one another. A heater may be suspended from a bracket having rabbeted edges in which slide lips or ledges formed on the heater. A hood s integral with or attached to the chimney r extends over the top of the heater and is held by flanges engaging in grooves in the inside header plates. Spark-arresting frames or screens of wire netting are inserted in grooves formed at the rear, bottom, and front of the header plates, and an additional screen v may be arranged over the whole of the rear of the heater. A pipe w, between the blast-nozzle and the chimney, may be raised to a position inside the chimney when starting the boiler or when examining the boiler tubes. A hinged connexion for the inlet and outlet pipes of the heater consists of a two-way tubular fitting x, Fig. 10, mounted in glands z in a second two-way fitting 1 carried upon the smoke-box door. An exhaust-steam feed-heater for heating the feed before entering the main smoke-box heater consists of a section as described above slid within a casing and mounted on any convenient portion of the framework of the locomotive.
Patent GB-191406543-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Brakes for Railway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: MASSON LOUIS MAXIME
IPC: B61H11/14
Filed: 1914-03-14
Granted: 1915-05-20
Abstract: 6543. Masson, L. M. March 15, 1913, [Convention date]. Hand actuation; forcetransmitting mechanism ; compensating for wear.- In winding-apparatus for the chains of railway and tramway brakes, means are provided for quickly bringing the blocks up to the wheels, and for automatically compensating for the wear of the blocks. In the form shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the hand-operated spindle 2, to which the chain 5 is secured, carries a pinion 6 engaging two pinions 7, 8 on a second spindle 3. The pinion 7 is fixed to the spindle 3 and formed with interrupted teeth, and carries a pawl 1 13 engaging ratchet teeth on the lower face of the pinion 8, which is loose on the spindle. An arm 9 fixed to the spindle 3 is connected by rods 10 to a shackle 11 carrying a pulley 12, over which the chain 5 is passed. Fig. 2 shows in underside view the position when the brakes are released. When the spindle 2 is rotated to apply the brakes, the shackle 11 is quickly moved to the position shown in Fig. 4, movement of the shackle beyond this being prevented by the interrupted portion of the pinion. The brakes are thus brought up to the wheels, and the required braking pressure is obtained by further winding of the chain upon the spindle 2. When the chain is unwound to release the brakes, the movement of the brake gear is limited to that allowed by the movement of the shackle 11, which abuts against stops, so that slack is automatically taken up by the pawl 13, the pawl serving also to turn the pinion 7 so as to bring its teeth again into gear at the commencement of the release movement. As the wear of the blocks increases, more of the chain becomes wound up on the spindle 2, and when it is desired to fit new blocks, complete unwinding of the chain may be allowed by releasing the pawl 13 by a bevelled cam 14. The device may be combined with air-brake apparatus, by introducing a ratchet lever between the brake piston-rod and the spindle 2. A double effort on the brake gear may be obtained by passing the chain 5 over a pulley block on the brake rigging and bringing back the end of the chain to the spindle of the pulley 12. Fig. 8 shows a modification in which a pinion on the spindle 2 engages with a pinion on the spindle 3, which gears with a fixed internallytoothed sector. Fig. 9 shows another form in which the pinion on the spindle 3 engages with an internal gear-wheel fixed to the spindle 2, and with a fixed central sector.
Patent GB-191408004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Washing Plates, Knives, Forks and the like.
Inventor: LOEFQUIST HJALMAR
IPC: A47L15/04
Filed: 1914-03-30
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 8004. L÷fquist, H. March 30. Plates, dishes, and the like, washing. - In machines for washing cutlery, crockery, &c., of the kind in which the articles are inserted in a cage suspended in a rotary water drum which is constructed to splash the water over the cage during the rotation, the drum is formed with specially-arranged internally-projecting surfaces to produce a vigorous splashing action. Figs. 1 and 2 show a machine in accordance with the invention. The articles are placed in a cage, which, in the form shown, is suitable specially for flat articles such as plates, and comprises two star-shaped end members connected by longitudinal bars 21 carrying pins to form racks for the articlea. Two pivoted members 22 of each end frame are moved apart to insert the articles, and afterwards locked by latches 23. The cage may rotate with the drum but, as shown, is non-rotating and rests upon angle-iron supports 19 so that it may be removed readily and replaced by other cages. The supports pass through the hollow trunnions of the rotary drum 7, which is fitted internally with a series of angled plates each having one radial side 20<a>, and is rotated through suitable gearing from the motor 14. Openings 15 are provided in the end walls, and a portion of the periphery of the drum is left open to permit ready access of the water from the tank 2 into the interior. The tank is supported on standards 1, is provided with electric or other heaters 4, and is closed by a semicircular hinged lid. One shaft 12 of the transmission gear may be extended as shown and used to drive other domestic cleaning-appliances.
Patent GB-191408134-A (GB)
Title: Device for Freeing Steam and similar Bodies from Impurities.
Inventor: HUELSMEYER CHRISTIAN
IPC: F22B13/10
Filed: 1914-03-31
Abstract: 8134. Hulsmeyer, C. March 31..Vo Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Indicating amount of liquid in steam.-A lamp bulb n is placed in front of a window v in the outlet pipe of a steam-separator to indicate by the dimming of the bulb the presence of oil or other impurities in the steam.
Patent GB-191408520-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Spindles for Spinning and Doubling Machinery.
IPC: D01H7/20
Filed: 1914-04-04
Granted: 1915-06-04
Abstract: 8520. Platt Bros. & Co., and Hall, R. P. April 4. Channels in verticalshaft bearings. - In a self - contained spindle bearing for spinning and doubling machines, a bolster b fits with slight play into a bolster-holder a, the bore of which opens directly at its upper end into an enlargement d serving as an oil reservoir, and the oil in the holder a serves to cushion the small movements of the bolster. The reservoir d is located below the warve h and is covered by it. A filling-passage 3 has a hinged cover 4, the end of which forms a hook 7 to retain the spindle in its bearings. The bolster b has two enlargements t, u grooved at x, y for the passage of oil, and an intermediate recess formed with slits communicating with the central bore. A projection on the bolster engages a groove in the holder to prevent its rotation. Dirty oil collects in a cavity z and may be removed by a pump through a lateral inclined tube. The lower part of the bolster-holder a may form a detachable oil-cup secured by screw-threads or by an outer screwed cap.
Patent GB-191408594-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Car Suspensions for Dirigible Balloons.
Inventor: CLEMENT-BAYARD ADOLPHE
IPC: B64B1/40
Filed: 1914-04-04
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 8594. Bayard, A. Clement-. April 8, 1913, [Convention date]. Cars.-The car a of a dirigible balloon is fitted with extension members b formed in one piece or of a number of pieces jointed together, shrouds c being connected between the extension members and the gas envelope to lend additional support to the car. The extension members are braced to the car by other shrouds d.
Patent GB-191410605-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Solutions of Cellulose or Materials Containing Cellulose.
Inventor: WILLSTAETTER RICHARD
Filed: 1914-04-29
Granted: 1914-08-07
Abstract: 10,605. Willstõtter, R. May 24, 1913, [Convention date]. Hydrochloric acid of a concentration greater than 39 per cent is prepared by passing gaseous hydrochloric acid into the commercial concentrated acid while cooling.
Patent GB-191410612-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Ammonia.
Inventor: CALVERT GEORGE
IPC: C01C1/04
Filed: 1914-04-29
Granted: 1915-05-20
Abstract: 10,612. Calvert, G. April 29. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Catalytic or contact apparatus; ammonia, catalytic production of, from nitrogen and hydrogen.-In the catalytic synthesis of ammonia, the catalyst, or heater, or both of these are moved relatively to the gases by an enclosed motor. By this arrangement, moving joints under pressure are avoided, and opportunity is given for the escape of the nascent ammonia by reason of the continual change in position of the reaction zone. The catalyst may be carried by an arm m, Fig. 1, in a reaction chamber c and rotated by an enclosed motor n, the catalyst being heated by an electric device h. Or the catalyst may be used in the form of powder loose in the reaction chamber, and agitated by an electric heater r, Fig. 2, arranged like a comb and rotated by an enclosed motor n. An absorbent for ammonia is supplied to a receiver lc from a reservoir t with cocks u, v. Specification 18,350/13 is referred to.
Patent GB-191418411-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Imprinting Advertisements and the like on Roadways.
Inventor: RYAN WILLIAM JOSEPH
IPC: G09F19/22
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 18,411. Ryan, W. J. Aug. 5, 1913, [Convention date]. Printing on pavements and roads.-Relates to means for printing advertisements or the like upon a pavement or roadway of the kind comprising a belt or tyre 1, carrying type and adapted for attachment around a wheel, and an inking-device 25 which can be brought resiliently into contact with the type by such means as a spring 30 on a shifting-rod 29. According to the invention, (1) a blower 31, which may be connected to the exhaust in the case of an automobile, is provided to clear the surface for the application of the type; and (2) the belt 1 has holders 7 secured to it by rivets 9 with split shanks, the wooden or other bodies 5, which carry rubber or like type 4, being slid into position and secured by means of the holders 7.
Patent GB-191418979-A (GB)
Title: Typewriting Machine Frame.
Inventor: KNAPP THERON LORENZO
IPC: B41J29/02
Filed: 1914-08-22
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 18,979. Knapp, T. L., and Harting, C. C. Jan. 23, [Convention date]. Type-lever machines.-Relates to the main framework, particularly for machines such as the ' Oliver ' and having substantially horizontal key-levers. (1) The base comprises an horizontal elevated top wall A, Fig. 1, an integral rear wall A<3>, integral side walls A<1> extended forwards beyond the front edge of the top wall A, and a front wall A integral with the extended side walls. The upper margins of the walls A<1>, A<2> are extended inwards as horizontal flanges a, a<1>. The keys B project in the space between the front edge of the wall A and the flanges a, a<1>. The wall A extends over the rear parts of the key-levers C and supports the key-lever pivot-rod b and springs c, and the paper-carriage and other operative parts located above the key-levers. The space-key L is located above the flange a<1>. Bosses f on the side walls A<1> form standards for rubber feet at the rear end of the machine. (2) The operative parts beneath the forward ends of the key-levers C. Fig. 1, are supported by a frame plate Q, which is secured by screws to downwardly-facing shoulders a<2> on the side walls A<1>, and is located at a distance from the front wall A<2> to leave an open space, thus avoiding a surface on which dust falling between the front ends of the keylevers C can accumulate ; the top of the plate Q is easily accessible through the open space. The plate Q carries a key-lever comb-plate Q' attached by screws, and is also provided with integral supports for the rock-shaft K' of the universal bar and the rock-shafts G<2>, G<3> of the carriage-shift actuation, and with integral projections Q<4> receiving rubber pads Q<5> to form the front feet. (3) The type-lever standards each consist of an angle-bar d, d<1>, Fig. 7, and an integral base-plate D<1> forming a rearwardly-extending foot D<2> and an outwardlyextending arm D<3>. The front margin of the arm D<3> is integral with a stiffening-rib D<4> extending to the front margin of the part d. The base-plate D' rests on an elevated seat formed on the top wall A, and is secured by means of a screw d<3> passing through the arm D<3> and engaging the top wall : a second screw d<4> engaging the arm D<3> and abutting on the top wall A provides means for adjusting the standard in relation to the printing-point. (4) A dust shield S, Fig. 1, for the central parts of the machine comprises a substantially horizontal portion S<1> flanged to fit between the side-wall flanges a and overlapping and secured to the top wall A by screw bolts, and an inclined portion S<2> extending to the type-lever standards D and continued centrally as an horizontal portion S<3> over the operative parts below the ribbon vibrator. The shield is slotted for the passage of the tabulator and margin release levers N and parts of the ribbon vibrator.
Patent GB-191421331-A (GB)
Title: Means or Method of Destroying or Dispersing Fog and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: NEWTH WILLIAM HENRY DAVID
IPC: E01H13/00
Filed: 1914-10-21
Granted: 1915-10-21
Abstract: 21,331. Newth, W. H. D. Oct. 21. Air and gas pressure sprayers; spraying- machines. - Apparatus for dispersing or condensing fog by projecting into the atmosphere currents or streams of heated air, or air and water, or spray, with or without chemicals, comprises a closed container c into which air is forced through a tapering conduit b by a rotary fan or blower a, and water by a pump d driven by a motor e. A safety-valve m may be provided, and the motor may be controlled by a float so as to maintain the water at a constant level. Spray or a mixture of air and water is discharged through pipes f, cocks g, flexible tubes h, and nozzles k. Jets of air and water may be delivered alternately. By means of pipes leading from the lower and upper parts of the container c, water may be forced into the central part of a compound nozzle and air into an annular outer part, so as to form spray. The air may be heated by being passed through a coil located in a steam chest or chamber or heated by petrol or other burners. A chemical solution may be sprayed or emploved to generate gas to be mixed with the jet. The gas may be obtained by treating bicarbonate of soda with tartaric acid. The apparatus may be fixed permanently in position or mounted on a ship or trolly. According to the Provisional Specification, jets of cooled air or vapour may be employed.
Patent GB-191421435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating Electric Incandescent Lamps.
IPC: H01K3/02
Filed: 1914-10-23
Granted: 1915-06-24
Abstract: 21,435. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 23. Filaments of concentrated form. Co-axial helices 7, 8 are in series, the outer one 7 being the more openly wound to expose the inner one 8, and being made thinner or otherwise of higher resistance to counteract its greater heat losses, so that both helices have the same temperature. The filaments are applicable to lamps for projectors; they consist preferably of tungsten and may be run in a vacuum, or in a gas, such as nitrogen or argon or a mixture, at about atmospheric pressure. To diminish loss of heat by conduction, the terminal ends 9, 10 may be notched. Specification 17,733/97 is referred to.
Patent GB-191423194-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Preserving Fresh Fish.
Inventor: SMITH GEORGE ALFRED
IPC: A23B4/06
Filed: 1914-11-27
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 23,194. Smith, G. A. Nov. 27. Preserving fish.-In preserving fresh fish by immersion in cooled concentrated and electrolyzed sea-water, the fish is placed in boxes 10, Fig. 4, having lowered or slotted sides and adapted to fit into cases through which the brine is circulated. The brine is passed through a filter comprising porous partitions 2, Fig. 1, and carbon-charged cylinders 3, 4, which serve as electrodes. The cases are connected by pipes and cocks arranged so that one or more of the cases may be cut out of the circuit.
Patent GB-191503356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Supporting Devices for Household Articles.
Inventor: SOMMERVILLE ROBERT
IPC: A47L13/512
Filed: 1915-03-02
Granted: 1915-12-02
Abstract: 3356. Sommerville, R. March 2. Loss-preventing attachments. - House old articles, such as brooms, dusters, mops, &c. are supported, when out of use, on the door or wall of a building by means of snap-fastenings, one member of which is let into a recess in the handle of the article, and the other fixed to the door or wall As shown, one fastening-element 3, which is bell-shaped, is secured by a pin 6 in a recess in the handle 1 and is formed with bent tongues 4 arranged to bear on the outer face of a dished annular ring 5. The other element 8 is ball-shaped and provided with a spring plate 9 and a pointed shank 10 to engage the wall or door.
Patent GB-191504453-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Playing a Game of Skill.
Inventor: SMITH FREDERICK
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 1915-03-22
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 4453. Smith, F. March 22. Tivoli billiards and the like.-Relates to Tivoli-billiards apparatus of the kind described in Specifications 6889/00 and 10,418/14, in which a disk 6, rotatable by the player is provided with obstacles and with a ball-catching device 7. The invention consists in providing a field of fixed obstacles 5 in the path of the ball above the disk.
Patent GB-191508538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Holding Wrapping Paper.
Inventor: POKE FREDERICK ROBERT
IPC: B65H35/00
Filed: 1915-06-09
Abstract: 8538. Poke, F. R., and Goodwin, G. W June 9. String - cutters. - A holder for a roll of wrapping-paper comprises fly-nuts 15 for clamping its parts together, exchangeable blades 14 for string- cutting purposes being secured to the wings of the fly-nuts.
Patent GB-191513471-A (GB)
Title: Arrangement in Ball Bearings for Taking Radial Pressure and Thrust.
IPC: F16C19/54
Filed: 1915-09-22
Abstract: 13,471. Gr÷nkvists Mekaniska Werkstads Aktiebolag. Sept. 28, 1914, [Convention date]. Ball bearings.-In a combined journal-load and thrust ball bearing for shafts &c., the outer race 4 of the journal bearing is free to slide axially in the casing, and the two end faces of the inner race 2, which is broader than the race 4, receive either directly or indirectly the load of the thrust balls 9. As shown, the balls 9 bear agaiost plane faces on rings 24 abutting against the ends of the race 2. The thrust rings 7 rest on spherical seatings in the casing, concentric with the spherical race surface 5 of the journal bearing.
Patent GB-191516757-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: BELL WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1915-11-27
Abstract: 16,757. Bell, W. T., and Jones, L. W. Nov. 27. Winding and paying-out apparatus on motorvehicles.-In motor-vehicles fitted with a winding-drum on the rear axle driven from the transmission gearing, the winding-drum and the differential are fitted without the use of keys, and the wheels are freed by means of easily detachable devices. The axle 1 is provided with a tee 2 and squares 3. The tee 2 is fitted with holes 5 for pins 6 for connecting the wheel 7. The pins are withdrawn to free the wheels and are provided with grooves for engagement with pivoted catch-plates 35. A similar tee is provided on the sleeve of the differential bevel for connexion with the other wheel. The squares 3 carry the winding-drum centre 8 and the differential bevel which drives the axle 1. The winding-drum 10 can be locked to the drum centre 8 by means of a catch-bar 22, which can be projected by hand into one of a number of holes 23 in the drum centre. The catch-bar 22 rides in a bracket 18, being retained therein by a screw 29, and is provided with a locking-notch 25 pressed into engagement with one of two grooves 21 in the bracket by a spring 26. The drum may be driven with the differential gear locked or unlocked.
Patent GB-191516856-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sighting Apparatus for Anti-aircraft Guns.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41G1/393
Filed: 1915-11-30
Abstract: 16,856. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Nov. 30. Sights.-Relates to anti-aircraft sighting- apparatus of the kind in which means, adjusted in accordance with the ascertained height of the target, are provided for automatically correcting the angle of tangent elevation for varying angles of sight during the elevation and depression of the gun. The invention comprises an arrangement in which a cam is provided, adapted to be adjusted initially according to the height of the target, and so designed as to impart the required corrections. In the ar rangement shown in Fig. 1, a stationary profile cam B is employed, initially adjusted about its pivot B<2> on the carriage A in accordance with the height of the target, by means of a hand-wheel (not shown) mounted on the righthand side of the gun and operating through gearing b<3>, B<3>. A graduated " height " dial is provided in conjunction with the operating hand-wheel, such dial being also graduated in terms of ranges or fuse timings and co-operating with a pointer passing across the face thereof as the gun is elevated. The cam B<1> acts upon the sight-arm B through the medium of a roller b<1>, which moves along the cam edge as the gun is elevated or depressed to bring the sight on to the target. A check roller b<1Î> engaging a groove B'X in the cam may also be provided. In Fig. 1, cross-connected sights are shown with gearing for effecting vertical and lateral deflexion corrections. A modification is shown in Fig. 3, in which the profile cam B<1> is pivoted on the cradle at B<2> and moves therewith without any bodily rotation, under the constraint of a parallel-link motion b<9> connected at its forward end to a bracket a on the carriage. Gearing may be substituted for the parallel motion b<9>. Instead of the profile cam, a surface or laminated cam may be used, in which case settings for different heights are obtained by relative axial adjustment of the cam or the roller. A surface cam may be used to superimpose a further correction for speed of target. In this case, the cam is adjustable angularly for heights as in the form shown in Fig. 1 and axially or longitudinally for speed of target, the centre lamination corresponding to zero speed and the laminµ on either side corresponding to targets approaching or receding at various speeds.