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Patent GB-191219239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Hides and Skins Prior to and During Tannage.
Inventor: GROTH LORENTZ ALBERT
IPC: C14C15/00
Filed: 1912-08-22
Granted: 1913-08-22
Abstract: 19,239. Groth, L. A. Aug. 22. Electric tanning; treatments preliminary to tanning; agitating skins in vats.-During preparatory or tanning operations, with or without the passage of an electric current through the bath, hides and skins are given an edgeways and purely horizontal movement in the bath, whereby the liquor is given an horizontal movement in a direction opposite to that in which the skins move. As shown in Fig. 1, the skins H are hung from cross-bars L on a frame B which is reciprocated by a crank O. When an electric current is used, it may be passed through the skins themselves, through the liquid in the bath, or through both, as represented in Fig. 4, in which the skins are indicated at H. For passing the current through the skins, they are hung by metal chains and hooks from metal rods which are carried by the frame B and form the electrodes. Alternatively, they may be hung from a metal frame made in two parts which are insulated from each other and are connected to the electric supply. For electric connexion, the tanks are divided into batteries, connected in series or multiple series and the several batteries are combined in parallel to form blocks. Thus, a total of ninety-six tanks might be divided into four blocks each of which contains six batteries of four tanks. The process is applicable to washing, softening, sterilizing, liming, unhairing, de-liming, and plumping hides or skins, as well as to treating them with tanning-liquor.
Patent GB-191220838-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Retaining the Breech Blocks of Automatic Firearms in the Rearward Position when the Magazine is Empty.
Inventor: BORCHARDT HUGO
IPC: F41A17/36
Filed: 1912-09-12
Granted: 1913-07-17
Abstract: 20,838. Borchardt, H. Sept. 12. Breech actions, sliding breech-block.-Relates to automatic guns of the kind having a catch operated by the cartridge-lifter for holding the breech-block open when the magazine is empty, and consists in making the catch resiliently displaceable in the direction of the movement of the breech-bolt. In the construction shown, the catch comprises a lever a mounted by a hook a<2> on a fixed pivot pin g<1> and pressed rearwards by a spring f<1>. This spring acts at a point a<3> below the pivot-pin so that it tends to depress the nose a' of the catch lever.
Patent GB-191224060-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Synthetic Resinous or Gummy Compounds.
IPC: C08G63/06
Filed: 1912-10-21
Granted: 1913-08-28
Abstract: 24,060. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Oct. 21. Varnishes.-The resinous condensation products obtained by heating malic acid with polyhydric alcohols such as glycol, glycerine, and mannite, are used in varnishes and to impregnate tape for electric insulation.
Patent GB-191224199-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Airships.
Inventor: ANDERSSON IVAN
IPC: B64B1/00
Filed: 1912-10-23
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 24,199. Andersson, J. Oct. 23. Floats for acrial machines.-Floats 2 consist of cylindrical receptacles which may be filled with water and discharged when an ascent is to be made. They may be drawn up to the balloon during flight and are fitted with pipes 4 controlled by valves to receive and discharge water.
Patent GB-191225786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pumps.
Inventor: VANSTRAETEN MAURICE
IPC: F04B53/14
Filed: 1912-11-09
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 25,786. Vanstraeten, M. Nov. 9. Screw - actuated pumps; air traps.-In a reciprocatory pump of the kind in which the reciprocation is effected by means of a nut or equivalent member fixed to the piston co-operating with a screw driven alternately in opposite directions of rotation, a device is provided which, at each stroke of the pump, imparts rotary movement to a gear-wheel, the spindle of which opens an air-outlet valve upon each complete revolution, whereby the presence of air in the discharge of the pump is avoided. To the piston member 9 is secured a non-rotary nut 8 guided in a groove 10 of the frame and in engagement with a screw-thread 7, on a shaft 1, which is rotated alternately in opposite directions by means of a pair of toothed or friction, spur or bevel pinions 2, 3 adapted to be engaged alternately by the driving-portion 4<1> of a corresponding mutilated gear-wheel 4. The gear-wheel 4 may be continuously rotated by means of a hand crank, or by means of a toothed gear 14 on the spindle of a driving-pulley 15. At the end of each discharge stroke a rod 11, attached to the nut member 8, pushes one tooth of a pinion 13 connected to an air exhaust valve which is opened upon each complete revolution of the pinion.
Patent GB-191226587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corking Machines.
Inventor: PINDSTOFTE ANDERS ANDERSEN
IPC: B67B1/04
Filed: 1912-11-19
Granted: 1913-02-20
Abstract: 26,587. Pindstofte, A. A. Nov. 19. Corking.-Consists of a corking-machine in which the bottle rest l, Fig. 1, and its bottle are released at any predetermined point of the corking for the purpose of regulating the depth of insertion of the cork, and in which a flat spring 9, located above a lever 5 operating the bottle rest, is adapted to raise the bottle rest without shock and to come against the lever 5 on completion of the upward movement, and also in which a step-by-step rotating disk q, which controls the automatic travel of the bottles, is released during the downward movement of the bottle rest for the purpose of placing the bottles automatically upon the bottle rest, and, after corking, upon a conveyer p at the rear of the machine. The lever 5 is operated by an arm 6, Figs. 1 and 3, a lug 4 on which is kept by a spring 7 in position, to be engaged by an eccentric pin 3 on a disk 2 mounted on the driving-shaft c. As soon as the pin 3 releases the lug 4, the lever 5 and also the bottle rest return to the position shown in Fig. 1. The extent to which the arm 6 can move to the left is regulated by an adjustable stop 10. The smaller the movement, the quicker the pin 3 frees the lug 4 and the less the cork is pressed into the bottle. The driving- shaft c is connected with the driving pulley d, Fig. 1, by a clutch f which is normally held out of engagement by the clutch lever being engaged by a lever which projects into the bottle guide n. A bottle entering the disk q, trips this lever causing it to release the clutch lever whereupon the clutch is coupled with the shaft c by a spring. On the completion of the operation, a cam 11 engages the clutch lever to uncouple the clutch and put the clutch lever into position to be re-engaged by the bottle-operated lever. A second cam 12, Fig. 1, operates a detent u which controls the disk q, the disk, when released, being rotated by any suitable mechanism.
Patent GB-191229366-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machine Tools of the Boring, Drilling, Milling and the like Type.
Inventor: LANDO SILVIO
IPC: B23B45/04
Filed: 1912-12-20
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 29,366. Land�, S., and Monteverde, L. Dec. 20. Fixed-abutment type; valve-gear &c.-The distributing valve 15, Figs. 1 and 3, of a rotary engine of the outwardly - sliding vane type, serves also to reverse the engine and is seated in a conical bushing 16 by a spring 25 and screwed bushes 38. A squared projection 33 provides operative connexion with the handle 14 and has an exhaust port 34. The valve has four ports and has a partition 32 to separate supply from exhaust. The bushing 16 has three ports and is ribbed to fit the casing as shown. A lubricator delivers to the lower part of the motor at the level 28.
Patent GB-191306804-A (GB)
Title: Improved Blotter.
Inventor: BRESTLIN AXEL
IPC: B43L17/04
Filed: 1913-03-19
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 6804. Brestlin, A. March 19. Blotting-appliances.-The blotting-paper d is attached to the oval body part a of the blotter by means of clamps c which pass through slits a' in the body part and are kept in clamping engagement with the paper d by means of one or two springs b, b<1> attached to the inner ends of the clamps. The outer ends c<1> of the clamps are bent downwards at right-angles, and are formed wi th teeth for gripping the paper d and the inner ends of the clamps are also bent at rightangles to form lugs by which the clamps can be forced outwards when new sheets of blotting- paper are to be attached.
Patent GB-191307322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheeled Gun Carriages.
Inventor: SCHNEIDER EUGENE
IPC: F41A23/28
Filed: 1913-03-27
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 7322. Schneider, E. March 27. Field carriages; recoil apparatus.-Consists in forming the axle of a field carriage in three parts, and in connecting the outer, or wing, parts to the central part in such a manner that they may be inclined towards the ground to form stays or supports for the carriage during firing. The wheels may be removed, or the outer ends of the axle may be hinged to the wings so that one or both of the wheels may be laid flat upon the ground. In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the inner parts of the two wings b are curved and toothed, and slide within the central, carriage-supporting, part a of the axle. Toothed gears c operated by handwheels d enable one or both wings b to be moved outwards to incline the wings, and the ends e of the wings are hinged so that the wheels f may be laid flat, in which position the wheels are secured by pegs m driven into the ground. If only one wing is inclined, as shown in Fig. 2, its wheel forms a training-pivot for rough training. The fine training is effected by a worm-gear q, r, by which the upper carriage j is moved around a pivot h on a sleeve g freely mounted upon the central axlepart a. In the construction shown in Fig. 8, the wings b are telescopic and are pivoted to the central part a. The telescoping parts and the axle-ends e are secured in the travelling position by cotters u. The change to the firing-position is effected by withdrawing the cotter pins and removing the wheels and parts e. The inner sections t of the wings b are then drawn out and again secured by the cotters. When turned down, the circular plates t<1> at the ends of the parts t rest upon the ground. In the construction shown in plan in Fig. 12, in the travelling position, the axle-wings b and also the two trail-beams n, of a divided trail, are pivoted to the central part a by ball-and-socket joints. The wings b have spigots e for the wheels and have also extensions b<2> pivoted to their ends. In the position shown, the extensions b<2> are folded back and form stays for the carriage, but, when the wheels are removed from the spigots, the parts b' are swung round to form extensions of the wings b, and, together with the trail-beams n, form a four-legged support for the gun-carriage.
Patent GB-191307906-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Furniture and like Castors.
Inventor: VAUGHAN ERNEST
IPC: B60B33/00
Filed: 1913-04-04
Granted: 1913-11-20
Abstract: 7906. Vaughan, E. April 4. Castors.-In a castor in which the horn carries a sleeve or socket to receive a pintle on the bedstead, table, or other leg, the pintle 1 is secured to the socket 2 and the socket to the horn 3 by a single keeper spring 13. This spring, which may be shaped as shown, engages slots in the socket and a groove in the pintle, and projects across the closure plate 10 of the lower of two sets of ball bearings 8, 9.
Patent GB-191309340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Shearing Machines.
Inventor: WITHERS JOSEPH SUTTON
IPC: B23D19/08
Filed: 1913-04-21
Granted: 1914-02-12
Abstract: 9340. Withers, J. S., [Pettingell Machine Co.]. April 21. Shearing; shear blades.-Rotary shear blades M, P are carried by shafts L, 0, the axes of which are not parallel and do not intersect so that the acting cutting-edges cross. The shafts L, B<1> are mounted in a slide block I adjusted vertically by a handle I<3> and screw I<4> and the shaft 0 is adjusted axially by means of a screw plug O<4>. The shafts B, C are driven through spur gears from the shaft D on which is feathered the friction edge disk E which is moved axially across the friction face disk F to vary the speed. The disk F may be moved against the action of a spring away from the disk D by the lever Q to stop the machine.
Patent GB-191309732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loud Speaking Telephone Instruments.
IPC: H04M1/02
Filed: 1913-04-25
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 9732. Kelvin & J. White, and Field, M. B. April 25. Telephones, mounting and supporting. - In loud-speaking telephones for ships &c., the casing 1 is provided with a closure plate 2 hinged at 3 and adapted to be fastened by wing- nuts 5 or the like. The plate is dished to provide room for the transmitter and receiver, and is provided with projections 8 adapted to lock the switch lever 10 in the inoperative position when the plate is closed. The apparatus is rendered watertight by providing the casing 1 with a flange which engages a groove in the cover-plate, the groove containing a packing- cord. The standard 7 may have a catch for retaining the cover-plate in the open or speaking position.
Patent GB-191310204-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture and Production of Hydrogenized Organic Substances or Compounds.
IPC: C07D489/02
Filed: 1912-05-09
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 10,204. Vereinigte Chininfabriken Zimmer & Co. May 9, 1912, [Convention date]. Hydroquinine sulphate is prepared by treating quinine bisulphate with formic acid in the presence of palladium black. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) describes also the production of hydroquinine from quinine bisulphate, formic acid, and colloidal palladium; and the production of hydrocinnamic acid from cinnamic acid, formic acid, and palladium black. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191310716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Governors for Hydraulic and other like Motors.
Inventor: PITMAN PERCY HECTOR
IPC: G05D13/00
Filed: 1913-05-06
Granted: 1914-05-06
Abstract: 10,716. Pitman, P. H. May 6. Transmitting-mechanism.-The pilot valve 3 of a double-acting servomotor operating the gate, valve, &c. controlling the water supply to a turbine or other hydraulic motor is actuated directly by the sleeve k of a centrifugal governor to control the admission of fluid to and the exhaust from the servomotor, the valve having a movable sleeve 11 operated by the piston of the servomotor and constituting a valve-setting device. On the rotating governor sleeve k is mounted, non-rotatably, a cross-head l which at one end is adjustably connected to the piston valve and at the other is connected to the plunger W of an adjustable dashpot, the cylinder X of which is fulcrumed to a lever y pivoted midway to the governor frame and connected at its other end to the valve sleeve 11. The valve sleeve is connected by an eccentricrod with an eccentric operated through links by the cross-head of the servomotor, or the connexion may be through links and a bell-crank lever or through a cam. The dash pot serves to steady the piston valve during the movement of the valve sleeve 11. The piston valve 3 is divided into two parts by an annular space 4 which may be caused to connect the inlet 5 with either of the ports 6, 7 which control the admission of the pressure fluid e.g. oil to one or other of the ends of the servomotor, the other end being connected to the exhaust 9. The ends of the piston valve are serrated to give a gradual opening. The piston valve moves within a sliding sleeve 11 having ports which may be brought into register with the inlet 5 and the ports 6, 7.
Patent GB-191314545-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Steam-heated Cylinders of Drying Machines.
Inventor: GARSTANG TOM
IPC: F26B13/14
Filed: 1913-06-24
Granted: 1914-06-24
Abstract: 14,545. Garstang, T., Kershaw, J., and Gent, J. June 24. Rollers or cylinders, hollow.-In the steamheated cylinders of drying-machines, each dollyhead is provided with a ball or roller bearing in front of the inner face of the ordinary bearing, and separated therefrom by an oil-well or grease-cup, the lubricant in which reaches both bearings and prevents the escape of steam. As shown, each journal pin a is supported in a housing containing an adjustable gland b<1>, through which steam passes, and packing b<2>. A portion of the housing is recessed to receive a ball-race b<7>, another race b<8> being pressed or otherwise fixed on the journal pin, and the two are adjustably held in place and receive a ring of halls. Between this bearing and the stuffing- box is an oil-well D encircling the pin and having a removable cover d<1> ; in this well, a ring or collar d rotates on the pin. When grease is employed as a lubricant, the cap d<1> and collar d may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-191319994-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Toy Pistols.
Inventor: LASARES GEORGE CANNING
IPC: F41B7/00
Filed: 1913-09-04
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 19,994. Lasares, G. C. Sept. 4. Pistols.-A toy pistol is provided with a magazine g for cylindrical projectiles, formed within the walls of the barrel and eccentric to the bore f. The cylindrical projectiles h roll down into the bore f one by one, and are prevented from falling out of the muzzle by an elastic strip k secured to the magazine and depending into the bore.
Patent GB-191322335-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Floating or Buoyant Structures for Amusement or other purposes.
Inventor: IBERTI CARLO LORENZO
IPC: A63G31/00
Filed: 1913-10-03
Granted: 1914-12-17
Abstract: 22,335. Iberti, C. L. Oct. 3. Panoramas and spectacular exhibitions.-An amusement apparatus consists of a floating compartment or platform provided with a submerged tubular extension into which people can descend to inspect or photograph the bottom or surrounding portions of the sea. The floating compartment a communicates with a submerged compartment b by means of a tubular shaft c which contains stairways or a lift e. The compartment b is provided with windows f and watertight casings g<1> for electric lamps g which illuminate the surrounding water. People alight on the deck a<4>, and stairways d lead from the deck to the compartment a. The whole structure is connected by cables to suitable anchors, the ropes passing over winding- drums so that the cables may be adjusted as the structure rises and falls with the tide. In a modification, the structure may be rigidty connected to a pier, the compartment a being replaced by a deck which is secured to the upper end of the shaft c. The shaft c may also be surrounded by a second shaft c<1>, Fig. 8, and a number of inclined mirrors l arranged to reflect the view through the windows f into other mirrors m on the upper deck. The windows of the compartment h may consist of two circular glass plates f, Fig. 5<a>, mounted in a tubular casing f<2> so that there is a space between them. Suitable hinged covers may be .provided on the inner side to close the window in case of breakage, or exterior doors k may be normally supported in an open position by a bar k<1>, which can be withdrawn to allow the door to fall. The exterior door also may consist of a cover normally held open by a spring but closed by the water entering the window if the glass should break. Cameras may be provided in the lower compartment for taking cinematograph pictures. Each camera may be mounted on the inner member of a hall-and-socket joint, the lens being monnted in the exposed or outer surface of this inner member.
Patent GB-191322772-A (GB)
Title: Embroidering Stitch with Tied Rear Thread.
Inventor: MEYER AUGUST HERMANN
IPC: D05C3/02
Filed: 1913-10-09
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 22,772. Meyer, A. H. Oct. 9. Embroidering machines. - A loop stitch for embroidery machines is made by two threads, a top thread 5 carried by a needle 2, and a rear thread 17 carried by n looper 3 actuated by a cam 11. With the looper works a loop-taker 4 actuated by gearing 22, 23. The stitch is formed by the needle 2 carrying a loop through the material, the loop then being entered by the looper 3 passing down through the stitch plate 21. The loop-taker then enters and holds the loop of the rear thread 17 and the thread 5 is then drawn up. After feed, the needle 2 again enters the fabric, and as soon as the loop-taker catches the next loop of the thread 17, it releases the first loop around the second. The stitch so formed lias one front and three rear threads.
Patent GB-191324260-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Automatically Counter-balancing Sliding Windows, Shutters, Folding Berths, Doors and the like.
IPC: E05D13/00
Filed: 1913-10-27
Granted: 1914-10-27
Abstract: 24,260. Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, and Holloway, H. H. Oct. 27. Balancing.-The load is balanced in any position by springs a connected by chains or the like e to pivoted cams f which are shaped so that the radius in any position is inversely proportional to the strength of the spring. In the arrangement shown as applied to a sliding window in Fig. 1, the cams carry arms connected by detachable links k and corner plates m, l, Fig. 6, to the window b. The plates m are fixed to the window and are formed with holes r to receive set-screws n which engage in threaded holes q in the plates l. The ends of the links k are formed with bosses which are inserted in holes in the plates and are retained by screws s. By removing the set-screws n the balancing- apparatus is detached from the window, which can then be removed. On replacement of the window, the plates l are drawn down by means of finger-plates p so that the set-screws can be inserted in the holes q. In a modification shown in Fig. 9, the cams f are fixed to quadrants v connected by chains v<2>, screws d, and wire cords w<5>, passing round pulleys w<1>, w<2> to the window. Fig. 13 shows a berth x mounted on pivots x' carrying cams f<1> which are connected by chains e to the ends of the spring a.
Patent GB-191403048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pipes and Method of Joining same.
Inventor: NICHOLSON-LALLEY HENRY GEORGE
IPC: F16L13/11
Filed: 1914-02-05
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 3048. Lailey, H. G. Nicholson-. Feb. 5. Butt joints; joints held by cement, caulking, and the like.-Pipe ends are provided with flanges c, d having undercut annular recesses which register when the pipes are assembled and into which metal, cement, bitumen, or other suitable jointing-material f is introduced, forming a key to hold the pipes together. The sides of the recess in each flange are inclined to the axis of the pipe, and meet each other, or would meet if produced, at an acute angle. Additional holding-means such as bolts (not shown) passing through the flanges may be added, and a washer may be placed between the meeting ends e of the pipes. According to the Provisional Specification, dovetailed grooves may be formed in the adjoining faces of the flanges.
Patent GB-191403717-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Bevelling Glass Plates.
Inventor: FRANKINET-KIRBY JOEL
IPC: B24B9/10
Filed: 1914-02-12
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 3717. Kirby, J. Frankinet-. Aug. 6, 1913, [Convention date]. Bevelling. - Apparatus for bevelling rectangular plates of glass comprises a rotary grinder G and a slide I, which reciprocates radially of the grinder and has an arm J standing out over the grinder. An adjustable abutment K is carried by the arm J and serves to receive the upper edge of a glass plate 15, the lower edge of the plate being pressed into contact with the grinder by a weight N and piston M carried on an adjustable arm. Modifications of the plate-receiving abutment and of the pressure device are described.
Patent GB-191407335-A (GB)
Title: Silencer Device for the Admission of Air to the Pipe Connecting the Carburetter to the Engine.
Inventor: ROUBEAU GABRIEL
IPC: F02M23/00
Filed: 1914-03-23
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 7335. Roubeau, G. May 17, 1913, [Convention date]. Cylinders, pipes for; air suction, silencing.- Air is admitted into the induction pipe through a silencer comprising two chambers e, f, connected by perforations d, the admission to the chamber e being through perforations c. The quantity of'air is controlled by a valve j.