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Patent GB-191208469-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lamps and Lanterns.
Inventor: LORD JOHN ERNEST
Filed: 1912-04-10
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 8469. Lord, J. E. April 10. Signal and vehicular lanterns; search-lights; electric-lamp lanterns. - Light emitted in all directions from a luminous source is made parallel by lenses arranged in the form of a cube, prism, or the like, and is deflected into the required direction by reflectors. In one form, Fig. 2, the lenses A, A<1>, &c. are arranged in the form of a cube, each side having four lenses held in a tube c by springs c<1>. The tube c is adjusted by means of an external thread which works in a nut c<2>, or by other means such as a rack and pinion. Each reflector B<1>, B<2>, &c. is mounted on a slide C, which carries the nut c<2> and runs in grooves c<3> in the lamp casing D, clamping-screws d being provided. The reflectors are pivoted on supports b, and clamped by nuts b<1>. The back mirror B<2> may be arranged vertically to return the light directly to the front, or arranged obliquely, an auxiliary mirror being provided to return the light. The casing D is preferably in the form of a cross, with a rear piece D<2>, a front of glass or mica strips E with a slidable portion E<1>, and doors or slides d<2> in the arms. The electric wires or gas pipes are preferably led in diagonally across the cube. Fig. 5 shows in plan an arrangement with plano-convex lenses arranged to form a triangular prism, the casing D being rectangular with a downwardly projecting portion (not shown). With an oil, acetylene, or like burner, a chimney and outlets in the casing are provided above the burner in place of lenses. Fig. 6 shows a simple form without adjustments, and Fig. 8 shows the arrangement with an arc lamp having diagonally-arranged carbons K, K'. Total-reflection prisms k or k<1> may be used in this or other forms. The lenses may be in segments, and more than one luminous point may be used in one lamp, preferably on the optical axes of the lenses. Two or more mirrors may be arranged beyond any set of lenses to reflect the rays in various directions.
Patent GB-191215811-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Weaving.
Inventor: SIMPSON JAMES
IPC: D04C1/00
Filed: 1912-07-06
Granted: 1913-05-29
Abstract: 15,811. Simpson, J. July 6. Braiding - machines. - Relates to apparatus employing spindles c sliding in serpentine slots in a plate a similar to ordinary braiding-machines, for the production of tubular or flat goods from wire, yarn, silk, &c. Wire-gauze covers for miners' safety lamps can be made. The threads from bobbins k on the spindles c are passed through guides c<3> and secured to a taper or parallel sided core e<1> by means of a cap e<2>. When the required length is produced, the material is cut, the.cap e<2> is removed, and the cut piece is withdrawn. In a modified form, the slots in which the bobbins slide are arranged in a straight line, and the product is taken up by means of rollers operated by eccentrics and ratchet gear.
Patent GB-191223687-A (GB)
Title: Improvementsin and relating to Drying Apparatus for Clothes and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON JOSEPH
IPC: F26B11/18
Filed: 1912-10-16
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 23,687. Thompson, J., and Bonnett, C. A. L. Oct. 16. Rotary-chamber apparatus for drying clothes &c. comprises a rotary drum divided by longitudinal and transverse partitions and given a rotary reciprocating motion. As shown, the drum b is enclosed in an outer casing through which hot air is passed, and is perforated and divided by perforated longitudinal and transverse partitions b<1>, b<2>. Each longitudinal series of compartments so formed is provided with a single door, or a door may be provided for each compartment. A single air inlet d and outlet e may be provided, or a number of each. The drum is rotated through gearwheels f, g, the shaft of the latter carrying fast and loose pulleys. The belt-striking gear is connected to a bell-crank lever, one arm of which is connected to a lever p pivoted on the casing. The two halves of the lever p are at different distances from the casing, so that a contact block f<1> contacts once in a revolution with the lever and reverses the motion of the drum.
Patent GB-191226707-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Appliance for Building Games.
IPC: A63H33/10
Filed: 1912-11-20
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 26,707. Seeger, P., and Fõssig, J., [Firm of]. Nov. 20. Building-blocks, cards, and the like.-A tov building-element comprises three sheets of cardboard or equivalent material a<1>, a<2>, a<3>, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, joined together one upon the other. The central sheet a<2> has at one edge a lug or tenon b, and at its opposite edge three recesses forming mortises between the outer sheets. The central mortise c being adapted to receive a tenon similar to that formed on the first-mentioned edge, and the lateral mortises d being adapted to receive the limbs of clamps for making corner connexions, or for securing separate elements at right-angles. Buildings may be erected on a base-plate formed with intersecting grooves to receive the tenons of the building- elements.
Patent GB-191300402-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Apparatus for Concentrating Ore and the like.
Inventor: APPELQVIST GUNNAR SIGGE ANDREA
IPC: B03D1/24
Filed: 1913-01-06
Granted: 1913-03-13
Abstract: 402. Appelqvist, G. S. A., and Tyden, E. O. E. Jan. 6. Conveyer apparatus, injector. - An injector forming part of an apparatus for concentrating ores comprises concentric pipes 7, 9, 11 for ore, gasefied oil, and water under pressure respectively.
Patent GB-191301822-A (GB)
Title: Improved Safety Device for Preventing Accidents when Cleaning Windows.
Inventor: JACOBSOFF NICHOLAUS
IPC: A47L3/00
Filed: 1913-01-22
Granted: 1914-02-23
Abstract: 1822. Jacobsoff, N., and Tottien, E. Jan. 22. Window guards.-Telescopic window guards consist of four sections a<1>, a<2>, a<3>, a<4> which are adjustably clamped at the overlapping ends by screws e<1>, e<2>, e<3> mounted in guides, and are provided with rings f for supporting netting. The horizontal members of the sections are curved and are connected by telescopic bars b<1>, b<2> adjustably secured by a screw-clamp. The guard is secured in position by plates h, k respectively engaging between the sash frame and window or casement frame, and bearing against the window frame or wall. In a modification, the frame consists of two horizontally telescoping members a', a<2>, connected by a vertical bar b<1> and secured by screw clamps.
Patent GB-191304022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stop & Regulating Valves for Water, Steam, Air & Gas.
Inventor: JEFFREYS JOHN
IPC: F16K37/00
Filed: 1913-02-17
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 4022. Roger, J. H. Feb. 17. Balls.-In a golf ball having a core consisting of a gelatinized capsule containing oil or of a rubber bag inflated with an incompressible fluid such as water, or with a semiliquid or plastic substance, the usual rubber windings are replaced by a layer of plastic rubber. A number of india-rubber pellets e, Fig. 2, may be interposed between the fluidcontaining bag c and the plastic layer a. In a modification, the inner surface of the outer cover is formed with pips, corrugations, or cups, and the outside or inside of the bag a is similarly formed, a layer of plastic rubber being placed between the bag and the cover. Specifications 3230/03, 20,905/05, 28,428/06, and 16,030/09 are referred to. The Provisional Specification describes also a ball consisting of an elastic fluid-containing bag, or two or more bags annularly surrounding each other, and covered with an outer shell of gutta-percha &c. The fluid in the bag may be soft soap or gelatine.
Patent GB-191304981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Solders.
Inventor: KLINGBERG GEORG
IPC: C22C21/00
Filed: 1913-02-27
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 4981. Klingberg, G. Feb. 27. Alloys.-An oxide-free solder consisting of aluminium and cadmium is obtained by combining the two metals at a temperature not exceeding 700‹ C.
Patent GB-191310271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam or Hot Water Radiators.
Inventor: GOLBY FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: F24D19/02
Filed: 1913-05-01
Granted: 1913-10-23
Abstract: 10,271. Golby, F. W., [Neiman, A. B., and Adamson, C. M.]. May 1. Radiators.-In a radiator of the type consisting of a coiled tube on which metal plates are threaded, the separate turns of the coil passing through holes in the same plate are supported on feet attached to the plates. The plates pare provided with collars p<2> serving as distance-pieces and are threaded on the pipe c. The feet f are formed as shown, with a semicircular seat 2 in which the pipe c rests. The feet f are secured between two of the plates p by bolts b passing through holes 3 in the feet f, the holes 3 being larger than the bolts b to allow for adjustment.
Patent GB-191310296-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball Bearings.
Inventor: EMILE JEAN JULES SALMSON
IPC: F16C33/42
Filed: 1913-05-01
Granted: 1900-01-01
Abstract: 10,296. Salmson, E. J. J., Canton. G. H. M., and UnnÚ, G. P. May 7, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Ball bearings.-In a ball bearing for the connecting-rods of explosion motors &c., the balls are spaced by a cage consisting of two symmetrical rings c, e<1>, formed with external flanges e<2>, and connected together by rivets passed through lugs f, f'. The cage is formed with openings in which the balls c are seated, and it rotates on the cylindrical surface of the inner race ring b.
Patent GB-191311344-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with the Bed-plates or Frames of Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BENTALL EDMUND ERNEST
IPC: F16C9/02
Filed: 1913-05-15
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 11,344. Bentall, E. E., and Bingham, G. C. May 15. Bed-plates are centrally divided normal to the crank and cam shafts f, k, the two parts being rigidly held together by bolts and by interlocking recesses and projections c, d, those at one end of. the bed being at right-angles to those at the other end. The crank and cam shaft bearings g, l are spherical externally, the former being held by spherically recessed caps h in cylindrical recesses in the bed, and the latter in spherical recesses in the bed and caps m.
Patent GB-191311398-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fly Catching Devices.
Inventor: HORNE WILLIAM CULLEN
IPC: A01M1/14
Filed: 1913-05-16
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 11,398. Horne, W. C. May 16. Adhesive traps.-Consists in a device for catching flies &c. comprising pieces of wood covered with adhesive and floating in a basin in which is placed a pedestal having at its top a glass globe coated with luminous paint. According to the Provisional Specification, a phosphorescent substance such as the luminous sulphides of zinc, barium, uranium, magnesium, strontium, or calcium with or without a small quantity of a radium compound, is mixed with an adhesive and used for catching flies.
Patent GB-191314391-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Mixing and Straining Oil Paints and for like purposes.
Inventor: RAPP KONRAD
IPC: B01F7/00
Filed: 1913-06-21
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 14,391. Rapp, K., and Rape, M. June 21. Strainers.-In apparatus for mixing and straining paints &c., of the type in which brushes rotate over a perforated plate, a liner 8 is provided, having brackets to support the shaft 14 and driving-gear and adapted to be secured within the outer receptacle 1, so that the material cannot come into contact with the walls of the receptacle. The sieve 6 is clamped in position on a ledge 5 by the liner which is held down by thumb nuts 13. A spring 19 allows of automat'c vertical adjustment of the brush. The brush is formed so that there is a wedge-shaped space 21 open to receive the liquid as the brush is rotated.
Patent GB-191315761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Let-off Mechanism for the Warp Beams of Looms.
Inventor: CHERNACK ABEL EDGAR
IPC: D03D49/06
Filed: 1913-07-08
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 15,761. Chernack, A. E. July 8. Letting-off warps. - In a frictional let-off motion in which a roller or the like bearing on the yarn, as at 18, operates to vary the friction applied to the beam, a weight lever 27 is caused to act on a brake lever 25 through a movable bearing-piece 29, the position of this bearing- piece being determined by an inclined arm 21 operated from the arm 19 carrying the roller 18. A brake shoe 24, or a brake band connected at one end to the frame and at the other end to the lever 25, may be used.
Patent GB-191316885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Electric Switches.
Inventor: LUCAS HARRY
IPC: H01H25/06
Filed: 1913-07-23
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 16,885. Lucas, H., and Lucas, O. July 23. Switches with compound movement.-Relates to switches of the push - in type having a preliminary rotary movement whereby a projection on one member can be registered with one of a number of slots in another member for the purpose of controlling any one of a number of circuits. According to the invention, the movable switch element c is mounted on a fixed central support a provided with two or more guide-slots f, i which communicate with each other at one end and receive a pin e connected to the switch element. The pin e connects the movable switch element to the operating-plunger d, and spring-pressed balls g co-operating with a pair of conical surfaces on the element c may be provided in order to hold the switch element in its open or closed position. The transverse connecting slot j may be arranged obliquely to the axis as shown, so that when the switch is opened from any position, the pin e tends to move to the highest point of the slot over the slot f of the more frequently required switching position. The invention is particularly applicable to two - way battery-charging switches.
Patent GB-191318399-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes.
Inventor: KASIMIR PANIAN
IPC: B64C1/00
Filed: 1913-08-13
Abstract: 18,399. Pantan, K. Aug. 13, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Balancing automatically. The wings D, D', Fig. 1, of an aeroplane are pivotally connected by longitudinal hinges 1, 2 to the frame of the machine and are controlled by a pulley 161 actuated by an automatic apparatus (not described) in order to maintain lateral equilibrium. The actuating-cable 261 is connected to pulleys 20, 15 around which pass cords e, f secured to the lower sides of the wings D, D'. Longitudinal balance is maintained by planes 5, 5<1>, Fig. 4, mounted to slide longitudinally on guide-rods 2, 2<1> under the control of an automatic apparatus. The rods 2<1> are inclined upwards at the front in order that the planes 5, 5' may be correspondingly tilted as they are moved forwards. The rear elevators 21, 21' are controlled automatically or by hand.
Patent GB-191319022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Distribution Systems for Vapour Electric Devices.
IPC: H05B41/232
Filed: 1913-08-21
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 19,022. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 21. Vapour apparatus, arrangements of. - A vapour rectifier 8 working at high loads, say 2.5-100 watts per inch length of a tube half an inch in diameter, is connected to a constant current or other circuit 1 through an autotransformer 5, or an ordinary transformer, working at such magnetic saturation that an increase in electric pressure in the vapour device is accompanied by a decrease in energy consumption, the vapour device being thus protected without the use of a steadying-resistanee. The vapour device 8 may have two tungsten anodes and a mercury cathode, which is connected through an inductance 15 to the middle point of the secondary winding of the transformer.
Patent GB-191321769-A (GB)
Title: Improved Presser-foot for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: PUC IGNAZ
IPC: D05B29/00
Filed: 1913-09-26
Granted: 1913-12-11
Abstract: 21,769. Puc, I. Sept. 26. Sewing-machines; presser-feet. - In sewing-on bands with projecting attachments such as the studs of dome - fasteners, the bands are guided by a presser-foot having a slot a along which the projections pass.
Patent GB-191324063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Pneumatic Shock Absorbing Devices particularly applicable to Vehicles.
Inventor: KILLEN EDWARD BRICE
IPC: B60G11/46
Filed: 1914-05-23
Granted: 1915-05-13
Abstract: 24,063. Killen, E. B. May 23, 1914. Springs, arrangement of and mounting undercarriages on.-Relates to pneumatic shockabsorbing devices particularly for use on vehicles, and consists in special means of fixing an airretaining flexible cover to its metal attachment plate. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the flexible cover A is attached to its metal plate G' by means of a bead D<2> having an inner toe portion D' engaging under a recess in the plate, and an outer heel portion D<5> pressed against the plate bv bolts H passing through an endless flanged ring F as well as through the heel D<5> and the plate G'. The pneumatic shock-absorber may be combined with a semi-elliptic or cantilever spring designed to take the minimum load, the pneumatic buffer taking loads in excess of the minimum. Numerous forms of buffer having the special attachment device are described. Figs. 5 and 6 show stud buffers which may be used alone or in combination with steel springs as shown in either Fig. 11 or Fig. 15. In Fig. 15, the buffer A is shown attached to a plate M which is connected by a rod L with the end P of the frame spring, and engages in a casing K connected by links T with the end of the axle spring. A resilient cushion K' prevents undue recoil shocks. Double stud buffers or buffers having an inner tube may be attached at each end to plates pivotally connected to the ends of the dumb-iron and axle spring. Fig. 1 shows a hollow-ring type of buffer A attached at the top to a plate G carried by the vehicle frame Y, and bearing at the bottom on a member connected by a rod and shackle with the end of the usual semi-elliptic axle spring X.
Patent GB-191326039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Capsules for Medicines.
Inventor: POLLOCK MONTAGUE
IPC: A61J3/07
Filed: 1913-11-13
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 26,039. Pollock, M. Nov. 13. Capsules.-A soluble capsule 1 of the ordinary telescopic type is provided with interengaging notches 4, 5, so that the two parts are locked in place when once assembled. Fig. 4 shows, in section, a modification, in which annular notches or grooves are employed.
Patent GB-191328182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Breech Mechanism of Ordnance.
Inventor: DAWSON ARTHUR TREVOR
IPC: F41A3/08
Filed: 1913-12-06
Granted: 1915-03-08
Abstract: 28,182. Dawson, Sir A. T., and Buckham, G. T. Dec. 6, Ordnance breech mechanism, screw. Relates to methods of mounting the breech-screw on the carrier-spigot, which allow the breech mechanism to be dismantled without unlocking the breechscrew from the gun, when, for example, it becomes impossible to unlock the screw by the ordinary means. According to the invention, a sleeve D is annularly arranged between the breech-screw B and the carrier-spigot C<1>, and is connected to the breech-screw by continuous screw-threads d, and to the spigot by interrupted threads d'. Normally, the sleeve is locked to the breech-screw by keys B', but when the keys are removed, the sleeve is rotatable to disconnect the threads d', thereby permitting the withdrawal of the carrier-spigot.
Patent GB-191329192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Buttons.
Inventor: JOBSON WALTER BYRON
IPC: A44B1/02
Filed: 1913-12-18
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 29,192. Jobson, W. B. Dec. 18. Buttons ; materials for buttons. - Buttons a r e made of celluloid and have a permanent contractile strain applied to one face to cause the button to revert to its original shape after being distorted. A disk a, Fig. 1, is stamped out from a sheet of celluloid by dies, which also punch holes b and press the disk to a concavo-convex shape. A solution of celluloid in acetone or the like is then applied to the face c. The coating, in drying, causes the face c to contract and also glazes the surface. The coating may also be applied to a circular flat disk, so that, during the drying, the disk is caused to assume a curved shape as shown in Fig 4. The edge f of the disk is afterwards trimmed.
Patent GB-191405148-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Furnace Fronts for use with Liquid Fuel Burners.
Inventor: SMITH LAUNCELOT EUSTACE
IPC: F23D11/00
Filed: 1914-02-27
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 5148. Smith, L. E. Feb. 27. Liquid-fuel furnaces.-In a furnace front for liquid-fuel furnaces of the kind described in Specification 13,862/12, a cylindrical ring 1, closed at its front end.by a wall 2 and formed with a bevelled portion having slots 3, is arranged within the inner cylinder a of the furnace front. The wall 2 is provided with projecting bars 5 serving as guides to support the adjustable plate 6, which controls the admission of air to the inner cylinder a, from which the air passes through the slots 3 and mixes with the fuel supplied by burners supported in bosses 4 on the wall 2. The guide-bars 5, which are disposed on opposite sides of the axis of the cylinder a, are provided with brackets 7 supporting rods 8 attached to the annular damper d<2>. The damper d<2> controls the admission of air to the annular passage c. between the inner and outer cylinders a, b, this passage being provided with vanes c<1> arranged at an angle to the axis of the cylinder, and having arranged at its inner end a conical baffle d'.
Patent GB-191405637-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Snap Hook, applicable as a Fastening for Necklaces, Bracelets or the like and for other purposes or uses.
Inventor: MORSE SIDNEY
IPC: A44C5/20
Filed: 1914-03-05
Granted: 1915-01-28
Abstract: 5637. Morse, S., Hands, A., and Brown, E. March 5. Hook fastenings.-A snap-hook fastening for bracelets, necklaces, &c. comprises a socket a, Fig. 1, having a bridge-piece b, and a circular hook c having a returned springy portion e piovided with an out-turned tip f to engage with the bridge-piece b. In a modification, Fig. 3, the bridge b is dispensed with and the returned springy portion e engages with the rear wall a<2> of the socket a.
Patent GB-191409239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Fastening Neck Chains, Bracelets, Watch Bracelets, and the like.
Inventor: DEPOLLIER CHARLES LEON
IPC: A44C5/20
Filed: 1914-04-14
Granted: 1915-03-18
Abstract: 9239. Depollier, C. L., and Duncuff, E. C. April 14. Hook fastenings.-A fastening-device for use with necklets, watch bracelets, bracelets, &c comprises a pair of links 7, 3, Figs. 4 and 6, one link 7 having a hook 9, a pair of grooved side walls 8, and a grooved end piece 10, and the other link 3 being adapted to slide between the side walls 8 and having projections 5 to fit the grooves and an inclined springy top bar 6 which is split transversely to form a hook 4. The bar 6 has a shouldered portion 13 which snaps behind the end piece 10 of the link 7 to hold the device in its contracted position with each link closing the hook on the other. Fig. 2 shows the device in its closed position, connecting the ends of an expanding bracelet 1. Two of the devices are used for connecting a watch to a bracelet. In the case of an expansible watch bracelet, the devices allow extra expansion to the bracelet when it is being put on or taken off, so that when fully contracted, the watch will fit snugly to the wrist. In a modified form, Fig. 12, for use intermediate of the ends of an expansible bracelet, the hook 9 on one member is dispensed with, the grooved side members being secured together by a pin 6<1>.