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Patent GB-191300667-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Recording Apparatus.
Inventor: GILL HUBERT ALEXANDER
IPC: G07B13/00
Filed: 1913-01-09
Granted: 1913-07-03
Abstract: 667. Gill, H. A., [Taxameter Akt.-Ges.]. Jan. 9. Recording particular operations; disk apparatus.-In apparatus for recording, for example, in taximeters the times during which various tariffs are operative and the distances run during those periods, part of the recording- mechanism is carried on the cover of the casing so that, when the casing is opened, the pencil is removed from the record disk. The apparatus is attached to the outer casing of the taximeter and the record-card is operated by a clock-driven shaft e which protrudes through the casing. Carried by the cover b<1> is a spring- controlled lever m bearing the spring-depressed recording-point p. The movements into the various zones of the record disk corresponding to the tariffs and to the vibratory movements showing the distance run are communicated to the lever m by a shaft l bearing an arm k on which is carried a projection k<1> adapted to engage with a pin m<1> on the lever m. A plate r is provided to act as a support for the card when under the recording-point. In a modification, the device for operating the pencil, consisting of a stepped cam v engaging the arm m<1> of the lever m, is carried by a shaft u mounted on the cover and provided with a bevel-wheel t engaging a similar wheel s on the shaft l.
Patent GB-191301092-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Manganese-bronze, or Manganese-brass, and similar Alloys.
IPC: C22C28/00
Filed: 1913-01-14
Granted: 1914-01-14
Abstract: 1092. Heusler, F., and British Mining and Metal Co. Jan. 14. Alloys.-A copper alloy containing from 15 to 30 per cent of manganese and from 5 to 15 per cent of aluminium, with or without small quantities of lead, tin, nickel, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, &c., is used in the manufacture of manganese-bronze or manganese-brass. For example, 54 parts of copper are alloyed with 6 parts of an alloy containing 25 per cent of manganese, 2 per cent of iron, 10 per cent of aluminium, and 63 per cent of copper, and 40 parts of zinc are added. Alloys for bearings containing 85 per cent of copper, 9 per cent of tin, and 6 per cent of zinc, may be treated with 2 per cent of the copper-manganese-aluminium alloy.
Patent GB-191313938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Linear Gauges, and the like.
Inventor: SOTTON CLAUDE
IPC: G01B3/18
Filed: 1913-06-16
Granted: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 13,938. Sotton, C. July 16, 1912, [Convention date]. Beam compasses.-A micrometer gauge, applicable also as a beam compass, may be fitted with terminal prolongations and arms of various shapes to enable the gauge to be used for different purposes. The graduations are arranged around a collar D secured to a nut C which is maintained against one end of a cylinder B by a screwed sleeve E and collar G and works on a screwed piston A slidable but not rotatable in the cylinder B. A split ring H, having a zero line, is rotatably mounted on the collar G. The outer ends of the cylinder and piston receive the various prolongations and arms enabling the apparatus to be used for measuring, for example inside and outside diameters and, as shown in Fig. 3. as a beam compass. A rod may be arranged slidably in guides secured to the arms, which are thus kept rigid and in the same plane. A handle may be attached to the apparatus by a screwed sleeve V and split ring K.
Patent GB-191319786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Packing of Bottles and like Articles.
Inventor: BOURDIE CHARLES GREGOIRE
IPC: B65D65/38
Filed: 1913-09-01
Granted: 1914-02-05
Abstract: 19,786. Bourdie, C. G. March 13, [Convention date]. Wrappers.-Bottles &c. are enclosed in tubelike wrappers a which, in consequence of the introduction of the bottle, assume a " diavolo " form. This is effected by threading wires x between the slits 1 ... 12 which are cut in the centre of the tube, and by attaching fern leaves at the ends of the interior of the tube. A number of bottles enclosed in these wrappers may be packed in a box.
Patent GB-191319889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Recording and Registering the Times of Working of Machines.
Inventor: JOHNSON AUSTIN CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G07C1/08
Filed: 1913-09-02
Granted: 1914-09-02
Abstract: 19,889. Johnson, A. C. Sept. 2. Numeral-bearing elements; transfer mechanism; zeroizing-mechanism.-In apparatus wherein the times of working of a number of machines are registered on counting-mechanism and recorded on a clockdriven strip, the various counting - mechanisms and their corresponding marking - instruments are assembled in independent units any of which can be removed or replaced without disturbing the other units. Each unit comprises a frame 60 enclosing a pair of electro - magnets in circuit with a machine. The armature of these magnets is in the form of a pivotally-mounted plate 65 urged by a spring to bear against a gear-wheel 71. This wheel engages another wheel 53 frictionally mounted on a shaft 45 driven by a weight under the control of clock - work 46. When the electro-magnets are energized, by the closing of a switch 83 on the belt-shifter and of another switch 84 operated by the presence of workin the machine, the wheel 71 is released and consequently rotates, and, by means of a spiral groove 74 on its face, moves a pivoted pointer 76 so as to indicate hours on a quadrantal scale 98. A spiral cam 78 frictionally held against the side of the gear-wheel actuates a second pointer 80 to show minutes. Mounted on a pivotal spindle of the armature plate 65 is an arm 63 carrying a marker 64 bearing on an endless band passing around a roller 28 and a drum 25 driven from the clock-controlled shaft 45. The frames 60 are adjustably and removably mounted on a slidable plate 37, which can be traversed by means of a cam shaft 41 so as to place the markers into and out of contact with the record band. When the frame is being withdrawn from the band the marker arms 63 co-operate with inclined pins 93, and being thus deflected cause the armature plates to release the gear-wheels 71 so that they can be returned to zero position.
Patent GB-191322538-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Securing of Demountable Wheels.
Inventor: KRONENBERG RUDOLF
IPC: B60B3/16
Filed: 1913-10-06
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 22,538. Kronenberg, R. Oct. 6. Detaching from, and attaching to, permanent hubs.-Detachable wheels c are secured by bolts d passed through from the outside and screwing into threaded sleeves g which are attached to the hub flange or like parts, and penetrate the detachable wheel centre to relieve the bolts of driving strains. The sleeve may be held by rivets f, or may be screwed into the flange a, suitable locking - means being provided. The bearing between the detachable and permanent hubs is conical.
Patent GB-191322647-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Softening Water.
Inventor: BUCHNER GEORG
IPC: C02F5/02
Filed: 1913-10-07
Granted: 1914-04-09
Abstract: 22,647. Buchner, G. Oct. 7. Liquids, purifying.-A composition for softening water comprises di-sodium phosphate and borax, to which may be added alkalies, alkaline earths, or their carbonates or phosphates, or alkaline salts of boracic, carbonic, or organic acids, or hydroxides, carbonates, or phosphates of magnesium or aluminium.
Patent GB-191322668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: HAZLEHURST GEORGE STEWARD
Filed: 1913-10-08
Granted: 1914-10-08
Abstract: 22,668. Hazlehurst, G. S. Oct. 8. Stands or supports for vehicles.-The driving road-wheels may be raised from the ground by means of jacks 18, which are pivoted on the wheel axles 2 and are swung into or out of position by rods 19 secured by catches 21 or 22.
Patent GB-191323319-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Burners for Welding and Cutting Metals.
Inventor: BAECHTOLD-STROBEL ADOLF
IPC: F23D14/78
Filed: 1913-10-15
Granted: 1914-01-15
Abstract: 23,319. Strobel, A. Baechtold-, and Cartier, T. Oct. 16, 1912, [Convention date]. Blowpipe burners; burners, preventing conduction of heat from.-The hand of the operator of a metalwelding and cutting burner is protected from radiated heat by a double-walled shield f connected to a space c surrounding the burner and through which water circulates.
Patent GB-191328223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Socks for Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: COUPE JOSEPH
IPC: A43B23/28
Filed: 1913-12-08
Granted: 1914-05-21
Abstract: 28,223. Coupe, J. Dec. 8. Clips, sheet-metal. - To prevent a boot or shoe sock from lifting, a clip B, provided with a spike b<2> for entering the lining of the heel of the boot &c.,is attached to the end of the sock. The clip comprises a U- shaped piece of strip metal having projecting tongues b, b<1> for gripping the sock.
Patent GB-191328830-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Socks for Boots, Shoes and other Footwear.
Inventor: MARLEY ALFRED JAMES
IPC: A43B17/03
Filed: 1914-03-05
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 28,830. Marley, A. J. March 5, 1914. Tyre and like inflating valves.-A non-return valve for a pneumatic sock for boots and shoes is composed of a flat rubber tube d sealed at its inner end, which is provided with an aperture f normally closed by a flat rubber plug g. A thin rubber flap h is fixed to the tube d to enfold its sealed end. During inflating, the tube d expands so that air can pass round the plug g, through the aperture f, and between the flap hand tube d into the sock. When it is desired to deflate the sock, a piece of wire &c. is forced past the plug g into the aperture f to press the flap h away from the tube.
Patent GB-191329003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flexible Connections for Electric Conductors.
IPC: H01R35/02
Filed: 1913-12-16
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 29,003. Siemens Bros. Dynamo Works, [Siemens-Schuckertwerke]. Dec. 16. Couplings.-Relates to means for the reduction or the prevention of electric discharge or corona effect from the surface of small diameter flexible connectors for high-potential conductors, and comprises the use of shielding-surfaces having a radius of curvature which is large relatively to that of the connectors. As shown in Fig. 1, a flexible wire c connects the conductors a, b, the shielding-surface consisting of a spherical casing d electrically connected with the conductor a and extending near to the conductor b to bring the exposed part e of the connector under the screening action of the sphere and the conductor. In the form shown in Fig. 2, the protecting-cover is formed by drilling out the end of the conductor a, and the lower end of the cavity f may be filled by a plug through which the connector may move in and out. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the flexible connector c is shown protected by a flexible wire spiral, or the connector may be omitted, the spiral cover d serving to convey the current. In both of these cases, the coils of the spiral are closely wound and provide protective fields for each other, the curvature of the coil forming the surface of large radius relatively to the radius of the wire forming the coil.
Patent GB-191409953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines having more than one Fuel Injecting Valve for each Side of the Cylinder.
IPC: F02D17/00
Filed: 1914-04-22
Abstract: 9953. Krupp Akt.-Ges. Germaniawerft, F. June 23, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Regulating.-There are several fuel-injection nozzles in each combustion chamber, and these are put in or out of action in succession by hand or governor as the power is required to alter. The gear may comprise either axially sliding cams or levers mounted on adjustable pivots.
Patent GB-191410092-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus Vulcanising Shoe Soles.
Inventor: ANTONI FRIEDRICH AUGUST
IPC: B29C35/00
Filed: 1914-04-23
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 10,092. Antoni, F. A. April 23. Vulcanizing boots and shocs.-Apparatus for vulcanizing boot and shoo soles consists of a number of transverse flexible strips which may take the form of chains a, Fig. 2, or ropes, attached to adjustable screws b, upon which the soles are pressed, preferably with an intervening wire gauze sheet f. The boot &c. is pressed down by means of a screw h and block g. The frame carrying the strips are enclosed in a box p which may be heated.
Patent GB-191410930-A (GB)
Title: An Electrical Liquid Heater.
Inventor: HOWARD ALFRED
Filed: 1914-07-11
Granted: 1915-06-03
Abstract: 10,930. Howard, A. July 11. Plug couplings.-Pin and socket parts P<1>, N<1> and N<2>, P<1> are provided on each member of a coupling for use with an alternating-current water heater, to ensure that the current impulse' may be always in the same direction.
Patent GB-191410981-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in Washing Clothes and the like.
Inventor: TYLER MERVYN HOBART
IPC: D06F15/00
Filed: 1914-05-04
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 10,981. Tyler, M. H. May 4. Washing-plungers, of the type comprising a conical shell 1 fitted internally with tapered airchambers 2, are provided externally with similarlyshaped chambers 5, having air-holes 8. The shell may also have holes 9 between the inner and outer air-chambers.
Patent GB-191415328-A (GB)
Title: Projectile Discharger for Aerial Machines.
Inventor: DANIELSSON AUGUST
IPC: B64D1/04
Filed: 1914-06-26
Abstract: 15,328. Danielsson, A., [Putscher, M. R.]. June 26. Aerial warfare.-Relates to apparatus for dropping bombs from air-craft, of the kind comprising a number of projectile chambers from which the projectiles are released in succession, According to the invention, the apparatus combines a number of projectile chambers 1, rods 3 passing through these chambers and the projectiles therein, blocks 5 slidable in open-ended inclined slots 7 and attached bv cords 4 to the rods 3, and a follower 8 connected by a rope 9 to a lever 10 and riding on the guide 6 of the blocks 5 in such a way that it dislodges these blocks in succession when the lever is pulled. When a block 5 is thus pushed down its slot, it pulls the corresponding pin 3 and releases the corresponding projectile 2. The pins 3 are normally locked by hooks 11, which are removed in succession by toothed disks 13 on a shaft 14 rotated by a handle 16. The handle 16 moves over a scale, and may be set to release only one or some of the pins 3, in which case only these can be pulled by the operation of the lever 10.
Patent GB-191418033-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Telephone Systems.
Inventor: BLESSING JOHN GEORGE
IPC: H04M1/272
Filed: 1914-07-30
Granted: 1915-07-30
Abstract: 18,033. Blessing, J. G. July 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Keyboard switches.-A keyboard switch, used in a semi-automatic exchange telephone system, is shown in Fig. 8. The depression of any key 1, 5 ... 0 closes the corresponding contact 80 and also moves a series of steel balls 84 to left and right to close a contact 93, which is opened as soon as the key is released, and a contact 83 which is retained closed by a catch until a key 87 is depressed. Specification 5249/13, [Class 40 (iv), Telephones &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-191507466-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process and Apparatus for Casting Metal and other Fusible Substances in Moulds.
IPC: B22D18/04
Filed: 1915-05-18
Abstract: 7466. Prazisionsgusswerke System Schmidt-Reichhardt Akt.-Ges. May 25, 1914, [Convention date]. Casting-machines; metal-pouring.-A solid or liquid explosive is employed to charge the mould under pressure. A bottom-pour crucible b delivers a quantity of metal to a charging-chamber e. Explosive introduced at g may be ignited by the liquid material or by mechanical means, to force the charge through the nozzle f into the mould. In a modification, the chamber e is vertically below the crucible, and the rod c and valve d are hollow to pass the explosive. Plants.-A number of casting-machines may be arranged in a circle round a common large crucible, from which the several separate maller crucibles are charged ; the smaller crucibles being relieved of the melting operation.
Patent GB-191509155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Manufacturing Oil-gas.
Inventor: STEENBERGH BURHANS VAN
IPC: C10G9/24
Filed: 1915-06-22
Abstract: 9 1 5 5 . Steenberg, B. van. June 22. Resistances for heating. In the form shown, granular carbon 16 is compressed between carbon electrodes 16<a>, 16b in a thin cardboard tube 14 which becomes carbonized in use, and is separated by a paste 15 made of silica, carbonate of lime, sodium silicate, and water, from an iron or other tube 11 covered with a paste 18 preferably made of lime, magnesia and dilute sodium silicate solution. A modified form of heater oomprises a fire-clay tube containing granular carbon and having carbon electrodes.
Patent GB-191509960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vapour Electric Devices.
IPC: H01J13/06
Filed: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 9960. British Thomson-Houston Co.. [General Electric Co.]. July S. Low-pressure metallic-vapour apparatus.- An insulator between a vaporizable cathode and the main container is made with internal ridges or corrugations shielding the intermediate recesses from the cathode blast, which produces a conducting-deposit. The insulator may serve as cathode-container and may comprise a porcelain or like cylinder horizontally corrugated internally and separated from a metal bottom disk and from the main envelope by washers of copper, aluminium, asbestos, or other yielding material. A plate supporting, but insulated from, the bottom disk is clamped to the main envelope. Another cathodecontainer consists of an insulating-cup 14, Fig. 3, corrugated both inside and outside and held in place within a metal cup 16 by lugs 15. Bolts 17 attaching the metal cup to the main envelope compress a packing-washer 18. Condensed mercury flows from the metal cup 16 through a small hole 24 into the insulating- cup 14. A lateral rod 19 and depending arm 20 convey current to the cathode. The rod 19 is surrounded by an insulating-tube 21. Specification 15,392/13 is referred to.
Patent GB-191511009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathes and like Turning Machines.
Inventor: CRACKNELL FREDERICK WILLIAM
IPC: B23B7/12
Filed: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 11,009. Cracknell, F. W., and Bulcock, J. D. July 29. Lathes. - Unit lathes are provided with special mandrel feed and stop mechanism, and a bar bed carrying a vertical turret. The mandrel 3, Fig. 2, preferably hollow to take bar stock or receive a chuck of the draw-back collet type operated from the rear end, carries a collar grooved for feed at 14, 15 as controlled by a hand-lever, and one or more leadscrews 21 engagable by nut sections 22 carried by levers 24 cammed into and out of operation by a hand-lever 31. The levers 24 may carry nut sections at each end. A loose pulley 7 confined between collars on the spindle drives, by dogs 11, a sleeve 10 splined on the spindle and controlled by a dog-rod 45. During hand feeding, a bolt 20 between the feed-collar and the sleeve 10 prevents disengagement of the drive, and feed is limited by a rod 42, held against the pulley by a spring 43, contacting with stops carried by the turret. When the lever 31 is moved to close the feed-nut, the bolt 20 is removed, leaving the clutch free to disengage when the rod 45 contacts a stop. The turret consists of a hubbed disk rotatable on the bar bed 36. Three spacing-rollers maintain the concentricity of an outer separate ring. and the tool-holders are adjustably clamped in the space between the ring and disk. The disk has a groove to carry the stops previously referred to, and the ring has a circumferential groove to receive adjustable plates holed to engage an index bolt 63. The lathe may be fitted with a number of mandrels, a corresponding number of sets of tools being mounted in the turret, and a cam shaft may be fitted for controlling the turret.
Patent GB-191512618-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Furnace Grates.
Inventor: COMET PIERRE
IPC: F23H11/04
Filed: 1915-09-02
Abstract: 12,618. Comet, P., and Coulon, F. Sept. 7, 1914, [Convention date]. Fire-bars and grates.-In a travelling grate of the kind in which a series of movable elements are mounted loosely on transverse bars secured to endless chains so as to be capable of up-and-down movement, the elements are so formed that the amount of vertical movement of different elements varies, so as to produce relative movement of the elements with regard to one another. Fig. 1 shows a transverse bar 1 provided at one end with elements of the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and at the other end with elements of the form shown in Fig. 5. The elements are provided with recesses 4, 5 engaging with the flanged top of the bar 1, and the height of the recess 5 varies in the different elements a, b, c. The wings 6 of the elements may be inclined to one another or may be in the same plane. The elements may be supported near their extremities by two bars when they are of sufficient length. To ensure the return of the elements to their seats when they arrive at the upper run of the grate, a roller 11, Fig. 7, supported in vertical or inclined bearings may be provided, preferably acted on by a spring 13.
Patent GB-191516721-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicles.
IPC: B60P1/12
Filed: 1915-11-26
Abstract: 16,721. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Nov. 26. Tip-wagons.-The electric motor for elevating the body of a dumping-vehicle is controlled by a switch operated automatically at the extreme positions of the body to break the motor circuit and render it possible only to reverse the movement. The pivoted switch bar 19 is operated by a projection 24 on a weighted bar 23 engaged by projections 26, 27 on a disk 28 adapted to be rotated by a slotted link 32 connected to the vehicle body. The switch, according to its position, engages pairs of contacts 15, 16, 17, 18 and connects the series field 8 of the motor to either of two pairs a, b of the fixed contacts of the controller, which is provided with two sets of drum contacts 10, 11 engaging respectively the pairs of contacts a, b. With the body in the lower position, the switch 19 is in the position shown in Fig. 2 and the motor field is connected to the contacts a. The body can be raised by moving the controller to engage the drum contacts 10 with the fixed contacts, thereby completing the circuit through the motor and the starting resistance 12<a>. When the body reaches the extreme raised position, the weighted bar 23 will have passed the vertical position and in falling will move the switch bar 19 to connect the motor field 8 with the contacts b. The motor circuit will thus be broken but can be again completed by moving the drum contacts 11 into operative position, when the contacts b will be engaged therewith and the current through the motor field will be reversed and the body lowered.