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Patent GB-191116860-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spring Suspensions for Vehicles.
IPC: B60G11/36
Filed: 1911-07-22
Granted: 1912-02-15
Abstract: 16,860. Soc. Houdaille et Sabot. March 15, [Convention date]. Composite and helical springs; connexions, attachments, and adjustments applicable generally for tensile and compressive springs.-Relates to auxiliary springs of the kind that are inserted between the ends of the leaf springs and the vehicle body, and consists in providing two springs or sets of springs, one point of engagement of one spring or set being made adjustable with respect to the adjacent end of the other spring or set. Fig. 2 shows in section the usual auxiliary spring 6 employed between the ends of the semi-elliptic spring 3 and the hanger 2 reinforced by the spring 7, one end of which is normally situated at a short distance from its abutment, the other end bearing against a nut 8, which may be adjusted by a ratchetdevice 10 so as to bring the spring 7 into operation to suit an overload. Fig. 7 shows a set of two auxiliary springs bearing against an adjustable stepped nut 8. Fig. 9 shows a notched eccentric 20 for adjusting the additional spring 7 through the medium of a pin 19 on the abutment disk 18. The adjustment may be made from the top instead of the bottom, and if necessary from a distance.
Patent GB-191119540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Proportioning and Mixing of Chemical Solutions for Purifying Liquids.
Inventor: PEMBERTON WALTER
IPC: C02F1/68
Filed: 1911-09-02
Granted: 1912-08-29
Abstract: 19,540. Pemberton, W. Sept. 2. Stuffing-boxes, substitutes for.-The spindle Q of a float-operated valve X is packed by a flexible or corrugated diaphragm S of phosphorbronze, fixed on the spindle by means of grooved and ribbed washers and nuts U and held between a grooved seating W on the valve casing and a V-shaped projection on the screwed head V of the casing. Reference is made to Specification 7397/00, [Class 46, Filtering &c.].
Patent GB-191123468-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Process for the Manufacture and use of Emulsion Products from Asphalt, Coal Tar Pitch, Petroleum Pitch, Paraffin, Montan Wax, and Japan Wax or Mixtures of these Substances.
Inventor: WALLBAUM REINHOLD
IPC: C08J3/03
Filed: 1910-12-03
Granted: 1911-12-04
Abstract: 23,468. Wallbaum, R. Dec. 3, 1910. Dust-laying compositions.-Asphalt, coal tar pitch petroleum pitch, and mixtures thereof are emulsified with naphtha acid or its salts, and used for preventing dust on roads. The materials are fused together, with or without resin or other saponifiable materials, and are then treated with boiling ammonia. Accorcling to the Provisional Specification, the asphalt &c. may be fused with saponifiable substances such as naphtha acid and treated with a boiling solution of an alkali salt, or ammonia salt, of resin, a fatty acid, or naphthenic acid, the solution preferably containing an excess of alkali or ammonia.
Patent GB-191201159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Packing Boxes and the like.
Filed: 1912-01-15
Granted: 1913-01-09
Abstract: 1159. Cahen, S., and Soc. G. Soustre et Fils. Feb. 22, 1911, [Convention date]. Lumber.-Sheets of channelled or corrugated wood are used instead of corrugated paper or cardboard for envelopes, boxes, and like packings. To enable sheets of cut and unrolled wood to be channelled or corrugated without splitting, sheets of thin paper may be stuck on one or both faces of the material, or one of the faces may be coated with an agglutinant substance, such as size, or two sheets of the material may be stuck together with the grain crossing. The wood may be moistened to render the fibres more pliable previous to the corrugating operation. Paper or very thin cut and unrolled wood may be stuck to one or both faces of the corrugated material.
Patent GB-191201161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Tungsten and its use in the Catalytic Production of Ammonia.
Inventor: JOHNSON JAMES YATE
IPC: B01J23/16
Filed: 1912-01-15
Granted: 1913-02-17
Abstract: 1161. Johnson, J. Y., [Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik]. Jan. 15. Dry processes of extracting tungsten.-Tungsten for use in the catalytic production of ammonia is obtained by the reduction of a pure compound of tungsten by means of ammonia, at about atmospheric pressure, or other gaseous reducing agent at high pressure. When hydrogen is used, the temperature should not exceed 600‹ C. ; when ammonia is used, about 800‹ C. is preferable. When a tungsten nitrogen compound is obtained by reduction this can be dissociated in vacuo. Specifications 6045/00, [Class 1, Acids, alkalies, &c.], 12,720/08, and 19,249/10, and 17,411/11, [both in Class 1(i), Chemical processes &c.], are referred to.
Patent GB-191203172-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Reeds for use in the Weaving of Linen and like Fabrics.
IPC: D03D49/62
Filed: 1912-02-08
Granted: 1912-11-07
Abstract: 3172. Brown, W. N., Burton, J., and Inver Factory, Ltd. Feb. 8. Reeds. - A double reed for weaving linen &c. has the rear dents a<1> formed of heavier gauge than the front dents a<2>, to increase the separating action on the warp threads, To give uniform cover ' at the edges of the cloth, a number of the front dents at the ends a<3>, a<4> of the reed, instead of being centrally disposed between the rear dents, as in the of the reed, are set over towards the centre, as shown. Instead of setting over the front dents in this way, the end rear dents may be set slightly towards the ends of the reed.
Patent GB-191213201-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Rapid Hoisting and Lowering Gear for Ships' Boats Adaptable to any Existing Davit.
Inventor: COLEGRAVE WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1912-06-05
Granted: 1913-06-05
Abstract: 13,201. Colegrave, W. H. June 5. Boat raising and lowering gear.-In gear of the kind in which a winch is removably secured to each davit, the winch is manually operated from a crank-shaft 14 through gearing 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, the gear-wheel 21 being fixed to the winding-drum 10, which is loosely mounted upon a shaft 12, upon which are secured the intermediate gears 16, 17 and a brake drum 22 provided with a band-brake 23.
Patent GB-191213327-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Determining the Temperature of the Sea-water in the Vicinity of a Ship.
Inventor: LAYCOCK WILLIAM SAMUEL
IPC: G01K1/02
Filed: 1912-06-06
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 13,327. Laycock, W. S., and Hicks, J. J. June 6. Thermometers.-An alarm apparatus for indicating the temperature of the water at sea comprises one or more thermometers immersed in the sea, or in sea water pumped to the deck &c., and provided at different degrees of temperature with electric contacts, which are conected to a shutter indicator showing which contact has been closed, and to an alarm hell in series with the indicator and all the contacts. The indicator is provided with means for cutting-out each contact as soon as it is closed. The indicator, Figs. 2 and 3, comprises a series of electro-magnets l<2>, one for each temperature to be indicated, each magnet having an armature l<1> on a spring catch i adapted to release a pivoted member k, which carries an indicating- plate k<1> and is turned by a spring-pressed sliding rod m, an insulating-stud m<1> on which separates two springs n, n<1>, Fig. 2, to break the circuit of the particular electro-magnet when the indicator is operated. The indicator is reset by depressing a spring-pressed sliding sleeve p' having a conical head p, which is adapted to engage the end of the sliding rod m.
Patent GB-191216953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Hat Pin Protectors.
Inventor: JUDGE EMILY SIMPSON
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1912-07-20
Granted: 1913-02-13
Abstract: 16,953. Judge, E. S. July 20. Trimmings may be attached to a hat-pin point-protector a secured to the outside of a hat. Alternatively, holders may be provided on the point-protector for attaching trimmings, lace, feathers, &c.
Patent GB-191217778-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Light-bath Apparatus.
Inventor: GAIFFE GEORGES EUGENE
IPC: A61N5/06
Filed: 1912-07-31
Granted: 1913-02-27
Abstract: 17,778. Gaiffe, G. E. Aug. 4, 1911, [Convention date]. Hinges.-The male member of a hinge comprises a plate k, Figs. 2 and 6, carrying a screw - threaded pin l having a square shank m and a circular collar n; the female member comprises a plate o, Figs. 3 and 6, having a perforation p to engage the collar n and a slot q to admit the square shank m. A milled head r screwing on the pin l carries a washer s having extensions t, which engage a flange u on the head r. The head may be screwed down to clamp the members at any desired angle. A headed screw v prevents complete withdrawal of the head r.
Patent GB-191220892-A (GB)
Title: Non-refillable Bottle.
Inventor: ROSE ARTHUR GRANT
IPC: B65D49/12
Filed: 1912-09-13
Granted: 1913-01-30
Abstract: 20,892. Rose, A. G. Sept. 13. Bottles, non-refillable.- A bottle with a frangible neck has the neck 6 made square in crosssection and fitted with a round cork 13. A screw 14 expands the cork 13 which is protected from corkscrews &c. by a plate 15. The outlet of the bottle is closed by a resilient metallic plate 16. The bottle neck is easily broken at 9, allowing the cork to be removed by the upper part.
Patent GB-191221414-A (GB)
Title: A Rotary Mechanism for the Transmission of Power at Variable Speeds.
Inventor: HUNT WILFRED
IPC: F16H33/08
Filed: 1912-09-20
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 21,414. Hunt, W. Sept. 20. Variable - speed gearing.-A rotary mechanisin for transmitting power at variable speeds comprises a number of inertia masses so inflexibly interconnected with driving &c. members that they are oscillated with a constant amplitude and at a speed proportional to the difference in speed of the driving and driven members. An automatically - variable drive, suitable for motor-vehicles, may be imparted to a shaft 32, Fig. 1, by way of a crank 29 from a shaft 5 carrying a spider 6. Bolts 8 connect the spider 6 to a spider 7 so as to form a frame turning with the shaft 5. The crank 29 is connected bv links 26, 27 &c. to levers 23, 25, &c., which are secured to sleeves 12, 13, 14, Fig. 3, adapted to oscillate about rods 11 carried by the driving- frame. The sleeves 12, 13, 14 are connected by curved levers 18, 19, 20 and links 21 to fly-wheels 3, 2, 1, Fig. 1, respectively which are loose upon an extension 4 of the shaft 5. The inertia of the oscillating fly-wheels has the effect of making the whole act as a gear device having a speed-ratio which varies automatically with the load. A modified arrangement comprises also an epicyclic gear train. The crank 29 may be one of adjustable throw.
Patent GB-191223503-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Point Protectors for Hat-pins and the like.
Inventor: WHITE ERNEST EDWARD
IPC: A44B9/10
Filed: 1912-10-15
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 23,503. White, E. E., and White, M. A. Oct. 15. Point - protectors for pins. - Consists in a hollow cylindrical body in which is secured by rivets a four-way spring formed from a conical body c from which four longitudinal segments have been removed.
Patent GB-191301460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Packing for Steam Engines and the like.
Inventor: REDFERN SAMUEL
IPC: F16J15/20
Filed: 1913-01-18
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 1460. Redfern, S. Jan. 18. Packing, non-metallic. - The packing-rings comprise a wedge-shaped part a and a round part b enclosed in a canvas or like covering c and capable of relative movement. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the part a is of triangular cross-section, the widest face bearing on the rod. The rings may be made of canvas, and the round part b is preferably harder than the part a. The space in the covering c between the parts of the ring may be filled with graphite or the like.
Patent GB-191302271-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Fasteners for French Windows and the like.
Inventor: RUETTI BENEDIKT
IPC: E05C7/02
Filed: 1913-01-28
Granted: 1914-01-01
Abstract: 2271. R³tti, B. Jan. 28. Double - bolt fastenings; sliding bolts. - Relates to fastenings for double - glazed French windows &c., of the type in which a sliding bolt carrying tongues or catches is operated by a two-armed lever having teeth to engage a rack on the bolt. The bolt 14, operated by teeth 20 on a lever 19 engaging a rack 15, has lateral tongues 21 to engage slotted plates on the adjacent inner window frame, and rearwardly-extending hooks 24 to engage recesses in the outer frame 11, the end of the bolt serving also to lock the whole double window to its casing. The other two frames of the window are locked together by angle irons on a similar sliding bolt operated by a lever recessed in the abutting edge of the inner of the two frames.
Patent GB-191310188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Raising and Supporting Arc and other Lamps and the like.
Inventor: HUGHES GWYLIM ANWYL
IPC: F21V21/38
Filed: 1913-04-30
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 10,188. Hughes, G. A., [trading as London Electric Firm]. April 30. Supporting.-In means for supporting arc and other lamps &c., in which raising and lowering and traversing gears are employed and the lamp &c. is supported when in position by a clamp b secured to the span wire a, the vertical axis of the downwardly extending portion of the clamp is in alinement with the vertical axis of the lamp when the latter is in position. The clamp b is provided centrally with an automatic contact weight-relieving device, such as the ratchet and collar gear c.described in Specification 10,728/05, [Class 78, Lifting &c.]. The travelling carriage l is fitted with guides r, Fig. 2, and the usual stops m. When gas lamps are used, an automatic contact valve as described in Specification 1785/13 may be provided.
Patent GB-191311115-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Controlling Electric Circuits.
Inventor: LEITNER HENRY
IPC: H02P1/16
Filed: 1913-05-10
Granted: 1914-05-11
Abstract: 11,115. Leitner, H. May 10. [Addition to 16,174/12.] Regulation, automatic systems and apparatusfor; systems of charging and discharging galvanic batt e r i e s ; starting primemovers, dynamo - - electric machines with control circuits for.-In an electric supply system of the kind described in the parent Specification, the dynamo is adapted to operate as a shunt-wound machine or as a compound - wound machine according to the load conditions ; while the time of movement of the regulator arm towards the 'low' end of its travel is increased by the automatic insertion of a resistance in series with the operating-motor. The stoppage of the primemover, when the regulator arm is at the ' low ' end of its travel and the dynamo-electric machine is operating as a dynamo, is prevented by means of a polarized relay which short-circuits the trigger switch under normal running conditions. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the dynamo B is provided with a shunt field-winding J and a series field-winding I. The movable arm c of a regulator o is adapted to engage a pivoted arm b to energize the winding i of a motor-starter F by contacting with the contact b<2>, and to short-circuit a resistance in the form of a solenoid K by causing the bar b<1> to engage the contacts b<3>, b<4>. The solenoid K controls a short-circuit about the series field-winding I so that, when the dynamo is running as a shunt machine, the resistance K is short-circuited, and vice versa. In a modification, the circuit of the field-winding I is controlled directly by the arm c by the provision of a contact bar a<2> on the regulator, while a solenoid is placed in series with the winding I to short-circuit the resistance in the shunt field circuit. The speed of the regulator motor d is decreased, as the arm c travels towards its low' end, by means of a switch u, which inserts a resistance x in the circuit of the motor d when the arm c travels towards the left, and vice versa. To prevent a trigger switch h<1> from stopping the primemover when the machine B is operating as a dynamo, a polarized relay s, t is employed which shortcircuits the switch h<1> by bridging the contacts y, y'. When, however, the machine B is operating as a starting-motor, this short-circuit is removed and the machine disconnected from the battery if the engine fails to start. The relay s, t may be replaced by an independent time switch, while an alarm may be provided to indicate that the engine has failed to start. The invention is also described in connexion with a motor-starting device as shown in Fig. 3 of the parent Specification. Specifications 21,145/04, 25,784/04, and 6690/06 are also referred to.
Patent GB-191319694-A (GB)
Title: New Driving Mechanism for Cycles and other similar Vehicles.
Inventor: PLOTTIER ACHILLE
IPC: B62M1/12
Filed: 1913-09-01
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 19,694. Plottier, A. Sept. 1. Hand driving-mechanism for cycles &c. comprises a free-wheel and chain mechanism adapted to be actuated by a single lever 5 secured to the undivided bandle-bar 4, which is fulcrumed on a forwardly-disposed supplementary fork 10 connected by a bifurcated arm 2 with the steering-stem 1. On one end of the axle of the front wheel is fixed a free-wheel pinion 6<1>, and on the other end a freewheel pinion 6<2>, and round each pinion passes a cbain 7 the front portions of which are connected by a cable 8 passing over a reversing-pulley 9 on the supplementary fork. The back portion of the chain passing round the pinion 6<1> is continued by a cable 11, passing over a pulley 12 on the arm 2 and thence under a pulley 13<1> on the driving-lever, and is attached at 14 to the arm 2, and the back portion of the chain passing round the pinion 6<2> is continued by a cable 15, passing over a pulley 13<2> on the lever, and secured at 16 to the steering-fork. Up-and-down motion of the handle-bar thus drives the pinions so that when one is rotating forwardly to drive the cycle, the other is rotating freely backwards. The travel of the chain is twice that of the lever ; the gear of the cycle is altered by altering the point of attachment of the pulleys 13<1>, 13<2> on the lever. In a modification, the cable 11 passes over the pulley 12 and is attached at 17<1> to the lever, and the cable 15 is directly attached at 17<2> to the lever. In this case the travel of the chain is equal to that of the lever. The driving- mechanism may work in combination with the ordinary pedal gear.
Patent GB-191400888-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Watering Sprays and the like.
Inventor: MCKENZIE RICHARD WATSON
IPC: B05B1/26
Filed: 1914-01-12
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 888. Mackenzie, R. W., and Jones, T. G. Jan. 12. Commingling j e t s; strainers, arrangement of.-A spray-producer comprises a metal body a having a centrallyextending recess b, the upper end of which is in communication with a cup-shaped chamber or depression d by means of a number of converging channels c, and provided with a screen of gauze e stretched across the recess b. The screen may be held in position by means of a screwed nipple, or, as shown, by a split ring i which expands into the recess h.
Patent GB-191405937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Glass Roofing.
IPC: E04D3/08
Filed: 1914-03-09
Abstract: 5937. Seailles, S., and Soc. Commerciale et Industrielle A. M. L. March 7, 1913, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Glazing.-The glass panes are supported on inverted trough-shaped members a resting in gutters b and provided with slots f in the supporting- faces, to receive bolts g which pass through the capping h and are formed with rectangular shanks for insertion into the wider parts of the slots f, the bolts being then slid into the narrow parts of the slots. The supports a and gutters b are secured to T-irons by clips k which are bent over the flanges b<1> of the gutters and engage the supports. The sides of the members a may be provided with holes so that water can pass through, and holes may also be provided between the slots f to conduct water to the gutters.
Patent GB-191406515-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising or Display Frames or Boards or the like.
Inventor: TAYLOR FREDERICK EDWARD VERNEY
IPC: G09F15/00
Filed: 1914-03-14
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 6515. Taylor, F. E. V., and Thompson, B. W. O. March 14. Boards for notices and the like. - Advertisements, menu cards, &c. are secured in separate shallow compartments of a board. Each compartment may have a glass - fronted, wiregauze, or like door d which can be locked. A single key may unlock all the compartments, or different compartments or groups may have different keys. Both faces of a compartment may have transparent doors so that a single card or different advertisements may be viewed from opposite sides; when the board is to be placed against a wall the compartments may be hinged or pivoted so that both sides are accessible. Each compartment may have a series of advertisements which can be withdrawn through a slit for successive display. One printed strip may extend through a series of compartments. Slots allowing of the insertion but not the withdrawal of advertisements may be provided in the doors. A. single compartment f extending across the top of the board may contain information of general interest, and below this may be a row of spaces g for index headings &c. A large central compartment may contain maps or other matters related to the surrounding announcements. The whole board, or separate compartments, may be uniformly illuminated, or outlined with lamps; or separate compartments may be distinctively illuminated.
Patent GB-191408219-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or applicable to Ovens for Firing Earthenware, Sanitary Ware, Bricks and like Articles.
Inventor: DUNN ERNEST VICTOR
IPC: F27B17/00
Filed: 1914-04-01
Granted: 1915-04-01
Abstract: 8219. Dunn, E. V., and Dunn, D. H. April 1. Brick, pottery, and like kilns.-In an oven or kiln for firing earthenware, sanitary ware, bricks, tiles, &c. of the kind in which the bags are formed within the main walls without any portion projecting into the oven, the bags are fitted with an inner liner of fire-clay or the like made in one piece, or of fire-clay quarries which may be secured together by dovetailing. As shown in Fig. 1, the inner wall d of each bag a is flush with the inner surface e of the oven. The inner wall d and the remainder of the bag a are composed of separate fire-clay quarries, or made in one piece, as shown in Fig. 2, and provided with an opening at the bottom communicating with the furnace and with an opening k at the top communicating with the oven. Fig. 3 shows a modification in which the bag is made of quarries m dovetailed together. Bags formed in this manner are built into the ordinary brickwork during the construction of the oven.
Patent GB-191409154-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Apparatus for Supplying Air to Furnaces, especially to Gas Generators.
IPC: C10J3/80
Filed: 1914-04-11
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 9154. Poetter Ges. Oct. 14, 1913, [Convention date]. Producers.-The supply of air to a producer is normally furnished by a fan or the like, but in the event of a breakdown is maintained by a steam air-injector. A balanced pair of valves a, b is controlled in accordance with the pressures on opposite sides of a flap valve n at the junction of the fan main h with the injector main i. Should the fan stop and the fan pressure therefore fall, the bell d drops and the valve b admits steam to the injector and at the same time the valve a cuts off the steam from the pipe c giving the normal supply to the generator. The valve n therefore swings over smartly, owing to the weight q, and the fan is completely cut out. The restarting of the fan at once returns the valves to their normal position and cuts out the injector. The bell d may be replaced by a solenoid r in the circuit of the fan motor.