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Patent GB-191323226-A (GB)
Title: Automobile Control Mechanism.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: F16H3/66
Filed: 1913-10-14
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 23,226. Mackenzie, J. W., [Ford Motor Co.]. Oct. 14. [Addition to 16,936/11.] Brakes, arrangement and disposition of; controlling different functions by same handle or lever; guarding against wrong movements. - Comprises means for controlling the epicyclic change-speed gear and brake described in the parent Specification, and also means coacting therewith for controlling auxiliary or emergency brakes. A direct drive is obtained by means of a disk clutch applied by a spring 43 and released by a collar 5, while a low speed and a reverse are obtained when brake bands 10, 20, respectively, are tightened, and the vehicle is braked by means of a band 21 acting on a drum secured to the propeller shaft 4. The brake bands are tightened by three pedals 19, 24, 25. The low-speed pedal 19 is connected by an adjustable link 33 to a lever 32 mounted on a rock-shaft 31 actuating the clutch collar 5, so that when the pedal is depressed to bring the low speed into operation, the direct-drive clutch is released. An emergency brake is operated through connexions 40 by a lever 34, which also carries a cam 41 acting on one end of the lever 32, so that when this brake is applied, the lever is operated, as shown in Fig. 3, and the directdrive clutch is disengaged. When the brake is released by moving the lever 34 forward, the cam 41 leaves the end of the lever 32 and allows the spring 43 to re-engage the clutch. The brake bands 10, 20, 21 are tightened as shown in Fig. 5. Each brake band has lugs 11, one of which bears against a stop 15, while the other is engaged by a boss 17 on the slidable pedalshaft 12. This boss is formed with a cam-face 16 bearing against a coacting face on a fixed member 13, so that when the pedal is depressed, the shaft 12 is rotated and forced inwards, and the brake band is tightened on its drum.
Patent GB-191323753-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Bangles or the like.
Inventor: ROLLASON ERNEST BRIGHT
Filed: 1913-10-20
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 23,753. Rollason, E. B. July 24, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Bracelets.-Seamless and jointless bangles are made by coating an alloy of precious metal on a celluloid core, compressing the coating in a die, and then polishing. The celluloid core may be burnt out if desired.
Patent GB-191400481-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines, Pumps, and the like.
Inventor: JOOSTEN JEAN
IPC: F02B53/00
Filed: 1914-01-07
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 481. Joosten, J., and Perrin, P. A. Jan. 7. Fixed-abutment type; working-fluid supply; valve-gear.-Relates to a rotary engine or pump in which the stator is provided with a series of helicoidal abutments which engage notches formed in a series of disks rotatably mounted on the rotor. In an internal-combustion engine, a rotor 11 mounted on a shaft 12 co-operates with a stator 1 having a number of helicoidal abutments 5, 6, 7, &c. to form a series of working chambers for the slotted piston disks 22, which are mounted on spindles 21 in the arms 13, 14, 15, &c. of the rotor 11. As the rotor rotates, the disks 22 are rotated on their own axes by suitable gearing, so that the slot in each disk engages successively the helicoidal abutments. Alternate disks 22 are provided on opposite sides with inlet and outlet passages 32, 33 and effect suction and exhaust; the remaining disks 22 are provided with ports which permit the gas compressed in front of these disks to pass behind them on passing an abutment, whereupon explosion takes place, sparking-plugs 31 being fitted as shown. The passages 32, 33 are controlled by a reversing-valve, Fig. 9, which may be housed in the hollow shaft 12, the motive fluid being admitted through the hollow stem 30 of the valve into the space between the pistons 60, 61. To obviate a deadpoint in the working, the number of disks employed may be one more or less than the number of abutments, according as the admission is effected through the rotor or the stator. Lubricating-ducts 27, 28 are provided to convey oil from the shaft 12 to the spindle 21 and disks 22. The torus or working space a is generated by the rotation of a curvilinear figure about a fixed axis, and other constructions depending on the position of this axis are suggested in the Specification. Instead of employing external gearing to rotate the disks 22 about their own axes, the disks may be formed with shallow peripheral notches engaging helicoidal projections on the stator 1. The rotor may be arranged to co-operate with an inner and outer stator so that each disk 22 operates simultaneously in two working chambers. The inner chambers may serve for suction and compression, and the outer for explosion and exhaust; or, in the case of a steam-engine, the steam may discharge from the inner chambers to the outer and larger chambers.
Patent GB-191402073-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Targets and Indicating Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: MICHOUD ARNOLD
IPC: F41J5/052
Filed: 1914-01-26
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 2073. Michaud, A., and Duvoisin, L. Feb. 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Tell-tale apparatus.-Relates to sectional targets with pendulum electric contact-makers arranged at the back to complete circuits through electro-magnets of the indicator, and consists mainly in connecting the contacts in radial and concentric series so as to indicate the radial position and value of the shot. The target plates c<1>, c<2>, c' are clamped on a sleeve b between wood washers d, and the front bull's-eye disk c<4> is carried by a spindle c<5> passing through the sleeve. When one of the disks c', c<2>, c<3> is struck, the vibration forces one or two of the nearest spring contact-pins e back and completes radial and circular circuits through contacts g<2>, h', h<2> and electro-magnets i<1> ... i', m' ... m<4>, arranged in parallel, of the indicator, which gives the value by the numeral and the radial position by the letter A, B, C, or D. Fig. 3. When the shot is between two sectors, two letters are shown on the indicator. When the bull's-eye is struck, the value is indicated by the numeral 4.
Patent GB-191402102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Medicaments for Rubbing or Massage.
Inventor: LLOYD WILLIAM
IPC: A61K9/20
Filed: 1914-01-27
Granted: 1915-01-27
Abstract: 2102. Lloyd, W. Jan. 27. Massage; medicines, administering.-A device for massaging and applying medicaments to the skin consists of a cylinder composed of any of the glycerides, stearins, palmatins, or oleins, mixed with sufficient wax to make it firm, and provided with one or more longitudinal perforations for holding the medicaments, such as morphia, belladonna, aconite, codeine, narcotine, and the terpenes, such as pinene, pinol, borneol, camphene, and camphor, which exude gradually to the outer surface of the cylinder. According to the Provisional Specification, cotton-wool &c. and soap may be incorporated in the cylinder.
Patent GB-191404916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Atomising Liquids, particularly Liquid Fuels for use in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: CLOUDSLEY JOHN LESLIE
IPC: F02M29/02
Filed: 1914-02-25
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 4916. Cloudsley, J. L. Feb. 25. [Cognate Application, 18,812/14.] Driving and actuating mechanism; rotary stirrers; moving-container apparatus.-Apparatus for atomizing liquids and for mixing air or gas therewith, particularly applicable to liquid fuels for internal-combustion engines, comprises two coaxial oppositely-rotating disks or drums positively driven at a high speed, each fitted with blades, and the blades on one rotor working close to and between those on the other rotor. The liquid is conveyed by a current of air or gas, and the blades are designed to give a low delivery velocity but a high tangential or whirling velocity. The shaft A, Fig. 1, carries a disk A<1> upon which are mounted blades A<2> which support a second disk A<3> carrying blades A<4>. The blades A<2>, A<4> revolve close to blades C<2> carried by a disk C' mounted on a sleeve C. The disks A, C' are driven in opposite directions through friction gearing. This comprises a roller D on the shaft A driving a roller D' on a countershaft D2. A roller D<3> rotating with the roller D' drives, through a jockey roller D<4>, a roller D<6> fixed to the sleeve C on the disk C'. Springs or other suitable means keep the rollers in engagement. The liquid in this case is supplied as a constituent of the mixture from a carburettor E. In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the disks are replaced by drums G<1>, J<2> mounted on the shaft G and sleeve J, respectively, these being driven in opposite directions as described above by the friction gearing D*. The drums are provided with oppositely-inclined blades G<2>, J<4> which may be so shaped as to give no radial velocity. The liquid is supplied at H<2> and is discharged at K<2>. In either of the constructions, one set of blades may be stationary, and the arrangement of blades shown in Fig. 1 may be combined with that shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191405001-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Malt Preparations.
Inventor: HOFFMANN FRITZ
IPC: A23L7/20
Filed: 1914-02-26
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 5001. Hoffmann, F., and Meerwein, C., [trading as Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., F.]. March 3, 1913, [Convention date]. Malt compositions.-Malt extract and calcium caseinate are mixed to form a food.
Patent GB-191405657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Corrugated Floating Rollers employed in Lubricating Arrangements.
Inventor: SPENCER ALEXANDER
IPC: F16N7/24
Filed: 1914-03-05
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 5657. Spencer, A. March 5. Rollers, hollow. - A hollow corrugated roller a, for use in a lubricator for shafts or axles of the kind in which the oil is conveyed from a stationary oil reservoir to the shaft &c. by means of a floating roller pressed against the shaft &c. as described in Specification 28,056/11, [Class 12 (iii) Lubricators and lubricating &c.], is formed from thin sheet metal such as aluminium, the end portions of which are screwed to receive the end disks b and are then spun or turned down over the disks, so as to render the roller oil-tight. White lead or other jointing-material is applied to the screw-threads before insertion of the disks.
Patent GB-191406511-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Preservation of Organic Tissues and Vegetal Cells.
Inventor: JOAQUIM DOS SANTOS VICTOR DUAR
IPC: B27K3/16
Filed: 1914-03-14
Abstract: 6511. Duarte, J. dos S. V. March 14 1913, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Sect. 91 of the Act]. Wood, treating with liquids.-Wood and other fibrous materials are preserved by treatment with " liquid bronze " or " liquid phosphor bronze." Hydrocarbons, metals, compounds of camphor, and other substances may be added to the " bronze."
Patent GB-191410289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gyroscopic Steering Mechanism for Automobile Torpedoes.
IPC: F42B19/01
Filed: 1914-04-25
Granted: 1915-05-25
Abstract: 10,289. Whitehead Torpedo Works, and Dodd, F. W. April 25. Gyroscopic apparatus.--Relates to gyroscopic steering apparatus for torpedoes, and consists in controlling the valve of the steering engine by a gaseous jet from the gimbal system of the' gyroscope. As shown in Fig. 1, a nozzle E is carried by an arm C<3> secured to a boss C<2> on the outer gimbal ring C. Compressed air is supplied to the nozzle through one pivot C', and ducts C<Î>, E<Î> in the outer gimbal ring C and the arm C<3> respectively, and the air issues from the nozzle E by a thin rectangular slot in the lateral wall of the nozzle. The direction of the jet can be adjusted by rotating the arm C<3> about the boss C<2>, and the nozzle E on its seating in the arm C<3>, to direct the jet against a knife H in a diametral plane containing the pivots C', C', so as to produce no disturbance of the position of the gimbal ring as determined by the gyroscope. The knife also can be adjusted by rotating its support H' about the axis of the vane-wheel and clamping it in the adjusted position by a screw H<4>. The knife H normally splits the jet into equal halves directed equally against the two sides of a vane-wheel F. But any deflection of the torpedo relatively to the gimbal ring C causes the jet to be split unequally by the knife, whereupon the vane-wheel F is rotated to one side or the other and drives a worm gear G, G' rotating the spindle G<2> and, by means of a crank G<4> and a link L, giving a set to the valve controlling the steering-engine. The air may subsequently be used to maintain the speed of the gyroscope as described in Specification 11,833/07.
Patent GB-191410937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Indicating and Recording Variations in the level of the Sea and for other similar purposes.
Inventor: KILBURN BERTRAM EDWARD DUNBAR
IPC: G01C13/00
Filed: 1914-05-04
Granted: 1915-05-04
Abstract: 10,937. Kilburn, B. E. D., [Schou, C. V., and La Cour, D.]. May 4. Indicators actuated by pressure of head of liquid.-Relates to apparatus for indicating and recording the variations in the level of the sea and for similar purposes, of the kind comprising an inverted U-tube or its equivalent, one limb of which is filled with water or other liquid and dips into the sea, and the other limb is partly filled with mercury and communicates with a mercury chamber in which is a float carrying a recording-pencil, and consists in the combination with a tube communicating at one end with a mercury chamber and at the other end with the sea, of means for introducing into the tube a liquid which will not readily freeze or mix with the water. In the apparatus shown, the equivalent of a U-tube is formed by eccentric tubes g, n, of which the outer tube g is screwed into a cast-iron base p and is in communication with a mercury chamber h in the base, and the inner tube n passes through the base and is connected to a pipe dipping into the sea. The inner tube and a part of the outer tube are filled with a non-freezing liquid, such as a mixture of tetrachloride of carbon and kerosene, which is introduced by withdrawing air from the top of the tubes through a tube l and pouring the liquid into the bottom of the outer tube through a U-shaped passage v in the base. The bottom of the tube opens into a mercury chamber m acting as a seal. The top of the tubes is closed by a removable bell glass 3. Rods of different diameters are provided for insertion in the tube g to vary as desired the scale of reading of the apparatus.
Patent GB-191410970-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Making Bead Chains.
Inventor: GOODRIDGE GILBERT WELD
IPC: B21L11/12
Filed: 1914-05-04
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 10,970. Goodridge, G. W., and Gagnon, W. J. May 31, 1913, [Convention date]. Making chains; breaking; bending-dies; drawing; stamping. - In a machine for making bead chains, a string of connected dumb - bell links is formed and simultaneously therewith a tube is formed over the links and shaped into a string of connected hollow balls, the respective strings being thereupon separated into units to complete the chain. The chain is preferably of the kind described in Specification 10,603/14, [Class 24, Chains &c.], in which tubular links are utilized. The tubes a, b are converted respectively into dumb-bell links and hollow balls by pairs of dies E, E', G, G<1> having recesses of gradually increasing depth, the tubes being formed and fed forward for the space of two balls by means of drawing-dies D, F mounted on a slide 16 reciprocated by a cam-operated lever 17. In order to hold the formed tubes while the succeeding portions are being formed from the strips A, B during the rearward motion of the dies, and to allow the material to find its correct position between the forming- dies, the dies E, G are connected by a slot and bolt to their slides 24, being pressed therefrom by springs. The tubes are fed forward to the dies during the forward motion of the drawing- dies when the shaping dies E, G are out of contact with the work. The tubes are turned to the extent of 90 degrees between each operation, to prevent the formation of fins, by oscillating the drawing-dies by a pair of racks 12, 13 engaging pinions 10, 11 on the dies. The racks are reciprocated by levers from a cam shaft connected to the driving-shaft 20 by reduction gearing. The recesses in the rear end of the dies G, G<1> are offset alternately so as to break the balls apart, the recesses being also spaced slightly more apart to assist this action. The separation of the balls and links is completed by dies H, H<1> having wave-like faces. In order to prevent feeding of the ball tube in case the supply of link strip is exhausted the pinion which is pinned to drawing- die F is formed with a short hub so that it may be arranged to slide freely in its bracket, being normally held therein by a pivoted latch. In this case the bolt which secures the die G in the slide may be removed so that the die is dropped upon the die G'. The drawing-die D may be keyed to its pinion 10 and may be held in position by a similar pivoted latch 43 so that if the supply of ball strip is exhausted the latch may be raised and the die together with the link tubing removed.
Patent GB-191414253-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Pen-holders.
Inventor: SMITH JOHN
IPC: B43K27/08
Filed: 1914-06-13
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 14,253. Smith, J. June 13. Penholders; reservoir pens.-Relates to penholders of the kind provided with a pen f for general use and a second pen c, slidable in the holder, for occasional or special use. Accurding to the invention, the second pen c consists of a reservoir pen returned to its normal position by a spring e.
Patent GB-191415224-A (GB)
Title: Improved Electrically Operated Winch specially applicable as an Ash Hoist.
Inventor: CAMPBELL GEORGE FREDERICK DOUG
IPC: B66D1/14
Filed: 1914-06-25
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 15,224. Campbell, C. F. D. June 25. [Addition to 20,853/13.] Buffers and shockabsorbing devices.-In order to avoid shock in the event of overwinding of hoist cages &c., a spiral spring W is arranged between the frame w<1> of the head sheave w<2> and a movable plate w<4>. An adjustable block w<5> attached to the winding- rope w<3> engages the plate w<4> and compresses the spring W until the driving - belt of the winch begins to slip.
Patent GB-191421529-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telephone Switching Apparatus.
IPC: H01H21/50
Filed: 1914-10-26
Granted: 1915-09-16
Abstract: 21,529. Western Electric Go., and Mack, R. A. Oct. 26. Retractive switches; switches, quick-action; switches, latching.-Telephone switches, having a contact-operating lever displaceable to right and left and returned by deflected springs to a middle position, are provided with a detent or other means for checking the return, so that the lever does not pass beyond the middle position. In the telephone listening and ringing switch shown in Fig. 1, the lever 5 is provided with a notch 15 engaged by a spring-seated detent 16 in the mid - position of the lever. When the lever is moved to either side, the notch comes away from the detent, and one or other of the sets of spring contacts is displaced by a roller 13. The spring contacts are shaped so that the lever will stay in its lefthand displaced position but not in its righthand position. In either case, the deflected spring contacts urge the lever back to its mid-position after the operator lets go of the handle and, if necessary, gives it a backward flick. The detent then, by entering the notch, prevents the lever from rebounding to the other side. In a modified construction, a bent spring constitutes the detent, and in a further modification of this latter form, a spring bent to a wave-shape engages the roller of the operating- lever. In another modification, the lever has two notches 21, 22, Fig. 8, engaged by two detents 23, 24, which serve to hold the lever both in its displaced and central positions. There may, alternatively, be but one detent, which holds the lever in the central position and in one of the displaced positions. In another modification, the lever has a tooth 25, Fig. 9, engaging a notched spring 26.
Patent GB-191421556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Vehicle Wheels.
Inventor: NUTTING LUCIUS ROYCE
IPC: B60B9/26
Filed: 1914-10-26
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 21,556. Nutting, L. R. Oct. 26. Spring wheels with continuous outer rigid ring and helical and volute springs. - The rigid rim 5 is connected to the hub by spring spoke systems each comprising a pair of crossed links 9, 10 pivoted to the hub, a pair of crossed links 7, 8 pivoted to the former links and to the rim, and helical spring elements, preferably of the telescopic form shown, connecting the outer links to the rim.
Patent GB-191500711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Protecting Machinery against Dust.
IPC: B23Q11/08
Filed: 1915-01-16
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 711. Fortuna-Werke, A. Hirth. Jan. 19, 1914, [Convention date]. Dust, excluding. - To protect gearing against the access of dust, the parts are enclosed in a chamber in which is maintained an air pressure higher than that of the external air. The air escaping from the chamber prevents the entrance of dust. As applied to a grinding - wheel a, the toothed gearing f is enclosed by caps i, k, p, and compressed air is supplied through a pipe l, passing through a passage m to the chamber o.
Patent GB-191500877-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Coating and Preservative Composition Enamel for use with all Metallic Work.
Inventor: WRIGHT JAMES PETER
IPC: C09D195/00
Filed: 1915-01-19
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 877. Wright, J. P. Jan. 19. Paints and coating - compositions.-A paint for metalwork consists of mineral pitch, resin, plumbago, french chalk, powdered driers, and pine-tar oil. The first five ingredients are boiled together, and the pine-tar oil is boiled separately, the contents of the two boilers being finally mixed.
Patent GB-191501212-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Thermostatic Electric Switches.
Inventor: PRITCHARD WILLIAM THOMAS
Filed: 1915-01-25
Abstract: 1212. Pritchard, W. T. Jan. 25. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Thermal switches.-A thermal switch comprises an expansible member 2, preferably an aluminium tube, carrying a rack 5 which is adapted, on expansion or contraction of the tube, to operate through intervening mechanism a countershaft 10 carrying an arm 12 formed with a projection 13 engaging a balanced contact-arm 14. The tube 2 is adjustably secured at one end to a bracket 3, the rack teeth being formed on its free end, which is closed and flattened. The teeth engage a pinion 6, the shaft of which carries a toothed sector 8 engaging a second pinion 9 on the countershaft 10. The balanced contact-arm 14 is adapted to engage the carbon head 15 of a switch arm 16 pivoted to a bracket 17. The rod 2 is maintained in positive but elastic mesh with the pinion 6 by a spring 24, and a hand or pointer 22, moving over a temperature scale 23, is provided on the countershaft 10. The apparatus may be used as a fire or temperature alarm, or as a thermostat for cutting electric heating- appliances in or out of circuit.
Patent GB-191501825-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Tube Device for use in connection with Permanent Hair Waving.
Inventor: ALDWORTH GEORGE
IPC: A45D7/06
Filed: 1915-02-04
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 1825. Aldworth, G. Feb. 4. Hair-crimping appliances; hair washes and the like.-A compound tube, for enclosing a tress of hair wound upon a curler, is made of absorbent material enclosed in non-absorbent material with a reagent between, such as borax alone or mixed with hyposulphite of soda or other material. The tube is made by rolling upon a former a piece of blotting-paper &c. with folded sides, as shown in Fig. II, the half 1 which is rolled last having been sprinkled with borax &c. The tube is enclosed by being rolled in non-absorbent material, such as vegetable parchment or tin-foil, the ends of which extend beyond those of the inner tube. Before use, the tube is dipped in water, and when applied to the tress of hair, a heater is applied in known manner.