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Patent GB-191211857-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cleaning, Waxing and Polishing Floors.
Inventor: JARRIER REMY
IPC: A47L11/206
Filed: 1912-05-18
Granted: 1913-05-19
Abstract: 11,857. Jarrier, R. May 18, 1911, [Convention date]. Polishing and waxing machines.-A machine is adapted to perform successively any or all of the operations of washing, brushing, waxing, and glossing floors and tilings by providing it with interchangeable tool-carrying rims which are secured to the machine in succession and are rotated round a vertical axis while the machine is propelled over the floor. Fig. 3 shows one construction of machine which is supported on a pair of wheels c' journaled in a pair of arms a<3> forming part of a four-armed standard. The other pair of arms at right-angles to the arms a<3> are each fitted with a floor-contacting rotary ball a<5>, which prevents the apparatus from tilting about the wheel axle b. A bellshaped cover-plate is slotted at f<1> to engage ribs on the arms a<3>, and is raised and lowered by means of the screw e to position the tools vertically. A rotary rim g, which is secured within the base of the bell by a ball-race, is driven by a pinion connected by bevel-gear to one of the running wheels and is fitted with three lateral lugs g<1>, which project beyond the periphery of the bell - shaped member. The tool - carrying rims h are dropped over the bell-shaped member and rest on the lugs g<1>, to which they are secured by thumb-nuts g<3>. The machine shown is fitted with a brush-carrying rim comprising three segmental brushes each secured adjustably to the rim by a pair of pegs i<1> and cotters i<2> and pressed against the floor by blade springs j, the tension in which is adjusted by positioning the bell-shaped member. The other tools are mounted on similar rims which are fitted on to the machine in turn. The apparatus is propelled along the floor by means of a forked handle attached to the pivots k<1>. Fig. 6 shows a modified form of apparatus combined with an electric motor. The shafts a<8> supporting the running wheels form part of a four-armed spider frame, the remaining two arms of which carry the floor-contacting balls. The shafts a<8> also support a U-shaped guide a<1>, the arms of which pass through guide-slots in the bellshaped casing. The motor m is bolted to this casing, which is positioned relatively to the guide a<1> by the hollow screw e. The bottom of the bell-shaped casing is closed by a plate f<2>, which forms a bearing for the motor shaft and also supports an intermediate spur-wheel connecting the motor shaft to the rotary rim. A casing containing a vacuum-cleaning apparatus may be fitted on to the upper part of the bellshaped casing and the apparatus driven from the motor, so that dust may be removed from the floor, walls, or furniture in the room.
Patent GB-191213999-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Recording the Relative Angular Position of a Rotating Body, such as the Direction of a Wind Vane, upon a Time Chart or Diagram.
Inventor: MUNRO ALFRED JAMES
IPC: G01P13/02
Filed: 1912-06-15
Granted: 1913-06-16
Abstract: 13,999. Munro, A. J., and Rooker, F. J. June 15. Wind vanes.-The angular position of a wind vane or the like is recorded on a rotating drum g by means of a pen h on the end of a lever b, which engages by means of a roller c with a helical groove on a cylinder a under the influence of the vane. The ends of the helical groove are connected by a short steep groove and a sharp tooth on an arm e engages with a similar tooth on the top of the cylinder, when the roller c comes to the connecting-groove, and prevents the roller from remaining in the connecting-groove. A disk may replace the cylinder a.
Patent GB-191218339-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Launching of Boats and the like from Ships.
Inventor: KEY WILLIAM DANIEL
IPC: B63B23/04
Filed: 1912-08-09
Granted: 1913-08-11
Abstract: 18,339. Key, W. D., and Key, G M. Aug. 9. Transporting boats across ship's deck; boat raising, lowering, and disengaging gear. - Apparatus for launching boats from ships comprises a framework a arranged over a number of boats and carrying an horizontal sliding arm or arms c from the end of which the boats are suspended, the arms being then projected over the sides of the vessel by means of a stationary motor k, which also operates the lowering-tackle. Hinged platforms s may be provided at the lower decks so that persons may enter the boats at such decks. The running blocks at the bottom of the tackles d are provided with weights f so as to prevent the blocks from turning over, and the two blocks or weights suspended from a pair of arms c may be connected by a rigid rod. The disengaging gear described comprises lines q which pass through pillars p fixed to the boat and engage projections from the weights f. The framework a may be movable along the ship, and the launching-apparatus may be used for boats stowed on the lower decks.
Patent GB-191226988-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Two-stroke Cycle Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: DOLNE-DEHAN GASTON
IPC: F01L5/06
Filed: 1912-11-23
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 26,988. Dehan, G. Dolne-. Nov. 24, 1911, [Convention date]. Two-stroke-cycle engines; cylinders, construction of.-The cylinder has three rings of piston - controlled ports. The upper port 6 for the exhaust extends all round the cylinder and is uncovered by the sleevelike extension 4 of the piston. The middle row of ports 5 are admission openings to the crankcase, which acts as a pump. The lowest ports 7, which are staggered with respect to the admission ports, co-operate with ports 3 in the piston to transfer the explosive mixture from the crank chamber. Owing to the shape of the passages in the piston, no eddying of the gases takes place. The Specification as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a) states also that the crankcase is cut off from the space below the piston by a sliding plate through which the connecting-rod passes in a gas-tight bearing, and the gases are compressed in the space below the piston instead of in the crank-case. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191300140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Spinning Toys or Chance Apparatus.
Inventor: LOSTAK OTAKAR
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 1913-01-02
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 140. Lostak, O. Jan. 2. Roulette and games of chance. - A chance spinning apparatus for use in dice games, roulette, fortune wheels &c., in the form of a watch has a disk or pointer carried by a pinion d freely mounted on a pin fixed to the casing. A spring-controlled operating-stud extends through the casing and carries a frame a provided with a detent c engaging the pinion. On depressing the stud the spring is stressed, and on releasing the stud the spring causes the detent first to rotate the pinion and then to become disengaged.
Patent GB-191307960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Gas Controllers.
Inventor: HUME GEORGE WEDDERBURN
IPC: F23Q9/02
Filed: 1912-11-08
Granted: 1913-06-26
Abstract: 7960. Hume, G. W. Nov. 8, 1912. Actuating.-A clockwork-actuated gas-controJler, of the type provided with a toothed wheel on the valve spindle adapted to be engaged by tappet arms on the timing-disk, has the toothed wheel in the form of a disk with pins arranged on both its front and rear faces. The valve f comprises an open-ended plug having four slots adapted to control the main and by-pass passages. The tappet arms l, m are arranged in different planes on the front and back of the timing-disk, and are adapted to engage the pins j and k on the disk i. A spring-pressed tumbler arm o engages the pins k on the back of the disk.
Patent GB-191310303-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ships' Davits.
IPC: B63B23/04
Filed: 1913-05-01
Granted: 1914-05-01
Abstract: 10,303. Davidson, C. I., and Arnott's Patents, Ltd. May 1. Boat raising, lowering, and securing gear.-Davits of the swinging frame type are restrained from inboard movement when the frame is being luffed outboard by means of ropes E attached to the upright members of the frame at E<1> and passed over pulleys E<4>, E<3> and finally joined in a single rope which is secured to an extension of the spindle B' of the winch barrel B. The slack in the rope as the frame is luffed is taken up by an eccentric E<2> on the spindle B' so arranged that the take up of the eccentric is equal to the delivery of the slack. The eccentric is secured to the spindle B' by means of the clutch E<7>, E<8>, which is released when the frame is fully outboard by a nose E<10> on one element of the clutch bearing against a fixed projection E<11>, thus allowing the winch barrel to pay out the falls. Lashing-bands F, which secure the boat C in its stowed position are secured by means of a rope F' and a ring F<3> which takes over a nose G pivoted to the central stanchion A. The nose is provided with a mousing-ring G<1>, and the nose and ring are both moved apart when it is desired to release the bands F by operating the handle G<5>, which is connected up to the nose and ring by the links G', G<8>. Simultaneously a catch H which engages the top of the davit frame is released through the pull on a chain H<1>. Arrangements are made for stowing a second boat C' in deck chocks J beneath the frame. The half chocks C<2> which support the inboard side of the boat C are adapted to be turned on their pivots C<4> by the lever C<5> so as to be out of the way of the second boat when it is desired to handle the latter. The stanchion A is provided with front guide-members A', which steady the boat as it is being raised.
Patent GB-191312521-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Conveyors for use in Furnaces and analogous Apparatus.
Inventor: ANDERSON WILLIAM
IPC: F23K3/00
Filed: 1913-05-29
Granted: 1913-11-06
Abstract: 12,521. Anderson, W., Meikle, J., and Fulton, C. W. Dec. 28, 1912, [Convention date]. Screw and worm conveyers. - Interruptedscrew conveyers for fuel - feeding and ashremoving in furnaces and analogous apparatus, are, as shown at G and C, formed of threaded sections with interposed non-threaded sections, strung on a shaft of non-circular section. Variations in the relative lengths of the threaded and non-threaded portions are thus obtained. The threads are of uniform depth and pitch. Specifications 4445/12, 4446/12, [both in Class 51 (i), Furnaces &c., Combustion apparatus of], and 10,614/12 are referred to.
Patent GB-191319459-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Forks, Spoons, Fish Knives and similar Metallic Table Ware.
IPC: B21D53/62
Filed: 1913-08-28
Granted: 1914-04-23
Abstract: 19,459. Elkington & Co., and Bosworth, A. W. Aug. 28. Spoons.-Blanks for spoons, forks, fishknives, &c. are made by punching-out in pairs and then separating, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the handles being subsequently brought into symmetrical form.
Patent GB-191319681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Aerial Machines.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: B64C1/00
Filed: 1913-08-30
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 19,681. Wade, H., [Young, M. E.]. Aug. 30. Planes, construction of.-The fixed wings of an aeroplane are shaped so as to give longitudinal and lateral stability to the machine. The basis of the wing shape is a figure A E X 0, Fig. 11, consisting of parts of two rectangles joined along the line A<11> E<11> which is the axis of symmetry of the figure. Each part A E E<11> A<11>, A<11> E<11> X 0 of the figure is curved longitudir ally and transversely. In the longitudinal direction, the front part A A<11> C<11> C is concave below and the rear part C C<11> E<11> E concave above. Each cross-section parallel to the longitudinal axis of the machine comprises parts of two parabolas having their steep or sharp portions adjacent to the front and rear edges respectively and with the flatter portions adjoining without abrupt change in direction. The longitudinal camber of the front part decreases from the lire A C adjacent to the body to the line A<11> C<11> and that of the rear part increases from the line C E to the line C<11> E<11>. In the transverse direction the shape A E E<11> A<11> is divided into two parts approximately along a line joining the points II III ; the inner part is concave below and the outer part concave above. Each transverse crosssection along the lines A A<11>, B B<11>, &c. comprises parts of two parabolas having their flatter portions joined along the line II III, and the camber of the inner part decreases from front to rear and that of the outer part increases from the front to rear. The outer part A<11> E<11> X 0 is a reflection of the inner part about the line A<11> E<11>. The wing itself is formed of only the part A D K A<11> of the base figure, the line D D<11> K being along the lowest parts of the rear parabolic curves in order to prevent the formation of a vacuum near the trailing edge of the wing. The receding front edge A<11> K provides an upwardly inclined front portion for that part of the wing. The part A C C" Q forms the sustaining-surface, and its centre of pressure is indicated at H. The rear part C Q K D forms the stabilizing-surface having its centre of pressure at L. The ratio of the distances between the longitudinal and transverse axes and the centres H, L is the same as the ratio of the width of the wing to the length transversely. The rear part of the wing stabilizes the machine longitudinally and laterally. The wing is supported by a frame 9, Fig. 1, and is provided with a deflector 10. Steering and balancing.-The machine is steered vertically by a flexible tail 5 secured to the segments of a jointed body 3. The deflectors 10 are swivelled at their inner end and are connected at their outer end to a rod 14, Fig. 8, passing through guides 12, 13 in the wing. The deflector is provided with a depending pin 15, Fig. 7, engaging with a slotted arm 17 on a spindle 16 controlled by a tiller 18.
Patent GB-191322926-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Electrical Connection of the Plug and Socket Type.
Inventor: LEONARDT ERNEST HUGO
IPC: H01R33/94
Filed: 1913-10-10
Granted: 1914-09-17
Abstract: 22,926. Leonardt, E. H. Oct. 10. Plug couplings. - A two-pin or other plug comprises a lamp-holder a, in which the ordinary spring plungers are replaced by split pins c, and a ring or member h<2> having a series of spring fingers h<1> adapted to engage a socket adaptor f<1>, the ring being secured to the lampholder by the screwed skirt b which normally secures the lamp shade.
Patent GB-191326769-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with the Generation of Steam, Feed Water Heating and the Heating of Liquids generally.
IPC: F23C99/00
Filed: 1913-11-21
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 26,769. Kirke, P. St. G., and Bonecourt Surface Combustion, Ltd. Nov. 2]. Internally-fired boilers. -Feed-water heaters and liquid-beaters generally of the kind wherein the heat o f combustion can pass to the liquid only through the plates or walls of the liquid container are heated by the combustion of gas and air introduced, in proportions necessary for full and complete combustion, into a mixing- chamber wherein comb u s t i o n begins, and wherefrom issues a homogeneous combustible mixture of gas and air, the combustion of which is completed as surface combustion on or near the surfaces of masses of refractory material. Fig. 1 shows a boiler tube 2 containing masses 1 of refractory material. Gas is admitted to the part 3 of the tube 2 by a valved pipe 8, and air also enters the tube freely, the dranght being produced by suction. The part 3 forms a mixing-chamber wherein combustion begins, and the mixture, after passing through the diaphragm 4, burns on the surfaces of the refractory material 1. The invention is further described in connexion with a Lancashire boiler the flue 2 of which is lined with refractory material 3 and fired by gas and air similarly introduced. The gas is supplied by a box 19 and nozzles 8a. The box 19 contains a valve 10 the spindle of which is hollow and serves as an inspection orifice. A pilot burner 13 is attached. Additional tubes or the like may be provided, and may contain refractory material for heating the same or another liquid container. Specifications 29,430/09, [Class 51 (i), Furnaces and kilns, Combustion apparatus of], 4362/10, and 11,958/13 are referred to.
Patent GB-191328867-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flushing Cisterns for Water Closets and the like.
Inventor: ILIFF FRANK
IPC: E03D1/32
Filed: 1913-12-15
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 28,867. Iliff, F. Dec. 15. Pressure-regulating valves.-The supply-pipe of air-tight cisterns is fitted with a pressurereducing valve of the form shown by means of which the cistern is filled up to predetermined pressure. The valve consists of a plug q on a metal cylinder p united by strips p<1> to a part p<2> in which is screwed a dome r. A ball t in the casing o acts as a cushion. When the discharge valve e is opened, a ball g<2> on the stem g strikes the part p<2> and holds the valve q on its seat.
Patent GB-191329914-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Gas Meter.
Inventor: ROGERS ANDREW
IPC: G01F3/30
Filed: 1913-12-29
Granted: 1915-01-29
Abstract: 29,914. Rogers, A. Dec. 29. Gas-meters.-Relates to a wet meter of the type in which an increased pressure in the mains does not overcome the water seal between the inlet and measuring chambers, and consists in the combination with the water-filling and overflow devices shown, of a passage 11, forming the only water-communication between the two chambers and leading from the bottom of the inlet chamber 1 to the bottom of the measuring- chamber 2. Water is supplied by a pipe 5, surplus flowing by the gas-pipe 8 to a chamber 10 and thence through the chambers 12, 13 to an overflow passage 17.
Patent GB-191400134-A (GB)
Title: Electric Safety Lamp for Mines.
Inventor: KRAUSHAAR WILHELM
IPC: G01N27/16
Filed: 1914-01-02
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 134. Kraushaar, W. Jan. 7, 1913, [Convention date]. Thermometers.-A miner's electric lamp, for detecting the presence of explosive gases, is provided with a catalytically heated wire of high positive or negative temperature coefficient, such as platinum, carbon, iron, or boron, in series with the lamp, the luminous intensity of the lamp being varied by the alteration in the resistance of the wire in the presence of combustible gas. If boron is used, an additional resistance should be provided parallel to it, as boron when cold is practically a non- conductor. If iron is used, it is coated with a non-oxidizable metal such as platinum, on which is a porous layer of platinum-black. To determine whether or not diminished brightness is due to the exhaustion of the battery, the indicating-wire may be isolated from the gas or replaced by a resistance unaffected by combustible gas and normally of equal value, or a lamp without an indicating-wire may be connected to the battery. The proportion of combustible gas may be found by inserting resistances to bring lamps with and without indicators to equal luminosity, the switch being calibrated.
Patent GB-191401773-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Flexible Couplings for the Transmission of Power or Rotary Motion.
Inventor: EDEN CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL
IPC: F16D3/60
Filed: 1914-01-22
Granted: 1915-01-22
Abstract: 1773. Eden, C. G. Jan. 22. B o l t i n g . - Three methods of securing flexible plates d to the rigid parts c of universal joints are shown. In the form shown in Fig. 10, the bent end of the plate engages a recess in the part c, in that shown in Fig. 11, flared washers n are used to prevent injury during bending of the plate d, and in that shown in Fig. 12. a serrated washer is employed. In each case the parts are secured by a screwed stud.
Patent GB-191403711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Nut Locks.
Inventor: THORNTON ALFRED AUGUSTUS
IPC: F16B39/32
Filed: 1914-02-12
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 3711. Thornton, A. A., [American Lock- Nut Co.]. Feb. 12. Locking nuts. - In a nut-lock of the kind comprising a roller mounted in a wedgeshaped recess in the nut and provided with spaced collars to engage the threads of the bolt, the roller B is retained in the recess a by a resilient plate C, formed with two clips c<1>, c<2> holding the roller, and with a spring d pressing the roller against the bolt. The plate has one or both edges serrated so that it is retained frictionally in the recess a.
Patent GB-191409087-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for the Manufacture of Fluorine Compounds of the Rare Earth Metals.
IPC: C01F17/00
Filed: 1914-04-09
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 9087. Siemens &. Co., Gebr. Mav 17, 1913, [Convention date]. [Addition to 8015/14.] Double fluorides of rare earths and the metal one of the precipitants mentioned in the parent Specification, particularly fluor-spar, are produced by stopping the reaction when an intermediate compound (the double fluoride) has formed and before it is decomposed. The reaction is stopped by filtering off the precipitate. To determine the point at which this should be done, samples of the precipitate nay he analysed from time to time. A clarification, which occurs in the liquid when the double salt has been formed and is followed by a cloudiness when the double salt begins to decompose, is also an indication when to stop the reaction. In an example, raw oxides of rare earths in the form of a residue in the extraction of thorium are dissolved in a small excess of hydrochloric or nitric acid, fluor-spar is added, and the mixture is boiled for half an hour.
Patent GB-191417488-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected to with Incubators.
Inventor: BROWN CHARLES MONTAGUE
IPC: A01K41/06
Filed: 1914-07-23
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 17,488. Brown, C. M. July 23. Hatching-appliances.-To ensure that all the egg-trays of an incubator are transposed when changing the position of the trays, each tray or section is provided at its four corners with metal or other tabs 17 bearing indication marks a, c, e, g. When the trays are correctly transposed, all the similarly marked corners are situated at the centre, as shown in Fig. 2. - Each tray consists of a rectangular framework 10 supporting a number of transverse and longitudinal wires 11 forming the bottom and sides. The tray has a hinged lid 12 and is divided into three compartments by partitions 15, the centre compartment 16 being the smallest and intended to be left empty when the infertile eggs are removed. The sectioned tray may serve as a pedigree tray, so that eggs from special laying strains of hens can be kept separate. As shown in Fig. 1, the tabs 17 are applied to the interior surface of the tray, but they are preferably secured to the exterior surface of the lid 12.
Patent GB-191505660-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Reinforcement of Concrete and the like.
Inventor: BANKS ARTHUR RICHARD
IPC: E04C5/03
Filed: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 5660. Banks, A. R., and Bye, A. April 15. Reinforced concrete.-Reinforcing-bars of a cruciform. cross-section are provided on one or more of the webs with a flange b<1> which extends along one side only. The webs may be wedge-shaped in cross-section and' may be formed with bosses c<1>.