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Patent GB-191211750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sulphur Burning Apparatus.
Inventor: HUMPHRIES HERBERT BROOKE PERRE
IPC: C01B17/54
Filed: 1912-05-17
Granted: 1912-10-31
Abstract: 11,750. Humphries, H. B. P. May 17. Sulphur-burners.-A plate P with a central aperture D divides the burner into two chambers, of which the lower contains the sulphur tray C. Air supplied at B below the tray passes up around it, and the products of combustion pass through the aperture D and circulate round the feeding hopper K before escaping at the outlet M, additional air being supplied through the pipe G if desired. The plate P may be hollow for the circulation of cooling-water or air. The tray is inserted and withdrawn through a door in an extension E of the casing.
Patent GB-191216182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bacon and other Meat Slicing Machines.
Inventor: BOND AUSTIN
IPC: B24B3/46
Filed: 1912-07-10
Granted: 1913-07-10
Abstract: 16,182. Bond, A. July 10. Grant of Patent refused. Cutting - edges, treating. - The rotary disk knife 1 of a meat-slicing machine is sharpened by two emery wheels 28, 29 mounted on a small frame, which is removably supported on two pins 30 entering holes in a bracket secured to the machine frame. One of the wheels 28 is askew to engage the bevelled edge of the knife, and both wheels are mounted on sleeves and are pressed towards the knife by springs. Press-pins 32, 33 normally retain the wheels 28, 29 in the inoperative position. When the frame carrying the wheels is reversed in position, it forms an additional guard for the knife.
Patent GB-191217524-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Guards for Domestic Fireplaces.
Inventor: TURNER JOHN ERNEST
IPC: A47G5/04
Filed: 1912-07-29
Granted: 1913-07-24
Abstract: 17,524. Turner, J. E. July 29. Fire-guards are made in sections pivoted together to enable their width to be adjusted, and to enable the sections to be disconnected one from another. Fig. 1 shows part of a guard consisting of three sections A, B of woven wire &c. connected by pins C or long rods serving as pivots. The sections B are set by means of curved slotted bars d connected by bolts and butterfly-nuts. A similar device is used for setting a two-part guard. Fig. 3 shows a guard for gas-stoves. It consists of two flat panels pivoted together at E and set by two flat pinjointed bars and a central retaining-bar F. Fig. 4 shows a corner of a guard with a setting-device consisting of two pivoted bars D, one with one perforation, the other with a series of perforations, connected by a bolt &c. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 17,513/91, 20,638/96, 18,545/99, 9523/09, and 5057/11.
Patent GB-191220486-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Raising and Lowering Ships' Lifeboats.
Inventor: ROBISON THOMAS
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1912-09-09
Granted: 1913-01-23
Abstract: 20,486. Robison, T. Sept. 9. Winches; driving-gear.-A winch mounted in a ship's boat comprises a pair of barrels 3, 4 mounted on a spindle carried by three vertical frames 1 and provided with a spur-wheel 6 driven through gearing on shafts 8, 17, 9 from a hand-wheel 14. Clutches 23, 20 operated by levers 24, 21 are mounted on the shafts 8. 17. A brake disk is mounted on the shaft 8, which is encircled by a band 26 operated by a handwheel 27. When the clutch 20 is disengaged, the drums pay out under the control of the brake, while the drums are free when the clutch 23 is disengaged. The ropes 32, 33 are led through guide-tubes 35 to the bow and stern of the boat. The wheel 14 is at the side of the winch and is gripped by the right hand of the operator, while the wheel 27 is situated at the top within easy reach of the operator's left hand.
Patent GB-191221909-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sights for Guns and other Apparatus.
Inventor: MACH LUDWIG
IPC: G02B23/14
Filed: 1912-09-26
Granted: 1913-04-03
Abstract: 21,909. Mach, L. Sept. 26. Telescopes; telescope systems; eye-pieces.- Consists in forming a sighting-mark on both the object glass a and the eyepiece b of a Galilean telescope, the lenses being so arranged that when the eye is placed at a suitable distance behind the eyepiece, both the marks, together with an image of the target, are in the clear field of vision. The central portion d, Fig. 4, and e, Fig. 5, of the eyepiece may be of greater curvature than the surrounding portion.
Patent GB-191303251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Box Making Machines.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
IPC: B31B50/62
Filed: 1912-04-11
Granted: 1913-04-10
Abstract: 3251. Justice, P. M., [Burt Co., F. N.]. April 11, 1912. Coating - machines. - Machines for feeding boxes and glueing the inner walls thereof, applicable to box-making machines of the type described in Specification 8622/12. The boxes are placed in an inverted position on ledges 272, Fig. 1, of members 271 adjustably secured to angle-irons 270, and are fed forwards by an endless belt, overhanging flanges 287 and rollers 283 keeping them in contact with the belt. The foremost box is periodically removed and fed along ledges in rails 290 into position for glueing by a picker 334, Fig. 5, on a rod 332 pivoted to a reciprocating crosshead. During the return movement of the picker, it is lifted out of contact with the following box by the contact of an arm 333 with a spring-controlled switchpiece 336. A line of glue is applied around the inside of the box by four plates 300, Fig. 12, pivoted to a plate 297 reciprocated on a sleeve 293 in a glue tank by connexions from a cam 307. The plates are forced outwards to contact with the box walls by screws 302 engaging a flared portion 294 of the sleeve. The glueing- device may be put out of action by moving a latch 319, which normally locks the pivoted part 316, 317 of the rock lever 309.
Patent GB-191303288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Golf Clubs.
IPC: A63B53/02
Filed: 1913-02-08
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 3288. Saunders, S. A., and Accles & Pollock. Feb. 8. [Cognate Application, 13,580/13.] Golf clubs; shafts.- A golf-club shaft consists of a solid drawn steel tube, Fig. 2, the walls of which preferably taper externally towards the head but decrease in thickness towards a cylindrical grip portion. The walls of the shaft may be of uniform thickness. In a modified shaft, the small end is tapered externally, the middle portion is cylindrical, and the grip portion is of larger cylindrical or slightly tapered formation. The shafts are applied to metal heads by means of a tapered socket, and are secured by riveting, by shrinking on, by indenting the socket into holes in the shaft, by spinning or grooving the socket and shaft circumferentially after assemblage, by screwing on, or by localized welding so as not to affect the temper of the shaft. As a precaution against twisting of the head on the shaft, the socket may have a longitudinal rib to engage a groove on the shaft. In an alternative arrangement, the tapered hole extends completely through the socket and the end of the shaft is expanded by a securing-plug, or is flattened, Fig. 5, and secured to the sole bv means of screws. The shafts may be attached to wooden heads in the manner shown in Fig. 5, or by terminating the shaft at the lower extremity of the socket and securing by means of a screw.
Patent GB-191307110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Building Up Designs on Cylindrical Printing Surfaces.
Inventor: HOLST LODEWYK JAN RUTGER
IPC: G03B27/50
Filed: 1913-03-25
Granted: 1914-03-25
Abstract: 7110. Holst, L. J. R. March 25. Enlarging, copying, and reducing.-Apparatus for directly repeating a unit design on a cylindrical surface, similar to that described in Specification 12,438 / 12, includes a modified pantograph for enlarging or reducing the unit design to the size of an even fraction of the cylindrical surface, automatic focusing- mechanism for maintaining the focus in adjusting the scale of enlargement or reduction, means for rotating the cylinder in unison with the transverse movement of the unit design across a narrow aperture, means for returning the unit design to its starting point for the successive exposures, and means for stepping the cylinder transversely to fill adjacent sections. The unit design 7, Figs. 1 and 2, is carried by a framework 1, 2 which is adjustable along the base track 3. This adjustment is effected from the hand wheel 28 which controls the links 30, 31, 32. The link 32 moves the lens slide 34 of the automatic focusing - mechanism 33 of the kind described in Specification 27,777/11 which keeps the image focused on the plane tangential to the roller R. The pantograph mechanism of Specification 12,438/12 is modified by having an additional link 40, adjustable along the slotted links 41, 42, for the purpose of accurately measuring even fractions of the roller circumference. The carriage 5, 6 of the unit design is vertically adjustable on guides 4 of the frame 1, and is supported by a second slide 12, and a screw-shaft 11 which threads through an arm of the slide 12 and an arm of the slide 6. The supporting slide 12 and frame 7 are traversed vertically in making an exposure by a connecting-arm 14, the lever pin 15 of which moves in the vertical guide 19. The arm 14 is lowered by swinging the slotted lever 16, and the roller is rotated in unison by gearing 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 53, 54, 52, 51. The brackets 58, 44 carrying the roller shaft 27 are transversely adjustable on the carriage 45 to adjust the surface of the roller in the focal plane when rollers of different diameters are used. To repeat the unit design on the adjacent segment of the same section of the roller the frame 6 is raised exactly to its starting position by stepby-step mechanism 20 of the kind described in Specification 21,177/12 which rotates the shaft 11, and when the periphery of one section of the roller is full the next section is exposed by stepping the roller carriage 45 by similar mechanism 20b which turns the screw shaft 50. In order to reduce the number of repeats necessary to fill the roller if the unit design on the plate is small, the unit design may be mounted on the carriage 45 and repeated on a plate 7 to obtain a new unit plate containing a a series of repeats of the design.
Patent GB-191308467-A (GB)
Title: A Balance Weight Suspension with Double Conductor Supporting Cord for Electric Lighting.
Inventor: SCHUCHARDT AUGUST
IPC: F21V21/16
Filed: 1913-04-10
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 8467. Schuchardt, A. April 10. Pendants.-In a balance - weight suspension forelectric lamps, the double conducting- cord 1 passes over a pulley 8 overhangingly mounted on the balance weight, and having a diameter corresponding to the distance between cord holes in an upper member 4, which carries a pulley 5 of half the diameter of the pulley 8. The cord passes from the pulley 5 over the face of the pulley 8, and through a central tube 11 in the balance weight. The pulley 8 is supported on one side only by a spindle 9 in bearings in a support 10, which may be secured to the balance weight or to the tube 11, or made in one with the balance weight by stamping, casting, pressing, &c. The member 4 is supported by an insulated hook 7.
Patent GB-191310542-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Incandescent Vapor Lamp.
Inventor: BUXTON ANDREW RICHARD
IPC: F23D11/44
Filed: 1913-05-05
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 10,542. Buxton, A. R., and Oijer, E. A. May 5. Vaporizing-apparatus. -A vaporizer which is arranged above the burner comprises an inner tube d connected directly at its lower end to the oil-supply and at its upper end to the burner, and provided with two sets of apertures d<3>, d<4> which respectively allow oil to pass into, and vapour to pass from, an outer casing or tube m shut off at its extreme ends from the oil-supply and burner. Preferably the upper holes d<4> are more numerous than the e lower. The mechanism for operating the clearing-needle a is similar to that described in Specification 17,302/12.
Patent GB-191320482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Producing Discharges in Rontgen Ray Tubes.
IPC: H05G1/58
Filed: 1913-09-10
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 20,482. Siemens Bros. & Co., [Siemens & Halske Akt.-Ges.]. Sept. 10. R÷ntgen-ray apparatus.-Arrangements are described by which a transformer for energizing a R÷ntgen-ray tube can be supplied either with alternating current for time exposures or with direct current for a single impulse, according to the position of a throw-over switch. In one modification, Fig. 1, a rotary converter drives a rectifier G in circuit with the tube R and transformer H. Alternating current also is supplied from the converter through a meter m<1> and two terminals c, which can be put into circuit with the transformer H by the throwover switch a. For a single discharge, the switch a is thrown over to put the direct current from the mains N into circuit through the contacts q, meter m<2>, and cut-out resistance w. The switch handle h is switched over to increase the current by cutting-out resistances w before moving across to the insulated stop band breaking the circuit through the primary of the transformer H. In a modified system, the rectifier G is driven from a three-phase motor. For alternating current, two phases of the supply system are connected with the primary of a transformer through the throw-over switch and a cut-out resistance. Direct current is obtained with the switch thrown over by a rectifier such as a series of aluminium cells connected to two phases of the supply, and supplying direct current to the transformer primary through a cut-out resistance and break such as w. In a third modification, Fig. 3, the transformer H is supplied either with alternating current W or direct current E, according to the position of the throw-over switch P. The tube R can be connected either with the rectifier G through terminals and contacts c<2>, l<1>, l<2> when alternating current is used, or directly with the secondary of the transformer through the terminals and contacts f<2>, d<1>, d<2> by switching over the arm i, when direct current is used. A reversing-switch K is used for obtaining the single discharge when direct current is used.
Patent GB-191323617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stop Motions for Knitting Machines.
Inventor: THOMPSON THOMAS WILLIAM PICKAR
IPC: D04B35/10
Filed: 1913-10-18
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 23,617. Thompson, T. W. P. Oct. 18. Stop - motions. - Relates to electrically-controlled stop - motions, particularly for circular machines, acted on by the presence of a knot or loose end in the thread, by a tight bobbin, broken needles, or by loading-up on the needles. The contact comprises two mercurycups 1, insulated from one another and from a case 2, the circuit being closed by a dipper fork 6 on the end of a lever 7 controlled by a spring 9. The member for detecting a taut thread consists of the thread-guide arms 11, which, when drawn down, raise dependent rods 13, which depress the dipper-fork lever 7 by means of an intermediate lever 13<a>. The threads also normally support pivoted drop wires 14, which, when released by broken or slack threads, move the contact lever 7 to make contact. The threads also pass through knot-detector plates which, by preventing passage of knots, tighten or break the threads and so actuate the stopmotion. The threads are also normally supported by a pivoted member which tips up to provide slack after the thread has been sufficiently tightened to operate the device 11. The release mechanism comprises a spring-actuated plunger 26 normally supported by a pin 28 on a crank 29, the position of which is controlled by a solenoid through intermediate connexions. When the electric circuit is completed, the crank 29 is moved to release the plunger 26 from the pin 28 and rotate a lever 35, which throws out the driving-clutch and puts on a brake. The shaft 39 of the crank 29 has attached to it a pointer 41 which is situated in close proximity to the needles and serves to detect broken needles or loading-up, being thereby moved back to operate the plunger 26.
Patent GB-191324168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steelyard Weighing Apparatus.
IPC: G01G23/00
Filed: 1913-10-24
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 24,168. Avery, W. & T., and Gibbs, R. R. Oct. 24. Printing - apparatus for weighing - apparatus.- Steelyard weighing and weightprinting apparatus for recording simultaneously upon a tape and ticket by means of an inked ribbon is provided with consecutive numbering type-disks actuated together with the recording tape by the operation of the printing handle. The weight-printing disks are actuated as usual from the poise weights and are co-axial with the numbering - disks h. The operation of the printing-handle m actuates a pawl p which rotates a ratchet-wheel q through one tooth. The ratchet-wheel q turns a pawl r attached to a cranked arm s, and the arm s actuates a pawl so as to rotate the units disk of the numberer. The inking-ribbon u is wound on two hand-operated spools u<1>, u<5>, and, passing from the spool u<1>, is guided by rollers so as to pass above and parallel to the ticket inserted in a ticket slot t and then back above the recording-tape v parallel to the underlying length of inking-ribbon, and finally up to the spool u<5>. The recording-tape v is fed forward from the axle of the ratchet-wheel q by means of a crossed drive z. With the exception of the printing disks, the mechanism is mounted on a framework which may be slid out of the enclosing casing for purposes of adjustment or repair. When the lid of the casing is locked, a stop on the lid is situated in the path of an arm on the printing-lever and a record cannot then he obtained. -
Patent GB-191329532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Screw, Bolt or Nut Locking Devices.
Inventor: HEMPEL HEINRICH
IPC: F16B39/32
Filed: 1913-12-22
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 29,532. Hempel, H. Dec. 22. Locking nuts.-A nut is locked by means of a cap e fitting the nut and provided with inside ratchet teeth h engaging with a spring-pressed catch g projecting above the surface of a washer f or other part. The catch may be pushed inwards clear of the teeth by pressing on a button m. The device is shown applied to a rail joint, but is applicable generally. A locking-cap as described may be fitted to a bolt head, or inside ratchet teeth may be formed on a nut or bolt head.
Patent GB-191406421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Indicating when the Flow of Current in an Electric Circuit is Interrupted or Varied.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
Filed: 1914-03-13
Granted: 1915-03-15
Abstract: 6421. Berry, A. F. March 13. Indicating, optical devices for; scales. - In apparatus for indicating when the flow of current through an electric heating-element is varied or interrupted, a thermal strip a, Fig. 4, through which current passes, operates a carrier u on which a number of indicators u<1> are mounted, these being viewed through a lens v<1>. The strip may operate a disk with words or coloured marks below an aperture, or a perforated shutter above a fixed indicator. With any of these arrangements a lamp 12, Fig. 1, may be used, which is connected in series or parallel with the current indicator, and is fitted with a coloured lens or glass 13, a plain glass 15, and a reflector 14, to produce two beams of light.
Patent GB-191407459-A (GB)
Title: Improved Support and Guide for the Towing Cables of Steam Trawlers.
Inventor: LEMOINE PIERRE MARIE
IPC: B63B35/16
Filed: 1914-03-24
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 7459. Lemoine, P. M. April 1, 1913, [Convention date]. Fair-leads; guide-pulleys.-A towing-block or guide for the towing-ropes 4 of steam trawlers comprises a frame 1 carrying the roller 2, a side member 5 hinged to the frame 1, and a locking-lever 8 for holding the member 5 in position. The frame 1 is held rigid by a bolt 18, but may be swung inboard about a hinge 13 when the block is not in use. The bracket 15 carrying the hinge-pin 13 is secured to the ship's side 17 and to the rail 16. The roller 2 may be replaced by a fixed member integral with the frame.
Patent GB-191413158-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Powder Puffs and Containers.
IPC: A45D33/34
Filed: 1914-05-28
Granted: 1914-08-13
Abstract: 13,158. Selfridge & Co., and Avery, A. May 28. Powder - puffs. -Consists in making powder - puffs and containers therefor to resemble flowers. In the form shown, the outer petals b<1> are carried by the container d. and the inner petals by the powder-puff c. The powder is carried in a pad or wad d<1>.
Patent GB-191416772-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Physical Exercisers or Developers.
Inventor: SANDOW EUGEN
IPC: A63B21/00
Filed: 1914-07-14
Granted: 1915-10-14
Abstract: 16,772. Sandow, E. July 14. Exercising - apparatus. -A physical exerciser for children of the kind described in Specification 26,113/12 comprises a doll, model horse, or other figure fitted with extensible garments, harness, or other ex ternal equipment. As applied to a dolL, Fig. 1, the sleeves of the jacket and the legs of the trousers contain coil springs 2, 7, and the material of the sleeves and trousers is either elastic or is made sufficiently full to permit of extension when the coil springs are extended by pulling on the ends 5 or on the dummy feet 9. A belt 10 may be used to enable the figure to be hung upon a wall during the pulling exercise. Spring-grip dumbbells may replace the ends 5. In a modification, the coil springs 2 are replaced by elastic cords passing down the sleeves and terminating in dummy hands.
Patent GB-191421386-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Life Saving Apparatus.
Inventor: FREELY PETER M
IPC: B63C9/08
Filed: 1914-10-22
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 21,386. Freely, P. M. Oct. 22. Body attachments, inflatable and buoyant.-The apparatus consists of a collapsible bag 1, 2, 3 with a folding hood 12 which may be kept open by a strap 22, and a second similar hood-like part 13 which may be laced up close to the hood 12. The parts 12, 13 are hinged to a frame consisting of two hooped parts connected by toggle braces to give the frame rigidity. A buoyant ring 11 may be arranged as shown. The bag consists of waterproof material stretched over small hoops at 6 for the legs and larger hoops at 5 for the body. The apparatus is designed to float horizontally and to pack up as shown in Fig. 2.
Patent GB-191421837-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hook and Eye Fastenings.
Inventor: JANSSON JOHAN EMIL
IPC: A44B13/00
Filed: 1914-10-31
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 21,837. Jansson, J. E. Oct. 31. Hooks.-The hook is flat and comprises a central tongue a lying between side arms c which are carried beyond the tongue and terminate in attaching loops d abutting together as shown, or spaced apart. The side arms c have kinks e to form a retaining-lock for the eye, the wire forming each kink being bent first towards and then away from the tongue a. The tongue a may be bent up slightly to form a resting-place for the eye.