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Patent GB-191322629-A (GB)
Title: Improved Motor Tractor for Plows.
IPC: B62D55/26
Filed: 1913-10-07
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 22,629. Brockmann Chemische Fabrik, M., and K÷hn, C. H. Oct. 7. [Addition to 15,310/09.] Propelling by means other than adhesion driving - wheels and racks. - A tractor or motor plough is propelled, as described in the parent Specification, by means of driven endless chains carrying sprags which enter the ground. According to the present invention, (1) the sprags are guided so that they are vertical during the time that they enter and leave the ground and while they are in it, and (2) fixed or movable guards are provided to protect the chains and driving-gear from earth falling off the sprags while they are on the upper side of the chains. (1) In the form shown in Fig. 1, the sprags 9 carry rollers 7', 8', which run in separate guideways 6, 1 respectively, the guideways being arranged so that the sprags are vertical during the whole time they are in contact with the ground. Fig. 4 shows a form in which the sprag is pivoted to a head carrying rollers 7, 8, running in a guide 6, and is fixed to an arm 11 carrying a roller 12 running in a separate guide 13. In order to allow for sagging of the endless chains, the heads of the sprags may be provided with slots 16, Fig. 5, the chains being attached to pins 15 working in these slots. (2) In order to protect the chains and sprocket-wheels from earth, the arrangement shown in Fig. 6 may be adopted. The head of the sprag 9 is recessed, and fixed cover-plates 22 fit in the recess and, in conjunction with a plate 25, shield the chains 21 and sprocket - wheels 20. An endless band 24 covers the gaps between the plates 22. Several modifications are described in which (1) the sprag is formed with two flukes 27, Fig. 10, arranged on either side of the plane of a central driving-chain 21, (2) the sprag is formed with one fluke arranged between two widely-spaced driving-chains, (3) the sprags are connected by two endless bands, one lying over the other, and (4) plates or shoulders 37, Fig. 13, are formed on the sprags to receive any earth that may fall from the sprags when they are inverted. The sprags may be formed with plates or shoulders, which rest on the ground when the sprags are inserted therein and prevent the earth from being heaped up around the sprags.
Patent GB-191326934-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Transformation of the Frequency of High Frequency Alternating Currents for Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony by means of Dynamo Electric Machines.
IPC: H02K47/26
Filed: 1913-11-22
Abstract: 26,934. Soc. M. Latour et Cie. Nov. 22, 1912, [Convention date]. Alternating - current induction machines; rotary transformers.-According to the Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a), alternating currents for wireless telegraphy or telephony are changed in frequency by means of several pairs of inducing and induced windings placed around the periphery of a single machine. Thus, to double the frequency, stator and rotor windings A1, B1, Fig. 1 (Cancelled), co-operate with another pair A2, B2 in the same machine, the common rotating windings B1, A2 consisting of a closed two-phase system of conductors of a squirrelcage type crossed at their centres, as shown in Fig. 2 (Cancelled). The windings A1, B2 may be juxtaposed, so as to fill a portion, for example one-fourth, of the circumference of a common stator. By similarly placing windings around the remaining three-fourths, eight bipole elements may be cascaded. The arrangement is stated to be applicable to single or polyphase currents and it may also be embodied in homopolar machines, provided that the rotors are laminated. Circuits for utilizing the transformed two-phase currents are shown in Figs. 4 and 5 (Cancelled), in which the field magnet for the initial frequency is represented .at A and its armature at B. Resonance circuits for intermediate frequencies are shown at f, 3f, 2f, and 4f, capacities C being used to eliminate the self-induction of the generating circuits. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191328207-A (GB)
Title: Improved Reinforcement for Reinforced Concrete.
Inventor: LUKE ALFRED JAMES
Filed: 1913-12-08
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 28,207. Luke, A. J. Dec. 8. Reinforced concrete. - Stirrups and shear members are formed with a complete loop c at each side of the main bar to receive a pin or wedge d. The loops c may be formed at both ends of the stirrup, and the free ends of the stirrup may be bent outwards or hooked over a second bar. The stirrups may be used in combination with others shown at g and of the kind described in Specification 7544/10.
Patent GB-191328643-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Winches.
IPC: B63B21/16
Filed: 1913-12-11
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 28,643. Clarke, Chapman, & Co., and Woodeson, W. A. Dec. 11. Apparatus with jointly - controllable drums; regulating and control - transmitting gear for winding and paying-out apparatus.- Comprises an arrangement of clutch driving- gear for manipulating two winch barrels mounted side by side. The two barrels a are looselv mounted on a continuously - running shaft c driven by spur gearing d from the main driving - shaft f. Each barrel carries a spurwheel b gearing through an idler pinion with a loosely - mounted clutch pinion on the shaft f. For winding in one direction, the drums are operated through the gearing b by operating each clutch j from a separate pedal k. For winding in the other direction, the drums are connected to the shaft c by interlocked clutches t controlled by a single hand-lever o. The lever o operates two links v through the medium of a rocking-shaft r carrying pegs engaging camslots. By manipulating the lever, either or both drums may be clutched to, or freed from, the shaft. ,The cam-slots may be shaped so that different positions of the lever correspond to the out-of-gear and to the other positions.
Patent GB-191329631-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Power Transmission Gear for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: THORNYCROFT JOHN EDWARD
IPC: B60K17/04
Filed: 1913-12-23
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 29,631. Thornycroft, J. E. Dec. 23. Balance or differential gearing; transmission gear of invariable ratio.-The longitudinal propeller shaft a carries bevel differential gearing, the driven members of which drive parallel shafts d through spur or helical gearing g, the shafts d driving the road-wheel axles through separate worm gearing e. Thrust bearings j may be provided at either end or at both ends of the shafts d. The gearing is enclosed in a casing c forming part of the rear axle structure, the casing being divided in an horizontal plane containing theaxes of the shafts a, d.
Patent GB-191401103-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for Trapping and Removing Amalgamated Oil, Grease and Carbonates of Lime and Magnesia, Sodium and the like, Held in Suspension in Water Fed into Steam Generators, and for Heating and Softening and Purifying such Feed Water.
Inventor: POMEROY JOHN
Filed: 1914-01-15
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 1103. Pomeroy, J. Jan. 15. Feed-water, heating.- Feed-water, entering the casing a by the distributor d in a detachable lid a', flows down detachable inclined trays b having catchment ribs c alternately projecting from either side, and finally enters a chamber e and flows under and over diaphragms e<1>, e<4>, e<6> to the outlet g. Longitudinal partitions are also provided in the chamber e. Oil and sediment are thus trapped, and the sediment can be blown off by the tube h.
Patent GB-191402379-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tractors for Ploughs and the like.
Inventor: KILBURN BERTRAM EDWARD DUNBAR
IPC: B62D49/06
Filed: 1914-01-29
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 2379. Kilburn, B. E. D., [Stock Motorpflug Ges.]. Jan. 29. Agricultural tractors with internal-combustion engines. - Comprises a tractor for ploughs in which the steering-wheel 10 is in front and is detachably mounted so that it can be placed in either of the positions shown in full and dotted lines, so that it may run in the last furrow or on unbroken ground. The plough may be situated at 17 in front of the single driving-wheel 7, or at 17<1> behind and, in part, outside the driving-wheel. A second plough may be used at 17<11> when a greater width of working is desired. The idle wheel 8 is adjustable vertically. A pair of steering- wheels 10 may be used, adjusted together for steering in the usual manner.
Patent GB-191408192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ball-and-Socket Joints.
Inventor: VAUGHAN ERNEST
IPC: F16C11/06
Filed: 1914-04-01
Granted: 1915-07-01
Abstract: 8192. Vaughan, E. April 1. Ball-jointed hinges. - Relates to a ball-andsocket joint for link-work, applicable to motorcars where a rod running down the steering column is connected at its lower end to the operating-arm of the carburettor valve. The ball is retained in engagement with the socket by a spring clip device, the ends of which embrace the neck of the ball member. The spring clip device may consist of a band 6 mounted in an annular recess in the socket; or the socket itself may be of spring construction, the sides consisting of spring claws 2.
Patent GB-191411519-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: BRADSHAW WILLIAM PRATT
IPC: B60K3/04
Filed: 1914-05-09
Granted: 1915-05-10
Abstract: 11,519. Bradshaw, W. P. May 9. Annular wheels. - The wheels of a motorvehicle each consist of a rotatable rim 6 running or. rollers mounted on ball bearings in a fixed wheel-centre 8. The wheel-centres also support the countershafts 16 which drive through pinions gearing directly with internal teeth 10 on the wheel rims.
Patent GB-191412188-A (GB)
Title: A Waterproof, Dampproof Enamel Distemper for Walls, Ceilings, Wood Work, Iron and the like.
Inventor: KEMP WILLIAM HAROLD
IPC: C09D107/00
Filed: 1914-05-18
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 12,188. Kemp, W. H. May 18. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Paints and coating-compositions.-A. waterproof paint consists of french chalk, plaster of paris, litharge, powdered resin, Portland cement, white sand, and zinc white mixed to a thick paste with a mixture of rubber solution, knotting or spirit varnish, boiled linseed oil, turpentine, and driers. A pigment, such as ultramarine, chrome yellow, or brown umber, ground in turpentine, linseed oil, or gold size, may be added. If a glossy surface is required, varnish is added. Specification 6910/11 is referred to.
Patent GB-191412336-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of a Hydrogenation Product of Colchicin.
Filed: 1914-05-19
Abstract: 12,336. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., F. June 9, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Tetrahydrocolchicine is prepared by the action of hydrogen upon colchicine in the presence of a finely divided or colloidal metal of the platinum group, palladium being particularly suitable. The product may be used in therapeutics as a substitute for colchicine.
Patent GB-191415689-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Methods of and Apparatus for Washing Coal and other Minerals.
Inventor: HABETS PAUL
Filed: 1914-06-30
Abstract: 15,689. Habets, F., and France, A. July 26, 1913, [Convention date]. Upward-current classifiers. - Relates to apparatus for washing coal and other minerals of the kind described in Specifications 22655/12, 17011/13 and 17012/13, wherein the coal &c. is passed over multiple ascending streams of water. The discharge orifices for the heavy material from one or more washing-units f, which may be at different levels, are connected to a tank or conduit g which is maintained full of water and from which the heavy material may be removed by a screw conveyer g or by an elevator. Each washing-unit may be provided with shutters or vanes v for regulating the ascending streams. The side walls of the units may be varied by means of pivoted flaps or removable blocks. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) describes also vertically-adjustable grids, each of which may be made up of longitudinally-extending bars a which are lozenge-shaped in cross-section and need not be parallel. The bars may have inclined upper edges x, Fig. 11 (Cancelled) and may have extensions y tapering up-stream from the unit in which they are comprised. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-191416509-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, or relating to, Secondary Galvanic Batteries.
Inventor: OLDHAM ORLANDO
IPC: H01M50/176
Filed: 1914-07-10
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 16,509. Oldham, O. July 10. Connexions.-A spring terminal j is united to an electrode lug f of an accumulator, so as to make a tight joint at the cell lid, by a part c, flanged to bear on the lid and sleeved to pass therethrough and screw upon the lug within a box d, attached to the underside of the lid and holding vaseline &c. A flange g on the lug bears against this box, directly or through a washer. The boxes d for both terminals may be integral and formed by recesses in a bar. The terminal is suitable for use in a battery lamp and allows the use of large electrodes.
Patent GB-191417164-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Roads and Ways.
Inventor: DESSAU MORLAND MICHOLL
IPC: E01C5/14
Filed: 1914-07-20
Granted: 1914-12-31
Abstract: 17,164. British Murac Syndicate, and Dessau, M. M. July 20. Block paving.-Relates to means for allowing expansion and contraction in block paving of the kind in which air spaces, closed at the top by elastic means, are provided between one row of blocks and another or between a row and the pavement kerb, or at both places. The invention consists in employing elastic closing- members of rubber or the like which are bifurcabed and provided with feet adapted to enter grooves in the sides of the blocks. The spaces d, Fig. 1, between the longitudinally-arranged gutter blocks c are closed at the top by rubber or like members having feet f extending from limbs c, and engaging the recesses in the sides of the blocks. The rubber is grooved at g and expanded at h as shown in Fig. 2, in order to enable compression to take place without unduly changing the form of the insertion piece, the flow of rubber taking place between the limbs c. The rubber insertion pieces present a vertical face to the kerb b and to the usual paving blocks a, the foot f on one side being dispensed with.
Patent GB-191418731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Clothes-hanging Pegs and like Pegs.
Inventor: BUDENBERG ARNOLD
IPC: A47G25/06
Filed: 1914-08-17
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 18,731. Budenberg, A., and Johnstone, M. Hope-. Aug. 17. Hooks fixed to walls and flat surfaces. - Clothespegs are pivoted and counterweighted so that they assume a vertical position within a recess when not in use. Fig. 1 shows a peg attached to the back of a chair. Within a recess is secured a bracket a, to which the peg d is pivoted. The weight e holds the peg in the vertical position when it is not in use.
Patent GB-191421517-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Gas Producers.
Inventor: GLOVER SAMUEL
IPC: F23D99/00
Filed: 1914-10-26
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 21,517. Glover, S., and West, J. Oct. 26. Air supply and draught, regulating.- In a gas-producer furnace for heating gas retorts &c., the door by which access is obtained beneath the grate is connected to one or more dampers adapted to regulate the area of outflow from the producer, so that, when the door is opened for the purpose of clinkering &c., the area of outflow is correspondingly restricted, to prevent any increase in the flow of air through the furnace. As shown, the furnace door c is connected by a chain i to a slide-rod j, which is furnished with stops k to engage and operate a weighted lever m on the spindle n of the damper g in the gas-outlet passage h. Adjustable stops o are provided to limit the range of movement of the levers m.
Patent GB-191422719-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Absorbent for Carbondioxide in Breathing Apparatus for use in Mine Rescue Work or like purposes.
Inventor: BEVAN EDWARD JOHN
Filed: 1914-11-18
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 22,719. Bevan, E. J., and Davis, R. H. Nov. 18. Respirators.-In a breathing-apparatus for mine rescue work and the like, the absorbent for carbon dioxide in the regenerator is made by grinding wood pulp or other form of cellulose with a strong solution of caustic alkali, such as sodium hydrate.
Patent GB-191423892-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Excavating Machines.
Inventor: HANNEBORG AURORA
IPC: E02F3/06
Filed: 1914-12-10
Granted: 1915-04-15
Abstract: 23,892. Hanneborg, A. Dec. 10. Digging or channelling apparatus; rotary scrapers. -Relates to excavating - machines with rotary screws 4, Fig. 1, the carrying- frame 1 of which is vertically adjustable on a second frame 2, Figs. 1 and 2, which in turn has a controlled pivotal connexion with a third frama 3 travelling on wheels 6, the pivotal movement taking place about an horizontal axis 7 parallel to the excavating direction, and consists in providing a coupling, such as the cone clutch 14, so that the pivoting may be effected by hand through the worm 17 and worm-wheel 12 when the coupling is locked, and pivoting may result freely when the coupling is unlocked. The worm gearing operates a pinion 10 mounted in the frame 3, and this pinion gears with a circular rack 21 having its centre at the pivot 7 and formed on the frame 2.
Patent GB-191500133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to Valves.
Inventor: SCHILLER JOSEPH FRANCIS
IPC: F16K3/26
Filed: 1915-01-04
Granted: 1915-05-27
Abstract: 133. Schiller, J. F. Jan. 4. Piston valves.- A screw-actuated piston valve, particularly adapted for use as a blowoff v a l v e for steam-boilers, is provided with a by - pass passage for balancing the valve member and for supplying fluid pressure to compress the packing arranged on the valve member. The valve member 7 has an angular port 11 and is provided with a reduced portion adapted to receive soft packing 13. The packing is compressed by a collar 15, acted on by a spring 17 and by fluid pressure admitted through the port 8. The spring 17 abuts against a collar 18 provided with a sealing-surface 24 adapted to engage a corresponding surface on the casing, and is protected by a flange 50 on the collar 15. The collar 18 is secured to the spindle by a screw 20 inserted through a slot in the flange 50, so that the head of the screw prevents the rotation of the flange. The valve spindle, which is prevented from rotating by a member 2<a> pinned to the spindle and slotted to engage one of the members of the yoke 9, is hollow and internally threaded to engage a non-reciprocating actuating-screw 26. The valve member works in a liner 2 secured to the casing by projections 3. A modification is described showing the valve fitted in a casing of the ' straightway ' type.
Patent GB-191500332-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Cleaning Fire Tubes of Steam Boilers.
IPC: F28G3/16
Filed: 1914-09-15
Abstract: 332. Reiter & Gruenwald, [Assignees of Gruenwald, T.]. Sept. 15, 1914, [Convention date]. Cleaning, fluid-pressure processes for.-Apparatus for cleaning fire-tubes of steam-boilers, of the type inserted through the smoke-box and directing a steam jet through the tubes in the direction of the draught, comprises a rigid tube 6<1> carrying a suction head 4 and connected by a flexible tube 7 with a fixed tube 6, having valves 5 and communicating with the steam space. The device is inserted through a suitablyplaced door 9 in the smoke-box wall and is manipulated by a handle 10. The suction head comprises an annular chamber from which the steam escapes through backwardly inclined openings 14, sucking hot gases from the combustion chamber through a funnel opening 3, and discharging the mixture through an opening 2.
Patent GB-191505557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Rectifiers and Methods of Operating the same.
IPC: H02M7/06
Filed: 1915-04-13
Abstract: 5557. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. April 13. Arc lamps; vacuum tubes; low-pressure metallic-vapour apparatus.-A rectifier having a current and pressure range similar to those of mercury-vapour rectifiers consists of a vitreous envelope containing a refractory cathode adapted to be heated to a temperature of say 2,000‹ C., one or more anodes of considerable heat-dissipating capacity, and an inert gas or vapour, for instance nitrogen, argon, neon, krypton, or mercury vapour, at a pressure sufficient to prevent disintegration of the cathode. Electro-negative gases, such as water vapour, oxygen, or chlorine, are carefully excluded. The pressure may be from about a centimetre of mercury to an atmosphere, but may be as low as a millimetre of mercury. Mercury vapour may have a lower pressure than gas. If the pressure is very low the temperature of the cathode is raised so as to increase electron emission, which has a protective action. In the rectifier shown, the cathode is a coiled tungsten filament 8 heated initially or continually by an independent current. The anodes 9, 10, which may also be of tungsten, are large enough to prevent heating beyond 727‹ C. They are shown as disks, but in a half-wave rectifier a single pot-shaped anode may surround the cathode. Gas is removed from the anodes by strongly heating them in a vacuum before mounting, or by electron bombardment during exhaustion. For electric pressure up to several hundreds of volts, the electrodes may be close together, as shown. The envelope may be of glass, with sodium-magnesium boro-silicate or other low-expansion glass for the seals of the tungsten leading-in wires. A globule of mercury may be introduced into the envelope, which is then of such size as to become hot in working. The discharge has the characteristics of an arc. Specifications 13,413/06 and 19,668/13 are referred to.
Patent GB-191509998-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Metallic Packing.
Inventor: BOWIE ALLAN
IPC: F16J15/28
Filed: 1915-07-09
Abstract: 9998. Bowie, A., and Samples, W. July 9. Packing, removable casings, containers, or carriers for; packing, metallic; leakage, recovering.-A split casing A for insertion in a stuffing- box B is formed with a smooth exterior surface and internal parallel flanges E forming chambers for housing the packing D, which is preferably in semicircular pieces of channel section and provided with locking-pieces K held together by pins L. An oil duct H is provided which communicates with the rod and one or more compartments by passages G. A drainage duct I may communicate with one compartment, or, by means of a longitudinal duct, with all the compartments. Ducts may be provided to allow steam and lubricant to enter behind the packing.
Patent GB-191511809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Trays or Boxes for containing Jig-Saw Puzzles.
Inventor: SAUTY ALFRED DE
IPC: A63F9/10
Filed: 1915-08-16
Abstract: 11,809. Sauty, A. de. Aug. 16. Puzzles.-A jig-saw puzzle is enclosed in a tray or shallow box with a glass top, and the sections are moved by means of wires or rods inserted through apertures in the sides of the box.
Patent GB-191512370-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Motor Garages and the like Buildings.
Inventor: GRABER ELLIS
IPC: B60S13/02
Filed: 1915-08-27
Abstract: 12,370. Graber, E. Aug. 27. Turntables.-A rotatable platform for motor garages and similar buildings comprises a platform a formed of channel-irons and transverse boards, mounted on a pivot c, and supported on wheels or runners b, which may be in a middle raised portion of the platform g, Fig. 6. The platform is only slightly above or practically level with, the ground and, in the case of a rectangular platform, may have one or more hinged flaps at its ends. The platform may be provided with fixed jacks or other lifting-devices.
Patent GB-191515198-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Instruction in the Use of Colours.
Inventor: ELWIN HENRY
IPC: G01J3/52
Filed: 1915-10-27
Abstract: 15,198. Elwin, H., and Smith, F. H. Oct. 27. Water paints.-In an outfit for art instruction in which paints are to be applied to paper which is then folded so as to duplicate the daubs and make designs, a thickening-medium is employed consisting of glycerine, mucilage of gum arabic, tragacanth, and water in specified proportions.