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Patent GB-191302613-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Loose-leaf Binders.
Inventor: MILLER HENRY CHARLES
IPC: B42F13/02
Filed: 1913-01-31
Granted: 1913-09-04
Abstract: 2613. Miller, H. C. Jan. 31. Post files.-Filing-posts for loose-leaf binders are formed flexible in one plane only. Several constructional forms of post are described. Fig. 8 shows a strip of thin spring steel bent through two right-angles, tongues h<2>, h<3> being provided on the ends which slidingly interlock to allow bending of the post. The bends h' form loops through which pintles on the cover pass. Fig. 10 shows a form in which one end of the strip is provided with a girth strap j' through which the other end passes. Fig. 11 shows a post formed of strips l, n, o riveted to blocks m through which the pintles pass, the strips n, o engaging as shown in Fig. 8 or Fig. 10. Fig. 17 shows a post of the Fig. 8 type, but having blocks h<6> sufficiently near the ends h<1> to strengthen them, but allowing the pintles to pass through. Fig. 13 shows a post formed of a single strip of leather &c. q riveted to looped metal ends r. The posts are inextensible and may be resilient and are slightly longer than the distance between their pivotal points of connexion to the cover. The hollow forms of posts may be fortified by inserting a filler i of leather &c., such as shown in Fig. 15, or consisting of separate metal blocks k, Fig. 10, riveted to the posts. Covers.-Means are provided on the cover for causing the posts to assume an outwardly or inwardly bowed form when the binder is opened or closed. These consist of projections s<2>, s<3>, Figs. 5 and 6, which bear against the front and back respectively of the posts, and are formed from the material of the pintle socket s where it is cut away to receive the posts. A spring back is provided. Locks.-Each socket s is enlarged at the end s<4>, Fig. 6, to receive a key for removing the pintle e and releasing the papers, and a lock is provided for the pintle consisting of a spring- pressed bolt w engaging a groove on the pintle and releasable by a key.
Patent GB-191304188-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Methods and Means for Softening Water.
Inventor: WHEATON HAROLD JOSEPH
IPC: C02F1/42
Filed: 1913-02-18
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 4188. Wheaton, H. J. Feb. 18. Liquids, purifying; filtering-media, regenerating. - Apparatus for regenerating a water-softening reagent such as zeolites by means of salt solution is arranged so that the bed of material is agitated by the passage of the salt solution upwards before it passes slowly downwards through it. A bed b of reagent is supported on a layer of gravel in a tank a. The water to be softened is supplied through a pipe h to a distributor k and after treatment is collected by a distributor r and discharged through a pipe n and meter s. To regenerate the bed, a tank d is filled with water from the pipe n, salt is added, and the solution is forced by a pump g up a pipe f to a tank e. On opening a valve o, it passes to the dist ibutor r and agitates the bed as it rises through it. A cock t is t@en opened and a downward flow of solution and-washing-water takes place. In a modified form of apparatus in which the water is passed through the bed under pressure, the tank d is supplied with liquid from the pipe h instead of from the pipe n.
Patent GB-191309035-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Devices for Cleaning Carpets and the like.
Inventor: CLARK THOMAS GEORGE
IPC: A47L5/04
Filed: 1913-04-17
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 9035. Clark, T. G. April 17. Vacuum cleaning - apparatus.-Apparatus as described in Specificaticn 11,678/12 is modified by having the two bellows A, A' formed on one side of the filter chamber B. The board F between the two bellows is connected by a link G to the lower end of a long sliding bolt H in the fixed handle C. A link I is attached to the top end of the bolt H and also to the movable handle K which operates the bellows. The apparatus is provided with stays and guides L as described in Specification 7911/12.
Patent GB-191312454-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cup Ring Packed Pistons or Plungers.
Inventor: TRIST ARTHUR RONALD
IPC: F16J15/32
Filed: 1913-05-28
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 12,454. Trist, A. R. May 28. Channels in pistons.- In a piston composed of packing-rings d of cupleather type clamped between plates or disks a, b, lubricating spaces f round the peripheries of the packing - rings communicate with recesses g containing solid lubricant. The ends of the recesses may be covered by a shoulder, as shown at the top of the Figure, or by studs, or by a ring m. A lubricating groove h communicating with recesses k may be formed in the middle ring b.
Patent GB-191317587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Manufacturing Chocolate Confectionery.
Inventor: BOYD WILLIAM
IPC: A23G3/20
Filed: 1914-02-28
Granted: 1914-12-03
Abstract: 17,587. Boyd, W. Feb. 28, 1914. Packeting or parcelling biscuits, cigars, &c. in receptacles.-Chocolate confections are ejected from moulds on to a belt and carried into a n u m b e r of parallel compartments to form rows which are transferred to paper trays in boxes by a vacuum lifter comprising an exhaust chamber 108 fitted with small pipes and felt pads 110, one for each sweet. The chamber is exhausted through a pipe 109 and the vacuum is broken, to release the goods, by a valve 112.
Patent GB-191322466-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Washing Machines.
Inventor: ZUILL WALTER JOHN
IPC: D06F15/00
Filed: 1913-10-06
Granted: 1914-03-19
Abstract: 22,466. Zuill, W. J. Oct. 6. Washing-machines with axially-moving and rotary dollies.-In a washing-machine employing vertically-moving plungers, the plunger rod is carried by a parallel link-work operated by a hand-lever, and is automatically given an intermittent axial rotation by a ratchet mechanism. The operating- lever 8 is pivoted to a detachable sleeve 6 mounted on a bracket 5, and also to a sleeve 11 carrying the plunger rod 13. The two sleeves are further connected by a link 18, and by a spring 20 which tends to raise the plunger rod. Upward movement of the rod and sleeve 11 is limited by a pivoted stop 22 adapted to engage a projection on the sleeve. Secured to the rod 13 is a ratchet-wheel 24 rotatable by a pawl 23 adjustably mounted on the lever 8. By turning back the stop 22, the mechanism may be swung upwards, and by loosening the screw 7, it may be turned aside to allow access to the tub.
Patent GB-191323562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: KELLY THOMAS DANIEL
IPC: F02B75/28
Filed: 1913-10-17
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 23,562. Kelly, T. D. Oct. 17. Two- and four-strokecycle engines.- In an engine having one piston working in another and in which the outer piston works in a cylinder of two diameters, the pump spaces above the annular piston and the outer piston form a common compression chamber. As shown in Fig. 1, the pump space 12 and the annular space 16 communicates permanently through a passage 13. The engine works on a two-stroke cycle, admitting air or combustible mixture to the pump spaces through a port 15, the charges being transferred to the combustion space 17 through a passage 8 and a port 3 in the outer piston. By the provision at 15 of a rotary valve to control alternately the admission of combustible mixture and air, a two-stroke explosion cycle may be followed by a two-stroke air-scavenging cycle. According to a modified method of working, a rotary valve to control a supply of gas or mixture may be located in the pipe 13. By opening the valve late in the out-stroke, air drawn into the pipe 13 through the port 15 during the earlier portion of the stroke enters the combustion space in advance of the gas or mixture. In this case, the explosion cycle is followed by a scavenging- cycle if the valve in the pipe 15 is closed on alternate outstrokes.
Patent GB-191325626-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus with Rocking Receptacles for Washing Clothes and the like.
Inventor: SULTER GEORGE
IPC: D06F39/00
Filed: 1913-11-10
Granted: 1914-11-10
Abstract: 25,626. Sulter, G. Nov. 10. Washing-machines with rocking receptacles.-In a washing-machine of the type comprising a receptacle mounted on rockers, the receptacle 1 is of ovoid shape with its major axis horizontal, and is provided with a horizontal perforated partition which may be of brass coated with alumininm. The receptacle is preferably of wood with hoops 2, to two of which are attached the rockers 4. It is provided with an opening with covers 3.
Patent GB-191328828-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Motor Cycle Exhaust Valve Lifter.
Inventor: WILLIAMS JOHN
IPC: F01L13/08
Filed: 1913-12-13
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 28,828. Williams, J. Dec. 13. Controlling-apparatus, arrangements of foot and transmission gear in conjunction with.- The exhaust-valve lifter of a motor-cycle is operated by a pedal d pivoted to the footboard a and connected to the arm t of the valve lifter through a link i, rocking shaft m, and a link r. The shaft m is carried in vertically adjustable bearings n and operates the link r through a disk p having a number of holes, with any one of which the link r may be connected. The link i is adjustably secured at each end to its connecting-arms. A spring u returns the pedal to its inoperative position. In a modification, the pedal and the disk p are both fixed on a sleeve which is rotatably mounted on the footrest of the cycle.
Patent GB-191403511-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rackets.
Inventor: ALLAMAND LEON WILLIAM
IPC: A63B51/08
Filed: 1914-02-11
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 3511. Allamand, L. W. Feb. 11. Rackets.-A racket for tennis, badminton, rackets, &c. is provided with two sets of strings running at equal but oppositely-directed angles to the axial line of the frame. As the shoulders a<1>, a<4> each carry one set of strings only, these parts are rendered less liable to fracture than in the usual construction.
Patent GB-191405984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Construction of Screw-propellers and the like.
Inventor: ROWTHORNE WILLIAM
IPC: B63H1/12
Filed: 1914-03-09
Granted: 1915-02-18
Abstract: 5984. Rowthorne, W. March 9. Screw propellers.-Relates to screw propellers of the type described in Specification 20,371/09. Each layer of such a propeller consists of a number of blades each of which carries a circular or segmental part of the boss and abuts against the next blade. Figs. 1 to 4 show the construction of a three-bladed layer. The blades A, B, C have abutting shoulders a<1>, b<1>, c<1> and each carries a circular section of the boss of onethird the thickness of the boss, the sections a, b, c all fitting closely together. Fig. 8 shows a five-bladed layer. In this case, the blade F only carries a complete disk-like portion of the hub, the other blades G, H and I, J carrying half-disks such as i, j. A number of these bladed layers are built up on a spindle to form a complete propeller which is shaped by tools and held together by stitching or binding with copper wire &c.
Patent GB-191414809-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Steam Generators.
Inventor: SHEPHERD SYDNEY HOWARD
IPC: F22B17/10
Filed: 1914-06-19
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 14,809. Shepherd, S. H. June 19. Water-tube boilers.-Relates to boilers of the kind described in Specification 17,567/12 in which sets of straight-tube elements are grouped around a central steam and water drum. According to the present invention, the boiler is provided with pairs of headers b, c, to which the tubes g, g<1> of each element are connected in parallel. The free ends of the tubes g, g<1> are connected by bends h, which, like the headers, are disposed outside the boiler casing. The headers are fitted with inspection plugs j and also with other plugs for giving access to the inside of the tubes.
Patent GB-191418814-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Valise.
Inventor: GRAY CHRISTIAN HAMILTON
IPC: A45F4/04
Filed: 1914-08-18
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 18,814. Gray, C. H. Aug. 18. , Baths convertible into tents or valises.-A valise, capable of use as a tent or a bath, comprises a tapering body provided with an opening at one end capable of being closed by flaps F, G formed by continuations of the bottom and top, the flaps being also connected to the sides by triangular flexible flaps F<1>, G<1>. Ropes or cords H are incorporated with the fabric, and these are provided with eyes to receive pins J and rods K. The rods K are held erect bv stay-ropes K<1>, and the flap G may be held open by ropes K<3>. The flap G may be provided with reef points. All the pins J are permanently secured to the cords, and the rods K are preferably permanently attached to the valise.
Patent GB-191420680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Intermittent Feed Mechanism.
Inventor: ROGERS HAROLD ALFRED
IPC: G03B1/18
Filed: 1914-10-07
Granted: 1915-10-07
Abstract: 20,680. Rogers, H. A. Oct. 7. Feeding webs.-Intermittent-feed mechanism for kinematograph films and other sheet material comprises a feeding- roller so combined with an eccentric gear-wheel that the roller is oscillated and rotated simultaneously ; s u c h a mechanism, also capable of use in other connexions, comprises two eccentric wheels of the same eccentricity and diameter meshed together so that the axis of rotation of one wheel, upon which, when used for feed purposes, the feed-roller is mounted, is oscillated during rotation. As shown, circular eccentric wheels B', B', the latter having a toothed portion B<@3>, are mounted on a shaft B rotating in bearings on a frame A, A'. Similar wheels 0', C<2> are mounted on a shaft C, which may oscillate in vertical slots A<2>, A<3> and carries a feed-roller E with teeth E' for driving the film. A third and similar pair of wheels D', D<2> mounted on a shaft D rotating in fixed bearings may be provided to keep the others in mesh. All the wheels are meshed so as to rotate with equal velocity in all positions. A viewing-frame F has side flanges F' which are journaled on the oscillating shaft C and are slotted to accommodate the shaft D. The viewing-frame has two plates F<3>, F' which are pressed together by an adjustable spring F<5>, and one or both of which are transparent. The film passes between them from a toothed roller on the shaft D to the feed-roller E, and is spread and tensioned by them. The length of the plates F<3>, F<4> in the direction of feed is at least equal to the length of a picture plus the length of the oscillating movement of the frame F. The eccentricity of the wheels may be one quarter of the length of a picture, the feed-roller E being of such a size that it takes up one picture while the shaft C is moving over one picture. The film used has pictures which alternate with blank spaces equal to them in size. The eccentricity of the wheels and the size of the roller E may be onehalf of the above-stated amounts, and ordinary films may be used. The apparatus may be modified by making only the wheels C<1>, C<2> or the wheels B', B<2> and D<1>, D<2> eccentric. An apparatus is described in which two pictures are displayed side by side and viewed through a suitable optical system so as to obtain stereoscopic effect. Two feed-mechanisms as above described are provided and geared together so as to have a phase difference of 180 degrees.
Patent GB-191502854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Combination Pocket Tools or Drawing Appliances.
Inventor: KONEISKA HERMAN MICHAEL
IPC: B43K29/00
Filed: 1915-02-22
Granted: 1915-05-13
Abstract: 2854. Koneiska, H. M. Feb. 22. Compasses; squares; mitres; rulers.-Relates to a pocket appliance for use as a compass, trysquare, mitre, gauge, rule, scriber, &c. A member 1 having a centring point 3 is hinged at 7 to a member 2 consisting of a split resilient tube adapted to hold a pencil &c. 9. The member 1 is provided with spaced mitre lugs 4 arranged one on each side. A foot-rule 13 is adapted, when the members 1, 2 are separated, to be placed between one of the lugs 4 and a cam-like lug or button 10 mounted on the pivot screw 7 and secured by a pin 12 to one of the hinge members 6 of the member 2, and the rule is clamped between the lugs when the members 1, 2 are brought together.
Patent GB-191503074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Processes for Isolating Active Substances from Food-stuffs and Extracts of Animal Organs.
Filed: 1915-02-25
Granted: 1915-10-21
Abstract: 3074. Boehringer & Soehne, C. F. March 24, 1914, [Convention date]. Food preparations.-The isolation of the socalled " vitamines " from substances containing them, for example rice-bran or yeast, or of the active substances from extracts of animal organs, for example thyroid gland, is effected by treating the phosphotungstic acid precipitates of the extracts of the substances in question with acetone, whereby inactive substances are dissolved out; the insoluble fraction is then decomposed to yield the active substance, for example by treating with lead acetate solution, filtering, removing lead from the filtrate by means of sulphuretted hydrogen, and crystallizing. An example is given of the treatment of yeast extract.
Patent GB-191507070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Wheeled Gun Carriages.
IPC: F41A23/56
Filed: 1915-05-11
Granted: 1915-09-30
Abstract: 7070. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. June 13, 1914, [Convention date]. [Addition to 1871/15.] Field carriages.-Relates to gun carriages as claimed in the parent Specification, having divided trail beams and a socket for the training-pivot of the gun which can be adjusted to the vertical position, on uneven or inclined ground, about two mutually perpendicular axes by gears mounted on the trail beams. According to the invention, the axes are inclined to the longitudinal direction of the gun carriage. Fig. 2 shows, in sectional plan, the invention applied to a carriage in which the trail beams 0 can be rocked independently on the axletree A. The training-pivot D<1> is mounted in gimbal-jointed rings C, B, in a socket A<1> integral with the axle-tree A. The lower part of the pivot D<1> carries a spherical joint (not shown), which is connected by screw gears H, K with operating-means s<1>, S, L mounted on the trail beams 0. The gear K serves to move the pivot about the gimbal joint pins b<1>, and the gear H acts about the pins a<2> arranged at right-angles to the pins b<1>.
Patent GB-191508507-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Settings of Gas Retorts.
IPC: C10B29/02
Filed: 1915-06-08
Abstract: 8507. Carpenter, H. A., and Riter- Conley Manufacturing Co. June 8. Blocks, special shapes of.-Refractory mass structures in which a number of retorts are arranged, and the walls of the retorts themselves are built up of a number of shaped blocks, preferably of silica material, so arranged and spaced relatively to each other as to allow for local expansion while the setting is being heated up, the spaces between them closing up when the working temperature has been attained. The retort walls are partly formed by flanges in the blocks which form the vertical setting walls, and horizontal channels may be formed in the blocks between the retorts, as shown in Fig. 6.
Patent GB-191511139-A (GB)
Title: A Switch Device for Car-lighting and like Dynamos.
IPC: B60R16/00
Filed: 1915-07-31
Granted: 1915-10-14
Abstract: 11,139. Albion Motor Car Co., and Murray, T. B. July 31. Switches, quick-break; retarding-devices.-For controlling the dynamo lighting-circuit of a vehicle in which the dynamo is driven from the vehicle through a clutch, a three-position switch is employed, in the first position of which the circuit between the dynamo and the lamps is broken, whereas in the second position the dynamo is short-circuited either directly or through a resistance so as to reduce its speed, and in the third position the dynamo is connected with the lamps, the operating- mechanism of the switch being such that a rapid movement of the contact-arm from the first to the third position is precluded. One arrangement of the switch in the circuit is shown in Fig. 1, in which contacts C, E correspond to the second and third positions respectively, and lamps are shown at F. A constructional form of the switch is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, in which the contact-arm A, adapted to rotate from the position shown over the contacts C, E against the action of a spiral spring V, has an extension H with teeth K and apertures J. The arm is operated step by step by first depressing a spindle T against the action of a spring, so that the pin P engages with one of the apertures J, and then rotating the spindle through a limited movement between two stops S. The contact-arm is thereby moved on to the contact C and is there held by the engagement of a spring- held detent L with one of the teeth K, so that the spindle T can be released, rotated back, and then depressed to engage a second aperture and again rotated to move the contact-arm a further step forward, where it is again locked. A series of these successive movements carries the switch from the ' off' position through the short-circuit position to the ' on' position. A separate push-button M can be depressed to release the contact-arm, which is returned to the ' off' position by the spring V. Switches, quick-action.-In the form shown in Fig. 5, the contact-arm is mounted on a toothed quadrant A, which is slowly rotated by a small pinion X on a spindle Y terminating in a crankhandle. A spring X<1> holds the contact-arm either in the off ' or in the' on' position. In a modified circuit arrangement, Fig. 7, the contact-arm A is double-ended and in the second position lies on both contacts C', E', so that the dynamo is shortcircuited. In the third position, the arm leaves the short contact E', but remains on the long contact C', so that the lamps F are brought into circuit. A dash-pot device may be introduced between the contact-arm and its means of operation, so that a rapid onward movement of the contact-arm is precluded.
Patent GB-191512195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Adjusting, or Aiming, Rifles, Machine-guns, and the like.
Inventor: ELLISON WILLIAM REYNOLDS
IPC: F41A27/06
Filed: 1915-08-24
Abstract: 12,195. Ellison, W. H., and Cole, H. L. Aug. 24. Machine and other aiming rests for; shields for attachment to.-Consists in a mounting for rifles and machine guns, by which a large field of fire can be obtained through a small loop-hole, comprising a base or frame carrying a front support on which the gun can be turned about the muzzle, and a vertically adjustable support movable on an horizontal arcuate guide. In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, the mounting comprises a base frame 1, 2, 3 and an arm 5 pivoted at the front on a vertical pivot, and at the rear sliding on the arcuate guide 3. The arm 5 carries the front and rear supports 12, 9 of the gun. The rear support, shown on a larger scale in Fig. 4, comprises a platform 9 mounted on a slide 10, which can be vertically adjusted, by a screw 11<a>, on a guide 11 carried by the arm 5. The arm can be fixed in any position on the guide 3 by suitable catches. For fine lateral adjustment, the platform 9 can be adjusted relatively to the slide 10 by a screw 9<b>, Fig. 4. A recoil device is provided, comprising a U-shaped link 31, Figs. 2 and 4, adapted to be turned up to engage behind the trigger guard, and at the front connected to a tension spring. A shield 15 may be mounted at the front of the arm 5 or of the frame. In a modification, the arm 5 is dispensed with.