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Patent GB-191214580-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Mechanically Operating Musical Instruments.
Inventor: COLDMAN HENRY CHARLES
Filed: 1912-06-21
Granted: 1913-06-23
Abstract: 14,580. Coldman, H. C., and Webb, C. F. June 21. Expression, controlling; blowing and exhausting air.-For controlling expression, a number of governor devices of special construction are arranged between various sections of the action and exhaust. The tensions of the springs acting upon the governors may be varied in a graduated manner by means of a movable bar, which may comprise two pivotally connected sections, adapted to be depressed either at their pivot or at their ends. The bars carry springs which may in this manner be pressed against the stems of the governor-valves to increase the pressure or suction operating the corresponding sections of the action, which may be of the kind described in Specification 14,030/10, and by pipes a<3> to the pipe b which is connected to exhaust. Each governor comprises a casing a', a<2> containing a spherical valve a<7> on a stem a<11> resting on a diaphragm a<8>, which closes a chamber connected to a pipe a<4> by a duct a<9>. A spring a<10>, the tension of which may be adjusted by a screw a<12>, bears against the valve stem a<11>. The bar-sections d, d<1>, which are pivotally connected, bear at their free ends against springs d<3>. The bars carry springs d<2>, which may be adjusted by screws, for operating upon the stems of the governor valves. At the point where they are pivoted together and near their extremities, the bars d, d' are connected by an arrangement of links and bell-crank levers shown in Fig. 1 to three flexible members p, which are attached to the controlling-levers of the instrument. By actuating these controlling- levers, the bars d, d<1> can be tilted as desired for the purpose of operating upon the stems of the governor-valves and so producing a graduated variation in the suction or pressure operating the action. The lowering of the bars d. d' mav decrease the suction instead of increasing it. A separate governor may be provided for each note.
Patent GB-191216421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to a Device for the Attachment of Sole Leathers.
Inventor: NEJEDLO HENRIETTE
IPC: A43B13/28
Filed: 1912-07-13
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 16,421. Nejedlo, H., and Solc, A. July 13. Staples. - A cramp iron for use in connecting the soles and heels of boots to the welts or heel &c. consists of two integral members a, b the upper parts of which slant towards each other and terminate in a ridge c. The lower parts are parallel and end in barbed hooks 5, 6. A strengthening-rib 7 is formed in the sides of the iron.
Patent GB-191217831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fillers or Trees for Boots and Shoes.
IPC: A43D3/14
Filed: 1912-08-01
Granted: 1912-10-17
Abstract: 17,831. Mobbs & Lewis, and Lewis, A. Aug. 1. Trees and stretchers.-A boot filler or tree comprises a toe-part a of sheet fibre moulded to shape, and a metal heel-piece e, which is connected to the toe-part by a flexible strut c. The strut c is inserted in a hole in a wooden block within the toe-part a, and carries at its other end a screwed ferrule d, on which the heel-piece e can be adjusted.
Patent GB-191221330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Withdrawing Water from the Casings of Steam Turbines.
IPC: F01K9/02
Filed: 1912-09-19
Granted: 1913-05-22
Abstract: 21,330. Weir, G. & J., and Peterm÷ller, J. Sept. 19. Steam-engine air-pumps.-In a plant comprising a turbine a, a condenser b into which the turbine exhausts, and a suction pump d connected with the condenser and having its inlet at a higher level than the bottom of the turbine casing, means are provided for enabling the pump d to withdraw water from the turbine casing on starting without interfering with the normal duties of the pump, that is, withdrawing air and vapour from the condenser and also, if desired, withdrawing water of condensation from the condenser, In Figs, 1 and 2, two pumps are shown, an air-pump d and a hot-well pump e. The bottom of the casing a is connected to the inlet pipe k of the pumps by a pipe n fitted with a non-return valve q, and the condenser b is connected to the pumps by a pipe g, fitted with a hand-controlled valve p which is by-passed by a pipe r containing a water-seal, Fig. 1, or a loaded valve t, Fig. 2. The minimum height of the water seal is the height of the air-pump inlet above the bottom of the turbine casing, and the minimum load on the valve t is the weight of a column of water having this height. Alternatively, the pipe n may be connected to the by-pass r, or the by-pass may include the hot-well pump e.
Patent GB-191221828-A (GB)
Title: A Non-inflammable Hood or Garment.
Inventor: GIMLETTE THOMAS DESMOND
IPC: A62B17/00
Filed: 1912-09-25
Granted: 1912-12-12
Abstract: 21,828. Gimlette, Sir T. D., and Capps, F. A. Sept. 25. Respirators.-A non- inflammable garment for use by persons liable to burns from explosions in submarine boats, bunkers, &c., comprises a body portion b and a hood or head covering a, which is provided with glazed apertures e for the eves, and with a nose fitting g having a perforated front portion covered bv a detachable cup j containing absorbent filtering - material. The cup is provided with a gauze front m, and is secured by means of thumbscrews l pivotally mounted on the nose fitting g. Cords q attached to eyes p are adapted to be tied round the neck of the wearer. A rubber tube or other pad is secured around the inside edge of the nose fitting.
Patent GB-191221942-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Detachable Wheels.
Inventor: RILEY VICTOR
IPC: B60B31/00
Filed: 1912-09-26
Granted: 1913-01-09
Abstract: 21,942. Riley, V., and Riley, S. Sept. 26. Detaching from, and attaching to, permanent hubs. -The driving-teeth on a detachable hub shell 1 are formed by pressing inwards the metal of the shell as at 2 and cutting the teeth by pulling or forcing through a broach or drift inside the shell. The teeth 3 with which the locking-ring engage are formed on a separate piece which may be flanged as at 4 for engagement with the withdrawal ring and is secured by the spokes 5. The inner end of the hub shell is tapered to relieve the driving-teeth of part of the strain.
Patent GB-191229318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Playing Games.
Inventor: CLARK GEORGE HERBERT
IPC: A63F7/00
Filed: 1912-12-20
Granted: 1913-08-14
Abstract: 29,318. Clark, G. H. Dec. 20. Table games.-A board A<1>, hinged in the middle partly for convenience and partly to give inclined surfaces if desired, is provided with corner pockets B and with border and centre markings on both sides. Chequers of distinctive colours and similar to draughts are placed in the centre of the board, and players endeavour by means of cane " flickers " E and somewhat larger chequers used as missiles to drive the smaller chequers into the pockets. Pins may be stuck upright in the central markings as obstacles.
Patent GB-191229745-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Braces for Personal Wear.
Inventor: RAUPACH FRITZ
IPC: A41F3/02
Filed: 1912-12-24
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 29,745. Raupach, F. Dec. 24. Braces.-A brace tab consists of a non- extensible cord or wire 5, Fig. 1, the portions 3, 4 of which are surrounded by springs 1, 2, button loops 10, and a loop 8 formed by the cord 5 and a cord 7. The ends of the springs are pressed on the cord 5 when the portions of this cord surrounded by them are not taut, in order that these portions may limit the extension of the springs. The joints between the springs and cord are covered with a binding 13. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the loop 8 is replaced by a metal connecter 14.
Patent GB-191300065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Bits for Horses and the like.
Inventor: SWANN HARINGTON
IPC: B68B1/06
Filed: 1913-01-01
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 65. Swann, H. Jan. 1. Bits; fastening.-The mouthpiece a, Fig. 1, of a bit is preferably flat, and curved longitudinally, and is pivoted at its ends at e, e<1> to outwardly curved bars c extending across the cheek-rings d. The pivot e' preferably comprises a detachable screw to enable a rubber sleeve to be slipped over the mouthpiece. Cheeklevers g are pivoted on the bars c on studs f, Figs. 1 and 3, placed in line with the mouthpiece; stops l on the bars c limit the rotation of the levers in both directions. A hard pull on the curb rein h causes the narrow lower edge of the mouthpiece to bear on the animal's mouth. The curb chain i is attached to the levers g by means of pivoted hooks k. The pivots k<1> are eccentrically disposed so as to enable the chain to be detached when the hooks are turned back into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3.
Patent GB-191301212-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Grading Finely Divided Material.
Inventor: HITCHCOCK HALBERT KELLOGG
Filed: 1913-01-15
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 1212. Hitchcock, H. K. Jan. 15. Upward-current classifiers. - Apparatus for grading finely-divided material in suspension in a liquid comprises a primary grading-vessel and a number of. secondary grading-vessels corresponding with the number of grades into which the material is to be divided. Liquid and the material to be treated are fed into a conical vessel 1 together or separately at the top or bottom, or the material at the top and water at the bottom. The separate grades are withdrawn through valved pipes 10, 11, 12, 13 to vessels 2, 3, 4, 5 of successively increasing diameter, having conical bottoms and cylindrical bodies to each of which an upward current of liquid is supplied through pipes 21. The pure grades pass through pipes 24 to vessels 25, from which they are withdrawn for use, while the finer materials and liquid overflow through pipes 27, 29 to a channel 28 leading to a sump 9 from which the vessel 1 is supplied.
Patent GB-191302602-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Reflex Cameras.
Inventor: GANZINI MARIO
IPC: G03B19/12
Filed: 1913-01-31
Granted: 1913-10-02
Abstract: 2602. Ganzini, M. Feb. 1, 1912, [Convention date]. Cameras, reflex.-A mirror c is used which enables a transmitted image to be received on a screen e for focusing, and a reflected image to be received on a sensitive plate d at the top of the camera. The mirror c may be fixed.
Patent GB-191308239-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cabinet Bedsteads.
Inventor: WIESAUER MITZI
IPC: A47C17/48
Filed: 1913-04-08
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 8239. Wiesauer, M. April 8. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Cabinet bedsteads.-A bedstead adapted to be folded into a cupboard b comprises a frame c, covered with wire netting, resting on a partition of the cupboard, and a second frame e, covered with wire netting, hinged to the front of the first frame. Folding legs f are provided, and the bed is locked in its folded position in the cupboard by a sliding bolt i arranged as shown.
Patent GB-191312447-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Attaching Plates to Printing Cylinders.
Inventor: SMITH ERNEST JAMES
IPC: B41F27/12
Filed: 1913-05-28
Granted: 1913-10-30
Abstract: 12,447. Smith, E. J. May 28. Printing - surfaces. - A device for stretching thin flexible printing-plates upon the printing- cylinders of lithographic, offset, and like machines, which may be arranged in a narrow cavity of the cylinder to enable practically the whole of the cylinder surface to be covered by the plate so that the cylinder may be used for printing webs, consists of a transverse shaft d provided with hooks g engaging holes in clamps i which are clamped to the plate c bv screws j. The shaft d is turned by a worm and worm-wheel k, l. The opposite end of the plate is held by a clamp f loosely mounted on the shaft d. The plate may be adjusted circumferentially on the cylinder by means of a screw m passed through the clamp f and bearing against the side of the cavity. The shaft d may be moved endways to adjust the plate longitudinally of the cylinder by means of a rotatable screw o carried by a bracket p and threaded into the end of the shaft. A lock-nut q for the screw o is provided. Instead of a single plate, several plates may be fixed on one cylinder.
Patent GB-191317039-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stitch-transferring Devices for Knitting and like Machines.
Inventor: MELHUISH ALBERT EDWARD
IPC: D04B9/40
Filed: 1913-07-24
Granted: 1913-11-13
Abstract: 17,039. Melhuish, A. E., [Butz, W. D., and Williams, L. N. D.]. July 24. Web-transferring apparatus. - Relates to a transferring-device in two parts hinged together, for removing a knitted web from the needles of a knitting-machine and for doubling the halves of the web together in order that the doubled stitches may be united by a course of looping stitches, as in closing the toe pocket of a stocking. A ring 1 is recessed to carry two semicircular rings 3, 3<a>. The ring 3 is secured by screws 4, and the ring 3<a> by a latch 4<a>. Secured to the rings 3, 3<a> are segments 7 slotted to receive pivoted quills 10 which are held by a coil spring 12 with their butts 15 resting against a rib 16 on a segment 17. The quills 10 terminate in thin flexible fingers 14 which can fit snugly against the backs of the needles and can pass between them and the knitted loops. By moving the segment 17 up or down by means of a segment 21 having cam-slots 22, the diameter of the quill circle can be adjusted to suit different needle cylinders &c. The segments 3, 3<a> are hinged together by means of a rule joint 36, 37 the members 35, 35<a> of which slide in dovetail grooves 33, 33<a> and can be moved from the position shown in full lines to a lower position shown in dotted lines. When in the lower position, the axis of the hinge is in the plane of the points of the quills, and the segment 3<a> can then be folded down as shown in Fig. 2. Before swinging the segment 3a the stitches at or near the hinge joint are moved down close to the quill points and are prevented from escaping by the action of spring hooks 42,42<a> mounted on the slides 35, 35<a>. These hooks are projected inwards so as to enter between the quills, by slides 43, 43<a>. The right-hand hook 42 passes through the pivot 37. When the segment 3<a> has been swung into the position shown in Fig. 2, the hooks may be withdrawn, and the web can be stripped off the quills 10<a> by projecting the segment 24<a>. The double stitches upon the quills 10 can then be united by causing stitch-forming devices to engage with the pairs of stitches in succession stitches can be transferred to the stitch-receiving points of an ordinary circular looping machine. In some cases fixed hinges are employed, and in some cases the hinges are pivoted to swing up or down into inoperative or operative position. The quills may be offset so that the points of the two sets overlap to prevent stitches from being released in the process of transferring, or one set of quills may be provided with pins which come down and overlap the points of the other set.
Patent GB-191317381-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Mechanically Impregnating Laundried Articles and similar Woven Fabrics with Liquid or Pasty Substances such as Starch and the like.
Inventor: HOENIGSBERG ROBERT
IPC: D06C19/00
Filed: 1913-07-29
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 17,381. Honigsberg, R., and Edelmann, G. Aug. 16, 1912, [Convention date]. Starching.-The articles are passed between a pair of rollers, both of which rotate, and one of which also rises and falls. Fig. 2 shows an article w being carried on a travelling band 30 between a rotating roller d and a rotary roller k, which is given an up-and-down movement so as to force the impregnating-substance i into the fabric. The rollers may be ribbed, the ribs being removable, or the rollers may be built up of a number of toothed disks arranged to produce the surface shown in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 shows a machine having four pairs of rollers d, k, a travelling apron 30, and an endless bind 40 for conveying the impregnating-substance from a tank 45. A roller 31<1> removes excess material from the articles. The upper roller k of each pair is mounted in sleeves 22, Fig. 14, depressed by springs 23 and raised intermittently by toothed cam-wheels 20 supporting rollers 21 on the main roller shaft.
Patent GB-191323944-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Placing the Runners or Travellers on the Rings in Ring Spinning Machines.
Inventor: STAEUBLI ROBERT
IPC: D01H17/02
Filed: 1913-10-22
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 23,944. Staubli, R., and Staubli, H. Oct. 25, 1912, [Convention date]. [Addition to 19,979/12.] Ring travellers, holding and storing; hand tools.-A device, such as is described in the parent Specification, for placing travellers upon the rings of ring-spinning machines, comprises pivoted handles a, b, carrying jaws a<1>, b', of which the jaw b<1> is provided with a recess b<2> adapted to be placed over the ring, and the jaw a<1> is moved by its handle against the action of a spring d, so as to disengage a traveller from a flexible arm g<1> of a wire coil g carrying a reserve of travellers and push it over the edge of the ring. One end of the wire coil is secured to a lug on the jaw b<1>.
Patent GB-191324769-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Staple Forming, Driving and Clinching Machines.
Inventor: RALPHS GEORGE CECIL
IPC: B21J15/26
Filed: 1913-10-31
Granted: 1914-10-15
Abstract: 24,769. Altman, M. E., [Representative of Altman, Sir A. J.]. Nov. 7. Drawings to Specification]. Shafts.-To prevent torsion of a polo or like mallet the portion of the shaft that is fitted into and near the head is bound with tape or other suitable material fixed to the shaft by glueing, after which copper or other metal wire is wound over the tape. The wire binding may be in detached sections, or a continuous length of wire may be wound in alternate open and closed spirals. An outer binding of twine is secured in the usual manner,
Patent GB-191401337-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Eye Protectors.
IPC: A61F9/02
Filed: 1914-01-17
Granted: 1914-10-01
Abstract: 1337. Sinclair & Co., J. A., and Snell, A. Jan. 17. Goggles.-The frames for carrying the glasses &c. of goggles are each made from a single piece of metal having two channels a, a<1> connected by a part a<2>, which is slotted at a<3> to afford ventilation. The channel a carries the glass &c. b, and the channel a<1> receives the wire c supporting the casing d, this casing being provided with a spring frame e.
Patent GB-191403950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tools (or Appliances) for use in Truing Up Seats of Valve Cocks.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM
IPC: B23C3/05
Filed: 1914-02-16
Granted: 1914-11-05
Abstract: 3950. Thompson, W. Feb. 16. Disk apparatus.-A valve seat trueing device is guided by a centring plug B having a number of screwed portions b<1> ... b<4> adapted to engage bodies of varying sizes.
Patent GB-191404407-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cleaning Wool and other Fibres.
Inventor: NEBBIA PIETRO
IPC: D01G9/00
Filed: 1914-02-20
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 4407. Nebbia, P. Feb. 20. Cleaning fibres and the like. - Comprises a particular construction of machine for cleaning wool, nails, cotton waste, fibres, &c., in which a shaft provided with pins or projections is mounted inside, and is rotated in the opposite direction to, a rotary drum which is adjustable in diameter and is provided with adjustable peripheral perforations. The machine comprises a casing A, provided with a hinged door a and an exhaust fan E, a freely-mounted drum B rotated by chain gear from the shaft H, and a shaft C rotated by a crossed belt from the shaft H and provided with pins arranged to form two converging spirals. The wool &c. is placed in the drum through the hinged segment b and is shaken and beaten by the pins during the movement of the shaft and drum. The matter removed is withdrawn by the fan. The ends of the drum are formed by plates adapted to receive additional peripheral rings to increase its diameter, while the periphery is formed of abutting perforated segments. One set of suitably curved segments is provided fur each diameter of drum. Outer segments d are slidably mounted on the main segments to vary the size of the perforations. A counting-apparatus to determine the total number of revolutions of the apparatus may be geared to the shaft H.
Patent GB-191406055-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electrodes.
IPC: H05B7/101
Filed: 1914-03-10
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 6055. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. April 15, 1913, [Convention date]. Furnace details.-A cooled metal head B attached to an electrode A, for instance by means of a shank b<1>, is partly conical so as to rest in a conical socket C on a bracket D, which may move on a vertical guide. A conductor is attached to the socket. Bolts c<1> for securing the head B may be pivoted to the socket.
Patent GB-191407987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Aeroplanes Combined with Parachutes.
Inventor: PIO FIDIA RICCARDO
IPC: B64D17/00
Filed: 1914-03-30
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 7987. Pio, F. R. March 31,1913, [Convention date]. Parachutes.-A parachute f is arranged around the fuselage of an aeroplane. The flexible steel ribs g normally lie in grooves in the fuselage and are retained by a slidable ring a. The cords h for supporting the parachute in its open position are connected to a ring c on the fuselage. The front end of the fuselage carrying the seat slides like a drawer into the front part of the aeroplane carrying the wings, motor, and propeller, and is detachably secured by bolts. When an accident occurs, the fuselage and the seat can be detached from the front part of the aeroplane so that the aviator can safely descend by means of the parachute.
Patent GB-191410683-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Interrupter for the Electric Ignition of Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1914-04-30
Granted: 1914-06-18
Abstract: 10,683. Bosch, R., [Firm of]. March 5, [Convention date]. Interrupters, mechanical. - In an interrupter for electric ignition apparatus, in which the lever b carrying the movable contact c is pressed into engagement with the fixed contact d by a spring, the deflexion of the lever is limited by an elastic stop distinct from the spring. In the construction shown, the elastic stop comprises a leaf spring g carried by a block f fixed to the interrupter disk a. The leaf spring may be replaced by a spiral spring or rubber buffer.