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Patent GB-191217228-A (GB)
Title: Improved Process for Impregnating Chrome Leather.
Inventor: WINTHER JORGEN
IPC: C14C9/00
Filed: 1912-07-24
Granted: 1912-11-21
Abstract: 17,228. Winther, J. July 24. Impregnating-compositions. - Chrome-tanned leather is rendered resistant to wear and damp by being treated with a sugar solution and with a warm composition containing resin, Japanese wax, Venetian turpentine, tallow, and paraffin wax. The sugar solution is used immediately after the tanning, before the. leather is dry, and during its use the leather is preferably treated with brushes. The leather is then dried and immersed in the impregnating-composition at a temperature between 30‹ and 60‹ C.
Patent GB-191306851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Open-hearth Furnace Ports.
Inventor: CARNEGIE DAVID
IPC: F23M9/00
Filed: 1913-03-20
Granted: 1913-12-04
Abstract: 6851. Carnegie, D. March 20. Open-hearth furnaces; cooling.-A removable port end for open-hearth furnaces is composed of a series of compartments or units for eooling- fluid, so associated with the refractery walls of the port that any unit may be separately removed. The fluid supply to each nnit may be separately controlled. In the form shown, the refractory walls d of the gas port are surrounded by cooling-units e', e<2>, e<3>, supplied with water by pipes n from a common main m, and having discharge pipes o, each with a regulating-valve s. The innermost unit e' is of horseshoe form and is placed over the front of the port, and the cooling - medium may be sprayed inside it by a pipe @ The other units consist of U-shaped pipes with their horizontal portions alternately above and beneath the port. They are embedded in the refractory walls of the port, which may be carried on a frame f resting on rails h, so that it can be readily withdrawn.
Patent GB-191308218-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Oil Burning Furnaces.
Inventor: DAHL KNUT MARTIN
IPC: F23D11/00
Filed: 1913-04-08
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 8218. Dahl, K. M. April 8. Liquid-fuel furnaces.-Consists of an extension front, which may be used for converting solid - fuel furnaces for use with liquid fuel. Upper and lower air-supply doors 23, 16, of which the openings are adjustable by means of chains 27, 19, are provided, a baffle-plate 13 being placed between the lower door and the oil burner 33. A conical damper 34 in rear of the burner is secured to a sliding sleeve 31 so as to be adjustable longitudinally. Layers of asbestos 10 are provided on the inner face of the front plate, and a lining of fire - brick 7 within the side wall.
Patent GB-191312132-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Velvet and like Cutting Devices.
Inventor: THOMASON JOHN
IPC: D06C13/08
Filed: 1913-05-24
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 12,132. Thomason, J. May 24, Pile, cutting.- Relates to velvet and like cutting- devices, and consists in a special construction of the cutting-blade and its holder. The holder consists of a hollowed-out or wire arm a the end c of which moves on the fabric, The carrier e for the blade-bolder f is fulcrumed in brackets d, the blade being held to the work solely by the overbalancing effect of the holder. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement for carrying two knives, each part a supporting an arm d to which is pivoted an arm d<1> having a sleeve i carrying a boss j on the blade guide f. A peg in a slot in the sleeve holds the guide, while the boss has a stop k normally co-operating with a fixed projection m jections disengage and the arm d<1> can swing. Two on the arm d to hold the blade in the cutting races may thus be cut at once. position. When the blade is swung, the projections disengage and the arm d<1> can swing. Two races may thuÞs be cut at once.
Patent GB-191313109-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Covering the Silvering of Glass by the Galvanic Deposition of a Protecting Metal.
Inventor: DECLERE JOSEPH JULIEN
IPC: C03C17/10
Filed: 1913-06-05
Granted: 1913-10-09
Abstract: 13,109. Declere, J. J., GrÚsy, A. L. E., and Pascalis, G. June 6, 1912, [Convention date]. Connexions; supporting electrodes; electrolytes, circulating.-Contact with silvered glass g to be provided with a protecting coating is made by one or more combs, the teeth of which are loose bars b of brass, optionally coated with rubber or vulcanite beneath the surface of the electrolyte and tipped with soft metal such as tin to engage the silvering. These rods slide with a little friction through two horizontal brass bars c, d and are headed so that, when not resting on the glass, they are supported by the upper bar d. By means of crank arms f<1> and screws f, the upper bar can be lowered relatively to the lower one against the action of springs surrounding the screws. At the ends of the lower bar c are plates c<1> resting at any required position on flat conductors on the longer sides of the lead-lined plating-vat a. Alternatively, the rods may telescope into sockets in a single bar. The pressure of the rods on the glass may be increased by springs. Anodes h are long horizontal strips secured at their ends to blocks i<1> of antimoniated lead, on the narrow ends of unsubmerged oblong wooden frames i, which rest on ledges on the long sides of the vat. There is sufficient space between the frames to allow of small movements of the frames and combs without raising the latter. Temporary anodes are hung at the ends of the vat while it is being filled, to prevent exposure of the silvering to the electrolyte without the protective action of the current. During plating, electrolyte flows out over a dam at one end of the vat into a tank below and is pumped back into a compartment whence it flows over a second dam into the vat. A plugged pipe also leads directly from the vat to the tank.
Patent GB-191314002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Fluid Pressure Braking and Rail-sanding Apparatus.
Inventor: TURNER WALTER VICTOR
IPC: B61H11/00
Filed: 1913-06-17
Granted: 1913-08-07
Abstract: 14,002. Turner, W. V. Oct. 9, 1912, [Convention date]. Actuating; combinations of interdependent valves.-The driver's valve of a fluid-pressure brake is constructed to control rail-sanding apparatus by movement of the valve handle in a direction inclined to the plane in which the handle operates for braking. The valve handle 4 is shown pivoted to the valve spindle 15 and formed with a projection 16, which, when the handle is pressed down, engages a pivoted bar or lever 13 so as to open a valve 8 whereby fluid-pressure is admitted to the sand pipe 10. The bar 13 extends from the release to the emergency position of the brake valve, and may be formed with a thickened end 17 to ensure the operation of the sanding-apparatus in the emergency position without depressing the handle.
Patent GB-191317289-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Cinematograph Apparatus.
Inventor: PORTIER HENRI
IPC: G03B21/32
Filed: 1913-07-28
Granted: 1914-05-07
Abstract: 17,289. Portier, H., Schaible, G., and Darragon, F. July 28. Kinematograph apparatus.-A kinematograph comprises two side pieces C, C<1> connected to a front plate D, and at the top and rear of the apparatus a bent cover-plate E capable of sliding horizontally to enable the lamp F to be inserted, an adjustable lamp F moved into position by a stud passing through a slot, and a pivoted objective H adapted to be moved from the front of the exposure opening to facilitate insertion of the film. The apparatus may be manually or electrically driven at will, a switch at Q<1> passing the current to the motor and to either the internal projecting lamp F or to the external lamp R. The spools are mounted on pivoted standards capable of being folded down on the apparatus when it is not in use. For framing the pictures, an adjustable opening S<1> in the front plate D can be raised or lowered by a rocking lever T'.
Patent GB-191325163-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automatic Regulating Devices for Electric Distribution Systems.
Filed: 1913-05-05
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 25,163. British Thomson-Houston Co., and Jones. C. M. May 5. Equalizing load on generator.-In a load-equalizing arrangement of the kind described in Specification 25,286/12, the field winding d of the machine a and its regulating - resistance s are placed in parallel with the field winding e of the machine c and its regulating-resistance r, across the armature of the machine c and a battery f. The resistances r, s are under the control of a regulator A comprising a differentially - wound relay q and a solenoid n supplied from a current transformer p. When the lord on the supply mains b is low, the contacts m controlling the relay q are separated, and the resistance r is short-circuited to increase the field of the machine c thereby causing it to run as a generator to charge the battery f. When the load on the mains b is high, the field of the machine a is strengthened by short-circuiting the resistance s, and the field of the machine c is weakened by inserting the resistance r, thereby causing the machine a to run as a generator and the machine c as a motor. The arrangement may be employed to operate on direct-current systems.
Patent GB-191325562-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Fluting Twist Drills and the like.
Inventor: STRONG ELI CECIL
IPC: B23C3/32
Filed: 1913-02-01
Granted: 1914-01-29
Abstract: 25,562. Strong, E. C. Feb. 1. Milling helical surfaces. - In a machine for fluting twist drills &c., the cutter is mounted with its a x i s horizontal, and the workpiece is mounted on a slide D which slides up an inclined bed C to and from the cutter.
Patent GB-191407525-A (GB)
Title: Improved Printing Apparatus for Cinematograph Films.
Inventor: BOLAM THOMAS HORACE
IPC: G03B27/08
Filed: 1914-03-25
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 7525. Bolam, T. H., Barnard, S. N., and Newman, A. S. March 25. Kinematograph apparatus.-In an apparatus for printing wide kinematograph films, the negative and positive films are between a spring-pressed mask h, Figs. 1 and 2, and a plate a, on the underside of which a claw feed-mechanism is mounted. The enclosing casing i has a printing-aperture i<3>, curved plates i<2> to guide the film, and a baffle plate i<6> to shield the slot through which the driving sbaft f passes. The feed-pins d<2>, Fig. 3, engage the films through slots a<1> in the plate a and are mounted on the cross-bar d' a bar or carrier d, one end c of which slides in slotted guides b. The opposite end of the bar d carries two pins c<1>, c<2>. The pin c<1> engages a fixed cam e' which may be circular, oval, or D-shape. The pin c<2> is driven by means of a radially slotted disk f<1> on the rotated shaft f. A spring d<3> acts to depress the rod d and pins d<2> out of engagement with the film. Alternatively, the end of the bar d opposite the end c may be rotated by a crank.
Patent GB-191409111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Lubricating Devices.
Inventor: HENSHALL MARCUS
IPC: F16N21/02
Filed: 1914-04-09
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 9111. Henshall, M., and Reynolds, C. J. April 9: Oil-hole closures.-A device for lubricating bearings, shackle pins, gudgeon pins, crankpins, &c. comprises a screwed plug 3 formed with a conical oil-hole 5 closed by the cylindrical or conical stem 4 of a spring-pressed valve, adapted to be pressed back by the spout of an oil-can. A collar 6 on the valve stem bears against a shoulder to form a non-return valve, and is guided in its movement by the walls of the chamber in which it works. Flats or grooves on the collar allow the lubricant to pass. Instead of being within the plug 3, the spring 7 and collar 5 may work in a chamber 1, which forms an oil reservoir. In a modification, both the stem 4 and-hole 5 are cylindrical.
Patent GB-191409187-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Art of Polishing Diamonds and other Gems.
Inventor: GILL HUBERT ALEXANDER
IPC: B24B9/16
Filed: 1914-04-11
Granted: 1915-04-08
Abstract: 9187. Gill, H. A., [Stern-Coleman Diamond Machine Co.]. April 11. Gems, treating.-Comprises apparatus for fixing a gem to an arbor by means of cement. The gem is placed by hand in a holder 5, mounted in a chuck 1, Fig. 8, and the arbor 4, in which it is to be fixed for polishing, is mounted in another chuck 2; both chucks are mounted, with the axes of the holder and the arbor in alinement, in a guideway in the part 3, and they are moved together into the position shown to bring the arbor into contact with the gem, cement having been applied to the cup-shaped end of the arbor. The cement may then be heated, as by an alternating-current resistance furnace 13 also mounted in the guideway and held in place around the joint by a spring 14. During this operation, the device is placed inside a bell 23 charged with a non-oxidizing gas and mounted so as to be movable towards and from a support 26, Fig. 1. A tumbling lever 45 has pivoted on it a weighted bell-crank lever 51 and is pivoted co-axially with a segment plate 46, to which is secured a spring contact 48. Normally, the lever 45 lies beyond the vertical towards the support 26 with a finger on the bell-crank lever in contact with a spring plunger 32. When the bell and the attached parts are moved towards the support, the terminal plugs 18 of the electric furnace engage with spring contacts 30, and the projection 12 pushes in the spring plunger and throws over the lever 45, which, by contact with one of. the pins 47 thereon, moves the plate 46 and brings the contact 48 into engagement with the fixed contact 49, thereby completing the circuit. The circuit is fed from the secondary of a transformer and includes a choking-coil 55 and an electromagnetic clutch which serves to connect the spindle 35 with a co-axial spindle driven by reducing-gear from an electric motor 40. The pushing-imvards of the bell thus completes the circuit and sets in motion the spindle 35, which, by means of a crank, first lifts and then lowers a core 56 in the choking-coil, whereby the heat of the furnace is gradually increased and diminished; finally a spring arm 53 on the spindle throws over the tumbling lever, which strikes the upper pin 47 on the plate 46 and thereby causes the movement of the contact 48 and the opening of the circuit. The apparatus may he used for transferring the gem from one arbor to another to allow of both sides of the girdle being treated.
Patent GB-191409599-A (GB)
Title: A Preparation for Hairdressing and Hair Growing.
Inventor: COPLAND JOHN
IPC: A61Q7/00
Filed: 1914-04-18
Granted: 1914-05-28
Abstract: 9599. Copland, J., and Guy, D. W. April 18. Hair washes and the like.-Consists in a mixture of 1 oz. of castor oil, 20 minims of oil of rose geranium, 2 dr. of salicylic acid, and 5 oz. of alcohol. The proportions given are not essential.
Patent GB-191418949-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clutch Mechanisms for the Driving Gear of Lathes, Boring Machines, Milling Machines, and the like.
Inventor: BARNES JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: B23Q5/00
Filed: 1914-08-22
Granted: 1915-08-19
Abstract: 18,949. Barnes, J. W. Aug. 22. Turning; driving machines.-Clutches of the type described in Specification 4748/13 are applied to the back - gear of lathes, boring- machines, milling-machines, &c. The speed cone 1, Fig. 1, is secured to a pinion 2 which drives the large pinion 6 through the back-gear shaft in the usual manner. Sleeves 7, 9 secured to the cone 1 and pinion 6 respectively have slots 12 in which engage segmental blocks 14. A sleeve 10 has conical surfaces which press the blocks alternatively into engagement with tangential slots 13 in the driven spindle 8. When freed, the blocks are disengaged by centrifugal force. A similar clutch may be arranged on the back-shaft and be governed by actuating-gear linked to that of the sleeve 10, so that the back-gear clutch is in engagement simultaneously with the clutching of the pinion 6 to the spindle. To produce a triple change, two gears on the back-shaft may gear with corresponding pinions on the cone, a double clutch being operated to connect either gear to its shaft.
Patent GB-191419322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electromagnetic Percussive Devices.
Inventor: MACKENZIE JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: H02K33/12
Filed: 1914-09-01
Granted: 1915-09-01
Abstract: 19,322. Mackenzie, J. W., [International Electric Tool Co.]. Sept. 1. Percussive hand tools.-In an electric percussive device applicable as a hammer, a plunger is oscillated by means of two co-axial coils connected to a supply of power but adapted to be alternately energized and de-energized by a combined direct and alternating current supply. The coils 1, 2 are placed in a magnetic frame 3, fitted with a handle 8, and having a plunger 4 formed with a tail-piece 5 to oscillate in a guide 6. The plunger is arranged to strike a toolcarrier 9 mounted in a bearing 10, and its blow is cushioned at each end by springs 5<a>, 10<a>. The frame 3, instead of being of the shape shown, may be elliptical in form and completely enclose the coils. One solenoid only in connexion with some form of retractile means may be used.
Patent GB-191421028-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fluid Pressure Engines.
Inventor: FESSENDEN REGINALD AUBREY
IPC: F02B75/30
Filed: 1914-10-15
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 21,028. Fessenden, R. A. Oct. 15. Engines with to or more pistons reciprocating oppositely within same cylinder; tandemcylinder engines.-The piston B of an internalcombustion, steam, or other fluid-pressure engine moves freely in the cylinder A and has a, cylindrical extension b which slides on the outside of the cylinder. The piston and cylinder may be lined with heat- Insulating materiaL In the< >motor shown, wherein two pistons reciprocate oppositely, the inlet and outlet ports a<1>. a<2> are controlled by the pistuns, and grooves a<3>. which may contain lubricant, are made in the exterior of the cylinder. A liner F of reinforced porcelain, or enamel carried by a thin perforated sheet steel tube, or a nickelcoated steel tube, is provided. Between the liner F and cylinder A a sheet of mica or other heat-insutating material is arranged. The ports a<1>, a<2>may be bushed with insulating-material which may also be arranged on the ends of the sleeves b. In another embodiment of the invention, two elements, such as shown, are arranged in tandem. The outer pistons which are connected through a ring to connecting- rods, and the inner pistons which are made in one and are connected through pins projecting from the pistons to connecting-rods, work on cranks at 180 degrees on the same shaft.. The piston-rods may be extended in both directions to drive two crank-shafts.
Patent GB-191422187-A (GB)
Title: Letter File with Push-back Arm.
IPC: B42F13/00
Filed: 1914-11-07
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 22,187. Leitz, L., [Firm of]. Nov. 7, 1913, [Convention date]. Covers; clamping-devices.-In an arch file provided with a turning- over arm for replacing the turned-over sheets as the cover is closed, the turning-over arm c is connected at d to a frame f hinged at g in a bearing- plate h, and a spring i is connected to the frame f so that the arm c serves instead of a separate compressor for holding down the sheets when the file is closed. The spring i also serves to bring the arm c, after passing the dead-point, to the extreme open position and hold it there. A guide or band m may be provided on the cover l to engage the arm c and carry it with the cover when the file is being opened.
Patent GB-191422687-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Devices for Measuring or Regulating the Flow of Gases or for Indicating or Recording Changes of Pressure or Temperature.
Inventor: MARSH RICHARD GREGORY
IPC: B64C11/42
Filed: 1914-11-18
Granted: 1915-10-14
Abstract: 22,687. Marsh, R. G., and Walter, C. M. Nov. 18. Barometers; thermometers.-Mechanism for indicating or recording changes of pressure or temperature comprises a closed air or gas-containing chamber a connected by a liquid tube b to a float chamber c so formed that the float has equal or other suitable predetermined movements for each increment of pressure of the gas. Means may be provided for obturating the passage b and for emptying the chamber c to facilitate transport.
Patent GB-191500866-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Paper Carriages of Typewriting Machines.
Inventor: JAMES REGINALD WILLIAM
IPC: B41J11/22
Filed: 1915-01-19
Granted: 1915-09-16
Abstract: 866. James, R. W., [Remington Typewriter Co.]. Jan. 19. Paper-carriages.-Relates to paper-carriages having ball or roller bearings with means to compensate for wear. (1) One of the bearing- guides is provided on a resilient plate tending to press it towards the companion guide. In the example shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the shiftrail 1 is provided on one side with a rail 4 substantially as long as the carriage and formed with a raceway 5 receiving balls or rollers 6, which are retained towards the ends of the carriage by a separator 8 having a limited movement. On the opposite side of the shiftrail, a resilient plate 12 grooved to form a raceway 14 is attached by screws 13. This plate 12 is only about half the length of the carriage and is disposed centrally. The raceway 14 receives one or more balls or rollers 15, which are retained by end fingers 16 on the plate 12. (2) The carriage comprises a single piece of sheet metal 17 bent into C-shape and formed with raceways 18, 19 companion to the raceways 5, 14; the parts 17, 4, 12 almost completely surround the bearings and so exclude dirt. End plates 20 receiving the platen spindle are screwed to the part 17 and connected by a tie-rod 22.
Patent GB-191501744-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for rendering Textile Fabrics relatively Non-inflammable.
Inventor: BANISTER JOHN WILLIAM
IPC: D06M11/82
Filed: 1915-02-03
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 1744. Banister, J. W., and Rittel, C. A. Feb. 3. Impregnating-compositions.-Textile fabrics are fire-proofed by impregnation with a solution 6f Epsom-salt and borax in approximately equal proportion. A small proportion of soda and of finishing-material, such as farina starch, may be added to the solution. Small quantities of other fire-proofing substances, such as sulphite of ammonia and phosphate of ammonia, may also be added. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1458/00. [Class 70, India-rubber &c.]
Patent GB-191502305-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Reversible Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: LAMPLOUGH FREDERICK
IPC: F01L13/00
Filed: 1915-02-12
Granted: 1915-12-23
Abstract: 19152305. Lamplough, F. Feb. 12. Discharge and suction passages for pumps.- To keep the delivery from a rotary pump always in one direction, independent of the direction of rotation of the pump, the inlet is branched and two suction valves o<6>, o<7> and two delivery valves o<11>, o<12> are provided.
Patent GB-191503441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Inflatable Life Preservers.
Inventor: BROKAW WILLIAM GOULD
IPC: B63C9/125
Filed: 1915-03-03
Granted: 1915-09-09
Abstract: 3441. Brokaw, W. G. March 3. Body attachments, inflatable.-An inflatable lifebuoy has substantially the shape of a sailor's collar and is adapted to be secured and unsecured by the collar of a garment. Figs. 1 and 3 show a bag 2 which is inflatable by the pipe 10 and is secured to a sailor's collar by press-buttons 14 and provided with straps 16, which are crossed and retained in position by press-buttons 19, Fig. 3, but when required may be passed under the arms, as shown in Fig. 1, and secured in front. In another form, the bag is detachably mounted between two layers of flannel or the like which form the collar, one edge of the collar being open and provided with press-buttons in order that the bag may be inserted between the layers of material.