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Patent GB-191309484-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Capels or Couplings for Cables, Ropes, and for like purposes.
Inventor: SPARKES JACOB S
IPC: F16G11/04
Filed: 1913-04-22
Granted: 1914-04-22
Abstract: 9484. Sparkes, J. S. April 22. Coupling; eyes and loops.-In capels or couplings for ropes, cables, or the like, the rope &c. is looped within two wing-members, one on each portion of the loop, enclosing a wedge device. The capel may be applied to various sizes of rope &c. Figs. 1 and 2 show a wire rope 3 looped around a grooved thimble 1 having an elongated hole 4, through which passes the cage-pin 5 or other member. In binding the rope around the thimble binding wire may be inserted through holes 2<a>. Links 6 on either side of the thimble are connected together by a pin 7 and are provided at their upper slotted ends with set-screws 13, which are adjusted to bear against the lugs 19 of the wedge 18, if necessary. The wedge 18 acts between two bearing - pieces 14, being suitably guided relatively thereto as by projections 20, so as to clamp the rope between the pieces 14 and the wing-members 21, 22, which may be provided with interlocking teeth 27, and have outer inclined surfaces embraced by binding- rings 29. The parts are arranged so that the elements of the rope loop are curved as shown in Fig. 1. The upper ends of the bearing-pieces 14 engage one another by means of semicircular grooves and projections 16, 17, Fig. 2. The lower ends 28 of the wing-members project over the rope and thimble, and may have holes 28<a> for use in fixing the wing-members around the rope loop. The gripping action of the wedge 18 is proportionate to the load borne by the links 6 until the cage-pin &c. 5 comes to rest on the bottom of the hole 4, when the load is distributed between the links and the thimble. The pin 7 may be replaced by lugs on the links engaging a slot in the thimble. Fig. 4 shows a modification in which the bearing-pieces are dispensed with, the wedge 18<a> acts directly on the rope, and adjustment setscrews 13<a> in the links 6 bear against the cage-pin. Modifications of the projections and grooves 16, 17 are described. For bending the rope around the thimble, a capping-plate is employed having pins for entering the orifices in the links and thimble, and a lever provided with a roller for engaging the rope. When the rope is in position around the thimble, the wing-members are drawn together by rotating a screw which co - operates with suspension plates having cam-slots bearing upon pins placed in the holes 28<a> in the wing-members.
Patent GB-191312265-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Evaporating Frothing Liquids.
Inventor: SEEGER FRIEDRICH
IPC: B01D1/00
Filed: 1913-05-26
Granted: 1914-05-26
Abstract: 12,265. Seeger, F. May 26. Separate heater and evaporator apparatus.- Apparatus for evaporating frothing liquids, such as sulphite lye, albumen, dextrin, oil &c., comprises a chamber 3, Fig. 1, into which rises the froth generated by the evaporation, and which directs it through a laterally-directed tapering nozzle 8, shown in plan in Fig. 2, into a chamber 4. The froth is broken up by the passage at high speed through the nozzle 8 and by the reduction of pressure on entering the chamber 4. The particles of liquid remaining in the vapours are separated by means of an impact-plate 9 in a second chamber 5. Guide-plates 8<b>, shown in plan in Fig. 3, reverse the swirling motion of the vapours and direct them on to the impact plate 9. Blades or ribs, shown in plan in Fig. 4, are formed on the under side of the plate 9 to impart a swirling motion to the vapours as they enter the chamber 5. A final separation is effected in the chamber 6 into which the vapours enter by a pipe 10 cut away at the side remote from the outlet 14. The differences of pressure in the chambers 4, 5, and 6 necessitate the use of separate drainage pipes 11, 12, 13 for the return of the separated liquid to a pipe 15, from which part returns to the evaporator and the remainder escapes as concentrate through a valve 16.
Patent GB-191314457-A (GB)
Title: A Method and Apparatus for the Utilization of Residual Heat by Means of Cold Vapour Turbine Plant.
Inventor: SEMMLER CARL
IPC: F01K3/18
Filed: 1913-06-23
Granted: 1914-01-08
Abstract: 14,457. Semmler, C. June 23. Working-fluid supply.-Relates to a method of extracting energy from the waste heat of exhaust gases &c. Sulphur-dioxide or other suitable medium is heated in an evaporator p, superheated at q, and used in the turbine l. The exhaust passes into the condenser m, and a cold-producing apparatus n, and then back into the evaporator p. The evaporator is heated by water working in a closed circuit which traverses flues x, s, &c., and comprises an accumulator v.
Patent GB-191322807-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weight Operated Air Gas Machines.
Inventor: ROEMER CHARLES WILLIAM VON
IPC: F03G3/00
Filed: 1913-10-09
Granted: 1914-10-09
Abstract: 22,807. Roemer, C. W. von, and Lynde, F. C. Oct. 9. [Cognate Application, 9623/14.] Weight power-storing mechanism.-Relates to operation of an air-bell pump, comprising two coaxial winding-drums with cords suspending the air-bell and a weight, an interconnecting pawl and ratchet-wheel and a disengageable detent for the weight drum. At the end of one revolution of both drums, the driving-pawl D on the weight drum is tripped from the snail C on the bell drum by passing a stop L which is adjustable, and the weight drum A is held by a gravity detent B engaging a snail A. The air-bell E then descends till its snail re-engages the self-set pawl, and as this occurs the detent is disengaged either by a cam-arm M turning with the bell drum or by a cord connecting it to the bell.
Patent GB-191329879-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sheet Feeding Machines.
IPC: B65H3/06
Filed: 1913-12-29
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 29,879. Marks, E. C. R.; [Middleditch, L.]. Dec. 29. Sheet-separators; carriers; guides; pile tables and supports; dropping- roller and like sheet feeds.-Sheets are separated from a bank fed forwardly over a sheet support by combing-devices which comb the top sheet rearwardly and are then tripped while the rearwardly combed sheet is fed forward off the bank. The bank of sheets is supported on, and fed intermittently along, a table 9 by endless tapes 104 passing over pulleys and controlled by the action of the front edge of the bank on a trip lever 113 provided with a hook 114 adapted to engage a lug 112 on one arm 111 of a cam-actuated lever 108 which is fitted with a pawl 107 for operating a ratchet-wheel 106 on one of the tape pulleys. When the trip-lever is moved by the bank to engage the hook and lug, the arm 108 is prevented from following its actuating- cam and the feed is arrested. The combing- devices are described in Specification 16,476/14 and comprise a constantly-driven combing-wheel 12 mounted on an eccentric which is oscillated to lower and raise the wheel, the lowered wheel combing a sheet rearwardly between guides 61 until it acts against a detector 59, which causes the wheel to be raised. In this position of the sheet, fingers 91 pivoted to levers 92 oscillated by a cam 94 and arm 95 are moved below the forward edge of the sheet and are also lifted, by cams 97 engaging fixed rods 98, to raise the end of the sheet against variably-driven rollers 90 which feed it over a guide 100 to driven rollers 99, from which it passes to a table 1 and is conveyed to the printing-machine by rolls 3 and drop rolls 4. The cam shaft 192 is driven by a gear train as described in Specification 16,477/14 from a shaft 186, Fig. 3, and drives the various forwarding-rolls through a further train of gearing. The upper roll 99 is mounted on the shaft 200 which carries a gear 201 driving, through an eccentrically-mounted gear 202 on a rocking-lever 203, a gear 204 on a shaft 205 carrying the roller 90, which is thereby driven at a variable speed so timed that the rolls are moving slowly when a sheet is lifted against it and are gradually accelerated. The rolls 3 are connected by bevel-gearing and longitudinal shafts and are driven from an intermediate gear of the train.
Patent GB-191403573-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Furniture Polish and the like.
Inventor: STRAUSS ROBERT
IPC: C09D101/18
Filed: 1914-02-11
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 3573. Strauss, R. Feb. 11. Polishing - compositions.-A furniture polish consists of a solution of celluloid in acetone with the addition of spirit. The proportions given are 25 parts of clear celluloid, 110 parts of acetone, and 890 parts of spirit.
Patent GB-191405202-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Table Game Apparatus.
Inventor: PLASTOW FREDERICK
IPC: A63F7/06
Filed: 1914-02-28
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 5202. Plastow, F. Feb. 28. Table games.-Relates to apparatus for playing a board game imitating cricket. The board A has truncated corners and is provided with a raised rim cushioned on its inner surface. Eleven numbered rings Q are marked on the playing-surface, and an arch R, Fig. 4, of wire is fastened to the board on the edge of each ring. Gates S of any light material are hinged to each upright limb of the arch and indicate when a ball has passed through it. Guards T of wire are attached to the board to prevent the ball from striking the hinges of the gates. In using the apparatus, the ball is propelled by means of a spring cue against a cushioned peg N, Fig. 1, fixed near the centre of the board. The cue consists of a wire E provided with a tip G and a handle L, which slides through an horizontal hole in a block D and is forced forwards by a spring K. The block D is mounted in a slot in the bottom cushion and turns about vertical pivots.
Patent GB-191410686-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Blower Devices for Cleaning Tubes.
IPC: F28G3/16
Filed: 1914-04-30
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 10,686. Schmidt's Superheating Co., [Schmidi'sche Heissdampf-Ges.]. April 30. Cleaning, fluid-pressure processes for.-A blower device for cleaning boiler tubes, particularly of the kind in which the distance of the nozzle from the tube-plate is adjusted by a screw movement so that the jet sweeps over the tube ends in a spiral path, is arranged so that the supply of steam or other fluid is automatically cut off by the nozzle tube or spindle when the device is in its inoperative position. A nozzle tube e with one or more jets k<1>, preferably two inclined at different angles to the axis of the device, is housed in a tube a, which, in the case of a double-ended boiler, may be one of the smoke-tubes; and works through a casing b secured by a flange b' and bolts to the boiler plate. The tube e ends in a solid screw-threaded spindle d working through a threaded member g supported by arms f<1>. Stuffing-boxes c, h are provided to secure a fluid-tight sliding fit. The nozzle tabe has a flange d<1> coned and adapted to bear against corresponding seat when the device is retracted as shown, cutting off from ports e<1>, leading to the interior of the nozzle tube, the steam &c. supplied through a passage b<2>. When the device is screwed forward to project the jets k<1> from the end of the tube a, the ports e<1> are uncovered. The Specification describes a chain and sprocket-wheel arrangement whereby the spindles d may be rotated from the side of the boiler.
Patent GB-191411937-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Electric Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: BERRY ARTHUR FRANCIS
IPC: H05B3/68
Filed: 1913-07-11
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 11,937. Berry, A. F. July 11, 1913. Resistances for heating. A number of metalsheathed resistances are arranged between metal plates or blocks, which may extend beyond the resistances on both sides, as shown in Fig. 1, or on one side only, as shown in Fig. 5, or may be flush with the resistances on both sides. In the form shown in Fig. 5, some of the wide plates b are separated by metal blocks h instead of by resistances; the blocks h may be perforated to allow passage of air. In the form shown in Fig. 7, successive resistances a and pairs of plates b are bent together and secured by clamps k so as to connect the resistances in series. In the form shown in Fig. 8, a resistance a held between plates b is coiled into a spiral with spacing-blocks h; in a modification, a resistance is formed into a flat rectangular coil. Several resistances may be held between each pair of plates, and the plates may be channelled to receive the resistances as shown in Fig. 12. The resistances may each consist of a crenellated wire clamped between sheets of soft mica, or may be of the kinds described in Specifications 23,429/12 and 14,699/13.
Patent GB-191413761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Heel Friction Devices for Boots and Shoes and other Footwear.
Inventor: MOLENKAMP ROELOFF
IPC: A43B23/28
Filed: 1914-06-06
Abstract: 13,761. Molenkamp, R. Dec. 17, 1913, [Convention date]. Stockings; pads.-A device to be worn inside the shoe to prevent chafing the heel of the wearer, and also to hold the shoe more firmly in position, comprises a cap a of vulcanized rubber formed on one or both faces with numerons flexible points a<2>; the cap may be lined inside with fabric, leather, flax, &c., and may be provided with ventilating-holes a<1>, and also with an elongated opening a<3> for suction purposes. The cap is advantageously furnished with flexible tubular portions around its edges.
Patent GB-191414024-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Signalling.
Inventor: O'DONNELL JOHN PATRICK
IPC: B61L21/06
Filed: 1914-06-10
Granted: 1915-06-10
Abstract: 14,024. O'Donnell, J. P., and Glenn, S. L. June 10. Locking-devices. - Relates to means for controlling the switch-point lever e by a train approaching the switch points E wherein the lever is first locked owing to the presence of the train in the approach - section A, then freed for a short interval while the train is in the release-section B, nearing the signal governing the approach to the switch points, and finally locked until the train clears the section D, this section comprising the points. The electromagnetic lock f for the lever e is normally energized to free the lever by a circuit comprising a battery X and contacts g, b<1>, d<1>, the relative windings of the relays b, F being such that the armature h of the relay F is not normally raised. When the train enters the section A, the contact at g is broken and the lever e locked. On the train entering the section B, the relay b is cut out and the relay F sufficiently energized to close the contact h. The lever e is thus freed until the train enters the section D, whereupon the relay d is deenergized and the contact d<1> broken, so that the lever e remains locked until the train clears the section D. In the modification shown in Fig. 2, the relay F bridges the insulation l at the signal C so that the contact h is broken and the lever e locked as soon as the first pair of wheels passes the signal. An additional contact 16, controlled by the relay F, may be provided in connexion with a warning-instrument 17. The lock f may be arranged as a back-lock on the lever of the signal C so as to prevent the full return movement of the lever while the circuit of the lock f is broken, the point-lever e and signal-lever being fitted with the usual tappet interlocking-mechanism. To prevent the points E from being operated while a train on the release-section B is travelling at a speed such that it cannot be stopped inside the signal C, a retarding-device, shown in Fig. 3, may be fitted in the circuit of the lock f. The contact-maker 11 for the switch 12 is carried on a pivoted plate 1 a pin 7 on which engages a slot in an arm 8 linked to the lever G of the signal C. When the lever is put to safety, the plate is turned, against the action of a spring 9, to open the switch 12, and is held by the armature of a relay 14 engaging a notch 15 in the plate. If the lever G is then put in the danger position shown, the plate 1 is released on the train entering the section B, owing to de-energization of the relay 14, and returns to close the switch 12. The return movement of the plate is retarded by clock-work such as the wheels 4, 5 and fan &c. 6, driven from a pawl 13 pivoted on the plate. This retardation is such that a train moving above the predetermined speed enters the section D and breaks the contact d' before closure of the switch 12. An electro-magnet may be arranged in the circuit of the relays a, b so as to lift the pawl 13 out of gear when there is no train in the sections A or B.
Patent GB-191416429-A (GB)
Title: Spring Bending Machine for the Upper Parts of Press Buttons.
IPC: B21F45/00
Filed: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 16,429. Deutsche Druckknopffabriken Ges. Sept. 24, 1913, [Convention date]. Void [Published under Section 91 of the Act]. Angular bending; bending - formers. - A number of springs for spring buttons are simultaneously bent from cut-off wires and inserted in holes in a disk-carrier. Each wire g passes through a pipe f, Fig. 4, and is cut off by a knife d carried by a plate w, Fig. 1. A plate is then moved to bend each wire round its former k as shown in Fig. 3, and the formers h, i force the ends into the formers k to give the final shape, as shown in Fig. 4. The formers h, i are oscillated by slotted levers l, Fig. 1, engaged by pins v carried by the plate w, which is oscillated by a cam operated lever. The formers k are moved axially to insert the springs in the holes in the disk-carrier, each hole having a retaining-groove turned in it.
Patent GB-191416711-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Button Sewing Device for Sewing Machines.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
IPC: D05B3/14
Filed: 1914-07-13
Granted: 1915-03-04
Abstract: 16,711. Haddan, R., [Spencer, F.]. July 13. Button-attaching machines. - The button e and fabric d are held between a bar or slide 6 and a spring-controlled clamping-lever 5, to which either a straight or a diagonal reciprocating movement may be imparted. Both bar and lever are slotted as at 17 to allow the needle to pass through the button. The bar 6 is reciprocated by a lever 8, the fulcrum 9 of which is carried by a pivoted arm 23 and is adjustable along the slot 29 in the lever 8. The arm 23 has a handle 25 and a projection to engage one of a series of notches 27 on the base-plate 1. The lever 8 is oscillated by a cam 39 rotated by a ratchet-wheel 42 operated by a pawl 43, which derives its movement from the needle-bar, through a lever 50 on the shaft 44 carrying the pawl. The bar 6 carries a pin 11 which engages a slot in a disk 13 mounted to rotate in a hole in the base-plate. The disk 13 is provided with a handle 16 and may be placed with its slot in the direction of the reciprocation of the bar 6, or across such direction, to give either a straight or a diagonal reciprocation. A pawl 18<1> locks the disk in position by engaging a notch on its periphery.
Patent GB-191420241-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wire-cutting Tools suitable as Attachments to Bayonets and for other purposes.
Inventor: ASHTON THOMAS ROBERT RANEY
IPC: F41C27/20
Filed: 1914-09-26
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 20,241. Ashton, T. R. R. Sept. 26. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Weapons combined with appliances other than small-arms.-Relates to wire-cutters, especially intended for attachment to bayonets, of the kind in which two pivoted arms have transverse cutting-edges which come together as the arms are swung backwards by the pressure of the wire. The invention consists in pivoting the arms to both turn and slide on a common pivot c<1>, the necessary sliding movements in opposite directions being given by cam-slots in the arms engaged by a fixed pin c<2>. The arms are maintained parallel to one another by a pin-and-slot connexion a<3>, b<3>. A spring resistance device is provided to prevent the cutters from operating under pressures insufficient to cut the wire. In a modification, there is only one swinging arm, the other being replaced by a fixed blade.
Patent GB-191424342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Means for Stopping the Delivery of Roving in Spinning Machines.
Inventor: TSCHUDY HEINRICH
IPC: D01H13/18
Filed: 1914-12-19
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 24,342. Tschudy, H. Jan. 1, [Convention date]. Stop-motions; delivery, stopping.-An electric arrangement for stopping delivery of roving, when breakage occurs in a ring spinning-frame, comprises a detector d<1> carrying a contact-piece k<1>, which engages a piece k<2> and completes the circuit of an electro-magnet m. The upper feed-roller h is supported in a forked lever d carrying a weight g, and on the axle p is hinged a crank-lever a. The magnet m attracts the weight g, raises the roller h, and clamps the end of the yarn between the lever a and the supporting-plate b. The yarn is then broken off between the clamp and middle pair of rollers. For resetting the yarn, the current is broken by an interrupter u, whereupon the roller h and lever a return to their normal positions, and delivery begins afresh.
Patent GB-191424584-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Snow Shoe.
Inventor: BONNELL WILLIAM ARCHIBALD
IPC: A43C15/06
Filed: 1914-12-24
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 24,584. Bonnell, W. A. Dec. 24. Snow-shoes. - Snowshoes are constructed with a base a of plywood. Fastening straps d, f, j, k are provided, and a toe opening b is formed in the base. Cross-pieces of wood are fixed on the underside of the base, which is provided with a binding i of metal or leather.
Patent GB-191501873-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Travelling Ordnance.
IPC: F41A23/32
Filed: 1915-02-05
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 1873. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. Feb. 5, 1914, [Convention date]. Field carriages.-Relates to carriages having forked trail beams, and consists in pivoting the trail beams on an approximately horizontal axis inclined. at an acute angle to the wheel axis, so that the gun-carriage can he set up on uneven ground. Fig. 6 shows the forked trail beams G, G<1> carrying the training-socket D freely mounted upon a part e<1> of the axle-tree E, which is so cranked that it intersects the wheel axis in the centre plane of the gun. In the simplest forms of the invention, the parts G, G', D form one piece mounted on an inclined axle, as shown in Fig. 4 or as shown in Fig. 6; but in the construction shown in Fig. 6, the beam G' is made adjustable with respect to the arm g<2> of the beam G by means of a toothed gear N, g<3> operated by a worm gear P, S to bring the part e<1> of the axle-tree into the horizontal plane, and the socket D is, by means of a screw gear H, made adjustable on the axle part e<1> relatively to the beam G to bring the training-pivot into the vertical position.
Patent GB-191502009-A (GB)
Title: Method of Operating the Propelling and Steering Gear of Boats.
Inventor: PERRET FRANK ALVORD
IPC: B63H21/175
Filed: 1915-02-08
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 2009. Perret, F. A. Feb. 8. Driving-arrangements for screw propellers; steering-gear. - The driving-wheel of a motorcycle rests on and drives grooved rollers 2, 3. The shaft 9 jointed to the propeller shaft 11 is moved laterally to cause the bevel-wheel 8 to engage one of the driven bevel-wheels 6, 7 or to assume an intermediate position. For steering, the front wheel is mounted in a pivoted shoe (not shown) connected to the steering-gear.
Patent GB-191509049-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Receivers for Air Extracting Ventilators.
Inventor: STANTON TOM
IPC: B61D27/00
Filed: 1915-06-19
Abstract: 9049. Stanton, T., and Heath, W. H. June 19. Ventilators.-In an air-extracting ventilator of the kind used in railway carriages and consisting of a cylindrical dust-receiving case a and a cap c rotatable upon it, a, spring- supported pivot pin g has at its lower end a finger-piece l, the extremities of which are normally retained by the spring It in depressions f in the cap c, so that the cap is rotated by turning tho pivot. When it is desired to remove the cap, the finger-piece l is pulled down and turned until its extremities are coincident with the slots e, thus freeing the cap.