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Patent GB-191304384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: PETERS CARL
IPC: F22B21/12
Filed: 1913-02-20
Granted: 1913-09-11
Abstract: 4384. Peters, C. Feb. 20. Water-tube boilers.-In a boiler comprising upper and lower drums connected by groups of tubes, some of which are protected from the hot gases to form downcomers. groups of tubes are provided on each side with pairs of spaced partitions extending from front to rear of the combustion chamber, each pair of partitions having in the space between them a group of downcomer tubes. The groups of tubes c, c<1>, c<2> connecting two upper and two lower drums are divided by pairs of partition walls h, between which downcomer-tubes d<1>, d<2> are disposed. The outer downcomer-tubes d, d<3> are arranged in the side walls g. Water is fed to the downcomers by separate pipes k opening between partition plates i in the upper drums.
Patent GB-191306282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Rotary Engines.
Inventor: WIGUL PETER
Filed: 1913-03-13
Granted: 1913-08-21
Abstract: 6282. Wigul, P. March 13. Fixed-abutment type; reversing-details other than valves and valve-gear; valve-gear.-A drum carrying outwardly sliding vanes operates in two working-chambers formed by the stepped inner surface of a casing comprising two parts which may be moved in opposite directions to reverse the engine. Two tapering working- chambers 10, 11 are formed by a drum 7 carrying spring-pressed outwardly-sliding vanes 8 and the two casing members 2, 3. Motive fluid from ports 12 enters the working-chambers by one set of ports 13 and exhausts through ports 15, 16 and by additional channels 17 also communicating with ports 16. On reversing the positions of the two members 2, 3 by means of the lever 6, two oppositely-directed working-chambers are formed and another set of inlet ports 13 and outlet ports 14, 17 is brought into operation, so that the engine is reversed. The friction of the vanes 8 in their slots is reduced by rollers 19, and both the vanes and the drum are fitted with spring-pressed packing-strips.
Patent GB-191307139-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Manufacture of White Lead.
Inventor: STRANGE EDWARD HALFORD
IPC: C09C1/16
Filed: 1913-03-25
Granted: 1913-10-16
Abstract: 7139. Strange, E. H., and Coley, H. E. March 25. White lead is prepared from fine hairs or threads of lead prepared by causing the liquid lead to flow from a vessel through a vertical pipe to secure sufficient pressure, and thence through an horizontal pipe provided with a series of perforations, the streams of lead being received on a moving surface as described in Specification 7140/13, [Class 83 (i), Casting &c. metals]. The lead threads are wetted by a solution such as a solution of acetic acid, or are treated with the vapour of such a solution, and are then compressed into suitable forms such as slabs occupying about twice the volume of an equal weight of lead, and the compressed masses are treated for the production of white lead by the stack or chamber process. Specification 6629/07 is referred to.
Patent GB-191308636-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Driving or Conveyer Belts.
Inventor: TURNER SAMUEL
IPC: F16G1/04
Filed: 1913-04-12
Granted: 1914-04-02
Abstract: 8636. Turner, S., and Turner, H. R. April 12. ' Multiple fabrics ; asbestos fabrics ; composite metallic and non-metallic threads, fabrics with. -One or both faces of driving or conveyer belts of the solid woven type are formed of plain or metallic asbestos yarn to withstand heat. The asbestos yarn may form the warp or the weft of the top or of both the top and the bottom cloths, the other threads being of ordinary fibres such as hair, jute, flax, hemp, or cotton.' The weft-binder yarns for the solid woven fabric are preferably of asbestos also. The material may be impregnated with any suitable preservative.
Patent GB-191310318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Stylograph Fountain Pens.
Inventor: PRICE WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: B43K8/16
Filed: 1913-10-30
Granted: 1914-05-14
Abstract: 10,318. Price, W. G. Oct. 30. Reservoir pens.-Relates to stylographic pens of the kind in which the stylus wire, carried on a stem, is adapted to be advanced or retracted in the nozzle of the pen by means of a screw feed, either for adjusting the position of the wire or for cleaning the nozzle of the pen. According to the invention, the rear end of the stem is rotatably mounted within a fixed tubular guide and is advanced or retracted by means of a pin and helical slot mechanism. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the rear end of the stem 5 is provided with an enlarged end 6 and an operating-button 6a, the part 6 being rotatable within the rear end 1a of the barrel and provided with a helical slot 10 engaged by a pin 11 fixed in the part 1a. The stylus wire 3 is mounted in the usual manner at the lower end of the stem 5. In a modification, shown in Fig. 3, the stem 5 is provided with a stud 11a engaging a helical slot 10@ in a fixed but detachable end-section or guide 13. The cap of the pen may have frictional engagement with the operating-button 6a and so be used as a means for rotating the button.
Patent GB-191316768-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Preparing Paper Pulp.
Inventor: BEAUMONT WILLIAM WORBY
IPC: D21D1/32
Filed: 1913-07-22
Granted: 1914-07-02
Abstract: 16,768. Beaumont, W. W. July 22. [Cognate Application, 2287/14.] , Pulping-engines.-In machines for preparing pulp, chiefly those used for breaking-up old or used paper, cardboard, sized paper, broke paper, &c., two feedhoppers a, b are provided, for use separately or together, and the first has a hollow separately driven shaft e provided with arms e<1>. A partition or slide l admits the material to the hopper b when sufficiently softened. When it is desired to use the hopper b alone, the flap k deflects the material to be treated to the deeper end to ensure thorough treatment, the slide l<1> retaining the material in the deeper part. The barrel is provided with fixed rubber-bars c co-operating with bars c<1> on rotating arms d, and such arms may alternate with oblique blades d<1> and screw propeller blades d'. Transverse shafts h having notches, strong projections, hooks, &c. serve to catch string and like matter. They may be driven by chain or other suitable gearing, and are preferably journaled in hand-hole covers h<1> to facilitate removal of the stringy accumulations. The level of the outlet g may be varied as required by rotating the end cover g<1>. According to the Provisional Specification, the horizontal machine may have a false bottom. Also, the machine may be arranged vertically, in which case the preparatory part may be cylindrical, conical, or of other suitable form, and, when conical, the tapering may be in opposite directions.
Patent GB-191317705-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Vacuum-cleaning Apparatus for Carpets and the like.
Inventor: HICKS FRANCIS GRAHAM
IPC: A47L5/02
Filed: 1913-08-01
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 17,705. Hicks, F. G. Aug. 1. [Cognate Application, 2497/14.] Right to Patent relinquished. Vacuum cleaning-apparatus comprises a casing 1 divided into two compartments 3, 4 and having an integral nozzle 2 at the front end. The supporting- wheels 10 are fixed on a shaft 11 in the rear compartment 4. Two spur-wheels 15, either fixed to the shaft or attached thereto by free-wheel mechanism, gear with pinions 16 on the lower ends of the spindles 14 of a Root's blower, which is thus actuated as the wheels 10 move over the surface. The suction created draws dust-laden air in through the nozzle 2, and the dust is retained by a bag 6 fitted to a frame 22 which slides vertically in a slot and is pressed against the front of the casing by b!ade springs 23. A hinged lid 25 allows the filter to be withdrawn from the casing. Modifications are described in which the spindles of the blower are horizontal and the filter frame slides horizontally and is provided with a central hinged portion for cleaning purposes.
Patent GB-191321308-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Feed-water Heaters.
IPC: F22D1/32
Filed: 1913-09-20
Granted: 1914-07-09
Abstract: 21,308. Knorr BrÞmse Akt. - Ges. July 11, [Convention date]. U-tube apparatus. - In an apparatus for heating feed-water by passing it through U- tubes subjected to the heat of steam, the header is so divided by partitions that water entering at f into the compartment h passes by way of the tubes into two compartments k, l, and again through tubes to a single compartment m, and so on through the compartments n, n and exit compartment p.
Patent GB-191324284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Obtaining Filtered Water from Rivers and the like.
Inventor: ADAMS MAURICE HOPPUS
Filed: 1914-04-25
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 24,284. Adams, M. H. April 25, 1914. Rotary strainers.-Apparatus for obtaining filtered water from rivers &c. comprises a rotary disk. or wheel screen or strainer c fitted in the mouth of a pit m<1> in the river or water-course with its lower part immersed in the water, and provided with means for cleaning and removing the impurities from the portion not immersed in the water, the filtered water being conveyed from the pit by a suction pipe g connected to a suitable pump. The wheel c is cleaned by water-jets i impinging upon the outlet side of the screen, the impurities being received in a trough j fitted with a guard j<1> ; brushes or air-jets &c. may be used instead of, or together with, the water-jets. The shaft b of the wheel c is driven by worm gearing from the driving-shaft d, and the spaces between the spokes c<1> of the wheel are filled with wire-gauze h. Rollers n fitted in the periphery of the wheel take the thrust.
Patent GB-191325630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Chassis or Frames of Automobile and like Vehicles.
Inventor: CRAWFORD REGINALD HUGH
IPC: B62D61/08
Filed: 1913-11-10
Granted: 1914-10-08
Abstract: 25,630. Crawford, R. H. Nov. 10. Secondary frames; frame components, applying and combining.-Relates to vehicles in which a braced main frame 1 is connected to one set of wheels on the axle 3 and carries a sub-frame 10 by means of a pivotal connexion at one end and a spring connexion at the other end, the sub-frame carrying the other set of wheels and being arranged to carry the engine and transmission mechanism. The sub-frame 10, which may carry one or two wheels, is connected to the main frame 1 substantially at its middle point by links 19. A bridge-piece 22 is arranged across the main frame 1 to carry the links 19.
Patent GB-191327153-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Web Controlling Devices for Printing Machines.
Inventor: HOE ROBERT
IPC: B41F13/02
Filed: 1913-11-25
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 27,153. Hoe, R. Nov. 25. Collapsible rollers.-Relates to an expansible roll for feeding webs to printing-machines in accordance with variations in the surface speed of the printing - cylinders, and consists in making the radially movable sections overlap in such a manner as to avoid recesses the whole length of the roller. The surface of the roller is formed of overlapping or staggered plates 11 screwed to sections 10, which are movable radially to increase or decrease the diameter of the roller. Each section 10 is furnished with blocks 14 dovetailed on to wedges 16 secured to the shaft 19. The sections 10 are secured to a sleeve 20 by bolts 26, which pass through radial slots 25 in a plate 24. To expand or contract the roller, the sleeve 20 is moved axially by a screw 29 operated by a hand-wheel. A roll 37, preferably of inking-roller composition, rests on the expansible roller, and can be held out of operation by a swing catch 41 fitted with a controlling- pin 43.
Patent GB-191400603-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Metal & other Boxes.
Inventor: SMITH THOMAS
IPC: B65D43/14
Filed: 1914-01-09
Granted: 1914-10-22
Abstract: 603. Smith, T., [trading as Smith & Ewen]. Jan. 9. Lids and covers.-To enable the lid of a box either to close 'the mouth, as shown, or lie against the side or bottom, it is formed with side pieces or extensions g adapted to slide over connecting-pieces c attached to pivots or trunnions b provided on the sides of the box body. To change the position of the lid, it is lifted against the action of the springs f and turned into the new position desired, in which the springs serve to retain it.
Patent GB-191400722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Mounting and Driving of the Magneto in Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F02P1/00
Filed: 1914-01-10
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 722. Butterfields, Ltd., and Butterfield, W. H. Jan. 10. Magnetos, driving.-The magneto A for a twostroke-cycle engine is mounted on a bracket B cast or secured upon the side C of the crank case C', the armature spindle D being placed in line with the crank-shaft E and driven by means of a crank F, which is secured to the tapered end of the spindle D and is coupled to the fly-wheel F<3> by a pin F'. The side C of the crank case is secured by the heads of screws C<3> and can be moved relatively to the crank case in order to advance or retard the ignition.
Patent GB-191400754-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Hydrogen Peroxide.
Inventor: WADE HAROLD
IPC: C25B1/30
Filed: 1914-01-10
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 754. Wade, H., [Henkel et Cie.]. Jan. 10. Hydrogen peroxide, obtaining; electrodes.- A cathode for use in an electrolyte containing oxygen dissolved under pressure, as described in Specification 8582/13, consists, according to the present invention, of silver amalgam or copper amalgam.
Patent GB-191402590-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Liquid Hydrocarbon Burners of the Injection Type and in or relating to Air-supplying Fittings for Oil Fired Furnaces.
Inventor: BIRKBECK HENRY
IPC: F23D11/10
Filed: 1914-01-31
Granted: 1915-03-11
Abstract: 2590. Birkbeck, H., [Quantin, J. J. A.]. Jan. 31. Air, gas, and steam pressure sprayers; nozzles for producing whirling and like sprays.-Compressed air from an inlet 6 draws atmospheric air or gases, or both, through one or more inlets 3 into a preferably annular enlargement 2, into which steam may also be forced or drawn, and the mixture sprays the liquid fuel supplied through one or more lateral inlets 13 into the barrel 1, which is provided with a jacket 1<a> adapted to deliver steam around the barrel end. The suction pipes 3 are provided with funnelshaped outer ends having perforated covers, and are adapted to be turned towards the burner nozzle so that hot air may be drawn into the burner. The steam is emitted from the jacket 1<a> through one or more circles of holes 11 which may be grooved spirally, and a small pivoted pipe with a perforated end supplies steam from the jacket beneath the ends of the pipes 3.
Patent GB-191406882-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pistons.
Inventor: JOUFFRET HENRI VICTOR JULES
IPC: F16J1/00
Filed: 1914-03-18
Granted: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 6882. Jouffret, H. V. J. June 17, 1913, [Convention date]. Pistons, which are especiaily adapted for rotarycylinder engines, are formed with a thin slightly conical front part a<o>, which is split on lines parallel with the axis of the piston, in order to enable it to be pressed against the surface of the cylinder.
Patent GB-191413235-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Treatment of Sewage and the like.
Inventor: IRWIN THOMAS KEMPLAY
IPC: C02F3/12
Filed: 1914-05-29
Granted: 1915-06-29
Abstract: 13,235. Irwin, T. K. May 29. tanks ; manures.-Sewage is precipitated by reagents, such as acid or basic phosphates, added in excess, so as to obtain a sludge rich in manurial constituents. The sewage and reagent are fed from a channel b. Fig. 1, into a long tank a communicating by openings d with a conduit c below the base. The sludge that settles on the base is caused to pass into the conduit c by reciprocating scrapers c carried by an endless belt g, and is drawn off by a conduit m. The sludge is digested at about 90‹ F. with fermentable organic matter such as starch waste, sawdust, glucose, yeast, flour-mill sweepings, beer wort, dextrin, milk sugar, grape sugar or molasses, in tanks o, Fig. 4. The solids float, and the liquid is withdrawn by n vertical pipe q, having perforations of such size as to prevent the passage of the solid
Patent GB-191415669-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Acetaldehyde.
Inventor: JOHNSON GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1914-06-30
Granted: 1915-10-21
Abstract: 15,669. Johnson, G. W., [Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron]. June 30. Acetaldehyde is prepared by passing acetylene continuously in excess through an acid of about 20-35 per cent strength mixed with a mercury salt, the temperature being kept below the boiling-point of the acid; sulphuric, phosphoric, or organic sulphonic acids are specified as suitable. Specifications 29,073/10, 16,848/13, and 17,017/13 are referred to.
Patent GB-191421978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Switches.
IPC: H01H21/02
Filed: 1914-11-04
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 21,978. Midland Electric Manufacturing Co., and Barber, W. L. Nov. 4. Switches, quick-break.-An ironclad electric switch comprises a rectangular metallic shaft a wrapped with mica and carrying strip metal or laminated contacts b screw-clipped thereon while the contacts are in engagement with the fixed contacts g, which are covered by an insulating shield h slotted at h<1> to permit the passage of the movable contacts; the shaft has a bearing e at one end in the casing, and at the other in an axial hole f<1>, Fig. 4, in the boss f<2> of the operating-handle f, which occupies a bearing in the opposite end of the casing. The boss has in it a cross-notch f<3>, Fig. 6, cooperating with a reduced rectangular part a<1> of the shaft, which permits a limited angular motion of the handle without turning the shaft. The quick-break motion is effected, after the lost motion has been taken up, by a spring i fixed at one end to the casing and coiled round and fixed at the other end to the shaft. In the closed position of the switch, a projection f', Fig. 7, on the handle overhangs the hinged cover d'. The switch is provided with fuses p.
Patent GB-191422277-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Disinfecting Apparatus for use in Flushing Cisterns.
Inventor: HOLT JOHN
IPC: E03D9/03
Filed: 1914-11-10
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 22,277. Holt, J. Nov. 10. Water-waste preventers, disinfecting -apparatus for. - Relates to submerged containers having inlet and outlet apertures, and consists in the provision of a screw cap B of the form shown and an adjustable outlet pipe G.
Patent GB-191500916-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Method of and Means for Opening and Cleaning Cotton and Cotton Waste.
Inventor: BARLOW THOMAS PENNINGTON
IPC: D01G9/00
Filed: 1915-01-20
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 916. Barlow, T. P. Jan. 20. Openers and cleaners; feeding openers and cleaners.-In a machine for cleaning cotton and cotton waste, of the type in which the fibre is fed from a lap to a cardclothed licker - in roll working in conjunction with mote knives as in a carding - engine, the cleaned fibre being drawn off by suction and collected upon a perforated cylinder, the air suction trunk is provided with a restricted inlet situated at a point remote from the mote knives, so as to draw fibres only into the trunk. The lap d is fed between a roll g and a plate f to a licker-in roll h and mote knives i. The trunk k has a narrow opening extending across the licker-in, and the cleaned fibre is drawn up it and is collected on the perforated cylinder m by a fan s. A weighted semicylindrical damper o is mounted loosely on the axis q of the cylinder. One end of the cylinder is closed, and the other end communicates through the pipe r with the fan. The fibre is consolidated upon the cylinder by a roller t and is taken off by a knife u. The licker-in is driven by a crossed belt from the fan shaft v. The lap roll and feed-rolls are driven through worm gearing x, x<1> from the same shaft,
Patent GB-191503222-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Air Propeller Blades.
IPC: B64C11/16
Filed: 1915-02-27
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 3222. Barker, W. T. F., and Rowell & Co., D. Feb. 27. Screw propellers.-An air-propeller blade A is formed with one or more shallow ribs a, each of which is a segment of an archimedean spiral developed on a flat plane.
Patent GB-191505099-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Utilization of Potato Peelings.
IPC: C08B30/10
Filed: 1915-04-01
Abstract: 5099. Borrßs, E., and Soc. Anon. Borrßs. April 1. Starch.-Potato peelings are washed, ground to a pulp, mixed with water, and the starch is then separated, for instance by treating the mixture on sieves with small jets of water, which wash the starch through the sieves. The starch is further washed with water as often as necessary and is finally dried.
Patent GB-191509003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Miners' Electric Safety Lamps.
Inventor: PATTERSON JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1915-06-18
Abstract: 9003. Patterson, J. G. June 18. Battery lamps; caps; holders.-In a miner's lamp, a stop k pressing on the end of the bulb holds contacts in the cap against s p r i n g plungers arranged side by side in the holders f, either the cap contacts or the ends of the plungers, or both, being at different levels, so that the circuit is opened if the bulb is broken or released by the stop. The plungers may be of different lengths, or one of them may be let into the insulating-base i. Bayonet-pins on the cap slide in straight grooves in the holder f. The holder is preferably of porcelain or other fire-proof material, and externally is conical or domed and enamelled white or polished to serve as a reflector. The stop k, which may be of metal or of resilient material such as rubber, is secured by cement or otherwise arranged in the upper end of a glass protecting-bell l, or attached to the cover when a glass cylinder is used. It may be enamelled or otherwise treated, and shaped so as to form a continuation of an external reflector m, preferably enamelled.
Patent GB-191509496-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraph Relays.
IPC: H01H53/015
Filed: 1915-06-29
Abstract: 9496. United Telegraph & Cable Co., and Bruce, W. M. June 29. Relays.-The mercury contacts of a relay are mounted in metal receptacles having apertures in their sides, while the receptacles are capable of lateral and vertical adjustment. In a modification, the moving contacts are connected by a central insulating-portion which passes through the sides of the mercury receptacle. The relay controls a second relay having a short-circuited winding, which prevents sparking at the contacts of the first relay. The metal receptacles e<7>. Figs. 3, 4, and 5, are provided with apertures e<9> in their sides, into which the ends of a steel cross-arm e'‹ pass. The position of the cross-arm e<10> is controlled by the relay coil e' ; while the positions of the receptacles e<7> are controlled by screws e<13>, e<14>, e<15>, e<15>. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the contacts e<17>, e<18> are connected by an insulating-portion e<16> which normally passes through both apertures e<9> in the sides of the receptacle.
Patent GB-191512707-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Walls and in Bricks for the same.
Inventor: STRAUVEN GUSTAVE
IPC: E04B2/02
Filed: 1915-11-25
Abstract: 12,707. Strauven, G. Nov. 25. Bricks and building-blocks, special shapes of. -Hollow walls undulated or flat on one or both faces, and in which the passages are vertical, are formed of bricks or blocks of such shape that the passages, either in the bricks or between them, form in plan a chain of cells as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with other cells where the wall has flat faces. The facing may be formed by the bricks themselves, or may be separately applied. The Figures show examples of bricks or blocks and walls formed thereby. Fig. 33 shows a sectional elevation of a wall taken on the line AB, Fig. 32. The vertical face joints are wedge shaped as shown at D, Fig. 36, and at door and window openings the half bricks are made with a projection C by which to secure the frames. The cement is applied in a semi-liquid state by pouring it along the bed joints. The undulated walls when applied to gardens &c. allow air to have access to plants growing against them.