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Patent GB-191317110-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Automatic Vacuum Breaking Devices for Steam Condensers and other Vessels under Vacuum.
IPC: F28B11/00
Filed: 1913-07-25
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 17,110. Cole, Marchent, & Morley, and Morley, H. W. July 25. Lift valves; actuating.-A vacuum-breaking valve o for a steam condenser or other vessel under vacuum, operated in accordance with the liquid level in the condenser &c., is actuated against the pressure of the atmosphere by a piston k to which pressure-fluid is supplied by a pilot valve under control of the float c. The pilot valve is situated outside both the condenser and the float chamber a, and is actuated by a lever d, rocking-shaft e, lever g, and spindle h, the rocking-shaft e passing through the wall of the float chamber a below the normal level of the water. The lift of the valve o is controlled by an adjustable rod p; a spring s assists in returning the valve to its seat. The pressure-fluid may be steam, compressed air or liquid under pressure. The valve o may be fitted to the exhaust main.
Patent GB-191323002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Hydraulic Transmission System.
Inventor: KILLMAN THOMAS ANDREW
IPC: B60K17/10
Filed: 1913-10-11
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 23,002. Killman, T. A. Oct. 11. Gyratory piston type. -A rotary pump or motor consists of a casing 5 divided into two compartments by a partition 9, each compartment containing a piston 15 which is given a gyratory motion by the crank - shaft 10. Each piston is provided with a central web 17 which is radially slotted at 18, 19, so as to provide a bearing for the cylindrical packing- member 21. The casing has a projecting rib 22 which passes through the packing-member 21. On the rotation of the crank - shaft 10, the piston moves round the chamber 11 with its rim in contact with the casing, and also oscillates on the packing 21 while the latter slides on the rib 22.
Patent GB-191326796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sliding Windows or Panels.
IPC: E05F11/38
Filed: 1913-11-21
Granted: 1914-10-29
Abstract: 26,796. Crane, A., and London General Omnibus Co. Nov, 21.] Door holders.-To the side bars of the frame of a sliding window for vehicles, doors, or sliding panels, are secured trough-shaped bars J which slide in the fixed guide-ways of the frame. A number of balls, rollers, or plungers K are pressed by a long wavy spring L and caused to protrude through holes in the trough, into engagement with boles or notches in a fixed plate E<4>. The wavy spring may be secured to a pin L', Fig. 1, and passes round a number of fixed pins L' alternating with the balls &c.
Patent GB-191328834-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Flash Light Signalling Systems.
Inventor: SHEPHARD WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: G08B5/38
Filed: 1913-12-13
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 28,834. Shephard, W. H., and Mc Kechnie, A. E. Dec. 13. Code-signalling mechanism ; lamp, electric-lamp, and flash signals.-Relates to flash-light signalling systems of the kind in which a switch member is employed, and comprising a rotatable drum provided on its periphery with detachable make-andbreak elements arranged in accordance with the signal to be transmitted. According to the present invention, the switch member comprises a cylindrical or conical drum v rotatable within a casing w with one or more circumferential rows of conducting and insulating members z of spherical or like formation, as shown. The brushes for contacting with the members z may each be in the form of an inverted thimble j<1> surrounded by an insulating-collar l<1>, the elements being arranged in circuit with the signalling-apparatus, which may comprise an electric lamp, lamp and shutter, or a movable mirror, such as is used in heliograph apparatus. The elements z may be fed separately and in proper sequence from separate hoppers a<111>, Fig. 3, by a finger-operated slide element c', which has an extension i<1> to prevent the delivery of more than one element at a time when the member c' is depressed.
Patent GB-191405210-A (GB)
Title: Improved Tobacco-pipe Stopper.
Inventor: ROCCA GIOVANNI BATTISTA
IPC: A24F5/12
Filed: 1914-02-28
Granted: 1914-06-25
Abstract: 5210. Rocca, G. B. Feb. 28. Tobacco pipes; tobacco-pipe stoppers.-In tobacco-pipe stoppers of the kind that are mounted to slide in the cover of a tobacco pipe, the disk 8 of the stopper is pivotally connected to the stem or shank 6 so that the shank, when the stopper is in its raised position, may be swung over on to the cover. The shank 6 is guided in the cover 5 and is provided with an operating-button 9.
Patent GB-191406198-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Devices.
Inventor: DILL THOMAS CLARK
IPC: F16H61/664
Filed: 1914-03-11
Granted: 1914-10-08
Abstract: 6198. Dill, T. C. March 11. Variable-speed gearing.-Relates to means for so adjusting interengaging friction-disk variable-speed gearing, or other toothed or belt speed-gearing requiring bodily movement of the driven shaft, as to produce the least variation in the tension of a belt connecting the gear to the machine to be driven. The driving-shaft 5 is carried in hangers 2 which have bolts 10 engaging slots 13 in arms 12 supporting a rockshaft 14, to which are keyed arms 15, carrying the driven shaft 18. An arm 30, adjustably secured to the shaft 14, has a nut 24 engaged by a screwed rod 25, adjustably hung from the ceiling by a ball-and-socket joint. Friction disks 21 on the shaft 18 engage similar disks on the shaft 5. A pulley 22 on the shaft 18 drives the machine by means of a belt 23. By adjustment of the various parts, the shaft 18 may be so arranged that the line joining the shafts 18, 14 passes through the centre of the pulley driven by the belt 23, thus minimizing the effect of moving the shaft 18 by rotation of the rod 25 to change the gear. The arrangement may be employed with a gear such as is shown in Fig. 6 in which an axially-adjustable pinion 38 is brought into gear with any of a cone of gears 36 by lateral movement of the shaft 18. Belt speed-gearing may be similarly employed.
Patent GB-191408552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shop Fittings for the Display of Goods and the like in Shops and Shop Windows.
Inventor: BRYAN JAMES HENRY BENNETT
IPC: A47F5/06
Filed: 1914-04-04
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 8552. Bryan, J. H. B. April 4. Shop fittings. - in shop fittings for displaying goods, of the type in which a tubular rod b is secured in a socket e by means of a nut a, the nut is formed with projections c to fit recesses in the rod :n which it is soldered. The rod may be fixed at the top only; but if it also has a bearing at the bottom, a foot f is provided.
Patent GB-191411334-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ticket Issuing Machines.
Inventor: HADDAN REGINALD
Filed: 1914-05-07
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 11,334. Haddan, R., [National Cash Register Co.]. May 7. Index type-wheel machines with printing-surfaces for tickets; hammer-impression arrangements; alining for impression; electric driving- mechanism.-Relates to machines for printing and issuing tickets, bearing the name of one of a number of destination stations, the class of ticket, serial number, and certain fixed matter. and for recording the particulars upon a recordstrip, and registering the serial number for the machine and the total value of tickets issued, as described in Specification 10,786/14. The destination members 4, one of which is to be selected for subsequent depression upon the paper by the operating-motor, are arranged in a helical spiral upon a cylindrical carrier 1 having a screw-threaded axis 2 passing through a stationary nut 3 upon the frame, whereby the rotation of the drum, to a position shown by an intergeared indicator disk 28, brings the corresponding destination member into co-operative relation with the depressing-head 14 and the printing and registering mechanism 67. A switch-rod 35 is then pulled out to close the motor-switch 38, 39, the circuit being opened at the end of the operation by a cam 64 upon one of the driven shafts 50. A spring detent (not shown) co-operates with teeth upon the edge of the indicator to define the set position.
Patent GB-191411887-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Loose-reed Mechanism of Looms.
Inventor: WELLS FRANK
IPC: D03D49/58
Filed: 1914-05-14
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 11,887. Wells, F. May 14. Loose-reed motions; stop-motions, shuttle.-The reed is normally held rigid by means of clutches c, engaging angle brackets d and pivoted to a bracket b, which carries the reed baulk bar a and is mounted on a rod e. Each clutch c is pressed down by a flat spring, and a spring connected between the rod e and the lay-sword tends to pull the reed case out of gear. When the shuttle boxes properly, it operates a swell to turn the stop-rod g and raise the stop-rod tongue h clear of a catch o mounted on a rod n carrying knocking- out tongues p arranged beneath the clutches c. When the shuttle fails to box, the tongue h engages the catch o and lifts the tongues p to raise the clutches c thus allowing the reed case to be pulled back. A lever acting on the swell finger is provided for holding the tongue h clear of the catch o when it is desired to turn the loom over. A finger on the rod n acts, when the rod is turned, on a bracket secured to the weft lever to stop the loom.
Patent GB-191413093-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Heaters.
IPC: F24H1/20
Filed: 1914-05-28
Granted: 1915-05-13
Abstract: 13,093. Barralet, T. E., and Parkinson Stove Co. May 28. Boilers.-In dome-shaped boilers having double walls a forming a water space, the transverse water chamber g is closed at the bottom and rests upon a ledge h<1> of a partition h, which separates the burner chamber e from the down flue j. The boiler and the transverse water space may have heat-absorbing projections a', g<1>, and a zigzag baffle-plate n may be placed in the flue j.
Patent GB-191415030-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Animal Traps.
Inventor: YOST CASPER
IPC: A01M23/04
Filed: 1914-06-23
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 15,030. Yost, C. June 23. A n i m a l s , catching and destroying; animal traps. - A self-setting trap of the tilting-platform type for use in either an upright or horizontal position comprises a perforated plate 2 having in the centre an entrance funnel 5 which is surrounded by the bait receptacle 6 and leads to a second funnel 8 in which tilting platforms 10, 12, Fig. 2, are arranged. When used in the position shown, the platform 12 is operative, and the trap may be arranged over a hole in the ground or on a receptacle 1 and is protected by a hood 16. When the trap is used on its side, the platform 10 is operative, and legs 17 are turned into contact with the ground to prevent rolling. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the tilting platforms 19<a>, 19<b>, 21 are rigidly connected, and in the position shown, the platform 19b is operative, and when the trap is turned on its side, the platform 19<a>, which then closes the aperture in the side of the funnel 8, comes into action. In another form, the lower tilting platform is replaced by a pair of rollers 22, Fig. 5, hanging loosely on arms 23. They may be held together by a light spring 24, and the bottom of the funnel 8 is shaped to correspond. The tilting platforms and rollers may be of polished material to attract the animals.
Patent GB-191418632-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Spinning Machines.
Inventor: BROOKES NEVILLE EDWARD
IPC: D01H11/00
Filed: 1914-08-13
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 18,632. Brookes, N. E., [Whitin Machine Works]. Aug. 13. End catchers.-Broken ends in a spinning- machine drop on to a travelling belt 27 arranged between the roller beam and thread-guide rail, and are deposited thereby in a receptacle 35 at the end of the machine. The belts on each side of the machine are driven by pulleys on a shaft 24 actuated by means of a worm and worm-wheel from the roller gearing in the end frame and pass over studs 9, which project from the roller beam and carry the thread-guide rail. The belts project beyond one of the end frames of the machine over the receptacle, the end frame being cut away to accommodate the belt and provided with a bracket on which a sleeve 33 carrying a guide-pulley for the belt is adjustably mounted. The belts are cleared by a brush 30, and the thread-guide rail is extended as at 10<a> to provide a guide for the belt beyond the end frame.
Patent GB-191419159-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Axle Boxes for Railway, Tramway and like Vehicles.
Inventor: PRESTON WALTER REUBEN
IPC: B61F15/22
Filed: 1914-08-27
Granted: 1915-08-26
Abstract: 19,159. Preston, W. R. Aug. 27. Dust, excluding.-In a dust shield or guard for railway or tramway axle-boxes &c., comprising a divided millboard or like plate a contained in a recess and pressed both radially and axially by springs, the vertical springs f are seated in recesses in the edges of the plate. and are guided by pins g secured to strips i. The shield a is pressed axially against the end wall of the axle-box by blade springs k, Fig. 4, the free ends of which bear against wear-plates m. The fixed ends of the springs k and the plates m are sunk below the surface of the shield a. Horizontal stiffening - strips s are attached to the top and bottom of the shield a, and a leather washer q is fixed to the face that bears on the axle-box wall. The shield is enclosed in a recessed back-plate, formed with side flanges which abut against the end of the axle-box, and with a upper flange u, which takes over the top of the box.
Patent GB-191420243-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shallow Draught Boats.
Inventor: WHITE ARTHUR HERBERT
IPC: B63H5/16
Filed: 1914-09-26
Granted: 1915-08-19
Abstract: 20,243. White, A. H. Sept. 26. Hulls.-In a shallow-draught vessel such as a barge or canal boat, water is held or piled up for the propeller by the use of a ridge c and cavity d at the stern. The ridge extends completely around the counter except for the short break c<1> at the back.
Patent GB-191421188-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Mitten.
Inventor: GRIFFIN GERARD FEATHERSTONE
IPC: A41D19/01
Filed: 1914-10-19
Granted: 1915-09-23
Abstract: 21,188. Griffin, G. F. Oct. 19. Mittens, more particularly for military use, are constructed of a leather or like palm part 1 united by stitching 2 or other suitable means to a knitted or like wrist part 3. The leather palm is preferablv lined with lamb'swool. The mitten has a single opening for the protrusion of all the fingers, and a single side opening for the thumb.
Patent GB-191424564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Type-dies or Matrices for Typographical Machines.
Inventor: GUEST ALFRED WILLIAM FRANCIS
IPC: B41B11/00
Filed: 1914-12-23
Granted: 1915-09-23
Abstract: 24,564. Guest, A. W. F. March 16, [Convention date]. Distributing matrices.- To prevent the matrices from tilting in passing along or being released from the distributor-bars, the matrices are formed in the set-wise direction with several sets of supporting - means or distributing - teeth. The display matrix shown is provided at one end, in addition to the usual set X' of teeth, with a second set X<2> of teeth, the sets being on opposite sides of the median plane of the matrix and being adapted to engage ridges A', A<2> on the distributor-bar A, which is arranged to release the sets of teeth simultaneously. The distributor bar is formed with distributing-combinations of normal length, the sets X', X' of teeth being at a distance apart equal to the length of a distributing-combination, less the thickness of one of the sets. As applied to ordinary matrices, the sets of teeth must be closer together and the distributing-combinations are shortened.
Patent GB-191500140-A (GB)
Title: Coating for Wood, Metal or other Surfaces.
Inventor: GRAVES SPENCER
IPC: C09D101/18
Filed: 1915-01-04
Granted: 1915-07-15
Abstract: 140. Graves, S. Jan. 4. Paints and coating-compositions; varnishes.- A coating-composition impervious to water, hydrocarbon oils, &c. consists of a mixture of pyroxylin, dextrin, and alcohol and ether or wood alcohol. The flexibility and adhesion of the coating may be increased by adding a mixture of turpentine with castor oil, olive oil, nitroglycerine, or their equivalents. Pigments may be added. An example consists of 4 oz. each of pyroxylin and white dextrin, 3 oz. of castor oil, 5 oz. of Canada turpentine, and 1 gallon of wood alcohol or of a mixture of equal parts of alcohol and ether.
Patent GB-191501278-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Machines for Cutting Fabrics or the like on the Bias.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B29D30/46
Filed: 1915-01-26
Abstract: 1278. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Birmingham Iron Foundry]. Jan. 26. Feeding webs. - In a machine for cutting fabrics &c. on the bias, material 4 fed over a table 21 is raised by a plate 37, which is notched at 89 so that the material can be gripped by jaws 88, 90 on a reciprocating carriage 108, whereby the material is drawn forward until a stop 99 on the shaft 91 of the movable jaw engages an adjustable cam 98 and opens the jaws. At this moment, a knife 49 on a vertically moving bridge-piece 52 is lowered to coact with a fixed knife 36 to effect a severance of the material, and the cut-off piece falls on to travelling bands 100, whereby it is conveyed away from the machine. A strip of carding cloth 48, which prevents the fabric from creeping backward, is arranged to swing on a cross-rod 47. The table 21 is formed as a series of plates provided with vertical webs 29 and spaced to accommodate transverse rollers 31, which, bv means of levers 35, may be made to project above or drop below the plane of the table, according to the friction between the fabric and table. Before reaching the table, the fabric passes round rollers 6, 8, &c. geared together, and under a weighted roller 19, and in order to keep the web smooth, it then moves over a series of oppositely inclined guide-fingers 22 mounted on vertical pivots in a cross-bar 23. These fingers are controllable by a handle 28 connected to a slide 27, to which the front ends of the fingers are attached. To effect the mounting and reciprocation of the carriage 108, it is attached to horizontal lugs on bearing- blocks 73 moving in slotted tubular supports 74, the blocks being connected by rods 77 to similar bearing-blocks 78, which are coupled by downwardly-projecting lugs to endless belts on pulleys 83 driven by rack-and-pinion gearing 84, 85 from the driving-shaft. The shaft 91 of the movable jaw 90 carries spring-actuated arms 92, one of which may be depressed when it is desired to open the grippers by turning a shaft 94 carrying a cam 95. The jaws are normally pressed together by a spring; but as they approach the knives, they are opened and then allowed to close on to the edge of the material by the engagement of a lug 96 on the shaft 91 with a stop 97. The motion of the carriage is then reversed, and as it moves forward, it draws on the fabric until the stop 99 comes into engagement with the cam 98, whereby the jaws are opened and the fabric released. The cutter descends when the carriage has reached the end of its forward motion, and the severed portion falls on to the travelling aprons 100.
Patent GB-191502849-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Mines.
IPC: F42B22/16
Filed: 1915-02-22
Abstract: 2849. Viewers, Ltd., and North, T. K. Feb. 22. Mines, marine. - Relates to automatic auchoring-devices comprising a plummet falling in advance of the anchor and adapted, on touching bottom, to stop the unwinding of the anchor cable, so that the anchor may drag the mine down to a depth determined by the length of the plummet line. According to the invention, the plummet comprises a cylindrical member A, which is fixed within a casing A<1> and around which the plummet line a is coiled; the line is held coiled up by a finger C pivoted on a screw C' against a spring washer, the grip of which yields to the pull of the line a during the anchoring operation ; and the uncoiling is stopped by a pin B which can be inserted through any of the holes a' in the casing A into any of the holes a' in the cylindrical member A. The pin B, thus inserted, is held in place by spring arms b, b embracing the casing A<1>. The casing is provided with a funnelshaped end for guiding the line a.
Patent GB-191505628-A (GB)
Title: Electric-lamp Lock.
Inventor: RUDD WILLIAM GEORGE
IPC: H01R33/97
Filed: 1915-04-14
Abstract: 5628. Rudd, W. G. April 14. Holders.-A locking- device consists of a revoluble bar h which limits the travel of a pin or screw j<4> moving with one of the spring plungers j. In one arrangement, a head on the pin j<4> is pushed against the outer end of the plunger by a spring around the pin, and the plunger casing is held by a screw sleeve j<3>. A hole through the bar h allows full movement of the pin and plunger when the bar is in the position shown. The bar is mounted to rotate at one end on a pivot f<1> pressed in from the casing, and at the other in a plug g. In the latter end of the bar is a recess to take a key, shown in Fig. 5, for insertion of which the plug g has a cruciform hole. If the hole for the pin j<4> does not extend through the bar, so that the bar can be turned through 180‹ to lock or unlock, or if a spring is arranged to return the bar to locking position, the keyhole in the plug may consist, like the recess in the end of the bar, of a single slot with a central enlargement. Instead of having a hole for the pin j<4>, the bar may be eccentric in shape or mounting. The pin may alternatively be worked from its upper end by the locking-bar.
Patent GB-191505865-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Starting Internal Combustion Engines.
Filed: 1915-04-19
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 5865. Bosch, R., [Firm of]. April 17,1914, [Convention date]. Starting prime-movers, dynamo-electric machines with control circuits for.-A switch d simultaneously connects a starting-motor a to the battery, and the battery and a trembler cuil p to the primary winding of a magneto f, so as to give trembler sparks at starting. The switch d closes the starting-motor circuit through an electro-magnetic relay.
Patent GB-191507083-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Boiler Furnaces.
Inventor: CUDLIP JOHN BRIGHT
IPC: F23H11/18
Filed: 1915-05-11
Granted: 1915-11-11
Abstract: 7083. Cudlip, J. B., and Garey, J. D. May 11. Grates. - In a. furnace provided with a travelling grate having a subsidiary dumping- grate at the rear to receive incompletely burnt fuel from the travelling grate. an angularlydisposed water-cooled bridge C is arranged between the travelling grate B and the dumping-grate D to facilitate the passage of unburnt fuel on to the dumping-grate. The combustion of fuel on the dumping-grate is completed by air admitted through a. damper 21. The bridge C is divided by an internal partition 18 and provided with supply and discharge pipes 19, 20 for the circulation of water. The grate D consists of a number of ribbed members 14 mounted on a shaft 15 adapted to be rotated by a lever 17 to dump the grate.
Patent GB-191510026-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Electric Junction Box.
Inventor: SCHOLES GEORGE HAMER
IPC: H02G3/08
Filed: 1915-07-09
Abstract: 10,026. Scholes, G. H. July 9. Junction boxes.-Electric junction-boxes are provided with a non-conducting diaphragm or floor c having an upstanding web d which divides the box into two compartments, and grooves e on the underside and recesses e<2> in the periphery, whereby the positive and negative conductors need not enter the same compartment but can be led under the diaphragm and up through the apertures e' to their respective compartment. Preferably, glands such as are described in Specification 9964/15 are used for obtaining a water-tight junction between the box and the lead sheathing of the cable. The lid is secured in a water-tight manner by means of a V-shaped projection thereon engaging a groove formed in the flange of the box and containing a packing of bitumen &c.