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Patent GB-499889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the bodies of omnibuses and like vehicles
IPC: B62D31/02
Filed: 1937-08-03
Abstract: 499,889. Vehicle bodies. LEYLAND MOTORS, Ltd., and BAILEY, C. C. Aug. 3, 1937, No. 21405. [Class 108 (i)] In an omnibus or like vehicle body in which the sides and bulkheads are built up of sheetmetal panels, adjacent panels 1, 2 are formed with overlapping and interengaging parts such as V-shaped grooves at their edges which are in surface contact throughout the overlap and are clamped, e.g. by bolts 4 between similarlyshaped solid. strips or blocks 5, 6, thus forming pillars at the junctions of the panels for carrying, e.g. the roof or upper deck of the vehicle. To increase the stiffness the edges may be doubled back prior to forming the V-grooves. The inner skin or lining of the vehicle may be fastened to wood blocks or strips 8 mounted between L-section strips 7 attached to the edges of the panels. Flared window openings or rounded window edges 11 and channels or the like 12 to receive rubber &c. strips 13 for carrying the windows 14 may be formed in the panels, and, between the windows, facing strips 15 are attached to the blocks 8 on the inside of the vehicle. To facilitate repairs, the skin; moulding, &c. and any other interior finish are made in sections complete for each panel. In a modification, each block or strip 8 is replaced by two strips mounted on opposite sides of adjacent L-shaped members 7. Fig. 4 shows the junction between the near side of the body and the front bulkhead, a reinforcing L-section bar being clamped at one end between the panels 17, 18 and secured at its other end by a lap joint to the front window panel 19. The junction between an end side panel and rear corner panel is also shown. Fig. 6 shows the attachment of the body panelling to the chassis. Cross-beams comprising pairs of channel-section members 26 separated by wooden baulks 27 rest on the main chassis longitudinals and L-section bars 28 cut at an angle and each welded to an end piece to form a right-angle bend are bolted to the members 26 and carry the floor-boards 29. The inner skin 23 is attached at its top edge to a quadrant-section batten 30, brought down to the floor-boards, and its edge fastened by a wood strip 31. The members 26 are slit at their ends and opened out, and at the lower end of each pillar the part 9 of the L-section strip 7 is cut away and the remainder is gripped between the upwardly-bent part of the adjacent member 26 and a gusset plate 32.
Patent GB-224024-A (GB)
Title: Improvement relating to bath brushes
IPC: F42C14/04
Filed: 1923-08-24
Abstract: 224,024. Harper, J. Aug. 24, 1923. Self-feeding brushes.-A bath brush comprises a brush head consisting of a loop of wire A carrying bristles B, the end of the loop being secured in a handle C, through which passes a rigid tube D having its end P closed and its sides perforated and being connected to a flexible pipe G adapted for attachment to one or more water taps. Specification 3320/15 is referred to.
Patent GB-1432605-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connector receptacle
IPC: H01R12/72
Filed: 1973-05-07
Abstract: 1432605 Edge connectors BUNKER RAMO CORP 7 May 1973 [5 May 1972] 21653/73 Heading H2E A socket suitable for receiving the edge of a circuit board comprises an insulating body 10 with a channel 14 extending from a front face 19 into the body, the sides 16, 17 of the channel having spaced cavities 30 each containing a respective contact 31, the latter each comprising a terminal portion 38, a mounting portion 39 fixed in the cavity, and a slotted, 52, loop, 50, engagement portion (42) comprising leaf spring portions 44A, 44B and 46A, 46B interconnected at 45, a bowed portion 48A, 48B adapted to engage the edge of the board, and a free-ended tip 49A, 49B. The diallyl phthalate body has apertured, 27, 28, end portions 21, 22 for mounting on a support and the sides 16, 17 are bevelled for guiding the circuit board on entry. Each cavity includes a small cross-section portion 33 holding the mounting portion 39 of the respective contact which is crimped at 54 to secure the contact in the body, and a cavity portion 32 which is spaced from the leaf spring portions 44A, 44B to accommodate flexing of the contact. The terminal and mounting portions 38, 39 of the contacts are of thicker gauge than the engagement portion and the tips 49 resiliently bear against internal side surfaces 37 of a bottom wall 18 of the body.
Patent GB-681637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to circuit arrangements for operating electric discharge lamps of the low pressure type
IPC: H05B41/232
Filed: 1950-09-01
Abstract: 681,637. Supply systems for series-connected space discharge apparatus. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd., CLARKE, M. G., and PRIVETT, H. L. Aug. 1, 1951 [Sept. 1, 1950], No. 21679/50. Class 38 (iv). Two or more low pressure discharge lamps L<SP>1</SP>, L<SP>2</SP> are started by shunting all except one by a condenser C of such capacitance that on closing a supply switch S substantially the whole of the high no-load voltage of the secondary winding TS of a high reactance ballast transformer T is applied to the unshunted lamp L<SP>2</SP> which thereupon strikes, and due to the ensuing fall in volt drop across this lamp the high secondary voltage is applied across the condenser(s) C to strike the other lamp(s), whereupon the secondary voltage drops to a sufficiently low running value. Each lamp may have a conducting starting strip (not shown) and each thermionic electrode E is shortcircuited.
Patent GB-1034149-A (GB)
Title: Pressure vessels
IPC: F15B1/12
Filed: 1965-05-21
Abstract: 1,034,149. Hydraulic accummulation. J. MERCIER. May 21, 1965 [June 1, 1964], No. 21681/65. Addition to 1,002,736. Heading F1P. [Also in Division F2] In an hydraulic accumulator as claimed in parent Specification and comprising a container 11 Fig. 1 (not shown) having a mouth, a cover 17 having a spigot 19 extending thereinto and a flexible separator 22 having a mouth secured between the cover 17 and the container 11 and formed with two spaced annular heads 27, 28 adjacent its mouth and located in grooves 34, 35 respectively in the spigot 19 and wherein the spacing between the grooves 34, 35 is such that the region between the two heads is substantially stress-free, the groove 35 remote from the container mouth forms a hooking surface for head 28 and the spacing between the spigot 19 and the adjacent surface of the container 11 compared with the lateral thickness of the heads is such as to place both heads under lateral compression; head 27 serving to seal and head 28 to retain. The chamber 23 between the container and the separator 22 is filled with oil and compressed air is admitted through an aperture 18 in the cover 17.
Patent GB-135991-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway Signalling Apparatus.
Inventor: CUNNINGHAM CATHERINE
IPC: B61L3/04
Filed: 1918-12-30
Abstract: 135,991. Cunningham, C., (Representative of Cunningham, W. L.). Dec. 30, 1918. Track apparatus actuating signals other than on trains; audible signals.-A train passing the signalling point causes a signal arm 24 to be intermittently raised and lowered and a gong or bell 15 to be sounded as a warning to a following train The treadle comprises a spring-supported block 3 with an inclined upper surface forming a guide for a longitudinally sliding block 1. As each train wheel passes this treadle, the block 1 is moved forwards and the block 3 downwards. The block 3 is connected by rods 5, 12 and a bell-crank 13 to one of a pair of telescopic rods pressed apart by a spring 36 surrounding them and fixed to an intermediate telescopic rod, the other rod being connected to the bell or gong 15. The block 1 is connected by links and a flexible connexion 27 to the semaphore arm 24. Springs and counterweights restore the apparatus to its normal position.
Patent GB-1379331-A (GB)
Title: Hinge fastener for conveyor belts
IPC: F16G3/02
Filed: 1972-05-10
Abstract: 1379331 Belt fasteners; rivets UNIROYAL Inc 10 May 1972 [14 May 1971] 21822/72 Heading F2Q A conveyer belt connector member 10 comprises upper and lower plates 12, 14 interconnected by at least two U-shaped portions 30, 32, the plates having a plurality of holes therein with the holes in the upper plate aligned with those in the lower plate, and the U-shaped portions 30, 32 having bevelled edges 30a, 30b, 32a, 32b which prevent them from biting into a coating on a hinge pin. A flange 34 is adapted to engage the edge of a belt 35, Fig. 6. The member 10 is secured to the belt end by rivets 46 passing through the holes in the plates 12, 14. In assembly, each rivet 46 is attached by means of adhesive tape to a member 44 having a tapered end 90 which is driven through the belt. The end of the rivet 44 is spread by a rivet-forming member 52, Fig. 12.
Patent GB-1011087-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in divan beds
Inventor: LANE GERALD
IPC: F16B12/48
Filed: 1964-05-27
Abstract: 1,011,087. Bedsteads. M. HACKNEY & CO. Ltd. Oct. 9, 1964 [May 27, 1964], No. 21839/64. Headings A4H and A4J. [Also in Division F2] A headboard or footboard 15 is attached to the wooden box frame 10 of a divan bed by clamping horizontal flanges 16b of a pair of angle brackets 16, secured to the head or footboard, between the underside of the frame 10 and the top ends of supporting legs 21 fitted with metal dowel screws 21a, the dowel screws passing through preformed apertures 20 in the horizontal flanges 16b and engaging in captive nuts 14a in the base frame 10.
Patent GB-359050-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electric circuit indicators
IPC: B60L3/00
Filed: 1930-07-19
Abstract: 359,050. Electric circuit indicators. VANDERVELL, C. A. and VANDERVELL & CO., Ltd., C. A., Warple Way, Acton Vale, London. July 19, 1930, No. 21873. [Class 104 (iii.).] Apparatus for indicating interruption in an electric circuit f, e.g. the supply circuit of an electric trolley omnibus, comprises an electromagnet e in the circuit f adapted, when the circuit is closed, to hold a switch g up to a contact k, thus keeping open an indicator circuit comprising a lamp a or buzzer b in series with a battery c and switch l. If the circuit f is interrupted, the contact g drops on to contact h, thus closing the indicator circuit and warning the driver. The switch l may be turned by the driver to the off position m when the bus is out of use and the contacts g, h are in touch. When the bus comes into use again, the contacts g, k engage and the indicator circuit is closed through the line j, warning the driver to turn the switch to the normal operative position n.
Patent GB-216029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to jugs and like receptacles
IPC: A47J36/12
Filed: 1923-08-31
Abstract: 216,029. Buncher & Haseler, Ltd., and Rodgers, R. C. Aug. 31, 1923. Lids and covers; handles.-The cover of a jug or like receptacle is pivoted to the upper edge of the body at 10 and is provided with a depending part 11 which lies partly within an opening 8 in the wall of the jug when the cover is closed. The handle 1 is pivoted to the jug at its upper end, the lower end being free but constrained by a guide member 5, and attached to or formed integral with the upper end is a part 7 the free end of which lies normally within the opening 8 adjacent to the member 11. When the jug is lifted by the handle the lower end of the latter swings out as far as the guide permits, and the part 7 engages the projection 11 on the cover, causing it to open.
Patent GB-1342499-A (GB)
Title: Process for the preparation of lubricating oil
Inventor: NEEL E E A
IPC: B01J23/16
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1342499 Lubricating oils SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATSCHAPPIJ BV 19 April 1971 [9 March 1970 28 Dec 1970] 21969/71 Heading C5E A lubricating oil of high viscosity index is prepared by hydrocracking a high boiling mineral oil fraction with a catalyst comprising (a) Ni and/or Co (b) Mo and/or W (each in metallic oxidic and/or sulphidic form) and (c) phosphorus oxide supported on a refractory oxide carrier, such as Al 2 O 3  or SiO 2 -MgO. The feedstock is preferably a deasphalted residual oil or vacuum distillate boiling between 350 and 550 C. The cracking conditions may be 400-500 C. and 100-200 bars. The fraction boiling at 350-400 C. is distilled from the product and the high boiling residue is dewaxed (e.g. using a mixture of methylethylketone and toluene). The slack wax obtained may be catalytically hydroisomerized preferably using the same catalyst as the hydrocracking, and consecutively in the same reactor.
Patent GB-167077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to vehicle horns
IPC: G10K9/22
Filed: 1920-07-22
Abstract: 167,077. Curnow, A. J., and Howes & Burley, Ltd. July 22, 1920. Horns, construction of.-In horns for vehicles, of the type in which a plurality of tubes a, mounted one within another, are arranged within an outer bell c, the two components are gripped together through the co-operation of a collar b on the screwed end of the inner tube and abutting against the inner side of the bell, and a screwed collar d abutting against the outer side of the bell. The collar d may be adapted to serve as a means for attaching the complete horn to the vehicle.
Patent GB-662510-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to silencers for internal combustion engines
IPC: F01N3/05
Filed: 1949-08-24
Abstract: 662,510. Exhaust-silencers. SOC. DE RECHERCHES TECHNIQUES ET D'EXPLOITATIONS INDUSTRIELLES. Aug. 24,1949 [Oct.. 18, 1948], No. 21992/49. Class 7(ii) '[Also in Group XXXI] A silencer for an internal-combustion engine mounted on a vehicle, (see Group XXXI), comprises a cast metal casing 4 - which is provided, internally, with integral solid fins 10 located in the direction of its greatest length and parallel to the flow of burnt gases therethrough and, externally, with integral solid fins 15 parallel to the direction of a flow of air due to the movement of the vehicle; the internal passage area for the burnt gases being smooth and substantially constant. The casing 4 is divided into two chambers 13, 14 by a partition 12 having an opening or openings near one end of the casing. The gases enter by a port 5a and are deflected by a plate 16 to flow longitudinally through the chamber 13. The gases then flow in an opposed direction through the chamber 14 to an outlet 6.
Patent GB-315797-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in change-speed devices
IPC: F16H9/10
Filed: 1929-07-18
Abstract: 315,797. Michel, R. July 18, 1928, [Convention date]. Expanding pulleys comprise tread members 14, Fig. 1, movable radially in slots in frame members 3, 4 by bellcrank levers 8, which are operated in unison by a slidable grooved sleeve 13. A pair of such pulleys 55, 56, Figs. 4 and 5, may be operated simultaneously by levers 69, 70 operated by two racks 71, 72 engaging above and below upon a pinion 73 which is turned manually to vary the speed. The centrifugal effect in the larger pulley may be compensated for by a spring 76 acting on the corresponding rack 71. The belt 57 may be tensioned by a jookfy pulley 58 movable about a pivot P the position of which is given by a formula, and controlled by rods 79, 80 attached to the rocking levers.
Patent GB-375594-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in overload-release clutch mechanism
IPC: F23K3/14
Filed: 1931-08-04
Abstract: 375,594. Mechanical stokers. COMBUSTIONEER, Inc., 1200, East Madison Street, Goshen, Indiana, U.S.A. Aug. 4, 1931, No. 22106. Convention date, Nov. 15, 1930. [Class 51 (i).] In an overload-release clutch for driving a screw conveyer 20 in a mechanical stoker of the underfeed type, oppositely-inclined camfaces 30, 29 on the driving and driven shafts 10, 11 coact with the sides of a tapered lug 28 on a member 26 which is entirely freed on the shaft 11 and is resiliently pressed into engagement. The clutch mechanism is enclosed in a housing secured to a support 17, which may be one wall of the fuel hopper (not shown), a dust seal 18 being provided. The shafts 10, 11 carry respectively a splined flange 21 and an integral flange 25, in which are formed peripheral notches presenting the inclined faces 30, 29, the lug 28 entering the notches with play. The flange 21 is located between a thrust bearing 23 and the flange 25, and is centred on the end of the shaft 11, so that the shaft 10 can be withdrawn therefrom and reassembled without disturbing it. The loose member 26 is engaged by the forked end 33 of a lever 31, the outer end of which has oppositely-inclined faces 38, 37 coacting with like faces 41, 42 formed on an adjustably spring-pressed arm 39 and serving respectively to hold the clutch resiliently in and out of engagement. The slopes 37, 42 are of less inclination, to facilitate resetting by a handle (not shown) on the fulcrum shaft 32 of the lever 31. The shaft 10 is driven by changespeed gearing and is hollow to receive a manually actuable shaft 48 screwed into the shaft 11. The screw is of such hand as to tighten the connection when, on clutch disengagement, the shaft 11 is manually reversed to clear an obstruction.
Patent GB-1269512-A (GB)
Title: Locks
Inventor: HINTON CHARLES LOUIS RICHARD
IPC: E05B37/16
Filed: 1968-11-08
Abstract: 1,269,512. Combination locks. C. L. R. HINTON. 10 Nov., 1969 [8 Nov., 1968; 30 April, 1969], Nos. 53146/68 and 22111/69. Heading E2A. The bolt 7 of a combination lock has a plurality of transverse passages 8 accommodating detent pins 4 which are located by springs 16, at each end and having flanges 19, 21 which lie in recesses 20 in the bolt, and block the bolt when the pin is pushed (4c) or pulled (4a) or left unmoved (4b) so that the lock can only be released by the correct combination of pushing and pulling. The lock is shown in Fig. 7 applied to the clamping arms 31, 32 of a steering column, the bolt 7 acting on cam-arms 33, 34.
Patent GB-1151342-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Unions
Inventor: WALKER GORDON RICHARD
IPC: F15B13/07
Filed: 1966-05-18
Abstract: 1,151,342. Fluid-pressure apparatus. FILTON Ltd. May 18, 1966, No.22149/66. Heading F1P. A rotary union for delivering hydraulic or pneumatic fluid sequentially to a series of successive operating zones 18 comprises a disc 10 having an arcuate aperture therethrough controlling the supply of fluid from a chamber 9 in a hollow shaft part 5 to passages 13 leading to the zones and formed in a second shaft part 12, the shaft and disc being relatively rotatable. The operating fluid is supplied to the chamber 9 within the shaft from a housing 2 in which the shaft rotates and to which a rod 7 supporting the disc 10 is fixed. A collar 17 secured to the rod 7 acts as a stop for a spring 16 urging the disc into sealing contact with the face 15 of the shaft part 12. In a second embodiment, Fig.4 (not shown), the disc (10a) is rotatable with the shaft (5a) and has an arcuate aperture or apertures supplied with fluid through a pipe (26) connected to the pressurized interior of the shaft. On rotation of the shaft the arcuate aperture communicates fluid to passages (13a, 13b) in a fixed member (27).
Patent GB-370785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the starting of internal combustion engines
IPC: H02P9/00
Filed: 1931-08-05
Abstract: 370,785. Starting; turning gear. SULZER FR’RES SOC. ANON., Winterthur, Switzerland. Aug. 5, 1931, No. 22191. Convention date, Aug. 30, 1930. [Classes 7 (ii) and 7 (v).] In a control system for an internal-combustion engine, the fuel supply and switches controlling an electric starting motor and a cooling pump motor are arranged so that before the starting motor is operated the cooling pump is switched on, and can only be switched off simultaneously with or subsequently to cutting off the fuel supply. At starting, a switch 17 is moved from a position O, in which the sliding contacts A .. F break circuit, to a position to energize (1) an electromagnet 20 which closes a switch 5 to start the cooling pump motor 2, and (2) an electromagnet 22 which operates a slide valve 14 that controls the supply of fluid to a servomotor 11 which regulates the fuel injection devices. The switch 17 is then moved into a position Q to close the contacts A, B in the leads of an electromagnet 21 which closes a switch 8 controlling the starting motor 19. When the switch 17 is returned to the position O the switch 5 remains closed and the circuit to the electromagnet 20 is completed through a switch 35. To stop the engine the switch 17 is moved into the position R to close the contacts E, F and energize the electromagnet 23 of the servomotor associated with the fuel supply. The switch 38 is then opened by hand to stop the cooling pump. If the switch 38 is prematurely depressed and thus opens the switch 5 of the cooling pump 2, the switch 39 then closes and actuates the servomotor to cut off the fuel supply. An independent handoperated switch 6 may be used to close the circuit of the cooling pump.
Patent GB-487732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to electric immersion heaters
IPC: H05B3/82
Filed: 1937-08-12
Abstract: 487,732. Electric immersion heaters. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. Aug. 12, 1937, No. 22237. Convention date, Aug. 12, 1936. [Class 39 (iii)] In an electric immersion heater 17 having its sheath fitted with two supports, one intended for rigid attachment and the other intended for sliding attachment, the slidable support 29 is formed with a chamber to receive one end of the sheath which is secured therein by pouring in molten metal which solidifies on cooling. The sheathed heater is of the general type described in Specification 144,767, [Class 37]. The rigid support comprises a plug 19 carrying a cup 44 whichis filled with vitreous material embedding the ends of the sheath in a manner similar to that described in Specification 362,190, [Group XL]. In a modified form the terminal connections are surrounded by a sleeve 55 brazed on to the plug, a vitreous sealing mass 60 being then applied. Spacer rings 41 held in position by screw heads 42 are arranged between the legs of the sheath. In a modified form of element the lower part of the sheaths may be sinuously looped. The element is rendered more rigid by rods extending parallel to the straight portions of the sheathing and bearing clamps to grip the latter. In this construction the element may be rendered liquid tight by wedge rings in the terminal. Specifications 203,463, [Class 39 (iii)], and 431,453, [Group XXXVI], also are referred to.
Patent GB-1236075-A (GB)
Title: Fire-extinguishing compositions
Inventor: HOLLOWS FRANK BRIAN
IPC: A62D1/00
Filed: 1968-05-10
Abstract: 1,236,075. Fire extinguishing suspensions. IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. 16 April, 1969 [10 May, 1968], No. 22331/68. Addition to 1,168,092. Heading A5A. [Also in Divisions C4 and C5] Fire-extinguishing compositions comprise (a) a non-aqueous fire-extinguishing liquid and (b) a finely-divided fire-extinguishing powder as claimed in any of claims 11-24 of U.K. Patent 1,168,092. The preferred liquid (a) is C Br ClF 2 . Powder (b) may be made by heating urea and KHCO 3  below 150‹C in a weight ratio 1:0.75-1.0 respectively. Generally 90- 70% by wt. (a) and 1-30% (b) is used. A perhalocarbon propellant, e.g. 1-5% C Cl 2 F 2  may be included.
Patent GB-937396-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to tape transport devices
IPC: B65H23/10
Filed: 1962-06-08
Abstract: 937,396. Feeding webs. MINNEAPOLISHONEYWELL REGULATOR CO. June 8, 1962 [June 8, 1961], No. 22376/62. Class 100 (1). [Also in Group XXXVIII] A tape drive capstan 5 comprises a capstan having a part 3 rotatable independently of the remainder and two pinch rollers 6, 11 bearing on the capstan at opposite sides thereof one length of a tape loop being frictionally gripped between one pinch roller 6 and the independently rotatable capstan part, while the other length is gripped between the other pinch roller 11. The part 3 may be freely mounted by ball-bearings 20, Fig. 2 (not shown). The shaft 1 is driven in either direction and drives roller 11 through rims 16, 17. The roller 11 is driven at a lower rate than the capstan 5, such that tape is withdrawn from the loop at a faster rate than it is fed into the loop, thereby maintaining the tape in close contact with an object, e.g. a magnetic tape reading or recording head, not shown.