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Patent GB-1386684-A (GB)
Title: Safety guards
IPC: F16D3/84
Filed: 1972-08-26
Abstract: 1386684 Machinery guards ATKINSONS OF CLITHEROE Ltd 9 Aug 1973 [26 Aug 1972] 39904/72 Heading F2J A non-rotary protective machinery guard for the universally jointed end 20 of a telescopic power take-off shaft 17 of an agricultural tractor comprises a plastics bellows 22 secured at one end to a plastics flanged member 14, which is relatively rotatably mounted and axially located on the shaft 17 by integral flexible fingers 18 of the member 14, and releasably secured at its other end 24 by headed studs 25 thereon engageable in keyhole slots 26 on a plastics conical sleeve member 10, 13 which is secured to the rear of the tractor transmission housing 12, the bellows member 22 flexibly accommodating angular movement of the P.T.O. shaft 17 in normal operation and being quickly releasable at the end 24, via the studs and slots 25, 26 whereby the bellows may be axially contractable to permit access to the jointed end 20 for servicing and/or removal of the P.T.O. shaft 17 and jointed end 20, via a pin 30, for changing or removing the P.T.O. implement. When disconnected, the bellows 22. affords some weather protection for the jointed end 20 of the implement, and the conical sleeve 10, 13 gives some protection from the now exposed end of the main output driving shaft 11. If the entire joint is to be exposed, the end 24 is first released and then the fingers 18 of the other end 14 are sprung out of their locating groove 19 in shaft 17 permitting the members 14 and the attached bellows 22 to be slid along said shaft.
Patent GB-1110355-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for applying a length of adhesive tape to an edge of a sheet
Inventor: BUNTING PETER
IPC: B65B51/06
Filed: 1966-09-07
Abstract: 1,110,355. Packaging gaskets; applying adhesive tape. ROLLS-ROYCE Ltd. 7 Sept., 1966, No. 40045/66. Headings B8C and B8F. [Also in Division B5] Adhesive tape 11 is applied to an edge of an inclined sheet 12, e.g. of cardboard when a carriage 15 carrying a roll of tape 18, traverses the length of the sheet. A clamp 36 holds the end of the tape and the sheet. The carriage which applies the tape from left to right (as seen in Fig. 2) to overlap the sheet edge is driven by a motor 31, operating a leadscrew 24 when a carriage microswitch (60), Fig. 3, is in contact with the sheet. When the board has been traversed microswitch 60 switches off the motor and a heating wire 45 carried on a sliding yoke 46 operated by a pivoted beam 52, is moved into contact with the tape which is thus cut from the roll. Movement of the wire is effected by a solenoid 55 energizing to pivot the beam 52. Switches 61, 62, limit carriage movement, and a sensing finger 63 prevents operation of the motor when insufficient tape remains on the roll. After taping, a gasket may be placed between the sheet and an untaped sheet and the tape bent over on to the further sheet by forcing through a slot (29), Fig. 1, in table (33). The remaining edges are similarly taped.
Patent GB-1223074-A (GB)
Title: Hydrogenation of polymeric fat acids
IPC: C11C3/12
Filed: 1969-08-11
Abstract: 1,223,074. Hydrogenation of polymeric fatty acids. GENERAL MILLS Inc. 11 Aug., 1969 [12 Aug., 1968], No. 40129/69. Heading C2C. Di-, tri- and higher polymeric monobasic aliphatic acids (8-24 C) are hydrogenated in the presence of a nickel hydrogenation catalyst and then in the presence of a palladium hydrogenation catalyst to improve the colour and reduce the iodine value. The polymeric acids may be obtained by using a clay catalyst and temperature ranges of 150-225‹ C. for the nickel hydrogenation and 175-275‹ C. for the palladium hydrogenation are preferred. Examples describe the treatment of clay polymerized tall oil fatty acids using a Raney nickel catalyst and a palladium catalyst suspended on carbon. An optional acid treatment of the nickel hydrogenated product before the palladium hydrogenation removes nickel salts.
Patent GB-839535-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the drying of finely divided material
IPC: F26B17/14
Filed: 1958-12-12
Abstract: 839,535. Drying powdered coal &c. DAVIES, N. L. Dec. 12, 1958 [Dec. 12, 1957], No. 40231/58. Class 34(2) A method of drying finely-divided coal &c. consists in exposing it to hot dry gas first in a preheating zone in which the surface moisture is heated close to its B.P. and then in a drying zone in which the surface moisture is flashed off as vapour. The coal may be treated in a tower having a preheating zone with annular shelves 32, 34, 36, Fig. 2, supported on radial brackets carried by an exhaust duct 28 secured to, and rotating with, a motordriven turret 15 mounted on rollers 13 and forming the tower cover, and a drying zone having rings 50, 51 supported by a hopper 21 having conveyers 22 for discharging the dried coal. The wet coal is fed by a conveyer 8, Fig. 3, along a trough having a hopper 20 at its inner end through which the coal falls on to the upper rotary shelf 32 and is repeatedly turned over and moved towards an annular gap between the shelf and the duct by helical ploughs 48, 49 depending from radial brackets secured to the wall of the tower. From the shelf 32 the coal falls on to the shelf 34 on which it is repeatedly turned over and moved outwards by helical ploughs similar to those provided on the shelf 32. The coal then passes on to the lowest shelf 36 over which it is moved by helical ploughs towards the gap between the shelf and the duct 28. During its passage over the shelves the coal is subjected to the hot gases from a furnace 23, Fig. 4, which pass into the tower in the space above the upper plate 32 through a tangential duct 25 controlled by adjustable dampers 26. The gases flow downwards with the coal until they reach the flared inlet to the duct 28 at which point they pass up the duct while the coal continues to flow downwards through the cylindrical space formed between the rings 50, 51. During its passage between the rings it is subjected to hot gases admitted through a tangential duct 24 to the space around the rings. The gases flow upwards from the drying zone to the exhaust duct 28. Fresh air may be admitted to the bottom of the tower through an aperture controlled by a damper 27.
Patent GB-1255525-A (GB)
Title: Construction safety post
Inventor: DICKEY EDWARD EARL
IPC: E04G21/32
Filed: 1969-08-12
Abstract: 1,255,525. Safety fences. E. E. DICKEY. 12 Aug., 1969 [25 Nov., 1968], No. 40254/69. Heading E1B. A construction safety fence post 10 for use on the top floor of a building during finishing thereof comprises a T-section column 11 having a wall abutting face (not shown) below a perpendicular T section support arm 15  which has a spike 17 at the inner end thereof and a disposable plastics sleeve 19 on the spike which will be left embedded in subsequently laid concrete C when the posts are removed when the work is completed. Rails R are secured in D section brackets 13 by nails through holes 14. The only work to be completed after the fence is removed is the plugging of the sleeve 19. In a modification the support arm 15 is formed of two telescoping parts so as to be adjustable in width for use on different width walls.  (For Figure see next column)
Patent GB-941219-A (GB)
Title: Automatic can replacing apparatus for textile drawing frames
IPC: D01H9/00
Filed: 1961-11-13
Abstract: 941,219. Spinning. O. M. Ltd., and NITTO BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA. Nov. 13, 1961 [April 8, 1961], No. 40571/61. Heading D1F. At one point in the cycle of operation of apparatus receiving and supplying sliver from and to successive drawing frames P and S,a bed 1 and semi-circular extension passage 2 mounts empty cans in positions A1-A6 and D2-D3 and cans filled with sliver in positions B1-B6 and there are no cans in the positions C1-C6: fresh sliver is supplied to a can at position D1 and slivers in cans at B1-B6 are successively supplied to frame S. When can at D1 is filled, the sliver is automatically severed and a motor 13 is started to rotate a shaft 22 whereby rods 9, 9a are displaced, Fig. 4,to transfer the cans at A1-A6 and C1-C6 forwardly from one position to the next: thus can at A6 is shifted to D1 which pushes cans at D2 and D3 to D3 and C6. When the slivers in cans at B1-B6 have been supplied successively to frame S, empty cans at A1-A6 have been transferred successively to C1-C6, each being filled when it passes position D1. This operation continues and, when filled and empty cans occupy positions C1-C6 and B1-B6 and there are no cans at A1-A6, motor 19 is automatically started to rotate shaft 21 whereby a shaver plate 15 moves cans at C1-C6 thereby transferring empty cans at B1-B6 to A1-A6 and the cycle of operations recommences.
Patent GB-967316-A (GB)
Title: Process for deodorising and desulphurising materials that contain hydrocarbons
IPC: C07C7/163
Filed: 1962-10-26
Abstract: Materials which contain hydrocarbons, for example oils, coal gas, benzene, toluene, and xylene, are deodorized, desulphurized, and purified by contacting them with finely-divided alkali metal oxides and/or hydrides, which may be supported on an inert carrier, for example carbon or sodium chloride, which may be shaped.  Sodium oxide pretreated with hydrogen is preferred. Hydrogen may be present in, or be added to, the material to be purified.  The contacting may be effected in the vapour phase, desirably at 150-250 DEG  C. and at superatmospheric pressure, or in the liquid phase, desirably at room temperature.  The preferred contacting time is 80-120 seconds.  The alkali metal compounds may be kept in constant motion during the contacting, for example in rotary tubes, stirrer-type worms, or roasting furnaces, or in a fluidized bed.
Patent GB-1392683-A (GB)
Title: Sealing device
IPC: H01J37/315
Filed: 1973-08-29
Abstract: 1392683 Welding by fusion D SCIAKY 29 Aug 1973 [16 Feb 1973] 40692/73 Heading B3R [Also in Divisions F2 and H1] Sealing means for a rotary tube 5 or other cylindrical object where it passes through a wall 13 of a vacuum chamber, e.g. the welding chamber 2 of an electron beam welding machine, comprises an annular resilient seal 12 divided on a diameter into two separable mating parts and having two sealing surfaces24 on its inner periphery separated by a groove 30, each part having on one of its mating faces a projection 38, substantially the same cross-section as the groove 30, extending radially thereacross and a complementary radial groove on the other mating face whereby, when the parts are assembled, the projection on one part engages the groove in the other. The projection 38 may be integral with its associated part or fixed thereto by an adhesive. The wall 13 is in two sections, the upper being slidable to allow access to the chamber interior. In the described machine, the chamber 2 houses four tube ends and the seals for the four tubes are moulded in one piece, each tube being sealed by two spaced seals. The upper halves of the seals are carried by a support 19 secured by bolts 20 to the slidable portion of wall 13 and the lower halves are carried by a support 27 secured by bolts 28 to the fixed part of the wall, the outer ends of the seals being held by retainer plates 21 and 29. The space between the seals on each tube is connected by a passageway 23 to a vacuum pump (not shown). Wall 13 is sealed by an 0-ring 26 separable in the plane of the tube axes. Before entering it into the chamber 2 each tube is sealed internally by a plug 32, Fig. 6, comprising an 0-ring 33 compressed between two cylindrical members 34, 36 by screw means 35. The slidable wall portion is lifted by a pneumatic cylinder 15. The tubes 5 are rotated by a motor 8 during welding thereon of parts 6 by electron guns 3 controlled by a mechanism 17.
Patent GB-1404807-A (GB)
Title: Mowing machines
IPC: A01D34/66
Filed: 1972-09-01
Abstract: 1404807 Mowing machine C VAN DER LELY NV I Sept 1972 [6 Sept 1971] 40758/72 Heading A1F A mowing machine comprises one or more rotating cutting tools 11, 12 supported by an air cushion generated by fans 24, 25, 26, within the tools. The casing of the tool is in the form of a cylinder 22 above a generally bell-shaped chamber 21 having an outlet width whose area is equal to at least half the projected area of the chamber on the ground. Blades 30 on the chamber 21 are pivotally mounted on pins 31 and are retained by resilient straps 32. The Chamber 21 has a tubular rim 29 and in a modification, Fig. 4 (not shown), the cutters 30 are mounted on pins within the rim 29 and extend outwards through slots in the rim. The cutting tools 11, 12 have blade paths which overlap and are contrarotated by bevel gears on an axle 18 which is driven by the P.T.O. of a tractor via a gearbox 13, belts 14, bevel" gears 15, and a transmission assembly 16. The tools 11, 12 are mounted on a plate 34, from which may depend a rubber skirt to catch flying stones, and are pivoted about an axis 10 to a frame 7 which is in turn pivoted about an axis 8 to a frame 1 which is mounted on the three point linkage of a tractor. To enable the mower to be raised during transit a chain 20 limits the vertical movement of the mower. The operational height of the mower can be adjusted by vent holes (not shown) in the cylinder 22 which may be opened and closed as required.
Patent GB-959047-A (GB)
Title: Sliding shutter, sliding door or like structure and sections or panels therefor
Inventor: CUCKSON ERIC ENGEL
IPC: E06B3/92
Filed: 1961-11-15
Abstract: 959,047. Cabinets. RONDOR MANUFACTURING CO. PTY. Ltd. Nov 15, 1961, No. 40836/61. Heading A4B. [Also in Division E1] A collapsible sliding shutter, door &c. formed of relatively movable panels A, B, C, D, E, Fig. 5 comprises two spaced parallel tracks 10, 11 each with spaced parallel rails 12, 13 or 14, 15, each panel having a web portion 16 e.g. of sheet metal, plastic sheet and may be covered with soft material, being stiffened by two parallel end ribs 19, 20 Fig. 6 which extend on opposite sides of the web between the tracks 10, 11 and having at each end a preferably attachable plugged-in runner 24, 25 of nylon guidingly engaged with respective rails and so disposed on the ends of the ribs as to maintain the web 16 parallel to the rails in all positions of the webs. The ribs, extending to a smaller extent on the non- rail-contacting side forms a stop which limits the relative displacements of adjacent panels. Each runner has nylon projections 24, 25, Fig. 6 straddling the engaging rail. Alternatively, in Fig. 20, a rib 60 extends transversely of the track and at least one end of the rib 60 has a crossbar portion 61 to engage a rail and the runners may have resilient buffers 62 between consecutive panels. The ribs 19, 20 may be of sheet metal folded to form a box section as shown in Fig. 21, and may be made integral with a web A, B &c. The shutter &c. may comprise two or more packets of panels A, B,.... , A<SP>1</SP>, B<SP>1</SP> . . . ., Fig. 21 and the expansion and collapse of the panels of consecutive packets within the tracks can be effected in opposite directions, there being an additional panel 50 attached to panel A and resiliently overlapping panel A<SP>1</SP> to close the gap between the two packets of panels. When the web is made of a soft flexible material, it is supported by and tensioned over strips 16, Fig. 7 of strip sheet material extending between the stiffening ribs 19, 20.
Patent GB-1090579-A (GB)
Title: Mixing apparatus
Inventor: FORTIN MARCEL
IPC: B01F15/00
Filed: 1965-09-27
Abstract: 1,090,579. Mixing apparatus. COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. Sept. 27, 1965 [Oct. 9, 1964], No. 41062/65. Heading B1C. A semi-cylindrical mixing container 5 is supported by a tubular shaft 1 and has an L-shaped agitator 13 on a coaxial shaft 2. A control member and lever (16, 17, see Figs. 2-5, not shown) are secured to the end of shaft 2 and are movable between positions in which (a) shaft 2 is connected to a crank mechanism giving the agitator a motion of rotary reciprocation, shaft 1 being locked; (b) the agitator can be actuated manually, shaft 1 still being locked; (c) shafts 1 and 2 are clutched together so that agitator and container can be tilted manually to discharge through spout 11 or 12 into funnel 8 or 6; (d) the locked shafts can be engaged with a drive mechanism to tilt and discharge the container, the drive motor being switched off automatically when tilting is complete; (e) the container and agitator can be axially shifted to discharge by tilting manually or automatically into funnels 7 and 9.
Patent GB-982048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to proportioning and moulding devices for powder
IPC: B01J8/00
Filed: 1962-10-31
Abstract: 982,048. Proportioning and moulding devices for powders. PHILIPS ELECTRONIC & ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES Ltd. Oct. 31, 1962 [Nov. 3, 1961], No. 41193/62. Heading B5A. A proportioning and moulding device comprises a body 1 having at least one mould cavity A in the surface 2, and a member 10, 11 connected with a powder supply 13, and which is mounted in contact with the surface 2 of said body and has an outlet opening on to said surface, said member 10, 11 and said body 1 being arranged to provide relative sliding motion between them such that said outlet passes said cavity or vice-versa to permit a quantity of powder to flow from said member 10, 11 into said cavity A, wherein said member 10, 11 contains a plurality of rotary bodies 35 which bear on the surface of the body in which the cavity is formed. The nozzle part 10 of member 10, 11 forms part of an arm 16 pivotal about a shaft 15, said shaft 15 being pivoted back and forth by means of a pin 18 engaging in slot 19, so sliding nozzle 10 in an oscillatory manner across surface 2 between limits B and C (Fig. 1). Any excess powder is swept off by the walls 30 of nozzle 10. These side walls 30 surround a plurality of rotary bodies 35, e.g. balls, and when the nozzle moves across surface 2 over the cavities A the balls 35 also roll over said surface and keep the powder in motion. If oscillatory motion cannot be applied the balls can be oscillated by electromagnetic means synchronized with the filling of the cavity or cavities.
Patent GB-1072304-A (GB)
Title: Fluid bearing
Inventor: NABOUR MARCEL PIERRE LE
IPC: F16C32/06
Filed: 1965-09-29
Abstract: 1,072,304. Bearings. COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. Sept. 29, 1965 [Oct. 6, 1964], No. 41373/65. Heading F2A. A fluid bearing comprises a member (1) with a cylindrical bore in which a shaft (2) rotates, sealing means respectively parallel and perpendicular to the shaft axis in the bore forming a number of segments, fluid injectors (30) in each segment opening into the bore and supplying fluid so that it tends to circulate in a direction opposite to one direction of shaft rotation. A sleeve (3) rotates with the shaft. The segments are formed by labyrinth seals (38, 32, 33) each segment being rectangular in its developed form. In each segment the injectors (50, 30) are arranged in transverse and axial rows adjacent the seals. In all embodiments the axes of the injectors (50) of the transverse rows each pass through the bearing axis, and may be included towards the segment interior. In Fig. 2 (not shown) sector (B) has only one axial row per segment disposed on the downstream side with respect to the direction of rotation, and the axes of the injectors (30) of this row are radial. Sector (C) has two axial rows, the axes of the injectors of the upstream row being radial and those of the downstream row being inclined towards the segment interior. Sector (D) has an axial downstream row only, which is directed towards the segment interior. Between the axial seals of adjacent segments are axial outlet grooves (37, Fig. 4, not shown) a row of outlet holes (37a) opening from each groove into an axial well (36, Fig. 1, not shown). Air from outlet wells (36) passes via chamber (9), pump (21), and annular chamber (17) back to injectors (30).
Patent GB-1161135-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Methods of Making Sockets.
Inventor: NICHOLAS TERRY GEORGE
IPC: F16L47/08
Filed: 1967-09-12
Abstract: 1,161,135. Recessed socket; collapsible mould. OSMA PLASTICS Ltd. 29 July, 1968 [12 Sept., 1967], No. 41505/67. Heading B5A. [Also in Division F2] A socket having an interior, peripheral recess is made using a mould core defining the interior of the socket and a multipart mould member defining the interior of the recess and located on the core, wherein, after moulding, the core is withdrawn and the multipart member collapsed and the parts thereof individually removed. As shown in Fig. 2, the multipart member comprises three parts 13-15, together forming an annulus, two parts abutting on one end face 16, the other part 15 lying between the opposite end faces 17 which diverge in a direction towards the interior of the socket. They may be held together and to the core by a threaded stud 19 having a winged end 20. The socket may be moulded of glass fibre reinforced polyester by winding spun glass strands around the multipart member and treating with polyester and applying glass mats to the core and also treating this part with polyester. The recess may have two adjacent sections of different diameter, the larger housing a sealing ring (5, Fig. 1, not shown), the smaller a lip 9 which forms a seal against a pipe spigot inserted into the socket.
Patent GB-1024539-A (GB)
Title: Phosphate sluice for the treatment of water
IPC: C02F1/68
Filed: 1964-10-13
Abstract: 1,024,539. Mixing solids and liquids. P. DOSCH. Oct. 13, 1964 [June 11, 1964], No. 41800/64. Heading B1C. Apparatus for dissolving a solid in a liquid flowing in a pipe comprises a transparent or coloured container 1 for the solid having at one end a detachable cap 2 covering the whole crosssection of the container, and connections 10, 11 to the pipe connecting also internally to a unitary structure 5 comprising inlet and outlet pipes having strainers 6, 7. A tap 15 can drain the container through the strainer 6. The cap has grips 3 serving also to strengthen it.
Patent GB-1024190-A (GB)
Title: Back gluing mechanism in a book casing-in machine
IPC: B42C9/00
Filed: 1964-10-14
Abstract: In a book casing-in machine wherein fillers 14 are fed with their backs upwardly beneath a glue-applying apparatus, the latter comprises a reservoir 20, a glue pick-up roller 22 rotatable about a fixed axis 44 and having a portion of its periphery moving through the glue in the reservoir, and a glue-applying roller 26 in continuous engagement with the roller 22 and moved slightly upwardly and downwardly in timed relationship with the movement of the fillers.  The rollers 22, 26 which are convex and concave respectively, are driven at the same circumferential speed and in the same direction i.e. both anticlockwise, so that the roller 22 supplies glue to the part of the periphery of the roller 26 approaching the filler and removes it from the part of the periphery which has left the filler.  A carriage 60, 62, carrying the roller 26, is pivoted about the shaft 44 and the two parts 60, 62 are adjustable with respect to one another by screw-and-slot connections 94, 96 so as to adjust the contact between the rollers 22, 26.  Arms 74 attached to the carriage have pins engaging slotted levers 32 oscillated in timed relation to the feed of the fillers 14.