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Patent GB-836536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electrically-driven pumps
IPC: H02K11/00
Filed: 1958-10-07
Abstract: 836,536. Protective arrangements for electric motors. BERGMAN A.B., W. D. Oct. 7,1958 [Oct. 8, 1957], No. 31980/58. Class 35. In a vertical shaft pump motor which is cooled by the liquid pumped, overheating is prevented by a cut-out switch 10 controlled by a temperature-sensitive device 8 in close proximity to the top of the stator winding 5, the rotor 3 and its top bearing 2. There is a cooling channel 7 round the stator housing.
Patent GB-1030608-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to bearing units
Inventor: DONNELLAN GERALD LOWE
IPC: E01D19/04
Filed: 1963-08-13
Abstract: 1,030,608. Bearings. AMPEP INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS Ltd. Aug. 11, 1964 [Aug. 13, 1963], No. 32013/63. Heading F2A. A rectilinear-motion bearing has a pad 5, Fig. 2 (not shown), interposed between outer members 1, 2, the pad 5 having a flat bearing surface which engages a flat bearing surface 7 of the outer member 1 and having a partspherical surface which engages a part-spherical surface 8 of a block 6 secured to the outer member 2. Seals 15, 16 are provided between the outer member 1 and the pad 5 and between the pad 5 and the block 6, the latter being attached to the outer member 2 by adhesive or by bolts 12 and eccentric collars 9. An additional seal 17 is provided and is secured to the outer members 1, 2 by screws 18. Clampplates 21 are bolted to the outer members so as to retain the component of the bearing in the correct relative position during transportation of the bearing prior to fitting. The bearing surfaces of the pad 5 may be of low-friction woven or knitted fabric composed of, or incorporating, synthetic fibres such as P.T.F.E. for example, the bearing surfaces of the plate members 1, 2 being metallic such as spheroidal graphite cast iron or a lining of stainless steel for example. Alternatively, the bearing surfaces of the plate members 1, 2 may be of lowfriction fabric and the bearing surfaces of the pad 5 may be metallic. In a modification, outer members 201, 202, Fig. 7 (not shown), have abutments 231, 232 which limit the relative movements of the bearing members. The bearing may be used for bridges, machine tools and pressure vessels, for example.
Patent GB-604566-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hectographic copying machines
IPC: B41L11/00
Filed: 1945-11-27
Abstract: 604,566. Copying documents; printing surfaces. BLOCK & ANDERSON, Ltd., and GERLACH, H. Nov. 27, 1945, No. 32037. [Class 100(ii ] In a hectograph copying machine means for securing a master sheet 39 to the print ing drum 1 comprises a clip bar 7 slidable in a longitudinally extending slot 8 from a position in which the outer face 9 of the clip bar 7 is substantially flush with or sunken below the surface of the drum 1 to a position, Fig. 2, in which a channel 10 cut in the clip bar 7 parallel to its outer face 9 is exposed at the drum surface, levers 11 pivoted at 13 to the ends of the drum and at 12 to the ends of the clip bar 7 which is held in the flush or sunken position by springs 14, and cam means on the drum actuated during the rotation of the drum by means on the frame of the machine to co-operate with the levers 11 to project the clip bar 7. The cam means consist of a flat 16 at each end of a bar 15 extending through the drum 1 and carrying at one end an arm 18 mounting a roller 19. A lever 20 pivoted to the frame at 21 is normally held out of the path of the roller 19 by a spring 22, but when a hand lever 25 pivoted to the frame at 26 is moved to its operative position, Fig. 2, a roller 27 thereon engages the outer surface 29 of the lever 20 and moves it to a position in which the roller 19 is engaged by the inner surface 23 of the lever 20 as the drum is rotated. This rotates the bar 15 and the flats 16 raise the levers 11 and project the clip bar 7. When the drum is rotated again after the master sheet 39 has been inserted, a pin 33 on the drum 1 engages a projection 32 on the lever 25 to release the roller 27 from the lever 20 and allow the levers 20, 25 to return to their normal positions. The projection 32 is shaped so that the levers 20, 25 will be released even if the drum is rotated in the wrong direction. A number of small blade springs may be provided on the face of the slot 8 to assist in holding the master sheet. The sheet 39 is. fed to the clip bar 7 over a fixed table 34 which may have a telescopic detachable or pivoted extension such as a framework 35 pivoted to the frame at 36 and provided with one or more guide rods.
Patent GB-674097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in device for filling a bin with a predetermined weight of material
IPC: B65B1/32
Filed: 1949-12-14
Abstract: 674,097. Filling machines. TOTE ENGINEERING, Inc. Dec. 14, 1949. [Dec. 20, 1948], No. 32103/49. Class 94(i). [Also in Group XVIII] A mechanism for close packing material in a bin during weighing out a predetermined charge therein by an automatic feed weigher (see Group XVIII) comprises a means for jigging the bin vertically, a means for throwing the material against the side walls of said bin and a means for keeping the space under the mouth of the bin free from obstruction. The bin (not shown) rests on a platform 21, Fig. 4, which is secured to a tube 22 reciprocatable relative to a fixed guide tube 23 by engagement of a follower 37 with a rotating cam 34. At the lowermost position of the platform 21 the bin strikes four corner supporters and thus jolts the material. The feeding device comprises a trunking having a material inlet duct 54 and an air outlet duct 55, an impeller 53 driven by a motor 58 and a pneumatic thruster 67 for lowering the impeller into the mouth 52 of the bin 19. The impeller has top blades 59 for throwing the material horizontally and lower blades 60 for clearing a space directly beneath the mouth 52 so preventing choking, and during the filling period the space between the trunking and the bin mouth is sealed by a weighted rubber ring 66 secured to a bellows 62 which also constitutes a protective covering for the impeller when the trunking is raised and the bellows is extended. Specification 674,091 is referred to.
Patent GB-704320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to combustion apparatus
IPC: F23C3/00
Filed: 1952-12-19
Abstract: 704,320. Cyclone furnaces. BABCOCK & WILCOX, Ltd. Dec. 19, 1952 [Dec. 21, 1951], No. 32229/52. Class 51 (1) A number of cylone furnaces 1A, 1B, 1C, each discharge through a side wall of a secondary combustion chamber and towards an opposite side wall of the secondary chamber below which is a gas outlet from the chamber, the side walls towards which different cyclone furnaces discharge defining different sides of a common gas uptake or shaft. The gas uptake is defined by three walls 4A, 4B, 4C, which terminate above the floor of the secondary combustion chamber, gases from each of the cylone furnaces flowing under the respective walls to the uptake. Extensions of the walls 4A and 4C divide the secondary combustion chamber into three compartments. Slag outlets 55, 56, are provided in the floor of the secondary combustion chamber.
Patent GB-447127-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to key locks
IPC: E05B29/00
Filed: 1934-11-10
Abstract: 447,127. Rotary - - cylinder locks. DUDLEY LOCK CORPORATION, 235, West Randolph Street, Chicago, U.S.A.-(Assignees of Full, G. D., and Munter, J. M.) Nov. 10, 1934, No. 32448. Convention date, March 12. [Class 44] A rotary-cylinder lock has a number of series of independent tumbler elements arranged on opposite sides of a key slot, and yieldably urged to engage the casing, the tumbler elements of each series having abutment surfaces, facing in opposite directions which are engageable by independent cam surfaces on a key for positively withdrawing the tumbler elements from locking engagement with the casing. The rotating cylinder comprises two parts 14, 15 separated by plates 16, Fig. 3, held in place by projections on the part 15 entering holes in the plates. Rings 17, 18, Fig. 1, engaging reduced ends of the parts 14, 15 hold the completed cylinder together. The cylinder fits into a casing 10 closed at its front end by a disc 20 held in position by a spring ring 21 engaging grooves in the disc and casing, and closed at its rear end by a thin metal thimble 12 having indentations 12<a>, Fig. 6, entering a groove 10<a> in the casing. The part 14 has a pin 11<a> projecting through a slot in the thimble 12 and having a cam block 13 riveted to it for actuating any elements controlled by the lock. Series of slots 14<c>, 15<c> are formed in the parts 14, 15 to accommodate tumblers 30 which are urged by springs 32 into recesses 10<d> in the casing 10, alternate tumblers in each series being urged in opposite directions by their springs, and the members of each lateral pair, as shown in Fig. 3, also being urged in opposite directions. Abutment shoulders 30<c> are formed on the tumblers for engagement by four independent cam surfaces formed on a key 35 which is grooved to accommodate the edges of the plates 16 and two unequal projections 14d, 15d formed on the parts 14, 15. The disc 20 has a correspondingly-shaped opening to admit the key. The edges of the tumblers are cut so that the edge opposite each abutment shoulder 30<c> only just clears the opposite edge of the key and when in the unlocked position lies nearer to the centre of the cylinder than either adjacent abutment shoulder so as to form an obstacle to any picking instrument. The disc 20 has projections 20<c>, Fig. 6, entering grooves formed in the parts 14, 15. The key may be formed in two halves sweated together along a vertical central plane. Figs 11 and 12 show a modification in which the tumblers lie closely against one another longitudinally of the cylinder and the plates 16 are omitted. In this case the four series of tumblers 53 are spring biassed by two wire springs 55 bent into Z-form and accommodate in recesses formed in the outer edges of the tumblers.
Patent GB-1511312-A (GB)
Title: Devices for automatically extracting sludge from and washing a water treatment apparatus
IPC: F04F10/00
Filed: 1975-08-04
Abstract: 1511312 Sludge siphon DEGREMONT 4 Aug 1975 [8 Aug 1974] 32532/75 Heading C1C [also in Division B1] The invention provides an activated sludge fed settling apparatus of the pulsating type in which the sludge can be extracted and the settling surface washed without the use of diaphragm valves in the extraction pipings, using vacuum operated siphons, and which can be operated by simply activating suitably disposed solenoid valves. It comprises at least one siphon (1) primed by the vacuum system (9, 10,) and connected to said system through solenoid-operated valves (4, 5) adapted either to evacuate the siphon or connect it to the supply of raw water for washing by closing the priming valve (5) and opening the raw water inlet valve (4). The washing water introduced overflows on both sides as shown at (13).
Patent GB-899844-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to apparatus for testing internal combustion engine spark ignition systems
IPC: F02P17/02
Filed: 1960-09-22
Abstract: 899,844. Switching systems for electric vibrators. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION. Sept. 22, 1960 [Oct. 5, 1959], No. 32582/60. Class 38 (4). [Also in Group XXXVI] A portable I.C. engine ignition testing apparatus is energized through a vibrator power pack 1 from a 6-volt or 12-volt battery, a relay 7 having contacts 5 inserting a resistor 9 when the apparatus is connected to a 12-volt supply.
Patent GB-483698-A (GB)
Title: Method for whetting files, rasps and the like
IPC: C23F1/06
Filed: 1937-11-25
Abstract: 483,698. Renovating files &c. ZOPPI, E. Nov. 25, 1937, No. 32586. Convention date, Nov. 27, 1936. [Class 61 (ii)] [Also in Group XVI] For sharpening files &c. by etching in acid grease is first removed in an alkaline bath such as a caustic soda solution in which the files are boiled, whereupon they are immersed in hydrochloric acid of strength 50 parts commercial acid to 50 parts of water, then in nitric acid of strength 20 parts acid of 42 Be. to 80 parts of water during which nitric acid treatment the files are repeatedly withdrawn and immersed, then again in the hydrochloric acid and finally adhering acid is neutralized as by immersion in a bath of water and unslaked lime.
Patent GB-537428-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to pumps for pumping relatively small quantities of non-lubricating liquids such, for example, as liquid fuels
IPC: F02M59/00
Filed: 1939-12-20
Abstract: 537,428. Spray carburetters; valves. VANNI, P. G. Dec. 20, 1939, No. 32595. Convention date, Dec. 22, 1938. [Classes 7 (iii) and 7 (vi)] [Also in Group XXVI] Liquid fuel delivered by a gear wheel pump is passed to a rotary distributer which comprises a single ported disc 28, Fig. 6, rotating between a ported casing and a correspondingly ported disc 29. The disc 29 can be turned by a lever 15 to move the ports 12 in the disc out of line with the ports 10 in the casing. Alternatively one of the pump wheels can be ported and arranged to act as a distributer. The fuel passes to an induction pipe, Fig. 9, through a bifurcated pipe 57. Some fuel enters a swirling chamber 52 by a tangential entry 53 and when the swirling lowers the pressure in the chamber 55 sufficiently a ball-valve 56 opens to admit further fuel.
Patent GB-1019552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to foodstuff packaging
IPC: B65D75/20
Filed: 1961-09-12
Abstract: Instant soup or other food concentrate which can be reconstituted in hot water is packaged in a spoon or other utensil, Fig. 3 (not shown) by an impermeable seal 17 which is released by immersion in hot water.  The utensil may comprise a flat stirrer or a knife, fork or spoon, or a combination of these, and may be formed of polystyrene or polypropylene.  The covering 17 may consist of axially or biaxially stretched plastics film such as a polyester or rubber hydrochloride, so that it will contract in hot water, or of a non-toxic plastic soluble in hot water, and the covering may be secured by reactivatable latex or other adhesive soluble in hot water. Preferably a portion of the covering is secured by heat sealing, or by a permanent adhesive, so that it remains attached to the utensil. The covering 17 may be of metal foil.  It may springingly distort or curve when released, it may enclose the utensil as well as the concentrate. The covering may be surface treated or laminated, and may be coloured, coated, clear or opaque.
Patent GB-837046-A (GB)
Title: Method of and apparatus for filling the lubrication circuit of an engine, especiallyan internal combustion engine, with lubricant for the starting of the engine
IPC: F01M5/02
Filed: 1957-10-18
Abstract: 837,046. Lubricating. DAIMLER-BENZ A.G. Oct. 18, 1957 [Oct. 20, 1956], No. 32650/57. Class 12 (3). In a method of filling the lubrication circuit of an internal combustion engine with lubricant for the starting of the engine, lubricant taken from the lubrication circuit during the previous operation of the engine is stored under high pressure in a storage vessel and is fed again to the lubrication circuit before or during the subsequent starting operation of the engine. The storage vessel comprises a steel cylinder 4 containing an air-filled bladder 5 of oil resistant rubber which becomes compressed to the shape 5<SP>1</SP> when oil is introduced into the cylinder 4 through a pipe 2 provided with a non-return valve 1. The bladder 5 is fitted with a valve 6 which projects through the end wall 7 of the cylinder 4 to facilitate controlling the pressure obtaining in the cylinder. A heating jacket 9 surrounds the cylinder 4 through which warm water is passed in order to keep the lubricant warm. An electrically-actuated valve 11 controls communication with the outlet conduit 3.
Patent GB-685306-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cycle saddles
IPC: B62J1/08
Filed: 1949-12-21
Abstract: 685,306. Cycle saddles. WEISZ. G. T., and GASC, P. H. Dec. 29, 1950 [Dec. 21, 1949], No. 32719/49. Class 136 (iii) In a cycle saddle having a flexible seating element moulded from plastic material in a mould which produces a top I and a depending side wall 2 which is continuous around the sides and front and/or back of the element, the side portions 3 of the depending wall 2 are moulded with bosses 4 with holes 5 for the anchorage of fixing devices for holding the seating element in engagement with a foundation structure. Studs 7 pass through the holes 5 and are secured to spring clips 6 which clip over a looped frame 8. Other fixing devices 9 pass through the bosses 4 and the back plate 10. Holes are formed in the back portion 11 of the seating element to receive fasteners 12 which connect the part 11 to the back plate 10.
Patent GB-488279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to universal joints
IPC: F16D3/36
Filed: 1936-11-30
Abstract: 488,279. Motor-vehicle driving and steering gear. MONZEE, G., and JOSKIN, J. A. Nov. 30, 1936, No. 32740. Convention date, Nov. 29, 1935. [Classes 79 (ii) and 79 (v)] [Also in Group XXIV] The Specification as accepted describes only a construction of double universal joint. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 describes single and double joints and also arrangements for driving steering-wheels on motor-vehicles. Fig. 4 (Cancelled), shows such an arrangement, the roadwheel 13 being mounted on bearings 12 on a housing 9 carried by steering- pivots 8. A transverse half-axle shaft 1 is driven from the differentialgear (not shown) through a single universal joint, and drives the roadwheel 13 through a similar joint A and a stub-shaft 19, drivingly connected to the wheel 13 by an internally and externally-splined disc 15, retained by a nut 16. Fig. 7 (Cancelled), shows an alternative arrangement for driving a vehicle steering-wheel 30. The wheel 30 is carried on bearings 32 on a spherical casing- member 28, mounted on steering-pivots 34, 35, on a complementary housing 21, carried at 38 by the arms of the vehicle suspensionsystem. One steering-pivot 35 is a simple pin, with a ball thrust-bearing, whilst the other, 34, is a single ball engaging sockets in the respective members and held in the outer casing- member 28 by a projection 36 on the bolted complementary cap 29 of the casing. The wheel-hub 30 is a taper-fit on a stub-shaft 20, driven through a double-joint arrangement, comprising a single joint 19, an intermediate member 18, carried in the housing 21 on a roller-bearing 22 and a ball thrust-bearing 23 ; and another single joint 19a, connected to a transverse half-axle shaft 17. The axial position of the intermediate member 18 and the ball thrust-bearing 23 are adjustable by screwed rings 25, 27. The inner end of the half - axle shaft 17 is splined to a double universal-joint connected to the differentialgear of the vehicle. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-143160-A (GB)
Title: Means for measuring alternating electric currents
IPC: H01F38/30
Filed: 1919-12-31
Abstract: 143,160. Field, M. B. Dec. 31, 1919. Transformers.-Each conductor or sub-group 1, 2, 3 of a group in parallel is associated with a current transformer t, like ends of the secondary windings s of these transformers being connected to common terminals c, between which the primary winding T of a totalizing-transformer is connected. The secondary winding of this transformer is connected to an ammeter, integrating meter, relay, &c. A, which thus totalizes the currents in the conductors 1, 2, 3. The transformers t are of the " straight-through " type in which laminations P, Fig. 2, having elongated apertures are threaded over the conductor 1, which forms the primary winding. The secondary winding s is wound in layers equal in width to the primary conductor 1. Insulating keys K fix and centralize the transformer on the conductor 1. The transformer may be made up with a portion of the conductor 1, which may then be bolted to the bus-bars. The transformers t in the conductors 1, 2, 3 may be staggered so as to occupy little room in a direction at right-angles to the run of the conductors.
Patent GB-625140-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to vacuum cleaners
IPC: A47L9/00
Filed: 1946-11-05
Abstract: 625,140. Vacuum cleaners. METCALFE, C. Nov. 5, 1946, No. 32786. [Class 8(i)] In a vacuum cleaner the casing comprises a metal body 1 and two perforated sections 3 and 4 which together with a dust bag 5 can be extended then in use and contracted when not in use. The bag 5 is secured at its opened end by a wire ring 6 to the periphery of the outer section 3 while the bottom of the bag is secured by a washer 7 to the base 8 on the inner section 4. The cover 2 which is provided with a detachable nozzle 9 is secured to the body 1 by means of a clamping ring 12. An annular member 14 supports the motor 20 and the impeller 21, the latter conforming to the shape of the cover in order to facilitate a smooth flow of air from the nozzle 9 to the bag 5 through apertures in the member 14. The sections 3 and 4 which may be telescoped into the body 1 are secured in position by means of a spring latch 30 having a knuckle 31 engaging a groove 33 in the inner section 4. The cleaner is provided with a handle 38, the power leads 40 to the motor 20 being led by way of the handle to a control switch 39 through an aperture in the cover 2. In an alternative construction the motor 20 is supported by a resilient annular member from a metal yoke, the outer section 3 being detachably secured to the yoke by means of bayonet catcher or other suitable securing means.
Patent GB-324733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to mechanically operated anti-glare devices for use on vehicles
IPC: B60J3/02
Filed: 1928-11-09
Abstract: 324,733. Turner, J. Nov. 9, 1928. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Anti-dazzle screens.-An anti-dazzle screen for the use of vehicle drivers comprises an angled base frame or support 2 provided at its angle and extremities with pneumatic suckers 3<a>, 3<b>, 3<c> for securing it directly to a glass panel or windscreen, and a triangular or other suitably shaped sheet 4 of celluloid &c. hinged to the base frame. Preferably the screen 4 is adjustable about both vertical and horizontal axes, the screen being attached to a tubular clip 7 rotatable on a rod 5, which in turn pivots on a pin 6 on a fixed member 9. Under the influence of a spring 10 the tube 7 is held in any adjusted position by the co-operation of notches 7b on the tube with a projection 8 on the hinge member 9. At its free end 5<a> the rod 5 may be detachably secured by a nut 12a to a stem integral wtih the pneumatic sucker 3a. According to a modification the screen 4 may be pivoted directly upon the stem of one of the pneumatic suckers.
Patent GB-406242-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in pianoforte frames
IPC: G10C3/04
Filed: 1933-11-24
Abstract: 406,242. Pianofortes. SCHIMMEL, W., 21, L÷wenwall, Brunswick, Germany. Nov. 24, 1933, No. 32923. [Class 88 (ii).] The string frame of a pianoforte has a preferably continuous flange g and two integral sets of stays, front and rear between which the strings are situated, each set comprising a straight centrally disposed longitudinal stay k with cross stays j. Heels may be formed on the back of the frame for attachment of the soundboard. The flange may form part of the outer surface of the instrument with little or no wood facing.