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Patent GB-408666-A (GB)
Title: Improved apparatus for refloating sunken submarines or other submersible vessels
IPC: B63G8/40
Filed: 1932-10-12
Abstract: 408,666. Raising sunken ships. FLIGUE, W. DE, 25, Rue du Laos, Paris. Oct. 12, 1932, No. 28486. Convention date, July 27. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, April 11, 1934.] [Class 68 (ii).] Apparatus for refloating a sunken submarine comprises a submerged draining pump E, and an air supply pump A delivering air into the hull S at a pressure less than the external hydrostatic pressure on the hull, so that the resultant pressure thereon acts inwardly. Meters 3 and 4 measure the deliveries of pumps A and E respectively, and enable the lightening of the hull and inward leakage of water to be calculated. The Specification as open to inspection, under Sect. 91 also describes modifications in which the draining pump is situated at water level, and in which compressed air is dispensed with, the hull being in communication with the atmosphere. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-1145552-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to swing doors
Inventor: KELLERHALS ERWIN
IPC: E05F1/12
Filed: 1966-06-24
Abstract: 1,145,552. Doors. H. C. SIGERIST-KLEIN and B. C. SIGERIST-WYSS [trading as CARL SIGERIST & CIE]. 24 June, 1966, No. 28501/ 66. Headings E2F and E2M. A swing door which can be mounted on non-aligned surfaces of the door frame comprises two or more ball and socket hinges on which the door is mounted on a stationary door frame for pivotal movement through substantially 180‹ each hinge being formed by a pivot pin 10, pivotally mounted in the frame-forming part of the door 6 and extending through a bushing 9 rotatable in a bearing housing 8 on the stationary door frame, a spring-urged assembly 24 in the frame forming part of the door, an intermediate member 27 co-operating with said spring-urged assembly and with a support 11 on the stationary door frame for retaining the door in a closed position or in one or other of two open positions, the intermediary member as well as the fixed support being adjustable to permit relative positioning of the intermediate member and fixed support to ensure that the door is held' open, if desired, when pivoted outwardly through substantially 90‹. In addition, the hinge may have a sleeve 13 surrounding each end portion of the pin 10 and a rubber sleeve 14 inserted between 13 and the bore of the support 11. The lower pin preferably acts as a shear pin by means of the reduced diameters 12. The door may have three such hinges, the top one being care with the spring-urged assembly for closing the door. As shown in Fig. 6, a barrel 20 has at one end a threaded ring 21 through which the rod 22 of piston 23 extends. A threaded bolt 26 extends from the ball 25 received in a recess of the piston and is screwed into an articulation piece 27 with recesses 28, 29 forming a portion of a cylinder. Cooperating cylindrical elements 30, 31 of support 32 are rigidly connected to mounting plate 15 through a replaceable plate 33. When the door leaf is swung, springs 24 are compressed by the piston via articulation piece, pivots and elements and the door is automatically returned to the closed position. When the door is swung through 90‹, the axis of the piston and those of the elements 30, 31 define a common plane and the leaf remains open. The position at which the door remains open can be adjusted by varying the thickness of plate 33.
Patent GB-638589-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to locks
IPC: E05B55/00
Filed: 1948-07-24
Abstract: 638,589. Night latches. CHAMBERS, N. July 24, 1948, No. 28590/47. [Class 44] In a night latch provided with a key operated follower NP and a knob operated follower QR, a cylinder A is rigidly fixed inside the stem D of the operating knob K, a second cylinder E being provided with a slot G in one of its ends, to accommodate the key operated bar M of the lock. The cylinder E, which is a rotating fit inside cylinder A, has an extension F of reduced diameter, around which a spring H is coiled, the spring having one end anchored to each of cylinders F and A. One arm Q, of the knob operated follower, is notched, so that when the bolt is fully retracted by this arm, the notch is engaged by the rear end of the bolt assembly, to retain it in the retracted position after the knob is released. When bar M is rotated in one direction by the key, the follower arm N withdraws the bolt, cylinder E rotates, and cylinder A, being coupled by spring H, rotates follower QR, the notch in Q engaging the bolt tail, to keep it retracted as before. To free the bolt, the key is rotated in the opposite direction, and when follower arm P has taken the force of the bolt return spring, arm Q is rotated by the light spring H away from the bolt tail. Releasing the key now allows the bolt to project normally. The bolt may always be retracted by follower arms P or R, without the bolt being held retracted on releasing the key or knob. The cylinder A may be fixed to stem D of the knob K, by a longitudinal slot in the cylinder coacting with the projection which keys the follower QR to stem D.
Patent GB-394540-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in drinking fountain apparatus
IPC: E03B9/20
Filed: 1932-10-13
Abstract: 394,540. Fountains. ROBERGE, C., Williamsburg, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Oct. 13, 1932, No. 28642. [Classes 69 (i) and 69 (iii).] A fountain nozzle has a plug 32, Fig. 3, raised from its seat when the supply pressure increases, to allow discharge through openings 30 into a chamber 9, Fig. 1, in a fountain head having a discharge opening 18. The movement of the plug is limited by a stop 34, and the plug and stop have bores 33, 35 with or without a discharge nipple 52, Fig. 4. The upper side of the head has curved cheeks 14, and an aperture 30 through which the jet passes.
Patent GB-280885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in recovering acetylene in a concentrated form from gaseous mixtures thereof with inert or reducing gases free from oxygen or oxygen containing compounds
IPC: C07C7/11
Filed: 1927-10-28
Abstract: 280,885. I. G. Farbenindustrie Akt.- Ges. Nov. 16, 1926, [Convention date]. Gases, separating mixtures of. -Acetylene in concentrated form is recovered from mixtures thereof with inert or reducing gases by washing with water or aqueous solutions under high pressures, for example, 5-25 atmospheres. The acetylene is almost completely taken up by the water, whereas other gases such as methane and hydrogen are dissolved only to a slight extent; on releasing the pressure a gas rich in acetylene. is obtained, and a further enrichment may be secured by first partly releasing the pressure so as to permit gases such as methane and hydrogen to be first evolved, and then releasing the pressure completely to obtain the acetylene. The treatment may be repeated. Additions of salts such as sodium carbonate, chloride, nitrate and sulphate may be made to reduce the dissolving power of the water for other gases. The pressure to be employed depends on the concentration of the acetylene.
Patent GB-259785-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in holders for labels
IPC: G09F3/18
Filed: 1925-11-14
Abstract: 259,785. Cox, B. Nov. 14, 1925. Label holders.-A label holder comprises a cupshaped receptacle 1 of glass or other transparent material adapted to contain a circular label 2, and a closing plug 3 of cork or the like. The receptacle 1 may have a pierced lug 4 to receive a suspending wire, or may be formed with a circumferential groove adapted to receive a suspending wire or the ends of a wire stake. In a modification, the receptacle consists of a flattened tube sealed at one end and closed at the other end by a cork plug, the label being rectangular in shape.
Patent GB-956984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electrical supply and control devices
Inventor: FIELD JOHN ALFRED
IPC: H02M7/06
Filed: 1961-08-10
Abstract: 956,984. Excess current protection; transformer arrangements. METTOY CO. Ltd. Nov. 7, 1962 [Aug. 10, 1961], No. 28896/61. Heading H2H. A control system for supplying a load such as a toy train comprises a transformer whose primary winding 15 is in series with a capacitor 14, the impedance of the capacitor being chosen in relation to the input impedance of the transformer such that the primary current is lower when the secondary winding is short-circuited than when the secondary carries no load. A variable resistor 13 controls the reversible D.C. output supplied through rectifiers 22, 23 and change-over switch 24 to the terminals 27, 28. A capacitor discharge resistor 29 is provided. Theoretical considerations of the transformer design and basic circuit are discussed and typical graphs of transformer secondary voltage and primary current against secondary current are given, Fig. 2 (not shown). Additional load control may be provided by a variable resistor across the primary winding or across a tertiary winding.
Patent GB-730410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to lattice or openwork structures
IPC: E04C3/06
Filed: 1952-11-17
Abstract: 730,410. Lattice or openwork structures. HUNNEBECK, E. M. Nov. 17, 1952, No. 28992/52. Class 20 (2). In a lattice girder, tho compression members 1, 2, Figs. 1, 3, comprise hollow rods of equilateral triangular section open at one side and with thickened corners and at each welded junction of the stays 2, 3 with the upper member 1, the opening in the member 1 is closed by a weldedon insertion 4. Alternatively in the case of a three-dimensional mast, Fig. 5, the insertions 12 are welded in the openings of the uprights 11 opposite the junction of the stays 13, 14. The tension members 3, 5, Figs. 1, 3, of the girder are of angle-section and channel section respectively. Figs. 4, 6 and 7 (not shown) indicate various sections of the compression members and the Specification gives details of these sections which provide optimum bearing strength.
Patent GB-1135919-A (GB)
Title: Adaptor
Inventor: ROMAN ROBERT JUSTIN
IPC: G03B21/32
Filed: 1967-06-23
Abstract: 1,135,919. Securing reels on shafts. EASTMAN KODAK CO. 23 June, 1967 [24 June, 1966], No. 29007/67. Heading F2U. [Also in Division G2] An adaptor 20, detachably mountable on a spindle 6 which is adapted to drivingly support a reel having a centre opening of a first size, has an outer periphery adapted to drivingly support a reel having a centre opening of a second size, larger than the first size, and a detent spring 27 secured in the adaptor has an end projection 30 releasably engageable with an annular groove 14 in the spindle 6 to hold the adaptor against a locating shoulder 16 of the spindle. A loop 32 of the spring 27 projects from the end 26 of the adaptor to allow release of the detent projection. A key 18 on the spindle drivingly engages a first size reel or one of equispaced axial projections 34, 36 of the adaptor, the projection 34 forms a key to drivingly engage a second size reel. Reel retaining spring detents 8, 38 are provided in the spindle and adaptor respectively. The spindle and the adaptor bore may be of non-circular, e.g. square, cross-section. The adaptor allows, e.g. reels for Standard 8 and Super 8 cine film to be used with a spindle of a combination projector or universal editor.
Patent GB-408962-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to methods of preparing shoe parts for adhesive attachment to other shoe parts and in or relating to improved articles of manufacture such asmay be produced by the practice of such methods
IPC: A43D37/00
Filed: 1932-10-18
Abstract: 408,962. Boots &c. UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, 140, Federal Street, Boston, U.S.A.-(Assignees of Wedger, W. H. ; Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) Oct. 18, 1932, No. 29074. Convention date, Nov. 9, 1931. [Class 17 (ii).] The marginal portion of a sole or other shoe part which is to be attached by adhesive, e.g. pyroxylin cement, to another shoe part, e.g. the lasted edge of an upper, is formed with a multitude of short, substantially non- intersecting closely arranged furrows to increase the surface area to be engaged by the adhesive. The furrows are markedly transverse to the sole edge and of sufficient width and depth to expose the fibres of the leather to the action of the cement for a substantial distance below the surface. The furrows may be produced by a rotary tool 16, as shown in Fig. 1, past which a shoe sole 14 is obliquely fed by a roller 20 against edge guides 24. A coating of non- flowing cement is applied to the roughened surface e.g. by apparatus described in Specification 395,767, [Group III], and a coating of a suitable solvent is applied, e.g. by a brush preparatory to the laying of the sole on the shoe bottom. The pockets in the furrowed surface of the adhesive on the sole hold sufficient solvent to soften adhesive applied to a similarly roughened shoe upper thus obviating a separate application of solvent thereto. The parts are laid and held under pressure until the cement has set.
Patent GB-1067230-A (GB)
Title: Machine presses
IPC: B30B1/06
Filed: 1964-07-15
Abstract: 1,067,230. Mechanical presses. S. SHIOKAWA. July 15, 1964 [July 15, 1963], No. 29140/64. Heading B5F. A press comprises a lever 7 connected to a ram 9, and a lever 1 provided with means for oscillating it, the two levers 1, 7 being pivoted on a shaft 3 and provided with means for coupling them together. The coupling means comprises a pawl 13 pivoted on the lever 7 and adapted to co-operate with a notch 15 on the lever 1 unless the pawl 13 is held by a hook 17 operated by a foot pedal 16. The lever 1 is oscillated by a crank 4 rotated through gearing 21, 22 and a pulley 20 by a motor 19. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 (not shown) show two modifications in which the motor and drive pulley are mounted inside the press frame, the oscillated lever (1) in Figs. 4, 5 being of extra length.
Patent GB-288999-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the treatment of solids with liquids
IPC: B01D11/02
Filed: 1927-11-01
Abstract: 288,999. Komers, K. April 19, 1927, [Convention date]. Extracts, making.-An apparatus for the continuous lixiviation of materials in which the lixiviating agent moves in counter-current to the material to be treated, comprises an outer casing within which is arranged a drum or travelling band to form with the casing a continuous and enclosed peripheral channel, in the lower portion of which the lixiviation occurs. Inlets and exits for the lixiviating agent and material to be treated are provided in the casing, the latter being both above the liquid level which lies below the uppermost point of the drum or band. In the apparatus shown, material is fed into a, substantially cylindrical casing 1 at a. hopper 8 and is carried round by a series of rake-like arms 3, arranged on drum mounted coaxially in the casing 1, in counter-current to the lixiviating agent which is maintained at a. constant level by an overflow 12, and is circulated by a pump 13 having a delivery connection 11 to the casing 1. The material is stopped by a grid 4 between the arms of which the arms 3 pass. A chamber 5 with a sieve-like base is attached to the casing 1 at one side and contains a convever 6 which conveys treated material to a, worm press 7 and thence to a conveyer 9. Liquid is drawn off from the chamber 5 by a connection 10 and passed into the main stream of the lixiviating agent. The casing 1 may have different forms from that shown and the grid 4 may be hinged so as to be raised or lowered to permit continuous treatment periodically if desired.
Patent GB-503557-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to photographic roll films
IPC: G03C3/00
Filed: 1937-10-26
Abstract: 503,557. Photographic roll films. KODAK, Ltd. Oct. 26, 1937, No. 29253. Convention date, Oct. 26, 1936. [Class 98 (i)] In a film for a cassette, a leader strip 5 of lightproof material has projections 6 which detachably engage perforations in the non-backed film 3 and, when rolled on the spool 1, the outer convolution of the strip is detachably connected to the preceding convolution so that the strip serves as a detachable light-proof covering and as a means for unwinding the film for attachment to a take-up spool. As shown in Fig. 1, the end 9 of the leader strip is attached by a strip 10 to the preceding convolution, or an adhesive may be provided on the strip. A transverse adhesive strip 8 holds the film and strip together, and after inserting the spool into a cassette the strip is pulled and detached from the film. Specification 469,653 is referred to. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 states also that the strip 8 may have projections engaging the film in addition to or instead of those on the leader strip, or the projections may be omitted and film and strip held together only by the strip 8. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-1369746-A (GB)
Title: Gill boxes for slivers
IPC: D01H5/02
Filed: 1972-06-22
Abstract: 1369746 Movement of gill bars in gill boxes SPINNEREIMASCHINENBAU K A R L - MARX-STADT VEB 22 June 1972 29270/72 Heading DIN A gill box has gill bars 6 rotated about a shaft 1 by radially slotted discs and guided at each end by a fixed cam track 5 having a circular portion in the drafting zone and an outward extending previous section to push the gills through slivers fed in by: feed rollers 10 and 11. The geometric relationship of the gill bar movements and upper feed roll 10 are as illustrated. A wheel (9), Fig. 1 (not shown), serves to drive the radially slotted discs (8).
Patent GB-731534-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the removal of dust generated in industrial processes
Inventor: FANTON ERIC JAMES
IPC: B01D50/00
Filed: 1951-12-14
Abstract: 731,534. Dust removal in industrial processes. DALLOW, LAMBERT & CO., Ltd. Feb. 25, 1953 [Dec. 14, 1951], No. 29356/51. Class 8 (2). [Also in Group XII] Each of a plurality of suction canopies 5 Fig. 2 is connected by a separate duct 4 and filter or scrubber unit 11 (see Group XII) to a common suction source 25. As shown two canopies each having an adjustable hood 6 and visor 7 adjacent a grinding wheel (not shown) form the dust-laden air inlets to tanks 1, 2 containing the scrubber unit 11, and cleaned air is discharged by the common fan 25 through an outlet 26, Fig. 4. Specification 555,528, [Group XII],is referred to.
Patent GB-1160490-A (GB)
Title: Process for Hydrogen Cyanide and Acetylene Production in an Arc Heater having a Rotating Arc.
Inventor: HIRAYAMA CHIKARA
IPC: C01C3/02
Filed: 1968-06-20
Abstract: 1,160,490. Hydrogen cyanide; cyanides. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. 20 June, 1968 [2 Aug., 1967], No. 29375/68. Heading C1A. [Also in Division C5] Hydrogen cyanide and acetylene are produced simultaneously from at least one feedstock containing C, H and N, by the steps of (1) pyrolysing the feedstock in an arc chamber having a rotating arc, e.g. at 8000 K or above, (2) bringing the pyrolysed mixture to a temperature in the range 2000-2500 K whereby C 2 H 2  and HCN are formed in substantial proportions within the recombination products, and (3) quenching the mixture to a temperature at which the recombination products are stable. The quenching may be by a hydrocarbon gas or water, by rapid expansion or by passage through a heat exchanger. The quenched mixture may be bubbled through an alkaline bath to convert the HCN into a cyanide salt. Various feedstocks are referred to: the N may be present as N 2 , NH 3  or amines; the C and H may be in the form of gaseous, liquid or solid hydrocarbons (e.g. in natural gas, coal gas or petroleum); the C may be in the form of coal. Fig. 1 shows a lower half cross-section of a suitable rotating arc reactor. Reactants may enter peripherally at D, B A, , A<SP>1</SP>, B<SP>1</SP> and F and are withdrawn at C. The apparatus comprises a nozzle 12, heat shields 13, 15, 17, eletrodes 14, 16 and end plate 18. Rotation of the arc 25 is effected by a magnetic field induced by coil 52. 19 is stated to be a feed and/or quench tube.
Patent GB-261787-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in methods for carrying out catalytic chemical processes
IPC: C10G1/08
Filed: 1926-11-20
Abstract: 261,787. Trautmann, J. Nov. 21, 1925, [Convention date]. Oxygenated organic compounds.-In catalytic apparatus applicable to the synthesis of oils from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, a molten metal, alloy, or metallic salt acting as a catalyst is atomized within a reaction chamber by threshing or centrifugal apparatus. Tin is a suitable metal as a coating to the threshing members and in some cases to the walls of the reaction chamber. In one construction, beaters e, Fig. 1, are pivotally mounted on arms on a rotary shaft passing through a closed chamber a surrounded by heating jackets b. Materials for the reaction are delivered under pressure bv a pipe g so as to be carried by the beaters into the molten bath, which may be heated electrically. Liquid products escape through pipes h, and gases through pipes j. In another construction, a number of discs mounted on a shaft are connected at their peripheries by bars parallel to the shaft, the molten material being partly broken up into a mist. Reaction substances pass through the chamber in a direction parallel to the shaft, and are deflected by corrugations on the roof of the chamber. Fig. 4 shows a reaction chamber similar to a blower. Reaction substances enter at g and are mixed with molten metal entering at z. The mixture passes out through h to a separating plant. from which the metal returns to a heater and to the blower. Several apparatus of this type may be connected in series, so that they work at successively increasing pressures. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) describes also a chamber provided at top and bottom with rotating atomizers u, Fig 5 (Cancelled). Reaction substances are driven by a blower or pump w from a vessel x to the reaction chamber. Solid products leave at t, and gases may escape or be drawn off through s. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-427285-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to stands for lavatory basins
IPC: A47K1/02
Filed: 1934-10-15
Abstract: 427,285. Stands for lavatory basins. RACK, A. J., 2, Heath Street, Commercial Road, Whitechapel, London. Oct. 15, 1934, No. 29506. [Class 52 (v)] A stand for lavatory basins adjustable both in width and depth comprises a pair of tubular front legs 1 connected by a horizontal tube 4 and carrying at their upper ends rearwardly projecting basin-supporting arms 2 secured to the wall at 3, the effective lengths of the arms 2 and tube 4 being adjustable. A cap 7 on each leg 1 has a lateral lug 6 with a slot 9 in which slides a pin secured to the arm 2, the parts being secured in adjusted position by a nut on the pin. The connecting tube 4 and tubular towel rails 5 fit telescopically in sockets 10, 11 on a sleeve 12 fixed to each leg, and are secured in adjusted position by set screws.
Patent GB-173118-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to screw thread forming appliances for machine tools
IPC: B23G1/04
Filed: 1920-10-19
Abstract: 173,118. Williams, E., and Ward & Co., H. W. Oct. 19, 1920. Attachments for screwing.-For cutting continuous threads a capstan lathe is provided with an overhead lead-screw a, Fig. 1, in addition to the die-head h. The lead-screw is frictionally mounted in a spring collet c, Fig. 2, which is driven from the lathe spindle through ordinary change gearing. The spring-pressed lead-screw nut j, Fig. 3, is mounted in a bracket f on the capstan g and is adapted to be engaged with the lead-screw by means of a cam spindle k which is retained in the engaged ' position by a spring- pressed pawl n, the latter being tripped to disgage the feed-nut by an adjustable stop q, Fig. 5.