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Patent GB-1176576-A (GB)
Title: Phonograph Record Player
IPC: G11B25/04
Filed: 1967-06-21
Abstract: 1,176,576. Record players. LORRAINE INDUSTRIES Inc. 21 June, 1967 [29 June, 1966], No. 28680/67. Heading G5R. A record player includes a turntable motor whose speed is variable. As shown, the motor is mounted by a clip 20 and pads 19a, 19b on to a removable partition 21 also carrying a battery 24, on/off switch contacts 25, 25a, and a speed controller comprising a resistance wire 28 engaged by one arm of an L-shaped control rod 27 terminating in a knob 26 and connected in the battery circuit. A sound box (Fig. 13) has a diaphragm 34 coupled by a lever 47 to a pivot 45 for the needle 33 and is vertically pivoted by a pin 41 (Fig. 5) to a member 40 horizontally pivoted by a pin 39a to a pillar 39, downward pressure being exerted by spring 42. The stylus is manually positioned over a record 13 inserted through a frontal slot by raising lever 38 over a projection 10i down a ramp 10h and along slot 10g until the sound box engages stop 10k. The motor is automatically started when the sound box frees contact 25 to allow it to meet contact 25a. A portion 21a of the partition engages the record 13, which has formations to engage corresponding ones (Fig. 7, not shown) on the turntable, to balance the needle pressure, and the lever 38 is down-turned to prevent inadvertant removal of a record while in play. A lug (21c, Fig. 2, not shown) deflects the record from the needle during loading.
Patent GB-815953-A (GB)
Title: Improved handling device for agricultural products
IPC: A01D51/00
Filed: 1957-09-12
Abstract: 815,953. Endless-belt conveyers. SILVER ENGINEERING WORKS Inc. Sept. 12, 1957 [Sept. 13, 1956], No. 28741/57. Class 78 (1). A self-propelled machine 1, Fig. 1, for preliminary cleaning and piling root crops, e.g. sugar beet or potatoes, is provided with a hopper 5 into which the roots are dumped by a truck and from which they are carried by an endless belt conveyer 6 on to screening devices 20, 21, Fig. 2. The roots pass from the screen 21 through a shoot 8 on to an adjustable boom conveyer 31 by which they are arranged in heaps on the ground. The dirt and trash fall from the screens into a hopper 22 and are carried by an endless belt conveyer 29, Fig. 4, to a truck 40. The return run of the belt 6 is passed round cleaning rollers 11, 12, 13 from which the dirt falls into a hopper 23 and is conveyed therefrom by an endless belt 24 to the hopper 22. The belt 24 is cleaned by a scraper plate assembly 27 which also distributes the dirt on the belt 29. An auxiliary belt 14 raises the roots up the inclined section 7 of the belt 6. Covers 30, 37 may be mounted above the belts 6, 29.
Patent GB-1198095-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Refining of Edible Oils
Inventor: KOEBNER ADOLF
IPC: C11B3/06
Filed: 1967-06-21
Abstract: 1,198,095. Fatty acids. MARCHON PRODUCTS Ltd. 28 June, 1968 [21 June, 1967], No. 28749/67. Heading C2C. [Also in Division C5] Fatty acids are recovered from a crude soapstock, such as that obtained by the alkaline refining of a glyceride oil, by (1) mixing the soapstock with a hydrotope; (2) allowing the resulting mixture to separate into an aqueous layer and an oily layer; (3) removing and acidifying the aqueous layer; and (4) removing the liberated fatty acids from the hydrotrope solution. The hydrotrope may be an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salt of benzene or an alkylbenzene sulphonic acid in which each alkyl group contains not more than 4 carbon atoms, and may be used in amount 1-3% by wt. of the acid value of the soapstock calculated on the fatty acid content. Examples describe the treatment of soapstocks obtained by the alkaline refining of palm kernel oil and of ground nut oil using sodium xylene sulphonate as the hydrotrope.
Patent GB-330474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in colostomy appliance
IPC: A61F5/445
Filed: 1929-09-23
Abstract: 330,474. LeCras, T. J. Sept. 23, 1929. Discharge - col lecting appliances -An appliance fo: use after colostomy consists of a pad 1 having studs 2 fo attachment to a body belt, and formed with an opening surrounded by an outwardlv curved flange 4 against which fit the beaded edge! 6 of a pouch 5 which is formed with a thickened upper wall 10 and an air vent 9.
Patent GB-1065011-A (GB)
Title: Radiant/convector gas fire
Inventor: WATTS HERBERT
IPC: F24C3/04
Filed: 1964-07-14
Abstract: 1,065,011. Gas fires; air heaters. RADIATION Ltd. May 24, 1965 [July 14, 1964], No. 28916/64. Headings F4S and F4W. A radiant/convector gas fire comprises a heat exchanger 1, having heat exchange surfaces 2, 3 and 4 and duets 5 leading to a rear flue duct 7, situated above radiants 8 and behind a downwardly depending hood 6, with a lip 9, laid hood having an upwardly and rearwardly extending restrictor plate 10, inclined thereto by spacers 11, for guiding a mixture of cool air and combustion gases into the heat exchanger; The plate 10 forms a wedge-shaped space open to the gases with an apex angle of 11 degrees with the inner surface of the hood 6, which is itself at about 14 degrees to the vertical, while lip 9 makes an angle of about 133 degrees with the line of the hood. The mid-point Z of plate 10 is at approximately the same height as the tops of radiants 8, while the ratio XY : YZ is approximately 5 : 4 and ratio XY : YB is approximately 1 :1, XY being the width of the radiant tops.
Patent GB-1081787-A (GB)
Title: Static inverter
IPC: H02M3/156
Filed: 1966-06-28
Abstract: 1,081,787. Automatic control of current and voltage. VAPOR CORPORATION. June 28, 1966 [Oct. 21, 1965] No. 28941/66. Heading G3R. [Also in Division H2] A static inverter comprises a square wave oscillator 12 which is connected to a D. C. supply source by way of an input filter 10 and a voltage regulator 11, the oscillator output being amplified by a power amplifier 13 and converted into a sine wave by an output filter 16; the output voltage is maintained constant by regulating the D. C. voltage supplied to the amplifier 13, which D. C. voltage is derived from a power switching regulator 15 controlled, by circuitry 18, to operate with a markspace ratio dependent upon output voltage variations as sensed by a detector 17; a circuit 20 prevents operation of the regulator 15 when the D. C. supply voltage is too low or too high for proper operation of the inverter. Suitable circuit arrangements for the system are described with reference to Figs. 2 and 3 (not shown); the voltage regulator 11 is of the series transistor type; the oscillator 12 includes transistors (65), (66) and a transformer (51) coupled to the power amplifier 13 which comprises transistors (41), (42) associated with an output transformer (46); the control circuit 18 includes a thyristor (136) which produces switching pulses for application to a switching transistor (28) in the power regulator 15; and the circuit 20 includes a Schmitt trigger associated with circuits (227), (228) responsive to low and high D. C. input voltages. The control circuit 18 is also associated with a current sensing circuit (205), so that voltage control is superseded by current control when the output current reaches a predetermined value.
Patent GB-396581-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the preparation of hormones
IPC: A61K38/24
Filed: 1932-10-17
Abstract: A thyreotropic hormone which has the property of causing the development of the parenchyma and the shrinkage of the colloid of the thyroid gland, is obtained from aqueous extracts of the anterior lobe of the hypophysis by treatment thereof with an albumen precipitant and separation of the active substance from the precipitant.  The mother liquors from the precipitation contain the gonadotropic hormone and may be worked up for the recovery thereof, as described in Specifications 288,132 and 313,924, [both in Class 81 (i), Disinfecting &c.].  Suitable precipitating agents are picric acid, sulpho salicylic acid, trichloracetic acid, heavy metal salts such as lead acetate, or colloids such as hydroxide of iron or alumina.  The precipitating agent may be removed with organic solvents such as alcohol and ether or in the case of lead acetate alcohol mixed with acetic acid.  Precipitates such as iron hydroxide are taken up by dilute acid, and the hormone obtained therefrom by treatment with albumen precipitants soluble in organic solvents.  The purification may be continued by repeated precipitation and by bringing the solution to the isoelectric point to cause flocculation of albuminous substances.
Patent GB-395550-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to feeding bobbins or cops to automatic looms
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1932-10-18
Abstract: 395,550. Looms with automatic weftreplenishing mechanism. NIEHUES, B. H., 25, Bentheimerstrasse, Nordhorn, Grafschaft. Bentheim, Germany. Oct. 18, 1932, No. 29132. Convention date, April 14. [Classes 142 (i) and 142 (iii).] Relates to means for stopping the loom or for reducing its speed during bobbin change. In the form shown, when the weft is exhausted, the feeler completes an electric circuit through an electromagnet d which attracts a lever causing its other end e to be moved into the path of a notched reciprocating lever g. The electromagnet is thereby moved to the left, and its holder h turns a lever m for actuating the transferrer k through a spindle i. At the same time, a rod o on an arm n on the spindle i is depressed and actuates a switch s for reducing the speed of the loom or for stopping it, for example by short-circuiting some of the phases of a polyphase driving motor, or adding resistance in the case of a single-phase motor. After weft replenishment, the switch is operated by gravity or a spring to drive the loom at the normal speed. In modifications, the rod o operates a clutch or controls the fluid supply to a hydraulic clutch.
Patent GB-1386266-A (GB)
Title: Method of connecting parts edge to edge
IPC: B27G15/00
Filed: 1972-06-21
Abstract: 1386266 Jointed furniture frames J M A GOUDE 21 June 1972 [22 June 1971] 29159/72 Heading A4H [ Also in Divisions B5 and F2] A method of connecting parts 1,2, Fig. 2 edge to edge comprises placing the parts edge-to-edge, forming a groove 3, Fig. 3, in the form of a ring straddling the parts, and gluing in the groove a ring 5 which has substantially the same internal and external diameters as the groove and a thickness at most equal to the depth of the groove. The ring may be of rectangular, trapezoidal, L, U or tapered cross-section, and may be made of plastics, laminated metal, plywood, hardboard, or agglomerated cellulosic fibres. It may be perforated to receive nails. The two, or more, parts to be connected may also be secured by gluing prior to formation of the groove. Connections may be made on each face of the parts at one or more locations. A tool for making the groove, Fig. 5, comprises a spindle and a hollow crown which has teeth 10 separated by deep spaces 11 having outwardly inclined bottoms. An axially adjustable stop 12 is provided to limit the depth of groove cut.
Patent GB-977451-A (GB)
Title: Mooring buoy
IPC: B63B22/02
Filed: 1963-07-23
Abstract: 977,451. Rotary joints. SHELL INTERNATIONALE RESEARCH MAATCHAPPIJ N.V. July 23, 1963 [July 25, 1962], No. 29172/63. Heading F2G. [Also in Division B7] A swivel coupling for connecting a flexible line or lines leading to a vessel to one of a plurality of concentric pipes 12, 13 and 14 arranged on a floating buoy (see Division B7) comprises a pipe length 28 provided with hose connections 29, said pipe length having fitted at top and bottom stuffing boxes 34 and 30. Above the stuffing box 30 there is a flange 33 welded to pipe length 28 and bolted to box 30. Stuffing box 34 has a packing ring 36 in sealing engagement with a locking bush 37 fitted around an element 26 and flange 27. The pipe length 28 is thus rotatable relative to pipe 12 and liquid flowing up pipe 12 outside pipe 13 will leave pipe length 28 via hose connections 29.
Patent GB-1085143-A (GB)
Title: Air gun trigger actions
Inventor: FISHER COLIN HORDLEY
IPC: F41B11/646
Filed: 1965-07-12
Abstract: 1,085,143. Pneumatic guns. MILLARD BROS. Ltd. Jan. 21, 1966 [July 12, 1965]. No. 29372/65. Heading F3C. An air gun trigger action includes a seat 1 which co-operates with a recess 21 in the pistonrod 2, the seat 1 being connected to a trigger 3 through a lost motion connection such that the gun is cocked without movement of the trigger. The connection comprises a pin 7 extending from both faces of the seat into enlarged holes 8 in the trigger 3. The trigger 3 is provided with a pin 10 which is restrained or allowed to move according to the position of a cylindrical safety catch cam 11, the movement of which is limited by an extension 13. The pin 10 and hence the trigger is allowed to move when the pin co-operates with a recess 19 of the cam 11. The cam is actuated by a lever 12.
Patent GB-647625-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to egg-cups
IPC: A47G19/28
Filed: 1948-11-12
Abstract: 647,625. Egg cups. LAURANCE, K. E. Nov. 12, 1948, No. 29427. [Class 128] An egg cup has a plurality of resilient fingers a for holding the egg and a spring clip b at its base enabling the egg cup to be fitted to the rim of a plate e.g. with jaw d of the clip above the plate and jaw c below it. The fingers a may be mounted within a rigid cup.
Patent GB-657491-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for the illumination of objects and optical projection and viewing thereof
IPC: G03B21/06
Filed: 1947-11-05
Abstract: 657,491. Optical - projection apparatus. HANSEL, C. W. Nov. 5, 1947, No. 29460. [Class 97 (i)] Apparatus for illuminating an object and producing an image of it optically comprises a transparent, translucent, or opaque object stage, an objective comprising a lens or lenses, or a curved mirror, or a combination of these, part of the objective aperture being rendered ineffective by removal or by the interposition of another reflecting optical element, the hole formed by said removal, or the said other optical element, being utilized to direct on to the object an illuminating light-beam, all the rays of which are parallel, or nearly parallel, to the optical axis, an image being formed by the remainder of the objective. As shown in Fig. 1, the object 4 on a transparent stage 5 is illuminated by a lamp 7 and condenser 8 through the hole 2 in a concave mirror 1 with central stop 6. The mirror may be used to form a real or virtual image. In another arrangement a plano-convex lens is used instead of the mirror, being silvered on its convex face, apart from a central region through which the object is illuminated, the object resting on its upper, plane, face. In another arrangement akin to that of Fig. 1 the system is inverted, the object resting on a small opaque stage which forms the stop, the illuminating light beam being horizontal and being reflected on to the object by a small inclined mirror above the stage. In Fig. 3 the object 4 rests on an opaque stage 16 and is illuminated by a light-beam 3 reflected from a prism 15, an image being formed by the lens 13. In another arrangement, a lamp surmounted by a reflector is arranged immediately above a lens such as shown in Fig. 3, covering only its central part, and illuminates the subject through the lens. In Fig. 4 the subject 4 is illuminated by light from a lamp 7, passing through apertures 20 in an opaque stage 19 and reflected from a central silvered portion 18 of the projection lens 17. Instead of the holes 20 one larger hole may be covered with a transparent stage for the object. In another arrangement lamps above the background are used and light therefrom is reflected on to the subject from silvering on the peripheral portions of the projection lens, a system of shields being used to prevent light from the lamps passing directly through the central part of the lens through which projection takes place.
Patent GB-261793-A (GB)
Title: Process for chemically varying vegetable and artificial fibre
IPC: D06P1/673
Filed: 1926-11-22
Abstract: 261,793. Heberlein & Co., Akt.-Ges. Nov. 21, 1925, [Convention date]. Addition to 255,453. Yarns &c., treating with liquids.-The process described in the parent Specification, according to which vegetable and artificial fibres are treated with a halogen compound of phosphorus in the presence of an alcoholic solution of an alkali, is modified by arranging that a separate treatment with alkali precedes or follows the treatment with the halogen compound of phosphorus. Between the treatments the material may be washed with an indifferent solvent and in some cases dried. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) refers to a process in which treatment with the halogen compound of phosphorus is carried out in the presence or absence of alkali. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-702422-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in methods for forming thin layers of a substance on curved walls, for instance on the walls of television tubes
IPC: H01J29/38
Filed: 1951-12-17
Abstract: 702,422. Cathode-ray tubes. RADIO INDUSTRIE. Dec. 17, 1951 [Feb. 20, 1951], No. 29488/51. Class 39(1) In the manufacture of a television camera tube, a mica sheet 6 coated on one side with a luminescent layer b is deformed by vacuum suction so as to lie closely along the curved end wall 10 of the tube; this wall, which has a coating of transparent enamel, is then heated so that the layer b adheres to it. The tube is similar in construction to that described in Specification 670,875. and is intended for use with non-visible radiation such as X-rays. These impinge on the luminescent layer b to form a visible image, which causes an electron image to be projected from photo-sensitive layer a on the other side of the sheet 6. This sheet is secured round its periphery to the wall 11 of the tube so as to form two separate compartments Ea and E. By evacuating the smaller compartment Ea first, the sheet 6 is deformed into the position required, after which the evacuating stem Q, is sealed off. The sheet 6 may be secured to an inwardly projecting part of the envelope, which part may be flexible, as at 20, Fig. 4, to allow for movement of the sheet during deformation.
Patent GB-272768-A (GB)
Title: Electromagnetic sound reproducers such as loud speakers
IPC: H04R11/00
Filed: 1926-11-22
Abstract: 272,768. Brandes Laboratories, Inc., (Assignees of White, C. D.). July 15, 1926, [Convention date]. Loud-speakers; magnetic instruments; diaphragms.-A large diaphragm loud-speaker comprises a support, electromagnetic driving mechanism carried by the support, a conical diaphragm arranged to be actuated by the driving mechanism, and means forming a substantially bowlshaped sound amplifying chamber behind the diaphragm and extending over a portion of the front of the diaphragm with the latter projecting outwardly therefrom. In the construction shown, the bowl-shaped sound amplifying chamber 31, 38, conical diaphragm 12 and electromagnetic mechanism 25, 26, 27 are all carried by a single casting 1 --4. The diaphragm 12 has its'periphery 15 flexibly connected by an annular strip 14 to a rim 11 which is clamped to arms 8, 9, 10. carried bv lugs 5, 6, 7 integral with the circular head portion 4 of the casting. The arms 8, 9, 10 are angularly shaped at 16 so as to clear the periphery of the diaphragm. The apex of the diaphragm is connected by a rod 17 to an armature 21. which is preferably of the construction described in Specification 257,203 or is secured against an annular abutment 20 in the portion 4 by a locking ring 22. The electromagnetic mechanism 25. 26, 27 is mounted on a plate 24 screwing into the portion 4, a spring 28 being arranged between the plate 24 and ring 22. In order to allow of adjustment between the pole-pieces 26 and armature 21, the rim of the plate 24 is provided with teeth 48 adapted to be engaged by a pinion 44 keyed to a shaft 45 journaled in the lug 5 and rotatable from outside the sound-amplifying chamber by a knob 5'1. A stop member 49 secured to the plate 24 is adapted to engage with the shaft 45 so as to limit the rotation of the plate 24 to one complete turn. The flexible cord 30 from the terminals of the electromagnetic mechanism is passed through an aperture in the member 49 in order to prevent the cord from becoming entangled with other parts of the loud-speaker. The sound-amplifying chamber is formed in two parts 31, 38, the front part 38 being centrally apertured at 39 and provided with a peripheral flange 40 which is secured to the flange 32 of the bowlshaped part 31, with an interposed layer 42 of cork &c., by screws 43. The flange 32 is recessed at 33 and secured by screws 34 to the base 1. the part 31 being braced adjacent its top 36 by means of a bracket 35 secured at 37 to the lug 5. Specification 259,178 also is referred to.
Patent GB-808682-A (GB)
Title: Sealing containers
Inventor: TURNER ERIC CLIFFORD
IPC: B65B7/28
Filed: 1956-09-27
Abstract: 808,682. Feeding capsules. WATNEY MANN Ltd. [formerly WATNEY COMBE REID & CO. Ltd.]. July 29, 1957 [Sept. 27, 1956], No. 29512/56. Class 117 [Also in Group XVII] Compressed gas is admitted at preselected successive positions along a stack of container capsules to eject successive lowermost capsules towards the containers. Cup-shaped capsules 20 are stacked in a tubular holder 12 provided with apertures 14 spaced apart corresponding with the capsule spacing and arranged in a helix. The holder is mounted as shown in Fig. 1 in a head 3 mounted on pillars 1 and the bore in which the holder is fitted has a groove 13 communicating with a bore 19 for the supply of compressed gas. By rotating the holder to bring successive apertures 14 in to registry with groove 13 successive caprules are discharged. The holder is justified by a plunger 16 and its head 15 carries index numbers.
Patent GB-890698-A (GB)
Title: Housing for animals
IPC: A01K1/03
Filed: 1960-08-26
Abstract: 890,698. Animal cages. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION. Aug. 26, 1960 [Sept. 2, 1959 ; Aug. 18, 1960], No. 29515/60. Class 5(2). An animal cage comprises a box 73 and a lid 75 provided with corrugations 121 slotted lengthwise at the top to form ventilation openings. A feed unit 155 rests on recesses in the side walls of the cage and a water bottle 109 is inverted in a socket 107, moulded on the lid, The cage may be housed in a paperboard frame 125 having a hinged flap 145 to provide a window and serve as a record card. The box is formed from a transparent synthetic resin.
Patent GB-501675-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to emulsifying apparatus
IPC: B01F7/24
Filed: 1937-10-30
Abstract: 501,675. Centrifugal mixing-apparatus. LOWE FOOD PRODUCTS CO., Ltd., J., and HAWES, F. F., [Representative of HAWES, D.M.A.G.]. Oct. 30, 1937, No. 29683. [Class 23] [Also in Group III] In emulsifying-apparatus having propelling means surrounded by a mesh or screen in which the propelling means lifts the material to be emulsified from a body of the material and forces it tangentially and upwardly through the screen from whence it returns to the material undergoing treatment, the propelling means is formed as a feed worm, preferably having multi-start flights. The device illustrated is suspended from flexible supports and immersed in the material to be emulsified. This material is drawn through the orifice 13 by a rapidly rotating worm having two flights 29 and forced upwardly and outwardly through the surrounding screen 25 into an annular passage 26, in which it rises and finally flows through annular passages formed in the head between deflecting plates 23, and 7 and down over the sides of the outer casing 6. This casing may be removed for. cleaning purposes by releasing spring catches 21. The mesh screen may conform with the external shape of the worm, as shown, or it may be cylindrical. The worm may have a single start, and may be cylindrical or helical in form, and the flight or flights may also be perforated. The flights are preferably formed of one or more strips of material held by spacers 28 from the centre shaft 3, or they may consist of a strip or strips arranged on the exterior of a suitably shaped e.g. conical member. The flights may also be interrupted at intervals to form separate blades.