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Patent GB-201905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in transparent signs
IPC: G09F13/14
Filed: 1923-07-21
Abstract: 201,905. Soc. Anon. Etablissements Siegel. Aug. 4, 1922, [Convention date]. Signs.-The upper bar 1 of a transparent luminous sign comprises approximately parallel front and rear portions 2, 3 which act as a guide for the sign front 4, an inclined plane 5 in which the lamp sockets 9 are mounted, and a fold 6 which, in combination with the parts 3, 5, retains in position the reflector 11.
Patent GB-161102-A (GB)
Title: An improved telemotor
IPC: F15B15/08
Filed: 1920-07-06
Abstract: 161,102. MacGregor, R. July 6, 1920. Telemotor apparatus. - The telemotor described in Specification 116,220 is modified by the substitution of a transmitter comprising cylinders a, b with connected plungers d, d<1>.
Patent GB-732617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wing units and the like for aircraft
IPC: B64C21/02
Filed: 1953-07-08
Abstract: 732,617. Slotted wings for aircraft. TURTON, K. M., and TURTON, R. A. July 8, 1953 [July 9 1952], No. 18983/53. Class 4. A wing unit or the like for an aircraft having a duct connecting a slot in the lower surface with a slot in the upper surface and a number of partitions spaced from one another along the duct and extending from the lower surface to the upper surface so that they divide the duct into a number of flow paths, is characterized in that the partitions are inclined from the lower surface of the wing towards the tip. The wing 10 has slots I and 12 in the lower and upper surfaces respectively connected by ducts 14, the ducts being sub-divided spanwise by partitions 13 which may extend chordwise or may be inclined rearwardly and outwardly in plan view. The partitions 13 are inclined outwardly from the lower surface to the upper surface as shown in Fig. 3 so that if the aircraft rolls, the inclination of the partitions with respect to the relative airflow through the slots will create a restoring moment. The spanwise pitch of the partitions may be uniform or may increase from root to tip and the partitions may be secured to ribs or spars of the wing and may carry hinges for ailerons or flaps.
Patent GB-189853-A (GB)
Abstract: 189,853. Goehde, R. Sept. 2, 1921. Air supply, regulating.-A gas ring burner comprises three air-regulators connected to the gas cock plug for admitting primary air to the burner and secondary air to tho gaseous mixture inside and outside the flame ring respectively. In one form, gas ring burners b, c are supplied through mixing-tubes b<1>, c<1> respectively from a gas cock d, mounted on a frame a and comprising a hollow plug d<1>, provided with a graduated operating disc d<11> and connected to a rotary slide valve k for controlling the admission of primary air to a chamber i. A spindle o<1> is connected through toothed-sectors o, n and an arm n<1> to a rotary slide valve m for controlling the admission cf secondary air to the inside of the ring burner c. A disc p surrounding the ring burner c is provided with slots p<1> and a rotary slide valve q, connected by brackets r to the slide valve m for controlling simultaneously the supply of secondary air to the outside of the ring burner c.
Patent GB-596198-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for supplying water or liquid manure to plants under cloches
IPC: A01G9/24
Filed: 1945-07-25
Abstract: 596,198. Plant spraying. ASHTON, V. J. R. July 25, 1945, No. 19008. [Class 6 (ii)] [Also in Group XXIX] In an apparatus for supplying water or liquid manure to plants, the container 10 is mounted on a tripod consisting of the legs 16 and a retaining ring 18, and has a spigot connection 12 to a sparge pipe 14 with holes 21. This pipe is laid under the line of cloches to be watered. A perforated cone 19 forms a strainer over the spigot outlet at the base of the container.
Patent GB-516475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to metal bonded abrasive or wear resistant articles
IPC: B24D3/08
Filed: 1938-06-27
Abstract: 516,475. Abrasive articles. CARBORUNDUM CO. June 27, 1938, No. 19051. Convention date, June 28, 1937. [Class 60] [Also in Groups V and II] Abrasive articles comprise abrasive grains and a sintered metal bond consisting of silver or silver alloy. In producing the articles the abrasive grains are mixed with silver powder, or with the previously alloyed material in a powdered form or with the component metals in powdered form. The mix is then pressed into a dense mass and the mass sintered with or without the application of pressure. A grinding wheel in which the periphery is composed of an abrasive composition containing diamonds and the inner portion of the wheel is composed of an abrasive composition not containing diamonds is made by separating a cylindrical mould into an inner and outer compartment with a cylindrical paper separator, filling the compartments with the appropriate composition, removing the paper separator and compressing and sintering the mass. The Specification describes the production of abrasive wheels by mounting 'a ring 12, 13 of metal bonded abrasive material on the base 14 of thermoplastic resin. or, metal ; the ring 12, 13 may comprise an outer ring 12 containing' diamonds and silica carbide and an inner ring 13 containing silica carbide only as the abrasive material. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 also describes the production of the abrasive articles by shaping the abrasive grains with a temporary binder, surrounding the article with solid silver or silver alloy and heating under vacuum or reduced pressure until the metal melts and permeates the pores of the article. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-1119918-A (GB)
Title: Rotary fluid flow machine
Inventor: BILL ARTHUR
IPC: F01D5/06
Filed: 1967-04-25
Abstract: 1,119,918. Gas turbine engine compressors; axial-flow compressors. ROLLS-ROYCE Ltd. April 25, 1967, No. 19074/67. Headings F1C, F1G and F1T. A rotary fluid flow machine, e.g. a gas turbine engine compressor, comprises a row of rotor blades 35 lying in a central plane 36 which passes through a coupling 25 and is axially spaced from a bearing 20. The coupling connects radially resilient rotor part 27 and turbine shaft 15, and comprises interengaging dog teeth which permit relative axial movement by an amount limited by a stop 32. The part 27 is electron-beam welded at 33 to a disc 34. A second row of rotor blades 40 is connected to a radially resilient member 44 connected to the shaft by interference fit splines 46.
Patent GB-390978-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in apparatus or devices for testing coins, discs and tokens by weight
IPC: G07D5/04
Filed: 1932-07-06
Abstract: 390,978. Coin-freed apparatus. HARPER, P. S., Adelaide House, Ashurst Walk, Croydon. July 6, 1932, No. 19106. [Class 27.] Testing coins.-Coins inserted in a shoot 2, Fig. 1, having an inclined base 12 roll with a constant initial velocity along a shoot 1 carried by a pivoted arm 3 provided with adjustable counterweights 6, Fig. 3. The arm 3 is held by the weights 6 against a stop 7 with the shoot 1 oblique to a vertical slot 9 in a plate 8. The rolling coin depresses the shoot 1 about the pivot 4, which is parallel to the shoot, and, if the coin is of correct weight, the shoot comes into alignment with the slot 9 and the coin passes through this slot to a shoot 10 leading to the coin-freed mechanism. If the coin is light or over weight, the shoot fails to be in alignment with the slot 9 when the coin leaves it, and such a coin drops to a rejected coin receptacle 11 on the near side of the plate 8. The plate 8 is adjustable in position by means of elongated slots 14.
Patent GB-584404-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with finger rings
IPC: A44C9/00
Filed: 1944-10-06
Abstract: 584,404. Finger rings. NEUMANN, J. Oct. 6, 1944, Nos. 19214 and 24786. [Class 43] [Also in Group XXV] A finger ring is formed in two arcuate sections 1, 2 connected together at one pair of ends 4, 5 and provided at the other ends with detachable fastening means comprising a pivoted spring - con - trolled latch element 6 engageable in a cavity 10. A spring 12 which controls the hinge 13 of the element 6 and also the fastening elements 6, 10 are fitted flush with the ring. A groove 11 in one end of the ring leads to the cavity 10 to guide the nose 9 of the latch 6, and one or more pins or loops may project from one free end to be engaged in recesses in the other free end to prevent lateral movement. In the form shown, the sections 1, 2 are pivotally connected at the ends 4, 5 but they may be connected in such a manner as to permit longitudinal separable movement between the sections.
Patent GB-816987-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the production of polychlorotrifluoroethylene filaments
IPC: B29C48/05
Filed: 1956-06-21
Abstract: Fine filaments and multi-filament yarns are produced by extruding molten polychlorotrifluoroethylene and drawing the resulting filaments at least 75 times their original length while maintained at a temperature of at least 300 DEG  C.  The polychlorotrifluoroethylene resins preferably have molecular weights between 25,000 and 75,000, melt viscosities at 230 DEG  C. of not less than 0.1 megapoise and melting points of about 205 DEG  to 210 DEG  C. and are preferably extruded at temperatures between 360 DEG and 375 DEG  C.  The filaments may be heated during drawing in an electrically heated tube or chimney and, when drawing in the molten state is complete, the filaments may be quenched in a cool air stream or in a water bath and then wound on a wind-up spool or bobbin.  The yarn may subsequently be cold drawn at temperatures between 30 DEG and 130 DEG  C. to the extent of 300 to 700 per cent to attain the maximum strength, and then stabilized against strinkage by an annealing process comprising passing the yarn through a passage or groove in a metal bar heated to 150 DEG  to 200 DEG  C.
Patent GB-166555-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in daylight developing apparatus for photographic flat films
IPC: G03D13/06
Filed: 1921-07-18
Abstract: 166,555. Worms, J. July 16, 1920, [Convention date]. Trays, dishes, and containers with transfer arrangements for daylight developing &c.-In apparatus for transferring single tabbed films from a film pack to a developing box and for developing therein in daylight, of the kind in which a junction piece is employed, adapted to fit between the film pack and the developing box, the junction piece comprises two parts 19, 20 fitting the film pack adapter and box respectively, and a central partition 21 therein has a slot through which the tab of the film is passed and a projection 23 which passes through the entrance slot 3 of the developing box and opens a spring-flap 4 which normally closes the slot. To ensure correct positioning of the parts, projections on the sides of the box engage sockets on the part 20 of the junction piece and angle pieces 28 on the part 19 of the junction piece engage the inner edge of the adapter case. In the developing-box is a grooved flat support 5 on to which the film is drawn, and a winding roller 8 to which the tab is attached and by which the film is drawn into the box. The box has side recesses 13, 14, Fig. 3, with staggered openings 16, 16<a> through which liquid enters, and light baffles 17. The front plate 2a of the box is removable and is secured after the tab has been passed through the box and secured to the roller 8. The flat support 5 has grooves 5a through which the film is passed and shaped ends 6, 7 for guiding the film into the grooves. To prevent overwinding the roller 8 it is rotated by a threaded nut 11 which has a pin engaging a slot in the roller spindle 9, and can only be turned a limited extent on the threaded sleeve 10 sufficient to draw the film into the box. To provide for examining the film during development, the flat support 5 may be transparent and a non-actinic viewing opening provided in the front and rear plates of the box. The film pack is provided with adjustable bars 31, Fig. 8, having pins 30<a> extending into the slit 30 through which the tabs of the film are pulled out, in order that the slit may be widened or narrowed to the width of one tab.
Patent GB-302874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to cinematograph projection apparatus
IPC: G03B21/18
Filed: 1928-07-04
Abstract: 302,874. Harper, M. July 4, 1928. Kinematograph apparatus.-The circuits of the driving motor and the projector lamp are broken, if - the film breaks, by means of a pawl B pivoted at b, on the. bottom sprocket A; the pawl swings out, as shown in broken lines, so that a pin C' carried by it engages the hooked end e of a switch arm E. The pin C' extends on both sides of the pawl, and on one side is housed in a recess in the sprocket, the film being threaded so as to hold it therein. A pawl may be provided at each end of the sprocket to actuate two switch arms connected together.
Patent GB-501048-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to radio receiving circuits employing thermionic valves
IPC: H03D1/26
Filed: 1937-07-14
Abstract: 501,048. Valve circuits for wireless reception; magnetrons. TELEFUNKEN GES. FUR DRAHTLOSE TELEGRAPHIE. July 14, 1937, No. 19523. Convention date, July 14, 1936. [Classes 39 (i) and 40 (v)] A receiving-circuit comprises a magnetron valve with auxiliary electrodes adjacent or within the anode, the signal being detected in a circuit connecting the auxiliary electrodes to the cathode. As shown, the auxiliary electrodes E1, E2 are arranged at opposite ends of the split anode S1, S2, and are both connected through a resistance W to a tapping on the anode battery E. A signal amplifier R1 may be connected across the resistance W the grid being directly connected to the electrodes E1, E2. The receiving aerial A is connected by parallel wires L to the anode sections S1, S2. The valve is operated at a bend of the characteristic curve showing anode current as a function of the magnetic field strength H, such bend coinciding with a bend in the opposite sense in the curve showing auxiliary electrode current as a function of field strength. Specification 442,465 is referred to.
Patent GB-502317-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the exhaust systems of the internal combustion engines on aircraft
IPC: F01N3/06
Filed: 1938-07-01
Abstract: 502,317. Exhaust systems for aircraft engines. SCHNEEBELI, H. July 1, 1938, No. 19548. Convention date, July 2, 1937. [Class 7 (ii)] [Also in Group XXXIII] Exhaust gas passes through a hollow engine cowling formed by walls 2, 3, separated by perforated tubes 6 through which the exhaust is ejected by air passing up the tubes. To facilitate dismantling and replacement the cowling may be made in separate sections corresponding to the exhaust pipes I leading from the cylinders. The air is deflected by a perforated plate 9 into the tubes 6 which have their ends flanged over the walls 2, 3.
Patent GB-445161-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in weighing scales
IPC: G01G1/00
Filed: 1935-07-09
Abstract: 445,161. Weighing-apparatus. TOLEDO SCALE MANUFACTURING CO., Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. July 9, 1935, No. 19600. Convention date, Feb. 15. [Class 143] Computing - apparatus ; pendulum - weight apparatus.-Relates to a weighing scale of the type having weighing mechanism and a cylindrical indicating chart located within a housing provided with openings on opposite sides through which the chart is visible and having a goods platter lying above the housing. The invention consists in providing the scale with an horizontally extending cylindrical chart located substantially centrally within a boxlike casing, and a lever having branches occupying the spaces between the chart and the lower longitudinal corners of the casing. The platter 34 is supported on a C-shaped frame 25, Fig. III, passing partly round the drum chart 61 and supported on knife-edge bearings carried by branch arms of a lever 9, Fig. IV, fulcrumed on knife-edge bearings 6. The branch arms are situated in the spaces between the chart drum and the lower longitudinal corners of the casing. A pull-and-push link 110 is connected to the upper portion of the C-shaped frame. One branch arm of the lever 9 is extended and connected by a stirrup 47 to a rolling-sector pendulum mechanism' actuating the drum chart by means of a rack 53. A dashpot 66 inserted through a hole in the base is connected to the lever. At the salesman's side of the machine the chart indications are read through a system of lenses and lens cells 89, Fig. III, arranged as described in Specification 395,268. This system is carried on rods 75, 76 rotatable about an axis coinciding with the reading line 65 and may be tilted up and down by actuating a finger knob 77 so as to facilitate reading of the chart by persons of different heights. The lateral movement of the lens system along the bars 75, 76 to change the range of the readings is effected by rotating a second finger knob 90 connected to an actuating lever 95. During the lateral movement in one direction a pair of shutters are closed automatically to cover the vacant space left at one end of the chart. At the customer's side of the machine a frusto-pyramidal corridor 112 is provided through which the weight indicia may be viewed, a lamp 114 illuminating the readings. The mechanism is enclosed in a box-like casing of synthetic plastic material. Bearings.-The fulcrum knife-edges 8, Fig. VII, of the lever 9 are prevented from leaving their bearings 6 by means of spring-pressed shackles 13 engaging chisel-ended members 11 carried by the lever. Endwise shifting of the knife-edges is prevented by thrust members 26. The bearings 22, 24, Fig. VIII, supporting the C-shaped frame 25 are similarly retained in position by cone-shaped members 29.
Patent GB-1179306-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for Moulding Articles of Resilient Foam of Synthetic Materials.
Inventor: MORITZ VICTOR
IPC: B29C33/00
Filed: 1967-04-28
Abstract: 1,179,306. Mattresses &c. V. MORITZ. 28 April, 1967 [10 May, 1966], No. 19743/67. Heading A4M. [Also in Division B5] Resilient foamed articles, e.g. pillows, mattresses and car seat cushions of synthetic materials, which may be vulcanisable, are provided with a plurality of cavities which extend partially through the thickness thereof, and springs and fastening means may be incorporated during the moulding. Metal coil springs 16 may be resiliently mounted within radially inwardly extending notches 15 along a plurality of axially extending fins 11 provided on the exterior of cavity defining mandrels 10, whereby the springs may be embedded in the foam. A car seat "back squab" provides a curved contour and the moulding incorporates springs 16 and a curved tube 18 forming a coupling element.
Patent GB-663824-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to a dye bath for textiles and method of dyeing and the textile so dyed
IPC: D06P1/44
Filed: 1947-07-23
Abstract: The pigmented resin compositions described in the parent Specification are modified by inclusion of the pigment in the aqueous phase of the emulsion instead of the disperse phase.  The aqueous phase preferably contains a bodying agent, e.g. polyvinyl alcohol, starch, methyl cellulose, phenol-aldehyde or melamine-formaldehyde resin, or sucrose octa-acetate, to minimise flocculation and migration of the pigment; an emulsifying agent may also be present. The pigments used may be copper phthalocyanine, insoluble azo and vat dyestuffs, carbon black or other inorganic colouring matter. Examples are given of typical emulsions.ALSO:The subject-matter of this Specification corresponds with that of the parent Specification except that the pigment is in the aqueous phase of the emulsion instead of the disperse phase.  The aqueous phase preferably contains a bodying agent, e.g. polvinyl alcohol, starch, methyl cellulose, phenol-aldehyde or melamine-formaldehyde resin, or sucrose octa-acetate, to minimize flocculation and migration of the pigment; an emulsifying agent may also be present.  Examples show typical emulsions, using copper phthalocyanine as pigment; other pigments that may be used are insoluble azo and vat dyestuffs, carbon black and other inorganic colouring matters.
Patent GB-1098039-A (GB)
Title: Method of and machine for removing backing sheets from an applique
IPC: B44C1/16
Filed: 1965-05-12
Abstract: 1,098,039. Printing apparatus; transferring mechanism. EASCO LEASING CORPORATION. May 12, 1965 [May 12, 19641, No. 19964/65. Heading B6C. A machine for removing the backing sheet 33 from a laminate consisting of the backing sheet and an adhesive coated applique comprises a reference surface 20 adapted to support the laminate 30 as it is moved over the surface, a motor driven resilient rubber coated roller 21 for advancing the laminate while holding it firmly against the surface and a separating member 32 adapted and arranged to engage the laminate as it emerges from between and while it is still held between the roller and the surface so as to split the sheet 33 away from the laminate. The separating member 32 has a narrow sharp blade 31 positioned immediately adjacent an opposed edge of, and at an adjustable predetermined distance above, the reference surface. A pair of rounded spreading edges extend laterally away from opposite sides of the base of the blade for gradually stripping the backing sheet off the laminate.
Patent GB-499375-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to cleaning tools for vacuum cleaners, polishers or the like
IPC: A47L9/06
Filed: 1937-07-20
Abstract: 499,375. Vacuum cleaner nozzles. WESSEL, H. July 20, 1937, No. 20008. [Class 8 (i)] A combined suction nozzle and brush body a is formed entirely of flexible material such as rubber in which the bristles are directly attached without an intermediate frame, the nozzle being shaped for connection to the suction tube, or attached to a rigid socket c.
Patent GB-424056-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the treatment of centrifugally spun artificial silk cakes
IPC: D01D10/04
Filed: 1933-07-14
Abstract: Apparatus for treating centrifugally spun artificial silk cakes with liquid comprises in combination a perforated base plate on which single cakes or piles of cakes can be placed, each cake or pile over an opening, a movable cover for the upper ends of the cakes, means for holding the cover in such a position as to hold the cake firmly and a constant head device for feeding the liquid through the cakes. In one form of apparatus, Fig. 2, cakes 13 are <PICT:0424056/IV/1> <PICT:0424056/IV/2> <PICT:0424056/IV/3> <PICT:0424056/IV/4> mounted over perforations 12, 31, in plates 11, 29, and are clamped between the plates as shown at 34.  The treating liquid is fed in through 21 from a constant head device 17, liquid draining from the cakes passing from well 35 to sump 37.  In another form, (not shown), a single layer of cakes is treated.  The perforations in the top plates may be fitted with a device to allow escape of gases from the interior of the cakes, but hinder escape of liquid. This may comprise a capillary tube, preferably inverted, as shown, Fig. 3, or a tube with a constricted outlet and containing a rubber float.  The openings in the lower plate may be fitted with a device to prevent too rapid draining of liquid.  This may comprise a plug 47, as shown, Fig. 5, with small passages 49 leading into a larger passage 48 or a perforated disc with limited upward movement, seated over the perforations.  Cakes may be supported in piles as shown, Fig. 7, and may be enclosed in permeable coverings.
Patent GB-885264-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the production of a well-adhering connection betweena halogenated poly ethylene and other materials
IPC: C08J7/043
Filed: 1960-06-08
Abstract: The surfaces of a body of halogenated polyethylene is provided with a thin layer of metal oxide by cathode sputtering before coating it or joining it to another material.  Thus a body of P.T.F.E. or polychlorotrifluoroethylene may be coated with an oxide of copper, indium, bismuth, zinc, iron, cobalt or nickel by reactive sputtering of the metal in oxygen or by direct sputtering of the oxide, before a coating of metal such as copper, silver, gold or aluminium or of dielectric is applied by vacuum p  evaporation, or before the body is joined to another material using a layer of adhesive.  The process is applicable to the production of capacitors.