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Patent GB-166251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to automobiles
IPC: B60K17/22
Filed: 1919-09-08
Abstract: 166,251. Wills, C. H. Sept. 8, 1919. Axle structures; axle distance members.-The motor and gear casing e are connected by a ball joint f<2> to radius and torque members f, g, the former of which acts also as a casing for the inclined propeller shaft f<4>. The axle casing c is formed with an enlargement c<3> at one end enclosing the differential gear; a plate c<5> bolted to this enlargement carries an extension c' on which the road wheel rotates on bearings n<3>. At the other end of the axle casing an enlargement c<2> is formed, the wheel rotating on the sleeve c', and dust is excluded from the wheel bearings by a. metal washer and packing ring r<3> held in place by a scalloped spring ring r<5>. The axle casings c<2>, c<3> are provided with shackles for a transverse spring.
Patent GB-832496-A (GB)
Title: Pictures or designs assembled or constructed from sectional portions thereofí¬improvements relating to the manufacture of such sectional portions
IPC: A63F9/10
Filed: 1955-08-02
Abstract: 832,496. Making cutting dies. SHELDON, A. Aug. 1, 1956 [Aug. 2, 1955; Dec. 10, 1955; Dec. 24, 1955], Nos. 22110/55, 35527/55 and 37032/55. Class 83 (2). [Also in Group VIII] A set of cutting dies for cutting from sheet material interfitting pieces which together make a design or pattern is made by outlining the design on a board, cutting the board into sections along the outline using a fret-saw or jig-saw and attaching strip blades around the peripheries of the sections, the strip blades having a V-shaped cutting edge projecting from the sections and the thicknesses of the strip blades and the blade of the saw used for cutting the board being the same. The board is plywood and the blade may have narrow gaps so that the piece being cut is left attached to the sheet. The dies are grouped together according to, e.g. the colours of the materials to be cut out, and the groups of dies are attached to one or more holders. The holder may be a board apertured to receive the dies or the dies may be glued, screwed or dowelled to the holder. Where one holder is used for several groups of dies, perforating strips may be held in the holder around the periphery of the groups to make lines of perforations. Workpiece ejectors may be provided on the dies.
Patent GB-961748-A (GB)
Title: Universal joint
Inventor: HOLLAND VICTOR
IPC: F16D3/16
Filed: 1962-06-08
Abstract: 961,748. Universal joints. FORD MOTOR CO. Ltd. May 24, 1963 [June 8, 1962], No. 22260/62. Heading F2U. In a Hooke's-type universal joint for a motor vehicle wherein a cross 6 is pivoted to yokes 4, 5 connected to a propeller shaft 1 and a driving pinion shaft 3 of a differential gear, one of the yokes 5 has a bore 21 (or boss) which receives (or is received by) a spigot 20 (as bore) of the shaft 3, the axis of the bore 21 (or boss) interseating the cross at the point of intersection of its arms. A flange 11 fast with the shaft 3 is bolted at 9 to the yoke 5.
Patent GB-442223-A (GB)
Title: A method of constructing walls and like structures
IPC: E04B2/04
Filed: 1934-08-01
Abstract: 442,223. Walls; bricks. GATFORD, H., 128, Park Road, New Barnet, Hertfordshire. Aug. 1, 1934, No. 22380. [Classes 20 (iv) and 87 (i)] Walls and like structures are built up in dry form wholly of similar rectangular bricks, which have all their edges bevelled as shown at 2, 3, 4, Fig. 1, and are so laid, with their adjacent surfaces in contact, that a continuous system of channels is formed throughout the interior of the structure as shown in Fig. 2, the majority of the external apertures of this system being then closed by pointing or rendering the exterior faces of the structure, and fluid cementing material being injected under pressure into the system by way of one or more of the external apertures. Certain external apertures remote from the points of injection are left unsealed to permit the escape of displaced air and to indicate the progress of the cementing operation. The bricks are also provided with three further sets of grooves 5, 6, 7, which form part of the continuous channel system in the structure, and additional branch grooves or broad depressions may be provided. Reinforcing material, such as metal wire, rods or strips, may be laid in the grooves as the structure is assembled, and holes may be formed in some or all of the bricks for the reception of tie rods. The bricks forming the exterior of the wall may be provided with ungrooved outer faces as shown at 11, Fig. 2. When a plaster &c. covering is to be applied, the outer faces of the blocks may be grooved to key with the plaster, or wires bonded in the wall may project for this purpose.
Patent GB-500878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to metal-clad electric switchgear
IPC: H02B1/00
Filed: 1937-08-14
Abstract: 500,878. Cable sleeves ; two-part couplings. REYROLLE & CO., Ltd., A., and DEAN, W. J., and CLOTHIER, M., [Representatives of CLOTHIER, H.W.], and CLOTHIER, G.D. Aug. 14, 1937, No. 22388. [Classes 36 and 38 (i)] [Also in Group XXXVIII A switchgear structure comprises a horizontally-withdrawable, main circuit-breaker B which is adapted to connect bus-bars X, Y, Z on the fixed part A of the gear with a feeder or power transformer (not shown), by means of inter-engaging plugs F<SP>1</SP>, F<SP>2</SP> on the movable part, 13 and sockets G<SP>1</SP>, H<SP>2</SP> on the fixed part A, arid connectors D<SP>1</SP>, D<SP>2</SP> in the form of metalsheathed cables having as the insulation a pulverulent mineral insulating material such as magnesia. The cable ends are sealed bv a ceramic or other insulating bushing E<SP>6</SP>, Figs. 1, 3, which is fitted in the manner described in Specification 496,731 by means of the tool shown in Fig. 4. A conical-ended compressiontip or die P is mounted in a compression-head P<SP>2</SP> and threaded on the board conductor-end E, whereupon nuts P<SP>3</SP> are rotated on the bolts P4 to force the die towards the powder insulation E<SP>2</SP> and spread it, at the same time expanding the sheath-end within the limits allowed by the part P<SP>6</SP> of the clamp P<SP>5</SP> which grips the sheath E<SP>1</SP>. The die is replaced by the bushing E<SP>6</SP> which is forced by the head P<SP>2</SP> into firm engagement with the powder E<SP>2</SP>, with intervening insulating compound, if desired, and the sheath-end is then swaged or burred over the bushing, Figs. 5, 6 show two alternative ways of connecting the isolating sockets to the busbars, the former being suitable where bus-bar sections are peculiar to a switchgear panel and the latter where the sections extend between sockets on adjacent panels. In Fig. 5, a metal sleeve Q<SP>2</SP> is welded on to the sheath at a cutaway part thereof and insulating mineral powder rammed into the sleeve around a short conductor Q which is welded to the bus-bar E. An insulator Q<SP>3</SP> is then applied in an analogous manner to that of Fig. A and a nut Q4 with the socket Q<SP>5</SP> attached is threaded on conductor Q. In Fig. 6, the bus-bar-sections ends R<SP>1</SP>, R<SP>2</SP>, with insulating bushings E<SP>6</SP> attached as in Fig. 4, are clamped in orifices in a metal box R by means of screwed glands R3, the ends of the bus-bar conductors E being clamped to a metal fitting R<SP>4</SP> from Which the socket R<SP>5</SP> projects into a ceramic plug R<SP>6</SP>. An opening, closable by a screw-plug R<SP>8</SP>, is provided for insertion of insulating compound or for ramming in insulating powder. The latter may be steatite, according to the Provisional Specification.
Patent GB-1151093-A (GB)
Title: Drafting Frame and Process.
Inventor: HEATHCOTE HAROLD THOMAS
IPC: D01H5/22
Filed: 1966-05-19
Abstract: 1,151,093. Drafting apparatus; false twist apparatus; plucking textile material. H. T. HEATHCOTE. 19 May, 1966, No. 22400/66. Heading D1D. Drafting apparatus comprises feed rollers, and first and second pairs of nip rollers; a false-twist head with means for intermittently plucking the yarn is disposed between the feed rollers and the first nip pair, and the second nip pair is arranged to be driven at a surface speed greater than that of the first pair. The draft ratio between the feed rollers and the first nip pair may be 10 per cent, and that between the two nip pairs 2:1. The twist head comprises a movable jaw (66 Fig. 1 not shown) which is moved against a fixed jaw 65 as the head rotates and causes a pivoted counterweight 67 to move outwardly. The head has projections 68 which "pluck" the material intermittently as the head rotates. The "lower" rollers (23, 20 Fig. 2 not shown) of the nip pairs consist of sections interlocked together running through the machine, and having flutes at each working position. They are supported at reduced necks by bearings of which the upper one is adjustable relatively to the lower one by a nut and bolt fixing. The bearings of the "upper" rollers are similarly adjustable, and are carried by an arm (32), supporting a pin (56) attached to the bearings. The pin is held by a spring-catch (40, 39, Fig. 3 not shown) in the bifurcated end of a twoarmed lever (38) pivoted to the arm (32). For loading the rollers, the arm (32) houses a plunger (44, Fig. 3 not shown) urged outwardly by an encircling spring (46), the plunger carrying a roller when it is connected to the upper arm of the lever (38), which roller is engaged by a cam-surface on the end of a toggle-lever (48). When the toggle-lever is depressed, the cam sides over the roller to tension the spring. On leaving the second nippair, the yarn is taken up on a ring-twister.
Patent GB-241685-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in reeds for looms for weaving
IPC: D03D49/62
Filed: 1924-09-23
Abstract: 241,685. Wind, L. Sept. 23, 1924. Reeds.-In a double reed comprising a fixed and a movable reed intersecting cross-wise, the separate reeds are relatively adjustable in height and in angular position so that the point of beating-up can be adjusted and the beating-up position of the reed be displaced in relation thereto. The movable reed 2, Fig. 1, is supported in a channel 3 carried by a bracket 7 adjustable vertically on the beam 6. The channel 3 can be adjusted horizontally on the bracket. The upper end of either the movable reed 2 or of the fixed reed 1 may be carried in a channel 8 adjustable on a bracket 9. The movable reed 10, Fig. 4, may be suspended on pivot pins in brackets 11, and its lower end bears against a spring 13. The pivot pins can slide axially in the brackets 11 to a slight extent to secure clearance of the rods of the reeds.
Patent GB-806758-A (GB)
Title: Fluid-operated traversing mechanism for rotary members
Inventor: BROOK WILLIE
IPC: B65H54/28
Filed: 1956-07-20
Abstract: 806,758. Engine valve-gear. HOLDSWORTH & SONS Ltd., T. July 22,1957 [July 20, 1956], No. 22463/56. Class 122 (2). [Also in Groups IX and XXIX] Mechanism for traversing rotary members such as the reels of wire rolling and drawing machines or in machine-tools, comprises a shaft 1 on which the rotary member is secured and which is reciprocated by a non-rotatable piston 8 working in a cylinder 7. The end of shaft 1 remote from the rotary member is splined to a sleeve 30 which is rotated through a sprocket and chain drive and a slipping clutch 36. A sprocket 41 on the sleeve 30 drives a pump through a chain, the pump supplying fluid to the cylinder 7 through a reversing valve 10. To actuate valve 10 a rod 17 having dogs 21 is reciprocated by shaft 1 and at the end of the stroke a dog 21 engages a boss 22 to displace a lever 23 which contacts a boss 29 on a spindle of valve 10 to actuate the valve. Lever 23 is held in its end positions by engaging in recesses in a spring-pressed lever 25. Lever 23 is provided with a handle 23A, so that reversal of stroke may be obtained manually at any time.
Patent GB-531808-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to supporting arms of pick-ups and sound recorders
IPC: G11B3/02
Filed: 1939-08-02
Abstract: 531,808. Gramophones. PHILIPS LAMPS, Ltd. Aug. 2, 1939, No. 22470. Convention date, Aug. 5, 1938. [Class 40 (ii)] The supporting arm of a pick-up or recorder is constituted by the electrical conductors, of which at least one is stiff and at least one other is frictionally coupled along its length to a stiff one to introduce the necessary damping. As shown in Fig. 1, a stiff conductor 19 of U-shaped cross-section is attached to the pick-up 10 and is pivotally mounted at 17, and a flexible insulated conductor 20 lies in the channel of the conductor 19. In a modification, an insulated conductor lies inside a stiff tubular conductor attached at one end to the pick-up and mounted at the other end on a ball joint. The outside of the stiff tubular conductor may be lacquered to increase damping. In another modification, an inner tubular conductor is separated from an outer stiff tubular conductor by a spirally wound insulating thread. In another form, Fig. 3, a pick-up of the kind described in Specification 510,297, [Group XXXIX], is attached to two stiff conductors 29, 32 into which are fitted flexible conductors 30, 33 forming flexible joints at 31, 34 with the support 35.
Patent GB-249570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in elevators
IPC: B65G19/16
Filed: 1924-09-24
Abstract: 249,570. Leetham, R. E. Sept. 24, 1924. Endless belt push-plate and trough elevators and conveyers; discharging and feeding devices; driving- gear; push-plates, construction of.- Relates to elevators for use mainly with powdered or granular substances, of the kind comprising one or more endless bands, chains &c. b carrying solid plates c moving freely within a rigid or flexible casing a. The material is discharged by gravity directly from the plates c through an opening e<0>, Figs. 1 and 2, or h, Fig. 5, without passing across the limb a', of the casing. As shown, the plates care carried by a single band b. The pulleys e<1>, Fig. 1, may be replaced by a single pulley with the discharge e‹ beneath it. In the form shown in Fig. 5, the plates c are inclined and the discharge opening h is in the vertical part of the casing. The material is fed into the casing at f. Parts of the band b may be horizontal and form a conveyer section. The driving connection between the pulley e and the band may be constructed as in Specification 248,019 to allow the pulley to slip if the band is obstructed. The Provisional Specification describes the use of perforated or slotted plates on the endless band &c., which can slip through the material if any blockage occurs; two parallel series of links jointed together with horizontal bars integral with alternate links, in place of the open work elevating member; plates formed with a series of fingers instead of perforations or slots; an endless belt with openings therein; and an endless rope, or ropes, with cross-bars or slats.
Patent GB-1154191-A (GB)
Title: Print-Out Elements and Processes employing same
IPC: G03C1/73
Filed: 1967-05-16
Abstract: 1,154,191. Unsaturated acid esters. BAT. TELLE DEVELOPMENT CORP. 16 May, 1967 [6 June, (3)], No. 22568/67. Heading C2C. [Also in Divisions C5 and G2] The dimethyl ester of 10.12-docosadiyne dioic acid is prepared by treating 10-undecynoic acid BCl 3 /methanol solution and reacting the methyl-10-undecynoate produced with N,N,N<SP>1</SP>,N<SP>1</SP>- tetramethyl ethylene diamine, methanol and cuprous chloride and oxygen. The diethyl ester of 11,13-tetracosadiynedioic acid is pepared similarly. Dimethyl ester of 11,13-tetracosa diynedioic acid is prepared by treating #- bromodecanoic acid with lithium acetylide ethylene diamine complex/sulphur dioxide to give 11-dodecynoic acid which is then processed as for 10-undecynoic acid above. Dimethyl ester of 4,6-decadiynedioic acid by treating the corresponding acid with BCl 3 /methanol. Dimethyl ester of 7,9-hexadecadiyne dioic acid, dicyclohexyl ester of 10,12-docosadiyne dioic acid and dibenzyl ester of 10,12-docosa diyne dioic acid are prepared similarly. The monomethyl ester of 4,6-decadiyne dioic acid is prepared by treating the diester with barium hydroxide. Monomethyl 11,13-tetracosa diynedioic acid, monomethyl 11,13-tetracosadiynedioic acid and monomethyl 10,12-docosadiynedioic acid, which when treated with kOH gives its monopotassium salt, are obtained similarly. The monocyclohexyl ester of 10,12-docosadiyne dioic acid is obtained by treating a mixture of the free acid and diester with p-toluene sulphonic acid. Monobenzyl ester of 10,12-docasadiyne dioic acid is obtained by treating the free acid with thionylchloride and then benzyl alcohol. Monopentyl ester of 10,12-docosodiyne dioic acid is obtained by treating the free acid with ptoluene sulphonic acid/neopentyl alcohol.
Patent GB-776075-A (GB)
Title: An improved tool for driving staples into wood or other materials
IPC: B25C5/10
Filed: 1954-08-04
Abstract: 776,075. Stapling hand tools. WOLLASTON, H. J. BUCHANAN-. Oct. 20, 1955 [Aug. 4, 1954; Aug. 21, 1954; Jan. 4, 1955], Nos. 22572/54, 24392/54, and 153/55. Class 89 (3). A staple-driving tool includes a closely coiled tension spring c having all of its coils in close contact with each other and with its lower end fixed relatively to a member a adapted to be maintained in contact with a staple in a staple guide b slidable on the member a. The staple is driven by axially extending the spring c by pulling on a handle g and then releasing the spring whilst the member a is held in contact with the staple by means of a handle l. The spring c may be guided by an internal rod d which may be integral with the member a as in Fig. 1, or may be separate therefrom as in Fig. 2 (not shown). Additional or alternative guide means for the spring c may comprise an external tube surrounding the spring. The guide means may be telescopic so as to extend with the spring c. The staple guide b is normally urged into its lowest position by a spring h. The staple guide b is internally shaped or grooved so that the staple is constrained to follow a path in line with the axis of the member a while being driven ; it may have a square, circular, oval or other external cross-section. The staple guide b may be shaped internally to receive a staple provided with a fibre insulating pad. A collar may be fitted around the spring h to prevent the staple from being driven right home. A channel or arch may be formed in the lower end of the staple guide b to receive a plant tendril to prevent damage thereto when the tool is used for stapling up such tendrils. The staple guide may have a lateral extension adapted to carry a supply of staples to be fed beneath the member a.
Patent GB-1116928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ploughs
IPC: A01B15/14
Filed: 1966-05-20
Abstract: 1,116,928. Ploughs. DEERE & CO. 20 May, 1966 [21 May, 1965], No. 22597/66. Heading A1B. A plough comprises a diagonal main frame member, a first standard support having a standard mounted thereon, at least one additional standard support including a bar detachably and adjustably secured to the diagonal main frame member and a brace connected to the bar and to the member, and a standard detachably and adjustably secured to the bar. As illustrated the plough is mounted on a tractor and comprises a main frame member 12 on which a tool supporting frame 18 is adjustably mounted. A second, fixed tool supporting frame 16 is provided. Each tool frame includes a bar 60 (70) and a brace 66 (78), and has a tool standard 90, 91 adjustably mounted thereon. Bolt holes 76 on the frame member 12 permit adjustment of the frame 18, and bolt holes at the rear of each bar permit adjustment of the tool standards. Clamps 64, 84 and 86 receive coulters and either a parking stand or a gauge wheel respectively.
Patent GB-154733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of moulds for centrifugal casting machines
IPC: B22D13/10
Filed: 1919-09-13
Abstract: 154,733. Stokes, F. W., and Hurst, J. E. Sept. 13, 1919. Casting-machines; moulds; mould materials.- A centrifugal casting-machine mould is made wholly or in part from furnace-electrode or other graphite as used for crucibles. The bevel-wheel mould a, a<1>, Fig. 3, plates f, Fig. 4, sleeves, blocks, liners, or loose parts are made by pressing in dies or by machining from a piece of the material, and may be formed on or reinforced by metallic or other structures d, e, g. Specifications 117,898 and 122,254 are referred to.
Patent GB-441702-A (GB)
Title: Automatic adjusting device for throttle valves of carburetters
IPC: F02M3/06
Filed: 1934-08-03
Abstract: 441,702. Thermostats. ELLIOTT, A. G., Darley Dene, Belper Road, and PEARSON, J. D., Lynedene, Blagraves Lane, Littleover, both in Derby, and FLETCHER, A. H., 90, Windsor Road, Penarth, Glamorgan. Aug. 3, 1934, No. 22655. [Class 64 (ii)] [See also Group XXVII] A thermostat comprises alternate tubes d of aluminium and a steel having a low coefficient of expansion.
Patent GB-290874-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in process for producing diastatic product
IPC: C12N1/00
Filed: 1927-08-29
Abstract: 290,874. Croad, A. K., (International Takamine Ferment Co.). Aug. 29, 1927. Antiseptics.-A water solution of sodium salicylate and sodium fluoride is employed as an antiseptic in a process for manufacturing a diastatic product on a branny culture medium inoculated with aspergillus oryzae.
Patent GB-506059-A (GB)
Title: Automatically acting tube closure means
IPC: B65D47/20
Filed: 1937-08-18
Abstract: 506,059. Closures for collapsable tubes. EDEL, W. Aug. 18, 1937, No. 22680. Void. Convention date, Aug. 18, 1936. [Class 125 (iii)] The Specification describes a closure which opens when the tube is compressed, comprising a tubular piston member g the trunk of which moves in an annular member b mounted on the tube a and the head k of which engages the enclosing cap c ; the head k carries a valve e which when the piston member g is withdrawn by the creation of pressure within the tube, opens the discharge aperture d.