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Patent GB-1057204-A (GB)
Title: Coating apparatus and method therefor
IPC: B28B19/00
Filed: 1965-05-14
Abstract: 1,057,204. Lining pipes by extrusion. G. WEEKLEY. May 14. 1965. No. 20408/65. Heading B5A. A pipe 10 is lined externally by an extruder 12 when it is moved relative to the pipe and hydraulic pistons 36 force cementitious material 90 from a cylinder 30 through apertures 50 in a direction perpendicular to that of the movement of the extruder. Guide elements 38 position the extruder about the tube and the uniformity of the lining is achieved by means of a vented sealing ring 52 and a number of trowels 82 which are brought into the position shown by a linkage system 62, 64, 78, 88 and downwards manual or mechanical movement of a handle 70. The links 88 may be varied in length if the lining varies in thickness circumferentially and the trowels 82 may be sprung to permit the passage of irregularities in the tube wall. An extruder (120), Fig. 4 (not shown), is operationally similar to that described above, but is modified in design to line the internal surface of a tube.
Patent GB-906054-A (GB)
Title: Process and catalysts for the polymerisation of dienes
IPC: C08F36/04
Filed: 1959-06-15
Abstract: Conjugated dienes are polymerized in a hydrocarbon medium in presence of a catalyst composition formed by mixing a nickel and/or cobalt halide with a Friedel-Crafts metal halide in presence of a hydrocarbon diluent.  The Friedel-Crafts halide is preferably of Al or Zn, halides of FeIII, Sn;IV and Ti;IV being also mentioned; in examples AlCl3, AlBr3, TiCl4 and ZnCl2 are specified.  The catalyst may be aged before use, if desired.  Specifications 824,418 and 906,055 are referred to.ALSO:Conjugated dienes are polymerized in a hydrocarbon medium in presence of a catalyst composition formed by mixing a nickel and/or cobalt halide with a Friedel-Crafts metal halide in presence of a hydrocarbon diluent.  The Friedel-Crafts halide is preferably of Al or Zn, halides of FeIII, SnIV and TiIV being also mentioned; in examples AlCl3, AlBr3, TiCl4 and ZnCl2 are specified.  The catalyst may be aged before use, if desired. Specified monomers are butadiene, isoprene, piperylene, 2-methyl-1:3-pentadiene, 4-methyl-1:3-hexadiene, 2:4:6-octatriene and 2:3-dimethyl-, 2-ethyl-, 2-isopropyl- and 2-arylbutadienes; mixtures of such monomers with each other or with a -olefins such as ethylene or propylene may be copolymerized.  Specifications 824,418 and 906,055 are referred to.
Patent GB-1504915-A (GB)
Title: Safety belt retractor mechanism
IPC: F16C11/04
Filed: 1975-05-14
Abstract: 1504915 Seat belts AMERICAN SAFETY EQUIPMENT CORP 14 May 1975 [20 May 1974] 20449/75 Heading A3V An emergency locking safety belt retractor for use in vehicles comprises a locking bar 30 mounted in a pair of circular cylindrical journal members 60 of low friction material e.g. plastics journalled in a pair of circular cylindrical bearing surfaces 51, 52 in sidewalls 14, 15 in locking position the bar engaging ratchet wheels 19, 20 on the belt reel upon being pivoted by emergency responsive means. Upon a large change in vehicle motion, pendulum 41 swings causing actuator 43 to pivot on plate 45 and move member 46 and hence bar 30. Portions 31, 32 engage teeth on ratchet wheels 19, 20 preventing belt retraction. Tabs 34 slot into apertures 62 so that members 60 rotate with bar 30. Axial thrust plate 63, integral with member 60, prevents bar 30 moving relative to side walls 14, 15. Plate 63 rotates with bar 30 and slides on sidewalls 15, 16. A slot (36) in the end of bar 30 receives plate 63.
Patent GB-794899-A (GB)
Title: Packaging
Inventor: MONCRIEFF LESLIE JOHN
IPC: B65B51/14
Filed: 1955-07-15
Abstract: 794,899. Wrapping-machines. BRITISH CELANESE, Ltd. July 13, 1956 [July 15, 1955], No. 20522/55. Class 94(1). Apparatus for wrapping a film round an object such as a carton of fruit, comprises a fixed table 11 upon which the object is placed while a length of film 13 is cut by a knife 16 and placed centrally over the object so that portions 26, 28 may, when the object is removed, depend below its sides, and a movable table 17 along which the object and film are moved to wrap the portion 26 beneath the object. The table 17 carries an adjustable stop 20 against which the object is placed and a solvent or adhesive applying wick 22 which engages the portion 28. The table 17 is moved towards the table 11, when the portion 28 is pressed between the wick 22 and a fixed member 23. The object is then moved to the right as shown onto and across the table 11 when the portion 28 is folded beneath the object and in overlapping relation to the portion 26. A gauge 25 assists visual determination of the length of film required. The object is thus wrapped in an open tube the ends of which project beyond it and are foldable onto its end surfaces by means as described in Specification 794,900.
Patent GB-1519841-A (GB)
Title: Safety bumper
IPC: B60R19/44
Filed: 1976-05-03
Abstract: 1519841 Bumpers CREATORS Ltd 3 May 1976 [14 May 1975] 20533/75 Heading B7B A combination safety bumper for a vehicle comprises a generally V-section bumper bar 15, having apertures 16, an oblong resilient polyvinyl chloride moulding 10 securable to the bar 15, the moulding 10 having a continuous groove 11 in one face, and spring steel clips 13 adapted to engage a rectangular loop of wire 12 fitted in a continuous pocket 9 in the deepest part of the groove 11, the clips 13 passing through the apertures 16 in the bar 15 in order to anchor the moulding to the bar. Each clip 13 has outwardly directed portions to lie in a respect lateral slot 14 in the moulding, the outwardly directed portions having hook-on portions 13a to engage between the wire 12 and the moulding and being connected by a neck 13c to a head portion 13b. A modified clip with crossed-over end portions is described with reference to Figs. 4b and 4c (not shown).
Patent GB-781182-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vehicles
Inventor: GODWIN DENNIS PHILLIP GEOFFREY
IPC: B62D61/08
Filed: 1954-07-14
Abstract: 781,182. Vehicle driving gear. ELLIOTT & SONS (READING), Ltd., S. Oct. 4, 1955 [July ,14, 1954], No. 20567/54. Class 79(2) [Also in Group XXXII] A mounting for a vehicle road wheel comprises a spindle supported rigidly near the apex of an angled support sub-frame, the latter including a pair of members substantially at right angles to each other, one member extending longitudinally of the vehicle and pivotally connected near its free end at one side of the vehicle main frame, the other member extending across the vehicle and having its free end pivotally connected to the vehicle main frame at a point on the opposite side of the frame to the first pivotal connection. As shown, in which a stub axle 1 carrying a driven road wheel is mounted on a subframe comprising a channel member 8 and a tubular member 7 welded together at their junction 9, the free ends of the members 7 and 8 are connected through tubular extensions 6 and rubber bushes 5 to main frame members. A stiffening piece 11 forms the lower abutment for a suspension spring 12 the other end of which bears on the main frame. The road wheel is driven from an engine (not shown), through flexible couplings 16, 16a, a bearing 15a, secured to the sub-frame and chain and sprocket gearing 14, 18, 19. A non-driven wheel is similarly mounted at the other side of the vehicle.
Patent GB-807533-A (GB)
Title: A device for rearing pigs
Inventor: HAY DONALD BRUCE
IPC: A01K1/02
Filed: 1956-07-03
Abstract: 807,533. Pig rearers. JOHNSON, BURTON (POTTERGATE) Ltd. Aug. 2, 1957 [July 3, 1956], No. 20590/56. Class 5(2). A pig-rearing pen comprising two or more storeys surrounded by wire mesh incorporates feeding troughs 13, which are accessible only from the interior of the pen when in use but may be swung outwards for filling purposes, and removable sloping floors 3 draining into troughs 16. The walls are held by clips 7, the front walls 6 being supported so that they may be lifted in order to slide them into runners 10. Heating lamps 12 hang in each compartment.
Patent GB-1377911-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for assembling electrical contacts to an apertured panel
IPC: H01R12/18
Filed: 1973-05-01
Abstract: 1377911 Assembling electrical contacts AMP Inc 1 May 1973 [19 May 1972] 20615/73 Heading B3A A method of assembling electrical contacts 6, initially extending from a carrier strip 8, Fig. 1, into an apertured panel 1 comprises passing a first portion 3 of each contact through an aperture 2, 4, gripping the protruding ends of the first portions, pulling the ends to force second portions 5, dimensioned to form an interference or force fit with the apertures, into corresponding apertures, and removing the carrier strip. Apertures 2, 4 of a printed circuit board are lined with electrically conductive material, e.g. Cu, or solder coated Cu, and a band of solder is deposited on portions 5 of the contacts. A hand tool 10 is used to grip the row of contacts and align them with a row of apertures 2, 4 of a p.c.b. The carrier strip 8 is disposed in a recess 34 of a bearing block 30 of the tool. Jaws 12, 14 grip the contacts 6 for simultaneous passage of portions 3 through a selected row of apertures in the board which is mounted above a frame of apparatus 44, Fig. 3. A carriage 50 is supported on bearing blocks 52, 78, 78<SP>1</SP>, Fig. 9, and a rail 60 is slidable along guide-rods 56, 58 to accommodate various sizes of p.c.b. between rails 60, 62. The underside of the p.c.b. is supported by jaws (84), (86), Figs. 5, 7, 8 (not shown), of a vice 82. Jaw (84) is secured to a support 76 and jaw (86) is mounted on a ram (88), Fig. 4 (not shown). When the portions 3 are passed simultaneously through apertures 2, 4 using hand tool 10, the carriage 50 is indexed using hand wheel 74 to position the rows of contacts 6 between the jaws (84), (86) and ram (88) is actuated to close the vice jaws about the portions 3. The carriage 50 may be pivoted following pivotal action of lever arms 190 causing a rotation of a shaft 188 and displacement of rods 226. Such displacement is transmitted to a device 230 and corresponding bearing blocks 78, 78<SP>1</SP> to pivot the carriage about shaft 54 and away from the vice 82 and cause relative displacement between the p.c.b. 1 and the contacts 6 to locate the portions 5 in the board. The carrier strip 8 is then removed from the contacts and the solder on portions 5 is melted to secure the contacts to the board. A limit switch (222), Fig. 8 (not shown), may be used to shut off devices (102), (204) which actuate lever arms 190 and ram (88), respectively. Members (114), Fig. 6 (not shown), are provided between the vice jaws for supporting the p.c.b. when the carriage is pivoted about shaft 54 and raised from the vice 82.
Patent GB-276146-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the control or regulation of the production of carbon dioxide
IPC: C01B32/50
Filed: 1926-11-04
Abstract: 276,146. Geere, E. W. Nov. 4, 1926. Baking-powders.-In the controlled production of carbon dioxide b the action on carbonates or bicarbonates of solid acids or their acid salts coated with wax, hydrogenated oil or fat, or other medium of any desired melting point, the acid substance is first made into a homogeneous mixture with the wax or like, and then further quantities of the acid substance, varied according to the strength desired, are completely combined with the mixture, e.g. by edge-runner, roller, disintegrator, or other mills. Acid substances specified are citric and tartaric acids, their acid salts, and phosphates and sulphates, and any mixture thereof.
Patent GB-1604075-A (GB)
Title: Fuel assemblies for use in nuclear reactors
IPC: G21C3/12
Filed: 1978-05-19
Abstract: The fuel rods (11), which are combined to form a bundle, have longitudinally finned sheaths (12) which contain the fuel. The continuous or interrupted fins of these rods are brazed either with fins of adjacent rods or directly to these rods (or both). The unit of rods soldered together can be used to fulfil the thermal and hydraulic requirements of a fuel unit whose moderator to fuel atomic ratios produce high conversion and breeding ratios. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-1431064-A (GB)
Title: Miniature garden
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 1973-05-02
Abstract: 1431064 Miniature garden C A HOSKISSON 2 May 1974 [2 May 1973] 20886/73 Heading A1E A miniature garden 1, including a pool 7, is laid out in a container provided with a water circulating system and a reservoir 9. The garden is contained in a fibreglass tray 2, having side walls 3, and a floor 4 separating upper compartment 5 from lower compartment 6. The reservoir is a tank 9 mounted on lugs 9a in compartment 6. Compartment 5 contains soil mixture 14, miniature plants and shrubs 15 and the pool container 7. A drain tube 8 extends from container 7 through an aperture in floor 4 to the tank 9. A feed tube 10 extends via an electrically driven pump 11 through an aperture in floor 4 and through the base of the pool container 7 to a fountain nozzle. Tube 12, extending through an aperture in floor 4 and terminating above the water level in container 7, prevents the formation of air locks in tube 10 and serves as a filling tube for tank 9. Electrical connections to the pump 11 and to miniature lamp standards 16 are made via a lead 13 connected to a low voltage transformer (not shown) and a distribution plate 17 which houses control switches and jack sockets. In alternative embodiments a bowl is subdivided into two compartments by a horizontal floor supported on a pillar, or pillars. The upper compartment contains the miniature garden, the lower compartment constitutes the water reservoir, and the pump is housed in a tube projecting through the said floor.
Patent GB-207841-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in wire-cutting machines
IPC: B23D25/12
Filed: 1922-07-31
Abstract: 207,841. Wrigrht, P. July 31, 1922. Fastenings.-In a machine for cutting a. number of wires into predetermined lengths by means of cutters rotating in the plane in which the wire is fed, the length of wire cut is variable and the speed of the wire through the machine at the moment of cutting is made to agree with the peripheral speed of the cutting rollers throughout the range of variability. The ends of the cut lengths of wire are deformed to form box-bands and the machine comprises rotary wire straightening devices and roller feeds for each wire driven from a common - shaft, the cutting rollers being actuated from a continuously rotating shaft by a one-revolution clutch. The feeding means for any particular wire are arranged to be disconnected if the tension in the wire becomes abnormal due to kinks &c. A number of wires 28 are led from reels (not shown), under guide pulleys 74 mounted on levers 79 pivoted at 83, through rotary straightening cylinders 27, to feed rollers 39, then through guide tubes 200 to cutting and shaping rolls 102 carrying dies 103, 106, and finally through guide tubes 201 and feed rollers 121 to a receiving and counting machine (not shown). The feed rollers, which are similar on each side of the cutting rolls, consist of a continuous lower roll 39 or 121 driven through gearing 13 or 146 from a shaft 11 on which is mounted a pulley 10 connected by a belt to an electric motor 6, and a series of independent upper rollers 52 - - 55, Fig. 4, each of which is mounted in a shoe 58 pressed down by a spring and adapter to be lifted by a system of levers 90, Fig. 2, when the resultant force on the respective guide pulley becomes abnormal due to an increase of tension in a wire 28. Radius rods 100 are provided for the first set of upper feed rollers. The pulley 10 carries a clutch which may be engaged by a spring plunger on a sleeve connected to the lower cutting roll 102,. Normally the plunger is kept out of engagement by a bevelled stop, but the latter is tripped to drive the rolls for one revolution by a projection on a disc 165, Fig. 2, driven through one of a nest of gears 164, Fig. 4, gears 151, 150, and chain 18 connected to the feed roll 39. The gear 151 is moved by a rod 157 and linkage 152 to mesh with different gears of the nest so as to vary the length of wire cut, a scale 160 and a pointer on the rod showing the setting. The dies, Fig. 8, are adapted to sever the wire by means of cutting edges 115, and to form depressions 117 on each end of the cut lengths.
Patent GB-351756-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in boxes with separable parts
IPC: B01D46/04
Filed: 1930-07-10
Abstract: 351,756. Collapsable boxes. LINDNER, H., 16, Erwinstrasse, Freiburg, Breisgau, Germany. July 10, 1930, No. 20931. Convention date, July 11, 1929. [Class 18.] A collapsable box with all parts separable comprises a bottom a and top b projecting beyond the sides i so that battens f on the ends g may engage recesses d in bars c mounted on the projecting parts of the lid and bottom. Angle-irons h secured on the inside of the ends, overlap the edges of the top and bottom to hold these in place. The side walls are plain except for battens k on the outside which are continued on the top and bottom. Iron angle-pieces s secured to the top and bottom act as guides for iron bands r encircling the box.
Patent GB-1508114-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connector device
IPC: H01R13/595
Filed: 1976-05-20
Abstract: 1508114 Two-part couplings HARVEY HUBBELL Inc 20 May 1976 [2 Sept 1975] 20936/76 Heading H2E An electric plug comprises blade contacts 12, 13 in a housing formed as a single-piece insulating moulding having a base 20 to which side covers 40, 60 are attached by integral hinges 15, 16 so that the covers may close to the Fig. 4 position in which the blade terminals 18, 19 and cable ends are encased. As shown, Fig. 5, flanges 56, 76 on the side covers co-operate with notches 22, 23 in the base 20 when the housing is closed so as to relieve the hinges from stress due to forces parallel to the blades. The side covers are provided with rims 43, 63, which co-operate to form a tight seal, with prongs 74, 75 engaging holes 54, 55. Flanges 57, 58, 77, 78 engage in slots 27, 28, in the base 20 to relieve the hinges from strain due to lateral forces. The contact blades 12, 13 pass through slots in the base. The covers have ribs 50, 51, 70, 71 to grip the cable, and self-tapping screws hold the covers together. An H-shaped member is disposed between the contact terminals 18, 19, and a sleeve 35, which may be filled with potting sealing material, surrounds them. In a modification (Figs. 7-10, not shown) a three-pin plug is disclosed, wherein the flanges 56, 76 and notches 22, 23, are replaced by pins (130-133) in the base engaging holes in the covers to releive longitudinal strain on the hinges.
Patent GB-423664-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for rolling metal sheets, strip and similar flat sections
IPC: B21B31/02
Filed: 1933-07-25
Abstract: 423,664. Rolling. SEDZIMIR, T., 4, Rozana, Katowice, Poland. July 25, 1933, No. 20989. Convention date, July 27, 1932. [Class 83 (iv)] A reducing-roll 2 of a rolling - mill is supported along its length against deflection by a procession of balls, rollers, needles, &c., either joined together like an endless chain, Fig. 3, or as separate units as in Fig. 4, with or without feed screws. These chains transmit the pressure to cross beams 5 through an intermediate hard steel liner adjustable by wedge 12 to set the pass. The top and bottom cross beams may be integral with the end frame to form a unit rigid structure. The metal strip 8 to be rolled may be endless, and is then pulled through the rolls by a friction pulley 27, the friction being increased by the hand screw or otherwise adjusted pressure of small peripheral rollers 6, 7, driven or idle. The pulley 27 and /or the rollers 6 may be faced with friction-increasing material, e.g. rubber or leather. The pulley 27 is driven by its internal teeth gearing with a wheel 26 driven by gears 25, 24, 16, 15 from the mill motor 14. The pulley tension on the strip may be varied by altering the gearing ratio driving the pulley 27 in relation to the roll speed. A slipping coupling may be introduced into this drive. The rolls 1, 2 are also driven from the motor 14, the top roll 1 being driven through a chain 17 and the bottom roll 2 through gearing 15, 16.
Patent GB-951381-A (GB)
Title: Adjuster for internal shoe drum brakes
Inventor: BOTTERILL JOHN REDVERS
IPC: F16D65/46
Filed: 1959-06-19
Abstract: 951,381. Internal shoe-drum brakes. GIRLING Ltd. Aug. 30, 1960 [June 19, 1959], No. 21067/59. Heading F2E. In an internal shoe drum brake in which arcuate shoes located within a rotating drum fulcrum about one end on an anchor on a stationary back plate for both directions of rotation of the drum and are urged apart at the other end by an hydraulic or mechanical actuator, the non-actuated ends of the shoes are separated for adjustment by a wedge 21 which is movable between the shoe ends and of which opposite sides or faces are inclined at different angles such that when the wedge is advanced, the leading shoe is adjusted through a greater distance than the trailing shoe so that substantially the same clearance is maintained between both shoes and the drum. The shoes fulcrum at their non-actuated ends on opposed coaxial tappets 16, 17 and the wedge 21 is adjustable by rotation of screw threaded stud 23 which is provided with a frusto-pyramidal form to advance the wedge and spread the non-actuated ends apart to compensate for wear of the brake lining. The side of the wedge having the greater inclination is that co-operating with the tappet on which the leading shoe fulcrums and the difference in the inclinations of the two sides is such that the difference in the distances through which the two shoe ends are moved by the adjuster is directly proportional to the difference in the rates of wear of the linings carried by the leading and trailing shoes respectively.
Patent GB-1431556-A (GB)
Title: Moulding high vinyl butadiene polymer compositions
IPC: B29C43/00
Filed: 1972-05-05
Abstract: 1431556 Moulding high vinyl butadiene polymer compositions BP CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL Ltd 4 May 1973 [5 May 1972] 21068/72 Heading B5A Thermosetting moulding compositions based on butadiene polymers containing at least 25% of 1,2-bonded units and a particulate inorganic filler are moulded under heat and pressure in a matched metal mould, at least some of the filler particles having a particle diameter greater than the width of the flash channel of the mould. The primary filler preferably comprises spherical glass beads and the composition may also contain fibrous reinforcing filler. The butadiene may be copolymerized with, e.g., styrene, vinyl toluene, diethyl fumarate or maleate, dibutyl fumarate, acrylamide or N,N<SP>1</SP>-methylene bisacrylamide. The composition may also contain a free radical initiator, a shrink controller, lubricant and mould release agent.
Patent GB-650312-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to high-pressure pumps
IPC: F04B1/04
Filed: 1947-08-05
Abstract: 650,312. Radial-cylinder pumps. HAAHR, P. Aug. 5, 1947. No. 21174. Convention date, 'Feb. 9; 1946. [Class 102 (i)] [Also in Group XXVI] In a pump having an eccentric 4 mounted on a rotatable shaft 3 and radial cylinders each provided with a spring- loaded plunger 6 which is driven through a connecting rod 21 having a bearing face 11 engaging part of the eccentric circumference, a cup shaped cylindrical member 10 is provided for each plunger 6 and is slidably mounted in a radially extending guideway 9 coaxial with the plunger 6, the inner end of the member 10 is connected with the rod 21 and the inner end of the plunger 6 extends into the member 10 to bear upon the interior surface of the member 10. The plunger 6 having an area smaller than that of the bearing face 11 contacts the member 10 with, a spherical face 23 formed on a head 7 of greater diameter than the cylinder lining 5. The spring 8 is inserted between a shoulder 24 on the head 7 and shoulder 25 on the lining 5. The guideway 9 is a bore in the frame.