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Patent GB-557351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to self-locking nuts and similar internally screw-threaded members
IPC: F16B39/38
Filed: 1942-02-13
Abstract: 557,351. Self-locking nuts. ROBERTSON, E. R. Feb. 13, 1942, Nos. 1917, 14298 and 15055. [Class 89 (i)] [Also in Group XXII] Relates to self-locking nuts of the kind comprising a body portion and a separately formed locking member, secured to the non-working end of the body against relative rotary and axial bodily movement, and having a flexible diaphragm portion and a thread corresponding to but out of pitch with that of the body and consists in so securing the locking member to the body that at least the outer part of the flexible diaphragm extends externally of the body. A body 1 is formed with a reduced extension having inner and outer frusto-conical surfaces and may be of steel, or aluminium or magnesium metal or alloy, and receives a locking member 10, stamped from sheet metal such as spring or stainless steel, or phosphor bronze, with a flange 12 which is closed round the extension which is then upset to secure the parts further, stiffening ribs 15, Fig. 4, being impressed at the same time. The complete nut tapped and the locking member is then dished to produce the pitch displacement. Further stiffening ribs may be formed at this time and the extension may be further upset to displace the locking member bodily in an axial direction. Such upsetting may supersede the dishing. The greatest diameter of the locking member does not exceed the diameter of the nut across the flats so that the use of a spanner is not impeded. In a modification the interlocking may be effected by crimping or corrugating at 16, Fig. 10, or in a further form by spot welding. The locking member may have a polygonal extension 18, Fig. 17, enclosing the body 21 and secured by flanging at 19 or by welding. The nut may not be completely enclosed and in this case the sides are preferably recessed to give a flush finish, or part of the nut may be turned down to receive a cylindrical extension. The locking member may be a disc secured by a separate annulus, and may be formed with a stamped central flange so that it may carry several threads instead of merely a part of one. The body part may also be stamped from sheet metal with a diverging flange at the non-working end to receive a locking member of the general form shown in Fig. 4 or with a flat flange 24, Fig. 25, to which the locking member 10 is welded at 35. The base flange may be formed at 36 for engagement by a spanner or may be flat and square &c. to provide an anchor nut. More than one locking disc may be employed.
Patent GB-356630-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in railway buffer stops
IPC: B61K7/18
Filed: 1931-01-21
Abstract: 356,630. Railway buffers. BUCKHAM, F., Bridge Wharf Works, Chalk Farm Road, Camden Town, London. Jan. 21, 1931, No. 2037. [Class 104 (ii).] A buffer block 10 is mounted on trusses 13 connected by screws 20 to bars 19 movable in the spaces between the running rails 16 and their chairs 21 and/or the auxiliary rails 15 and their chairs. The bars are pressed against the rails by set screws 22. The rails 15 are connected to the sleepers by clamps 23 and carry brackets 24 which engage the sleepers when the buffer moves, and drag them over the ballast. The sleepers may be separated by wooden &c. blocks 25 so as to move simultaneously and in parallelism. Alternatively, they may be arranged to move successively by a suitable arrangement of the brackets 24.
Patent GB-945556-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to load raising and lowering vehicles
Inventor: BISHOP MORRIS
IPC: B66F9/075
Filed: 1961-01-18
Abstract: 945,556. Masked lift trucks. LIPTON PRODUCTS Ltd. April 12, 1962 [Jan. 18, 1961], No. 2070/61. Heading B8H. The mast of a fork lift truck is provided with an attachment having a plurality of vertically spaced units for sensing the height of the load carriage and a control unit for automatically raising the load carriage to a preselected height. As shown, a sleeve 12, provided with a slot 13 and with sensing units 15, is mounted on the fixed mast 1 and a rod 14 is secured to the cross member 5 of the sliding mast 4 and is slidable within the sleeve 12. Each sensing unit 15 comprises, Fig. 2 (not shown), a pivoted arm provided at one end with a roller which is spring urged into the slot 13 and at its other end engages the plunger of a microswitch such that as the end of the rod 14 moves up past the sensing unit, the roller moves into the sleeve 12 pivoting the lever and thereby opening the contacts of the microswitch. In operation, a button for the desired lifting height is pressed, an associated relay circuit is energized and held energized via the microswitch of the corresponding sensing unit. A control rod for an hydraulic valve associated with the lifting ram 7 is then pulled against the action of a spring to extend the ram, thereby closing the contacts of a microswitch, Figs. 4, 5 (not shown), to energize, via the relay circuit, a solenoid which locks the control rod. When the end of the rod 14 passes the roller of the selected sensing unit, the microswitch associated with the unit opens the holding circuit of the relay, thereby breaking the circuit to the solenoid and unlocking the control rod which then returns to its neutral position under the action of the spring and stops the extension of the ram 7. A delay circuit may be provided such that after the operation of a selected sensing unit, the load carriage moves a further predetermined distance upwards to allow a pallet to drop a short distance on to the stack being formed. The microswitches of the sensing units may, alternatively, be actuated by magnetic photo-electric or ultrasonic means.
Patent GB-174378-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to locomotive boilers
IPC: F22B13/12
Filed: 1922-01-24
Abstract: 174,378. Rezsny, K. Nov. 6, 1917. [Convention date]. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Locomotive - type boilers; shells; staying.-In a locomotive boiler having a watertube fire-box, the bottom o of the rear tubeplate b is extended downwards and is curved towards its connection with the boiler barrel. A wall c fitted at the rear of the firebox protects the bottom of the tube-plate from being burnt. The bottom of the rear sheet o<1> of the barrel may be inclined. The curved formation may extend around the whole circumference of the tubeplate. The barrel is supported upon longitudinal pipes rigidly connected to the tubular frame g at the bottom of the fire-box. The barrel is in communication with the longitudinal pipes through the supporting pipes h. The fire-box steam drums f are stayed by rods m to the front tube-plate p. In modifications, the fire-box steam-drums are formed independently of the boiler barrel and may extend over the barrel.
Patent GB-459817-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in sifting or screening apparatus
IPC: B07B1/22
Filed: 1936-01-23
Abstract: 459,817. Sifting-apparatus. SUMMERSON & SONS, Ltd., T., and TICEHURST, A. G., Albert Hill Foundry, York Street, Darlington, Co. Durham. Jan. 23, 1936, No. 2173. [Class 117] In rotary sifting drums of the type comprising two or more sections 3, 5 of graded mesh separated by an unperforated section 4, each sifting section is surrounded by an unperforated drum 9, 10 rotating therewith, and adapted to collect the sifted material and deliver it to containers 13, 14. The feed end and tail end of the drum are formed of unperforated sections 15, 6. The sifting drum may be cylindrical and rotate about an inclined shaft or conical and rotate about an horizontal shaft.
Patent GB-609475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to recording devices
IPC: H04Q1/444
Filed: 1944-02-07
Abstract: 609,475. Recording-apparatus. TEMPLETON, J. C. Feb. 7, 1944, No. 2233. [Class 106 (iv)] [Also in Group XX] A recording device for making a permanent record on a chart of some condition, quality, value, &c., in which an electric spark is passed across a spark-gap through a sheet of paper or other insulator to provide a permanent record by the consequent perforation of the paper is characterised in that a plurality of spark-gaps are employed, each provided between a plate electrode and a part of an instrument, the movement or position of which is to be recorded and which is itself formed as an electrode, and also in that the recording spark-gaps are electrically connected either for the approximately simultaneous or for the successive passage of sparks across the various gaps to provide a plurality of records. In one form, the invention is applied to the recording of the movements of a pointer of an instrument, said pointer being provided with a point-electrode which co-operates with a plate electrode over which a chart is arranged to move. One or more electrodes are used to record a datum position or line and they may be electrically connected to a spark generator and one or more plate electrodes in various ways (see Figs. 1-5, not shown). In the embodiment shown in Fig. 8, the invention is applied to an inclinograph which is used for determining the true direction of an earth-bore. The two electrodes 44, 45 carried by the yoke 41 co-operate with a plate electrode 47 to define the azimuthal setting on the chart 49 while an electrode 46 attached to the pendulous member 43 cooperates with a plate electrode 48 to record any inclination of the member 43 from the axis 42 about which the yoke 41 is rotatable. The yoke 41 supports a gimbal-ring 39 rotatable about an axis 40 and carrying a rotating mass 38. The plate electrode 48 is connected to one side of a spark generator 10, the other side of which is connected to the electrode 44. In an alternative arrangement the recording device is arranged as a separate unit, Fig. 6. The pendulous member 51 is suspended from a point 52 below the gyroscope and extended beyond the pivot point to constitute a sparking- electrode 53.. In another embodiment, not shown, the spark generator 10 is connected at one side to the various sparking elements and at its other side to a rotatable switch, the contacts of which are connected to the plate electrodes. Specifications 560,200 and 606,805, [Group XX], are referred to.
Patent GB-1217361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the production of matches
IPC: C06F3/00
Filed: 1968-01-16
Abstract: 1,217,361. Matches. SERVICE D'EXPLOITATION INDUSTRIELLE DES TABACS ET DES ALLUMETTES. 16 Jan., 1968 [17 Jan., 1967], No. 2250/68. Heading C1D. [Also in Division C3] The binder used in match head compositions comprises a mixture of a water-soluble cellulose derivative, e.g. ethyl cellulose or carboxymethyl cellulose, and gelatine. There may additionally be added an insolubilizing agent for the gelatine, e.g. a urea-formaldehyde resin or glyoxal, which is added below its active temperature and the composition is subsequently heated to effect insolubilization. Matches so produced are not affected by water.
Patent GB-1028443-A (GB)
Title: Antiperspirant composition for topical application
IPC: A61K8/27
Filed: 1965-01-19
Abstract: A topical anti-perspirant composition, which may be put up as an aerosol spray, comprises an antimicrobial agent and from 0.5 to 50% by weight of one or a mixture of the following acetylenic diols: 3,6-dimethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol; 3,6 - diethyl - 4 - octyne- 3,6 - diol; 2,7-dimethyl - 3,6 - di - isopropyl - 4 - octyne-3,6-diol; and 2,4,7,9 - tetramethyl - 5 - decyne-4,7-diol, together with a dermatologically acceptable vehicle.  Antimicrobial agents include astringent metal salts (e.g. Al, Zn, Zr), phenolic compounds, especially hexachlorophene, quaternary ammonium salts, and antibiotics. An example is given for an aerosol composition containing 3,6-diethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol; 2,4,7,9 - tetramethyl - 5 - decyne-4,7-diol, and aureomycin, in ethanol with 1,3-butylene glycol and hexadecyl alcohol, using a mixture of difluorodichloromethane and tetrafluoro dichloroethane as a propellant.ALSO:Topical anti-perspirant compositions comprise an antimicrobial agent and from 0.5 to 50% by weight of one or a mixture of the acetylenic diols: 3,6-dimethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol; 3,6-diethyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol; 2,7-dimethyl-3,6-di-isopropyl-4-octyne-3,6-diol; and 2, 4, 7, 9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diol, together with a dermatologically acceptable vehicle.  Suitable antimicrobial agents are: boric acid, quaternary ammonium salts such as benzyl dimethyl alkyl-ammonium chloride where alkyl is C8 to C18, or cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide; phenol, resorcinol, 8-hydroxy quinoline sulphate, hexachlorophene, and bithional, and antibiotics, (e.g. aureomycin); and also astringent metal salts such as those of aluminium, zinc, and zirconium.  The compositions may be put up as a solution, ointment, powder, cream lotion, wax or gel in stick form, or as an aerosol spray, with conventional excipients such as ethanol, glycerine, surface active agents, oils, waxes, &c.
Patent GB-232356-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in mixing and grinding mills
IPC: B02C2/10
Filed: 1924-01-29
Abstract: 232,356. Cheyne, W. H. Jan. 29, 1924. Addition to 197,826. Stationary batchmixers with rotary stirrers.-In a modification of the mixing and grinding mill for paint &c. in the parent Specification, four radial angular lugs L, Fig. 9, each secured to the fixed partition plate J by a guide-pin I and set-screw U are provided to retain and clamp in position the rotary cut-off or port plate N between the mixing and grinding chambers. The upper part of the port plate is solid and one or more ports P. Fig. 11, are provided in the lower part and controlled by a slide S operated by a screw R, working through a nut T which is carried by a hand-wheel U and retained in position by a collar V.
Patent GB-752898-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to staple-type eye units for hook-and-eye fastenings
IPC: A44B13/00
Filed: 1954-01-26
Abstract: 752,898. Hooks and eyes. HOOK-FLEX CORPORATION. Jan. 26, 1954 [March 19, 1953], No. 2331/54. Class 43. A staple-type eye unit for use in conjunction with a hook as a fastener, e.g. for the waistband of trousers, comprises an elongated bar 23 which is concaved on its underside to provide a longitudinal channel throughout the greater portion of its length and terminates at each end in a substantially perpendicular material-penetrating prong 26 provided with a shoulder 29 which determines the extent of penetration, a backing-plate 30 which is positioned behind the material being provided with apertures 31 for the passage of the prongs and formed with longitudinal edge channels 32 which together form a longitudinal channel on the underside of the backing-plate for receiving the ends of the prongs when the latter are bent inwardly to clinch the bar and backing-plate together with part of the material of the garment clamped between them.
Patent GB-1143931-A (GB)
Title: A method of and an apparatus for applying a plurality of coating compositions to a web support in the production of photographic light-sensitive materials
IPC: G03C1/74
Filed: 1966-01-18
Abstract: 1,143,931. Web coating process. FUJI SHASHIN FILM K.K. 18 Jan., 1966 [18 Jan., 1965], No. 2384/66. Heading B2E. [Also in Division Dl] A method of applying a plurality of coating compositions to a web support in the production of photographic light-sensitive materials comprises applying the coating compositions through separate coating devices spaced apart such that each coating composition other than the first is applied to the previously applied coating composition while the said previously applied coating composition forms a bridge between the support and each coating composition. Each coating device may be in the form of a nozzle or the first coating device may be a dip-coater. The coating layers are chilled to set them and distinct layers are formed without intermixing at their faces. Examples of suitable coating compositions are gelatin and silver halide emulsions.
Patent GB-981851-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in domestic drying and airing apparatus
Inventor: HINCHCLIFFE PHILIP ERNEST
IPC: D06F57/08
Filed: 1963-01-21
Abstract: 981,851. Clothes horses. AURIOL GUILDFORD Ltd. Jan. 20. 1964 [Jan. 21, 1963]. No. 2486/63. Heading A4U. A clothes horse has two or more frames A A<SP>1</SP> provided with horizontal cross-rails a vertical rails b and crutch feet a<SP>1</SP>, the vertical rails b of frame A and one horizontal rail a being bent to form hooks b<SP>2</SP> which engage with eyelets b<SP>3</SP> formed on the top and bottom rails a of frame A<SP>1</SP>.
Patent GB-561700-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the dressing of soft hair for the manufacture of brushes
IPC: A46D1/08
Filed: 1943-02-16
Abstract: 561,700. Brushes. STERNER, J., and DELBANCO, MEYER, & CO., Ltd. Feb. 16, 1943, No. 2575. [Class 19) In the process of dressing in manufacture of brushes from soft hair, a bundle of hairs 5, not too tightly packed, is placed in an open mouthed cylindrical container 1, known as a cannon, which is vibrated so that the flag ends of the hairs contact with the base of the cannon leaving their root ends upstanding. The mass of hairs is then withdrawn from the cannon and laid on a wrapping sheet 6 of transparent foil, the depth d of which is preferably slightly less than the length of the hairs. The upper edge of the sheet has secured to it a strip 9 of adhesive material which is provided with projecting tabs 10, 11 contiguous to the upper and lower halves of the strip respectively. The wrapping is drawn round the mass of hairs and transferred with it to a second cannon 15, Fig. 4, of less diameter than the first and of such depth that the strip 9 is fully exposed. The gummed tabs are then pulled out and wetted and then pressed inwards so that they. overlie and adhere to the strip 9. The wrapped mass of hairs is then removed from the cannon and, if desired, the vertical abutting edges of the strip 6 may be secured by an auxiliary gummed strip. In another form of wrapping, the top left-hand corner of the sheet is cut away and the gummed strip 9 extends only to the edge of this cut-away portion, so that; in use, the vertical edges of the strip 6 overlap.
Patent GB-563438-A (GB)
Title: Means for reduction or suppression of dust in coal cutting
IPC: E21C35/22
Filed: 1943-02-16
Abstract: 563,438. Laying dust in mines; coal-cutting machines. JONES, T. D., LEWIS. P. A., FLOOK, S., and TERRELL, W. A. Feb. 16, 1943, No. 2594. Addition to 559,380, [Classes 68 (i) and 85)] The coal-cutting machine of the parent Specification is provided with means whereby the gear for putting the cutter into or out of action is operatively connected to a valve which controls the supply of water to the water jets. The water conduit 15 has a hand controlled valve 33, while a further valve 32 is connected by linkage 29 to the clutch 27 controlling the cutter-chain drive, whereby the water supply is stopped when the cutter chain is idle. The air supply to the motor is controlled through hand wheel 21, gearing 20, shaft 19, worm 18, and valve 16, and the shaft 19 carries a second worm 22 acting through linkage 23 on a valve 25, whereby the rate of water supply is related to the speed of the motor. A further valve 45 may be provided and connected by linkage .44 to the lever 43 controlling the shield 46 by which the ratchet drive of the haulage drum 34 is varied, whereby the water supply is varied according to the speed of traverse of the machine.
Patent GB-111766-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Oil Break Electric Switches.
IPC: H01H33/18
Filed: 1917-02-22
Abstract: 111,766. Gregory, R. W., and Electrical Improvements, Ltd. Feb. 22, 1917. Oil switches. - The contact arms G, G' are so arranged that the arc produced between them is substantially horizontal and a clear vertical path unobstructed by the contact arms or by any live conductor is provided for the gases rising from the arc through the coil to a vent in the cover. The conductors D, E through which the current is led to the contact arms are so disposed that the electro-magnetic forces tend to elongate the arc and force it upwards through the oil. The contact arms are surrounded by a screen H formed of or lined with insulating- material. This screen is so disposed as to assist a setting up a circulation in the oil. The contact arms may cross each other and the screen may be fitted in a metal tube depending from the cover of the oil container.
Patent GB-547440-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to gyro compasses
IPC: G01C19/38
Filed: 1941-02-27
Abstract: 547,440. Gyroscopic compasses. SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO., Inc. Feb. 27, 1941, No. 2674. Convention date, March 13, 1940. [Class 97 (iii)] In a gyro compass, in order to maintain the period of the sensitive element constant in different latitudes, the area of the free surface of the liquid in the inter-communicating containers of the gravitational control element may be varied by tilting the element about a N-S axis. As shown in Fig. 1, the rotor casing 7 and vertical ring 8 are supported for free rotation about the vertical axis 9, within the gimbal-supported spider 5. The gravitational element, which comprises liquid pots 13, interconnected below and above by pipes 14, 15 is pivotally supported about an horizontal axis 16 in line with the spin axis. The natural period of the compass is maintained constant in different latitudes by adjusting the inclination of the gravitational element (and consequently the area of the free surface of the liquid) according to a latitude scale 18 on the gyro casing read in conjunction with an index on the upper tube 15. As applied to a compass having a follow-up system and wherein the liquid containers 131, Fig. 6, pivot about an E-W axis 20, 201 and are connected to the gyro casing by an offset arm 23 in well-known mariner, the gravitational element (instead of being pivoted directly on the follow-up ring) is pivoted on a N-S axis 25 to an intermediate ring 24 pivoted to the follow-up ring 21 on the E-W axis 20, 20<SP>1</SP>. The arm 23 connects the ring 24 to a point on the gyro case. The ballistic is retained in adjusted position by friction discs of soft felt. Specification 131,987, [Class 97 (iii)], is referred to.
Patent GB-174642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the process of oxidising liquid hydrocarbons
IPC: C07B35/04
Filed: 1922-01-30
Abstract: Fatty acids are obtained by the oxidation of mineral oils and the like by means of air or oxygen in the presence of a base with or without catalysts, provided that the liquid hydrocarbons are first freed, say by treatment with fuming sulphuric acid, from constituents which tend to form resinous or asphaltic bodies. Specifications 12806/84 and 148,358 are referred to.  According to the Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a), the preliminary refining may be dispensed with wholly or in part, if the reaction-promoting agents formed by blowing the liquid hydrocarbons in an acid medium are added to the hydrocarbons before the treatment in the presence of a base, or if the liquid hydrocarbons are first blown in the presence of acid and the treatment then continued in the presence of a base.  This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-633226-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to expansible bracelets for wrist watches and the like
IPC: A44C5/14
Filed: 1948-01-30
Abstract: 633,226. Expanding bracelets for watches and the like. HEARTBEAT MANUFACTURING CO., Ltd., and STUBBINGS, W. K. Jan 30, 1948, No. 2745. [Class 43] In an expanding bracelet of the type comprising a flat coiled wire spring 1 having a clip or hook 2 at each end for engaging a watch bar or the like, each hook has a plug 3 which is pushed into the end of the coiled spring, a cross bar 5 being threaded transversely through the spring and attached to a convolution 6 thereof to form an abutment for the inner end 7 of the plug. The hooks 2 are of sheet metal, the plugs 3 being integral therewith and shaped to be push fits in the end of the spring 1. The ends of the bar 5 are bent round the convolution 6 e.g. by pliers, one end being preferably preformed into a hook in readiness for engaging the wire.