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Patent GB-571557-A (GB)
Title: Protective device for use in heating ceramic, or enamelled metal ware over an open gas flame
IPC: F24C15/10
Filed: 1944-07-20
Abstract: 571,557. Wire gauze baffles. ROSENTHAL, E. July 20, 1944, No. 13935. [Class 126] A protecting device for use when heating ceramic &c. ware over an open flame comprises a sheet of wire gauze having in a medial position spacing means to prevent contact of the ware with the gauze. As shown the spacing means is in the form of a ring 3 or other frame of refractory metal mounted on one or both sides of a sheet of gauze 1, a similar frame 2 being provided at the periphery and connected with the central ring by radial members 4. The peripheral frame 2 may be provided with members 5 for gripping the vessel to be heated, or with feet.
Patent GB-220733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to electrical or electro-mechanical cut-out or automaticsafety devices for use with mechanical power transmission apparatus
IPC: F16D9/06
Filed: 1923-05-26
Abstract: 220,733. Mascord, G. W. May 26, 1923. Breaking-pieces for relieving strain.-In means for preventing shock due to overload, a collar e keyed to the shaft a driven by the prime mover is connected by a breaking-piece h of mild steel &c., with an attenuated central neck, to the gearwheel d driving the machine or to a block f bolted to the wheel. Turning with the gear-wheel is a casing j in which slides a plunger comprising a cylinder k and a piston l separated by a cushioning-spring k<3>. The head l<2> of the piston is normally pressed by a spring l<3> into a recess i<4> in a flange i<3> in a cup i bolted to the shaft a. A contact head k<2> on the cylinder j is shaped to bridge concentric conducting-rings n, o carried in an ebonite block m in the framing and connected by electric cables q to electric means either for stopping the electric or other driving-motor, for disconnecting a clutch used in the transmission, or for giving an alarm or actuating an indicator. When, owing to excessive resistance to the drive, the piece h breaks, the cam edges of the recess i' strike the plunger and press it axially to connect the rings n, o and perform the required operation. The contact head on the cylinder may engage contacts rotating with the wheel d and connected to the wiring by slip-rings. The contacts may be spring-supported, in which case the spring k<3> may be dispensed with. The plunger may be replaced by a lever which is rocked to close the electrical circuit.
Patent GB-542681-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric irons
IPC: D06F75/38
Filed: 1940-09-09
Abstract: 542,681. Electrically-heated irons. BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., Ltd. Sept. 9, 1940, No. 14029. Convention date, Sept. 9, 1939. [Class 39 (iii)]  An electrically-heated flat-iron is provided with a sole plate 10 of glass having on its upper side a continuous groove to contain a coiled resistance heater 13. The groove is covered by sheets 14 of mica, 15 of heat-reflecting aluminium, 16 of asbestos with or without a covering of aluminium foil, and 17 of stainless steel. The ends of the heater wire pass through insulators 18 to flexible strips 19 carried by an insulating plate 22 secured to a metal plate 20 which may have lugs 21 welded to the plate 17. The plates 17, 20 with their associated parts are rigidly secured to the glass plate 10 by means of a screw 24 passing through a stainless steel plate 25 which closes a large aperture in the plate 10, the screw engaging a nut 29 integral with the plate 20. A cover 31 is secured by a screw 32 threaded into the upper end of the screw 24. The cover may be of stainless steel lined internally with. asbestos and aluminium foil. A tubular handle 33 is secured by a tongue 35 engaging a socket 36, and at the forward end by a spring catch 37 with finger piece 40. The terminals 42 of the supply leads 41 are mounted in an insulating block 44, and are engaged by pins 47 projecting upward from the flexible strips 19, when the handle is placed in position. The glass sole-plate enables the iron to be used as soon as it is energized, due to short-wave radiation which is radiated through the glass to the work.
Patent GB-593554-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the application of ceramic transfers or prints to pottery and like goods
IPC: B44C1/16
Filed: 1945-06-05
Abstract: 593,554. Transferring designs. BOULTON, Ltd., W., and LEWIS, R. T. June 5, 1945, No. 14144. [Class 100 (ii)] Designs are transferred to pottery by means of a vertically reciprocating die 15 faced with a pad 16 of sponge rubber or the like, and lower similar dies are mounted on a table 12 which is given a series of intermittent movements to bring a new lower die, supplied with the piece of pottery, into register with the top die, the top die being given a number of reciprocations for each intermittent movement of the lower die. Flannel facings are arranged between the dies and the transfer paper, two facings being used if a design is to be transferred to the upper and lower surfaces of the pottery. The die 16 is carried by a reciprocating plunger 14 actuated by a connecting-rod 18 and a crank driven by reduction sprocket gearing from a motor 24, and the table 12 may be given an intermittent rotary motion by reduction gearing with gapped teeth, or it may be mounted on a shaft 13 which is given intermittent motions in opposite directions by means of a crank 45 which has a slotted engagement with a pin 46 on a rod 38 reciprocated by a cam 34 and bell-crank 40. The cam 34 is driven by reduction gearing from'the shaft of the crank 18. Clutch or switch mechanism may be provided to give a pause between each sequence of operations of the top die.
Patent GB-110026-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Hose-unions.
IPC: F16L37/252
Filed: 1916-10-05
Abstract: 110,026. Handoll, H.. and Albany Engineering Co. Oct. 5, 1916. Couplings, disconnectible. - Relates to disconnectible hose-unions of the type in which a stem has a head carrying a rotatable clamping-piece and has a rotatably mounted sleeve to receive the hose, the sleeve being kept in place on the stem by, for example, a flange spun up at the base of the stem. According to the present invention, the engaging claws A on each half-coupling are made rigid with the tubular stem B, which is surrounded by a rotatable stepped sleeve C held in place by a flange B<3> or by a spun lip B<4>, Fig. 2, or by both methods. Annular recesses C<2> to receive packing material are provided in one of the cylindrical engaging faces of the stem B or sleeve C.
Patent GB-623885-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in aircraft wings
IPC: B64C39/00
Filed: 1947-05-28
Abstract: 623,885. Aircraft wings. MAKHONINE, J. May 28, 1947, No. 14210. Convention date, July 2, 1946. Drawings to Specification. [Class 4] The deflection of aircraft wings is reduced in flight by mounting inside or outside each wing masses capable of spanwise movement located adjacent to the wing tips during flight and adjacent to the undercarriage during landing and take-off. In one embodiment, fuel tanks may be located in the aforementioned positions on each wing, the fuel being pumped from one tank to the other to achieve a spanwise movement of mass. In a second embodiment solid weights are movable along each wing from an outboard to an inboard position.
Patent GB-566782-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to fuel containers
IPC: B64D37/02
Filed: 1940-09-16
Abstract: 566,782. Tanks. SHAKESBY, L., and IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, Ltd. Sept. 16, 1940, Nos. 14213/40 and 8088/41. [Class 69 (i)] Fuel containers having walls of flexible impervious material comprise pieces of material assembled to form walls and are provided with internal flanges formed integrally on the pieces or secured thereto, such flanges serving for the attachment of baffles or other internal fittings or for joining adjacent sections of the container to each other. A strip 2, Fig. 5, formed with tongues 3, is attached to the sheet 1 which forms the wall of the container, and the tonques are passed through slits 9 formed near the edge of a baffle 7 and are fixed by eyelets or the like 13 ; or the slits may be in the strip 2 and the tongues on the baffle 7. A number of sections 15, Fig. 6, may be formed near their edges with slits 18, the edges being afterwards pleated so as to form flanges by which the sections are joined, and a baffle 22, Fig. 8, may be attached to the flanges by means of tongues 23 passed through the slits in the flanges. The member in which the slits are formed may have its edge reinforced by a beading or cord ; or both flange and baffle may be tongued and a cord passed through both series of tongues; or a centrally slitted strip may be secured to the sheet by both edges and a cord passed through these slits and through loops on the baffle. Where a supporting framework is provided the flange may anchor the walls to the framework. Specification 566,784 is referred to.
Patent GB-176713-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electrical precipitation apparatus
IPC: B03C3/76
Filed: 1921-05-21
Abstract: 176,713. Lodge Fume Co., Ltd., and Stallard, N. May 21, 1921. Gaecs and vapours, electrically precipitating suspended particles from.-A cross-bar b, Fig. 1, supporting discharge electrodes a is freed from deposits by being struck by a loose rod h which is impelled by a hammer k and returned by gravity or a spring. The hammer k may also strike a pair of plates f attached to the webs of a pair of tubular sheet-metal collecting electrodes c, from which deposits are thus removed. A tube g guiding the rod h passes between the plates f and is normally closed at its upper end by a head i on the rod. This tube may be of insulating material and terminate in an insulator n, Fig. 3. which is mounted in a socket o in a plate d attached to the collecting electrodes and is fitted with a seating piece p for the head i. The hammer may be carried by a shaft situated between two pairs of collecting electrodes so that the plates f and rod h of either pair can be struck by operating a rope and pulley m; or the hammer may be actuated by an electromagnet or solenoid.
Patent GB-1217394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the treatment of saline water.
Inventor: MILLER JOHN J
IPC: C02F1/52
Filed: 1968-03-25
Abstract: 1,217,394. Animal feed. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (BERMUDA) Ltd. 25 March, 1968, No. 14280/68. Heading A2B. [Also in Division C1] Saline waters such as sea water, bitterns, and brackish waters are pretreated before distillation by plant protein, sufficient ammonia to adjust pH to at least 10 and then an acid is added to reduce the pH to 7-8. The separated precipitate is useful as an animal feed. A large number of plant protein materials are exemplified. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1,119,227.
Patent GB-183009-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to means for stretching leather
IPC: C14B1/26
Filed: 1921-05-24
Abstract: 183.009. Westwood, J. May 24, 1921. Stretching by tension.-A device for stretching leather, of the type in which the material is fixed in end clamps and flexed between the ends, is provided with two relatively-adjustable end clamps to stretch the leather longitudinally and a folding table adapted to flex the leather by pressure at right-angles to the pull exerted by the clamps. As shown in Fig. 1, a clamp 2 is fixed to a bed 1, and a clamp 3 is mounted to slide thereon in guides 7. Each of the clamping-faces is provided at intervals with corrugated brass plates to form gripping-surfaces. The folding table is formed by two members 8, hinged together by brackets 9, and a roller 10 between the members to form a bearing-surface for the material. One member 8 is secured to the bed 1 by a hinge 11, the other being adapted to be moved inwardly. This is effected simultaneously with the outward movement of the clamp 3 by means of spindles 12 having screw-threaded engagement with the lower block of the clamp and with swivelling-nuts 14 on the movable member of the table. Preferably two spindles 12, coupled by a sprocket chain 17 and operated by a hand-wheel 15 or by power, are provided. Both clamps and both members 8 may be movable, and the table may be adapted to flex the material at two or more points. In a modification according to the Provisional Specification, the hinge brackets are slotted to engage with the axis of the roller so as to allow'the table sections to be moved apart and to raise the roller by the action of the screw spindles.
Patent GB-683231-A (GB)
Title: An improved fish disgorger
IPC: A01K97/18
Filed: 1950-06-09
Abstract: 683,231. Fish disgorgers. HOWORTH, S. A., and SCOTT, T. June 6, 1951 [June 9, 1950], No. 14391/50. Class 48. A disgorger for removing hooks from linecaught fish comprises relatively rotatable inner and outer members 1, 3 each formed at one end with a passageway opening axially and radially, the two passageways being so arranged that on relative rotation of the members 1, 3 they may be brought into register to receive a fishing line and then out of register to imprison the line slidably in the inner member cavity. Fig. 1 shows an inner rod-like pencil-size member 1 snugly rotatable within a sleeve member 3 and having an integral head 2 at one end and a knurled handling member 6 at the other end. The headed end of rod 1 is formed with a right - angled passageway 4 opening axially and radially and an axially extending slot 5 is cut radially into the head and shank of rod 1 to connect the two openings of the passageway 4. The adjacent end of sleeve 3 is provided in its side with an opening 7 large enough to leave the radial opening of passageway 4 clear for all positions of rod 1 within the limits of rotation defined by a stop pin 11 on the rod engaged in a circumferential slot 12 in the sleeve. A narrow slot 9 extends axially from the edge of the sleeve 3 to break into the opening 7 so that with the rod 1 and sleeve 3 rotated to bring slots 5 and 9 into register a fishing line may be passed laterally into the passageway 4. Rotation of rod 2 in the opposite direction causes the shank portion of slot 5 to be covered by the circumferential rim part 8 of sleeve 3 to retain the line within passageway 4. A pocket clip 13 and cutaway finger-holds 10 may be provided on sleeve 3. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement wherein rod 1 is smaller in diameter to leave an annular space 14 between it and the sleeve 3, the head 2 of the rod having a collar 1a which fits snugly within the end of sleeve 3. A radially cut slot only is provided in the head 2 to extend axially through the collar 1a.
Patent GB-119111-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Plants for Assorting Wooden Materials and like according to their Size.
Inventor: KAAS HARALD
IPC: B07C5/14
Filed: 1917-10-05
Abstract: 119,111. Kaas, H. Oct. 5, 1917. Throw-off devices for endless-belt conveyers.- Planks &c. of different cross-sections and lengths are sorted by being carried on endless, band conveyers 1 through a series of adjustable gauges 5 of successively decreasing size, the movable part 4 of each of which starts mechanism for bringing a scraper 7 into position for pushing the oncoming plank off the conveyer. The movement of the lever 4 may close an electric circuit containing a motor for moving the scraper, or may cause a pulley 12, Fig. 4, to be coupled to a continuously rotating shaft 13 thereby raising the weight 9 and causing the fall of the pivoted scraper 7 into operative position where it is retained by a catch 15. A lever 16 in the delivery incline 17 releases the catch 15 through a wire 18.
Patent GB-181587-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to flexible metallic tubing
IPC: B21C37/12
Filed: 1921-05-24
Abstract: 181,587. Blaisdell, F. E. May 24, 1921. Flexible metal tubes.-A packing cord a, for flexible metal tubes with interlocked helical windings comprises an asbestos or like core coated or covered with a material which is non-absorbent and impervious to the action of petrol and the like. The covering may comprise a tube a<2> of animal tissue such as intestines which may be drawn over a hollow 'mandrel through which the core a' is fed. The animal tissue may be treated with glycerine to increase the flexibility, or with bichromate of potash, formaldehyde, or like water-proofing agent.
Patent GB-504421-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in radio receivers or other radio frequency amplifiers provided with automatic volume control
IPC: H03J3/12
Filed: 1938-05-16
Abstract: 504,421. Automatic volume control AGA-BALTIC RADIO AKTIEBOLAG. May 16, 1938, No. 14547. Convention date, May 15, 1937. [Class 40 (v)] To facilitate aural tuning in a radio receiver, an A.V.C. voltage is derived from the opposed outputs of two rectifiers fed front circuits of different selectivity. As shown, the signal detector diode 19 with its load resistance 21, 22 is fed from a tapping on the secondary of an I.F:transformer 18, an auxiliary rectifier 23, being fed from the primary. The load resistance 25 of the diode 23, from which A.V.C. voltages are fed over resistance 30, is connected in series with the part 22 of the load resistance of diode 19, their D.C. outputs being in opposition. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 429,429.
Patent GB-217901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to mud-guards for front wheels of motor vehicles
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1924-06-17
Abstract: 217,901. Bethenod, J. June 18, 1923, [Convention date]. Drawings to Specification. Mud-guards for the front wheels of motor vehicles have the gutter constituting the mudguard proper fixed to the members which hold the brake segments and controls of the frontwheel brakes. The guard is secured to these members by rods or tubes, or by a sheet of ribbed steel etc.; or the guard may be formed together with the part for mounting it, by pressing from a single piece of sheet-metal, which may also serve as a dust-cover for the brake mechanism.
Patent GB-1522935-A (GB)
Title: Medical apparatus principally for automatically defecting diseases of the visceral organs and for performing a massage of the spine
IPC: A61H39/04
Filed: 1977-04-06
Abstract: 1522935 Spinal massage apparatus K KODERA 6 April 1977 [23 July 1976] 14684/77 Heading A5R Apparatus for massaging the spine and for detecting diseases of the internal organs comprises a machine base 1, a bed 3 movable relative to the machine base in a longitudinal direction and having an adjustable head rest assembly 30, Fig. 12, two spaced rows of pressure members 64, Fig. 4, extending through a hole in the bed, each said pressure member being movable in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the bed, an angular cam 71 movable in the longitudinal direction and engageable with the lower ends of the pressure members so as to move said members up and down to massage the spine of a patient lying on the bed, a coil spring 112, Fig. 12, fixed at one end to the machine base and at the other end to an arm 44 connected to the head rest assembly, a plurality of indicator plates 116 mounted at predetermined intervals along the spring, and an illuminated pointer (119), Fig. 14 (not shown), mounted on the angular cam 71 and movable therewith behind the indicator plates. The positions of the plates 116 correspond to various points along the spine and carry the names of various organs of the body; if the patient feels pain at any particular point during the massage, the movement of the cam is stopped and the indicator plate denoted by the pointer (119) indicates which organ is malfunctioning. When the head rest assembly 30 is adjusted in accordance with the height of the patient, the positions of the plates 116 are altered but their relative positions remain the same. The pressure elements each comprise a cylindrical bush 62 and a threaded rod carrying a rubber head 64, and said bushes extend through parallel cross-pieces 52, the spacing between which may be adjusted by a handle 61. The height of the cam may be adjusted by a handle 84. The bed includes a leg rest comprising longitudinally extending support rods (5), Fig. 1 (not shown) and rollers (6, 9) mounted on transverse axles (7, 10).
Patent GB-198554-A (GB)
Title: Method of and means for drying salt fish and the like
IPC: A23B4/03
Filed: 1922-05-25
Abstract: 198,554. Coulbeck, C. May 25, 1922. Air-heating stoves; drying-stoves.-The, air for drying fish, which are suspended in the usual way, is heated by a coke fire located beneath a baffle-plate supported upon a portable frame which also carries a motor g and a fan f, the fan delivering the air upwards on to the fish.
Patent GB-383903-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to apparatus for sifting or grading discrete materials
IPC: B07B1/15
Filed: 1932-05-24
Abstract: 383,903. Sifting-apparatus. KRUPP AKT.-GES., F., Buckau, Magdeburg, Germany.-(Assignees of Johlige, H. J. ; Bohlen, near Leipsic, Germany.) May 24, 1932, No. 14736. Convention date, June 19, 1931. [Class 117.] A screen for coal, ores, &c. consists of a series of parallel shafts 1 rotating in the same direction and each carrying a number of spaced parallel eccentrically mounted discs 2, the discs being arranged in groups and the adjacent groups on each shaft being disposed at an angle of 180‹ round the shaft relatively to each other. The shafts may be driven by a common chain engaging sprockets thereon, and scraping devices may project between the discs to prevent clogging.
Patent GB-715889-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to valve rotators
Inventor: DAVIES WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: F01L1/32
Filed: 1951-06-21
Abstract: 715,889. Valves, rotating on seats. ROLLSROYCE, Ltd. June 19, 1952 [June 21, 1951], No. 14816/51. Class 135. [Also in Group XXVII] In means to rotate a valve each time that it is opened, as described in Specification 594,828, a race ring 20, Fig. 1, is interposed between the belleville washer 21 and the balls 17. The race ring has an upstanding rim 23 constituting a stop limiting the flexing movement of the washer. Projections 31 from the outer edge of the race ring may be provided to ride in slots in the downturned edge of the spring-abutment member 25 so that, as the ring 10 in which the ramps 15, Fig. 3, for the balls 17 are formed is not rotatable relatively to the cylinder head 11, the axial load imparted by the springs 30 and the belleville washer when the valve opens, causes a rotary movement to be transmitted through the race ring to the member 25, the springs 30, and the valve. A circlip 27 located in an internal groove in member 25 limits the relative axial movement between ring 10 and member 25. The ramps may be formed in the member 25, and the rotating means may be located between the other end of the loading springs 30 and the valve, in which case the springs would not rotate.
Patent GB-773917-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vibratory converters for converting direct to alternating current or vice versa
IPC: H02M7/62
Filed: 1955-05-23
Abstract: 773,917. Converting. GIALLULY, E. M. S. DE. May 23,1955 [May 21, 1954], No. 14861/55. Class 38 (2). [Also in Group XXXVII] A vibratory converter has a blade 17 carrying an armature 25 which is driven by leakage flux around a gap 26 in the core of a transformer carrying a primary winding 30, the supply to which from battery 33 is periodically made and broken by co-operation of contacts 23, 24. A.C. output is obtained from secondary winding 31. The transformer flux may be more quickly reduced to zero by permanent magnet 14. Two spring blades formed by partially dividing a single strip carry a pair of contacts which may be connected in parallel or series, Fig. 4 (not shown). The leakage flux may be around a notch in the core, Fig. 6 (not shown), instead of a gap. The converter may act as a rectifier.