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Patent GB-163831-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to motor car, railway carriage and similar windows
IPC: B61D25/00
Filed: 1920-03-03
Abstract: 163,831. Speight, A. March 3, 1920. Vehicle-window opening and closing apparatus. -In a vehicle or like window which is provided with a balancing-device such as the spring-controlled lazy-tongs shown in Fig. 2, the operating- means, comprising the handle and articulated links G, G<1>, connected to the lazy-tongs, throws the window over the fence rail and lowers it on to same in closing. A bracket H on the bottom rail of the window is provided with a cam-groove h<1>, Fig. 4, in which during the final closing movement a pin g on the link G<1> engages to push the window outwardly and drop it on the fence rail d<1>. The handle operates the spindle B by means of lugs a<2> engaging projections k on a connecting- piece K fast on the spindle. The window is held in any position by means of a clutch in the boss c<1> engaging a similar clutch on the handle under spring pressure. These clutches are disengaged on initial movement of the handle by a pin a<3> riding up inclines on the connecting-piece.
Patent GB-932362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to phonograph pick-ups
IPC: H04R17/06
Filed: 1961-02-23
Abstract: 932,362. Gramophone pick-ups. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM Inc. Feb. 23, 1961 [May 26, 1960], No. 6586/61. Class 40 (2). [Also in Group XXXIX] A gramophone pick-up has two stylus levers 50, 52, Fig. 2, extending in substantially opposite directions from a common support 48. Stylus lever 50 carries a stylus 56 for stereophonic records and stylus lever 52 carries a stylus 58 for coarse groove records. The support 48 is box-like and contains elastomeric material (e.g. vinyl resin) in which are embedded the inner ends of stylus levers 50, 52. The support is carried by a rotatable post 40 journalled in the casing 12, the post having at its upper end a knob (not shown). Changeover from stylus 56 to stylus 58 is effected by depressing post 40 against the action of a spring 44 and rotating the stylus lever assembly through 180 degrees to bring stylus lever 52 into engagement with a yoke 60. In a modification, Fig. 7, wall 148b of support 148 is at a greater distance from the centre line of post 140 than wall 148a and coarse groove stylus lever 152 is shorter than stereophonic stylus lever 150. The ratio of the arm lengths is such that the output voltages from the pick-up are approximately equivalent for the two types of record.
Patent GB-213249-A (GB)
Title: Process for the decreosoting of tar and tar-oils
IPC: C07C37/00
Filed: 1924-03-14
Abstract: Tar or tar oils are mixed with water-soluble salts of organic bases, the acidic oils being sepaarted.  The water-soluble organic or inorganic salts of pyridine or its homologues, the salts of the primary, secondary, or tertiary amines of the aromatic series, or of the secondary or tertiary aliphatic or hydroaromatic bases are suitable.  Two layers are formed, one containing neutral oils and the other the salt and the phenol.  Suitable salts are sulphates, chlorides, nitrates, acetates and lactates.  In an example, brown coal tar oil is shaken with pyridine sulphate and the mixture left to stand, the neutral oil in the upper layer is drawn off and washed with water, and the lower layer consisting of pyridine-sulphate-cresol is washed with the water used for washing the oils, a water-free cresol being eventually obtained.
Patent GB-512068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to float-controlled valves
IPC: B29C73/16
Filed: 1938-03-03
Abstract: 512,068. Ball and float valves. FIRMIN & SON, Ltd., W., and HAMILTON, F. L. March 3, 1938, No. 6674. [Class 135] In a float-operated valve 1a in which the operative relation of the valve to the ball or float is adjusted by making the float arm or lever in two detachable parts 1, 2, the adjacent ends of the parts are formed integrally with discs 3 with interlocking radial V-shaped teeth 4 the discs being clamped together by a headed bolt 7 passing through a plain hole in one disc into a tapped hole in the other disc. A lock nut 9 is screwed up against the disc with the tapped hole.
Patent GB-682536-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hoes
IPC: A01B1/12
Filed: 1950-03-20
Abstract: 682,536. Hoes. RAMSEY, A. R. J. (Wolf- Gerate Ges.). March 20, 1950, No. 6923/50. Class 6(ii) [Also in Group XXII] A weeding' hoe with a flat cutting blade 1 and side arms 2 forming with the blade a single metal plate stamping brought to final state by bending, is characterized in that the front and rear cutting edges are similar in shape so that the sheet metal strip advancing under the stamp is used without waste. In the form shown, a serrated hoe blade 1 with side supports 2, 3 is formed from a one-piece steel blank, a number of such blanks being cut from a strip, as shown in Fig. 6, and bent along lines A, B. The arms 3 of stiffened U-section are bent at 5 to converge for welding to a handle socket 6. At the bends A, B the sides 2 are shaped to meet the forward edge of the blade 1 in sharp cutting points.
Patent GB-115504-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Apparatus for Fractional Distillation.
Inventor: BOWREY STANLEY EDWARD
IPC: B01D3/42
Filed: 1917-05-15
Abstract: 115,504. Bowrey, S. E. May 15, 1917. Thermostats. - Gas-heated apparatus for fractional distillation is provided with a regulating-device in which the flow of gas through a jet j to a branch pipe b<1> is obstructed by means of mercury or other liquid m displaced by the pressure of the vapour in the fractionating- column B operating directlv on the surface of the mercury. &c. The regulating-device is arranged so as to be heated by the vapours, either partly (as shown) or wholly, in order to prevent condensation of vapour within it. The device is adjusted by sliding a rod through a gland g, and is fitted with a by-pass b<2>. In order to provide the necessary pressure for operating the device, a constriction p or other obstruction may be formed on the vapour outlet, a reflux r being provided for any condensate forming above the constriction.
Patent GB-487619-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to electric switches of the tumbler type
IPC: H01H23/28
Filed: 1937-03-10
Abstract: 487,619. Tumbler switches. BAIN, R., and ALLDAY, N. March 10, 1937, No. 7021. [Class 38(v)] A three-position tumbler switch has a dolly e pivoted at g to the bridge a. A contact arm h is pivoted at j to the dolly and has bearing on it the lower end of a spring toggle m pivoted at p to the dolly and fulcrumed at o on the bridge. The switch is movable between two side positions with a snap-action, and a spring catch r on the dolly is adapted to engage the forked end of link m to hold. the switch in the central off position.
Patent GB-109950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lathes.
Inventor: WHITE SYDNEY
IPC: B23B3/30
Filed: 1916-08-23
Abstract: 109,950. White, S., and Shaw, E. W. Aug. 23, 1916. Lathes; drilling-machines; screwing. -A lathe has the headstock spindle driven by a chain passing over chain wheels which are loose on but can be clutched to shafts which are rotating at different speeds or in reverse directions. The embodiment in a duplex lathe, particularly adapted for machining the flanged end caps of Store's Mortar Shells, is described, the lathe being provided with multiple-tool holders of the oscillating type. Hollowspindle headstocks are mounted on either side of a double-ended tailstock 72, Fig. 1, which receives the shanks 74 of the tool rigs in operative position. ejectors 84 being provided in the spindle. The spindles 86 are driven bv chains 121 from shafts 123 which may each be divided and connected by bevels 124, the right-hand lathe running reversely and being operated from the rear. The shafts 123 are driven from the pulley 124 in the same direction at different speeds. Levers 112 act through pinions 110 and rods 109, 106, and 105 to provide for hand operation of the chucks 87. The rods 105 are normally maintained fixed, and the chucks are operated by the feeding of the spindles by the levers 114. The oscillating tool-holders 76 are linked together and carried by rods 77 normally maintained in position to engage the shanks of their tool rigs with the tail stocks by springs 80, but operable to effect release by treadles 81 and flexible connexions 82. For the purpose mentioned, each tool-holder carries two tool rigs, one a screwing die.head and other a combined flange turning and end-facing cutter head. The split collet 88, Fig. 4, is mounted in a bevel-closing flange 87 and carried by a draw spindle 90. As the lathe spindle 86 is fed forward, abutments 98 pass on to the conical end of the fixed rod 105 allowing springs 97 to straighten the toggles 94 and close the chuck, which forms the subject-matter of Specification 108,296.
Patent GB-348750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in vacuum cleaners
IPC: A47L9/22
Filed: 1930-03-05
Abstract: 348,750. Vacuum cleaners. ELECTROLUX Ltd., 153, Regent Street, London. -(Assignees of Inventia Patent-Verwertungs-Ges. ; 10, Herrenacker, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.) March 5, 1930, No. 7239. Convention date, March 6, 1929. [Class 8 (i).] In a vacuum cleaner having a motor and fan unit resiliently supported within an outer casing the support comprises one or more resilient rings arranged so as to be radially flexible between the casing and the unit. The Figure shows a form in which the unit comprising the motor 13 and fan 11 is mounted, by means of a single flexible metal ring 20, within the cleaner casing 10 between a bacteria filter 14 and a partition 15 which divides the casing into pressure and suction chambers. The ring is secured to relatively long axial supporting members 21 screwed to the motor frame at 22 and optionally made of insulating material. The rings is secured to the cleaner casing by supporting members preferably of insulating material and placed on a diameter at right-angles to that of the members 21. A number of concentric resilient rings may alternatively be employed.
Patent GB-159419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in baling presses
IPC: B30B9/30
Filed: 1920-03-11
Abstract: 159,419. Cook, T. March 11, 1920. Baling-presses are provided, in addition to the usual door or doors, with a pivoted side or end a adapted to be held parallel to the opposite side or end during compression of the bale by pivoted arms g passing at right angles to the part a and adapted to be turned about their pivots to allow the part a to assume an inclined position, so that the the bale can be withdrawn easily. The arms g carry bowls j and are mounted on a shaft h having an arm k connected by a link m to a handlever o.
Patent GB-895716-A (GB)
Title: A combined badge bar with flashing indicators for attachment to scooters or the like
Inventor: ARNOLD KENNETH
IPC: B62J11/00
Filed: 1960-03-02
Abstract: 895,716. Bars for supporting badges and flashing indicators. KAYAY CO. (B'HAM) Ltd. Feb. 27, 1961 [March 2, 1960], No. 7326/60. Class 136(1). [Also in Group XI] A combined badge-bar a with flashing indicators a 2  at its ends comprises a length of tubing which is securable in a forwardly protruding manner to a weather guard or other part of a scooter, motor bicycle or the like, as for instance by lateral arms a 4  and screws a 6 , fastening clamps (Fig. 3, not shown) or the like. The bar a may be curved centrally if required to clear the top of a headlight cowl. The arms a 4  may be fastened to the bar a by clamps e as in Fig. 4 which permit lateral adjustment along the bar.
Patent GB-322968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the suction boxes of pumps
IPC: F04B53/10
Filed: 1929-03-07
Abstract: 322,968. Ferguson, A. S. March 7, 1929. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Travelling-band strainers; strainers fitted at end of pipes.-A box 8 at the end of a pump suction pipe 10 has slots 9 and is surrounded by a perforated metal belt 1, which is carried upwards over a studded pulley 3. The studs fit the perforations in the belt, which are thus cleaned on rotation of the pulley by means of a hand wheel 7 and mitre gearing 5. A catch pan 18 prevents the return of dirt to the suction box.
Patent GB-1398491-A (GB)
Title: Battery casing and sealed primary sodium-halogen battery
IPC: H01M6/20
Filed: 1973-02-15
Abstract: 1398491 Sodium-halogen battery GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 15 Feb 1973 [1 March 1972] 7420/73 Heading H1B A battery casing for a sealed primary sodiumhalogen battery comprises an open-ended inner casing 11 of solid sodium-ion-conducting material, e.g. of sodium beta-alumina, an outer open-ended casing 14 surrounding the inner casing and also having an opening 16 therein, a cover 20 with a central opening 21 therein sealed to the upper open ends of both casings 11 and 14 and fill tubes 18, 22 associated with respective openings 16, 21 in the outer casing and cover and an electronic conductor 13 within the casing 11 and affixed to the fill tube 22. The outer casing is .preferably metallic, e.g. of niobium or tantalum, and the cover 20 may be made of a metal, e.g. nickel, Kovar (Registered Trade Mark) alloy, niobium or tantalum, of a sodium and halogen resistant glass or of alpha-alumina or beta-alumina. The cover 20 is sealed to the open ends of both casings by a sodium and halogen resistant glass washer 23. The anode 24 is disposed in the inner casing 11 and comprises sodium metal either alone, in an amalgam or in a non-aqueous electrolyte, e.g. a sodium halide salt in propylene carbonate. After casing 11 has been filled with the anode material the fill tube 22 is closed and sealed by welding as at 26. The cathode 25 comprises a halogen, e.g. bromine which may be mixed with 5-60% by weight iodine, in conductive material such as a porous matrix of carbon felt or foam metal, an aqueous electrolyte, a non-aqueous electrolyte such as sodium halide salts in propylene carbonate and with dissolved small amounts of additives such as NaCl, NaBr, KCl, AlCl 3 , AlBr 3  or POCl 3 . After filling the outer casing with the cathode the metallic fill tube 18 is sealed as by welding at 27. The conductor 13, e.g. of nickel, Kovar (Registered Trade Mark) alloy, niobium or tantalum, is welded to the fill tube 22.
Patent GB-1014672-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the feeding of books
Inventor: THOMPSON JACK EVANS
IPC: B42C19/08
Filed: 1961-11-23
Abstract: 1,014,672. Bookbinding. R. D. H. THOMPSON & CO. Ltd. Feb. 25, 1963 [Nov. 23, 1961], No. 7556/63. Divided out of 1,014,671. Heading B6A. A method of feeding books to or in a bookbinding machine comprises the steps of feeding the books with their spines arranged transverse to the direction of travel up to a stop bar, lifting the formost book over the stop bar and allowing it to fall spine downwards into a trough situated beneath the stop bar. The books 1 are fed spine lowermost up to a stop bar 6 by intermittently moving endless belts 3. The foremost book is lifted by suckers 10 travelling in an elliptical path 11 anp dropped spine first into a trough 7, 7a and on to a table 12, thereby squaring the sections of the book. Tie bars 2 secured between a pair of intermittently moving chains 8 feed the book from the table 12. Alternatively, the books are arranged on the belts 5 spine uppermost and the foremost book lifted and pivoted about the upper edge of the stop bar 6 by the sucker means, whereby the book somersaults into the trough spine first. Automatic cut-out means are provided so that if the pressure of the books against the stop-bar 6 exceeds a predetermined value movement of the endless bands 3 ceases.
Patent GB-751521-A (GB)
Title: A method of forming a socket in a glass vessel
IPC: C03B23/26
Filed: 1954-03-16
Abstract: 751,521. Glassware. SCORAH, L. V. D. Feb. 24, 1955 [March 16, 1954], No. 7580/54. Drawings to Specification. Class 56 A socket is formed in one end of a glass vessel by 'rotating the vessel on its central axis, heating the centre of the end in which the socket is to be formed, thereby forming an initial depression, heating the peripheral part and pressing it with a roller so that the glass is displaced towards the central part, and then reheating the central part and, by axial pressure of a tool, causing it to be extended inwardly to form the socket.
Patent GB-309485-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in watches
IPC: G04B37/10
Filed: 1929-03-08
Abstract: 309,485. Huguenin, G., Davoine, P. Huguenin-, and Dubois, A., (trading as Huguein FrÞres et Cie). April 11, 1928, [Convention date]. Keyless mechanism in which the winding knob is closed down on to the case comprises a knob 4 having three inclined slots 9 which co-act with three pins 8 on the pendant 1 to form bayonet joints. An interior annular conical portion 5 of the knob is thus locked against an internal conical face of the pendant; packing 16 is interposed. A plug 10 on the top of the winding stem 2 has a shouldered connection 12, 5<1> with the part 5 and has three holes 14 which accommodate three sliding rods 13 on the knob 4 to impart the rotational movement. The plug 10 is split axially in three places 15 for a half of its depth to permit assembly of the parts.
Patent GB-722002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to means for clamping cables, rods or the like
IPC: H02G3/06
Filed: 1951-04-02
Abstract: 722,002. Mechanical couplings for cable sheathing. BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION. April 2, 1951 [April 3, 1950], No. 7621/51. Class 38 (1). Means for clamping and sealing a cable 15 where it enters a member, such as a conduit 10, comprises a nut 11 screwing on to the conduit and housing an adapter sleeve 20 and a compressible sleeve 24, the adapter having a cylindrical portion 17, a tapered portion 22 and a flange 23 abutting a shoulder 19 in the nut. The lower end of sleeve 24 is stiffened by a rigid sleeve 27 and on application of the nut to the conduit said lower end first engages the end of the conduit, continued rotation of the nut then forcing an externally tapered upper portion of sleeve 24 into adapter 20 which compresses it radially on to the cable as shown. One or more resilient shim tubes may be placed round the cable if the diameter thereof is such that sleeve 24 will not clamp it satisfactorily. Specification 721,872 is referred to.
Patent GB-413069-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to aircraft with freely rotative wings
IPC: B64C1/00
Filed: 1933-03-13
Abstract: 413,069. Aircraft with rotary-wing systems. LA CIERVA, J. DE, Bush House, Aldwych, London. March 13, 1933, No. 7623. [Class 4.] In a rotary-winged aircraft, wherein the control in roll is effected by operating on the rotor either by tilting it bodily or by controlling the pitch angles of the rotor blades to produce a lateral tilting of the path swept by the rotor blades, one or more fixed aerofoil surfaces are situated within the slipstream of the airscrew and is so disposed angularly to the slipstream that the effective angle of incidence to the slipstream of the whole or part of such surface on one side of (or above) the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the aircraft differs from that on the other side of (or below) the axis so that an aerodynamic couple is produced tending to neutralize the airscrew reaction torque. As shown, the autorotative rotor 38 may be rocked about transverse or longitudinal pivots by links 51, 47 operated by hand control 44. The motor 32 of the tractor airscrew 33 may drive the rotor 38 when desired through gearing 103<x> and 85. A rudder bar 55 is connected by cables 67 to steer the tail wheel 64. The rear end of the aircraft body is provided with a horizontal tail plane comprising right and left-hand halves 57, 57<a>, Fig. 2, an upper central fixed vertical tail fin 53 and a lower fin 54. The angle of incidence of the part 57 of the tail plane is opposite to that of the other part 57<a> so that a couple is developed due to the slipstream in the opposite sense to that developed by the reaction torque of the propeller 33. The tail plane pivots about a transverse axis 58 and is provided with upturned tips 56 which effect a stabilizing effect in roll, jaw, and pitch. The tips 56 are provided with adjustable trailing flaps 71 and the tail plane with flaps 72, while the vertical fin 53 carries an adjustable flap 73. Since the adjustable flaps 71, 73 lie outside and inside the slipstream respectively, correct yawing trim can be obtained at all speeds and throttle openings, and by adjustment of the flaps 72 the rolling couple produced by the tail plane may be made equal and opposite to the airscrew reaction torque. The fins or surfaces for correcting the reaction torque may be arranged either vertically or horizontally and may be combined with fins or surfaces provided for other purposes, e.g. they may consist of a pair of small horizontal fixed wings incorporated in the wheel undercarriage or in the support for lateral floats or they may consist of vertical surfaces forming fairings around members of the undercarriage below the body and round a member or members constituting the rotor supporting structure above the body or they may consist of vertical tail fins disposed above and below the body having a differential incidence setting. Specification 393,976 is referred to.
Patent GB-312988-A (GB)
Title: Method of and apparatus for annealing metal strips
IPC: C21D9/00
Filed: 1929-03-08
Abstract: 312,988. Electric Furnace Co., Ltd., (Assignees of Hirsch, Kupfer-und Messing- werke Akt.-Ges.). June 4, 1928, [Convention date]. Resistance furnaces.-In a method of annealing metal strips in which the strips are pulled through the furnace so that they hang in a catenary curve within the furnace without touching the walls or floor, the sag of the curve is regulated according to the tensile strength of the metal by a clamping device F, the pressure of which is regulated by a screw H and hand wheel G. The strip C is pulled through an electric resistance furnace A by a reel E driven by a motor and wound off a loosely mounted reel D.
Patent GB-447308-A (GB)
Title: Improved tin opener
IPC: B67B7/70
Filed: 1935-03-12
Abstract: 447,308. Tin - openers. POTTER, C. A., Newfield Hall, Sheffield. March 12, 1935, No. 7634. [Class 66] The pivoted cutter 3 of a tin - opener of the tractionwheel type is formed as a screw-driver at the end opposite to the cutting edge 5, the guide or abutment 6 is provided with a V-notch 7 to form a nail or tack remover, and one side of the body portion is formed with a C- shaped opening 8, 8<a>, to serve as a bottleopener. The ends of the operating lever of the traction wheel are also formed as spanners 2, and an inch scale is provided at the opposite edge of the body to the bottle opener, on the reverse side.
Patent GB-1092235-A (GB)
Title: Electrical connector and method of manufacture
IPC: H01R9/22
Filed: 1966-02-22
Abstract: 1,092,235. Making electrical components. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION . Feb. 22, 1966 [April 8, 1965], No. 7653/66. Heading B3A. [Also in Divisions B4-B5] An insulating electrical connector for a number of parallel conductors is made by positioning the conductors 32 above a mould cavity 12, pressing the conductors downwardly by a die punch 26 to contact the bottom of the cavity, and injecting through a pipe 18 plastics insulating material which sets to form the connector (58) (Fig. 4, not shown). The conductors 32 are initially positioned by winding a length of wire in serpentine fashion around a number of spaced pins 22 on each side of the cavity, the wire being subsequently trimmed to produce a number of separate conductors. Each conductor is exposed at the lower surface of the finished connector and is of flattened crosssection due to the pressure exerted by the die punch 26. The die 26, which is integral with or slidable within a support 14, can be retracted before the plastics material is moulded in order to modify the shape of the connector (58). The connector can be employed in a computer magnetic core plane or in a printed circuit. Flash between the projecting wires can be sand-blasted or can be presented by upward projections around the edge of the cavity (12).