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Patent GB-146279-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in electric current interrupters
IPC: H01T1/18
Filed: 1920-06-24
Abstract: 146,279. Bennett, C. E. June 24, 1919, [Convention date]. Protective arrangements. - A spark discharge earth connexion for protecting high-power transmission lines against excessive currents due to line surges or lightning strokes consists of a spark gap connected to earth through an automatic thermally operated interrupter comprising an earthed container for a vaporizable electrolyte in which is an arcing chamber wherein an arc is formed drawn out and quenched, thereby discontinuing the arc at the main spark gap, which may be unusually narrow. As shown in Fig. 1, the high-tension line 1 is connected to the insulated cap 2 provided with an arcing horn. The companion cap is mounted on a hooded insulating tube 5 carried by and depending into the metal container which is nearly filled with electrolyte, for example brine. A tubular electrode 6 is adjustably connected to the mounting of the second electrode and extends into contact with the surface of the electrolyte. On the occurrence of abnormal conditions, the discharge between the caps 2 is conducted to earth through the electrode 6 and the electrolyte, and the heat at the contact point with the electrode causes vaporization and forces the electrolyte down the tube 5. drawing out and finally breaking and quenching the are in the liquid. The arcing chamber 14 is connected to the atmosphere through a hole 71 in the tube 6. In a three-phase system, the tubes 5 one for each phase may be arranged within a single container.
Patent GB-460003-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in impulse receiving arrangements particularly for use in telephone systems
IPC: H04Q1/32
Filed: 1936-06-19
Abstract: 460,003. Automatic exchange systems. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L. M. ERICSSON. June 19, 1936, No. 17165. Convention date, June 21, 1935. [Class 40 (iv)] In an impulse circuit particularly for use on lines having low insulation resistance as compared with the line resistance, two relays Rl, R2 are employed responding respectively to closure and opening of the loop, the second, which is connected up on operation of the first, requiring a greater holding current than the other. By providing R1 with a locking contact and a shunt resistance r to determine its time of release the arrangement may serve for transmitting corrected impulses.
Patent GB-961014-A (GB)
Title: Automatic washing machine
IPC: D06F35/00
Filed: 1963-05-02
Abstract: A washing machine is arranged to perform a sequence with at least two rinses in which the first rinse is with the water initially at a lower level than in the subsequent rinses, and during the first rinse the water level is raise to the level of these subsequent rinses. The initial level of the first rinse is approximately the same as the level of the washing and the level may start to rise either after about one third of the first rinse or at the beginning of the first rinse.
Patent GB-242200-A (GB)
Title: Shoes and process of manufacturing same
IPC: A43B9/10
Filed: 1925-07-07
Abstract: 242,200. Rumpel, O. July 7, 1925. Connecting uppers to soles. - In a shoe of the kind in which the upper is out-turned and stitched to the margin of the sole the lower edge of the upper a is bound with a strip b imitating a leather or other welt. The seam uniting the upper to the sole c is arranged near the inner edge of the binding strip.
Patent GB-1207887-A (GB)
Title: Wide-angle lens
IPC: G02B13/04
Filed: 1968-04-11
Abstract: 1,207,887. Optical objectives. WILDHEERBRUGG A.G. and L. BERTELE. April 11, 1968 [April 14, 1967], No. 17546/68. Heading G2J. In a wide angle objective lens in which two converging members B, C enclose the diaphragm and are preceded and followed by at least two diverging meniscii A, D; the concavities of which face the diaphragm:- r 13  < r 12  nd 8  < nd 9  Optical data are given for the example shown.
Patent GB-453795-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to incendiary charges for projectiles
IPC: C06C15/00
Filed: 1935-06-29
Abstract: 453,795. Incendiary projectiles. CRAVEN, T. A., Floriana, Stanal Gardens, Thornton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. June 29, 1935, No. 17583. [Class 9 (i)] A charge for an incendiary projectile consists of yellow phosphorus coated with a vegetable resin solution and a second coating of a chlorate of potash-antimony sulphide composition. The first coating may be omitted. The charge may be wrapped in cotton gauze impregnated with sodium nitrate or a sodium nitrate-magnesium composition to facilitate ignition.
Patent GB-294568-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the distillation of coal, lignite or the like having high contents of volatiles
IPC: C10B53/08
Filed: 1928-06-18
Abstract: 294,568. Soc. de Recherches et de Perfectionnements Industriels. July 26, 1927, [Convention date]. Materials and compositions for making coke.- In the low temperature distillation of coal, lignite &c., containing about 26-38 per cent of volatiles, in superheated steam at about 500‹ C., the fuel is agglomerated with a hydrocarbon, e.g. anthracene oil, which though forming no pitch at any stage produces a substantial amount of coke. The residue may be subjected to further distillation at high temperature (700-1000<0> C.) to obtain a metallurgical coke. The Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91 (3) (a) describes the use as binder of petroleum or coal tar singly or together. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specifica. tion as accepted.
Patent GB-313175-A (GB)
IPC: F27D1/02
Filed: 1929-06-07
Abstract: 313,175. Scheidhauer & Giessing Akt.-Ges. June 8, 1928, [Convention date]. Roofs.-A furnace roof is built up of bricks which are smooth on all sides but one, where a recess or groove is formed for the engagement of a hanger supporting one or more pairs of bricks. Where the projecting portions a left by the recesses are rectangular with rounded corners c, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or semicircular, each hanger supports a pair of bricks arranged back to back, while in the arrangement shown in Figs. 5 and 6, where the projections a are of quadrantal form, each ring support d carries two bricks, and two rings are suspended from a single hanger. The hangers may be in the form of spring yokes e, Fig. 10, which press the bricks together, or of links connected together lazy tong or toggle manner, so that the weight of the block tends to press them together. The bricks may be shaped to form either flat or curved roofs.
Patent GB-1036094-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to document reading apparatus
IPC: G06V10/12
Filed: 1963-05-06
Abstract: 1,036,094. Image scanning apparatus. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION. May 6, 1963 [May 7, 1962], No. 17737/63. Heading H4F. [Also in Division G4] A document 4, Fig. 2, is traversed through an arcuate guide member 6 and is scanned by a rotating member bearing a number (6 as illustrated) of optical assemblies each comprised of a ribbon light source 19 with associated condenser lens 20 and pairs of objective lenses 17, 18 by means of which light reflected from the document is directed to an array of stationary light fibres 21, the lower ends of fibres 21 being closely arranged in a row parallel to the axis of the rotating member and the upper ends being connected to individual photo-multipliers 10. The light sources illuminate the document over a distance slightly greater than the height of a line of characters. The light fibres accept light over an angle (60 degrees in the example illustrated) sufficient to accommodate the full width scan of the document. In a second arrangement, Fig. 3, the rotating member 8 carries three groups of light fibres 26, 27, 28 which terminate at one end at the periphery of the disc, Fig. 4, and at the other end, Fig. 5, terminate in a circular array in a disc 30 with corresponding fibres in the three groups brought together. Light from disc 30 is directed by way of reflectors 32, 34 and lens 33 to a dove prism 35 and then by way of lens 36 to a stationary circular array of light fibres 37 whose ends are connected to individual photo-multipliers 10. The dove prism is rotated at half the speed of member 8 by gears 24, 25. As member 8 rotates to cause scanning across document 4 the resulting rotating array of image points formed at disc 30 is formed as an image on fibres 37 and maintained stationary by the half-speed counterrotation of prism 35. Mirrors 32, 34 and lens 33 may be dispensed with by placing prism 35 in optical alignment with disc 30. A lens may be provided on member 8 in alignment with the ends of each group of fibres 26, 27, 28, Fig. 6 (not shown).
Patent GB-953106-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to visual indicating devices
IPC: G08B5/22
Filed: 1960-05-20
Abstract: 953,106. Visible signalling apparatus. PHILIPS ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd. May 20,1960 [May 23, 1959], No. 17864/60. Heading G4F. An electromagnetic two-position visual indicating device comprises an armature 6 (Figs. 1 and 2) or 56 (Fig. 5) rotatable between the poles of a substantially U-shaped magnetizable yoke 1, 2 or 51, 52 provided with an energizing coil 7 or 57, the armature including a permanent magnet member 8 or 58 and an indicating member, such as differently coloured insulating plates 9 and 10 or an insulating moulding 60 having a light-coloured layer 62 on one face; the permanent magnet member is of a ferrite material of substantially non-cubic crystals of polyoxides of iron and at least one of the metals barium, strontium, lead, and calcium, and the armature has two final positions a quarter turn or more apart, the direction of magnetization of the permanent magnet member being such that the armature is held magnetically in either of the two final positions and produces a magnetic flux in the yoke in opposite directions for the two positions. The permanent magnet member 8 may consist of a layer of magnetic powder, with a binder which also affixes the insulating plates 9 and 10 to the layer 8. The armature may have an electrically conductive coating and be arranged to interconnect electric contacts on the yoke in one or both of its final positions, Fig. 3 (not shown).
Patent GB-581893-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to parachute and the like flares
IPC: F42B4/28
Filed: 1942-12-17
Abstract: 581,893. Parachute flares. SCHERMULY, C. D., SCHERMULY, A. J., and SCHERMULY, C. Dec. 17, 1942, No. 17929. [Class 9 (ii)] A parachute flare provided with a collapsable flexible screen 8, 10, as described in Specification 561,755, has the flare enclosed in a two-part hinged casing 1 with a lid 12 which lies over the plate 7 to which both the upper arms 10 of the screen and the parachute cords 11 are attached. When the parachute opens, the " snatch " pulls the plate 7 upwardly, removes the cap 12 and allows the casing to fall off and the screen to expand. The plate 7 is guided in its upward movement by a rod 6, the ends of which engage slots 5 in an extension 4 of the flare casing 3. The lid 12 may be attached directly to the parachute cords.
Patent GB-1212226-A (GB)
Title: Temperature strain relief for long scale d-c meters
IPC: G01R5/04
Filed: 1968-04-17
Abstract: 1,212,226. Moving coil meters. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. April 17, 1968 [June 9, 1967], No. 18021/68. Heading G1Q. To prevent the occurrence of strains in the shaft 17 of a moving coil meter due to temperature changes, which cause differential expansion between the shaft and the coil assembly 21, the coil assembly is not rigidly bonded along its length to the shaft but is attached thereto by one fixed bonded bracket 25 and one flexible bracket 26. The meter may be either a taut band or jewel and pivot type, with an eccentrically mounted coil to provide an open scale. The flexible bracket incorporates two parallel parts bonded to the shaft and coil assembly respectively interconnected by a third part enabling the two parts to move relatively in the axial direction.
Patent GB-221047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in rotary web offset printing machines
IPC: B41F13/28
Filed: 1923-07-12
Abstract: 221,047. Linotype & Machinery, Ltd., and Goulding, B. J. J. July 12,1923. Tripping-arrangements.-In an offset printing- machine an offset cylinder 5 is mounted so as to be adjustable relatively to a forme cylinder 1 and a corresponding offset cylinder 5<1> or a direct acting forme cylinder. The cylinder 5 is angularly adjustable about the axis of cylinder 1 and is radially adjustable towards and away from that axis. In the machine shown, perfected offset impressions are obtained from the cylinders 5, 5', and these are mounted in pairs of radius bars 4 pivoted coaxially with the fixed axes 2 of the forme cylinders 1. For printing webs of different thicknesses, the bars 4 are angularly adjustable about the axes 2 by means of turnbuckles 6, the bars 4 being held in adjusted position by bolts 8 threaded into the machine frame and passing through slots 7 in the bars. The cylinders 5 are mounted in bearing blocks 9 which are capable of being moved in radial slots in the bars 4 by means of set-screws 11 to adjust the machine for offset blankets 12 of different sizes. To trip the cylinders 5 out of printing position eccentric bearings 14 mounted in the blocks 9 are capable of operation. by adjustable lever-and-link mechanism 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, operable by a hand-lever for simultaneous operation, or capable of independent operation for each cylinder. This mechanism is so arranged that the levers 19 are held by stops 26 in the operative position, and in this position the levers are in their dead centre position. The links 17 are detached from the arms 15 of the eccentrics 14 while adjusting the bars 4, and the eccentrics 14 are held fixed during the adjustment of the bars by a locking-pin insulated in a hole 27 in the eccentric and a hole in the bearing- block 9. The turnbuckles 6 may be operated for simultaneous coarse adjustment by helical gearing which is so arranged as to permit of individual fir.e adjustment of each turnbuckle.
Patent GB-901031-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in indicating and controlling apparatus
IPC: G01D5/42
Filed: 1959-05-27
Abstract: 901,031. Thermal switches; fluid actuation of switches. SARCO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION. May 27, 1959 [May 27, 1958], No. 18103/59. Class 38 (5). [Also in Groups XIX and XXIV] A pressure or temperature indicating and controlling apparatus, in which a common actuating block 8, operated by flexible bellows in a casing 3, operates independently a train of current switching mechanism and a train of indicating mechanism, has a driving pulley 16 operatively connected with the block 8 and a driven pulley 18 interconnected with the pulley 16 by a transversely curved spring strip 17 autogenously wrapped in tight spiral coils about the pulleys for imparting movement to a pointer 19 indicating against a graduated dial 20. In a thermostatic system a bulb 1 responds to the temperature of a fluid to be controlled causing the bellows in the casing 3 to move a threaded rod 7 carrying the block 8, the movement being modified by bimetallic discs 5 to compensate for ambient temperature. The block 8 bears on the head 11 of an adjusting screw 12 for modifying the transmission ratio of the lever system 12, 13, 15 pivoted on a stud 14. The block 8 also acts through a yoke 22 on a bell-crank 24 fulcrumed on the shaft 21 and lugs 27 operate microswitches 28, 29 pivoted at 31 on arms 32, 33 fulcrumed on the shaft 21. The switches 28, 29 are urged towards one another by a spring strip 38 wrapped on pulleys 37 on brackets 36 pivoted at 35 one on each switch 28, 29, the tension being controlled by adjusting screws 39. The switches are held apart against the action of the spring 38, with the lugs 27 normally spaced from the switch buttons 30, by a roller 41 on a switch positioning lever 42 fulcrumed on the shaft 21 and having a slot 44 at its lower end. The slot 44 is engaged by a screw 45 in a sector 46 pivoted at 47 and meshing with a gear-wheel 48 on a shaft 49 carrying a knob 50 for setting the roller 41 and shifting the switches 28, 29 in accordance with the temperature to be regulated. This preset temperature is indicated on the dial 20 by a pointer carried by an arm 54 controlled by the knob 50 through pulleys 51, 52 interconnected by a spring strip 53. The switches 28, 29 are used, e.g. to start or shut off a motor for operating the burner of a heating system or a compressor for a cooling system. An alternative simpler arrangement of switches is described with respect to Figs. 9 10 (not shown).
Patent GB-426530-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to high tension electric insulating bushings of the condenser type
IPC: H01B17/28
Filed: 1934-06-19
Abstract: 426,530. Insulators. HAEFELY & CIE AKT.-GES., E., 353, Lehonmattweg, Basle, Switzerland. June 19, 1934, No. 18112. Convention date, June 20, 1933. [Class 36] A high-tension bushing of the condenser type comprises a lead-in conductor 1 insulated by a wrapped paper body 2 which is impregnated under vacuum with insulating oil and is enclosed in a hard paper tube 3 containing insulating oil 7. Conductive or semi-conductive inlays 2<a> are embedded in the body 2. A space 6 is left in the tube 3 to provide for expansion of the insulating oil. The exposed part of the bushing may be protected by a porcelain cover 10 and the space between the tube 3 and the cover 10 may be filled with a plastic insulating- material.
Patent GB-120802-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Making Composition from Leather Scrap.
Inventor: WHITE HAROLD EDWARD
IPC: C08L89/06
Filed: 1917-12-07
Abstract: 120,802. White, H. E. Dec. 7, 1917. Scraps, assembling into sheets and the like.- Leather waste or scrap is first treated with weak acid solution, e.g. 10 per cent strength hydrochloric acid, or with acid and salts such as magnesium sulphate or common salt. The excess of acid may be removed and the waste heated to, say 100‹ C., with or without stirring or crushing or otherwise working to produce a homogeneous mass, which may be rolled, pressed, extruded, &c. Or, after treating with acid, the waste may be heated alone, or with methylated spirit, olive or other oil, or gelatine, until it becomes homo. geneous and may be worked. The product is then hardened by formaldehyde, chromium compounds, tanning extracts or compositions (including those prepared synthetically), or by picric acid alone or in combination with oils. During the treatment, organic or inorganic filling-materials may be added.
Patent GB-613297-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with electric switch and fuse contacts
IPC: H01H9/10
Filed: 1946-06-18
Abstract: 613,297. Two-part couplings fusible cutouts. DONOVAN ELECTRICAL CO., Ltd., and BOSWORTH, H. June 18, 1946, No. 18204. [Class 38 (i)] [Also in Group XXXVII] A fuse contact adapted to be inserted between fixed contact jaws i and then expanded so as to be firmly clamped in engagement, comprises three blades a, b, c ; blades band c are urged apart by springs e mounted between them, a wedge clamping device g, g<1>, g<2>, actuated by the knob g3 is also arranged between them. The fuse tag h is gripped between the resilient blade b and the outer blade a. Pin f restricts the spring motion. In a fuse carrier there will be a contact at each end of the fuse and the blade b of one of these contacts may be extended as shown at b<1> to form an arcuate tongue cooperating with a slot i to form a loose and detachable pivotal connection for the fuse carrier.
Patent GB-146383-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to oil spraying apparatus for railways
IPC: D07B1/14
Filed: 1920-07-02
Abstract: 146,383. Texas Co., (Assignees of Neafie, A. J.). Nov. 7, 1914, [Convention date]. Surface treatment with liquid materials.-Consists in providing a railway vehicle with nozzles for spraying oil or other preservative against the sides of the rails to prevent rusting of exposed parts of the rails and their fixtures. The invention also includes, (1) guards for preventing discharge of oil on to the rail treads, (2) devices for wiping off oil that accidentally adheres to the treads, and (3) sanding devices arranged behind the wipers. Fig. 2 is a side view of the vehicle showing the relative positions of the spraying nozzles 16, guards 20, wipers 40, and sanders 50. Fig. 3 is a front view showing the nozzles 16 and guards 20 on a larger scale. Oil, supplied through pipe 27 leading from a rear tank vehicle, passes to a transverse pipe 4 and thence, under the control of valves 13 operated by a lever 60, to pipes 15 terminating in mozzles 16 directed against the sides of each rail. Air., compressed in tank 31 by an engine 28, is led to a cross pipe 36 controlled by a valve 35 operated by a lever 61 and thence passes to pipes 18 having nozzles which extend down through the oil pipes 15. To avoid obstacles, the oil pipes can be raised in guides 2 by operating a lever 11, and these pipes carry projections for raising the guards 20. The wipers, formed of felt or like fingers mounted on wooden blocks, are raised by lever 48, rod 47 and link 45. The sand is forced from a tank 49 by compressed air controlled by a valve 52. The rail bed may be sprayed with oil by a pipe 65.
Patent GB-259326-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to sound detecting devices
IPC: G01H3/00
Filed: 1925-07-18
Abstract: 259,326. McCann, E. July 18, 1925. Stethoscopes.-An instrument for detecting irregular running in machinery comprises a. rubber cylinder E having a transverse partition F forming with the bottom wall or diaphragm G an air space. The upper part of the cylinder is closed by a domeshaped body H connected by a flexible tube D to the tubes of a binaural stethoscope. The binaural tubes are separated by a spring. More than one air-space may be provided. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specifications 10223/95, 17216/96, 18722/96, 8011/06, and 152,424.
Patent GB-534333-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to spark plugs for internal combustion engines
IPC: H01T13/46
Filed: 1939-06-23
Abstract: 534,333. Sparking plugs. CLEVELAND, F. J. (Bendix Aviation Corporation). June 23, 1939, No. 18412. [A Specification was laid open to inspection under Sect. 91 of the Acts, Dec. 27, 1939.] [Class 7 (iv)] Wrappings 8, 12 insulate the casing and the central electrode from a ring 15 of aluminium or other metal of high conductivity. Above and below the ring, mica washers are packed between the head 6 of the electrode and an internal shoulder 11 in the gland or casing which may be in one or two parts. A copper sleeve 7 surrounds the central electrode. The ribbed extension 1 of the casing which forms a socket for the lead is lined with mica 16, while a stack of mica washers 17 is retained by a washer 18 and the flared end 19 of the central electrode. The sparking terminals 21 project from a ring 22 seated in, and retained by, punched-in portions of the end of the casing.
Patent GB-184466-A (GB)
Abstract: 184,466. Christiani, S. Aug. 9, 1921, [Convention date]. Cooking-stoves.-I-leat is accumulated in granular material in a heat-insulated chamber and utilized as required by transference of the heated material to the points of use such as a cooking- oven. In the embcdiment described, the granular material is heated by electric resistances arranged among it and flows, under the control of a valve, into the hollow walls of an oven from which is it discharged, under control, to a collecting chamber, to be subsequently returned to the heat-accumulating chamber.
Patent GB-687057-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to valve seating plates for compressor pumps
Inventor: BRIGGS ROBERT WESTROPE
IPC: F04B39/10
Filed: 1951-08-03
Abstract: 687,057. Check valves. LONGFORD ENGINEERING CO., Ltd. Aug. 28, 1951 [Aug. 3, 1951], No. 18454/51. Class 135. In a valve seating plate 1, Fig. 1, for the compressor pump of a refrigerator, the valve seats 7, Fig. 2, engageable with flap valves 4 are formed on opposite faces of the plate, stand slightly proud from the main surfaces of the plate and are surrounded by annular recesses 9.