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Patent GB-999283-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for distributing fruit or nuts or the like into a flowable product
IPC: A23G3/20
Filed: 1963-03-29
Abstract: 999,283. Distributing nuts; fruit; &c. in ice-cream. CHERRY-BURRELL CORPORATION. March 29, 1963 [March 29, 1962], No. 12607/63. Heading A2B. An apparatus for feeding pieces of fruits, nuts or the like into ice-cream comprises a housing 10 having therein a cylindrical chamber 26, an impeller 60 having a plurality of slots 68 rotatable about an axis eccentrically located at B with respect to the axis C of the chamber, a plurality of blades 70 received and slidable along radial lines in the slots, and means to maintain these blades in constant engagement with the surfaces of the chamber, an inlet 36 for fruit, nuts, etc. into the upper portion of the chamber, an ice-cream inlet 54 at one side of the housing, and an outlet 56 at the other side of the housing for discharging the supplemented ice-cream.
Patent GB-659145-A (GB)
Title: A new or improved mounting for brake levers or the like on the handle-bars of cyclesor motor-cycles
Inventor: YAPP THOMAS ALFRED
IPC: B62L3/02
Filed: 1949-05-11
Abstract: 659,145. Control lever mechanism. HERCULES CYCLE & MOTOR CO., Ltd. May 11, 1949, No. 12627. [Class 136 (i)] A cycle control lever comprises two sheet metal pressings a, b contracted onto the handlebar c by a single bolt e which passes through both pressings and forms the pivot for the lever, the pressing a comprising an arcuate part and two parallel limbs d, d to receive the bolt e, the pressing b having two curved wings h to fit against the handlebar and an offset lug p which forms an abutment for the casing q of a Bowden wire r. Each limb d of the casing a has an inwardly extending peripheral flange f. The wings h of the casing b have tongues j engaging in slots k in the casing a. The hand lever m fits between the sides of the pressing b and pivots on the bolt e. A spring washer n may be provided on one or both sides of the lever to take up side play. The cable r is connected to the lever m by a pivoted fork s and a nipple t.
Patent GB-225778-A (GB)
Title: Improved poultry feeder
IPC: A01K39/012
Filed: 1924-05-23
Abstract: 225,778. Ashmead, H. May 23, 1924. Feeding-appliances for animals.-A feeder resembling that described in Specification 212,792 has a trough 2 of semicylindrical form the. back 6 of which merges into the cylindro-convex floor 7 of the hopper 8 at an angle of about 15‹ to the vertical. The wall 9 of the hopper curves forwardly, and dips into the trough, forming a converging outlet 12 about half as wide again as the aperture 11. The floor 7 rises to a level higher than that of the trough-front 4, its height being about two-and-a-third times the width of the throat 12. A lid 14 having a gutter 15 may be hinged to the hopper and a detachable ledge may be fixed in front of the trough for small birds. If the feeder is constructed with a single trough only the apex of the floor 7 is rounded into the rear wall of the hopper.
Patent GB-726460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to food mixers
IPC: A47J43/06
Filed: 1953-05-07
Abstract: 726,460. Motor driving arrangements. HOOVER, Ltd. May 7, 1953 [May 21, 1952], No. 12723/53. Class 35. [Also in Group II. A food mixer comprises a power unit arranged, alternatively, either to be supported on a pillar upstanding from a platform, with a downwardly facing power take off coupling in the power unit overhanging and spaced from the platform to operate a tool in a vessel supported on the platform, or to be supported on the platform, with a power take-off coupling in driving connection with an upwardly facing power take-off coupling in the pillar for driving a tool in a utensil supported on the pillar. In Fig. 2, an electric power unit 10 is detachably secured by a hook 30 to a pillar 13, spaced from and overhanging a platform 12 upon which a bowl 18 is rotatably mounted to receive two beater elements 26 extending from two downwardly facing power take-off couplings 24. The bowl 18 is rotatable either by hand or automatically, depending respectively upon a stub shaft 16 of a turn-table 17 being inserted into either a central bearing 14, or an eccentric bearing 15, Fig. 1 (not shown). In Fig. 3 the power unit 10 is supported on the platform 12 with the hook 30 received in a depression 33 in the platform 12, and a high speed horizontal power take-off 31 engages a coupling 32 which is geared to an upwardly facing power take-off 36 in a recess 34 of the pillar 13. The power take-off 36 drives a tool incorporated in a utensil inserted in the recess 34, such as a blender 40, or a juice extractor 50, Fig. 4 (not shown). The wall of the recess 34 is cut away at 35 to receive the spout of a utensil, such as a juice extractor. In an alternative construction, Fig. 4 (not shown), the power unit 10 is supported on the platform 12, and one of the downwardly facing power take-off couplings 24 engages a vertical shaft extending through the platform 12, which in turn drives the upwardly facing power take off coupling in the recess 34 by means of a belt drive of step-up ratio disposed beneath the platform. The power unit is provided with a handle 22 enabling the mixer to be held in the hand and used independently of the base.
Patent GB-103960-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cylinder Construction for Internal Combustion Engines.
IPC: F02F1/08
Filed: 1916-09-09
Abstract: 103,960. Daimler Co., and Berriman, A. E. Sept. 9, 1916. Cylinders, construction of, and cooling.-The cylinder barrel extends beyond the head 4, as shown at 3, and forms a receptacle for a valvechest 7 of aluminium, which may be secured by long bolts from the crank chamber. Cooling-ribs 9. either integral with the barrel or applied thereto, also extend beyond the head, which may form seatings for valves 5, 6.
Patent GB-164943-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in hopper mechanism for filling replenishing looms
IPC: D03D45/20
Filed: 1920-05-10
Abstract: 164,943. British Northrop Loom Co., Ltd., (Northrop Loom Co.). May 10, 1920. Shuttles, changing bobbins and other weft-carriers in, automatically.-In looms of the Northrop type with rotary hoppers, the butt end of a filling-carrier in transferring position is supported by the end 18 of a spring-controlled member 17 mounted on the hopper stand and normally obstructing the throat of the hopper. On transfer, the filling-carrier displaces the member, which, as it moves downwards, is caused to move to the left, in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the filling-carrier, by the engagement of a cam or inclined portion 26 on the member 17 with a fixed rest 27. The member 17 slides on a pin 20, and is guided in recesses 21 in the hopper or by pins 30. The member 17 has also an inclined or cam portion 28 co-operating with a pin or rest 29. A modification is described, wherein a pivoted member is used. According to the Provisional Specification, the invention may be used with hoppers other than those, of the rotary type.
Patent GB-740693-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the catalytic desulphurisation of petroleum hydrocarbons
IPC: C10G45/24
Filed: 1952-05-21
Abstract: Gas oil is autofined by contacting with a catalyst at 750-800 DEG F and a space velocity of less than 1 v/v/hr., separating a hydrogen-rich gas from the products and recycling it to the reaction zone.  The catalyst comprises cobalt and molybdenum oxides deposited on or incorporated with a support, such as alumina, and containing also a minor proportion of combined fluorine, prepared for example by impregnating the catalyst with aluminium fluoride.  Specifications 669,553 and 719,627 are referred to.
Patent GB-1499957-A (GB)
Title: Self-cleaning filter with stacked rings shiftable relatively to one another
IPC: A47J31/42
Filed: 1976-06-14
Abstract: 1499957 Filter for centrifuge SOC NORMANDE DE SERVICES AGENCE NATIONALE DE VALORISATION DE LA RECHERCHE SOC GENERALE POUR LE FINANCEMENT DE L'INNOVATION SOGINNOVE SLL CAILLIOT B COR and A GASTINNE 14 June 1976 [13 June 1975 26 Feb 1976] 12884/77 Divided out of 1499956 Heading B1D A self cleaning filter of a centrifuge chamber comprises a stack of horizontal similar annular rings 47 which cooperate with each other on annular surfaces of very small radial dimensions compared with their radius, and the wall of the chamber being defined by pillars 52 which surround said filter, wherein the inside surface of the wall is shaped as a truncated cone so that the rings are able to shift relatively to each other to an extent to create, at least on one part of the cooperating surfaces between adjacent rings a clearance for passage of filtrate which prevents passage of solids of dimensions greater than the clearance. The rings may have projections 47a to ensure they remain horizontal. A driving ring 54 may have an adjustable frusto cone 57 threaded thereon to increase or decrease the inclination of pillars 52 which are pivoted at point 51 and supported by springs 53a seated in channels 26b.
Patent GB-131131-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Signalling Apparatus.
IPC: G08C15/04
Filed: 1918-08-12
Abstract: 131,131. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., Chicken, C. B., and Thain, J. H. Aug, 12, 1918. Order and order-type apparatus.-In an electric signalling system, the receiver, which is of the step-by-step resultant field type, is provided with an even number of insulated armatures and an even number of pairs of field magnets, the numbers of each being so arranged that they are different and one is not a multiple of the other. The two sets of field magnets are arranged one on each side of the armatures, the axially opposing magnets being connected in series, and each pair is connected in parallel with the diametrically opposite pair. Intermediate steps are provided by simultaneously energizing two adjacent sets of opposing pairs. Eight magnetically insulated armatures a, Figs. 1 and 2, are mounted upon a shaft c and are adapted to rotate between six pairs of electro-magnets e, the cores f of which are secured to soft-iron frames h connected by a soft-iron yoke j. The windings g, Figs. 1 and 3, of the axially opposing magnets are connected in series, and each pair is connected in parallel with its diametrically opposing pair. The current supplied to the magnets e is controlled by a transmitter k so arranged that intermediate steps are provided by simultaneously energizing two adjacent pairs.
Patent GB-1031175-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for treating steel strip, especially to prepare it for metallization and galvanization operations
IPC: C21D9/56
Filed: 1963-04-03
Abstract: Apparatus for the continuous heat treatment of metal strip consists of a recuperative heating furnace, an annealing furnace and a temperature adjusting chamber all extending horizontally with respect to each other and located above a strip accumulator which itself extends horizontally above strip preparation equipment.  The apparatus furthermore provides two alternative vertical paths for strip leaving the accumulator, one path passing through a controlled atmosphere pre-heating furnace and thence to the recuperative furnace, while the other leads directly to the temperature-adjusting chamber which is provided with heating and cooling means whereby the strip temperature may be adjusted to a level appropriate to subsequent processing.  The temperature adjusting chamber may extend above a horizontal exit accumulator which itself surmounts apparatus for coating or otherwise treating the strip. As shown in Fig. 1, strip entering at 1 passes through an accumulator located in structure 8, before traversing a series of pretreatment stages 28, 30, 33, 36, 40, 41 and 42.  It may then pass upward through preheating furnace 50 and into recuperative furnace 54; this chamber has a partition permeable to heat whereby heat is recovered from the strip traversing cooling chamber 64.  The strip then passes through a constricted exit to annealing furnace 58, leaving by a further constricted orifice and passing from the cooling zone 64 to the temperature-adjusting chamber 71.  Strip requiring no heat-treatment passes directly to the chamber 71 through entrance 72.  When furnaces 50, 54 and 58 are not in use, opening 67 may be sealed off by a power-actuated obturator illustrated in Fig. 2 (not shown), while the exit from furnace 50 and the entrances to chambers 53 and 73 may be closed by means of pinch rolls acting on the strip <PICT:1031175/C6-C7/1>
Patent GB-822085-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to bearing seals
Inventor: BALL HERBERT
IPC: F16C33/78
Filed: 1957-04-25
Abstract: 822,085. Stuffing-box substitutes. PIONEER OILSEALING & MOULDING CO. Ltd. April 21, 1958 [April 25, 1957], No. 13145/57. Class 122 (5). A seal for a shaft bearing 12 comprises a member of synthetic rubber comprising an outer cylindrical limb 15 adapted to fit in the bearing housing 13 and connected by a radial flange 16 to an inner cylindrical limb 14 having on its internal surface spaced sealing lips 14a adapted to engage the shaft 11 and a number of grooves 14b, 14c and ridges 14d, the outer limb and radial flange being reinforced with metal. The reinforcement may be an L-section metal ring 17 which may be embedded in the rubber as in Fig. 1 or act as a facing 27 as in Fig. 2. A seal may be arranged on each side of the bearing.
Patent GB-131542-A (GB)
IPC: E05C17/08
Abstract: 131,542. Herzog, J. Jan. 31, 1919. Stays.-A support for hinged lids of boxes, cabinets for talking-machines, &c., which is adjusted automatically on opening and closing the lid, consists of an arm 3 pivoted on the lid and provided at the free end with a head having a cam groove 7, or its equivalent, for co-operation with a pin 5 on the body of the cabinet &c. The arm 3 is yieldingly pressed by gravity or otherwise so that it rides against the pin. When the lid is opened, the pin enters the groove 7 at the open end 8, and is guided into a niche 10 to support the lid in open position. Further raising of the lid releases the pin from the niche 10 and then as the lid is lowered the pin travels out of the groove 7 past a spring gate 9, which closes the exit opening of the groove and prevents entry of the pin thereat during the initial opening movement of the lid.
Patent GB-170314-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in illuminated signs
IPC: G09F13/14
Filed: 1921-03-14
Abstract: 170,314. Beville, W. J. March 14, 1921. Signs.-Relates to illuminated box signs of the type in which the interior of the casing is fitted with fluted or like reflecting members disposed at a suitable angle to a sign-bearing face. A distinguishing feature of the invention is stated to be that the whole of the rays of light by which the sign is illuminated are reflected rays, no part of the sign face being directly illuminated. Fig. 1 shows a sign having a rear face 5 of plain glass through which light passes from a source 4 and strikes members 6 of silvered fluted glass, being thence reflected on to members 7 of silvered fluted glass, having the flutings arranged at an angle to those of the members 6, and being finally reflected on to the face 2 of the sign. The face 5 may be of fluted glass, the. members 7 of silvered muffled glass, the members 6 or 7 of silvered plain glass, or the front face 2 may consist of a sheet of fluted clear glass or of a sheet of plain glass backed by a sheet of fluted clear glass. Fig. 3 shows a form in which the lamp 4 is located within the casing 1, and the reflecting members 6, 7 are arranged respectively above and below the lamp. In the form shown in Fig. 4 the lamp 4 is placed above and outside of the casing 1, the top 6<1> of which is of fluted clear glass, and the reflecting members 7 or of fluted silvered glass with the flutings running at an angle to those of the top glass 6<1>. Fig. 5 shows fluted silvered glass reflectors 7 arranged in echelon, a top wall 5 of plain glass, and a sign face 2 consisting of, or backed by, a sheet of fluted clear glass 6'. Silvered fluted glass may in every case be replaced by gilded fluted glass or corrugated bright metal, and silvered plain glass or silvered muffled glass by polished or bright pitted metal plates respectively. Coloured lacquer may be applied to the faces of the sign traversed by light, or the front face be backed by coloured glass. Specifications 229/12, 2566/12, and 12950/13 are referred to.
Patent GB-132103-A (GB)
IPC: B60B15/00
Abstract: 132,103. Kroyer, J. M. Oct. 21, 1918. Independent driving on opposite sides; differential braking.-A tractor has front and rear non- deflectable driving-wheels and is steered by differential braking. The wheels have inclined strakes, the strahes on the front wheels being oppositely inclined to each other and to those on the rear wheels. The wheels 2, 2a, 3, 3a are mounted on rigid axles carried on the chassis 1, and are driven in pairs by chain gearing 9 from a common transmission 10 having a clutch 11 on each side. The strakes 5, 6, 7, 8 are arranged at an angle of 70 degrees with the edge of the wheel, and have their ends chamfered; they are symmetrical about the longitudinal and transverse axes of the vehicle. when the vehicle is steered as shown in Fig. 1, the strakes 7, 8 on the inside of the curve are tangential, while on the driven wheels 2, 3 the strakes 5, 6 on the outside of the curve are radial to the turning circle.
Patent GB-574224-A (GB)
Title: Supporting and bonding device
IPC: F16L3/223
Filed: 1943-08-14
Abstract: 574,224. Couplings. DEHN, F. B. (Adel Precision Products Corporation). Aug. 14, 1943, No. 13214. [Class 38 (i)] A device for supporting and bonding metallic conduits, e.g., in an aircraft, comprises a block or blocks of elastic material such as rubber metal plates drawn together by bolts for compressing the blocks on to the conduits and attaching them to a support, and a metallic bonding strip in contact with both the conduits and the bolts. The blocks 1, 2 are formed to embrace the conduits C and are apertured at 8 to receive the bolts 5 that also pass through channelled plates 3, 4 and attach the assembly to a support P. A metallic strip 6 is laid on the surface of the blocks in contact with the conduits C and its ends are bent to fit into the bolt holes 8. An intermediate portion 6c of the strip is punched to form an offset that also fits in the bolt holes. When the bolts 5 are tightened, the blocks are deformed and press the strip tightly into contact with the conduits and with the stem of the bolts. In a modification, Fig. 6 (not shown), the ends of the strip 6 instead of passing outside the blocks 1, 2 are passed through the bolt holes and the extremities bent to lie under the backing plates 3, 4.
Patent GB-218075-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the preparation of pulverulent fuels for the purpose of converting their ashes into hydraulic cements
IPC: C04B7/32
Filed: 1923-05-17
Abstract: 218,075. Praceiq, E. Bouchaud-. May 17, 1923. Addition to 173,504. Composition fuel.-The powdered fuel obtained by mixing fuels such as peat, having calcareous ash, with fuels such as lignite or coal, having silico-aluminous ash, as described in the parent Specification, is modified by mixing the fuels, and. if necessary, the additional substances, in such proportions that the product from burning the mixture at ash-melting temperature (1400‹- 1800‹ C.) is substantially in accordance with the formula 2 (Al2O3.CaO) + S1O2.CaO, so as to obtain a product of the class known as " molten cements." The hard-set ashes are broken up and crushed.
Patent GB-829270-A (GB)
Title: Amides and the preparation thereof
IPC: C07C233/00
Filed: 1958-04-25
Abstract: The invention comprises compounds of the formula <FORM:0829270/IV (b)/1> (wherein R is an alkanoyl group containing at most 4 carbon atoms) and the preparation thereof by acylation of 3 : 3-bis-(p-aminophenyl)-2-butanone.  Suitable acylating agents are acid halides, preferably used in the presence of an acid-acceptor, and acid anhydrides.  Examples describe the use of the anhydrides of acetic, propionic, butyric and isobutyric acids to prepare diamides according to the invention, and a list of further acylating agents is also given.
Patent GB-310849-A (GB)
Title: An improved machine for the continuous removal of palm-fruit and like products from bunches or stalks
IPC: A01F11/08
Filed: 1929-04-29
Abstract: 310,849. Rubber Cultuur Maatschappij Amsterdam Naamlooze Vennootschap. May 1, 1928, [Convention date]. Thrashing-machines.-To remove palm fruit and like products from bunches or stalks these are charged into a rotating cylinder a, preferably sloping towards the discharge side, within which a drum b is arranged eccentrically but parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, the drum rotating in a direction reverse to but with greater circumferential velocity than that of the cylinder. The cylinder wall may be provided with perforations to permit the escape of separated fruit. The cylinder wall of the drum may be polygonal in shape with rounded corners or may be provided with ribs to give better contact with the bunches. Specifications 217,678, and 305,042 are referred to.
Patent GB-659223-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to ceramic seals
IPC: C04B37/02
Filed: 1949-05-19
Abstract: 659,223. Bushing insulators. K.L.G. SPARKING PLUGS, Ltd., SCHOOBERT, G. W., and BLIGHT, D. J. May 19, 1949, No. 13450. [Class 36] [Also in Group X] A glazed ceramic insulator 12 and a metal bush 15 are secured together by a fluid-tight taper joint which is made by roughening the surface of a tapered portion 14 of the insulator, coating the tapered bore of the bush with a metal which will flow into the roughened surface of the insulator under pressure, and applying the bush to the insulator under pressure. A conductor 11 may first be sealed through the bore of the insulator 12 by a vitreous seal 13, and the bush 15 may be provided with a flange 18 by which it can be secured to a wall to retain the insulator in an aperture in the wall. The tapered surface 14 of the insulator may be roughened by sand blasting, or may be left unglazed. The bush 15 may be made of steel, and the bore may be electro-plated, first with a layer of copper and then with a layer of cadmium. The diameter of the bore of the bush at any point is very slightly less than the corresponding diameter of the tapered portion of the insulator so that in assembling the parts together pressure is created between the insulator and the bush which compresses the copper and cadmium layers, causing the cadmium to flow into the roughened surface of the insulator, making a fluid-tight joint.
Patent GB-887116-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to hydraulic servomotor systems
IPC: F15B17/00
Filed: 1959-04-21
Abstract: 887,116. Fluid-pressure servomotor-control systems. BOX, J. F. April 19, 1960 [April 21, 1959], No. 13486/59. Class 135. An hydraulic servo system comprises a positive displacement transmitter 26, 27, which displaces fluid in lines 24, 25 and 30, 31 to operate a control valve 21 which controls the supply of fluid from a pump 11 to a power device 16, 17 connected by a lever 18 to a load L. A positive displacement slave unit 34, 35 is actuated by the lever 18 and displaces fluid in lines 32, 24 and 33, 31 to return the control valve 21 to its neutral position. The members 17, 27, 35 may be single-acting instead of double acting. In a second example the linear displacement members 27, 17, 35 are replaced by rotary displacement members. In another example the lines 25, 33 include non- return valves and the return line 23 includes a pressure-relief valve. The valve 21 is of the spool-type and each end has a piston-like extension acted on by the pressures at opposite sides of the double-acting power device so as to provide "feel."