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Patent GB-601842-A (GB)
Title: Machine for fastening together the end turns of adjacent helical springs
IPC: B21F33/04
Filed: 1945-10-05
Abstract: 601,842. Making metal fabrics. SPUHL, J. Oct. 5, 1945, No. 25947. [Class 83 (iv)] [Also in Group XIV] Twisting wires together.-In a machine for twisting together the end coils E of helical springs to form mattresses, adjacent springs are clamped on members 12, 13 by jaws 14, 15 actuated through levers 18, 19 pivoted on pins 16, 17 and geared to a lever 26. Actuation of the lever 26 closes the jaws 14, 15 and holds two wires in a slotted pinion 42. The pins 16, 17 are controlled in position by toggles 30, 32 actuated by a rod 36 to regulate the closing together of the clamps during twisting. The twisting is effected by a slotted pinion 42 rotated by an interrupted pinion, Fig. 3 (not shown).
Patent GB-1345794-A (GB)
Title: Stackable spherical or cylindrical vessel
IPC: B65D88/12
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1345794 Stackable containers RHEEM AUSTRALIA Ltd 19 April 1971 [6 April 1970] 25962/71 Heading B8D [Also in Divisions E2 and F4] Tanks B, C are secured side-by-side by means of a flanged coupling member 24 engaging into converging channels provided by obliquely welded-on L-shaped abutments 26a. The engagement is in a vertical direction. End-toend coupling is provided by U-shaped fasteners 31 embracing the abutted surfaces of brackets 28 on the ends of the tanks. Vertical assembly is by conventional bolting.
Patent GB-670070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the chassis and bodies of motor cars
IPC: B62D29/00
Filed: 1945-10-05
Abstract: 670,070. Road vehicle bodies. GREGOIRE. J. A. Oct. 5, 1945 [May 24, 1944], No. 26046/45. Class 108(i) The light metal cast components of the automobile unit desribed in Specification 459,491, including the left and right longerons or side panels and the dashboard, are each built up from a plurality of separate members cast in light metal and secured together to form the component. In the form illustrated the dashboard, comprises upper and lower cast members 3, 2. The lower member 2 carries a cast enginemounting 4 to-which the front suspension. and possibly the transmission, are secured. Rearward cast extensions 5 spigoted to the cast longerons 1 carry the rear suspension. According to the Specification as open to inspection under Sect. 91, the lower member 2 of the dashboard may be built up from a plurality of cast members. This subject-matter does not appear in the Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-820743-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to apparatus for supplying liquid to photographic developing machines
Inventor: HALDEN JOHN LIONEL
IPC: G03D7/00
Filed: 1956-08-25
Abstract: 820,743. Photographic developing and like apparatus. HALDEN & CO. Ltd., J. July 19, 1957 [Aug. 25, 1956], No. 26063/56. Class 98(2) [Also in Group XVIII] The level of liquid in a trough of a photographic developing or like apparatus is kept constant by a bird fountain type regulator. Two bores 11, 12 open respectively at the top and bottom of a socket 9 and extend to the bottom of a leg 8. Liquid in the trough is then replenished from a container connected to the socket 9 if its level falls below the end of the leg 8. The container may be a horizontal transparent tube one end of which fits into the socket and the other end is closed.
Patent GB-1086665-A (GB)
Title: Mastitis detection unit
IPC: G01N33/04
Filed: 1966-06-11
Abstract: 1,086,665. Electro-physical measurements. E.J. EDDEN. Sept. 14, 1966 [June 11, 1966], No. 26131/66. Heading G1N. Mastitis in a milking cow is detected by nickel silver and sterling silver electrodes connected to a microammeter and dipped in the milk.
Patent GB-482347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to extension tubes of vacuum cleaners
IPC: A47L9/24
Filed: 1936-09-26
Abstract: 482,347. Tube &c. joints. SMITH, S. H., and SMITH, C. H. Sept. 26, 1936, No. 26143. [Class 99 (i)] The adjacent ends of two sections 1, 2, Fig. 1, of an extension tube 3 of an electrically operated vacuum cleaner are secured together by providing the male section 1 with an integral projection 8 for engagement with an internally grooved rim 6, having an entry gap 7, on the end of the female section 2. The engaging portions 4, 5 of the sections are tapered, and the groove in the rim 6 may be inclined, as shown, or eccentrically arranged with respect to the axis of the sections. Fig. 5 shows the mouth 2 of a cleaning tool 9 provided with an internal groove 6 and gap 7 for engagement by an integral projection 8 on the end section 1 of the extension tube.
Patent GB-616431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in dish-washing machines
IPC: A47L15/26
Filed: 1946-08-30
Abstract: 616,431. Dish-washing machines. INGENIORSFIRMAN A. VON BROMSSEN AKTIEBOLAGET. Aug. 30, 1946, No. 26203. Convention date, Sept. 4, 1945. [Class 138 (i)] [Also in Group XXXV] In a dish-washing machine, the articles to be washed are subjected to a preliminary washing by means of circulating water from a tank 9 at a temperature below the coagulation temperature of the substances to be removed from the articles, a washing proper by water preferably mixed with a dishing-powder and at a temperature above the coagulation point, and a rinsing with hot water and possibly sterilization with boiling water, the last-mentioned waters after usage passing to the tank 9, and a thermo-regulator 18 is inserted in the water in the tank 9, adapted to open a cold-water conduit 22 leading into the tank 9 when the temperature of the water therein rises above a predetermined temperature below coagulation point and to close the conduit when it sinks to a predetermined temperature below that level. The water is thus kept at about 40‹ C. The regulator 18 actuates. an electric relay 19 operating an electric motor 20 controlling a valve 21 in the conduit 22. The articles are placed in boxes 5 and pass through the spray zones of sprays 4, 3, 2, 1 for the preliminary washing, washing, rinsing and sterilizing operations respectively, the sprays 4, 3, 2 being supplied from the tanks 9, 8, 7 by pumps 10, and the spray 1 from an external source of boiling water. The tank 7 is supplied by the spray 1, and after usage the water passes to the tank 9 through a conduit 16. An outlet 17 is provided. The water in the tank 8 is kept at about 60-70‹ C. by means of a thermostat 13 controlling an electric heating device 12. The temperature of the water in the tank 7 is 85‹ C., and the capacities of the tanks 7, 8, 9 are 90, 140 and 90 litres respectively.
Patent GB-1303773-A (GB)
IPC: C10M169/00
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1303773 Tractants MONSANTOCO 19 April 1971 [7 April 1970] 26347/71 Heading C5F Tractant drive fluids comprise (1) a base stock comprising an organic compound having a coefficient of traction of at least 0À06 and (2) a minor amount of a zinc di(C 5 -C 13  neo-alkyl)- phosphorodithiode. The base fluid may be (I) a compound having from 12 to 70 carbon atoms per molecule, up to 8 of which can be replaced by atoms other than carbon, the said compound having a structure comprising (a) at least one saturated carbon-containing ring having at least 6 member atoms, or (b) an acyclic structure in which there are at least 3 quaternary carbon atoms, (II) a saturated compound having from 2 to 9 fused rings and a carbon atom content of from 9 to 60 per molecule, up to 8 of which atoms can be replaced by atoms other than carbon, or (III) a mixture of such compounds. Specific examples of such compounds include bicyclohexyl, alkyl bicyclohexyls, tercyclohexyls, alkyl tercyclohexyls, quatercyclohexyls, quinquicyclohexyls, 2,3 - dicyclohexyl - 2,3- dimethylbutane and mixtures thereof.
Patent GB-768274-A (GB)
Title: Means for controlling hydraulically the steering engines of ships
IPC: B63H25/28
Filed: 1954-09-11
Abstract: 768,274. Steering ships. TENFJORD, J. K. Sept. 11, 1954, No. 26365/54. Class 114. [Also in Group XXIX] A hydraulic control system for steering a ship comprises a reversible pump delivering to either side of a motor controlling the rudder, the connection between the motor and the pump being closed when the pump is inoperative. Preferably the pump is manually operated, and an additional system is provided, comprising a motor-driven pump the output of which is normally shorted to its input side, and a slide valve which is either manually or automatically operated to direct oil delivered by the motordriven pump to either side of the steering motor. A reversible delivery hand pump may deliver oil through a port 1v in a housing A into a chamber 18v to move a slide B to the right, the oil opening a ball valve 15v and passing through various passages and a port 2v to one side of a steering motor. Oil expressed from the other side of the motor passes through a port 2h to a chamber 1 1h and round a reduced portion of the slide B to a port 1h whence it passes to the input side of the hand pump. Reversal of the pump moves the slide B to the left and oil passes to the motor through a ball valve 15h. When pumping stops, springs 11v1, 11h1 return the slide B to its central position in which the motor is cut off from the pump. Should the rudder " strike " in the direction tending to circulate oil in the same direction as the pump, the pressure in the pressure side of the circuit will fall and the slide B will return to its central position. If the rudder " strikes " in the opposite direction the appropriate ball valve will close. An additional system is provided, comprising a motor driven pump P 2  constantly delivering oil to a port 3 in the housing. In the central position of a slide L the oil, as shown, is directed through a port 6 direct to the input side of the pump P 2 . If the slide L is moved to (say) the right, either manually or by electromagnetic means controlled by the ship's compass, oil from the pump P 2  passes through the port 3 and channels 33h, 9h, opens a ball valve Mh and passes to one side of the steering motor through the port 2h. Oil from the discharge side of the motor passes through the port 2v and channels 23v, 10v, 26v, 5v to the port 6 and thence to the input side of the pump P 2 . Movement of the slide L to the left allows the pump P 2  to deliver oil to the motor through a ball valve Mv. If the rudder while being moved is acted upon by the water with an excessive pressure acting in the opposite direction to the oil pressure, the appropriate ball valve Mv, Mh will automatically close.
Patent GB-798029-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to processes for the preparation of carbonaceous material suitable for use in a nuclear reactor either as moderating material or in the construction of a reflector
IPC: C01B31/00
Filed: 1956-08-29
Abstract: A deuterated carbon suitable for use in nuclear reactors either as a moderator or in the construction of reflectors is obtained by the carbonization of deuterated heavy aromatic hydrocarbon material consisting of hydrocarbons having two or more rings. The product retains 0.5-5 per cent by weight of deuterium.  The starting material, in which the atomic ratio of deuterium to carbon is preferably between 1 : 5 and 1 : 1, may be obtained by the process described in Specification 798,030, [Group XL (a)]. Side chains attached to the aromatic rings may be removed before carbonization, e.g. by heating to 200-400 DEG  C. in the presence of a dealkylating catalyst.  The carbonization may be carried out in known manner preferably by heating in the absence of oxygen at 500 DEG  C. to 1000 DEG  C.
Patent GB-702097-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to earth-leakage indicating and protective devices
IPC: H02H3/17
Filed: 1951-11-12
Abstract: 702,097. Protective cut-out arrangements. ETABLISSEMENTS MERLIN & GERIN SOC. ANON. Nov. 12, 1951 [Nov. 29, 1950; Feb. 7, 1951; Feb. 23, 1951; Aug. 1, 1951], No. 26417/51. Class 38(5) In an earth-leakage indicating and/or protective arrangement for a poly-phase line, the indicator and/or relay are supplied with D.C., are connected between earth and one or more phases, or the natural or an artificial neutral, and are shunted so that an A.C. fault current does not pass through them. In one form, Fig. 2, an artificial neutral point formed by resistance-shunted inductances 7a ... 7c is connected to earth at 13 over (a) a condenser 811 and (b) a rectifier bridge 12, relay 16, indicator 10 and relay 11. The bridge 12 is supplied by a transformer 15 and normally no current flows. On fault, however, relays 11 and 16 are energized, the former to energize the trip coil 4 of a circuit breaker 3, and the latter to operate an indicator 17. The indicator 10, which may be a milli-ammeter graduated in ohms, gives a continuous indication of the insulation resistance of the line. In a modification, Fig. 1 (not shown), the rectifier bridge is replaced by a battery, and the network 7a ... 7c by a single inductance connected to one phase. In a further modification, Fig. 3 (not shown), the relay 11 is energized over a valve, the grid voltage of which is normally made negative by a bias battery so as to prevent valve operation, but which goes positive to cause the valve to conduct when a D.C. fault current flows. The inductances 7a ... 7c'may be replaced by one or more resistances, Figs. 4-5 (not shown), and the grid-bias battery may be replaced by resistances connected between the neutral point and the grid, Figs. 6-7 (not shown). In a further arrangement, Fig. 8, the value of the insulation resistance at which the circuit-breaker is opened is adjustable. A resistance 30d equal to the desired insulation resistance is connected between phase c and earth over a key 48, which is closed to test the operation of the arrangement. When the arrangement is to be adjusted, a resistance 30d of the required value is used, the test key 48 closed, and a resistance 37 is adjusted until operation occurs. The coil 11 is normally de-energized but in Fig. 9 (not shown) it is normally energized, being de-energized on fault.
Patent GB-385368-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to training devices for conveyor belts
IPC: B65G39/071
Filed: 1931-09-22
Abstract: 385,368. Endless-belt conveyers. STEVENS, A. H., 5, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London.-(Robins Conveying Belt Co. ; Meade Avenue, Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.A.) Sept. 22, 1931, No. 26503. [Class 78 (i).] A belt 9 is maintained automatically in central position on an idler roller 8 by mounting the roller on a fixed shaft 6 by means of a sleeve member 10 which is spaced slightly from the shaft and pivotally secured to it by a pin 16. Ball bearings 12 are placed between the sleeve and a pair of lateral clamp rings 13 which are held together by bolts 14.
Patent GB-156365-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to attache, dressing and writing cases or other equivalent cases or receptacles
IPC: A45C13/02
Filed: 1919-10-29
Abstract: 156,365. Beech, G. Oct. 29, 1919. Writing-cases; blotting-appliances.-An attachÚ, dressing, or other case is fitted with a writing- pad, which rests on the surface of the case when in use and is stored in the lid when not in use. In the example illustrated, the case 1 has a lid 2 to which a pad 3 is hinged. When in use the pad 3 rests on the shoulders 5, and when out of use it is held up by the strap and fastening 7. Pockets to receive writing materials &c. are fitted to the under side of the pad and around the interior of the case.
Patent GB-350836-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to valves for controlling the flow of fluids
IPC: F16K15/06
Filed: 1930-09-05
Abstract: 350,836. Check valves. JENKINS BROS., Ltd., 617, St. Remi Street, Montreal, Canada.-(Assignees of Yardley, F. ; Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.) Sept. 5, 1930, No. 26610. Convention date, April 14. Addition to 347,563. [Class 135.] The construction of the casing described in the parent Specification is adapted to angularly-disposed inlet and outlet by means of a cap 12 screwed into an opening 4 and having a rim 13 supported by lugs 14. The plate 15 bears against the rim.
Patent GB-1343070-A (GB)
Title: Method of welding a floor frame to a wall frame
IPC: E04G21/16
Filed: 1971-04-19
Abstract: 1343070 Welding by fusion BEHRING CORP 19 April 1971 [9 April 1970] 26841/71 Heading B3R  In welding a horizontal floor frame 72 including perimeter beams to a wall frame 80, including a vertical weldable member 82 connected to a horizontal sill 84, the wall frame is arranged adjacent a floor frame perimeter beam 76 with the inwardly facing side of the member 82 adjacent the beam 76, a support 40 for a welding device 10 is positioned under the sill 84 and the beam 76, the device 10 is mounted for engagement with that part of the beam 76 aligned with the member 82, pressure is applied by a device 52, mounted on the support 40, against an outer face of the wall frame covered with a material hiding the member 82 to clamp the beam 76 and member 82 between the welding device and the pressure applying device and current is supplied to the welding device to weld the member 82 to the beam 76. A metal inert gas shielded gun 10 is mounted on one end of a U-shaped support 40 on the other end of which is attached a pneumatic piston and cylinder device 52 having a pad 58 attached to the piston in opposition to the nozzle 16 of the gun. A trigger 66 is provided on the support adjacent a handle 48 to remotely operate the trigger 14 of the gun. In operation the metal perimeter beam 76 of the floor frame 72 is positioned against the inside faces of vertical metal channels 82 of the wall frame 80, and pad 58 is positioned opposite a line of screws 94 securing boards 90, 92 to the wall frame channels, the nozzle 16 of the gun is placed against the beam 76 and the device 52 is actuated to press the pad 58 against the surfacing material 92 on the wall frame. The trigger 66 is pulled to start the flow of shielding gas, e.g. argon, and start the motor feeding the electrode wire, e.g. of silicon bronze, when the parts being welded are of galvanized steel. When the wire touches the work the motor is stopped, an arc is established for a predetermined time during which the motor feeds the wire and then after a predetermined time the arc is extinguished. The device is then moved to another site where another weld is formed. An hydraulic or solenoid operated pressure applying device may be employed.
Patent GB-456192-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to shirts
IPC: A41B1/00
Filed: 1935-09-28
Abstract: 456,192. Shirt fronts and cuffs. BANNERMAN & SONS, Ltd., H., 33, York Street, Manchester, and WILLIAMS, H. L., 19, Park Road, Ashton-on-Mersey. Sept. 28, 1935, No. 26846. [Class 141] An additional layer or layers 8 of material are secured to the cuffs of a shirt by means of chain stitching 9 so that the outer layer may be readily removed when worn. The usual lining in the cuff is dispensed with. The shirt front may also be provided with one or more additional layers similarly secured.
Patent GB-391682-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the manufacture of a gas low in hydrocarbons, and approximating in composition to blue water gas, from bituminous coal, lignite peat and the like
IPC: C10J3/00
Filed: 1932-09-28
Abstract: 391,682. Water gas. POWER-GAS CORPORATION, Ltd., Parkfield Works, and RAMBUSH, N. E., Ivybank, West Villas, both in Stockton-on-Tees. Sept. 28, 1932, No. 26914. [Class 55 (i).] In the production of water gas poor in hydrocarbons from bituminous coal, brown coal or peat, the up-run gases are cracked in a cracking vessel or vessels heated to above 900' C., and the down-run steam is preheated to assist in cracking the volatiles which pass through the fuel bed. During the blow period, air enters at 6 and passes up through the generator 1, the blow gases entering at the top of the cracker 2, secondary air entering at 7 and burning the blow gas which passes down and to a waste heat boiler 3 and stack 4. After a short steam purge, during the up-run steam enters the generator from a pipe 8, the water gas passing through the vessels 2, 3 to a washer 5 and outlet 10. Steam for the down-run enters at 11, passes up the cracker 2, down through 1, the water gas passing through a pipe 12 to the outlet 10. Some of the downrun steam may be admitted at 13. Air may be introduced during the up- or down-run through 7 or 14 to assist in consuming carbon deposited in the vessel 2. In a modification, preheaters may be employed for the secondary air, and the crackers and waste heat boilers may be duplicated.
Patent GB-996711-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to shaft seals
Inventor: JAGGER ERNEST THORNTON
IPC: F16J15/32
Filed: 1963-07-08
Abstract: 996,711. Shaft seals. GEORGE ANGUS & CO. Ltd. June 5, 1964 [July 8, 1963], No. 26939/63. Heading F2B. A shaft seal comprises a bush 1 of resiliently deformable material which is connected by a stiffened radial web 3 to a relatively rigid annular holding portion 4 and has a helical groove 13 in a periphery thereof and a flexible annular lip 14 axially spaced from an end 12 of the groove 13. An L-section metal ring 6 has an axial flange 7 embedded in the portion 4 and a radial flange 8 embedded in the outer end face of the web 3. The lip 14 is urged inwardly by a garter spring 15 and the bush 1 is connected to the web 3 by a flexible neck 9. In use, the bush fits closely around the shaft to be sealed, and the groove 13 is handed so that during shaft rotation it acts as a feed-back screw to oppose leakage, any fluid leaking past the groove being sealed by the lip 14 which also acts as a seal when the shaft is stationary.
Patent GB-158103-A (GB)
Title: An improved apparatus for cranking or starting internal combustion engines
IPC: F02N99/00
Filed: 1919-11-03
Abstract: 158,103. Argue, R. A. Miller-. Nov. 3. 1919. Turning-gear.-A grooved wheel 18 is rotated by means of a cord 43 and carries a pivoted pawl 24 held by a spring 35 in engagement with studs 6 on a wheel 4 secured to the engine shaft 2. The wheel 18 turns on a fixed sleeve 8, Fig. 8, and when the engine starts, the studs 6 ride over the end 26 of the pawl, which may be inclined as shown or provided with a roller or a pivoted lug. When the cord 43 is released, the wheel 18 is returned by an adjustable helical spring 86, Fig. 8, and the pawl 24 is moved out of the path of the studs 6 by a roller 46, which is carried by an arm 44 on the sleeve 8 and engages an incline 31 on the side of the pawl. The roller 46 also releases the pawl if the engine starts backwards. The impact of the roller 46 may be cushioned by an india-rubber lining in the recess 32 of the pawl. The end 42 of the cord 43 is secured by a removable plate 22. The spokes 5 of the wheel 4 may be inclined to form a cooling-fan.
Patent GB-1518022-A (GB)
Title: Flash lamp array
IPC: G03B15/04
Filed: 1976-06-29
Abstract: 1518022 Flash-lamp arrays PHILIPS ELECTRONIC & ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES Ltd 29 June 1976 [2 July 1975] 27026/76 Heading G2X In a flash-lamp array flashing of a lamp 1, by a firing pulse supplied across conductors 20, 21, fuses an associated radiation sensitive switching contact 24 to break the contact and remove a short-circuit across the next lamp 2 to be fired. Also an electrically conductive layer of a reflector 40 is electrically connected to conductor 21 and serves to form part of a Faraday cage which prevents inadvertent flashing of lamp 2 due to array voltages. The other lamps of the array are similarly screened. The reflectors of all the lamps are formed by one unit which is held at the potential of conductor 21. Lamps 2 and 3 also have associated switching contacts 26, 28. The firing pulse may be supplied by a Piezo-electric device and the radiation reaches the contacts via holes provided in the reflector and in the support board on which the lamps are mounted. The contacts also serve as indicators as to whether or not a lamp has fired. When lamps 1 to 4 have been fired the array is inserted in the camera the other way up and lamps 5 to 8 fired. The lamps nearer the camera are short-circuited by maintaining the two associated conductors, 21, 22 shown, at the same potential.